The Interrogation Room

Narrator: A LOVE TRIANGLE TURNS DEADLY.

Woodford: ONE GIRL SEEING TWO DIFFERENT GUYS,

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CONCERN THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET ANGRY,

AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT.

Yineman: IT WAS VERY VOLATILE.

SHE PAINTED A PICTURE FOR MY BROTHER, QUITE HONESTLY,

THAT SHE WAS FEARING FOR HER LIFE.

Narrator: TWO MURDERS IN TWO STATES.

DETECTIVES MUST FIND OUT IF ONE WOMAN IS A VICTIM OR A KILLER.

THERE'S COMFORT IN DARKNESS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO EVIL THINGS,

A LOT OF COMFORT, SO YOU TURN THAT LIGHT ON.

THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.

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Narrator: IN THE INTERROGATION ROOM,

POLICE MUST CONFRONT EVIL.

WHEN DID YOU DECIDE

THAT YOU WERE GONNA KILL THIS PERSON?

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE MURDER?

DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS A SERIAL KILLER?

SIFTING THROUGH UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES AND DARK THE SECRETS.

I HAD THE KNIFE AND I WENT DOWN...

I AM A KILLER.

I'VE KILLED THREE OTHER PEOPLE.

THE TRUTH CAN ONLY WILL BE REVEALED...

WHEN EVIL TALKS.

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NOVEMBER 1st, 2011, POLICE RESPOND TO A SUSPICIOUS SMELL

REPORTED AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN SAUK RAPIDS, MINNESOTA.

IS ANYBODY HOME?

THE MANAGER OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THOUGHT THIS ODOR

WAS COMING FROM A CERTAIN APARTMENT.

SAUK RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT WENT INTO THE APARTMENT,

AND THEY HAD FOUND THE PERSON RESIDING

AT THAT APARTMENT ON THE COUCH.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PILLOWS THAT WERE OVER THE HEAD.

THOSE WERE REMOVED.

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THERE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

Narrator: POLICE CONFIRM THAT THE APARTMENT BELONGS TO THE VICTIM,

34-YEAR-OLD JAMES KELLY O'MARA.

Bakke: THE BODY WAS IN A STATE OF DECOMPOSITION.

THIS DECOMP WAS RIGHT AROUND THE 3, 4 DAY STAGE,

WHICH IS WHEN AN ODOR WOULD REALLY START TO BE NOTICED.

Narrator: DETECTIVES QUICKLY RULE OUT SUICIDE.

SINGLE WOUND, THE FIREARM WASN'T LOCATED IN THE APARTMENT.

VERY RARELY ARE YOU AT A SUICIDE

WHERE THERE ISN'T A GUN ASSOCIATED WITH THE BODY.

Narrator: THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE DEALING WITH A HOMICIDE

AND BEGIN TO COLLECT EVIDENCE.

Bakke: POINTS OF ENTRY, HOW DID THIS PERSON GET IN OR OUT?

IS IT SOMEONE WHO HAD A KEY? DID THEY KEY THEMSELVES IN?

DID THEY POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH A WINDOW?

THEY FOUND BREAKFAST FOOD THERE,

A BREAKFAST BURRITO OF SOME SORT.

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT'S BEEN EATEN.

OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING INTERRUPTED HIM

THAT DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO EAT THAT BREAKFAST.

EVERYTHING IS POTENTIAL EVIDENCE.

Narrator: AS A FORENSICS TEAM SEARCHES THE APARTMENT FOR CLUES,

DETECTIVES BREAK THE NEWS TO THE O'MARA FAMILY,

THAT THE SON AND BROTHER THAT THEY CALLED KELLY IS DEAD.

OH, MOM!

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Bates: WELL, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SEE MY MOM GO THROUGH THAT.

HER ONLY SON IS GONE, IS THE LOOK ON HER FACE.

JUST...

