See No Evil (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Lorena Gonzalez/Doug Coker - full transcript

A BRUTAL SEX CRIME
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...

THIS GUY WAS ON A KILLING SPREE,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT.

NOBODY KNEW IT.

AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT...

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE NEXT
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE

IS REALLY GOING TO BRING.

UNTIL HE STRIKES AGAIN.

I'M GETTING GOOSE BUMPS
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

2,000 MILES AWAY,
A MISSING BUSINESSMAN.

IT'S JUST ONE LONG NIGHTMARE.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WITNESS
WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH...



SHE WAS NEVER ON THE VIDEO.

...THAT LEADS
POLICE TO THE KILLER.

I'M IN SHOCK, WONDERING
WHAT MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE.

TWO CASES.

ONE WITNESS THAT NEVER
BLINKS AND NEVER LIES.

BUSINESSMAN DOUG COKER HAS BEEN
HAPPILY MARRIED

TO HIS WIFE, JUDY, FOR 30 YEARS.

TOGETHER, THEY LIVE
IN HENRY COUNTRY, GEORGIA,

30 MILES FROM ATLANTA.

WHEN WE FOUND EACH OTHER,
IT WAS LIKE WE HAD FOUND OUR --

OUR SOUL MATES.

HE WAS A GENEROUS,
LOVING, CARING PERSON.

HE JUST ENJOYED LIFE
AND ENJOYED LAUGHING.

THE MORNING OF MARCH 13th, 2012,



IS LIKE ANY OTHER DAY
FOR DOUG AND JUDY.

WE BOTH GOT UP,
GOT READY FOR WORK.

HE HAD AN ERRAND TO RUN FOR ME.

BEFORE GETTING ON
WITH A BUSY DAY...

I KISSED HIM BYE.

IT WAS LIKE ANY OTHER DAY.

LITTLE DOES JUDY KNOW,

THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER
FROM THE TRUTH.

DOUG AND JUDY ARE TURNING

THEIR CONSIDERABLE
REAL ESTATE WEALTH

INTO A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION,

AND DOUG HAS A MEETING
THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS DETAILS.

LATE MORNING, JUDY
CALLS HER HUSBAND ON HIS CELL

TO MAKE SURE
HE WENT TO THE POST OFFICE.

BUT SHE GETS NO ANSWER.

WHEN I HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM
BY 1:00, I BEGAN TO WORRY.

THIS WASN'T LIKE HIM.

JUDY CALLS ONE OF DOUG'S
CLOSE BUSINESS ASSOCIATES.

THEN I SAID,
"HAVE YOU TALKED WITH DOUG?"

AND HE SAID, "NO."
AND I SAID, "WELL,

I CAN'T GET
HIM TO ANSWER THE PHONE."

SHE CALLS
OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

THEY HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM,
EITHER.

SHE KNOWS HE HAD A MEETING TODAY
ABOUT THE CHARITY,

BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE IT WAS HELD.

ALL KIND OF THOUGHTS
GOING THROUGH MY MIND.

I THOUGHT MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS -- HE WAS SICK.

AFTER SEVERAL MORE
HOURS WITHOUT WORD,

JUDY IS AT THE END OF HER ROPE.

WE CALLED THE STATE PATROL
AND HOSPITALS,

ASK IF THERE HAD BEEN
AN ACCIDENT REPORTED.

BUT THERE'S
STILL NO TRACE OF DOUG COKER.

I WAS GETTING
MORE AND MORE WORRIED.

THIS WAS A VERY CLOSE FAMILY.

THIS WAS A TYPE OF FAMILY THAT
KEPT IN CLOSE COMMUNICATIONS

AT ALL TIMES.

SHE CALLS DOUG'S NEPHEW, JIM,

AND ASKS HIM TO CALL THE POLICE.

DETECTIVE BROC JOHNSON

IS WITH THE HENRY COUNTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OFFICERS RESPONDED TO HER HOUSE.

THEY GATHER THE INFORMATION
TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT

IT WILL BE
A CRITICAL MISSING PERSON.

THIS MEANS ANYONE
WHO HAS DISAPPEARED

IN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES
OR HAS A HEALTH PROBLEM.

HE HAD -- HAD SOME MEDICAL
CONDITIONS THAT WERE OF CONCERN.

I BELIEVE AN ANEURYSM.

AN ANEURYSM CAN CAUSE DEATH
IF NOT TREATED QUICKLY.

JUDY IS WORRIED
THAT DOUG HAS FALLEN ILL.

IS HE LYING SICK SOMEWHERE
AND UNABLE TO REACH HIS PHONE?

WE PUT OUT A BOLO IN OUR COUNTY
FOR HIM.

IT GOES OUT OVER OUR RADIOS.

B- O-L-O -- BE ON LOOKOUT.

DOUG OWNS AND OPERATES 40
RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

HE WOULD FIX THEM UP
AND THEN SELL THEM OR RENT THEM.

COULD HE BE TRAPPED OR SICK
INSIDE ONE OF HIS OWN BUILDINGS?

OFFICERS RESPOND
TO EACH RENTAL ADDRESS.

THEY COULD NOT
FIND ANY SIGN OF HIM.

DOUG HAS VANISHED.

EVEN MORE WORRYING, DOUG'S PHONE
IS NO LONGER WORKING.

I JUST FELT SO AFRAID
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT POSSIBLY

WAS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER.

HOURS AFTER DOUG LEFT HOME,

JUDY'S FRIENDS, ALSO WORRIED
ABOUT DOUG'S ILL HEALTH,

HELP WITH THE SEARCH.

