Wicked Attraction (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Twisted Twosome - full transcript

STOP.
NO, PLEASE, NO.

ON JULY 25, 1984...

...SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
RECEIVE A DISTRESSING CALL.

911...
WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

HARVEY DUBS,
HIS WIFE, DEBORAH...

AND THEIR BABY SON, SEAN,
HAVE VANISHED.

IN MY 20 YEARS OF INVESTIGATING
MISSING-PERSON CASES,

WE'D NEVER HAD AN ENTIRE FAMILY
REPORTED MISSING,

SO IT WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS,

ESPECIALLY THE CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER WHICH THEY DISAPPEARED.

HARVEY HAD VIDEO EQUIPMENT,
SOPHISTICATED VIDEO EQUIPMENT,



THAT HE USED AS A SIDE BUSINESS.

THE LAST PERSON WHO EVER SPOKE
WITH DEBORAH DUBS

OR ANY OF THE DUBS FAMILY

WAS A NEIGHBOR
AND GOOD FRIEND OF DEBORAH.

AND ON A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION,
SHE SAID THAT,

"SOMEONE'S COMING OVER

"TO LOOK AT HARVEY'S VIDEO
EQUIPMENT TONIGHT

WITH THE IDEA OF RENTING IT."

THAT'S THE LAST TIME ANYONE
EVER HEARD FROM THE DUBS FAMILY.

THE FOLLOWING DAY,

SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DISPATCH
TO THE DUBS' RESIDENCE.

MY PARTNER AND I DID
AN ENTIRE SEARCH OF THE HOUSE.

DEBORAH WAS METICULOUS.

SHE NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE
IN DISARRAY.



AT THE TIME WE SEARCHED, THERE
WERE DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK.

IT WASN'T A TIDY HOUSE
THAT DEBORAH WOULD HAVE KEPT.

WE NOTICED
THAT ON THE CLOSET DOOR

THERE WAS WHAT LOOKED TO BE
PHONE CORD

THAT WAS TIED TO THE KNOB.

IN NOTICING THAT THE ENDS
HAD BEEN CUT,

IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN USED
TO SECURE SOMEONE TO THE DOOR.

AND ALL OF HARVEY'S
VIDEO EQUIPMENT IS MISSING.

THERE WERE OUTLINES OF DUST,
SHOWING WHERE THINGS HAD BEEN.

WE FOUND NUMEROUS LISTS,

EXTENSIVELY LISTING
WHAT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HE HAD

ALONG WITH THEIR SERIAL NUMBERS.

AUTHORITIES FEAR

SOMETHING HORRIBLE
MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO THE FAMILY.

INVESTIGATORS
QUESTION RESIDENTS.

THE NEIGHBORS DID REPORT

SEEING A BEARDED MAN
AND AN ASIAN MAN

IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE

AT ABOUT THE TIME
THEY WENT MISSING.

POLICE GET
A DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO MEN.

AFTER WE HAD COMPILED
ALL THE INFORMATION...

THE COMPOSITE SKETCHES,
THE SERIAL NUMBERS...

WE MADE UP
CRIME-INFORMATION BULLETINS.

WE MAILED THEM OUT
TO EVERY DEPARTMENT

IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND, UNFORTUNATELY,
NOTHING CAME OF IT.

FOUR MONTHS LATER,

AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE ANOTHER
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

39-YEAR-OLD PAUL COSNER,

AN AUTO SALESMAN
IN SAN FRANCISCO,

VANISHES ONE NIGHT.

PAUL COSNER HAD A DINNER DATE
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND

AND CALLED HER AT ABOUT 7:00
TO SAY,

"I'LL BE A LITTLE LATE,
ABOUT 7:30."

A WEIRD DUDE, ACTUALLY.

5:30 TO 6:00.

"I HAVE
A POSSIBLE BUYER FOR MY CAR,

AND I HAVE TO TAKE HIM
FOR A TEST-DRIVE."

AND PAUL COSNER
WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.

WE MADE UP
MISSING-PERSON BULLETINS.

WE OBTAINED THE VIN NUMBER
AND THE LICENSE-PLATE NUMBER

OF HIS HONDA PRELUDE.

THOSE WERE ENTERED
INTO THE NATIONAL SYSTEM.

AS WITH THE DUBS FAMILY,

THE COSNER INVESTIGATION
REACHES A DEAD END.

THERE HAD BEEN NO CONTACT

BETWEEN THE MISSING PEOPLE
AND THEIR VERY CLOSE FAMILIES.

THERE HAD BEEN NO ACTIVITY
ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

NO ONE HAD SEEN THEM.

THEY HAD FALLEN OFF
THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

7 MONTHS LATER,
ON JUNE 2, 1985,

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
RECEIVE A CALL

ABOUT A SIMPLE SHOPLIFTING
INCIDENT AT A LOCAL LUMBERYARD.

THEY HAD BEEN IN HERE BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS,

THEY HAD BEEN COMING
INSIDE THE STORE HERE.

ONE OF THE MEN STEALS A VICE.

ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES
CHASED AFTER HIM,

BUT HE TOOK OFF AND RAN UP
THE STREET, AND THAT WAS IT.

AND THE OTHER GUY
STAYED INSIDE THE STORE.

HE SAID HE'S WILLING TO PAY
FOR THE VICE

AND ANY OTHER STUFF
THAT HE MAY HAVE TAKEN.

VERY NICE.
VERY NICE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

AND "AS A MATTER OF FACT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S NO BIG DEAL."

"WE COULD JUST LET THIS THING
GO, AND WE CAN MOVE ON.

AND THAT'S IT,
I'LL PAY FOR EVERYTHING."

I TOLD HIM, "NO."

THAT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

POLICE SOON ARRIVE,

AND THE OWNER SHOWS THEM THE
OPEN TRUNK OF A HONDA PRELUDE

WHERE THE THIEF
PLACED THE STOLEN ITEM.

I SAW THE VICE.
IT WAS IN PLAIN VIEW.

THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER TOOLS
WITH PRICE TAGS ON IT.

