Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 6 - The Axe Man Cometh - full transcript

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: ONE DARK WINTER NIGHT
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,

A COLD-BLOODED KILLING
SHAKES AN ENTIRE CITY.

I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
AS HORRIFIC AS THIS WAS.

THE CRIME SCENES LOOKED LIKE
SOMETHING OUT OF A SLASHER FILM.

THERE WAS AN AXE MURDERER
RUNNING CRAZY

THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Narrator: POLICE STRUGGLE
TO TRAP A MONSTER...

THIS WAS ONE
OF THE VERY FEW TIMES

THAT I WAS WORRIED
ABOUT MY OWN HOME

AND MY OWN WIFE'S SAFETY.



...A MONSTER
WITH ONE SICK PLEASURE...

[ SCREAMS ]

WHEN WINTER COMES
TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,

IT BRINGS A CHILL

AND DARKNESS NOTHING
CAN PENETRATE.

WINTERTIME IN SEATTLE
IS GRAY, COLD, DAMP.

Belle: A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
GET SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

BECAUSE YOU JUST --
YOU GET NO LIGHT, NO SUN,

AND PEOPLE JUST
GET PRETTY DEPRESSED,

BECAUSE IT IS SO GRAY.

LONGTIME RESIDENT
GENEVA McDONALD

HAS NEVER LET
SEATTLE'S DARK SKIES

DAMPEN HER SUNNY DISPOSITION.

HI, GENEVA.
IS YOUR FRIEND BACK?



HEY, MICHAELA. NO.

Belle:
GENEVA WAS A SUPER NICE PERSON.

SHE WAS THE PERSON
WHO WOULD SAY "HELLO"

WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET AND PASS SOMEONE,

THE KIND OF NEIGHBOR
THAT EVERYBODY WANTS.

Narrator:
SHE WORKS AS A SECRETARY
FOR A SHIP-BUILDING COMPANY.

THOUGH SHE LIVES ALONE
SINCE HER DIVORCE,

SHE'S IN CONSTANT TOUCH
WITH HER DAUGHTER.

- HI, MOM.
- HI!

YOU LEFT THE DOOR UNLOCKED,
SO I LEFT MYSELF IN.

OH!

OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL!

THANK YOU!

Jacobson: HER DAUGHTER PAULA
WAS IN HER YOUNG 20s,

AND SHE DIDN'T LIVE FAR AWAY.

AND SHE AND HER MOTHER
WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE.

GENEVA HAD RAISED PAULA
ESSENTIALLY BY HERSELF,

AND SO THERE WAS THIS REAL
STRONG MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND.

Narrator:
ONE COLD SUNDAY EVENING,

GENEVA IS FEELING
UNDER THE WEATHER.

SHE CALLS WORK TO SAY
SHE WON'T BE IN ON MONDAY.

Jacobson: WELL, MONDAY MORNING
CAME AND WENT, AND OF COURSE,

THEY DIDN'T HEAR FROM GENEVA.

BUT THEN TUESDAY MORNING
ARRIVED, AND STILL NO GENEVA.

AND SO THE COMPANY
SHE WORKED FOR,

THEY WERE CONCERNED.

Narrator:
HER BEST FRIEND IS WORRIED, TOO.

SHE HAD A CLOSE FRIEND THAT
TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF GENEVA

THE NIGHT BEFORE.

AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER
ON HER PHONE.

SHE BECAME CONCERNED
THE NEXT DAY

WHEN GENEVA STILL WASN'T
ANSWERING HER PHONE.

Jacobson: THE FRIEND KNEW
TO GO THROUGH THE BACK ALLEY,

WHERE GENEVA WOULD NORMALLY
PARK HER CAR.

AND SHE SAW GENEVA'S CAR THERE,

AND THAT KIND OF SENT UP
SOME ANTENNAS, SO TO SPEAK.

GENEVA?

SO, SHE WENT TO HER BACK DOOR,

AND SHE FOUND THAT
HER BACK DOOR WAS UNLOCKED.

GENEVA, ARE YOU HERE?

GENEVA, ARE YOU HERE?

GENEVA?

YOU OKAY?

YOU OKAY?

Belle: AND AT THIS POINT,

HER FRIEND IS STARTED TO GET
REALLY WORRIED BECAUSE

SHE JUST GOT THIS FEELING
THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

HER FRIEND ISN'T THERE,
THE DOOR IS OPEN.

SO SHE WALKS UPSTAIRS.

GENEVA?
GENEVA?

SHE SEES THE BODY
IN ALL OF THIS BLOOD.

SHE'S COMPLETELY SHOCKED.

OH, GOD. OH!

SO SHE TURNS AROUND,
SHE RUNS OUT OF THE ROOM,

RUNS DOWNSTAIRS,
OUT THE OPEN DOOR,

AND SHE JUST
IS LOOKING FOR HELP.

Narrator: PARAMEDICS ARRIVE,

BUT THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO
TO HELP GENEVA NOW.

THIS IS A MURDER SCENE.

O'Leary: POLICEMEN SEE
SHOCKING THINGS ALL THE TIME.

AND I HAD SEEN PLENTY
OF BLOOD AND GORE,

BUT I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
AS HORRIFIC AS THIS WAS.

Narrator: THE KIND OLDER WOMAN
HAS BEEN VICIOUSLY ATTACKED,

SUFFERING DOZENS OF WOUNDS
TO HER HEAD AND UPPER BODY.

HER FACE IS UTTERLY OBLITERATED.

O'Leary: IT TOOK ME A MINUTE
TO ACCLIMATE MYSELF.

WE'VE GOT A CRIME SCENE HERE,
WE'VE GOT A JOB TO DO.

Narrator: ON THE BED ARE
THE MURDER WEAPONS.

Gebo: I SAW THE AXE,
AND I THOUGHT,

"WOW. I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN
AN AXE USED LIKE THAT BEFORE."