WE HAD TREMENDOUS SUPPORT
FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE GROUPS
THAT VOLUNTEERED

AND THEY WERE ORGANIZED.

THEY SEARCHED THE AREA.

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.

THEY HUNT THROUGH LOCAL
WOODLAND, ROADS, AND BACKCOUNTRY

LOOKING FOR DOUG.

THEY STARTED RUNNING THE RIVER
WHICH IS CLOSE BY HERE.

WE HAVE FRIENDS WITH PLANES.

THEY WERE TRYING TO SEE FROM
ABOVE IF THEY COULD SEE HIS CAR;

MAYBE IT HAD RUN OFF THE ROAD.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND
ANY SIGN OF IT.

TWELVE HOURS
SINCE JUDY LAST SAW DOUG,

AND THERE IS STILL NO TRACE
OF HIM.

FROM THERE, THE POLICE

STARTED TRYING TO COME UP
WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS.

POLICE TRY
ANOTHER KIND OF SEARCH.

THEY PING CELL TOWERS
IN THE AREA

TO SEE WHICH ONES
PICKED UP DOUG'S PHONE

ON THE DAY HE DISAPPEARED...

AND MAKE A DISCOVERY.

DOUG'S CELLPHONE WAS IN MACON,
GEORGIA, 57 MILES FROM HOME.

THE CELL TOWERS
SHOW IT WAS NEAR A McDONALD'S

IN THE CENTER OF MACON.

WAS DOUG THERE?

DETECTIVE JAMEY JONES FROM
THE BIBB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

FOLLOWS UP.

IT WAS ABOUT 9:30,
10:00 AT NIGHT.

THE McDONALD'S WAS CLOSED.

THERE, THE EMPLOYEES
WERE CLEANING UP.

AND THERE ISN'T
ANYONE LEFT TO QUESTION.

BUT THEN, HE SEES A WITNESS --

THREE OF THEM.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, AND THEY
COVER THE WHOLE RESTAURANT.

IF DOUG WAS HERE,
IT SHOULD BE ON VIDEO.

CAN THESE CAMERAS SOLVE THE
MYSTERY OF DOUG'S DISAPPEARANCE?

COMING UP,
WHEN A YOUNG MOTHER IS MURDERED,

POLICE ARE IN A DESPERATE RACE
TO FIND THE KILLER,

AND ONLY SECURITY CAMERAS
CAN HELP THEM

BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN.

POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR
MISSING BUSINESSMAN DOUG COKER.

IT'S BEEN A DAY AND A HALF,

AND DOUG'S WIFE,
JUDY, IS TERRIFIED.

YOUR MIND JUST NEVER STOPS,

AND YOU'RE THINKING CONTINUALLY,

AND YOU DON'T KNOW
REALLY NIGHT FROM DAY.

IT'S JUST ONE LONG NIGHTMARE.

CELL TOWER RECORDS
SHOW HIS PHONE

WAS NEAR A McDONALD'S
IN MACON, GEORGIA.

IT'S THE LAST TRACE
OF HIM SINCE.

DETECTIVE JAMEY JONES PULLS
THE RESTAURANT'S SECURITY VIDEO.

FINDING THE SURVEILLANCE
FOOTAGE THERE AT McDONALD'S

WAS A KEY CLUE TO STARTING
THE INVESTIGATION FOR US.

HE STARTS THE VIDEO
AT 9:30 A.M.,

EYES TRAINED ON THE DOOR
INTO THE RESTAURANT.

HE WATCHES FOR ANYONE
WHO LOOKS LIKE DOUG.

AT 11:02, 92 MINUTES
INTO THE VIDEO, HE SPOTS HIM.

MR. COKER COMES
INTO THE McDONALD'S RESTAURANT.

YOU SEE HIM WALKING IN.

HE COMES TO THE COUNTER
AND ORDERS A COFFEE.

YOU GET A LITTLE MORE EXCITED.

IT IS A MISSING PERSON.

NOW, TO SEARCH TO ANY CLUE
AS TO MR. COKER'S DISAPPEARANCE.

STEPS BACK TO A STAND
UP COUNTER, PUTS HIS COFFEE DOWN

AND GETS ON HIS CELLPHONE.

AND HE STARTS WRITING SOMETHING
DOWN.

JONES REPLAYS THE TAPE.

HE WANTS TO SEE IF HE CAN
MAKE OUT WHAT DOUG IS WRITING.

THE VIDEO IS TOO FAR AWAY.

HE CAN'T TELL WHAT IT IS.

MOMENTS LATER,
DOUG SIMPLY WALKS OUT.

THE LAST TIME THEY KNOW
THAT HE IS SEEN FOR CERTAIN

IS AT THAT McDONALD'S.

THIS IS THE LAST KNOWN IMAGE
OF DOUG COKER.

POLICE WONDER WHO CALLED DOUG,
AND DO THEY KNOW WHERE HE IS?

THEY REVIEW THE FOOTAGE AGAIN
TO NOTE THE TIME OF THE CALL.

IT'S AT 11:04 A.M.

THE CALL LASTS THREE MINUTES
AND 20 SECONDS.

THE NEXT STEP IS FOR POLICE
TO SUBPOENA DOUG'S PHONE RECORDS

TO FIGURE OUT WHO CALLED.

WHILE THEY'RE WAITING,

THEY TRY TO FIND OUT MORE ON
THE MEETING DOUG SKIPPED OUT ON.

