ONE TERRIBLE WISCONSIN WINTER,
A SINGLE MOM BECOMES PREY.
YOU HAVE A WOMAN WHO VANISHES INTO THIN AIR.
HEY, HEY, HEY.
THERE WAS TWO GUYS THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF.
THE SADDEST DAYS I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW THE FEELING IS.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
THIS WAS SUCH A MYSTERIOUS CASE TO WORK
AND SUCH A MYSTERIOUS THING TO UNRAVEL.
HORROR EMERGES FROM BENEATH THE SNOW
AND BEGINS TO REVEAL A TWISTING STORY
OF DECEIT, VIOLENCE,
AND A BITTER TRUTH NO ONE SAW COMING.
THAT'S PRETTY ICY.
THAT'S PRETTY EVIL.
**
IN THE VILLAGE OF MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN,
WINTER MEANS MONTHS OF OPPRESSIVE, ICY COLD.
WISCONSIN WINTERS ARE LEGENDARY.
THE WIND CHILL'S DOWN TO 20, 30, 40 BELOW.
AND SNOWFALLS OF 4 FEET IS ABOUT OUR AVERAGE.
NOT ONLY CAN THEY BE COLD, THEY CAN BE LONG.
YET THE WINTER FREEZE BRINGS NEW BEGINNINGS
FOR 38-YEAR-OLD GAIL MASSET,
A SINGLE MOM WITH A 20-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
AND A 16-YEAR-OLD SON.
SHE'S HAD HER SHARE OF HARDSHIPS.
WHEN GAIL HAD HER CHILD, SHE HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.
AND SHE DID THE BEST SHE COULD.
YOU WANT TO COME ON IN?
SHE BASICALLY RAISED HER TWO CHILDREN, A BOY,
AND A GIRL, ON HER OWN.
SHE WORKED A VARIETY OF JOBS.
ONE JOB SHE LOST BECAUSE SHE BROKE HER FINGER.
NOW SHE'S TURNING THINGS AROUND.
SHE HAD GOTTEN A JOB
AT A LOCAL PLASTICS COMPANY THAT SHE LIKED A LOT.
AND SHE WAS STUDYING TO GET HER G.E.D.
AND THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED HER TO MOVE UP.
SHE WANTED TO MAKE HER LIFE BETTER,
GET A BETTER-PAYING JOB.
SHE WANTED TO GIVE HER CHILDREN MORE.
I WAS JEALOUS 'CAUSE SHE COULD RAISE THE TWO CHILDREN
BY HERSELF, WORK TWO, THREE JOBS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT.
BUT SHE DID IT, AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
SHE'S ALSO RECONNECTED WITH AN OLD BOYFRIEND,
40-YEAR-OLD MIKE O'HAVER.
I THINK THERE WAS A DEGREE OF TRUST
THAT GAIL HAD IN MIKE
BECAUSE HE WAS SOMEONE THAT SHE KNEW SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THE RELATIONSHIP RE-ESCALATED VERY FAST.
YOU'RE THE SMARTEST, PRETTIEST GIRL I KNOW.
THANK YOU.
**
ON NOVEMBER 20th, 2005,
GAIL HEADS FOR A NIGHT OUT.
MIKE THOUGHT SHE JUST LEFT TO GO TO THE LOCAL BAR,
PLAY A GAME OF DARTS, PLAY A GAME OF POOL.
HEY, GAIL?
GAIL?
THE NEXT MORNING, SHE ISN'T HOME,
ALTHOUGH HER CAR IS STILL OUTSIDE.
HE KIND OF WONDERS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
HE WASN'T VERY WORRIED AT FIRST.
YOU KNOW, SHE PROBABLY STAYED OVER AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
SHE PROBABLY CAUGHT A RIDE TO WORK.
BUT GAIL DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR WORK THAT MORNING.
MIKE CALLS HER CELLPHONE.
NO ANSWER.
**
LATER THAT DAY, HE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT HER CAR
AND FINDS A REAL REASON TO WORRY.
GENERALLY, WOMEN DON'T GO ANYWHERE,
IN MY EXPERIENCE, WITHOUT THEIR PURSE OR THEIR CELLPHONE.
WHERE COULD SHE HAVE GONE?
BECAUSE HER CAR WAS LEFT BEHIND,
HER PERSONAL EFFECTS WERE LEFT BEHIND.
GAIL NEVER WENT ANYWHERE WITHOUT A PHONE.
SHE WAS EITHER AT WORK OR AT HER MOM'S
OR AT MY HOUSE.
OR, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS NEVER GONE WHERE NOBODY KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.
I FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE MISSES
HER SECOND DAY AT HER NEW JOB.
AND SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER MISSED WORK.
THAT'S NOT LIKE HER AT ALL -- NEVER.
SHE WOULD GO TO WORK SICK.
MIKE GOES WITH GAIL'S FATHER
TO THE MUKWONAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND THEY FILE A MISSING PERSONS REPORT.
MISSING ADULTS CAN BE VERY TRICKY
BECAUSE IF A PERSON WANTS TO LEAVE
AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND, THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT.
HER PARENTS STATED THAT SHE HAS IN THE PAST
GONE OUT FOR A DAY OR TWO, AND THEN SHE'LL COME HOME.
SO, WE'D ASSUMED THAT WAS THE CASE
IN THIS SITUATION.
STILL, POLICE AGREED TO LOOK INTO IT
AND START WITH MIKE.
WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?
