Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Locked Shooting - full transcript

SO PRETTY.

HEY, I'M HOME!

SHOOT.

ART, YOU SCARED ME.

SWEETHEART, PLEASE,

REMEMBER TO HAVE YOUR KEY
OUT BEFORE YOU GET TO - -

YEAH, BEFORE I GET
TO THE ROOM.

BELIEVE ME, BABY,
I WAS JUST NOW

HEARING YOUR VOICE
IN MY HEAD.

YOU WERE?
- YES.

I STOOD HERE DIGGIN' FOR IT,
LOOKIN' LIKE AN IDIOT.



YOU DON'T LOOK - -

YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU.

ART AND NANCY LUDWIG
WERE THE PERFECT COUPLE.

THEY WERE CHARMING.

THEY WERE SMART.
THEY LOVED EACH OTHER.

NANCY WAS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT
AND SO THEY HAD THOSE BENEFITS.

THEY TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY.

HE ADORED HER.

HE JUST ADORED HER.

THEY WERE A VERY HAPPY COUPLE.

I JUST DON'T WANT YOU
TO MAKE YOURSELF A TARGET.

THESE HOTELS'
SECURITY'S A JOKE.

I MADE A TARGET OUT OF THAT
BLACKJACK DEALER DOWNSTAIRS.



YOU DID OKAY?
- YEAH.

I THINK
I CAN RETIRE, TOO.

WANNA SEE?

ART HAD BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL
EXECUTIVE IN THE TV INDUSTRY

IN MINNEAPOLIS, WAS ABLE
TO RETIRE RELATIVELY EARLY.

NANCY WAS 13, 14 YEARS
YOUNGER THAN HIM.

THEY THOUGHT THEY
HAD THE PERFECT LIFE.

I GOT FOUR BLACKJACKS
IN A ROW

AND THEN I STARTED
MISSING YOU.

SHOW ME INSIDE.
COME ON.

I'VE GOT A VALENTINE'S
GIFT FOR YOU.

YOU DO?

DOES IT TASTE
LIKE WINE?

IT MIGHT.

OKAY.

BACK HOME
IN MINNESOTA,

ART AND NANCY START PLANNING
FOR THEIR NEXT VACATION.

BUT, FIRST,
NANCY HAS ONE LAST WORK TRIP.

DID YOU GET THE ROOMS IN TAHOE

FOR THIS WEEKEND?
- THE ROOMS ARE BOOKED.

SKIS ARE WAXED.

WHAT TIME YOU GETTIN'
HOME THURSDAY?

IT DEPENDS.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU
YOUR SCHEDULE YET?

I HAD TO THROW
IN AN ADD-ON THIS TRIP.

THEY'RE NOT SURE
ABOUT THE TIMES YET.

NANCY!

MOST MONTHS, NANCY STICKS
TO A SET SCHEDULE OF DAYS,

BUT TO MAKE TIME FOR VACATION,
SHE SIGNED UP AS AN ADD-ON,

THE MOST FLEXIBLE OF THE
MONTHLY FLIGHT SCHEDULES.

NANCY.

BECAUSE SHE WAS AN ADD-ON,

SHE WOULD GO WITH ONE CREW
FOR ONE LEG

AND THEN JOIN ANOTHER CREW
FOR THE NEXT LEG OF THEIR TRIP.

YEAH, I DIDN'T LIKE IT AT ALL.

IN A GROUP, THEY TENDED
TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER

AND, AS AN ADD-ON,
THEY DIDN'T.

NANCY, WHY WOULD YOU
DO THAT?

YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST GO
ANOTHER WEEKEND.

NO,
NOT ANOTHER WEEKEND.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME.
I PROMISE. OKAY?

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

BABY, I AM A WORLD
TRAVELER, ALL RIGHT?

DO NOT WORRY.
- ALL RIGHT.

THIS WEEKEND,
WE ARE GONNA BE IN TAHOE.

GOOD.

SHE LIKED TO TRAVEL.
SHE LIKED TO MEET PEOPLE.

SHE JUST LOVED THE JOB,
SO SHE WAS ON THE FLIGHT

THAT LEFT FIRST THING
IN THE MORNING.

I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU, TOO.

BYE.
- BYE.

ON FEBRUARY 17th, NANCY LUDWIG
FLEW INTO DETROIT ALONE.

DETROIT WAS NOT A REGULAR
RUN FOR NANCY.

SHE HAD TO CALL TO SEE
"WHERE'S THE HOTEL?

HOW DO I GET THERE?"

FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SHUTTLE.

TOOK THE SHUTTLE TO THE HOTEL.

SHE WAS CATCHING ON
WITH ANOTHER CREW

THE FOLLOWING MORNING,

FOR A FLIGHT LEAVING
OUT OF METRO AIRPORT.

HELLO!

AT THE FRONT DESK,
THERE WAS JUST A BIG BOOK

THAT HAD A ROSTER
OF ALL THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

AND PILOTS WHO WERE COMING IN

AND WHAT ROOMS
THEY WOULD BE ASSIGNED.