IT SEEMS DOUG WAS SCHEDULED
TO HAVE A MEETING

WITH A WOMAN NAMED PAMELA MOSS,

WHO IS AN EXPERT IN SECURING
GRANTS FOR CHARITABLE PROJECTS.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH DOUG
FOR SIX MONTHS

ON ONE PROJECT IN PARTICULAR.

SHE STARTED TALKING WITH HIM
ABOUT THE HOMES THAT HE OWNED

AND RENTED OUT AND TURN IT
INTO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

THAT SOLD THESE HOUSES
TO UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE.

MR. COKER WAS VERY KINDHEARTED,

AND HE WANTED TO GIVE BACK.

HE'S ALREADY PUT $85,000
INTO THE PROJECT.

JUDY HASN'T MET PAM BUT KNOWS
THAT DOUG THINKS HIGHLY OF HER.

THIS LADY, EXTREMELY NICE,
SOFT-SPOKEN.

SHE GOES TO BIBLE
STUDY ALL THE TIME.

WE WERE REALLY WANTING TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH MS. MOSS.

WHEN THE SUBPOENAED
PHONE RECORDS ARRIVE,

POLICE CROSS REFERENCE
THE TIME OF THE CALL

FROM THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
TO HIS CELLPHONE RECORDS.

IT BELONGS TO PAMELA MOSS.

POLICE NEED TO SPEAK TO HER,

AND SHE AGREES TO MEET WITH
A DETECTIVE IN A COFFEE SHOP.

HE BEGAN JUST TO ASK HER
BASIC QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHERE MR. COKER WAS,
IF THEY MET.

PAMELA EXPLAINED SHE CALLED
TO SAY SHE WAS RUNNING LATE

AND GOT TO THE PARKING LOT

AS DOUG WAS LEAVING McDONALD'S
WITH HIS CUP OF COFFEE.

THEY SPOKE BRIEFLY
BEFORE PARTING COMPANY.

IT'S A LAST SIGHTING,

BUT POLICE
ARE NO CLOSER TO FINDING DOUG.

DOUG COKER HAS BEEN
MISSING FOR FOUR DAYS.

WITH NO NEW LEADS,

POLICE WANT TO GO OVER
MORE DETAILS WITH PAM.

IF THE CALL
WAS ABOUT HER RUNNING LATE,

WHAT WAS DOUG WRITING DOWN?

HE WASN'T ANSWERING HER PHONE,

YOU START LOOKING HARDER,

TRYING TO FIND CLUES
OR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

AND SO FORTH
OF TRYING TO FIND HER.

BUT SHE'S GONE MISSING.

POLICE SEARCH
FOR ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY

WHO KNOW WHERE SHE COULD BE.

THEY FIND THAT SHE HAS A SISTER.

A HALF-SISTER NAMED CAROLYN.

THE POLICE HAD CALLED ME AND
JUST WANTED TO TALK WITH PAM,

BUT I TOLD THEM, I SAID, "WELL,
I HAVEN'T SEEN PAM."

BUT I TALK WITH HER EVERY DAY,

SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

NOW, SHE APPEARS
TO BE GONE WITHOUT A TRACE.

POLICE NOW HAVE
TWO MISSING PERSONS --

DOUG COKER AND HIS CHARITY
PARTNER, PAMELA MOSS.

ARE THEY TOGETHER, OR HAS
THEIR BUSINESS DEAL GONE SOUR?

DETECTIVE JONES
CHECKS OUT HER ADDRESS.

SHE WAS NOT AT HOME.

JUST AS HE'S ABOUT TO LEAVE,

SOMETHING CATCHES HIS EYE.

A RECEIPT.

FOR SOME REASON,
IT HAD BLOWN OUT INTO THE GRASS.

THE RECEIPT IS A KROGER RECEIPT.

AND KROGER IS A LOCAL CHAIN
FOR -- FOR GROCERY STORES.

AND ON THE RECEIPT,

IT'S DATED THE TIME
THAT SHE WAS IN THE STORE.

12:45 P.M. ON MARCH 14th --

THE DAY
AFTER DOUG'S DISAPPEARANCE.

WHAT COULD IT MEAN?

THE DETECTIVE
IS SURE OF ONE THING --

A LARGE STORE LIKE KROGER
USES SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.

MAYBE THE STORE VIDEO

WILL SHED SOME LIGHT ON
THIS INCREASINGLY STRANGE CASE.

THE BEST TIME TO GET
SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS IS AS QUICK

AS YOU FIND OUT THEY MAY EXIST,

BECAUSE OFTENTIMES
THEY ARE QUICKLY TAPED OVER.

DETECTIVES PULL UP THE FOOTAGE
FROM THE FIRST CAMERA

A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE TIME

STAMP ON THE RECEIPT.

AND THERE SHE IS.

THE CAMERA CAPTURES PAMELA MOSS
WALKING INTO THE STORE

WITH A SHOPPING CART.

THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE
AT THE KROGER GROCERY STORE

SHOWS A TIME FRAME OF WHERE SHE
WAS AND WHAT ALL SHE BOUGHT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CAMERAS
THROUGHOUT THE STORE.

THEY WILL SHOW DETECTIVE JONES

EXACTLY WHAT PAMELA MOSS
WAS BUYING.

SHE BOUGHT CHICKEN SALAD

AND SOME SMALL TUPPERWARE
CONTAINERS.

IN OTHER WORDS,
A VERY ORDINARY STORE RUN.

THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOMEONE
WHO HAS RUN AWAY

WITH DOUG COKER.

POLICE SEE
IF THEY CAN SPOT DOUG TOO.

HE'S NOT THERE.

