Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 2 - He's Out There - full transcript

HELLO?

AAH!

AT POPE JOHN PAUL HIGH SCHOOL

IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA,

14-YEAR-OLD KAREN SLATTERY
IS A BRIGHT, PROMISING FRESHMAN.

KAREN WAS VERY
CONFIDENT, LIKED TO HAVE FUN.

HEY, KAREN.

HI.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE
WALKING AROUND,

AND YOU SEE THIS
PERSON WALKING BY,

YOU'RE LIKE, "GOD,
SHE HAS IT ALL TOGETHER."



WHAT ARE YOU DOING
THIS WEEKEND?

I'M BABYSITTING.

I'M WATCHING THE HELMS GIRLS
SATURDAY NIGHT.

YOU'RE THERE ALMOST
EVERY WEEKEND.

I KNOW.

THEY'RE ADORABLE,
AND THEY LOVE YOU, SO...

SHE WAS VERY GOOD
WITH LITTLE KIDS.

SHE WAS ALWAYS
SO PATIENT WITH THEM.

AND EVERYBODY LOVED HER,

SO WHENEVER THERE WAS
AN OPPORTUNITY

FOR HER TO GO AND BABYSIT,
SHE WOULD.

I'LL CATCH YOU LATER.

BYE, PAM.

AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY,



KAREN HEADS HOME TO
DELRAY BEACH,

WHERE HER FAMILY IS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL HOME.

THE HOMES ARE AFFLUENT.
IT'S VERY NEAR THE BEACH.

IT IS AN IDYLLIC
SOUTH FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD,

AND BECAUSE IT'S ACROSS
THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY

FROM THE MAINLAND
AND NEAR THE BEACH,

THERE ALWAYS WAS A SENSE
OF FRIENDLY ISOLATION

FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.

ONE OF THREE CHILDREN,

KAREN FALLS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BIRTH ORDER.

MY BROTHER, GENE,
WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE HOUSE

AND IN THE NAVY.

AND THEN THERE'S KAREN,

AND SHE WAS 4 YEARS OLDER
THAN ME.

AND THEN I COME IN, IN THE END.

MY SISTER AND I WERE CLOSE.

- SORRY.
- THANK YOU.

I FORGOT THE ROLLS.

SO HOW WAS PRACTICE TODAY?

YOU GIRLS GOING TO WIN
YOUR CONFERENCE THIS YEAR?

COACH SAYS WE HAVE A GOOD SHOT,
SAYS WE LACK DISCIPLINE, THOUGH.

WELL, OKAY.

SO YOU PROVE HIM WRONG,
ALL RIGHT?

THANKS, DAD.

EVERYTHING SHE DID,

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS
SO FLAWLESS.

EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID,
I WANTED TO DO.

IF SHE DID GYMNASTICS,
I DID GYMNASTICS.

IF SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER,
I WAS A CHEERLEADER.

I WAS THAT ANNOYING
LITTLE SISTER,

BUT I JUST WANTED
TO BE LIKE HER.

- THIS IS REALLY GOOD, THOUGH.
- THANK YOU.

IT WAS LIKE
NORMAN ROCKWELL.

IT'S JUST...
BAD THINGS DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND IF THEY DID, WE CERTAINLY
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

THE SLATTERY FAMILY
DEFINITELY DOES NOT KNOW

THAT JUST A FEW MILES AWAY,
OVER IN NEIGHBORING BOCA RATON,

SOMETHING VERY BAD
DID HAPPEN JUST 6 WEEKS EARLIER.

MARILEE MANLEY COME HOME.

SHE PUT HER NIGHTGOWN ON
AND WENT TO BED

AND, BASICALLY,

WAS SLEEPING WHEN
AN INTRUDER MADE HIS WAY IN.

SHE WAS BEATEN
ABOUT THE HEAD SEVERELY

WITH WHAT WE FOUND OUT
WAS A PIPE WRENCH.

AT SOME POINT, SHE MANAGED
TO GET UP FROM THE BED.

HER BEDROOM DOOR LED OUT
TO THE MAIN APARTMENT,

WHERE HER FOLKS WERE.

OF COURSE, THE AMBULANCE WERE
CALLED, THE POLICE WERE CALLED,

AND SHE WAS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY
TO SURGERY.

