On The Killer's Trail

Hall: KATHY AIELLO-LORECK HAS A NEW LOVE AND A NEW LIFE UNTIL IT'S CUT SHORT IN A BRAZEN DAYLIGHT ATTACK. Mike: THEY SAID THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE HIT HER ANY LESS THAN 10 TIMES. Hall: POLICE THINK THEY KNOW WHO DID IT, BUT IN THIS CASE, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS. Finney: IT'S PEOPLES' WORST NIGHTMARE. IT'S THE TROLL UNDER THE BRIDGE REACHING UP AND GRABBING YOU AND DRAGGING YOU DOWN. Hall: AND LATER, A YOUNG GIRL KIDNAPPED AND HELD CAPTIVE FOR 18 YEARS UNTIL TWO WOMEN ACT ON A HUNCH. I JUST GOT A WEIRD FEELING ABOUT HIM. Hall: HOW THEIR GUT INSTINCT SOLVED A CRIME. I'M TAMRON HALL. I REPORT ON A LOT OF HORRIFIC CRIMES. AND WHEN MY SISTER WAS MURDERED, CRIME GOT PERSONAL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WANT ANSWERS. IN TELLING THESE STORIES, I'M LOOKING FOR MORE THAN JUST HOW THESE CRIMES HAPPENED. I WANT TO KNOW WHY. -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS WELCOME TO "DEADLINE: CRIME." LIKE MOST WOMEN, I TAKE BASIC PRECAUTIONS WHEN I GO OUT, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THAT'S WHY I FOUND THIS NEXT STORY PARTICULARLY HORRIFYING. A MOTHER IS KILLED IN A PUBLIC PARK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. SHE HAD EVERY REASON TO THINK SHE WAS SAFE, SO WHAT HAPPENED? TOM MORRIS IS ON THE GROUND TO FIND OUT. Morris: CONCORD, CALIFORNIA -- A QUIET SUBURB JUST EAST OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE CRIME IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN OTHER TOWNS. IN THE SPRING OF 2003, KATHY AIELLO-LORECK IS WORKING IN CONCORD AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR SYSTRON DONNER, ONE OF THE AREA'S MANY TECH COMPANIES. THEY RELIED VERY HEAVILY ON HER. SHE DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR THEM, BUT SHE DIDN'T REALLY TALK A LOT ABOUT IT. SHE JUST WAS A NATURAL. SHE WAS A PEOPLE PERSON, SHE COULD RELATE TO PEOPLE. THEY WERE HAPPY TO DO BUSINESS WITH HER. I MEAN, SHE JUST HAD THAT GIFT. Morris: AT 49, THE MOTHER OF THREE IS STARTING A NEW CHAPTER IN HER LIFE AFTER A PAINFUL DIVORCE. Sarina: SHE WAS ALWAYS AN OUTGOING PERSON ANYWAY, BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE RESTRAINTS WERE LIFTED OFF HER. SHE BECAME JUST THIS GLOWING PERSON AND JUST FULL OF LIFE. Morris: THE ATTRACTIVE BLONDE HAS EVEN FOUND LOVE AGAIN WITH AUSTRIAN NATIVE JOHANNES LORECK. TELL ME ABOUT JOHANNES. JOHANNES WAS A VERY SWEET PERSON. SHE WAS EXCITED BECAUSE HE MADE HER FEEL AT EASE AND HE MADE HER FEEL SPECIAL. Sarina: BOTH OF THEM HAD A LOVE FOR SKIING. Mike: THEY WENT AND HAD A ROMANTIC WEEKEND UP IN THE ALPS, AND HE PROPOSED TO HER THERE ON A LAKE CALLED MONDSEE. AND THEN A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT, HE CAME OUT AND THEY GOT MARRIED. Eric: THEY JUST SEEMED HAPPY. THEY SEEMED REALLY HAPPY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHATEVER ADVENTURES LIE AHEAD. Morris: KATHY HAS PLANS TO MOVE OVERSEAS AND JOIN JOHANNES, WHO IS STILL LIVING IN AUSTRIA. IN THE MEANTIME, SHE ENJOYS HER JOB AT SYSTRON DONNER. PART OF HER EVERYDAY ROUTINE IS A LUNCH-HOUR WALK ON A NEARBY BIKE PATH. IT'S A WALK THAT SHE TAKES EVERY DAY, AND SHE WOULD SLIP OFF HER HEELS AND PUT ON HER WALKERS. KATHY JUST HAD TO WALK UP THE HILL AND GO THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE FENCE, AND SHE WAS ON THE TRAIL. Morris: KNOWN AS THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL TRAIL, THE BIKE PATH MEANDERS MORE THAN 13 MILES THROUGH CONCORD AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. KATHY'S WALKS ARE A CHANCE TO TALK LONG DISTANCE WITH HER HUSBAND, JOHANNES, IN AUSTRIA. BECAUSE OF THE TIME DIFFERENCE, IT'D BE THE TIME THAT HER AND HER NEW HUSBAND WOULD BE ABLE TO CHAT ON THE PHONE. Morris: ON TUESDAY, MAY 13th, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AFTERNOON. KATHY IS TAKING HER USUAL LUNCH-HOUR WALK AND CHATTING WITH JOHANNES ON HER CELLPHONE. Finney: SHE'D BEEN TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH HER HUSBAND FOR QUITE SOME TIME. JUST A NORMAL CONVERSATION GOING ON. AND THE NEXT THING HE HEARS IS -- HE THINKS IT'S A SCREAM OR A GASP, AND THE PHONE JUST GOES DEAD. HE BECOMES VERY WORRIED. HE STARTS RE-DIALING, YOU KNOW, RE-DIALING AND RE-DIALING, AND THE PHONE GOES TO VOICEMAIL, GOES TO VOICEMAIL, GOES TO VOICEMAIL. AND THAT'S WHEN HE REALIZED THERE'S SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG. Morris: PANICKED, JOHANNES CALLS SYSTRON DONNER, BUT KATHY HAS NOT RETURNED. A CO-WORKER PHONES 911, AND POLICE RESPOND WITHIN MINUTES. SO, AN INTENSE SEARCH WAS LAUNCHED FOR KATHY. EVERYBODY KNEW THAT SHE'D PROBABLY BE IN THE AREA OF THE HIKING TRAILS. Morris: KATHY SEEMS TO HAVE VANISHED UNTIL A MOTORCYCLE COP MAKES A GRIM DISCOVERY. HE SAW SOMETHING ON THE TRAIL THAT REALLY CAUGHT HIS EYE, WHICH APPEARED TO BE FRESH BLOOD ON THE ASPHALT. BLOOD MARKINGS. HE DESCRIBED THEM AS IF SOMEBODY HAD DIPPED THE HEAD OF A MOP IN BLOOD, DROPPED IT ON THE PAVEMENT, AND THEN DRAGGED THE MOP ACROSS THE PAVEMENT. Morris: THE BLOOD