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00:00. . .
00:29A killer had great access to both of these bedrooms
00:33and carried out these unnoticed crimes.
00:38Who has access to both of these students?
00:41I mean, who has a reason to do this sort of thing?
00:44Everybody was thinking, we've got a serial killer loose here.
00:49FBI. Criminal Pursuit.
00:59September 28, 2000.
01:05It's a quiet day on the campus of Gallaudet University,
01:10the Harvard of higher education for the deaf.
01:15Surrounded on all four sides by fencing,
01:19the campus is a tranquil island in one of D.C.'s roughest neighborhoods.
01:25Once you got right outside of Gallaudet, you'd get mugged like that.
01:29The fences didn't, to me, feel safe
01:34because things can happen inside of an island, not just outside of an island.
01:48At 8 p.m. in Cogswell Hall,
01:51a male student nervously approaches resident advisor Lauren Huesby.
01:56He told me that he was supposed to meet up with Eric Plunkett for a tutoring session.
02:08So I told him, you know, why don't we wait a few minutes and see,
02:12maybe he'll show up a little bit later.
02:14But he was really persistent.
02:22He wanted me to check his room.
02:24And the other thing about him,
02:26he said that Eric Plunkett's room had smelled funny.
02:30Lauren follows the student to Eric Plunkett's room at the end of the hall.
02:34She notices that Eric's door is closed.
02:41That's unusual for the outgoing 19-year-old freshman
02:45who has a mild case of cerebral palsy.
02:50Lauren can't enter the room alone.
02:52The rule is that I was supposed to have a second person there
02:57for witnessing purposes.
02:59And also, that would have to be a male.
03:05She finds resident advisor Thomas Cook.
03:11And then Lauren showed up in my room,
03:13and I was like, hey, what's going on?
03:15And she said, "I don't know."
03:17Someone reported that Eric's room smelled funny.
03:19So I said, all right, well, let's check it out.
03:26As he approaches Eric's room,
03:29Thomas feels uneasy.
03:33It was very strange to have his door closed
03:36because most of the time his door was open.
03:40He was always welcoming everybody.
03:42Anybody could go to his room at any time.
03:45He rings Eric's doorbell several times.
03:49The doorbell has a light bulb above the door.
04:04We could see that the light was flashing in the room
04:07when the doorbell rang,
04:10But there was no response.
04:11We have a master key
04:17where I can get into anyone's door
04:19at any time.
04:26We opened the door,
04:28turned the light on,
04:29and there was just a shocking scene.
04:34There was a big red splotch
04:36on the floor.
04:37I thought it was really odd,
04:44So I followed those spots.
04:45to his body.
04:49And his body was face down on the ground.
04:54Horrified,
04:55Thomas rushes to Eric's side.
04:59My very first thought was,
05:00I hope it's just a seizure.
05:02I hope it's something like that.
05:03but I was seeing so much blood around the room,
05:07I just knew.
05:16Thomas tells Lauren to call campus security
05:18while he gets their supervisor.
05:25I went to see my boss.
05:27I just said one word.
05:31I said,
05:32death.
05:34Thomas and his boss
05:35Hurry back to Eric's room.
05:43DC Metro Police are called to the scene.
05:46It's clear to them
05:47that Eric's death
05:48It was no accident.
05:52There was a broken chair in the room
05:54and they surmised
05:56that he was struck with the chair
05:57and maybe repeatedly
05:58with parts of the chair.
06:02Could someone
06:03have snuck onto campus
06:04and broken into Eric's room
06:06To rob him?
06:08Investigators look around,
06:10but nothing seems out of place.
06:13There were certain items
06:14that were left behind.
06:16His computer hadn't been touched
06:18and other items like that
06:19were still there
06:21inside the room.
06:22Detectives doubt
06:23that robbery was the motive.
06:24Does that mean
06:26a cold-hearted killer
06:28broke in
06:29or is the enemy
06:31within Gallaudet's walls?
06:37Technicians carefully recover
06:39blood samples,
06:40hairs
06:41fibers,
06:42and fingerprints,
06:43hoping to find
06:45DNA evidence
06:46that will lead them
06:47to a suspect.
06:50Eric's mother
06:52and stepfather,
06:52and stepfather,
06:53Kathleen and Chris Cornels,
06:55are asleep in Minnesota
06:57when police arrive
06:58at their house.
07:00Two o'clock in the morning.
07:01The phone rang
07:02at the same time
07:04that there was a loud rap
07:05on the front door
07:06and Kathleen responded
07:08and responded first
07:08to the telephone.
07:11Hello?
07:13Who is this?
07:18This is the police.
07:19The police are downstairs.
07:21What is this about?
07:24Okay, we're on our way.
07:25We'll be there in a minute.
07:26They asked if he,
07:37you know,
07:37was a student
07:38in Gallaudet,
07:39Washington, D.C.,
07:40Yes.
07:41Then they told us
07:42there had been
07:43an altercation
07:44and that he was
07:46dead.
07:50Eric's sister
07:51calls their father
07:53Craig Plunkett
07:54in Oregon.
07:55I believe she asked me
07:57if the police
07:58had come to the door.
08:00And I said,
08:01node,
08:02What's going on?
08:03And she says,
08:04They found Eric.
08:06dead
08:07in his dorm room.
08:10I have one chair
08:11that I sit in.
08:14I went over,
08:16I sat in my chair.
08:20I sat in that chair
08:21all day long.
08:24As word spreads rapidly
08:36around the small campus,
08:39Everyone is stunned.
08:41Though he was new
08:42to Gallaudet,
08:44Eric was already popular.
08:46I just kept thinking,
08:48Why him?
08:49I have to admit,
08:50I was starting to think,
08:51you know,
08:52well,
08:52maybe he was
08:53an easy target.
08:54I did think of that.
08:55He did have cerebral palsy.
08:57He did live alone.
08:59He lived at the very last
09:00room on the hallway.
