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[music] In January of 2000, I was a college freshman at Suscoana University. [music]
I was 18 years old. I was on a second date with Dan Zap, [music] who was a college freshman at Carnegie Melon
University. My mom had a suggestion for us to just maybe walk around my town, go down to
the go down to the marina. [music] Jan and I uh we just stopped and we're talking. We started picking up
some stones and trying to skip some stones. Well, as we were there, there was a um a
red pickup truck came up and [music] uh stopped by us and out comes this guy and
he pulls [music] a um a dog out, Rottweiler. He was asking us if we needed a ride and we of course, you
know, politely declined. He seemed normal. He got back in his truck and as we continued walking, um the truck, this
guy [music] must have turned his truck around behind us. Um, and he comes up next to us off to our right [music] and
blocks our path. He immediately comes out of the truck with a [music] gun pointed at us.
He pointed it right at us and said, "Get in the effing truck." And he was dead serious.
At that moment, [music] I felt like I had entered a nightmare. It seemed completely unreal. [music]
I remember Dan next to me was just saying I um here take my [music] wallet, take my um I have here here are my keys,
my car, I can give you my car, there's a laptop in my car. Just started offering
like him all these things or whatever. And he's like, "No, I don't want those things. Get in the truck."
[music] It felt like we were driving forever. It felt like an eternity. At this point, this [music] guy was
just, you know, ranting and raving. He was just at it acting crazy. Completely crazy. We just didn't want to be hurt.
So, of course, we were just saying, you know, we whatever whatever you want us to do, you know, we'll do that. Just
please just let us go. He eventually turned [music] left onto this dirt road. The three of us were standing there next
to [music] his truck. um the rivers in front of us and he's kind of like pacing [music] back and forth and you know has
the gun in his hand and to emphasize [music] his points he would like shoot the gun um shoot shoot the gun towards
the river [music] like I don't know what to do bang you guys have seen my face what am I going
to do with you guys [music] bang when I first heard the gunshot go off bang it became more serious bang This
guy really has the potential to [music] end my life. I thought we were both going to die.
>> [music] >> I just kept thinking about, okay, you know, what can I say [music] to calm
this guy down? He was just acting crazy. We could tell that he was really frustrated and agitated and really
getting worked [music] up. I just remember huddling next to Dan during that time
when he was shooting his gun. He was shooting [music] it into the river. It was almost as though he was doing it to
scare us and it did. And then eventually [music] he told me to get back in the front of the truck
and he >> [music] >> um had Dan get in the back with the dog. And I remember sitting in the front of
the truck and he comes in and he comes into the side and there we are again just sitting [music] in the same spot
again. Him in the driver's seat, me in the passenger seat. And I had no idea [music] what to expect next.
[music] >> [music] >> While we were sitting there and waiting, he looks over at me and he says, "So,
you said you'll do anything?" And right in that instant, I knew exactly what he was talking about.
And I knew right then that I was going to be raped. And I kind of just nodded my head.
cuz I didn't want to die and I definitely did not want Dan to die because of me.
So, um, [music] he did. He raped me. [music] and he uh he took his gun [music] and he kind of
pointed it down for us to he said go go go walk down there to which [music] would be walking down towards the river.
So Dan and I, you know, grabbed a hold of one another and we started walking down towards the river
and [music] um I was praying that he had gotten what he wanted from me, you know,
that he was going to [music] to let us go. And then I heard the gun go off again
and then I saw Dan fall down and he fell down right in [music] front of me. There was blood coming out of his mouth
and I [music] knew that if Dan had gotten shot, I was going to get shot. I was next. I mean, I immediately kneel
down and Dan and I, we said, "I love you." And we said goodbye [music] to each other.
And >> [music] >> Everything just went black. I don't remember feeling any pain, but I
just remember feeling like [music] a lot of pressure in my head. [music] The next [music] thing I remember is
waking up and I was in the river and my whole body was just I guess numb. Like [music] I really just couldn't feel
anything at all. And [music] I kept um I was spitting out things, you know? So I
figured I had been I had been shot in the head, shot through [music] the mouth. In that moment, I
I prayed with more [music] faith than I have ever had in my whole life. And I just said,
"Please, dear Jesus, just take my soul." [music] Soon after that moment is when um I
spotted Dan. I [music] remember when I when I saw him just being, you know, just, "Oh my gosh, Dan's alive." And
just trying to get towards him with like everything I could. And I eventually got
to Dan and I grabbed hold of him so tightly and we were we looked back at shore where we had been and we saw this
guy um just standing there staring at us. I mean the gun was still in his hand. And I remember Dan saying to me
that well if we just you know [music] if we just play dead if we just you know don't move and just kind of float down
he'll just think [music] we're dead and he'll leave. And eventually you know we kept watching him and we watched him get
back in the truck and leave. If I did not have Dan there to guide me, I don't know. I don't know what I would
have done. I mean, he [music] would he was put there to save my life in that river.
I was sitting [music] in my truck and uh looked upstream and uh I saw two objects
coming. [music] I saw that it was two people and when they got down to me, [music] I stepped
in the water and uh reached out and got a hold of his hand and pulled them into shore.
And then I saw that they were both shot in the head. At that point, neither one of them could talk. They were shaking
violently. I had to get help at that point. and it happened a car coming [music]
down there and I stopped them and I told them what happened and I said, "You got
to go up town here and get help." >> Dispatch 27, can I help you? >> Yes. Uh I'm down in uh where the [music]
gut road starts. There's two young teenagers down here shot. >> At that time, he started to bleed very
bad and uh he couldn't talk. Uh, the blood was [music] choking him and he just couldn't talk. I thought they'd be lucky
if they [music] can make it. It was the evening of January [music] 8th. I had a phone call that Danny's been
shot in the face. I went opened the drawer on the way out the door and I picked up a photograph
that I carried in my lap uh with a cell phone. I wanted part of her with me and a
photograph was the first thing that I was able to find and uh I clutched that and and kept that um uh with me talking
to the photograph from Harrisburg to um to York Hospital. during the drive down.
Um, I could only pray that she would be okay. Uh, I had no idea if uh if I was going to ever see Danny, Danny alive
again, would ever get to hold her again. [music] The drive to the hospital with my mom
was [music] really, really scary cuz I didn't know what I was going to see um once I got to the hospital. I didn't
know what I was going to hear. [music] I just knew that I immediately had to get there to see how Danny [music] was
doing. It was so scary cuz this was this was one of my best friends. I didn't know if she was going to make
it. And if she did make it, I didn't know how she was going to be, if she was going to be the same person.
[music] I met Danny on the first day of uh freshman orientation at Suscoan [music]
University. One of the first things that I noticed about her was that she was just a [music] really kind-hearted,
genuine person and she had a great personality and [music] she was just as enthusiastic about college as I was. So,
I knew that we would get along really well. A couple months into [music] freshman year, a mutual friend
introduced Danny to Dan Zap. She met [music] up with him for dinner and they had a lot to talk about and she just she
just really felt like she had a lot of chemistry with this [music] person and she couldn't wait till the next time
they met up. I didn't know how something [music] like this could have happened. I couldn't
imagine who would want to do this to the [music] two of them. We saw Danny's mom
there in the hospital. She told us all of the details of the injuries. >> [music]
>> My first reaction was that the two of them were not going to make it. I thought that they that the shot to each
of their heads would would kill them. >> The most extensive injury on the female
patient [music] involved the right lower jaw. The bones were shattered in so many
pieces that it looked [music] like Rice Krispies. We noticed tremendous facial swelling. The patient's face and head
were almost the size of a bowling ball. >> The feeling that I had when I first saw
Danny in that condition was this sense of of um helplessness. I as her dad I couldn't fix the problem for her that
uh the dads like to do and then knowing that my innocent sweet daughter was laying
there in that condition and you know asking why. Of course at time nobody had an answer.
The brutality of this crime is is beyond explanation. How do you victimize two innocent
people, kidnap them, terrorize them, uh sexually assault the female victim, then
shoot them in the head, push them into a river, and and leave them for dead? I think everyone was just shocked.
Everyone was angry. Everyone was upset. We need to get this guy and we need to get him. Now,
>> being a father of two daughters of the same age, I was uh deeply concerned about this case. I told the mother that
we would do everything we could uh humanly possible to identify who this was and [music] bring him to justice.
This was quite an undertaking. the fact that we had so much area, so much riverfront [music]
to uh explore and look for a crime scene. We were [music] walking pretty much shoulderto-shoulder looking down at
the uh the ground in front of us and within minutes I came across a large pool of blood that was about 3 ft up
from the water's edge. And as I looked down into the water, I saw about three shell casings from a 9 mm handgun in
there. >> The clock was running and we needed to to get as much information as we could.
I was assigned to go down to York Hospital to attempt an interview with Daniel andor Danielle.
Unfortunately, Danny was in an induced coma, so we were unable to interview her. We learned that Dan was awake uh
and that we needed to interview him as soon as possible. Dan's wounds at this point were [music]
very serious. >> The male's medical condition was critical. They were very concerned. a
blood clot could form and cut the blood supply to the brain. >> He was in pain. Any kind of movement
that he would make uh was was very painful for him, but he was eager to to help us. And being that Dan was unable
to speak because he was on a respirator, we got a notepad from the hospital um and a pen and uh we gave that to Dan and
then we proceeded to ask him questions about the description of the suspect. Dan described the perpetrator as being a
white male, 35 to 45 years of age, very drunk, blonde hair. He had a brown hat, blue jeans, and black Nike hightop
sneakers. He described the weapon as a black semi-automatic pistol, and the dog, of course, uh this black Rottweiler
named Sam. Dan was able to provide us with information regarding the the vehicle as
being a beat up red pickup truck with a uh white or gray cap. He described items
in the back to include a toolbox and a aluminum baseball bat. We were looking for a violent person,
someone with knowledge of the area and this dog. As we started talking with local investigators from surrounding
agencies, Mr. Babner's name came up. His record entailed [music] uh run-ins with with police involving
alcohol, domestic violence, [music] altercations between himself and others, and he did have a Raw Wilder. So, it was
decided that a photo lineup would be constructed and to include a photograph of Mr. Badmer. I then took that photo
lineup down to Dan and I asked him, you know, can you help me? And as I have the
pictures in my hand and I'm laying them down in front of him and Dan's watching as I'm putting the pictures down and as
I get to Mr. Badmer's picture, there was an instant reaction in his face uh of pure horror. Um his pupil dilated. His
one eye was swelled shut, but his [music] his his other eye I mean I just bam I saw his pupil go and he
immediately just started hitting the picture. He's hitting it. He's hitting it. He's hitting it [music] on a table.
