keith morrison (voiceover): who ever heard of such a thing?ers from a purported killer, plus a diagram >> whoever heard of such a thing, letters from a purported killer and a diagram of what certainly looked like the actual bomb that killed roberto ayalo. if it was for real, who sent it? was it from the lead suspect peter moore or a hitman or was it from somebody that wasn't even on the detective's radar? whoever it was, five weeks into the case it was about the only lead that investigators had. they played along, placed an ad as requested in the sacramento bee. someone responded and cops rushed to see him. >> he was pretty surprised. it was just an unlucky guy looking for a job. the killer though, the killer never called. this deal gone wrong was just some sort of game the real bomber was playing. trouble was, nobody knew the rules or the purpose or where the game might end. >> we had the letters, we wanted fingerprints and dna. >> clean. just as the bomber said they would will. what was going on? one thing was least likely that roberto was m

here, again, is keith morrison with "evil was watching." >> michella was so fierce. there really wasn't anything that intimidated her at all. she just took life, head on. >> reporter: it never left them. the spirit that was their sister followed them all around their growing-up years, and when they had families of their own. and they knew, always did, that their mom had lost a piece of herself. >> be all together, in this family environment. and then, just this closing would come down over her. >> yeah, and she'd just bawl. >> yep. you want mom back. >> reporter: the mystery of who killed michella and jenni haunted two families for nearly-30 years. all they knew, or thought they knew, was that some, unknown man, assaulted and killed those little girls. this man, who had killed once, had killed again. >> absolutely. there couldn't be two monsters in tacoma. >> reporter: but they were wrong. dna doesn't lie. and the male dna found on jenni's swimsuit. did it match the other case? >> no. >> reporter: there wasn't just one killer. there were two. >> i was absolutely dumb

keith morrison. >> reporter: murder can have so many innocent victims. like the children. i am what the kids have now. i am. they have been with me for the past year and they will continue to be with me. and they need to know that their dad is a good man. >> reporter: step-mother cyndi, the kindergarten teacher, said she was doing her best in trying circumstances. raising as step-kids, the children of the woman her husband had just been convicted of murdering. she did get some help, mind you, from her sister abby. >> i saw that she was struggling and needed some help you know, trying to figure out the whole single parent thing. >> reporter: but of course, abby had to wonder what happened that night. the night richie murdered angila. human nature, really. >> i had tried to ask her a few times, um , you know, "are you -- are you sure he was home that night? >> reporter: same question that bothered those minot detectives. but cyndi stuck to her story. >> he didn't leave the house that night. >> yes, he did cyndi. >> reporter: he did leave the house that night. >> no, he didn'

here again is keith morrison with more on silver city. >> reporter: cassy's parents were in pain, deep, about her murder and the long wait for justice. >> that period of waiting? >> hard. very difficult. difficult on us. between us. >> how come? >> i was crying all the time. >> few things eat at a marriage quite like grief. even the best marriages. >> all she wanted to talk about was cassy's case. >> when months went by with no arrest. >> i got to the point where i told her i can't do it anymore. >> reporter: but the topic was unavoidable. the medical report didn't come out for four months. when it finally did, it was vague. >> it was homicide by undetermined means. >> reporter: undetermined means? you saw bruises all over her body and apparent strangulation. >> and they wouldn't classify it as strangulation was the cause of death. >> they knew that vagueness could be a problem, that is if it went to trial because the investigation seemed to be going nowhere. the family found things out like how boyfriend, david, had a solid alibi. so why wasn't he officially cleared. why did darlene s

here again is keith morrison with "secrets in the snow." >>> it's horrible.ean, it's -- i -- i don't even know how to explain having a microscope go into your world. it's surreal. >> there are few secrets in a person's life that will escape the attention of a determined homicide detective. >> everything comes out. absolutely everything. >> dale and stephanie, it turned out, had their share of secrets. the weird thing one chilly morning six weeks before stephanie was murdered as stephanie told her friend, jennifer. >> she heard spanking and she told me she counted at least eight spanks before she got up the stairs and down the hall to the kitchen. >> well, my boy was acting out far beyond, you know, the norm. and i said, come on. >> that was a wednesday morning. stephanie was furious about the spanking and stormed off to work and that very day was laid off from her county job. and then still upset with dale, stephanie went to see a judge and filed a restraining order against him, sought advice from her friend, bill. >> honestly, i was a little bit surprised. i

here's keith morrison with "deadly trust." >>> there's a place.l it a pot of gold at the end of ambition, of the american dream. a place the few and lucky build their mansions by the sea. newport beach, orange county, california, where the most unexpected event would be -- murder. >> things like this rarely happen in newport beach, let alone in an area as secure as this area. >> let alone involving people like this, attractive, charismatic, living large. like nanette johnston packard mcneal. >> she had a beautiful home, drove an expensive car. and she was sort of living that dream california lifestyle. you talk about "housewives of orange county," she could have been on the show. >> yes, in fact, she told friends she turned down an offer to be on that show. about over-the-top excess in orange county. although, she did end up on a show called "american thunder" about motorcycles, showing off her own excess, including a bike she bought for 50 grand. >> what's your favorite part of the bike? >> i love the way it looks. >> and then there was eric napo

