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00:05Oh, careful.
00:07You was almost about to have to buy me dinner.
00:11There we go.
00:13Um, how long have you been with the FBI?
00:15Three whole months.
00:16In case y'all didn't notice, I'm black.
00:18So all this harsh light y'all got me under,
00:21it's gonna be a problem.
00:23Y'all got a diffuser or something you could put on this?
00:25If not, you can dial down the key light
00:27and bring it a little closer.
00:28Cause it's either that or I'm gonna have to wipe some Vaseline on the lens.
00:32Wow, you really know your stuff.
00:34I used to be a high school guidance counselor,
00:36so I had my share of substitute teaching the media arts department.
00:41How about I just help y'all out?
00:43Uh, actually that's not kosher with the union.
00:46So you're a rookie?
00:48Probationary agent.
00:49But even though I'm relatively new to it, I've seen some crazy things.
00:53Like the Laughlin investigation?
00:57Yeah.
00:59That one shook me.
01:13Good morning.
01:14Good to see you again.
01:14Thanks for doing this.
01:16You ready to jump right in?
01:17Let's do it.
01:18Tell me about the day you found the body in the hills.
01:20It was the morning I started filming my reality show.
01:23Wait, you have a reality show?
01:25No.
01:25When you got a moneymaker like this and a life like mine, it demands documentation.
01:30I'm shooting a pilot episode myself.
01:32Wow.
01:33And what's it called?
01:45There was a heavy rain last night.
01:48So, like, almost an inch.
01:50When water falls from the sky here, the city of angels becomes a city of demons.
01:58But not today.
02:02Not on Smitty streets.
02:04Holy .
02:16The name of the victim was Dante Smith.
02:19He was a missing person.
02:21Disappeared about eight months before his body was found.
02:25But the mystery was, I mean, he'd only been dead for less than 24 hours.
02:29We didn't know where he'd been for all that time.
02:31What did you know about him?
02:32The poor boy came to L.A. with a dollar and a dream, hoping to become an actor.
02:37But let's just say, he wasn't very realistic about his talents.
02:42Whoa, whoa, whoa.
02:42Hey, hey.
02:42What?
02:43That's mean.
02:43You don't have to say that.
02:44What?
02:45You know he wasn't that good.
02:48Simone, he's dead.
02:49Listen, I am sorry that the boy is dead.
02:52But he had no business trying to act.
02:55That's the bottom line.
02:57Dante Smith, reading for the role of bartender.
02:59Hey, here's your rum and coke.
03:00You always order dad drinks.
03:04The bartender instantly regrets saying that.
03:06Hope she didn't hear it.
03:08Yo, yo.
03:09Make some noise.
03:10Repeat after me.
03:11To be or not to be.
03:13My G.
03:13That's the question.
03:1752% of men suffer from some form of erectile dysfunction.
03:23He had two puncture wounds on his neck.
03:25He died from a...
03:28He...
03:29Um...
03:30I can't say that word.
03:32Exanguination.
03:33It means the victim died of blood loss.
03:35And how did you determine that?
03:37Well, blood coagulates after death, you see.
03:40And you usually see liver mortis within a few hours.
03:42It presents itself like bruising, mostly in the lower extremities.
03:46But in this case, there was none.
03:48Which means whoever killed him drained the body of blood.
03:51That's right.
03:53The murderer was a vampire.
03:56I knew I had to bring the feds in.
03:58They have an agent who's an expert in the field.
04:00Before I joined the FBI, I played vampire detective Stoker Ramsey for six years on Vampire Cop.
04:13Oh, damn, Stoker.
04:15You look better than our victim.
04:17Don't mind me.
04:19What do we got?
04:21Name's Lars Cross.
04:23He's a coder for a tech startup.
04:25Rideshare app that went public last week.
04:27Looks like their IPO wasn't the only thing making a killing.
04:30I got coffins bigger than this.
04:33What's a successful coder doing living in a place like this?
04:37Let's see if your blood memory will help us find out.
04:48Ready?
04:51Here we go.
05:10Stoker.
05:12What did you see?
05:15The killer came for his phone.
05:19This kid warned for her to sell records.
05:22But that doesn't make me an expert.
05:24What did I tell you about them in your shine?
05:27Stop it.
05:28Okay, let me just say this.
05:29My boy here was a method actor, so he learned everything there is to know about bloodsuckers.
05:35Read every book, went to Transylvania.
05:38Tell him, B.
05:39He even got nominated for two People's Choice Awards.
05:42And remember when you won an MTV award for Best Kiss?
05:45I do.
05:47So, yeah, I know a lot about vampiric lore.
05:51Happy?
05:52Okay.
05:53So when Officer Smitty called me, I took it straight to our boss.
05:57Tell me about the Special Investigative Unit.
05:59It's a pilot program of my design.
06:02I handpicked this squad in order to create a fast-moving problem-solving unit.
06:06And one of the perks is I choose my own cases.
06:09And this one was right up our alley.
06:10And why was that?
06:11Well, the body was found in a section of the canyon that is federal land, and that's our jurisdiction.
06:17Plus, it was also not your run-of-the-mill homicide, so it needed serious outside-the-box thinkers in
06:22order to solve it.
06:23Are your cell phones off, just in case?
06:26Yeah, we're good.
06:27Okay, great.
06:27Good to go.
06:28Then let's go.
06:28What were your first impressions of the victim?
06:30Uh, well, the victim had old bruises, collapsed veins, and track marks all over his arms.
06:36Telltale signs of intravenous drug use.
06:38I'm a profiler by training, and I built a preliminary theory that Dante had developed a serious drug habit and
06:45lived on the streets,
06:45which, of course, would explain his eight-month disappearance.
06:48But we had to throw that theory out once the report came back from Dante's talk screen.
06:52Yeah, he had no signs of any drugs in his system.
06:55In fact, at the time of his death, Dante was in perfect hell.
06:59Were you able to build a profile of who the killer might have been?
07:02No.
07:04Not at that time.
07:06You investigated Dante's death, and your unit never gave credence to the possibility of a supernatural suspect?
07:12Supernatural?
07:13You mean, like, vampires or something, right?
07:16Is that-
07:16You said you built a team of outside-the-box thinkers. Did you at least consider it?
07:21Okay. Let's, uh, let's play your game.
07:25In any vampiric folklore, when has a bloodsucker ever kidnapped someone for eight months and then, only then, drank their
07:34blood?
07:34So, that's a no. You never considered it?
07:37No. I didn't.
07:39Perhaps you should've.
07:41I-
07:42Tell me, Brendan. Why didn't you disclose that you had a conflict of interest in the case?
07:47A conflict of interest? Uh, no. I-I don't.
07:50W-What are you talking about?
07:52Brendan knew the murder victim. We have a photo.
07:55What? Let me see that.
07:57This was taken at a nightclub about a year ago. There's you, and there's Dante Smith, the victim.
08:03Huh.
08:03That is him, B.
08:04Yeah, it's weird. I-I've never met him.
08:07You sure about that?
08:09Uh, yeah.
08:10I mean, if he said he-he doesn't know him, he doesn't know him.
08:13Right. That's a picture of a drunken me at a nightclub and another guy. So, you know, it's a good
08:18old-fashioned coincidence.
08:19Coincidence?
08:20That was no coincidence. Brendan Akers isn't who he claims to be.
08:24Then who is he?
08:25A corpse? With the blood of human victims coursing through his body. Have you seen Vampire Cop? No way an
08:33actor could be that convincing.
08:45This ends tonight, Albus. If you were a smart man, you'd get out of the way.
08:50Too bad I'm not a smart man.
09:07What are you?
09:10Justice.
09:12Justice.
09:25I had to learn the hard way. Crime sucks.
09:31No way that's an act. Brendan is the real thing.
09:35Is my son a real vampire? Well, I'll tell you one thing. His mom was a complete horror show who
09:40drained me financially.
09:41So there's nothing that supports the accusations that Brendan is, in fact, a vampire?
09:45Well, since I knew you'd be asking, I brought his baby teeth. Look at those canines right there. That little
09:52ragamuffin could tear through a steak at age two.
09:54Okay, okay. What are you doing? What are you doing? Tell the truth. That's enough. That's enough. Please. Thank you.
09:59That's a wrap. That's a wrap. Let's go.
10:01Oh, keep going. Okay. What are you doing?
10:02Okay, I'm bleeding it. You can't just make that stuff up. People are going to believe it. People are going
10:06to believe it. Let's go.
10:06Well, listen. It's great TV, man. We'll put you back in the zeitgeist.
10:10I don't want to be in the zeitgeist. I don't want to be in the zeitgeist.
10:12Yeah, okay. And where did you get those teeth?
10:14I know a guy. What?
10:16You want some? Ew.
10:17How do you respond to allegations that Brendan Akers is a vampire?
10:22Well, as Brendan's training agent, and as a rational human being, I can confirm he's not a vampire.
10:29My ex-wife grew up in New Orleans, and I've worked there for years, so I've heard all of the
10:33vampire lore.
10:34And these are just stories. Zero evidence it's even possible.
10:38Hmm. Hmm. Did you say, hmm?
10:41Yeah. It's just interesting hearing such skepticism from someone who believes in, um, Bigfoot.
10:47Well, that's different. Bigfoot's real.
10:51Uh-uh. Whatever you do, don't get Carter started talking about Skookum.
10:56Well, the thing about Bigfoot is...
10:57You know, I really think that we should just stay on topic. You know, about the murder.
11:02Okay, but let's pick this up later?
11:05Uh, yeah.
11:08Okay. Anyway, statistically speaking, murderers usually bury and dump bodies in places they know, live, or frequent.
11:15So we began the investigation where Dante's body was found.
11:19And after canvassing the neighborhood, we, uh, spoke to several residents who all pointed to one man.
11:24Andrews Huxley. Uh, he had an extensive rap sheet. Assault, battery, public intoxication.
11:30Word was, Mr. Huxley only went out at night, which is an opportune time to bury a body.
11:36So we paid him a visit. Though in retrospect, we probably should have waited until daylight.
11:42Mm, yes.
11:52All right.
11:55Is that blood?
11:57Yeah, that's blood.
11:59Door's ajar.
12:01Does the blood give us PC to go inside?
12:03Someone may be in imminent danger, so yeah, it does.
12:05A cuid, please.
12:08FBI!
12:10Anyone in there?
12:16Mr. Huxley?
12:18Anyone in there?
12:18Mr. Huxley, anyone here?
12:19Carter. More blood.
12:23Let's go up.
12:33Okay.
12:44Is he breathing?
12:46Is he dead?
12:47I don't know.
12:48Mr. Huxley?
12:51Oh, my God!
12:56Oh, my God!
12:58FBI!
12:59Hands where we can see them!
13:00I mean, none of us really believed Anders was actually a vampire.
13:05Pale skin, sharp teeth, red eyes.
13:07He did have some attributes that might lead one to assume he was a creature of the night.
13:12Am I being swatted?
13:13I read about this.
13:15People make a fake 911 call as a prank to get the cops to raid a house.
13:20It's not a prank.
13:21Why are you here?
13:22I just wanted to ask a few questions about a murder victim we found near here.
13:26Let me guess.
13:28All the neighbors said it was me.
13:30Just because I'm different, it doesn't mean that I'm a killer.
13:35I have porphyria.
13:36It's been called vampire disease.
13:39It's like a blood disorder that affects the skin, but you know more about it.
13:43Tell them.
13:43Yeah, yeah.
13:44So, porphyria, the people with this condition have a severe aversion to sunlight.
13:48Also, it can lead to gum recession, so that the teeth show more.
13:52They look like, you know, like fangs.
13:54And then tell them about Count Dracula.
13:56Yeah, the Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler, aka Vlad Dracula, Count Dracula.
14:01He apparently had porphyria.
14:03Left untreated, it causes massive paranoia, hallucinations.
14:08Vlad apparently thought everyone was like after him, so he would just kill them first.
14:13And is that why you thought Anders Huxley killed Dante Smith?
14:18I didn't kill anyone.
14:20And an unfounded allegation does not give you the right to charge into my home.
14:24Well, we saw a trail of blood.
14:26That's why we came in.
14:27What happened to your hand?
14:29I caught it in an Uber door this morning.
14:31Blood everywhere.
14:32So why didn't you clean up the blood?
14:34I was just so damn jet-lagged.
14:36Turns out Huxley had an alibi.
14:38Where were you last night?
14:40On a plane, flying back from a work trip.
14:42My condition means I try to avoid being awake when the sun is up.
14:48You wouldn't believe what our alleged vampire did for a living.
14:54I'm a children's book author and illustrator.
14:57Wait, you're the author of Alistair the Ai-Ai?
15:00Yes, and I used to read his books to my son Isaiah when he was a kid.
15:04Alistair was always teased because he was different from all the other animals.
15:07But then he'd teach them that differences were what made each of them special.
15:11Anders turned his own experience of being ostracized for his condition into a hit children's book series.
15:18So we apologized to Mr. Huxley for the intrusion.
15:22And he was really kind and forgiving about the whole mix-up.
15:25Just like Alistair the Ai-Ai is.
15:27Love that part.
15:28He even gave us signed copies.
15:29Yeah, that was nice.
15:32Are federal employees allowed to receive gifts?
15:38So Mr. Huxley wasn't a vampire or the killer after all?
15:41That is correct, which is why we could officially put this ridiculous vampire theory to rest once the medical examiner
15:46finished her report.
15:47Is that when you realized you might have a serial killer on your hands?
15:51A body completely drained of blood buried in the hills above Nichols Canyon.
15:54It did. It had commonality with the M.O. of the Canyon Killer.
15:58Great. I mean, not great. It was a serial killer involved. But great that you had a lead.
16:03Oh, no, no, no. There's just... There's a problem here, you see.
16:06The Canyon Killer couldn't have done it because he's in prison.
16:09Put there by one of your own agents, isn't that right?
16:12Yeah, that's right.
16:14I caught the Canyon Killer.
16:17We caught the Canyon Killer.
16:18Ah, yes.
16:19And you are Special Agent Mark Atlas, FBI, Behavioral Science Unit. We led the investigation together.
16:25Which was built on my profile.
16:26She gave some of the clues.
16:29Okay, you give the important ones.
16:31And what were the clues?
16:32Well, the Canyon Killer's first victims were found in the Hollywood Hills in the summer of 2018.
16:38All the victims had evidence of being bound by the wrist, and they were drained of blood before they were
16:42buried.
16:42So while Agent Atlas was focused on the killer's M.O., I gathered details on the victims and retraced their
16:48steps before their time of death.
16:50You both seem very pleased with yourselves. Do your colleagues find that annoying?
16:56Uh, I can be very passionate about what I do. I take a lot of pride in profiling.
17:01And some people may feel like that steps on their toes, but that's not my problem.
17:07She's a little annoying.
17:08The Canyon Killer made national headlines. I followed the story in D.C.
17:14I was calling my dad every night to check in because Los Angeles was, it was on edge.
17:19I mean, you were here at that time, B. Were you scared?
17:21Oh, my God, yeah. Me and my friends, we stopped clubbing for weeks.
17:25I mean, we fit the victim's profile perfectly, you know, like young, super hot guys with hairless.
17:33That sounded pretentious.
17:35Who cares?
17:36No, it's...
17:37Tell your truth. If you're cute, you're cute.
17:39If you're hot, you're hot, and if you're not, you're not.
17:42Right, so we're going to cut that?
17:43Leave it in.
17:44Oh, yeah, thank you.
17:44Leave it in.
17:45I really like that target on your wall.
17:47Did you actually fire the bullets that went through that, or did you just stab it with a pen and
17:51hang it up?
17:53I, uh...
17:54I won it in a raffle.
17:57So, um, did you work the Canyon Killer investigation?
18:00I consulted with Laura and Mark Atlas on the Canyon Killer Task Force. It's where I first saw Laura in
18:05action on a case, and she was brilliant. No stone left unturned. Which is why I eventually asked her to
18:11join my squad.
18:12It was a complex profile.
18:14It made it look easy.
18:15Oh, you delivered great evidence.
18:19At first, the Canyon Killer was meticulous. But then, after the sixth body, got sloppy.
18:25They all do.
18:28Hmm.
18:30You already know.
18:31No, you go.
18:32Well, you should start.
18:34Okay. Um, where should we start? The victimology?
18:37Victimology, yes.
18:38Then you got it.
18:39All right.
18:39Well, we, um, we realized that he was gregarious and probably attractive himself. It's why he felt he could approach
18:45his victims with such ease. He ran in the same circle as they did.
18:49And we figured he worked in the service industry, like many of his victims, all aspiring actors or models. And
18:55then on top of that, all of his victims lived or worked near the Franklin Corridor. See, just there?
19:02And then on the seventh murder, we caught a break.
19:05Forensics discovered primo trace evidence of that crime scene. Purple wig hair.
19:10Yes, but not just any purple wig. This was a custom job with real human hair that had been professionally
19:16dyed. It was a signature headpiece.
19:18That's what I thought.
19:19Hollywood bullseye, baby.
19:20Bam.
19:21Is that a term? Is that a thing? A real thing? You just make that up?
19:24Well, you know what I'm saying. It's like a...
19:25Like nailed it.
19:26Yeah, nailed it. That's what I'm trying to say.
19:29Now, we have pulled over here because you do not want to miss what is on your right.
19:34Across the street from the famed Bronson Gate is the apartment building where Bela Lugosi, the world's most famous Dracula,
19:39died of a heart attack in 1956.
19:42Now, Lugosi was found in his bed, naked, clutching the script to the final curtain, a movie he was said
19:49to star in for schlock film maestro, Ed Wood.
19:53Gulliver Ferris, we need to talk.
20:00Okay, FBI, put the phones down, please. Thank you.
20:06We'll get you on the road soon enough.
20:08That was a good day.
20:09Yeah, it's probably one of our best.
20:12We gave the victims' families closure, let the people of Los Angeles rest their fears, and put a monster behind
20:18bars.
20:19I'm an innocent man.
20:21Of this current murder, perhaps.
20:23But it's interesting how Dante Smith died in the exact same way as you killed your victims.
20:28Do you think you have a copycat?
20:29No, because I've never killed anyone, ever.
20:34What exactly are you saying?
20:35That I'm not the Canyon Killer.
20:37I've only been saying that since my arrest.
20:40Special Agent Laura Stinson framed me.
20:42I'm at the center of the biggest FBI cover-up since Bigfoot.
20:47And how's this for your little TV program?
20:51I have proof.
20:53That's ridiculous.
20:54Yes, of course he says he's innocent.
20:56They all do.
21:00I did not frame Mr. Ferris.
21:03So you've said, but I've seen the evidence, and it's quite damning.
21:06Which means the real killer could still be out there.
21:09And if he is, then the blood of this newest victim, well, that's on your hands.
21:17Are you suggesting that Special Agents Stinson and Atlas framed a serial killer?
21:22I'm just looking for the truth.
21:23No.
21:24No, you're not.
21:25You're fishing for provocative soundbites that you can edit out of context.
21:29Hmm?
21:29Anything to make this little documentary of yours, I don't know, a bit more salacious?
21:34This isn't some news mag with gotcha questions.
21:37I'm an award-winning documentarian.
21:39Film is my medium.
21:40I deal in truth.
21:41Yeah, right.
21:42Look, I don't appreciate what you're insinuating, especially when we have the proof.
21:45No, you don't.
21:46We do.
21:47Overwhelming evidence that proves that Mr. Ferris was the one and only Canyon killer.
21:52And how dare you, huh?
21:53How dare you disparage Laura Stinson's good name?
21:55She is one of the finest FBI agents to ever carry the badge.
22:00She's a train wreck.
22:01My lawyer found evidence that she was mentally unstable around the time she arrested me.
22:06Wait, you've been screwing my best friend behind my back for months and somehow that's my fault.
22:11No, I never want to see your face again.
22:13Do you hear me?
22:14Never!
22:15You're such a...
22:17Get your stuff out of my condo right now!
22:22Do you hear me, you...
22:26Let me just relax a second, okay?
22:28Oh, you can't relax!
22:32What, Crystal?
22:34Do you really trust this woman to catch a serial murderer
22:36when she couldn't even tell her own fiancé was stepping out on her?
22:40Agent Stenson was too busy spiraling to solve the case.
22:44I'm the real victim here.
22:45Okay, yes, fine.
22:47At the time of Mr. Ferris' arrest, my personal life was... challenged,
22:51but that in no way affected my performance at work.
22:55Not at all?
22:56Of course it did.
22:57She got fired from the BSU right after her meltdown.
23:00But to keep her from losing her job, they conspired and, uh,
23:05falsified evidence against me.
23:07Wait, who are you saying conspired with her?
23:11Special Agent Mark Atlas.
23:14That's a wild accusation. Why would Agent Atlas do that?
23:17If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck,
23:20those two FBI agents are having sex.
23:22Agent Atlas, did you conspire with Agent Stenson
23:26because of a secret romantic relationship?
23:29Nothing could be further from the truth.
23:30So you didn't cover for Agent Stenson?
23:32No, of course not.
23:33And are you having a secret romance?
23:35Okay, enough with this tabloid BS.
23:38Excuse me?
23:40All of these questions about our personal life,
23:42it's utterly shameful.
23:43So you're denying your affair.
23:45Can we just stop the cameras from rolling right now?
23:47I just need a minute.
23:48Okay.
23:49Yeah, Brian, can you just come with me, please?
23:51Uh, I'm gonna...
23:52We can take a break.
23:53Yeah, thank you.
23:55Just...
23:56Yeah.
23:57Keep rolling.
23:58Can you believe this?
24:00But just because a man and a woman work closely together,
24:03people think that we're, what, having sex?
24:05It's offensive.
24:06But we are having sex.
24:09Could be having more sex.
24:10Yes, but we were not having sex then.
24:12And we were working together with your partners
24:13in the Cannon Killer case.
24:16It was strictly business.
24:17Just stop that, babe.
24:18No, I'm not ready to tell people about us.
24:23Okay.
24:25Well...
24:26Do you still have your mic on?
24:30I do.
24:31What?
24:32I do.
24:33Why am I going?
24:35Uh-oh.
24:38Excuse me, what?
24:39My Atlas?
24:40And...
24:42Uh, Laura.
24:43I definitely didn't know that, no.
24:45Why didn't he tell me?
24:46Wait, did you know?
24:49Yeah.
24:50What?
24:51I mean, I knew, yes.
24:52And I am 100% on Team Laura.
24:55I mean, she finally getting to him.
24:57When you say romantically, you mean like...
25:00Somebody is jealous.
25:03And then the case of the mudslide marauder took a...
25:06Hold on a second.
25:06Mudslide Marauder?
25:07No one calls it that.
25:08On Smitty Streets, they do.
25:10Your claims of patsies and copycat killers,
25:14you know, it may help boost ratings,
25:15but it's irresponsible to cast aspersions on my people
25:18and the FBI.
25:21Dante Smith's murderer wasn't the Cannon Killer,
25:23and you know that.
25:25So stop creating a narrative that never existed.
25:27It's lazy storytelling, and you're better than that.
25:30Fine.
25:31You were saying?
25:32The case of the mudslide marauder took a turn.
25:369-1-1, what's your emergency?
25:38This is Dr. Candace Sadler from the medical examiner's office.
25:42I need to report a burglary.
25:43Okay, tell me what was stolen?
25:45A dead body.
25:47So the ME came in to work that morning to do the autopsy
25:51on Dante Smith's body, and uh...
25:53It was gone.
25:53Body gone.
25:54And last I checked, dead bodies do not move themselves.
25:59The undead do.
26:00Officer Smitty, what are you saying?
26:02What everybody's thinking.
26:04Dante, the victim, took a turn,
26:07became a vampire, and escaped.
26:10Seriously, you're still on the vampire thing?
26:14That's not at all what happened.
26:15Earlier that morning, someone broke into the morgue
26:17and stole his body.
26:22I suppose I could speculate as to why someone would steal a dead body
26:26from a morgue before it had even been autopsied and processed
26:29for forensic evidence, but...
26:31But the odds were whoever took him out, took him out.
26:36So your suspect got away with Dante's body.
26:39How did he pull that off?
26:40Our subject was able to walk out of the medical examiner's office
26:43with Dante's body by impersonating a morgue attendant.
26:46He was smart enough to cover his face from all the surveillance cameras,
26:49but not smart enough to cover the license plate on his car,
26:52which was registered to our body snatcher, Jake Alpert.
26:56So my team went to go pay him a visit.
27:03Jake Alpert, show us your hands.
27:05Jake!
27:06Come off at the back.
27:11Jake!
27:25Where's Dante's body?
27:26I have no idea what you're talking about.
27:31Carter, check the freezer.
27:38So who's Jake Alpert?
27:40Jake moved to L.A. from Montana five years ago.
27:43Spent a year trying to make it until the modeling scout saw him working in a Jamba Juice
27:49and plucked him from obscurity.
27:51After that, he was on a hot streak.
27:54Emphasis on the hot.
27:56Are you seriously trying to deflect from your relationship with Alice like that?
28:00What? No.
28:00Who told you we were in a relationship?
28:05Really?
28:06Jake was a, you know, model on the rise.
28:09Worked with all the big fashion houses.
28:10At the height of his career, he even dated Layla Laughlin.
28:13Yeah.
28:14The cosmetics maven.
28:15Founder of Untold Cosmetics and the inventor of De Leon Miracle Cream.
28:20That woman's an icon.
28:40De Leon Miracle Cream.
28:44Ageless.
28:45Timeless.
28:47Beautiful.
28:48By me.
28:50Layla Laughlin.
28:53Layla was a single mother working as a waitress when she had a dream to start her own beauty company.
28:59When she used to mix all her products in her own kitchen and then sold them to local moms out
29:05of the back of her minivan.
29:06You admire her.
29:07What's not to admire?
29:08I mean, she took a risk.
29:10She bet on herself.
29:11Built a Fortune 500 company all while raising her son.
29:15Plus, have you seen her?
29:17The girl had looks, poise, and always had a young hot boy on her side.
29:23She was living her best life for sure.
29:26And that life included Jake.
29:28Until it didn't.
29:30Until it didn't.
29:30Right.
29:30Jake was riding high until the harsh realities of the business brought his dreams crashing down.
29:36He hit 30 and his modeling contracts dried up.
29:40Layla left him.
29:41For Dante.
29:42That's right.
29:44Dante was dating Layla Laughlin at the time of his disappearance.
29:48Hey, uh, you're not gonna wait until like 40 minutes into this thing to tell the audience this part, are
29:52you?
29:52I hate when docs do that.
29:54Hold back information that the investigators knew on day one.
29:57The worst.
29:57Don't screw with the audience.
29:58I would never.
30:00Oh.
30:019-1-1.
30:02What is your emergency?
30:03My name's Layla Laughlin.
30:04I need to report a missing person.
30:06My boyfriend.
30:06He hasn't called or texted me back in days.
30:09I'm worried something's happened to him.
30:11Okay.
30:11What's his name?
30:12Dante Smith.
30:14Please help.
30:15I was never at the morgue.
30:17Mmm.
30:17But we saw you in the security footage.
30:19I have an evil twin.
30:20I swear to God, we barely even talk.
30:22We have surveillance footage of your vehicle.
30:24It's not even my car.
30:25It's registered to you.
30:26Someone stole it.
30:27We found the body in your freezer.
30:28I have an evil twin.
30:29You tried that one already.
30:31Oh, damn it.
30:34Those improv classes would have total waste of money.
30:39Why were you so confident about Jake Alpert?
30:42Jake Alpert had clear motive to kill Dante Smith.
30:45Jealousy because he was now dating Layla Laughlin who dumped him.
30:48Yeah.
30:48And stealing the body shows consciousness of guilt.
30:50But for a slam dunk, we needed to tie him to the murder with physical evidence.
30:54And we were most definitely able to do that.
30:57So once we processed him, we found traces of Dante's DNA.
31:01Isn't that to be expected since he moved the body?
31:03Oh, DNA, yes.
31:04But he actually had Dante's blood on him.
31:06But Dante had been completely drained of blood before he was buried.
31:09Exactly.
31:10So here's the thing.
31:12We didn't just find Dante's blood under his fingernails, which is where most murderers get caught.
31:18We found traces of his blood all over his hands and his arms and his face and his chest.
31:24What, did he bathe in it?
31:26No.
31:27It's even weirder, actually.
31:31Dante's blood had been infused in his anti-aging cosmetic cream.
31:37Jake!
31:40Layla Laughlin's number one selling anti-aging cosmetic cream, De Leon, was made of human blood.
31:47Our victim's blood.
31:50I admire the woman and all, but damn!
31:54It's just...
31:55Gross.
31:56Nasty.
31:59In all your years at the Bureau, have you ever seen anything like this?
32:02Well, let me think. I don't know.
32:04Have I ever worked a case where someone completely drained the victim of their blood,
32:08only to use it as an ingredient in an anti-aging cosmetic cream?
32:15What do you think?
32:16Well, Elizabeth Bathory, she was the first female serial killer in history.
32:21The phrase, bathed in blood, originated with her.
32:24Hmm.
32:24Supposedly, she would drain her victims and then wash herself in their blood.
32:29Wow.
32:30Now, Elizabeth Bathory, she had nothing on Layla Laughlin.
32:34And Layla got rich while doing it. De Leon Miracle Cream grossed over $200 million last year alone.
32:40It's the signature product in Untold Cosmetics.
32:43Did you have any theories at the time as to why Layla targeted her own boyfriend?
32:47Uh, yes. It's because Dante had an exceptionally rare blood type, R.H. