Karen Kilgariff

Well, so the year after Stephen came back, I'm going to call him Carrie. Carrie's uncle was murdered and Carrie was living with the uncle at the time. But no one considered him a suspect. And Carrie would later claim that his uncle molested him.

Well, so the year after Stephen came back, I'm going to call him Carrie. Carrie's uncle was murdered and Carrie was living with the uncle at the time. But no one considered him a suspect. And Carrie would later claim that his uncle molested him.

Cut to 1997. Cary was hired as a handyman at the Cedar Lodge Motel in El Porto, just outside of the Highway 140 Arc Rock entrance to Yosemite National Park. So just outside Yosemite, Cedar Lodge. The weekend before February 1999,

Cut to 1997. Cary was hired as a handyman at the Cedar Lodge Motel in El Porto, just outside of the Highway 140 Arc Rock entrance to Yosemite National Park. So just outside Yosemite, Cedar Lodge. The weekend before February 1999,

he was having these murderous fantasies that had become so intense that he knew he was going to murder someone he prepared a murder rape kit containing a rope a roll of duct tape and a serrated kitchen knife and later a gun and a camera and as far as we know other besides his uncle which may or may not have happened this is his first these are his first murders okay

he was having these murderous fantasies that had become so intense that he knew he was going to murder someone he prepared a murder rape kit containing a rope a roll of duct tape and a serrated kitchen knife and later a gun and a camera and as far as we know other besides his uncle which may or may not have happened this is his first these are his first murders okay

So on Valentine's Day, 1999, Carol's son, who was 42, her daughter, Julie, who was 15, and Sylvina Peloso, who was 16, were his first victims. Carol was initially leery of Carrie when he knocked on their cabin door saying he had to fix a fan in the bathroom. She talked him through the window and didn't want to let him in and only did so after he said he'd go get the manager to like confirm it.

So on Valentine's Day, 1999, Carol's son, who was 42, her daughter, Julie, who was 15, and Sylvina Peloso, who was 16, were his first victims. Carol was initially leery of Carrie when he knocked on their cabin door saying he had to fix a fan in the bathroom. She talked him through the window and didn't want to let him in and only did so after he said he'd go get the manager to like confirm it.

And she was like, no, no, no, no, no. That's OK. You know, the way people do. When they give you the double confirmation.

And she was like, no, no, no, no, no. That's OK. You know, the way people do. When they give you the double confirmation.

Right. Then. OK. Yeah. All right. I'll do it.

Right. Then. OK. Yeah. All right. I'll do it.

so but once inside he pulls out a 22 caliber pistol he tells them he's desperate quote and orders them to lie face down on the bed he bounds their hands with duct tape gags them and then he took the two girls into the bathroom he strangles carol with a three foot piece of rope later saying in his taped confession i didn't realize how hard it is to strangle a person it's not easy

so but once inside he pulls out a 22 caliber pistol he tells them he's desperate quote and orders them to lie face down on the bed he bounds their hands with duct tape gags them and then he took the two girls into the bathroom he strangles carol with a three foot piece of rope later saying in his taped confession i didn't realize how hard it is to strangle a person it's not easy

but I had very little feeling it was like performing a task.

but I had very little feeling it was like performing a task.

So maybe don't do it. Yeah, it's harder than one thinks. So after putting her in the trunk of her rented Pontiac, he goes back to the girls, cuts their clothes off, and then he strangles Silviana in the bathroom. And then he sexually assaults Julie in the motel room and then wraps her up Um, and ties, he ties her to the bed. He says he felt like he was in control for the first time in his life.

So maybe don't do it. Yeah, it's harder than one thinks. So after putting her in the trunk of her rented Pontiac, he goes back to the girls, cuts their clothes off, and then he strangles Silviana in the bathroom. And then he sexually assaults Julie in the motel room and then wraps her up Um, and ties, he ties her to the bed. He says he felt like he was in control for the first time in his life.

And he cleaned up the crime scene so well that it appeared that the women had checked out and left when the, when the, um, people came to check when the staff came later to check to see if they were there. They had detected no foul play. Let's see. He even wiped his hair off the bed sheets. And then when the FBI agent asked on tape why he did that, he replied, I watched the Discovery Channel.

And he cleaned up the crime scene so well that it appeared that the women had checked out and left when the, when the, um, people came to check when the staff came later to check to see if they were there. They had detected no foul play. Let's see. He even wiped his hair off the bed sheets. And then when the FBI agent asked on tape why he did that, he replied, I watched the Discovery Channel.