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There's someone in the back. I'm out. >> Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands.
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>> Police are in the middle of hunting down a wanted serial killer living inside the
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very van where he killed his latest victim. >> Go back over there. >> Oh, what's that? What's that smell?
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24 hours before this confrontation, officers discover a brutalized body of a woman with seemingly no evidence left
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behind that could connect anyone to the case. >> The victim is still unidentified and
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we're taking [music] a shot in the dark. Maybe have seen her. >> Everybody's seen him around, but nobody
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really knows him as far as I know. >> When I found out Michelle was dead, dog and you can ask my boss, man. It it it
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killed me. But over the following day, small clues would start surfacing, revealing additional victims, going as
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far back as four decades, eventually leading to one of the longest active serial killers in Florida's history.
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>> There's the back piece. This is our van. >> He made a mistake. I know >> I didn't do this.
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>> Oh, that come on now. >> I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that there are bodies out there attached
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to him that either haven't been found or gone. This guy cannot be on the street.
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He has to go away or somebody else could get hurt. It's around 2:00 p.m. in Marathon,
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Florida. Near Vodka Bridge, families enjoy a quiet afternoon until just off the side of the road, a fisherman
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notices a strong, overwhelming odor. As he steps closer, he sees something so gruesome, he immediately calls 911.
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Within moments, Florida officers arrive, and it wouldn't be long before the entire lake area would need to be
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evacuated. >> Where she at? >> 5112 rigger setting. got here. >> Jesus Christ. >> On the ground lies an unidentified woman
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unclothed and already beginning to stiffen. From what officers can tell, she's been here for several hours. The
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current nearvakut bridge is exceptionally strong with a history of fatal accidental drownings. At first,
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officers believe this could be another one of those cases. But as they flip her over, that assumption would quickly
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fade. >> We'll move her a little bit and then Edie, if you want to take your pictures
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as we're rolling so that if there's anything that falls or moves, cuz what I'm looking at this stick right here.
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Okay. You got a hand. >> Looks like she was dragged by this hand. >> Oh, look at that.
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>> Yep. Did you see that? >> Looks around the neck. >> Right around the neck. >> Mhm. Oh, it looks Look at the side of
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her head. >> What do you see? >> You got blood. You got scrapes all over the back.
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>> I'm calling uh >> Call Doc. As they examine the body closer, they notice strangulation marks on her neck,
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blood, and signs of trauma, all pointing to a violent assault. With a potential homicide on their hands, officers call
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in the onduty detective, while others begin evacuating the area immediately. Before the detective arrives, officers
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at the scene continue trying to identify the victim, only to realize it won't be
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that simple. >> Anybody recognize her? >> Yeah. She did? >> Yeah. Nope. Doesn't appear to be a homeless
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>> because she's wellkept. She's groomed. I just don't see the clothes. You know
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what I'm saying? It's too something there. >> This is all the officers know about the
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woman. No clothing, no ID, nothing to go off of. But not for long as the onduty [music]
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detective soon arrives. Matt Pitcher is a seasoned undercover detective. He doesn't know it yet, but he's about to
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take down the town's most dangerous killer. Using a multi-our interview with Pitcher, we'll break down exactly what
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he was thinking and the complex forensic methods used to crack a nearperfect homicide.
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>> I do not have good luck at Thanksgiving time. It just never seemed to work out
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for me. And so, even coming into this, everybody was kind of joking, be prepared for that call. And so I got the
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call and then it's kind of evaluating well you know you put out a little bit of hope that well maybe it was just a
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natural death and I still remember uh I started my captain trying to figure out what's going on. She said yeah it's um a
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naked female and the minute she said that I was like well this isn't going to be a natural death
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detective Matt Pitcher and Detective Rosa Diovani. This is US1 heading up that way.
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Entrance into this little gravel area from US1 is down there. If you pan down here
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at the start of what looks to be a Red Bull can, there are tire tracks leading back as well as tire tracks on
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this side. We have a broken branch that's touching the ground, pulled hair right here. And if you come up at about
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10:00 into a wooded area about 10 m away, the female victim 2 to 3 ft in front of that is another small chunk of
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hair. It looks like there is some bleeding in the area of the easiest way to come back would be along there.
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Suspecting that that's where the suspect went back. We're going to go around another way. Oberve evidence. For the
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first time, the pieces start to come together. As Pitcher walks along the gravel road just off the highway, he
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spots fresh tire marks, evidence the suspect had been here not long ago. A few feet away, strands of the victim's
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hair lie scattered, suggesting she was dragged from the road into the forest. Further in, there are clear signs of
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disturbance. damaged plants, broken branches, indicating the suspect's vehicle was likely damaged as it sped
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away, possibly right after dumping the body. And then something far more significant catches his eye.
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>> So, you know, there were a bunch of like small trees, that kind of thing. You
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have this dirt road, but then as I'm walking along the the path, that's the first thing that struck me was so there
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was a little tree and it kind of had, you know, how you can tell when something's freshly broken, right? the
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uh limb hasn't died or anything like that. We're talking about a tree and it was just kind of hanging there. And so
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that got me looking at it and then sure enough um what looked to be car parts broken off right underneath it like
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sitting on the ground right there. And that's kind of one of those like hm could this be you know the suspect
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vehicle. >> But even with this small breakthrough, Pitcher still hasn't uncovered the most
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critical piece of the puzzle. One that suggests this is far from an isolated incident.
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With the scene locked down and the victim transported for autopsy, investigators are left with two critical
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questions. Who is the victim and who is her attacker? To answer the first, Detective Pitcher comes up with a plan.
