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>>> A COLD CASE MYSTERY FOR YOU
NOW.
A 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD GOES TO THE
PARK TO PLAY AND DISAPPEARS.
TWO DAYS LATER, HER BODY IS
FOUND IN THE WOODS.
SHE WAS KILLED AND NO ONE HAS
BEEN CAUGHT.
NOW, THE CASE AFTER 30 YEARS, IS
GETTING ANOTHER LOOK ON
"INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY" SERIES
"BREAKING HOMICIDE."
THE MOTHER IS HERE, ALONG WITH
TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RE-EXAMINED
THIS CASE.
WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR WHAT THEY
FOUND IN A MOMENT.
7-YEAR-OLD MICHELLE NORRIS WAS
DESCRIBED AS INTELLIGENT, SHY
AND A TRUE MOMMA'S GIRL.
ON MAY 28th, 1988, MICHELLE AND
HER COUSINS WENT TO A PARK TO
PLAY.
MICHELLE WENT MISSING.
>> BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE, I
WAS AT MY MOM'S HOUSE BECAUSE I
WAS SICK.
AND SHE GOES, MOM, CAN I GET YOU
TYLEN
TYLENOL?
AND SHE GAVE ME A KISS.
SHE SAID, I LOVE YOU, MOM.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW
MY DAUGHTER.
>> Reporter: TWO DAYS AFTER
MICHELLE VANISHED, HER BRUISED
BODY WAS FOUND A HALF-MILE FROM
THE PARK SHE DISAPPEARED.
HER CLOTHES WERE FOLDED NEXT TO
HER AND SHE WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED, BEATEN AND STRANGLED.
>> I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO
HER GROWING UP AND DOING
MOTHER/DAUGHTER THINGS WITH ME.
>> Reporter: NOW, 30 YEARS
LATER, WORKING WITH
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY, DEREK
LA VASSAR AND FORENSIC
PSYCHOLOGIST, CHRIS MAHUNDE, IS
REEXAMING THIS CASE,
PIECE-BY-PIECE.
>> I'M STRUCK BY WHAT A
TERRIFYING SPOT THIS WOULD BE
FOR A 7-YEAR-OLD TO COME INTO.
THERE'S NO WAY SHE WOULD COME
HERE BY HERSELF.
THIS IS A VERY ISOLATED PLACE.
>> Reporter: AND SPEAKING TO
WITNESSES.
>> I WAS THE OLDEST THERE WHEN
WE WERE ALL PLAYING TOGETHER.
WE WERE JUST DOING WHAT WE
ALWAYS DID.
PLAYING BACK HERE.
MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE IS TWO DOORS
DOWN.
SHE HAD AN EYE ON US.
>> SHOW US.
>> RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE HOUSE.
YEAH.
>> SHE COULD WATCH YOU OUT HERE
PLAYING.
>> THAT WAS THE POINT.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE HOPING
THEIR INVESTIGATION CAN HELP
SOLVE WHAT'S BEEN CALLED ONE OF
PUERTO RICO'S GREAT COLD CASE
MURDERS.
>> PLEASE DO SOMETHING, PLEASE.
>> I PROMISE YOU, WE'RE GOING
TO.
>> PLEASE WELCOME MICHELLE'S
MOM, AND THE HOSTS OF "BREAKING
HOMICIDE."
DEREK LA VASSAR, A FORMER RHODE
ISLAND POLICE SERGEANT, AND
CHRIS LAHUNDE, A POLICE
SERGEANT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS.
AND THE TALKING ON CAMERA MAY
HAVE PROVEN TO BE FRUITFUL.
ALL THIS TIME THE CASE HAS BEEN
UNSOLVED.
WHAT DID THE PLACE TELL YOU WITH
RESPECT TO THEIR INVESTIGATION
EFFORTS?
>> THEY ARE JUST GOING WITH
EVERY LEAD.
THEY'RE GOING WITH EVERY LEAD
POSSIBLE.
EVERY TIME THEY GOT A LEAD, THEY
GO FOR IT.
>> DID YOU EVER HAVE ANY
SUSPICIONS OVER THE 30 YEARS
ABOUT WHO DID IT?
>> I REALLY HAVEN'T.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH
WANT TO KNOW WHO IT IS.
I JUST HAVE NO IDEA.
>> DEREK, YOU HAVE AN ODD
CONNECTION TO THIS CASE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS?
>> I WAS A POLICE OFFICER IN
CENTRAL FALLS.
BUT BEFORE THAT, THE DAY THAT
MICHELLE WENT MISSING, HER
BROTHERS WENT OUT LOOKING FOR
INITI
MICHELLE.
AND THEY WENT OVER A STREET AND
ASKED THIS WOMAN WHO WAS PUSHING
HER SON ON A SWING IF THEY HAD
SEEN ANYTHING.
THAT WAS MY MOTHER AND I WAS THE
BOY ON THE SWING.
I'VE BEEN CONNECTED SINCE THE
BEGINNING.
>> IT'S CLEAR IT IS PERSONAL FOR
YOU.
YOU ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE
PROGRESS WHERE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAD NOT.
NOTWITHSTANDING SOME PRETTY
COMPELLING CLUES IN THIS.
KRIS, LET ME ASKED YOU ABOUT THE
INTERVIEW YOU DID.
YOU'RE A PSYCHOLOGIST.
A WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER, BOTH
OF WHOM HAD STRONG SUSPICIONS
ABOUT THE WOMAN'S EX-HUSBAND AND
THE DAUGHTER'S STEPFATHER.
>> RIGHT.
IT WAS A VERY INTENSE SET OF
INTERVIEWS WE DID.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
TALK TO THEM BECAUSE THEY LIVED
A CLOSE DISTANCE AWAY FROM
MICHELLE AND HER MOM.
IT WAS -- IT WAS REMARKABLE
INTERVIEWS.
>> THIS WOMAN WHO IS NOW GROWN,
WAS MICHELLE'S BEST FRIEND.
THIS PROVED TO BE CRITICAL, THIS
DISCUSSION.
AND THIS WOMAN'S MOTHER IS YOUR
AGE.
>> SHE IS.
>> YOU HAD THE TWO LITTLE GIRLS
WHO WERE GOOD FRIENDS.
YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING
TO THEM.
WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT AFTER
THE BREAK.
WE'LL SHOW YOU THE
MICHELLE NORRIS' MOM, JULIA TAIG
TAIGER NORRIS, ALONG WITH
DERRICK LEVASSEUR AND KRIS
MOHANDIE.
IN THIS CLIP, DERRICK CONFRONTS
A MAN THAT POLICE HAVE TOLD US
IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THIS
CASE.
WE HAVE TO TELL YOU, DERRICK,
YOU INITIALLY APPROACHED THIS
GUY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
YOU SAID, I'M INTERESTED IN
BUYING A VEHICLE.
YOU DIDN'T IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS
A JOURNALIST EXAMINING THE CASE.
BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
THEY SPOKE.
>> I WAS IN FLORIDA.
>> YOU WERE IN FLORIDA?
>> I WAS WORKING FOR -- I WAS
COMING BACK FROM MARYLAND OR
NEW JERSEY.