And I said, "Dan, is that the man?" He said, "Yes, it's him." And uh I said, "Are you sure?" He said, "Yes."
And he's, you know, definitely. And he's hitting that. And uh I looked at him and
I said, "Dan, we're going to go get him. [music] When I was in the hospital, I had one
hallucination [music] after the other because of the pain meds. I was flipping out. I was so scared. Um, [music] and
the nurses had to come in and calm me down. At one point, I was seeing bloody images everywhere. I saw like a a woman
hanging with blood running down her face. It was like blood was everywhere. She would write down on the paper or
draw what she saw floating bodies in the air, bloody faces. It was hard to sit there and again not be able to help,
only to comfort her in the best way I could by holding her hand. I couldn't fight all those demons that she was
having inside of her at the time. But I tried. >> I notified everybody that, you know, we
had a positive identification on the suspect. The problem was is we didn't know where he was.
We looked for him at known associates houses, residences, anywhere we could possibly find him. We were unable to
locate him. It was late. We've been working all day. We broke. I went home, took my gun off, took my badge off. I
remember I was climbing into bed and my pager went off. It was to uh uh chief county detective. I called him and he
said, "We found the truck. Get back in here." >> I had a phone call saying that they were
activating the QRT team. The quick response team, which is another word for a SWAT team, is utilized for barricaded
gunmen, hostage rescue, and high-risisk warrants. This was a special type of criminal, a
very, very violent one. We didn't know if he was armed for sure, but we assumed [music] that he still had the weapons
that he used to commit this crime. He shot two people in cold blood. We weren't going to take that chance that
he threw those guns away. We discovered [music] that William Babner was staying at his girlfriend's
house. By the time we arrived, it was around midnight. We deployed the team and and were set up about a house away.
We were in the alley sort of in the shadows, crouched down, hiding. Snipers were set up to cover the front of the
house. Sometime early in the morning, a female left the [music] residence, and she gave a whole bunch of information
about who was left in that apartment. It was learned that at around 8:00 in the morning, Mr. Badmer's girlfriend's
youngest child would be coming out to get on a bus. The plan was that once that child got on the bus and that bus
started taking off down the road that we were to assault. We're hearing the snipers looking down
at him. Okay, we have an open door. There's a child. There's a man. Yes, it's Babner. [music]
He's in the door. We're still waiting and we're we're hearing the child's going down the stairs. The child's
getting on the bus. Go, go, go. I was [music] about the third man through the door. I grabbed him and I was yelling,
"Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands and get down to the ground. Get down. Get down." And physically took him
and [music] knocked him to the ground. We cuffed him and then that was it. He was shocked. It's not every day that um
you can say you put your hands on a on a monster. And that's what I did that day.
During the execution of the search warrant, all this stuff that Dan had seen was there. We found the black
[music] Nike high top sneakers, blue jeans, the shirt, the hat, as well as the firearm. And uh [music] to no
surprise to us, um Sam was just as Dan had described it. Dan's recollection was just outstanding. [music]
You know, we have the who, what, when, where, and how, but not a why. Um and you know,
I don't think we'll ever know the why. After Babner was captured, I had a big sigh of relief, but I knew our job was
just beginning and we had to hope for the best for the two kids and that they' be able to come to the trial and testify
against him. I still wasn't sure of the conditions of either one of them. [music]
>> When I was in the hospital, they put me in an induced coma. While I was in the
induced coma, they sewed my tongue. My jaw had been shattered, so they added [music] a plate in my jaw. So when I
woke up, I had a tracheotomy. So I had a a tube coming out of there. I had a stomach tube [music] when I woke up. I
mean, I was bandaged and swollen. Like my jaw was like out to here. [music] You know, my mouth was wired
shut. My teeth were all dirty. Like there was dirt in my [music] teeth. And when I looked at myself in the mirror,
you know, it was only, you know, from here on up. But when I looked at myself, I started to cry. I hated what I saw.
That first picture that Dan and I ever took together [music] of me and him in my car.
It was like right next to me on the bed. I I knew I I remember watching Dan [music] walk out of the river, but I
didn't know what had happened to him since then. I really had this feeling that he had died, [music]
that he did not make it. When I woke up from the hospital, I kept asking my [music] family, you know,
where's Dan? How's he doing? And my family kept saying, you know, he's alive. He's doing really well. He's
right down the hall from you. And I did not believe them. I [music] thought that
he had died. And so he wrote me a note [music] and it said, "I love you. I'm okay."
And after I saw that, I knew um I knew that he was alive. I knew that he made it.
I never had any idea how close I was um to to dying even after I had been back at the hospital.
The bullet entered back here. There's a tiny lump behind my ear and it [music] went straight through
through my windpipe and out of my jaw and it exited over here. It wasn't [music] until much
later that I heard how the bullet had chipped one of my vertebrae, how the bullet had passed straight through my
windpipe. You know, if the bullet would have uh been another inch or a few millimeters closer to my vertebrae, I
could be dead or paralyzed. When I saw the picture the first time, I was scared at first to see his face again. [music]
But I was extremely excited, just extremely relieved that I had found him. I knew that this was him. I knew beyond
a shadow of a doubt that this was the guy who had shot us. [music] And whether he admitted it or not, these are things
that he had done and he was going to have to pay for them. Nobody wanted to take this case to
trial. And we certainly didn't want to have Dan and Danielle go [music] through this
experience. But he left us no choice. He just wouldn't admit his guilt. He wanted
his day in court for whatever bizarre and sick reason. And he got it. Danielle [music] and Dan were both very
emotional before the preliminary hearing. When they entered the courtroom for the first time, we just tried to
tell them they were going to be safe. He could do nothing further to harm them. >> I was terrified to see him again. I
mean, he was a monster to me. I did not want to be in the same room with him. >> I felt just full of fear again. You
know, that face had [music] just instilled so much panic inside of me. Babner did not testify at trial. I don't
recall him calling any witnesses. He He had nothing. He had nothing but his arrogance. [music] He just sat there and
it was almost like [snorts] he either wanted to have Dan and Danielle [music] relive this by recounting what happened
in a public forum or he just frankly didn't care. When Dan and Danielle were [music] testifying at trial, it was
completely silent in the courtroom. You could have heard a pin drop. >> When I was up [music] there on the
stand, I mean, there were times where I had to break down. I mean, I they they had to show me, you know, all the
evidence so I could point out. I mean, they showed me the clothes that were cut off of me. So, it was the first time
seeing that. Um, and there was like mud splattered all over them. you know, [music] the gun. Is this what
the gun looked like? It was a really hard experience, [music] you know, to sit there and and share
that with everybody. And I knew that, you know, my family was sitting there. So, I knew like all the details I was
sharing, especially about the rape, my family was hearing it, too. The amount of courage that Danielle showed during
that trial was unbelievable because she had to tell total strangers some of the most intimate details that she could
ever possibly [music] have to relate to anyone. Dan saw the crime from a different
perspective than Danielle. So the the jury was [music] very interested in what Dan had to say.
I was [music] trying to come up with any plan to get us out of that situation. And I start to try to plead with him and
I'd said, you know, sir, I [music] I'll give you anything you want if you just let us go. He just told me to shut up.
He said, shut [music] up. I don't want to hear it from you. At some point, I realized that they're
starting to move around up front. I realized that that he's raping her. That [music] was really hard to know
that something that terrible was happening to someone that I cared about and I was that close, but I couldn't.
There was nothing [music] I could do about it. After he had raped Danielle, he motioned
with the gun and he said, "Walk down there, you know, walk down by the river." The real gravity of the situation
started to hit me. I started to realize that I'm going to die today. that no matter what I try to do, this man is
going to kill me and today is going to be the last day of my life. And all of a sudden, I just felt this
tremendous force, this impact that just hit me and and [music] knocked me right to the ground. And it was so sudden and
it was so powerful that my mind couldn't even catch up to it. I didn't [music] I
wasn't even sure what had happened until I hit the ground. I didn't even know that I had been shot and I was just sort
of laying there looking at the dirt and I realized [music] that there's like blood coming out of my mouth. I started
to get really cold and I started to get really tired [music] very fast. And she kneled down and she was obviously upset
and I just said to her, I said, "Damy, I'm sorry. I [music] have to go now." And the next thing that I remember is
this [music] feeling of being rolled, of my body like sort of turning end over end.
And then all of a sudden this shock of of cold of like freezing [music] cold as I hit the water.
And so I just started to like float [music] in the water and sort of drift downstream with the current. It was
right around [music] that point that I noticed that Danny was right there too. I don't know what I would have done
[music] if Dan was not there. Dan was my lifesaver in that river. I remember at one point
[music] our hands separated from each other and I could not move on my own and Dan, you know, he he felt my hand slip
from his [music] and he turned back around and he swam back out and he grabbed me and he pulled me to shore. I
[music] do not believe I would have survived without him. Dan will never admit this, but he truly
is the hero of the entire case. He was constantly thinking. He was constantly encouraging. Without Dan, Babner has no
face and is not apprehended. Without Dan, Danielle isn't able to swim in the water. Dan kept both of them alive.