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>> Yeah, I'm kind of going through things and basically my thought then, especially, keep in mind, like I said
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earlier, this is right coming into Thanksgiving, right? Everything is about to get slammed. Where I where we live,
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this is a huge tour spot. So, I'm was concerned that, okay, you know, we could lose video evidence that might be in the
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area. Talk to my captain, show and I showed the captain, too, the car part and all that, and I said, "All right,
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I'm leaving the scene, and I'm about to start hitting every business, starting with the bars in the area, and at least
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get them marked so that they don't get rid of evidence on us." >> At Pitcher's request, officers go from
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business to business, searching for any sign of the suspect's vehicle. one missing a black 3x8 in piece of bumper
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and showing damage consistent with hitting branches as well as any indication of a possible daylight
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abduction. But with no clear timeline for when the murder occurred, the search could take anywhere from hours to days.
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So Pitcher splits his efforts, directing some officers to focus on the second piece of the puzzle, identifying the
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victim. He sends them to local businesses, hoping that someone might recognize her. But that's when an
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unexpected problem emerges. >> How are you? >> Hey, how you doing? I'm Detective Brady.
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This is Detective Bunts. We're doing a uh we're part of the homicide investigations going on. I don't know if
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you've heard what's going on. Yeah. >> Um and we don't know whether the victim is still unidentified and we're taking a
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shot in the dark and maybe if uh she might have been a patron here. >> So if [music] um it's a graphic photo,
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but we're going to ask if maybe if you maybe have seen her or a couple bartenders.
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>> I'll take a look. Um, I've been here the last few nights since Wednesday. So,
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okay. >> Some pictures. >> I haven't seen anybody like that. No. >> Okay. Do you think [music] you're maybe
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a bartender or so would uh they um probably wouldn't want to knowing they're [music] a bit on the skater
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side. >> With the victim still unidentified and no sign of the suspect's vehicle,
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officers are at a loss. With every passing hour, the killer edges closer to vanishing for good, along with any
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chance of solving the case. But just as [music] leads begin to run dry, one bartender would step forward, giving
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them their first major lead. >> How you doing, Chris? >> Hey, how are you? >> We're going to
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your phone number. >> Uh 917. >> And are you willing to look at the photo of the victim and see if you might know
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her or it's it's pretty >> It's up to you. Okay. >> All right. There's this lady here. You might be
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able to recognize her. >> Yes. >> Okay. Do you know her name? >> Oh. >> Perhaps. Is she Does she drive a car?
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She live >> any anything where we can try and track down. We don't know who she is. So, it's
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very important. We're trying to find out who she is. >> I I can't think of it. >> Okay. But for sure,
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>> yes, I know exactly who she is. >> Okay. >> Definitely. Although the bartender
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doesn't remember the woman's name, she recalls seeing her multiple times, suggesting she's likely local. And then
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another bartender approaches. She recognizes the victim, too, but still can't provide a name. However, she
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remembers something else. She had seen the woman working at the Sunset Grill restaurant just a few miles away. With
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this new information, officers quickly wrap up and rush [music] to the restaurant, realizing they may be
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moments away from answering one of the cas's biggest questions. >> How are you? >> Hi, I'm Stephanie.
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>> Detective Rosa Derani. Um, the reason that I'm asking is she ever worked for you?
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>> Oh, she looks familiar. Yes. Yes, >> she did. >> Yes. And [music] I I tried to help her.
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I know. I >> What do you mean you tried to help her? >> Well, when she first moved here, she
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worked for us and um >> you know when that was more >> I have all the dates that would be
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great. >> Um and I feel so bad about what happened to her because I really >> Finally, officers have a name,
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51-year-old Michelle. But when detectives check for a missing person's report, they find nothing, leading them
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to assume the victim has no close family. That is until her employer reveals something that makes her death
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even more tragic. >> She told me, you know, she was from is Wisconsin or min Wisconsin. I have all
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her info where she was from, >> I think. And she had a family. I knew she had children
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and uh and ex-husband, she didn't have custody, she separate children, but she told me she used to be like a therapist,
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too. And she goes, "I know better. I shouldn't be taking these pillows and stuff." And I said, "Well, you know, you
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need to get straightened up because I'm going to have to let you go." But she did talk always. I I don't know her
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children. I never met her, but she always talked about them. I always I don't know how old they were. She always
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talked about going back. I know our children must be devastated. If if you talk to her kids or anything,
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just tell them that, you know, she was a wonder. She had a good heart. >> She did.
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>> That's basically what we're trying to get for her kids, you know. >> She did. And I I I always thought that,
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too. I thought, "God, I wish her kids knew that I liked I really liked." >> Thanks to her employer, officers are
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able to get into contact with several of Michelle's family members in Jainsville,
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Wisconsin. All of them describe her the same way, kind with a good heart. But after moving to Florida, she lost
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contact with them. This information is immediately relayed to Detective Pitcher, who now has one question left
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to answer. Who is her killer? And that answer may be closer than they think. >> That time captain says, "All right, I'm
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going to send a picture of this car part to buddy of mine who's in narcotics. He
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is extremely good at cars." Um, she literally sends him this little bit of what turned out to be a bit of a fender.
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Um, he comes back, first thing he sends a text. All right, it's going to be from
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a van, full-size van like this. Uh within 15 minutes of that, he sent a picture and says it's going to be this type of
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van. That picture he sent actually end up to even be the exact same color, everything as the van is a suspect van.
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Like to the tea. But in my mind, I'm thinking, you know, number one, what 50% chance it's actually going to be the
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suspect vehicle. Being able to match that to vehicle, yeah, probably not going to happen. Naturally, Detective
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Pitcher is skeptical. But he still relays this information to officers combing through CCTV footage. And to his
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complete surprise, after 6 hours of finding nothing of value, they're about to stumble upon something big.
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>> I don't know how to download it from the system, but he's fixing to go past here
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in just a minute. >> Need anything else for us? >> No, bro. I'm just going to find this
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vehicle and then try to clip this. >> I found him. He's right here. Office Max is a ripoff right there.
