"Murder 360" The Gardener
ID | 13213139 |
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Movie Name | "Murder 360" The Gardener |
Release Name | Murder.360.S01E08.The.Gardener.720p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-FLUX |
Year | 2025 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 37807295 |
Format | srt |
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- He called himself
a "Sick Ripper."
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<i>- He was an affable
Southern gentleman,</i>
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<i>had a good sense of humor,</i>
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and was very easygoing
and laid back.
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<i>- He shows that picture
and tells a jailhouse inmate,</i>
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I'm the one that murdered
this young woman.
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<i>[tense music]</i>
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- She was stepping into
a death chamber.
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- He's a monster.
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Sick.
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- He told me things I don't
know if I was ready to hear.
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- He's probably
the most infamous serial killer
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that we identified
in Connecticut.
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<i>[tense music]</i>
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<i>- And she kept repeating,
he's going to kill me.</i>
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- And he shoots my daughter.
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<i>- That's about the
only time in my career</i>
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that I just wanted
to shoot him.
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<i>♪</i>
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- You can run,
but you can't hide.
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>[tense music]</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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- I was in charge of
the police department.
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We got called to a scene
out on Hartford Road
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behind one of our
shopping plazas.
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<i>A gentleman walking
through the woods</i>
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came across what he believed
to be human remains.
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<i>- He knew he had
to call the police.</i>
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And he admitted he
had been back there,
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you know, hoping to hunt.
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And he had found--
you know, he'd found a skull.
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<i>That's a super busy street.</i>
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<i>One of the state's
largest malls</i>
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<i>is literally
100 yards up the road.</i>
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<i>But it's a little strip mall
with a couple of restaurants.</i>
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<i>- It proceeded with
a whole search of the area.</i>
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<i>We got
the state anthropologist</i>
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<i>and the state medical examiner
involved</i>
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<i>um, and they ended up
to being the remains</i>
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<i>of</i> three <i>people.</i>
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<i>- They figured out that it
was three</i>
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<i>separate women was because
there were three, like,</i>
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either right
or left hip bones.
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So obviously that indicates
three different people.
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>- They were all identified
at that time as Jane Does.</i>
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Which just broke my heart.
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<i>We needed to know
who they were,</i>
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<i>reunite them
with their families.</i>
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No human being should
be left behind like that.
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<i>We relied heavily</i>
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<i>on reports of missing persons.</i>
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We searched databases
in the tri-state area
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to try to match
with whatever we could
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<i>with whatever
the science at the time</i>
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<i>was allowing us to do.</i>
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- Someone has got
to find justice.
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>In those years,</i>
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the New Britain Police
Department did everything,
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everything they could possibly
do to identify these women.
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<i>These women were loved,
and somebody is missing them.</i>
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<i>And the trick is
how do you figure out who?</i>
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<i>So about 2009,
two New Britain detectives</i>
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<i>drove two skulls,</i>
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<i>and at that point,
they were known as</i>
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<i>Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2,</i>
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to a specialized unit
within the FBI
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in Quantico, Virginia.
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And what that unit does is
it creates
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busts, basically,
of what they thought
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the person would look like.
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<i>And by 2010, the police
announced, you know,</i>
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<i>we've got these busts
in the hopes that</i>
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<i>somebody would recognize
these women.</i>
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- We published photos of it
in the local media.
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<i>And it was the same night
or the next night</i>
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<i>after it was ran
I received a phone call.</i>
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<i>- It did lead to the discovery</i>
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that Jane Doe 1 was
Diane Cusack.
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- She had been addicted
to drugs for many years
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and lived a very hard life
on the streets.
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<i>- Diane was never
reported as missing,</i>
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<i>but not because
her family didn't care.</i>
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<i>It was because there
were periods of her life</i>
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where she wouldn't communicate.
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This one had gone on too long.
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They start--
they had become very concerned.
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<i>- She and her family
had been estranged</i>
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<i>for a good number of years,</i>
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<i>but the bust kind of
looked like her a bit</i>
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and that prompted, I think it
was her brother and his wife,
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to come forward and say,
you know what?
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Hey, this may be Diane.
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<i>- I remember her telling me,
you know,</i>
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<i>the face looks like Diane.</i>
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<i>The hair is wrong,
but the face looks like Diane.</i>
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We ran with that,
and we were able to make
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a dental match and a DNA match
at that point with Diane.
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<i>We could talk to her family,
friends, retrace her steps.</i>
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<i>When was she last seen?</i>
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And that brought us back
to 2003.
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So now we had a date range.
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- In September of 2013,
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again, we get the notice,
oh, a big press conference.
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<i>So I walk into the training
room at the police station</i>
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<i>and there is this poster</i>
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<i>of this gorgeous young girl</i>
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with jet-black hair, you know,
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<i>just done beautifully,
red lipstick, smiling.</i>
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<i>She had big,
big hoop earrings.</i>
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They had identified
Joyvaline Martinez
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<i>through her DNA.</i>
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<i>She went missing
in October of 2003.</i>
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<i>I mean, she was
missed terribly.</i>
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<i>Her sister Sandra said</i>
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they refused
to move out of New Britain
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because they didn't know
if someday,
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she was going to return.
