CARLO:
CARLO: NEARLY FOUR DECADES AFTER POLICE UNCOVERED A BODY, MORE
VICTIMS COULD BE FOUND.
THESE PEOPLE WENT MISSING.
THE FORMER PROSECUTOR SAID THOSE
GIRLS ALSO MAY BE BURIED IN THE
BASEMENT.
BASEMENT.
BASEMENT. IN THE HEART OF SAN DIEGO, THE
HISTORIC AND INFAMOUS HAWTHORNE
INN STILL OPERATES AS A HOTEL ON
BAKER'S HILL.
BAKER'S HILL. HERE IN THE BASEMENT, POLICE
DISCOVERED THE BODY OF
16-YEAR-OLD JOSEFINA HERNANDEZ,
ENCASED IN CEMENT IN 1982,
NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER SHE WENT
MISSING.
MISSING.
MISSING. >> IT WAS A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. SHE WAS WRAPPED IN A BLANKET OF
SOME SORT, I RECALL.
SHE WAS ALSO WRAPPED IN A BLACK,
PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG.
AND THEN CEMENT WAS POURED ON
TOP OF HER.
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♪ CARLO:
♪ CARLO: THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY
LED TO A HIGH-PROFILE MURDER
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF THE
HOTEL'S MANAGER.
HOTEL'S MANAGER. >> OF COMMUNITY IS LUCKY THE
JURY SPENT SO MUCH TIME MAKING
THEIR DECISIONS.
THEIR DECISIONS. CARLO: IT WAS THE PROSECUTOR
FIRST MURDER TRIAL.
THEY ALSO CONVICTED CREWS OF
DRUGGING TEENAGE GIRLS AND
FORCING THEM INTO PROSTITUTION.
COLLECTS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED
IN THE HOTEL WERE OFTEN MENTAL
PATIENTS, FORMER MENTAL
PATIENTS, WHO ALL HAD
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR VARIOUS DRUGS,
MOSTLY THORAZINE.
MOSTLY THORAZINE. HE WOULD BUY THE THORAZINE FROM
THEM AND THEN SELL THE GIRLS TO
THESE MENTAL PATIENTS AS
PROSTITUTES.
PROSTITUTES. CARLO: AFTER DETECTIVES FOUND
HER BODY, THEY SPENT TWO DAYS
SEARCHING FOR MORE VICTIMS.
THEY FOUND NOTHING.
>> IT WAS LIKE A SWAP MEET THAT
HAD DIED AND NO ONE HAD BEEN IN
THERE FOR A GENERATION.
5000 SQUARE FEET WITH MEN
DIGGING WITH SHOVELS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
CARLO: THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A
GIRL NAMED SANDRA.
A YOUNG GIRL WITH BLACK HAIR WAS
ALIVE.
ALIVE.
ALIVE. A
ALIVE. A GIRL NAMED JOY AND A GIRL
NAMED CANDY.
NAMED CANDY. >> 13-17, MOSTLY PREGNANT, AND
HELD IN THE HOTEL.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
WE HAVE NO TRACE OF THEM.
>> JOSEPHINE WAS FOUND IN HERE.
CARLO: DECADES AFTER THE BRUTAL
MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. >> I'M 100% CERTAIN HE'S KILLED
MORE PEOPLE.
MORE PEOPLE. CARLO: THE KILLER IS TALKING TO
THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF HIS
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. >> I TOLD HIM I WAS WRITING A
BOOK ABOUT THE CASE.
CARLO: SINCE 2016, APRIL HAS
BEEN MEETING WITH RICO INSIDE
PRISON IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
>> I WAS COACHED BY A RETIRED
FBI AGENT ON HOW TO GET
INFORMATION FROM HIM.
IT WAS NOT EASY, OF COURSE.
HE'S A VERY SICK INDIVIDUAL.
CARLO: SHE UNCOVERED THIS
PERSONAL AT FROM 1982.
CALL YOUR FATHER.
AND WITNESS INTERVIEWS FROM THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> HE HAD THREE WOMEN IN THE
BASEMENT.
BASEMENT.
BASEMENT. CARLO: HE HAS BEEN DRAWING MAPS.
>> THEY FOUND HER HERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY BODY THEY FOUND.
CARLO: NOT ONLY DID THEY DEPICT
THE BASEMENT OF THE HAWTHORNE
INN, THEY ALSO ILLUSTRATED THE
BASEMENT OF NEXT DOOR.
BUT THAT WAS NEVER SEARCHED BY
POLICE IN THE 1980'S.
>> THE LADY THAT OWNED THAT
HOUSE, NAMED RUBY, COMPLAINED
RICO HAD BEEN UNDER HER HOUSE.
SHE COULDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT
BECAUSE SHE HAD SEEN HIM UNDER
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. CARLO: SOMETHING THAT BOTHERED
THE FORMER PROSECUTOR FOR
DECADES.
DECADES.
DECADES. >> I NEVER STOPPED BEING
WORRIED.
WORRIED.
WORRIED. ALL I CAN SAY THERE ARE
UNDISCOVERED YOUNG GIRLS ON THAT
HILLSIDE.
HILLSIDE.
HILLSIDE. CARLO: VALENZUELA BELIEVES BOTH
BASEMENTS NEED TO BE SEARCHED
AND SCANNED USING MODERN
TECHNOLOGY, CALLED GROUND
PENETRATING RADAR.
PENETRATING RADAR. SHE MET WITH THE OWNER OF THE
INN AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT,
BUT THE OWNER DECLINED.
>> IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE
TO HAPPEN, I WOULD HOPE AND PRAY
THAT SOMEONE, ANYONE, WOULD FIND
ME AND TELL MY FAMILY WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME AND BRING ME A
PROPER RESTING PLACE.
CARLO: SAN DIEGO POLICE RECENTLY
REASSIGNED CASE DETECTIVE TO
REVIEW EVIDENCE.
REVIEW EVIDENCE. IN AN EMAIL, THE LIEUTENANT TOLD
US "IF