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>> At last, police spot what they believe to be the suspect's vehicle. A blackened
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silver Dodge conversion van visibly damaged with pieces missing. And once they run its license plate, detectives
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can begin reconstructing the killer's movements piece by piece. >> He's going to go by for
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>> There he goes. Right there. Is it? [clears throat] Yep. 1207. He will let you. Yeah.
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That's the van right there. >> There it is. >> There it is. >> Yeah. >> All right. 12:40. He hasn't stopped the
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moon. >> 12 1239. >> What we get from Alfredo? >> Alfredo was uh 12:08 23. So that's 4
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minutes 4 minutes and 17 seconds. You got to stop somewhere quick. >> Uh 4 minutes 17 seconds. Okay,
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>> that's sitting in traffic for 4 minutes. That's a big That's a >> So where can he stop between Fredo? Huh?
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>> Tradewinds. >> Tradewinds. >> Or if he came in here. >> As officers piece together the van's
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path across town, it suddenly disappears somewhere near Kmart Plaza on US Highway
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1, just over 3 miles from where the body was found. While officers search for additional camera angles around the last
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known location, investigators run the van's registration. And that's when they discover something deeply concerning.
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The van belongs to 58-year-old Steven Matthew Wolf, a man with a long and serious criminal history.
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>> Obviously, the one thing I can't remember if it was a juvenile record that was sealed and they had to go a
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little bit further to find it out or whether they but he had a murder at a young age. So immediately I have someone
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getting on the phone for me and contacting that police department. Let's get details on this and fast. Uh and it
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was this 90-year-old man that he and a couple of his friends robbed and he decided to kill him. So
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the minute you find stuff like that out, you're like, "All right, we're, you know, you're you're building those
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building blocks, right? You're like, okay, we're on the on the right path here. This is most likely our guy."
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Decades earlier, in 1976, Wolf was convicted of a homicide in Boise, Idaho. At 15 years old, he and
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three others murdered a 78-year-old man named Enrico Flory, a robbery motivated killing that landed him 15 years in
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prison. The case gained nationwide attention when in 1977, Steven escaped from the Ada County Jail, sawing through
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a bar on the fourth floor and climbing down using bed sheets and conduit. He remained on the run for 6 days before
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being recaptured. As Pitcher digs deeper, they uncover even more disturbing details. A prior diagnosis of
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psychopathy, a history of animal cruelty, and long-term drug use, raising the question of whether he should ever
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have been released. With these findings, Pitcher realizes he's looking for someone with a history of extreme
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violence, a proven capacity to evade justice, and potentially a serial killer. By midnight, the van still hasn't
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reappeared on CCTV, suggesting it's still somewhere near the cluster of fast food restaurants. Unwilling to waste any
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more time, Pitcher, alongside a dozen deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, heads out to search
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the area. And as they begin to look for their suspect, something inexplicable happens.
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>> When the captain were going out to scout in this parking lot, you're doing a lot
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of this just hoping and, you know, looking for that needle on hay stack. But most likely, you know, the person's
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going to bounce pretty quickly um and get out of town. So, while you're hoping, it's not great. And um and she's
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driving, keep in mind, on the opposite side of the road. So, like she had to see it from a long ways away. And
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according to my captain lieutenant, lieutenant said a prayer and the minute she's stopped the prayer, looked off to
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her left where there is a Kmart and a McDonald's and sitting just right by the McDonald's was the van. And she starts
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yelling, "There's the van, there's the van." Of course, they almost wrecked the car. Um, but they get into a parking
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lot, sit tight for a second. Um, I get over there, make contact, and go from there.
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>> To Pitcher's surprise, they spot it. The black and silver van parked between a
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Wind Dixie and a McDonald's. Approaching from multiple directions, officers surround the parking lot, carefully
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ensuring no bystanders are in harm's way with pitcher meticulously guiding the operation. And as officers inch closer,
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they brace themselves, knowing a dangerous killer could lash out at any second. >> Do we want me to give him verbal
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commands? >> Yeah. Windows down here. Okay, [clears throat] Caleb, go. >> You going to get this? I want
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>> I got it. >> Moral County Sheriff's Office. >> County Sheriff's Office. Come up with
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your hands up. >> Sheriff's office. Let me see your hands. >> Let me see your hands.
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>> All right. Patrick, come on out. Anybody else in the van? >> Hands up. >> Come on out.
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>> Come out. Driver's side. >> Clear. Just drop whatever you're doing. Come out.
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>> Come out. >> What's going on? >> Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. Don't reach around. Don't reach
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around. Just let me see your hands. >> Come out of the van. >> Okay. >> Go back towards the back of your van.
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Anybody else in the van? >> No. >> Get a handcuff. >> No. >> Get in. >> Get right here.
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>> What's going on, >> sir? Right there. >> Put your hands around your back. What's up in here?
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>> What's your last name? >> Wolf. >> Wolf. >> Yeah. >> Steven Wolf. >> Yeah. I got my key. 92460.
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>> 92460. >> Yeah. 1960. >> This vehicle register to you? >> Yes. >> To the officer's surprise, Steven
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doesn't resist. Instead, he's calm. Almost unusually so for someone being arrested without explanation. After
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placing him in a patrol car, officers begin inspecting his van when something immediately stands out.
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>> Oh, come here. >> Watch this. Look at this. Right here. What do you see? What do you see? Isn't
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that the piece? >> There's some going to bend the back. >> Yeah. This is our murder suspect.
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>> Oh, yeah. What's that? What's that smell? >> This is him. >> That's him. >> Hey, do they belong
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clear. >> When they were going through the van, I believe there was blood in there that
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they have yet to identify. For one thing, there was unfortunately underwear in the van that appeared to be used.