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<i>As time goes on,
technology improves,</i>
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<i>and their capability
in terms of, you know,</i>
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calling DNA
and examining DNA improves.
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So enough time had gone by that
they were able to identify her.
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<i>[somber music]</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>He told the other inmates
what he had done.</i>
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And his name
is William Devin Howell.
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<i>♪</i>
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- At that time,
William Devin Howell
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<i>and Jonathan Mills were
playing a card game</i>
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<i>with a cold case
card playing deck.</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>- The playing cards is a</i>
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technique that the police
and the prosecution have used
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to try to solve cold cases,
and they put these cards
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into the Department
of Corrections systems
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<i>and allow the
inmates to play cards</i>
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and on the cards are faces
of deceased individuals
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whose cases are unsolved.
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<i>They have their phone number,
hotline to call,</i>
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and a lot of inmates, um,
take advantage of that.
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Either because they know
or they don't know
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but they're going to try
to pretend that they know
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information to try to get their
sentences commuted or shortened
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or something of that sort,
some kind of benefit.
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<i>- Howell pulls the card
of Joyvaline Martinez.</i>
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He shows that picture to
Jonathan Mills and tells Mills,
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I'm the one that murdered
this young woman.
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<i>Not only did
I murder Joyvaline Martinez,</i>
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I murdered seven people
and I put all of their bodies
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behind a strip mall
in New Britain.
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<i>♪</i>
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He even went as far
as drawing a map
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<i>and showing him the placement
of those graves</i>
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<i>in his burial ground.</i>
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<i>He said that he buried
these bodies in his garden.</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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And he called himself
a "Sick Ripper."
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<i>[tense music]</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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- We brought in the cadaver dog
that was offered by the FBI.
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This dog alerted us to areas
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<i>in a very large piece
of acreage that was again,</i>
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<i>very heavily wooded
and difficult to traverse.</i>
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♪
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- Within days, they had
found four more bodies.
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<i>[somber music]</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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- 22.
- Mm.
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- Possibly.
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- Mm-hmm.
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Mel, she and I,
we had an amazing childhood.
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<i>We played with Barbies
and she would play the piano.</i>
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<i>[chuckles] She was amazing.</i>
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A very strong person.
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Even physically.
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<i>She was tiny but still strong.</i>
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<i>She was a good mother.
She loved her kids.</i>
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<i>I can remember
being around 16.</i>
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She was around 17.
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And I can remember
seeing a change.
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<i>She had a really
strong addiction to drugs.</i>
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<i>[tense music]</i>
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I couldn't imagine having
something so strong
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taking control of you
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<i>to where I know she wanted
to be a good mom...</i>
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<i>and then she couldn't be.</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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I knew something
really bad happened.
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>- When Nilsa Arizmendi
disappeared</i>
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on July 25th of 2003,
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her family went almost
immediately to authorities.
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And she was known
to frequently call her mother
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and her four children
and visit with them,
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so her not being around was
a noticeable concern
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<i>to the family members.</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>Nilsa and her boyfriend
lived in a motel</i>
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where they would
leave every afternoon
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and walk about a mile
and a half into New Britain,
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<i>where Nilsa would
hustle the streets.</i>
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- Nilsa's boyfriend was the
one who said, you know what?
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She went off with this guy
and never came back.
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<i>- The last person to be seen
with his girlfriend,</i>
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Nilsa Arizmendi,
was William Devin Howell.
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<i>♪</i>
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When the investigators
searched Howell's van,
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<i>they discover one DNA sample</i>
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<i>belonging to Nilsa Arizmendi.</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>I think what motivated him
to accept that plea was</i>
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the fact that the prosecution
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had blood DNA evidence on hand
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showing that Nilsa Arizmendi's
blood was in that van.
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<i>Now, granted, it was just
a single drop of blood,</i>
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<i>but they had it.</i>
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<i>[tense music]</i>
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<i>♪</i>
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- It took a few weeks or so to
positively identify each one,
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and they announced that one
of the remains was Nilsa's.
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>- At that point,</i>
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<i>we did identify
the remaining victims.</i>
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There was seven victims
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all buried
in the same general area.
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<i>♪</i>
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<i>- My mom was in contact
with one officer.</i>
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And she had called me and said
they want to meet with me.
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<i>So I kind of knew.
I knew something was going on.</i>
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Ironically enough,
it was on Mel's birthday.
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Huh.
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<i>♪</i>
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And I remember her calling.
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And, uh...
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all she said was it's her.
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<i>♪</i>
240
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- Melanie Camilini,
a young mother of two children.
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She was working the streets
in Waterbury, Connecticut.
242
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<i>And unfortunately for her,</i>
243
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<i>when she stepped into
that 1985 Ford Econoline van,</i>
244
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<i>she was stepping into
a death chamber.</i>
245
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<i>He did first attempt
to kill her</i>
246
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after raping her
with a hammer.