TRAIL LEADS OFF THE PATH, WHERE, DOWN A SMALL HILL, THE OFFICER FINDS KATHY. SHE'S BLOODY AND SHE'S ALIVE, BUT SHE LOOKS VERY WEAK. SHE HAS MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF BLOOD FROM THE HEAD. Cope: IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ATTACK WAS NOT ONLY VIOLENT, AS FAR AS INJURIES TO KATHY'S HEAD, BUT IT WAS OF A *** NATURE. Morris: NEAR KATHY, POLICE FIND THE PRESUMED WEAPON -- A RUSTY IRON BAR ABOUT 2½ FEET LONG. KATHY IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT THE TRAUMA TO HER HEAD IS TOO SEVERE. JUST BEFORE 5:00 P.M. THAT AFTERNOON, SHE DIES. SO, YOU HAD TO BREAK THE NEWS TO YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER. THEY WERE DEVASTATED. YOU KNOW, THEY BROKE DOWN. SHE SAID THAT KATHY WAS ATTACKED, AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW. SO I SAYS, "WELL, LET'S GO,' YOU KNOW. "RIGHT AWAY. LET'S GO." AND SHE SAYS NO -- THAT SHE'S GONE. [ INHALES DEEPLY ] Morris: IT'S AN UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY, BUT WAS IT A RANDOM ATTACK, OR DID SOMEONE TARGET KATHY AIELLO-LORECK, AND IF SO, WHY? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT DREW ME TO CONCORD AND LEFT THIS BEDROOM COMMUNITY ON EDGE. Finney: IT'S PEOPLES' WORST NIGHTMARE. IT'S THE TROLL UNDER THE BRIDGE REACHING UP AND GRABBING YOU AND DRAGGING YOU DOWN. Lee: WE NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF A BRUTAL ATTACK ALONG THE TRAIL. THIS WAS SOMETHING UNHEARD OF IN CONCORD. Morris: FROM THE START, POLICE ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE, WORKING FROM A CRIME SCENE COMPROMISED WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS TRIED TO SAVE KATHY'S LIFE. AND THAT COMPLETELY DEVASTATES THE CRIME SCENE BECAUSE YOU HAVE MEDICAL PERSONNEL, COPS TROMPING THROUGH THE SCENE BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING LIFE-SAVING MEASURES. Morris: INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT KATHY'S ASSAILANT PULLED THE IRON BAR FROM A NEARBY FENCE, THEN ATTACKED HER FROM BEHIND A ROW OF BUSHES NEAR THE TRAIL. SHE NEVER SAW HIM COMING. Morris: SHE'S WALKING, SHE'S TALKING ON THE PHONE, AND THIS GUY CAME UP BEHIND HER AND JUST CLOCKED HER WITH THIS PIECE OF IRON. IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, BASED ON HER INJURIES AT AUTOPSY. THEY SAID THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE HIT HER ANY LESS THAN 10 TIMES IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DRAG HER DOWN A HILL. AND THIS IS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT -- AFTERNOON, YEAH. Morris: POLICE ARE AMAZED WHEN THEY CAN'T LOCATE A SINGLE WITNESS. KATHY'S *** KIT PROVIDES THE FIRST CLUE TO HER ATTACKER'S IDENTITY. HIS *** IS RACED TO THE COUNTY CRIME LAB TO CREATE A DNA PROFILE. MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATORS START FORMING A CHARACTER PROFILE OF A SUSPECT. THEY BELIEVE WHOEVER DID THIS WAS FAMILIAR WITH KATHY'S SCHEDULE. Cope: INITIAL CONCERNS WERE THAT PERHAPS SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING HER, THAT THEY KNEW HER ROUTINE, AND KNEW THAT SHE WOULD BE THERE AT THAT TIME AND KNEW WHERE TO CATCH HER, SO TO SPEAK. Morris: KATHY'S EX-HUSBAND HAS A SOLID ALIBI FOR THE TIME OF THE *** AND IS IMMEDIATELY WRITTEN OFF AS A SUSPECT. INSTEAD, POLICE ZERO IN ON THE MAN WHO KNEW HER ROUTINE BEST -- HER NEW HUSBAND, JOHANNES LORECK. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT HE COULD'VE BEEN DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE MAYBE HAD SOME WAY THAT HE HAD THAT ATTACK PERPETRATED ON HER. DID YOU GO AND LOOK AND SAY, "OKAY, THEY'RE RECENTLY MARRIED. MAYBE THERE'S A NEW INSURANCE POLICY." YOU GO AND CHECK FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? EVERYTHING -- IS THERE A REASON FOR HIM TO HAVE HER KILLED? Morris: WITHIN HOURS OF THE ATTACK, DETECTIVES GET WHAT COULD BE A MAJOR BREAK IN THE INVESTIGATION. THEY REALIZE KATHY'S CELLPHONE IS NOT AMONG THE ITEMS RECOVERED AT THE CRIME SCENE. WHEN THEY PUT A TRACE ON IT, THE CELLPHONE SIGNAL INDICATES IT'S LOCATED LESS THAN A MILE FROM WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND. POLICE WERE ANTICIPATING THAT THE CELLPHONE RECOVERY WOULD LEAD TO THE IDENTITY OF THE KILLER. Morris: THAT EVENING, ARMED WITH A SEARCH WARRANT, DETECTIVES ARRIVE AT A RESIDENCE WHERE THE CELLPHONE HAS BEEN TRACED TO. SO, NOW YOU'RE THINKING...? BAD GUY HAS THE PHONE, USING KATHY'S PHONE. OH, THIS IS GREAT. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS CASE PRETTY FAST. Hall: COMING UP, AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN LIKE KATHY HAD MANY ADMIRERS. SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL, ALMOND-SHAPED EYES. SO, GUYS WERE ATTRACTED TO HER. VERY MUCH, YES. Hall: HAD ONE OF HER RELATIONSHIPS ENDED BADLY? HE WAS IN TOWN AT THAT TIME, AND THAT'S A RED FLAG. WELL, WHAT'S HE DOING IN TOWN? Morris: CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, POLICE HAVE JUST GOTTEN WHAT THEY HOPE IS A BIG BREAK IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE *** AND *** OF KATHY AIELLO-LORECK. DETECTIVES TRACE THE MOTHER OF THREE'S CELLPHONE TO A RESIDENCE NEAR THE CRIME SCENE. Finney: IT'S A SMALL APARTMENT. THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE. THEY READILY VOLUNTEER THAT, "YEAH, THIS GUY OVER HERE, HE'S GOT A PHONE." AND THEY TAKE US TO WHERE THE PHONE'S AT. A PERSON WHO TAKES THE CELLPHONE OF A VICTIM OF A *** IS PROBABLY THE MURDERER. Morris: UNDER POLICE QUESTIONING, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAYS HE FOUND THE PHONE THAT AFTERNOON WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE ON THE TRAIL WHERE KATHY WAS ATTACKED. Cope: HE PICKED IT UP, SAW NO ONE AROUND, AND SO HE RODE ON HOME. Morris: THE MAN TELLS DETECTIVES HE DIDN'T SEE KATHY OR ANY KIND OF STRUGGLE, AND AGREES TO GIVE THEM A DNA SAMPLE FOR TESTING. KATHY'S FAMILY CAN DO NOTHING BUT WAIT FOR THE RESULTS. YOU WANT EVERYTHING TO GET RESOLVED QUICKLY. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AS NEWS SPREADS OF THE ATTACK, KATHY'S COMPANY OFFERS A REWARD. SYSTRON DONNER PUT UP A $25,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION, AND THE CITY PITCHED IN WITH A $10,000 REWARD. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE POLICE NEEDED INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC TO CRACK THIS CASE. Morris: INVESTIGATORS FEEL THE PRESSURE TO CLOSE THE CASE QUICKLY AND HEAL A TRAUMATIZED COMMUNITY BEFORE PANIC SETS IN. THEY HOPE FOR A BREAK WHEN THE DNA LEFT AT THE CRIME SCENE IS RUN THROUGH A NATIONAL CRIMINAL DATABASE. BUT IN ANOTHER SETBACK, THERE ARE NO MATCHES AMONG THE SIX MILLION REGISTERED SAMPLES. WERE YOU SURPRISED, GIVEN THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE OF THE CRIME, THAT THERE WERE NO MATCHING HITS IN THE NATIONAL DNA DATABASE? I MEAN, THIS SEEMED LIKE THE KIND OF CRIME THAT WOULD BE PERPETRATED BY SOMEONE WHO'S DONE IT BEFORE. ONE OF OUR BIG HOPES WAS THAT WHEN WE GOT A PROFILE OF THE SUSPECT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME BELLS AND WHISTLES AND RED LIGHTS WERE GONNA GO OFF. Morris: DETECTIVES DIG DEEPER INTO KATHY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER HUSBAND OF JUST TWO MONTHS, JOHANNES, BUT FIND NO EVIDENCE THE AUSTRIAN NATIVE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ATTACK. Finney: THERE WAS NOTHING -- THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL THAT INDICATED THAT HE WOULD'VE WANTED TO DO THAT. WAS THERE ANY SPECULATION THAT SOMEHOW, EVEN REMOTELY, HE COULD'VE BEEN INVOLVED? NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER -- NOT FROM THE FAMILY, I DON'T BELIEVE, THERE WAS EVER ANY THOUGHT THAT IT COULD'VE BEEN JOHANNES. Morris: THEIR FOCUS SHIFTS TO OTHER MEN IN KATHY'S LIFE -- FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS, AND EXES. THEY DISCOVER KATHY HAD PLENTY OF ADMIRERS. SHE WAS VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL, ALMOND-SHAPED EYES. SO, GUYS WERE ATTRACTED TO HER. VERY MUCH, YES. Morris: OF PARTICULAR INTEREST -- AN EX-BOYFRIEND FROM GERMANY KATHY SAW JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HER ***. HE WAS IN TOWN AT THAT TIME, AND THAT'S A RED FLAG. WELL, WHAT'S HE DOING IN TOWN? SHE JUST GOT MARRIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. JUST GOT MARRIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE? IS THIS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CRIME? JEALOUSY. Morris: KATHY'S FAMILY HAS SUSPICIONS OF THEIR OWN. I DID SUSPECT MANY PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM VERY CLOSE TO ME. WHY DID YOU SUSPECT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT WAS JUST ME. I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE OPEN DIALOGUE AROUND THE PLACE. BUT THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT WE KIND OF CAME DOWN TO AND WONDER, YOU KNOW, COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT PERSON? Morris: MEANWHILE, POLICE TRY TO TRACK DOWN ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO MIGHT'VE BEEN ON THE TRAIL AROUND THE TIME KATHY WAS KILLED. NO SMALL TASK. EVEN WORSE, TIME IS CRITICAL IN A CASE LIKE THIS, AND POTENTIAL WITNESSES MAY ALREADY BE LONG GONE. Lee: THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY. THIS PERSON COULD STILL BE OUT THERE, COULD BE HIDING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HIDING IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. Morris: WITHIN JUST 24 HOURS, THEIR DILIGENCE PAYS OFF. TWO WITNESSES RECALL A MAN ACTING STRANGELY ON THE PATH THE VERY DAY KATHY WAS KILLED. Cope: THEY DESCRIBED A PERSON WHO WAS STARING AT LITTLE FISHES IN THE CANAL AND TRYING TO DRAW PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO IT. Morris: FORENSIC SKETCH ARTIST GIL ZAMORA IS ABLE TO CREATE TWO PORTRAITS OF THE MAN FROM THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. WHAT DID THE TWO WITNESSES TELL YOU THAT WERE SIMILAR ABOUT THE SUSPECT? THEY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS A WHITE MALE, HEAVY SET, ROUND FACE, SHORT HAIR. AND YOU WERE PRETTY CONVINCED THAT BOTH WITNESSES HAD SEEN THE SAME PERSON? I COULD DEFINITELY SEE SOME SIMILARITIES, ROUNDED FACE, AND THEN THE EYES WERE VERY SIMILAR. Morris: POLICE RELEASE THE SKETCHES TO THE MEDIA. Man: THIS SKETCH OF A MAN WANTED FOR QUESTIONING LED TO MORE THAN 200 CALLS TO POLICE. BUT IT'S AT THE STATION WHERE THEY GET WHAT COULD BE A NEW LEAD. AS DETECTIVES PORE THROUGH MUG SHOTS OF LOCAL MEN WITH RAP SHEETS AND A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, ONE FACE, THEY BELIEVE, BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO THE TWO SKETCHES. JOHN KAHLER. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. JOHN KAHLER WAS A GUY THAT HAD SOME MENTAL ILLNESS. HE HAD HAD CONTACTS WITH THE POLICE, ASSAULT, AND THE CONTACTS HAD LED TO ARRESTS IN THE PAST. WE HAD INFORMATION THAT HE HAD FREQUENTED THAT AREA. WE KNOW THAT HE'D BEEN UP AND AROUND THE CANAL TRAIL BEFORE. Morris: JOHN KAHLER IS A 32-YEAR-OLD FORMER MECHANIC WHO SUFFERS FROM BIPOLAR DISORDER. HE WAS ONCE CONVICTED OF PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING A JUDGE IN COURT, AND HAD RECENTLY ATTACKED HIS OWN FATHER. HE LIVES JUST UNDER A MILE FROM THE CRIME SCENE, AND DETECTIVES RECALL THAT SHORTLY AFTER KATHY'S ***, A POLICE DOG TRACKED A STRONG SCENT FROM THE CRIME SCENE TO THE STREET WHERE KAHLER LIVED. WHEN YOU SAW THE JOHN KAHLER MUG SHOT NEXT TO THE SKETCHES, WERE YOU CONVINCED THAT'S THE GUY? THERE WAS ENOUGH INFORMATION THERE THAT IT WOULD LEAD SOMEBODY TO BELIEVE THAT IT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE PERSON. SO, I WOULD SAY YES. I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH DETECTIVE FINNEY. I WAS IN THE CAR WITH MY AUNT SARINA AND MY GRANDMOTHER, AND I SAID, "THEY FOUND HIM." Morris: SENSING A HOT LEAD, POLICE WANT TO TALK TO KAHLER FAST. 72 HOURS AFTER KATHY'S ***, THEY ARRIVE AT THE KAHLER HOME. Finney: ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES KNOCKS ON THE DOOR. JOHN KAHLER'S SISTER ANSWERS THE DOOR. HE STARTS ASKING, "DOES JOHN KAHLER LIVE HERE AND IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD TALK TO HIM?" Morris: BUT JOHN KAHLER ISN'T THERE, AND HE'S NOT COMING BACK. HE'S LYING ON A SLAB IN THE MORGUE, DEAD. Hall: COMING UP, WITH THE MOST PROMISING PERSON OF INTEREST NO LONGER ALIVE, DID KEY ANSWERS GO WITH HIM TO THE GRAVE? THEIR EYES GOT BIG LIKE A CHILD ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. THEY THOUGHT THAT A PLUM HAD JUST DROPPED INTO THEIR BASKET. WELCOME BACK. AFTER A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS VICIOUSLY MURDERED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, DETECTIVES HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SOLID LEAD. BUT MY OWN EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT NOTHING IS CERTAIN IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. TOM MORRIS PICKS UP THE STORY. Morris: POLICE IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, ARE CLOSING IN ON JOHN KAHLER, THEIR HOTTEST LEAD IN THE *** AND *** OF 49-YEAR-OLD KATHY AIELLO-LORECK. BUT WHEN INVESTIGATORS ARRIVE AT THE KAHLER HOME THREE DAYS AFTER THE BRUTAL CRIME, THEY GET SOME SHOCKING NEWS. 32-YEAR-OLD JOHN KAHLER HAS TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE BY JUMPING OFF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. JUST AS STUNNING TO DETECTIVES IS WHEN. THE *** TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY, AND JOHN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS QUITE A COINCIDENCE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO SOON AFTERWARDS. THE DAY AFTER. AND BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION THERE, THEY -- YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY LIKELY THAT IT COULD'VE BEEN HIM. Morris: THE BIPOLAR FORMER MECHANIC HAD AN ASSAULT CONVICTION ON HIS RECORD AND LIVED LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE BIKE TRAIL WHERE KATHY WAS ATTACKED. WHAT'S MORE, A SEARCH OF THE KAHLER HOME YIELDS EVIDENCE THAT COULD LINK JOHN TO KATHY'S ***. Finney: WE FOUND A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES IN THE HOUSE THAT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO THE SUNGLASSES IN THE SKETCH. WE FOUND CLOTHING THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BLOOD ON IT. Morris: INVESTIGATORS ALSO FIND AN ARTICLE SAVED FROM THE LOCAL PAPER DETAILING THE CRIME, COMPLETE WITH SKETCHES OF THE POSSIBLE SUSPECT. POLICE TAKE SAMPLES OF KAHLER'S DNA TO COMPARE IT WITH DNA FROM THE CRIME SCENE. LOCAL MEDIA BREAK THE NEW TWIST IN THE CASE, AND CONCORD PD CONFIRMS KAHLER IS ON THEIR RADAR. Man: POLICE BLOODHOUNDS HAVE LED HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS ON THE TRAIL-SIDE ATTACK CASE TO LOOK AT A MENTALLY DISTURBED MAN WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE A DAY AFTER KATHLEEN AIELLO-LORECK WAS MURDERED. WE'RE LOOKING AT MR. KAHLER AS SOMEBODY OF INTEREST IN THE INVESTIGATION. Morris: DID YOU FEEL CONFIDENT AT THAT POINT, "HEY, THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT GUY, THIS IS GONNA BE SOLVED"? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, IT ALL MADE SENSE. IT SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT FIT. Morris: THE WAIT FOR THE DNA TESTING IS AGONIZING, AND WHEN THE RESULTS COME BACK, INVESTIGATORS ARE ASTONISHED. Finney: THEY PROCESSED THAT DNA, AND THE DNA COMES BACK AS NOT A MATCH. Morris: IT'S A CRUSHING SETBACK. JOHN KAHLER COULDN'T HAVE BEEN KATHY'S KILLER, AND HIS SUICIDE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER ***. THEY WERE SO ANXIOUS TO HAVE A SUSPECT THAT THEY LEAPED AT THE PROSPECT. Morris: DAVE KAHLER BELIEVES CONCORD POLICE RUSHED TO JUDGMENT AFTER HIS SON'S SUICIDE. THEIR EYES GOT BIG LIKE A CHILD ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. THEY THOUGHT THAT A PLUM HAD JUST DROPPED INTO THEIR BASKET. AND I THOUGHT THAT LACK OF SKEPTICISM WAS NOT PROFESSIONAL. HE WAS RIGHT. I MEAN, I AGREE THAT HE WAS RIGHT. HIS SON DID NOT COMMIT THE CRIME. AND I FEEL BAD THAT HE THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO FORCE IT ON HIS SON, AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER, WE WEREN'T. Morris: FOR POLICE, THE KATHY LORECK *** INVESTIGATION HAS NOW COME FULL CIRCLE. SO, NOW THAT JOHN KAHLER IS ELIMINATED BY DNA... WHERE ARE YOU? WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE AT THE VERY BEGINNING -- EVERYBODY ELSE. Morris: THEY HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, SO DETECTIVES TURN UP THE HEAT ON ANY MAN WITH ANY CONNECTION TO KATHY, INCLUDING THE EX-BOYFRIEND SHE MET TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED. Finney: HE'S HONEST ABOUT HAVING SEEN HER AND HONEST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, AND HE'S NOT COMING ACROSS AS A GUY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME. AND HE GIVES DNA. Morris: AND ONCE AGAIN, DNA DELIVERS THE TRUTH, THIS TIME BY ELIMINATING MORE POTENTIAL SUSPECTS. KATHY'S EX-BOYFRIEND IS CLEARED, AND SO ARE NEARLY 50 OTHER MEN, INCLUDING THE MAN WHO STOLE KATHY'S CELLPHONE. INVESTIGATORS ARE FRUSTRATED. WE ARE INTERVIEWING DIFFERENT PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND NOTHING'S REALLY GETTING US CLOSER TO AN ACTUAL SUSPECT. WAS THERE A SENSE THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS GOING COLD AND THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY YOU MIGHT NEVER FIND OUT WHO KILLED YOUR MOTHER? THE DUST HAD SETTLED. WE STARTED REALLY HAVING TO THINK LIKE, "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS AND MOVE ON." Morris: JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER KATHY'S ***, POLICE GET A BREAK. A CYCLIST WHO WAS IN THE PARK THAT DAY SAYS HE RECOGNIZED THE MAN IN THE POLICE SKETCHES, AND EVEN BETTER THAN THAT, HE STOOD RIGHT HERE AND SMOKED A CIGARETTE WITH HIM. Lee: SO, THIS MAN BROUGHT POLICE BACK TO THE TRAIL, SHOWED THEM THE GENERAL AREA WHERE THE TWO HAD BEEN SMOKING. THE CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE STILL THERE. HE SAYS, "YEAH, THOSE LOOK LIKE MY CIGARETTES. "THIS IS WHERE WE WERE STANDING. THOSE ARE THE CIGARETTE BUTTS." THIS IS NINE DAYS LATER. HOW MUCH OF A STROKE OF LUCK WAS THAT? HUGE. Cope: ANYTHING COULD'VE HAPPENED. THEY COULD'VE BEEN DESTROYED, BURIED, OR A RAINSTORM COULD'VE WASHED THEM AWAY. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEM INTO EVIDENCE. Morris: THE CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE CRUSHED AND WEATHERED, BUT TECHS AT THE COUNTY FORENSIC LAB ARE ABLE TO LIFT ENOUGH DNA FROM THE CIGARETTES TO CREATE A GENETIC PROFILE OF THE MAN THE CYCLIST TALKED TO TO TEST IT AGAINST THE KILLER'S. THE RESULTS TAKE SEVERAL EXCRUCIATING WEEKS, BUT ARE WORTH THE WAIT. SO, YOU GET DNA OFF THE CIGARETTE BUTT. AND IT COMES BACK. COMES BACK AS A MATCH TO THE DNA RECOVERED FROM KATHY'S BODY. Cope: THE PERSON WHO HAD SMOKED THE CIGARETTES WITH THE BIKER WAS THE PERSON WHO HAD *** KATHY LORECK. Morris: THE GOOD NEWS FOR INVESTIGATORS IS THEY NOW KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THIS MAN IS KATHY'S KILLER. THE BAD NEWS -- THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE IS. Hall: COMING UP, A POSSIBLE SUSPECT EMERGES. [ LAUGHS ] HE LIKED TO JOKE AROUND. HE THOUGHT HE WAS FUNNY AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS CLEVER. Hall: IS HE THE MAN THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, OR IS HE JUST TOYING WITH THEM? Morris: DETECTIVES IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, HAVE BEEN HUNTING THIS MAN AND JUST GOT A MAJOR BREAK. A CYCLIST TELLS POLICE HE SMOKED CIGARETTES ON A POPULAR BIKE TRAIL WITH THAT MAN THE DAY OF KATHY AIELLO-LORECK'S *** AND ***. NOW DNA TESTS PROVE THE MAN WHO SMOKED WITH THE CYCLIST IS THE MAN WHO KILLED KATHY. WE CERTAINLY NEED TO SPEAK TO THIS GUY, BECAUSE IF HE'S THE GUY THAT SMOKED THE CIGARETTES, THEN HE'S THE GUY THAT DID THE CRIME. Morris: BUT WHO IS THIS NAMELESS SUSPECT, AND WHERE IS HE? DETECTIVES ARE AT A LOSS. AS WEEKS STRETCH INTO MONTHS, THEY KEEP WORKING THE CASE, AND IN SEPTEMBER, FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE ***, THEY FINALLY GET ANOTHER POSSIBLE LEAD. THEY FIND A SECOND WITNESS WHO ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MAN IN THE SKETCHES ON THE TRAIL THE DAY KATHY WAS KILLED. THIS MAN WAS ABLE TO REVEAL TO POLICE IMPORTANT NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE KILLER, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT HE WORKED AT A LOCAL TELEMARKETING COMPANY. WHERE? WORKS AT WALNUT CREEK. WE FIGURED OUT THAT, WELL, THERE IS ONLY ONE TELEMARKETING FIRM IN WALNUT CREEK. Lee: SO, POLICE TOOK THEIR SUSPECT SKETCH TO THIS TELEMARKETING COMPANY. Morris: SURE ENOUGH, EMPLOYEES AT CREATIVE MARKETING INC RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN THE SKETCHES. THE 38-YEAR-OLD WAS, INDEED, A CO-WORKER, THAT IS UNTIL HE DISAPPEARED LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER KATHY'S ***. HIS NAME IS ROBERT WARD FRAZIER. WHEN POLICE OBTAIN FRAZIER'S LAST-KNOWN ADDRESS IN CONCORD, THEY PAY A VISIT TO HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND. "HEY, DO YOU KNOW ROBERT WARD FRAZIER?" "YEAH." "WAS HE LIVING HERE AT THE TIME?" "YES." "HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM?" "WE WERE BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND FOR A WHILE." "WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE APARTMENT THAT STILL BELONGS TO ROBERT WARD FRAZIER?" "YES." "WHAT IS THAT?" "HIS TOOTHBRUSH." Morris: IT'S EXACTLY WHAT POLICE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. DNA FROM THAT TOOTHBRUSH MATCHES DNA FROM THE CRIME SCENE. PERSON WHO USED THAT TOOTHBRUSH AND SMOKED THE CIGARETTES *** AND KILLED KATHY LORECK. Morris: FRAZIER'S FORMER GIRLFRIEND HAS ANOTHER CLUE FOR DETECTIVES. SHE TELLS THEM FRAZIER'S FROM THE MIDWEST AND MAY HAVE GONE BACK THERE. MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATORS FIND ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. THEY DISCOVER A WARRANT ISSUED FOR FRAZIER'S ARREST BY POLICE IN LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA. DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY CALL AUTHORITIES IN LAKE COUNTY. THEN IN ANOTHER LUCKY BREAK, THEY LEARN THEIR MAIN SUSPECT IS ALREADY IN JAIL. FRAZIER HAD BEEN ARRESTED WHEN HE RETURNED TO INDIANA. HE'D LIVED THERE BEFORE HE SKIPPED TOWN WHILE STILL ON PROBATION FOR BATTERY, THEFT, AND DRUG CONVICTIONS. WITHIN DAYS, DETECTIVE FINNEY AND TWO COLLEAGUES FLY TO INDIANA TO INTERVIEW FRAZIER. IF HE WOULD TALK TO US, WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO CLOSE THIS CASE. WE WERE GONNA GET A CONFESSION. Morris: IN A SMALL INTERROGATION ROOM AT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CONCORD INVESTIGATORS FINALLY MEET FRAZIER FACE-TO-FACE. WE BASICALLY START AT THE VERY BEGINNING. "HI, HOW YOU DOING?" ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. HE LIKED TO JOKE AROUND. HE THOUGHT HE WAS FUNNY AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS CLEVER. [ LAUGHS ] Morris: BUT BEFORE LONG, FRAZIER STUNS INVESTIGATORS BY ADMITTING HE WAS THE MAN WHO SMOKED WITH THE CYCLIST ON THE TRAIL THE DAY OF KATHY'S ***. HE PUTS HIMSELF ON THE TRAIL THE DAY OF THE CRIME. Morris: JUST AS SHOCKING TO DETECTIVES IS FRAZIER'S RESPONSE WHEN ASKED TO DESCRIBE KATHY'S APPEARANCE. Cope: THAT WAS PARTICULARLY CHILLING BECAUSE ANYONE WHO KNEW KATHY AND SAW HER, SHE DID NOT HAVE WHAT ONE WOULD CALL FRECKLES IN HER FACE. SHE DID HAVE FRECKLES ON HER BARE CHEST. Finney: THERE'S NO WAY THAT ANYBODY COULD'VE SEEN THOSE UNLESS THEY SAW HER DOWN ON THE GROUND AND ON TOP OF HER. Morris: STILL, FRAZIER IS ADAMANT HE'S NO KILLER. BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW AND WHAT POLICE HAVEN'T YET TOLD HIM IS THEY HAVE PROOF HE'S LYING -- THAT HIS DNA PUTS HIM AT THE CRIME SCENE. FRAZIER EVEN APPEARS SHOCKED TO LEARN KATHY WAS *** DURING THE ATTACK. Cope: ROBERT FRAZIER FEIGNED SURPRISE, AND SUGGESTED TO THE POLICE THAT HE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT, FRANKLY, FLEW RIGHT IN THE FACE OF THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. I MEAN, HIS SEMINAL DNA WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. Morris: BUT ACCORDING TO FRAZIER, THERE'S A MORE INNOCENT EXPLANATION FOR HIS DNA BEING AT THE CRIME SCENE. Cope: HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE DNA EVIDENCE AS, WELL, MAYBE HE URINATED ON THOSE BUSHES, AND THAT'S HOW HIS DNA GOT ON KATHY. THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. HE DESCRIBED THE LOCATION AS A NARROW PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SOME BUSHES -- EXACTLY THE LOCATION THAT KATHY HAD BEEN DRAGGED JUST BEFORE SHE WAS *** AND MURDERED. Morris: DETECTIVES ARE GETTING BITS AND PIECES FROM FRAZIER, BUT ARE NO CLOSER TO GETTING A CONFESSION. MORE THAN AN HOUR INTO THE INTERROGATION, DETECTIVE FINNEY DECIDES TO TAKE A MORE CONFRONTATIONAL APPROACH. HE SHOWS FRAZIER A GRAPHIC PHOTO OF KATHY FROM THE CRIME SCENE. Finney: NO MATTER HOW WE PRESS HIM, HE'S ADMITTING EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE ACTUAL... THE CRIME ITSELF. HE CAN'T BRING HIMSELF TO ADMIT THAT. Morris: THOUGH THE DETECTIVES DON'T GET THE CONFESSION THEY CAME FOR, THEY