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there was other women's underwear in there. So, I 100% um think that there are bodies out there attached to him
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that have either haven't been found or gone. There's all these, you know, [music] little details that too many to
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overlook. >> After securing the scene just after midnight, Steven is transported to the
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Monroe County Sheriff's Office for questioning. But despite Pitcher's plan unfolding nearly perfectly, he still has
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a long way to go. On the way to the station, Pitcher realizes that from a jury's perspective, there's still
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reasonable doubt and nothing truly conclusive beyond a single piece of bumper. And with the right lawyer, he
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could claim he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time, and the charges could easily be dismissed entirely. Even
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so, Detective Pitcher remains confident he can make Steven break. Less than 12 hours after the murder is believed to
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have taken place, the two arrive at the station and Steven is placed inside the interrogation room. Both Pitcher and
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2026. With that said, let's get back to the video. the way I interview like I'm right for a second. I think I can
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interview pretty much better than anybody and I think I have a track record to prove it. [music] I believe
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your interview the most crucial part of the interview are the first minute to 3 minutes. I never ever walk into an
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interview room and start talking about that night anything even remotely close to the crime at hand. I usually um try
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to find out what they're into. All right, Stephen. Arrest right now. He's just being detained. All
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right. I'm just going to talk before I can talk to you. Obviously, I got If it's all right, I'll let you have
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this for a minute. All right. Well, here's the deal. We have some questions about yesterday.
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Maybe you can walk me through it and help me out a little bit. Tell me about your day yesterday. Just walk me through
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the day if you would. Now I'm curious when I when we were talking at the police car for a second. I actually come
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here. He said something about vodka cup. >> Yeah. I went in there today. I used to I
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was looking for a place to sleep. I used to go down there and sleep in that little circle in the back, but I
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couldn't get in there. Not very good. >> That's what the damage to my car was. That's when I did that.
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>> That's when you did that? >> Yeah. >> What time was that? >> I almost got st.
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>> Yeah, that's never good. What time was that? >> Uh 3:30ish, I guess. I don't know. This
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afternoon. >> Okay. There's all sand, washed out, trees are overgrown. I said, I can get
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back. I started back down the road. Shoo. Trees. I like my man. I scratch it all up. I didn't even know I'd heard it
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till I got to the library and walked down. God dang it, I broke the shroud. [laughter]
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It was already cracked anyway. But >> yeah. >> So, would you try to back out and that's
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how you hit it? >> Yeah. No. Turned around. You can't. That thing turns like a boat. I couldn't turn
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around. >> Almost got stuck. >> As Steven calmly explains, he damaged the vehicle while turning around,
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searching for a place to [music] sleep. But what catches Pitcher off guard is this. If Steven is responsible, he's
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just placed himself at the scene of the crime for reasons Pitcher can't yet explain. So Pitcher searches for
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something more concrete, something incriminating. But what he finds would come as a complete surprise.
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>> Can I just get you to put your fingers out like this one? Thank you so much. Give me just two
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[music] seconds. God, if you put just kind of the best you can and this is going to be a lot harder,
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but flip them up to Hey, that was a lot easier for you than I thought it would be.
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>> What you looking for? >> What's that? [music] >> So, what you any kind of marks? Making
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sure there's no scratch. >> I got no marks, no scratches, no nothing. >> Good deal.
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>> Tattoos. I got tattoos. >> What you think? I know you got tattoos. Pretty good. Where'd you get them done?
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>> I got them down to prison. I don't know. I got out of bed. I was 15 years old and
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got in trouble. I got a home started. >> That's been fun. How long did you have to lay down for?
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>> 15 and 1/2 years. >> 15 and 1/2 years. >> Wow. >> It's a long sad story with a happy
00:27:18
ending. But >> Oh, you're out now. >> I left that in there. I brought out a but >> Okay, you guys want a second? I just
00:27:27
want to talk to my partner first. You can do whatever you need to do. Just let's get this done. Whatever we're
00:27:30
doing here, >> I appreciate it. Be quiet. >> I know. Baffled by the lack of scratches on
00:27:40
Steven's hands, Pitcher pauses the interrogation, fully realizing the evidence they have so far is
00:27:47
insufficient for any breakthrough, especially after learning this is far from his first runin with police. For
00:27:54
now, there simply isn't enough to charge him, so Steven remains in holding. Investigators know time is against them.
00:28:02
By tomorrow, they need something concrete because without it, they won't be able to hold him much longer. But
00:28:08
little do they know, Steven is already preparing a strategy for their next conversation. One he believes will let
00:28:15
him walk away completely free. The next morning, with Steven still in custody, Detective Pitcher begins
00:28:24
receiving tips from multiple Marathon residents, each claiming to have vital information. By approximately 10:00
00:28:30
a.m., officers are dispatched to follow up on every lead, hoping one of them holds the key to the case. And it
00:28:37
wouldn't take long for police to realize Michelle may not have been the only target. And Steven may not have been the
00:28:44
only suspect. >> Okay. Um, my name is Jennifer. >> Hi, Jennifer. >> How are you?
00:28:50
>> Okay. I have a cousin, man. >> How you doing? >> All right. All right. Good. Good.
00:28:54
>> We have a little bit of information that you might be interested in. >> Okay.
00:28:57
>> Okay. I have a cousin of mine that I just found out today was with the in the
00:29:03
male I guess who >> he was in the van. >> He was in the van. >> All right. Go ahead.
00:29:09
>> Hey, Greg. >> Hey. >> What happened was uh I went to the house. I saw Frankie. I said, "Hey."
00:29:21
Frankie goes, "Yeah." He goes, "I was in his car the day before. Gave me a ride to like I guess down the store or
00:29:26
something like that. I said, "Wait a minute." I said, "Frankie, did you ride?" I said, "You're in that van." He
00:29:33
goes, "Yeah." I said, "Because your your fingerprints are probably in that van, Frankie."
