00:00He was frantically calling out the name of his nine-year-old daughter, Valerie.
00:05Valerie?
00:07Valerie!
00:08The distraught father knocked on neighbors' doors,
00:11desperate to know if anyone had seen his daughter.
00:13Valerie!
00:14Did you see my daughter?
00:15Is she Valerie?
00:17Valerie!
00:19Valerie!
00:21At 844, he called 911 to report Valerie missing.
00:25The daughter's missing.
00:27Oh, my God.
00:28Can I be named, sir?
00:36Within moments, deputies from the Spokane County Sheriff's Department responded to the call.
00:43Jackson told him that he had last seen Valerie playing in the yard at about 815.
00:51Several minutes later, when he came outside to walk her to school,
00:54Valerie's backpack was on the porch, but she was nowhere to be found.
00:59She's gone.
01:00Is there anybody else she's authorized to go with, another adult or a relative?
01:03No.
01:04Stand by.
01:05We're going to get some more officers out here.
01:08Sheriff's deputies and neighbors began searching the area
01:11in hopes that Valerie had decided to walk to school on her own
01:14or went to a friend's house.
01:16Valerie!
01:17Valerie!
01:25Valerie's mother had not been seen by anyone in the family for several years.
01:31Madsen questioned Jackson and his parents about when they last saw Valerie.
01:35His father, Dick, said he saw her the prior evening.
01:38Before I leave and make sure that she's covered up and warm.
01:41Before she went to bed, we talked and hugged.
01:45And she asked me if I was going to work.
01:52I worked in Portland.
01:53She asked me if I was leaving in the morning.
01:56And she asked when she would see me again.
02:01And I told her the following week that that was the last time I'd seen her.
02:10Jackson's mother, Karen, had seen Valerie at about 4.30
02:13on the morning of her disappearance.
02:18Usually before I left for work, I'd go in and always make sure,
02:22you know, give her a little hug and kiss, which I did.
02:26And then I left for work.
02:28I thought she was gone.
02:29Brad Jackson told police again that he had seen Valerie playing in the yard before school.
02:35But about 15 minutes later, she was gone.
02:41Would it be okay if we took a look in Valerie's room?
02:43The Jacksons gave investigators permission to look around the house
02:46for anything that might explain what happened to Valerie.
02:51You never know what you're going to find.
02:53You look for things that are out of place in their room.
02:59Madsen examined Valerie's bed.
03:04He discovered blood spots on a pillow.
03:09Oddly, there was no blood on the case.
03:12Why is there blood on the pillow here?
03:14Jackson said his daughter had a nosebleed the night before.
03:18While searching the house, Madsen made a potentially important discovery.
03:22Valerie's Diary
03:25He instructed crime technicians to bag and collect it
03:32He found some disturbing entries in Valerie's diary
03:37She was upset with her dad over a birthday party that she just had
03:42like about two weeks before
03:44and he embarrassed her
03:46and then there was notations that he wasn't respecting her privacy
03:49like in her bedroom and was just coming in on the house
03:52Less than a week before her disappearance
03:55Valerie wrote about her father
03:56He won't leave me alone in my room
03:59They believed that if they followed Jackson
04:03he might inadvertently lead them to the evidence they needed
04:06But putting a full-time surveillance team on him would be nearly impossible
04:11They had to find another way
04:16We've got his truck, why don't we put GPS on his vehicles?
04:18Someone came up with the idea of using the GPS to track his vehicle movements
04:23We decided we were going to try to do that
04:26The ultimate goal was hopefully for him to lead us to where Valerie was
04:29After more than two weeks
04:32Madsen decided it was time to try to retrieve the tracking information
04:36He got a warrant for deputies to seize Jackson's truck
04:41Detective McCabe then removed the GPS unit
04:48And with Madsen at his side
04:56He began downloading the data
04:59To their relief
05:04Within moments
05:05The exact routes of Jackson's travels
05:07Were displayed on a computer monitor
05:09There were
05:12A couple of places that really stuck out as
05:17Gee, that's a strange place for him to be
05:20And one of the places was Vacari Road
05:23Is he going across I-90 in that bar gun?
05:26Yeah
05:26Vacari Road was located in a remote wilderness area
05:3020 miles outside of Spokane
05:32He was there
05:37On the 10th of November
05:40For about 15 minutes
05:43Just short of 15 minutes
05:45He then went directly from there
05:47Up to the Springdale area
05:49Where he spent another
05:50Almost 30 minutes
05:52In that area
05:54Before coming back to Spokane
05:56Using a handheld GPS unit
06:00Madsen located the exact spot
06:02Where Jackson parked his truck
06:04This is the GPS location
06:05Where the vehicle stopped
06:06He then instructed his team
06:12To fan out over the area
06:13Looking for disturbed soil
06:15Footprints, clothing
06:16Or anything else out of the ordinary
06:18The team included a cadaver dog
06:23And his handler
06:24Hopefully he'll be able to find something
06:26And just look
06:28See something
06:28Shout it out
06:29And just check on it
06:30After only a few minutes
06:36The dog picked up a scent
06:38Near some overturned soil
06:40A potential gravesite
06:43He's got some change over here
06:44He's liking this
06:44Alright, let's get him out of there
06:46Kevin?
06:50Madsen called forensic scientist
06:51Kevin Jenkins to the spot
06:53Jenkins noticed a boot print
06:58It was pretty obvious
07:00When we got there
07:01We just had to make sure
07:02Not to disturb it
07:03Once we were ready
07:05To process it
07:06We used what's called
07:07Dental stone
07:08It's a hard plaster
07:10Mixed with water
07:12At the scene
07:13And poured onto the site
07:14Jenkins made a cast
07:18Of the print
07:18Knowing that later on
07:21It could be compared
07:22And possibly matched
07:23To boots owned by Jackson
07:25Another forensic scientist
07:38Bill Schneck
07:39Collected several soil samples
07:41From the area
07:41We wanted to look at the soil samples
07:46And compare to any other
07:47Physical evidence
07:47That may be in the suspect's environment
07:49Say his house
07:50Or any tools
07:51Or clothing that he may have
07:52Just as the team
07:55Was getting ready to leave
07:56They made another discovery
07:58One of the investigators
08:00Dug up two plastic grocery bags
08:03Stuck together with duct tape
08:04The bags appeared to be bloodstained
08:09And hair was stuck to the duct tape
08:11It was red hair
08:13The same color as Valerie Jackson's
08:17Suddenly a cadaver dog
08:21Picked up a scent
08:22And led its handler to the origin
08:24Madsen was called over
08:32And saw that the spot contained
08:33Loose overturned soil
08:35The forensics team
08:40Began a very delicate excavation
08:42Of the site
08:42Within moments
08:45They found what they were looking for
08:48Say Dave
08:50Why don't you come here
08:50I think we got some
08:51Pink fabric
08:52Like the sweater Valerie
08:54Was last seen in
08:55And human tissue
08:56Looks like there's some
08:57The body of a young girl
09:00Was then removed
09:01From the grave site
09:02It was later identified
09:05As that of Valerie Jackson
09:07At the same time
09:08Kevin Jenkins
09:09Was making an impression
09:10Of the truck's tire
09:11To see if it matched
09:12The one cast at the site
09:14Where Valerie's body
09:15Was recovered
09:15To get a known impression
09:19From Jackson's truck
09:20We apply a thin coat
09:21Of petroleum jelly
09:22To the tire
09:23We then very slowly
09:25Roll the tire
09:26Over white artboard
09:28This applies the impression
09:30Of the tire
09:30In the petroleum jelly
09:32Onto the white artboard
09:33We then can use
09:37Black magnetic fingerprint powder
09:39To enhance that impression
09:41And make it darker
09:42As the investigation
09:46Continued to move forward
09:48The county medical examiner
09:50Performed an autopsy
09:51On Valerie Jackson
09:52Her report
09:56Listed the cause of death
09:58As suffocation
09:58Back at the state crime lab
10:03Kevin Jenkins
10:06Was comparing
10:06The tire impression
10:07Taken from Jackson's truck
10:08To the cast he made
10:10In the field
10:10Investigators
10:12Had now placed
10:13Jackson's truck
10:13At the scene
10:14Now they had to
10:16Place him there
10:17Forensic scientists
10:19Began comparison testing
10:21On nearly two dozen
10:22Soil samples
10:23Collected from both
10:24Grave sites
10:24And Jackson's boots
10:26Shovels and truck
10:27Bill Schneck
10:30Conducted the test
10:31The soil analysis
10:34Was rather significant
10:35Because it tied
10:36The suspect
10:37Jackson
10:38To the grave site
10:39Where Valerie was found
10:40There was soil
10:41On his boots
10:41Soil on shovels
10:43Which was similar
10:44To the soil
10:44From the grave
10:45So it actually tied
10:46Him going to the grave
10:47Forensic examiners
10:53Were also able
10:53To lift fingerprints
10:54Off the grocery bags
10:55From the vicari road site
10:57The prints came back
11:02As a match
11:03To brad jackson
11:04Madsen's case
11:07Against brad jackson
11:08Was now complete
11:09Obviously the gps
11:11Was the biggest turning point
11:12Without the gps
11:13There was a good chance
11:14We never would have
11:15Found valerie
11:15And we may never
11:16Have had the evidence
11:17To convict brad
11:18In regards to this case
11:19During the course
11:22Of the investigation
11:23Brad jackson
11:24Threatened to take
11:24His own life
11:25He was now being held
11:28At a local hospital
11:29On suicide watch
11:30Doctors approved
11:32His release
11:33And madsen arrested him
11:34For the murder
11:35Of his daughter
11:36Everything's good
11:36Good
11:37Good
11:37Good
11:37Police may never know
11:40Why jackson
11:41Killed his daughter
11:42He has never spoken
11:44About the crime
11:45On october 5th
11:512000
11:51A jury found
11:53Brad jackson
11:54Guilty of first degree
11:55Murder
11:55And sentenced him
11:56To 56 years
11:58In prison
11:58No longer
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