AS I STARTED TO MOVE
SOME OF THE TOOLS AROUND,

I DISCOVERED A CANVAS BAG.

I OPENED IT UP, AND I FOUND
THE AUTOMATIC WEAPON IN THERE

WITH A SILENCER ON IT.

AT THIS TIME, A GENTLEMAN...
YOU KNOW, A BEARDED MAN...

CAME OUT, WALKED UP TO US,

AND SAID, "OFFICERS, OFFICERS,
IT'S BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING.

"A FRIEND TOOK THIS.

HE THOUGHT I WAS GONNA,
YOU KNOW, PAY FOR IT."

ONCE I BROUGHT UP
THE PART ABOUT THE WEAPON,

THEN HIS WHOLE DEMEANOR CHANGED.

VERY NERVOUS, AGITATED.

POLICE GET
THE MAN'S DRIVER'S LICENSE,

WHICH IDENTIFIES HIM
AS ROBIN SCOTT STAPLEY.

THE GUN IS REGISTERED
IN HIS NAME.

IT'S A FELONY
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

TO POSSESS A FIREARM
WITH A SILENCER.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING
YOU JUST WALK AWAY FROM.

YOU HAVE TO BE ARRESTED.

HE ALSO NOTES THAT THE
PHOTO ON THE DRIVER'S LICENSE

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE MAN
STANDING BEFORE HIM.

I RAN THE LICENSE PLATE,

AND IT CAME BACK TO...
BOND WAS THE LAST NAME.

I RAN THE VIN NUMBER.

IT CAME BACK TO A PAUL COSNER.

PAUL COSNER HAD BEEN REPORTED
MISSING OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO

SOME MONTHS EARLIER.

AND NO ONE HAD SEEN HIM

OR HAD ANY INDICATION OF WHERE
HE WAS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

ONCE THAT HIT,

A LOT OF BELLS AND WHISTLES
WENT OFF WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

AT THE POLICE STATION,
INVESTIGATORS ASK THE MAN

WHY HE IS DRIVING COSNER'S CAR
WITH STOLEN PLATES.

THE SUSPECT FINALLY ADMITS

THAT HIS NAME
IS ACTUALLY LEONARD LAKE.

AND THE MAN WHO TOOK THE VICE
IS CHARLES NG.

FIRST HE ASKED FOR NOTE PAPER,

AND HE WROTE A NOTE
TO HIS FAMILY.

AND THEN HE ASKED
FOR A GLASS OF WATER.

LAKE SUDDENLY COLLAPSES.

IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,

SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT LEONARD LAKE

COLLAPSES BEFORE POLICE
CAN ASK HIM

WHY HE IS DRIVING THE CAR
OF A MISSING PERSON.

INVESTIGATORS READ LAKE'S LETTER

AND FIND IT IS A SUICIDE NOTE.

LEONARD LAKE HAD A
TERRIBLE FEAR OF BEING IMPRISONED.

HE HAD BEEN IN JAIL
A VERY SHORT TIME,

AND HE TOLD NUMEROUS FRIENDS
AND HIS WIFE THAT,

"I WILL NEVER
BE IMPRISONED AGAIN.

I CARRY CYANIDE, AND IF I'M
CAPTURED, I WILL KILL MYSELF."

POLICE WONDER WHY SOMEONE
WOULD TAKE SUCH DRASTIC MEASURES.

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL

THAT PAUL COSNER'S VEHICLE
HAD BEEN FOUND

AND THAT THEY HAD TAKEN
ONE PERSON INTO CUSTODY

AND THAT HE WAS IN A COMA

AND THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER
PERSON THAT HAD BEEN WITH HIM

THAT HAD ESCAPED.

SAN FRANCISCO POLICE TAKE
OVER THE CASE AND INSPECT THE CAR.

THEY FIND NUMEROUS I.D.s,
RECEIPTS, AND CREDIT CARDS,

AS WELL AS AN ELECTRIC BILL

FOR AN ADDRESS IN WILSEYVILLE,
CALIFORNIA.

WILSEYVILLE IS A RURAL COMMUNITY
IN CALAVERAS COUNTY

IN THE ROLLING FOOTHILLS
OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS.

POLICE TRACK DOWN THE WOMAN

WHOSE NAME IS ON THE BILL...
CLARALYN BALAZS...

AND FIND SHE IS LEONARD LAKE'S
EX-WIFE.

SHE TELLS THEM

THAT SHE NO LONGER LIVES
AT THE HOUSE LISTED ON THE BILL.

AND LATER ON, SHE TOLD US
THAT THE PROPERTY BELONGED TO HER.

SHE DID ADMIT THAT LEONARD LAKE
WAS STAYING ON THE PROPERTY

AND THAT OCCASIONALLY
HIS FRIEND CHARLIE NG

WOULD STAY THERE ON WEEKENDS.

CLARALYN AGREES TO LET
INVESTIGATORS SEARCH THE PLACE

FOR ANY CLUES
AS TO CHARLES NG'S WHEREABOUTS

OR THE MISSING PERSON
PAUL COSNER.

SO WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MEET THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

THE PROPERTY IN
WILSEYVILLE COVERS 2 1/2 ACRES.

YOU HAD A FEELING OF UNEASE
WHEN YOU WENT THERE

'CAUSE YOU WERE
EXTREMELY ISOLATED.

WE WENT INSIDE, TOOK OUR TIME,

FOUND A LOT OF THINGS
THAT WERE UNSETTLING.

THERE WAS A BED
WITH A WOODEN FRAME AROUND IT

WITH EYEBOLTS
SCREWED INTO EACH CORNER,

BLOOD ON THE MATTRESS.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS PIECES

OF LACY UNDERWEAR FOR WOMEN
IN VARIOUS SIZES.

I NOTICE ON THE SHELVES VARIOUS
PIECES OF VIDEO EQUIPMENT.

I RECOGNIZED ONE
AS BEING IDENTICAL

TO THAT WHICH HAD BEEN REPORTED
STOLEN FROM THE DUBS' RESIDENCE.