09:01He wasn't very close
09:02to where traffic areas
09:03where people congregated.
09:08Detectives begin
09:09interviewing witnesses.
09:10Because of the language barrier,
09:12It's a painstaking process.
09:14You're oftentimes restricted
09:17on the pace of the interview
09:20because a lot of times
09:22you have to go through
09:22an interpreter.
09:23And so it takes so much longer.
09:26And sometimes you miss out
09:27on nuances and things like that
09:29that you would typically pick up
09:30on someone who could speak to you.
09:36Detectives finally gleaned
09:38Some intriguing information.
09:39Eric was homosexual
09:42and had recently become
09:44secretary of a campus club
09:46for gay and lesbian students.
09:48There's great concern
09:50that it was the result
09:51of a hate crime
09:52due to his particular sexuality.
09:58One student even tells detectives
10:00that he saw another student sign,
10:03one less fag,
10:05after Eric died.
10:06Everyone was really
10:09blaming each other.
10:12And there's another
10:13possible motive.
10:15Could Eric have been killed
10:17By a lover?
10:18What they saw in the crime scene
10:20This was a crime of passion.
10:23It was their impression
10:24that this was perpetrated
10:26by somebody that had
10:28an emotional attachment to Eric.
10:30A potential suspect emerges
10:36when a student reveals
10:38that Eric was in
10:39a romantic relationship.
10:42The student doesn't know
10:43the young man's identity,
10:45just the first name,
10:47Thomas,
10:48and the last initial,
10:50B.
10:52Was Eric killed
10:53by his boyfriend,
10:55an angry student,
10:57Or by a complete stranger?
10:59It's a riddle
11:02that only the FBI
11:03will be able to answer.
11:05But not before
11:07the campus is thrust deeper
11:09into a bloody nightmare.
11:12I was very scared
11:13and nervous.
11:15I felt to the point
11:16that I just wasn't safe anymore.
11:19It's been less than 24 hours
11:32since 19-year-old college freshman
11:35Eric Plunkett
11:36was beaten to death
11:37in his dorm room
11:38at Gallaudet,
11:40a university for deaf students
11:42in Washington, D.C.
11:43A makeshift memorial
11:46grows outside
11:47his dorm window.
11:51We had a vigil
11:52right in front of Cogswell Hall,
11:55and we had a tree there,
11:58and we put flowers,
12:01pictures of Eric,
12:02and we tried
12:07to mourn Eric.
12:09Grief-stricken,
12:11Eric's mother,
12:12stepfather,
12:13and sister
12:14arrive in D.C.,
12:16where they're met
12:17by detectives.
12:20They took us
12:21right to the precinct.
12:24They took us
12:25into a conference room,
12:27and we expected
12:29to get information
12:30in that session.
12:33And they were
12:35basically interviewing us,
12:37asking us questions.
12:41And there's a reason.
12:43During their search
12:44of Eric's room,
12:46detectives discovered
12:47that Eric's computer
12:48was powered up.
12:50He was instant messaging
12:51his sister, Eric,
12:53who is likely
12:54the last person
12:55who saw him alive.
12:57Does she have clues
12:58as to what happened
13:00in the moments
13:00Before Eric's death?
13:03They wanted to understand
13:04from her,
13:06What were you guys?
13:06Talking about?
13:07What was the conversation
13:08leading up to that?
13:09Did you see anything?
13:11Did he tell you anything?
13:12What was going on?
13:15Aaron tells detectives
13:16that Eric seemed
13:17totally normal
13:18during their last chat,
13:20except for one
13:22eerie moment.
13:24When Aaron
13:26was communicating
13:26with Eric
13:27with the webcam
13:28going on,
13:29she noticed
13:30that somebody
13:30walked by.
13:35Who was lingering
13:37By Eric's door?
13:40Detectives
13:40need to find out.
13:43Eric's family
13:44leaves the precinct
13:46and makes the grim trip
13:48to Gal Udette.
13:54Eric's mother
13:55flashbacks
13:56to the day
13:57She dropped Eric off.
13:59We were getting ready
14:01to leave
14:01And we had a hug.
14:03And I said,
14:04just the typical
14:05Good luck!
14:07I don't want to leave you.
14:08and he's like,
14:14Mom,
14:14You don't have to worry.
14:15about me,
14:15I'll be fine.
14:17And those were
14:18the last words
14:20that he said to me
14:21when I last physically
14:22was with him.
14:24Don't worry about me,
14:25Mom,
14:25I'll be fine.
14:25With only a fuzzy
14:36webcam image
14:37as a lead,
14:38detectives continue
14:39their investigation.
14:41They focus on
14:42Eric's resident advisor,
14:44Thomas Cook,
14:45who discovered
14:46the body.
14:48Cook has a master key
14:50to every dorm room
14:51in the building,
14:52including Eric's.
14:54It's typical
14:55in homicide investigations
14:56to scrutinize
14:58the individual
14:59that found the body.
15:01That's kind of
15:02Basic police work.
15:04At the same time,
15:05detectives try
15:06to track down
15:07a student named
15:08Thomas B.,
15:09who was allegedly
15:10in a relationship
15:12with Eric.
15:13They first got
15:14a name of Thomas B.
15:16from some
15:16of the other students.
15:18They really couldn't
15:18identify who
15:19that person was initially,
15:21but in reviewing
15:21some of the log books
15:22and other records,
15:24that's when they
15:24finally came up
15:25with the name
15:25of Thomas Minch.
15:32Thomas Minch
15:33is a freshman
15:34with no criminal record
15:36and no disciplinary problems
15:38at the school.
15:43He was also determined
15:45that they apparently
15:46had a bit of a falling out
15:47sometime prior
15:48to his death.
15:59Detectives debate
16:01whether the killer
16:02targeted Eric
16:03for being homosexual
16:04or if Thomas Minch
16:06killed himself
16:08his former friend.