00:29:39
>> And I said, "If you don't go talk to somebody, >> they found a fingerprint." >> Mhm.
00:29:42
>> Exactly. And that's not going to look good for you. >> Afraid of being implicated, locals begin
00:29:47
coming forward, bringing new information about Steven. They reveal he wasn't alone the night before the murder, just
00:29:54
hours before the woman was killed. He had been driving around town with two other people in his van and one of them
00:30:01
is about to show up to speak to the detective. >> Hey Tracy, >> how are you? >> Good. I'm sorry.
00:30:07
>> Everybody knows me here. >> Yeah. >> Except the rookies, of course. >> Well, I don't know you. So, you were in
00:30:12
the van with um Frankie and >> Yep. He um come up to the library. I asked him if he would take us to go to
00:30:19
the store so we could get something to drink. >> Okay. >> Is what the hell was said. I've known
00:30:23
him for a little while now. I never >> thought that he would do some offthe-wall, excuse my language, like
00:30:31
this. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I am shocked. >> I am floored. All right. To be honest with you,
00:30:36
>> right? >> What if this happens to me? It >> We don't want it to happen to anybody.
00:30:40
And that's why I want everybody to come together and we can get >> Well, like I told one of the deputies
00:30:43
that know me, I said, "Listen, I'm f to either sleep over here at the library or
00:30:47
else I'm going to sleep on y'all's doorstep over here." Thanks to Tracy, officers are now able to piece together
00:30:53
Steven's movements leading up to the murder. But before the detective leaves, Tracy would go on to mention one more
00:30:59
name. Terry, a close associate of Steven. Officers immediately recognized the name. After confiscating Steven's
00:31:07
phone, they discovered a 5-minute call with someone named Terry just hours before the murder is believed to have
00:31:13
taken place. Looking further into his background, they also realize they've spoken to Terry before in connection to
00:31:20
a sexual assault case, making him a potential suspect alongside Steven. Within the hour, they arrive at Terry's
00:31:28
house. But from the moment they approach him, something feels off. And unlike the
00:31:32
others, they would have a much more difficult time getting Terry to talk. >> Hi, how are you?
00:31:40
>> No, I just need to talk to you about Michelle, please. Please, >> we know you didn't do it, man.
00:31:48
>> We know you didn't do it, honey. >> We heard you're friends with her. That's all. And we just want to talk to her
00:31:53
friends. >> That's what you're call. >> Did you? >> I know. >> That's all. We just want to talk to her
00:31:59
friends, man. That's it. >> No. No. Listen, Terry. We just want to see. >> When was the last time you saw her,
00:32:06
Terry? >> Man, come with me. >> No, Terry. Listen. You're not. >> Yeah. Because I have been through this
00:32:12
with you before when they try and get me. >> Terry, let me let me talk. You don't
00:32:16
have >> I got to talk to you. >> I'm not saying that. >> But see how close to me. I don't want to
00:32:20
talk. >> Terry. Terry. Just listen for a second. >> Terry, just listen for a second, man.
00:32:26
Listen for a second. >> I'm not listen. >> Listen. All we know is that Mich last
00:32:30
time Michelle was saw was on the 17th. We're trying to track down her timeline, man.
00:32:34
>> Man, >> if you cared about her, wouldn't you want to help us? I said, "You can't tell
00:32:39
me who I cared about and all that. I'm not talking. You got who did it? I don't even want to talk about Michelle, bro.
00:32:48
Okay, I'm not trying to be mean, but I know how y'all do. Just like with the man when I didn't do it, so no. I ain't
00:32:56
[ __ ] to say, man." >> When detectives question Terry about Michelle, it's clear he doesn't trust
00:33:02
them and has no intention of cooperating. But then they changed their approach, mentioning something designed
00:33:09
to make him think twice. >> So, did you know Steven? >> I don't know nobody. >> Really? Why'd he call you then?
00:33:16
>> I don't I don't know. >> Really? Cuz you talked to him for like 5 minutes. On the day he murdered her.
00:33:23
>> On the day when >> you talked to him on the day he murdered Michelle for like five minutes.
00:33:28
>> I don't give a what you say. Okay. Okay. Like I talked to him and all this. I
00:33:36
don't care what you say, miss. [music] >> I I don't really care what you say either. The phone records prove it.
00:33:42
>> Talking to me. I don't care then. >> So what what did you talk to him about? >> I don't know what you talking about. I
00:33:48
don't even remember talking to him. >> You don't remember? >> Listen, miss. >> The dude didn't like Michelle. He always
00:33:55
threatened her. Me and him got into it over her. Okay. Michelle was a coach. If you take go down underneath the back cut
00:34:03
bridge, whether she supposed to got killed or whatever, I put a cross down there for her.
00:34:07
>> I appreciate it. Honestly, you seem like the first one that we've talked to that's really cared about.
00:34:13
>> Okay. >> I didn't like Brook. >> Okay. Because I talk What you mean, why not? He always threatened her, man.
00:34:21
>> He was always threat. >> Every time I seen them, they was fighting, fussing. >> Were they in a relationship?
00:34:28
>> I don't listen. Miss Michelle stayed in his van. She used to sleep with this guy in his
00:34:34
van. I used to get mad when she used to be with him. >> I'm not on no streets. I changed my life
00:34:40
after that with And I talked to Wolf 5 minutes before she got killed. All that [ __ ] that's [ __ ]
00:34:49
>> Okay. But for anything, if I if I can get my hands on him, I'll hurt him. Finally, once they get Terry to talk,
00:34:58
detectives uncover a direct connection between Steven and the victim. Michelle had allegedly been staying in Steven's
00:35:05
van, and Terry makes it clear he didn't approve of the two being together. Now, detectives realize the man in front of
00:35:12
them may be the key to incriminating Steven once and for all. >> That's all I'm saying.
