COUNTY,
COUNTY, LOREN THOMAS, NEWS 19, WLTX.
WLTX.
WLTX. >>
WLTX. >> THANK YOU.
THIS CASE MADE NATIONAL
HEADLINES WHEN IT 4@ALL UNFOLDE
BACK IN 2016.
>> YEAH, IT WAS JUST 4@ONE 4@TE
AFTER ANOTHER.
AFTER ANOTHER. WE4@ TAKE A LOOK AT HOW 4@THIS
STORY UNFOLDED. 4@ 4@
>> JUST THE 4@GIRLS.
>> I'M LIKE WHO ARE YOU?
HERE IS THIS GIRL CHAINED UP
LIKE A DOG.
IN THE BACK OF THE CONTAINER,
DID I JUST STEP INTO HOLLYWOOD @
ON THE 4@MOVIE SET?
>> DO YOU KNOW 4@WHERE YOUR BUD
IS?
IS?
IS? >>
IS? >> CHARLIE.
>> CHARLIE. >> YES, JUST IN 4@4@THAT PLACE.
>> NOW HE DROPPED FORWARD.
I WENT AROUND HIM. 4@
AND I PUT ANOTHER ONE OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. IT
THERE. IT WAS WEAK. 4@
>> THE SUSPECT,4@ I CALLED UP
AHEAD, I HAD BEEN HERE ON THE
SC4@ENE AS THEY POINTED OUT TWO
MORE POSSIBLE GRAVE SITES.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO 4@SAY THERE
ARE NO MORE BODIES OVER THERE.
THERE HE IS. 4@
AND NOW IF HE WANTS TO 4@BE IN
THE PLAYOFFS, I WOULD BE HAPPY.
THEY WOULD SHOW ME.
>> Reporter: HE MOVED TO SOUTH
CAROLINA SOME TIME AFTER THE
2001 COMPLETION OF HIS 15-YEAR
PRISON SENTENCE FOR RAPING THE
TEENAGER AT GUNPOINT 4@4@IN
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. IT WAS TWO YEARS LATER WHERE HE
GUNNED DOWN FOUR PEOPLE 4@INSID
A SUPER BIKE MOTOR SPORTS
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. HE
STORE. HE PAID $9,000 FOR 4@A 2003
SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE AT THE STORE.
HE SAID HE 4@WAS NOT AN
EXPERIENCED MOTORCYCLIST AND
ASKED FOR THEIR ADVICE ON HOW
TO RIDE.
TO RIDE.
TO RIDE. HE SAID THEY WERE RUDE TO HIM,
SO HE WENT BACK TO THE STORE A
FEW DAYS AFTER HE BOUGHT IT AND
OPENED FIRE, KILLING FOUR
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THE CASE 4@WAS A COLD CASE UNTI
CALEB BROWN 4@WAS 4@RESCUED ON
KOHLHEPP'S PROPERTY.
KOHLHEPP'S PROPERTY. HE KILLED MEGAN AND JONNY.
THEY WERE 4@REPORTED MI4@SSING
SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
THOUGHT TO 4@BE BURIED AND BURI
SOON AFTER.
SOON AFTER. KO4@HLHEPP HIRED A COUPLE4@ TO
WORK ON 4@HIS PROPERTY.
CALEB BROWN AND HER BOYFRIEND,
CHARLES CARVER, WERE REPORTED
MISSING IN SPARTANBURG 4@COUNTY
CALEB WAS RESCUED IN NOVEMBER
FROM A STORAGE CONTAINER WHERE
SHE WAS BEING HELD ON
KOHLHEPP'S PROPERTY.
KOHLHEPP'S PROPERTY. CARVER'S BODY WAS FOUND ON THE
PROPERTY DAYS LATER.
KOHLHEPP WAS ARRESTED ON THE
DAY BROWN WAS RESCUED AND TAKEN
TO JAIL.
TO JAIL.
TO JAIL. IN MAY OF 2017, 4@KOHLHEPP AGRE
TO A PLEA DEAL.
AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT, HE
WAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN LIFE
SENTENCES AND 60 YEARS.
THE SENTENCES WILL 4@RUN CON
SECTTIVELY.
SECTTIVELY. KOHLHEPP AGREED TO THE TO
APPEAL THE SENTENCE.
IF HE APPEALS OR ESCAPES
PRISON, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH
IF HE APPEALS OR ESCAPES PRISON, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH@
PENALTY.
PENALTY.
PENALTY. HE 4@IS CURRENTLY AT THE BROAD
RIVER CORRECTIONAL IN COLUMBIA.
>> HE HAS NEVER BEEN A MONSTER.
HE IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO IT.
HE WASN'T DOING 4@IT FOR
ENJOYMENT.
ENJOYMENT. HE WAS DOING IT BECAUSE HE WAS
MAD AND HE WAS HURT. 4@ 4@
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 4@
I AM SO SORRY THAT IT 4@WAS MY
SON THAT HURT YOU. 4@ 4@
4@
>>
>> Reporter: DESPITE BEING REGISTERED AS 4@A SEX OFFENDER,
TODD KOHLHEPP WAS ABLE TO GET A
REAL ESTATE LICENSE ON JUNE 4@3
2006, AFTER LYING ABOUT THE
FELONY CHARGE ON 4@HIS
APPLICATION.
APPLICATION. FROM THIS HE BUILT A FIRM THAT
HAD A DOZEN AGENTS IN HIS
EMPLOYMENT4@.
EMPLOYMENT4@. HIS REAL4@ ESTATE COMPANY IS HO
HE KNEW KALA BROWN.
SHE PROVIDED CLEANING 4@SERVICE
FOR HOUSES BEING SOLD OR RENTED
BY THE COMPANY.
THAT IS THE REASON SHE 4@AND HE
BOYFRIEND, CHARLIE CARVER, WERE
ON KOHLHEPP'S PROPERTY THAT
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. THIS
DAY. THIS CASE PROMPTED STATE
LAWMAKERS TO CHANGE 4@STATE LAW
WHEN IT COMES TO 4@REAL ESTATE
AGENTS.
AGENTS.
AGENTS. THEY PASSED A BILL REQUIRING
ANYONE WITH A REAL ESTATE
LICENSE TO GO THROUGH A
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK EVERY
THIRD TIME THEY GET 4@THEIR
LICENSE RENEWED.
LICENSE RENEWED. THE BILL WENT 4@INTO LAW OF MAY
LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR. IN FEBRUARY KOHLHEPP WAS 4@ONE
NEARLY 30 INMATES TO FILE A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
THEY HAVE ACCUSED 4@THE
DEPARTMENT OF MISTREATING
INMATES WHO WERE IN STATEWIDE
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. THE SUIT FILE SAID PRISONER'S
CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED
THROUGH THE LACK OF MENTAL
HEALTH TR4@EATMENT, 4@POOR LIGH
CONDITIONS, AND THREATS OF
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE PROTECTED CUSTODY INMATES
WERE DENIED DRUG 4@TREATMENTS A
WERE NOT GIVEN THE SAME WORK
CREDITS AS THOSE 4@IN GENERAL
POPULATION.
POPULATION. THOSE NAMES IN THE SUITS ARE
ASKING FOR A JURY TRIAL AND
$375,000 IN DAMAGES. 4@ 4@
4@
YOU
YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE WAS 4@WORKING AS A 4@SUCCESS
REAL ESTATE AGENT IN 4@OUR STAT
THEY TURN OVER HOMES ALL THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. THAT IS HOW HE MET 4@THE TWO
DIFFERENT VICTIMS.
DIFFERENT VICTIMS. >> IT'S INTERESTING THEY DIDN'T
PUT IN 4@A PLAN FOR 4@ALL
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES. YOU WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO BE
CERTIFIED AND TO GO THROUGH 4@A
BACKGROUND CHECK.
BACKGROUND CHECK. MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
COME UP, BUT WOW.
>> IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT TOO IF YOU AGREE TO MEET
A REAL ESTATE AGENT AT SOME
PLACE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID,
BY YOURSELF.
BY YOURSELF. JUST REA4@LLY HAS YOU THINKING.
SO AGAIN, THAT