>> It's still tough. I still don't consider myself a hero in any sense. Um, but I'm glad I was there and I'm glad
that, you know, if me if me being there meant that, you know, she survived and I' I'd do it again. I'd do
it a thousand times. When the verdict came, I remember sitting next to Dan and I was holding on
to Dan's hand [music] and he was uh charged guilty on all accounts, you know, on everything that he was charged
with. I mean, I just remember afterwards like this flood of relief just going through
me. William Babner was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, two counts of kidnapping, one count of robbery,
three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, one count of rape. His sentence was 117 12 to 235 [music]
years in a state correctional institution. William Babner is the face of evil. Next time Babner is
going to get out of prison, he's going to be in a box. Danielle and I stayed in touch after the
incident and we tried to talk um occasionally um but our relationship wasn't anything like it was
before. [music] It was like every time that I talked to her, I had to bring up the past all over again.
[music] I had to think about all the things that I thought I had done wrong, all the ways
that I couldn't save her and I couldn't get us both out of that situation. And a most of the time I couldn't stand it.
And over a period of time, I started to pull further and [music] further away. Transitioning back to being in college
was really hard for me. I really struggled with [music] being around strange men that were strangers to me.
>> At first, she was a little withdrawn. You know, [music] she she was very scared. um she didn't want to walk alone
at night. She did have a lot of nightmares and um it was it was upsetting for all of us because we
really wanted to help her and we [music] really we didn't want her to be scared or sad. But with the circumstances,
there really wasn't any other way. That's, [music] you know, that's how she was. I I knew though in the back of my
mind that there was still a lot that I [music] had to do personally in order to again feel as though I could you know
live again. >> 4 months [music] after Babner was convicted we had take back the night on
the Suscoan University campus and uh what takeback the night is is a rally against rape. um everybody can attend
and they can get up and speak about their experience with rape or violence. >> And I saw all these brave women, you
know, walk up to the microphone and just share, you know, [snorts] I'm a rape survivor and share parts of their story.
It was just so inspiring and so empowering that they had a voice that they were able to share.
There was about 10 minutes of silence. [music] Nobody was getting up to speak and
Danny got up to speak. and we knew that she was going to tell the whole story and we knew that she was going to share
this with everybody. And that was probably the most emotional um moment for all of us because
you could kind of see the bravery [music] in Danny and the growth that she was making and how
strong she was. She just got up there and she told the whole story and um it just really moved
everyone and it really moved all of us and we were we were so proud of her. We were really really proud of her. [music]
I just [music] I felt so much power and so much strength and a part of what I felt he had taken from me. I was able
[music] to to pull back and say, you know what, he may have taken, you know, a few things, but
there's so much that he didn't take that he couldn't touch and that is what makes
me who I am. I think that it took me a lot longer than it should have to get to a more
comfortable place in dealing with the incident and talking about it and [music] looking at it from a healthy
perspective. I knew that I [clears throat] should be getting therapy, you know, I should be dealing
with it. I just really didn't want to. I wanted to try to ignore it and just hope that
eventually it went away. In the last eight years, I feel like I've grown up a whole lot. Regarding the incident, my
perspective has almost [music] entirely changed. Danielle and I really reconnected over
the past couple of years. We really started our relationship over from where it kind of ended and we're really close
now. And I consider her a great friend. >> Dan met um an amazing woman at college
uh who has been such a great companion for him. She has definitely [music] helped him to get to that next level in
his own survival and healing. [applause] They got married in 2007. >> I feel like everything's kind of going
in the direction that I always wanted it to go and I'm just really happy for everything that I have right now.
In spring of junior year, I introduced Kevin Maguire to Danny and they connected [music] instantly and
dated, fell in love, and he proposed to her just just a couple years later. >> [music]
>> The police chief and the men who uh rescued Dan [music] and Danny, including the duck hunter, were all guests at the
wedding as well. [music] >> Danny looks absolutely wonderful. She is just doing great [music] and uh looking
great and uh extremely proud of her. [music] I'm so happy that I have made it to where I am today. The
gratefulness that I have for my beautiful baby girl and the [music] husband that I have, I don't have to
think about what happened to me every day. It doesn't define me anymore. I have learned how to make it a part of
who I am, but it has made me a better person. [music] Danielle and I are forever entwined.
That's like a connection that no one can ever take away from us. She's always going to be a part of my life.
It's as though like our souls are almost connected. He will be a part of my life forever.
[music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Once I started, you know, and there was nothing else like it.
>> What are you holding in your hands now? >> These are items that were seized out of
Israel Keys jail cell. >> Has the public ever been shown this before? >> No. >> These skulls are drawn in blood.
The blood. Where do you believe the blood came from? >> I think it was Israel's blood.
>> Israel Keys is a serial killer who hid his crimes for many years. He was meticulous. Uh he was incredibly bright.
Uh and he was incredibly lethal. >> And the significance of the 11 skulls, what is that?
>> We believe that 11 is the total number of victims. I don't think anybody in his family, his
friends, his relationships, his spouses had any idea what he was doing. >> It gives me the chills to think I had
talked to him, had known him. >> That's where I got um my kicks, I guess, was being able to live two different
lives and have no one have a clue. >> Unless you heard him talk about the murders, you would not know that he was
a serial killer. with Keyset. It wasn't about a particular victim. It was about a location.
>> Why did you pick these folks? >> I didn't. It was just random. >> Samantha Koig is an 18-year-old girl who
was uh raised and lived in Alaska. She went to high school here. She worked at the coffee stand.
>> She was a young girl working her job. I I'm terrified of what she went through.
>> So, at this point, Samantha is just she's making coffee. She has no idea her entire life is about to change in a
horrible way. >> No, >> people never expected stuff to happen. >> He would wait until he had the victims
under control and then that's when I think the the real monster came out. [music]
>> There's always the specific way I wanted things done. Very specific way I wanted
things to happen. and uh and I have the whole thing planned out. I have everything I need to do it.
>> He loves to travel. >> Every time I drive, I'd be looking for places, good places to do stuff.
>> You'll see locations in Seattle, Gresham, Oregon, Port Angeles, Washington. >> He would rent [music] cars. He would
drive thousands of miles. He would take people from one state and he would bury them in other states. San Diego, Tijana,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Cleveland, Ohio, Edmund, [music] Washington, Fort Wayne, Indiana. There are potential victims
wherever Israel Keys traveled. >> Do you believe that this weapon somewhere in the United States may have
been used to kill someone? >> It's possible. >> Mhm. >> I had big plans for that gun.
>> We know that there are families out there whose loved ones um died at the hands of Israel Keys. Right now, we're
just trying to find them. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> In February of 2012, the residents of
Anchorage, Alaska, [music] were shaken by a frightening mystery. >> It basically looked like someone just
literally walked out of their shift. >> It was the evening of February 1st when [music] 18-year-old Samantha Koig
vanished after her night shift at this roadside espresso stand. She went to work that day expecting to go home, go
home to her boyfriend and her dad. >> Michelle Tasker is a family friend. >> Her boyfriend was supposed to pick her
up that night, >> but that didn't happen. Multiple calls went unanswered. Several hours later, her boyfriend's
cell phone lit up with a message from Samantha's phone. >> The text messages said something to the
effect of, "I'm going on vacation. I'm tired." [music] you know that she was just going away and she just left. But
we knew she hadn't left. That wasn't her character. So, they knew something was wrong.
>> Something was terribly wrong. And the next day, investigators watched it all unfold on security camera video. FBI
special agent Jolene Goden soon joined the team [music] trying to find Samantha.
What are we looking at? This is Samantha. 8:00 p.m. is closing time. So, she's doing all of her normal things
that she would do to to get ready for [music] closing. >> That's when a masked man walked up to
the window. He wanted much more than just [music] coffee. >> So, Samantha's over at the window here.
She handed something to the customer. She backs up. And this is where you see Samantha do this. You see her raise her
arms. >> When you raise your hands like that, it's usually because somebody's doing
this >> something. Exactly. What started as an apparent robbery suddenly took a darker
turn. >> She turns the lights off. >> Do you think her asalent said turn off the lights?
>> Yes. At this point, you see an individual jump in through the window. >> Uh, >> right through the window.
>> Right through the window. >> Have you ever seen something like that before? >> No.
>> And then you see two individuals walk away. It It looks like an abduction. As the news spread,
>> just please help find my daughter. >> Samantha's father, James Koig, went public.
>> I don't know if my daughter's being fed, taken care of, if she's still alive, if
she's getting any sleep. >> As time went on, there was a tremendous [music] amount of fear uh about what
happened and and who was in our community that could do something like this. [music]
>> The FBI joined the Anchorage Police Department in looking at family and friends. Did you have a sense you were
getting to know this young woman? >> Yes. Yes. >> FBI special agent Cat Nelson learned
everything she could about Samantha [music] and the people she knew. >> She seemed like she had a very good
spirit. Like she was a very kind individual, caring about others. Um you could tell that she had a lot of friends
[music] that cared about her a lot. >> Samantha's boyfriend was quickly ruled out as a suspect.
There was no obvious lead in this case and it posed so many um barriers for us in the beginning as to where to start
looking for her. >> 10 days after Samantha disappeared, a vigil was held. >> Hundreds of people came.
>> What else can we do? >> Flyers. Hand out flyers. Ask around. If you know somebody who knows something,
get them to talk. We just need some sort. And it's that one lead, that one tip that's going to bring her home.
>> As friends and family fan out across Anchorage to try to find Samantha, the question is, could she also be out here
somewhere [snorts] in the Alaskan wilderness? Then finally, after three agonizing
weeks, >> that's when the text came in that said there was a ransom note and where to go.
The text to Samantha's boyfriend was as mysterious as her disappearance. It said
to look in Connor Park under pick of Albert. [music] It also said, "Ain't she pretty." We
just got up and just ran and everybody [music] took off to the park. One of the girls kind of noticed
something on the bulletin [music] board. I walk up and there's a picture of a missing dog named Albert and right
underneath is a plastic bag with a look like a clipping and a photograph in it. Didn't touch it. We called the police.
That note contained a [music] picture of Samantha and a long typed out message that talked about putting $30,000 into
Samantha's bank account. >> That account [music] was connected to Samantha's debit card, which the
kidnapper had. [music] And the photo, which has not been made public, was of Samantha holding a newspaper.