GENEVA HAD A NUMBER OF INJURIES
THAT WERE HORIZONTAL TO THE FACE

THAT OBVIOUSLY WERE INFLICTED
BY THIS FIRE AXE

THAT WAS LAYING
RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF HER.

Narrator: AND UNDER THE BLANKET,
COVERING THE VICTIM...

Gebo: THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF STAB WOUNDS INTO THE CHEST.

THEY WEREN'T BLEEDING VERY MUCH.

SO THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE
THAT THEY WERE INFLICTED

LONG AFTER THE --
THE HEAD WOUND,

AND SHE WAS DEAD OR NEARLY DEAD

WHEN THOSE WERE INFLICTED.

THERE WAS ALSO A PAIR
OF SEWING SCISSORS

THAT WERE LAYING
ON THE BED BESIDE HER.

Narrator: IT LOOKS LIKE
A SURPRISE ATTACK.

THAT INDICATED TO ME THAT
SHE WAS PROBABLY ASLEEP

WHEN THE FIRST BLOW OCCURRED.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE
TO DO ANYTHING.

O'Leary:
BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH ANGER
AND VIOLENCE TO THIS WOMAN,

YOU IMMEDIATELY START
TO THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY

CLOSE TO HER
THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

USUALLY, YOU DON'T SEE
STRANGERS KILLING STRANGERS

WITH THAT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE.

AND OBVIOUSLY,
SOMEBODY WAS EXTREMELY ANGRY.

**

Gebo: IN THE BATHROOM, THERE WAS
EVIDENCE THAT HE'D WASHED UP.

THERE WAS SOME BRAIN MATTER
AND SOME BLOOD,

AND I THINK EVEN SOME BONE
IN THE SINK.

O'Leary: ON HER DRESSER
WAS AN OPENED JEWELRY BOX,

AND THERE WAS A BUNCH
OF FAKE, CHEAP JEWELRY.

AND YOU COULD TELL THAT SOMEBODY
HAD GONE THROUGH IT.

AND SOME OF IT HAD
BEEN LEFT THERE.

Narrator: HER PURSE HAS ALSO
BEEN RUMMAGED THROUGH,

BUT OTHER VALUABLES
HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED.

O'Leary:
DOWNSTAIRS IN HER CHINA CABINET,

THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF ITEMS,
UH, SILVER SPOONS,

A COMPLETE SET
OF SILVER SILVERWARE.

AND NONE OF THESE THINGS
WERE TAKEN.

Narrator:
IT'S POSSIBLE THE KILLER

JUST TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
A ROBBERY.

**

AS MORE INVESTIGATORS
SWARM THE CRIME SCENE,

WORD TRICKLES OUT AMONG
GENEVA'S CLOSEST NEIGHBORS.

Belle: THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE
THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED.

THEY WERE JUST IN SHOCK.

AND THEY WERE SO SAD
BECAUSE THIS IS A WOMAN

THAT HAS LIVED IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 20 YEARS.

SHE'S A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY LOVE HER.

AND NOW, SUDDENLY, SHE'S GONE.

DETECTIVES CONTACT
HER DAUGHTER, WHO RUSHES OVER.

Jacobson: GENEVA'S DAUGHTER WAS
EXTREMELY CLOSE TO HER MOTHER.

IT WAS DEVASTATING TO HER.

Belle: AND HER DAUGHTER
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND

WHY SOMEONE WOULD DO SOMETHING

SO VIOLENT AND HORRIFIC
TO HER MOTHER.

O'Leary:
SO THE EVIDENCE TECHS CAME OUT,

AND ON THE INSIDE DOORJAMB
OF MRS. McDONALD'S BEDROOM,

A PALM PRINT WAS RECOVERED.

AND THAT PALM PRINT WAS LIFTED.

Narrator:
IT DOESN'T BELONG TO GENEVA.

IT WAS LIKELY THAT,
BEFORE WALKING INTO HER BEDROOM,

I THINK THE KILLER
HAD STOOD THERE

AND PEERED
AROUND THE DOOR FRAME,

AND THAT'S WHO LEFT THE PRINT.

Narrator: DETECTIVES
FIND NO SIGN OF FORCED ENTRY.

THEY BELIEVE THE SCISSORS
WERE A WEAPON OF OPPORTUNITY,

GRABBED FROM GENEVA'S
SEWING TABLE.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE AXE?

Phelps: YOU GOTTA WONDER,
WHERE DID THE AXE COME FROM?

DID THE KILLER
BRING IT WITH HIM?

WAS HE A FIREMAN?

DID HE STEAL IT
FROM SOMEBODY'S GARAGE?

WHERE DID THAT AXE COME FROM?

Narrator: AS TECHS EXAMINE IT,
THEY NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE.

DETECTIVE. THIS AXE HAS
ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED.

IT WAS ODD THAT THE AXE
WAS USED TO BEGIN WITH.

AND THEN YOU LOOKED AT IT,
AND YOU SAY,

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN DUSTED
FOR FINGERPRINTS BY SOMEBODY,

AND WE HAVEN'T.
IT WAS STILL THERE.

Phelps: SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES
EMERGE HERE.

DID THE AXE COME FROM
A FORENSIC EVIDENCE ROOM

AT A POLICE STATION?

IS IT A COP DOING THIS MURDER?
RIGHT?

DID THE KILLER
BRING IT WITH HIM?

WHERE DID HE GET
ACCESS TO AN AXE

WITH BLACK FINGERPRINT
POWDER ON IT?

Narrator: POLICE HAVE
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.

BUT ONE THING
THEY KNOW FOR SURE --

SOMEONE SAVAGELY MURDERED
GENEVA McDONALD IN HER SLEEP,

AND THAT KILLER IS ROAMING FREE,
LOOKING FOR THE NEXT VICTIM.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: EVERYONE IN THIS QUIET
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD

LOVED GENEVA McDONALD,

A SWEET DIVORCEE
WHO LIVED ALONE.