PILOTS, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS,
ARRIVING WOULD COME IN,

CHECK THEIR NAME OFF,
TAKE THEIR KEY,

AND HEAD DIRECTLY TO THEIR ROOM.

SO ANYBODY COULD SEE THE LIST
THAT WAS LEFT ON THE FRONT DESK.

INCREDIBLE SECURITY.

I KNOW, RIGHT?

MY GOD! LIN!

NANCY! HI.
HOW ARE YOU?

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.

WHERE'D YOU COME IN FROM?
- ATLANTA.

YEAH, BIG DELAYS
THERE THIS MORNING.

I'M AN ADD-ON THIS LEG.

I AM, TOO.
- YEAH?

HOW ARE THINGS GOING?

WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M TRAVELING BY MYSELF.

MY HUSBAND HATES IT
WHEN I DO,

BUT WE ARE GOING
SKIING THIS WEEKEND.

THAT'LL BE FUN.
- YEAH.

HEY, I SAW THE BAR'S
STILL OPEN.

WHY DON'T WE GO
GRAB A QUICK DRINK?

WHAT ABOUT THE UNIFORM?

THERE'S NOBODY AROUND.
NOBODY'LL SEE US.

WE'LL BE QUICK.

COME ON, PLEASE.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

YOU TALKED ME INTO IT.
- THANKS.

SURE.
- I'LL GET MY KEY LATER.

YEAH!
- OKAY.

NANCY WAS VERY SOCIAL.
SHE LIKED TO TALK.

SHE LIKED TO INTERACT
WITH PEOPLE,

SO I'M SURE,
WHEN SHE SAW A FAMILIAR FACE,

SHE WENT, "SOMEBODY I KNOW."

IT'S SO - -

IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU, TOO.

I WAS AFRAID I'D BE
ALL ALONE ON THIS TRIP.

NO, YOU'VE GOT ME, KID.

SORRY.

THERE WE GO.
THERE'S TWO SEATS.

HELLO, LADIES.
- HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HI.
- I'M FINE, THANK YOU.

WHAT CAN I GET YOU?

GIN AND TONIC FOR ME.
- MAKE IT EASY.

I'LL HAVE EXACTLY
THE SAME THING, PLEASE.

TWO G&Ts?
- YES, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, ART'S
A PRETTY GOOD SKIER?

AT HIS AGE?

WELL, HE'S NOT
THAT OLD.

I MEAN, HE'S JUST A LOT
OLDER THAN ME, YOU KNOW.

THREE OF HIS DAUGHTERS
ARE JOINING US.

ART HAS THREE DAUGHTERS?

HE HAS SIX.

MY GOD. NANCY!

THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO, YOU GET ALONG WITH THOSE
STEPDAUGHTERS ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, I DO.

I MEAN, AT FIRST, I THOUGHT
THEY ALL HATED ME.

COUPLE OF THEM,
I'M STILL WORKING ON.

NANCY,
I'M SURE THEY LOVE YOU.

THANKS. I'VE BEEN
TRYIN' REAL HARD,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

I LOVE 'EM.

WHAT CAN I GET
FOR YOU, SIR?

I'LL HAVE WHISKEY
AND A COKE, PLEASE, SIR.

THANK YOU.
- YOU GOT IT.

HEY.

WASN'T I ON YOUR FLIGHT?

UM, MAYBE.

I DON'T REMEMBER
SERVING YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE
YOU DIDN'T.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S BECAUSE
WE SKIP THE JERKS.

RIGHT. I SEE.

THAT THE WAY IT WORKS?

THAT WAS GOOD.

BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION
FOR YOU.

OKAY.
- SO, GALS LIKE YOU,

YOU FLY ALL OVER
THE WORLD, RIGHT?

YEAH. WE MEET
CHARMING GUYS LIKE YOU

ALL OVER THE PLACE.
- RIGHT.

SO, IF A CHARMING FELLOW,
SUCH AS MYSELF,

WERE TO MARRY YOU - -
- RIGHT.

WOULD I GET TO FLY FOR FREE?

NO, SORRY.

SOME SUCKER
ALREADY TOOK THAT BIT.

MAN.

LUCKY GUY.

I GUESS I WAS JUST
TOO LATE, WASN'T I?

HEY, LADIES!

HEY, HONEY!
HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?

PHIL WAS ONE
OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.

THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

WHO STAYED AT THAT HOTEL
BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONTRACT

BETWEEN THE AIRLINE
AND THE HOTEL.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO TURN IN.
YOU READY?

I'M EXHAUSTED.
- IT'S WAY TOO EARLY.

WAY TOO EARLY.
- I'LL SEE YA ON THE NEXT FLIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WATCHIN' OUT FOR YOU.
- OKAY?

OKAY.

THANKS AGAIN.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

I NEED A NEW BAG,
FOR SURE.

HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT
WE'RE GETTIN' NEW UNIFORMS?

WE NEED NEW UNIFORMS,
NEW BAGS.

YEAH.
THEY'RE SO NICE.

MY GOD!

WHAT THE HELL?

HI.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NO PROBLEM.

THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM
FOR ALL OF US.

IT WAS ABOUT 9:30 PM

WHEN NANCY AND LIN
ARRIVED ON THE FLOOR,

EACH GOING TO THEIR OWN,
INDIVIDUAL ROOMS.

THERE'S ME. RIGHT HERE.
- LOOK AT THAT.

LUCKY ME,
RIGHT BY THE ELEVATOR.

WHAT ROOM ARE YOU IN?

202. IT'S PROBABLY
ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT TIME'S
PICKUP AGAIN?

6:30?
- OKAY. SLEEP WELL.

SEE YA THEN.
- OKAY, YOU TOO.

OKAY, BYE-BYE.
- BYE.

MA'AM,
YOU NEED ANY HELP?

NO, I'M SORRY.

JUST, MY HUSBAND'S ALWAYS
ON ME TO HAVE MY KEY READY.

GOOD IDEA.

ROOM SERVICE!

12 HOURS AFTER SAYING
GOODBYE TO HER HUSBAND, ART,

BACK HOME IN MINNESOTA - -

I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.

41-YEAR-OLD FLIGHT ATTENDANT
NANCY LUDWIG

HAS ARRIVED IN DETROIT,

WHERE SHE'S HOPING
TO GET A FEW HOURS OF SHUTEYE

BEFORE ANOTHER BUSY DAY
OF TRAVEL.

SHE WAS SCHEDULED
TO FLY OUT THE NEXT MORNING.

SHE'S NOT SHARING A ROOM
WITH ANYBODY ELSE.

SHE'S GONNA BE IN A ROOM
ALL BY HERSELF.

VEGAS KEY, OF COURSE.

HEY, YOU'RE BACK.

ANOTHER ROUND?

NO. SORRY.

IT'S SO EMBARRASSING.

I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND MY KEY.

DID YOU RETRACE
YOUR STEPS?

HOW DO YOU THINK
I GOT HERE?

I LIKE THIS GIRL, JOE.

SHE'S A KEEPER.

YEAH, THAT'S NICE, SIR.

DID YOU TAKE MY KEY?

NO, NO.
I SURE DIDN'T.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
I'LL KEEP MY EYES PEELED.

I'M GONNA GO FIND
THAT CLERK.

REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.

OOH! GOD.

SORRY.

ARE YOU - -
YOU LOOKIN' FOR THIS?

YES!

WHERE'D YOU FIND IT?

RIGHT HERE IN THE HALLWAY.

MUST'VE FALLEN OUT
OF YOUR BAG.

YEAH, WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GUESS YOUR HUSBAND WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY.

NO, I GUESS
HE WOULDN'T.

WELL, THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT,

NANCY HAS BEEN TRAINED TO ENTER
HOTEL ROOMS IN A CERTAIN WAY.

WHEN THEY ENTER A ROOM,
YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE

WHETHER SOMEONE
HAS CHECKED OUT DEFINITELY

OR WHETHER THE HOTEL THINKS
THEY HAVE AND THEY HAVEN'T,

SO YOU TAKE YOUR BAG,
PROP THE DOOR OPEN,

SO THAT WAY,
IF SOMEBODY'S IN THE ROOM,

THEY KNOW SOMEONE'S COMING IN.

BUT NANCY HAS NO IDEA

THAT SOMEONE'S WAITING
FOR HER OUTSIDE.

HI, NANCY.

SHH!

SHH!

HE-E-LP!
- SHH.

SHH.

SHE DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE A CHANCE TO SCREAM.

OPEN!

HE SHOVED THAT GAG
DOWN HER THROAT.

SHH.

QUIET. SHHHH.

SHHHH!

IF I HAD A DIME
FOR EVERY TIME

I TRIED TO MAKE IT EASY.

BUT YOU WOMEN,
YOU JUST FIGHT TOO MUCH.

AAH!
- SHHHHH!

I'VE GOTTA BE HONEST
WITH YA.

I MEAN,
IF I'M NOT LYIN',

I GOTTA TELL YOU

THAT I KIND OF LIKE IT
WHEN YOU FIGHT ME.

SHH!

QUIET. QUIET.

YOU KNOW, NANCY,

WHEN I SAW YOU COME
INTO THIS HOTEL - -

I KNEW
IT WAS GONNA BE YOU.

YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.

LOOK AT YOU.
SUCH A LADY.

EVEN LIKE THIS,
YOU'RE SO ELEGANT.

SHHHHH.

I'M GONNA TAKE
THAT SOCK OUT

AND YOU'RE GONNA BE
GOOD, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

SHHHHH.

HEY,
DON'T MAKE A SOUND.

OKAY.

