KILLER IN U.S. HISTORY IS NOW
OFFICIALLY LINKED TO TWO MORE
MURDERS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
LAST YEAR, FOLLOWING AN
EXPLOSIVE 60 MINUTES REPORT ON
THE SERIAL KILLER WHO CONFESSED
TO 93 MURDERS, CBS4'S PETER
DENCH SPOKE TO A VETERAN MIAMI-
DADE POLICE DETECTIVE WHO
INTERVIEWED SAMUEL LITTLE ABOUT
THE FIVE WOMEN HE CONFESSED TO
KILLING IN MIAMI-DADE.
HE WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN
AND HE VERY LIGHT EYES.
HE WAS HE IS TO SPEAK TO.
Reporter: LITTLE HAS
CONFESSED.
MARIAN CHAPMAN, ALSO KNOWN AS
ANGELA.
HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE FIELD
IN MAY, 1976, NEAR THESE
MEMORABLE ARCHES JUST EAST OFF
CHROME AVENUE.
ANGELA CHAPMAN.
HE STRANGLED IN THE BEGINNING.
THEN HE PUT HER IN A BODY OF
WATER, WHICH IS LOCATED BY
THOSE ARCHES IN THE EVERGLADES.
Reporter: DARK AND
FORBIDDING SECRETS.
MARY BROSLY, WHO SUFFERED FROM
ALCOHOLISM.
HER REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED IN
JUNE OF 1971 IN A FIELD NEAR
NORTHWEST 107th AVENUE AND
162nd STREET.
A REMOTE AREA LIKE THE
EVERGLADES.
DENMARK SAYS LITTLE ALSO CLAIMS
HE MURDERED AN AIR FORCE NURSE
IN 1966 OR 1967 AND SHOWED THIS
PAINTING, WHOSE BODY HAS NEVER
BEEN FOUND.
AND HE PAINTED ANOTHER WOMAN,
SARAH, OR DONNA, WHO HE SAYS
WAS FROM CUBA.
DAVID HAS UNCOVERED NEW
INFORMATION IN THIS ALREADY
STUNNING STORY.
DAVID, WHAT'S THE NEW HEADLINE
HERE?
WELL THE LATEST HEADLINE IS
THAT THE STATE, ALONG WITH
MIAMI, AND MIAMI-DADE POLICE
HAS CLOSED TWO CASES, INCLUDING
THE ONE OF KAREN DONAHUE, AS
WELL AS ANOTHER ONE THAT
HAPPENED IN JUNE OF 1977.
THE VICTIM'S NAME WAS DOROTHY
GIBSON.
BUT THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT
THIS CASE WAS THERE ACTUALLY
WAS AN ARREST IN THIS CASE
ORANGEY BACK IN 1979.
THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE
ARRESTED A MAN NAMED JERRY
FRANK TOWNSEND.
HE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN
ARRESTED FOR SIX MURDERS, AND
PUT AWAY AND SENT TO PRISON FOR
LIFE.
HE ENDED UP DOING 22 YEARS IN
PRISON, BEFORE IT WAS
DISCOVERED THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD
BEEN IMPLICATED WRONGLY.
HE HAD FALSELY CONFESSED, AND
BASICALLY COERCED INTO
CONFESSING.
AND DNA ACTUALLY EXONERATED HIM
IN TWO OF THE CASES IN BROWARD.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG STORY BACK
IN THE EARLY 2000s IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
HE ENDED UP GETTING OVER $4
MILLION IN SETTLEMENTS.
SAD THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO
CLEAR HIS NAME.
DAVID, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THESE TWO LOCAL VICTIMS AT THIS
POINT?
WELL KAREN WAS ACTUALLY VERY
SIMILAR TO MARY BOSSLEY.
SHE WAS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
THEY BELIEVE SHE CAME DOWN
HERE, EVEN POSSIBLY WITH
BOSSLEY.
SAMUEL KNEW INTIMATE DETAILS
ABOUT HER LIFE.
SHE HAD BEEN A NURSE, SHE HAD
SOME MEDICAL ISSUES.
HE KNEW A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT
HER THAT LED AUTHORITIES TO
CONCLUDE THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY
HER.
THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND
HER BODY.
THEY SUSPECT IT IS OUT IN THE
EVERGLADES SOMEWHERE.
AS FOR DOROTHY GIBSON, SHE WAS
A 17-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAY.
SHE WAS FOUND STRANGLED IN A
FIELD NEXT TO THE OLD GREAT
MOUND BUS DEPOT IN DOWNTOWN
MIAMI IN 1977.
HE PREYED ON THESE
VULNERABLE WOMEN, AND NOW HE
TALKS ABOUT IT SO MATTER OF
FACTUALLY, IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND.
ALSO HARD TO UNDERSTAND THERE
WON'T BE ANY CHARGES HERE,
DAVID.
WHY IS THAT?
WELL THE STATE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE HAS DECIDED THAT
BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE SORT OF
A LONG SHOT TO ACTUALLY GET HIM
HERE TO STAND TRIAL.
I MEAN, WITH AT LEAST 93
CONFESSIONS, 60 THAT THEY'VE
BEEN ABLE TO CORROBORATE, MORE
THAN 60 THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE
TO CORROBORATE, HE'S GOING TO
BE IN PRISON FOR THE REST OF
HIS LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.
HE'S ALSO FACING TRIAL IN OTHER
STATES.
HE RECENTLY CONFESSED TO SOME
IN OHIO AS WELL.
SO BASICALLY, THEY WOULD HAVE
TO GET IN LINE.
THEY DECIDED, THEY CAN ALWAYS
GO BACK, IF THEY ABSOLUTELY
NEED TO, THEY CAN TRY TO FILE
CHARGES.
BUT AT THIS POINT, JUST THE
POSSIBILITY OF ACTUALLY GETTING
HIM IN HERE TO STAND TRIAL IS
JUST A REMOTE CHANCE.
THEY DECIDED FOR THE NEXT OF
KIN TO ADD SOME CLOSURE, THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO JUST CLOSE
THEM AS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED.
DAVID, TELL US MORE ABOUT
JERRY FRANK TOWNSEND.
WELL JERRY WAS A MAN WHO HAD
VERY LOW IQ.
ABOUT 58 OR LESS.
AND HE WAS SOMEONE THAT
BASICALLY WAS SORT OF A DRIFTER
TYPE.
ODD JOBS BACK IN THE '70s, AND
HE WAS ARRESTED INITIALLY FOR A
RAPE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI, OR FOR
SUSPECTED RAPE.
HE WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS CAUGHT
LIKE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY
FROM THE SCENE, AND BASICALLY
OVER HOURS.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST LIKE TWO
DAYS WORTH OF INTERVIEWS WITH
DETECTIVES FROM THE CITY OF
MIAMI, AND FROM BROWARD, THEY
JUST STARTED CLOSING CASES.
THEN IN THE EARLY 2000'S, IT
CAME TO LIGHT THAT DNA ACTUALLY
IMPLICATED ANOTHER SERIAL
KILLER FOR TWO OF THE CASES UP
IN THERE.
AND THEN, WHEN THE CITY OF
MIAMI -- [ NO AUDIO ]
HE'S STILL UP, HE'S LIVING UP
IN GEORGIA WITH HIS DAUGHTER,
BUT YEAH, IT WAS A REALLY
TRAGIC CASE A MISCHARGE OF
JUSTICE.