HER SKULL WAS PRETTY MUCH
CAVED IN ON THE ONE SIDE,

AND I BELIEVE SHE WOUND UP
WITH A PLATE IN HER HEAD.

THAT COULD HAVE VERY EASILY
BEEN A HOMICIDE.

I THINK THE THING
THAT SAVED HER WAS THE FACT

THAT SHE WAS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET

FROM THE HOSPITAL IN TOWN.

BUT MARILEE'S ATTACKER
HAS VANISHED IN THE WIND,

AND AS MORE THAN A MONTH GOES
BY WITH NO LEADS IN THE CASE,

INVESTIGATORS FEAR
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN.

- YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
- YES.

KAREN, SHE WAS
ALWAYS BABYSITTING.

AND YOU'RE SURE MR. HELMS
CAN GIVE YOU A RIDE HOME?

- HE ALWAYS DOES.
- OKAY.

MY FAMILY KNEW THE HELM FAMILY
AND THOSE HELM CHILDREN.

THEY LIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE INTRACOASTAL,

WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE NICE, SAFE AREA

BECAUSE IT'S THE AFFLUENT AREA.

THEY SAID THEY WON'T
BE HOME TILL MIDNIGHT,

SO DON'T WAIT UP.
I HAVE MY KEY.

OKAY.

HAVE A GOOD TIME!

THE HOUSE
WHERE KAREN WAS BABYSITTING

IS IN AN AREA
WHERE THE HOUSES,

EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
VERY EXPENSIVE,

ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER.

IT'S SORT OF
A SOUTH FLORIDA THING.

AND AS A RESULT,
NEIGHBORS PLANT A LOT OF TREES,

LOW TREES, AND BUSHES,
TO SORT OF CREATE SEPARATION,

SOME BARRIERS
BETWEEN THE HOUSES,

AND YOU CAN ALMOST COME AND GO
WITHOUT BEING NOTICED.

- HEY THERE, KAREN.
- HI.

WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP.
COME ON IN.

THANK YOU, MR. HELMS.

KAREN'S HERE!
KAREN'S HERE!

- KAREN!
- MY GOODNESS!

WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE TWO
LITTLE GIRLS I USED TO BABYSIT?

YOU TWO ARE PRACTICALLY
TEENAGERS.

- IT'S US, SILLY.
- STILL US.

YEAH, AND YOU BETTER ACT

LIKE TWO WELL-BEHAVED
YOUNG LADIES TONIGHT,

OR THERE WILL BE NO GOING
TO THE MOVIES TOMORROW.

WE WILL.

WELL, REMEMBER,
KAREN IS THE BOSS.

- DO WHATEVER SHE SAYS.
- WE WILL, MOMMY.

COME ON, HONEY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE.

HELP YOURSELF TO THE FRIDGE,
ANYTHING YOU WANT.

WE WILL BE HOME BY MIDNIGHT.
KEEP THE DOOR LOCKED.

- WE DO HAVE OUR KEYS.
- GOT IT. YOU TWO HAVE FUN!

- BYE, MOMMY!
- BYE, GIRLS!

NOW WHO WANTS TO PLAY A GAME?

NO, YOU HAVE TO BRAID
OUR HAIR FIRST!

YEAH!

- I'M NOT PULLING, AM I?
- NOPE.

NO? OKAY.

IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
KAREN AND THE GIRLS

SETTLE INTO THEIR USUAL ROUTINE.

SHE COULD DO ANYTHING
IN A FRENCH BRAID, LIKE,

MAGAZINE STUFF, SUPER COOL,

AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS
DO THE GIRLS' HAIR.

I LIKE THIS MOVIE.

IT'S A GOOD ONE.

ALMOST DONE.

- OKAY. AMY, YOU'RE UP.
- THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, YOU READY?

THAT PARTICULAR TIME
OF THE YEAR,

IT WAS STILL COOL ENOUGH
THAT THE WINDOWS WERE OPEN.

THE AIR CONDITIONING WASN'T ON.

I WANT TO PLAY A GAME.

OKAY, GET YOUR PATOOTIE
BACK OVER THERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.

OKAY, DO WE WANT
SUGAR LAND OR SLAPS?

- SLAPS!
- SLAPS?

IT NEVER OCCURS TO KAREN

THAT THIS WHOLE TIME,

SHE'S BEING WATCHED.