here again is keith morrison with "secrets in the mist." >> deputy d.a.rtment cold case team believed mike lubahn killed his wife carol back in 1981, but they had one big problem. they couldn't prove carol was dead. >> the biggest assumption is going to be, well, how do you know she's just not out of the country, across the country or changed her identity? >> kind of an important question with no answer. and then in january 2011, jim wallace got the flu. lucky break. no, really. >> and i was lying in bed, and my wife came in. unfortunately when you work these cases, all you talk about about we are a dedicated cold case team. you talk about the case you're working on. i'm sure she was tired of hearing about it. but she mentioned to me, why don't you establish a facebook account for carol? i thought, that could accomplish a great deal. >> of course, back in 1981 when carol disappeared, facebook creator mark zuckerberg wasn't even born yet. but 30 years later, detective wallace knew social media and its potential to connect to millions around the globe insta

here's keith morrison with "secrets on the emerald coast." >> reporter: what a nest of puzzles. carlson, where did she go? or did she go anywhere? what about grace, the baby she left behind? who, for example, was the father? churches tend to be beehives of gossip, so the detectives asked around. >> she had a boyfriend, was involved in an abusive relationship, she was beat up. >> reporter: this is a member of the cavalry emerald coast church. >> she found out she was pregnant. and she didn't want to go back to the guy, and didn't want to keep the child. >> reporter: in other words, she was going to have an abortion. but pastor flanders and his wife had strong views about abortion. and when they discovered her situation, they offered to help solve her dilemma. >> they were gonna adopt the baby. >> reporter: the flanders had an older daughter, always wanted another child. but one miscarriage after another. and so, as this church elder told the detectives, the pastor and his wife came to an arrangement with marie. >> she would stay three months to nurse the baby and at the end of th

here's keith morrison with the "summer of manson." >> all that remains are ruins. the ramshackle barker ranch is long gone. only the fitful baking death valley wind left now to stir the faded bits, the rusted junk. the artifacts from another time when this was ground zero for one of the most infamous crimes in history. the hideout of a living personification of evil. >> you got it stuck in your brain that i murdered somebody. >> charles manson. one hot, dry weekend in los angeles, august 1969, a pregnant movie star slaughtered, along with four others in her home, across town a couple butchered in theirs. >> these were brutal crime scenes. things that the police had never seen before. >> reporter: murder so bloody, so ugly, they rewrote history. became a kind of bookmark as an era of optimism ended and a darker time began. >> the '60 came to a close, 1969, and that was the curtain. that was the final curtain. >> who could make sense of it? >> are you sane? >> sane? >> yes. >> that's relative. >> who even now. >> how do our kids end up doing this kind of incredibly v

here is keith morrison with "good and evil." >> how do you measure a mother's love or gauge the voracity of her impulse to protect? >> i love her as much as i could. it was about the only thing. >> how to measure love as visceral as the beating heart in her own body. >> she was my first you born. she was my best friend. >> how to understand the four mothers you'll meet tonight and their connection, one that not one of them would ever have thought possible, not in a million years, any more than they expected to meet her, their guardian angel. >> if i don't bring her home, who will? >> we have to go to the dark places in order to find answers. >> a rare mystery that needed an urgent answer before the evil struck again. it was march 14th, 2014, early morning. an army of garbage trucks made their growling, clanking away around the thousands of trash bins and dumpsters in anaheim, california. their destination, a landfill that is also a literal mountain of garbage 500 feet high. and then midmorning an attendant separating debris on the conveyer belt saw something. was that a human foot protru

>> the protagonist ends up in love with keith morrison that's the surprising twist. bird watcher from walnut grove, mississippi says the secret to longevity, of course, with a smucker's jar, eating peanut butter josephine fulton of chicago, illinois, 100. traveling the world, following her passion for fashion. always dressed to the nines. happy 100th birthday to edna charles. better known as memi, from boca raton, florida when she's not testing her luck on the slots, she likes spending time with her six grand kids and seven great grand kids i love this guy's name mr. virgil gus of big timber, montana served his country during world war ii we salute you for your service josephine la bruno is from edison, new jersey 100. says the secret to longevity, having a wise humor. and happy 104th birthday to sei. proud grandma who loves to give the great grandkids 5 bucks and taking t bessie seibert proud grandma from bonita spring, florida, who loves to give the great grand kids 5 bucks and taking them to the dollar store there you have it, guys. back to you. >> thank you, al >