I shoot Mr. Marlowe [music] twice, severing jugulars and carotids with near surgical precision. He will die watching me take what is his away from him. This is my design. >> [music] >> I shoot Mrs. Marlowe expertly through the neck. This is not a fatal wound. The bullet misses every artery. She's paralyzed before it leaves her body. Which doesn't mean she can't feel pain. Just means she can't do anything about it. This is my design. >> [music] >> Special Agent Jack Crawford. I head the Behavioral Science Unit. We met. >> Yes. >> We had a disagreement when we opened up the museum. >> I disagreed with what you named it. >> The Evil Minds Research Museum. >> It's a little hammy. >> Jack. So, you've hitched your horse to a teaching post, then. I also understand it's difficult for you to be social. >> I'm just talking at them. I'm not listening to them. It's It's not social. See? >> Yeah. Where do you fall on the spectrum? >> My horse is hitched to a post that is closer to Asperger's and autistics than narcissists and sociopaths. >> But you can empathize with narcissists and sociopaths. >> empathize with anybody. It's less to do with a personality disorder than an active imagination. >> Uh-huh. >> Can I borrow your imagination? >> Eight girls abducted from eight different Minnesota campuses all in the last eight months. >> I thought there were seven. >> There were. >> When did he tag the eighth? >> About 3 minutes before I walked into your lecture. >> You're calling them abductions because you don't have any bodies? >> No bodies, no parts of bodies, nothing that comes out of bodies. >> Nothing. >> And those girls weren't taken from where you think they were taken? >> Then where were they taken from? >> I don't know. Someplace else. >> All of them abducted on a Friday so they wouldn't have to be reported missing until Monday. Now, however, he's covering his tracks. He needs a weekend to do it. >> [sighs] >> Number eight. >> Elise Nichols. St. Cloud State on the Mississippi, disappeared on Friday, was supposed to house it for her parents over the weekend, feed the cat. She never made it home. >> One through seven are dead, don't you think? He's not keeping them around. He got himself a new one. >> So we focus on Elise Nichols. >> They're all very um Mall of America. It's a lot of wind-chapped skin. >> Same hair color, same eye color, roughly the same age, same height, same weight. So, what is it about all these girls? >> Well, it's not about all of these girls. It's about one of them. He's like Willy Wonka. Every girl he takes is a candy bar and hidden in amongst all of those candy bars is the one true intended victim, which, if we follow through in our metaphor, is your golden ticket. >> So, is he warming up for his golden ticket or just reliving whatever it is he did to her? >> The golden ticket wouldn't be the first taken and she wouldn't be the last. He would hide how special she was. I I I would. Wouldn't you? >> I want you to get closer to this. >> No. You have Heimlich at Harvard and Bloom at Georgetown. They do the same thing I do. >> That's not exactly true, is it? You have a very specific way of thinking about things. >> There's been a lot of discussion about the specific way I think. >> You make jumps you can't explain with >> No, no. The evidence explains. >> Then help me find some evidence. >> That may require me to be sociable. >> You're not supposed to be in here. >> You wrote the standard monograph on time of death by insect activity. Found antler velvet in two of the wounds. You uh not real FBI? >> I'm a special investigator. >> Never been an FBI agent? >> There are strict screening procedures. >> To test instability. You unstable? >> Now, you know you're not supposed to be in here. >> I found antler velvet in two of the wounds. She was gored. Was looking for velvet in the other wounds, but I was interrupted. >> Hold on. Excuse me. Look, deer and elk pin their prey, okay? They put all their weight into their elbows to try and suffocate a victim. That's how they would kill like a fox or a coyote. >> All right, at least Nichols was strangled, suffocated. Her ribs are broken. >> Antler velvet is rich in nutrients. It actually promotes healing. He may have put it there on purpose. >> You think he was trying to heal her? >> He wanted to undo as much as he could given that he'd already killed her. He put her back where he found her. Whatever he did to the others, he couldn't do it to her. >> Is this his golden ticket? >> No. This is an apology. Does anyone have any aspirin? >> Tried her skin for prints, of course nothing. Didn't get a hand spread off her neck. >> Reports say anything about nails? >> Her nails were smudged when we took the scrapings. Scrapings were from her own palms when she scratched them. She never scratched him. >> Piece of metal is all we got. >> We should be looking at plumbers, steamfitters, tool workers. >> [music] [music] >> Other injuries were probably, but not conclusively, postmortem. So, not gore. >> She has lots of piercings that look like they were caused by deer antlers. I didn't say the deer was responsible for putting them there. >> She was mounted on them. Like hooks. She may have been bled. Her liver was removed. >> He did >> Mhm. Took it out, and then, yeah, he put it back in. >> Huh. Why would he cut it out if he was just going to sew it back in again? Something wrong with the meat. >> She has liver cancer. >> He's um he's eating them. >> You like you were not doing house to house interviews. >> We found a little piece of metal in Elise Nichols' clothes, a shred from a pipe threader. >> Must be hundreds of construction sites all over Minnesota. >> A certain kind of metal, a certain kind of pipe, a certain kind of pipe coating, so we're checking all the construction sites that use that kind of pipe. >> What are we looking for? >> At this stage, anything, really, but mostly anything peculiar. >> Two fellas from the FBI. >> They're going through the drawers now. >> Mhm. >> Putting papers in file boxes. >> Yes, they are taking things. >> No. Well, they didn't say >> Yes, they can. >> What'd you say your name was? >> Garrett Jacob Hobbs. >> He's one of our pipe threaders. Those are all the resignation letters Plumbers Union requires and whenever members finish a job. I'll call you back. >> Uh does Mr. Hobbs have a daughter? >> Might have. >> 18 or 19, wind-chapped, plain, but pretty. She'd have auburn hair, about this tall. >> Maybe, I don't know. I don't keep company with these people. >> What is it about Garrett Jacob Hobbs you find so peculiar? >> No after phone number, no address. >> Therefore, he has something to hide. >> The others all left addresses. They also missed work for days at a time. >> You haven't an address for Mr. Hobbs? >> I got it. >> Hello. Just a second. Dad, it's for you. >> Who is it? >> Caller ID said it was blocked. >> Hello. >> Mr. Garrett Jacob Hobbs? >> Yeah. >> You don't know me and I suspect we'll never meet. This is a courtesy call. Dr. Einar Atlesson? >> Yes, that's me. Step in. >> Peter Becker and Sylvia Artisan were both patients of yours. >> Uh no, uh they were both patients at the clinic. Uh I never met Sylvia Artisan. >> Can you tell me who treated her? >> Well, no, I am bound by patient confidentiality. >> She's dead. >> Oh. Oh, no. Right. Well, doctor confidentiality. >> In theory, would it be possible for you to access her medical files even if you didn't treat her yourself? >> Well, in theory, yes. The doctors at the clinic have access to the files of every patient should they choose to look at them, which I did not. >> What did you see Peter Becker about? >> Well, well, that is uh confidential. >> How do you know Arve Stoop? >> Arve? >> Mhm. >> Well, I've known Arve for years. I do research in premature birth. We have a small charity, and Arve Stoop is one of our biggest supporters. >> I wouldn't have thought that a man who goes on so much about family values would support a clinic that specializes in abortion. >> Well, we specialize in many different areas. And Mr. Stoop supports our research in premature birth. >> So, do you see each other socially? >> Well, yeah, well, that depends on how you mean. >> It's quite simple, actually. Do you have friends in common? >> Yes, we we mix in the same circles. So, what why are you >> Have you ever practiced in other parts of the country, Dr. Atlesson? >> Yes, I have in in Eidsvoll, in Lillehammer. >> of Mont Pelerin Pavilion in Bergen. >> Yes. >> Do you live alone? >> Well, yes, I I am a reluctant bachelor. >> Is there anyone in the house right now? Because I thought I saw someone in the window when I passed. >> Well, well, if you want to take a look around, I will need to see a search warrant. In fact, if you don't mind, I would like to call my lawyer before I answer any more of your questions. >> That won't be necessary, Dr. Beckerson. You can bring your lawyer when we see you next time. >> All right. Okay, Harriet, we just picked up a signal heading west towards Telemark. It is a red Volvo registered to a Matthias Lund Helgesen, Ruka 2421. >> The house is pretty remote. >> There's There's an access road, but that's it. There's a [music] big lake around it. Helicopters are grounded because of the weather, but Delta is on their way. [music] >> Anything on Matthias's