IT'S NOT MUCH OF A LEAD
UNTIL POLICE NOTICE

WHAT SHE BUYS NEXT.

SHE PURCHASES
A COUPLE BOTTLES OF BLEACH,

AND SHE ALSO PURCHASES SOME
OF THE YELLOW GLOVES

THAT PEOPLE USE TO CLEAN WITH.

THIS ISN'T SINISTER,

BUT WITH DOUG COKER MISSING
AND NOW PAMELA MOSS VANISHED,

DETECTIVE JONES IS ON HIGH ALERT
FOR EVEN THE SMALLEST CLUES.

OF COURSE, THE CLOROX BOTTLES,
BEING CLEANING PRODUCTS,

WANTING TO HIDE SOMETHING
OR CLEAN UP.

THANKS
TO THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO,

HE HAS TWO TIME POINTS
FOR PAMELA MOSS --

WHEN SHE CALLED DOUG COKER
AT McDONALD'S

AND WHEN SHE IS AT KROGER.

BUT WHAT WAS SHE
DOING IN-BETWEEN?

PAMELA HAS MORE QUESTIONS
TO ANSWER.

DETECTIVE JONES HEADS TO HER
HOME.

WHEN HE GETS THERE,
IT'S PLUNGED IN DARKNESS.

UP NEXT, DETECTIVES
IN CALIFORNIA

TRACK DOWN A COLD-HEARTED KILLER

FROM CLUES FOUND
ON SECURITY CAMERAS.

DOUG COKER HAS BEEN
MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS.

POLICE USE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
TO PLACE HIM AT A McDONALD'S.

HE HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE.

NOW, HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE,
PAMELA MOSS,

HAS ALSO GONE MISSING.

BUT DETECTIVE JONES
HAS A BAD FEELING ABOUT IT

AND RETURNS TO HER HOUSE
TO INVESTIGATE.

ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OUT.

I SHINED MY FLASHLIGHT IN THERE.

WE'RE TALKING 11:30 AT NIGHT.

YOU'RE WONDERING
ABOUT YOUR OWN SAFETY.

VERY SCARY.

I APPROACHED THE HOUSE

SHINING MY LIGHT TO SEE
IF I COULD SEE HER IN THERE.

COULD NOT SEE OR FIND ANYTHING.

WENT AROUND THE BACK
OF THE HOUSE.

COULD SMELL A STRONG, FOUL ODOR.

ANY POLICEMAN KNOWS
WHAT THAT SMELL MEANS.

IT'S A DEAD BODY.

HE'S FOUND DOUG COKER.

AND I KNEW IT WAS HIM
FROM CLOTHING DESCRIPTION.

SO I'M IN SHOCK.

HE NEEDS BACKUP, AND NOW.

THIS IS JONES.
I NEED BACK UP.

OFFICERS ARRIVE QUICKLY,
READY TO ENTER THE BUILDING,

WHEN SUDDENLY THERE IS MOVEMENT
IN THE HOUSE.

THE LIGHT COME ON UPSTAIRS,
THEN GO OFF.

AND THEN,
ONE WOULD COME ON DOWNSTAIRS.

GUNS DRAWN, THEY
APPROACH THE HOUSE CAUTIOUSLY.

AS THEY GET CLOSER,
A NEW SMELL HITS THEM.

YOU COULD SMELL A REAL STRONG
ODOR COMING AROUND FROM WINDOWS

AND THE DOORS.

THE SMELL IS THE THICK STENCH
OF NATURAL GAS.

IT WAS BURNING MY EYES.

YOU COULD ACTUALLY HEAR IT
RUNNING THROUGH THE FIREPLACE.

THERE'S NO ONE HOME.

BUT OFFICERS
DO NOTICE SOMETHING STRANGE --

THE LIVING ROOM LIGHTS
ARE FIXED TO TIMERS.

IT'S A CRUDE ATTEMPT
AT SABOTAGE.

SHE WANTED THE LIGHT
TO COME ON AND IGNITE THE GAS

THAT SHE HAD LEFT ON
INSIDE THE HOUSE

TO BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.

IF THE GAS
WAS TO BLOW THE HOUSE UP,

IT MEANT PAMELA MOSS
WANTED TO DESTROY THE EVIDENCE.

SO, WHAT ELSE
IS SHE TRYING TO HIDE?

TODAY IS MONDAY,
MARCH 19, 2012.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE
A SEARCH WARRANT.

IT IS IN REFERENCE
TO A MURDER INVESTIGATION.

A QUICK LOOK UP UNDER IT,

REVEALED WHAT WE BELIEVE MAY BE
BLOOD STAINS IN THE CARPET.

LARGE AREA STAIN HERE.

AND THEY FIND
THE SAME CLEANING PRODUCTS

PAM WAS SEEN BUYING ON THE TAPE.

OVER HERE ON THE COUNTER,

A BOTTLE
OF CLOROX ULTIMATE CARE BLEACH

SITTING OUT ON THE COUNTER.

AND THE MURDER WEAPON.

POLICE OFFICERS HEAD
TO THE COKER HOUSE

TO LET JUDY KNOW THE SEARCH
FOR HER HUSBAND

HAS COME TO A TERRIBLE END.

IT WASN'T OVER.
IT WAS, LIKE,

ONLY BEGINNING AS FAR
AS ALL OF THE, HEARTBREAK

AND DEVASTATION THAT YOU FEEL
WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE LIKE THAT.

MEANWHILE, DETECTIVE JONES GETS
A CALL FROM THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

PAMELA MOSS HAS BEEN ADMITTED
AFTER ATTEMPTING SUICIDE.

