Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Man with Two Names - full transcript

KATHI SPIARS THOUGHT

SHE HAD FOUND
THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.

STEVE BECAME
PRINCE CHARMING TO ME.

I FELT REALLY SPECIAL.
I FELT THAT I MATTERED.

STEVE WAS DEFINITELY MYSTERIOUS.

BUT SOON, KATHI
WOULD LEARN THAT HER HUSBAND

WAS FAR MORE MYSTERIOUS
THAN SHE BARGAINED FOR.

HE SAID
HE HAD WORKED FOR THE CIA.

SCARY STUFF.

STEVE MADE UP SO MANY
STORIES ABOUT WHERE HE'D BEEN,

WHAT HE'D DONE,
WHAT HE WAS RUNNING FROM.



WHO DID KATHI SPIARS
REALLY MARRY?

HOW COULD THIS QUIET,
MEEK KNIGHT

BE THIS MERCENARY KILLER?

I'M A KILLER!

WHEN IT COMES
TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
WHAT THEY SEEM.

WHEN YOUR PAST IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU WOULD RATHER FORGET,

SOMETIMES A FRESH START
IS ALL YOU NEED.

KATHI SPIARS
KNOWS THIS FIRSTHAND.

I GREW UP
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

WHERE I DRANK AND PARTIED,

AND DRINKING GOT REALLY OUT
OF CONTROL FOR ME IN MY LIFE.

AS A SINGLE MOTHER
TO A 9-YEAR-OLD,

KATHI KNEW
SHE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE.



BY THE TIME SHE TURNED 30,

SHE HAD FINALLY BEATEN
HER ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL.

I WANTED TO GO TO A NEW PLACE

WHERE I COULD BUILD NEW MEMORIES
WITH MY DAUGHTER.

WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, FRESH START.

IN THE SUMMER OF 1980,
KATHI AND HER DAUGHTER

MOVED FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TO DENVER, COLORADO,

TO START A NEW LIFE.

I WANTED TO OPEN UP
A BEAUTY SALON,

AND IT TOOK ME SOME TIME
TO DO THAT,

SO I WAS WORKING PART TIME
AS A WAITRESS.

AND AT THAT WAITRESS JOB,

KATHI MET A MYSTERIOUS BUSBOY
NAMED STEVE MARCUM.

HE FOLLOWED ME AROUND
LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.

I DIDN'T REALLY THINK
TOO MUCH OF HIM.

STEVE WAS NOT A ROCK STAR,
BY NO MEANS.

BUT SHE WAS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE ATTRACTED TO A GUY

THAT SHE WAS NOT REALLY

PHYSICALLY
ALL THAT ATTRACTED TO.

HE SENT ME A DOZEN ROSES
AT WORK, LONG-STEMMED ROSES.

AND ALTHOUGH
I WASN'T ATTRACTED TO HIM,

I REALLY BEGAN TO LIKE
HIS HEART AND HIS SPIRIT.

SOON,
STEVE AND KATHI BEGAN TO DATE.

AND AS THEIR ROMANCE TOOK OFF,
STEVE CONTINUED TO UP THE ANTE.

ONE DAY,
I WAS TAKING A BUBBLE BATH.

MY DAUGHTER CAME IN,

AND SHE SAID,
"MOM, YOU GOT TO COME OUT HERE."

SO I FOLLOWED HER
OUT TO THE DRIVEWAY.

AND IN THE DRIVEWAY
WAS A COPPER-COLORED PORSCHE.

AND I GO, "WHAT IS THAT?"

SHE HANDED ME THE KEYS,

AND SHE GOES,
"MOM, STEVE GAVE YOU THAT CAR."

KATHI
IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO WONDER

HOW A BUSBOY COULD AFFORD
SUCH EXTRAVAGANCE.

AS THE COUPLE GREW CLOSER, STEVE
BEGAN TO OPEN UP ABOUT HIS PAST.

HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS,

AND HE WAS RAISED
BY ELDERLY PARENTS.

