Steve Gatlin

We started systematically taking each room and trying to find any evidence that we could using all the techniques and science that was available to us at the time.

We started systematically taking each room and trying to find any evidence that we could using all the techniques and science that was available to us at the time.

I mean, the whole bathroom glowed. What did you think when you saw that thing light up that way? That tub. I probably can't say on camera. I cleaned it up. I was thinking, oh, crap. Because the whole tub, all the way up to almost two inches from the top, had the same glow.

I mean, the whole bathroom glowed. What did you think when you saw that thing light up that way? That tub. I probably can't say on camera. I cleaned it up. I was thinking, oh, crap. Because the whole tub, all the way up to almost two inches from the top, had the same glow.

Did somebody wipe everything down? Because you would think you would find other people's fingerprints and things like that.

Did somebody wipe everything down? Because you would think you would find other people's fingerprints and things like that.

Who's closest to her, romantically or geographically?

Who's closest to her, romantically or geographically?

The reaction that he gave, that's odd. Very odd. Lieutenant Gatlin checked on him. He was sitting on a cooler outside of our command post. Someone was trying to talk to him, and he just stared like he was staring off into space.

The reaction that he gave, that's odd. Very odd. Lieutenant Gatlin checked on him. He was sitting on a cooler outside of our command post. Someone was trying to talk to him, and he just stared like he was staring off into space.

This is like a community laundry room for the residents. So it's got washers and dryers in there. And inside? This is the maintenance room.

This is like a community laundry room for the residents. So it's got washers and dryers in there. And inside? This is the maintenance room.

It looks like there's blood on each end of the saw blade, where obviously somebody had rinsed it off but didn't do a thorough job. But wait a minute.

It looks like there's blood on each end of the saw blade, where obviously somebody had rinsed it off but didn't do a thorough job. But wait a minute.

And that second key... Was cut to fit her apartment. There was a key to her apartment. To her apartment? To her apartment, yes.

And that second key... Was cut to fit her apartment. There was a key to her apartment. To her apartment? To her apartment, yes.

And then they found this. We found packaging for that same type of hacksaw in his apartment. It was the same type as the one found in the maintenance room.

And then they found this. We found packaging for that same type of hacksaw in his apartment. It was the same type as the one found in the maintenance room.

First thing you look at, who's closest to her romantically or geographically?

First thing you look at, who's closest to her romantically or geographically?

We started systematically taking each room and trying to find any evidence that we could using all the techniques and science that was available to us at the time.

We started systematically taking each room and trying to find any evidence that we could using all the techniques and science that was available to us at the time.

Not normally, but this was something that was a little different.

Not normally, but this was something that was a little different.

Exactly. To just disappear with no trace of not talking to anyone that was unlike her.

Exactly. To just disappear with no trace of not talking to anyone that was unlike her.

The day was hot already. A humid breeze scattered across the yard. When we started coming down the stairs here, that's when the wind kind of hit you in the face. Yeah. And you could smell something. You could smell a foul odor. A recognizable foul odor.

The day was hot already. A humid breeze scattered across the yard. When we started coming down the stairs here, that's when the wind kind of hit you in the face. Yeah. And you could smell something. You could smell a foul odor. A recognizable foul odor.

And then I went to the bigger one, which is a large-sized package. It was a trash bag that as soon as I felt down and reached down and touched it and felt it, I felt like it had had some human remains in it.

And then I went to the bigger one, which is a large-sized package. It was a trash bag that as soon as I felt down and reached down and touched it and felt it, I felt like it had had some human remains in it.

We started cording everything off with crime scene tape, even used sheets to put up barriers on the other side of the fence so the news media and the general public couldn't see what we were doing because at that time, with this investigation, they didn't need to know yet. No. Just in case. We didn't want to mess anything up if it got out too quick what we had found.

We started cording everything off with crime scene tape, even used sheets to put up barriers on the other side of the fence so the news media and the general public couldn't see what we were doing because at that time, with this investigation, they didn't need to know yet. No. Just in case. We didn't want to mess anything up if it got out too quick what we had found.