16:12It's now been
16:13five days
16:14since Eric's murder
16:15and detectives
16:17are desperate
16:17for answers.
16:21They bring
16:2218-year-old
16:23Thomas Minch
16:24in for questioning.
16:35Thomas,
16:36I appreciate you
16:36coming in
16:36to speak with me today.
16:39Detectives interview
16:40Minch
16:40for more than
16:41two hours.
16:45Yes,
16:45I pushed him down.
16:47Only?
16:48Minch admits
16:49he and Eric
16:50had been close
16:51and fought
16:53when Minch
16:54The relationship ended.
16:57He admitted
16:57that he had been
16:59in an argument
16:59sometime before
17:00and he admitted
17:02that during
17:02that argument
17:03he pushed
17:04Eric.
17:06Once Minch
17:07admitted
17:08to this physical
17:09violence
17:09of Eric Plunkett
17:10then the interview
17:11Stopped.
17:13Thomas,
17:13stand up.
17:14Stand up.
17:15What?
17:15Stand up out
17:16of your chair.
17:16Why?
17:17Chance is behind your back.
17:19You're under arrest
17:19for the murder
17:20of Eric Plunkett.
17:21You have the right
17:22to remain silent.
17:23And that was accepted
17:24as a confession
17:25that he in fact
17:26had essentially
17:27beaten Eric Plunkett
17:29to death.
17:29D.C. Metropolitan Police
17:38arrest Thomas Minch
17:39and charge him
17:41with second-degree murder.
17:45But,
17:46as time will tell,
17:49not everything
17:50It is as it seems.
17:53You should never
17:53lock yourself
17:55into one theory
17:57without challenging
17:59that theory
18:00every step
18:01of the way.
18:13Just hours
18:14after Thomas Minch
18:16is arrested
18:16for the murder
18:17of Eric Plunkett
18:18the sensational news
18:21of one deaf student
18:22killing another
18:23on a world-renowned campus
18:25floods the airwaves.
18:27We saw a lot
18:33of it in the papers
18:34of course
18:34and we saw
18:35a lot on the internet.
18:37I mean,
18:38It's strange.
18:39to see
18:40your son's
18:41name
18:42in the newspaper
18:43and especially
18:44attached to something
18:45Like this.
18:46D.C. Metro Police
18:48are convinced
18:49there is only
18:49one reason
18:50for the murder.
18:51of falling out
18:53between Minch
18:54and Plunkett.
18:55Nobody had any reason
18:56to believe
18:57that this could
18:58have been a robbery.
19:10Detectives collect
19:12fingerprints,
19:13blood,
19:14and handwriting
19:15samples
19:15from Minch
19:16to compare
19:17to evidence
19:18collected
19:18at the crime scene.
19:29But almost
19:30as quickly
19:31as the case
19:31appears to close
19:33there is a shocking
19:34turn of events.
19:37Basically
19:37the U.S. Attorney's
19:38office said
19:39you do not have
19:39enough probable cause
19:40to make an arrest.
19:41You should not have
19:42made an arrest
19:43on this.
19:43We're going to
19:44throw the case
19:44out at this point.
19:46to everyone's
19:50surprise
19:51Minch
19:52is released
19:53though he remains
19:55the chief suspect.
20:01Eric's family
20:02learns of the
20:03dramatic development
20:04the day
20:05of Eric's funeral.
20:08What do you mean
20:08Did you let him go?
20:09He confessed.
20:12It didn't make sense.
20:13Didn't compute.
20:16Once again
20:19the Gallaudet campus
20:21is gripped
20:22with fear.
20:25The students
20:26felt nervous
20:28about
20:29Minch's release.
20:31They were looking
20:32behind their backs
20:33making sure
20:34they were safe
20:35and
20:36and
20:36they complained
20:38to the
20:38president
20:39of the
20:40university
20:40and
20:41the
20:41president
20:41had told
20:42them
20:42you know
20:43that
20:43he won't
20:44be coming
20:44back to school
20:45until the
20:46investigation's
20:46over
20:47and
20:48that he
20:49It was suspended.
20:55Minch
20:55returns to his
20:56home in
20:57New Hampshire
20:58but students
20:59I can't help
21:00but wonder
21:01has a killer
21:02been set free?
21:07Eric's mother
21:07writes an open letter
21:09to students
21:10encouraging them
21:11to stay calm.
21:13My strong hope
21:14is that this tragedy
21:15does not deter
21:16other students
21:17from pursuing
21:18their goals
21:19and dreams
21:19at this university.
21:21Please know
21:21that Eric's brief
21:22stay here
21:22It was wonderful.
21:23part of his life
21:24his first real
21:25step towards
21:26independence.
21:26my sincerest
21:28wishes
21:29for continuing
21:30success
21:31for Gallaudet
21:32University.
21:40January
21:412001
21:42three months
21:44after Eric
21:44Plunkett's
21:45murder
21:45classes
21:46summary
21:47at Gallaudet.
21:48Everyone felt
21:49that we were
21:50back for the
21:51second semester
21:52and that it
21:54would be a
21:54pretty good
21:54semester.
21:56That optimism
21:58is shattered
21:59in the early
22:00morning hours
22:01of February 3rd.
22:03A fire alarm
22:04goes off
22:05at Cogswell Hall
22:06the same dorm
22:08where Eric
22:09Plunkett
22:09was killed.
22:11The alarm
22:11is accompanied
22:12by flashing lights
22:13to alert
22:14profoundly deaf
22:16students.
22:17Hughesby
22:18and the other
22:18RAs
22:19go room to room
22:20making sure
22:22Everyone evacuates.
22:23and I saw
22:25the other
22:26FROG
22:27who
22:28recently
22:28checked
22:29the fourth
22:30floor.
22:32His facial
22:33expression
22:33was really
22:34In shock.
22:39He looked
22:40down
22:40to talk
22:41to my
22:41supervisor
22:42and they
22:43said
22:43there's
22:43another
22:44one
22:44and I
22:45thought
22:46what are
22:46you talking
22:47about
22:47another
22:47one?
