Cooper Maul

He stated that after it became clear to him that Margo was involved with Nash, he sent her a letter telling her to, quote, kiss my ass.

There would be no breadcrumbs from Al.

Less than a month after Margo and Nash were caught, he was convicted of the armed robbery that set off this whole saga and shipped off to the state prison in Nashville, where he served his time before eventually heading back to Ohio.

Knudsen's next play, Margo's more notorious associate, the one who avoided prison altogether, Glenn Nash.

which brought Knudsen back to the only person left in custody who might still help the investigation, the woman who Margo escaped with, Faye Copeland.

Knudsen had a laundry list to go over with Faye, and she was ready to betray her friend.

She was under the impression that if she could lead them to Margo, they'd cut her a break.

Faye told him the exact same story that Tanya told me.

When it came to where Margo was, Fay had less to offer.

She gave him a name, and it wasn't Margo.

But how would anyone who actually knew Margot know that she was going by Tanya?

And how would anyone who knew her by Tanya know that she ever went by Margot?

At the time, Knudsen didn't think this was a particularly useful tip, but he noted it anyway.

Baltimore Vice checked every corner they could think to look.

We know Faye knew more than she let on to the cops.

Margo had told her that she went to California.

Why didn't she tell them that?

For 10 years, Special Agent Richard Knudsen turned over every stone he could, all while Margo's whereabouts were parts unknown.

The trail to Margo was thin from the start, and every time it circled back, it landed on her family.

That was the one constant.