>> I believe it was dated February 13th, so well after Samantha's abduction. So the
hope, of course, is that Samantha is alive. >> Samantha's dad deposited $5,000 into her
account. Several hours later, a man makes [music] an ATM withdrawal using Samantha's card. He has a covering over
his face, um, dark clothing, he has gloves on his hands, I so it's there's very little you can tell.
>> Investigators rushed to the ATM, but were too [music] late, missing the suspect by minutes.
One week later, another ATM withdrawal is made. >> This one is very different. This
withdrawal occurs in Wilcox, Arizona, >> nearly 4,000 [music] miles away. And then a short time later,
we have one in Lordsburg, New Mexico. [music] Then Umble, Texas. And then Shepard,
Texas. >> He's heading east. >> He's heading east. [music] We can see that he's moving across the I 10
corridor. >> But the suspect had made a crucial mistake during the ATM withdrawal in
Arizona. A white Ford Focus can be seen in the background. >> That information was [music] pushed out
to to law enforcement across that entire corridor. Then on March 13th, a state trooper notices a vehicle matching that
description in a Texas hotel parking lot. >> And a short time later, a man comes out.
He gets in the vehicle um and he starts to drive away. >> The trooper follows >> and once [snorts] that vehicle exceeds
the speed limit, he has his probable cause to pull that vehicle over. And when he asks the driver for
identification, >> he ultimately presents him with an identification card for Israel Keys.
>> And who the heck is Israel Keys? >> Israel Keys was not even on our radar. >> That trooper's [music] instincts were
spoton. A search of the car uncovers Samantha's ID, her debit card, her cell phone, and a gun along with a disguise
that matched the man in the ATM photos. >> At this point, we believe we have our
guy. >> But now, the FBI wanted to know [music] what had Israel Keys done with Samantha
Koig. >> The race is on because we still don't have Samantha. We have him, but we don't
have Samantha. So if Samantha is alive, then we really need to find her quickly.
>> [music] >> In March 2012, 2 weeks after Israel Keys was arrested [music] in Texas, he was
extradited to Anchorage, Alaska. >> At the point, we didn't really know, you know, was he the one who took and
kidnapped Samantha Koig or was he someone who was just using a credit card that he found? FBI agent Jolene Goden
says investigators [music] initially didn't know what to make of Keys. >> What was it [music] like to look into
the eyes of Israel Keys? >> I spent a lot of time with Israel Keys. You could be in a room with [music] him
and it was like you were in the room with your neighbor. >> I think I saw it at Walmart.
>> And then there were other times where the hair on the back of your neck stands
up a little bit. [laughter] >> Investigators scrambled to learn everything they could about Israel Keys.
the man. >> Did he have a criminal record? >> I believe he had a a DUI, but that was
it. No, no crimes of violence in his history, no sex offenses in his history, nothing like that. He's a 34 year old
man from Alaska who has a construction business, small kind of quiet life. Even one of my colleagues at the US
Attorney's Office used him as a handyman. One of your colleagues hired him to do some work.
>> Sure. This is someone you felt comfortable giving a key to your house so he could go there when you weren't
there to fix things. >> An anchorage resident since 2007, Keys lived in this house with [music] his
girlfriend and his 10-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. Neighbors say he didn't stand [music] out.
>> Nothing suspicious at all except for that he worked hard. >> But investigators had suspicions and one
very pressing question. We [music] started off with where is Samantha? No one knew if Samantha Conig was still
alive. >> Anchorage assistant US Attorney Frank Russo and his colleagues knew time was
of the essence. >> He would have been sitting right here. >> So they confronted Keys [music] about
Samantha. >> Once we heard what he had to say and went from being a very happy day as a
prosecutor to one of the worst I've ever had. We ended up hearing a confession. Keys admitted he had killed Samantha.
>> We wanted to find out why he [music] did what he did. >> But before he would say more,
>> the lawyers got you this. >> Keys began what would become a pattern for giving information.
>> He wanted an Americano coffee from Starbucks. He wanted a Snickers bar and he wanted a particular cigar.
Ultimately, Keys lays out the entire story of of how the abduction of Samantha occurred.
>> The video of that confession had never been made public before. in it. Key says
he pointed a 22 caliber pistol at Samantha. >> I remember asking him, you know, why did
you pick that coffee cart at that time? And he just simply said, well, it was open late.
>> Meaning he chose her completely at random. Keys said as they walked off into the night, Samantha broke free and
ran. >> He chased after her and tackled her. [music] He indicates that his plan is to
hold her for ransom, suggesting to Samantha that that if she cooperates, he'll release her. She'll be [music]
able to to go home. >> It was all a lie. Instead, Keys drove Samantha to his home, chained her up in
his shed, and sexually assaulted her. Keys then strangled her to death. Keys family, the FBI later determined, knew
nothing about the horrors that had just taken place. He was talking about the murder of this girl like someone else
would discuss what they had for lunch. >> Within hours of murdering Samantha, Israel Keys left Anchorage for a
Caribbean vacation with his family. >> And where did he leave Samantha? Where was she? Where was her body?
>> Samantha was in the shed uh at his house. >> Keys didn't return until 2 weeks later.
It was then that he posted the ransom note and texted Samantha's boyfriend, knowing she was already dead.
Keys told investigators he had driven some 35 mi north of Anchorage to Mantusa [music] Lake, where over the course of
three trips, he disposed of Samantha's remains. He [music] had drilled a hole and went ice fishing in the lake and he
[music] had tied it up with bailing wire and weights and he had placed parts of her body down the lake as he fished. I
remember asking him, "Did you catch any fish?" And he said, "Yeah, I caught fish." And I said, "What did you do with
the fish?" And he said, "Well, I took them home and ate them." And for me, that that just
turned my stomach. It took the FBI's dive team 10 hours to recover Samantha's body.
>> I remember I was the one who told both Samantha's mom and dad and that was that
was a bad day. >> Koig family friend Michelle Tasker. >> He has a daughter and you did that to
somebody else's daughter. I don't understand. >> You have the right to talk to a lawyer.
After talking to Keys, investigators realized they had a depraved killer on their hands [music] and that Samantha
was likely not Keyy's only victim. >> I'm two different people basically. >> How long have you been two different
people? >> A long [music] time. 14 years. >> And that tells you what. That he had
been a serial killer for 14 years. Special Agent Katherine Nelson [music] knew every aspect of Keyy's life needed
to be examined. >> Cleveland, Ohio. >> So, she started a deep dive into his paper [music] trail.
>> Cell phone records, financial records, anything we could find out about his background, his travels, anything that
would just tell us a better story about him. [music] >> It was starting to look like Keys could
have victims across the United States. We know that Israel Keys traveled to places such as Washington, California,
Wyoming, Texas, Vermont. >> The whole story eventually >> and he teased his interrogators with
details of other murders. >> I'll tell you about everything. I'll give you every single gory detail you
want. >> But before Keys would agree to do that, he wanted something extraordinary in
return. >> I want an execution date >> for you. Yes. >> And he said, "I want a promise that I'll
get the death penalty. If you do that, then I'll tell you about all the people I killed." What we said is, "The more
murders you give us, the more likely it is that they're going [music] to want to
impose the death penalty on you." >> But without a guarantee of death, Keys was [music] reluctant to say anything
more. >> So, give me something to work with. Hold a bunch of your cards back, but give me
a [music] card. Finally, keys folded. >> All right, I'll give you two bodies [music] and a name.
[music] >> Hey, how you doing? >> No, I'm fine. >> Candy bar. >> They are odd moments to see. Swear off
those candy bars. >> Yeah, it's it's in the fridge. >> I'm going to need it. >> Investigators casually bonding with
their interview guest. >> Get him a cigar. So, we got you over here. Awesome. >> Wow. Cigar for nothing.
>> In some ways, to the outsider, it looked like you guys were in a way befriending
a serial killer. >> Yeah. >> You give me like an hour on the internet maybe. [laughter]
But there was method to this madness, says assistant US attorney Frank Russo. >> It was just the act that we had to put
on when we went in that room. It was just trying to kind of do anything we could to get information.
>> Israel Keys voluntarily granted two dozen interviews to various investigators
>> in the seven months after his arrest. >> Is it true he could have walked out at
any time? >> Sure. >> FBI special agent Jolene Goden. I think he wanted to tell the story. He wanted
to talk about what he did. >> He gave him my own family pretty much as soon as I did it.
>> He enjoyed the rush. He enjoyed the thrill of it. >> That strategy paid off when Keys gave up
the names of two victims, a [music] married couple more than 4,000 miles from Anchorage in Vermont.
>> He gave us the names of the people. We wrote them down. >> And what was the couple's name?
>> Bill and Lorraine Courier. Do your intel guys immediately try to find out if there's a missing couple? Absolutely.
>> What do you learn >> right away that Bill and Lorraine are missing >> and have been missing for some time?
>> Correct. Bill and Lorraine Courier are a couple that lived in Essex, Vermont.
Nothing stands out really about them. They were just kind of living their life. >> The Couriers vanished on a night in June
2011, leaving their family bewildered. >> We love them both with all our hearts.
were devastated by their disappearance and in fear for their lives. >> After interviewing neighbors, police
drew this sketch of a possible suspect. Police say this composite sketch of a man who may have been seen driving the
couple's dark green Saturn sedan is a big break. >> But the case went cold for nearly a year
until Keys laid out the road map of what had happened. >> He flew into Chicago and he drove east.
He intended on that trip to commit a homicide. He didn't know who it would be yet.
>> On that trip, Keys stayed at this hotel in Essex, Vermont. While there, he dug
up a bucket similar to this one that he had buried a few years prior. >> So, this is just the standard orange
Home Depot bucket. >> For the first time, the FBI is showing 48 hours. >> These are several boxes of 22 [music]
ammunition. the contents of what Keys like to call a kill cache. >> So he would preposition these caches and
then when the urge came upon him, if he happened to be in that state, he had his
tools of destruction ready to go. >> Correct. Or he'd plan a trip to a particular state knowing he already had
a cash there. He didn't know who he was going to kill, but he already knew that he had the items there that he needed.