family? >> Okay, I've got something here. Jonas Lund Helgesen, former [music] police officer, lost his job in '89. A scandal involving a woman drowning in a car. Probable suicide. She had a son. Father unknown. He was sent to an orphanage. >> Sit down, Harriet. >> Pass me the gun. >> I didn't think you'd find me. Perhaps the pills helped after all. >> I spoke to Philip Becker. What's going to happen when Josephine Becker finds out he isn't her father? >> She'll still love him. >> Wrong answer. Let's try again. Was it right for Sylvia Ottosson to kill her unborn child simply because she couldn't keep track of who the father was? >> That was her choice. >> Too short. >> Maybe she was afraid. >> What about you, Harry? You have a woman who loves you, a boy who's devoted to you. Why did you abandon them? >> They deserve better. >> Too easy. >> [screaming] >> Because I'm selfish. I'm an addict. There isn't enough room for them. >> You know, when I first saw your picture in the papers, with all those medals, I thought that man must have a perfect family. Here you are. Last question. This boy who doesn't even know who his father is was had to put up with so many men like you and me taking his place. Does his mother deserve to live? Why don't you ask him? >> Dallas police reached out to FBI to say, "We have two women that are killed in very similar circumstances and both of them have had their eyes surgically removed." >> And the FBI checked their database and they track most of the murder cases in the United States. They did not have a victim that had its eyes surgically removed. >> Nobody had had this kind of case before. They had no idea who to look for. >> The FBI's behavioral unit focuses on the killer's unique mark to help them build a psychological profile of their suspect. >> She had a cut just to the right of her eye in this temple area [music] that on x-ray we had seen a little fragment of metal. We removed a small triangle >> [music] >> of what turned out to be an X-ACTO knife. >> With the discovery of the X-ACTO knife embedded in the skull, that pretty much eliminated any doctor who is going to have scalpels and professional medical tools. We just knew from the evidence we were dealing [music] with an amateur for sure. Like a hobbyist, somebody that builds model airplanes or a carpenter or anybody that may use X-ACTO knives in their work. So now we had somebody that had knowledge of anatomy that had studied or learned how to remove the eyes but was doing it in a very rudimentary way using [music] exacto knives that you could buy just about anywhere. The suspect could have been anybody. >> Also recovered from her body were two head hairs from her left hand. Which means she probably grabbed his head before she was shot. There was also one intact pubic hair found the back of her neck. >> So now we have a transfer of evidence from the killer to the victim. And so you can try to tie it back to the killer. >> They have evidence but no suspect and no motive. Police have no idea who would leave such a grotesque mark on his victims or why. A few days later a long time prostitute named Brenda White agrees to speak with detectives. She shares a story that could break the case open. >> Brenda wouldn't normally talk but with the three murders now occurring, Brenda wanted to let us know about somebody attacking her. >> She told them that she got picked up by a trick. >> She told him she wanted him to take her to a certain place and he started driving a different direction and she said, "Let me out of the car." He turned to her with a look of rage in his face and said, "I hate holes. I'mma kill all of you holes." And she pulled out her mace and maced him. >> And even before he could stop the car, she bailed from his vehicle. She thought that was the only way she was going to make it out alive. >> I said, "Well, Brenda, what did he look like?" She said, "He's a white male with salt and pepper hair, muscular build, and Mexican-looking. He's not Mexican, but he has a olive skin tone." That's what she meant. >> The improved description doesn't match that of Axton Schindler, the only person of interest police have developed in the case. Officers Matthews and Smith decide to take this new piece of information and try out some new technology at the police department. >> I said, "I'm going over to constable's office, and I'm going to utilize their computers to try to find this John." >> The two beat cops enter in all the addresses they've come across in their investigation to see if any are linked to a man who matches the description of Brenda White's attacker. Police have a name for their suspect, the man who may be