and it easily could have remained that way, except for jimmy keene. in a "playboy" article and a book written by keene and hillel levin. >> once we were able to write about what jimmy went through, then things happened. >> keene's story refocused attention on larry hall. helped re-open cold cases and put pressure on his twin brother, gary, now gary stopped defending larry and started talking. >> larry, just like jimmy keene calls him, and he is. he's a baby killer. >> you think your brother is a baby killer. >> i don't have no doubt in my mind. >> do you think your brother killed more than jessica roach? >> yes. >> do you think your brother killed tricia reitler? >> yes. >> rayna riceon? >> michelle duey? >> yes. >> as he talked more openly, detectives approached him asking pore help. >> i went with the indianapolis detectives to try to get my brother to confess. he made me leave the room. he did, in fact, confess on tape to 15 serial murders. >> larry later retracted, again. and while he can't ever seem to stick to one story, he does, sometimes, seem

and it easily could have remained that way, except for jimmy keene. d in a "playboy" article and a book written by keene and hillel levin. >> once we were able to write about what jimmy went through, then things happened. >> keene's story refocused attention on larry hall. helped re-open cold cases and put pressure on his twin brother, gary, now gary stopped defending larry and started talking. >> larry, just like jimmy keene calls him, and he is, he's a baby killer. >> you think your brother is a baby killer? >> i don't have no doubt in my mind. >> do you think your brother killed more than jessica roach? >> yes. >> do you think your brother killed tricia reitler? >> yes. >> rayna riceon? michelle duey? >> yes. >> as gary started talking more openly, detectives approached him, asking for help. >> i went with the indianapolis detectives down to try to get my brother to confess. he made me leave the room. he did, in fact, confess on tape to 15 serial murders. >> larry later retracted, again. and while he can't ever seem to stick to one story, he does so

. >> reporter: jimmy keen was ten months into his sentence when larry beaumont brought him in to talkht this was some trip. >> reporter: keen watched nervsly as beaumont pushed a folder across the table. >> i looked and there was a mutilated dead girl. i flipped the page and there was another mutilated dead girl. i looked up and he said, we need you to help us with this case. >> he went from his low security lockup to a dangerous prison and to prefriend larry hall. >> he said if you can get solid confessions from him and you can help us locate the bodies that are still missing, we're willing to completely wash your record. >> reporter: keane's mission, to learn where patricia rightler was buried. beaumont made it clear, no body, no early release. keene would have to serve the rest of his ten-year sentence. >> he's smart, articulate, he's not afraid, and i knew he wanted to get out. >> reporter: for keene it was a chance for redemption, to restore his family name. and to get his life back on track. >> this was a way for him to get home, and a way for him to do good. to kind of take thi

. >> conviktsed drug dealer jimmy keen was ten months into his sentence when federal prosecutor jimmynd i flipped to the next page and there was a different mutilated dead girl. >> and there was a portrait of trisha reikler. at that moment, i looked up at beaumont and he said, jimmy, we need you to help us with this case. >> beaumonted wanted keen to go under cover, to transfer from his low security lockup to a dangerous prison and to be friend alleged serial killer larry hall. he says, if you can get solid confessions from him and if you can help us locate the bodies that are still missing, we're willing to completely wash your record. >> keen's mission? to learn where trisha reikler was buried. >> the purpose of this operation was to find that body. >> beaumont made it clear, no body, no early release. keen would have to serve the rest of his ten-year sentence. but beaumont believed keen could do it. >> he's smart. he's articulate. he's not afraid. and i knew he wanted to get out. >> for keen, it was a chance for redemption, to restore his family name and, says author hillel levin,

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. >> convicted drug dealer jimmy keene was 10 months into his sentence when federal prosecutor larrythought it was some trick. >> keene watched nervously as beaumont pushed a folder across the table. >> i opened it up and the first thing i seen was a picture of a mutilated dead girl and i flipped it to another page err there was a different mutilated dead girl. >> and there was a portrait of t trisha. >> i looked up and he said we need you to help us with his case. >> reporter: beaumont wanted him to go under cover to a dangerous prison and to befriend alleged serial killer larry hall. >> here's beaumont's conversation with jimmy keene about what it was like to go under cover in prison. >> you're supposed to get some information from this man by the name of larry hall. he's the alleged serial killer. he's in prison on a federal kidnapping charge. what specifically, what information are you supposed to get from him? >> the main thing was to try to find the bodies. the next thing was to get specific con dpegs fessions abo he did it, why he did it, what prompted him, what girls and so f

there was a glimmer of hope when jimmy keene was involved. maybe something else will still evolve out of this. maybe the things i'm done and am still doing will shine a light and give them hope at some point. >>> for two years, the bodies of black children has been found in the woods, then the rivers of atlanta, georgia. in all, more than two dozen victims, mostly stranded. by 1981 the police and fbi were hiding in the brush beside and below the river bridges. this was to be the last night, almost the last hour. >> i heard the splash. >> bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet, down beside the chattahoochee river. >> he came to a ridge. >> i saw red lights and the car started slowly moving away from me on the bridge. >> campbell radioed the other team members up above him. >> i asked, did a car stop on the bridge? you know, i couldn't believe what i saw. and each person told me they didn't see it. >> then a policeman in a chase car, hidden on the other side, came on the radio. >> he just said the car is pulling in the parking lot h

a story about jimmy keene. a convicted drug dealer who went on a strange journey to freedom.p when he was recruited to go into a maximum security prison, undercover and make friends with a man suspected of murdering potentially up to 30 some young wom women. here in the midwest several young girls went miss iing. some were found murdered, others never found at all. laurie depees, 20. raina ricin 16 from indiana. wendy felton 16 from marion, indiana. michelle dewey 20 from indianapolis, indiana. all of these cases went unsolved. officials believed only one man knew what happened. >> we knew he was responsible for several deaths. >> and to get answers, it would take a risky, unusual plan. send a convicted drug dealer undercover into a dangerous prison to befriend an alleged serial killer. >> i'm not a serial killer hunter, how am i going to do this? >> at stake, answers. >> wondering where she is, what happened? >> peace for grieving families. >> you want to find her, you want to bring her home, and you can't. >> one man's freedom. >> they don't just turn around and give out ca

jimmy keen was a hometown hero when he took a wrong turn into dealing drugs.his family names, his hopes for the future. keane was sent on this unusual undercover mission into a maximum security prison. his mission, to befriend a suspected serial killer and get information, a location of a body in order to be set free. watch this. >> convicted drug dealer jimmy keane was ten months into his sentence when he was brought into talk. >> it scared me. i thought it was some trick. >> keane watched as beaumont pushed a folder across the table. >> i saw a picture of a mutilated dead girl and i flipped the page and there was a different mutilated dead girl. >> and there was a portrait of tricia. >> i looked up and he said we need you to help with us this case. >> beaumont wanted him to go under cover, in his low security lock-up to a dangerous prison and to defriend alleged serial killer larry hall. >> he says if you can get solid confessions from him, and if you can help us locate the bodies that are still missing, we're willing to completely wash your record. >> keene