22:48there's
22:56another
22:57dead body
22:58and I
22:58said
22:59What?
22:59I just
23:00couldn't
23:00believe it
23:01this
23:01can't
23:02be
23:02happening
23:02again.
23:02officer
23:05D.C. Metro
23:11detective
23:11James
23:12Traynor
23:12arrives
23:13on scene.
23:15The room
23:16was in such
23:16disarray
23:17and the
23:19victim
23:19was in
23:19such a
23:20state
23:20that nobody
23:21had been
23:22able to
23:22make a
23:22positive
23:23ID
23:23who he
23:24was.
23:26With a
23:27second body
23:28on their
23:28hands
23:29D.C. Metro
23:30police
23:31immediately
23:31reach out
23:32to the
23:33federal
23:33agency
23:34equipped
23:34to
23:35handle
23:35high
23:35profile
23:36homicide
23:36investigations
23:37the
23:39FBI
23:39FBI
23:45special
23:46agent
23:46John
23:47Adams
23:47the
23:48forensics
23:48expert
23:49has
23:49two
23:50columns
23:50with
23:51children
23:51enrolled
23:51at
23:52Gallaudet
23:52there was
23:54some
23:55personal
23:55investment
23:56in this
23:56case
23:57on my
23:57part
23:57so that
23:58not only
24:00the
24:00Gallaudet
24:00community
24:01could have
24:01some
24:01peace
24:02of mind
24:02but really
24:02that these
24:03FBI
24:03folks
24:05they could
24:06have some
24:06peace
24:06of mind
24:06when he
24:13arrives on
24:14scene
24:14It's clear.
24:15to the
24:16veteran
24:16agent
24:16that this
24:17victim
24:18has been
24:18stabbed
24:19repeatedly
24:19in the
24:20chest
24:20and head
24:21his throat
24:22is also
24:23slashed
24:24his body
24:25was laying
24:25on the
24:26floor
24:26beyond a
24:27bed
24:28where the
24:28mattress
24:29had been
24:29turned
24:30over
24:30there
24:31was
24:31a lot
24:32of
24:32blood
24:32on
24:32the
24:33victim's
24:33body
24:34there
24:34was
24:34a lot
24:35of
24:35blood
24:35spatter
24:35on the
24:36walls
24:36the
24:38victim
24:38is
24:39identified
24:39to the
24:4019-year-old
24:41Ben
24:42Varner
24:42a quiet
24:44sophomore
24:44from Texas
24:45who often
24:46kept to
24:47himself
24:47but is
24:48known as
24:48kind
24:49and helpful
24:49several
24:52important
24:52items
24:53are
24:53missing
24:53from
24:54Goods
24:54room
24:54his wallet
24:55debit
24:56cards
24:57and
24:58checkbook
24:58and this
24:59team
25:00the
25:01attacker
25:01left
25:02plenty
25:03of
25:03evidence
25:04there
25:04was a
25:05bloody
25:05trail
25:06of
25:07shoe
25:08tracks
25:08that
25:09appeared
25:09to exit
25:10Benjamin
25:11Varner's
25:11room
25:12and progress
25:13down the
25:14hall
25:15in the
25:15Cogswell
25:16door
25:16there
25:20was a
25:20blood
25:20trail
25:21that
25:21came
25:21from
25:21out
25:21of
25:22the
25:22building
25:22and
25:23we
25:23were
25:23able
25:23to
25:23follow
25:24it
25:24and
25:24it
25:24LED
25:25past
25:25the
25:25dumpster
25:26that
25:26was
25:27located
25:27over
25:27in
25:28that
25:28area
25:28and
25:32the
25:32initial
25:33crime
25:33scene
25:34technicians
25:34who
25:35got
25:35on
25:35the
25:35scene
25:35what
25:36they
25:36found
25:37was
25:37the
25:38bloody
25:38jacket
25:38in
25:39the
25:39dumpster
25:39could
25:40the
25:41murder
25:41weapon
25:41be
25:42inside
25:43the
25:43dumpster
25:43to the
25:44well
25:44the
25:57detective
25:57who
25:58was
25:58actually
25:58assigned
25:59to
25:59the
26:00case
26:00he
26:05pulled
26:05his
26:06pickup
26:06truck
26:06to
26:07the
26:07back
26:07of
26:07the
26:07dumpster
26:08I
26:08jumped
26:09in
26:09and
26:09I
26:09began
26:10throwing
26:10stuff
26:10out
26:10of
26:10the
26:11dumpster
26:11into
26:11the
26:11back
26:12of
26:12his
26:12pickup
26:12truck
26:12and
26:15that's
26:15when
26:15we
26:15find
26:16the
26:16bloody
26:16knife
26:16inside
26:17the
26:17dumpster
26:18the
26:21team
26:22is hot
26:22on the
26:22killer's
26:23trail
26:23they
26:24have
26:24shoe
26:25prints
26:25the
26:26jacket
26:26and
26:27the
26:27bloody
26:27knife
26:28will
26:29the
26:29evidence
26:29be
26:30enough
26:30to
26:31lead
26:31them
26:31to
26:31the
26:32killer
26:32before
26:33he
26:34strikes
26:34again
26:35everybody
26:35was
26:36thinking
26:36we've
26:36got
26:36the
26:37serial
26:37killer
26:37who's
26:37here
26:38gallaudet
26:39students
26:40were
26:40afraid
