Lisa Olson

And what of the innocent ones who fell by the way? Will the henchmen of Uncle Sam ever pay? All of those who fell were as brave as brave can be. The only coward who was there was me.

And what of the innocent ones who fell by the way? Will the henchmen of Uncle Sam ever pay? All of those who fell were as brave as brave can be. The only coward who was there was me.

I was working on a story for the Houston Chronicle about the unidentified dead, which is something that's kind of obsessed me for a long time.

I was working on a story for the Houston Chronicle about the unidentified dead, which is something that's kind of obsessed me for a long time.

I was interested in the case specifically of a torso of a teenager in a purple surf shirt. that was found floating in a bayou near Houston in the 70s. And I was looking for cases where there was enough identifying information linked to the body that I thought maybe I could write about it and help solve a case.

I was interested in the case specifically of a torso of a teenager in a purple surf shirt. that was found floating in a bayou near Houston in the 70s. And I was looking for cases where there was enough identifying information linked to the body that I thought maybe I could write about it and help solve a case.

He said, you know, in fact, I think that is a teenage girl's body, and I think I know who killed her. And he was the first person who told me about Ed Bell.

He said, you know, in fact, I think that is a teenage girl's body, and I think I know who killed her. And he was the first person who told me about Ed Bell.

And if you kind of think about this, you know, Texas prisons don't have a lot of Internet access. He had details in that letter that had a lot of information about a crime that had been committed in 1971, and he was writing it more than 20 years later.

And if you kind of think about this, you know, Texas prisons don't have a lot of Internet access. He had details in that letter that had a lot of information about a crime that had been committed in 1971, and he was writing it more than 20 years later.

The first thing I asked Fred is, have you ever talked to Ed Bell? Ed Bell is in prison. I knew he was in prison from what Fred told me for another murder, an entirely unrelated murder of a young man. So he was available to talk. He had a long time in prison to kill time.

The first thing I asked Fred is, have you ever talked to Ed Bell? Ed Bell is in prison. I knew he was in prison from what Fred told me for another murder, an entirely unrelated murder of a young man. So he was available to talk. He had a long time in prison to kill time.

Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson. They were surfer girls. They were friends. Debbie Ackerman was a really good water skier. She had competed in water ski contests.

Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson. They were surfer girls. They were friends. Debbie Ackerman was a really good water skier. She had competed in water ski contests.

The general public didn't realize that, in fact, four girls were likely abducted and then killed from Galveston Island from points that were very close to each other.

The general public didn't realize that, in fact, four girls were likely abducted and then killed from Galveston Island from points that were very close to each other.

The thing was that because Rhonda Renee Johnson and Sharon Shaw's bodies were dumped in a lake, Their remains were actually found after the two other girls, which is maybe a little bit why in 1971 there wasn't a panic right away, because those four cases, which obviously Fred found so similar later, weren't associated in time as closely at the moment that they happened.

The thing was that because Rhonda Renee Johnson and Sharon Shaw's bodies were dumped in a lake, Their remains were actually found after the two other girls, which is maybe a little bit why in 1971 there wasn't a panic right away, because those four cases, which obviously Fred found so similar later, weren't associated in time as closely at the moment that they happened.

Media interviews in prison are limited to an hour. So I had an hour to try to talk to this guy and convince him to tell me whatever he would tell me about these murders.

Media interviews in prison are limited to an hour. So I had an hour to try to talk to this guy and convince him to tell me whatever he would tell me about these murders.