HE GOT AROUND ON A BICYCLE,

WHICH ACTUALLY
MAKES YOU LESS OBVIOUS.

YOU CAN JUST MOVE
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE

IN SOUTH FLORIDA RIDE BICYCLES.

AT THAT POINT,
HE WENT AROUND THE BACK,

WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE WINDOWS

TO THE MASTER BEDROOM,

AND ULTIMATELY
CUT AN L-SHAPED CUT

IN THE CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP
OUR CARDS FACE DOWN

UNTIL I DEAL THEM ALL OUT.

- CAN I GO FIRST?
- NO!

I WANT TO GO FIRST, PLEASE?

HOW ABOUT THIS?

WE'LL GO IN AGE ORDER.

WE'LL LET AMY GO FIRST BECAUSE
SHE'S THE YOUNGEST, OKAY?

HE MANAGED TO CLIMB IN

AND KIND OF WALK OUT
HALFWAY INTO THE HALLWAY

TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON
OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM.

SLAPS!

ARE YOU OKAY?

PAPER CUT.

DO YOU WANT SOME OINTMENT?
MY MOM HAS SOME.

- THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
- I'LL GO GET IT.

IT'S IN HER BATHROOM.

OKAY. THANK YOU, BECKY.

BECKY, DID YOU FIND IT?

IN HER HOMETOWN OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA,

14-YEAR-OLD KAREN SLATTERY

IS SPENDING HER SATURDAY NIGHT
BABYSITTING...

WHERE IS YOUR SISTER?

BECKY, DID YOU FIND IT?

...UNAWARE THAT
THE THREE OF THEM ARE NOT ALONE.

HERE YOU GO.

YOU'RE A LIFESAVER.

IT LOOKS LIKE...

- IT'S BEDTIME.
- ...BEDTIME.

10 MORE MINUTES? PLEASE!

THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID
10 MINUTES AGO.

YOU DON'T WANT YOUR MOM
TO FIRE ME, DO YOU?

NO!

WE WANT YOU TO COME
ALL THE TIME.

AW, WELL, THEN WE GOTTA DO
WHAT YOUR MOM SAYS,

AND MOM SAYS
9:00 IS BEDTIME.

YES, SO LET'S GO GET OUR JAMMIES
ON AND OUR TEETH BRUSHED.

AND I WILL COME DOWN
AND READ YOU A STORY, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT.

BUT JUST AS SOON
AS THE INTRUDER ARRIVED,

HE LEAVES THE HOUSE.

"WHEN THE PRINCE
AND THE PRINCESS

"LOOKED INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES,
THEY KNEW IT WAS TRUE LOVE,

AND THEY LIVED
HAPPILY EVERY AFTER."

THEY ALL END THAT WAY!

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALL PRINCESSES.

M'KAY, TIME FOR BED.

LIGHTS OUT, LADIES.

M'KAY. GOOD NIGHT.

- GOOD NIGHT.
- NIGHT.

WE ARE
STAYING DOWN HERE, HELEN.

TERRY,
THAT RADIO IS AT LEAST

SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION.

IF THE AUTHORITIES KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING,

WHY, THEY'LL SEND PEOPLE...

WITH THE GIRLS IN BED,
KAREN CAN FINALLY RELAX.

WE'LL NEVER KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON

IF WE LOCK OURSELVES
IN THE DUNGEON!

WE MAY NOT ENJOY
LIVING TOGETHER,

BUT DYING TOGETHER
ISN'T GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING.

HELLO?

HI, PAM.

YEAH, I PUT THEM TO BED
A WHILE AGO.

SORRY, I WAS SLEEPING.

YES, I DO WANT TO HEAR
ALL ABOUT IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BYE.

HE OBVIOUSLY WAS INTENT,

HAD A PLAN
AND FOLLOWED HIS PLAN.

HE LEFT THE RESIDENCE...

...AND THEN HE RETURNED

AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CHILDREN
WERE IN THEIR BEDROOM.

THERE WAS NO REASON
FOR HER TO BE WARY.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
NO REASON FOR HER

TO CHECK THE HOUSE BESIDES
JUST THE ROUTINE STUFF

OF HAVING THE DOORS LOCKED.

MY KIDS BABYSAT, YOU KNOW.

SOMEBODY... ALMOST EVERYBODY'S
KIDS HAVE BABYSAT,

YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY.