We have the silencer for the 22. We have a wood stock for a 22, a plastic stock for a 22, uh, a portion of a 22 rifle,
and then we have the drum magazine, the 22. >> Had a number of 22 caliber bullets.
>> That's correct. >> You ever seen anything like this in your career? >> No. >> The cash used in the courier attack has
never been found, but Keys told the FBI where they could find this, a weapon he had used in Vermont. This is a silencer
that he's actually constructed himself. >> With his murderous tools in [music] hand, Keys went hunting for victims and
found himself outside the courier house. >> I decided I was going to look for a house with a couple in it. I was looking
for a fairly easy way to get into the garage, and theirs was the first house I [music] found that had all those things.
He just happens to take a walk from his hotel into a neighborhood and this unsuspecting couple just living their
lives is about to have a [music] monster at their door. >> Yeah, >> the monster didn't knock.
>> He's very quickly in the house. He restrains Bill and Lraine very quickly. [music]
>> He just makes sure they know right away who's in charge and immediately tie them
up. And then he moves them to their car and he drives them to an abandoned farmhouse that he had scoped out
earlier. Keys attacks Lraine first. She's upstairs in the bedroom. He had restrained [music] uh Bill downstairs.
>> But the couriers were not going down without a fight. >> Bill's yelling for [music] his wife.
Bill ultimately starts to break free from the restraints and Keys has to go back downstairs in order to restrain him
again. >> And what happens down there? >> There's a struggle that ensues. So, I knew I was either going to have to knock
him out or just kill him. He saw the gun. He started to say something and it just pissed me off and I just started
pulling the trigger. >> Do you think this silencer might have been used in the murder of Bill Courier?
>> I think it's very likely. >> Keys then strangled Lorraine Courier and left [music] the couple in the basement
of the abandoned farmhouse. >> Did anyone ever find these bodies? [music] >> No. A short time after this happened,
the house ended up being demolished and it was taken to the landfill. We [music]
made numerous attempts at the landfill. It was a I believe a 10 or 12 week search at the landfill.
The FBI [music] was searching in an attempt to find them, but we were not able to recover their bodies.
>> But as meticulous as Keys was in covering his tracks, he slipped up. >> This is the one item in all the things
that we found that belong to Keys that actually had his fingerprint on it. There's a perfect ripe thumbs
for Israel cheese. >> Yeah, right. >> No, there is. I don't have the lab. >> Wow. Yeah, I'm impressed. Well, I'm
disappointed in myself mostly, but I'm sorry. >> What other clues had Keys left behind?
What other murders had he committed? Investigators began focusing on his time in Washington State, where Keys was
raised, a place where he would admit to killing at least four more people. >> Ready shot,
>> strangled. We'll get the whole story eventually. for as far back as I can remember. But, you know, that's
where I get a lot of the ideas, either fishing or out hunting and see somebody in the woods.
To understand Israel [music] Keys, you have to go deep into the vast remote wilderness where he was raised. The
place where he lived off and on for more than 20 years, Washington State. How many people in the state of
Washington do you believe Israel Keys killed? >> We believe he killed four victims total
in Washington state. >> FBI special agents Ted Holla and Colleen Sanders first question Keys in 2012.
They have spent 8 years investigating his life and crimes in Washington, searching for more victims. This is like
a horror movie, isn't it? >> It's very much like a horror movie. The opening scenes [music] of Key's life
took place in a secluded cabin outside the small town of Cville. He grew up poor. Uh he grew up in a
large family. There were 10 children in all and they kind of lived apart from society.
>> John, where are we heading now? >> So, we're heading north out of out of Calville. We're going to go see if we
can find [music] uh where Israel Keys grew up. Just right up here on the right. >> John Smith and his wife Desiree knew
Israel Keys when he was a teenager. Desiree hasn't been in this area since she was 15.
>> Yes, this could be [music] it. Yeah, I remember it being long and steep and kind of headed up the mountain side and
yet it [music] was completely impassible through most of the winter. It was built
to be completely off the grid, to be completely isolated from society. >> No radio, no television, no electricity,
nothing. >> Nothing. >> The Keys family attended a church that preached Christian identity theology, a
philosophy John and Desiree were also raised on, but have since disavowed. >> Christian identity theology is very
white supremacist. um they [music] come from the perspective that the other races are subhuman.
>> So with Israel Keys specifically, he could dehumanize anybody if they rejected his worldview.
>> Schooled at home, cut off from the outside world, Keys was socially awkward, >> very quiet, uh very lonerish, uh
standoffish. It's it's hard to explain how [music] he made me feel, but I felt unsafe being near him.
>> So, one specific conversation about killing a deer. Um, he said that the initial shot didn't kill it, and so when
he arrived, he started to gut the thing while it was alive. >> This is interrogation audio of Keys
describing himself. >> I've known since I was 14 that there were things that that I thought were
normal and that were okay that nobody else seems to think are normal and okay. >> Yeah. But just when Keys committed his
first murder is still an open question. >> Whose [music] picture are you holding?
>> My daughter Julie Marie Harris. She was 12 years old and disappeared on March
3rd, 1996. >> Sher Odgard says her daughter Julie, [music] a Special Olympics athlete with
prosthetic feet, vanished from Kovville while waiting for a ride to church. Then
I went up and down every street in this town and screamed her name >> and there was no trace.
>> There was no trace. >> Israel Keys, then 18 years old, lived in the area at the time.
Julie's prosthetic [music] feet were discovered at the mouth of the Cville River. The next year, her skeletal
remains were found. We asked Israel Keys about Julie Harris and her death and he
said he was aware of it but that he was not involved in it. >> I remember the name. I don't remember
the details of the story. >> Keys told investigators the birth of his daughter convinced [music] him to never
target children. >> Something kind of changed in the way I thought and I didn't want to do anything that would
mess with kids or whatever. But Keyy's daughter was born after Julie Harris was murdered.
48 Hours tracked down friends of Julie who had never spoken with law enforcement. One of those friends told
us she remembers Keys talking to Julie at the pool where she often swam and that Julie ended up giving [music] him
her address and phone number. Have you heard this? >> No, I did not know that. Does that sound
tantalizing as a possible clue? >> Like any other lead that we have, we would want to investigate it fully. We
would certainly be be interested in talking with her. >> People have wondered if your daughter
was the very first victim of Israel Keys. >> And I'm wondering that too. Despite the
intrigue surrounding Julie Harris, Keys claims his first attempted murder came in 1997 or 1998 when he abducted and
sexually assaulted a young woman near Bend, Oregon. >> It was weird. I mean, she was scared,
but also just talking like about random stuff. I don't know. It was weird. I I was just convinced that I had screwed up
that time in Oregon because, you know, I I let her go. He indicated he never let
another go after that. >> Sometime after that assault, Keys joined the US Army. >> Our investigation lent us to believe
that he was a model soldier and excelled in the army. >> Keys told investigators he waited
[music] until he completed a three-year stint in the army before he stalked his next victim.
>> And you told us it wasn't long when you got out of the military that you killed somebody. And it was that sort of
feeling that you needed to do something that was hard to resist. >> Yeah. Naying town.
>> Nia Bay at the farthest northwestern tip of Washington is [music] best known as
home to the Macau tribe. Legendary whale hunters. Keys moved here after marrying
a tribe member he met online. They started a family. >> He lived there. He rented the house out.
Eric Johnson worked with Keys at the parks and recreation department. [music] >> This is his shop here. The blue part.
>> The blue part. That was his shop. That's where he worked. >> Yeah. >> There are reminders of Keyy's [music]
skilled carpentry all around town, including this structure. >> He was a great family guy, a smart guy,
gifted carpenter, you know, well spoken, >> an upstanding member of the community.
>> Upstanding member of the community. Yeah. I would do something and [music] then I would go back like
business as usual and go out with friends, go out to bars. You know, for all the years they've known me, they
actually don't know me at all really. About 60 miles southeast of Nia Bay is another spectacular location. One of the
deepest lakes in the United States, [music] which investigators suspect is also a
watery grave. >> You guys know about Lake Crescent in Washington. >> He revealed to us that one of the
Washington State victims was actually uh their body was sunk in this particular lake.
>> I think that lake is [music] 5 to 700 ft deep. Here's a picture of Israel Keys's
boat. >> Sometime in 2005 or 2006, [music] Keys had a body in this boat. >> Any idea who this person may be? Any
idea how this person was killed? >> No. >> How long does a body last in a freshwater lake? In the last months of
2012, special agents Hala and Sanders were hopeful that Keys would give them more information on who is at the bottom
of this lake. But the killer had another plan. >> I can't be satisfied sitting in prison
for all my life. I'd rather go out while I still have some sanity, good memories.
>> [music] [music] >> You really think I would feel like learning any more information? After 7
months of interrogations, seven months of teasing investigators with bits and pieces of his violent
past, Israel Keys decided to take one more life, his own. >> Serial killer Israel Keys was found dead
at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. [music] >> We received a call early in the morning
that on December 1st, 2012, Israel Keys had committed suicide in his jail cell. He used a disposable razor to split his
wrist and Keys attempted to strangle himself with bedding. >> And what was your reaction to that?
>> My reaction was a lot of these secrets were going to die with him now. >> For Samantha Koig's loved ones, the news
hit like a gut punch. >> He should have been executed. Now, he killed himself. That's great. It's not
what we wanted. We wanted him to stand trial. We wanted him to answer for what he did.
>> [music] >> But the world's better off. He's gone. >> Inside Keyy's cell, jailers discovered a
bizarre blood soaked suicide note with passages like, "Crush like a bug, you still die."
>> We had hoped that that note was going to be clues and tips for us on that he was
finally going to give us all of the information on the homicides, and it really wasn't. It was kind of a rant.
But the end of Keys was by no means the end of this case. A few months before his suicide, investigators found those
Macob drawings. >> He drew a series of 11 skulls and these were found underneath his bed
in his jail cell. >> Drawn in Israel Keys own blood. >> You have 11 skulls. What does this mean?