UNFORTUNATELY,
I HAPPENED TO SAY, "****"

AT WHICH POINT, SHE DEMANDED
THAT WE STOP SEARCHING

AND LEAVE THE PREMISES.

THEY RETURN
THE NEXT DAY WITH A WARRANT

AND RUN THE TAGS ON ALL THE CARS
PARKED ON THE PROPERTY.

THE TWO VEHICLES BELONGED
TO ROBIN SCOTT STAPLEY.

THEY WERE REGISTERED
OUT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AUTHORITIES NOTE
THAT WHEN LAKE WAS ARRESTED,

HE HAD STAPLEY'S
DRIVER'S LICENSE.

STAPLEY HAD COME UP
TO THE WILSEYVILLE AREA

WITH A YOUNG COUPLE...

LONNIE BOND,
HIS GIRLFRIEND, BRENDA O'CONNOR,

AND THEIR 16-MONTH-OLD BABY,
LONNIE BOND JR.

INVESTIGATORS RECALL

THAT LAKE WAS DRIVING
PAUL COSNER'S CAR

WITH LONNIE BOND'S
LICENSE PLATES.

POLICE DETERMINE
THEY HAD RENTED THE HOUSE

NEXT TO LEONARD LAKE'S.

WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER
OF THE PIECE OF PROPERTY,

AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD
RENTED THE PROPERTY OUT

TO A FAMILY
AND THAT THEY DISAPPEARED.

THEY JUST DIDN'T PAY THE RENT,
AND THEY LEFT THE AREA.

AND SO, NOW WE KNOW WE GOT AN
ENTIRE FAMILY MISSING NEXT-DOOR.

THE LIST
OF MISSING PEOPLE GROWS.

WE ORIGINALLY HAD
THE DUBS FAMILY.

THAT'S THREE.
AND THEN WE HAD PAUL COSNER.

NOW LONNIE BOND...

BRENDA O'CONNOR...

LONNIE JR...

AND ROBIN SCOTT STAPLEY
ARE ALL MISSING.

AT THIS POINT, WE KNEW SOMETHING
HORRENDOUS HAD HAPPENED

WITH EVERYBODY INVOLVED,

HAD THE FEELING
THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

WERE VICTIMS OF HOMICIDES.

INVESTIGATORS
CONTINUE TO SEARCH.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT WE HAD DECIDED TO LOOK AT

WAS A DISTURBED AREA
ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY.

WHEN WE STARTED TO DIG,

JUST ONLY A FEW INCHES
UNDER THE SOIL...

THE TOP OF THE SOIL...
WE CAME ACROSS SOME BONES.

WE TOOK THOSE ITEMS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIME LAB.

THEY LOOKED AT IT,

AND THEY SAID THAT THEY FELT
THAT THIS WAS HUMAN BONE.

OUR GUT FEELING WAS,
IS THAT THIS THING

COULD SPREAD AND BE VERY BIG.

IT'S GONNA TAKE
A LOT OF MANPOWER TO DO THIS

AND A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.

WHILE THEY WAIT
FOR ASSISTANCE TO ARRIVE,

POLICE QUESTION THE PROPERTY'S
OWNER, CLARALYN BALAZS.

SHE GIVES INVESTIGATORS
THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE

INTO THE DEMENTED MIND
OF HER EX-HUSBAND, LEONARD LAKE.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LEONARD
LAKE'S CHILDHOOD IS LITTLE,

BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW
IS REALLY QUITE DISTURBING.

APPARENTLY, HIS MOTHER
WAS RATHER PROMISCUOUS.

THE INAPPROPRIATE SEXUALITY

SETS UP A CHILD
FOR TREMENDOUS ANXIETY

BECAUSE IT STIMULATES
BOTH CURIOSITY AND FEAR.

SO THE CHILD BECOMES
VERY PREOCCUPIED WITH SEX,

EVEN THOUGH IT'S FRIGHTENING,
UNKNOWN, INAPPROPRIATE.

AND THIS IS THE... THE WAY
THAT A FETISH OR AN OBSESSION

BECOMES ESTABLISHED.

PLEASE. NO.

WHEN HE WAS 18,

LAKE ENTERED THE MILITARY.

LEONARD LAKE JOINED
THE U.S. MARINES

AND ACTUALLY SERVED IN VIETNAM.

HE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED
WITH IMPENDING SCHIZOPHRENIA

AND DISCHARGED.

HE HAD DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR.

HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE
THE ONLY ONE

TO SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE.

HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE THE MAN
TO REPOPULATE THE PLANET.

LAKE RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA,

AND, IN 1980, HE MET CLARALYN
AT A LOCAL FAIR.

THE TWO CLICKED IMMEDIATELY AND
HAD MANY OF THE SAME INTERESTS.

THEY MARRIED A YEAR LATER

AND WERE SOON INTRODUCED
TO CHARLES NG

THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND.

CHARLES NG CARRIED
A LOT OF ANGER WITH HIM.

BUT IT WAS WHEN
HE PAIRED UP WITH LEONARD LAKE

THAT HE WAS OFFERED
THE OPPORTUNITY

TO ENGAGE AND ENACT ALL
OF HIS BITTERNESS AND RAGE.

NG'S FURY
STARTED BUILDING EARLY IN LIFE

WHILE GROWING UP IN CHINA.

WE KNOW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
THAT HE WASN'T A WANTED CHILD.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT HIS MOTHER
WAS FAIRLY HARSH WITH HIM.

HIS FATHER WAS...
WAS A STERN DISCIPLINARIAN

THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

ALL OF THESE ARE A SETUP
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRUELTY

OR BULLYING BEHAVIOR.

CHARLES NG CAME TO CALIFORNIA
WHEN HIS PARENTS SENT HIM HERE

TO ATTEND A SCHOOL
IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.

SHORTLY AFTER HIS 18th BIRTHDAY,

CHARLES NG FAKED
AN AMERICAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE

AND ENLISTED
IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS.