HE WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT SHE'D BEEN SEEN WITH.
SHE LIVED WITH HIM.
HE WAS NATURALLY THE FIRST PERSON
THAT THE POLICE WOULD LOOK AT TO SAY,
"WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS?"
MIKE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US,
WAS VERY CONCERNED AND WORRIED ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS.
BECAUSE HE EVEN TOLD US THAT THIS WAS NOT
LIKE HER TO BE GONE FOR THIS LONG A PERIOD OF TIME.
EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT AROUSE SUSPICION,
HE CLUES THEM INTO AN ARGUMENT THEY HAD THE NIGHT SHE LEFT.
WE GOT INTO A LITTLE ARGUMENT.
MR. O'HAVER STATED THAT THEY WERE HAVING A FEW DRINKS.
GAIL WAS GOING THROUGH HIS PAPERS
AND FOUND A PICTURE OF AN OLD GIRLFRIEND.
SHE FELT THAT HE WAS CHEATING ON HER.
WHAT IS THIS?
WHO IS THIS PICTURE OF? I JUST FOUND IT IN YOUR --
IT'S, - IT'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.
WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS PICTURE OF YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND?
SHE BECAME JEALOUS OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FAIRLY ROUTINE ARGUMENT.
- I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS IN THERE. - ARE YOU CHEATING ON ME?
- NO. - ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE ME?
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS THERE.
UPSET, SHE CALLED HER DAUGHTER.
THE DAUGHTER WAS AWAY IN MILWAUKEE AT THE COLLEGE.
HELLO?
THE DAUGHTER STATED IT WAS THE THIRD OR FOURTH CALL,
THAT SHE MISSED THE FIRST THREE BECAUSE SHE WAS SLEEPING.
MOM, NO, I'VE ALREADY BEEN ASLEEP FOR 2 HOURS NOW.
SWEETHEART.
CAN YOU COME GET ME?
MIKE AND I JUST HAD A FIGHT.
SHE TOLD HER TO COME AND GET HER.
CAN'T YOU GET GRANDMA TO COME PICK YOU UP?
BUT THE DAUGHTER WAS IN MILWAUKEE
AND GAIL WAS IN MUKWONAGO.
AND THOSE ARE PRETTY FAR APART.
IT'S WAY TOO LATE FOR ME TO BE DRIVING OUT THAT FAR.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS TOO TIRED,
JUST CALL GRANDMA.
GRANDMA'S CLOSER -- JUST CALL GRANDMA.
All right, you're right.
I'M SORRY.
UM, I'LL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW, OKAY?
ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. - I LOVE YOU.
- Night. - BYE.
**
MIKE EXPLAINS THAT, LATER,
GAIL GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A COUSIN.
HELLO?
HEY.
THEY MADE PLANS TO GO OUT DRINKING.
YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
HE TOLD HER NOT TO DRIVE...
ALL RIGHT, BYE.
...BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING.
SO HE ASSUMED THAT THE COUSIN WAS GOING TO COME
AND PICK UP GAIL.
LOOK, I'M GONNA LEAVE.
I'LL BE BACK.
HE SAID THAT HE WENT TO BED.
HE WASN'T GONNA SIT UP AND ARGUE.
AND HE FIGURED SHE'D JUST GO OUT, HAVE A FEW DRINKS
AND COME HOME, AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE.
BECAUSE THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME
THAT THEY'VE ARGUED ABOUT EX-GIRLFRIENDS.
MIKE WAS DESPERATE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.
AND HE WANTED TO BE AS HELPFUL AS HE COULD IN THAT QUEST.
POLICE HOPE SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS
CAN PICK UP HER SENT.
WE SEARCHED THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THERE'S RAILROAD TRACKS RIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.
THERE -- A HIT.
ONE OF THE, HANDLERS THOUGHT THAT THEIR DOG
MAY HAVE FOLLOWED A SCENT ABOUT TWO BLOCKS
NORTH OF THE HOUSE TO A FEED MILL.
POLICE SCRAMBLE TO SEARCH THE MILL.
IT'S COLD AND BLEAK OUTSIDE, AND IT'S STARTING TO SNOW.
IF SHE'S BEEN THERE SEVERAL DAYS,
THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME TO FIND GAIL MASSET ALIVE.
MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN, POLICE
HAVE THEIR FIRST BREAK IN THEIR SEARCH
FOR MISSING SINGLE MOM GAIL MASSET,
WHEN SEARCH-AND-RESCUE DOGS TRACK HER SCENT FROM HER HOME
TO A FEED MILL NOT FAR AWAY.
BUT POLICE FIND NO SIGN OF GAIL, DEAD OR ALIVE.
AND THE SCENT TRAIL ENDS.
IN THE END, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TURN UP ANY CONCRETE LEADS
AS TO WHERE SHE MIGHT'VE WENT USING THE DOGS.
GAIL'S BOYFRIEND, MIKE,
OFFERS TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP POLICE.
WE NEED TO CHECK OUT THE HOUSE.
HE LET US SEARCH THE HOUSE.
HE LET US SEARCH HIS VEHICLES.
HE LET US SEARCH
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HE OWNED.
WE WERE HOPING TO FIND ANYTHING THAT COULD HELP US
IN TELLING US WHY SHE WAS GONE.
NOTHING WAS IN DISARRAY,
NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF ANY STRUGGLE.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF HER PAPERWORK, ALL OF HER CLOTHING.
CHECK OUT THE JACKET.
WE FOUND PIECES OF PAPER WITH PHONE NUMBERS ON IT.
SO WE ASKED MIKE IF WE COULD TAKE THOSE WITH US
SO WE COULD FOLLOW UP AND SEE
IF SHE BEEN HEARD FROM AT ANY OF THESE PLACES.
IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE TAKE THESE?
YEAH, SURE.
I HAVE A PHOTO AND A LIST OF...
HE ALSO PROVIDES PHOTOS
AND A LIST OF PLACES SHE MIGHT GO.
MIKE GAVE US SOME BARS THAT SHE HUNG OUT
IN WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SO WE HAD OFFICERS GO TO WEST ALLIS
TO THE BARS, CHECK WITH THE BARTENDER,
TOOK HER PICTURE TO SEE IF SHE HAD BEEN IN THERE RECENTLY.
NO ONE HAS SEEN OR SPOKEN TO GAIL
SINCE SHE VANISHED.
AND DETECTIVES FIND NO ACTIVITY ON HER CREDIT CARDS
OR BANK ACCOUNTS.
WE ENTERED HER
IN THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER
AND ALSO THE WISCONSIN CRIME INFORMATION BUREAU
AS A MISSING PERSON.
IT WAS JUST A MYSTERY TO THE FAMILY
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AT ALL LIKE GAIL
TO STAY OUT OF TOUCH WITH HER CHILDREN
FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MILWAUKEE FBI OFFICE.
WE SENT THEM OUR REPORTS -- "HERE'S EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.
DID WE MISS SOMETHING?
IS THERE SOMETHING MORE WE SHOULD DO?"
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET A LOT OF THESE IN MUKWONAGO.
THEY SAID, "YOU'VE COVERED ALL THE BASES."
FOUR DAYS AFTER GAIL'S DISAPPEARANCE IS THANKSGIVING.
WHEN THANKSGIVING CAME, THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME THAT --
OKAY, TON OF BRICKS HIT ME.
SHE IS MISSING.
'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T CALL THE KIDS. THAT'S NOT LIKE GAIL AT ALL.
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT FAMILY MUST'VE FELT LIKE.
HOLIDAYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE JOYOUS OCCASIONS.
I DON'T IMAGINE IT WAS VERY JOYOUS AT ALL.
AS WORRY INCREASES,
MIKE REACHES OUT TO THE NEWS MEDIA FOR HELP.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'HAVER.
HE WANTED GAIL TO BE FOUND FAST.
IT'S TAKING TOO LONG. HE SAID, "WHERE IS SHE?"
HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER, IF SHE'S OKAY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE.
HE WAS FRONT AND CENTER.
HE WAS THE GUY SEEKING OUT THE CAMERAS TO SAY,
YOU KNOW, "I NEED YOUR HELP, COMMUNITY,
TO FIND MY GIRLFRIEND"...
- YEAH. - GET HIS FACE.
...TELLING PEOPLE HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOU.
AND I MISS YOU.
YOUR FAMILY MISSES YOU.
AND, PLEASE COME HOME.
IT KEEPS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE CASE
BUT DOES NOT SOLVE IT.
AFTER THE FIRST WEEK WENT BY, AND AGAIN SHE HAD NO CONTACT
WITH HER CHILDREN, NO CONTACT WITH HER PARENTS,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN YOU START THINKING,
"OKAY, THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA FIND GAIL ALIVE."
BUT POLICE DON'T SHARE THAT WITH THE FAMILY.
I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE HOPE.
SEARCHING FOR CLUES IN HER BACKGROUND,
DETECTIVES DIG DEEPER.
THEY LEARNED GAIL WAS A FREE-SPIRITED WOMAN
WHO LOVED RIDING MOTORCYCLES
AND PLAYING POOL OR DARTS WITH FRIENDS.
SHE WAS A HARD-WORKING PERSON AND A FUN-LOVING PERSON.
AND A PERSON THAT WORKED HARD FOR HER KIDS.
INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO MIKE.
HE'S BEEN HELPFUL, BUT IS THERE MORE POLICE DON'T KNOW?
HE CARED ABOUT HER AND HER CHILDREN.
THEY SEEMED HAPPY AND SMILING TOGETHER
AND JOKING AROUND.
HE WAS HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.
AND SHE REALLY LOVED HIM.
NOTHING INDICATES HE DID ANYTHING TO HER.
A FRIEND TELLS POLICE SHE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT GAIL'S EX.
PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE FATHER OF HER CHILDREN
MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
SHE'D ALWAYS HAVE BRUISES.
MOM?
- THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG. - IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
THEY ALWAYS HAD SHOUTING MATCHES ON THE PHONE.
I'LL BE OUT IN A MINUTE.
THE POLICE HAD TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HER EX
AND SEE IF HE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO GAIL.
THE FAMILY, THEY'RE FAMILIAR
WITH THE HISTORY OF WHAT WENT ON.
WE LOOKED INTO IT,
AND THERE WAS JUST NOTHING THERE
TO POINT THE EX-HUSBAND IN OUR DIRECTION.
STILL NO SOLID ANSWERS.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW THE FEELING IS --
THE EMPTINESS, THE LOSS, THE WORRYING, THE WONDERING.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. IT WAS --
EVERYBODY'S LIFE STOPPED IN OUR FAMILY.
THEN, GAIL'S MOTHER
RECALLS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BREAK THE CASE OPEN --
AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE DAYS BEFORE SHE VANISHED.