STEVE TOLD KATHI

THAT BOTH HIS PARENTS
HAD PASSED AWAY,

LEAVING ALL THEIR ASSETS TO HIM.

HIS FATHER WAS AN ARTIST
AND MADE CHESS PIECES,

AND MANY OF THEM
WERE MADE OUT OF GOLD.

AND HE HAD THEM
TURNED INTO GOLD BARS,

'CAUSE HE WAS GONNA SELL THEM.

THE PLACE
WHERE STEVE STORED HIS GOLD

WAS VERY UNUSUAL,
TO SAY THE LEAST.

STEVE PUT THE GOLD BARS
IN HIS TOILET TANK.

THAT WAS PRETTY WEIRD.

AND WHEN I ASKED HIM, "WHY DON'T
YOU GO TAKE IT TO THE BANK?"

HE DIDN'T TRUST THE BANKS.

ALL OF THE INTRIGUE

MADE KATHI FALL EVEN HARDER
FOR STEVE.

BUT HER GOOD FRIEND
NANCY VALENTINO

WASN'T AS EASILY IMPRESSED.

THESE STORIES WERE SO BIZARRE.

MY THOUGHT WAS,
"KATHI HAS FLIPPED OUT."

KATHI HAD FLIPPED FOR STEVE.

AND IN THE SUMMER OF 1981,
LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THEY MET,

STEVE AND KATHI WERE MARRIED.

IT WAS REALLY A FUN DAY.

IT WAS AT GOLDEN, COLORADO,
IN A HUNTING LODGE.

BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDING.
NATURE.

COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
MORE BEAUTIFUL, IN EVERY WAY.

BACK HOME IN DENVER,

THE COUPLE SETTLED
INTO THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER.

BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER,

STEVE MADE A SHOCKING CONFESSION
ABOUT HIS PAST.

HE SAID
HE HAD WORKED FOR THE CIA.

AND APPARENTLY
HE HAD KILLED THIS GUY IN A BAR,

DEFENDING
HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HONOR.

THE PERSON HE KILLED
WAS A CIVILIAN,

WHICH WAS
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T DO.

FEARING RETRIBUTION,

STEVE CLAIMED HE HAD LEFT
THE AGENCY WITHOUT ITS BLESSING

AND WAS NOW ON THE RUN
FROM A FORMER CIA OPERATIVE.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS PLANNING
ON BLACKMAILING THE GOVERNMENT

AND THAT HE WROTE AN EXPOSé...

WHO HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO ASSASSINATE

BY ORDERS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

SCARY STUFF.

KATHI WAS STUNNED.

BUT A WOMAN'S HEART
IS A FUNNY THING.

I THINK I WAS REALLY
BEGINNING TO START GETTING AFRAID,

BUT I LOVED HIM.

KATHI CHOSE TO FORGIVE STEVE

FOR KEEPING HIS PAST
AS A CIA HIT MAN A SECRET.

AND OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS,

LIFE FOR THE COUPLE
WAS SMOOTH SAILING.

BUT ONE SPRING DAY IN 1984, WHEN
KATHI RETURNED HOME FROM A TRIP,

THINGS BEGAN TO GET
EXTREMELY STRANGE.

WHEN I CAME BACK FROM MY TRIP,

INSTEAD OF MY PORSCHE
BEING IN THE DRIVEWAY

WHERE IT ALWAYS WAS, NO PORSCHE.

WHERE IS IT?
WHAT HAPPENED?

STEVE CLAIMED

THAT THE CIA
HAD CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AT LAST

AND HAD FROZEN HIS ASSETS.

THEY HAD IMPOUNDED KATHI'S CAR.

KATHI HAD HEARD ENOUGH.

I SAID, "YOU GO FIGURE IT OUT.

"DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU CAN
PROVE TO ME THAT WE'RE SAFE.

I'M GONNA ASK YOU QUESTIONS,
AND I WANT ANSWERS."