26:41for
26:41their
26:41personal
26:41safety
26:42there
26:43was
26:43even
26:44greater
26:44concern
26:45that
26:45the
26:45killer
26:45was
26:46still
26:46targeting
26:46gallaudet
26:47students
26:47get
26:53more
26:53FBI
26:53criminal
26:54pursuit
26:54online
26:55at
26:55investigation
26:56discovery
26:57dot
26:57with
26:57four
27:07months
27:07after
27:08Eric
27:08Plunkett
27:09is
27:09murdered
27:10in
27:10his
27:10gallaudet
27:11university
27:11bedroom room
27:12ben
27:13varner
27:14is
27:14killed
27:15in
27:15the
27:15very
27:16same
27:16building
27:17i
27:18felt
27:18really
27:18responsible
27:19i
27:20thought
27:21maybe
27:21i
27:21didn't
27:22pay
27:22attention
27:23to
27:23the
27:23people
27:23in
27:23the
27:23sleep
27:24why
27:24didn't
27:24i
27:25notice
27:25the
27:25stranger
27:25coming
27:26into
27:26the
27:26sleep
27:26investigators
27:28managed
27:28to
27:29recover
27:29bloody
27:29shoe
27:30prints
27:30the
27:31jacket
27:31and
27:32the
27:32knife
27:33from
27:33the
27:33crime
27:33scene
27:34they
27:35quickly
27:35determined
27:36that
27:36the
27:37knife
27:37belonged
27:37to
27:38ben
27:38himself
27:38but
27:40the
27:40investigation
27:41slows
27:41when
27:42the
27:42interviews
27:42begin
27:43we
27:45just
27:45interviewed
27:45everybody
27:46in the
27:46cogsville
27:47sleep
27:47and
27:48anybody
27:48that
27:49had
27:50any
27:50connection
27:51to
27:51ben
27:51varner
27:52trying
27:53to get
27:53the
27:53better
27:53understanding
27:54of his
27:54movements
27:55and his
27:55activity
27:56dealing
27:58with
27:59interpreters
28:01that really
28:01slowed down
28:02that process
28:03and there
28:03was a number
28:04of individuals
28:04that needed
28:05to be
28:06interviewed
28:06and so that
28:07took several
28:08days to get
28:09through all
28:09that
28:09the agents
28:14Stick with it
28:15convinced that
28:16the heartless
28:17killer
28:17is within
28:18reach
28:19the killer
28:21had great
28:22access to
28:23both of
28:23these dorm
28:24rooms
28:24and carried
28:26out these
28:26crimes
28:27unnoticed
28:28so it
28:29was fairly
28:31clear to
28:31us that
28:32we're dealing
28:32with somebody
28:33that is
28:34on campus
28:36and very
28:37likely
28:37resided within
28:38the dormitory
28:39itself
28:40to be able
28:40to gain
28:41that level
28:41of access
28:42without raising
28:43anybody's
28:43scrutiny
28:44investigators
28:47learn that
28:48resident
28:48advisor
28:49Thomas Cook
28:50who had
28:51discovered
28:51Eric Plunkett's
28:52body
28:53lives across
28:54the hall
28:55from Ben
28:56this is
28:58another one
28:58of my
28:59students
28:59Eric was
29:00my kid
29:00and Ben
29:01was my
29:01kid
29:02and I
29:02was like
29:03why is
29:03this going
29:04on
29:04what did
29:05I do
29:05and you
29:06know
29:06did I
29:07not
29:07protect
29:07them
29:07enough
29:08was I
29:08supposed
29:09to be
29:09protecting
29:09them
29:10investigators
29:12I cook
29:14as a
29:14possible
29:15suspect
29:15and I
29:17was just
29:17100%
29:19furious
29:19I mean
29:20who would
29:21have suspected
29:21who dare
29:22think that
29:23I would
29:23do something
29:24like that
29:24to think
29:25I would
29:25be a
29:26murderer
29:26Cook's
29:29DNA
29:29is tested
29:30but it
29:31doesn't
29:31match
29:32evidence
29:32left
29:33either
29:33scene
29:34investigators
29:36turn their
29:37attention
29:38once again
29:39to Thomas
29:39Minch
29:40the man
29:41who had
29:41initially
29:42been charged
29:43with Eric
29:43Plunkett's
29:44murder
29:44who happened
29:45to be
29:46in D.C.
29:47at the
29:48team
29:48of Ben's
29:49killing
29:49they started
29:50looking at
29:51Thomas Minch
29:52and learned
29:52that he
29:53was scheduled
29:54to testify
29:54at a
29:55grand jury
29:55hearing
29:56in the
29:56next day
29:57and so
29:58they were
29:59concerned
30:00that he
30:01may have
30:01come into
30:02town
30:02early
30:02and
30:03still had
30:05access
30:05to
30:05the
30:06dormitory
30:07and may
30:07have
30:08committed
30:08this crime
30:08as well
30:09like everyone
30:13like everyone else
30:14Eric Plunkett's
30:15parents
30:16I can't believe it.
30:17This is happening.
30:18we just
30:21fell apart
30:22again
30:22we thought
30:24that it was
30:24Minch
30:25that did it
30:26but he's
30:27out of school
30:28only
30:29did he come
30:29back
30:30did someone
30:31else kill
30:32him
30:32what is going
30:34on
30:34the theory
30:37unravels
30:38when
30:38Minch's
30:39grand jury
30:40testimony
30:40reveals
30:41that he
30:42only confessed
30:43to getting
30:43into a fight
30:44with Eric
30:45not
30:46to killing
30:46him
30:47once the
30:48detective
30:48heard that
30:49I struck
30:50or I pushed
30:52Eric
30:52in his mind
30:53what he had
30:54was a confession
30:56and he
30:58didn't
30:58critically
30:58analyze
30:59how did
31:00this
31:00actually
31:00fit
31:01the crime
31:02as we
31:02know it
31:03without a
31:07confession
31:08and with
31:09in DNA
31:09evidence
31:10linking him
31:11either
31:11crime scene
31:12Thomas Minch
31:14is cleared
31:15as a suspect
31:16investigators
31:18have no
31:19other
31:19leave
31:20but they
31:21still suspect
31:23their killer
31:24is living
31:25on campus
31:26it seemed
31:27like such
31:27a peaceful
31:28quiet place
31:29and to have
31:31two of its
31:31students
31:32murdered
31:32in one
31:33dormitory
31:34just kind
31:34of violated
31:35all that
31:36tranquility
31:37that you
31:38experience
31:38when you're
31:39on that
31:39campus
31:39despite
31:41hundreds
31:41of interviews
31:42investigators
31:43can find
31:44no witnesses
31:45who saw
31:46or heard
31:47anything
31:48during
31:49either
31:49crime
31:50now
31:51everything
31:52hinges
31:53on the
31:53evidence
31:54research
31:55reveals
31:56that the
31:56bloody
31:57shoe
31:57prints
31:58trailing
31:58away
31:59from
31:59Goods
31:59bedroom room
32:00come from
32:01a specific
32:02cross-training
32:02sneaker
32:03from a
32:04major brand
32:04the thing
32:05about the
32:05bloody
32:06footprints
32:06that
32:07they're
32:07no good
32:08until you
32:09have something
32:09to match
32:09it up to
32:10the
32:11team
32:12also
32:12believes
32:13the
32:13killer
32:13may
32:14have
32:14been
32:14injured
32:15in
32:15the
32:15attack
32:16if you
32:17don't have
32:17what we
32:18call a
32:18combat knife
32:19and that's a
32:19knife with a
32:20big hilt
32:21right here
32:22that protects
32:22your hand
32:23if you have
32:24like a
32:24kitchen knife
32:25or a
32:25pairing knife
32:26or something
32:27like that
32:27and you're
32:28fighting with
32:28the person
32:29and you're
32:29struggling
32:30going back
32:30and forth
32:31you're hitting
32:32cap
32:32and a lot
32:33of times
32:34when you
32:34hit bone
32:35or you hit
32:35some kind
32:35of solid object
32:36that knife
32:37slips
32:38and it
32:38cuts your
32:39hand
32:39investigators
32:43finally catch
32:44a break
32:44when the
32:45bank of
32:46the second
32:47victim
32:47Ben Varner
32:48alerts them
32:50to a possible
32:50forged check
32:52they found
32:53out that
32:54during the
32:55time period
32:56that he
32:56should
32:57have been
32:58dead
32:58that somebody
33:00actually
33:00cashed
33:01a check
33:01that was
33:02supposedly
33:03written by
33:04Varner
33:04to
33:04Joseph
33:05Table
33:05Joseph
33:10Table
33:11Jr
33:11the
33:12sophomore
33:12from Guam
33:13lived across
33:14the hall
33:15from Eric
33:15Plunkett
33:16and he's
33:17the same
33:18student
33:18who reported
33:19the odd
33:19smell
33:20coming
33:21from Eric's
33:21room
33:22security
33:23footage
33:24from the
33:24bank
33:25shows
33:26Table
33:26cashing
33:27the check
33:27now on
33:28the check
33:29there was
33:29a comment
33:30on there
33:30like old
33:31laptop
33:31detectives
33:33are growing
33:34suspicious
33:34for other
33:35reasons
33:36as well
33:36both
33:38victims
33:38Eric
33:38Plunkett
33:39and
33:39Benjamin
33:39Varner
33:39were
33:40acquaintances
33:40of
33:41Joseph
33:41Table
33:42it
33:43didn't
33:44appear
33:44that
33:44they
33:45were
33:46close
33:46friends
33:47but
33:47they
33:47were
33:47in fact
33:48acquaintances
33:48and
33:51though
33:51he had
33:51transferred
33:52to a
33:52nearby
33:53sleep
33:53before
33:54Goods
33:55murder
33:55Table
33:56still
33:57had
33:57access
33:58to
33:58Cogswell
33:59Hall
33:59I
34:06saw him
34:06at
34:07Cogswell
34:07Hall
34:08a couple
34:08of times
34:09he was
34:10there
34:10with the
34:10students
34:11and
34:11I
34:12didn't
34:12even
34:12think
34:13odds
34:14that he
34:14was
34:14coming
34:14in
34:15to
34:15Cogswell
34:15Hall
34:16because
34:16he
34:16was
34:16socializing
34:17with
34:17the
34:17other
34:17students
34:18there
34:18investigators
34:21bring
34:21Table
34:22in
34:22for
34:22an
34:22interview
34:23they're
34:24looking
34:24for
34:25undeniable
34:26physical
34:26evidence
34:27what
34:28you're
34:28looking
34:29for
34:29are
34:30cuts
34:30on the
34:30hand
34:31that's
34:31the
34:31telltale
34:32sign
34:32of
34:33investigators
34:34finally
34:35have
34:35their
34:35man
34:36or
34:37are
34:38they
34:38once
34:39again
34:39on
34:40the
34:40wrong
34:41trail
34:41after
34:42Goods
34:42murder
34:43everyone
34:44did
34:45look
34:45at
34:46each
34:46other
34:46was
34:47you
34:47were
34:47not
34:47it