GAIL'S MOTHER, KARYL, TOLD US THAT GAIL MENTIONED TO HER
THAT THERE WAS TWO GUYS THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF.
SHE FIRST ENCOUNTERED THESE MEN IN A BAR.
THEY WERE WATCHING HER AND VERY INTERESTED IN HER,
BUT IN A MENACING WAY.
LIKE, THEY WERE STALKING HER.
WHEN SHE TRIED TO LEAVE...
THINGS GOT REALLY SCARY.
SHE CALLED HER MOM AND SAID THEY WERE AFTER HER.
THEY'D FOLLOWED HER OUT TO HER CAR,
WHICH RAISED THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN DOWN HER LICENSE PLATE
AND COULD'VE FIGURED OUT WHERE GAIL NOW LIVED.
HEY, LADY.
YOU HAVE A WOMAN WHO VANISHES INTO THIN AIR.
AND SHE'S RECENTLY TOLD A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER
THAT SHE'S FRIGHTENED OF PEOPLE
THAT SHE THINKS ARE STALKING HER.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THEY DID SOMETHING TO GAIL.
SO THE POLICE REALLY SET OUT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHO WERE THESE MEN.
THERE'S AN URGENCY, BUT WHERE DO YOU BEGIN LOOKING?
**
IN MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN,
POLICE LEARN TWO MEN STALKED SINGLE MOM GAIL MASSET
BEFORE SHE VANISHED.
GAIL TOLD HER MOTHER ABOUT THE MEN, BUT FEW DETAILS.
GAIL'S MOTHER, KARYL, TOLD US THAT SHE TRIED
TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM HER DAUGHTER --
WHERE THEY WERE, WHO THEY WERE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND GAIL WOULDN'T TELL HER.
GAIL'S BOYFRIEND, MIKE,
DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MEN, EITHER.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING? - NOTHING.
- DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT. - HONEY, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU.
IT'S JUST -- WHAT'S OUT THERE?
MAYBE SHE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD UPSET HIM
BECAUSE THEY WERE OTHER MEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO SHE REALLY ONLY TOLD HER MOTHER.
MIKE LATCHED ONTO THIS THEORY RIGHT AWAY, THOUGH.
AND HE STARTED TO CONSIDER THIS COULD BE PLAUSIBLE.
**
HE TELLS FRIENDS
HE CAN BARELY SLEEP WITH THE NOT KNOWING.
I WENT TO TALK TO HIM.
HE WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT HER.
HE DID TELL ME THAT HE HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT
AND WAS WATCHING THE DOOR.
HE SLEPT ON THE COUCH WAITING FOR HER
TO WALK IN AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
HE WAS REALLY TRAUMATIZED ABOUT GAIL.
I MEAN, IMAGINE HOW ANYONE WOULD FEEL
IF THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER
ONE NIGHT JUST LITERALLY WALKED OUT THE DOOR
AND NEVER CAME BACK.
AFTER A WEEK, HE CALLS POLICE
WITH NEW INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP.
MIKE TOLD US THAT THERE WAS A SUSPICIOUS BLACK TRUCK
DRIVING ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
HE SAID HE NOTICED IT TWO OR THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY.
AND IT'S DRIVING BY REAL SLOW.
COULD THEY BE THE MEN FROM THE BAR?
IF THERE WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING MORE
TO GIVE US A BETTER DESCRIPTION,
A PARTIAL PLATE NUMBER -- SOMETHING LIKE THAT --
THEN WE COULD ATTEMPT TO LOCATE.
BUT JUST WITH THE BASIC INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN,
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF BLACK TRUCKS
IN THE WISCONSIN AREA.
YOU CAN'T HAVE OFFICERS STOPPING EVERY BLACK TRUCK.
WEEKS PASS WITH NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
I THINK, IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND,
YOU ALWAYS FEAR THE WORST BUT HOPE FOR THE BEST.
AFTER A WHILE, I KIND OF EXPECTED
THAT SHE WASN'T GONNA BE OKAY,
THAT SHE WAS DEAD SOMEWHERE.
THAT SHE WAS GONE.
AS AN INVESTIGATOR,
YOU WANT TO GIVE ANSWERS TO THE FAMILIES.
IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.
THE FAMILY, I COULD ONLY IMAGINE THE HELL
THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GO ON.
AND THAT WAS PART OF WHY
THIS WAS SUCH A MYSTERIOUS CASE TO WORK
AND SUCH A MYSTERIOUS THING TO UNRAVEL.
ON JANUARY 10, 2006,
NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER GAIL DISAPPEARED,
FINALLY SOME ANSWERS.
GUY OUT WALKING HIS DOG ON A COUNTRY ROAD
ON A TYPICAL WINTER AFTERNOON IN WISCONSIN.
THE DOG SEES SOMETHING AND TOOK OFF ON HIM.
APPARENTLY, HIS DOG RAN OFF THROUGH SOME BRUSH,
DIDN'T COME BACK WHEN HE CALLED HIM.
SO HE KIND OF WALKED IN THROUGH THE BRUSH.
DIESEL?
DIESEL, COME HERE.
HEY.
AND AT THAT TIME, HE SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BODY
LAYING FACE-DOWN IN THE FIELD.
MAN.
COME ON, BUD. COME ON.
DETECTIVES AND TECHNICIANS BEGIN PROCESSING THE SCENE.
THE BODY WAS 25 FEET OR SO OFF OF THE ROADWAY.
THIS REALLY WAS SORT OF A MIRACLE
THAT THIS BODY WAS FOUND AT ALL
BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY WELL-HIDDEN.
IT'S A WOMAN.
THERE'S NO I.D. ON HER.
THERE WAS NO GUNSHOT WOUNDS,
NO STAB WOUNDS ON THE BODY -- ANYTHING LIKE THAT --
NO OBVIOUS CAUSE OF DEATH VISIBLE
ON THE BODY AT THAT TIME.
THERE WAS NOTHING DISTURBED ON THE GROUND
IN THE AREA OF THE BODY.
THERE WAS NOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD.
SO IT WAS OBVIOUS TO US
THAT THIS PERSON WAS NOT KILLED THERE.
THIS PERSON WAS KILLED ELSEWHERE
AND THEN BROUGHT TO THIS LOCATION.
TECHS COMB THE AREA FOR CLUES,
BUT FIND NOTHING.
YOU HOPE IT'S NOT THE PERSON
BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HOPING
THAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND THIS PERSON ALIVE AND WELL.
AND WE'RE JUST NOT KNOWN TO BE A DUMPING GROUND
FOR BODIES AROUND HERE.
IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH, I KIND OF FIGURED
THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE HER.
WE KNEW THAT SHE HAD A ROSE TATTOO ON HER SHOULDER.
SMARTEST, PRETTIEST GIRL I KNOW.
THANK YOU.
AND WE NOTIFIED THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
THEY CHECKED, AND THE PERSON
DID HAVE A ROSE TATTOO ON THEIR SHOULDER.
THEY DID A FINGERPRINT AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS GAIL.
AND MY HEART -- I JUST SANK.
I JUST COULDN'T SAY NOTHING NO MORE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WORST PARTS OF THIS JOB
IS MAKING THE NOTIFICATIONS --
TELLING A LOVED ONE THAT THEIR LOVED ONE IS DEAD.
THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER THAT THEY WANTED.
IT'S NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED TO GIVE THEM.
WHEN WE TOLD MIKE THAT IT WAS POSITIVELY GAIL,
HE BROKE DOWN --
VERY UPSET, VERY EMOTIONAL.
THE AUTOPSY REPORT REVEALS
SEVERE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AND A CRACKED VERTEBRA.
THE HEAD INJURY, THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS THOUGHT,
WAS FROM SOME TYPE OF HARD OBJECT,
WHICH COULD'VE BEEN PUNCHING AND FALLING TO THE FLOOR,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH SOMETHING.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,
THE CAUSE OF DEATH -- HOMICIDAL VIOLENCE.
JUST THAT PHRASE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SHUDDER.
I WORK WITH WORDS, AND I'M AWARE OF THE POWER OF WORDS.
AND THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL WORDS
I HAVE EVER HEARD ON MY JOB.
AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR GAIL MASSET.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT PHRASE.
SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS IN A HORROR MOVIE.
THAT'S HOW SHE LOOKED.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE GAIL.
I FELT VERY EMPTY.
IT WAS LIKE A PART OF ME IS GONE.
MY SISTER IS GONE.
BUT LET'S JUST BE THANKFUL THAT SHE WAS FOUND,
BECAUSE A LOT OF FAMILY OUT THERE
DON'T EVEN FIND THEIR LOVED ONES.
THE WONDERING AND THE WORRYING STOPPED.
WE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.
THEN I THOUGHT, "NOW, WE GOT TO GET TO THE PART NOW --
WHO DONE IT?"
WHEN THE BODY'S FOUND,
IT USUALLY IS MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
WHERE HAS SHE BEEN SINCE SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING?
WAS SHE IN SOMEBODY'S BASEMENT TIED UP
OR BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL
AND THEN LATER KILLED
AND THEN THE BODY PLACED AT THAT LOCATION?
DETECTIVES STILL HAVE NOTHING CONCRETE
ON THE TWO MEN WHO HAD STALKED GAIL.
LOOKING FOR THESE MEN WAS LIKE A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAD NOTHING TO GO ON.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A THOROUGH DESCRIPTION
OF WHAT THE MEN LOOKED LIKE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR NAMES, THEIR LICENSE PLATES,
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE BODY'S FOUND,
MIKE O'HAVER RUSHES INTO THE POLICE STATION
WITH A FRIGHTENING STORY.
HE SAID LATE FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING,
HE WAS IN HIS HOUSE -- ABOUT 2:00 A.M.,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HE HEARD A NOISE OUT IN THE BACKYARD,
LIKE SOMEBODY HIT THE SIDING ON HIS HOUSE OR SOMETHING.
SO HE GRABBED A FLASHLIGHT, DECIDED TO GO OUT
AND CHECK IT OUT.
HE SAID THAT, AS HE CAME AROUND A CORNER,
THE NEXT THING HE KNOWS...
...SOMETHING WAS WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK FROM BEHIND.
HE SAYS HE HEARD THE MAN THREATEN HIM...
HE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA GET YOURS NOW."
...BEFORE HE PASSED OUT.
OBVIOUSLY, AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
THE POLICE HAVE TO WONDER, "DID THE MAN WHO ATTACKED MIKE
HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH GAIL'S MURDER?"
**
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY
OF GAIL MASSET'S FROZEN REMAINS,
HER BOYFRIEND, MIKE O'HAVER,
TELLS POLICE HE WAS ALSO ATTACKED.
HE SAID THAT HE PASSED OUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE WOKE UP.
DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG HE WAS OUTSIDE.
HE WOKE UP. THE GUY WAS GONE.
SO, WHAT TIME DID ALL THIS HAPPEN?
GAIL HAD BEEN STALKED BY TWO MEN,
BUT MIKE ONLY SAW ONE THAT NIGHT.
HEARD ONE MAN'S VOICE.
HE NEVER GOT A LOOK AT HIM, COULDN'T DESCRIBE HIM.
THOUGHT HE HEARD A LOUD TRUCK AFTERWARDS,
WHEN HE WAS PASSING OUT.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK, AND THEY DROVE OFF.
SO YOU DIDN'T SEE THE VEHICLE AT ALL?
NO, ALL I KNOW IS THAT...
THERE'S THIS PICKUP TRUCK AND ONE OR TWO MEN
WHO KEEP REAPPEARING IN THE STORY LINE
IN A MENACING WAY.
THEY FOLLOW GAIL TO HER CAR.
SHE'S AFRAID OF THEM. SHE THINKS THEY'RE STALKING HER.
MIKE SAYS THAT HE HAD SEEN A TRUCK
WITH TWO MEN IN IT DRIVING NEAR THE HOUSE.
AND NOW HE'S BEEN ATTACKED BY A MAN
WHO GETS IN WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK.
DETECTIVES INTERVIEW NEIGHBORS,
HOPING SOMEONE GOT MORE DETAILS.
NOBODY ELSE SAW ANYTHING OR HEARD ANYTHING.
IT'S ALL HOMES IN THE AREA.
THERE'S NO BUSINESSES WITH SURVEILLANCE
OR ANYTHING AROUND THERE.
SO THERE'S NO VIDEO THAT WE COULD'VE GOTTEN.
MORE THAN A WEEK
AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF GAIL'S REMAINS,
HER FAMILY HOLDS THE FUNERAL.
IT WAS ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS
I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE.
I PRETTY MUCH CRIED THROUGH THE WHOLE THING
'CAUSE IT WAS JUST -- IT JUST --
I COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE WAS GONE.
BUT FOR MIKE, IT'S TOO MUCH.
THESE JUST ARRIVED.
HE SENT FLOWERS,
AND THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENT HAD A NOTE.
SO PEOPLE FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GRIEVE DIFFERENTLY.
AND MIKE WAS JUST TOO UPSET TO GO TO THE FUNERAL.
HE COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
**
POLICE WANTED ANSWERS FOR GAIL'S FAMILY.
AND THEY WANTED TO BRING HER KILLER TO JUSTICE.
AND THEY HAD THIS REALLY PROMISING LEAD
OF THESE MEN WHO SHE SAID HAD BEEN STALKING HER.
AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO THESE MEN WERE.
13 DAYS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF GAIL'S BODY,
MUKWONAGO POLICE FINALLY GET ANOTHER LEAD TO FOLLOW.
A LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT
TURNS OVER AN E-MAIL THEY RECEIVED.
THE E-MAIL WRITER STATED THAT HE AND HIS FRIEND,
WHO DRIVES A BLACK TRUCK...
...WERE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN MUKWONAGO
AND SAW A FEMALE STANDING BY A CAR IN A DRIVEWAY.
SO THEY STOPPED AND ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO PARTY WITH THEM.
AND SHE SAID, "YEAH"...
- SURE. - ALL RIGHT.
...AND GOT IN THE TRUCK BETWEEN THEM.
HE CLAIMS THE WOMAN DIED
IN HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE AFTER FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.
HE SAYS THAT THEY PANICKED,
DECIDED TO PUT THE BODY IN GARBAGE BAGS AND HIDE IT.
THEY DROVE ON SOME ROADS FOR A WHILE,
FINALLY FOUND A PLACE,
AND THEY DUMPED HER IN A FIELD.
THE E-MAIL WRITER SAID THAT HE COULDN'T LIVE WITH IT ANYMORE.
AND HIS FRIEND NEEDS TO BE FOUND.
BUT HE WOULDN'T GIVE A NAME.
IS THIS ABOUT GAIL?
IT JUST SAID A FEMALE, BUT BEING DUMPED IN A FIELD
WAS SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAD.
THE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD, BRUISING,
COULD BE FROM STAIRS -- FALLING DOWN STAIRS, SURE.
SURE.
AND THEY ENCOUNTERED HER RIGHT NEXT TO HER CAR,
WHICH FIT THE STORY THAT SHE WAS HEADED FOR HER CAR
TO GO TO A TAVERN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
- I NEED SOME SPACE RIGHT NOW. - WHY?
IT ALSO WOULD EXPLAIN
WHY HER PURSE AND HER CELLPHONE WERE FOUND IN THE CAR
BECAUSE SHE JUST GOT IN THE TRUCK WITH THESE TWO MEN,
APPARENTLY VOLUNTARILY.
THE WRITER DOESN'T FULLY IDENTIFY HIMSELF,
BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP POLICE.
I THINK PEOPLE FORGET THESE DAYS
HOW EASY IT IS TO TRACE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.
THEY DELUDE THEMSELVES INTO THINKING
THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO STAY ANONYMOUS
AND THAT THE E-MAIL WOULDN'T BE TRACED BACK TO THEM.
THE IP ADDRESS WAS TRACED
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AND TWO HOUSES TO THE NORTH
OF WHERE MIKE AND GAIL LIVE.
THAT HOUSE IS OWNED
BY A MAN NAMED SEBASTIAN DOUGLAS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR WORK IF YOU DON'T GET GOING.
HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS.
YES, PLEASE.
AND HE IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE PRIME SUSPECT.
HERE'S A MAN WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
TWO HOUSES DOWN.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING THEIR HOUSE
AND MAYBE DERIVED AN INTEREST IN HER FROM THAT.
HE COULD'VE EASILY BEEN THE PERSON
WHO ATTACKED MIKE...
...AND STRANGLED HIM.
AND THEN HE COULD'VE JUST RUN ACROSS THE STREET
AND GONE INTO HIS HOUSE.
THAT'S HOW HE DID IT.
THE RESIDENCE SEEMED LIKE, YOU KNOW,
JUST YOUR NORMAL TYPICAL FAMILY OF FOUR,
LIVING ON A SMALL STREET, WORKING HARD --
HAD A NICE HOUSE.
AND YOU WONDER, "OKAY, WHO ACTUALLY LIVES HERE?"
**
NEWS OUTLETS RECEIVE AN E-MAIL
WITH INSIDE INFORMATION ON THE GAIL MASSET MURDER
AND TURN IT OVER TO POLICE.
THE FORENSICS UNIT TRACES IT
TO A MAN NAMED SEBASTIAN DOUGLAS,
WHO LIVES DOWN THE STREET FROM MIKE AND GAIL.
WE FELT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE. WE'RE GONNA GET ANSWERS.
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
DETECTIVES RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK ON DOUGLAS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR WORK IF YOU DON'T GET GOING.
- OKAY, ALMOST DONE. - YOU WANT SOME COFFEE?
WE CHECKED OUR LOGS -- WE'VE NEVER BEEN
AT THE RESIDENCE FOR ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY.
MOM AND DAD WORKED. KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL.
INVESTIGATORS QUESTION THE ENTIRE DOUGLAS FAMILY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
WE EXPLAINED WHY WE WERE THERE.
THEY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE.
THEY SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T SEND ANY E-MAIL LIKE THAT.
WE TALKED TO THE KIDS. NOBODY SENT AN E-MAIL LIKE THAT.
BUT JUST BECAUSE AN E-MAIL COMES FROM AN IP ADDRESS
DOESN'T MEAN IT COMES FROM THAT HOUSE.
I WAS IN THE SQUAD WITH THE FORENSIC UNIT
WITH THEIR LAPTOP.
CHECK OUT...
WE WERE OUT ON GRAND AVENUE.
AT THAT TIME, YOU DIDN'T NEED A PASSWORD FOR WI-FI.
THEY HAD A CHOICE OF FIVE INTERNET PROVIDERS
THAT THEY COULD'VE USED AT THAT POINT.
FIVE WI-FI NETWORKS, ALL UNSECURED.
ANYONE NEARBY COULD HAVE HOPPED
ON THE WIRELESS NETWORK...
THAT'S HOW HE DID IT.
...LIKE MIKE O'HAVER.
WE GOT HIM.
WHEN THE FORENSIC UNIT EXPLAINED TO ME HOW IT WORKS,
THAT'S WHEN I REMEMBERED HE TOLD ME
THAT HE NOW HAD INTERNET SERVICE
BECAUSE HE HAD A DEVICE THAT CAPTURES WI-FI.
IS THIS YOUR COMPUTER?
YEAH, IT IS.
AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO ADD UP
TO THE POLICE, YOU KNOW?
AND THEY START TO LOOK AT MIKE IN A NEW LIGHT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE E-MAIL
THAT WAS RELEASED TO THE PRESS?
I DON'T KNOW.
POLICE QUESTION HIM ABOUT THE E-MAIL,
BUT HE DENIES EVERYTHING...
AT FIRST.
WE WERE ABLE TO TRACE IT BACK TO YOUR LAPTOP.
WHEN HE FINALLY ADMITTED THAT HE SENT THE E-MAIL,
HE TOLD US THAT HE DID NOT FEEL
WE WERE DOING ENOUGH TO FIND THE BLACK TRUCK.
AND HE WAS HOPING THE MEDIA WOULD FIND THE BLACK TRUCK.
THAT WAS HIS REASON FOR DOING THAT.
WHOEVER OWNS THAT TRUCK PROBABLY KILLED GAIL.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
COME CLEAN, MIKE.
TELL US WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
AFTER A FEW HOURS OF INTENSE QUESTIONING,
HE FINALLY BREAKS DOWN.
AGAIN, HE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE MATTER.
AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, HE FINALLY BEGAN TO OPEN UP.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY HE TOLD THE TRUTH.
HE FINALLY TOLD US THAT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN THERE.
HE SAYS IT REALLY DID START
OVER THE PICTURE OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND.
WHO IS THIS PICTURE OF? I JUST FOUND IT IN YOUR --
IT'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.
AT THAT TIME, THEY STARTED ARGUING.
AND SHE HIT HIM.
SHE LEFT.
HE STATED THEY ARGUED MORE.
MIKE WENT AND SLAPPED HER BACK.
YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME!
GAIL DECIDED TO LEAVE.
SHE CALLED HER DAUGHTER TO PICK HER UP.
SWEETHEART, CAN YOU COME GET ME? MIKE AND I JUST HAD A FIGHT.
HER DAUGHTER SAID IT WAS TOO LONG OF A DRIVE AND TOO LATE.
SO SHE COULDN'T COME AND GET HER.
BUT GAIL WAS GETTING HER STUFF TOGETHER,
AND SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE, ANYWAY.
I BELIEVE SHE WENT IN THE CAR.
SHE HAD HER PURSE, HER CELLPHONE --
EVERYTHING WAS IN THE CAR.
GET OUT OF THE CAR.
AND MIKE GRABBED HER AND TOOK HER OUT OF THE CAR
'CAUSE MIKE DID NOT WANT HER TO LEAVE.
HE DIDN'T LIKE ANYBODY LEAVING HIM.
SHE STARTED POKING ME.
SHE KIND OF STARTED ACCUSING HIM.
THEN HE PUSHED HER BACK.
AND THEN IT ESCALATED TO PUNCHING.
YOU THINK YOU CAN LEAVE ME?!
SHE HIT BACK, 'CAUSE, OF COURSE, MY SISTER
WOULD NEVER LET ANYBODY HIT HER AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
DON'T!
- I OWN YOU! - STOP!
AND...
I HIT BACK.
MIKE CONFESSES HE PUNCHED GAIL SEVERAL TIMES,
BUT CLAIMS HE REALIZED WHAT HE WAS DOING AND STOPPED.
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
SHE SEEMED OKAY.
LIKE, SHE WAS FINE.
HE SAID THAT, AT THAT POINT,
HE WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE AND TURN HIMSELF IN.
AND SHE TALKED HIM OUT OF IT,
STATED THAT THEY -- HE TOLD HER HE LOVED HER.
THEY MADE UP. HE WENT TO BED.
SHE WAS ON THE COUCH SLEEPING. HE FELL ASLEEP.
WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING, HE WENT OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
TRIED TO WAKE HER UP, AND SHE DIDN'T WAKE UP.
HE SAID SHE WAS DEAD.
SO WHAT DID YOU DO?
WHEN HER BODY WAS LYING IN HIS HALLWAY
AND, YOU KNOW, WRAPPED IN PLASTIC,
HE CALLED HER CELLPHONE
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS LOOKING FOR HER.
THAT'S PRETTY ICY.
THAT'S PRETTY EVIL.
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS,
HE PUT HER BODY IN THE TRUNK
AND DROVE TO THE REMOTE DUMPING SPOT.
HE GOT RID OF THE EVIDENCE THAT HE COULD...
...INCLUDING GAIL'S BODY, AND THEN...
...PUTS UP THE CHARADE OF THE CONCERNED, PANICKED BOYFRIEND.
"ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP -- " THAT KIND OF THING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOU.
AND, PLEASE COME HOME.
TO THROW POLICE OFF,
HE MADE UP THE STORY OF THE ATTACK,
THEN HACKED HIS NEIGHBOR'S WI-FI.
HE WRITES THIS ELABORATE, DETAILED E-MAIL
THINKING HE'S OUTSMARTING THE POLICE.
BUT WHAT HE ENDED UP DOING -- I MEAN, IT'S KARMA --
IS HE GAVE THE POLICE THE EVIDENCE THEY NEEDED.
THE ACCOUNT MIKE GAVE TO THE POLICE
OF HOW HE KILLED GAIL WAS PRETTY SELF-SERVING.
HE TRIED TO MINIMIZE HIS BEHAVIOR
AND EXAGGERATE HERS.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES
THAT SHE HAD CAUSED TO HIM.
THE EVIDENCE IS THAT HE SNAPPED
AND HE BRUTALLY BEAT HER.
AND THEN SPENT THE HOLIDAYS WITH HER FAMILY.
MIKE O'HAVER IS AT THE MASSET HOUSE FOR THANKSGIVING.
HE'S AT THE MASSET HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS.
YOU HAVE MIKE THERE COMMISERATING WITH THEM,
KNOWING ALL ALONG THAT HE WAS THE REASON
THAT THEY'RE IN SUCH PAIN.
EXCUSE ME.
THAT IS THE COLDEST,
MOST EMOTIONALLY BRUTAL PART OF IT FOR ME.
I CONSIDER HE'S A SOCIOPATH,
AND I DON'T THINK HE'S CAPABLE OF FEELING.
ON JUNE 25, 2007,
MIKE O'HAVER IS FOUND GUILTY
OF FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
FOR THE MURDER OF GAIL MASSET.
HE IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
WHEN I SAW HIM IN THE COURTHOUSE,
WE ACTUALLY LOOKED STRAIGHT AT EACH OTHER IN THE EYE TO EYE,
AND HE JUST MADE ME SICK.
YOU KNOW, I FIGURED HE WAS GONNA BE THE ONE TO MAKE GAIL HAPPY.
AND THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND DOES THIS.
I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM.
NEVER.
HE TOOK HER AWAY. WE'RE NEVER GONNA SEE HER.
IT'S NOT THE SAME. OUR FAMILY'S NOT THE SAME.
SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN,
A WONDERFUL MOTHER,
A WONDERFUL SISTER.
SHE WAS JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON.
I MISS HER, THOUGH.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY -- I MISS HER A LOT.
THE LOSS OF HER JUST AFFECTED EVERYBODY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY WISHES SHE WAS HERE.
I LOOK AT HER PICTURE EVERY DAY, WAKE UP EVERY MORNING CRYING.
I JUST -- THEY SAY IT GETS EASIER.
IT GETS HARDER.
EVERY DAY AND EVERY YEAR GETS HARDER.
IT DOES NOT GET EASY.