BUT KATHI HAD NO IDEA
THAT HER QUEST FOR ANSWERS

WOULD UNCOVER A FAR DARKER SIDE
TO HER HUSBAND...

DARKER
THAN SHE COULD EVER IMAGINE.

STEVE WAS LIKE AN ONION.

AND THE MORE OF THE LAYERS
I TOOK OFF,

THE MORE ROTTEN IT BECAME.

THREE YEARS INTO HER MARRIAGE,

KATHI SPIARS HAD NO IDEA
WHO HER HUSBAND REALLY WAS.

STEVE CLAIMED
HE WAS A FORMER CIA HIT MAN

AND THAT THE AGENCY
WANTED HIM BACK.

HE SAYS,
"THEY'RE GONNA RECRUIT ME

"TO JOIN THE BLACK OP AGAIN.

"THEY MAY TRY TO BLACKMAIL ME

"AND SAY, 'IF YOU DON'T DO IT,
WE'RE GONNA KILL HER.

WE'RE GONNA KILL YOUR FAMILY.'"

TERRIFIED FOR THE SAFETY

OF HERSELF
AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER,

KATHI ASKED STEVE
TO LEAVE THEIR HOME

AND NOT RETURN UNTIL HE SEVERED
HIS CIA TIES FOR GOOD.

STEVE WENT TO FLORIDA,

WHERE HE SAID HE WOULD SPEAK
WITH HIS FORMER BOSS.

A FEW WEEKS LATER,
HE CONTACTED KATHI.

STEVE GIVES ME A CALL
FROM FLORIDA

AND SAYS THAT HE'S PRETTY SURE
IT'S CLEARED UP.

BUT WHEN HE COMES BACK,
HE DIDN'T GIVE ME PROOF.

AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE?"

AND HE
COULDN'T REALLY ANSWER ME.

STEVE'S DUBIOUS RESPONSE
DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH KATHI.

SHE PRESSED HIM
FOR MORE INFORMATION.

STEVE TOLD ME,
"MY REAL NAME IS ERIC STONE,

AND I'M NOT LYING ABOUT THAT,
AND THAT'S THE TRUTH."

AND I WAS BUILDING UP
TO THE POINT

THAT I CUSSED
PROBABLY FOR AN HOUR.

MAN, I CAN STILL FEEL IT RAGING.

AND I SAID,
"I NEED TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE.

I NEED TO KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE FROM."

SO STEVE, NOW ERIC,

VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE KATHI TO HIS
HOMETOWN OF EXETER, CALIFORNIA.

I SAID, "IF I CATCH YOU
IN ANY MORE LIES,

"I AM GONNA DROP YOU OFF
ON THE FREEWAY

AND YOU WILL NOT BE WITH ME."

ONCE IN EXETER, ERIC
LED KATHI TO HIS CHILDHOOD HOME.

SO, WE END UP IN FRONT
OF THIS FIELD OF DIRT AND WEEDS.

IT'S VACANT,
AND THERE'S NO HOUSE.

AND IT WAS EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW,
THAT THERE WAS A FIRE,

THAT EVERYTHING HE HAD
BURNED UP IN THAT FIRE.

THE NEXT STOP
WAS THE LOCAL CEMETERY,

WHERE ERIC SAID
HIS PARENTS WERE BURIED.

SO, I GET OUT OF THE CAR

AND START LOOKING ON THE GROUND
FOR HEADSTONES.

AND I'M LOOKING
FOR A LAST NAME OF "STONE,"

BECAUSE HIS REAL NAME WAS STONE.

BUT HIS PARENTS' GRAVES

HAD MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED.

DISTRAUGHT, ERIC CLAIMED
THE CIA MUST HAVE MOVED THEM.

HE'S ON THE GROUND,
AND HE'S PULLING AT THE GRASS.

HE BEGINS TO SOB.

SOB, SOB.

STREAMING TEARS
ARE COMING OUT OF HIS EYES.

HE'S WAILING.