POLICE ARREST HER.

SHE PLEADS INSANITY,
BUT IT'S ALL AN ACT.

IT WAS A SCAM ALL ALONG.

SHE KNEW DOUG COKER
WAS A WEALTHY LOCAL BUSINESSMAN,

AND HER PLAN WAS TO DEFRAUD HIM.

HE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD LIED
ABOUT EVERYTHING

THAT SHE HAD PROPOSED TO DO.

FEARING DOUG WAS ONTO HER,

PAMELA MOSS CALLED HIM
AT THE McDONALD'S

AND ARRANGED
FOR HIM TO COME TO HER HOME.

MR. COKER WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK
OF THE HEAD THREE TIMES.

WHEN POLICE ARREST HER

THEY DISCOVER SHE USED
TO BE CALLED PAMELA FRYE

AND HAD MURDERED HER MOTHER
FOR THE INHERITANCE.

PAMELA MOSS
WAS A SERIAL SCAMMER,

AND NOW A SERIAL KILLER.

I THINK THAT THE ONLY
APPROPRIATE SENTENCE FOR HER

IS THAT SHE NEVER BE
ALLOWED INTO SOCIETY AGAIN.

I DON'T WANT
HER TO EVER BE FREE AGAIN.

PAMELA MOSS IS SENTENCED TO LIFE
IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

CAMERAS HAVE BROUGHT JUSTICE
TO DOUG COKER'S FAMILY.

MEANWHILE, 2,000 MILES AWAY,

VIDEO IS ROLLING ON THE FRINGES
OF ANOTHER CRIME.

OXNARD, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DETECTIVE MIKE YOUNG
IS GETTING READY FOR WORK.

YOU FIRST.

I RECEIVED A CALL
ABOUT SIX IN THE MORNING.

WHEN THE PHONE RINGS THIS EARLY,
IT'S NEVER GOOD NEWS.

HELLO?

A WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND MURDERED,

AND YOUNG HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
TO LEAD THE INVESTIGATION.

SHE WAS ONLY PARTIALLY CLOTHED.

HER PANTS AND SHOES AND,
SWEATER HAD BEEN REMOVED.

HER SHIRT WAS PULLED UP
PARTIALLY OVER HER BREASTS.

HER PANTIES WERE PULLED DOWN.

IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CRIME

SCENE, YOU GET A REAL GOOD FEEL
FOR, POTENTIALLY,

WHAT HAPPENED,
ESPECIALLY IN A CASE LIKE THIS.

AS SOON AS DETECTIVE
WERE ON SCENE,

THEY IMMEDIATELY HAD SUSPICIONS
THAT THIS WAS A SEXUAL ASSAULT.

IT ALSO APPEARS
SHE WAS STRANGLED WITH SOME SORT

OF LIGATURE.

AS INVESTIGATORS
BEGIN PROCESSING THE SCENE

FOR EVIDENCE, DETECTIVE YOUNG

DISCOVERS THE POSSIBLE MURDER
WEAPON.

THERE WAS A PIECE OF GAUZE

THAT WAS TIED
TO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.

IT HAS BEEN TWISTED UP
AND LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BROKEN.

AND IT'S STAINED IN BLOOD.

WHAT IT MEANS,
INVESTIGATORS HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT HOPEFULLY, IT CONTAINS
SOME LEAD ON THE KILLER.

IN MY OPINION, AT THAT POINT,

IT HAD TO BE SOMEONE
WHO WAS A SEXUAL DEVIANT

AND WHO OBVIOUSLY HAD
SOME SEXUAL OR ANGER --

ANGER ISSUES.

I OFTEN THINK ABOUT
HOW TERRIFIED THE VICTIM

MAY HAVE BEEN
IN HER LAST MOMENTS.

BUT BEFORE DETECTIVES
CAN GO SEARCHING FOR THE KILLER,

THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHO THE VICTIM IS.

SHE HAD NO IDENTIFICATION
ON HER.

AS HER HANDS ARE SEALED
TO PRESERVE FORENSIC EVIDENCE,

DETECTIVE YOUNG
NOTICED A POSSIBLE CLUE.

SHE HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE
A REAL RECENT LACERATION

ON HER RIGHT HAND
THAT HAD SOME STITCHES IN IT.

WHICH MEANS SHE'S HAD A RECENT
TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

SO I CONTACTED THE LOCAL
HOSPITALS.

AND ONE OF THEM THINKS THEY KNOW
WHO THE VICTIM IS --

A 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

WHO CAME IN A FEW NIGHTS
EARLIER -- LORENA GONZALES.

NOW, DETECTIVE YOUNG
MUST NOTIFY HER FAMILY.

THAT'S THE -- THAT'S
THE WORST PART OF THE JOB.

I HEARD A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

AS I WENT TO GO
TO THE FRONT DOOR,

I SAW TWO DETECTIVES THERE.

AND THE FIRST THING MY MOM
SAID WAS, "WHAT DID SHE DO NOW?"

JUST BECAUSE
IN HER YOUNGER YEARS,

SHE WAS IN TROUBLE
WITH THE POLICE.

HI, MS. GONZALES.

I ASKED HER, YOU KNOW,
IF HER DAUGHTER WAS LORENA.

AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS.

AND I TOLD HER HER DAUGHTER
HAD BEEN FOUND

DECEASED THIS MORNING.

NO. NO.

SHE JUST --

AND, JUST START CRYING
HYSTERICALLY, SAYING,

"NO, NO, IT'S NOT --
THIS ISN'T REAL."