00:35:18
>> If if you want to know the truth there, you just helped us a lot in being able
00:35:22
to make that happen. What I'm still saying, B, the guy, she used to sleep around with this guy.
00:35:30
>> Okay. >> Okay. This guy use needles. She told me that that he tried to get her to shoot
00:35:36
dope one time. Okay. Him and Michelle don't had altercations. >> That's better than just
00:35:43
>> Okay. When I found out Michelle was dead, dog. And you going to ask my boss, man. It it it killed me.
00:35:51
You know what I'm saying? I I am sorry for your loss. >> Okay, it's not my loss. It's just that
00:35:56
she was losed on the street, man. >> And I done been on the streets, but for Wolf, if I had a way to put my hands on
00:36:06
him, I would. >> Okay. >> Listen, and if you could look up the song, the phone records or any log where
00:36:15
I was talking to him, you can't see me cussing him out. Hey, you don't seriously seriously seriously that
00:36:25
girl, man. >> Thank you. >> As Terry breaks down, detectives begin to believe he's telling the truth and
00:36:32
that he is indeed one of Michelle's few genuine friends. After wrapping up the interview, they return to the station
00:36:39
and relay their findings to Detective Pitcher, who for the past 12 hours has been sleeplessly studying Steven's
00:36:46
profile. when he uncovers something interesting about Steven's experiences in jail.
00:36:51
>> Talking about his time in prison, things came out that number one, he has a hatred uh for women. I somehow I think
00:36:59
it stems from his mom, but I still can't quite place it. He went into great detail with me about when his mom was
00:37:04
sick, how she couldn't do anything and like very disturbing that a normal human being, normal person in a conversation
00:37:11
isn't going into detail about these kind of things. [music] That's a red flag. Obviously, there's a lot of in prison.
00:37:17
He goes, I figured out a way around it, though. I would just have I'd offer to everybody and that way they wouldn't
00:37:23
want to. Yeah. All of that is putting together a pretty good picture of who this is and we have the right guy. Um,
00:37:34
at that point, you're kind of like, all right, this is making too much sense. And then talking about women in general
00:37:40
would would snap him a little bit and that would cause me to have to bring him back down. But even with this unusual
00:37:46
finding, Pitcher is only beginning to understand the twisted mind he's dealing with. What he does know for certain is
00:37:53
that this isn't Steven's first time, and that by now he likely has a plan he believes will let him walk free. And if
00:38:00
Pitcher wants to get anything from him, he needs [music] to build a bond, gain Steven's trust enough to make him
00:38:06
confess. So that afternoon, Pitcher decides to change his approach. He asks Steve to step outside, offering him a
00:38:14
cigarette. A small gesture, but one that would have monumental effects on the investigation. Because when the two step
00:38:21
outside, Steven begins to break. >> We're going to step outside and have a cigarette.
00:38:30
>> I'm being charged with homicide, man. >> I know you are, and I know that seems
00:38:34
scary as hell. >> I've been through it before as a child, but I remember it well. Things are
00:38:38
different in some instances between what happened when you're 15 and what happened now.
00:38:44
>> Somebody died at my hands. >> This difference is that somebody died but it wasn't at my hands. Oh man.
00:38:52
>> Steve, you made a mistake. I know >> I didn't do this. It's >> Steve. I know you're
00:38:56
>> Oh god. Here. Okay. Listen. >> You made a mistake. >> I I didn't kill her. Her boyfriend
00:39:01
killed her. >> What happened to her? >> They fought. They fought. I didn't nobody. They were having though
00:39:12
in the back of my bed. >> Okay. >> And they fought and I just kept driving. Said, "Come on,
00:39:18
guys. Calm down. Quiet down." I don't know their names. >> How did you have them back?
00:39:23
>> I picked them up. >> Where'd you pick them up? >> Walmart. They wanted to come to the
00:39:26
Keys. >> All right. >> Oh, Matt. >> Steve, come on then. >> I don't know what to do here.
00:39:30
>> We got to keep going. We got to get this. >> I cannot do this, but I'm guilty of
00:39:35
covering it up. I helped him get rid of him. >> All right, but we can work through this.
00:39:39
Okay, this isn't the end of the world. >> He walked away and he's gone. And I thought, Jesus, what am I going to do?
00:39:44
>> Despite being prepared for something new, Detective Pitcher is clearly taken aback by this version of events. Steven
00:39:51
insists he didn't kill Michelle, but admits to helping cover it up, claiming the real killer was her ex-boyfriend. At
00:39:59
first glance, the story feels completely fabricated, a lastditch attempt to deflect blame. But then something
00:40:06
clicks. [music] Pitcher recalls combing through Michelle's social media and uncovering a
00:40:11
troubling detail. An exboyfriend, persistent, unwanted, and openly harassing her online. Still unconvinced
00:40:19
and questioning why Steven is only bringing this up now, the two return to the interrogation room as Pitcher
00:40:26
prepares to press him further. Can you do your best to describe him? You said he had
00:40:31
>> He's got what? >> Go ahead. Head to toe. Everything you can tell. >> Long khaki shorts.
00:40:39
I don't know what kind of tennis shoes. No socks. >> Okay. A flowery type of flowery type of shirt. I don't know what
00:40:46
pants he was wearing really. And scruffy. His hair's doesn't touch his shoulders, but it's close. It's straight
00:40:52
as an arrow. God featherwave at not one. How old was he? >> He's younger. I think he's younger than
00:40:59
she is. >> 20s. >> Yeah. Skinny as a rail. Skinny skinny. Tall and skinny. Black [snorts] as hair.