I think this is the entirety of of his crimes. >> And it indicates that there are seven
victims we don't have identified. >> Prior to his death, Keys had pointed the FBI to another victim.
>> There's one in New York. >> He refused to provide that victim's name, but investigators believe it
happened when Keys took a road trip through New York State in the spring of 2009.
>> [music] >> So, they comb through missing person's reports and Keyy's computer.
>> Is this the person buried in New York? No. >> Her name was on your computer. Which
computer? Mine. >> When they confronted him with photos, one in particular rattled him. It was a
photo of a woman named Deborah Feldman. given the way he looked at it and he started shaking a little bit. Um, I
would say she is definitely one of his victims. >> Deborah Feldman is a a woman who went
missing from New Jersey. It was in 2009. Her body has never been recovered. We're
relatively confident about Deborah Feldman. However, we do not have any forensic evidence to to make that
connection. According to the FBI, that would [music] make Deborah Feldman Keyy's fourth known victim along with
Samantha Koig [music] and Bill and Lorraine Courier. Agents are now determined to identify the remaining
seven. And there are clues that point to at least two other states. >> Tell me about Wyoming and what was there
for him. >> The Green River in Wyoming is where Keys had buried his cashmere. Is there a sense that there may be a
body somewhere near that river? >> We have a strong suspicion that Keys may have a victim located in that area.
[music] >> In the late 2000s, Israel Keys also spent time in California's wine country,
including visiting the posh Sonoma town of Heelsburg in May of 2007. Keys has often talked to investigators about
using boats and also kayaks in the disposal of bodies. We know that he rented a single person kayak in Helsburg
near a campground during that time in 2007. >> But Keyy's road trips weren't limited to
the US. >> In 2007, he drove along the Alcine Highway by himself for about a week of
that year. >> The Alcine Highway goes uh through Canada up to Alaska. Yes, correct.
>> We know that Keys traveled to Canada quite extensively and specifically said that he would go to Montreal.
>> When he was asked about whether he'd killed anyone in Canada, what did he say?
>> He said, "Canadians don't count." >> It's been several years since Israel Keys killed himself.
The FBI hopes investigators across the country will take a second look at suspicious deaths in their area. They're
also hoping the public can help. >> If anyone has any information on Israel Keys and his travels or if they have a
family member that they think may have been potentially a victim of Israel Keys that they come forward to the FBI with
that information. >> That includes the Lake Crescent area of Washington State where Keys told
investigators he had dumped a body. >> We absolutely want people to come forward who think they may have seen
something connected to Israel. keys, especially on this lake. [music] >> And what about those kill caches buried
throughout the country? >> If anyone out there comes across one of these, what should they do
>> first? For people not to not to touch too much and not to contaminate it too much and definitely contact local law
enforcement in their community who can then reach out to us. >> For the FBI, their focus is clear. For
me, the important thing is Samantha and Bill and Lorraine and Deborah and all the victims that we don't have
identified. That's what this case is about. >> And their commitment [music] unwavering.
Do you have an optimistic streak that says we can find answers to the other seven cases?
>> I do. I absolutely do. And it won't be easy by any means. And it may take a long time, but I'll never give up
trying. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> in July 1997.
This man's been shot. Johnny Versace. [music] There's something inherently sexy in a
Versace design. [music] There is a flamboyance that is contained and [music] controlled.
The clothes we wear sent a message about how the [music] world perceives us. It says is a real wow factor. I'm Tim Gun
and I [music] am the mentor on Project Runway. The Versace customer was not faint of heart. One of the most iconic
Versace pieces was the gown that he made for Elizabeth Hurley. Two stars were born with that dress. Princess Diana
wanted a whole new look for the world and Courtney loved it also. I mean, he took her from trashy to sophisticated.
>> Versace helped put Miami on the international map. >> My name is Tara Solomon and I am the
Miami Herald's former nightlife correspondent. Versace brought his entire world of fabulosity
and while he may have had homes all around the world, he came to Miami Beach to relax.
>> Do you remember where you were when you heard that Versace had been murdered?
>> Oh, I remember profoundly. I opened up my computer and it flashed before me that Jenny Versace had been murdered. I
was stunned >> when Versace was killed. There was pure pandemonium. >> On that particular morning,
Johnny Versace decided to go over to the news cafe and it was on his return home
approaching the door. [music] He was he was shot and killed >> and all of a sudden we hear bang bang.
Two shots. >> 116 ocean. >> Yes. Please immediately please. Do you remember where roughly he was?
>> He was right right here. >> And there was obviously >> blood. Yes. Plenty of blood.
And >> if you mention Johnny Versace, um people still don't remember those names of the
first few people that were killed. >> There was uh the homicide of Jeff Trail and David Matson.
There was the murder of Lee Migglin. Then there was the murder of William Reese.
We have [music] what we typically call a spree killer. This wasn't a haphazard crime. Mr.
Versace was targeted. [music] >> [music] >> World famous fashion designer Johnny
[music] Versace fatally shot, >> gunned down outside his mansion in Miami Beach, Florida,
>> turned into a gruesome crime scene early this morning. 5 days before he was murdered, Johnny
Versace and his partner [music] Antonio Demo had arrived at Kasa Kazarina, their
lavish Miami Beach retreat. They'd been in Paris and New York. Versace could not
have known it, but his killer was already in town. The 911 call came in about 8:45 the
morning of July 15th, 1997, just as Carlos Noriega, then a lieutenant with the Miami Beach Police
Department, was heading to work. >> I drove over to the scene and encountered an area just flooded with
police officers. There was uh evidence at the front steps. There was blood. There was uh
clothing. Giani Versace was an icon. You have a worldrenowned fashion designer, a
celebrity who was tragically killed. This was all hands on deck. >> Yeah. You don't want to screw this case
up. >> Exactly. >> It all happened in broad daylight. Versace had gone out alone to a local
cafe to buy magazines and then he walked home. As [music] he was putting the key in the
door lock, he was shot twice. Once in the face, point black ridge and the other one was behind the left ear in the
neck and that was a through and through shot. >> Noriega believes the gunman approached
Versace from behind or from the side. I believe he was shadowing him. It was a very strategically timed, strategically
placed attack uh to to kill Giani Versace. >> The question was who would want to kill
him? >> One of the first motives that we felt was a possibility was that it was a
contract hit organized crime mafia if you will uh because there was a dead bird found next to the body.
>> Is that a sign that to to us that's a sign of a mafia hit? But the bird, it turned out, was in the wrong place at
the wrong time. Hit by a fragment from a [music] bullet that killed Versace. And
that left police with not much to go on. But not for long. They got a break from
Lazero Quintanana, who was a friend of Versace. >> He used to call me Lazaretta.
>> Lazero was at the mansion that morning. [music] He was in the dining room with
Antonio when he heard the shots. >> Antonio got up and he went to the window that faces the gate to enter the mansion
and he yelled out, "No, no." And I ran out. >> You came here? >> I came here. Johnny was right here.
>> Versace was already dead on the front steps. >> And then Antonio came and he was he's
crying and he was destroyed. He was destroyed and he's he's who did this? Who did
this? And there was there was a lady standing here and she's pointing but she couldn't speak and Jonah said go get
him. So I went after him. >> Lazero followed the gunman. >> We're talking this pace real fast.
>> I yelled, "You bastard. Why did you do this? Why did you do this?" >> He makes a left turn.
>> As he makes the left turn. Yes. He makes the left turn. And we're still going.
We're still going all the way through. He turns over to the right and car is coming so I couldn't get across. Car
stops. >> Uhhuh. >> And they yell, "He's got a gun." He stops right across here.
>> Yeah. >> At the alley. And that's when he's pointing the gun at me. >> Show me how he pointed the gun at you if
I'm you. >> So he didn't even look at you. >> No. Never looked at >> You never saw his face.
>> Never saw his face. >> But you saw his clothes. >> Yes. The shooter cut through this alley while
Lazero raced around the corner. He remembered seeing a police officer there earlier.
>> I reached him and I said to him, "Mr. Versace has just been shot." >> Were you calm? Were or were you?
>> No. >> No. >> No. A friend of mine was just shot. Nor was I calm. I was nervous. I was upset.
>> You came down this street with the police officer. >> I did. Luckily, he came upon some men in
front of this building and asked them if they saw a man running >> and they pointed they pointed to the
garage. >> They said he went in here. >> He went in here. So, that's when I told
the officer, I said, "He's in there. Go get him. Go get him." And then we heard over the radio the commotion and and
Okay, now there is a manh hunt. When police searched the 13th Street garage, they discovered a pile of
clothes, a gray t-shirt, and black shorts, just what Lazero had seen the shooter
wearing. He had obviously changed clothes. When he walked out of this garage just shortly after the murder,
nobody knew who the shooter was. Nobody knew what he looked like. Nobody knew what he was wearing. He was able to just
vanish. But he left a mountain of evidence for investigators. Next to that pile of clothes was a truck that had
been reported stolen in New Jersey. And inside the truck were documents with a name.
>> I mean, he left his identification in the truck. That's correct. He had his passport, um, ID, a whole lot of items
that connected him right away. 101. >> By 12 noon, some 3 hours after Johnny Versace was murdered, police had a
suspect. His name, Andrew Kunanan. And as it turned out, the Miami Beach Police Department was not the only one
looking for him. In Milan, Italy today, those who knew and admired Giani Versace said goodbye
to the murdered fashion designer. One week after Johnny Versace was murdered, celebrities and friends from
around the world gathered inside this Gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy for his funeral.
>> I saw Versace's funeral on television and I cried. It was It was hard. It was
tough. >> Princess Diana was there at the funeral. Sting Trudy Elton In Miami, not far from where he was
murdered, there was a small intimate service to celebrate the designer's life. >> The flowers left on the steps of
Versace's opulent mansion served as one somber reminder of what had happened. that we consider Andrew Kunan to be
armed and to be extremely dangerous. >> The police activity was another. They were tracking every lead they
could, hunting for Johnny Versace's suspected killer, 27-year-old Andrew Kunanan.