YOU'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

Yineman: WHEN I GOT THE CALL, I JUST HEARD THAT HE WAS SHOT,

AND THEN BY THE TIME I GOT HOME, THEY HAD SAID, "NO. HE IS DEAD."

HE JUST HAD THIS INFECTIOUS SMILE,

AND THERE'S THOSE BIG, BLUE EYES.

UM...

I'M SORRY.

I HAVE THIS PICTURE UP IN MY OFFICE.

I LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY.

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THAT'S THE FACE THAT YOU'D SEE ALL THE TIME --

SMILING IRISHMAN.

Narrator: POLICE ASK KELLY'S FAMILY IF THEY CAN THINK OF ANYONE

WITH A MOTIVE TO HARM HIM.

WOULD YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO DO THIS TO KELLY?

THEY ARE SURPRISED BY THE RESPONSE.

MICHAEL PIES KILLED HIM AFTER ALL THESE MONTHS

OF SAYING HE'S GOING TO DO IT.

OH, MY GOD. HE FINALLY DID IT.

Narrator: KELLY'S FAMILY IMMEDIATELY BLAMES A MAN NAMED MICHAEL PIES,

THE BOYFRIEND OF KELLY'S EX-WIFE, ANGELINA.

I INSTANTLY WENT, "WHERE'S ANGELINA?

IS SHE OKAY?"

I THOUGHT, "IF HE'S GOING TO KILL MY BROTHER,

IS HE GOING TO KILL HER, TOO?"

Narrator: DETECTIVES LEARNED THAT MICHAEL PIES WAS UNHAPPY

THAT ANGELINA WAS STILL CLOSE TO HER EX-HUSBAND.

Yineman: I WAS WORRIED FOR ANGELINA,

SO WE WERE ALL TRYING TO LOCATE HER.

I WAS THINKING THAT HE HAD HER LOCKED UP AND TIED UP.

Bates: HE WAS ALWAYS THREATENING TO KILL KELLY.

"I HAVE YOUR HOUSE NOW. I HAVE YOUR WIFE.

IF YOU COME NEAR ANGELINA, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU."

I REMEMBER ANGELINA'S SISTER TELLING ME

THAT MICHAEL PIES BEAT HER UP,

STRANGLED HER, KNOCKED HER DOWN, PUNCHED HER.

SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.

Narrator: HAD MICHAEL FINALLY DELIVERED ON HIS THREATS?

WAS KELLY'S DEATH THE RESULT OF A LOVE TRIANGLE GONE WRONG?

WAS ANGELINA NOW IN HARM'S WAY?

POLICE FAIL TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MICHAEL PIES

OR ANGELINA O'MARA AT THEIR KNOWN RESIDENCE.

THEY PUT OUT A BULLETIN TO LOCATE BOTH,

BUT AS NIGHT FALLS, THERE'S NO WORD FROM EITHER OF THEM.

THE NEXT MORNING, 200 MILES AWAY ACROSS STATE LINES,

LIEUTENANT GREG BEBEAU IS WORKING THE BURGLARY DETAIL

IN ASHLAND, WISCONSIN.

MY PARTNER AND I,

WE GET A CALL FROM THE PATROL OFFICERS

THAT WE NEED TO COME DOWN TO THE ANDERSON MOTEL,

ROOM NUMBER 12.

BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE,

THE PATROL OFFICERS ALREADY HAD THE ROOM OPEN,

AND THEN WE COULD SEE ON THE FLOOR...

FEET BLOCKING THE DOORWAY --

A DECEASED MALE.

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Narrator: INITIALLY, POLICE CAN ONLY BE CERTAIN

THAT THEIR UNKNOWN VICTIM

HAS A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

IT COULD BE EXPLAINED AS EXECUTION-STYLE.

THE FIRST QUESTION THAT COMES TO MIND IS,

"WHY? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT COULD'VE LED SOMEBODY TO DO THIS?"

NOT MUCH EVIDENCE.

NO.

Narrator: THE SCENE OF THE CRIME OFFERS FEW CLUES.

Bebeau: THERE WASN'T A HUGE CRIME SCENE HERE.

THIS IS A 12-BY-12 HOTEL ROOM.

YOU OPEN THE DOOR, AND THERE'S THE DOUBLE BED.

THERE'S THE BATHROOM, AND THAT'S IT.

THERE'S NO WEAPON.

THERE'S NO CASING.

THERE'S NO VEHICLE, AND THERE'S NO SUSPECT,

SO YOU START LOOKING FOR THE SMALL DETAILS.

Narrator: NO WEAPON AND NO SHELL CASINGS ARE FOUND,

BUT DETECTIVES MAKE ONE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

Bebeau: WE FOUND A RECEIPT FROM A LOCAL RESTAURANT

THAT HAD DELIVERED FOOD THERE 2 DAYS PRIOR.

THE RECEIPT ACTUALLY HELPED US CONTACT

THE DELIVERY PERSON WHO HAD BEEN THERE,

SO WE KNEW HE WAS ALIVE 2 DAYS EARLIER.

Narrator: THE HOTEL REGISTRY AND IDENTIFICATION FOUND

IN ROOM 12 CONFIRM THE VICTIM'S IDENTITY.

HE'S 36-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL PIES.

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DETECTIVE BEBEAU RUNS PIES' NAME

THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT'S NATIONAL DATABASE

AND LEARNS THAT HIS VICTIM IS A PERSON OF INTEREST

FOR A MURDER IN MINNESOTA.

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INVESTIGATORS FROM WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA

BEGIN TALKING TO FIND OUT HOW THE DEATHS ARE CONNECTED.

LIEUTENANT BEBEAU HAD DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN ASHLAND.

I OBVIOUSLY HAD DETAILS OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA,

IN SAUK RAPIDS.

WE STARTED COMPARING NOTES.

KELLY WAS KILLED IN MINNESOTA, SHOT IN THE HEAD,

AND NOW WE HAVE MICHAEL PIES FOUND DEAD

WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS HEAD,

AND THE COMMON DENOMINATOR BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM

IS ANGELINA O'MARA.

Narrator: DETECTIVES INITIALLY THOUGHT ANGELINA COULD BE A VICTIM.

NOW THEY WONDER, "COULD SHE BE THE KILLER?"

Bebeau: JAMES KELLY, MICHAEL PIES,

THEY'RE BOTH DEAD 200 MILES APART,

AND SHE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

WE NEED TO FIND ANGELINA.

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Narrator: KELLY O'MARA AND MICHAEL PIES HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD,

THEIR BODIES FOUND 200 MILES APART

IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.

THE WOMAN WHO CONNECTS THEM, ANGELINA O'MARA, IS MISSING.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS, LOCATE ANGELINA.

WHO COULD'VE BEEN NEXT?

IT WAS VERY CONCERNING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.

WE HAD NO MURDER WEAPON.

ALL WE KNOW IS, WE HAVE TWO VICTIMS THAT BOTH KNEW HER.

Yineman: I WAS WORRIED. I REMEMBER THINKING,

"NOW HER LIFE IS IN DANGER AS WELL."

Narrator: COULD ANGELINA KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THESE DEATHS,

OR IS SHE ANOTHER VICTIM YET TO BE FOUND?

POLICE DIG INTO HER PAST,

LOOKING FOR CLUES TO WHERE SHE MIGHT BE.

JAMES KELLY O'MARA MET ANGELINA MAY IN 1998.

THE TWO MARRY SEVERAL YEARS LATER.

ANGELINA WAS VERY PRETTY,

AND SHE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL BRUNETTE HAIR.

Bates: HER PERSONALITY WAS VERY BUBBLY.

SHE WAS NICE AND FRIENDLY, AND HE THOUGHT OF HER AS HIS ANGEL.