YOU JUST DON'T THINK OF IT.

YOU DRIVE YOUR CHILD OVER.

YOU DROP HER OFF.

YOU SAY, "I'LL SEE YOU
AT 10:30 OR 11:00."

AND SO SHE COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN EXPECTING IT.

HELLO?

AT 10:00 P. M.,

KAREN CHECKS IN
WITH HER MOM BACK AT HOME.

HI, MOM.

I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS DONE,

YOU KNOW, BEFORE MY MOM
WENT TO BED,

WAS, YOU KNOW, CHECK ON HER,

AND, YOU KNOW,
"IS EVERYTHING OKAY?"

WHICH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,
AT THE TIME, IT WAS.

OKAY.

YEAH, I'M FINE.

I'LL BE FINE, MOM.

OKAY.

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

BYE.

NOW HER MOTHER
WON'T HAVE TO WORRY.

AAH!

KAREN SLATTERY
IS BABYSITTING TWO YOUNG GIRLS

WHEN TERROR STRIKES.

SHH. SHH.

AN HOUR LATER,
MR. AND MRS. HELMS

RETURN HOME AFTER AN ENJOYABLE
NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS AN AMAZING DINNER.

YEAH, FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD.

I THOUGHT SO.

DAVID?

LIGHTS ARE OUT,

ALL OF 'EM.

MAYBE THE POWER
JUST WENT OUT.

MR. AND MRS. HELM,
WHEN THEY RETURNED HOME,

CAME INTO THE HOUSE
AND, OBVIOUSLY,

IMMEDIATELY REALIZED
SOMETHING WAS AMISS.

KAREN?

KAREN, WE'RE HOME.

MAYBE SHE JUST
FELL ASL--

MY GOD.

AAH! THE GIRLS!

NO! NO, GO, GO!
NO, WALK. WALK.

WHEN THEY SAW THAT
THERE WAS SOMETHING AMISS,

THEY LEFT THE HOUSE.

RUN NEXT DOOR, CALL 911.

DO IT. PLEASE, DO IT.
I'LL GO CHECK ON THEM.

EVERYBODY HAS
THAT PHRASE,

"WHAT'S THE WORST
YOU COULD IMAGINE?"

IT WAS THE SORT OF CRIME
THAT JUST MADE YOU INHALE

AND NOT LET IT OUT FOR A WHILE.

MINUTES LATER,
DELRAY BEACH POLICE

ARRIVE ON THE FRANTIC SCENE.

YOU SAID YOUR GIRLS
ARE IN THE HOUSE?

THE BEDROOM AT THE END
OF THE HALL.

PLEASE, THERE'S BLOOD
EVERYWHERE.

OKAY, STAY HERE.

THE THINKING HAD BEEN
THAT THE HELM CHILDREN

HAD SLEPT THROUGH
THE WHOLE THING.

IT JUST COULD HAVE BEEN
SO MUCH WORSE.

MY GOD!

I FEEL BAD FOR THE HELM FAMILY
AND THOSE HELM CHILDREN.

THANK GOD HE DIDN'T TOUCH
THOSE KIDS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

MUST HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING FOR THEM.

STILL, THERE IS
ONE MORE PERSON UNACCOUNTED FOR

INSIDE THE HOUSE.

THE BABYSITTER!

KAREN, THE BABYSITTER!

SHE WAS - -
SHE WAS IN THERE, TOO!

IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.

THE TRAIL OF BLOOD THAT,
WITH DRAG MARKS IN IT,

LED FROM THE PLACE
OF THE ATTACK,

THE INITIAL ATTACK,

WHICH WAS THE KITCHEN,
BACK TO THE MASTER BEDROOM,

WHERE KAREN'S BODY
WAS ULTIMATELY FOUND.

WE GOT A BODY.

CLEAR. I'M CHECKING VITALS.

SHE'S DEAD.

RIGHT AWAY,

DELRAY BEACH POLICE LIEUTENANT
RICK LINCOLN

IS CALLED TO THE SCENE.

I WAS INVOLVED
IN PROBABLY

A COUPLE DOZEN HOMICIDES
IN MY TIME,

BUT I THINK THE VICIOUSNESS
OF THIS PARTICULAR ATTACK

AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS
A 14-YEAR-OLD BABYSITTER,

WITHOUT A DOUBT, WOULD RANK
AMONG THE WORST CRIME SCENES

THAT I HAD EVER BEEN PART OF.