I DON'T THINK THE MILITARY
WORKED OUT FOR CHARLIE

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RESPOND WELL
TO AUTHORITY.

HE THOUGHT HE KNEW BETTER,
HE THOUGHT HE WAS SMARTER,

HE THOUGHT HE HAD
BETTER ANSWERS,

AND HE DIDN'T LIKE BEING TOLD
WHAT TO DO.

HE DECIDED HE'D STEAL
SOME WEAPONS TO MAKE SOME PROFIT.

HE DID AND WAS CAUGHT SOON

AND WAS IN THE PROCESS
OF BEING COURT-MARTIALED

WHEN A COUPLE OF GUARDS RELAXED
A LITTLE AND HE WALKED AWAY.

HE WENT TO THE AIRPORT, CAUGHT
A PLANE BACK TO CALIFORNIA,

AND SOON HOOKED UP
WITH LEONARD LAKE.

NG STAYED
WITH LAKE AND CLARALYN,

HIDING OUT
AND DOING ODD JOBS FOR THEM.

AND THIS WAS MORE
OF A FAMILY EXPERIENCE

THAN CHARLIE NG
HAD EVER RECEIVED.

CHARLES NG GOT SOME OF
THE ATTENTION AND APPROVAL

THAT HE'D MISSED THROUGHOUT HIS
ENTIRE LIFE FROM LEONARD LAKE.

AND THIS JUST FUELED
AND NOURISHED HIS DESIRE

TO PLEASE LEONARD.

AS THEIR PARTNERSHIP GROWS,

LAKE AND NG DISCOVER
EACH OTHER'S DARK SIDE.

LEONARD'S FANTASY
WAS, REALLY, COMPLETE CONTROL.

CHARLES HAD FANTASIES
OF BEING POWERFUL.

HE HAD FANTASIES
OF BEING A NINJA WARRIOR

OR A SPECIAL-FORCES SOLDIER.

IN 1982,

FEDERAL AGENTS LOCATE NG
THROUGH A TIP

AND ARREST HIM ON THE WEAPONS
THEFT AND DESERTION CHARGES.

THEY ALSO ARREST LEONARD LAKE

FOR POSSESSION
OF STOLEN WEAPONS,

BUT CLARALYN BAILS HIM OUT.

FEARING JAIL TIME,
HE SKIPS HIS COURT APPEARANCE

AND GOES INTO HIDING.

CLARALYN REFUSES TO JOIN HIM.

SHE CHOSE NOT TO LIVE THE LIFE
OF A FUGITIVE,

WHERE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY
ON THE RUN,

AND THEY SEPARATED AND DIVORCED,

BUT YET THEY MAINTAINED
THEIR RELATIONSHIP

FOR YEARS AFTERWARDS.

WHILE NG SERVES
OVER TWO YEARS IN PRISON,

CLARALYN ALLOWS LAKE TO STAY
ON HER PROPERTY IN WILSEYVILLE

WHILE SHE STAYS WITH FAMILY.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT
PLACE FOR A FUGITIVE HIDEOUT.

IT'S RURAL,

THE ACCESS IS A LONG,
200-YARD DRIVEWAY WITH A GATE,

AND IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD
TO FIND A FUGITIVE UP THERE.

WHEN NG
IS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 1984,

HE JOINS LAKE
AT THE WILSEYVILLE HOUSE.

TOGETHER, THEY MAKE
THEIR FANTASIES A REALITY.

NO, PLEASE.

THE INVESTIGATION
INTO A SIMPLE SHOPLIFTING CHARGE

BLOWS UP WHEN POLICE
CONNECT SUSPECTS

LEONARD LAKE AND CHARLES NG

TO THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF EIGHT PEOPLE.

THIS PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION
WAS DIFFERENT

THAN MOST CASES
THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED,

IN THE SENSE THAT INSTEAD
OF FINDING VICTIMS

AND THEN WORKING TO FIND OUT
WHO THE SUSPECTS WERE,

WE HAD FOUND THE SUSPECTS

AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHO THE VICTIMS WERE.

WE WERE WORKING BACKWARDS,
FROM THE SUSPECTS TO THE CRIMES,

AND THAT MADE IT
VERY DIFFICULT FOR US.

SEARCHING THE PROPERTY
IN WILSEYVILLE, CALIFORNIA,

POLICE DISCOVER
A CINDER-BLOCK BUNKER.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS OBVIOUS

WHAT THE BUNKER
ACTUALLY WAS MEANT TO BE

UNTIL THE INVESTIGATORS
HAD A LOOK AT IT

AND THEY PACED
THE OUTER PERIMETER.

THAT MADE THEM HAVE
A CLOSER LOOK.

WELL,
WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO IT,

IT LOOKS LIKE ANY KIND
OF A TOOLSHED.

IT HAD A WORKBENCH.
IT HAD TOOLS.

IT HAD NUTS AND BOLTS
AND SCREWS.

THEY SAW SOME ODD PIANO HINGES

ON ONE WALL AT A BOOKSHELF.

WHEN THEY SWUNG THAT OPEN,
THEY DISCOVERED THE REAL HORROR.

THERE WAS ONE ROOM

WHICH WAS ONLY ABOUT SEVEN FEET
LONG AND ABOUT THREE FEET WIDE.

AND THERE WAS JUST A PLYWOOD
PLATFORM TO BE USED AS A BED.

AND THERE WAS A BUCKET
THAT YOU COULD USE

TO RELIEVE YOURSELF
AND A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER.

AND THERE WAS,
IN ONE OF THE WALLS,

A SMALL WINDOW OPENING
THAT HAD A ONE-WAY MIRROR

SO THAT A PERSON
CERTAINLY COULDN'T SEE OUT,

BUT SOMEBODY FROM WITHIN
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL

COULD LOOK IN AND WATCH.

WE IMMEDIATELY FELT,
AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

THIS IS A HOLDING CELL
FOR SOMEBODY.

INSIDE THE BUNKER, LEONARD
LAKE HAD POSTED A TYPED SET OF RULES.

IT CONTAINED SIX VERY SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM TO FOLLOW.

