Investigator

It went from a rumor to just spreading like wildfire throughout the community. Everybody wanted to know, was this a one-time deal? Was this a serial killer?

You have all these puzzle pieces, but if they don't all fit together, you don't see the picture.

You have all these puzzle pieces, but if they don't all fit together, you don't see the picture.

Without the DNA, the story doesn't matter.

Without the DNA, the story doesn't matter.

In 2020, a courier drops off a package at Authram's office. And inside are a sample of the bedspread from Catherine Edwards' apartment, a vial of DNA taken from the posthumous rape kit. Authentic technicians take a look, and they build a genetic profile of their suspect.

In 2020, a courier drops off a package at Authram's office. And inside are a sample of the bedspread from Catherine Edwards' apartment, a vial of DNA taken from the posthumous rape kit. Authentic technicians take a look, and they build a genetic profile of their suspect.

Aaron Llewellyn knew one who would work the case for free, and that was his wife, Tina.

Aaron Llewellyn knew one who would work the case for free, and that was his wife, Tina.

Tina doesn't ask. Tina Llewellyn was a detective in the Beaumont Auto Crimes Division. and she had an amateur interest in genealogy.

Tina doesn't ask. Tina Llewellyn was a detective in the Beaumont Auto Crimes Division. and she had an amateur interest in genealogy.

when Tina Llewellyn is looking through the matches to their suspect. These are distant relatives of the suspected killer. She notices that a lot of them are in clustered in Cajun country in Louisiana. And the same contact name keeps popping up. This woman named Sheryl Lapointe.

when Tina Llewellyn is looking through the matches to their suspect. These are distant relatives of the suspected killer. She notices that a lot of them are in clustered in Cajun country in Louisiana. And the same contact name keeps popping up. This woman named Sheryl Lapointe.

Cajun ancestry is notoriously complicated and complex to perform genealogical work on.

Cajun ancestry is notoriously complicated and complex to perform genealogical work on.

Aaron goes and does research and finds out that he had a criminal history from here, and it was a prior sexual assault that had occurred in 1981. And there was a moment like, oh, this is our guy.

Aaron goes and does research and finds out that he had a criminal history from here, and it was a prior sexual assault that had occurred in 1981. And there was a moment like, oh, this is our guy.

He drove her to a nearby park, threatened her with a knife, tied her hands behind her back, and raped her in the backseat of the car. Then he dropped her off at her house.

He drove her to a nearby park, threatened her with a knife, tied her hands behind her back, and raped her in the backseat of the car. Then he dropped her off at her house.

He said, yeah, I did it. I just got carried away.