DO YOU MIND IF I TAKE
A LOOK IN YOUR LUGGAGE?

YEAH?

Y- YOU CAN TAKE ANYTHING.

ANYTHING?

YES?
- JUST TAKE IT.

OKAY. YOU STAY.

DON'T MOVE.

LET'S SEE
WHAT WE GOT IN HERE.

YOU SEE, PURPLE?

PURPLE'S
MY FAVORITE COLOR.

SHHHHH.

SEE, MY PROBLEM IS
IS THAT I JUST - -

DO YOU WANNA HEAR
ABOUT IT?

I CAN'T
GET ENOUGH OF THESE.

I KNOW.
I KNOW IT'S SICK.

I KNOW IT.

IN FACT, IN THE PRISON,

THEY TRIED TO HELP ME,

YOU KNOW,
TO STOP DOIN' IT, BUT,

THERE'S THINGS THAT
YOU JUST. CAN'T. FORGET.

SHHHHH.

STOP!

SHHHHH!

HE-E-LP!
- SHH! SHH!

SHH!

STOP! YOU MOVE
THOSE LEGS AGAIN,

I'M GONNA CUT 'EM OFF
SLOWLY.

JEEZ, NANCY,

I'M GONNA HAVE
SO MUCH FUN.

SHH.

SHHHH! SHH!

DON'T SAY A WORD.

ARE YOU OKAY?

SHHHHH.

HELLO!

ON AN OVERNIGHT
STAY IN DETROIT,

41-YEAR-OLD FLIGHT ATTENDANT
NANCY LUDWIG

IS HAPPY TO SEE A FAMILIAR FACE
IN THE HOTEL LOBBY,

BUT WHEN SHE RETREATS
TO HER HOTEL ROOM,

SHE'S HORRIFIED TO FIND THAT
SHE'S GOT UNWELCOME COMPANY.

WHEN SHE
OPENED HER DOOR,

STEPPED INSIDE WITH HER LUGGAGE,
SHE WAS ATTACKED FROM BEHIND.

HI, NANCY.

SHH!

THE ROOM NEXT
TO NANCY'S HEARD SOUNDS.

HELLO!

SHHHH! SHH!

DON'T SAY A WORD.

WEIRDOS.

SOUNDED LIKE IT COULD BE
SCUFFLING.

IT COULD BE FOLKS
FOOLIN' AROUND.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING
THAT CAUSED THEM ALARM.

GOD, THAT WAS CLOSE.

SHHH. I'M SORRY.

JUST GOTTA RUSH IT.

OKAY?

I'M GONNA BE RIGHT BACK.

OKAY?

SHHHHH!

BE RIGHT BACK.

YOU HAVE
IMPECCABLE TASTE.

SHE WAS A SMALL WOMAN,
BUT SHE WAS A FIGHTER.

SHE WAS FEISTY.
SHE FOUGHT.

NANCY.

NANCY.

WHERE'S MY PRETTY
LITTLE GIRL?

THERE YOU ARE!

C'MERE, SWEETIE.

C'MERE.

GOD.

YOU FREAK!

YOU'RE SICK!

NO! NO.

GET AWAY FROM ME!

AAH! AAH!

GIMME!
GIMME THE KNIFE.

GET BACK HERE!
GET BACK HERE!

PHIL HAPPENED TO BE UP
AT A LATE HOUR OF THE NIGHT,

LOOKING OUT HIS WINDOW,

AND HE SAW A MAN
LEAVING THE HOTEL AT AN HOUR

WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD BE
CHECKING IN, NOT LEAVING,

SO THAT RAISED HIS SUSPICION.

HOUSEKEEPING!
DO YOU NEED FRESH TOWELS?

CAN YOU COME BACK
ANOTHER TIME?

THANKS.
- OKAY.

HOUSEKEEPING!

AROUND 12:00
THE FOLLOWING DAY,

THE CLEANING LADY
DISCOVERED NANCY'S BODY

LAYING FACE-DOWN
ON ONE OF THE BEDS.

DAN SNYDER WAS
THE FIRST DETECTIVE ASSIGNED.

THE GUY SHOWERED.

IT'S JUST
AN INCREDIBLY HORRIFIC SCENE.

SHE WAS TORTURED.

SHE'D BEEN PRICKED
AND STABBED WITH A KNIFE.

SHE WAS ALMOST DECAPITATED.

NANCY'S THROAT HAD BEEN SEVERELY
CUT WITH A SERRATED-TYPE KNIFE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET THE STATE
CRIME LAB IN.

YES, SIR.

THE SCENE OBVIOUSLY
HAD BEEN CLEANED UP.

HER LUGGAGE WAS GONE.

HER CLOTHES WERE GONE.

ANYTHING BELONGING TO HER
HAD BEEN TAKEN.

WHOEVER DID THIS TOOK A LOT
OF TIME AND CARE

TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE
NO FINGERPRINTS IN THAT ROOM.

NONE.