ONE... I MUST ALWAYS BE READY
TO SERVICE MY MASTER.

TWO... I MUST NEVER SPEAK
UNLESS SPOKEN TO.

THREE... I MUST NEVER SHOW
MY DISRESPECT,

EITHER VERBALLY OR SILENT.

FIVE... I MUST ALWAYS BE QUIET
WHEN LOCKED IN MY CELL.

I MUST REMEMBER AND OBEY...

...TO MY MASTER
WILL BE GROUNDS FOR PUNISHMENT.

HOW DID ANYBODY FEEL, THAT WAS
IN HERE, UNDER THEIR CONTROL?

I BET YOU IT MUST HAVE BEEN
JUST A HORRIBLE FEELING

DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

OUTSIDE, DOZENS OF SEARCHERS
CONTINUE TO SCOUR THE PROPERTY.

IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE,

THE INSPECTORS FOUND A SOFT SPOT
IN THE DIRT.

IN DIGGING IT UP,
THEY FOUND A FIVE-GALLON DRUM.

WHAT WAS FOUND INSIDE THE DRUM
WAS LEONARD LAKE'S JOURNALS...

...DRIVER'S LICENSES,
CHECKBOOKS, I.D.s

BELONGING TO DEBORAH DUBS
AND HARVEY DUBS

AND PAUL COSNER.

ALSO, TWO VIDEOTAPES.

LAKE'S DIARIES
PROVIDE FURTHER INSIGHT

INTO HIS DERANGED FANTASIES.

LEONARD LAKE
HAD KEPT A DETAILED JOURNAL

OVER A PERIOD
OF NEARLY TWO YEARS.

IN IT, HE REFERRED TO A BOOK,
"THE COLLECTOR."

IT'S ABOUT A SIMPLE
MAN WHO IS A BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR.

HE GETS IN HIS MIND THE IDEA

THAT HE WILL CAPTURE A WOMAN
AND HOLD HER,

AND THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.

HE CREATES A SPACE FOR HER
IN HIS HOME.

HE KIDNAPS HER, AND HE HOLDS HER

LIKE ONE OF THE BUTTERFLIES
IN HIS COLLECTION.

LAKE DISCOVERED
THE BOOK WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.

HE BECAME FASCINATED BY THE IDEA
OF ENSLAVING WOMEN

IN ORDER TO CONTROL THEM.

AND BECAUSE
OF HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKEUP,

HE KIND OF LATCHED ONTO
THIS BOOK AS A MANIFESTO.

HE REFERRED TO HIS WRITINGS
AND HIS PLAN LATER

AS HIS OWN MANIFESTO.

HE CALLED IT
"OPERATION MIRANDA,"

NAMED AFTER THE GIRL
THAT WAS IN THIS BOOK.

WHEN INVESTIGATORS WATCH
THE VIDEOTAPE LABELED "SOLILOQUY,"

THEY REALIZE
THAT LAKE USED THE BUNKER

TO CARRY OUT HIS PLAN.

THE VIDEOTAPES
REALLY GAVE US A SENSE

OF WHAT LEONARD LAKE WAS LIKE,

WHAT HE WAS THINKING,
TALKING ABOUT ENSLAVING WOMEN,

HAVING THEM SUBMIT
TO HIS SEXUAL FANTASIES,

THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE
BASICALLY USED

FOR SEX, COOKING,
HOUSECLEANING.

WITH LEONARD LAKE, WE HAD BOTH
A SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY,

WHICH IS SOMEONE

WHO HAS COMPLETE AND UTTER
DISREGARD FOR THE RULES,

BUT WE ALSO KNOW HE HAD A VERY
STRONG NARCISSISTIC COMPONENT...

HIS CONTROL AND HIS OBSESSION
WITH MAKING SURE

EVERY ELEMENT
OF THE MANIFESTO WAS MET

IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY.

WELL, THE BUNKER
DESCRIBES LEONARD LAKE

IN AS MUCH AS,
WHEN HE DECIDES HE HAS A FANTASY

AND WANTS TO FULFILL IT,
HE CERTAINLY DOES.

THE HORRIFIC MONUMENT THAT HE
ACTUALLY BUILT AND THEN USED IT.

HE ACTUALLY USED IT.

AND TO BE IN THERE
WHERE THESE WOMEN WERE

IS HORRIFYING,
THAT THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THERE,

AND THERE WAS NOTHING
THEY COULD DO.

AND IT WAS TOTALLY DEAD SILENT
IN THERE.

THERE WAS NO NOISE WHATSOEVER.
AND IT WAS PITCH-BLACK IN THERE.

IT WAS A... IT WAS A VERY SAD,
SCARY PLACE TO BE.

LEONARD LAKE
HAD A COLD AND CALCULATED PLAN.

BUT HE COULD NOT FULLY REALIZE
IT UNTIL HE MET CHARLES NG.

WE KNOW THAT LEONARD LAKE
TRIED TO ENACT HIS MANIFESTO

SEVERAL TIMES,
BUT WASN'T ABLE TO DO SO.

HE FAILED.

BUT WITH CHARLIE IN PARTNERSHIP,

THEY WERE ABLE
TO CREATE THE BUNKER.

TOGETHER THEY WERE ABLE
TO CARRY THE MANIFESTO OUT.

LEONARD LAKE AND CHARLES NG WERE
A CLASSIC BULLY/VICTIM PAIR.

LEONARD WAS THE PREDATORY BULLY,

AND I THINK, AT SOME LEVEL,
CHARLIE NG

WAS RE-ENACTING
HIS VICTIMIZATION WITH LEONARD.

AND SO, TOGETHER, THEY WERE,
IN ESSENCE, A LOCK AND KEY.

THEY WERE A FIT.

AUTHORITIES HOPE
A SECOND VIDEOTAPE

LABELED "M. LADIES"

WILL TELL THEM WHO LAKE AND NG'S
PRISONERS WERE.

WHEN THE INVESTIGATORS
WATCHED THE "M. LADIES" TAPE,

THEY WERE HORRIFIED AND STUNNED.