247
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<i>He said that it didn't
even knock her out,</i>
248
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<i>but it terrified her
and she pled for her life.</i>
249
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<i>At that point,
he decided to strangle her.</i>
250
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<i>He thought
it would be the quickest</i>
251
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<i>and most efficient way
to bring about her death.</i>
252
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<i>♪</i>
253
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- These victims were
Diane Cusack, Mary Jane Menard,
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<i>Joyvaline Martinez,
Danny Lee, Marilyn Gonzalez,</i>
255
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<i>Nilsa Arizmendi,
and Melanie Camilini.</i>
256
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- I did a preliminary review
of the arrest warrant,
257
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and, you know,
it paints a picture of a person
258
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who would consider
doing this type of crime.
259
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<i>And so I kind of
formulated an image of him.</i>
260
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<i>And then I met him.</i>
261
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<i>And the person that I met</i>
262
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<i>did not correspond
with the image</i>
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<i>that I had created in my mind.</i>
264
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<i>He was an affable
Southern gentleman,</i>
265
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<i>had a good sense of humor,</i>
266
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<i>and was very easygoing
and laid back.</i>
267
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<i>- You know, every time
they brought him in</i>
268
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<i>in the orange jumpsuit,</i>
269
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<i>he just looked like
this ordinary guy.</i>
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<i>♪</i>
271
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He was like an ordinary guy.
272
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<i>♪</i>
273
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<i>[phone line trilling]</i>
274
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<i>[phone line trilling]</i>
275
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- Hey, Bill.
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- Yes, we do.
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Let's talk about the crimes.
278
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I've got to ask you
a few questions about those.
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What was it that brought you
280
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some kind of satisfaction
in that?
281
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- Mm-hmm.
282
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- My motivation from the start
was, of course, to write a book
283
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about William Devin Howell.
284
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And at all times, he knew
285
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that that was the reason
why I was visiting him.
286
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I mean, I would say by no means
am I what I think of
287
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as one of these serial killer
groupies who is fascinated
288
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with serial killers,
289
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who wants to go
visit these men in prison.
290
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If anything, when I went
to visit Powell in prison
291
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to discuss information that
I needed to get for this book,
292
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<i>I frequently found myself
dreading that visit.</i>
293
00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:43,033
<i>It was uncomfortable.</i>
294
00:18:43,133 --> 00:18:46,433
<i>I felt nervous
driving there wondering,</i>
295
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<i>what would I say to this man
who is a serial killer?</i>
296
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<i>I wonder if I did
the right thing</i>
297
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in getting to know this man.
298
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He eventually told me things
299
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+that I don't know
if I was ready to hear.
300
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<i>[suspenseful music]</i>
301
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<i>♪</i>
302
00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,600
<i>- William Devin Howell was
born in Hampton, Virginia,</i>
303
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<i>back in 1970.</i>
304
00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:24,400
He was the last
of four children.
305
00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,033
However,
two of his brothers were
306
00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:28,667
quite a bit older than Howell.
307
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One of his brothers was
serving in Vietnam
308
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at the time of Howell's birth.
309
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<i>♪</i>
310
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<i>- You know,
I talked to Bill quite a bit</i>
311
00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,900
<i>about his background,
his childhood, parents,</i>
312
00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,633
and he described his upbringing
as very happy.
313
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<i>His mother and father were--
it wasn't a broken marriage.</i>
314
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<i>They were together.</i>
315
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<i>He describes
a happy childhood.</i>
316
00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:53,833
<i>- By the age of 12,</i>
317
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William Devin Howell's mother
got sick with breast cancer.
318
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She was at the time
in her early 50s,
319
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<i>and this really did
affect Howell quite a bit.</i>
320
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,933
<i>She was sort of a source
of stability in his life.</i>
321
00:20:11,033 --> 00:20:13,200
<i>She gave him protection
and routine.</i>
322
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<i>She was a strong
disciplinarian.</i>
323
00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:17,000
<i>[tense music]</i>
324
00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:19,133
<i>Howell began
to solicit prostitutes</i>
325
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<i>at a very young age.</i>
326
00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:22,700
<i>He was only 14 years old.</i>
327
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,300
<i>He stole his father's car
in the middle of the night</i>
328
00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,200
<i>and drove silently off</i>
329
00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:30,433
<i>and picked up
his first prostitute.</i>
330
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It became his secret addiction,
331
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soliciting prostitutes
in the middle of the night.
332
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,900
<i>He has been with well over
a thousand prostitutes</i>
333
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,267
<i>over the years.</i>
334
00:20:42,367 --> 00:20:44,100
<i>♪</i>
335
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,967
<i>In his late teens, he got into
a drunk driving accident.</i>
336
00:20:48,067 --> 00:20:50,067
Following that accident,
337
00:20:50,167 --> 00:20:56,167
he was frequently incarcerated
for driving without a license.
338
00:20:56,267 --> 00:20:58,400
<i>William Devin Howell
would work at places</i>
339
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like 7-Eleven as a cashier.