00:41:08
Black as you can get. Like black as that camera right there. >> Where were you exactly when you picked
00:41:13
them up? >> I was at my van, right? >> I was in my van. What location? >> They walked parked by liquor store. They
00:41:19
they were um they walked up to the front of my van by the grassy area. >> Okay. They were walking and said, "Hey,
00:41:25
I sue you for a ride." >> So, you let him in. They get in the car. He's front. >> I'm not even out of the parking lot yet,
00:41:31
bro. Can I go in those cigarettes? >> Yeah. You got a pack. I was at the uh you know where the uh where the
00:41:37
hurricane washed out the road where it's a long strip after you get out of it. >> Right by an
00:41:43
Yeah. Long long key up in there. >> Okay. >> Somewhere in there. But the long stretch
00:41:47
got washed by the road and at night time the lights are all red. Yep. You know what I'm talking about? That's where he
00:41:52
came back up in my front seat, said, "Bro, she's dead." >> All the way. >> He didn't say I killed her. He just
00:41:57
said, "She's dead." >> Okay. >> What? Bro, she's dead. My brain was thinking, "If she's really dead, I'm
00:42:03
really call police." >> Yeah, >> but he's right there next to me. Call the police.
00:42:11
And I didn't pick up the phone and I pulled down in there. I can't go very far. >> You said it was your idea for vodka. I
00:42:20
think I got to get rid of this. I got to get rid of both of them. But I got to get her out of here now. And uh he
00:42:26
jumped out. He pulled the door open. He pulled her out. I seen I heard her actually dead.
00:42:33
>> Oh, she hit the ground, I think. Yeah. I remember thinking, "Oh, Jesus, that's
00:42:36
not good." And I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble, man. And I called the police. I could have backed over, but I
00:42:45
couldn't get out. They're coming back on the phone and tried to take my I run his
00:42:49
ass over called you right then. I [snorts] should have called you as soon as he got out of bed.
00:42:53
>> Give me one second. Okay. >> Despite Steven's emotional retelling, his description of the killer doesn't
00:43:00
match the ex-boyfriend. The man detectives had identified was older with short gray hair and a heavy build. But
00:43:06
Steven describes someone completely different. Younger, slim, with pinstraight black hair. And that's not
00:43:13
all. Something major has just taken place outside the interrogation room. The full forensic examination of the van
00:43:19
is complete and the findings are even more disturbing than expected. >> Now we have the search warrant to the
00:43:26
van. They start going in it and immediately there are a lot of toys. Um a lot of
00:43:34
homemade toys. [music] We knew sheets were missing that kind of thing. Like we were missing a lot of
00:43:39
evidence. Um there was also we had to start cutting out for the He had homemade bed in there too. So we had to
00:43:45
cut out the mattress of that the floor. There was blood um a little not a ton but a little bit of blood on some of
00:43:52
that which was that's big evidence. We need it. >> Alongside what Pitcher has just
00:43:57
revealed, investigators uncover even more disturbing evidence. Strands of blonde hair matching the victims women's
00:44:04
underwear and a child's swimsuit. And more concerning still, the only DNA found belongs to Steven and the victim.
00:44:14
This is far more incriminating and far more convincing than anything Steven has told them. So Pitcher prepares to
00:44:21
confront him with the evidence. And with nowhere left to shift the blame, his reaction would say all
00:44:30
right. I'm just going to be flat out honest and keep on messed up. This is inside the ring.
00:44:43
That's our victim's hair. Steve. >> Steve. >> No. >> This is the victim's underwear.
00:44:51
>> No, it's not. >> What is it? >> And Steve, you missed some blood. You missed under
00:45:00
>> I didn't do that. >> You missed cleaning up the blood on the coaching under the sheet.
00:45:06
>> Steve. I'm not not wanting to. >> I hear you. I hear what you're saying. >> This is your chance to be honest.
00:45:14
>> Is there something? >> I have been honest. That's not a big concern. It's not her panties.
00:45:18
>> Well, tell me about those panties. >> I got Oh, Jesus. You got to tell them. I tell
00:45:26
you who's out there. You're going to tell them and then they're going to know that happened.
00:45:29
>> Steve, right now you're looking at murder. You get >> They're Susan. They become Susan's door.
00:45:33
>> Susan? That's Jerry's wife. [clears throat] Why do you have >> them sometimes?
00:45:41
>> I put them once and they were dirty and I put them in there. >> Okay. And the hair?
00:45:47
>> I don't have no idea. >> And the blood under there? >> I don't know. I don't I don't know
00:45:52
anything about it. There's no blood in there that I'm worried about. >> I tell you there's blood. I mean, this
00:45:57
isn't this is overtime. Okay. Um, >> so now I'm not this prime. I'm not primary. I'm a suspect.
00:46:05
He said, "I don't know." Okay, >> Steve. I'm going to I'm going to put this as bluntly as I can.
00:46:10
>> I'm going to put this very harshly. You murdered her. >> I did not. I did not.
00:46:17
>> This shift in the detective's demeanor clearly catches Steven offguard. Up until now, he believed Pitcher was
00:46:26
someone he could trust. More than that, Pitcher believes the bond between them has gone beyond a typical detective
00:46:33
suspect relationship. Uh like I even one of the disturbing parts of the interview
00:46:38
which this just made minded is I put my hand on his shoulder at one point like one of the phrases I used with him a lot
00:46:44
that you know once we had that real comfortable level was you know this isn't an if type situation this is I
00:46:51
need your why you know what happened like you're obviously a good person why did this happen u and so at one point
00:46:57
you know he was getting worked up sadwise [music] that he knew he was in trouble and I put my hand on his
00:47:03
shoulder and he goes goes, um, he goes, "Yeah, I don't let people put their hand
00:47:08
on my shoulder because of prison." And so I immediately took it off and said, "I'm sorry." He says, "No, no, I like it
00:47:12
when you do it." And I was like, that was one of the key moments. He's like, "Okay, well, this is he's now looking at
00:47:19
us being in a relationship." Uh, like he wants [music] he has feelings for me in
00:47:23
terms of that. He was putting me in his mind in an awkward position to have to testify. I don't know if Parton thought
00:47:30
that I had feelings for him and that he was putting me in awkward position making me testify against him. Um, I've
00:47:37
never even come close to having anything like that happen before. [clears throat]
00:47:40
>> As Pitcher explains, this unusually strong bond is both beneficial and detrimental to the investigation.