SO THEY'RE STUNNED TO LEARN

SHE WAS HACKED TO DEATH
WHILE SHE SLEPT,

AN INTENSE MURDER.

OVERKILL.

O'Leary: SOMEBODY GOT
SOME PLEASURE OUT IT.

SOMEBODY'S GOT A PERSONAL
VENDETTA AGAINST THIS WOMAN.

WHO DID SHE ANGER?
WHO KNEW HER HOUSE WELL ENOUGH?

GET THIS STUFF TO THE LAB
AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE.

THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOME CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE OFFENDER
AND THIS VICTIM.

AND THE INVESTIGATION
SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THAT.

Narrator: DETECTIVES QUESTION
HER DAUGHTER AND EX-HUSBAND.

IN MURDERS, PARTICULARLY
VIOLENT MURDERS LIKE GENEVA'S,

THE EX-HUSBAND WOULD ALWAYS BE
A POTENTIAL SUSPECT.

Narrator: HE LIVES
JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY --

EASY ACCESS TO HER HOME.

Phelps: THEY HAVE TO
REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER --

DID HE HAVE A MOTIVE?
DID HE STAND TO PROFIT?

WAS THERE REVENGE?
WAS HE JEALOUS?

Narrator: TURNS OUT, HE COULD
NOT PROFIT FROM HER DEATH.

HE HAS A SOLID ALIBI
FOR THE NIGHT SHE DIED,

AND HE AND GENEVA
HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

COPS ARE GOOD AT READING PEOPLE.

AND HIS REACTIONS TO
THEIR QUESTIONS SEEM REASONABLE.

Narrator: THEY HAVE TO
CONSIDER PAULA, TOO.

O'Leary: GENEVA'S DAUGHTER,
AS FAR AS WE COULD TELL,

WAS THE ONLY HEIR
TO ANY PROPERTY.

I MEAN, THAT'S
AN EXPENSIVE HOME.

Narrator:
THOUGH, TO DETECTIVES,

SHE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
A RUTHLESS KILLER.

Belle: GENEVA'S DAUGHTER
WAS DEVASTATED.

I MEAN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

ANYONE WHOSE MOTHER WAS
MURDERED, YOU WOULD BE SO UPSET.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT SOMEONE WOULD COME IN

WITH AN AXE AND SEWING SCISSORS

AND COMPLETELY DESTROY
SOMEBODY'S FAMILY.

Jacobson:
GENEVA'S POOR DAUGHTER.

MANY OF GENEVA'S FRIENDS
WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PAULA.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
EXPAND THEIR INTERVIEWS

TO GENEVA'S FRIENDS
AND ACQUAINTANCES.

O'Leary: WE COULD FIND NOTHING
IN HER RELATIONSHIPS

WITH ANY OF HER CLOSE ASSOCIATES
AT WORK.

SHE WAS WELL LIKED.

AND WE JUST COULDN'T FIND
A PERSON THAT WOULD STAND OUT

AS SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO
ATTACK THIS WOMAN AND KILL HER.

**

Narrator: CONTINUING
THE CRIME SCENE PROCESSING,

TECHS FIND CURIOUS CLUES --

PARTIALLY-EATEN FOOD,
INCLUDING A BANANA.

ANOTHER BIZARRE DISCOVERY
IS IN THE SPARE BEDROOM.

O'Leary: ON THE PILLOW,
WE NOTICED A DEPRESSION.

AND THERE WAS
AN UNUSUAL-LOOKING HEAD HAIR.

GENEVA'S HAIR WAS, UH, RED.

AND THIS WAS KIND OF A MIXTURE
OF BROWN AND GRAY.

Gebo: THE IDEA THAT THIS PERSON,

AFTER INFLICTING ALL OF THIS
VIOLENCE ON GENEVA McDONALD,

WOULD THEN HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT
AND THEN TAKE A NAP,

THIS REALLY STRUCK ME AS BEING
VERY, VERY, VERY ODD.

O'Leary: WHEN WE REALIZED
THAT THE KILLER HAD TAKEN A NAP,

THAT STRUCK BE AS BEING
AN EXTREMELY BOLD MOVE

ON THEIR PART,
NOT TO WANT TO FLEE RIGHT AWAY.

THAT JUST KINDA DEFIES LOGIC.

Phelps: A VERY UNUSUAL TWIST.

A KILLER WANTS TO PUT
AS MUCH DISTANCE

BETWEEN HIM AND THE CRIME SCENE
AS POSSIBLE.

BUT NOT THIS KILLER.

Narrator: DETECTIVES TURN
TO THE MURDER WEAPON.

Gebo: THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS
ABOUT THE AXE

THAT WERE ROLLING
THROUGH MY MIND.

IS IT HER AXE?

BUT THEN, WHY IS THERE
FINGERPRINT POWDER ON IT?

Narrator: SHOCKINGLY,

THEY LEARN THAT FIVE DAYS
BEFORE THE MURDER,

THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT
IN QUEEN ANNE INVOLVING AN AXE.

[ FILM PROJECTOR CLICKING ]

Phelps:
IN THAT CASE, A MAN WAKES UP,

AND HE LIVES ABOUT THREE BLOCKS
OR SO FROM GENEVA.

AND SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF
HIS LIVING ROOM IS GUESS WHAT --

AN AXE.

Narrator:
IT BELONGS TO THE HOMEOWNER.

Jacobson: THAT WAS DEFINITELY
NOT THE PLACE

WHERE HE HAD LEFT HIS AXE.

THE AXE WAS KEPT
IN A BACK PORCH AREA.

THE HOMEOWNER WAS VERY CONCERNED

THAT SOMEBODY HAD COME
INTO HIS HOUSE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

Narrator: THE MAN TOLD
THE RESPONDING OFFICER

HE'D LEFT HIS BACK DOOR
UNLOCKED THE NIGHT BEFORE.

NOTHING HAD BEEN STOLEN.

O'Leary: THE OFFICER,
DOING HIS DUE DILIGENCE,

USED FINGERPRINT POWDER
ON THE AXE HANDLE,

GAVE THE AXE BACK
TO THE VICTIM.

Narrator: THE PRINTS
BELONGED TO THE OWNER.

HOMICIDE DETECTIVES
RE-INTERVIEW HIM.

THEY SHOWED HIM THE AXE,
AND HE SAID,

"YEAH, THAT'S THE AXE."

AND, I MEAN,
IT WAS PRETTY IDENTIFIABLE

FROM THAT FINGERPRINT POWDER
ON THE HANDLE.

Narrator:
HE CLAIMS AFTER THE INCIDENT,

HE PLACED THE AXE
BACK ON HIS PORCH.

THEN, THE NIGHT OF GENEVA'S
MURDER, IT WENT MISSING.

THAT AXE IS THE MURDER WEAPON.

SO THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT,

DID HE HAVE
A DISPUTE WITH GENEVA?

SOMETIMES NEIGHBORS,
THEY CAN GET VERY, VERY VICIOUS.

Jacobson: THEY QUESTIONED HIM
VERY EXTENSIVELY.

BUT HE WAS EXTREMELY
COOPERATIVE,

WAS VERY STRONG AND CONSISTENT
ON HIS STORIES.

AND SO HE WAS RULED OUT
AS A SUSPECT.

Phelps: THERE'S NO WAY
THAT HE COULD'VE BEEN

AT GENEVA'S THAT NIGHT.

AND THAT PUSHES DETECTIVES
TO ONE CONCLUSION --

THAT HER MURDER
HAD TO BE A RANDOM CRIME.

O'Leary: WE'RE THINKING
IT COULD'VE BEEN SOMEBODY

JUST PROWLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY

AND HAD A DESIRE TO WANT
TO KILL SOMEBODY WITH AN AXE.

**

Belle: A RANDOM CRIME SETS
THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ON EDGE.

THE GUY IS ON THE LOOSE.
HE'S OUT THERE.

NOBODY CAN RELAX BECAUSE
EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE

THEY COULD BE THE NEXT VICTIM.

Jacobson: I PERSONALLY LIVED
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

LESS THAN A MILE AWAY
DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU
WERE ALWAYS LOOKING BEHIND YOU

WHEN YOU GOT OUT OF THE CAR

OR YOU WERE WALKING SOMEWHERE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS ASK THE PUBLIC
TO CALL IN WITH INFORMATION.

Gebo: THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HOPING
IS THAT PEOPLE WILL CALL,

BUT THEN YOU GET OVERWHELMED
WITH 400 TIPS.

"I SAW THIS SHADOWY FIGURE WALK
BY MY HOUSE FIVE NIGHTS AGO."

WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO US?

A LOT OF THOSE TIPS,
YOU GOTTA FILTER THROUGH THEM.

Narrator:
THEY SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL
WEEKS PURSUING THESE LEADS.

THEN, LATE ONE NIGHT,

ANOTHER SURPRISE ATTACK

IN THE VERY SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

PICTURE THIS -- A COUPLE
IS STAYING AT A FRIEND'S

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND AT 4:00 A.M...

**

[ SCREAMS ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: IN THE DARK CHILL
OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING
THE BRUTAL MURDER

OF DIVORCED MOTHER
GENEVA McDONALD,

WHEN ANOTHER VICIOUS ATTACK

OCCURS IN THE SAME
UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Jacobson: THERE WERE A COUPLE

THAT WERE STAYING
WITH SOME FRIENDS OVERNIGHT.

AND AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING...

THE MAN WAKES UP TO SOMEBODY
STABBING HIM WITH A KNIFE.

**

[ SCREAMING ]

AND THEN, THE STABBER
TURNS AROUND AND WALKS AWAY.

Narrator: THE VICTIM SURVIVES.

HELLO?!

ALL THE COUPLE COULD TELL
IS THAT IT WAS A WHITE MALE.

DETECTIVES DETERMINE HE ENTERED
THROUGH AN UNLOCKED BACK DOOR.

THERE WERE OTHER SIMILARITIES
TO GENEVA'S MURDER.

IT WAS JUST EIGHT BLOCKS
FROM HER HOUSE.

WHILE IT WASN'T AN AXE,

IT WAS A KNIFE,
A SHARP INSTRUMENT.

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES.

THIS COULD BE
THE SAME PERPETRATOR.

O'Leary: RANDOM HOMICIDES ARE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SOLVE,

SO WE'RE NOT REAL SURE
WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH.

Narrator:
POLICE FEAR THEY ARE SEARCHING

FOR THE MOST DANGEROUS TYPE
OF MURDERER --

ONE WHO STRIKES SIMPLY
FOR THE THRILL OF IT.

O'Leary: THERE'S NO RHYME
OR REASON FOR IT.

WHOEVER'S DOING THIS IS NOT
BREAKING INTO HOUSES

TO TAKE THINGS OF VALUE.

IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THESE
WERE CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY,

AND THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN OUR
MIND HE WAS GONNA KILL AGAIN.

Narrator: THE SECOND CRIME SCENE
PRODUCES NO NEW LEADS.

AUTHORITIES HOPE SOMETHING
FROM GENEVA'S HOUSE

MIGHT HELP I.D. THE ATTACKER.

Phelps: THE BEST PIECE
OF EVIDENCE THEY COME UP WITH

IS A PALM PRINT FOUND ON
A DOORJAMB

THAT LEADS RIGHT
TO GENEVA'S BEDROOM.