>> You had a very good suspect. >> Michael Band was the prosecutor assigned to this case. And our first step was to
go out into community with pictures of Canadan and start beating the bushes and looking for this guy, looking to figure
out, is this the guy? >> Authorities were starting to learn all about Andrew Kunanan.
Three months before Versace's murder, Kunanan was living in San Diego and his life was, to say the least, complicated.
>> I thought he'd be a very successful businessman or maybe in, you know, the fashion industry or something star
quality like. >> Back in the 80s, Robert Erenss remembers his seventh grade classmate Andrew
Kunanan as a good-looking kid with a keen fashion sense. I remember Andrew [music] would put dimes in his penny
loafers. It was always that little extra something that made him sort of stand out and get noticed. Andrew sort of had
this air about him that I thought was kind of beyond his years at that time. According to Erands, Andrew Kunanan grew
up in a workingclass San Diego suburb and did not share much about his home life. I had no idea who his mom was, his
dad, whether he had brothers or sisters. I had no idea he was half Filipino. Andrew's [music] father, Modesto, was a
former Navy man turned stockbroker. He and Andrew's mother, Maryanne, raised four children together. But Andrew stood
out. He had a genius IQ. So he enrolled in the pricey and prestigious Bishop School in the Tony Beach enclave of La
Hoya. >> When I heard that he was going to La Hoya and transferring to Bishops, I
thought, well, you've got to have money. That's a private school. >> The class of 1987 mentioned Andrew
Kunanan as most likely to [music] be remembered. He chose a quote from King Louis X 15th
to accompany his senior photo. A premo l deluge. After me, the deluge. Turns out those words could have been an
omen. A year after Andrew's high school graduation, his father was facing embezzlement charges. He fled the
country, leaving his family abandoned and broke. He was openly gay in high school and
very flamboyant. And >> when 48 hours first spoke to Nicole Murray Ramirez back in 1997, he knew
Andrew Kunanan. Today, he still remembers Kunanan as the young man who didn't have a job, but was a big spender
and an even bigger talker. >> Andrew Cananan was basically known in the gay community's night life and the
bar scene. He would walk in with an entourage and always pay for the bill. He wanted the
illusion that it was his money. He tried to brag that he came from a Filipino family and he knew the Mald Marcos.
>> Michael Williams owned a local restaurant and knew Andrew Kunanan. He also knew where Kunanan really got all
that money. >> He had a very wealthy older partner who really provided for him. How much older?
>> I would say probably by 40 years. >> What did you make of that relationship? >> I stopped trying to figure that out. I
was like, you know, here's this young, attractive, good-looking guy with this extremely older man. I mean, I
can't imagine what the connection was there. >> I would imagine that you had an idea
what the connection was there. I did. You know, >> Michael Williams was introduced to
Andrew through their mutual friend, a young Enson named Jeff Trail. >> Andrew was very pretentious,
loud, you know, always had to be the center of the the party. [music] Jeff was opposite of that. Jeff
was pretty conservative and quiet, always helping people. Trail was an Annapolis graduate and a
Gulf War veteran living in San Diego. He was also gay as out as was possible. >> Tonight on 48 hours,
the battle over homosexuals in the military. >> In 1993, when he appeared in Silhouette
for a 48 hours interview, he talked to us about issues affecting gay people in the military.
>> We're not here to be feared. We just want to do our jobs. That's all we're asking for.
>> While Trail and Kunanan were friends, to the best of anybody's knowledge, that is
all they were. >> Jeff was always had the contagious personality where you just wanted to be
around him. And I think that, you know, in a way, Andrew wanted that in his life. So surrounding himself around
Jeff, he always seemed very happy and and up. >> You did not like Andrew. >> No.
For reasons known only to Cananan, he sometimes used the name Andrew Dilva. [music] That's how Michael Williams knew
him. And he would soon learn a lot more about Andrew. Who he was and what he would do would
change the life of Michael Williams and end the lives of five innocent victims. Tracing Andrew Kunanan's blood soaked
path to Johnny Versace's front door means following a series of unexplainable events punctuated with
unfathomable viciousness. None of the dots are easily connected except in the mind of the murderer.
The road begins with Jeff Trail. He just had that charisma about him. >> It was Trail who befriended Andrew
Kunanan. And Michael Williams believes his friend knew Kenan had lived a dangerous life.
>> Andrew had a past of dealing drugs. He had a past of prostitution. [music] And I really think that Jeff was trying
to pull him out of that. Williams says Jeff Trail had left the Navy and was training to join the
California Highway Patrol. And then suddenly, and with no explanation, in the fall of 1996,
Trail moved to Minneapolis. The day that he got in the car to leave, I said, "Please be safe." And he reached under
the seat and he he pulled out his handgun and he said, "I'm going to be safe. I've got this
Around that same time, Jeff Trail's friend Andrew Kunanan was struggling. According to Nicole Murray Ramirez,
>> he was not good-looking anymore. He had to have looked in the mirror and saw what I saw, which was a a six going down
to a four. What was left for his life? >> Kunanan had gained weight and given away
much of his expensive designer wardrobe. >> He had dabbled into drugs. He was now an
older young man with average looks. >> On top of that, his older wealthy partner broke up with him.
>> I surmise that Andrew one day woke up after his older boyfriend broke up the relationship and what's next? How was he
going to live? >> He lost the money, the mansion, and all that went with it. >> He lived off other people. He also was
someone who was revengeful. >> Former FBI profiler Mary Elano Tulle. >> This is not someone that you break up
with easily because when you're grandiose and you're the center of the world, people don't break up with you.
>> And then for reasons Kunanannon never fully explained, on Friday, April 25th,
1997, he went to Minneapolis. He flew from San Diego on a one-way ticket. >> Do you think that he went up to
Minneapolis with murder on his mind? >> Yes, I think that he did. >> Kunana knew people in Minneapolis. Jeff
Trail was there and Michael Williams thinks something happened between the two of them.
>> I called to check on Jeff and he was just really depressed. It alarmed me. We've never had a conversation like
that. I uh I asked him, "Have you spoken to Andrew?" And he said, "Uh, no, and I'll never speak to him again."
That's odd. Kunanan knew somebody else in Minneapolis, a 33-year-old architect named David Madson. Kunanan and Madson
had had a relationship. >> He loved to laugh. >> I just got a little lunch. Okay.
>> And he always had big energy. >> Julie Huffland was David Madson's friend and coworker.
>> He liked problem solving. We talked about world issues. He was a downto-earth person.
>> Did David ever mention Andrew Cananan? >> Um, yes, he did. I think he had a fling
with Andrew. Um, I don't think it was anything serious because there were other people in his life that he cared
about more. He didn't care about Andrew um that much really. >> But according to Kunanan's friends,
Andrew believed David was the love of his life. Julie Hlin didn't talk to David Madson
over the weekend. On Monday, she was surprised when he didn't show up at work. And by Tuesday, everyone was
worried. >> I called them, went to voice messaging, and um a couple of my co-workers went to
his house over lunch hour on Tuesday. Um heard his dog barking in the apartment.
She didn't know it, but Kunanan's killing spree had already started. >> It was noticeable as soon as you open
the door and walk in. Nobody made any effort to try and conceal it or hide it. >> When retired Minneapolis homicide
detective Dale Bars arrived at Madson's apartment, what he saw was gruesome. There was a bloody body wrapped in a
rug. I thought he was dead that day. I pretty much cried the whole night and then later we found out that um it
wasn't David's body in the the carpet. >> How did you feel when you heard that? >> Um shocked. But then oh,
what happened? The body in David Madson's apartment was Jeff Trail. He had been beaten to
death with a hammer. And not far from the body, police found a duffel bag with a name on it, Andrew Kunanan.
>> This is the travel bag that we believe uh Andrew Kunanan brought to Minneapolis
on April 25th. >> But where was Andrew Kunanan and where was David Madson? [music]
The trail stayed cold for just 4 days. And then on Saturday morning, two fishermen found the body of a young man
on the shores of East Rush Lake about an hour north of Minneapolis. It was David
Madson. He'd been shot in the head. >> We learned that David died pretty soon after Jeff Trail.
>> Oh my gosh. you know, to be in the situation that David's in with this crazy person, you know, and how scary
for him. I'm sure he tried to calm Andrew down, you know. I I mean, I'm sure there was survival mode going on,
like how do you diffuse this situation? But he obviously failed at that. Um, and
he lost his life because of that. Ballistic tests showed the bullets used to kill Madson came from a 40 caliber
gun like the one Jeff Trail had taken to Minneapolis. Police believe Kunanan took
that gun. >> Presumably, when you were able to link Madson's death to Trail's death, that
changed the whole investigation. >> And now we're down to Where's Andrew? There were tire tracks near Madson's
body and his car, a red Jeep, was missing. But it would not stay missing for long.
>> 72-year-old Lee Miglin was found tortured and stabbed to death in the garage of his mansion on Chicago's Gold
Coast. >> On the morning of May 3rd, 1997, Steven and Barbara Byer found the body of their
neighbor, Lee Miglin. He was a wealthy real estate developer. I can still picture it today. I could see the points
of his shoes and I said, "It leases right there." I mean, it was absolutely um chilling.
Inside Lee Miglin's townhouse, there was some money and other things missing. And
there was evidence the killer had stayed a while. Police photos show he had shaved and taken a bath.
>> Debris in the kitchen sink. uh melted ice cream coming out of their containers. Then in uh Lee's library,
finding this uh large ham uh sliced sitting on his desk. That was plenty to recognize that uh something very, very
bad had gone on. >> Around the corner from the murder scene, police would discover David Madson's red
Jeep. But now, Lee Migglin's green Lexus was missing. To this day, police do not
know what, if any, connection Kunanan had to Miglin, but they feared Kunanan would strike again.
[music] [music] >> I do know it's not a random act of violence. A nationwide manhunt is still
underway for Kunan >> after Andrew Kunanan murdered Jeff Trail, David Madson, and Lee Migglin.