BUT THERE WERE CLEAR SIGNS
INDICATING

SEXUAL ASSAULT HAD OCCURRED.

THE CRIME LAB RECOVERED BLOOD
AND SEMEN SAMPLES.

BUT, IN 1991, DNA TESTING IS
IN ITS INFANCY.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH
TO SOLVE THE CRIME.

SINCE HOTELS
ARE SUCH TRANSIENT PLACES,

POLICE KNOW THEIR KILLER
COULD BE ANYWHERE BY NOW,

SO THEY CAST A WIDE NET

TO GATHER ANY INFORMATION
THAT MIGHT GENERATE A LEAD.

DAN SNYDER QUESTIONED EVERYONE
THAT WAS AT THAT HOTEL:

EVERYONE WHO WORKED THERE,
EVERYONE WHO VISITED THERE,

EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE
THE DAY BEFORE,

EVERYONE THAT HAD ANY CONTACT
WITH THAT HOTEL.

AFTER HOURS
OF INTERVIEWS

THAT DO NOTHING
TO FURTHER THE INVESTIGATION,

DETECTIVE SNYDER
IS FEELING DISCOURAGED.

BUT THEN, HE GETS A TIP
HE CAN RUN WITH.

HI.
- HI, DETECTIVE.

I-I THINK I'VE GOT
SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU.

PHIL WAS ONE
OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

WHO STAYED AT THAT HOTEL.

I HEARD THIS NOISE NEXT
TO MY ROOM ABOUT 9:30.

AND THEN, ABOUT AN HOUR
OR SO LATER,

I SAW THIS GUY THROWING
CLOTHES INTO HIS TRUNK.

HE SAW SOMEONE CARRYING
A FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S BAG

WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE
A FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S UNIFORM

BALLED UP UNDER HIS ARM.

HE RECOGNIZED THE UNIFORM
AND THOUGHT

"WHY HAS HE GOT HIS UNIFORM
BALLED UP LIKE THAT?

HE'LL NEVER GET
THOSE WRINKLES OUT."

I GOTTA SAY,
I COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY

THAT THIS GUY WASN'T CREW,

JUST, YOU KNOW,
FROM HOW HE WAS DRESSED:

ROLLED UP CUFFS
ON HIS JEANS, SNEAKERS.

HE DIDN'T ROLL THE BAG.

HE JUST CARRIED IT
UNDER HIS ARM.

HE THREW THE SUITCASE IN

AND THEN GOT IN THE CAR
AND DROVE AWAY.

WHAT KIND OF CAR?

IT WAS A RUST-COLORED
CHEVY CAVALIER.

MY ROOMMATE
HAD THE SAME ONE.

YOU THINK YOU COULD WORK

WITH A SKETCH ARTIST
FOR US?

HE ASKED HIM TO DESCRIBE
THE INDIVIDUAL AND HE DID IT

AND THAT MADE THE BASIS
OF THE SKETCH

THAT WE PUT
ON THE WANTED POSTERS.

TWO WEEKS GO BY,

AND ALL ART LUDWIG
CAN DO IS WAIT.

WITH HIS WIFE'S KILLER
STILL RUNNING FREE,

HE FINDS IT DIFFICULT
TO FOCUS ON ANYTHING ELSE.

MY DAD WAS DEVASTATED,
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED.

HE'S ONE OF THESE, YOU KNOW,

STRONG, LEADER,
TAKE-CHARGE TYPE OF PEOPLE,

AND I THINK HE FELT
SO INEFFECTIVE

THAT HE COULDN'T ASSIST
IN THE INVESTIGATION.

HE WAS LOST.

BUT THEN,
OUT OF NOWHERE,

A BIZARRE MESSAGE
FROM A STRANGER

TAKES THE CASE
IN A TERRIFYING NEW DIRECTION.

2 WEEKS AFTER NANCY
WAS MURDERED, ART GETS A LETTER

AND IT'S FROM A GUY IN MICHIGAN

WHO SAYS "MY MOTHER
WAS KILLED IN 1986.

IT'S THE SAME HORRIBLE SET
OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

THIS LOOKS LIKE
THE SAME GUY DID IT."

2 WEEKS
AFTER 41-YEAR-OLD NANCY LUDWIG

WAS SAVAGELY MURDERED
INSIDE A DETROIT HOTEL ROOM,

HER HUSBAND, ART,

RECEIVES AN INTRIGUING LETTER
AT HIS HOME IN MINNESOTA.

THE LETTER WAS FROM A MAN
WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF

AS THE SON OF A WOMAN
WHO HAD ALSO BEEN KILLED.

THE OTHER MURDER HAD HAPPENED
IN 1986 IN FLINT, MICHIGAN,

ABOUT 75 MINUTES NORTH
OF DETROIT.

HIS MOTHER HAD BEEN MURDERED

AND HE FELT
THAT THE M. O. WAS THE SAME.

MY MOTHER WAS MURDERED
IN HER BEDROOM.