SHE JUST KEPT SAYING, "MY BABY."

IT WAS ONE
OF THE FEW NOTIFICATIONS

THAT I DON'T THINK
I'LL EVER FORGET.

I'M GETTING GOOSE BUMPS
JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW --

IT -- IT WAS -- IT WAS TERRIBLE.

YOU REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY FELT FOR HER MOM.

THERE'S -- THERE'S
NOTHING I CAN SAY.

IT'S JUST, WHAT AM I GONNA SAY.

IT'S JUST, TOMORROW
IS GONNA BE A BETTER DAY.

IT'S GONNA BE EASY.
IT'S NOT.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

LORENA WAS A SINGLE MOM
TO TWO YOUNG GIRLS.

MY MOM KEPT SAYING,
"THE KIDS, THE KIDS."

SHE DIDN'T CARE ANYTHING ELSE.

SHE JUST WANTED TO BE THERE
FOR THEM BECAUSE,

EVEN THOUGH SHE LOST A DAUGHTER,

THEY LOST THEIR MOTHER,

WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO RAISE THEM,

GUIDE THEM AND SHOW THEM
LIFE LESSONS TO HELP THEM OUT.

COLORING?
COLORING?

BEING A FATHER MYSELF,

THAT'S A -- THAT'S HARD TO --

HARD TO FATHOM.

DETECTIVE YOUNG LEARNS
THAT LORENA HAD GOT INTO TROUBLE

WITH THE LAW AS A TEENAGER,

BUT SHE'D WORKED HARD
TO GET HER LIFE BACK ON TRACK

WHEN IT WAS ALL CUT
BRUTALLY SHORT.

SO, UM, THERE'S THAT PART
OF THIS STORY

THAT I THINK REALLY
DROVE US AS A UNIT

TO TRY AND FIND -- FIND OUT
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

YOUNG ASKS THE FAMILY IF SHE
HAS ANY ENEMIES OR A JEALOUS EX,

BUT NOTHING COMES UP.

HE TRIES TO PIECE TOGETHER
HER LAST KNOWN MOVEMENTS.

IDENTIFYING
WHO SHE WAS WITH,

THE PREVIOUS NIGHT
WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

THEY'RE GONNA BE
AN EXTREMELY CRITICAL WITNESS

WHO MAY HAVE EITHER WITNESSED
A CRIME

OR PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION
AS TO WHO THE VICTIM

WAS WITH OR SAW OR LEFT
WITH RIGHT BEFORE THEIR DEATH.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW...

YOUNG ASKS FAMILY MEMBERS

IF ANY OF THEM KNEW
WHERE LORENA HAD BEEN.

WE CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW
WITH LORENA'S NIECE.

SHE HAD INFORMED US
THE PREVIOUS NIGHT LORENA

WAS OVER AT THE SNOOKIES BAR
ON SOUTH OXNARD BOULEVARD.

SNOOKIES IS,
UM, BASICALLY A STRIP JOINT

WHERE THEY HAVE EXOTIC DANCERS,
IN THE EVENING HOURS.

LORENA HAD HEARD
THEY WERE HIRING WAIT STAFF

AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD
WAY TO BRING IN SOME EXTRA CASH.

SHE HAD APPLIED FOR A JOB THERE,

SO SHE WAS SPENDING SOME TIME
THERE.

SHE WAS HAVING SOME COCKTAILS
THERE.

DETECTIVE YOUNG FOLLOWS UP
WITH A VISIT TO SNOOKIES.

AND BEFORE HE EVEN SETS FOOD
INSIDE,

HE FINDS A POTENTIAL CLUE.

THERE'S A WITNESS WHO MIGHT HAVE
SEEN THE VICTIM IN THE HOURS

BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED.

LORENA GONZALES HAS BEEN
FOUND MURDERED IN AN ALLEY

IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA,

JUST HOURS AFTER VISITING
A STRIP CLUB CALLED SNOOKIES.

DETECTIVE MIKE YOUNG
QUESTIONS THE MANAGER,

AND HE CONFIRMS SHE WAS THERE.

HE EXPLAINS SHE WAS IN THE BAR,

CHATTING WITH A REGULAR
NAMED JEREMY LEVRA.

DETECTIVE YOUNG WOULD NOW LIKE
TO PUT A FACE TO THE NAME.

YOUNG ASKS THE MANAGER TO CHECK
THE BAR'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS

TO SEE IF THEY REVEAL THE FACE
OF LORENA'S COMPANION,

BUT THERE'S BAD NEWS.

BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED
STORAGE CAPACITY,

HE MADE IT A HABIT OF DELETING
ALL THE VIDEO IN THE MORNING

FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

EVERYTHING THAT THE CAMERA

SAW THE NIGHT BEFORE
HAS ALREADY BEEN WIPED CLEAN.

IT IS A HUGE BLOW
TO THE INVESTIGATION.

IT'S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.

NOW, HE'S GOT NOTHING,

AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

IT WAS A GENUINE WORRY
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE

THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEXUAL
DEVIANT BEHAVIOR OFTENTIMES

ARE REPETITIVE OFFENDERS.

DESPERATE TO HELP,

THE MANAGER TRIES TO RETRIEVE
THE WIPED VIDEO.

IT DOESN'T WORK.

BUT THEN, HE DOES FIND
SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAN HELP.

HE FOUND SOME STILL IMAGES
FROM TWO NIGHTS PRIOR

WHICH HAD ACTUALLY RECORDED
ONE OF THE PEOPLE

THAT HE THOUGHT
LORENA HAD BEEN WITH.