IT OBVIOUSLY APPEARED
THAT WHOEVER HAD DONE THIS

WAS SOMEONE
THAT WAS IN A FRENZY.

IT WAS A BLITZ ATTACK,

AND SHE NEVER HAD MUCH
OF A CHANCE.

HE ATTACKED HER WITH THE KNIFE,

SLASHING KAREN'S THROAT.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO BE
A PROFESSIONAL

TO SEE THAT 18 STAB WOUNDS

AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WENT WITH IT

WAS SOMETHING...

WAY BEYOND
JUST A DESIRE TO KILL SOMEBODY.

THIS WAS RAGE. THIS WAS EVIL.

HE THEN DRAGGED HER
DOWN THE HALLWAY BY HER ANKLES

INTO THE ENTRANCE
TO THE MASTER BEDROOM,

WHERE HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.

WAS THE TOWEL
ALREADY ON HER FACE?

YEAH.

HE HAD COVERED HER FACE
WITH A TOWEL,

AND THAT, SOMETIMES,
IS AN INDICATOR OF REMORSE,

OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST
A PRACTICAL MOVE ON HIS PART

TO KEEP BLOOD BEING TRANSFERRED
TO HIS BODY FROM KAREN'S.

IN FACT,

AS INVESTIGATORS PROCESSED
THE REST OF THE SCENE,

IT SEEMS THE KILLER TOOK
EXTRA CARE TO COVER HIS TRACKS.

NO MURDER WEAPON
OR EVEN FINGERPRINT

IS FOUND INSIDE THE HOUSE.

IT'S WHERE HE WENT IN.

BUT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE,

INVESTIGATORS DO FIND
ONE IMPORTANT CLUE.

WE FOUND BICYCLE TRACKS,

AND THE BICYCLE TRACKS
LED FROM THE EAST,

WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
OVER ON THE BEACH

AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO A1A,

DOWN THROUGH ANOTHER YARD
AND INTO THE HELM'S BACKYARD,

JUST CRUISING THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
LOOKING FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN,
HOW DO YOU RECOVER

FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

YOU CAN'T.

I WAS SO SCARED

THAT HE WAS GONNA
COME AFTER ME.

AN HOUR AFTER FINDING
THE SLAIN BODY

OF 14-YEAR-OLD KAREN SLATTERY,

DELRAY BEACH POLICE
ARRIVE AT HER PARENTS' HOME

TO DELIVER THE DEVASTATING NEWS.

YES, OFFICERS?

I WAS IN MY ROOM.

I KEPT HEARING THIS WAILING,

THIS HORRIBLE WAILING...

AND I CAME OUT OF MY ROOM,

AND MY MOM SAW ME, AND SHE,
LIKE, GRABBED ME BY MY SHOULDERS

AND SHOOK ME AND WAS LIKE...

"KAREN'S DEAD. KAREN'S DEAD."

I KNEW WHAT DEATH WAS.

I KNEW THAT SHE WASN'T COMING
BACK, BUT, IN THAT INSTANT,

IT DEFINITELY WASN'T SOMETHING
THAT I GRASPED FULLY.

AND I LOOK BACK
NOW AND I THINK,

"I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MY MOM WENT THROUGH THAT."

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

I DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GENE SLATTERY, KAREN'S DAD.

I WAS AS CANDID WITH HIM
AS I COULD POSSIBLY BE

JUST TO HOPE THAT THAT MIGHT
SOMEHOW MINIMIZE THE PAIN

THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY
WERE GOING THROUGH.

BUT I DREW A LOT
OF STRENGTH FROM THAT

BECAUSE I FELT AN EVEN MORE
OF AN OBLIGATION TO TRY

AND MAKE THIS THING
RIGHT JUST BECAUSE

OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS
THEMSELVES,

THE SURVIVORS.

BUT THE MURDER
OF AN INNOCENT TEEN

DOESN'T YIELD
AN OBVIOUS SUSPECT,

SO THE NEXT MORNING,

DELRAY BEACH POLICE
HIT THE STREETS,

QUESTIONING ANYONE THEY CAN
IN THIS CLOSE BEACH COMMUNITY.

THAT TYPE OF A VIOLENT CRIME

IS NOT TYPICALLY COMMITTED
BY A STRANGER.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
WHAT YOU'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT

IS DOING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
CANVAS AND INTERVIEWS.

BECAUSE OF THE TYPE
OF CRIME THAT IT WAS,

THERE WERE A LOT OF NERVOUS
AND UNEASY PEOPLE IN THAT TOWN.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THERE WAS PRESSURE
ON THE DETECTIVES

FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY,
INTENSE PRESSURE.

THANK YOU.

BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY NEED
ANY OUTSIDE MOTIVATION.

THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE CRIMES
THAT PRODUCES,

AMONG GOOD COPS,
A SENSE OF OUTRAGE.

DESPITE
DETECTIVES' BEST EFFORTS,

2 WEEKS PASS WITHOUT
ANY SOLID LEADS.

ALL OF THE INITIAL LEADS
HAD BEEN FOLLOWED THROUGH ON

AND HADN'T REALLY
BROUGHT US ANY CLOSER

TO IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT.

THE TRAIL KIND OF WENT COLD.

MEANWHILE, KAREN'S KILLER
IS STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE,

LIVING OFF
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RADAR.

TWO MONTHS LATER,
AT A COLLEGE CAMPUS

IN NEIGHBORING
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA,

INVESTIGATORS' WORST FEARS
COME TRUE.

IN THE AREA OF F. A. U.,
THERE IS A FEMALE IN BED,

RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW,

AND THE PATTERN
WAS BASICALLY THE SAME,

SINGLE FEMALES HOME ALONE.

THEY CAME FACE-TO-FACE
INSIDE HER HOUSE...

- ...WHEN AND HE FLED.

TURNS OUT THIS ISN'T
THE ONLY INCIDENT OF ITS KIND.

MANY WOMEN ON FLORIDA ATLANTIC
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

SOON COME FORWARD
WITH SIMILAR TALES.

IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION
THAT THERE WAS A WHITE MALE

FREQUENTING THE CAMPUS
OVER THERE EXPOSING HIMSELF

TO FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE WOMEN VICTIMS
DREW KIND OF A ROUGH,

HAND-DRAWN COMPOSITE OF
WHAT THIS FELLOW LOOKED LIKE.

WITH THE SKETCH IN
HAND,

BOCA RATON POLICE GET RIGHT
TO WORK SEARCHING FOR A MATCH.

WE KEPT A SEPARATE MUG BOOK

FOR ALL SEX OFFENDERS
OR SEX-RELATED CRIMES,

SO I GOT AHOLD OF THAT BOOK
WITH THE ROUGH DRAWING

AND PICKED OUT A PHOTOGRAPH
OF AN INDIVIDUAL

THAT SORT OF RESEMBLED
THE LITTLE DRAWING

THAT THE F. A. U. POLICE
OFFICER GAVE ME,

AND HIS NAME WAS DUANE OWEN.

YEAH, HI.
THIS IS SERGEANT KEVIN McCOY

WITH THE BOCA RATON
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEN DETECTIVES
LOOK INTO DUANE OWEN'S BACKGROUND,

THEY FIND EVEN MORE DETAILS
OF INTEREST.

WE'D FOUND OUT THAT

HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
IN DELRAY BEACH

FOR INDECENT EXPOSURES.

HE WAS ARRESTED BACK
IN '82 IN BOCA

FOR A LOITERING
AND PROWLING CHARGE.

YOU KNOW, KIDS WERE SCARED.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF GIRLS

WHO DIDN'T WANT
TO BABYSIT ANYMORE,

AND THERE WERE PROBABLY
A LOT OF FAMILIES

WHO DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO
LEAVE THEIR KIDS ALONE AT NIGHT.

OWEN IS SOUNDING
MORE LIKE HE'S THEIR KILLER,

BUT TO BE SURE
THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT GUY,

SERGEANT McCOY REACHES BACK
OUT TO THE COLLEGE GIRLS

WHO CAME IN CONTACT
WITH THIS SUSPECT.

THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM.

YEAH, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU
COME DOWN TO THE STATION

AND TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME PICTURES,

SEE IF YOU MIGHT BE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY

THAT MAN THAT WAS
IN YOUR APARTMENT.

WE RAN INTO
THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...

I UNDERSTAND.

...AND FOUND OUT THAT
THE YOUNG LADIES

HAD LEFT TO GO TO THE KEYS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO WE COULDN'T DO THE LINEUP
UNTIL THEY GOT BACK.

THE DELAY PROVES COSTLY.

THE FOLLOWING DAY,
THERE IN BOCA,

GEORGIANNA WORDEN,
SHE APPARENTLY WAS LAYING IN BED, READING.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAD SHEERS
ON THE WINDOWS,

SO YOU COULD LOOK
IN THE WINDOW

AND SEE HER RIGHT THERE,
SLEEPING IN THE BED.

THIS GUY WAS INTENT
ON GETTING IN,

AND HE WAS IN THERE TO DO HARM.

TWO MONTHS AFTER
THE VIOLENT MURDER

OF DELRAY BEACH TEEN
KAREN SLATTERY,

38-YEAR-OLD GEORGIANNA WORDEN
IS BRUTALLY ATTACKED

IN NEIGHBORING
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.

- AAH!

MS. WORDEN WAS BLUDGEONED
TO THE DEATH WITH A HAMMER.

IT WAS OVERKILL.

I RESPONDED TO THE CALL AS WELL
AS SEVERAL OTHER DETECTIVES.

THE HOMICIDES
THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN,

VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
THAT BRUTAL.

CRIMES OF
THIS MAGNITUDE ARE RARE

IN THESE SMALL
FLORIDA COMMUNITIES,

SO POLICE WONDER,

COULD THERE BE A CONNECTION
TO KAREN SLATTERY'S MURDER

IN NEIGHBORING DELRAY BEACH?

CUT SCREENS IN BOTH CASES,

ENTRIES INTO BEDROOMS,

THE FACT THAT THERE
WERE CHILDREN

SLEEPING IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE HOUSE IN BOTH CASES

WAS ANOTHER SIMILARITY.

MS. WORDEN STUCK
IN MY MIND, OBVIOUSLY,

BECAUSE SHE WAS MURDERED, BUT IT
WAS HER DAUGHTERS WHO FOUND HER,

AND I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE

THOSE POOR GIRLS

FINDING THEIR MOM THAT WAY.

BUT WITH NO CLUE

WHO THE MAN BEHIND
THESE TWO CRIMES MAY BE,

CRIME SCENE SAMPLES
ARE COLLECTED

AND SENT OFF FOR
TESTING WITH HOPES

THAT THEY WILL YIELD
A MORE DEFINITIVE CONNECTION.

MEANWHILE, SERGEANT
KEVIN McCOY CIRCLES BACK

TO THE COLLEGE CAMPUS...

HAVE A SEAT, MS. WILLIAMS.

...WHERE A MAN
WAS RECENTLY REPORTED

TO BE EXPOSING HIMSELF
TO SEVERAL STUDENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN TODAY.

WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND,

WE WEREN'T ABLE
TO DO A PHOTO LINEUP

WITH THE VICTIMS OVER AT F. A. U.,

BUT AFTER THE YOUNG LADIES
CAME BACK FROM THE KEYS,

WE DID THE LINEUP.

I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY.

TELL ME IF YOU SEE
ANYONE YOU RECOGNIZE.

THAT'S HIM.

THIS GUY RIGHT HERE?

- YOU'RE SURE?
- ABSOLUTELY.

WE DID THE LINEUP,
AND SHE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED

MR. OWEN'S PHOTOGRAPHY.

HE'S BEEN INVOLVED
IN INDECENT EXPOSURES.

HE'S INVOLVED IN A BURGLARY
WHERE THERE'S A FEMALE

IN BED RIGHT UNDERNEATH
THE WINDOW, JUST LIKE WORDEN.

WITH THAT POSITIVE I. D.,

POLICE HAVE CAUSE TO BRING
DUANE OWEN IN FOR QUESTIONING.

HEY, IT'S McCOY.

WE NEED TO GET AN A. P. B.
ON DUANE EUGENE OWEN.

WE ISSUED A BULLETIN FOR HIM,
"BE ON THE LOOKOUT,"

SO TO SPEAK,
AND WENT FROM THERE.

THEN,
LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER,

A BOCA RATON
POLICE OFFICER SPOTS

SOMEONE MATCHING
OWEN'S DESCRIPTION.

MYSELF AND TWO OTHER DETECTIVES
RESPONDED UP TO THE SCENE.