34:50became
34:50ugly
34:51there
34:51were
34:52only
34:52many
34:52people
34:53pointing
34:53fingers
34:53towards
34:54each
34:54other
34:55investigators
35:06have
35:06identified
35:0722
35:08year old
35:09Joseph
35:09Table
35:10as a
35:11prime
35:11suspect
35:11in the
35:12stabbing
35:13death
35:13of
35:13Gallaudet
35:14University
35:15sophomore
35:15Ben
35:16Varner
35:17they
35:20know
35:21they'll
35:21likely
35:22see
35:22cuts
35:22on
35:23Mesa's
35:23hands
35:24if he
35:24is
35:25in fact
35:25the
35:26killer
35:26only
35:27when
35:27they
35:27interviewed
35:27Table
35:28what they
35:28asked
35:28to do
35:29is
35:29of course
35:30to
35:30look
35:30at
35:30his
35:30hands
35:31and
35:32they
35:32saw
35:32that
35:32there
35:32were
35:32cuts
35:33on
35:34his
35:34hands
35:34despite
35:36these
35:36telltale
35:37signs
35:38Table
35:39denies
35:40everything
35:40during
35:41the
35:41interview
35:42Table
35:42lied
35:43to
35:43them
35:43and
35:44a lot
35:44of
35:44times
35:44a lie
35:45can be
35:45as good
35:45as a
35:45confession
35:46he
35:47said
35:47that
35:47he
35:47had
35:48never
35:48been
35:48in
35:49Varner's
35:50room
35:50that
35:51he
35:51had
35:51never
35:51gotten
35:51the
35:52check
35:52from
35:52Varner
35:52and
35:53that
35:53there
35:53was
35:54nothing
35:54about
35:54the
35:54laptop
35:55in
35:55there
35:56agents
35:58suspect
35:59Table
36:00is
36:00their
36:00man
36:00but
36:01after
36:02what
36:02happened
36:02with
36:02Thomas
36:03Minch
36:03they
36:04want
36:04to
36:04make
36:05sure
36:05that
36:06this
36:06team
36:06the
36:07right
36:07killer
36:08is
36:08caught
36:09the
36:10detectives
36:11were
36:11able
36:11to
36:11use
36:12those
36:12lies
36:13were
36:14able
36:14to
36:14use
36:14the
36:14check
36:15and
36:15the
36:15videotape
36:16and
36:17able
36:17to
36:17use
36:17the
36:17fact
36:18that
36:18Table
36:18said
36:19that
36:19he
36:19had
36:19the
36:19certain
36:19type
36:20of
36:20shoe
36:20which
36:20matched
36:22they
36:22were
36:22able
36:23to
36:23use
36:23that
36:23to
36:23develop
36:24probable
36:24cause
36:25to
36:25actually
36:25get
36:25the
36:25search
36:26warrant
36:26for
36:26his
36:26room
36:27but
36:31just
36:31to the
36:31investigators
36:32submit
36:33paperwork
36:33to
36:34obtain
36:34the
36:34search
36:34warrant
36:35Table
36:36shocked
36:37him
36:37by
36:38coming
36:38forward
36:38to
36:40confess
36:40he
36:41had
36:41talked
36:42to
36:42his
36:42girlfriend
36:42he
36:43admitted
36:43to
36:43her
36:44that
36:45he
36:45had
36:45done
36:45the
36:45murders
36:45and
36:46she
36:46had
36:46convinced
36:46him
36:47that
36:47he
36:47needed
36:47to
36:48of
36:48the
36:48right
36:48thing
36:48and
36:49come
36:49turn
36:49himself
36:49in
36:50and
36:50that's
36:51what
36:51he
36:51did
36:51he
36:51came
36:52in
36:52and
36:52he
36:52confessed
36:52to
36:53the
36:53murder
36:53of
36:54Varner
36:54I
36:57want to
36:57show you
36:57a knife
36:58and
36:59you tell
37:00me if
37:00this knife
37:01is similar
37:02yeah
37:02that's
37:03it
37:03Table
37:06says
37:07he brought
37:07a knife
37:08to
37:08Goods
37:08room
37:08but
37:10he saw
37:10a larger
37:11knife
37:11belonging
37:12to
37:12Ben
37:12and
37:13decided
37:13to
37:14use
37:14that
37:14one
37:14instead
37:15I
37:18stabbed
37:18him
37:18I
37:21stabbed
37:22him
37:22he
37:23got
37:23up
37:24walked
37:24over
37:24and
37:25fell
37:26then
37:29I
37:30stabbed
37:30him
37:30right
37:31here
37:31in the
37:32cheek
37:32and he
37:33started
37:33bleeding
37:34and he
37:35tried to
37:35defend
37:35himself
37:36and
37:36tried
37:36to
37:36get
37:36away
37:36and he
37:37came
37:37towards
37:37me
37:37and
37:38then
37:38got
37:38blood
37:39on
37:39me
37:39I
37:40tried
37:41to
37:41choke
37:41him
37:41I
37:41tried
37:41to
37:42choke
37:42him
37:42and
37:43I
37:43had
37:43his
37:44neck
37:44in
37:44my
37:44arm
37:45trying
37:46to
37:46choke
37:47him
37:47that
37:47way
37:47after
37:49killing
37:49Ben
37:50Table
37:50took
37:51his
37:51money
37:52I
37:53took
37:53his
37:53wallet
37:54I
37:55got
37:55his
37:55check
37:55books
37:56and
37:57everything
37:57together
37:59and then
38:00went back
38:01to my
38:01world
38:01and I
38:03signed
38:03forging
38:06the
38:06check
38:07he
38:09went in
38:09there
38:09without
38:10much more
38:10of a
38:10plan
38:11than
38:11stealing
38:12and
38:12killing
38:12that
38:13was
38:13pretty
38:13much
38:13it
38:14he
38:15did
38:15the
38:16poor
38:16job
38:16covering
38:16his
38:17tracks
38:17I
38:18mean
38:18he
38:18definitely
38:18went
38:19above
38:19and beyond
38:20what he
38:20needed
38:20to do
38:21to accomplish
38:22his goal
38:22which was
38:23to kill
38:24and to rob
38:25I mean
38:26the overkill
38:27that was
38:28totally
38:28unnecessary
38:29detectives
38:31detectives
38:31ask
38:31Table
38:32if
38:33there's
38:33something
38:33more
38:34he
38:34needs
38:35to
38:35get
38:35off
38:36his
38:36chest
38:36and
38:38then
38:38they
38:38asked
38:39him
38:39is there
38:39anything
38:40else
38:40that
38:41you
38:41want
38:41to
38:41tell
38:41us
38:42about
38:42and
38:43he
38:43said
38:43oh
38:43yeah
38:44I