THE STILL FRAME
SHOWS A MAN ENTERING SNOOKIES.

IT IS JEREMY LEVRA.

HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL

LIVED IN THE GATEWAY APARTMENT
COMPLEX ADJACENT TO THE BAR.

THE FACT THAT HE WAS KNOWN
TO BE WITH HER IN THE HOURS

THAT LEAD UP TO HER DEATH
CERTAINLY MADE HIM

A PERSON OF INTEREST
AT A MINIMUM.

DETECTIVE YOUNG INVESTIGATES.

AS I WAS WALKING FROM THE BAR,

THE PERSON WHO CLOSELY RESEMBLED
THE PERSON IN THE PICTURE

WAS ACTUALLY STANDING OUT IN
FRONT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

IT IS JEREMY,

AND HE READILY ADMITS
TO BEING AT THE BAR WITH LORENA

THE NIGHT BEFORE.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS TRYING
TO TEACH HER HOW TO PLAY POOL

AND HE WAS,
HAVING SOME BEERS WITH HER.

JEREMY SAYS
ANOTHER MAN WAS WITH THEM

AND THAT THE THREE OF THEM LEFT
THE BAR, WENT TO A LIQUOR STORE,

THEN BACK TO JEREMY'S APARTMENT,

WHERE THEY PARTIED
TILL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE GUY DIDN'T
HAVE A PLACE TO STAY

AND JEREMY HAD INVITED HIM

TO SPEND THE NIGHT
IN HIS APARTMENT.

BUT JEREMY SAYS BOTH THE MAN
AND LORENA LEFT BEFORE 1:00 A.M.

DETECTIVE YOUNG NEEDS TO VERIFY
JEREMY'S STORY.

IS HE LYING TO COVER
HIS OWN TRACKS?

FIRST STOP -- THE LIQUOR STORE.

WE COLLECTED VIDEO
FROM THE LIQUOR STORE

THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE --
TO THE BAR.

HE LOOKS THROUGH HOURS
OF FOOTAGE,

BUT THE IMAGES ARE POOR.

EVENTUALLY, HE SEES LORENA...

SHE WAS IN AND OUT
OF THE LIQUOR STORE

THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE BAR
A COUPLE OF TIMES.

...AND JEREMY.

THERE WAS VIDEO SURVEILLANCE,

I BELIEVE,
OF JEREMY INSIDE THE STORE.

AT 10:30 P.M., HE FINALLY
SEES WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR --

LORENA AND JEREMY TOGETHER.

SHE BUYS SOME CANDY.
HE BUYS SOME BEER.

IF THERE IS A THIRD MAN
WITH THEM,

HE DOESN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA.

DOES JEREMY HAVE SOMETHING
MORE TO HIDE?

YOUNG HEADS
FOR JEREMY'S APARTMENT BUILDING

AND SPOTS SOMETHING THAT COULD
HELP IN THE INVESTIGATION --

MORE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.

HE ASKS THE MANAGER
TO PULL THE VIDEO.

SOMETIMES,
IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

BUT THEN,

YOU ALWAYS FEAR THAT THE
RECORDING DEVICE WASN'T WORKING,

OR IT'S AN OLD TAPE SYSTEM
AND THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OUT.

THIS TIME, HE'S IN LUCK,

AND DETECTIVE YOUNG SOON

LEARNS THAT JEREMY
HAS BEEN TELLING THE TRUTH.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE

THAT JEREMY, LORENA,
AND THE UNKNOWN MALE,

ALL THREE COME INTO
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TOGETHER.

THERE IS A MYSTERY MAN,

BUT IT'S HARD
TO MAKE OUT HIS FACE.

THE QUALITY OF THE --
OF THE VIDEO WAS OKAY.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT
WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO WHERE IF YOU

LOOKED AT IT AND THEN YOU LOOKED
AT A PICTURE OF THE PERSON,

YOU COULD DEFINITIVELY SAY
THAT THAT'S HIM.

BUT HE IS WEARING
A DISTINCTIVE CAMOUFLAGE OUTFIT.

JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT,

HE, LORENA AND JEREMY
HEAD INTO THE APARTMENT.

TWENTY MINUTES LATER,
HE STEPS OUT.

THE UNKNOWN MALE
ACTUALLY WENT DOWN

TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM AREA
OF THE, APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THEN,
HE DOES SOMETHING REALLY ODD,

USING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BROOM
HANDLE TO WEDGE THE DOOR.

BUT WHY?

IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S TRYING
TO KEEP IT OPEN

SO HE CAN GET BACK
IN THE BUILDING.

THIS DOOR WAS EQUIPPED
WITH AN ALARM TYPE DEVICE

THAT WOULD ALERT

IF THE DOOR WAS LEFT
OPEN FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME,

SO WE'RE DRAWING THE CONCLUSION

THAT THE ALARM ACTUALLY
WAS AUDIBLE AND WENT OFF,

SO HE DIDN'T KEEP THE DOOR OPEN.

SUSPICIOUS INDEED.

THE MAN THEN
RETURNS TO THE APARTMENT

UNTIL 12:46, WHEN JEREMY
SAYS THE PARTY ENDED.

THE UNKNOWN MALE
AND LORENA ARE RECORDED

WALKING OUT OF THE APARTMENT
COMPLEX TOGETHER.

THERE'S NOTHING TOO TELLING
ABOUT THEIR BODY LANGUAGE

OTHER THAN THE FACT
THAT IT APPEARS THAT LORENA

LEFT THE APARTMENT
WITH THE UNKNOWN MALE

VOLUNTARILY.