responsible for leaving his terrifying mark on three victims. >> We found out that he had a overnight job as a part-time newspaper delivery man, which would excuse him from his house during the wee hours. We were certain that we were on the right track. Our next step was to go to the homicide division. >> They had no idea what kind of reception they're going to get when they bring their investigation to these veteran homicide cops. >> Well, they laid out the whole case of what these girls had told them, and this Eldorado address, and Charles Albright's association with it, and Albright's past, and how he matched the description. >> The detective in charge asked me to go to Brenda White and present a photo lineup with Charles Albright's picture. We met Brenda White, and as soon as I presented that photo lineup to Brenda White, she said, "That's him." without any hesitation. >> My partner and I decided to show Veronica Rodriguez a lineup. She identified him also as the person that she escaped and got away from. Once we had two positive identifications on Albright, we contacted the tactical squad and told them that we had warrants and that we were going to run them at a residence on Eldorado in Oak Cliff. It was after midnight, probably 2:00 in the morning. Officer Smith and her partner were there, two FBI agents. They were probably eight or nine uh SWAT officers. That's when we told these SWAT people we were ready to go. They threw flash bangs through two windows. >> The Dallas SWAT team surrounds the house of Charles Albright, the man suspected of killing three women and expertly removing their eyes. >> Once we got the signal that everybody was in position, the house was breached. Stun grenades were thrown in, literally blowing the suspect out of his bed. >> He didn't offer any resistance, >> [music] >> and his girlfriend didn't offer resistance. Took them both outside and and split them up. >> I escorted his living girlfriend >> [music] >> out of the house. She was a middle-aged lady. She was visibly shaken and had no idea what was going on. I gave her a cigarette, calmed her down because she had just been through utter hell. [music] And the next thing I saw was Charles Albright in red bikini underwear. And then they brought him over to me and they said, "Officer Williams, is this the guy?" And I said, "Yes, that's him." >> I can tell you one of my proudest moments as a police officer >> [music] >> was when the sergeant of the tactical team called me inside and said, "You deserve this." And handed me Charles [music] Albright to take to the squad car. The arrest [music] of a serial killer. And and it was emotional. I still get emotional thinking about it. >> Then investigators find what may be a crucial lead. >> We found the information that led us to the place on Westmoreland where he had a storage unit. And we opened up the door and lo and behold >> It was a like a scene out of a horrific movie. >> Digging into the information that we recovered, we discovered that Albright had a rental storage unit. >> It was like a scene out of a horrific movie. >> He had all of these animals preserved in formaldehyde. Jars and jars and jars and stacks of them. >> It was shelf after shelf of pickled frogs, salamanders, uh newts. >> We started finding a lot of taxidermy stuff and uh stuff in formaldehyde. We had learned that uh Albright had a fantasy for taxidermy. >> That was a huge, major clue that said, "Okay, this individual has the skills and knowledge and ability to remove eyes. Maybe even only using X-Acto knives, but he can do it." >> What raised our eyebrows, the X-Acto knives and uh him being interested in taxidermy. We were looking for evidence that would connect him with some of the bodies. >> The storage unit is a huge find. But even then, the evidence is all circumstantial. >> They started examining and were able to take some hairs from the raincoat. >> There were these strange animal hairs found. That it took a while for our forensic analysts to to figure out. It turned out it was squirrel tail hair. In Charles Albright's house, investigators took his vacuum cleaner bag. The same squirrel tail hair was found in Charles Albright's vacuum cleaner. Also found in that vacuum cleaner were eight head hairs that had the same characteristics as Shirley Williams. >> It's exactly the piece of evidence they've been looking for. And several weeks later, police get results back from the lab that analyzed the hairs found on Shirley Williams' body. >> They were a match. They had enough evidence to charge him with the murders. It was a lot of pieces put together to build a case to convince a jury. >> [music] [music]