Mindy Montford

But you believed in it.

We knew that when we told the families that it was going to be a hit to them.

You know, I do think, though, looking back on it, when we talked to Barbara and told her he was deceased, at first her reaction was, you know, oh, dang it.

But then she kind of came back and said, you know what?

I don't think I could survive another trial.

I don't think I could go through this again.

So, you know, I think in a lot of these cold cases, sometimes we, I mean, a lot of times the perpetrator ends up being dead because the cases are so old.

That's right.

But a lot of times the families just want the answers.

Brian Pata, senior defensive lineman from Miami.

Gunned down.

I've never had a case quite like this, actually, when so much devastation, so many different offenses, his victims were so young.

And he would target the youngest victim.

We do know that from some of the survivors that we've talked to.

So it does make what he did even more heinous.

Also, the fact that he was so manipulative.

Mm-hmm.

He was not dumb at all.

He was very smart.

And for someone to evade authorities and stay out of jail as much as he did for all the crimes he did, it's pretty remarkable.