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here is josh mankiewicz with "unraveled". >> there is an argument. >> for an agonizing stretch of nearlydays, the fear was palpable and paralyzing. >> the twist and turn stone and there. >> a killer was on the loose, in and around phoenix, arizona, systematically shooting innocent victims. >> a massive manhunt underway. >> police worked around the clock, desperate for leads. >> we are asking the public to remain vigilant. >> a long weekend of terror that would lead to a hard question -- did any of it have to happen? because this was a tragedy many people saw coming. including the first and most high-profile victim. >> he was like nobody else might ever met, and that's true to this day. >> back in 2002, natalie collins was a young lawyer defending a medical malpractice case when she met a forensic psychiatrist named dr. steven pitt. >> it is a very intellectually honest whether you wanted his opinion or not, you've got it. but he was formidable and he was fair. >> it was nationally known for his work on cases like the column line massacre and the murder of jonbenÉt ramsey. his interest in
here is josh mankiewicz with "unraveled". >> there is an argument. >> for an agonizing stretch of nearlydays, the fear was palpable and paralyzing. >> the twist and turn stone and there. >> a killer was on the loose, in and around phoenix, arizona, systematically shooting innocent victims. >> a massive manhunt underway. >> police worked around the clock, desperate for leads. >> we are asking the public to remain vigilant. >> a long...
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here is josh mankiewicz with the story of somebody. >> sometimes it is a sound that brings it all back. the thump of a basketball on a rim or back forward. that's when she can almost see him again. her son and his friends playing ball late into the night. his name was courtney, but on the court he was hard worked 34, a left-hander who could shoot with either hand, a son who bounced through life. dancing with the dog and his sister. >> hello, jasmine. >> singing in his car. his joy made anything seen possible. sometimes those memories help his mom forget the horror of what came next. and the person she had to become. do you have any experience being an investigator? >> no, not at all. i'm a mom on a mission the last thing that his mom can do is go and find out who did this to him. >> her long battle to solve the mystery of what happened to her son, forced her to confront questions that went beyond courtney. questions about who gets justice? in chicago? in this life? in this country? and who does not? >> it was almost like a willful -ness to not know what happened to courtney. >> if you
here is josh mankiewicz with the story of somebody. >> sometimes it is a sound that brings it all back. the thump of a basketball on a rim or back forward. that's when she can almost see him again. her son and his friends playing ball late into the night. his name was courtney, but on the court he was hard worked 34, a left-hander who could shoot with either hand, a son who bounced through life. dancing with the dog and his sister. >> hello, jasmine. >> singing in his car. his...
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here's josh mankiewicz with "in the middle of the night. " >> it was a saturday morning in 1984 when sheila wysocki's phone rang. >> it was a girlfriend, and she said there's been an accident. >> an accident involving sheila's good roommate, freshman roommate and fellow student at southern methodist university, angela samota. >> i initially thought that angie had been in a car accident. and of course, i went through the, is she in the hospital, where is she? and i wasn't getting any information from her. and my girlfriend was crying. >> that's because it wasn't an accident. that same morning, angie's sorority sister, evelyn, was given the news straight out by 2 friends. >> they told me angie had been murdered. she had been found naked with a lot of stab wounds. it was -- it was absolutely a shock. >> angie samota had not only been killed, but butchered, repeatedly stabbed in her own bedroom. it was a bloody end to a life that had so much promise. >> she was the most amazing person. she was full of life. she could light up a room. she was very hard worker, and she knew where she was g
here's josh mankiewicz with "in the middle of the night. " >> it was a saturday morning in 1984 when sheila wysocki's phone rang. >> it was a girlfriend, and she said there's been an accident. >> an accident involving sheila's good roommate, freshman roommate and fellow student at southern methodist university, angela samota. >> i initially thought that angie had been in a car accident. and of course, i went through the, is she in the hospital, where is she?...
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here's josh mankiewicz with "under a halloween moon." >> it's the one time when everyone pretends to be someone else. when being two-faced is part of the deal. >> there's a feeling that maybe the rules don't apply. and that during those moonlit hours, we all have license to eat, drink and be scary. >> halloween has morphed from our national salute to sugar, into a coast to coast alcohol party. nowhere is that more true than in north dakota. but in october 2007, several lives would collide under that halloween moon. at least one person may have used a costume to try and hide his true identity, a murderer. that weekend before halloween here in grand forks, heather eastling and her boyfriend joel lovelien, were putting on costumes getting ready to go out. >> it was a nice night with friends. >> he dressed up as a hockey fan wearing his favorite green jersey. >> i dressed in a mechanic's outfit. a friend of mine texted me and said meet us at the broken drum. >> the broken drum. half casino, half bar. heather and joel had a lot to celebrate. she had just moved here from texas after dating
here's josh mankiewicz with "under a halloween moon." >> it's the one time when everyone pretends to be someone else. when being two-faced is part of the deal. >> there's a feeling that maybe the rules don't apply. and that during those moonlit hours, we all have license to eat, drink and be scary. >> halloween has morphed from our national salute to sugar, into a coast to coast alcohol party. nowhere is that more true than in north dakota. but in october 2007,...
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here is josh mankiewicz with deadly denial. >> she had found plenty of the wrong guys, now, here in frontr was someone different. >> we met at a daycare for both of our children. >> vanessa pond of salt lake city was 25 and a single parent went back in 2007 she met raven abaroa. like vanessa, he was single and raising a child alone. >> he was very charming, he would always come up with such fascinating dates. >> he seemed different? >> he seemed very different. >> a good guy? >> very good guy. >> and you felt for him? >> hard. >> along with the charm and the lavish dates, raven also had a story. a horrible, awful story. that had changed his life and would also change vanessa ponds. the story raven told wasn't just about himself, it was about his first white janet. >> he said, i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. >> the murder, raven said, happen three years earlier when he and janet were living in north carolina. >> it happened in a home invasion and he came home and found her and he didn't want to talk about it any further. >> it was not the kind of thing va
here is josh mankiewicz with deadly denial. >> she had found plenty of the wrong guys, now, here in frontr was someone different. >> we met at a daycare for both of our children. >> vanessa pond of salt lake city was 25 and a single parent went back in 2007 she met raven abaroa. like vanessa, he was single and raising a child alone. >> he was very charming, he would always come up with such fascinating dates. >> he seemed different? >> he seemed very...
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here's josh mankiewicz with "a bronx tale. " >> sing sing correctional facility. the maximum security prison in new york. this is the big house. home to some of the worst of the wor worst. killers, rapists, drug dealers. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> it is not where you'd expect to find this gentle woman. >> in sing sing, they call me grandma. >> grandma is sister joanna chan, a marinol nun. >> i began working at sing sing more than 12 years ago. >> this is the battle about general-- >> grandma volunteers at the prison, working with inmates in a theater program. she even teaches them chinese. through the years, grandma has helped dozens of men. but she says this inmate here on stage, a convicted killer, has changed her. >> he is just so brave. watching him all these years, i took such courage myself watching him. >> sister joanna remembers the first time she met this inmate. he was sitting alone eating. >> he said, my family send me 30 pounds of food. so i said, your family must love you very much. and he said, yes, because they know i'm innocent. and that's h
here's josh mankiewicz with "a bronx tale. " >> sing sing correctional facility. the maximum security prison in new york. this is the big house. home to some of the worst of the wor worst. killers, rapists, drug dealers. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> it is not where you'd expect to find this gentle woman. >> in sing sing, they call me grandma. >> grandma is sister joanna chan, a marinol nun. >> i began working at sing sing more than 12...
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continuing with "missing marie, " here's josh mankiewicz. >> it had been about a year since marie singleton'son marcus, 8 years old at the time of her murder, was being raised by an aunt in philadelphia. but his mother was never far from his mind. >> we used to have a debate about who loved each other more, you know, i love you more, no, i love you more. no, i love you more. and sometimes i even go to sleep and i still say it, like, mom i love you more, you know, it's -- that's the kind of stuff a kid never forgets. ever. >> he also stayed in touch with marie's husband, andre jackson. you still felt a connection to him. >> yes. he was my dad. you know, that was the only father i had, and i missed him. >> meanwhile, the rest of marie's family wondered if andre knew more about her death than he was saying. they believed police had those same questions. but andre had never been arrested. and then came that letter, which changed everything. handwritten or typed? >> it was typed. >> the unsigned letter read in part, "it is very unlikely that the individual or individuals responsible for her death
continuing with "missing marie, " here's josh mankiewicz. >> it had been about a year since marie singleton'son marcus, 8 years old at the time of her murder, was being raised by an aunt in philadelphia. but his mother was never far from his mind. >> we used to have a debate about who loved each other more, you know, i love you more, no, i love you more. no, i love you more. and sometimes i even go to sleep and i still say it, like, mom i love you more, you know, it's --...