THE ONLY PROBLEM
WITH FINGERPRINT EVIDENCE,

DNA EVIDENCE IN GENERAL, IS YOU
NEED SOMETHING TO MATCH IT TO.

AND IN THIS CASE,
THEY HAVE NOTHING.

Gebo: THE AUTOMATIC FINGERPRINT
SYSTEM, IAFIS,

THAT WAS KIND OF IN ITS INFANCY
BACK THEN,

IT DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH
WITH PALM PRINTS.

TO IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN OFFENDER

JUST FROM A PALM PRINT
COULDN'T BE DONE.

Narrator: GENEVA'S DAUGHTER
IS DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS.

Belle:
IT'S ONE THING TO LOSE A PARENT,

WHICH IS REALLY HARD FOR ANYONE.

BUT TO HAVE YOUR MOM
BRUTALLY MURDERED

AND NOT EVEN KNOW WHO DID IT,

HER DAUGHTER COULD JUST NOT
FIND ANY PEACE.

Gebo:
SHE'D BEEN RAISED IN THAT HOME.

HER MOTHER WAS A GOOD PERSON.

AND TO HAVE ANYTHING
LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO HER MOM

REALLY SHOOK HER UP,
HURT HER GREATLY.

AND THERE'S NO WAY

YOU CAN MAKE THAT GO AWAY
UNTIL WE RESOLVED IT.

Narrator: A TWISTED MIND
IS SOMEWHERE NEARBY.

THIS THIRST
FOR VIOLENCE UNQUENCHED,

THE TENSION INSIDE HIM RISING,

REACHING THE POINT
WHERE HE MUST HAVE MORE.

AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES,
SO DOES THE CRIME SPREE.

A NOISE OUTSIDE WAKES A RESIDENT
IN WHAT WILL BE

THE THIRD INCIDENT
IN GENEVA'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHE LOOKED OUT AND SAW
SOMEBODY PEERING IN THE WINDOW.

Narrator:
SHE WAKES HER BROTHER FOR HELP.

Phelps:
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

HE GETS OUT OF BED,
HE GOES OUTSIDE

TO WHERE AN AXE MURDERER
MIGHT BE...

Narrator:
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA.

HEY! STOP!

ONCE AGAIN, THE PROWLER VANISHES
INTO THE COLD NIGHT AIR.

THE BROTHER RUSHES HIS FILM
TO POLICE.

THE PHOTOS ARE BLURRY,
BUT THEY ARE SOMETHING.

THE MAN WORE GLASSES, UM,

HAD KIND OF AN ODD, UH,

PERSONAL LOOK ABOUT HIM.

UH, DIFFERENT KIND OF
A FACIAL EXPRESSION.

Narrator:
COULD HE BE GENEVA'S KILLER?

WASN'T LIKE HE WAS
STANDING THERE WITH AN AXE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH NOW
OF SOMEBODY.

CAN WE IDENTIFY WHO THIS GUY IS?

Phelps: WHEN YOU LOOK AT
ALL THREE OF THESE CRIMES,

THERE WAS NO REVENGE,
NO JEALOUSY, NO LUST.

HE WAS JUST OUT THERE LOOKING
FOR POTENTIAL VICTIMS.

WHAT COULD BE MORE SCARY?

Narrator: DETECTIVES
PUT TOGETHER A PROFILE.

Gebo: HE'S A PROWLER.
AND PRETTY GOOD AT IT,

BUT HE'S ALSO REGULAR.

KEEPS A ROUTE, COMING UP
AND DOWN THE SAME STREETS,

EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS
A LOT OF POLICE PRESENCE THERE.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
HE SORT OF BLENDS IN.

PROBABLY JUST KIND
OF DISAPPEARED.

Narrator: MAKING HIM
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.

SEVERAL NIGHTS LATER, A COUPLE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOLTS AWAKE.

[ DOG BARKING ]

THEY HEAR SOMETHING.

Gebo: THEY STARTED LOOKING
AROUND IN THE HOUSE,

AND THE WIFE HEARD

WHAT APPEARED TO BE SOMEBODY
IN THEIR BASEMENT.

[ DOG GROWLING, BARKING ]

SADIE! SADIE!

SHE NOTICED A MAN DOWN THERE.

THE DOG HAD BASICALLY CORNERED
THE INTRUDER IN THE HOUSE.

Phelps: SO THE WOMAN RACES
UP THE STAIRS...

[ DOOR SLAMS ]

AND SLAMS THE DOOR CLOSED.

LOCKS THE DOOR, YELLED OUT
TO HER HUSBAND TO CALL 911.

**

Phelps: AND HE SAYING,
"WE'VE CAUGHT THE AXE MURDERER.

WE HAVE THE AXE MURDERER.
COME."

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

**

Narrator: AFTER THE SLAYING
OF GENEVA McDONALD

IN HER SEATTLE HOME AND SEVERAL
OTHER NIGHTTIME ATTACKS...

[ GRUNTS ]

AAH!
[ DOOR SLAMS ]

...A COUPLE
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD

THINKS THEY'VE TRAPPED
THE KILLER IN THEIR BASEMENT.

Phelps:
HERE YOU HAVE THE SAME M.O. --

A MAN ENTERS A HOME
IN THE QUEEN ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HIS CRIMES HAVE BEEN
ESCALATING --

MORE FREQUENT AND MORE BRAZEN.

BUT HE'S ALSO GETTING SLOPPIER,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE POLICE
HAVE FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO HIM.

POLICE OFFICERS.
YOU IN THE BASEMENT.

GETTING READY TO
OPEN THE DOOR.

YOU DOWN THERE.

ANY SUDDEN MOVEMENTS,
YOU WILL BE SHOT.

KEEP YOUR HANDS UP.

FACE AWAY FROM ME.
FACE AWAY FROM ME RIGHT NOW.

Narrator: THE INTRUDER'S
CARRYING A SEVEN-INCH KNIFE.

Phelps: BURGLARS DON'T GENERALLY
CARRY WEAPONS.

THEY'RE THERE TO GRAB YOUR STUFF

AND GET OUT OF THERE
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

BUT THIS GUY HAS A KNIFE,

AND A PRETTY DAMN
BIG ONE AT THAT.

THAT MEANS HE'S NOT THERE
TO BURGLARIZE.

HE'S THERE TO COMMIT VIOLENCE.

OFFICERS DETERMINE HE ENTERED

THROUGH AN UNLOCKED
BASEMENT WINDOW.

Gebo: A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT HAPPENED

IN THE McDONALD HOUSE

AND THE OTHER HOUSE
WHERE THE ASSAULT OCCURRED,

BUT CLOSE ENOUGH.

HIS NAME -- STEVEN RAMIREZ.

HE'S CHARGED WITH
SECOND-DEGREE BURGLARY FOR NOW.

**

Gebo: IT CERTAINLY CAUSED
SOME EXCITEMENT IN THE UNIT.

WE HAVE HIM,
NOW, DOES HE MATCH UP

IN ANY KIND OF PROVABLE WAY
TO THAT EARLIER CRIME?

Narrator: DETECTIVES COMPARE HIM
TO THEIR PHOTO.

THE PHOTOGRAPH,
IT DID HAVE SOME RESEMBLANCE

TO THIS YOUNG MAN
THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE,

BUT YOU COULDN'T SAY
FOR SURE OR NOT.

Narrator:
AS DAWN BREAKS IN QUEEN ANNE,

THE GOOD NEWS QUICKLY SPREADS.

Jacobson: WORD PASSED FROM
PERSON TO PERSON ABOUT,

"WELL, SOMEBODY'S FINALLY
BEEN ARRESTED."

SO THAT CALMED
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN.

THERE WAS A SENSE OF RELIEF.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS GRILL RAMIREZ.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING
IN THAT BASEMENT?

WINDOW WAS OPEN AND, UH,

I THOUGHT I COULD GET IN
AND GET OUT

WITH SOMETHING VALUABLE.

SO WHY THE KNIFE?

Gebo: THEY QUESTIONED HIM
STRONGLY ABOUT, UH,

HIS INVOLVEMENT
IN THE McDONALD MURDER.

AND HE DENIED IT.

THE GUY WAS ADAMANT
THAT HE WASN'T THE ONE.

I -- I DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

Phelps: YOU KNOW,

IT'S PRETTY RARE THAT SOMEONE'S
GONNA COME IN,

A LIGHT'S GONNA BE SHINED
IN THEIR FACE,

AND THEY'RE GONNA CONFESS
RIGHT OFF THE BAT TO MURDER.

SO THE FACT THAT RAMIREZ
IS SAYING,

"WELL, I DIDN'T DO IT.
I'M INNOCENT,"

MEANS NOTHING TO COPS.

Narrator:
THEY SEND HIS PRINTS TO THE LAB.

Phelps: SO AT THIS POINT,
IT'S A WAITING GAME,

BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PALM PRINT.

AND IF THE PALM PRINT
MATCHES RAMIREZ,

THEY GOT THEIR GUY. IT'S OVER.

**

Narrator: WHILE RAMIREZ SITS
IN JAIL, ANOTHER HOME BREAK-IN.

THIS IS FAR FROM OVER.

[ FILM PROJECTOR CLICKING ]

Jacobson:
THE LIVING ROOM WAS RANSACKED,

AND ON THE WALL,
ONE OF THE LIVING ROOM WALLS,

WAS WRITTEN
"THE KILLER IS BACK."

TWO X's WERE PUT ON SOME OF
THE CHAIRS IN THE LIVING ROOM,

TWO LARGE X's THAT WERE MADE
WITH A FELT-TIP PEN.

AND THE SAME PEN WAS USED
TO WRITE "THE KILLER IS BACK"

ON THE WALLS.

Narrator: THE KILLER COULD BE
MARKING HIS NEXT TARGET,

OR TAUNTING INVESTIGATORS.

WHOEVER BROKE IN ALSO
LEFT A CALLING CARD

IN THE FORM OF AN AXE.

TURNS OUT,
IT WAS THE HOMEOWNERS',

TAKEN FROM THEIR WOOD PILE.

POLICE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
THE REAL AXE MURDERER

OR A COPYCAT.

THIS CASE RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF MEDIA ATTENTION.

AND ANYTIME THERE'S
A HIGH-PROFILE CASE

IN THE NEWS LIKE THIS,

YOU HAVE A LOT
OF PEOPLE COMING FORWARD

AND THEY WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION
TO THEMSELVES

AND GET THAT MOMENT
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

Narrator:
THEN, INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER

ANOTHER CLUE LEFT BEHIND --

A HALF-EATEN BANANA.

Phelps: THE BANANA PIECE
OF GENEVA'S CRIME SCENE

HAD NEVER BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

COPS KEPT THAT.

COPS LIKE TO KEEP THINGS
FOR THIS REASON ALONE.

THEY KNOW THIS IS NO COPYCAT.
THEY KNOW THEY GOT THEIR KILLER.

**

Narrator: STEVEN RAMIREZ
CANNOT BE THAT MAN.

Jacobson: MR. RAMIREZ WAS STILL
BEHIND JAIL WALLS.

SO IT WAS OBVIOUS
THAT HE WAS NOT THE KILLER

THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

HE WAS JUST ANOTHER GUY

PASSING THROUGH, SO TO SPEAK,

WHO HAPPENED TO COMMIT A CRIME
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

Gebo: IT SEEMED TO BE THAT --
THAT THE OFFENDER WANTED US,

THE POLICE, TO KNOW
THAT WE HAD THE WRONG GUY,

AND HE WAS STILL AROUND,
AND THAT WHATEVER WE WERE DOING,

WE HADN'T FOUND HIM YET.

O'Leary: IT WAS FRUSTRATING,
EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.

WE'RE SWORN
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING
OUR JOB VERY WELL.

Gebo: THIS WAS ONE
OF THE VERY FEW TIMES

THAT I WAS WORRIED
ABOUT MY OWN HOME

AND MY OWN WIFE'S SAFETY.

I TOLD HER THAT SHE NEEDED
TO LOCK THE DOORS.

IT WASN'T A GOOD TIME.

AND THE LONGER IT WENT ON,
THE WORSE IT GOT.

Phelps: X's ON CHAIRS,
LEAVING NOTES ON WALLS --

HE'S TAUNTING THE POLICE.

IT'S LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF A HOLLYWOOD SLASHER FILM,

A REAL THRILLER,
AND EVEN COPS ARE SCARED.

THIS IS
PRETTY DAMN CREEPY STUFF.

**

Belle: GENEVA'S FAMILY
IS CONSTANTLY REMINDED

THAT THIS KILLER
HAS NOT BEEN CAUGHT.

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING
THIS AS AN OPEN MURDER,

AND SO GENEVA'S DAUGHTER

CAN'T EVEN LET HER WOUNDS
START TO HEAL.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS PROCESS
THE LATEST CRIME SCENE.

O'Leary: THAT ENTIRE HOME
WOULD'VE BEEN SCOURED

FOR EVERYTHING FROM HAIRS,
FIBERS, OTHER FINGERPRINTS...

Narrator: THERE ARE NO USABLE
PRINTS ON THE AXE LEFT BEHIND.

BUT TECHS DO FIND LATENT PRINTS

ON A PANE OF GLASS LEADING
TO THE DINING ROOM --

A FINGER AND A PALM.

Gebo: THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN
THAT HAD BEEN DOING

ALL OF THE EXAMINATION FOR
THE PRINTS IN THE McDONALD HOUSE

WAS THE SAME ONE THAT
WAS LOOKING AT THOSE,

AND SAID,
"THAT'S THE SAME PALM DETAIL."

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS RUN
THE SOLE FINGERPRINT

THROUGH THE NATIONAL DATABASE.

AFTER WEEKS OF CITY-WIDE FEAR

OF AN AXE-WIELDING MANIAC,

POLICE FINALLY GET A SOLID LEAD
ON WHO HE MIGHT BE.

**

THE FINGERPRINT BELONGS
TO 36-YEAR-OLD JAMES CUSHING,

WHO HAS A RECORD FOR ARSON.

O'Leary:
HE WAS LIVING IN A GROUP HOME
IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

AND HE BECAME ANGRY AND
FRUSTRATED AND STARTED A FIRE.

AND HE'D BEEN ARRESTED
FOR ARSON.

AND THAT'S HOW HIS PRINTS
GOT INTO THE SYSTEM.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
COMPARE CUSHING'S PRINT

WITH THE PALM PRINT
FOUND IN GENEVA'S HOME.

IT'S A MATCH.

O'Leary: WE WERE ECSTATIC.

FINALLY, WE'VE GOT
THIS INDIVIDUAL.

**

Narrator: BUT WHERE IS HE?

HE'D BEEN IN WESTERN STATE,

ONE OF OUR LOCAL
MENTAL HOSPITALS,

SEVERAL TIMES IN AND OUT
AND RELEASED.

Gebo: WE WERE ABLE TO START
GETTING THOSE RECORDS TOGETHER,

SO WE KNOW
WE'RE DEALING WITH A GUY

WHO'S GOT SOME MENTAL ISSUES.

Narrator: HE HADN'T FOLLOWED UP
ON HIS CARE

AND IS OUT THERE,
UNMEDICATED, UNTREATED.

INVESTIGATORS LEARN HIS MOTHER
LIVES IN WEST SEATTLE.

Phelps: THE MOTHER TELLS
A STORY OF A SON

WITH THIS EXTREMELY
VIOLENT TEMPER.

I MEAN, THE GUY WAS JUST
FILLED WITH VOLCANIC RAGE.

AND SHE DID TELL ME
HE WAS OBSESSED

WITH THE MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
"LIZZIE BORDEN."

Phelps: LIZZIE BORDEN
IS THE INFAMOUS, REALLY,

WOMAN IN FALL RIVER,
MASSACHUSETTS,

WHO KILLED HER MOTHER
AND STEPFATHER WITH AN AXE.

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED TO GENEVA.

EVERYTHING BEGINS
TO MAKE SENSE NOW.

Narrator:
SHE TELLS INVESTIGATORS

ABOUT THE LAST TIME
SHE SAW HIM --

JUST DAYS BEFORE
GENEVA'S SLAYING.

[ FILM PROJECTOR CLICKING ]

O'Leary: SHE CONVINCED JIM
TO COME AND STAY WITH HER,

GET CLEANED UP, UM,
GET SOME FOOD IN HIM.

Narrator: LATER THAT NIGHT...

[ FABRIC TEARING ]

**

[ GASPS ] JAMES!

[ BREATHING SHAKILY ]

Gebo: SHE WOKE UP TO HIM

STANDING NAKED OVER HER,

AND CARVING THE OUTLINE OF HER
BODY IN THE MATTRESS OF THE BED.

AND THEN,
SHE HOPPED UP AND SCREAMED

AND RAN OUT OF THE ROOM.

Narrator: IN THE LIVING ROOM,

SHE SAW HE'D DONE SOME...
ORGANIZING.

O'Leary: HE HAD TAKEN EVERY
SHARP INSTRUMENT IN THE HOUSE,

SCREWDRIVERS, KNIVES,

AND LAID THEM OUT IN
SEQUENTIAL ORDER ON THE COUCH.

Narrator: HE LEFT THAT NIGHT
WITHOUT HURTING HER.

SHE TELLS POLICE
THAT HE'S BASICALLY HOMELESS,

LIVING AS A TRANSIENT
ON THE STREETS OF SEATTLE.

SO FINDING JIM CUSHING
BECOMES A PROBLEM.

Gebo: AS THAT AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WORE ON, UH,

MY CONCERN GOT GREATER
AND GREATER

THAT THIS GUY REALLY
IS DANGEROUS,

AND HE'S LIKELY
TO OFFEND RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND HIM.

Narrator: AND WHEN THEY DO,
HIS STORY WILL SHOCK EVERYONE.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

[ WIND HOWLING ]

Narrator: AFTER THE AXE MURDER
OF GENEVA McDONALD,

A SLASHING ATTACK ON A COUPLE
A FEW STREETS AWAY,

AND A STRING
OF BIZARRE BREAK-INS,

SEATTLE POLICE IDENTIFY
TRANSIENT JAMES CUSHING

AS THEIR PRIME SUSPECT.

ALL AVAILABLE OFFICERS
MOBILIZE FOR THE SEARCH,

AND DETECTIVES REACH OUT
TO HOMELESS SHELTERS.

O'Leary: WE KNEW HE WAS MOST
LIKELY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND FROM TALKING
FROM THE DIRECTOR

OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING,

HE SAID HE LIKED TO HANG OUT
AT A CERTAIN RESTAURANT.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator: POLICE LIE IN WAIT.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

HANDS UP! DON'T MOVE!
DON'T MOVE!

LOWER YOUR ARMS.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

O'Leary: I WAS REALLY SHOCKED

WHEN I MET MR. CUSHING
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

JUST HIS OVERALL DEMEANOR,
I THOUGHT,

"THIS GUY --
THIS GUY'S A KILLER?"

IS IT OKAY IF
I SIT HERE?

PLEASE.

Narrator:
AFTER ALL THE MYSTERY, CUSHING
ACTUALLY SEEMS EAGER TO CONFESS.

HE TELLS THEM ABOUT THE NIGHT
HE KILLED GENEVA McDONALD.

[ FILM PROJECTOR CLICKING ]

AFTER WANDERING AROUND
QUEEN ANNE,

HE STOPPED BY THE HOUSE
HE BROKE INTO BEFORE.

HE SAW THE FAMILIAR AXE
BACK OUTSIDE, SO HE TOOK IT.

HE SLINKED DOWN ALLEYWAYS
CHECKING DOORS.

GENEVA'S WAS UNLOCKED.

YEAH?

SHE'D DONE NOTHING TO HARM HIM.

HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HER.

YET, HE ATTACKED WITHOUT MERCY.

LIKE THAT?

AFTER THE MURDER,
HE ATE SOME CEREAL AND FRUIT.

THEN TOOK A NAP
IN THE GUEST ROOM

ACROSS THE HALL
FROM GENEVA'S DEAD BODY.

O'Leary: I THINK FINALLY,
FOR THE FIRST TIME OF HIS LIFE,

HE WAS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.

AND I THINK HE REALLY
ENJOYED THAT.

EVERYBODY'S FOCUSED ON YOU,
AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ON CAMERA.

Narrator: HE ALSO CONFESSES TO
THE KNIFE ATTACK ON THE COUPLE.

THEY ASK HIM
ABOUT THE OTHER BREAK-INS.

INVESTIGATORS DO NOT THINK
HE'S CRAZY AT ALL.

O'Leary: IN ORDER TO HAVE
A MENTAL DEFENSE,

YOU HAVE TO PROVE
THAT THE PERSON THAT COMMITTED

THE CRIME DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS WRONG.

AND JIM DEFINITELY
KNEW THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.

Narrator:
PROSECUTORS CHARGE JAMES CUSHING

WITH ONE COUNT
OF ATTEMPTED BURGLARY,

TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY,
ATTEMPTED MURDER,

AND AGGRAVATED
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

Gebo: THE TRIAL JUDGE
AND ALSO THE JURY,

THEY FELT THAT HE --
HE WAS NOT CRIMINALLY INSANE,

THAT HE WAS ABLE
TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE

FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.

Narrator:
ON MARCH 8th, 1991,

THE JURY SENTENCES HIM TO
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

BUT THE CONVICTION DOESN'T BRING
CLOSURE TO GENEVA'S DAUGHTER.

Jacobson: HER MOTHER'S DEATH
DEVASTATED HER.

AND SHE WAS NEVER
THE SAME AGAIN.

SHE WAS UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE.

AND WITHIN FOUR YEARS,

AT AGE 29, PAULA DIED.

PAULA'S BROKEN HEART
WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR.

IT'S JUST SO SAD AND TRAGIC
THAT THIS FAMILY IS JUST GONE.

Gebo:
THE IDEA THAT HIS ONE LITTLE GUY

COULD CAUSE ALL OF THAT DAMAGE

AND ALL OF THAT FEAR
IS HARD TO BELIEVE.

O'Leary: HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
HE COULD BE A THREAT TO ANYBODY.

YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF "PSYCHO"

WHERE BATES IS JUST SITTING
IN THE CORNER

AND THE FLY LANDS ON HIS HAND?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I KIND
OF THOUGHT ABOUT HIM.

HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE
A THREATENING INDIVIDUAL.

BUT TO CREATE THAT KIND
OF FEAR IN A CITY

OF A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE,

IF YOU WANT TO DEFINE
AN ICE-COLD KILLER,

THAT INNOCUOUS LITTLE MAN
THAT'S ON THAT VIDEO TAPE

IS AN ICE-COLD KILLER.

IF HE GOT OUT, NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND HE'D DO IT AGAIN.