AFTER SUCH A DISPLAY OF ANGUISH,

KATHI BELIEVED HER HUSBAND
MUST BE TELLING THE TRUTH.

STILL,
SHE NEEDED MORE REASSURANCE,

SO KATHI
MADE ERIC TAKE HER TO A PLACE

WHERE SHE WAS SURE
TO DIG UP HIS PAST...

HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL.

SO HE ASKED FOR THE YEARBOOK,

AND THE FIRST THING I SEE IS,

"A MESSAGE FROM ERIC,"
PRESIDENT OF THE CLASS.

I WENT, "WOW."

BUT I GO DOWN AND READ IT.

IT'S ERIC WRIGHT...

W-R-I-G-H-T.

IT WAS YET ANOTHER LIE.

ERIC'S LAST NAME
WASN'T REALLY "STONE" EITHER.

IT WAS WRIGHT.

AND HE FLIPS OVER ANOTHER PAGE,

AND I SEE
"ERIC WRIGHT, MOST DEPENDABLE."

ANOTHER ONE...
ERIC ON THE DEBATE TEAM.

AND I DON'T KNOW KNOW
WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TO THINK.

HE JUST LIED TO ME AGAIN.

AND TRUE TO FORM, ERIC
HAD ANOTHER EXCUSE FOR KATHI.

ERIC TOLD ME
THAT HIS NAME WAS ERIC STONE

BECAUSE
IT WAS JUST TOO DANGEROUS

FOR ME TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

KATHI RETURNED HOME TO COLORADO

WITH FAR MORE QUESTIONS
THAN ANSWERS.

I NEVER
REALLY QUITE FELT ABOUT HIM

THE WAY I DID IN THE BEGINNING.

BUT, AGAIN, I'M STUCK.
I'M MARRIED. I MADE VOWS.

KATHI WANTED TO BELIEVE HIM.

AND THE FACT IS, HE HAD SPUN
SUCH A STORY IN THE BEGINNING

THAT HE WAS ABLE TO KIND OF TIE
SOME FACTS TOGETHER.

KATHI
DECIDED TO ACCEPT ERIC'S STORY

AND PRESS NO FURTHER.

BUT OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS,

THEIR RELATIONSHIP SUFFERED UPS
AND DOWNS OF A DIFFERENT KIND,

AS ERIC
TURNED COLD AND DETACHED.

ERIC WAS NOT CARING,
NOT COMING HOME,

NOT BEING SUPPORTIVE
IN ANY WAY IN MY LIFE.

AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.

ERIC'S BEHAVIOR WAS
ABOUT TO TAKE A SINISTER TURN

THAT WOULD LEAVE KATHI
FEARING FOR HER OWN LIFE.

AND HE WAS ON TOP OF ME,
AND HE SAID, "DON'T 'F' WITH ME.

I AM A KILLER.
I WILL KILL YOU."

IN THE FALL OF 1992,
KATHI SPIARS WAS DETERMINED

TO GET HER ROCKY MARRIAGE
TO ERIC BACK ON TRACK.

SHE HAD AN IDEA
FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT

THAT SHE HOPED WOULD BRING THEM
CLOSER TOGETHER.

I JUST STARTED THINKING
ABOUT EXETER HIGH SCHOOL

AND THAT
ALL OF HIS FAMILY'S GONE,

AND I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE JUST NICE,

SINCE HE HAD A FIRE
IN HIS HOUSE,

TO GET HIM
A HIGH-SCHOOL YEARBOOK

SO HE'LL HAVE THOSE MEMORIES.

KATHI CALLED THE SCHOOL,

AND IN A FORTUITOUS TWIST,
THE MAN ON THE OTHER END

TURNED OUT TO BE HER HUSBAND'S
OLD BUDDY CHUCK KNOX.

ERIC WAS VERY WELL-LIKED,

KIND OF A FAIR-HAIRED GOLDEN BOY
AT EXETER HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT,
ARTICULATE...

AND HE WAS DEFINITELY
A CASANOVA.

