- NIGHT, ROSA. - BUNDLE UP. IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A VERY SCARY THING, HOW DANGEROUS PEOPLE ARE.
HELLO?
INVESTIGATORS GET YET ANOTHER CALL ABOUT ANOTHER MURDER.
MY BROTHER'S SHOT DOWN LIKE AN ANIMAL.
Barge: I FOUND THE NOTE.
THESE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BE CONNECTED.
THIS WAS THE MAN WHO CREATED THE ILLUSION OF A SERIAL KILLER.
I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS CAPABLE OF GOING THIS FAR.
I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE HE CAN KILL ME, TOO.
I MEAN, WHAT MAKES ME ANY DIFFERENT?
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Narrator: IN EAST POINT, GEORGIA,
TRENT FLOYD IS WORRIED ABOUT HIS MOTHER, CYNTHIA.
Man: PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.
HEY, MOM. IT'S ME.
I'm starting to get a little worried.
PLEASE CALL ME BACK WHEN YOU GET THIS MESSAGE, OKAY?
Love you.
CYNTHIA'S SON, TRENT, TALKS TO HER DAILY.
HE CHECKS ON HER, AND IF HE DOESN'T TALK TO HER
ON THE PHONE, HE EVEN GOES OVER THERE TO THE HOUSE
TO TALK TO HER.
JaQuitta: SOHEN REA OUT TO HIS MOTHER.
AND DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM HER,
HE BECAME INCREDIBLY CONCERNED.
MOM!
ON MARCH 1, 2001,
WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM TRENT FLOYD
THAT HIS MOTHER HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE CARPORT OF HER HOUSE.
IT WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE.
SHE WAS SLUMPED OVER IN THE CAR AND HAD BEEN SHOT
THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE CAR.
SHE WAS SOMEBODY WHO A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVED DEARLY,
SO FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN TO HER
IS QUITE SHOCKING.
WELL, HER PURSE IS STILL HERE.
WALLET'S IN IT, TOO.
IT APPEARED THAT HER PURSE HAD SPILLED
INTO THE FLOORBOARD OF THE CAR, OR SHE'D JUST GOTTEN SOME MAIL.
SHE HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR YET.
SHE HAD CHECKED HER MAIL, DRIVEN DOWN THE DRIVEWAY,
AND WAS SITTING IN HER CAR PERUSING THROUGH HER MAIL
WHEN THIS HAPPENED,
AND PEOPLE GET THEIR MAIL EVERY DAY
AND NEVER EXPECT TO BE AMBUSHED IN THEIR CARS.
Narrator: AS INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR CLUES,
NEWS OF CYNTHIA'S MURDER
GETS OUT TO HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Willis: I'D BEEN TRYING TO CALL HER BECAUSE WE WERE SCHEDULED.
TO GO SOMEWHERE,
AND I KEPT CALLING HER ON THE PHONE,
AND I COULD NOT GET IN TOUCH WITH HER.
THE NEXT THING I KNEW, ANOTHER FRIEND OF HERS CALLED
AND SAID, "WE'VE LOST CYNTHIA."
WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS,
AND IT'S SO VIOLENT, IT...
IT MAKES YOUR HEART STOP.
THERE HAD BEEN NO THREATS, NO BAD ACTIVITY,
NO FUSSING, NO FIGHTING,
AND CYNTHIA LIVED A VERY, VERY SUBTLE LIFE.
AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF WAIT FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO FALL
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS,
AND NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS
WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER, SHE WAS...
Narrator: POLICE QUESTION THE ONLY WITNESS THEY HAVE SO FAR,
CYNTHIA'S SON, TRENT.
JaQuitta: IT HAD TO BE A TRAUMATIC SCENE,
AND AS HER SON, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
I CALLED THREE TIMES,
AND SHE DIDN'T CALL BACK.
DID YOUR MOM HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH ANYONE?
SHE EVER MENTION ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO YOU?
NO. NOTHING.
IF SHE DID, SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME.
SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER.
Narrator: IT'S NOT JUST CYNTHIA ROLLE'S FRIENDS.
AND FAMILY WHO ARE SHOCKED BY HER BRUTAL MURDER.
THINGS LIKE THIS JUST DON'T HAPPEN IN EAST POINT.
EAST POINT IS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CRIME.
IT'S A QUIET PLACE.
JaQuitta: IT'S OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA.
IT FEELS WARM, THE KIND OF PLACE
THAT YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY.
Barge: AS IT SUNK IN WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHAT WAS GOING ON,
THEY WERE COMING UP AND ASKING US ABOUT THAT...
WHO DID IT? WHO'S UNDER ARREST?
WHO DO YOU HAVE? DID THE SON DO IT?
DID THE FAMILY DO IT?
YOU MENTIONED THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER,
SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK.
WHERE DOES SHE WORK?
LAW ENFORCEMENT, LIKE YOU GUYS.