IT'S SURREAL.

YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO,

AND YOU SEE A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO HAS NO CLUE THAT,

MINUTES FROM THAT MOMENT,
SHE'LL BE FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE

AND WILL DIE.

IT'S A VERY POWERFUL IMAGE,

AND IT MAKES YOU REALIZE
THAT YOU --

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE NEXT
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE

IS REALLY GOING TO BRING.

IT'S MY BELIEF THAT SHE WAS
KILLED SHORTLY AFTER

THAT VIDEO WAS RECORDED.

INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT THE MAN
IN THE CAMOUFLAGE JACKET

IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR
AND COLD-BLOODED KILLER.

WILL THEY CATCH HIM
BEFORE HE GOES HUNTING AGAIN?

SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE HAS GIVEN
DETECTIVE MIKE YOUNG

A GLIMPSE INTO LORENA GONZALES'S
LAST NIGHT ALIVE.

SO NOW, WE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS
AT 12:45 IN THE MORNING.

WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IS WHERE SHE
WAS FROM 12:45 IN THE MORNING

UNTIL 5:30 IN THE MORNING
WHEN WE WERE CALLED.

ALL THEY HAVE IS
A PICTURE OF AN UNKNOWN MAN

ON A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS,
BUT WE HAD IMAGES OF HIM.

AND THEY KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO LORENA NEXT --

SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
AND STRANGLED TO DEATH.

STRANGULATION BY LIGATURE
IS RELATIVELY RARE,

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALWAYS TAKES NOTICE OF THAT.

YOUNG GOES LOOKING FOR
ANY CRIMES WITH THE SAME M.O.

AND HE'S IN LUCK
WITH A MAN ARRESTED A FEW HOURS

AFTER LORENA'S BODY
WAS DISCOVERED.

WHILE HE HAD BEEN
IN THE HOLDING FACILITY --

IN THE BOOKING AREA
OF THE VENTURA COUNTY JAIL,

HE HAD ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED
TO STRANGLE ANOTHER INMATE

WITH HIS SHOE LACES.

HE BECAME ENRAGED
AND DECIDED HE HAD TO KILL.

THE FACT THAT HE HAD ATTEMPTED

TO STRANGLE SOMEBODY
IN THE JAIL,

HE CERTAINLY BECAME A PERSON
OF INTEREST.

HIS NAME IS DANIEL MARTINEZ.

IN THE BOOKING PHOTOGRAPH,

HE HAPPENED TO BE
WEARING THE SAME JACKET

THAT THE PERSON THAT LORENA
LEFT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX

WITH WAS WEARING.

NOT ONLY HAD HE
TRIED TO STRANGLE HIS CELL MATE,

HE HAD ATTACKED A MAN
IN THE STREET WITH A BOTTLE

JUST HOURS
AFTER LORENA WAS MURDERED.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
JUST OUT OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

AND YOU REALIZE, "WOW, THIS GUY
WAS ON A KILLING SPREE,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT."

NOBODY KNEW IT.

YOUNG IS EAGER TO SEE WHAT THE
SUSPECT HAS TO SAY FOR HIMSELF.

HE STARTED OUT INITIALLY LYING,
DENYING THAT HE WAS WITH ANYONE.

WE GOT TO THE POINT THAT HE
ACTUALLY ADMITTED TO HAVING

LEFT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
WITH LORENA.

I TOLD HIM THAT I KNEW SOMETHING
HAPPENED IN THE ALLEYWAY.

I ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED.

HE HAD REMOVED THE GAUZE
FROM THE RECENT LACERATION

ON HER HAND, HAD PUT
THAT AROUND HER NECK.

AND THEN, AS HE SAID, HE,
"FINISHED THE JOB."

IT'S -- IT'S DISTURBING,

AND IT'S TRAGIC.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE.

DANIEL MARTINEZ CONFESSES TO
THE MURDER OF LORENA GONZALES.

HE HAD A HISTORY OF DRUG USE

AND WAS HIGH ON METHAMPHETAMINE
WHEN HE KILLED LORENA.

HE IS SENTENCED TO LIFE
IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

KNOWING WHAT HE DID, THERE'S
AN ENORMOUS SENSE OF RELIEF.

YOU'RE RELIEVED THAT YOU'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL THE FAMILY

THAT YOU'VE GOT THE PERSON

THAT TOOK THEIR LOVED ONE
AWAY FROM THEM.

ONE PERSON WILL NEVER BE
OUT TO HURT ANYBODY ELSE.

NOW, LORENA'S LITTLE BROTHER,
LORENZO GONZALES,

IS THE FULL LEGAL GUARDIAN
OF HIS SISTER'S CHILDREN.

I BELIEVE THERE'S GOODNESS
THAT COMES OUT OF ANYTHING.

JUST LOOK AT MY NIECES

AND SEE HOW MY FAMILY
CAME TOGETHER

TO TRY AND BE THE BEST FAMILY
THAT WE CAN FOR THEM.

INVESTIGATORS 2,000 MILES APART
STOPPED KILLERS IN THEIR TRACKS

THANKS TO THE POWER
OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

HAVING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
IN THIS CASE WAS CRUCIAL TO US.

IF YOU HAVE VIDEO ON A CRIME,

THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE
THAT YOU'LL SOLVE IT.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IS VERY,
VERY, VERY POWERFUL EVIDENCE.

IT'S GOLD.

MEANWHILE,
THE CAMERAS KEEP WATCHING.