SHE HAD BEEN BOUND, GAGGED.

HER THROAT HAD BEEN CUT
WITH A SERRATED KNIFE.

SHE WAS FOUND ON HER STOMACH
WITH PILLOWS UNDERNEATH HER.

SHE WAS IN THE SAME POSITION
AS YOUR WIFE.

SHE WAS ALSO PETITE.

I LOVE YOU.

HAD SHOULDER-LENGTH
BROWN HAIR.

I WAS STRUCK BY THE
SIMILARITIES OF THE CRIMES.

WE BELIEVE IT WAS
THE SAME PERSON.

ART LUDWIG BRINGS IT
TO DAN'S ATTENTION

AND DAN DOES ATTEMPT
TO FOLLOW UP.

DAN CALLS OUT
TO THE LEAD DETECTIVE

WHO HAD WORKED ON THAT CASE
AND THAT GUY SAYS,

"NO, NO, NO, NO.
WE KNOW WHO DID IT.

WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO PROVE IT.

THE CASES AREN'T LINKED AT ALL."

AND, JUST LIKE THAT,

THE PROMISING LINK TURNS
INTO A QUICK DEAD END.

THERE WAS NO PLACE
TO GO WITH THAT, FOR HIM,

SO HE LET IT GO.

MEANTIME,
DETECTIVE DAN SNYDER

IS GETTING INUNDATED
WITH OTHER TIPS.

THE NANCY LUDWIG MURDER
WAS HUGE NEWS.

IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOTELS

AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS
IN THE COUNTRY.

IT'S A FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

IT JUST RESONATED.

DETECTIVE.
- YES.

I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING
FOR YOU ON LUDWIG.

NOW, THIS GUY
WAS PICKED UP

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO
IN DETROIT.

HE WAS AT A SCHOOL,
DRESSED AS A NAVY PILOT,

ASKING TO GIVE
A PRESENTATION.

NOW, THE PRINCIPAL
GETS SUSPICIOUS,

CALLED THE POLICE.
AFTER SEARCHING

HIS VEHICLE, THEY FOUND
A PILOT'S UNIFORM

AND AN I. D.,
SAME AIRLINE AS LUDWIG.

OKAY.

TURNS OUT THIS GUY
IS A FIREMAN

FROM EAST DETROIT,
DEFINITELY NOT A PILOT.

WHERE IS HE NOW?

THEY LET HIM GO.

BUT HIS NAME POPPED UP
IN THE TIPLINE

FOR LEADS
CONCERNING LUDWIG.

HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND
CALLED HIM IN,

SAID THAT HE'S BEEN
HARASSING HER,

MIGHT'VE EVEN BROKEN IN
TO HER HOUSE.

AND HERE'S THE ADDRESS.

THANKS.
- YEAH.

THANKS SO MUCH, OFFICER.
- OKAY.

DETECTIVE SNYDER
FOLLOWS UP WITH THE TIPSTER,

WHO SAYS HER
EX-BOYFRIEND PATRICK

WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS
TO CONVINCE HER HE WAS A PILOT.

HE EVEN WROTE HER A LETTER,
SAYING HOW SORRY HE WAS

ABOUT THE DEATH OF HIS
DEAR FRIEND NANCY LUDWIG.

IT JUST STRUCK A LOT OF US
THAT THIS MIGHT BE

SOMETHING
THAT HE'S CAPABLE OF.

HE DRESSES LIKE A PILOT

AND HITS ON WOMEN
ALL THE TIME.

IT WORKED ON ME.

THANKS FOR THIS, LISA.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

YEAH.

THERE IS ANOTHER THING.

WELL, AFTER WE BROKE UP,

HE WOULD COME OVER
AT ALL HOURS,

TRYING TO TALK TO ME.

I STARTED NOTICING,
WHEN I CAME HOME,

THAT SOME OF MY CLOTHES
WERE MISSING,

EVEN SOME UNDERWEAR.

I SWEAR TO YOU,

HE WAS BREAKING IN
AND TAKING THEM.

CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE PATRICK IS NOW?

YEAH, I CAN.

OKAY.

DAN SNYDER WENT
AND FOUND HIM.

HE HAD A NORTHWEST
PILOT'S UNIFORM

AND AN AIR FORCE UNIFORM
IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR.

THEY THOUGHT, "MY GOD.
THIS IS THE GUY."

PATRICK,

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT

KNOW NANCY LUDWIG?

NO, SIR.
I DID NOT.

THEN WHY DID YOU TELL EVERYONE
THAT YOU KNEW HER?

DID YOU STEAL ITEMS
OF CLOTHING

FROM YOUR
EX-GIRLFRIEND'S HOME?

WHY AM I REALLY HERE?

WHAT ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT?

WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT THE
MURDER OF NANCY LUDWIG!

WHOA! WAIT A SECOND.
I'M NO MURDERER.

TOOK HIM IN,
DID A SWAB OF HIS CHEEK,

THE DNA CAME UP NEGATIVE
AND HE WAS RELEASED.

DAN SNYDER SPENT
AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME

INVESTIGATING, LITERALLY,
EVERY POSSIBLE CONNECTION.

WHOEVER DID IT WAS STILL
OUT THERE, SOMEPLACE.

AT THAT POINT, THERE'S
NOTHING ELSE TO WORK WITH IT.

NEARLY
A DECADE GOES BY,

BUT, AS NANCY'S CASE
GETS COLDER,

TECHNOLOGY HEATS UP
AND, IN 2001,

DETROIT POLICE START PUTTING
SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TO WORK.

IN 2001, DETROIT OPENED
LIKE A COLD-CASE SQUAD,

WHERE THEY REVIEWED CASES
IN THE PAST

THAT HAD NOT BEEN SOLVED.

THE IDEA WAS NEW DNA TECHNOLOGY
COULD POSSIBLY BE USED

TO HELP SOLVE SOME
OF THESE UNSOLVED HOMICIDES.

WHEN DETECTIVES
SUBMIT THE BLOOD SAMPLES

FROM NANCY LUDWIG'S MURDER,

THE DNA RESULTS DON'T MATCH
ANYONE IN THE CODIS DATABASE.

BUT, SHOCKINGLY,

THEY DO CONNECT TO THE SUSPECT
OF ANOTHER CRIME.

MY MOTHER WAS MURDERED
IN HER BEDROOM.

THE SAME CRIME THAT WAS BROUGHT
TO ART LUDWIG'S ATTENTION

BACK IN 1991.

THE RESULTS OF THE DNA TEST
FROM THE PARKER HOMICIDE

WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE
FROM THE NANCY LUDWIG HOMICIDE.

IT REVEALED THAT THE PERPETRATOR
WAS THE SAME PERSON.

THE STRONG SUSPECT
IN THE PARKER CASE

HAD BEEN RULED OUT
BY THE ADVANCES IN DNA.

SO THAT'S
WHEN THEY BEGAN PORING

OVER THE TWO CRIME SCENES
AGAIN, TO SEE

"WHAT ELSE HAVE WE GOT HERE
THAT WILL HELP?"

THERE WAS
A FINGERPRINT TAKEN

FROM A FAUCET KNOB
IN MRS. PARKER'S BATHROOM.

THE PARTIAL
FINGERPRINT WAS TOO SMALL

TO BE USEFUL BACK IN 1986,

BUT, 15 YEARS LATER,
DETECTIVE LARSON HOPES THAT,

NOW, IT JUST MIGHT LEAD THEM
TO THE KILLER.

THAT PARTIAL PRINT
HAD NEVER BEEN COMPARED

TO FINGERPRINTS ON FILE
WITH THE FBI.

HELLO.

HELLO, ART?

IT'S DETECTIVE
DAN SNYDER.

I'VE GOT SOME NEWS
FOR YOU.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY
A MATCH MADE.

IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS

SINCE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
NANCY LUDWIG

WAS KILLED
INSIDE A DETROIT HOTEL ROOM.

WE NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.

ALL OF THOSE UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS JUST ATE AT US.

NOW, IN 2001,

THANKS TO RECENT ADVANCES
IN FORENSICS,

DETECTIVES ARE CLOSE
TO DISCOVERING

WHO'S BEHIND NANCY'S MURDER,
AS WELL AS THE MURDER

OF A FLINT, MICHIGAN, WOMAN
WHO DIED 5 YEARS EARLIER.

THERE WAS
A FINGERPRINT RECOVERED

FROM THE CRIME SCENE IN FLINT.

2001, THIS FINGERPRINT
FROM THE FLINT SCENE

WAS SENT TO THE FBI.

WE FINALLY GOT RESULTS

AND, OF COURSE,
THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

WAS ECSTATIC THAT THERE WAS
ACTUALLY A MATCH MADE.

WITH THE IDENTITY
OF NANCY'S KILLER

FINALLY REVEALED,

DETECTIVE DAN SNYDER
CALLS THE PERSON

WHO'S BEEN WAITING
DESPERATELY FOR SO LONG:

NANCY'S HUSBAND, ART LUDWIG.

HELLO.
- WHEN HE CALLED,

I JUST COULDN'T HARDLY
BELIEVE MY EARS.

HE SAID, "IS THIS ART?"
I SAID, "YES."

"THIS IS DAN SNYDER."
I SAID, "YES."

HE SAYS, "WE GOT HIM."

MY GOD.

TELL ME.

JEFFREY WAYNE GORTON.

HE'S HERE
AT THE STATION NOW.

WE'RE QUESTIONING HIM.

IT WAS GREAT NEWS.

HE SAYS, "WE POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED HIM

AND, AN HOUR AGO,
WE WENT OUT AND GOT HIM."

JEFFREY WAYNE GORTON
IS ARRESTED

ON FEBRUARY 8, 2002.

GORTON WAS A VERY
ORDINARY-LOOKING PERSON.