WE FIND OUT THAT THE VICTIM'S ACTUALLY A PROBATION OFFICER
FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Narrator: CYNTHIA ROLLE'S JOB,
IT'S INVESTIGATORS' FIRST
AND MAYBE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED, NOT ONLY WAS MY FRIEND
SHOT TO DEATH IN HER OWN DRIVEWAY,
THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN ME KICKS IN
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES?
SHE AND I WORKED AT THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME PEOPLE.
CYNTHIA INHERITED ALL OF MY PROBATIONERS.
SO NOW I'M THINKING,
COULD IT HAVE BEEN ONE OF MINE THAT DID THIS TO HER?
WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIND OUT WHO DID THIS.
HERE, TAKE THIS.
YOU CALL ME IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING, OKAY?
Barge: IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE HAD SOMEONE.
THAT WAS ON PROBATION THAT SHE HAD CROSSED IN SOME WAY.
HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYBODY IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS
WHO SEEMED A LITTLE OFF OR ANTAGONIZED BY HER?
HAS SHE BEEN GETTING ANY THREATENING LETTERS,
ANY THREATENING PHONE CALLS?
ALL OF THESE KIND OF THINGS ARE WHAT GO THROUGH YOUR MIND.
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.
"BRENT BARNES."
PAROLED AUGUST 2000.
"ASSIGNED TO CYNTHIA ROLLE."
OKAY, WHY HIM?
LOOK AT THE ADDRESS.
WHERE BRENT BARNES LIVED WAS WITHIN A BLOCK
OR LESS OF THE VICTIM'S HOME.
HE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET AND THROUGH A WOODED AREA,
BUT IT WAS EASILY ACCESSED THROUGH A PATHWAY
THAT WOULD GO FROM HIS HOUSE BACK OVER TO THE VICTIM'S HOUSE.
TALKING TO NEIGHBORS, WE FOUND OUT THAT
HE IS SEEN OFTENTIMES WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
HE'S SEEN USING THIS PATH,
AND THAT PATH WOULD ACTUALLY BRING HIM OUT
TO WHERE THE VICTIM LIVES.
THEY POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BRENT BARNES AS THE PERSON
THAT THEY HAD SEEN WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Narrator: FIRST, DETECTIVES PLACE BARNES.
NEAR THE CRIME SCENE AROUND THE TIME OF THE MURDER.
THEN DETECTIVES DISCOVER A MOTIVE.
CYNTHIA ACTUALLY WAS IN THE PROCESS
OF MAYBE HAVING HIS PROBATION REVOKED.
HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
AND REVOKED FAIRLY RECENTLY
FOR THE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
BRENT, THE NEIGHBORS SAW YOU THERE.
NO. NO. I WOULD NEVER HURT MS. CYNTHIA.
I SWEAR TO YOU. SHE WAS ALWAYS FAIR TO ME.
SHE WAS GOING TO GET YOU SENT BACK,
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT DIDN'T BOTHER YOU?
THE THOUGHT OF HIM GOING BACK TO PRISON,
WE THOUGHT THAT IS ENOUGH THAT COULD UPSET HIM,
AND WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT HE COULD DO.
BRENT, I HAVE WITNESSES,
I HAVE MOTIVE, AND I HAVE OPPORTUNITY.
Barge: MR. BARNES TOLD US THAT HE HAD GREAT RESPECT FOR HER.
HE SAW HER OFTEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE HAD NOTHING BUT A CONGENIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER
AND WAS VERY UPSET THAT SHE WAS DEAD.
EVEN THOUGH SHE NEVER WISHED HIM ANY ILL WILL,
IT'S A VERY SCARY THING HOW UNSTABLE PEOPLE CAN BE.
HE WAS A CONVICTED FELON,
AND HE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.
Narrator: BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THAT SENDS THE CASE IN A NEW DIRECTION.
AS INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER CYNTHIA'S MURDER,
THEY GET YET ANOTHER CALL.
WE HAD ANOTHER SHOOTING.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS IN EAST POINT, GEORGIA,
ARE CLOSING IN ON A PRIME SUSPECT
IN THE MURDER OF PAROLE OFFICER CYNTHIA ROLLE
WHEN THE CASE TAKES A BIZARRE TURN.
WHILE WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING CYNTHIA FLOYD ROLLE'S DEATH
AND BRENT BARNES AS A SUSPECT,
WE GET ANOTHER CALL
IN ANOTHER QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD OF EAST POINT.
Popham: WHEN WE PULLED UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WE SAW THE CAR SITTING THERE,
AND IT WAS RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES.
IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A ROBBERY.
THERE WAS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THAT WAS IN THE VEHICLE.
Barge: BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE,
THE VICTIM HAD ALREADY BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE WAS STILL CONSCIOUS, BUT HE WAS NONRESPONSIVE,
COULDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING.
HE WAS JUST IN INCREDIBLE PAIN.
Gray: AS WE CAME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WE DID FIND A WITNESS WHO LIVES IN A HOUSE ON THE CORNER
WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.
Popham: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS LOOKING OUT HER WINDOW,
AND SHE SAW A MAN STANDING AT THE CORNER.
SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY ODD.
HE DROVE UP, GOT OUT OF THE CAR, PARKED,
WALKED STRAIGHT UP TO THE GUY, AND HE SHOT HIM...
LIKE A HIT MAN OR SOMETHING.
WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE?
HE WAS BIG, LIKE 6'2", HEAVY.
WHAT ABOUT THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING?
I GOT A GOOD LOOK AT THAT, TOO.
HE DROVE RIGHT PAST ME.
Barge: SHE WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT IT WAS A CHEVROLET MALIBU.
SHE KNEW HER CARS,
AND THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY A CHEVROLET MALIBU.
WHEN THE OTHER SHOOTINGS STARTED TO OCCUR,
OF COURSE, IT DID START LOOKING RANDOM,
BUT YOU HAVE TO START ELIMINATING,
YOU HAVE TO START WHITTLING DOWN.
Narrator: WITH THE WITNESS DESCRIPTION.
OF THE SHOOTER IN HAND,
POLICE TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE VICTIM,
WHOSE LIFE IS HANGING BY A VERY THIN THREAD.
Gray: WE FIND OUT THAT THE VICTIM WAS ANTONIO STEPHNEY,
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM SURVIVING
DID NOT LOOK GOOD AT ALL.
Zack: I GOT A CALL FROM DETECTIVE BARGE.
HE SAID, "YOUR BROTHER'S BEEN SHOT.
I JUST NEED FOR YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL."
SO WE WERE SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM.
THEY FINALLY CAME OUT
AND SAID THAT, UM, HE HAD PASSED,
AND THEN JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT TO MY MOTHER.
THAT WAS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THING BECAUSE I WAS LIKE,
HOW AM I GONNA TELL MY MOTHER
THAT HER CHILD IS GONE?
ANTONIO WAS A VERY LOVABLE PERSON.
HE LOVED LIFE, LIKED FISHING,
BEING AROUND HIS FAMILY,
BEING INVOLVED WITH THE KIDS.
Sparks: THAT SATURDAY BEFORE TONY WAS KILLED,
MY AUNT HAD HAD A GATHERING,
AND, FOR SOME REASON, I WATCHED TONY,
HOW HE FELLOWSHIPPED WITH ALL OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS
AND JUST THE WARM HUGS THAT HE GAVE,
AND NOT KNOWING THAT THE NEXT DAY,
HE WAS GONNA BE GONE.
THE FAMILY DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHO WOULD WANT TO SHOOT HIM,
WHY HE WAS SHOT.
WHEN WE ASKED, "ARE THERE ANYBODY"
THAT HAS A GRUDGE AGAINST HIM?
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S MAD AT HIM, UPSET WITH HIM?
THEY COULDN'T OFFER ANYBODY.
THERE WASN'T ANYBODY THAT HAD A REASON TO KILL HIM.
Narrator: BACK AT THE CRIME SCENE,
POLICE ARE DESPERATE FOR A CLUE
THAT WILL LEAD THEM TO ANTONIO'S KILLER.
I FOUND THE NOTE.
UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPER OF THE CAR
WAS A NOTE THAT WAS FOLDED UP,
AND ON ONE SIDE IT SAID, "COUNT THE BODIES."
ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT SAID "JACK."
"COUNT THE BODIES."
WE ALL THOUGHT, "WOW."
THIS PERSON IS ACTUALLY LEAVING NOTES FOR US."
Narrator: IT'S THE SECOND AMBUSH-STYLE SHOOTING.
IN THE SAME PEACEFUL PART OF EAST POINT.
COULD ANTONIO STEPHNEY'S MURDER BE CONNECTED TO CYNTHIA'S?
INVESTIGATORS NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WAS THIS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE?
NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.
WE THOUGHT BACK TO CYNTHIA'S SHOOTING,
AND WE DIDN'T REMEMBER RECOVERING A NOTE THERE AT ALL.
Narrator: BUT WHEN THEY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.
FROM CYNTHIA'S MURDER,
INVESTIGATORS FIND SOMETHING THEY MISSED.
AS WE LOOK THROUGH THERE, WE ACTUALLY DID SEE
THERE WAS A NOTE, AND IT WAS IN THE CAR,
AND IT DID HAVE THE NAME "JACK" ON IT.
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, AND WE KNEW THEN
THESE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BE CONNECTED.
Narrator: THEIR FIRST SUSPECT, BRENT BARNES,
DIDN'T SHOOT ANTONIO STEPHNEY.
HE WAS IN CUSTODY WHEN IT HAPPENED.
BRENT BARNES SEEMED LIKE AN OBVIOUS SUSPECT.
HE LIVED IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE WAS ON HER CASE LOAD.
SHE HAD RECENTLY REVOKED HIM,
BUT IT TURNED OUT TO NOT BE HIM.
Narrator: AND IF DETECTIVES ARE RIGHT AND ONE KILLER.
SHOT BOTH CYNTHIA AND ANTONIO,
THEN BARNES DIDN'T MURDER CYNTHIA, EITHER.
SO NOW WE'RE STARTING ALL OVER WITH THIS.
WE KIND OF HAD TO READJUST OUR INVESTIGATION AT THAT POINT.
FROM A DETECTIVE STANDPOINT,
IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.
Willis: THE CITY OF EAST POINT WAS MORTIFIED.
BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEBODY OUT THERE JUST SHOOTING UP THE PLACE
WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD
FOR WHO HE HURT,
WHO HE SCARED TO DEATH.
JaQuitta: PEOPLE HAD GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY.
DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AT NIGHT.
THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS DANGEROUS OUT THERE,
WHO WAS JUST PICKING OUT PEOPLE,
PLUCKING THEM OUT AND KILLING THEM WITH NO REASON,
AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS OR WHY.
IT WAS SCARY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WE WERE JUST
SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR THE NEXT ONE TO HAPPEN.
HELLO?
ANYBODY OUT HERE?
HELLO?
HELLO!
GOT TO GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE,
WE LEARNED THAT THE VICTIM'S NAME WAS ROGER ORR.
HE WAS ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD.
MR. ORR, DO YOU KNOW WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
WHAT WE GOT THERE... JUST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND?
- WE GOT AN EXIT WOUND. - ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET HIM ON SOME OXYGEN.
Narrator: POLICE FEAR THE EAST POINT SHOOTER.
HAS STRUCK AGAIN,
BUT THIS TIME THERE'S A POTENTIAL EYEWITNESS.
SIR, ARE YOU OKAY? SIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
THE BULLET CAME ACROSS MY LEFT ARM
AND WENT INTO MY LEFT BICEP AND THROUGH MY ARM
AND THROUGH MY CHEST AND MY LEFT LUNG
AND OUT MY BACK.
IT WAS VERY PAINFUL,
AND I'M SURPRISED
I DIDN'T BLEED TO DEATH.
Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY, ROGER ORR.
CAN'T HELP POLICE I.D. THE SHOOTER.
ALL I SAW WAS A PROFILE, JUST A DARK PROFILE.
I HAD NO IDEA WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO SHOOT ME.
I HADN'T... I HADN'T DONE ANYTHING BAD TO ANYONE.
I JUST... I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
ONCE ROGER ORR WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL,
WE START PROCESSING THE SCENE
TO FIND OUT WHAT EVIDENCE WE CAN FIND.
I SAW A PIECE OF PAPER ON THE STEPS, LIKE PRINTER PAPER.
HEY. CHECK THIS OUT.
"I WAS LOCKED UP FOR SIX WEEKS."
SOMEONE MUST PAY.
"JACK."
Narrator: AS POLICE CONNECT THE DOTS,
THEY MAKE THE SHOCKING REALIZATION
THAT THE THREE SHOOTINGS ARE RELATED.
AT THAT POINT, WE KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT
CYNTHIA'S SHOOTING IS RELATED TO MR. ORR'S SHOOTING,
IS RELATED TO ANTONIO STEPHNEY'S SHOOTING.
AND WE ALL JUST FROZE RIGHT THEN AND SAID, "HOLY COW."
WE'VE GOT A SERIAL KILLER."
Narrator: THERE IS A KILLER LOOSE ON THE STREETS.
OF EAST POINT, GEORGIA.
THE MOST RECENT VICTIM IS 61-YEAR-OLD ROGER ORR.
Gray: ON ONE SIDE IS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE.
THAT SAYS, "I WAS LOCKED UP FOR SIX WEEKS."
SOMEBODY MUST PAY."
ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THERE IN A HIGHLIGHT MARKER,
IS JUST SIMPLY THE NAME "JACK."
Orr: THE ONLY JACK THAT I KNEW.
HAD MOVED OUT OF EAST POINT YEARS AGO.
HE LIVED TWO BLOCKS UP THE STREET.
"JACK" MEANT NOTHING TO ME, THE NAME "JACK."
Willis: THE COMMUNITY STARTED THINKING, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT THIS BIZARRE SERIAL KILLER ON OUR HANDS.
NOBODY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE CONNECTION,
WHICH MADE THEM ARBITRARY,
MEANING ANYBODY COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK AT ANY TIME.
THE WHOLE CITY AREA OF EAST POINT IS NOW AFRAID
TO EVEN COME OUT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE NIGHT.
Reporter: THREE APPARENTLY RANDOM SHOOTINGS.
THAT VERY QUICKLY ESCALATED THAT FEAR.
Reporter: AT EACH SCENE, POLICE FOUND SIMILAR MESSAGES.
REPORTEDLY WITH THE WORDS "COUNT THE BODIES."
I WOULD LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON IN THE HOUSE.
I GOT OVER IN A CORNER,
AND COVERED UP WITH A BLANKET
WITH THE SHOTGUN POINTED AT THE FRONT DOOR...
THOUGHT MAYBE HE MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK AND FINISH THE JOB.
Barge: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CAREER CASES.
THAT DETECTIVES DREAM OF WORKING
UNTIL YOU'RE ACTUALLY WORKING IT,
AND IT KIND OF BECOMES NIGHTMARISH.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TIE THESE VICTIMS TOGETHER SOMEHOW,
AND WE COULDN'T.
Zack: THEY JUST REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THEMSELVES, AND,
YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST KEPT ASKING,
"DO YOU HAVE ANY ENEMIES, OR...?"
WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS FOCUS ON THE NOTES LEFT BY THE KILLER.
Barge: SOMEBODY'S REALLY TAUNTING US AND TELLING US.
THAT THEY ARE NOT GONNA STOP.
IT WAS A SCARY MOMENT FOR US AS POLICE OFFICERS.
COPS DON'T LIKE TO ADMIT THAT THEY'RE SCARED.
ONCE WE COLLECTED ALL THE NOTES,
WE SENT THEM TO THE CRIME LAB FOR ANALYSIS.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANY TRACES OF DNA.
THE ONE INTERESTING THING THAT THEY FOUND
WAS LIP PRINTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY
ON THE NOTES THEMSELVES.
WHOEVER HAD LEFT THEM FOR US
HAD MORE THAN LIKELY HELD THEM IN THEIR MOUTH
WHILE THEY WERE SHOOTING AND THEN THREW THEM DOWN.
LIP PRINTS HAVE SPECIFIC RIDGES AND NO TWO ARE ALIKE.
A LIP PRINT IS AS IDENTIFIABLE TO A PERSON AS A FINGERPRINT IS.
Barge: SO NOW WE'VE GOT LIP PRINTS,
BUT WE JUST NEEDED LIPS TO GO WITH THEM.
Narrator: LIP IMPRINTS ARE NOT THE ONLY CLUE.
INVESTIGATORS PULL FROM THE NOTES.
ALL THE NOTES WERE SIGNED WITH ONE NAME... "JACK."
HEY, WHY DON'T YOU SEARCH FOR A JOHN FIRST NAME?
THE OBVIOUS LINE OF INVESTIGATION THAT WE WENT AFTER
WAS THE NAME "JACK."
Narrator: THE MOST RECENT NOTE REFERENCED BEING LOCKED UP,
SO DETECTIVES CIRCLE BACK
TO THE PAROLEES OF THEIR FIRST VICTIM,
PROBATION OFFICER CYNTHIA ROLLE.
WE WERE PRETTY CERTAIN THAT IT WAS A PROBATIONER OR A PAROLEE
JUST BASED ON CYNTHIA FLOYD ROLLE
AND THE NOTE AT ROGER ORR'S HOUSE THAT SAID,
"I'VE BEEN OUT FOR SIX WEEKS.
SOMEONE MUST PAY."
OKAY. HERE'S A POSSIBILITY.
THIS GUY'S NAMED JOHN L. POSTON,
PAROLED IN 1999.
ASSIGNED TO CYNTHIA UPON HIS RELEASE.
Willis: IT ALLOWED US TO SORT OF NARROW THE FIELD.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT A THOUSAND,
LET'S MAYBE CONSIDER ALL OF THE ONES
NAMED JACK OR JACKSON OR JOHN
OR THESE KIND OF THINGS.
JOHN POSTON HAS ONLY ONE KNOWN ALIAS...
JACK.
I CAN'T BE THERE TONIGHT, MAN.
NO, I GOT SOMETHING TO TAKE CARE OF.
JOHN POSTON?
HEY, I GOT TO CALL YOU BACK. ALL RIGHT.
I GUESS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT MS. ROLLE?
I HEARD. YEAH.
I WAS AT WORK
AT A JOB THAT MS. ROLLE HELPED ME GET
WHEN I GOT OUT OF JAIL.
TALK TO MY BOSS.
I WILL, JACK.
Narrator: JACK POSTON WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
HIS BOSS TELLS POLICE HE WAS AT WORK
WHEN CYNTHIA ROLLE WAS GUNNED DOWN.
JACK POSTON'S A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT JUST DOESN'T FIT.
AT THIS POINT IN THE INVESTIGATION,
WE HAVE THE LEADS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING,
AND IT GETS US NOWHERE.
WE HAVE NAMES, BUT WE CAN'T FIND OUT WHO THE PERSON IS,
AND IT'S GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING AT THIS POINT.
BUNDLE UP. IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
Narrator: THE EAST POINT KILLER HAS STRUCK AGAIN,
AND THIS TIME, THE VICTIM IS ROSA LEWIS.
HE SHOT HER RIGHT WHEN SHE GOT HOME,
JUST LIKE CYNTHIA.
SHE WAS TRYING TO CRAWL TO HER HOUSE, IT LOOKS LIKE.
SHE FELL TO THE GROUND.
SHE DRUG HERSELF UP TO HER FRONT DOOR.
HER ROOMMATE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME
AND WAS ABLE TO CONTACT POLICE.
THERE WAS LITERALLY A BLOOD TRAIL FROM HER CAR,
ON THE GROUND, TO THE DOOR WHERE SHE WAS LIVING.
IT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE.
ROSA IS IN REALLY, REALLY BAD SHAPE.
SHE ACTUALLY IS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS LIKELY TO NOT MAKE IT.
IF IT IS THE SAME GUY,
A NOTE'S GOT TO BE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
WE WERE LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR A NOTE...
INSIDE THE CAR, BY THE CAR, UNDERNEATH THE CAR.
ANYTHING?
NO, NOTHING.
IT'S GOT TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE.
ONCE WE DETERMINED WHERE THE VICTIM LIVED
IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, WE TALKED WITH HER ROOMMATE.
THEY ASKED HER THINGS LIKE, DID SHE HAVE ANY ENEMIES?
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO HURT HER?
SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO HURT HER.
SO, ROSA LIVES HERE WITH YOU.
YEAH. YEAH, IT'S A RECENT THING.
I MEAN, SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.
Gray: WHEN WE TALKED TO ROSA'S ROOMMATE,
WE FOUND OUT THAT ROSA WAS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE.
JaQuitta: AND SHE MENTIONED THAT IT WAS AMICABLE.
IT WAS HER HUSBAND THAT HELPED TO MOVE HER INTO THE APARTMENT.
SO, WHERE DOES SHE WORK?
THE STATE.
SHE'S WORKED PROBATION FOR, LIKE, 20 YEARS.
WE IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER THAT CYNTHIA ALSO
IS A PROBATION OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
- NIGHT, ROSA. - BUNDLE UP. IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
HAS SHE EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HAVING TROUBLE
WITH ANYBODY ON PAROLE?
ROSA? NO!
SHE GOT ALONG WITH EVERYBODY.
ROSA CAME TO OUR OFFICE AS A SECRETARY.
SHE OPERATED WITHOUT FEAR AROUND THE PROBATIONERS,
AND HER DESK LITERALLY SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOBBY
WHERE ALL OF THE PROBATIONERS WOULD COME IN.
CYNTHIA WAS THE FIRST TO BE SHOT AND KILLED,
AND THEN ROSA IS SHOT AND NEARLY KILLED.
THE CHANCES ARE THAT RANDOMLY YOU'RE GONNA END UP
HAVING SHOT TWO PROBATION OFFICERS IS PRETTY SLIM.
THIS DEFINITELY TIED IN TO CYNTHIA FLOYD ROLLE'S CASE
AT THIS POINT.
Narrator: IT LOOKS LIKE A PAROLEE WITH A GRUDGE.
IS ATTACKING PROBATION OFFICERS,
BUT WHY ROGER ORR AND ANTONIO STEPHNEY?
WHERE DO THEY FIT IN?
WE HAD ALL OF THESE PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE
THAT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER,
BUT WE WERE MISSING ONE PIECE, AND THAT'S WHO IS IT?
Narrator: ROSA LEWIS,
CLINGING TO LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL,
WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP THEM I.D. THE SHOOTER
AND FIND THAT FINAL, CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
BUT PERHAPS SOMEONE ELSE CAN.
Gray: DETECTIVE BARGE AND I DRIVE TO DeKALB COUNTY.
TO NOTIFY ROSA'S FAMILY.
WE GO TO HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND'S HOME.
EAST POINT POLICE.
ARE YOU RELATED TO ROSA LEWIS?
S-SHE'S MY MOM. WHAT HAPPENED?
CAN WE COME IN?
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WE WERE GIVING
A DEATH NOTIFICATION, WHICH IS THE WORST THING
THAT COPS EVER HAVE TO DO. IT'S THE HARDEST THING TO DO.
SO WE'RE DELIVERING IT THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN TRAINED,
GIVING BITS OF INFORMATION SLOWLY AND LETTING IT ABSORB.
DID YOUR MOM EVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BEING AFRAID
OF ANY OF THE GUYS SHE HAD ON PROBATION?
NO. NEVER.
DOES MY DAD KNOW ABOUT THIS?
ROSA'S HUSBAND'S NAME IS WILLIAM CHARLES LEWIS.
THEY HAVE TWO SONS.
THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS,
AND THEY WERE ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERS
TO THE POINT THAT MR. LEWIS WAS A NATIONAL FIGURE IN HIS CHURCH.
THAT'S PROBABLY MY DAD NOW.
ANTOINE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
MR. LEWIS, I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS.
YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN SHOT.
WHAT?
SHE'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
WHY WAS SHE SHOT?
HER ROOMMATE SAYS IT HAPPENED RIGHT WHEN SHE GOT HOME.
SHE HEARD THE SHOTS, BUT SHE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
THIS IS SO OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ROSA.
Barge: HE SAID, "THIS IS SO OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ROSA."
HE'S BEEN TOLD THAT HIS WIFE IS ABOUT TO DIE,
AND SHE'D BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES...
TELL US THAT THIS WAS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR HER.
THAT'S JUST THE WEIRDEST THING FOR ANYBODY TO SAY.
Narrator: FIRST, PROBATION OFFICER CYNTHIA ROLLE.
WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
THEN ANTONIO STEPHNEY WAS SHOT TO DEATH
AND ROGER ORR WAS ATTACKED IN HIS HOME.
AND NOW THE KILLER HAS COME FULL CIRCLE.
CYNTHIA ROLLE'S CO-WORKER ROSA LEWIS HAS BEEN GUNNED DOWN.
NOW DETECTIVES ARE INFORMING CHARLES LEWIS
THAT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, ROSA, IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
I THINK I NEED A DRINK.
NOW, THIS IS THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILDREN,
THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED TO
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS,
AND INVESTIGATORS BARELY GET A REACTION OUT OF YOU.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE THOUGHT WAS VERY STRANGE AND ODD
IS HE DIDN'T ASK HOW WAS SHE DOING,
WHERE IS SHE?
Tim: WHERE YOU COMING FROM TONIGHT, MR. LEWIS?
COMING FROM WORK.
YOU USUALLY WORK THIS LATE?
NO, I JUST,
KIND OF TOOK A LITTLE DRIVE TO KILL TIME.
DROVE AROUND? WHERE TO?
NOWHERE. JUST KILLING TIME.
HE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS, AND HE'S NOT ACTING QUITE RIGHT,
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.
I JUST KNOW THAT HE'S NOT ACTING RIGHT.
HE KIND OF STRUGGLED WITH WHAT HIS ALIBI WAS,
WHERE HE HAD BEEN, WHY HE WAS COMING IN THAT TIME OF DAY.
I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT LATELY.
Barge: WE SAW A STACK OF PRINTER PAPER.
WE SAW A BLACK MAGIC MARKER AND A YELLOW HIGHLIGHTER
LAYING RIGHT ON THE TABLE.
BELLS ARE JUST GOING NUTS AT THIS POINT
THAT WE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE TALKING TO OUR SERIAL SHOOTER.
WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE THIS GUY.
I MEAN, THIS WAS A NATIONAL FIGURE IN HIS CHURCH.
THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT HE WAS GONNA BE THE SUSPECT
UNTIL ALL THESE THINGS STARTED COMING TOGETHER.
Narrator: DESPITE HOW IT LOOKS, CHARLES LEWIS IS JUST A SUSPECT.
THE PUZZLE IS STILL FAR FROM BEING SOLVED.
WE KNEW THAT THIS INTERVIEW WAS GONNA BE BETTER DONE
ON OUR OWN TURF BACK AT THE POLICE STATION.
Narrator: WHILE THEY'RE QUESTIONING CHARLES LEWIS AND HIS SON,
SOMEONE ELSE SHOWS UP AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS,
AND HE HAS WITH HIM WHAT COULD BE
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE YET.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE DETECTIVE
INVESTIGATING THE ROSA LEWIS SHOOTING.
I WORK WITH ROSA AND HAVE SOMETHING
THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SEE.
I WAS THEIR SUPERVISOR,
AND WE WORKED IN THE SAME OFFICE.
EACH AND EVERY DAY, WE ALL CAME IN PRETTY MUCH
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
WHEN DID SHE GIVE YOU THIS?
A FEW MONTHS AGO.
MS. LEWIS GAVE ME A LETTER, AND SHE ASKED ME TO TAKE THIS,
AND "IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME, YOU OPEN IT."
IT'S NO SECRET THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO GET HER DIVORCE,
AND SHE HAD FRIENDS,
LIKE US, WHO WANTED TO HELP HER.
THE LETTER BASICALLY SAID, "IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME,"
CHARLES DID IT.
"IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME, HE IS THE PRIME SUSPECT."
WHEN ROSA REVEALED TO US AT WORK THAT SHE WAS BEGINNING
TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HER HUSBAND,
SHE DID NOT GO INTO DETAIL.
WE BROUGHT IT TO MR. LEWIS' ATTENTION
AND TOLD HIM THAT HIS OWN WIFE
WAS TELLING US WHO HAD DONE THIS.
HE STILL DENIED IT.
Willis: HE WROTE ALL OF THESE RIDICULOUS LETTERS,
LEFT THEM AT THE CRIME SCENES,
BUT IT WAS A LETTER THAT ROSA WROTE
THAT WAS ACTUALLY HIS UNDOING.
Narrator: CHARLES LEWIS CAN DENY HIS WIFE'S CLAIMS,
BUT THERE IS ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT HE CAN'T DENY.