00:47:47
Although Steven appears to want to be honest, he seems afraid of hurting Pitcher's feelings. But unbeknownst to
00:47:53
Steven, that bond is entirely one-sided because Pitcher is about to confront him
00:47:59
with even more evidence he failed to cover up. >> Can you explain the blood on the cushion
00:48:06
under the sheet? >> No. My leg yesterday. >> That's not going to cut it. >> I know. I know. So, I'm going to go to
00:48:16
jail for homicide. I will choke to stay attorney, but as of right now, I'm afraid that's most
00:48:25
>> Oh, jeez. Guys, I'm not the guy. >> What? >> Okay. >> Can I Can I Let's backtrack.
00:48:32
>> I just understand this doesn't look good. >> Because you were at the crime scene. We
00:48:36
have you at the crime scene because you wrecked. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And then you didn't report the wreck, but it was
00:48:44
minor damage. I get that visually there. Then we have you come into a library using a dumpster
00:48:53
where there's blood in the dumpster and you told me you put trash there. >> Yeah.
00:48:58
>> And then you search your van which you say nobody has been in that van besides
00:49:04
>> Tracy and Charlie. >> And that was a couple days ago >> and the hair doesn't match that person.
00:49:12
>> I don't know what you guys are talking about apparently. all these speed in advance because I
00:49:20
came back down here. Sorry, I swear. And um the worst part about it is that you're
00:49:27
convinced that it's me. What is that? >> More panties in my van. >> Let me see that again. Her bikini
00:49:36
bottoms. Those are Susan, too. What a nightmare. >> I wouldn't worry at all about Susan,
00:49:44
too. much for her and live. My guess is you'll probably never see her again. >> To Steven's surprise, on the night he
00:49:54
was found, officers recovered a bloody shirt that had been disposed of nearby. And despite it all, Steven would
00:50:01
continue to deny that he had killed Michelle. At this point, it doesn't matter. They don't need a confession
00:50:07
because the final and most disturbing piece of the puzzle has just come to light. When they were going through the
00:50:13
van, there were some of the toys were probably 8 in to 12 in in diameter. So, it was again [music] very very horrific.
00:50:25
And I think they ended up finding her DNA on on a couple of those. And that's probably what helped to cause her to
00:50:32
bleed out. The strangulation was probably like not most likely not what killed her, but that he would strangle her let
00:50:38
her in and out of con like just torture is the best way to describe it. Um, just
00:50:44
awful. >> Based on the crime scene and the horrific autopsy findings, in 2023, Steven Matthew Wolf was convicted of
00:50:54
first-degree murder, two counts of battery, and tampering with evidence. And in the end, he was given the only
00:51:01
fitting sentence for his crimes. >> That's kind of I think what did him in. Like that's that whole situation where
00:51:06
he knows like even in the interview he brings up the death penalty and that I'm going to get the death penalty for this.
00:51:11
Um yeah. So maybe the first time in Florida, if not, it's only been one or other two times where every member of
00:51:18
the jury um believes he should get the death penalty. Even though yes, obviously he's a very horrible person.
00:51:25
Um, it's also always weird when you know that it was your testimony and you're doing that is going to end this man's
00:51:31
life. So, it's a it's a mixed bag in that sense. Like even the things like the touch on the shoulder, like as dumb
00:51:39
as it sounds, that to him that's oh, this guy cares about me, you know? Um, he he really does like me. As crazy as
00:51:47
that is. >> You mentioned that there could be more victims tied to this guy. Do you
00:51:51
personally think that he could be like a serial killer with more unsolved murders
00:51:54
connected to him? >> So, I 100% um think I would I'd be willing to bet a lot of money
00:52:02
that there are bodies out there attached to him that either haven't been found or
00:52:06
gone. Uh he so he was a homeless guy who lived in the in this van. Um and you [music] have
00:52:15
long periods where you can't even say where he's at. um he was skeptical and telling us other locations kind of
00:52:22
thing. He everything just pointed I mean we even had [music] um when they were going through the van um
00:52:31
[clears throat] I believe I don't remember I believe there was blood in there that they have yet to identify for
00:52:37
one thing. Uh that didn't come back to either one of them. Um there was unfortunately underwear [music] in the
00:52:45
van that appeared to be used. Um, there was other women's underwear in there. Now, granted, he had stolen
00:52:52
underwear that we found out from somebody else, but there was there's all these, you know, little
00:52:59
details that too many to overlook. >> As Pitcher finishes recounting one of the most disturbing cases of his career,
00:53:07
6 years after Michelle's murder, he is now retired. But the weight of what he uncovered leaves behind questions that
00:53:14
were never fully answered. In terms of this type of crime and the brutality, this one above all the rest and I I've
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definitely had some interesting ones in my career. I'm in the process of writing
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a book. Actually, I did undercover work that I can say legitimately nobody else has done. First year I spent 2 years
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with the mob and then was asked to infiltrate a domestic terror [music] group. had everything from being
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interrogated for 8 hours to shooting with a psychopath who I was positive was going to kill me one day and who also
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happened to be my best friend and hated police more than anybody. But I did prevent the bombing credited with saving
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over 100,000 lives. >> Out of all the complex investigations Detective Pitcher worked on, Steven's
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case [music] continues to linger. And as of late April 2026, Steven remains on Florida's death row, refusing to tell
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Pitcher whether there are any other victims. And with an execution warrant potentially right around the corner,
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that answer may die with him.