HE WAS MARRIED.

HIS FAMILY
OWNED A SPRINKLER COMPANY.

HE LIVED IN A NICE HOUSE
IN A SUBURB.

HE WAS,
TO ALL APPEARANCES,

THE CLASSIC DAD, ALWAYS
DOING STUFF WITH HIS KIDS.

ANYTHING NEEDED DONE AT CHURCH,
HE WAS THE VOLUNTEER

TO DO IT.

THEY DIDN'T TELL HIM
THEY HAD THE DNA ON HIM,

INITIALLY. THEY WANTED TO SEE
WHAT HE WOULD SAY.

HOPEFULLY, HE WOULD MAKE
AN ADMISSION

THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW,
BE BENEFICIAL.

GOOD, BAD,
OR INDIFFERENT.

BUT GORTON
DOESN'T ADMIT TO ANYTHING,

EVEN AFTER HE LEARNS OF
THE DNA EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.

I SAID I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING, SO.

SO POLICE PURSUE OTHER WAYS
OF COLLECTING INFORMATION

AND, SOON, THEY FIND MORE
THAN THEY NEED.

ONCE HE WAS ARRESTED
AND PUT IN JAIL,

A SEARCH WARRANT
WAS EXECUTED AT HIS RESIDENCE.

BURNS,
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

IT WAS ASTOUNDING,
QUITE HONESTLY,

THE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE
THAT WE TOOK OUT OF HIS HOME.

THERE WERE LITERALLY THOUSANDS

OF PIECES OF WOMEN'S
UNDERGARMENTS.

MANY OF THOSE ITEMS HAD BEEN
LABELED WITH A FIRST NAME.

ALL CATALOGUED WITH DATE
AND PLACE, HOW HE GOT 'EM:

IF IT WAS A BREAK-IN
OR HE STOLE IT FROM A CAR

OR OFF A LAUNDRY LINE.

HE LITERALLY HAD BEEN
IN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE'S HOMES.

AND WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR
ISN'T ALL THEY FIND.

A BOX OF TAPES.

WHEN POLICE VIEW THE VIDEOTAPES,

THEY UNCOVER SOMETHING
EVEN MORE DISTURBING.

HE LIKED
TO FILM HIMSELF.

HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HOW
HE PUT ON WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR.

HE HAD A VIDEO CAMERA
SET UP IN THE BEDROOM

THAT HE SHARED WITH HIS WIFE.

HE HAD A VIDEOTAPE
IN THE GUEST ROOM.

HE HAD SET UP A VIDEO CAMERA
IN THE BATHROOM OF HIS HOME,

AND HE WAS VIDEOTAPING PEOPLE

WHEN THEY USED THE BATHROOM
IN HIS HOUSE.

THAT'S ALL ON CAMERA.

I WATCHED ALL OF THAT.

IT WASN'T FUN.

LOOKS LIKE A COMPULSION
THAT WENT WAY TOO FAR.

JEFFREY WAYNE GORTON IS CHARGED

WITH TWO COUNTS
OF FELONY MURDER,

TWO COUNTS OF
CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT,

AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

ON AUGUST 16, 2002,
THE CASE GOES TO TRIAL.

SO I WENT TO THE TRIAL.

I'M SITTING THERE,
SO CLOSE TO HIM,

AND SO FULL OF RAGE
AT WHAT HE HAD DONE,

THAT I REALLY HAD ALL
I COULD DO, TO JUST SIT THERE.

SATISFACTION CAME
WHEN THE JUDGE SAID "GUILTY."

JEFFREY GORTON IS SERVING
LIFE IN PRISON

WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF PAROLE.

HE WILL DIE THERE.

I THINK THEY'VE DONE
THINGS A LOT DIFFERENTLY, NOW,

AS FAR AS HOTEL SECURITY.

THE KEYCARDS ARE CHANGED

BETWEEN EVERY VISITOR
AT THE HOTEL.

I THINK THEY ALSO
ADVERTISE THAT,

IF YOU DON'T FEEL SECURE
OR IF YOU'RE FEELING VULNERABLE,

YOU CAN HAVE AN ESCORT
TO YOUR ROOM.

I THINK SECURITY WAS ENHANCED
AT A LOT OF HOTELS AFTER THIS.

BABY, I AM A WORLD
TRAVELER, ALL RIGHT?

DO NOT WORRY.
- ALL RIGHT.

THIS WEEKEND,
WE ARE GONNA BE IN TAHOE.

GOOD.

I HAVE SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES.

WE HAD
AN EXCELLENT MARRIAGE

AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN,

SO I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED
FOR A BETTER PARTNER.

I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU, TOO.

BYE. BYE.
- BYE.

SHE WAS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE

AND TO NOT KNOW
WAS VERY FRUSTRATING,

BUT HE COULD FINALLY
HAVE CLOSURE

AND WE COULD FINALLY
BRING JUSTICE TO NANCY.