OKAY, MR. LEWIS, I NEED YOU TO TAKE THIS PIECE OF PAPER,
PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH, AND PRESS YOUR LIPS DOWN.
WAIT A MINUTE. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME DO THIS.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A COURT ORDER
THAT SAYS I CAN.
Gray: NOW THAT WE HAVE HIS LIP IMPRESSIONS,
IT'S JUST AS IDENTIFIABLE AS A FINGERPRINT.
IT'S A MATCH. IT'S A PERFECT MATCH
BETWEEN THE PERSON WHO WAS WRITING THE JACK NOTES
AND THE PERSON WHO WAS SITTING IN THEIR OFFICE.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ALSO MATCH LEWIS' HANDWRITING.
TO THE NOTES LEFT AT THE SHOOTINGS.
AND THEY DISCOVER LEWIS HAS RENTED A CHEVY MALIBU,
THE EXACT CAR A WITNESS SAW LEAVING THE SCENE
OF THE ANTONIO STEPHNEY SHOOTING.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE,
WE ARREST MR. LEWIS AND CHARGE HIM.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD THEIR KILLER.
Gray: YOU'RE GOING TO PRISON. THERE'S NOW TWO WAYS ABOUT THAT.
CAN I ASK YOU WHY?
WHY DID YOU DO THIS?
ROSA WAS LEAVING ME AFTER 20 YEARS,
AND I JUST COULDN'T HAVE THAT.
MY WHOLE LIFE WAS MY FAMILY,
AND SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY.
SHE WAS DIVORCING HIM. HE WAS ENRAGED.
BUT HE ALSO KNEW THAT IF HE JUST IMMEDIATELY KILLED HER,
HE WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON INVESTIGATORS WOULD COME AFTER.
SO, I DECIDED TO LEAVE THE NOTES
AND KILL ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE
TO THROW YOU ALL OFF.
HE KNEW THAT THE SCENES NEEDED TO BE CONNECTED.
THAT'S WHY HE LEFT THE NOTES.
Willis: WHEN IT WAS CONCLUSIVE THAT IT WAS CHARLES,
I FELT LIED TO AND BETRAYED.
HE ACTED AS IF HE WAS A FRIEND
TO ALL OF OUR GROUP FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
THIS WAS A MAN WHO CREATED THE ILLUSION OF A SERIAL KILLER
WHEN, IN ACTUALITY, HE WAS A SERIAL KILLER.
Narrator: IT TAKES MONTHS,
BUT ROSA LEWIS COMES OUT OF HER COMA.
YOU COULD SEE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS
HER GETTING STRONGER AND HER HEALING.
SHE HAD A LOT TO LIVE FOR.
SHE JUST WOULD NOT GIVE UP.
THE IRONY OF WILLIAM CHARLES LEWIS'
MASTER PLAN IS THAT HE WAS PLANNING ON KILLING HIS WIFE
BECAUSE SHE HAD LEFT HIM.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT ENDS UP SURVIVING.
SHE'S PULLED THROUGH AND DID WELL AND CONTINUED HER LIFE.
Narrator: CYNTHIA ROLLE,
ANTONIO STEPHNEY,
AND ROGER ORR
WERE JUST PAWNS IN LEWIS' SICK PLOT
TO KILL HIS WIFE AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
Orr: IT MADE ME MAD.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS LIFE
OR HIS HARDSHIPS OR THE REASON HIS WIFE LEFT HIM.
I WAS A TOTAL STRANGER.
MY BROTHER'S SHOT DOWN LIKE AN ANIMAL WITH JUST ONE BULLET.
I MEAN, HOW FAR CAN YOU GO?
IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I NEVER, NEVER, EVER GET OVER
BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS SUCH A PART OF MY HEART,
BUT I MISS HER EVERY SINGLE DAY... EVERY DAY.
Barge: WILLIAM CHARLES LEWIS IS A COWARD,
AND I'M GLAD THAT HE'S IN JAIL,
AND I'M GLAD THAT HE'S NEVER GONNA GET OUT.
I'M GLAD THAT HE'S THERE AND THAT HE'S NEVER GONNA HURT
ANYONE ELSE AGAIN OUTSIDE OF PRISON.
HE'S HURT ENOUGH PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THINGS
THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE
IMPACT OTHER PEOPLE WHO KNOW OTHER PEOPLE
AND SO ON AND SO ON AND SO ON.
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CYNTHIA AND ROSA,
WERE ACQUAINTED WITH EACH OTHER,
BUT YOU SEE THE NEWS, YOU READ THE PAPERS.
YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THESE PEOPLE.
Zack: IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS NOW, AND...
HE'S JUST... HE'S JUST MISSED.
I JUST HAVEN'T GOT OVER IT, BUT I THINK ABOUT...
I THINK ABOUT ANY STOP SIGN NOW.
WHEN I STOP AT A STOP SIGN,
I THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY RUNNING UP ON ME.
JUST LOOKING AT HIS PICTURE...
JUST HAVEN'T GOT OVER IT.