>> yes. >> they go together just like terrence williams, philippe had been driving without a license when he encountered corporal caulkins. and just like terrence philippe disappeared right after that, everybody believed that the circumstances were so improbable that it was a coincidence. we don't know what we have. we think this might be a hate crime. >> philippe santos, a mexican immigrant, was just 23 years old and on his way to a construction job when he vanished in october 2000, 33 months before terrence disappeared i remember philippe being kind of quiet, but always very sweet always with his wife. he had just had a baby and he was just over the moon >> that julia perkins new philippe through it organization that helps migrant workers located where he lived in a mockery, florida, about but 40 miles northeast and naples >> the day that philippe santos went missing, he was involved in a minor traffic crash. both the occupants of fleet be santos's vehicle in the other vehicle pulled into a gas station parking lot at some point deputy caulkins put flip santos in the back of his patr

connection for the other gentleman, philippe santos's three months before this, the mother of terrence williams realize and searching for her son and posting difference posters and trying to get them back. that there was an undocumented person who also had contact with an officer. and the last person to hear from him or be in his possession or his presence was the same, deputy. can you imagine the uncanny coincidence? it's happening here and all the questions when you don't know who to trust. >> unbelievable, it really is cnn senior writer thomas lake who first reported on this story is joining us now to talk a little bit more about this, thomas and cnn's investigation of this deputy. what were some of the biggest revelations you've found >> well, there were a few things. one was that i went back and i reviewed basically every report he ever wrote in almost 17 years as a deputy, and i found that in 2001 he just stopped arresting people. so for the rest of his career, almost three years, he never made another arrest. he wrote about 400 incident reports without arresting anyone. what's interestin

all of that appeared that he was not being truthful about the encounter between terrence williams and himself those inconsistencies surface during a months-long internal investigation corporal caulkins took three polygraph test during the probe one of those tests indicated deception mircea there was a time when caulkins was interviewed. i want to play this for you. >> in this meat >> scum bags my son was a scumbag maybe he's color has its own set for scumbag. maybe he wasn't 30 caught be sure to tune in an all new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper, one whole hour, one whole >> story air sunday at 08:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. they you so much for joining us. see you in a news night with abby. phillip starts now

all of that appeared that he was not being truthful about the encounter between terrence williams and himself those inconsistencies surface during a months-long internal investigation corporal caulkins took three polygraph test during the probe. one of those tests indicated deception mircea, there was a time when caulkins was interviewed. >> i >> want to play this for you in this meet >> scum bags. >> my son wasn't a scumbag maybe his colors. i don't cef a scumbag maybe. he was a dirty car >> an all new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper or one hold our one whole story airs tomorrow at 08:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn all right. stay with cnn for the very latest on the triple killing outside philadelphia and the ongoing barricades situation in new jersey. thank you so much for joining me today. i'm fredricka whitfield, cnn newsroom continues with paula reid after a quick break backroom deals, cia secrets, affairs, bribery, >> corruption, prostitution so much more to the store united states of scandal with jake tapper tomorrow at nine on cnn when you hear iphone,

all of that appeared that he was not being truthful about the encounter between terrence williams and himself those in consistencies surface during a month-long internal investigation. corporal caulkins took three polygraph test during the probe. one of those tests indicated deception mircea, there was a time when caulkins was interviewed. i want to play this for you in this meat >> scum, bags. >> my son was gone bad maybe his color is it own separate scum bag. maybe he was a dirty car joining me now seen in crime reporter thomas lake thomas, it's so good to see you >> again, my friend, i mean, it was you're reporting that we followed up on in the first place. how did this case even cross your desk? >> yeah. back in 2019, i just finished up another investigation and i was looking down lists of unsolved missing persons cases in this country. and this one came up and it sort of haunted me ever since. i've been digging into it now, interviewed more than 70 people. read ten more than 10,000 pages of documents, look through just about every arrest and incident report this deputy ever looke

all of that appeared that he was not being truthful about the encounter between terrence williams and himself >> those inconsistencies surface during a months-long internal investigation. cripple caulkins took three polygraph test during the probe one of those tests indicated deception mircea, there was a time when caulkins was interviewed. i want to play this for you in this meet >> recording >> scum bags. >> my son wasn't a scumbag maybe his collar zones have a scumbag maybe he wasn't 30 car. >> be sure to tune in an all new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper, one whole hour, one whole story airs tomorrow at 08:00 p.m. eastern pacific only on cnn. and after a long standoff, the pennsylvania man who police say killed his stepmother, sister, and the mother of his children is now in custody and we'll have the very latest coming up in the cnn newsroom. >> if you work in spaceflight, this is the worst possible thing that can ever happen >> my dad died doing what he is loved >> space shuttle columbia. he final flight from your sunday, april 7 at nine on seeing, you know, that

are cold >> just going to go back there and see what i can see, knowing that the remains of terrence williams and fleet bei santos are still out there somewhere this part's a little tricky. but once you get past these rocks and gets easier caulkins got to know this the area really, really well. he had lived in north naples, then had patrolled it for at least ten years. so he knew this place like the back of his hand the authorities are pretty sure he's lying about something. but he was never charged so fred, the answer is somewhere out there. and this mother's love >> and determination and this investigative reporting has gone on for nearly 20 years. what do you do when you don't know who to trust? don't know where the answers are going to come from. >> but all you >> know is you've got to find your piled. >> it's unbelievable. it is so gripping and compelling. i'm telling you you will not be able to turn away when you see what happens when he is deposed. there's so much in this story laura coats, thank you. be sure to tune in an all new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper, one wh