The gay community was terrified, especially in San Diego. >> I think everybody was in a state of
shock. I think some people were in a state of fear. People didn't answer their doors. People
that knew him the most stayed other places. >> Michael Williams relocated to Scottdale,
Arizona. >> Everybody was on very high alert >> cuz he didn't know where he was going to
strike again. >> Yeah. Just 6 days after he killed Miglin, while Kunanan was on the run in Miglin's
green Lexus, police believe he realized the FBI was tracking the car phone's signal and he needed a new vehicle.
>> He's believed to have struck here in Pensville Friday afternoon at the remote
Fins Point Cemetery at Fort M Park. >> FBI is going to work concurrently with the New Jersey State Police. The Lexus
was found at this cemetery in southern New Jersey. Inside the office lay victim number four. He was 45year-old William
Reese. He'd been shot in the head and his red pickup was gone. >> Yeah. He all he was is a caretaker at a cemetery.
>> Minneapolis detective Dale Bars says William Reese was killed simply for his truck. You know, he just was a very
honorable man >> in the wrong place. >> Absolutely. >> At the wrong time >> and alone.
>> You're in scon somewhere in Scottsdale. He's last heard of in New Jersey. Can
you relax? >> No. >> Until he's caught, you don't relax. As Johnny Versace was in Europe working
on what would be his final collection, Andrew Kunanan was the focus of a nationwide manhunt. He was featured on
America's Most Wanted. >> Police say Kunanan may be wearing glasses [music] >> and earned a spot on the FBI's 10 most
wanted list. [music] >> You think he enjoyed the the attention that he got? >> Oh, I absolutely do.
>> Former FBI profiler Mary Elano Tulle. He basically held the United States hostage
because we were looking for him everywhere. We didn't know where he was. >> Otul says having murdered four men in
three states over 12 days, Kunanan was now considered a spree killer. >> A spree killer continues and continues
and continues and does not go back into their normal life. Life as they know it.
It's done. So Otul believes Kunanan knew he had nothing to lose. >> There's no way to undo what he's done
now. Absolutely no way. So he's really boxed himself into a corner. From a behavioral standpoint that makes him
more dangerous. >> But then for 2 months there was no sign of Kunanan until July 15th, 1997
when he struck again. This time was different because this time his victim was Johnny Versace.
When you heard that he had done it again, do you remember how you felt? >> Every time there was another killing, it
was almost like you're being stabbed. You know, it it's that rush of pain and you're just automatically, oh my god,
why can't they catch him? >> There's no question that he knew that we were hot in this trail.
>> Carlos Noriega remembers that within hours, hundreds of police officers piled
onto Miami Beach. >> We all but locked down uh the causeways and the ways in and out of the city. And
I believe that created that bottleneck where he felt uncomfortable trying to leave the city.
Crime Stoppers. >> With all the attention on this case, every day brought a flood of tips.
>> How long ago? >> The tips that were coming in were overwhelming at times, >> especially since this was Detective Gus
Sanchez's first homicide investigation. >> Were you nervous at all? >> Of course, I was.
>> Yeah. >> We know already that he had killed numerous people. I remember going to
different locations knocking on doors and it always crosses your mind that Kunan can be in there armed and he can
shoot through the door. >> Detectives soon learned Kunanan had been in Miami Beach for about 2 months.
>> He was sort of hiding in plain sight. >> Exactly. >> The police had missed several
opportunities to get him. About a week before he killed Versace, Kunanan pawned a gold coin stolen from Lee Miglin.
How'd the pawn shop know it was him? He told them >> on the coin about a week before the
homicide >> and used his own name. >> Used his own name. >> What's more, Kunanan's name was on a
form the pawn shop was required to send to the Miami Beach Police Department. It
arrived 5 days before the murder. >> We did not have an automated system at the time.
>> It was just one of many forms and unfortunately nobody looked at it. Did you think
why didn't we know about this before Johnny Versace was killed? >> That thought went through my mind
several times because apparently he was on the beach for a period of time. >> Kunanan listed his address as the
Normandy Plaza Hotel. >> It was a dump. You and I wouldn't stay in that hotel. >> He'd registered under his own name. Must
drive you nuts to know that this guy was walking around free as a bird, >> right? I I mean, just the fact that this
guy [music] was being looked for speaks to the fact that he was able to blend in
and change his appearance and successfully [music] just stay one step ahead that way.
>> Things might have turned out differently if police had a little more luck. 4 days
before Versace was killed, someone at this subshop recognized Kunanan from the America's Most Wanted story. He called
the police, but they arrived too late. >> I was disappointed. I was frustrated. It's just unfortunate that we didn't
catch him before it happened. >> After Versace's murder, with Kunanan on the loose, anxiety grew.
>> Let me assure you that Miami Beach and Dade County are safe. >> I was afraid.
>> Remember, Versace's friend, Lazaro Quintana, had chased Kunanan. So I told the officer, "Go get him. He's in there.
Go get him." >> He knew who I was, but I didn't know who he was. >> How did you behave when you were out?
>> Scared, cautious, looking over my shoulder a lot, >> literally. I mean, >> absolutely. Oh, yeah. I was Yeah. I
mean, I got goosebumps on it. Absolutely. This man had a gun. This man knew what he was doing.
>> The longer Kunanan dodged police, the more intense the hunt became. I think the police were getting anxious. Where
could he be? What kind of resources did he have? >> Former prosecutor Michael Band.
>> That's a lot of pressure. That's a lot of pressure on law enforcement. The whole world's watching, but we don't
want anybody else dead. >> There was a sense that maybe we lost him by some people. I just thought that he
was hiding out. >> Yeah. Go ahead, Tom. >> And then the tip came in that would change everything. Here we go, guys.
Here we go. >> I get a call. Michael, >> I think we found him. >> What's your emergency?
>> Got in and they're shooting. I heard over the police radio that there had been a shot fired,
that they were surrounding a housebo. [music] >> You think what? >> We got him. >> After a 9-day manhunt, Miami Beach
detective Gus Sanchez believed Andrew Kunanan was finally cornered on a housebo just 40 blocks from where he had
shot down Johnny Versace. [music] When Sanchez arrived, it was a standoff. At this point, nobody's seen Kunan on
the housebo. >> No, there's no confirmation at this point. >> The houseboat's caretaker saw signs of a
breakin, and when he went inside, a shot was fired. >> Police quickly surrounded the housebo.
>> They are communicating by bullhorn with the housebo. >> After a 4hour siege, the SWAT team fired
tear gas. and went on board. When it was safe, prosecutor Michael Band followed them.
>> It was a mess. It was just a mess. >> In an upstairs bedroom, they found a body.
>> I just recall an individual lying on the bed looking up. He had a bullet wound in
his head. There's a gun next to him. >> When you looked at that face, what did your gut tell you?
>> My gut told me it's him. >> But that wasn't enough. >> I wanted fingerprints.
>> As band waited, an expert at the scene compared fingerprints from the corpse with Kunanins.
>> He looks up and he says, "It's him. The reign of terror brought upon us by Andrew Kunanan is over.
>> It turned out Kunanan shot himself with the same gun he used to kill Johnny Versace, William Ree, and David Madson.
It was the gun he had taken from his friend and first victim, Jeff Trail. >> There's a sense of relief.
>> But this was not the outcome Michael Williams hoped for. I didn't want him to do anything but go to jail and rot.
>> Andrew Kunanan's suicide left the world with a pile of questions. Was there any
connection between Johnny Versace and Andrew Kunanan? There have always been rumors. There is no hard evidence.
>> Do you think they knew each other? >> I I think there's a strong possibility that they they crossed paths before
>> and that plays into his motive. >> I I think so. I think they knew each other or he wanted to be in his circle
and maybe he was rejected and this this is all speculation. >> There is some sense it's not complete.
Why' he do it? What was the folks in Minnesota? Why Chicago? Why New Jersey? Why Versace? Was there a connection
there? Was this just some sort of serendipitous unfortunate occasion where just two lives intersected at the wrong
time? >> And we'll never know. >> We'll never know. >> 20 years after Versace's death, Tim Gun
says Versace's influence still lives. >> Sexy, alluring, gorgeous red carpet gowns. It's all attributable to Johnny
Versace. Singer Bruno Mars not only wears Versace, he mentions Versace in one of
his songs. [music] >> If guys like Bruno Mars are singing about Johnny Versace 20 years after his
death, what in your mind does that say about Johnny Versace? >> That he's fully embedded in our society
and culture and has a has a profound legacy. I feel his presence uh when I'm designing.
>> Lyanna Aguilar, a Project Runway contestant, was just a teenager when Versace was killed.
>> There are Versace elements in what you're wearing today, right? >> Yes. Tim Gun saw this and he said, "This
looks like Versace." And I was like, "Yes, mission accomplished." [laughter] >> Of course, the memories are infinitely
more personal for Michael Williams who lost his best friend. And two decades later, it still hurts.
>> This hasn't left you. >> I'm better. It's taken me years. You know, if it was just Jeff being
killed would be one thing, but then you got David and Lee Miglin and William Ree
and Johnny Versace, five people that you're now connected to. It is a connection no one would ever
seek. The world [music] lost an icon, but five families lost loved ones. Friends, lost
friends. All for a reason we'll never know, if there ever was one. [music] Heat. Heat.
[music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music]

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Brief Summary

Danielle and Dan survive a brutal kidnapping and assault, leading to a dramatic trial against their attacker, William Babner.

Key points

A Desperate Plea. In a moment of fear, a victim prays for her life while facing a brutal reality.
The Aftermath of Violence. After the attack, the victims struggle with their injuries and the trauma of the event.
The Moment of Truth. Facing the assailant in court brought back overwhelming emotions.
A New Beginning. Danielle and the narrator reconnect, signifying healing and growth.
Samantha's ATM Withdrawal. A man uses Samantha's debit card for an ATM withdrawal, raising alarms.
Keys' Confession. Israel Keys admits to killing Samantha, shocking investigators.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Please, dear Jesus, just take my soul.

8:04WatchApr 18, 2026

Tension

85/ 100High tension

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