>>> SO CALIFORNIANS IN THE 1970s AND 80s LIVED IN A STATE OF
ONGOING FEAR BECAUSE OF ONE MAN
WHO WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER.WN AS THE
GOLDEN STATE KILLER. THIS GUY WAS A RAPIST AND
MURDERER WHO ENGAGED POLICE IN A
CAME
GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE AND HE HAS
NEVER BEEN CAUGHT.
NOW THE AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING A
NEW LOOK AT THIS CASE,
DETERMINED TO BRING THIS COLD-BLOODED KILLER, WHO THEY
BELIEVE IS STILL ALIVE, TO
JUSTICE.
WATCH. FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, THE
GOLDEN STATE KILLER, ALSO KNOWN
AS THE ORIGINAL NIGHT STALKER AND EAST AREA RAPIST, TERRORIZED
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. >> THE SACRAMENTO SHERIFFS
OFFICE HAS INVESTED OVER 40,000 MANHOURS IN THE PAST YEAR IN THE
SEARCH FOR THE EAST AREA RAPIST.
>> HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE RAPED
MORE THAN 40 WOMEN AND MURDERED
12 PEOPLE IN THE 1970s AND 80s.
>> I WANTED TO SEE HIM CAUGHT,
BUT WE HAD NO IDEA HOW IN DEPTH
IT WAS GOING TO GET, HOW FAR
REACHING HE WAS GOING TO GO.
HES PROBABLY THE MOST WARPED
INDIVIDUAL TO EVER WALK THE
EARTH.
EARTH.
>> AUTHORITIES CAME CLOSE TO
FINDING THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER
MORE THAN ONCE BUT ALWAYS CAME UP EMPTY-HANDED.UT ALWAYS CAME
UP EMPTY-HANDED. NOW A NEW DOCU-SERIES EXPLORES
THE MYSTERY BEHIND THIS CASE.
JANE CARSON-SANDLER WAS ONE OF
THE EARLIEST VICTIMS.
IN 1976 JANE WAS AT HOME, LYING
IN BED WITH HER 3-YEAR-OLD SON,
WHEN A MAN ENTERED HER BEDROOM.
>> THERE WAS THIS MAN WITH A SKI
MASK WITH A LARGE BUTCHER KNIFE
STANDING OVER ME.
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS JUST
HERE TO ROB US.
HE TOLD ME SHUT UP OR ILL KILL
YOU.
YOU. HE TOOK HIS KNIFE AND HE MADE
SOME MARKS ON MY CHEST, LETTING
ME KNOW THAT HE WAS SERIOUS.
BLINDFOLDED AND TIED AND GAGGED,
I WASNT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO
THE RAPE.
THE RAPE.
MY MIND WAS ON WHERES MY SON. >> JANE AND HER SON SURVIVED THE
HORRIFIC ATTACK.
HORRIFIC ATTACK. TODAY SHE IS AMONG THOSE WHO
WANT THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
THE FBI HAS REIGNITED THE SEARCH
FOR THE KILLER, NOW OFFERING A
$50,000 REWARD FOR NEW
INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS
ARREST.
ARREST.
>> THE ANSWER IS OUT THERE.
WE NEED A NAME.
>> THE FBI DESCRIBES THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER AS A WHITE MALEDEN
STATE KILLER AS A WHITE MALE CLOSE TO SIX FEET WHO HAD BLOND
OR LIGHT BROWN HAIR AT THE
HEIGHT OF HIS CRIME SPREE.
TODAY HE IS BETWEEN THE AGE OF
60 AND 75 AND STILL AUTHORITIES
BELIEVE ALIVE.
BELIEVE ALIVE. >> 37 YEARS IS A VERY LONG TIME.
BY WHATEVER MEANS IT HAPPENS, WE
NEED TO SOLVE THIS CASE.
>> JANE CARSON-SANDLER AND COLD
CASE INVESTIGATOR PAUL HOLZ JOIN
ME NOW.
ME NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR TELLING THIS
STORY, JANE.
STORY, JANE. ITS GOT TO BE SO DISCONCERTING
TO YOU TOP KNOW THAT AFTER ALL
THIS TIME THEY BELIEVE HE IS
STILL ALIVE, THAT HES STILL OUT
THERE.
THERE.
MAY I ASK YOU IF THERES ANY
FEAR ABOUT COMING ON CAMERA AND TALKING ABOUT IT SO VOCALLY.AND
TALKING ABOUT IT SO VOCALLY. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> GOOD FOR YOU.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> TAKE US BACK TO THE DAY IT HAPPENED.S BACK TO THE DAY IT
HAPPENED.
YOUR HUSBAND HAD JUST LEFT FOR
WORK.
IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT, IN THE
MORNING.
>> 6:30 IN THE MORNING, YES.
>> WHAT WAS THE FIRST SIGN YOU HAD THAT AN INTRUDER WAS IN YOUR
HOME.
HOME.
>> THE GARAGE DOOR JUST CLOSED. MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON HAD JUSTOSED.
MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON HAD JUST GOTTEN INTO BED WITH ME.
THE NEXT THING I KNEW I HEARD
SOMEONE RUNNING DOWN THE HALL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS MY HUSBAND AND
I YELLED OUT "WHAT DID YOU
FORGET?"
FORGET?"
AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER.
THERE WAS JUST A FLASHLIGHT WITH
THIS MAN THEN STANDING OVER TOP
OF ME WITH A LIGHT SHINING IN MY
EYES WITH A LAURMRGE BUTCHER KNI
HE HAD A SKI MASK ON, BLACK LEATHER JACKET.SK ON, BLACK
LEATHER JACKET. >> DID HE BLINDFOLD YOU?
>> YES.
>> YES. HE BLINDFOLDED MY SON AND
MYSELF.
MYSELF.
HE BLINDFOLDED US, GAGGED US AND
TIED US UP.
OUR ANKLES ON THEAND OUR WRISTS UP. ANKLES ON THEAND OUR WRISTS
UP.
>> SO THE WHOLE TIME YOU WERE THINKING WHERES MY SON.U WERE
THINKING WHERES MY SON.
>> YES.
HE MOVED HIM. I HAD -- I DIDNT EVEN REMEMBER
THE RAPE.
THE RAPE.
THAT WAS IMMATERIAL TO THE FEAR
THAT I WAS FEELING AT THAT TIME. IT WAS IMMATERIAL. AT THAT TIME.
IT WAS IMMATERIAL. I JUST KEPT THINKING WHERE DID
HE PUT MY SON, WHAT DID HE DO
WITH HIM, WHATS HE GOING TO DO
WITH US?
WITH US? BECAUSE PRIOR TO THE RAPE HE
WAS -- HAD THIS -- THIS VERY
STRANGE BEHAVIOR OF TEARING
SHEETS, TEARING TOWELS.
I THOUGHT IS HE GOING TO HANG
US, WHATS HE GOING TO DO WITH
US.
US.
AGAIN, IT WAS WHERE WAS MY SON. >> YOU WERE THE FIFTH OF SOME 45
RAPE VICTIMS.
RAPE VICTIMS. >> YES, MAAM.
NUMBER FIVE.
NUMBER FIVE. >> AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW, THANKS
TO THE GOOD WORK BY PAUL AND
OTHERS, THAT HE WAS IN FACT
LINKED TO AT LEAST A DOZEN
MURDERS.
MURDERS.
>> YES.
>> YOU MUST BE GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE. MUST BE GRATEFUL TO BE
ALIVE.
>> I AM. I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE.
BUT IM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF
THE WONDERFUL, COMPASSIONATE,
CARING INVESTIGATORS THAT HAVE
BEEN WORKING THIS CASE FOR SO
MANY YEARS.
MANY YEARS. THEY HAVE NEVER LET UP.
>> RIGHT?
>> RIGHT? AND SO, PAUL, YOU HAVE BEEN
INVESTIGATING THIS FOR 22 YEARS.
YOU WERE THE ONE WHO LINKED
THESE RAPES TO THESE MURDERS AND
FOUND THE SAME M.O. AND FOUND
ULTIMATELY THE SAME DNA, RIGHT?
BECAUSE DNA WASNT YOUR FRIEND
IN THE BEGINNING.
IT WASNT AS ADVANCED AS IT IS
TODAY.
TODAY.
>> THATS RIGHT.
>> WHY DO PEOPLE BELIEVE HES STILL ALIVE?OPLE BELIEVE HES
STILL ALIVE? >> WELL, EARLY ON THEY THOUGHT
HE WAS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 TO
30.
30. SO IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT OUT
TO TODAY THAT PUTS HIM BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 60 TO 70 SO
CHRONOLOGICALLY HE MOST
CERTAINLY COULD BE ALIVE.
WE KNOW THAT HE CAN GO QUIET FOR
PERIODS OF TIME.
WE HAVE A VICTIM FROM 1977 WHO
HE CALLED IN 2001, 15 YEARS
AFTER HIS LAST ATTACK.
SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT HE
IS STILL ALIVE, HES STILL
MONITORING THE INVESTIGATION.
HES POSSIBLY EVEN STILL
WATCHING THE SHOW.
>> HE COULD BE.
HE COULD BE IN THIS AUDIENCE.
>> OH, WELL THATS CHILLING.
>> IM SORRY.
>> IF YOU ARE A MALE BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 65 AND 70 COULD YOU
JUST --
JUST --
>> IM SORRY. >> LISTEN, THERES MORE ABOUT
THIS GUY.
THIS GUY.
THE SO-CALLED GOLDEN STATE
KILLER WOULD GO ON TO STRIKE MULTIPLE TIMES IN SOUTHERNKE
MULTIPLE TIMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS HIS SPREE WOULD
TURN DEADLY.
TURN DEADLY. NEXT, WERE GOING TO HAVE THE
DAUGHTER OF ONE OF HIS VICTIMS