340
00:21:01,033 --> 00:21:02,833
He worked at a gas station
341
00:21:02,933 --> 00:21:07,967
<i>and just petty cash that
he earned mowing lawns.</i>
342
00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:12,067
I think there was
a time period of hope
343
00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:16,367
for William Devin Howell when
his first child was born.
344
00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:18,900
<i>At the time he was
in his late teens,</i>
345
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,467
<i>he moved down to Florida
with the mother of his child.</i>
346
00:21:22,567 --> 00:21:25,200
<i>At the time,
he was working at a 7-Eleven.</i>
347
00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:28,733
And one could see
that at that point,
348
00:21:28,833 --> 00:21:31,067
there could have been
a turning point in his future
349
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where he became a responsible
family man like his father.
350
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However,
I think what did him in
351
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<i>was the fact that
he still had this addiction</i>
352
00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:44,733
<i>to soliciting prostitutes.</i>
353
00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:51,833
<i>♪</i>
354
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,167
<i>- I guess ultimately,</i>
355
00:22:13,267 --> 00:22:17,500
he decided to plead guilty.
356
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,533
<i>They actually gave him
six life sentences</i>
357
00:22:20,633 --> 00:22:25,300
<i>and he agreed to that
to spare, you know,</i>
358
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,833
<i>the families of going
through the trial.</i>
359
00:22:28,933 --> 00:22:30,400
<i>♪</i>
360
00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:34,467
- And that's what just
confounds me, Bill,
361
00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:38,167
is that after knowing you
for three years,
362
00:22:38,267 --> 00:22:41,667
I feel honestly like
you have shown me
363
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nothing but respect
and goodwill.
364
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,333
How come I get good treatment
and--and--
365
00:22:49,433 --> 00:22:50,900
<i>but they didn't?</i>
366
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,833
<i>What's the difference
between me and them?</i>
367
00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:13,200
<i>- Mm.</i>
368
00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:40,600
<i>- You know,
they had addiction issues,</i>
369
00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:45,300
<i>and he was offering drugs,
so they were vulnerable.</i>
370
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,833
They were vulnerable people
and he took advantage of that.
371
00:23:49,933 --> 00:23:52,433
<i>♪</i>
372
00:23:52,533 --> 00:23:55,400
<i>- Now, keep in mind,
if a woman uses drugs,</i>
373
00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:58,833
to Howell, that's one
of the two things
374
00:23:58,933 --> 00:24:01,933
that makes them
a worthless object.
375
00:24:02,033 --> 00:24:06,700
<i>He claimed that the
only victim that troubled him</i>
376
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,967
<i>was his first victim,
Melanie Camilini.</i>
377
00:24:10,067 --> 00:24:11,967
<i>And what bothered him the most</i>
378
00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:15,300
was when she begged
for her life and said,
379
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,300
"Please don't kill me,
I have children."
380
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,733
<i>He said, "That really troubled
me when she said that,</i>
381
00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:23,933
<i>and I almost couldn't do it."</i>
382
00:24:24,033 --> 00:24:27,467
<i>Nonetheless, he knew that he
had just repeatedly raped her</i>
383
00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:29,767
<i>over a 12-hour period</i>
384
00:24:29,867 --> 00:24:33,933
<i>and that he, in his way
of thinking, had no choice.</i>
385
00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:37,633
- All of us make
our own decisions,
386
00:24:37,733 --> 00:24:40,833
and regardless of background,
387
00:24:40,933 --> 00:24:46,000
<i>he chose to do what he did to
these seven innocent people.</i>
388
00:24:48,233 --> 00:24:51,433
- He actually
kept the tarnished ring
389
00:24:51,533 --> 00:24:55,533
with a stone in it
belonging to Melanie Camilini
390
00:24:55,633 --> 00:24:57,567
<i>after he killed her.</i>
391
00:24:57,667 --> 00:24:59,833
<i>That was the only item</i>
392
00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:04,000
belonging to any of his seven
victims that Howell kept.
393
00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:05,800
I asked him why he kept that.
394
00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:07,200
Was it a souvenir,
395
00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:09,467
a kind of trophy
that serial killers
396
00:25:09,567 --> 00:25:14,700
are known to keep to symbolize
their achievement?
397
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,167
<i>He said, "No.</i>
398
00:25:16,267 --> 00:25:18,467
<i>"Actually,
I kept that tarnished ring</i>
399
00:25:18,567 --> 00:25:20,700
<i>"to remind me of the night</i>
400
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:24,500
<i>that I stopped being a man
and I became a monster."</i>
401
00:25:36,433 --> 00:25:39,100
- Howell, after killing
Melanie Camilini
402
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,100
<i>in May of 2003,</i>
403
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,200
<i>he was driving through
the streets of Waterbury</i>
404
00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:49,167
<i>and he came upon
Marilyn Gonzalez.</i>
405
00:25:49,267 --> 00:25:53,067
<i>She was also a young mother
who had a drug addiction</i>
406
00:25:53,167 --> 00:25:56,633
and was turning tricks
on the street.
407
00:25:56,733 --> 00:26:00,033
As with Camilini and most
of his other victims,
408
00:26:00,133 --> 00:26:04,000
Howell knew that that night,
the woman that he paid
409
00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:05,800
was going to end up dead.
410
00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:07,433
<i>♪</i>
411
00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,500
<i>He knew that he would
rape Marilyn Gonzalez.</i>
412
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,433
<i>And as with
all of his other victims,</i>
413
00:26:12,533 --> 00:26:15,967
<i>that took place
over a 12-hour period.</i>
414
00:26:16,067 --> 00:26:18,667
<i>On again, off again,
in between rapes,</i>
415
00:26:18,767 --> 00:26:24,000
<i>he would bind his captives</i>
416
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,467
<i>to the backbench of his van,
duct tape their mouths,</i>
417
00:26:27,567 --> 00:26:31,733
<i>and drive them
to different locations.</i>
418
00:26:31,833 --> 00:26:37,000
<i>At the time
of the killing spree,</i>
419
00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:38,967
<i>I think in your mind,</i>
420
00:26:39,067 --> 00:26:44,433
<i>you did see them as worthless
human beings, am I correct?</i>
421
00:26:44,533 --> 00:26:45,900
<i>You just kind of--</i>
422
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,133
<i>certainly, when you raped
and killed them,</i>
423
00:26:48,233 --> 00:26:50,233
<i>they weren't
human beings to you.</i>
424
00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:53,867
<i>They were objects.
Would you agree with that?</i>
425
00:27:03,233 --> 00:27:04,267
- Mm-hmm.
426
00:27:23,167 --> 00:27:26,933
<i>- Howell completely
misunderstood</i>
427
00:27:27,033 --> 00:27:30,833
the people that he victimized,
these innocent victims.
428
00:27:30,933 --> 00:27:34,000
<i>He thought of them
to be without value,</i>
429
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,133
<i>without purpose in this world.</i>
430
00:27:36,233 --> 00:27:37,767
<i>He couldn't have
been more wrong.</i>
431
00:27:37,867 --> 00:27:40,000
<i>He didn't value them
as human beings.</i>
432
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:44,400
He didn't value most people
as human beings.
433
00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,200
He thought of them
as disposable.
434
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,167
<i>♪</i>
435
00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:53,167
<i>- I think he always had
this binary view of women.</i>
436
00:27:53,267 --> 00:27:56,433
<i>There were the good girls
and the bad girls.</i>
437
00:27:56,533 --> 00:27:58,167
<i>The good girls would
be someone like</i>
438
00:27:58,267 --> 00:27:59,567
<i>the mother of his children.</i>
439
00:27:59,667 --> 00:28:02,067
<i>He says to me
that she is a good girl.</i>
440
00:28:02,167 --> 00:28:04,633
<i>She does not drink.
She does not smoke.</i>
441
00:28:04,733 --> 00:28:06,500
<i>She does not do drugs.</i>
442
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,467
She was a good mother
to the children.
443
00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:10,167
She was faithful to him.
444
00:28:10,267 --> 00:28:12,300
<i>And then there are
the bad girls.</i>
445
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:13,733
<i>And these would be the women</i>
446
00:28:13,833 --> 00:28:15,767
<i>that he would pick up
on the streets.</i>
447
00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:21,533
<i>- Mm-hmm.</i>
448
00:28:49,433 --> 00:28:52,067
<i>- Howell picked up
Daniel Whistnant</i>
449
00:28:52,167 --> 00:28:55,733
<i>outside of this bar-restaurant</i>
450
00:28:55,833 --> 00:28:59,200
<i>called the Cadillac Ranch
in Southington, Connecticut.</i>
451
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:04,300
<i>It was Howell's habit to go to
places like the Cadillac Ranch</i>
452
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,967
<i>when he had a night off</i>
453
00:29:06,067 --> 00:29:09,033
<i>and to sit at the bar
for hours</i>
454
00:29:09,133 --> 00:29:12,333
<i>and hope to get lucky
finding a woman at the bar.</i>
455
00:29:12,433 --> 00:29:14,800
If he didn't have
any luck at the bar,
456
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:18,800
by the time the bar closed,
he would go to the streets
457
00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:21,833
<i>and solicit a prostitute
instead.</i>
458
00:29:21,933 --> 00:29:24,867
<i>Now, the bar closed
at 2:00 a.m.</i>
459
00:29:24,967 --> 00:29:28,700
<i>and Howell went outside
and saw Daniel Whistnant</i>
460
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,100
<i>walking along the street,
who was dressed as a woman.</i>
461
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,200
<i>He had long, silky black hair,
Howell states,</i>
462
00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,100
<i>and a short miniskirt
and high heels.</i>
463
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,000
<i>And so thinking
Daniel Whistnant</i>
464
00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:42,933
<i>is a female prostitute,</i>
465
00:29:43,033 --> 00:29:46,400
he invites Mr. Whistnant
into his van.
466
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:50,000
<i>During the transaction
that took place,</i>
467
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:52,967
<i>Howell puts his hand on
the head of Whistnant</i>
468
00:29:53,067 --> 00:29:56,400
<i>and pulls off a wig.</i>
469
00:29:56,500 --> 00:30:02,067
<i>He becomes enraged that
this man has deceived him</i>
470
00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:04,633
into this vulnerable position.
471
00:30:04,733 --> 00:30:09,967
He throws Daniel Whistnant
against the wall of the van
472
00:30:10,067 --> 00:30:14,300
and tells me that
he punched him out twice
473
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,500
and then quickly strangled him.
474
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:23,100
<i>♪</i>
475
00:30:24,633 --> 00:30:28,400
<i>We're at the back of the
strip mall in New Britain</i>
476
00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:31,767
<i>where William Devin Howell
would leave the remains</i>
477
00:30:31,867 --> 00:30:33,800
<i>of his seven victims.</i>
478
00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:36,567
First off,
he would stop his van
479
00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:39,233
over there
behind the strip mall
480
00:30:39,333 --> 00:30:45,033
and dump the parcel,
or the body of his victim,
481
00:30:45,133 --> 00:30:49,433
wrapped in garbage bags,
deep into the ravine.
482
00:30:49,533 --> 00:30:52,067
And then what he would do
is he'd get back into his van
483
00:30:52,167 --> 00:30:57,200
and go over to the McDonald's
parking lot, park his car,
484
00:30:57,300 --> 00:31:01,833
and come back to this location
where we're at right now.
485
00:31:01,933 --> 00:31:04,100
There's a trail,
as you can see.
486
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,800
It goes into
487
00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:12,233
sort of a meadow-like
littered area.
488
00:31:12,333 --> 00:31:16,833
And William Devin Howell
would walk this trail
489
00:31:16,933 --> 00:31:21,067
and make a sharp right
that led into the ravine
490
00:31:21,167 --> 00:31:25,700
where the parcel that he had
left was left in the ravine.
491
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:31,067
<i>He would retrieve a spade,
a shovel that he had stored</i>
492
00:31:31,167 --> 00:31:32,900
<i>behind the guardrail,</i>
493
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,333
<i>and then he would drag
that body,</i>
494
00:31:36,433 --> 00:31:40,200
<i>along with his shovel,
about a few hundred yards</i>
495
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:42,633
<i>into the woods to the location</i>
496
00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:46,000
<i>that he was known
to call his garden,</i>
497
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:49,733
which is where he buried,
in very shallow graves,
498
00:31:49,833 --> 00:31:54,100
<i>the seven bodies of the people
that he killed.</i>
499
00:32:11,933 --> 00:32:14,100
<i>[tense music]</i>
500
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,300
<i>♪</i>
501
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,200
<i>- In the case of
Nilsa Arizmendi,</i>
502
00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:21,567
<i>he states that he didn't plan
to rape and kill her.</i>
503
00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:24,167
Now, it's interesting
that up until then,
504
00:32:24,267 --> 00:32:27,600
any time he planned
to rape a prostitute,
505
00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:29,633
it was based solely, he says,
506
00:32:29,733 --> 00:32:33,100
on his lawn care schedule
the following day.
507
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,300
<i>If he didn't have lawns</i>
508
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,467
<i>that he had to mow
the next morning,</i>
509
00:32:38,567 --> 00:32:40,200
<i>then that night, he knew</i>
510
00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:45,333
he was free to solicit a
prostitute and keep her captive
511
00:32:45,433 --> 00:32:51,133
in his van for the entire night
and throughout the next day.
512
00:32:51,233 --> 00:32:54,567
<i>Now, with Nilsa Arizmendi,
when she stepped into his van</i>
513
00:32:54,667 --> 00:32:58,167
<i>and asked him to drive her to
a location to pick up drugs,</i>
514
00:32:58,267 --> 00:32:59,733
<i>he said he would do so</i>
515
00:32:59,833 --> 00:33:03,133
<i>in exchange for
a sexual transaction.</i>
516
00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:06,133
What happened was
when she refused
517
00:33:06,233 --> 00:33:11,067
to finish that transaction,
he grew very angry.
518
00:33:11,167 --> 00:33:13,433
<i>He decided
in that split second,</i>
519
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:16,000
<i>I am going to rape
and kill this woman.</i>
520
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:19,900
<i>The next day,
he had the lawn care schedule.</i>
521
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,833
So he had to keep Nilsa's
body wrapped in tarp
522
00:33:23,933 --> 00:33:28,067
in the back of his van for the
duration of his lawn care jobs
523
00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:30,700
<i>that next day
before taking her out</i>
524
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,500
<i>to the back of the mall
and burying her.</i>
525
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,600
<i>♪</i>
526
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:46,967
<i>- Mm-hmm.</i>
527
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:20,300
<i>♪</i>
528
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,967
<i>- I remember going
to the crime scene.</i>
529
00:34:22,067 --> 00:34:26,433
When I walked down the
embankment in my dress shoes,
530
00:34:26,533 --> 00:34:28,600
and it was kind of
muddy and slippery,
531
00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:30,367
and when I was down there,
I felt like I was
532
00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,400
in an amphitheater
kind of looking up.
533
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,300
<i>And I thought, huh,
this is actually</i>
534
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,967
a pretty interesting place
to have buried bodies.
535
00:34:38,067 --> 00:34:40,333
<i>You know, you'd think, well,
people might be driving by</i>
536
00:34:40,433 --> 00:34:44,700
<i>and look down, but it wasn't a
place that you would suspect.</i>
537
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,233
So it probably was
the perfect place.
538
00:34:48,333 --> 00:34:52,900
- In a 10-week time period
in August, September,
539
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000
and the first
two weeks of October,
540
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,400
his last three victims died.
541
00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:59,567
<i>♪</i>
542
00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,167
<i>He picked up Mary Jane Menard</i>
543
00:35:01,267 --> 00:35:04,200
<i>on the streets
of Waterbury, Connecticut,</i>
544
00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:06,733
and went through
his typical routine
545
00:35:06,833 --> 00:35:11,200
<i>of holding her captive
in his van for 12 hours,</i>
546
00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:13,300
<i>raping her off and on,</i>
547
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,000
<i>and eventually strangling her.</i>
548
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:20,900
In this case, he strangled her
in the back parking lot
549
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,400
<i>of the McDonald's which was
located right next to</i>
550
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:29,833
<i>the strip mall where
his burial ground was located.</i>
551
00:36:10,567 --> 00:36:14,867
<i>- The sixth victim
was Diane Cusack.</i>
552
00:36:14,967 --> 00:36:18,400
<i>Howell picked her up
in New Britain, Connecticut,</i>
553
00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,800
<i>and went through
his similar routine</i>
554
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:25,000
of raping and strangulation
in the McDonald's parking lot.
555
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,467
And this is where
556
00:36:26,567 --> 00:36:30,933
three of William Devin Howell's
victims died.
557
00:36:31,033 --> 00:36:33,200
He parked his car
right over there
558
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:37,433
and raped and strangled
three of his victims.
559
00:36:37,533 --> 00:36:39,033
Now as you can see,
560
00:36:39,133 --> 00:36:42,533
there is a very busy drive-thru
to my left.
561
00:36:42,633 --> 00:36:45,133
This is a popular McDonald's
562
00:36:45,233 --> 00:36:48,533
and it's not outside
of the realm of possibility
563
00:36:48,633 --> 00:36:50,533
that quite a lot of people,
564
00:36:50,633 --> 00:36:53,533
even as Howell was
killing his victims
565
00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:56,600
or going up the trail
to bury his victims,
566
00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:00,033
would have seen his van
and seen him
567
00:37:00,133 --> 00:37:04,900
<i>at least walking up the trail
and made no question of it.</i>
568
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,033
Ironically,
Howell would also
569
00:37:08,133 --> 00:37:10,433
go through this very drive-thru
570
00:37:10,533 --> 00:37:13,767
<i>with some of his victims
held captive</i>
571
00:37:13,867 --> 00:37:17,600
<i>in the back of his van,
tied up and duct taped.</i>
572
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:20,900
And he said to me that he
would turn the music up high
573
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,933
so no one would hear him--
or hear the victims
574
00:37:25,033 --> 00:37:27,833
if they were screaming
or cried for help.
575
00:37:27,933 --> 00:37:31,433
And during that time,
he would actually order food
576
00:37:31,533 --> 00:37:34,000
through the drive-thru
577
00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:39,200
and ask his victims if they
also wanted something to eat.
578
00:38:00,533 --> 00:38:04,633
<i>- That 1985
Ford Econoline van,</i>
579
00:38:04,733 --> 00:38:07,933
<i>he told the fellow inmate
that he confessed to</i>
580
00:38:08,033 --> 00:38:11,333
<i>that he called it
the Murdermobile.</i>
581
00:38:11,433 --> 00:38:15,667
And it really is
a ghastly vehicle.
582
00:38:15,767 --> 00:38:17,900
It's right here.
583
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,500
You know, it was all
rusted and, you know,
584
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,300
<i>treadless wheels</i>
585
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,933
<i>and there was some plywood
on the back of the windows.</i>
586
00:38:27,033 --> 00:38:30,000
<i>And this is where
all the crimes took place,</i>
587
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:33,633
<i>was in the interior
of that van.</i>
588
00:38:33,733 --> 00:38:36,900
He did give me title
to this awful van.
589
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,400
[chuckles] And believe me,
I won't be driving this van.
590
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,000
<i>But I'm most definitely</i>
591
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:45,800
going to take it
to the junkyard
592
00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:47,167
and get it crushed.