THEY HAD TO GO OUTSIDE
AFTERWARDS

TO GET A BREATH OF AIR.

SHUT UP!
SHUT UP!

SHUT UP!

IN RURAL CALIFORNIA,

POLICE DISCOVER
A HOUSE OF HORRORS

WHILE INVESTIGATING A STRING
OF MISSING-PERSONS CASES

CONNECTED TO LEONARD LAKE
AND CHARLES NG.

A VIDEOTAPE MANIFESTO
BY LAKE HIMSELF

INDICATES THEY MAY HAVE
FOLLOWED THROUGH

WITH THEIR SADISTIC FANTASIES.

INVESTIGATORS HOPE A SECOND TAPE

WILL REVEAL
WHO THEIR VICTIMS WERE.

THEY SEE BRENDA O'CONNOR

WHO, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND,
LONNIE BOND,

AND THEIR INFANT SON,
LONNIE JR.,

HAD DISAPPEARED AFTER RENTING
THE HOUSE NEXT-DOOR TO LAKE.

LEONARD LAKE
WAS VERY DEMEANING TO HER.

SHE WAS HANDCUFFED.

HE WAS TELLING HER

THAT HE WANTED HER TO SUBMIT
TO HIS EVERY WISHES,

WHETHER IT BE COOKING,
CLEANING THE HOUSE...

...OR ANY SEXUAL FAVORS
THAT HE WANTED.

BRENDA WAS CRYING FOR HER BABY.

LEONARD LAKE SAID,
"HE'S SLEEPING LIKE A ROCK."

THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF FACT.

IT WAS ASTOUNDING AND HORRIFYING

TO SEE THE FEAR
BRENDA ILLUSTRATED.

IT'S VERY, VERY DISTURBING TO
SEE SOMEONE IN THAT RAW FOOTAGE,

AND IT'S NOT A FANTASY.

IT'S REALLY HAPPENING TO HER.

ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT ELEMENTS OF THE VIDEOTAPES

IS TO WATCH LEONARD LAKE'S
BEHAVIOR.

HE IS SO COOL, EVEN TO THE POINT
OF A QUIET VOICE.

NOTHING RUFFLES HIM.

IT'S SO CLEAR
THAT HE HAS A PLAN.

HE'S FOLLOWING HIS PLAN.
HE'S METICULOUS IN DETAIL.

SHUT UP!

CHARLES NG
WAS LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.

HE WAS CUTTING HER CLOTHES AWAY,
NO REGARD FOR HER.

IT WAS JUST LIKE
THIS WAS GONNA BE HIS REWARD.

THE PLEASURE IS IN THE PAIN.

IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS
OF TORTURING THEM,

SEEING THEM SUFFER,

MAKING THEM BE THE VICTIM
THAT HE HATED BEING,

MAKING THEM THE VULNERABLE
THAT HE HATED TO FEEL.

ALSO ON
THE "M. LADIES" VIDEOTAPE

IS A WOMAN IDENTIFIED
ONLY AS KATHY.

KATHY... OBVIOUSLY,
WAS VERY, VERY SCARED,

BUT I THINK ALMOST SCARED
TO A POINT OF SHOCK

WHERE SHE HAD SEEMED
AS THOUGH...

WASN'T EVEN COMPREHENSIVE
OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING YET.

SHE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WANT TO DO
WHAT THEY WERE ASKING HER TO DO,

WHICH WAS TO REMOVE HER CLOTHES.

EVERYONE IN THERE JUST
COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE SEEING,

THIS TORTURE OF THESE WOMEN,

THIS BLATANT VIOLENT,
CRUEL ACTS.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION

REVEALS THAT KATHY
IS 18-YEAR-OLD KATHY ALLEN

WHO DISAPPEARED 2 MONTHS
EARLIER, ON APRIL 14, 1985.

KATHY ALLEN
WAS THE GIRLFRIEND OF A MAN

CHARLES NG HAD KNOWN
IN FOLSOM PRISON.

THROUGH THAT CONNECTION,

LAKE DISCOVERED THE EXISTENCE
OF KATHY ALLEN,

AND THEY FIRST CAPTURED
THE BOYFRIEND AND KILLED HIM,

AND THEN TELEPHONED KATHY.

HELLO?

NG SAID,
"WE HAVE YOUR BOYFRIEND."

WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

"HE WANTS TO SEE YOU."

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THEY DROVE
DOWN TO SAN FRANCISCO

AND BROUGHT KATHY BACK UP
TO THE WILSEYVILLE CABIN.

AND SHE SUFFERED SOME HORRORS,

AND SHE WAS IMPRISONED
IN THE LITTLE CELL.

AS THE MASSIVE SEARCH AT
THE WILSEYVILLE PROPERTY CONTINUES,

INVESTIGATORS CALCULATE THE TRUE
SCOPE OF LAKE AND NG'S CRIMES.

THERE WERE THOUSANDS
OF PIECES OF EVIDENCE

THAT WE DISCOVERED THERE.

WE FOUND PROBABLY
IN THE VICINITY

OF ABOUT 50 POUNDS
OF CHARRED HUMAN REMAINS.

THERE WERE FIVE COMPLETE BODIES,

PART OF A SIXTH BODY
THAT WAS DISCOVERED.

TWO OF THE BODIES
WERE WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC.

AFTER THEY'D BEEN STUFFED
INSIDE OF A SLEEPING BAG,

THEY WERE BOUND AND GAGGED

AND THERE WERE HANDCUFFS
BEHIND THEIR BACKS.

IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN
SHOT IN THE HEAD.

WE FOUND OTHER PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN BURIED ON THE SITE

WHO HAD ALSO BEEN SHOT
IN THE HEAD.

WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
THAT 11 VICTIMS WERE KILLED,

AND THEIR REMAINS
WERE BURIED HERE.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHERS
THAT WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT.

IN ALL, POLICE SUSPECT
THAT UP TO 25 PEOPLE

WERE KILLED BY LEONARD LAKE
AND CHARLES NG.

AS AUTHORITIES SEARCH
FOR A MOTIVE, A PATTERN EMERGES.

LAKE AND NG CHOSE VICTIMS
FOR TWO REASONS...

FIRST, THEY WANTED FEMALE
VICTIMS TO USE AS SEX SLAVES.

SECOND, THEY WANTED MALE VICTIMS
FROM WHOM THEY COULD PROFIT.

IT WAS ALMOST AS IF
THEY WENT ON SHOPPING TRIPS.

FOR THE MALE VICTIMS,

THEY CHOSE TO ACQUIRE
EITHER A CAR OR VIDEO EQUIPMENT,

OR, IN SOME CASES,
EVEN TO STEAL THEIR IDENTITIES

AND CASH THEIR INCOME CHECKS.

INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER
TWO MORE VICTIMS

CONNECTED TO LAKE AND NG...

CLIFF PERANTEAU...

AND JEFF GERALD.

A FEW OF THE PEOPLE
THAT CHARLES NG WORKED WITH

WERE MURDER VICTIMS, AS WELL.

AND IT'S BELIEVED THAT THEY HELD
A LITTLE BIT HIGHER POSITION

WITHIN THE COMPANY
THAT HE WORKED FOR.

AND HE WANTED THAT STATURE.

HE WANTED TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE A LITTLE SENIORITY.

AND SO, BY SIMPLY ELIMINATING
THOSE PEOPLE,

THAT WOULD PUT HIM
INTO THAT POSITION.

AS NEWS OF THE MASSACRE SPREADS,

THE QUIET, RURAL COMMUNITY
OF WILSEYVILLE IS HORRIFIED.

I DON'T THINK
I COULD EVER UNDERSTAND

WHY PEOPLE WOULD DO THIS
TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING,

HOW ANYONE COULD BE SO INHUMANE
TO WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

INVESTIGATORS
HAVE MANY QUESTIONS,

BUT LEONARD LAKE
CANNOT ANSWER THEM.

FOUR DAYS
AFTER INGESTING CYANIDE

IN A SAN FRANCISCO
POLICE STATION,

LAKE REMAINS IN A COMA.

HIS CONDITION IRREVERSIBLE,

DOCTORS DISCONNECT
HIS LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM,

AND HE DIES WITHIN SECONDS.

BY TAKING
THE CYANIDE CAPSULE AT THE JAIL,

HE ONE-UPPED THE POLICE.

ONE LAST TIME
HE SHOWED HIS POWER,

HIS CLEVERNESS, HIS GRANDEUR.

AND IN THIS WAY,
HE MAINTAINED COMPLETE CONTROL.

SHUT UP!

THAT LEAVES CHARLES NG.

AFTER SUSPECTED
SERIAL KILLER LEONARD LAKE DIES,

HIS PARTNER IN CRIME,
CHARLES NG,

IS STILL ON THE RUN
IN CALIFORNIA.

WHEN LEONARD LAKE
COMMITTED SUICIDE

AND LEFT CHARLIE ON HIS OWN,

FOR CHARLIE, THIS WAS ANOTHER
RE-ENACTMENT OF THE ABANDONMENT

WHEN HE WAS SHIPPED OUT
TO BOARDING SCHOOL,

OF BEING LEFT ON HIS OWN AGAIN,

AND ALL HE COULD REALLY DO
WAS HIGHTAIL IT AND RUN.

THROUGH INFORMANTS,

POLICE LEARN THAT CHARLES NG
FLEW TO CHICAGO.

CHICAGO POLICE ORGANIZE
AN AGGRESSIVE SEARCH

FOR THE FUGITIVE,
BUT CAN'T LOCATE HIM.

WE WERE AWARE THAT HE HAD
RELATIVES IN CANADA.

IN THE TORONTO AREA IS WHERE
WE FELT HE COULD BE GOING.

BUT WE ALSO KNEW
THAT HE HAD CONTACTS IN CALGARY.

THE FBI ALERTS
CANADIAN AUTHORITIES.

THEY WARN THAT CHARLES NG
IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

ON JULY 6, 1985,

CHARLES NG ENTERS
A CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORE.

AND HE WAS CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT NG HAD
AN OBSESSION WITH SHOPLIFTING.

I THINK HE THOUGHT
HE WAS REALLY, REALLY CLEVER.

AND I THINK HE THOUGHT
HE WAS SMARTER

THAN THE STORE CLERKS
AND THE SECURITY GUARDS.

WHEN THE SECURITY OFFICERS
ATTEMPTED TO DETAIN HIM,

HE PULLED OUT A GUN AND SHOT
ONE OF THE SECURITY OFFICERS.

LUCKILY, OTHER OFFICERS
CAME IN TO ASSIST.

CHARLES NG WAS SUBDUED
AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

SIX MONTHS
AFTER HE FLED CALIFORNIA,

A CANADIAN COURT FINDS NG GUILTY

OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ROBBERY,
AND ILLEGAL USE OF A FIREARM

FOR THE DEPARTMENT-STORE
INCIDENT.

HE RECEIVES
A 4 1/2-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.

AS HE SERVES HIS TIME,
U.S. AUTHORITIES HIT A ROADBLOCK

WHEN THEY ATTEMPT TO BRING NG
BACK TO CALIFORNIA

TO STAND TRIAL.

THE PROBLEM OF GETTING HIM BACK
TO THIS COUNTRY

WAS THE FACT THAT CANADA
DID NOT HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY,

AND THEIR PRACTICE
WAS NOT TO RELEASE PRISONERS

BACK TO THE UNITED STATES
TO FACE DEATH-PENALTY CHARGES.

AFTER SIX YEARS
OF LEGAL WRANGLING,

THE CANADIAN SUPREME COURT
HANDS DOWN A RULING.

THE CANADIAN AUTHORITIES
REALIZED

THAT IF THEY CONTINUED
TO DENY PRISONERS

FACING CHARGES
IN THE UNITED STATES,

THEN CANADA COULD BE A HAVEN

FOR THE STATES' SERIAL KILLERS
TO CROSS THE BOARDER,

AND THEY WOULD BE SAFE
FROM FACING THE DEATH PENALTY.