ARE LEAVING WITH SOMETHING THEY HOPE WILL BE JUST AS VALUABLE. [ CHUCKLES ] SERGEANT FINNEY AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE TWO VIALS OF FRAZIER'S BLOOD DRAWN. IT'S A HIT. MATCHES THE SEMINAL DNA, MATCHES THE CIGARETTE BUTTS, MATCHES THE TOOTHBRUSH, MATCHES EVERYTHING. Morris: AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF FALSE LEADS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, AND DEAD ENDS, CONCORD POLICE ARE CONFIDENT THEY FINALLY FOUND KATHY AIELLO-LORECK'S KILLER. IN MAY OF 2006, ROBERT FRAZIER GOES ON TRIAL. HIS PUBLIC DEFENDER ARGUES THAT FRAZIER, WHO WAS HOMELESS AT THE TIME, HEARD KATHY TALKING ON HER CELLPHONE ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND SNAPPED. FRAZIER'S ATTORNEY ARGUED THAT THIS WAS NOT A PREMEDITATED ATTACK -- THAT THIS WAS JUST A SUDDEN IMPULSE CRIME. Morris: BUT THE JURY DOESN'T AGREE, AND FRAZIER IS CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE ***, ***, AND SODOMY. SIX MONTHS LATER, HE'S SENTENCED TO DEATH. KATHY'S FAMILY TAKES COMFORT KNOWING FRAZIER WILL HAVE TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR HIS CRIME, BUT THEY'RE ALL TOO AWARE THAT WON'T BRING HER BACK. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT ROBERT FRAZIER TOOK FROM YOUR FAMILY? HE TOOK A LIGHT OUT OF IT. HE TOOK TOO MUCH. YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY WHAT IT WAS. THINK ABOUT HER DAILY. YEAH, I THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY, AND NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS HOW MUCH I MISS HER. Morris: ROBERT FRAZIER REMAINS ON DEATH ROW IN SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON IN CALIFORNIA. HE IS APPEALING HIS DEATH SENTENCE. Finney: ROBERT WARD FRAZIER IS EVIL. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE DISCONNECTS WITH REALITY, AND THEY DO HEINOUS STUFF, BUT THEY'RE NOT EVIL. I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ROBERT WARD FRAZIER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD DONE. Hall: UP NEXT, A YOUNG GIRL VANISHES... I NEED HER HOME. I NEED HER TO COME HOME TONIGHT. ...ABDUCTED BY A *** PREDATOR. HOW A SIMPLE HUNCH... I JUST GOT A WEIRD FEELING ABOUT HIM. DID YOU INSTANTLY FEEL SOMETHING WAS WRONG? ABSOLUTELY. I JUST COULDN'T PUT MY FINGER ON WHAT IT WAS. Hall: ...BROUGHT AN END TO HER LIVING HELL. JAYCEE DUGARD WAS FOUND ALIVE IN ANTIOCH. EXCUSE ME. IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A STRONG SUSPICION ABOUT SOMETHING, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU NOT TO IGNORE IT. OUR NEXT STORY IS ABOUT TWO WOMEN WHO SOLVED ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS ABDUCTION CASES THIS COUNTRY'S EVER SEEN JUST BY FOLLOWING THEIR GUT. HERE'S MICHELLE SIGONA WITH "GUT INSTINCT." Sigona: SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA. ON JUNE 10, 1991, A BRIGHT MONDAY MORNING, 11-YEAR-OLD JAYCEE DUGARD IS SNATCHED FROM THE STREET WHERE SHE LIVES. Man: AS JAYCEE DUGARD HEADED TO MEET HER SCHOOL BUS YESTERDAY MORNING, SOMEONE WAS WATCHING HER. A CAR RACED BY, CUT HER OFF, AND TWO PEOPLE INSIDE SNATCHED HER. HER FAMILY IS DEVASTATED. I NEED HER HOME. I NEED HER TO COME HOME TONIGHT. A COMMUNITY SEARCH AND A POLICE MANHUNT PROVIDE FEW LEADS. IT UPSETS ME. TIME IS GOING ON. IT'S JUST GETTING HARDER AND HARDER. PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER. 18 AGONIZING YEARS GO BY. 18 YEARS OF HEARTACHE FOR JAYCEE'S FAMILY. 18 YEARS WITH NO SIGN OF THEIR PRECIOUS DAUGHTER. BUT SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. IT'S AUGUST 24, 2009, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY. ON THIS DAY, A MIDDLE-AGED MAN WALKS INTO THE CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MEETS ITS SPECIAL-EVENTS MANAGER, LISA CAMPBELL. THE MAN TELLS LISA HE WANTS TO STAGE A RELIGIOUS RALLY ON CAMPUS. HE JUST RAMBLED ON AND ON ABOUT HOW GREAT IT'S GONNA BE AND HOW SENSATIONAL IT'S GONNA BE AND THE WORLD WILL WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. AND AS HE'S TALKING, I'M THINKING, "WHO IS THIS MAN?" Sigona: THE MAN'S NAME IS PHILLIP GARRIDO, AND TO LISA, THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT HIM. HE WAS REALLY EXCITED, BUT IT REALLY WAS NOT MAKING SENSE. Sigona: GARRIDO HAS TWO YOUNG GIRLS WITH HIM. AND I COULD SEE THEM IN THE OUTER OFFICE. AND SO, I SAID, "OH, WHOSE CHILDREN?" AND HE SAID, "OH, THOSE ARE MY DAUGHTERS." Sigona: THE GIRLS SEEM TO BE ABOUT 11 AND 15. THEY ARE ACTING STRANGELY, TOO. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, BECAUSE I HAD MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HER, BUT IF THE OLDER SISTER CAUGHT HER OR IF SHE THOUGHT HE WAS LOOKING, SHE'D LOOK AWAY. Sigona: THE GIRLS ARE ALSO GHOSTLY PALE AND SUBDUED. THE BODY LANGUAGE WAS OFF. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO ENGAGEMENT. THERE WAS NO HAPPY. DID YOU INSTANTLY FEEL SOMETHING WAS WRONG? ABSOLUTELY. I JUST COULDN'T PUT MY FINGER ON WHAT IT WAS. Sigona: LISA CAMPBELL ISN'T SURE WHAT TO DO EXACTLY, BUT HER GUT TELLS HER SHE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING. SHE COMES UP WITH A PLAN. SHE TAKES THE MAN'S NAME AND INVITES HIM BACK TO CAMPUS FOR ANOTHER MEETING THE NEXT DAY. YOU WANTED HIM TO COME BACK. ABSOLUTELY, 'CAUSE I WASN'T SO ALARMED BY HIM. I WAS ALARMED BY THE GIRLS. Sigona: THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT THE BERKELEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, LISA CAMPBELL TELLS CAMPUS OFFICER ALLY JACOBS SHE WANTS A POLICE COLLEAGUE AT THE MEETING WITH GARRIDO. LISA FLAGGED ME DOWN AND SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WAS A CRAZY PERSON. SHE SAID, "BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE CAME IN, "HE HAD TWO YOUNG GIRLS WITH HIM, AND THEY LOOKED VERY SULLEN. AND I JUST GOT A WEIRD FEELING ABOUT HIM." AND SO, THEN I GOT A LITTLE CONCERNED. Sigona: OFFICER JACOBS IMMEDIATELY RUNS A BACKGROUND CHECK ON PHILLIP GARRIDO. Jacobs: AND IT JUST KEPT COMING OUT OF THE PRINTER, PAGE AFTER PAGE AFTER PAGE. AND I LOOKED AT THE FIRST SET OF PAGES, AND IT SAID HE WAS ON PAROLE FOR KIDNAPPING AND ***. Sigona: GARRIDO'S RECORD IS SHOCKING. HE'S A CONVICTED REPEAT SEX OFFENDER, IMPRISONED FOR *** IN 1976 AND RELEASED 11 YEARS LATER. NOW, IN 2009, HE'S STILL OFFICIALLY ON PAROLE. SO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, "LISA, THIS GUY'S GOT A RAP SHEET A MILE LONG." I DEFINITELY NEEDED TO BE IN THAT ROOM. Sigona: THAT AFTERNOON, GARRIDO RETURNS TO CAMPUS WITH THE TWO GIRLS IN TOW. CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE MORE MORE ABOUT THE GIRLS -- HOW WERE THEY ACTING? THEY WERE DRESSED VERY WELL, COMPARED TO HIM. I MEAN, HE WAS IN A SUIT THAT PROBABLY DIDN'T FIT HIM VERY WELL, AND HE SMELLED AWFUL. THEY WERE WELL GROOMED. THEY WERE VERY POLITE. THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER JUST KEPT STARING AT ME AND SMILING THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE INTERACTION, SO MUCH SO THAT I KIND OF FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND THE OLDEST JUST PRETTY MUCH STOOD NEXT TO HIM AND JUST LOOKED AT HIM MOST OF THE TIME. SHE VERY RARELY TOOK HER EYES OFF OF HIM, AND THAT WAS ODD. Sigona: RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING, OFFICER JACOBS HEADS TO HER OFFICE AND MAKES A PHONE CALL. I CALLED THE PAROLE OFFICER. I SAID, "YOU KNOW, HE BROUGHT IN HIS DAUGHTERS." AND THAT'S WHEN HE SAID, "PHILLIP GARRIDO DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIDS." AND IMMEDIATELY, MY HEART SANK. AND I'M THINKING THIS GUY'S A KIDNAPPER. ARE THOSE KIDNAPPED KIDS? Sigona: BASED ON THIS TIP FROM ALLY JACOBS, GARRIDO'S PAROLE OFFICER ORDERS HIM TO REPORT TO HIS OFFICE AND BRING THE TWO GIRLS. WHEN GARRIDO ARRIVES WITH THE GIRLS HE IS CALLING HIS DAUGHTERS, THERE'S A WOMAN WITH HIM, TOO. SHE LOOKS TO BE IN HER 20s. SUSPICIOUS, OFFICERS QUICKLY SEPARATE THEM AND START QUESTIONING THE WOMAN. AT FIRST, SHE HESITATES TO GIVE THEM HER NAME, BUT WHEN SHE DOES REVEAL HER IDENTITY, IT'S A BOMBSHELL. SHE IS JAYCEE DUGARD, THE GIRL WHO WAS KIDNAPPED IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 18 YEARS AGO. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. PHILLIP GARRIDO IS THE FATHER OF THE TWO GIRLS, AND SHE, JAYCEE DUGARD, IS THEIR MOTHER. WHEN INVESTIGATORS BREAK THE STUNNING NEWS TO THE PUBLIC... JAYCEE DUGARD WAS FOUND ALIVE IN ANTIOCH. EXCUSE ME. SHE WAS FOUND ALIVE IN ANTIOCH. ...THE STORY OF JAYCEE'S TORTURED LIFE IN CAPTIVITY BEGINS TO EMERGE. Man: FOR 18 YEARS, THIS MAZE OF TENTS AND SHEDS WAS JAYCEE DUGARD'S PRISON. GARRIDO KEPT JAYCEE PRISONER IN THIS BACKYARD SHACK IN ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA. HE *** HER REPEATEDLY. I THINK IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE COULD'VE LIVED LIKE THAT FOR 18 YEARS. THEY WERE KEPT IN COMPLETE ISOLATION IN THIS COMPOUND, IF YOU WILL. SO, YOU FOUND OUT, BASICALLY, WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD I DID. ALLY TOLD ME, AND SHE SAYS, "LISA, WE HELPED BREAK THIS BIG KIDNAPPING CASE." AT THAT TIME, I HAD NO IDEA. I WENT HOME AND GOOGLED IT. THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT. Sigona: SHORTLY AFTER THAT FIRST MEETING WITH LISA CAMPBELL, JAYCEE DUGARD IS REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. NOW, TO GET HER BACK ALIVE, IT'S LIKE WINNING THE LOTTO. ALLY JACOBS AND LISA CAMPBELL ARE HAILED AS HEROES. I FOLLOW MY GUT, MY INSTINCTS. THAT'S WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT TRAINS US TO DO. Sigona: TODAY, GARRIDO IS SERVING A 400-YEAR SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING AND *** WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. JAYCEE DUGARD IS LIVING A QUIET LIFE WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS. WITHOUT CAMPBELL AND JACOBS, SHE MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. I THINK, "THANK GOD FOR LISA'S PERSISTENCE." ANY MESSAGE TO JAYCEE? PEACE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I HOPE YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE THAT YOU ENVISIONED AND THAT IT'S BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS.