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00:00:02I bought this camcorder just like I talked to you.

00:00:05I just wanted to tell you hi, and I love you, and I miss you.

00:00:09I'm very proud of you.

00:00:11My wife got the call at home, and they said Holly was missing.

00:00:16I mean, the Army's got a missing soldier.

00:00:19That's a big deal.

00:00:20We're now inside Fort Bragg.

00:00:22One of those soldiers goes missing.

00:00:24They would just jump into action.

00:00:26We didn't know if this is someone that had kidnapped Holly or killed Holly.

00:00:32That's 146. That was her apartment.

00:00:35We could tell, looking through the back window, that place had been burned.

00:00:39She was not in there.

00:00:42Several knives were missing from the knife block.

00:00:46Then, bizarrely, a second female soldier goes missing.

00:00:50Megan Tuma, she was supposed to go to work, and she didn't show up for work.

00:00:53Are they just missing?

00:00:54Did they succumb to foul play?

00:00:56Like, you just don't know.

00:00:58The mirror had a very large insignia drawn on it.

00:01:02That insignia was a zodiac sign.

00:01:05While there's this massive search for Holly, these mysterious letters come in

00:01:09from a person purporting to be reenacting the zodiac murders.

00:01:14This could be the same killer.

00:01:36My name is Jesse James.

00:01:40For 17 years, we have lived with the pain of losing our daughter, Holly.

00:01:47It's something that cannot be explained in words.

00:01:51Recently, I decided to write to the person responsible for taking Holly from us.

00:01:58I'm not sure why, and I'm not sure what I'm reaching for, but it just feels like I need to

00:02:05express my thoughts.

00:02:10Many, many people loved Holly, and you took her from all of us.

00:02:18I still have episodes of grief that I'm unable to control.

00:02:26Why did he choose Holly?

00:02:28I've decided to reach out and try to discover that.

00:02:44So right now, I'm on my way to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

00:02:48It's one of the largest military bases in the world.

00:02:54Some say that this base right here is America's first line of defense.

00:03:00I'm investigating a mysterious disappearance of an Army nurse.

00:03:05Her name is 2nd Lieutenant Holly Lynn James.

00:03:09When Holly fails to show up for her shift at Womack Army Medical Center,

00:03:13it causes concern because it's something totally out of character for any soldier.

00:03:22I was driving back to Fort Bragg from Iowa, and I received a text from a friend at work asking

00:03:27me when the last time I heard from Holly was.

00:03:30It was unusual. Holly was very dependable, and it's just, you know, being an Army officer, it was kind of

00:03:37unheard of to not show up for work.

00:03:39Her co-workers went to her apartment, and when they got there, they found that she wasn't there, and it

00:03:49had been set on fire.

00:03:53So they called the police.

00:03:58Pretty much as soon as Holly went missing, I heard about it. Our homicide team heard about it. It was

00:04:04very concerning.

00:04:05She had just sort of disappeared into thin air.

00:04:07This is the face of the missing Fort Bragg soldier has not been seen since Wednesday.

00:04:15Holly was driven by ambition and unshakable work ethic and felt a powerful call to serve her country.

00:04:23A lot of us are military and our family, and she wanted to go out and do something great.

00:04:30Holly's younger brother, Beau, a Marine himself, says that Holly had found her calling.

00:04:36As a nurse, were you pretty proud of her?

00:04:39Absolutely, yeah. They're absolutely lifesavers.

00:04:43She wanted to go to Iraq. I said, why would you want to go to Iraq, to the war zone?

00:04:50And she said, Dad, I just think I can help soldiers if I'm out there as a first responder in

00:04:57a war zone.

00:04:58I can do more good and help more soldiers.

00:05:02Although Holly never served in combat and was ultimately stationed in the U.S., she was going places.

00:05:09And by age 23, I had become a second lieutenant in the United States Army.

00:05:15Even though I was a sergeant major, she was technically a higher rank than me starting out, you know, and

00:05:20I was pretty proud of that.

00:05:23They assigned her to the mother-baby ward at Womack. She just always wanted to be in the thick of

00:05:28things.

00:05:29She was a floor nurse. She loved helping people all the time. And she really loved children.

00:05:36Actually, at the time, Holly was raising a couple of children on her own, born from a relationship with her

00:05:42ex-boyfriend from her hometown of Dubuque, Iowa.

00:05:45Then in 2007, she met this 22-year-old Marine Corporal John Y. Monk, a combat engineer who was stationed

00:05:53along with her brother, Beau, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

00:05:58Colonel Kirk Cordova was John Y. Monk's commanding officer.

00:06:02He's a non-commissioned officer working towards being a sergeant and probably one of the best ranks in the Marine

00:06:06Corps.

00:06:06So he was very proficient, I can tell you that.

00:06:11We deployed together. A lot of times we were looking for explosives or blowing things up.

00:06:17He was very good at our robots that we used for looking for explosives or setting them.

00:06:25I was embedded in the war zone with the Marines in the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

00:06:30The level of danger was similar to what they experienced.

00:06:34Marines continue to bring their heavy armor north.

00:06:37And you realize just how intense their jobs really are.

00:06:41Why did you decide you wanted to introduce him to your sister, Holly?

00:06:45Everything he said just seemed so funny.

00:06:48And I thought Holly deserved some humor in her life too.

00:06:53She outranked him. She was an officer and he was an enlisted man, a lower enlisted man.

00:06:59The couple eventually married and shared an apartment together in Fayetteville, just outside the gates of Fort Bragg.

00:07:07Why Monk lived two hours away at Camp Lejeune, but would visit on weekends.

00:07:13Holly and John seemed happy. It seemed like a good match.

00:07:17Being a dual military couple, it's just that extra layer of complication.

00:07:23You're just apart quite a bit.

00:07:25During Why Monk's deployment, Holly bridged the distance with heartfelt video messages.

00:07:31I bought this camcorder just so I could talk to you.

00:07:34I just wanted to tell you hi and I'm with you and I miss you. I'm very proud of you.

00:07:39There was a number of videos that she had made for him, you know, and they were sweet.

00:07:44I'm pretty excited you'll be here in two more.

00:07:48She would talk about, you know, how much she loved him, how much she was looking forward to him coming

00:07:53back.

00:07:54I didn't talk to you so I just wanted to send you a quick hand and let you know that

00:07:58everything is okay.

00:08:00Just being a sweet gal.

00:08:02Together they were rising in the military ranks.

00:08:05Newly married, full of hope, but everything would change on that terrible night Hollywood missing.

00:08:13There is still no official word on the whereabouts and the fate of Army Lieutenant Holly Wymonk.

00:08:19Investigators speak with Wymonk who says that he was hours away at Camp Lejeune and knew nothing about Holly's whereabouts.

00:08:28My wife got the call at home and they said Holly was missing.

00:08:34Police and federal investigators are on the case. Crime scene tape surrounds the apartment complex.

00:08:39I began to see reports on the internet. The first report I saw was the police there, the military there,

00:08:47and they were towing her car away from the apartment complex.

00:08:52There was a lot of interest locally and nationally about what had happened to Holly.

00:08:57I had reporters on my doorstep and they were asking if I knew anything about Holly what could I tell

00:09:02them.

00:09:03I think that's when I realized it was bigger than what I was imagining.

00:09:07At this point we didn't know if this was a random act of violence that occurred or if this is

00:09:13someone that had kidnapped Holly or killed Holly.

00:09:17It's currently under investigation and we're working with Fort Bragg trying to locate this person.

00:09:26People are scared, people are worried, and they've got to go fast to try to find her.

00:09:30It was all happening so rapidly, so quick.

00:09:35You decided to fly out to see exactly what's happening.

00:09:39I did.

00:09:40But your main job was really to find her.

00:09:42I came here on a mission. I was scared to death because I was afraid of what I was going

00:09:50to find.

00:09:50And when investigators are given the all clear to enter Holly's apartment.

00:09:56There was a note that had survived the fire.

00:10:00This letter.

00:10:01What or who will they uncover?

00:10:14Oh, look at the cheeks there.

00:10:16I know, huge cheeks, you know.

00:10:21She's adorable.

00:10:22Really very cute, huh?

00:10:25She was a little daddy's girl.

00:10:27She loved working at that hospital.

00:10:30I had no doubt she was going to stay in the army because she loved it that much.

00:10:35She found the job she loves.

00:10:37Yep, she did.

00:10:41She was up for the challenge.

00:10:43And from what I know, I think she did great.

00:10:46She worked really hard so she'd be able to get a good life and a good job to be able

00:10:51to raise us better.

00:10:53At the time of Holly's disappearance in July of 2008, her children, Harper, just seven, and three-year-old Kendall,

00:11:01were far from the chaos, visiting their father back in Iowa.

00:11:05We were not there when our mom went missing.

00:11:07Authorities finally released the name and picture of Second Lieutenant Holly Wymonk, a nurse at Womack Army Medical Center.

00:11:15You decided to fly out to see exactly what's happening.

00:11:19I did. You know, my first thought was go to the media, like I've seen other families do.

00:11:24Ask Holly to surface, or if somebody's got Holly, ask them to bring her back, you know.

00:11:31And then I thought, I should do that from Fayetteville.

00:11:34I should do that from Fort Bragg.

00:11:36Because if she is around there, you know, I can say, here I am, right here, and you can come

00:11:43to see me.

00:11:44We're in constant contact with the family.

00:11:47What exactly did the investigators tell you?

00:11:50Well, that evening, when I got here, and I met with the chief of detectives, one of the first questions

00:11:57I said is, is my daughter dead?

00:11:59And he said, we can't say that.

00:12:01He said, because that hasn't been proven.

00:12:03But he said, I can tell you, we have grave, grave concern.

00:12:07Once the flames were out, investigators combed through the charred remains of Holly's apartment, searching for anything the fire had

00:12:16not destroyed.

00:12:17For the second day in a row, state and federal agents scoured the young woman's burned apartment.

00:12:22The case would soon fall to Detective Jeff Locklear of the Fayetteville Police Department.

00:12:27The man tasked with uncovering what happened to Holly.

00:12:30What was your reaction when you learned that the woman that's missing was a soldier?

00:12:39My partner and I, we were surprised.

00:12:41At that time, you know, the whole city was kind of on edge.

00:12:45How far are we from her apartment?

00:12:48So as the crow flies, maybe a mile, not very far at all.

00:12:51All of that stuff is pretty centralized around the mall area of Fayetteville.

00:12:56Holly's apartment sits along this busy stretch of road, just five miles outside the gates of Fort Bragg, where she

00:13:02worked as an army nurse.

00:13:04And her apartment building was actually the first building that you come to on the right.

00:13:08Down here, 146.

00:13:10Yep, 146.

00:13:13Well, as soon as we got here, we could tell, you know, looking through the back window, that place had

00:13:18been burned.

00:13:19She, of course, was not in there.

00:13:21What's the first thing you saw when you walked in?

00:13:23Well, I think a better question would be, what was the first thing that I smelled?

00:13:27And that was gasoline.

00:13:27And there was so much gasoline in the apartment poured on the floor and on the carpet, that as my

00:13:33partner and I would walk, it would kind of gush up next to our shoe.

00:13:37The fire department was really concerned. They said a spark could light this whole place up.

00:13:41Why was it the building was not completely burnt to the ground?

00:13:44Anybody can strike a match, but you got to know, you got to have enough air with this amount of

00:13:49gasoline that was poured in the apartment.

00:13:52They didn't have enough air. They should have left the door open to have vented it more, and we would

00:13:57have had a more complete fire.

00:13:58So this was an arson, but not a very talented arson.

00:14:01Exactly.

00:14:03So in 2008, I was a forensic technician dispatched via radio to respond now to an apartment fire at that

00:14:10time.

00:14:10I initially just started taking photographs around.

00:14:14There's a certain level of emotion that teeters on excitement and anxiousness because you're kind of afraid of what you

00:14:24might find.

00:14:25By the front door, investigators discovered Holly's purse, still holding her ID, credit cards, her keys and phone.

00:14:33For the detectives, the abandoned belongings are a red flag.

00:14:37Typically, being a woman myself, if I were to go off somewhere, my purse and at least my personal belongings,

00:14:45credit cards, things of that nature would have come with.

00:14:48As investigators push deeper into the apartment, the kitchen reveals its own disturbing clue.

00:14:54I noticed that there was a knife block sitting over on the counter, and several knives were missing from the

00:15:01knife block.

00:15:03We couldn't find any of those knives, like in a drawer or maybe dirty in the sink.

00:15:07They were missing from that house altogether.

00:15:10We knew that could have been used as some sort of a weapon, so we certainly took note of that

00:15:15as well.

00:15:16The missing knives raised the grim possibility that Holly was stabbed.

00:15:22There were also signs of blood spatter in her bedroom, along with another disturbing piece of evidence.

00:15:28Probably one of the most alarming things about the master bedroom is, one, the carpet, the large amount of carpet

00:15:36that had been cut from around the door frame.

00:15:40It was almost, you know, carved precisely to cut out a specific shape.

00:15:46All of the bedding had been removed, to include the pillowcases.

00:15:49So that was a little out of the norm as well, of a home that had been lived in, where

00:15:54there was absolutely no bed laying on it at all.

00:15:57Then eagle-eyed detectives spot something easy to miss, a single bullet hole in the closet door.

00:16:05Something potentially could have occurred right in front of the closet.

00:16:08Amid the devastation, one piece of evidence survived, and it would become the investigation's biggest clue.

00:16:15I just happened to notice an odd scrap of paper in the middle of the hallway.

00:16:20Then once I uncrumpled the ball of paper, I notified Detective Locklear that there was a message on it.

00:16:27A note survived the fire.

00:16:29This, this, this letter.

00:16:31We just thought it might have just been some trash and refuge, whatever, until we unraveled it.

00:16:37Can you read that?

00:16:38It says something to the effect of, she shot herself, and I tried to make it look like an accident.

00:16:44The note scrawled in jagged handwriting and unsigned, hinted at Holly's fate, but raised more questions than answers.

00:16:52It wasn't consistent with what we were seeing, but obviously it was an important piece of evidence that we took

00:16:58note of.

00:16:59Was the note a confession or a calculated attempt to throw investigators off the trail?

00:17:05Even the smallest details are something that it may be insignificant now, but down the line it might be one

00:17:11of the most critical pieces of evidence that you have.

00:17:13When Holly's father arrives at the scene, the evidence looks grim, and yet he holds out hope.

00:17:20I believed Holly was alive.

00:17:21I said, I'm going to work to try to get her back here, and I'm going to do everything that

00:17:26I could do to try to get her back.

00:17:28The thought was that she still could be alive and that we could find her, but we knew this also

00:17:34could end very tragically.

00:17:37And with an active duty soldier missing, the U.S. Army search and rescue mission kicks into high gear.

00:17:44I mean, the Army's got a missing soldier, and that's a big deal.

00:17:47We'll dedicate as many people as we have because this is one of our own.

00:17:50It's a sister.

00:17:51This young mother, this soldier is missing.

00:17:55The clock was ticking.

00:17:56But where was Holly?

00:17:58And is there a hidden secret in this last photo taken of her before she vanished?

00:18:21We're now inside Fort Bragg, North Carolina, about 250 square miles, about 50,000 active duty soldiers.

00:18:29Fort Bragg is a city unto itself, sprawling, relentless, and brimming with power.

00:18:37Soldiers here often call it the center of the military universe.

00:18:42And when 2nd Lieutenant Holly James goes missing, the U.S. Army mobilizes fast, launching an all-out search, working

00:18:50around the clock to find answers.

00:18:53Good to see you.

00:18:54Special Agent Al Diaz is the man in charge of the Army's Criminal Investigation Division at Fort Bragg.

00:19:00What do you remember when the news came out that Holly was missing?

00:19:04Just like any time a service member shows her missing, there's just that natural sense of concern.

00:19:09And then what we can do to help local law enforcement find her.

00:19:12Does it become 24 hours a day?

00:19:15Absolutely.

00:19:16I mean, you want to put as much effort and resources to it until you find the individual.

00:19:20Are they just missing?

00:19:21Did they succumb to foul play?

00:19:23Like, you just don't know.

00:19:25Fort Bragg sits like a fortress.

00:19:27At its heart is Womack Medical Center, where Holly worked as an Army nurse.

00:19:31With 13 access points in and out, CID's task was clear.

00:19:36Reconstruct Holly's every step in the days before she vanished.

00:19:43Adam Armstrong is a special agent with CID.

00:19:47All right, so you get the call from the police about what was happening that afternoon.

00:19:52So when we get that, we'll immediately get a picture of her out.

00:19:56So we can start working on the reward posters and all that.

00:19:58And then we start figuring out, okay, how can we start putting together elements to go out and start searching?

00:20:05Tell us where we're going.

00:20:06Right now, we're just heading back to the one side of base where Holly was last seen.

00:20:12Investigators learned that just two nights before she was reported missing, Holly had been seen at a late-night softball

00:20:19game on base.

00:20:22So this is the last place that she was seen.

00:20:24Right here on the right-hand side.

00:20:26So this was the 8th, two days before they discovered that she was missing. This is where she was.

00:20:32And so a sergeant first class had invited her out to come watch.

00:20:36And then after the game, she actually approached him.

00:20:39He actually helped out a lot.

00:20:41Played a big role in understanding the last time that she was seen.

00:20:45This is the last photo of Holly taken just before she disappeared.

00:20:50He said she was happy that night, bubbly, and just seemed to be in good spirits.

00:20:56Over at the cell phone analysis, they were able to identify that she did leave the base and she did

00:21:01make it home.

00:21:06Something had happened to Holly. You just felt like you had to get here.

00:21:11Had to come.

00:21:12While Army investigators combed the base, Holly's father, Jesse James, launches his own search for answers.

00:21:20I had to get to Fort Bragg.

00:21:21So I had to think about how I was going to get sort of control of the situation.

00:21:27Your father was on a mission to try to figure out what happened to his daughter, to your sister.

00:21:33Absolutely.

00:21:34He was on a mission and ten seconds of hearing that his daughter was missing.

00:21:38He wasn't going to let it go, nor should he.

00:21:43Thinking about my grandfather dropping everything to fly to Fayetteville and find her, that's a man who loves his daughter.

00:21:53And it shows how loving and caring he is and how deeply he loves his family.

00:21:59The thought occurred to me that I'm going to go to the bank and see if she had any charges

00:22:04on her checking account or credit card since she disappeared.

00:22:09And I got up and drove over to the bank.

00:22:11I said, are there any recent charges in the past day to her credit card or her checking account?

00:22:20A bank attorney confirms that there had been activity on Holly's account.

00:22:25Charges dated the very day she vanished.

00:22:29So there was hope.

00:22:31Oh, let's see. I walked away stepping lightly as quickly as I could.

00:22:36Called Detective Locklear and he almost hung up on me.

00:22:39He wanted to call that bank to get a warrant to get the checking account information.

00:22:44But to Jesse's disappointment, what seems like a promising lead goes nowhere.

00:22:49It turns out those transactions were older ones, charges that had only just been cleared.

00:22:55Took all the wind out of me and was right back where we started.

00:23:02Desperate for answers, Jesse comes here to Holly's workplace at Womack Medical Center to try to retrace his daughter's footsteps.

00:23:13So this is where she was, huh?

00:23:15It is where she was.

00:23:17The morning after I got here, I just walked in and introduced myself and I could just feel a shockwave

00:23:24go through the unit, you know,

00:23:26because they were experiencing it just like we were.

00:23:31She loved these people.

00:23:32She loved the people she worked with.

00:23:35I could sense a presence here of Holly.

00:23:38I could see her just running the halls.

00:23:40She never walked slow.

00:23:41I could see her just rushing through these hallways and I could feel that.

00:23:45And I thought, I just might be putting my feet where her feet were.

00:23:50And that affected me.

00:23:53Days into the investigation, there is still no sign of Holly.

00:23:56But then an unexpected twist, a possible link to another female soldier who had also gone missing from Fort Bragg.

00:24:05These mysterious letters come into the Fayetteville Observer as well as the Fayetteville Police Department.

00:24:10CID said, look, we got a second female soldier that's missing and has possibly been harmed.

00:24:16We wondered, could this be connected to Holly's case?

00:24:20Are we dealing with a copycat here?

00:24:21A disturbing letter marked with a chilling symbol.

00:24:25And there it is on that mirror in the lipstick.

00:24:28And could there be a connection to Holly?

00:24:32I'm like, I don't know.

00:24:33This has never happened.

00:24:34It's like something we see in a movie.

00:24:51When I left the crime scene, I didn't think that we would find her alive.

00:24:56Summer of 2008, Holly Lynn James has vanished.

00:25:02Teams of investigators searched for clues in a burned out apartment near Fort Bragg Army base.

00:25:08But it turns out Holly's not the only female soldier in the area to go missing that June.

00:25:15And right at the same time, there's two different investigations, also with soldiers, also with females.

00:25:21It's two females now.

00:25:23Both are in the military.

00:25:25And both of the situations are nothing about them as normal.

00:25:30It was getting interesting here at the Fayetteville Police Department.

00:25:36About a month before Holly disappeared, another female soldier from Fort Bragg went missing.

00:25:42The police got a call saying that there was a strange odor coming out of this hotel.

00:25:47And that took a chilling turn.

00:25:51A deceased person was located inside room 143.

00:25:57She was dressed in a bathing suit almost as like she had just left the pool.

00:26:01And then when the maintenance guy found her, the water was still running in the bathtub.

00:26:05She was submerged in the bathtub.

00:26:08And so there was water everywhere.

00:26:10There was actually a towel along the bottom edge of the door.

00:26:14So whoever had done it was thinking ahead.

00:26:17And so that way the water couldn't get out to alert anybody.

00:26:19This room had been rented to a Megan Tuma.

00:26:24Megan was a soldier, an active duty soldier.

00:26:2823-year-old Megan Tuma was a dental specialist who had been with the Army for five years.

00:26:33Her body was found in a hotel room June 21st.

00:26:35She was seven months pregnant and may have been dead for days.

00:26:40Megan Tuma had newly transferred to Fort Bragg from a military base in Germany.

00:26:46She was supposed to go to work and she didn't show up for work.

00:26:49They did not notice that she was missing.

00:26:53She's found on the 21st of June.

00:26:55The last time she was seen I believe was 15 June.

00:26:57So there's about a six day gap.

00:26:59And then the hotel that she was staying in off post, she had one of those do not disturbs on.

00:27:03And so that's why she was in there for a lengthy time without anybody coming in.

00:27:07So she was in an advanced state of decomposition.

00:27:10Some evidence of a struggle.

00:27:12Some of what we believe to be blood, light blood transfer on the wall.

00:27:16So she was murdered in that hotel.

00:27:19The autopsy revealed she had been strangled.

00:27:22We flipped the switch then and it went to a homicide investigation.

00:27:25There was something else in the room though that made us really suspicious.

00:27:29The mirror outside the bathroom had a very large insignia drawn on it and lipstick.

00:27:40That insignia that was drawn there was the zodiac sign.

00:27:44A couple of days later we get a letter through the mail from a person purporting to be somebody

00:27:50who is reenacting the zodiac murders from the west coast.

00:27:55From 1968 to 1974, several newspapers in the San Francisco area received a series of anonymous letters from the self

00:28:05-proclaimed zodiac killer who claimed credit for up to 37 murders.

00:28:10The 2007 movie Zodiac put one of America's biggest unsolved murder cases on the big screen.

00:28:17It's unsigned except for a symbol.

00:28:21Is it me?

00:28:22Or does that look like a gun sign?

00:28:25A letter has surfaced claiming the murder is a work of a serial killer.

00:28:30Good morning Robin.

00:28:30That letter certainly has gotten everyone's attention.

00:28:33In a twisted case with very few leads, police have been forced to pay particular attention to this letter sent

00:28:39to a local newspaper.

00:28:40The writer signed the letter with a symbol made famous by the infamous zodiac killer of the 1960s.

00:28:46The Fayetteville Observer received a letter and this is what the letter said.

00:28:51I am responsible for the dead body that was found on Saturday, June 21st at 1130 in room 143.

00:28:58I confess that I have killed many times before in several states, but now I will start using my role

00:29:06model's signature.

00:29:09We were sitting down in a meeting with CID about this exact letter when we got the call to go

00:29:16out to Holly's apartment.

00:29:18We were like, what is going on here?

00:29:20It's like something you see in a movie.

00:29:21The guy's trying to communicate with the police by way of mail.

00:29:24And you're looking at the possibility this could be the same killer.

00:29:30Of course the same symbol is on the bottom of this letter that was written on the mirror in the

00:29:35hotel room

00:29:36and the lipstick, so are we dealing with a copycat here?

00:29:42We very much thought that it was a possibility these were connected.

00:29:45Was Holly this killer's next victim?

00:29:48Which would have been just a couple of weeks after Megan Tumas' murder.

00:29:52So it was certainly of interest and of concern in the disappearance of Holly.

00:29:59The public is demanding answers.

00:30:02Now people are making phone calls.

00:30:04They're calling the chief, the city council.

00:30:06Hey, is there a serial killer in Fayetteville?

00:30:09But as investigators dig deeper into the Megan Tumas case, they begin to question that serial killer theory.

00:30:17Detectives are able to uncover evidence that her murder might have been a highly personal one.

00:30:23And the trail leads to someone very close to her.

00:30:27She had began a relationship with an individual and she had become pregnant as a result of that relationship.

00:30:33Well, it turns out he was married.

00:30:36He was in the military in the same base in Germany that Megan was assigned to.

00:30:41And we did a search warrant on his house and you wouldn't believe it.

00:30:46He was actually actively taking the crime scene class at a local college here in Fayetteville.

00:30:51Authorities began to close in on the man that they think might be responsible for Megan's murder.

00:30:57And in that parallel investigation, detectives also uncover evidence that Holly's disappearance also might not have been random.

00:31:05That it too could have been a highly personal crime.

00:31:09It was obvious that something terrible had happened to Holly.

00:31:13And we were fairly certain that it was someone close to her that had done it.

00:31:19Could a woman connected to John Wymonck with a possible grudge against Holly be responsible for her disappearance?

00:31:27She was a threat.

00:31:28She was a threat.

00:31:48She was a threat.

00:31:57the public is wanting to know, what are we doing about it?

00:32:02But then a huge development in the Megan Tuma case,

00:32:06as Fayetteville police close in on the person

00:32:09they suspect is responsible for her murder.

00:32:12Police in North Carolina are expected to offer details today

00:32:15about the death of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier.

00:32:18Who was it that was ultimately found to be the murderer in this case?

00:32:22The person that was responsible for taking Megan Tuma's life

00:32:26was Edgar Pitino.

00:32:27He was the father of her child that she was carrying.

00:32:31And then the person claiming to have killed her

00:32:34had sent letters to the newspaper and to the police

00:32:38claiming to be like the Zodiac killer.

00:32:42We were able to prove that the letters that were sent

00:32:44were typed at our suspect's house

00:32:46by a typewriter in our suspect's room.

00:32:49Edgar was also married at the time

00:32:52and he had killed Megan Tuma

00:32:56because she was pregnant with a child

00:32:58and yet he was still married

00:32:59and he wanted to remain with his wife.

00:33:03And he's the one that set that crime scene up.

00:33:06He's the one that drew that Zodiac sign on the mirror.

00:33:10Tino was playing games with the cops,

00:33:12trying to be too clever for his own good

00:33:14and lead them astray,

00:33:15and I don't think they ever really bought it.

00:33:17So at that point, we had ruled out

00:33:20that the killer of Megan Tuma

00:33:23was also the killer or person responsible

00:33:26for the disappearance of Holly.

00:33:30So now the race is on

00:33:32to find the culprit behind Holly's disappearance.

00:33:35A review of the evidence at the crime scene

00:33:38has investigators convinced that Holly knew her assailant.

00:33:44There was no evidence

00:33:45that there was an intruder

00:33:47who had forced their way into the home

00:33:49through the door, through a window

00:33:51or something like that.

00:33:52We never thought that some stranger

00:33:55walking down Morganton Road

00:33:57just decided to peep through this girl's window

00:33:59and do all of this.

00:34:01We were fairly certain that the person

00:34:03that had done all these things

00:34:05knew her

00:34:06and that she knew that person.

00:34:10Did it seem to indicate

00:34:12that this may have been done

00:34:13by somebody who knew

00:34:14the details of that apartment?

00:34:17Holly either let that person in

00:34:18or that person made his way

00:34:21into the apartment by some other means,

00:34:23possibly by a key.

00:34:24Detectives believe that

00:34:26whoever was in Holly's apartment

00:34:28also tried to cover up evidence

00:34:30of what happened there.

00:34:32We found actually a carpet cleaner

00:34:34and we tested that carpet cleaner

00:34:36and it tested positive for blood

00:34:38on a preliminary test.

00:34:40Just from what I'd seen,

00:34:42the reaction we got from the luminol,

00:34:44the amount of carpet

00:34:46that was cut from the floor in the bedroom,

00:34:48the bed sheets and clothing and stuff

00:34:50had been taken off the bed.

00:34:52All those were indicators for me

00:34:54that there had been at least

00:34:55some measure of crime scene cleanup

00:34:57that had tried to take place.

00:35:01Whoever did this

00:35:02might have tried to cover their tracks,

00:35:05but that crumpled letter

00:35:07was left behind.

00:35:09It appeared that

00:35:10whoever wrote that note

00:35:11was inside the apartment

00:35:13when this terrible thing

00:35:15happened to Holly,

00:35:16but it does not identify

00:35:17who they were

00:35:18or what their relationship

00:35:19to Holly was.

00:35:21The person that wrote this letter

00:35:23is the person that tried

00:35:24to burn that apartment,

00:35:25which is the person

00:35:25that knows where Holly's at.

00:35:27That's the way I was looking at it.

00:35:29At the time of Holly's disappearance,

00:35:30we knew she was going through

00:35:32a tumultuous time in her life.

00:35:36As investigators look

00:35:38into Holly's personal life for clues,

00:35:40they learn that about eight months

00:35:41before she went missing,

00:35:43Holly had filed a request

00:35:44for a temporary restraining order

00:35:46against an ex-girlfriend

00:35:47of her husband named Lindsay.

00:35:50In the filing,

00:35:51Holly alleges that for 18 months,

00:35:54the defendant has continuously

00:35:55posted pictures of herself

00:35:57and my spouse on the Internet

00:35:59with comments directed at me

00:36:01and claims I have changed

00:36:03my phone number six times.

00:36:07Holly would always call Lindsay

00:36:09John's little girlfriend.

00:36:14I think there was a lot of yelling,

00:36:16a lot of swearing.

00:36:19Holly was getting exhausted

00:36:20because of the bombardment.

00:36:23I think she was just

00:36:25at the end of her rope.

00:36:27Lindsay denied harassing Holly.

00:36:29In fact,

00:36:30she tells investigators

00:36:31Holly was the one harassing her

00:36:33and she was never served

00:36:36with Holly's request

00:36:37for a restraining order.

00:36:39She was considered threat.

00:36:40That's why we wanted to look at her

00:36:41because we had to consider her.

00:36:43But when investigators talk to her,

00:36:46she denies having anything

00:36:48to do with Holly's disappearance.

00:36:50They also discover

00:36:51she had an alibi

00:36:52on the date Holly disappeared.

00:36:54What did she say?

00:36:56She provided a full breakdown

00:36:57of her timeline leading up

00:36:59to the disappearance of Holly.

00:37:00She was not in Fayetteville

00:37:02the night Holly went missing.

00:37:03So there was no evidence

00:37:05whatsoever to charge her

00:37:07for what happened to Holly.

00:37:09She had no criminal culpability

00:37:10in this at all.

00:37:12While Lindsay is fully cleared,

00:37:14investigators say she provides them

00:37:16with some revealing information

00:37:18about John Wymonk's activities

00:37:20the night of Holly's disappearance.

00:37:22She actually told us

00:37:23about a phone call

00:37:24that she had with John

00:37:25and John said that he was actually

00:37:27on his way to Fayetteville.

00:37:29So that was a key piece

00:37:30of evidence for us.

00:37:31When she called him,

00:37:32he was like,

00:37:33I'm on my way.

00:37:34I can't do this anymore.

00:37:35Why would he reveal this to her?

00:37:37That's what we had to look at.

00:37:39As investigators learn more

00:37:40about John Wymonk,

00:37:41they decide to bring him in again

00:37:43to answer questions

00:37:44about his wife's disappearance.

00:37:46I'm at the point where

00:37:47I have no idea what's going on.

00:37:49This is my wife.

00:37:51What the f*** has become my wife?

00:37:54That's what we're all

00:37:54trying to find out.

00:37:56And a shocking discovery

00:37:57in the middle of nowhere

00:37:59will bring yet another Marine

00:38:01into the frame.

00:38:02Guess where I just come from?

00:38:04They soot and dirt on my shoe.

00:38:06Why do you think

00:38:07they're soot and dirt on my shoe?

00:38:09How am I supposed to be

00:38:10in anything that you say?

00:38:21For God's sake, son,

00:38:23I need to find this woman.

00:38:24I need to,

00:38:25I gotta do something

00:38:26for these kids.

00:38:27You know,

00:38:27everything's okay.

00:38:28I'll talk to you later, baby.

00:38:30Tell him it's a Chevy.

00:38:32It's a Chevy!

00:38:33This young mother,

00:38:35this soldier is missing.

00:38:37The clock was ticking.

00:38:39What the f*** is going on

00:38:40with my wife?

00:38:42You know what I mean?

00:38:43That's what we're all

00:38:43trying to find out.

00:38:44Here was a mysterious person

00:38:46running through the parking lot

00:38:47and getting into

00:38:48a black pickup truck.

00:38:50Today is the day of salvation.

00:38:51You better,

00:38:51you better get on board

00:38:52right now.

00:38:53What he specifically said is,

00:38:55are y'all looking

00:38:56for a blonde girl?

00:38:57If you somehow committed

00:38:58a perfect murder

00:38:59and left no evidence,

00:39:01you could get away with it.

00:39:05He's like,

00:39:05what's the worst thing

00:39:05I've ever done?

00:39:06He said,

00:39:07the worst thing

00:39:07I've ever done

00:39:08is double something.

00:39:09He carved her name

00:39:10into a bullet

00:39:12and told her,

00:39:13this one's for you.

00:39:15It's come to Jesus time.

00:39:16Now you tell me.

00:39:17Tell me the rest of it.

00:39:18Tell me the rest of it.

00:39:34For many years,

00:39:35I woke up at 4 a.m.,

00:39:37went to the basement

00:39:38so I could cry

00:39:39and called out

00:39:40for my daughter.

00:39:45When I had contacted you,

00:39:47I had no idea

00:39:48it would be so complicated.

00:39:50You stole my daughter

00:39:52from me.

00:39:58Holly was a 2nd Lieutenant

00:40:00Nurse Corps officer.

00:40:03She was assigned

00:40:05to Womack Army Medical Center

00:40:06at Fort Brite.

00:40:07All of her patients loved her.

00:40:10Her co-workers loved her.

00:40:12That morning of the 10th of July,

00:40:14that was the first indication

00:40:16that something strange

00:40:17that happened.

00:40:18She didn't show up for work

00:40:19and she wouldn't answer

00:40:20any of the calls

00:40:21from her friends.

00:40:23And for them,

00:40:24that was a big deal.

00:40:26Her co-workers there

00:40:28became concerned.

00:40:29So they went to her apartment

00:40:31and found that

00:40:33it had been set on fire.

00:40:36What the scene did tell us

00:40:37was that something horrible

00:40:38had happened

00:40:39inside that apartment.

00:40:42You just don't know

00:40:43the full extent

00:40:44of what has occurred,

00:40:45but you're also kind of

00:40:47afraid of what

00:40:48you might find.

00:40:49Your father was on a mission

00:40:50to try to figure out

00:40:51what happened

00:40:52to his daughter.

00:40:53He was on a mission

00:40:54and he wasn't going

00:40:55to let it go.

00:40:56I was living like

00:40:58in two different worlds,

00:40:59I think.

00:40:59One believing

00:41:00that she's alive,

00:41:01another that she's dead.

00:41:05This young mother,

00:41:07this soldier,

00:41:08is missing.

00:41:10The clock was ticking.

00:41:12There was a lot

00:41:13of pressure on us.

00:41:16It had been three days

00:41:17since Holly James

00:41:18had disappeared.

00:41:19Police had taken

00:41:20a close look

00:41:21at John Wymonk's

00:41:22former girlfriend,

00:41:23but investigators discovered

00:41:25that she had an alibi

00:41:26for the night

00:41:26Holly went missing

00:41:29and was nowhere

00:41:30near Fayetteville.

00:41:31What was her demeanor

00:41:33when you were talking

00:41:34to her investigating?

00:41:35She was scared

00:41:35that she had been drawn

00:41:36into this mess.

00:41:39She was ruled out

00:41:40as a suspect

00:41:41in the investigation,

00:41:42but she had provided

00:41:43information that was helpful.

00:41:46Investigators say

00:41:47the former girlfriend

00:41:47is able to provide them

00:41:49with an inside look

00:41:50at the relationship

00:41:52between John and Holly.

00:41:54They had been married

00:41:55for approximately a year,

00:41:57but towards the end

00:41:58of this one-year marriage,

00:41:59it had become

00:42:00rather complicated

00:42:01between them.

00:42:02Holly's brother, Bo,

00:42:03says the phone calls

00:42:05between John and Holly

00:42:07were becoming

00:42:08increasingly volatile.

00:42:10He would be on the phone

00:42:11and then he would be

00:42:11just screaming at her.

00:42:13You're watching him scream

00:42:15and you could hear

00:42:15your sister Holly

00:42:16reacting to that.

00:42:18What was she doing?

00:42:19Crying, telling him

00:42:20to stop.

00:42:20And I felt like,

00:42:21well, I need to say something,

00:42:22but at the same time,

00:42:23I thought, well,

00:42:24this is a married couple.

00:42:26I thought about

00:42:26if somebody tried

00:42:27doing that to me,

00:42:27it might upset me.

00:42:30As investigators looked

00:42:31deeper into their relationship,

00:42:33they learned from friends

00:42:34as close to Holly

00:42:35that John seemed insecure

00:42:38that he held a lower rank

00:42:40than his wife.

00:42:41I think it was something

00:42:42of a resentment

00:42:45that she was a woman

00:42:47and she outrighted him.

00:42:50John Y. Monk

00:42:51was a corporal?

00:42:53Yes.

00:42:54So his level of skills

00:42:56was pretty high-end?

00:42:58I would say it was good.

00:43:00He's still honing his skills

00:43:02and still learning.

00:43:04Her being an officer,

00:43:05she outranked him

00:43:06and he would always tell her,

00:43:08you're not a real officer,

00:43:11things like that,

00:43:12just putting her down.

00:43:13We had a non-commissioned officer

00:43:15married to an Army second lieutenant.

00:43:17It just doesn't happen.

00:43:21That's the first time

00:43:21in my whole career

00:43:22that I had seen something like that.

00:43:26According to Holly's friends,

00:43:28it was clear that John's attitude

00:43:30and frequent yelling

00:43:31directed towards his wife

00:43:32and distance between their bases

00:43:35was putting a strain

00:43:36on their relationship.

00:43:38I didn't talk to you still.

00:43:40I just wanted to send you

00:43:41a quick happy

00:43:41and let you know

00:43:42that everything's okay.

00:43:44They lived two and a half hours apart.

00:43:47Eventually,

00:43:47their marriage became estranged.

00:43:51She had put up

00:43:52with the emotional abuse

00:43:53and I think she finally realized

00:43:54that it wasn't going

00:43:56to get any better.

00:43:57And as investigators

00:43:58continued to dig,

00:43:59they begin to realize

00:44:01that the alleged abuse

00:44:03may have been

00:44:04more than emotional.

00:44:05We had done a number

00:44:06of interviews

00:44:07with her friends,

00:44:08some of the ladies

00:44:09that worked with her at Womack.

00:44:11First thing they told us

00:44:12was how violent

00:44:13John had been in the past.

00:44:16Armed with these insights

00:44:18into Holly and John's marriage,

00:44:21investigators head

00:44:22to Camp Lejeune

00:44:23to talk with him.

00:44:24This is where the Marines are.

00:44:26They have a lot of questions

00:44:28for Holly's husband,

00:44:31John Wymonk,

00:44:32about where he was

00:44:33and what he did that night.

00:44:37NCIS agent brought him in

00:44:39from the command,

00:44:40interviewed him

00:44:41just to try and figure out

00:44:43what was going on

00:44:44and what he knew

00:44:44about Holly's whereabouts.

00:44:47Hey, John.

00:44:48Here's my guy, buddy.

00:44:50Hey, John.

00:44:51How you doing, sir?

00:44:51Let me sit

00:44:52this hot coffee down, buddy.

00:44:53What's going on?

00:44:55John?

00:44:56Jeff Locklear

00:44:57from Upbeat View.

00:44:58He expressed

00:44:59that there were concerns

00:45:01for his wife,

00:45:02that he did not know

00:45:02where she was.

00:45:05I'm at the point

00:45:05where I have no idea

00:45:07what's going on, okay?

00:45:08This is my wife.

00:45:10Everybody knows that.

00:45:12That is my apartment.

00:45:15What the f*** is going on

00:45:16with my wife?

00:45:17You know what I mean?

00:45:18That's what we're all

00:45:19trying to find out, man.

00:45:21After a brief conversation,

00:45:23the agent conducting

00:45:23the interview

00:45:24noticed a smell of alcohol

00:45:26and that Corporal Wymonk

00:45:28was likely intoxicated

00:45:30or under the influence

00:45:31of alcohol.

00:45:32I have been drinking.

00:45:33Okay.

00:45:34And I don't want

00:45:34the things that I say

00:45:36to be turned around.

00:45:38I don't want to talk

00:45:39with you now that,

00:45:41you know,

00:45:42I can smell the odor of alcohol

00:45:43and I don't want to talk

00:45:44to you about legal stuff

00:45:44while that's even

00:45:45a question in my mind.

00:45:47Let's handle all that tomorrow.

00:45:49So he's free to go.

00:45:50He's not in custody

00:45:51or whatever.

00:45:51So what did you learn

00:45:53in this investigation here?

00:45:54It gives me a chance

00:45:55to look him in his eye.

00:45:57It gives me a chance

00:45:58to smell him.

00:45:59There's a difference

00:46:00between regular sweat

00:46:01and stress sweat.

00:46:02You can smell that guy.

00:46:04Really?

00:46:04So you knew at that point?

00:46:06Yeah.

00:46:06He ain't telling me

00:46:07everything, right?

00:46:10In any type of case

00:46:12where we have

00:46:12a missing person,

00:46:13we have suspicious

00:46:13circumstances.

00:46:15I mean,

00:46:15the spouse is obviously

00:46:16a person of interest.

00:46:18NCIS will immediately

00:46:19look at them

00:46:20and try to establish,

00:46:21are they related

00:46:22or are they unrelated?

00:46:23Either way.

00:46:25We continue

00:46:26to gather evidence

00:46:27to interview people,

00:46:28really focus in

00:46:30on John's movements

00:46:31and whereabouts

00:46:32around July 9th.

00:46:35But as investigators

00:46:36focus their attention

00:46:38on John Weinmonk,

00:46:39they are also conducting

00:46:41a canvas of Holly's

00:46:42apartment complex

00:46:43and get a tip

00:46:44that is about to pay off

00:46:46in a big way.

00:46:47Here was a mysterious person

00:46:49running through the parking lot

00:46:50and getting into

00:46:51a black pickup truck.

00:46:53It gave us something

00:46:55to go on.

00:46:56It was a turning point

00:46:58in the investigation.

00:47:14As investigators

00:47:15continue their urgent search

00:47:17for any leads linked

00:47:18to Holly's disappearance,

00:47:20they get their first

00:47:21big break in the case

00:47:23at her apartment complex.

00:47:25We began interviewing neighbors.

00:47:28Did anybody see anything?

00:47:29Did anybody hear anything?

00:47:31We interviewed one young lady

00:47:33and she said that the night

00:47:35that apartment was burned

00:47:37she was outside

00:47:38walking her dog

00:47:40and she said

00:47:42that she saw a guy

00:47:43running through the shadows.

00:47:45She said

00:47:46he was purposely trying

00:47:47to stay in the shadows

00:47:49and that he had

00:47:50dark clothing on

00:47:51and that he was a white male.

00:47:53She did distinctly remember

00:47:54him running out to a truck.

00:47:58It gave us

00:47:59something to go on.

00:48:01Investigators talked

00:48:02to anyone involved

00:48:04in Holly's life

00:48:05to find out more details

00:48:06about that truck

00:48:08and who it may have

00:48:09belonged to,

00:48:10including at Camp Lejeune

00:48:12where she often spent time

00:48:13with her husband.

00:48:15As the police canvassed

00:48:17and interviewed people

00:48:18at Camp Lejeune,

00:48:19they found out

00:48:20that a young Marine

00:48:21named Kyle

00:48:22had been asking around

00:48:23about borrowing

00:48:24a pickup truck

00:48:25to help a friend

00:48:26move some things

00:48:27and that was in the time

00:48:28period that Holly

00:48:30had disappeared.

00:48:30Kyle is in fact

00:48:32Lance Corporal

00:48:33Kyle Alden

00:48:34and investigators

00:48:35discover the identity

00:48:37of the man

00:48:38who he said

00:48:38he was helping to move.

00:48:40It was none other

00:48:41than Holly's husband,

00:48:43John Weimock.

00:48:44This became

00:48:44a very important

00:48:46piece of information

00:48:47so we wanted to talk

00:48:48to Kyle

00:48:48and see if we could

00:48:49connect the dots.

00:48:50Hey buddy.

00:48:51Hey, I'm Locklear.

00:48:54Hello, I'm from...

00:48:55Alden is brought in

00:48:57for an interview

00:48:57at Camp Lejeune

00:48:58with Detective

00:48:59Jeff Locklear.

00:49:02This apartment,

00:49:03we got a fire

00:49:03apartment.

00:49:04Yes, sir.

00:49:04Okay.

00:49:05Um, do you know

00:49:07who owns that apartment?

00:49:08Without me even

00:49:09getting the specifics,

00:49:10go ahead and tell me

00:49:11who owns the apartment

00:49:12in Fayneville.

00:49:13Who used to live there?

00:49:14John Weimock.

00:49:15John Weimock.

00:49:16And you know John?

00:49:17Yes, sir.

00:49:17Okay.

00:49:18So you have this,

00:49:18all this evidence,

00:49:19you go to interview

00:49:21Alden,

00:49:22so you treat him

00:49:23like your buddy

00:49:25to be somebody

00:49:26who you want

00:49:27to be nice to.

00:49:27Never had to raise

00:49:28my voice to him.

00:49:30We're cussing

00:49:30and yelling at him.

00:49:31We weren't accusing

00:49:32him of anything,

00:49:33just going through

00:49:34and stuff,

00:49:35and it kind of

00:49:36set the stage

00:49:36for him to begin

00:49:38to let his guard

00:49:39down some.

00:49:40And, uh,

00:49:42you got to get

00:49:43the Fayneville

00:49:44when you went

00:49:45and picked up

00:49:45the stuff.

00:49:46We get to Fayneville,

00:49:47walked to the back

00:49:48of the apartment

00:49:48building,

00:49:49grabbed the grill,

00:49:50left it over the

00:49:52railing,

00:49:52and put it in the truck.

00:49:53So you guys

00:49:55didn't go inside

00:49:56his old apartment?

00:49:58No, sir.

00:49:59Kyle Alden

00:49:59tells Locklear

00:50:00that he and Y Monk

00:50:02went to Holly's apartment

00:50:03but could not

00:50:04get inside.

00:50:05He then says

00:50:06that they left.

00:50:08He went back home

00:50:09to go sleep

00:50:09with his wife.

00:50:10But it turns out

00:50:12that Locklear

00:50:12had already

00:50:13spoken to Alden's wife.

00:50:16She says,

00:50:17I don't know

00:50:18what the heck's

00:50:18going on,

00:50:19okay?

00:50:20But not only that,

00:50:21but he's telling me

00:50:22to cover him.

00:50:25Okay?

00:50:29He was lying

00:50:30about large elements

00:50:31of the story.

00:50:32This is true.

00:50:33At this point

00:50:34of the interview,

00:50:35Locklear decides

00:50:36to dramatically

00:50:37up the ante

00:50:38with Alden.

00:50:39For God's sake,

00:50:40son,

00:50:40I need to find

00:50:41this woman.

00:50:42I need to,

00:50:42I gotta do something

00:50:43for these kids.

00:50:44Help me.

00:50:45Help me.

00:50:46Help me.

00:50:47Help you.

00:50:48That life wraps up.

00:50:49I need for you

00:50:49to grab it.

00:50:50I need for you

00:50:50to hold on to it.

00:50:51If you don't get it

00:50:51right now,

00:50:53okay,

00:50:53tomorrow is gonna

00:50:54be too late.

00:50:55Yes, sir.

00:50:56I'm telling you,

00:50:56for God's sake,

00:50:58son,

00:50:58tell me.

00:51:00Tell me.

00:51:02Tell me.

00:51:02Now's the time.

00:51:04Yesterday was history.

00:51:06Yes, sir.

00:51:06Tomorrow's a mystery.

00:51:07Today is what

00:51:08we're dealing with.

00:51:09Today is the day

00:51:09of salvation.

00:51:10You better,

00:51:10you better get on board

00:51:11right now.

00:51:12Yes, sir.

00:51:13He seems to be

00:51:14holding back.

00:51:15We, we think he knows

00:51:16more than he's telling us.

00:51:18Did John hurt Holly?

00:51:19I have no idea.

00:51:21I hope not.

00:51:22Do you think John

00:51:22hurt Holly?

00:51:24Kind of,

00:51:25but I'm gonna hope not.

00:51:26I do, too.

00:51:27I would love

00:51:28for Holly

00:51:29to call me right now.

00:51:31That ain't gonna happen.

00:51:32But as Detective Locklear

00:51:33is turning the screws

00:51:34on Kyle Alden,

00:51:36the interview

00:51:36is suddenly interrupted.

00:51:39And somebody came

00:51:40and knocked on

00:51:41the interview door.

00:51:42Go outside

00:51:43and talk to the boss

00:51:43a minute.

00:51:44If somebody's

00:51:45stopping the interview,

00:51:46the building better

00:51:46be on fire.

00:51:47But somebody did.

00:51:48A 911 call

00:51:49has come in

00:51:50from a forestry service

00:51:51in nearby Onslow County.

00:51:54Hey, what?

00:51:55Yes, you heard me right.

00:51:57That could lead

00:51:59to happiness

00:51:59or heartache.

00:52:01What he specifically said

00:52:02is,

00:52:03are y'all looking

00:52:03for a blonde girl?

00:52:18It had been four days

00:52:19since Lieutenant Holly

00:52:20James had vanished.

00:52:21And at this point,

00:52:22John Y. Monk

00:52:23has emerged

00:52:24as the prime suspect

00:52:25in the disappearance

00:52:26of his wife.

00:52:27A fact not lost

00:52:29on his commanding officer,

00:52:30Colonel Kirk Cordoba.

00:52:31The prime suspect

00:52:33was a Marine

00:52:33and it was one

00:52:34of my Marines.

00:52:35And given the reputation

00:52:36that he had,

00:52:37did you think

00:52:38at that time

00:52:38that maybe he is

00:52:39somebody that could

00:52:40be guilty of this?

00:52:41Um, yes.

00:52:44Given his nature

00:52:45and the fact

00:52:47that he is somewhat

00:52:47of a hothead

00:52:48and wanted to be

00:52:48in control all the time.

00:52:50As soon as I heard

00:52:51Wymock was

00:52:52our prime suspect,

00:52:54I assigned somebody

00:52:55to him

00:52:55and make sure

00:52:55he didn't leave,

00:52:57didn't run.

00:52:58So we knew

00:52:59where he was at

00:52:59at all times.

00:53:01While investigators

00:53:02methodically build

00:53:03their case

00:53:04against Wymock,

00:53:05Jesse James decides

00:53:07to take a more

00:53:08direct approach,

00:53:10confronting him

00:53:11in person.

00:53:12What did he say

00:53:12exactly to you?

00:53:13I drove out

00:53:14to Camp Lejeune

00:53:17and he was

00:53:18with like three friends.

00:53:20I saw some arrogance,

00:53:23saw that he was drinking.

00:53:25I just leaned into him

00:53:27very, very close.

00:53:28And I said,

00:53:29John,

00:53:30if you somehow

00:53:31committed a perfect murder

00:53:32and left no evidence

00:53:34behind

00:53:35and no one but you

00:53:37knows it,

00:53:38there's a sliver

00:53:39of chance

00:53:39that you could get away

00:53:40with it.

00:53:41But I said,

00:53:42if one person knows,

00:53:44you're going to die

00:53:45for the crime.

00:53:46What did you read

00:53:47in his face?

00:53:48Fear.

00:53:50Fear that all

00:53:51the arrogance

00:53:51was gone.

00:53:52If I'd have had

00:53:53a gun that day,

00:53:56I would have killed him.

00:54:05I want you to tell me

00:54:06what happened.

00:54:06I've got to find

00:54:06Holly.

00:54:07For God's sakes,

00:54:08where's Holly at?

00:54:09I do not know.

00:54:10Okay.

00:54:11Police continue to try

00:54:12and chip away

00:54:13at Wymonk's fellow

00:54:14Marine,

00:54:14Kyle Alden,

00:54:15but if he knows

00:54:16anything about

00:54:17Holly's disappearance,

00:54:18he's not giving up

00:54:19the goods.

00:54:20Investigators knew

00:54:21he wasn't telling

00:54:22the truth

00:54:22and that he was

00:54:23hiding something.

00:54:25He was stonewalling

00:54:26the investigation.

00:54:28Oh, yeah.

00:54:29I was surprised

00:54:30that he could hold out

00:54:31as long as he held out.

00:54:34So he was in the middle

00:54:36of an interview,

00:54:36and suddenly

00:54:37some information came in

00:54:38that something was found

00:54:39at this field

00:54:41about 15 miles away

00:54:43from Camp Lejeune.

00:54:46NCIS received a phone call.

00:54:48What we discovered

00:54:49was that the North Carolina

00:54:50Forestry Service

00:54:51had responded to a fire

00:54:54in a wooded area

00:54:56in Sneeds Ferry, North Carolina.

00:54:57So when those guys

00:54:58got to the scene

00:54:59and they go over there,

00:55:01it was pretty clear

00:55:03that there's a body

00:55:05in a shallow grave

00:55:06that looks like

00:55:07someone has tried to burn.

00:55:10They put the call

00:55:11in to the sheriff's office.

00:55:13We down here

00:55:14on this fire?

00:55:15Uh-huh.

00:55:15We need sheriff

00:55:16calling down here

00:55:17for possible

00:55:18burn that body.

00:55:22You're right?

00:55:23Yes, you heard me right.

00:55:26When they called you,

00:55:27they knew it was a body.

00:55:29They said,

00:55:29we believe we found

00:55:30a burial site

00:55:31and this might be

00:55:34the missing female

00:55:35from Fayetteville.

00:55:37What he specifically

00:55:38said is,

00:55:38are y'all looking

00:55:39for a blonde girl?

00:55:40And obviously,

00:55:41that hit really close

00:55:43to home.

00:55:45It was a sad day

00:55:47in that we knew

00:55:47what had ultimately

00:55:48happened to Holly.

00:55:50The authorities

00:55:52shifted their focus

00:55:53here to Sneeds Ferry,

00:55:55North Carolina.

00:55:56This is about

00:55:57130 miles away

00:55:58where Holly was living

00:56:00in her apartment,

00:56:02only about 15 miles away

00:56:04from Camp Lejeune.

00:56:06If you were looking

00:56:07to hide a body,

00:56:08it would be a good

00:56:08place to do it.

00:56:10It's a very remote spot.

00:56:13We drove out there

00:56:14to the crime scene

00:56:15to the burial site.

00:56:17You saw a body there,

00:56:20a burnt body.

00:56:21I saw human remains

00:56:23rolled up in what

00:56:24appeared to be

00:56:25an air mattress.

00:56:27There was a hatchet

00:56:28in the burn pit

00:56:29with the remains.

00:56:31I saw a number

00:56:32of knives that looked

00:56:33like they came

00:56:34out of a butcher block.

00:56:36Were those the ones

00:56:37that were also identified

00:56:39that we saw in the pictures

00:56:40inside her apartment

00:56:41that day when it was found

00:56:44out that she was missing?

00:56:45Right, so those knives

00:56:47that were found

00:56:48with the body

00:56:50matched the style,

00:56:51make, and type

00:56:52that were missing

00:56:53from Holly's apartment.

00:56:57Best way I could

00:56:58explain it to you

00:56:59is it was an oval-shaped,

00:57:01six-inch hole

00:57:03in the ground

00:57:03long enough, you know,

00:57:05to place her body.

00:57:06So she was not buried.

00:57:07She was just laid there

00:57:08for the fire.

00:57:09And then how did

00:57:09they ignite it?

00:57:10Gasoline.

00:57:12Just poured it

00:57:12all around the area.

00:57:18Jesse James is at

00:57:19his son's house

00:57:20at Camp Lejeune

00:57:21when a detective

00:57:22from Fayetteville Police

00:57:23calls him with the news.

00:57:25And of course I said,

00:57:26let's go.

00:57:27I'm going out there,

00:57:29you know,

00:57:29to see the remains.

00:57:31And he said,

00:57:32well, he said,

00:57:33I don't think you

00:57:34should do that.

00:57:35I don't think you should

00:57:36come out there with us.

00:57:37And I said, well,

00:57:38you know, I don't care

00:57:39really what you think

00:57:40at this point.

00:57:41I'm going out

00:57:42where my child's

00:57:43remains were found.

00:57:46And he says,

00:57:47well, let me just

00:57:48try to make it

00:57:49a little clearer.

00:57:50There isn't much

00:57:51to see.

00:57:52He said the body

00:57:53had been burning

00:57:54for days.

00:57:56I know that

00:57:57when it came

00:57:58to finding her,

00:57:59there was a lot

00:58:00of love poured

00:58:02into it.

00:58:02And that is something

00:58:04that I really

00:58:05appreciate,

00:58:06that people who

00:58:07didn't necessarily

00:58:08know her

00:58:10still felt

00:58:11the need

00:58:12to find her

00:58:13and loved her

00:58:15as deeply

00:58:16as they did.

00:58:17An autopsy

00:58:19would confirm

00:58:19that the dismembered

00:58:21remains found

00:58:22in the pit

00:58:23were Holly's.

00:58:24The cause of death

00:58:26was a single gunshot

00:58:27wound to the head.

00:58:28During the initial

00:58:30crime scene process,

00:58:31one of the things

00:58:32that kind of stood

00:58:33out to me

00:58:33was a small hole

00:58:36in the closet door

00:58:37of the master bedroom.

00:58:41I didn't know

00:58:43why I couldn't

00:58:43explain it.

00:58:44Sure enough,

00:58:45as soon as we

00:58:46cut that door

00:58:46into, a piece

00:58:47of bullet fragment

00:58:48fell out.

00:58:50So my suspicions

00:58:51initially were correct

00:58:52that it looks like

00:58:54she was laying down

00:58:55on the floor

00:58:56in the bedroom.

00:58:57The round was fired

00:58:58into her head.

00:58:59It exited her head.

00:59:00It hit the concrete

00:59:00floor, ricocheted up,

00:59:02and rested

00:59:03in the closet door.

00:59:07One of the critical

00:59:08pieces that you need

00:59:10is the physical body

00:59:11of the person

00:59:13that was killed,

00:59:14and we had that now.

00:59:17And so the first thing

00:59:18we wanted to do

00:59:19is go talk to

00:59:20Kyle Alden again

00:59:22and ask him

00:59:23what really happened

00:59:24that day.

00:59:25But would this tough

00:59:26Marine

00:59:26finally crack?

00:59:28It's come to

00:59:29Jesus time,

00:59:30all right?

00:59:31But you can't

00:59:32get forgiveness

00:59:32unless you ask

00:59:33for forgiveness.

00:59:34You better get it

00:59:35out right now.

00:59:48Investigators

00:59:49have finally

00:59:50discovered the remains

00:59:51of Holly Lynn James

00:59:52at a site deep

00:59:53in a pine forest.

00:59:57But Kyle Alden

00:59:58denies knowing

00:59:59anything about

01:00:00what became of her.

01:00:02Have you guys

01:00:02found her body yet?

01:00:03I'm going to be honest

01:00:04with you, I mean,

01:00:05we will find her.

01:00:06All right?

01:00:07I can promise you that.

01:00:11As the questioning

01:00:12continues,

01:00:13Detective Locklear

01:00:14decides to see

01:00:15if some psychological

01:00:17persuasion

01:00:17could get Alden

01:00:18to open up.

01:00:19And then I guess

01:00:20that's the whole crew.

01:00:23Photos tend to help

01:00:24get people

01:00:25in their feelings

01:00:25and that's the reason

01:00:26I introduced

01:00:26some photos

01:00:27in the interview.

01:00:28So now you're

01:00:28showing him

01:00:29the pictures

01:00:30of these two

01:00:30adorable kids.

01:00:32He tried

01:00:33to not look

01:00:34at the photos.

01:00:35Every time

01:00:35I would catch him

01:00:36kind of leading off

01:00:38not looking at the photos,

01:00:39I said,

01:00:39no, no, no, no, no, no,

01:00:40no, no, no, no.

01:00:40Look at her

01:00:41and her kids.

01:00:42And that pressure

01:00:43really worked with him.

01:00:46Finally,

01:00:47Alden starts

01:00:47revealing details

01:00:49about the day

01:00:49of Holly's disappearance.

01:00:51He tells detectives

01:00:52that John Wymonk

01:00:54called to ask

01:00:55if he could borrow

01:00:56a truck.

01:00:57I told him

01:00:58I can make

01:00:58a couple phone calls

01:00:59and see if I can get

01:01:00a truck.

01:01:01He's like,

01:01:01okay, I'll meet

01:01:02Jim Clinton.

01:01:05What is this?

01:01:06Kyle Alden

01:01:08and John Wymonk

01:01:09stopped at a

01:01:10Shield gas station

01:01:11in Clinton, North Carolina,

01:01:12which is about

01:01:13halfway between here

01:01:14and Camp Lejeune.

01:01:16And then we go

01:01:17into the gas station.

01:01:18He's like,

01:01:19you want something to drink?

01:01:19It's like, okay.

01:01:22And then we go

01:01:23back outside.

01:01:24We talk a little bit.

01:01:25He's like,

01:01:26what's the worst

01:01:26thing you've ever done?

01:01:27He said,

01:01:28the worst thing

01:01:28I've ever done

01:01:29is killed somebody.

01:01:30What do you think

01:01:31he means by this?

01:01:33I do not know.

01:01:34I did not want to know.

01:01:35What else does he say?

01:01:37He's like,

01:01:39you can't say

01:01:39anything about this,

01:01:40but I need your help

01:01:45doing something.

01:01:46Okay.

01:01:47And did you ask

01:01:47him what he means?

01:01:48No.

01:01:48Are you worried

01:01:50at this point?

01:01:51I'm kind of worried.

01:01:52I'm kind of hesitant.

01:01:53What could he have done?

01:01:55Why does he not want

01:01:56me to tell anybody?

01:02:00The dam's beginning

01:02:01to break.

01:02:02The information's

01:02:03beginning to come forward.

01:02:07Alden says

01:02:07they leave

01:02:08the Shell station

01:02:09and about an hour later

01:02:11the pair reaches

01:02:12their destination,

01:02:13Holly's apartment

01:02:14in Fayetteville.

01:02:15Here,

01:02:16Alden changes his story,

01:02:17now saying

01:02:19that the two

01:02:19did in fact

01:02:21go into the apartment.

01:02:22You both get out

01:02:23of the truck

01:02:23and then walk

01:02:24down the sidewalk

01:02:25back over

01:02:26to his apartment.

01:02:27Then I come

01:02:28into the master bedroom

01:02:29and the carpet's

01:02:30torn out.

01:02:33I just don't think

01:02:35that he was prepared

01:02:36when he arrived

01:02:37at her apartment

01:02:38for what he saw.

01:02:39So you guys

01:02:39carried that stuff

01:02:40out to the truck?

01:02:41Yes.

01:02:42What do you do next?

01:02:44We go back in

01:02:44for the blue bag thing

01:02:46and then we just

01:02:47pick it up

01:02:47and carry it.

01:02:50How much

01:02:50the bag weighed?

01:02:51Probably about

01:02:53150 pounds.

01:02:54What do you think

01:02:55was in the bag?

01:02:56Thought crossed

01:02:56my mind.

01:02:57It's like

01:02:58the worst thing

01:02:58he's ever done

01:02:59is killed somebody.

01:03:01We're in his house.

01:03:01There was a blood

01:03:02spot on the wall.

01:03:02There's a blood

01:03:03spot on the bed.

01:03:04There's a blood

01:03:04spot on the floor.

01:03:05What the hell

01:03:06happened?

01:03:07Am I carrying out

01:03:07the body?

01:03:09He got really

01:03:10nervous talking

01:03:11about what he saw

01:03:13when he first

01:03:14arrived at the

01:03:15apartment.

01:03:15His carotic artery,

01:03:17you can watch that

01:03:18in a person

01:03:19and when they

01:03:19really get nervous

01:03:20it's almost like

01:03:21there's a little

01:03:21small green

01:03:23tree frog rat

01:03:24in their throat

01:03:25and it's just

01:03:26throbbing.

01:03:28We drive around

01:03:29for a little bit

01:03:30and then he says

01:03:31hey we need

01:03:31to go to Walmart's.

01:03:34Then a brazen

01:03:35act is caught

01:03:37on video.

01:03:37When they got

01:03:38to Walmart

01:03:39and parked

01:03:39they actually

01:03:41went to the

01:03:41bed of the

01:03:42truck,

01:03:42picked her

01:03:42body up,

01:03:44took it,

01:03:44put it in

01:03:45the cab

01:03:46of the truck,

01:03:47closed the door,

01:03:48locked it,

01:03:48went inside

01:03:49and shopped.

01:03:52We grabbed

01:03:52two jugs

01:03:53of shell oil.

01:03:55They pay

01:03:55for the items

01:03:56at the register

01:03:57and head

01:03:57back to the

01:03:58truck.

01:04:00They then

01:04:01came back

01:04:01out and

01:04:02removed her

01:04:03body from

01:04:04the interior

01:04:05of the truck

01:04:05and put it

01:04:06back in the

01:04:06bed.

01:04:07We retrieved

01:04:08that video.

01:04:09That was a really

01:04:10key piece of

01:04:10evidence for us

01:04:11that they had

01:04:13the callousness

01:04:13to do that.

01:04:16Alden says

01:04:17the pair

01:04:17then head

01:04:18back towards

01:04:19Camp Lejeune,

01:04:20stopping along

01:04:21the way

01:04:22to pick up

01:04:23Y Monk's car.

01:04:24And then from

01:04:25there,

01:04:26they each drive

01:04:27to a secluded

01:04:27spot.

01:04:39Alden says

01:04:40he then

01:04:40continues home

01:04:41solo,

01:04:42and that was

01:04:43the end

01:04:43of his involvement.

01:04:49But Detective

01:04:50Locklear

01:04:51has a hunch

01:04:52that Alden

01:04:53has more

01:04:54to tell.

01:04:56Could

01:04:57bringing him

01:04:58back for

01:04:58one more

01:04:59day of

01:04:59questioning

01:05:00finally break

01:05:01the case

01:05:01fully open?

01:05:04The next

01:05:05day,

01:05:05when I walked

01:05:06back in that

01:05:06interview room,

01:05:07I had my chest

01:05:08poked out and

01:05:09my tail feathers

01:05:10were high because

01:05:11I was on with

01:05:11information that

01:05:12I didn't have

01:05:13when I first

01:05:14went in there.

01:05:15And I let

01:05:16him know it.

01:05:16Guess where

01:05:17I just come

01:05:17from?

01:05:18They soot and

01:05:19dirt on my

01:05:20shoes.

01:05:21Why do you

01:05:21think there's

01:05:22soot and dirt

01:05:22on my shoes?

01:05:23I have no idea.

01:05:24I went where

01:05:27Holly's at.

01:05:28You have been

01:05:28lying to me

01:05:29since we met

01:05:30one another,

01:05:31right?

01:05:32But I don't

01:05:33understand why.

01:05:34Sensing that

01:05:35Alden is still

01:05:36holding back,

01:05:37Detective

01:05:38Jeff Locklear,

01:05:39who happens to

01:05:39be a preacher's

01:05:40son, invokes

01:05:41a higher

01:05:42authority.

01:05:44It's come to

01:05:45Jesus time,

01:05:46all right?

01:05:47But you can't

01:05:48get forgiveness

01:05:49unless you ask

01:05:49for forgiveness.

01:05:50You better get it

01:05:51out right now.

01:05:52Now you tell

01:05:52me.

01:05:53Tell me the

01:05:53rest of it.

01:05:53Tell me the

01:05:54rest of it.

01:05:56Will that

01:05:57appeal get

01:05:58Alden to see

01:05:58the light?

01:06:00Will he

01:06:00finally tell

01:06:01the truth

01:06:02about what

01:06:03really happened

01:06:03to Holly?

01:06:04I tell him

01:06:07this stuff

01:06:07is scaring me.

01:06:09I don't know

01:06:10what to do.

01:06:20in the NCIS

01:06:22building at Camp

01:06:23Lejeune, it's

01:06:23been three

01:06:24long days of

01:06:25questioning for

01:06:26Marine Kyle

01:06:26Alden.

01:06:29And it's at

01:06:29this point he

01:06:30finally tells

01:06:31investigators what

01:06:32he claims to

01:06:33know about

01:06:34John Y.

01:06:35Monk's

01:06:35involvement in

01:06:36the death of

01:06:37his wife Holly.

01:06:38He called me

01:06:39it was around

01:06:39630.

01:06:40He said that

01:06:41he'd been there

01:06:41all morning and

01:06:42all afternoon.

01:06:43Say, I killed

01:06:44her.

01:06:45I didn't ask him

01:06:45how he killed

01:06:46her.

01:06:48I just said,

01:06:49why?

01:06:50You have to be

01:06:51careful in

01:06:52situations like

01:06:52this.

01:06:54He's telling

01:06:55me a story and

01:06:56if I encourage

01:06:56him and it's not

01:06:57correct, go down

01:06:59the wrong road

01:06:59here.

01:07:00He told me

01:07:00that she didn't

01:07:02die right away

01:07:03so he had to

01:07:04hit her again.

01:07:08I told him I

01:07:09don't want to

01:07:09hear that.

01:07:10But he still

01:07:11kept telling you

01:07:12didn't?

01:07:12Yes, sir.

01:07:13What did he

01:07:13say?

01:07:14He said the

01:07:16look in her

01:07:17eye, he'd never

01:07:19seen her anything

01:07:20like it, the

01:07:21look in her

01:07:21eye.

01:07:25Kyle Alden

01:07:26then says he

01:07:27and John

01:07:27Weimank are

01:07:28not yet done

01:07:29at the

01:07:30apartment.

01:07:31He told me

01:07:31he had to

01:07:33burn the

01:07:34apartment and

01:07:35he had to

01:07:35let it burn

01:07:36a really long

01:07:37time because he

01:07:38wanted to try to

01:07:38get rid of all

01:07:39the evidence.

01:07:40They had

01:07:40devised a

01:07:41plan and made

01:07:42an agreement

01:07:42that they

01:07:42would drive

01:07:43her remains

01:07:43back to the

01:07:45area of Camp

01:07:46Lejeune and

01:07:46find somewhere

01:07:47at that point

01:07:48to bury the

01:07:49remains.

01:07:52Investigators

01:07:52say they

01:07:53choose a place

01:07:53familiar to

01:07:55Alden.

01:07:55Alden was

01:07:57living not

01:07:57far from

01:07:58here.

01:07:58How far

01:07:58away was

01:07:59he?

01:07:59As the

01:08:00crow flies

01:08:00about a

01:08:00half a

01:08:01mile, the

01:08:02reason they

01:08:02picked this

01:08:02area was he

01:08:03was familiar

01:08:04with it because

01:08:04he had been

01:08:05back here

01:08:05doing some

01:08:06target shooting.

01:08:07That's how he

01:08:07even knew that

01:08:08this place

01:08:08existed.

01:08:11I had enough

01:08:11probable cause

01:08:12at that time to

01:08:13charge him with

01:08:13the arson and

01:08:14the conspiracy to

01:08:15commit the

01:08:15arson.

01:08:15That allowed me

01:08:16to arrest him,

01:08:17Alden, and

01:08:18arrest Weimank

01:08:20and get my

01:08:21hands on him

01:08:21and get him

01:08:22back to

01:08:22Fayetteville.

01:08:26With both

01:08:27men in

01:08:27custody, the

01:08:27focus now

01:08:28switches back

01:08:29to John Weimank

01:08:30and what

01:08:31possible motive

01:08:32could he have

01:08:33to kill his

01:08:33wife?

01:08:35Investigators

01:08:36believe the

01:08:37answer to that

01:08:37question lies in

01:08:39what they were

01:08:39told about John's

01:08:40alleged violent

01:08:42treatment of

01:08:43Holly.

01:08:43The first time

01:08:44we really talked

01:08:45about it is when

01:08:46her and John

01:08:47Weimank got in

01:08:48the fight and

01:08:48she showed up at

01:08:49my house.

01:08:50Her hair was a

01:08:51mess.

01:08:51She had scratches

01:08:52and claw marks

01:08:53all over her

01:08:54back.

01:08:56We came out a

01:08:57couple of weeks

01:08:57on vacation to

01:08:59visit Holly a

01:08:59couple of weeks

01:09:00before she was

01:09:01murdered and I

01:09:02met him again

01:09:03once there.

01:09:04I just really

01:09:05didn't have a

01:09:05sense that there

01:09:07was anything until

01:09:08she began talking

01:09:09about a divorce.

01:09:13Authorities

01:09:13come to learn

01:09:14that Holly filed

01:09:16for a protective

01:09:16order against

01:09:17John Weimank

01:09:18in May,

01:09:18less than two

01:09:19months before

01:09:20she was killed

01:09:21in which she

01:09:22alleged a

01:09:23chilling encounter

01:09:24with her husband.

01:09:25We discovered

01:09:26that there had

01:09:26been an incident

01:09:27in the prior

01:09:28months leading

01:09:29up to this

01:09:30where he had

01:09:31threatened suicide

01:09:33and also held

01:09:33a gun to her

01:09:34head.

01:09:34To her head?

01:09:35Correct.

01:09:36Threatening

01:09:37to kill her?

01:09:37Yes.

01:09:38The night that

01:09:40Holly left

01:09:41John at the

01:09:42apartment, she

01:09:43was kind of

01:09:43telling me

01:09:43everything that

01:09:44happened, that

01:09:45John had

01:09:46threatened her.

01:09:47He carved

01:09:48her name into

01:09:49a bullet

01:09:50and told her

01:09:51this one's

01:09:51for you.

01:09:53The fact

01:09:54that he was

01:09:54in the military

01:09:55and went as

01:09:56extreme as he

01:09:57did makes

01:09:58it so much

01:09:59worse because

01:10:00his main

01:10:02priority should

01:10:03have been

01:10:03protecting her.

01:10:05That was his

01:10:06main job,

01:10:07was to protect

01:10:08a mother and

01:10:09a wife, and

01:10:10he couldn't,

01:10:11and he wouldn't

01:10:11do that.

01:10:15after Holly

01:10:16did not show

01:10:16up for a

01:10:17court hearing

01:10:17on the

01:10:18protective

01:10:18order, the

01:10:19case was

01:10:20dismissed.

01:10:21You need

01:10:21anything to

01:10:21drink?

01:10:22Glass of

01:10:23water, sir.

01:10:23You want

01:10:24some water?

01:10:25Fair enough.

01:10:26Despite the

01:10:26growing amount

01:10:27of evidence

01:10:28against John

01:10:29Weimach

01:10:29implicating him

01:10:30in Holly's

01:10:31murder,

01:10:31Weimach

01:10:32still will

01:10:33not talk.

01:10:36Armed with the

01:10:37information that

01:10:38Kyle had given

01:10:38investigators,

01:10:39they gave

01:10:40John Weimach

01:10:40an opportunity

01:10:41to come clean

01:10:42and tell what

01:10:43happened.

01:10:43He said he

01:10:43wasn't going to

01:10:44talk with them

01:10:44without an

01:10:45attorney present.

01:10:46Okay, stand up.

01:10:47Follow me out

01:10:48here.

01:10:49He was then

01:10:50charged with

01:10:51first-degree murder,

01:10:52second-degree arson,

01:10:54as well as

01:10:54conspiracy to commit

01:10:55second-degree arson.

01:10:57Corporal John Weimach

01:10:58is accused of

01:10:58killing his wife,

01:10:59Second Lieutenant

01:11:00Holly Weimach,

01:11:01a nurse stationed

01:11:02at Fort Bragg.

01:11:03My client is

01:11:03presumed to be

01:11:04innocent.

01:11:05We don't want

01:11:05this case tried

01:11:06in the media.

01:11:07We want it to be

01:11:08tried in the

01:11:08court of law.

01:11:11Taking a case

01:11:12to trial,

01:11:13there's always

01:11:13risk involved.

01:11:14In this case,

01:11:15we had very good

01:11:16information from

01:11:18Kyle, and the

01:11:18thought was is

01:11:19that Kyle would

01:11:20testify at trial

01:11:21as to what

01:11:22happened, and

01:11:23then we would

01:11:23put all the

01:11:24circumstantial evidence

01:11:25together to

01:11:26point to the

01:11:27fact of what

01:11:28John Weimach

01:11:29had done that

01:11:30night.

01:11:32While John

01:11:33Weimach pleads

01:11:34not guilty to

01:11:35all charges in

01:11:36connection with

01:11:37the arson and

01:11:37his wife's

01:11:39death, Kyle

01:11:41Olden is now

01:11:42cooperating with

01:11:43authorities.

01:11:46He agrees to

01:11:47take Detective

01:11:47Locklear through

01:11:48the night of

01:11:49Holly's murder

01:11:50at the scene

01:11:51of the crime.

01:11:52It was very

01:11:53telling to bring

01:11:53him back to the

01:11:54spot.

01:11:54He had never

01:11:55been here before,

01:11:56right, before that

01:11:57night.

01:11:57This is only the

01:11:58second time he

01:11:58had ever been

01:11:59here, and he

01:12:00could still

01:12:00remember where

01:12:01he parked.

01:12:04It was worth

01:12:06taking him back

01:12:07out there and

01:12:08having him tell

01:12:08it from his

01:12:09own, the

01:12:10viewpoint of the

01:12:11guy that was

01:12:11there tonight,

01:12:12this happened.

01:12:12From there, you

01:12:14guys went to,

01:12:15we went back

01:12:16out towards

01:12:17Jacksonville,

01:12:17St.

01:12:17Carriere.

01:12:20Did he give an

01:12:21indication of why

01:12:22it is that he did

01:12:23what he did, what

01:12:24Alden did?

01:12:24The only explanation

01:12:25that I'm aware of is

01:12:27that Wymonk, being

01:12:28another Marine, asked

01:12:29him for help, and he

01:12:31agreed.

01:12:31You're a Marine, would

01:12:32you do that?

01:12:33Absolutely not.

01:12:35After he confessed,

01:12:37Kyle Alden was

01:12:38charged, and he

01:12:39ultimately pleaded

01:12:40guilty.

01:12:42Kyle Alden was

01:12:43sentenced to

01:12:44approximately five

01:12:45years in prison.

01:12:47And at a hearing

01:12:48for John Wymonk,

01:12:50Holly's brother,

01:12:51Beau, sees the

01:12:52man he once

01:12:53called a friend

01:12:54now accused

01:12:56of killing

01:12:56his sister.

01:12:58Though he stood

01:12:58up, when Wymonk

01:12:59came in, he

01:13:00didn't even look,

01:13:00he didn't turn

01:13:01around.

01:13:01Ultimately, in

01:13:022010, John

01:13:04Wymonk pled

01:13:04guilty to

01:13:05first-degree murder.

01:13:06John Wymonk

01:13:08is sentenced to

01:13:09life in prison

01:13:10for arson,

01:13:11conspiracy to

01:13:12commit arson,

01:13:12and Holly's

01:13:13murder.

01:13:15The district

01:13:16attorney called

01:13:17me, and he

01:13:18said, I have

01:13:19Wymonk here.

01:13:20His parents have

01:13:21convinced him to

01:13:22take a plea of

01:13:23life without parole.

01:13:24I said, you just

01:13:25take the plea and

01:13:26send him to prison.

01:13:27So that's what

01:13:28they did.

01:13:29Did you hope

01:13:30there was a death

01:13:31penalty?

01:13:31I personally

01:13:32wanted it, yeah.

01:13:33It's a different

01:13:34opinion than my

01:13:34dad's.

01:13:36With John

01:13:37Wymonk now

01:13:38behind bars,

01:13:41Jesse James

01:13:42still has

01:13:43questions.

01:13:44Did you expect

01:13:45he would write

01:13:46back to you?

01:13:47Will this

01:13:48father finally

01:13:49get answers

01:13:49from his

01:13:50daughter's

01:13:51killer?

01:13:51daughter's

01:14:14She was honored

01:14:16in many ways.

01:14:17It was a lavish

01:14:18funeral, and I

01:14:19did it on

01:14:19purpose because

01:14:20Holly was a

01:14:22big personality.

01:14:24The police in

01:14:26the community

01:14:26from several

01:14:27communities came

01:14:28and the

01:14:29Patriot Guard,

01:14:30it looked like a

01:14:31state funeral.

01:14:32Dignitary.

01:14:33Dignitary, yeah.

01:14:35And that's what I

01:14:36wanted for Holly.

01:14:38What was it like

01:14:39then to be at a

01:14:42funeral like that?

01:14:44It was

01:14:45heartbreaking.

01:14:46And I just

01:14:47uncontrollably

01:14:47cried.

01:14:48It was awful.

01:14:49It was just in

01:14:51so many ways.

01:14:52You put them

01:14:54together.

01:14:55The man that

01:14:56you introduced

01:14:57to your sister

01:14:58ultimately killed

01:14:59her.

01:14:59Right.

01:15:00It's part of

01:15:00what haunts me

01:15:01for a long part

01:15:02of my life,

01:15:03absolutely.

01:15:04But that's

01:15:04looking back.

01:15:05Nobody can

01:15:06ever predict

01:15:06something that

01:15:07they already

01:15:08learned.

01:15:08But once you

01:15:09go through

01:15:09something, it's

01:15:10really hard to

01:15:10take it away.

01:15:11Pretending it

01:15:12didn't happen

01:15:12is hard, but

01:15:14coming to

01:15:15terms with it

01:15:15is even

01:15:16harder.

01:15:18Sometimes I

01:15:19think every

01:15:19time I take

01:15:20a step here,

01:15:20maybe I'm

01:15:21taking a step

01:15:22in a place

01:15:22she has

01:15:22stepped.

01:15:23And that

01:15:24gives me a

01:15:25sense of

01:15:25presence.

01:15:27Here in the

01:15:28hallway of

01:15:29Womack Army

01:15:30Medical Center,

01:15:31where Holly

01:15:31once worked,

01:15:32her memory

01:15:33stands eternal,

01:15:35a silent

01:15:36testament to a

01:15:37life that will

01:15:37not be

01:15:38forgotten.

01:15:39What does

01:15:39that say down

01:15:40there?

01:15:40In memory

01:15:41of 2nd

01:15:42Lieutenant

01:15:42Holly James

01:15:43for her joy,

01:15:44her service,

01:15:45and her support

01:15:46of mothers

01:15:47and babies.

01:15:48Well, she

01:15:48was loved.

01:15:49Yes, she

01:15:50was.

01:15:51The pain

01:15:52of losing

01:15:52a daughter

01:15:53never fades,

01:15:54and neither

01:15:55do the

01:15:55unanswered

01:15:56questions.

01:15:57So after

01:15:58all these

01:15:58years, you

01:15:59still want

01:15:59to know

01:15:59more?

01:16:01Yeah, I'd

01:16:02like to

01:16:02know more.

01:16:05Recently,

01:16:06Jesse made

01:16:07the difficult

01:16:07decision to

01:16:08reach out

01:16:09to John

01:16:09Wymonk,

01:16:10the man

01:16:11who murdered

01:16:12his daughter,

01:16:13through an

01:16:13online prisoner

01:16:14website.

01:16:16John,

01:16:17both my son

01:16:18Jesse and I

01:16:19carry no anger

01:16:20toward you,

01:16:21but only grief

01:16:22for the loss

01:16:23of Holly.

01:16:25The level of grief

01:16:27we carry

01:16:27leaves no room

01:16:29for you.

01:16:31To my surprise,

01:16:32I did receive a

01:16:34response to my

01:16:35letter.

01:16:36The response

01:16:37goes like

01:16:38this.

01:16:39Thank you for

01:16:40reaching out

01:16:40to me.

01:16:41You are

01:16:41entitled to

01:16:42answers to

01:16:43which I will

01:16:44give them to

01:16:45you as best I

01:16:46can.

01:16:46I hope this

01:16:47will provide

01:16:48some closure

01:16:49for all parties

01:16:50involved.

01:16:52Did you expect

01:16:53he would write

01:16:54back to you?

01:16:55I thought he

01:16:55would.

01:16:56It took a long

01:16:57time, and the

01:16:58return letter

01:16:59went into the

01:16:59things like,

01:17:00you know,

01:17:01yeah, we need

01:17:02to talk.

01:17:02But rather

01:17:03than taking

01:17:03responsibility,

01:17:05Wymonk outlines

01:17:06a process centered

01:17:07on his own

01:17:08terms, and not

01:17:09on the needs

01:17:10of Jesse.

01:17:11Even in that

01:17:11letter that he

01:17:12wrote, there's

01:17:12no apology.

01:17:13He does not

01:17:14care about what

01:17:15he did.

01:17:15He only cares

01:17:16about what's

01:17:17happening to

01:17:17him.

01:17:18You are now

01:17:19communicating

01:17:20with the man

01:17:21who murdered

01:17:22your daughter.

01:17:23If you were

01:17:24to talk to him

01:17:25in person,

01:17:26would that be

01:17:26something that

01:17:27would be somewhat

01:17:28helpful to you?

01:17:30I think being

01:17:31in the same

01:17:31room would

01:17:32have a negative

01:17:33impact on me.

01:17:34John, I can't

01:17:36assure you that

01:17:37I have no

01:17:38interest in

01:17:39engaging in

01:17:40restorative justice

01:17:41or any sense

01:17:42of closure

01:17:43with you.

01:17:44How could you

01:17:44possibly restore

01:17:4617 years of

01:17:47life without

01:17:48Holly?

01:17:49I fought to

01:17:50live a life

01:17:51of joy,

01:17:55because I

01:17:56didn't want

01:17:56to be a victim

01:17:57of John Wymonk,

01:17:58too.

01:17:59So you've

01:18:00never been

01:18:00there?

01:18:01Never been

01:18:01there.

01:18:02Would you

01:18:02want to go

01:18:02there?

01:18:03At this

01:18:03point, I

01:18:04think I

01:18:04would like

01:18:05to do

01:18:06that.

01:18:11Years after

01:18:12his daughter

01:18:13was discovered

01:18:14here, Jesse

01:18:15James visits

01:18:16the sacred,

01:18:17hallowed ground

01:18:17for the first

01:18:18time, not

01:18:20just a face

01:18:20where Holly's

01:18:21body was

01:18:22abandoned, but

01:18:23to honor her

01:18:24memory.

01:18:25Well, not

01:18:27only for myself,

01:18:28but I'd like to

01:18:29represent my

01:18:30family and

01:18:31her friends

01:18:33that did

01:18:33not get to

01:18:37see her

01:18:38again.

01:18:45What do you think

01:18:46about now?

01:18:47I think that I

01:18:48miss my protector.

01:18:49She was always

01:18:50the big sister.

01:18:50today, those who

01:18:53loved Holly keep

01:18:54her memory alive,

01:18:55remembering her as

01:18:57the devoted mother

01:18:58and dedicated

01:18:59soldier she always

01:19:01strived to be.

01:19:02What would you like

01:19:03the world to

01:19:05remember about

01:19:06Holly?

01:19:06I think she should

01:19:07be remembered for

01:19:08trying to give so

01:19:10much.

01:19:10My sister loved

01:19:11protecting the people

01:19:12she cared about.

01:19:13I got the same

01:19:14smile, too,

01:19:15right there.

01:19:16I want people

01:19:17to remember her

01:19:19as a really good

01:19:20mother with the

01:19:21time she had.

01:19:23I am very proud

01:19:24of who she was.

01:19:25A patriot is

01:19:27someone who goes

01:19:27above and beyond,

01:19:29and that's what she

01:19:30did, like, no

01:19:31matter what.

01:19:32Isn't she sweet?

01:19:34She put

01:19:35everything above

01:19:36herself.

01:19:43And I don't

01:19:44think there's

01:19:44anything more

01:19:45patriotic than

01:19:45that.

01:19:53The life of a

01:19:54true patriot

01:19:55cut short.

01:19:56In the years

01:19:57since his

01:19:58daughter's murder,

01:19:58Jesse James has

01:19:59become an advocate

01:20:00in the fight

01:20:01against domestic

01:20:02violence, hoping

01:20:03David to make

01:20:03a difference.

01:20:04After completing

01:20:05his sentence,

01:20:05Kyle Alden was

01:20:06released from

01:20:07prison, neither

01:20:08he nor John

01:20:08Wymonk are

01:20:09members of the

01:20:09Marine Corps

01:20:10any longer.

01:20:11That is our

01:20:11program for

01:20:12tonight.

01:20:12Thank you for

01:20:13watching.

01:20:13I'm David Muir.

01:20:14And I'm

01:20:14Deborah Roberts.

01:20:15From all of us

01:20:16at 2020 and

01:20:17ABC News, good

01:20:18night.

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