Invisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America (2021): Season 1, Episode 2 - Part 2: Hiding in Plain Sight (1974-1977) - full transcript
In the mid-to-late 1970s, Bundy, Gacy and BTK begin claiming victims, while Dahmer and the Green River Killer inch ever closer to realizing their grim fantasies. These dangerous men were able to blend into their communities and le...
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MY BROTHER WAS SIX
YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME
AND I REMEMBER HE
HAD TAKEN THE JOB
AND STARTED WORKING FOR GACY.
AND HE SAYS, OH, MOM, ME AND
THIS BOY ARE WORKING TOGETHER
AND WE'RE DIGGING
AROUND GACY'S HOUSE.
WELL, IT ENDED UP THEY WERE
DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES.
- FIVE OF THE MOST
PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLERS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY WERE
ALL OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME.
- JOHN WAYNE GACY.
- TED BUNDY.
- BTK.
- JEFFREY DAHMER.
- SO CALLED GREEN RIVER KILLER.
- THIS WAS THE GOLDEN
AGE OF SERIAL KILLERS.
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- MY MOTHER HAD TOLD ME THAT
THE ONLY THING SHE
EVER PRAYED FOR,
FOR HERSELF WAS TO DIE
PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP.
AND THAT'S THE ONE
THING SHE DID NOT GET.
THREE MONTHS AFTER
THE OTERO MURDERS,
DENNIS RADER DECIDED
HE WAS GOING TO KILL AGAIN.
NOW YOU HAVE FIVE HOMICIDES
IN WICHITA, KANSAS,
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
WHEN JOHN GACY
HAS HIS FIRST KILL,
HE RECOGNIZES THE
POWERFUL AROUSAL COMPONENT
OF DECIDING WHETHER
THEY LIVE OR DIE.
THIS IS WHEN GACY CROSSES OVER.
HE SAYS, DEFENDED
HIMSELF AND KILLED HIM
AND BURIED HIM IN A CRAWLSPACE.
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1974,
THERE WERE A SERIES OF
MURDERS ABOUT ONE A MONTH.
TED BUNDY'S M.O. WAS TO
GET WOMEN TO TRUST
HIM AND GO WITH HIM.
- MY HUSBAND TOLD ME,
HE SAID SHE'S MISSING
AND THEY CAN'T FIND HER.
AND I SAID, NO, SHE'S DEAD.
WHAT SETS THIS
GROUP OF MEN APART
IS THAT THEY FLEW UNDER
LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RADAR
FOR A LONG TIME,
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO COME
ACROSS AS BEING FAIRLY NORMAL
TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND
TO PEOPLE THAT KNEW THEM.
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
REALLY SCARY AND DANGEROUS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT KILLING,
YOU ARE SORT OF
LIVING A PRO SOCIAL LIFE,
YOU'RE ABLE TO FLY
UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN.
GACY WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
DAHMER WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
BTK WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
GREEN RIVER WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
BUNDY WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE
THAT COMBINATION,
YOU COULD MURDER FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AND NOT BE CAUGHT.
BUNDY WAS VERY CAREFUL
IN HIS PLANNING OF HIS CRIMES.
HE'D ALWAYS TAKEN
A SINGLE FEMALE.
BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS
WITH GUYS LIKE BUNDY.
YOU HAVE A SUCCESS AND THEN
YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUCCESS
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER.
AND PRETTY SOON,
YOU START TO BELIEVE I'M SO
FAR AHEAD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT YOU START TO
BELIEVE YOU'RE INVINCIBLE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK
HAPPENS AT LAKE SAMMAMISH.
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LAKE SAMMAMISH STATE PARK,
IT'S A LAKE AND A PARK AND A
WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE,
PARTICULARLY IN THE
SUMMERTIME IN SEATTLE.
DIFFERENT WITNESSES SAW TED
APPROACH VARIOUS YOUNG WOMEN.
PEOPLE SAW THAT HE HAD WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A CAST ON HIS ARM
AND ASK FOR SOME
HELP WITH HIS SAILBOAT.
AND PEOPLE ALSO OBSERVED
JANICE OTT LEAVE WITH HIM.
REMEMBER, THIS WAS
AN AGE OF INNOCENCE.
I THINK IF THE LAKE SAMMAMISH
INCIDENCES HAPPENED TODAY,
THE WOMEN WOULD
BE VERY SUSPICIOUS OF,
YOU KNOW, SOME
STRANGER ASKING TO
PUT A SAILBOAT ON
TOP OF A VOLKSWAGEN.
- BUNDY ABDUCTS HER, TAKES
HER UP ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY
TO A PRESELECTED LOCATION
AND IS THERE WITH HER FOR
MAYBE ABOUT FOUR HOURS.
AFTER HE COMMITTED
THE FIRST ABDUCTION SUCCESSFULLY
AND THE POLICE
WEREN'T ON HIS TAIL,
HE FELT LIKE HE COULD COMMIT
THE SECOND CRIME OF THE DAY.
DENISE NASLUND, WHO WAS AT
THE PARK WITH HER BOYFRIEND
AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS,
WENT TO THE RESTROOM
AND SHE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
SO IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,
IN A VERY DENSELY
POPULATED PUBLIC PARK,
TED BUNDY ABDUCTED TWO
VICTIMS AND KILLED THEM.
THIS IS VERY BRAZEN,
VERY RISKY BEHAVIOR.
THAT RISK OF BEING CAUGHT
MUST HAVE BEEN SO INTENSE
AND THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING THAT HE REALLY CRAVED.
BUT IT ALSO MIGHT SPEAK TO HIS
OPINION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WELL, THEY'RE NEVER
GOING TO CATCH ME.
THEY HAVEN'T SO FAR.
I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT.
SO IT MIGHT REFLECT
BOTH THE THRILL SEEKING
AS WELL AS HIS OWN GRANDIOSITY.
BUT WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF THE OTT AND THE NASLUND
GIRLS ON THE SAME DAY
FROM THE SAME STATE PARK,
CAME THE FIRST INDICATIONS
THAT A MALE SUBJECT
WAS INVOLVED.
LEADING UP TO LAKE SAMMAMISH,
BUNDY HAS ALREADY ABDUCTED
AND KILLED FIVE WOMEN
FROM AROUND SEATTLE
AND AN ADDITIONAL WOMAN
FROM NEARBY OREGON.
LAKE SAMMAMISH IS OUTSIDE
THE CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE.
SO THERE WAS A TASK
FORCE SET UP BETWEEN
SEATTLE POLICE AND
KING COUNTY POLICE.
THAT'S WHEN I BECAME
INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
AS A DETECTIVE WITH THE KING
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
AND I WAS ASSIGNED
TO INVESTIGATE A
SERIES OF HOMICIDES
THAT HAD BEEN OCCURRING
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THAT WAS A VERY INNOVATIVE THING
TO BRING TOGETHER A GROUP
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
IN AN ATTEMPT TO
IDENTIFY THE OFFENDER.
- THEY ARE GOING TO START
AT THE VERY BEGINNING
AND GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF
THOSE TEN SUSPECTS WE'VE GOT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING
RIGHT NOW WITH THIS TASK FORCE.
THE NAME TED CAME
TO OUR ATTENTION
BECAUSE ONE OF THE
WITNESSES AT THE PARK
OVERHEARD TED
INTRODUCING HIMSELF.
- THEY ALSO KNEW THEN THAT
TED DROVE A LIGHT
COLORED VOLKSWAGEN BUG.
THEN THE POLICE HAD
SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.
WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAID,
WE NEED YOUR HELP;
WE NEED ANY PHOTOGRAPHS THAT
YOU TOOK AT THE PARK THAT DAY.
WITNESSES; DID ANYBODY
SEE THIS YOUNG WOMAN?
THE COUNTY POLICE SET UP
A HOTLINE AND WE RECEIVED
OVER THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS OVER 1,000 LEADS.
- THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR CALLING.
WE DID NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN STATES
THAT WE WERE LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE NAMED TED,
SOMEONE THAT DROVE
A BROWN VOLKSWAGEN.
- A COMPOSITE PICTURE WAS
RELEASED TO THE NEWS MEDIA.
IT WASN'T A GREAT
DEPICTION OF HIM,
BUT IT GOT THE ATTENTION
OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING LIZ KENDALL,
HIS GIRLFRIEND.
LIZ KENDALL SAYS,
GOSH, THAT SOUNDS A
LOT LIKE MY BOYFRIEND.
AND HE'S HAD SOME WEIRD
BEHAVIOR IN THE PAST.
I'M GOING TO CONTACT
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE INITIAL STORY
IN THE PAPER AFTER
LAKE SAMMAMISH,
WAS THAT HE DROVE A BRONZE
VOLKSWAGEN AND HER TED DIDN'T.
HER TED DROVE A VERY WASHED
OUT, FADED TAN VOLKSWAGEN.
SO SHE CALLED TO
CHECK TO SEE ABOUT
THE COLOR OF THE VOLKSWAGEN.
AND WHOEVER SHE
TALKED TO SAID, NO,
IT'S BRONZE. IT'S BRONZE.
SO THAT KIND OF
PACIFIED HER FOR A WHILE.
SHE EVENTUALLY CALLED BACK
TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES.
NO RESPONSE FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T
BELIEVE THAT A GUY LIKE BUNDY
FITS WHAT THEY THINK IS
THEIR PROFILE OF A KILLER.
AND THEY DISMISS IT.
IN THE MID-70S,
SOCIETY, IN THEIR MIND,
HAD EITHER THIS SORT OF
MANSON LIKE IDEA OF WHAT
A KILLER WOULD LOOK LIKE OR IT
WOULD BE A MINORITY ON DRUGS.
BUT WE WEREN'T LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE THAT WERE
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
TED BUNDY WAS ABLE TO CARRY ON
A NORMAL APPEARING LIFE.
HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND.
HE WAS A SHAGGY
HAIRED COLLEGE STUDENT.
TED BUNDY SIMPLY COULD
WALK THE STREETS
AS A SERIAL KILLER
AND NOBODY WOULD SAY,
OH, THAT GUY LOOKS WEIRD.
HE'S THE REASON WHY YOUNG
LADIES WOULD GO TO HIS CAR WITH HIM.
HE WAS SMART,
CHARISMATIC, GOOD LOOKING.
HE WAS TOTALLY
INVISIBLE FOR WHAT HE WAS.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION
OF THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE MAN CALLED TED,
THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER
DISAPPEARANCES FROM THIS AREA.
JOHN SANDEFER FOR
ABC NEWS IN SEATTLE.
TED LEFT SEATTLE
IN 1974 IN THE FALL
AND HE ENROLLED IN LAW
SCHOOL IN SALT LAKE CITY.
WELL, TED BUNDY
DEFINITELY SEEMED
TO TAKE AN INTEREST
IN PAYING ATTENTION
TO HOW POLICE INVESTIGATED
CRIMES AND INTENTIONALLY
COMMITTED CRIMES IN
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS
BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS
OR THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS EASILY.
BUNDY'S TACTIC WAS
MOVING AROUND A LOT.
HE'D JUST MOVE STATES AND
KEPT LAW ENFORCEMENT GUESSING
AND HE ACTUALLY
KILLED FOUR MORE WOMEN
BY THE END OF THAT YEAR.
HE FELT UNSTOPPABLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SERIAL KILLERS
AND THIS REALLY GOES TO ALL FIVE
OF THE SERIAL KILLERS
IN THIS GOLDEN AGE,
THERE'S AN ASPECT OF
THEM, THEIR PERSONALITY,
THAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF
THEM THAT MAKES THEM SUCCESSFUL.