BUT THAT WASN'T ALL CHUCK KNEW.

AND WHEN KATHI DUG
FOR MORE DETAILS,

SHE GOT THE SHOCK OF HER LIFE.

CHUCK SAYS,
"... HE HAD A SISTER."

I SAID, "NO, NO. HE DIDN'T HAVE
ANY SISTERS OR BROTHERS."

HE SAID, "WELL, UM, I WENT
TO SCHOOL WITH HIS SISTER."

I SAID, "WELL,
BUT YOU KNOW HIS MOM DIED.

HIS MOM DIED
WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL."

HE SAID, "NO."

I'M GOING, "WHAT?!"

KATHI COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

AND I COULD TELL THE WHEELS
WERE SPINNING IN HER HEAD.

MY GOD.

I'M TRYING TO BE COOL,
BECAUSE WHAT IF...

I'M IMAGINING IN MY HEAD
WHAT ALL OF THIS COULD BE.

PRESSED BY KATHI,

CHUCK WENT ON TO REVEAL ONE
DISTURBING DETAIL AFTER ANOTHER.

ONE OF THE GALS
HE'D GONE OUT WITH

APPARENTLY DIED AT A YOUNG AGE.

IT WAS SUSPECTED SUICIDE,

THE SPECULATION
THAT SHE WENT OFF THE DEEP END

AFTER ERIC BROKE UP WITH HER.

I HUNG UP THE PHONE
AND JUST... I FELT SICK.

I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT I WAS GONNA DO.

BUT CONFRONTING

A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
PATHOLOGICAL LIAR

IS A RISKY PROPOSITION.

I'M LIKE,
"CRAP. WHAT AM I GONNA DO?

WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?"

SO I ACTED
LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.

KATHI
DESPERATELY TRIED TO IGNORE

THE TRUTH ABOUT HER HUSBAND.

BUT ERIC WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING
HER WORST NIGHTMARE.

AND WHEN SHE TURNED
TO A THERAPIST FOR HELP,

ERIC WENT OFF THE DEEP END.

HE STARTED A FIGHT.
AND HE THREW ME INTO A WALL.

AND HE WAS ON TOP OF ME,
AND HE SAID, "DON'T 'F' WITH ME.

"I AM A KILLER.

I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T
LEAVE MY PAST ALONE."

I'M A KILLER!

THAT'S WHEN I MET ERIC WRIGHT.

HE HURT HER. HE HURT HER.
HE PHYSICALLY HURT HER.

KATHI'S A LITTLE, BITTY THING.
SHE DID NOT KNOW WHO HE WAS.

AFTER 12 YEARS
TOGETHER, KATHI NOW KNEW

SHE COULD NO LONGER STAY
WITH SUCH A DANGEROUS MAN.

I WANTED TO
GET IT OVER WITH TO MOVE ON.

I GAVE HIM
FAR TOO MUCH OF MY TIME.

BUT ON FEBRUARY 13, 1993,

ERIC BEAT KATHI TO IT AND SERVED
HER WITH DIVORCE PAPERS.

WHEN ERIC MOVED OUT,
KATHI CONCOCTED A PLAN.

I'M SITTING THERE,

JUST THINKING
ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF.

I'M GOING,
"I GOT TO FIND SOME ANSWERS."

AND I STARTED MAKING
PHONE CALLS.

NO LONGER FEARING
HER HUSBAND'S WRATH,

KATHI EMBARKED
ON A DESPERATE SEARCH

TO UNCOVER EVERYTHING
ABOUT ERIC'S SECRET PAST.

SHE BEGAN BY PLACING
ANOTHER CALL TO CHUCK KNOX.

KATHI WAS VERY UPSET
AT WHAT HE HAD DONE TO HER.

THIS BECAME HER LIFE GOAL,
IS TO FIND OUT THE SECRET.

I FOUND OUT
NOT ONLY WAS HE MARRIED BEFORE,

BUT THAT HE HAD BEEN MARRIED
TO TWO OTHER WOMEN

AND HE'D HAD TWO CHILDREN.