38:44killed
38:44Eric
38:45Plunkett
38:45as well
38:46according
38:48to Mesa
38:49the motive
38:50was
38:50always
38:51money
38:51nothing
38:52more
38:53I
38:54don't
38:55understand
38:55why I
38:57needed
38:57the money
38:58I
38:59had
38:59550
38:59only
39:00this
39:00was
39:00an
39:00additional
39:01650
39:01only
39:02I
39:02thought
39:02with
39:03my
39:03550
39:03and
39:04with
39:04that
39:04650
39:04that
39:05would
39:05be
39:05enough
39:05to
39:06buy
39:06whatever
39:06we
39:06wanted
39:07you know
39:07to buy
39:08things
39:08for my
39:08girlfriend
39:08like
39:09the TV
39:09a mouse
39:11so it
39:12matched
39:12everything
39:12so it
39:13would be
39:13purple
39:13all over
39:14the robbery
39:19motive
39:19that turned
39:20out to be
39:21the driving
39:21force
39:21behind the
39:22killings
39:22that
39:23Joseph
39:23Table
39:23perpetrated
39:24was
39:25quite
39:26different
39:26than
39:26what
39:27was
39:27thought
39:28to be
39:28the motive
39:29during
39:29the
39:29investigation
39:30investigators
39:34still need
39:35concrete
39:36physical
39:36evidence
39:37to lock
39:37their case
39:38they
39:39searched
39:40Mesa's
39:40bedroom room
39:41and hit
39:42the jackpot
39:43going into
39:43his room
39:44that's when
39:44they found
39:45the bloody
39:45shoe
39:45and that's
39:47when the
39:47game
39:47was up
39:48the
39:49shoes
39:49match
39:50the bloody
39:50shoe
39:51prints
39:51leading
39:52from
39:52Varner's
39:53room
39:53investigators
39:54also uncover
39:56some items
39:56that had
39:57been bought
39:57with Eric
39:58Plunkett's
39:59debit card
39:59after his
40:01death
40:01investigators
40:05arrest
40:05Table
40:06and charge
40:07him with
40:07two counts
40:08of first degree
40:09murder
40:09plus
40:1013 other
40:11counts
40:12including
40:13burglary
40:13and robbery
40:15and I was
40:17like
40:17are you
40:18serious
40:18Joseph
40:19Table
40:20how
40:21I mean
40:21maybe he
40:22just snapped
40:23you know
40:23maybe he
40:24just snapped
40:25and started
40:25killing people
40:26but who
40:27is this
40:27person
40:27when
40:29Eric
40:29Plunkett's
40:30family
40:30learns of
40:31Mesa's
40:31arrest
40:32they realize
40:33they've seen
40:35Joseph Mesa
40:36before
40:36he offered
40:39his sympathies
40:40the day
40:40they arrived
40:41on campus
40:42following
40:43Eric's
40:43murder
40:43there was
40:46a big
40:46huge
40:46poster
40:47that the
40:48student
40:48government
40:48had put
40:49together
40:49and our
40:50contact
40:50asked for
40:51a pen
40:51and they
40:54gave us
40:54the pen
40:55Table
40:57was the
40:58student
40:58who loaned
40:59them a pen
41:00to sign
41:01Eric's
41:01poster
41:02Joseph
41:03was the
41:03one
41:03who killed
41:04Eric
41:04I can't
41:05imagine
41:05knowing
41:07what I
41:07did
41:07and then
41:09hugging
41:10the mother
41:10of the
41:11person
41:11who I
41:12just
41:12killed
41:12and
41:13offering
41:14sympathy
41:14Eric's
41:19sister
41:19realizes
41:20that
41:21Table
41:21is also
41:22the
41:22mysterious
41:23student
41:23she saw
41:24lurking
41:25in the
41:25background
41:26of their
41:26last
41:27video
41:27chat
41:28Eric's
41:29father
41:29comes
41:30face to
41:31face
41:31with his
41:32son's
41:32killer
41:32at the
41:34arraignment
41:34I was
41:35looking at
41:36the kid
41:36that killed
41:37my son
41:38and I
41:39wanted to
41:39kill him
41:39and I
41:41had to
41:42sit there
41:42like a
41:43human being
41:44and watch
41:46this process
41:46go
41:47at trial
41:50Table
41:51claims
41:52insanity
41:53his defense
41:55was that
41:55he had
41:56a mental
41:56disorder
41:57and that
41:59there was
41:59a hand
42:00that was
42:01telling him
42:02to commit
42:03these murders
42:03and since
42:06he couldn't
42:06hear
42:07it couldn't
42:07be like
42:08a voice
42:08talking to
42:09him
42:09so what
42:09he described
42:10was his
42:11hand hovering
42:11in the air
42:12and using
42:13Sign language
42:14to instruct
42:15him to
42:16go out
42:16and kill
42:17these people
42:17the jury
42:20doesn't buy
42:21after
42:22deliberating
42:23for only
42:24three hours
42:25they find
42:26Table
42:26guilty
42:27on all
42:28counts
42:28he is
42:30sentenced
42:30to six
42:31life terms
42:32special agent
42:35John Adams
42:36can finally
42:37rest
42:38knowing
42:39his
42:39colleagues
42:40children
42:40are safe
42:41there was
42:42a very
42:43personal
42:44sense of
42:45duty
42:45that I felt
42:46that we
42:47get involved
42:47in this
42:48investigation
42:48and provide
42:49whatever
42:50expertise
42:50and assistance
42:51it required
42:53to ensure
42:53that the
42:54killer was
42:55caught
42:55as quickly
42:55as possible
42:56and a
42:57conviction
42:57was upheld
42:58in court
42:59and the
42:59person was
43:00sent away
43:00for a long
43:01team
43:01Eric's
43:04family
43:05hopes his
43:06murder
43:06won't keep
43:08other deaf
43:08students
43:09from pursuing
43:10their dreams
43:11at Galuudet
43:12he found
43:14his place
43:15he found
43:15his independence
43:16he you know
43:17he was free
43:18you know
43:19I think
43:20that
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