593
00:38:47,267 --> 00:38:48,900
I think it would
be a good thing
594
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,700
to extinguish
this awful vehicle
595
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,967
<i>from the face of the Earth.</i>
596
00:38:54,067 --> 00:38:57,333
<i>♪</i>
597
00:38:57,433 --> 00:39:00,800
<i>Joyvaline Martinez was
Howell's last victim.</i>
598
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:02,700
<i>She was a very beautiful
young girl.</i>
599
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,433
<i>She was only 23 years old
at the time of her death.</i>
600
00:39:06,533 --> 00:39:08,867
William Devin Howell
picked her up
601
00:39:08,967 --> 00:39:12,667
<i>on Hillside Avenue
in Hartford, Connecticut.</i>
602
00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:15,800
And as with his other victims,
he went through the routine
603
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:19,000
of holding her captive
in the back of his van
604
00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:22,333
for a 12-hour period,
during which time
605
00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:24,700
<i>he raped her off and on</i>
606
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,333
<i>and ultimately
strangled her to death.</i>
607
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,500
- It's my belief
if he wasn't arrested,
608
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,133
he would have continued.
609
00:39:38,233 --> 00:39:41,433
And that we would have
more victims.
610
00:39:41,533 --> 00:39:45,800
<i>He didn't value women as equal</i>
611
00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:47,933
<i>or even worthy of life.</i>
612
00:39:48,033 --> 00:39:53,833
He--the terrible things
he did without the remorse
613
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:58,767
and did it again and did
it again and did it again.
614
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:27,067
<i>- In Connecticut, when you're
charged with this type--</i>
615
00:40:27,167 --> 00:40:28,667
<i>or convicted
of this type of offense,</i>
616
00:40:28,767 --> 00:40:32,467
<i>you're in a 8x10-foot cell,
approximately,</i>
617
00:40:32,567 --> 00:40:35,267
<i>22 hour a day lockdown,</i>
618
00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:38,400
and you're isolated
with your thoughts.
619
00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:41,100
And it's a pretty
620
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,433
traumatic place to be.
621
00:40:44,533 --> 00:40:47,300
<i>Some people will say
that's where he belongs,</i>
622
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:51,067
<i>but that's his life
until he passes away.</i>
623
00:40:51,167 --> 00:40:53,000
<i>♪</i>
624
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:57,467
- In court, I was initially
625
00:40:57,567 --> 00:41:01,033
somewhat hopeful for him
and his soul.
626
00:41:01,133 --> 00:41:06,233
Actually, his first words
were "I'm sorry."
627
00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:09,967
But then he went on to
speak pretty much at length
628
00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:15,600
about how life is so difficult
for him in prison.
629
00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:20,400
<i>So it really very
quickly turned into</i>
630
00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,867
<i>he was sorry for
the predicament he's in.</i>
631
00:41:23,967 --> 00:41:28,700
<i>To my knowledge, he has
not expressed any remorse.</i>
632
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,300
<i>♪</i>
633
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,967
- So that's a vintage
wedding dress?
634
00:41:35,067 --> 00:41:36,367
- Mm-hmm.
635
00:41:36,467 --> 00:41:38,767
- Oh, it's lovely.
- Yeah.
636
00:41:38,867 --> 00:41:40,000
<i>It doesn't make sense.</i>
637
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:41,633
<i>[sparse somber music]</i>
638
00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:46,367
It doesn't make sense
that it was her.
639
00:41:46,467 --> 00:41:48,133
You don't want to come
to the realization
640
00:41:48,233 --> 00:41:50,633
of what really happened.
641
00:41:50,733 --> 00:41:52,667
It wasn't a car accident.
642
00:41:52,767 --> 00:41:57,300
[chuckles]
It wasn't health issues.
643
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:02,067
How <i>do</i> you cope?
How <i>do</i> you process?
644
00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:03,600
<i>♪</i>
645
00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:07,667
- The victims in this case,
they were all loved,
646
00:42:07,767 --> 00:42:09,433
each and every one of them.
647
00:42:09,533 --> 00:42:12,100
<i>Their families
never stopped hoping</i>
648
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:16,767
<i>or waiting for them to return
home safely to them.</i>
649
00:42:16,867 --> 00:42:21,600
<i>Each one was a special person.</i>
650
00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:25,800
<i>- Being demonic.</i>
651
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:29,067
<i>There's got to be something
like that related with him.</i>
652
00:42:29,167 --> 00:42:30,867
<i>There's no way.</i>
653
00:42:32,533 --> 00:42:33,767
<i>He's a monster.</i>
654
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,100
<i>He's a monster.</i>
655
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:40,700
Sick.
656
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,133
<i>♪</i>
657
00:42:43,233 --> 00:42:45,600
<i>I will not let another man</i>
658
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,767
<i>destroy my soul
by making me hate him.</i>
659
00:42:48,867 --> 00:42:51,667
<i>I won't give him that.
I don't think about him.</i>
660
00:42:51,767 --> 00:42:53,100
<i>[somber music]</i>
661
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:57,800
<i>He would destroy me
if I hated him.</i>
662
00:43:05,533 --> 00:43:07,067
[gunshots]
663
00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:08,167
<i>[siren wailing]</i>
664
00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:19,733
- Why would someone want
a hero in our community dead?
664
00:43:20,305 --> 00:44:20,642
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