FINALLY,
POLICE HAVE NG IN CUSTODY.

BUT HE HAS SPENT HIS TIME
IN JAIL

STUDYING THE U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM.

CHARLES NG,

EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ONLY HAD
A HIGH-SCHOOL EDUCATION,

WAS VERY, VERY ADEPT
AT LEARNING THE CALIFORNIA LAWS,

MORE THAN MOST
JAILHOUSE LAWYERS.

NG USES THIS KNOWLEDGE

TO DELAY THE TRIAL
WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

HE CONTINUED TO FIRE
EVERY DEFENSE TEAM THAT HE EVER HAD,

AND EVERY TIME THERE WAS A
RULING THAT WAS ADVERSE TO HIM,

HE SIMPLY APPEALED IT
TO THE NEXT COURT UP.

SO, IT TOOK US SIX YEARS
TO GET HIM OUT OF CANADA,

AND THEN IT TOOK US
AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN YEARS

ONCE HE WAS BACK IN CALIFORNIA
TO FINALLY GET TO GO TO TRIAL.

ON OCTOBER 26, 1998,

13 YEARS
AFTER COMMITTING HIS CRIMES,

CHARLES NG IS FINALLY BROUGHT
TO TRIAL.

IT WAS A 12-COUNT
SERIAL-MURDER CASE,

AND WE HAD SOMEWHERE
IN THE VICINITY

OF 175 TO 200 WITNESSES.

NG STANDS TRIAL ALONE.

YOU CAN'T LOOK AT NG BY HIMSELF.
THEY'RE INTRINSICALLY LINKED.

LAKE AND NG...
THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER

AND THE COMBINATION
OF THEIR PERSONALITIES

ERUPTED INTO HORRORS
UNMENTIONABLE.

MOVE THAT BRANCH
WHILE YOU'RE AT IT.

I THINK THE FACT
THAT THEY WORKED TOGETHER

GAVE THEM PERMISSION
TO DO A GREAT DEAL MORE

THAN EITHER OF THEM
WOULD HAVE DONE INDIVIDUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF NG WOULD HAVE
EVER COMMITTED MURDER.

I THINK HE FANTASIZED ABOUT IT,

BUT, I THINK, NOT UNTIL
HE LINKED UP WITH LEONARD LAKE

DID HE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE
THE COURAGE

TO ACTUALLY CARRY OUT MURDER.

CLARALYN BALAZS, LAKE'S EX-WIFE,

GIVES HER STATEMENT
IN EXCHANGE FOR FULL IMMUNITY.

NG TESTIFIES IN HIS OWN DEFENSE,

BUT THE PROSECUTION PRESENTS
A STRONG CASE AGAINST HIM.

THE MOST IMPORTANT
PIECE OF EVIDENCE...

IT WOULD BE THE "M. LADY" TAPES,

OR THE TAPES THAT DEPICTED
BRENDA O'CONNOR AND KATHY ALLEN

AND THE EMOTIONAL TORTURE THAT
THEY WERE INFLICTED UPON THEM.

CHARLES NG IS DEPICTED
IN THOSE TAPES.

HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN IT.

HE WASN'T AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER
AT ALL.

AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TESTIMONY

AND THOUSANDS
OF PIECES OF EVIDENCE,

JURORS DELIBERATE FOR THREE DAYS

AND FIND NG GUILTY
OF KILLING 11 PEOPLE.

HE SIMPLY LIKED TO KILL PEOPLE.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE LIKE
TO GO FISHING,

SOME PEOPLE LIKE
TO FLY AIRPLANES.

CHARLES NG SIMPLY LIKED
TO KILL PEOPLE.

THE JURY, I BELIEVE,
WAS CLEARLY CONVINCED

THAT NG WANTED TO BE A KILLER,

RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM LAKE
TO BE A KILLER, AND DID IT.

ON JUNE 30, 1999,

CHARLES NG IS SENTENCED TO DEATH

FOR THE MURDER OF 11 MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN.

IT IS A TIME FOR RELIEF
AND REMEMBRANCE.

WE HAD A MEMORIAL SERVICE.

THERE WERE NO FUNERALS BECAUSE
THERE WERE SO MANY VICTIMS

THAT WE COULD NOT DETERMINE
THEIR FULL SKELETAL REMAINS.

THEIR BODIES HAD BEEN BURNED.

THE BONES HAD BEEN CRUSHED,

SO THERE WAS A STONE

THAT WAS ERECTED
AT THE PEOPLE'S CEMETERY.

AND IT WAS IN HONOR
AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE

WHO DIED
IN THE WILSEYVILLE MASSACRE.

THE INVESTIGATION TOOK ITS TOLL

NOT ONLY ON THE FAMILIES
OF THE VICTIMS,

BUT ALSO ON THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SOLVED THE CRIMES.

I THINK IT'S EASY TO
LABEL SOMEONE AS A PSYCHOPATH,

BUT WHEN YOU STOP
AND YOU REALIZE THE CALCULATIONS

THAT THESE PEOPLE DID
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH IT,

THEY'RE NOT NUTS.

THESE PEOPLE WERE ABLE
TO CALCULATE AND TO CONSTRUE

AND TO MURDER THESE PEOPLE

AND THEN TO GO
TO ALL THE TROUBLE THAT THEY DID

TO ATTEMPT TO DISPOSE
OF THE HUMAN REMAINS.

THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE

INCAPABLE
OF A COGNITIVE PROCESS.

I THINK WHAT WILL BE REMEMBERED
OF LAKE AND NG

IS JUST THE SHEER, STAGGERING
HORROR OF THEIR CRIMES.

MOST SERIAL KILLERS,
OF COURSE...

WHAT THEY DO
IS TERRIBLE AND TRAGIC,

BUT SOMEHOW THESE PEOPLE SEEM
TO ESCALATE IT

TO HEIGHTS UNPRECEDENTED.