SO, THIS BLEW HER AWAY.

AND SHE WAS NOT GONNA LET HIM
GET AWAY WITH IT.

CHUCK PUT KATHI IN
TOUCH WITH ERIC'S FORMER WIFE,

WHO HAD
A DEVASTATING STORY TO TELL.

ON THEIR LITTLE GIRL'S BIRTHDAY,

ERIC WAS SUPPOSED TO GO
TO THE STORE, PICK UP SUPPLIES.

HE WENT TO THE STORE
BUT NEVER CAME BACK.

ERIC WRIGHT HAD ATTEMPTED

TO PULL OFF THE IMPOSSIBLE.

ERIC STAGED HIS DISAPPEARANCE.

BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
INTERVIEWED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE

AND FOUND OUT THAT HE
WAS A VOLUNTARY MISSING PERSON.

WHEN HE WENT MISSING,
HE HAD A HONDA,

AND HE SHOT A BULLET HOLE
IN THAT HONDA.

AND OF ALL THINGS,
HE PUT ANIMAL BLOOD ON IT.

WHAT THE HECK?

SINCE ERIC WAS OFFICIALLY
DECLARED A MISSING PERSON

AND WAS NEVER DIVORCED
FROM HIS LAST WIFE,

THE VALIDITY OF HIS MARRIAGE
TO KATHI STOOD IN QUESTION.

HE WAS MARRIED
WHEN HE MARRIED ME.

HE WAS A BIGAMIST.
SCUM-BAG BIGAMIST.

SO, ONCE THE LIES
STARTED BEING EXPOSED,

SHE WAS JUST RUTHLESS.

KATHI WOULD SOON FIND OUT

EXACTLY WHAT HER HUSBAND
HAD BEEN HIDING FROM.

HE WAS A MURDERER,
AND JUST FOR MONEY.

AND SHE'S ABOUT TO GET
THE ULTIMATE REVENGE.

I THINK IF KATHI
WOULD HAVE NEVER COME FORWARD,

THE CASE
WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SOLVED.

DON'T MESS WITH ME!

BY THE SPRING OF 1993,

KATHI SPIARS WAS WELL ON HER WAY
TO UNCOVERING THE TRUTH

ABOUT HER EX-HUSBAND ERIC'S
SECRET PAST.

AND SHE HAD JUST FORMED
A NEW ALLY...

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
ASSISTANT SHERIFF JOHN HUBER.

I TOLD DETECTIVE HUBER,
"I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO A MAN,

"AND WHEN I MET HIM,

HE HAD ALL THESE GOLD BARS,
A LOT OF GOLD BARS."

AND THAT'S WHAT STRUCK HUBER.

WE HAD A CASE.

BODY WAS FOUND IN 1980
IN THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT,

AND THE BODY WAS CLOTHED,
NO SHOES,

AND IT HAD A CHAIN
TIED WITH CABLE TIES

AROUND THE HANDS AND FEET.

AND IN THE INVESTIGATION,
HE'S MISSING GOLD BARS.

AND IT'S AN UNSOLVED CASE.

THE CORPSE
WAS THAT OF LESTER MARKS,

A PETTY THIEF WHO WOULD MELT
JEWELRY INTO GOLD BARS.

AFTER HEARING KATHI'S STORY,

ASSISTANT SHERIFF HUBER
REOPENED THE CASE

TO SEE IF THEY COULD LINK
ERIC WRIGHT TO LESTER'S MURDER.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
HAD DONE AN INVESTIGATION

WHEN ERIC
STAGED HIS DISAPPEARANCE

OVER IN THE BAY AREA.

AND I PULLED OUT
AN ACTUAL OLD FILE

WITH SOME OF THE EVIDENCE
THAT THEY HAD COLLECTED.

IN 1980, WHEN ERIC
HAD STAGED HIS DISAPPEARANCE,

HE WAS WORKING
AS A PRECIOUS-METALS DEALER,

AND POLICE HAD FOUND SOME VERY
STRANGE ITEMS AT HIS OFFICE.

IN HIS DESK DRAWER,
IT HAD A NUMBER OF CABLE TIES,

ONE THAT WAS
VERY, VERY CLOSE IN SIZE

TO THE CABLE TIES THAT
LESTER MARKS WAS BOUND WITH.

BUT EVEN MORE TELLING

WAS WHAT WAS FOUND DURING THE
ORIGINAL MURDER INVESTIGATION...

AN ITEM
THAT AT THE TIME WAS OVERLOOKED.

THE POLICE FOUND RIGHT NEXT TO
THE BED OF LESTER MARKS' HOUSE

A NOTEPAD WRITTEN "ERIC WRIGHT"
AND A PHONE NUMBER.

SOMETIMES
IT'S RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE.

THINGS WERE BEGINNING TO ADD UP.

AND IN NOVEMBER OF 1993,

ASSISTANT SHERIFF HUBER
FLEW TO DENVER

TO INTERROGATE ERIC WRIGHT.

HE DENIED
HE EVER KNEW LESTER MARKS,

NEVER HEARD OF LESTER MARKS,

AND DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BUT HUBER WASN'T BUYING IT,

AND ERIC WRIGHT WAS SUMMONED
FOR QUESTIONING

IN THE DEATH OF LESTER MARKS.

THEY SENT HIM AN INVITATION
TO GO TO A GRAND JURY.

AND YOU CAN EITHER SHOW UP
OR RUN.

HE RAN STRAIGHT TO MEXICO.

WHILE ERIC
WAS ENJOYING THE SUN AND SAND,

INVESTIGATORS CAREFULLY BUILT
THEIR CASE AGAINST HIM.

ERIC WAS IN MEXICO
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS,

LIVING ON THE BEACH,

UNTIL THE FBI GOT
AN ARREST WARRANT

TO HAVE HIM EXTRADITED
BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.

FINALLY, ON APRIL 29, 2002,

AFTER NEARLY 23 YEARS
ON THE RUN,

ERIC WRIGHT WAS ARRESTED
IN THE DEATH OF LESTER MARKS.

TO AVOID A MURDER TRIAL,

HE PLED GUILTY
TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.

I THINK IF KATHI
WOULD HAVE NEVER COME FORWARD,

THE CASE
WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SOLVED.

I WAS SO HAPPY.
IT WAS A NICE PRESENT.

BUT KATHI'S ELATION
WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

ERIC WRIGHT WAS RELEASED
FROM PRISON IN 2007

AFTER SERVING ONLY 4½ YEARS.

SHE HAS LIVED THIS FOR 30 YEARS,
AND IT HAS CONSUMED HER.

HE HAUNTS HER.

TODAY, KATHI
LIVES A QUIET LIFE IN ARIZONA

AND WILL NEVER FORGET
HER BIGGEST MISTAKE...

MARRYING THE WRONG MAN.

AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK
KATHI WILL MARRY AGAIN

UNLESS SHE LEAVES THIS
BEHIND HER.

AND I DON'T KNOW
IF KATHI HAS LET IT GO YET.

THE LESSON THAT I LEARNED IS,

IF YOU HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM,

THIS IS NO TIME
TO BE LOOKING FOR MR. CORRECT,

BECAUSE YOU'RE VULNERABLE
TO ANYBODY OUT THERE

THAT'S PREYING
ON SOMEONE TO HIDE BEHIND.

AND TODAY,
KATHI HAS A VERY DIFFERENT TAKE

ON DATING A MAN OF MYSTERY.

I WOULD NEVER DATE A MAN

THAT CAME TO ME AND SAID,
"I HAVE A MYSTERIOUS PAST."

THAT'S WHEN IT'S A GOOD THING
TO BE QUIET,

AND YOU JUST AGREE,
AND YOU BACK UP SLOWLY.