WE SAW HIM, AND, OF COURSE,

THERE WAS NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND WHO IT WAS.

POLICE ARREST
DUANE OWEN

ON INDECENT EXPOSURE CHARGES,

BUT THE LINE OF QUESTIONING
QUICKLY TURNS TO THE MURDERS

OF GEORGIANNA WORDEN
AND KAREN SLATTERY.

OWEN DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY
FOR DETECTIVES.

IT WAS A CAT- AND-MOUSE GAME.

WE WERE RUNNING AROUND
WITH A BUNCH OF PIECES,

TRYING TO TIE THEM TOGETHER,
AND, OF COURSE,

NOW HE'S TRYING
TO FIND OUT WHAT WE KNOW.

HE WAS, UM,
OBVIOUSLY, HE SAW THIS

AS SOME TYPE OF A CHESS GAME

BETWEEN HIM AND THE POLICE
AND, ULTIMATELY,

THOUGHT THAT HE WAS,
YOU KNOW, THE BETTER PLAYER.

BUT BY NOW,
EVIDENCE FROM

THE GEORGIANNA WORDEN
CRIME SCENE HAS COME BACK,

AND NOW POLICE HAVE
THE ONLY EVIDENCE

THEY NEED TO CONFIRM
THIS IS THEIR MAN.

THE FINGERPRINT WAS OBVIOUSLY
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE OTHER THAN THAT,

HE HAD NOTHING
TO TIE HIM TO THE SCENE.

FACED WITH
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM,

DUANE OWEN FINALLY CONFESSES TO
HE MURDER OF GEORGIANNA WORDEN.

I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT WAS
A GAME-BREAKER.

THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT,
IF HE WAS GOOD FOR THEIRS,

THEN HE WAS GOOD
FOR OURS AS WELL.

SO DETECTIVES TURN
THE QUESTIONING

TO KAREN SLATTERY'S MURDER.

REALIZING HIS SECRET
IS NOW OUT,

DUANE OWEN DECIDES
TO TELL POLICE

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
TO KAREN SLATTERY

THAT NIGHT IN MARCH 1984.

IT WAS TOTALLY RANDOM.

HE WAS JUST PROWLING THROUGH
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAW KAREN,

AND THAT OBVIOUSLY
INTERESTED HIM.

AAH!

WELL, HE DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT HE
HAD ANY REMORSE ABOUT ANY OF IT.

HE WAS KIND OF PROUD
OF HIS WORK,

SO WE KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY
AT A POINT IN TIME.

IN OCTOBER 1985,

DUANE EUGENE OWEN IS CONVICTED
OF THE MURDERS

OF KAREN SLATTERY
AND GEORGIANNA WORDEN

AND IS SENTENCED TO DIE
IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.

HE REMAINS ON DEATH ROW.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 30 YEARS

SINCE KAREN SLATTERY
WAS MURDERED,

BUT HER FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE
STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE.

I MEAN,
HE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT A GOOD GUY.

THE FACT THAT THIS GUY
IS STILL SITTING IN JAIL,

IT'S FRUSTRATING.

IT'S FRUSTRATING, YOU KNOW?

SHE WAS A GOOD KID.

SHE DIDN'T DESERVE TO HAVE
THIS HAPPEN TO HER.

HE TOOK AWAY A LIFETIME
OF A FRIENDSHIP,

TOOK AWAY MY INNOCENCE
OF CHILDHOOD.

IN THE WAKE OF KAREN'S
DEVASTATING MURDER,

KAREN'S SISTER, DEBBIE,
HAS BECOME A POLICE OFFICER.

I DIDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.

GOING INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROBABLY WAS A GOOD THING FOR ME

BECAUSE I WORKED NIGHTS,
SO I WAS UP ANYWAY.

SO FIGHTING CRIME
AND PROTECTING OTHERS

WHILE THEY SLEEP
JUST GAVE ME A SENSE OF PEACE.

KAREN'S PARENTS
ALSO STARTED A SCHOOL

THAT SUPPORTS THOSE
WITH A PASSION FOR EDUCATION

LIKE THEIR OWN DAUGHTER
ONCE HAD.

SHE WANTED TO BE A TEACHER.

SHE WANTED TO BE AROUND
LITTLE KIDS,

AND SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT IT.

AND I SEE IT IN MY DAUGHTER NOW,

AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S KAREN'S LEGACY.