THEY ARE PSYCHOPATHS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT
AND WHAT IS WRONG,
BOTH MORALLY AND LEGALLY.
THEY SIMPLY DON'T CARE.
THE PROBLEM IS FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT,
WHEN THEY ENGAGE IN THESE
HORRIFICALLY BRUTAL CRIMES,
THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY
COME RIGHT BACK FROM THAT
AND ACT LIKE A
NORMAL INDIVIDUAL.
AND THAT MAKES IT SO
DIFFICULT TO CATCH THEM.
- WHEN DENNIS
RADER STARTED IN 1974,
HE KILLED FIVE PEOPLE
RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
FOLLOWING THE OTERO
AND THE BRIGHT MURDERS
IN WICHITA, KANSAS,
THE POLICE DIDN'T
REALLY HAVE ANY LEADS
AND THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T
CONNECTING THESE CASES.
THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO SUSPECTS AT ALL.
AND THEN PEOPLE STARTED COMING
FORWARD CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY.
IT WAS IN THE PAPER THAT THERE
HAD BEEN AN ARREST
IN THE OTERO CASE.
SO, THE KILLER AT
THIS TIME DECIDED,
NO, NO, NOBODY'S GETTING
CREDIT FOR WHAT I DID.
RADER HAD LEFT A
BOOK IN THE LIBRARY
AND INSIDE THAT
BOOK WAS A LETTER.
AND IT WAS A MESSAGE
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND REALLY THE WHOLE
BEGINNING OF THE MESSAGING
BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THE MEDIA AND DENNIS RADER.
IN THIS LETTER,
HE GOES INTO VERY,
VERY SPECIFIC DETAIL ABOUT
EACH ONE OF THE OTERO VICTIMS.
IT IS VERY CLEAR IN THAT LETTER
THAT HE HAD COMMITTED
THE OTERO CRIME.
THE SPECIFICS OF THE
LETTER WEREN'T PUBLISHED,
NOT AT THAT TIME.
WE HAD NOT REALLY
SEEN SERIAL KILLERS
INJECT THEMSELVES
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
WE HAD NOT SEEN SERIAL KILLERS
NECESSARILY WRITE LETTERS,
VERY PROVOCATIVE LETTERS.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT BEHAVIOR,
IT DOES SET THAT OFFENDER APART
BECAUSE THOSE
ARE THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT TEND TO BE
EVEN MORE ARROGANT.
THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE MORE GRANDIOSE.
THEY DON'T THINK THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT.
DENNIS RADER IS UNIQUE
FROM THE OTHER FOUR
SERIAL KILLERS OF THIS AGE
IN THAT DENNIS RADER,
HE WANTED A MONIKER.
HE WANTS TO GIVE HIMSELF A BRAND
AND HE SAYS, BY THE
WAY, MY NAME IS BTK
FOR BIND, TORTURE AND KILL.
YOU DON'T LOOK
FOR A SERIAL KILLER
TO BE THE GUY NEXT DOOR.
NOBODY SUSPECTED THAT.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE
WILD GUY, THE CRAZY PERSON.
HE DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE THOSE THINGS.
HE LOOKED LIKE A
NORMAL GUY WITH A JOB,
WENT TO WORK EIGHT
TO FIVE EVERY DAY.
AND TO ME, THAT IS THE
MOST MONSTROUS PART OF IT,
IS THAT HE WAS
THE GUY NEXT DOOR.
THE ULTIMATE SERIAL KILLER
IS ONE THAT CAN
HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT
AND THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE
CASES OF JOHN WAYNE GACY,
GARY RIDGWAY AND DENNIS RADER.
THEY HAD A WIFE,
THEY HAD CHILDREN.
THEY HAD WORK LIVES.
SO IN 1974, RIDGWAY IS LEADING
A DOUBLE LIFE,
A DUAL EXISTENCE WHERE
IN ONE LIFE HE'S MARRIED,
HAS A STEADY JOB AND IS
SORT OF BLENDING INTO SOCIETY.
IN THE OTHER LIFE,
HE'S BASICALLY
ADDICTED TO PROSTITUTES
AND SPENDING A LOT OF
TIME WITH SEX WORKERS.
RIDGWAY WORKED FOR 30 PLUS YEARS
AT THE KENWORTH PLANT IN SEATTLE
AND HE WAS A TRUCK PAINTER.
HE SHOWED UP TO WORK EVERY DAY,
HE HAD PERFECT
ATTENDANCE, BY ALL ACCOUNTS.
JUST LIKE RIDGWAY IN 1974,
DAHMER HASN'T KILLED YET EITHER.
HE IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
HE'S A CLASS CLOWN, BUT
HE ALSO HAS THESE URGES.
SO HE GOES INTO THE BACK
YARD AND HE DISSECTS ANIMALS.
THESE ARE THE SECRETIVE
LIVES THAT THEY ARE LIVING
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
APPEARING TO BE A
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
OR A MODEL EMPLOYEE.
THEY WE'RE USING THIS RUSE
OF HAVING A NORMAL
LIFE TO SEEM NORMAL.
GACY WAS THE SAME WAY.
GACY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
HE BUILT, CAREFULLY,
AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO LIVE A FACADE, A DUALITY
WHERE HE COULD BE SEEN,
AT LEAST ON OUTWARD APPEARANCES,
AS A HETEROSEXUAL FATHER,
HUSBAND, OWNER OF A BUSINESS.
- IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
HE WAS A BIG SHOT
AND VERY POPULAR BECAUSE
HE THREW ALL THESE PARTIES.
LIKE, EVERY SUMMER, HE'D
THROW THIS GIANT YARD PARTY
AND HE'D COOK FOR EVERYBODY,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
- THEY ALL THOUGHT HE WAS GREAT.
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A GREAT GUY.
AFTER GACY'S FIRST VICTIM,
HE DOESN'T KILL AGAIN
UNTIL 1975, THREE YEARS LATER.
GACY'S BUSINESS WAS
OPERATING FULL TIME.
GACY WOULD HIRE YOUNG MEN
FROM THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY
OR OUTLYING SUBURBS
TO WORK WITH HIM
ON THESE CONTRACTOR
JOBS FOR HIS COMPANY.
BY HIRING THESE YOUNG
TEENAGERS, GACY IS SAVING MONEY,
HE'S SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY
AS HELPING OUT YOUTH
AND GIVING BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY,
BUT HE'S ALSO
SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS.
JOHN BUTKOVICH WAS HIRED BY GACY
WHEN HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD
AND HE MET HIM IN
A HARDWARE STORE.
- ON THE NIGHT THAT HE
DISAPPEARED OR WAS LAST SEEN,
BUTKOVICH HAD COME
TO GACY'S HOUSE.
- GACY WOUND UP
OWING BUTKOVICH MONEY.
HE DIDN'T PAY HIM FOR TWO
WEEKS' WORTH OF WORK.
BUTKOVICH WAS VERY
BELLIGERENT WITH GACY,
WANTING HIS MONEY AND
THREATENING HIM AND,
YOU KNOW, SHOVING AND PUSHING.
AND THAT'S WHERE HE
GETS THE CUFFS ON HIM
AND USED HIS GARRET AND
STRANGLED HIM TO DEATH
AND BURIED HIM UNDER
THE ADDITION TO THE GARAGE
IN THE BACK.
- MISSING PERSONS,
LEO, CAN I HELP YOU?
BUTKOVICH'S PARENTS NOT ONLY
WENT TO THE POLICE STATION,
BUT THEY WOULD CALL
THEM NUMEROUS TIMES DAILY
AND THE POLICE JUST REALLY
WOULDN'T RESPOND TO IT.
THE CHICAGO POLICE
TOLD BUTKOVICH'S PARENTS
THAT IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT
A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN
WOULD BE A SUSPECT IN THE CASE.
MISSING PERSONS ARE
CONSIDERED RUNAWAYS,
MOST LIKELY,
ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS.
AND IN THE 70S, YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT A TIME PERIOD
WHERE KIDS WOULD HITCHHIKE
AND DISAPPEAR FOR DAYS
AND THEN THEY WOULD
WIND UP COMING BACK HOME
OR SHOWING UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WITHOUT THE PROPER
EVIDENCE, THERE IS NO PROOF
THAT THERE WAS ANY FOUL
PLAY OR ANYTHING UNDERHANDED
GOING ON WITH THESE KIDS.
THEY WERE JUST MISSING.
YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND, AT THE TIME,
GACY WAS AN UPSTANDING
COMMUNITY MEMBER.
HE WAS A GUY THAT
ENTERTAINED CHILDREN
AT PARTIES AS POGO THE CLOWN.
- HE CLAIMED HE HAD BIG
CONNECTIONS IN CHICAGO POLITICS,
THAT HE WAS A PRECINCT CAPTAIN,
YOU KNOW, HE PUT A PICTURE
ON THE WALL IN HIS OFFICE
OF HIM AND ROSLYN CARTER.
SO THE POLICE KNEW HIM.
HE WAS WELL-LIKED,
WELL-KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE'S QUITE AN
ARTICULATE INDIVIDUAL.
AGAIN, AS A PSYCHOPATH, HE CAN,
LIKE, MANIPULATE THE SITUATION.
- GACY'S MARRIAGE TO
CAROL HOFF, HIS SECOND WIFE,
SLOWLY WENT DOWNHILL
AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE.
ON MARCH 2ND, 1976, CAROL
HOFF FILES FOR DIVORCE.
ONCE GACY'S WIFE
LEAVES THE HOUSE,
HE HAS THE ENTIRE
PROPERTY TO HIMSELF
WHERE HE WOULD
INVITE HIS VICTIMS,
WHERE HE TORTURED THEM,
RAPES AND STRANGLED THEM
AND THEN BURIED THEM IN HIS
CRAWLSPACE BENEATH THIS HOUSE.
AFTER LAKE SAMMAMISH,
BUNDY DOESN'T SLOW DOWN,
AS A MATTER OF
FACT, HE ACCELERATES
AND HE BEGINS TO ATTACK WOMEN IN
UTAH, COLORADO AND IDAHO.
BUNDY WAS GOING TO
LAW SCHOOL IN UTAH,
BUT HE WOULD JUST GO TO COLORADO
FOR LIKE A DAY OR
HALF A DAY OR TWO DAYS.
HE WAS JUST TROLLING.
IN 1975, LAW ENFORCEMENT
GETS A HUGE BREAK WITH BUNDY.
A UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER
WAS GOING HOME TO HIS HOUSE
AND SAW A SUSPICIOUS
CAR IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
BUNDY'S CAR WAS PARKED
BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
WITH THE LIGHTS OUT.
THE TROOPER FLASHED
HIS LIGHTS ONTO THE CAR
AND TED STARTED TO TAKE OFF,
BUT ULTIMATELY DID PULL OVER.
IN HIS VOLKSWAGENS TRUNK,
THERE WERE
HANDCUFFS, AN ICEPICK,
PANTYHOSE WITH HOLES
IN THEM, DUCT TAPE,
LICENSE PLATES FROM COLORADO,
GAS RECEIPTS FROM COLORADO.
ALSO THE SEAT WAS
OUT IN THE VEHICLE TOO,
WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE
EASIER TO CONCEAL SOMEONE.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TELL YOU
THAT HE WASN'T OUT FOR A PICNIC.
TED WAS ARRESTED AND
HE WAS CHARGED WITH
EVADING THE OFFICER
FROM WHEN HE TOOK OFF.
SO THAT IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHEN THEY REALLY GET
THEIR FIRST BIG BREAK
IN WHO HE IS WITH HIS
CAR AND THE MURDER KIT
AND THIS IS WHAT STARTED LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO FOCUS ON BUNDY.
THE FIND BY OFFICER
HAYWOOD OF THE THINGS
IN TED'S CAR WOULD MAKE
ANY POLICE OFFICER SUSPICIOUS.
NO ONE KNOWS THAT HE'S
THE TED THAT
EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR
BUT IT'S COMMON PRACTICE
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO LOOK AT UNSOLVED
CRIMES IN THEIR AREA
WHEN THEY PICK UP A
SUSPECT WITH CRIME TOOLS.
THAT'S WHEN THEY
DISCOVERED THE CONNECTION
TO THE ABDUCTION
OF CAROL DARONCH.
CAROL DARONCH WAS 18 YEARS OLD,
BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
SHE'D GONE INTO THE MALL
AND THIS MAN APPROACHED HER.
TED BUNDY TOLD HER
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER
AND SHOWED HER
SOME SORT OF BADGE
AND SAID THAT YOUR
CAR IN THE PARKING LOT,
I THINK IT'S BEEN
HIT BY SOMEONE.
AND THEN HE TOLD HER SHE
HAD TO GO TO THE POLICE STATION
WITH HIM TO SORT IT ALL OUT.
AND SHE GOT INTO
HIS CAR WITH HIM,
REALIZING AT THAT MOMENT
IT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.
BUT WHEN HE PULLED OVER
TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON HER,
SHE MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
SHE ESCAPED AND
WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE
A DESCRIPTION OF BOTH
THE CAR AND BUNDY.
IT WAS A REALLY BIG BREAK
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY PUT TED IN A LINEUP
AND SHE PICKED HIM RIGHT OUT.
SHE SAID THAT'S HIM,
THAT'S THE PERSON
THAT HANDCUFFED ME IN THE CAR.
THEY ARRESTED TED BUNDY
FOR THE CAROL DARONCH
INCIDENT IN OCTOBER OF 1975.
AFTER TED WAS RELEASED ON
BAIL, HE RETURNED TO SEATTLE.
THAT'S WHEN I FIRST MET HIM.
I WAS ASSIGNED
HIS CASE ORIGINALLY
BY THE KING COUNTY
OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.
I WAS HIS ATTORNEY
AND HIS ADVISER
KIND OF ON AND OFF
FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
I THINK THE FIRST THING
HE EVER SAID TO ME WAS,
OH, THERE'S THIS SILLY
LITTLE MATTER IN UTAH,
THAT'S EXACT QUOTE,
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
AND I WENT, "AH,
IT'S A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS
THAN THAT, MR. BUNDY."
AFTER TED WAS ARRESTED
IN THE CAROL DARONCH CASE,
THE MEDIA BEGAN PUTTING
TWO AND TWO TOGETHER,
IN FACT, THAT TED HAD
BEEN IN WASHINGTON STATE,
GIRLS HAD GONE MISSING.
HE LEFT AND THEN GIRLS
WERE ABDUCTED IN UTAH.
THEN THERE WAS THE
HEADLINE IN SEATTLE PAPERS,
IS UTAH TED, SEATTLE TED?
BECAUSE INVESTIGATORS
WERE FOCUSING
ON BUNDY NOW AND HIS VW BUG,
THAT VW BUG WAS IMMEDIATELY
SEIZED AND TAKEN BY THE FBI
AND DISMANTLED AT THE
LABORATORY PIECE BY PIECE,
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF
EVIDENCE THEY FOUND IN THE CAR
WAS ACTUALLY A HEAD HAIR.
BACK THEN,
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF
TECHNOLOGY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT,
BUT THERE WAS TECHNOLOGY
FOR HAIRS AND FIBERS.
POLICE WERE ABLE
TO MATCH THE HAIR
IN BUNDY'S CAR TO
CARYN CAMPBELL,
WHO HAD BEEN
MURDERED IN COLORADO
NINE MONTHS BEFORE
BUNDY WAS ARRESTED.
- NO ONE KNEW WHAT
HAD HAPPENED TO HER.
- ON JANUARY 12, 1975,
CARYN CAMPBELL DISAPPEARED
FROM THE WILDWOOD INN.
ON FEBRUARY THE
17TH, 36 DAYS LATER,
HER NUDE BODY WAS FOUND
ALMOST THREE MILES AWAY.
NOW THAT WAS A CRIME
HE HADN'T EVEN
BEEN SUSPECTED OF.
- SO NOW COLORADO
STARTED INVESTIGATING HIM.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAD HIS GAS RECEIPTS
AND THEY STARTED TRACING
WHERE TED HAD TRAVELED
AND WHERE HE'D BOUGHT GASOLINE,
USUALLY WITH A CREDIT CARD.
AND HE'D BEEN AT THIS
RESORT IN COLORADO.
WE NEVER DOUBTED THAT
THE CLUES WERE THERE.
IT WAS A MATTER OF US
GATHERING THE EVIDENCE,
GETTING THE INFORMATION.
- ALL OF THE THINGS
STARTED FITTING TOGETHER
AND WE BEGAN INVESTIGATING
TED 24 HOURS A DAY.
- ONCE AUTHORITIES CATCH BUNDY
AND CONNECT HIM
TO CAROL DARONCH,
THEN THEY CONNECT HIM TO
CARYN CAMPBELL IN COLORADO.
WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT TED WAS SUCH A MOBILE GUY
AND HAD BEEN
TRAVELING THROUGHOUT
THE WEST AND THE
NORTHWEST IN HIS BUG,
THE DIFFERENT DETECTIVES
FROM THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
MET AND SHARED ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD.
THE ASPEN SUMMIT
WAS REALLY CRITICAL;
30 INVESTIGATORS FROM
FIVE DIFFERENT STATES.
THIS WAS REALLY UNHEARD
OF IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK THEY STRONGLY BELIEVED
THAT BUNDY WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A LOT OF THESE
HOMICIDES AND DISAPPEARANCES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
WE NEED TO START BUILDING
A CASE WITH EVIDENCE,
WHICH IS WHAT THEY REALLY
DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME.
UTAH AUTHORITIES
WERE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER CASES
THAT THEY BELIEVED PERHAPS
TED HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WE DEVELOPED
INFORMATION ON OUR OWN.
WE SHARED THAT
INFORMATION WITH SALT LAKE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES IN COLORADO AS WELL.
- THE QUESTION WAS,
I THINK FOR A LOT OF
THE INVESTIGATORS,
WAS IS TED BUNDY OUR OFFENDER?
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW
DO WE CATCH BUNDY FOR MURDER?
THAT WAS, I THINK, THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ASPEN SUMMIT.
IN SEATTLE, WE WERE
WATCHING VERY CLOSELY
WHEN TED WAS CHARGED WITH
THE CAROL DARONCH ABDUCTION
AND THE SUBSEQUENT
TRIAL AND HIS CONVICTION.
TED THOUGHT HE
COULD CHARM ANYBODY.
HE HAD A CLASSIC SOCIOPATH'S
ABILITY TO AVOID REALITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I
THINK HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT
HE'D BE FOUND NOT GUILTY BY
JUDGE HANSON, WHICH WAS UBSURD.
- ON MARCH 1ST, 1976, 3RD
DISTRICT JUDGE STEWART HANSON JR
FOUND BUNDY GUILTY OF
SECOND DEGREE KIDNAPPING.
HE WAS GIVEN A ONE
TO 15 YEAR SENTENCE
AT THE UTAH STATE PRISON.
- THAT WAS A BIG STORY
WHEN HE WAS FINALLY
CONVICTED OF SOMETHING
AND HE WENT TO UTAH PRISON.
I VISITED HIM AT THE
UTAH STATE PENITENTIARY,
BUT HE THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL BE
OUT OF HERE IN LIKE NINE MONTHS.
I SAID, NO TED, COLORADO
IS THIS HOT ON YOUR TRAIL
AND SO IS WASHINGTON.
MY BROTHER WAS SIX
YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.
HE WAS VERY INTERESTED
IN CARS AND HE WAS
A VERY, VERY BIG HOCKEY PLAYER.
AND I REMEMBER WE
WERE SITTING AT DINNER,
HE HAD TAKEN THE JOB AND
STARTED WORKING FOR GACY
AND HE SAYS, OH, MOM, ME AND
THIS BOY ARE WORKING TOGETHER
AND WE'RE DIGGING
AROUND GACY'S HOUSE.
WELL, IT ENDED UP THEY WERE
DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES.
♪
WE ALWAYS HAD A TRADITION;
WE USED TO PUT THE TREE UP
THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING,
SO THAT FRIDAY WE WERE
DECORATING THE TREE,
WE GOT THE GIFTS AND WE
WOULD PUT THEM UNDER THE TREE.
GREGORY, HE GOT THIS JOB
WITH GACY FOR $5 AN HOUR.
OH, HE WAS JUST AS YOU
KNOW, LIKE ON CLOUD NINE
BECAUSE HE'S MAKING
ALL THIS MONEY.
HE'S THINKING OH, LIFE
IS GOOD, POSSIBLY THAT
HE WAS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE
BECAUSE HE WAS A SENIOR.
♪
ON DECEMBER 11TH,
GREGORY GODZIK WENT OUT
TO DINNER WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
AND SUPPOSEDLY HE WAS
GOING TO GACY'S PLACE
TO PICK UP HIS PAYCHECK.
THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP,
MY MOTHER SAID, DID YOU
SEE YOUR BROTHER LAST NIGHT?
YOUR BROTHER DIDN'T COME HOME
AND I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA.
AND I REMEMBER MY MOM SAYING
WE HAVE TO CALL HIS FRIENDS
AND WE CALLED, WE
TALKED TO EVERYBODY
AND THEY'RE LIKE, NOPE,
NOPE, HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
THAT MONDAY IS WHEN
MY MOM CALLED THE POLICE,
FILLED OUT WHATEVER
SHE NEEDED TO DO.
THEY SAID, WELL,
WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN,
BUT THEIR ANSWER ALWAYS WAS,
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW KIDS ARE.
HE'LL PROBABLY BE
BACK. DON'T WORRY.
MY MOTHER, YOU
KNOW, DID EVERYTHING
SHE POSSIBLY COULD
TO FIND HER SON.
- I CAN'T HELP IT, I
CRY ALL THE TIME.
- MY MOTHER KEPT SAYING,
IS ANYBODY DOING THEIR JOB?
YOU KNOW, NOBODY SEEMS
TO BE DOING THEIR JOB.
YOU REALLY THINK
THAT THIS ISN'T REAL.
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT IT'S HAPPENING TO YOU.
YOU KEEP THINKING, WELL, MAYBE,
WELL JUST MAYBE
HE MIGHT COME BACK.
WHEN GREG GODZIK DISAPPEARED
LIKE THE OTHERS, THERE
WAS A POLICE REPORT ON IT
AND THAT SOMEONE WENT TO GACY
AND TALKED TO THEM AND AS USUAL,
HE SIMPLY DENIED IT AND
SAID, YEAH, HE WORKED FOR ME.
I KNOW THE KID. HE
WAS A GOOD WORKER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM.
HE WASN'T HERE.
SINCE GACY WAS ONE OF
THE LAST PEOPLE TO SEE
GREGORY GODZIK ALIVE,
ONE WOULD THINK
THAT THE AUTHORITIES
WOULD LOOK INTO
GACY'S BACKGROUND
AND FIND HIS RECORD OF
SODOMY, BUT THEY NEVER DID.
WITHOUT A BODY, YOU
DON'T HAVE A MURDER,
YOU GOT MISSING
PERSONS, RUNAWAY KIDS,
NONE OF THAT'S A CRIME.
THERE ARE A FEW REASONS
WHY POLICE WERE UNABLE TO
CONNECT GACY TO THESE CRIMES.
ONE, YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT IN THE 1970S,
RUNAWAY CULTURE WAS RAMPANT.
SECOND, COMPUTERS WERE
NOT USED IN POLICING AT THIS TIME.
AND THIRDLY, POLICE DISTRICTS
DO NOT SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
AND DO NOT SHARE INFORMATION.
SO JOHN BUTKOVICH LIVED
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
GREGORY GODZIK LIVED ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
BUT NEITHER OF THOSE DISTRICTS
WOULD HAVE SHARED INFORMATION
ABOUT THE TWO YOUNG
MEN'S DISAPPEARANCES.
THERE JUST WASN'T
ANY COMMUNICATION.
IN THOSE DAYS, THERE WAS
NO WAY TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
GACY THOUGHT HE'S
SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE'S SMARTER THAN THE COPS,
SMARTER THAN THE DETECTIVES,
GACY REALLY EPITOMIZED
THE COMPLETELY
ORGANIZED SERIAL KILLER,
BUT SO DID DENNIS RADER.
DENNIS RADER HAD A BTK SIDE
AND HE ADDED DENNIS
RADER, THE FAMILY MAN SIDE.
BUT HE WILL DESCRIBE
TO US LATER IN INTERVIEWS
THAT HE MUCH
PREFERRED THE BTK SIDE.
THAT'S WHERE HE
REALLY WANTED TO BE
AND HIS FAMILY
JUST GOT IN THE WAY.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE
OTERO'S AND KATHRYN
BRIGHT WERE MURDERED,
HIS FIRST SON WAS BORN.
SO WE TOOK A BREAK
FROM THE MURDERS.
WHEN A CRIMINAL GOES DORMANT,
YOU START TO WONDER, HAS
HE LEFT THE AREA, IS HE DEAD?
WHEN SOMEBODY GOES
DORMANT, IT'S NOT LIKE,
OKAY, GREAT, WE CAN REALLY
WORK ON THE CASE NOW.
THERE'S A REASON THEY GO DORMANT
AND SOME OF THEM
AREN'T ALWAYS CRIMINAL.
IT CERTAINLY WASN'T THAT
WAY WITH DENNIS RADER.
DENNIS RADER WENT
DORMANT BECAUSE
HE HAD FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.
WHILE THIS, ON THE OUTSIDE
APPEARS AS A
PERIOD OF INACTIVITY,
EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT KILLING,
HE STILL MAY BE STALKING,
FANTASIZING ABOUT THE
MURDER, REENACTING THE FANTASY,
REENACTING THE EVENTS,
ALLOWING THE FANTASY TO CONTINUE
AND TO STRENGTHEN TO THE
POINT WHERE HE HAS TO ACT ON IT.
- DENNIS WAS DRIVING HIS
WIFE TO AN APPOINTMENT
WHEN HE HAD SEEN
NANCY GETTING HER MAIL.
RADER WAS VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT PLANNING OUT HIS
ATTACKS AND SELECTING HIS VICTIMS
OR AS HE CALLED THEM,
PROJECTS VERY CAREFULLY.
- NANCY FOX WAS A SWEET
DAUGHTER OF A LOCAL FAMILY.
HE SAW HER JUST, YOU
KNOW, OUT AND ABOUT.
NONE OF THESE MURDERS ARE
LINKED TOGETHER WITH ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST, OH, I
LIKE HER, SHE'S NEXT.
THAT WAS THE HARD
PART FOR THE POLICE.
THAT'S THE SCARY
PART FOR THE PUBLIC.
HE CUT HER PHONE LINES
IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
HE BROKE IN THROUGH
A BEDROOM WINDOW
AND WAITED FOR HER UNTIL
SHE GETS BACK FROM WORK.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT NANCY FOX DID
WHEN SHE DISCOVERED
HIM IN HER HOME
IS SHE WENT TO HER PHONE
AND THE LINE WAS DEAD.
IN THE 70S, IT WOULD
BE VERY SIGNIFICANT
IF YOU CUT SOMEONE'S PHONE LINE
AND HE'LL EVEN TALK ABOUT HOW
IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT NOWADAYS
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T STOP
SOMEBODY'S CELL PHONE.
DENNIS RADER DIDN'T THINK ANYONE
APPARENTLY WAS GOING TO
KNOW ABOUT THIS MURDER,
SO HE GOES TO A PAY PHONE,
CALLS THE POLICE STATION.
IT'S A PRETTY BRIEF CALL
AND IT WASN'T PUT OUT
INITIALLY RIGHT AWAY.
THEY HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE LOOK INTO IT,
YOU KNOW, LINGUISTICS PEOPLE.
DENNIS RADER MAKING A PHONE CALL
VERY CLOSE TO HIS CRIME SCENE
MAY REFLECT AN
INTENSIFICATION OF THAT RUSH
ASSOCIATED WITH COMMITTING
A CRIME AND NOT BEING CAUGHT.
AND NOW, HE JUST NEEDS
TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH
AND MAKE IT AN EVEN
RISKIER BEHAVIOR.
SO THAT MIGHT ADD TO THE THRILL.
AND IT'S ALSO, I THINK,
CONVERSELY, INTERESTING
THAT WE SEE THE SAME
RELATIONSHIP IN MANY CASES
BETWEEN THESE SERIAL
KILLERS AND THEIR VICTIM.
ON ONE HAND, THEY PLAY
THE ROLE OF THE MOUSE
RELATIVE TO THE
POLICE, WHICH IS THE CAT,
BUT IN THEIR OWN
WORLD, IN KILLING,
THEY ARE NOW THE CAT AND
THE VICTIMS ARE THE MICE.
TED WAS CONVICTED
FOR THE CAROL DARONCH ABDUCTION,
SO HE WAS SENTENCED TO
SPEND UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
TED WAS IN THE UTAH STATE PRISON
AND HE WAS CHARGED IN COLORADO
ABOUT NINE MONTHS
AFTER HIS CONVICTION
IN THE DARONCH MATTER.
- BUNDY IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING
CARYN CAMPBELL OF
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN.
SHE WAS VACATIONING IN
ASPEN AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH
IN JANUARY OF 1974.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COLORADO
DETERMINED THEY HAD
ENOUGH TO CHARGE HIM
WITH THE MURDER
OF CARYN CAMPBELL.
SO HE WAS MOVED
TO A JAIL IN COLORADO.
THE JAIL IN ASPEN
IS THE PITKIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
SO TED WAS REPRESENTING HIMSELF,
ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS
AND THE AUTHORITIES IN ASPEN
WHO WERE REALLY NICE ABOUT
ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE LET HIM USE
THE LAW LIBRARY AND
BASICALLY UNSHACKLED HIM
FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND HE JUMPED OUT
OF THE WINDOW ONE DAY.
- GOOD EVENING,
CONVICTED UTAH KIDNAPPER,
THEODORE BUNDY,
HAS ESCAPED, ESCAPED.
- THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED,
THE DEFENDANT WAS THERE,
THE NEXT TIME WE
LOOKED, HE WAS GONE.
- SECOND FLOOR WINDOW
ON THE CORNER THERE.
GUARDS WAITED OUTSIDE THE
ROOM, BUT BUNDY WAS ALONE INSIDE.
- THE FBI SAID BUNDY ESCAPED
FROM A JAIL NEAR ASPEN, COLORADO
- AND REMAINS AT THIS HOUR
THE SUBJECT OF A MANHUNT.
THAT WAS A PRETTY MONUMENTAL DAY
WHEN HE WENT TO THE LAW LIBRARY.
HE WAS ALONE.
HE WAS ALONE ON
TRIAL FOR MURDER.
HE WAS ALONE IN THE LIBRARY.
TWO STORIES UP FROM THE GROUND.
SECURITY WAS AT A MINIMUM.
HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
THE HARDENED CRIMINALS
THEY WERE USED TO DEALING WITH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAD
ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AT ALL.
THE PITKIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WAS GREATLY
EMBARRASSED, OBVIOUSLY.
NOWADAYS, THOSE PEOPLE
WOULD BE SHACKLED.
THEY'D PROBABLY HAVE
AN ANKLE MONITOR ON THEM
THAT THEY CAN'T CUT OFF.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT
TECHNOLOGY BACK THEN.
AND SO THERE WAS A MAJOR
MANHUNT ALL OVER THAT AREA.
- THE SEARCH AROUND
ASPEN, NOW IN ITS THIRD DAY,
IS BEING WOUND
DOWN, BUT A SPOKESMAN
FOR THE PITKIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
SAYS THE DRAGNET WILL
DEFINITELY CONTINUE.
- I THINK IT'S REALLY
SCARY. I DON'T LIKE IT.
I JUST, I WISH THEY
WOULD JUST CATCH HIM.
IT MADE THE COUNTY
LOOK REALLY DUMB
THAT HE COULD JUMP OUT
OF THE WINDOW AND ESCAPE.
JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IS CERTAINLY AT FAULT IN TERMS
OF SECURITY IN THE COURTROOM.
AND WE HOPE WE'VE
CHANGED THAT AT THE MOMENT.
- I BELIEVE THAT TED DID GET
SOME SORT OF THRILL FROM
PLAYING A GAME WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT,
PLAYING A GAME WITH
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM,
PLAYING A GAME WITH HIS VICTIMS.
HE WAS OF THE BELIEF
THAT HE WAS SO SMART,
SO CAGEY THAT HE COULD
HANDLE ANY SITUATION
AND DO SO IN SUCH A WAY
THAT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE
HE WAS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.
- THE STREETS OF
ASPEN ARE SAFE AGAIN.
SUSPECTED MULTIPLE
MURDERER THEODORE BUNDY,
WHO'S ESCAPED FROM PITKIN
COUNTY AUTHORITIES LAST WEEK,
TERRORIZED THE ASPEN AREA,
IS BACK IN CUSTODY AFTER AN
ABSENCE OF NEARLY SEVEN DAYS.
WHEN HE GETS ARRESTED,
THEY TAKE HIM TO
THE JAIL IN GLENWOOD.
AND THAT'S A MORE MODERN JAIL
THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY
A MORE SECURE JAIL.
I NEVER THOUGHT THE AUTHORITIES
WOULD ALLOW HIM TO
ESCAPE A SECOND TIME.
♪
- MY PHONE RANG AND THEY SAID,
SHERIFF, WE'VE GOT MURDERS AND
INJURIES AT THE CHI OMEGA HOUSE.
HE WAS REALLY OUT OF CONTROL
TO ATTACK FIVE
WOMEN IN ONE NIGHT.
DENNIS RADER APPARENTLY WANTS
JUST AS MUCH
ATTENTION AS TED BUNDY.
- HOW MANY DO I HAVE
TO KILL BEFORE I GET
MY NAME IN THE PAPER OR
SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION?
- THAT'S A QUOTE THAT
YOU DON'T FORGET.
AFTER THAT, WICHITA WAS SCARED.
- JEFFREY DAHMER IS 17 YEARS OLD
AND ABOUT TO COMMIT
HIS FIRST MURDER.
DAHMER DOESN'T
WANT HIM TO LEAVE.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT
HE COULD FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO THIS WAS WITH
MASSIVE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
- I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS
THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.
HE SAID NOTHING, JUST
A PLAIN BLANK LOOK.
I AM THE ONLY SURVIVOR
OF THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.
- WELL IF YOU KILL 30 SOME
PEOPLE AND NEVER GET CAUGHT,
YOU BEGIN TO THINK YOU'RE
NEVER GOING TO GET CAUGHT.
HE LOOKS AT ME RIGHT
IN THE FACE AND HE SAYS
"YOU KNOW DAVE, CLOWNS
CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER."
MY BROTHER WAS SIX
YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME
AND I REMEMBER HE
HAD TAKEN THE JOB
AND STARTED WORKING FOR GACY.
AND HE SAYS, OH, MOM, ME AND
THIS BOY ARE WORKING TOGETHER
AND WE'RE DIGGING
AROUND GACY'S HOUSE.
WELL, IT ENDED UP THEY WERE
DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES.
- FIVE OF THE MOST
PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLERS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY WERE
ALL OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME.
- JOHN WAYNE GACY.
- TED BUNDY.
- BTK.
- JEFFREY DAHMER.
- SO CALLED GREEN RIVER KILLER.
- THIS WAS THE GOLDEN
AGE OF SERIAL KILLERS.
♪
- MY MOTHER HAD TOLD ME THAT
THE ONLY THING SHE
EVER PRAYED FOR,
FOR HERSELF WAS TO DIE
PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP.
AND THAT'S THE ONE
THING SHE DID NOT GET.
THREE MONTHS AFTER
THE OTERO MURDERS,
DENNIS RADER DECIDED
HE WAS GOING TO KILL AGAIN.
NOW YOU HAVE FIVE HOMICIDES
IN WICHITA, KANSAS,
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
WHEN JOHN GACY
HAS HIS FIRST KILL,
HE RECOGNIZES THE
POWERFUL AROUSAL COMPONENT
OF DECIDING WHETHER
THEY LIVE OR DIE.
THIS IS WHEN GACY CROSSES OVER.
HE SAYS, DEFENDED
HIMSELF AND KILLED HIM
AND BURIED HIM IN A CRAWLSPACE.
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1974,
THERE WERE A SERIES OF
MURDERS ABOUT ONE A MONTH.
TED BUNDY'S M.O. WAS TO
GET WOMEN TO TRUST
HIM AND GO WITH HIM.
- MY HUSBAND TOLD ME,
HE SAID SHE'S MISSING
AND THEY CAN'T FIND HER.
AND I SAID, NO, SHE'S DEAD.
WHAT SETS THIS
GROUP OF MEN APART
IS THAT THEY FLEW UNDER
LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RADAR
FOR A LONG TIME,
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO COME
ACROSS AS BEING FAIRLY NORMAL
TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND
TO PEOPLE THAT KNEW THEM.
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
REALLY SCARY AND DANGEROUS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT KILLING,
YOU ARE SORT OF
LIVING A PRO SOCIAL LIFE,
YOU'RE ABLE TO FLY
UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN.
GACY WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
DAHMER WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
BTK WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
GREEN RIVER WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
BUNDY WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE
THAT COMBINATION,
YOU COULD MURDER FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AND NOT BE CAUGHT.
BUNDY WAS VERY CAREFUL
IN HIS PLANNING OF HIS CRIMES.
HE'D ALWAYS TAKEN
A SINGLE FEMALE.
BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS
WITH GUYS LIKE BUNDY.
YOU HAVE A SUCCESS AND THEN
YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUCCESS
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER.
AND PRETTY SOON,
YOU START TO BELIEVE I'M SO
FAR AHEAD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT YOU START TO
BELIEVE YOU'RE INVINCIBLE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK
HAPPENS AT LAKE SAMMAMISH.
♪
LAKE SAMMAMISH STATE PARK,
IT'S A LAKE AND A PARK AND A
WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE,
PARTICULARLY IN THE
SUMMERTIME IN SEATTLE.
DIFFERENT WITNESSES SAW TED
APPROACH VARIOUS YOUNG WOMEN.
PEOPLE SAW THAT HE HAD WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A CAST ON HIS ARM
AND ASK FOR SOME
HELP WITH HIS SAILBOAT.
AND PEOPLE ALSO OBSERVED
JANICE OTT LEAVE WITH HIM.
REMEMBER, THIS WAS
AN AGE OF INNOCENCE.
I THINK IF THE LAKE SAMMAMISH
INCIDENCES HAPPENED TODAY,
THE WOMEN WOULD
BE VERY SUSPICIOUS OF,
YOU KNOW, SOME
STRANGER ASKING TO
PUT A SAILBOAT ON
TOP OF A VOLKSWAGEN.
- BUNDY ABDUCTS HER, TAKES
HER UP ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY
TO A PRESELECTED LOCATION
AND IS THERE WITH HER FOR
MAYBE ABOUT FOUR HOURS.
AFTER HE COMMITTED
THE FIRST ABDUCTION SUCCESSFULLY
AND THE POLICE
WEREN'T ON HIS TAIL,
HE FELT LIKE HE COULD COMMIT
THE SECOND CRIME OF THE DAY.
DENISE NASLUND, WHO WAS AT
THE PARK WITH HER BOYFRIEND
AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS,
WENT TO THE RESTROOM
AND SHE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
SO IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,
IN A VERY DENSELY
POPULATED PUBLIC PARK,
TED BUNDY ABDUCTED TWO
VICTIMS AND KILLED THEM.
THIS IS VERY BRAZEN,
VERY RISKY BEHAVIOR.
THAT RISK OF BEING CAUGHT
MUST HAVE BEEN SO INTENSE
AND THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING THAT HE REALLY CRAVED.
BUT IT ALSO MIGHT SPEAK TO HIS
OPINION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WELL, THEY'RE NEVER
GOING TO CATCH ME.
THEY HAVEN'T SO FAR.
I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT.
SO IT MIGHT REFLECT
BOTH THE THRILL SEEKING
AS WELL AS HIS OWN GRANDIOSITY.
BUT WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF THE OTT AND THE NASLUND
GIRLS ON THE SAME DAY
FROM THE SAME STATE PARK,
CAME THE FIRST INDICATIONS
THAT A MALE SUBJECT
WAS INVOLVED.
LEADING UP TO LAKE SAMMAMISH,
BUNDY HAS ALREADY ABDUCTED
AND KILLED FIVE WOMEN
FROM AROUND SEATTLE
AND AN ADDITIONAL WOMAN
FROM NEARBY OREGON.
LAKE SAMMAMISH IS OUTSIDE
THE CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE.
SO THERE WAS A TASK
FORCE SET UP BETWEEN
SEATTLE POLICE AND
KING COUNTY POLICE.
THAT'S WHEN I BECAME
INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
AS A DETECTIVE WITH THE KING
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
AND I WAS ASSIGNED
TO INVESTIGATE A
SERIES OF HOMICIDES
THAT HAD BEEN OCCURRING
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THAT WAS A VERY INNOVATIVE THING
TO BRING TOGETHER A GROUP
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
IN AN ATTEMPT TO
IDENTIFY THE OFFENDER.
- THEY ARE GOING TO START
AT THE VERY BEGINNING
AND GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF
THOSE TEN SUSPECTS WE'VE GOT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING
RIGHT NOW WITH THIS TASK FORCE.
THE NAME TED CAME
TO OUR ATTENTION
BECAUSE ONE OF THE
WITNESSES AT THE PARK
OVERHEARD TED
INTRODUCING HIMSELF.
- THEY ALSO KNEW THEN THAT
TED DROVE A LIGHT
COLORED VOLKSWAGEN BUG.
THEN THE POLICE HAD
SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.
WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAID,
WE NEED YOUR HELP;
WE NEED ANY PHOTOGRAPHS THAT
YOU TOOK AT THE PARK THAT DAY.
WITNESSES; DID ANYBODY
SEE THIS YOUNG WOMAN?
THE COUNTY POLICE SET UP
A HOTLINE AND WE RECEIVED
OVER THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS OVER 1,000 LEADS.
- THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR CALLING.
WE DID NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN STATES
THAT WE WERE LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE NAMED TED,
SOMEONE THAT DROVE
A BROWN VOLKSWAGEN.
- A COMPOSITE PICTURE WAS
RELEASED TO THE NEWS MEDIA.
IT WASN'T A GREAT
DEPICTION OF HIM,
BUT IT GOT THE ATTENTION
OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING LIZ KENDALL,
HIS GIRLFRIEND.
LIZ KENDALL SAYS,
GOSH, THAT SOUNDS A
LOT LIKE MY BOYFRIEND.
AND HE'S HAD SOME WEIRD
BEHAVIOR IN THE PAST.
I'M GOING TO CONTACT
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE INITIAL STORY
IN THE PAPER AFTER
LAKE SAMMAMISH,
WAS THAT HE DROVE A BRONZE
VOLKSWAGEN AND HER TED DIDN'T.
HER TED DROVE A VERY WASHED
OUT, FADED TAN VOLKSWAGEN.
SO SHE CALLED TO
CHECK TO SEE ABOUT
THE COLOR OF THE VOLKSWAGEN.
AND WHOEVER SHE
TALKED TO SAID, NO,
IT'S BRONZE. IT'S BRONZE.
SO THAT KIND OF
PACIFIED HER FOR A WHILE.
SHE EVENTUALLY CALLED BACK
TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES.
NO RESPONSE FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T
BELIEVE THAT A GUY LIKE BUNDY
FITS WHAT THEY THINK IS
THEIR PROFILE OF A KILLER.
AND THEY DISMISS IT.
IN THE MID-70S,
SOCIETY, IN THEIR MIND,
HAD EITHER THIS SORT OF
MANSON LIKE IDEA OF WHAT
A KILLER WOULD LOOK LIKE OR IT
WOULD BE A MINORITY ON DRUGS.
BUT WE WEREN'T LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE THAT WERE
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
TED BUNDY WAS ABLE TO CARRY ON
A NORMAL APPEARING LIFE.
HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND.
HE WAS A SHAGGY
HAIRED COLLEGE STUDENT.
TED BUNDY SIMPLY COULD
WALK THE STREETS
AS A SERIAL KILLER
AND NOBODY WOULD SAY,
OH, THAT GUY LOOKS WEIRD.
HE'S THE REASON WHY YOUNG
LADIES WOULD GO TO HIS CAR WITH HIM.
HE WAS SMART,
CHARISMATIC, GOOD LOOKING.
HE WAS TOTALLY
INVISIBLE FOR WHAT HE WAS.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION
OF THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE MAN CALLED TED,
THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER
DISAPPEARANCES FROM THIS AREA.
JOHN SANDEFER FOR
ABC NEWS IN SEATTLE.
TED LEFT SEATTLE
IN 1974 IN THE FALL
AND HE ENROLLED IN LAW
SCHOOL IN SALT LAKE CITY.
WELL, TED BUNDY
DEFINITELY SEEMED
TO TAKE AN INTEREST
IN PAYING ATTENTION
TO HOW POLICE INVESTIGATED
CRIMES AND INTENTIONALLY
COMMITTED CRIMES IN
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS
BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS
OR THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS EASILY.
BUNDY'S TACTIC WAS
MOVING AROUND A LOT.
HE'D JUST MOVE STATES AND
KEPT LAW ENFORCEMENT GUESSING
AND HE ACTUALLY
KILLED FOUR MORE WOMEN
BY THE END OF THAT YEAR.
HE FELT UNSTOPPABLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SERIAL KILLERS
AND THIS REALLY GOES TO ALL FIVE
OF THE SERIAL KILLERS
IN THIS GOLDEN AGE,
THERE'S AN ASPECT OF
THEM, THEIR PERSONALITY,
THAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF
THEM THAT MAKES THEM SUCCESSFUL.
THEY ARE PSYCHOPATHS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT
AND WHAT IS WRONG,
BOTH MORALLY AND LEGALLY.
THEY SIMPLY DON'T CARE.
THE PROBLEM IS FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT,
WHEN THEY ENGAGE IN THESE
HORRIFICALLY BRUTAL CRIMES,
THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY
COME RIGHT BACK FROM THAT
AND ACT LIKE A
NORMAL INDIVIDUAL.
AND THAT MAKES IT SO
DIFFICULT TO CATCH THEM.
- WHEN DENNIS
RADER STARTED IN 1974,
HE KILLED FIVE PEOPLE
RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
FOLLOWING THE OTERO
AND THE BRIGHT MURDERS
IN WICHITA, KANSAS,
THE POLICE DIDN'T
REALLY HAVE ANY LEADS
AND THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T
CONNECTING THESE CASES.
THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO SUSPECTS AT ALL.
AND THEN PEOPLE STARTED COMING
FORWARD CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY.
IT WAS IN THE PAPER THAT THERE
HAD BEEN AN ARREST
IN THE OTERO CASE.
SO, THE KILLER AT
THIS TIME DECIDED,
NO, NO, NOBODY'S GETTING
CREDIT FOR WHAT I DID.
RADER HAD LEFT A
BOOK IN THE LIBRARY
AND INSIDE THAT
BOOK WAS A LETTER.
AND IT WAS A MESSAGE
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND REALLY THE WHOLE
BEGINNING OF THE MESSAGING
BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THE MEDIA AND DENNIS RADER.
IN THIS LETTER,
HE GOES INTO VERY,
VERY SPECIFIC DETAIL ABOUT
EACH ONE OF THE OTERO VICTIMS.
IT IS VERY CLEAR IN THAT LETTER
THAT HE HAD COMMITTED
THE OTERO CRIME.
THE SPECIFICS OF THE
LETTER WEREN'T PUBLISHED,
NOT AT THAT TIME.
WE HAD NOT REALLY
SEEN SERIAL KILLERS
INJECT THEMSELVES
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
WE HAD NOT SEEN SERIAL KILLERS
NECESSARILY WRITE LETTERS,
VERY PROVOCATIVE LETTERS.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT BEHAVIOR,
IT DOES SET THAT OFFENDER APART
BECAUSE THOSE
ARE THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT TEND TO BE
EVEN MORE ARROGANT.
THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE MORE GRANDIOSE.
THEY DON'T THINK THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT.
DENNIS RADER IS UNIQUE
FROM THE OTHER FOUR
SERIAL KILLERS OF THIS AGE
IN THAT DENNIS RADER,
HE WANTED A MONIKER.
HE WANTS TO GIVE HIMSELF A BRAND
AND HE SAYS, BY THE
WAY, MY NAME IS BTK
FOR BIND, TORTURE AND KILL.
YOU DON'T LOOK
FOR A SERIAL KILLER
TO BE THE GUY NEXT DOOR.
NOBODY SUSPECTED THAT.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE
WILD GUY, THE CRAZY PERSON.
HE DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE THOSE THINGS.
HE LOOKED LIKE A
NORMAL GUY WITH A JOB,
WENT TO WORK EIGHT
TO FIVE EVERY DAY.
AND TO ME, THAT IS THE
MOST MONSTROUS PART OF IT,
IS THAT HE WAS
THE GUY NEXT DOOR.
THE ULTIMATE SERIAL KILLER
IS ONE THAT CAN
HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT
AND THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE
CASES OF JOHN WAYNE GACY,
GARY RIDGWAY AND DENNIS RADER.
THEY HAD A WIFE,
THEY HAD CHILDREN.
THEY HAD WORK LIVES.
SO IN 1974, RIDGWAY IS LEADING
A DOUBLE LIFE,
A DUAL EXISTENCE WHERE
IN ONE LIFE HE'S MARRIED,
HAS A STEADY JOB AND IS
SORT OF BLENDING INTO SOCIETY.
IN THE OTHER LIFE,
HE'S BASICALLY
ADDICTED TO PROSTITUTES
AND SPENDING A LOT OF
TIME WITH SEX WORKERS.
RIDGWAY WORKED FOR 30 PLUS YEARS
AT THE KENWORTH PLANT IN SEATTLE
AND HE WAS A TRUCK PAINTER.
HE SHOWED UP TO WORK EVERY DAY,
HE HAD PERFECT
ATTENDANCE, BY ALL ACCOUNTS.
JUST LIKE RIDGWAY IN 1974,
DAHMER HASN'T KILLED YET EITHER.
HE IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
HE'S A CLASS CLOWN, BUT
HE ALSO HAS THESE URGES.
SO HE GOES INTO THE BACK
YARD AND HE DISSECTS ANIMALS.
THESE ARE THE SECRETIVE
LIVES THAT THEY ARE LIVING
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
APPEARING TO BE A
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
OR A MODEL EMPLOYEE.
THEY WE'RE USING THIS RUSE
OF HAVING A NORMAL
LIFE TO SEEM NORMAL.
GACY WAS THE SAME WAY.
GACY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
HE BUILT, CAREFULLY,
AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO LIVE A FACADE, A DUALITY
WHERE HE COULD BE SEEN,
AT LEAST ON OUTWARD APPEARANCES,
AS A HETEROSEXUAL FATHER,
HUSBAND, OWNER OF A BUSINESS.
- IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
HE WAS A BIG SHOT
AND VERY POPULAR BECAUSE
HE THREW ALL THESE PARTIES.
LIKE, EVERY SUMMER, HE'D
THROW THIS GIANT YARD PARTY
AND HE'D COOK FOR EVERYBODY,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
- THEY ALL THOUGHT HE WAS GREAT.
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A GREAT GUY.
AFTER GACY'S FIRST VICTIM,
HE DOESN'T KILL AGAIN
UNTIL 1975, THREE YEARS LATER.
GACY'S BUSINESS WAS
OPERATING FULL TIME.
GACY WOULD HIRE YOUNG MEN
FROM THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY
OR OUTLYING SUBURBS
TO WORK WITH HIM
ON THESE CONTRACTOR
JOBS FOR HIS COMPANY.
BY HIRING THESE YOUNG
TEENAGERS, GACY IS SAVING MONEY,
HE'S SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY
AS HELPING OUT YOUTH
AND GIVING BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY,
BUT HE'S ALSO
SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS.
JOHN BUTKOVICH WAS HIRED BY GACY
WHEN HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD
AND HE MET HIM IN
A HARDWARE STORE.
- ON THE NIGHT THAT HE
DISAPPEARED OR WAS LAST SEEN,
BUTKOVICH HAD COME
TO GACY'S HOUSE.
- GACY WOUND UP
OWING BUTKOVICH MONEY.
HE DIDN'T PAY HIM FOR TWO
WEEKS' WORTH OF WORK.
BUTKOVICH WAS VERY
BELLIGERENT WITH GACY,
WANTING HIS MONEY AND
THREATENING HIM AND,
YOU KNOW, SHOVING AND PUSHING.
AND THAT'S WHERE HE
GETS THE CUFFS ON HIM
AND USED HIS GARRET AND
STRANGLED HIM TO DEATH
AND BURIED HIM UNDER
THE ADDITION TO THE GARAGE
IN THE BACK.
- MISSING PERSONS,
LEO, CAN I HELP YOU?
BUTKOVICH'S PARENTS NOT ONLY
WENT TO THE POLICE STATION,
BUT THEY WOULD CALL
THEM NUMEROUS TIMES DAILY
AND THE POLICE JUST REALLY
WOULDN'T RESPOND TO IT.
THE CHICAGO POLICE
TOLD BUTKOVICH'S PARENTS
THAT IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT
A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN
WOULD BE A SUSPECT IN THE CASE.
MISSING PERSONS ARE
CONSIDERED RUNAWAYS,
MOST LIKELY,
ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS.
AND IN THE 70S, YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT A TIME PERIOD
WHERE KIDS WOULD HITCHHIKE
AND DISAPPEAR FOR DAYS
AND THEN THEY WOULD
WIND UP COMING BACK HOME
OR SHOWING UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WITHOUT THE PROPER
EVIDENCE, THERE IS NO PROOF
THAT THERE WAS ANY FOUL
PLAY OR ANYTHING UNDERHANDED
GOING ON WITH THESE KIDS.
THEY WERE JUST MISSING.
YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND, AT THE TIME,
GACY WAS AN UPSTANDING
COMMUNITY MEMBER.
HE WAS A GUY THAT
ENTERTAINED CHILDREN
AT PARTIES AS POGO THE CLOWN.
- HE CLAIMED HE HAD BIG
CONNECTIONS IN CHICAGO POLITICS,
THAT HE WAS A PRECINCT CAPTAIN,
YOU KNOW, HE PUT A PICTURE
ON THE WALL IN HIS OFFICE
OF HIM AND ROSLYN CARTER.
SO THE POLICE KNEW HIM.
HE WAS WELL-LIKED,
WELL-KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE'S QUITE AN
ARTICULATE INDIVIDUAL.
AGAIN, AS A PSYCHOPATH, HE CAN,
LIKE, MANIPULATE THE SITUATION.
- GACY'S MARRIAGE TO
CAROL HOFF, HIS SECOND WIFE,
SLOWLY WENT DOWNHILL
AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE.
ON MARCH 2ND, 1976, CAROL
HOFF FILES FOR DIVORCE.
ONCE GACY'S WIFE
LEAVES THE HOUSE,
HE HAS THE ENTIRE
PROPERTY TO HIMSELF
WHERE HE WOULD
INVITE HIS VICTIMS,
WHERE HE TORTURED THEM,
RAPES AND STRANGLED THEM
AND THEN BURIED THEM IN HIS
CRAWLSPACE BENEATH THIS HOUSE.
AFTER LAKE SAMMAMISH,
BUNDY DOESN'T SLOW DOWN,
AS A MATTER OF
FACT, HE ACCELERATES
AND HE BEGINS TO ATTACK WOMEN IN
UTAH, COLORADO AND IDAHO.
BUNDY WAS GOING TO
LAW SCHOOL IN UTAH,
BUT HE WOULD JUST GO TO COLORADO
FOR LIKE A DAY OR
HALF A DAY OR TWO DAYS.
HE WAS JUST TROLLING.
IN 1975, LAW ENFORCEMENT
GETS A HUGE BREAK WITH BUNDY.
A UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER
WAS GOING HOME TO HIS HOUSE
AND SAW A SUSPICIOUS
CAR IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
BUNDY'S CAR WAS PARKED
BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
WITH THE LIGHTS OUT.
THE TROOPER FLASHED
HIS LIGHTS ONTO THE CAR
AND TED STARTED TO TAKE OFF,
BUT ULTIMATELY DID PULL OVER.
IN HIS VOLKSWAGENS TRUNK,
THERE WERE
HANDCUFFS, AN ICEPICK,
PANTYHOSE WITH HOLES
IN THEM, DUCT TAPE,
LICENSE PLATES FROM COLORADO,
GAS RECEIPTS FROM COLORADO.
ALSO THE SEAT WAS
OUT IN THE VEHICLE TOO,
WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE
EASIER TO CONCEAL SOMEONE.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TELL YOU
THAT HE WASN'T OUT FOR A PICNIC.
TED WAS ARRESTED AND
HE WAS CHARGED WITH
EVADING THE OFFICER
FROM WHEN HE TOOK OFF.
SO THAT IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHEN THEY REALLY GET
THEIR FIRST BIG BREAK
IN WHO HE IS WITH HIS
CAR AND THE MURDER KIT
AND THIS IS WHAT STARTED LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO FOCUS ON BUNDY.
THE FIND BY OFFICER
HAYWOOD OF THE THINGS
IN TED'S CAR WOULD MAKE
ANY POLICE OFFICER SUSPICIOUS.
NO ONE KNOWS THAT HE'S
THE TED THAT
EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR
BUT IT'S COMMON PRACTICE
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO LOOK AT UNSOLVED
CRIMES IN THEIR AREA
WHEN THEY PICK UP A
SUSPECT WITH CRIME TOOLS.
THAT'S WHEN THEY
DISCOVERED THE CONNECTION
TO THE ABDUCTION
OF CAROL DARONCH.
CAROL DARONCH WAS 18 YEARS OLD,
BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
SHE'D GONE INTO THE MALL
AND THIS MAN APPROACHED HER.
TED BUNDY TOLD HER
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER
AND SHOWED HER
SOME SORT OF BADGE
AND SAID THAT YOUR
CAR IN THE PARKING LOT,
I THINK IT'S BEEN
HIT BY SOMEONE.
AND THEN HE TOLD HER SHE
HAD TO GO TO THE POLICE STATION
WITH HIM TO SORT IT ALL OUT.
AND SHE GOT INTO
HIS CAR WITH HIM,
REALIZING AT THAT MOMENT
IT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.
BUT WHEN HE PULLED OVER
TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON HER,
SHE MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
SHE ESCAPED AND
WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE
A DESCRIPTION OF BOTH
THE CAR AND BUNDY.
IT WAS A REALLY BIG BREAK
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY PUT TED IN A LINEUP
AND SHE PICKED HIM RIGHT OUT.
SHE SAID THAT'S HIM,
THAT'S THE PERSON
THAT HANDCUFFED ME IN THE CAR.
THEY ARRESTED TED BUNDY
FOR THE CAROL DARONCH
INCIDENT IN OCTOBER OF 1975.
AFTER TED WAS RELEASED ON
BAIL, HE RETURNED TO SEATTLE.
THAT'S WHEN I FIRST MET HIM.
I WAS ASSIGNED
HIS CASE ORIGINALLY
BY THE KING COUNTY
OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.
I WAS HIS ATTORNEY
AND HIS ADVISER
KIND OF ON AND OFF
FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
I THINK THE FIRST THING
HE EVER SAID TO ME WAS,
OH, THERE'S THIS SILLY
LITTLE MATTER IN UTAH,
THAT'S EXACT QUOTE,
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
AND I WENT, "AH,
IT'S A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS
THAN THAT, MR. BUNDY."
AFTER TED WAS ARRESTED
IN THE CAROL DARONCH CASE,
THE MEDIA BEGAN PUTTING
TWO AND TWO TOGETHER,
IN FACT, THAT TED HAD
BEEN IN WASHINGTON STATE,
GIRLS HAD GONE MISSING.
HE LEFT AND THEN GIRLS
WERE ABDUCTED IN UTAH.
THEN THERE WAS THE
HEADLINE IN SEATTLE PAPERS,
IS UTAH TED, SEATTLE TED?
BECAUSE INVESTIGATORS
WERE FOCUSING
ON BUNDY NOW AND HIS VW BUG,
THAT VW BUG WAS IMMEDIATELY
SEIZED AND TAKEN BY THE FBI
AND DISMANTLED AT THE
LABORATORY PIECE BY PIECE,
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF
EVIDENCE THEY FOUND IN THE CAR
WAS ACTUALLY A HEAD HAIR.
BACK THEN,
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF
TECHNOLOGY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT,
BUT THERE WAS TECHNOLOGY
FOR HAIRS AND FIBERS.
POLICE WERE ABLE
TO MATCH THE HAIR
IN BUNDY'S CAR TO
CARYN CAMPBELL,
WHO HAD BEEN
MURDERED IN COLORADO
NINE MONTHS BEFORE
BUNDY WAS ARRESTED.
- NO ONE KNEW WHAT
HAD HAPPENED TO HER.
- ON JANUARY 12, 1975,
CARYN CAMPBELL DISAPPEARED
FROM THE WILDWOOD INN.
ON FEBRUARY THE
17TH, 36 DAYS LATER,
HER NUDE BODY WAS FOUND
ALMOST THREE MILES AWAY.
NOW THAT WAS A CRIME
HE HADN'T EVEN
BEEN SUSPECTED OF.
- SO NOW COLORADO
STARTED INVESTIGATING HIM.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAD HIS GAS RECEIPTS
AND THEY STARTED TRACING
WHERE TED HAD TRAVELED
AND WHERE HE'D BOUGHT GASOLINE,
USUALLY WITH A CREDIT CARD.
AND HE'D BEEN AT THIS
RESORT IN COLORADO.
WE NEVER DOUBTED THAT
THE CLUES WERE THERE.
IT WAS A MATTER OF US
GATHERING THE EVIDENCE,
GETTING THE INFORMATION.
- ALL OF THE THINGS
STARTED FITTING TOGETHER
AND WE BEGAN INVESTIGATING
TED 24 HOURS A DAY.
- ONCE AUTHORITIES CATCH BUNDY
AND CONNECT HIM
TO CAROL DARONCH,
THEN THEY CONNECT HIM TO
CARYN CAMPBELL IN COLORADO.
WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT TED WAS SUCH A MOBILE GUY
AND HAD BEEN
TRAVELING THROUGHOUT
THE WEST AND THE
NORTHWEST IN HIS BUG,
THE DIFFERENT DETECTIVES
FROM THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
MET AND SHARED ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD.
THE ASPEN SUMMIT
WAS REALLY CRITICAL;
30 INVESTIGATORS FROM
FIVE DIFFERENT STATES.
THIS WAS REALLY UNHEARD
OF IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK THEY STRONGLY BELIEVED
THAT BUNDY WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A LOT OF THESE
HOMICIDES AND DISAPPEARANCES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
WE NEED TO START BUILDING
A CASE WITH EVIDENCE,
WHICH IS WHAT THEY REALLY
DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME.
UTAH AUTHORITIES
WERE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER CASES
THAT THEY BELIEVED PERHAPS
TED HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WE DEVELOPED
INFORMATION ON OUR OWN.
WE SHARED THAT
INFORMATION WITH SALT LAKE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES IN COLORADO AS WELL.
- THE QUESTION WAS,
I THINK FOR A LOT OF
THE INVESTIGATORS,
WAS IS TED BUNDY OUR OFFENDER?
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW
DO WE CATCH BUNDY FOR MURDER?
THAT WAS, I THINK, THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ASPEN SUMMIT.
IN SEATTLE, WE WERE
WATCHING VERY CLOSELY
WHEN TED WAS CHARGED WITH
THE CAROL DARONCH ABDUCTION
AND THE SUBSEQUENT
TRIAL AND HIS CONVICTION.
TED THOUGHT HE
COULD CHARM ANYBODY.
HE HAD A CLASSIC SOCIOPATH'S
ABILITY TO AVOID REALITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I
THINK HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT
HE'D BE FOUND NOT GUILTY BY
JUDGE HANSON, WHICH WAS UBSURD.
- ON MARCH 1ST, 1976, 3RD
DISTRICT JUDGE STEWART HANSON JR
FOUND BUNDY GUILTY OF
SECOND DEGREE KIDNAPPING.
HE WAS GIVEN A ONE
TO 15 YEAR SENTENCE
AT THE UTAH STATE PRISON.
- THAT WAS A BIG STORY
WHEN HE WAS FINALLY
CONVICTED OF SOMETHING
AND HE WENT TO UTAH PRISON.
I VISITED HIM AT THE
UTAH STATE PENITENTIARY,
BUT HE THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL BE
OUT OF HERE IN LIKE NINE MONTHS.
I SAID, NO TED, COLORADO
IS THIS HOT ON YOUR TRAIL
AND SO IS WASHINGTON.
MY BROTHER WAS SIX
YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.
HE WAS VERY INTERESTED
IN CARS AND HE WAS
A VERY, VERY BIG HOCKEY PLAYER.
AND I REMEMBER WE
WERE SITTING AT DINNER,
HE HAD TAKEN THE JOB AND
STARTED WORKING FOR GACY
AND HE SAYS, OH, MOM, ME AND
THIS BOY ARE WORKING TOGETHER
AND WE'RE DIGGING
AROUND GACY'S HOUSE.
WELL, IT ENDED UP THEY WERE
DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES.
♪
WE ALWAYS HAD A TRADITION;
WE USED TO PUT THE TREE UP
THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING,
SO THAT FRIDAY WE WERE
DECORATING THE TREE,
WE GOT THE GIFTS AND WE
WOULD PUT THEM UNDER THE TREE.
GREGORY, HE GOT THIS JOB
WITH GACY FOR $5 AN HOUR.
OH, HE WAS JUST AS YOU
KNOW, LIKE ON CLOUD NINE
BECAUSE HE'S MAKING
ALL THIS MONEY.
HE'S THINKING OH, LIFE
IS GOOD, POSSIBLY THAT
HE WAS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE
BECAUSE HE WAS A SENIOR.
♪
ON DECEMBER 11TH,
GREGORY GODZIK WENT OUT
TO DINNER WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
AND SUPPOSEDLY HE WAS
GOING TO GACY'S PLACE
TO PICK UP HIS PAYCHECK.
THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP,
MY MOTHER SAID, DID YOU
SEE YOUR BROTHER LAST NIGHT?
YOUR BROTHER DIDN'T COME HOME
AND I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA.
AND I REMEMBER MY MOM SAYING
WE HAVE TO CALL HIS FRIENDS
AND WE CALLED, WE
TALKED TO EVERYBODY
AND THEY'RE LIKE, NOPE,
NOPE, HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
THAT MONDAY IS WHEN
MY MOM CALLED THE POLICE,
FILLED OUT WHATEVER
SHE NEEDED TO DO.
THEY SAID, WELL,
WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN,
BUT THEIR ANSWER ALWAYS WAS,
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW KIDS ARE.
HE'LL PROBABLY BE
BACK. DON'T WORRY.
MY MOTHER, YOU
KNOW, DID EVERYTHING
SHE POSSIBLY COULD
TO FIND HER SON.
- I CAN'T HELP IT, I
CRY ALL THE TIME.
- MY MOTHER KEPT SAYING,
IS ANYBODY DOING THEIR JOB?
YOU KNOW, NOBODY SEEMS
TO BE DOING THEIR JOB.
YOU REALLY THINK
THAT THIS ISN'T REAL.
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT IT'S HAPPENING TO YOU.
YOU KEEP THINKING, WELL, MAYBE,
WELL JUST MAYBE
HE MIGHT COME BACK.
WHEN GREG GODZIK DISAPPEARED
LIKE THE OTHERS, THERE
WAS A POLICE REPORT ON IT
AND THAT SOMEONE WENT TO GACY
AND TALKED TO THEM AND AS USUAL,
HE SIMPLY DENIED IT AND
SAID, YEAH, HE WORKED FOR ME.
I KNOW THE KID. HE
WAS A GOOD WORKER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM.
HE WASN'T HERE.
SINCE GACY WAS ONE OF
THE LAST PEOPLE TO SEE
GREGORY GODZIK ALIVE,
ONE WOULD THINK
THAT THE AUTHORITIES
WOULD LOOK INTO
GACY'S BACKGROUND
AND FIND HIS RECORD OF
SODOMY, BUT THEY NEVER DID.
WITHOUT A BODY, YOU
DON'T HAVE A MURDER,
YOU GOT MISSING
PERSONS, RUNAWAY KIDS,
NONE OF THAT'S A CRIME.
THERE ARE A FEW REASONS
WHY POLICE WERE UNABLE TO
CONNECT GACY TO THESE CRIMES.
ONE, YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT IN THE 1970S,
RUNAWAY CULTURE WAS RAMPANT.
SECOND, COMPUTERS WERE
NOT USED IN POLICING AT THIS TIME.
AND THIRDLY, POLICE DISTRICTS
DO NOT SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
AND DO NOT SHARE INFORMATION.
SO JOHN BUTKOVICH LIVED
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
GREGORY GODZIK LIVED ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
BUT NEITHER OF THOSE DISTRICTS
WOULD HAVE SHARED INFORMATION
ABOUT THE TWO YOUNG
MEN'S DISAPPEARANCES.
THERE JUST WASN'T
ANY COMMUNICATION.
IN THOSE DAYS, THERE WAS
NO WAY TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
GACY THOUGHT HE'S
SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE'S SMARTER THAN THE COPS,
SMARTER THAN THE DETECTIVES,
GACY REALLY EPITOMIZED
THE COMPLETELY
ORGANIZED SERIAL KILLER,
BUT SO DID DENNIS RADER.
DENNIS RADER HAD A BTK SIDE
AND HE ADDED DENNIS
RADER, THE FAMILY MAN SIDE.
BUT HE WILL DESCRIBE
TO US LATER IN INTERVIEWS
THAT HE MUCH
PREFERRED THE BTK SIDE.
THAT'S WHERE HE
REALLY WANTED TO BE
AND HIS FAMILY
JUST GOT IN THE WAY.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE
OTERO'S AND KATHRYN
BRIGHT WERE MURDERED,
HIS FIRST SON WAS BORN.
SO WE TOOK A BREAK
FROM THE MURDERS.
WHEN A CRIMINAL GOES DORMANT,
YOU START TO WONDER, HAS
HE LEFT THE AREA, IS HE DEAD?
WHEN SOMEBODY GOES
DORMANT, IT'S NOT LIKE,
OKAY, GREAT, WE CAN REALLY
WORK ON THE CASE NOW.
THERE'S A REASON THEY GO DORMANT
AND SOME OF THEM
AREN'T ALWAYS CRIMINAL.
IT CERTAINLY WASN'T THAT
WAY WITH DENNIS RADER.
DENNIS RADER WENT
DORMANT BECAUSE
HE HAD FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.
WHILE THIS, ON THE OUTSIDE
APPEARS AS A
PERIOD OF INACTIVITY,
EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT KILLING,
HE STILL MAY BE STALKING,
FANTASIZING ABOUT THE
MURDER, REENACTING THE FANTASY,
REENACTING THE EVENTS,
ALLOWING THE FANTASY TO CONTINUE
AND TO STRENGTHEN TO THE
POINT WHERE HE HAS TO ACT ON IT.
- DENNIS WAS DRIVING HIS
WIFE TO AN APPOINTMENT
WHEN HE HAD SEEN
NANCY GETTING HER MAIL.
RADER WAS VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT PLANNING OUT HIS
ATTACKS AND SELECTING HIS VICTIMS
OR AS HE CALLED THEM,
PROJECTS VERY CAREFULLY.
- NANCY FOX WAS A SWEET
DAUGHTER OF A LOCAL FAMILY.
HE SAW HER JUST, YOU
KNOW, OUT AND ABOUT.
NONE OF THESE MURDERS ARE
LINKED TOGETHER WITH ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST, OH, I
LIKE HER, SHE'S NEXT.
THAT WAS THE HARD
PART FOR THE POLICE.
THAT'S THE SCARY
PART FOR THE PUBLIC.
HE CUT HER PHONE LINES
IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
HE BROKE IN THROUGH
A BEDROOM WINDOW
AND WAITED FOR HER UNTIL
SHE GETS BACK FROM WORK.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT NANCY FOX DID
WHEN SHE DISCOVERED
HIM IN HER HOME
IS SHE WENT TO HER PHONE
AND THE LINE WAS DEAD.
IN THE 70S, IT WOULD
BE VERY SIGNIFICANT
IF YOU CUT SOMEONE'S PHONE LINE
AND HE'LL EVEN TALK ABOUT HOW
IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT NOWADAYS
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T STOP
SOMEBODY'S CELL PHONE.
DENNIS RADER DIDN'T THINK ANYONE
APPARENTLY WAS GOING TO
KNOW ABOUT THIS MURDER,
SO HE GOES TO A PAY PHONE,
CALLS THE POLICE STATION.
IT'S A PRETTY BRIEF CALL
AND IT WASN'T PUT OUT
INITIALLY RIGHT AWAY.
THEY HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE LOOK INTO IT,
YOU KNOW, LINGUISTICS PEOPLE.
DENNIS RADER MAKING A PHONE CALL
VERY CLOSE TO HIS CRIME SCENE
MAY REFLECT AN
INTENSIFICATION OF THAT RUSH
ASSOCIATED WITH COMMITTING
A CRIME AND NOT BEING CAUGHT.
AND NOW, HE JUST NEEDS
TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH
AND MAKE IT AN EVEN
RISKIER BEHAVIOR.
SO THAT MIGHT ADD TO THE THRILL.
AND IT'S ALSO, I THINK,
CONVERSELY, INTERESTING
THAT WE SEE THE SAME
RELATIONSHIP IN MANY CASES
BETWEEN THESE SERIAL
KILLERS AND THEIR VICTIM.
ON ONE HAND, THEY PLAY
THE ROLE OF THE MOUSE
RELATIVE TO THE
POLICE, WHICH IS THE CAT,
BUT IN THEIR OWN
WORLD, IN KILLING,
THEY ARE NOW THE CAT AND
THE VICTIMS ARE THE MICE.
TED WAS CONVICTED
FOR THE CAROL DARONCH ABDUCTION,
SO HE WAS SENTENCED TO
SPEND UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
TED WAS IN THE UTAH STATE PRISON
AND HE WAS CHARGED IN COLORADO
ABOUT NINE MONTHS
AFTER HIS CONVICTION
IN THE DARONCH MATTER.
- BUNDY IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING
CARYN CAMPBELL OF
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN.
SHE WAS VACATIONING IN
ASPEN AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH
IN JANUARY OF 1974.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COLORADO
DETERMINED THEY HAD
ENOUGH TO CHARGE HIM
WITH THE MURDER
OF CARYN CAMPBELL.
SO HE WAS MOVED
TO A JAIL IN COLORADO.
THE JAIL IN ASPEN
IS THE PITKIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
SO TED WAS REPRESENTING HIMSELF,
ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS
AND THE AUTHORITIES IN ASPEN
WHO WERE REALLY NICE ABOUT
ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE LET HIM USE
THE LAW LIBRARY AND
BASICALLY UNSHACKLED HIM
FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND HE JUMPED OUT
OF THE WINDOW ONE DAY.
- GOOD EVENING,
CONVICTED UTAH KIDNAPPER,
THEODORE BUNDY,
HAS ESCAPED, ESCAPED.
- THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED,
THE DEFENDANT WAS THERE,
THE NEXT TIME WE
LOOKED, HE WAS GONE.
- SECOND FLOOR WINDOW
ON THE CORNER THERE.
GUARDS WAITED OUTSIDE THE
ROOM, BUT BUNDY WAS ALONE INSIDE.
- THE FBI SAID BUNDY ESCAPED
FROM A JAIL NEAR ASPEN, COLORADO
- AND REMAINS AT THIS HOUR
THE SUBJECT OF A MANHUNT.
THAT WAS A PRETTY MONUMENTAL DAY
WHEN HE WENT TO THE LAW LIBRARY.
HE WAS ALONE.
HE WAS ALONE ON
TRIAL FOR MURDER.
HE WAS ALONE IN THE LIBRARY.
TWO STORIES UP FROM THE GROUND.
SECURITY WAS AT A MINIMUM.
HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
THE HARDENED CRIMINALS
THEY WERE USED TO DEALING WITH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAD
ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AT ALL.
THE PITKIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WAS GREATLY
EMBARRASSED, OBVIOUSLY.
NOWADAYS, THOSE PEOPLE
WOULD BE SHACKLED.
THEY'D PROBABLY HAVE
AN ANKLE MONITOR ON THEM
THAT THEY CAN'T CUT OFF.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT
TECHNOLOGY BACK THEN.
AND SO THERE WAS A MAJOR
MANHUNT ALL OVER THAT AREA.
- THE SEARCH AROUND
ASPEN, NOW IN ITS THIRD DAY,
IS BEING WOUND
DOWN, BUT A SPOKESMAN
FOR THE PITKIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
SAYS THE DRAGNET WILL
DEFINITELY CONTINUE.
- I THINK IT'S REALLY
SCARY. I DON'T LIKE IT.
I JUST, I WISH THEY
WOULD JUST CATCH HIM.
IT MADE THE COUNTY
LOOK REALLY DUMB
THAT HE COULD JUMP OUT
OF THE WINDOW AND ESCAPE.
JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IS CERTAINLY AT FAULT IN TERMS
OF SECURITY IN THE COURTROOM.
AND WE HOPE WE'VE
CHANGED THAT AT THE MOMENT.
- I BELIEVE THAT TED DID GET
SOME SORT OF THRILL FROM
PLAYING A GAME WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT,
PLAYING A GAME WITH
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM,
PLAYING A GAME WITH HIS VICTIMS.
HE WAS OF THE BELIEF
THAT HE WAS SO SMART,
SO CAGEY THAT HE COULD
HANDLE ANY SITUATION
AND DO SO IN SUCH A WAY
THAT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE
HE WAS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.
- THE STREETS OF
ASPEN ARE SAFE AGAIN.
SUSPECTED MULTIPLE
MURDERER THEODORE BUNDY,
WHO'S ESCAPED FROM PITKIN
COUNTY AUTHORITIES LAST WEEK,
TERRORIZED THE ASPEN AREA,
IS BACK IN CUSTODY AFTER AN
ABSENCE OF NEARLY SEVEN DAYS.
WHEN HE GETS ARRESTED,
THEY TAKE HIM TO
THE JAIL IN GLENWOOD.
AND THAT'S A MORE MODERN JAIL
THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY
A MORE SECURE JAIL.
I NEVER THOUGHT THE AUTHORITIES
WOULD ALLOW HIM TO
ESCAPE A SECOND TIME.
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- MY PHONE RANG AND THEY SAID,
SHERIFF, WE'VE GOT MURDERS AND
INJURIES AT THE CHI OMEGA HOUSE.
HE WAS REALLY OUT OF CONTROL
TO ATTACK FIVE
WOMEN IN ONE NIGHT.
DENNIS RADER APPARENTLY WANTS
JUST AS MUCH
ATTENTION AS TED BUNDY.
- HOW MANY DO I HAVE
TO KILL BEFORE I GET
MY NAME IN THE PAPER OR
SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION?
- THAT'S A QUOTE THAT
YOU DON'T FORGET.
AFTER THAT, WICHITA WAS SCARED.
- JEFFREY DAHMER IS 17 YEARS OLD
AND ABOUT TO COMMIT
HIS FIRST MURDER.
DAHMER DOESN'T
WANT HIM TO LEAVE.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT
HE COULD FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO THIS WAS WITH
MASSIVE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
- I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS
THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.
HE SAID NOTHING, JUST
A PLAIN BLANK LOOK.
I AM THE ONLY SURVIVOR
OF THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.
- WELL IF YOU KILL 30 SOME
PEOPLE AND NEVER GET CAUGHT,
YOU BEGIN TO THINK YOU'RE
NEVER GOING TO GET CAUGHT.
HE LOOKS AT ME RIGHT
IN THE FACE AND HE SAYS
"YOU KNOW DAVE, CLOWNS
CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER."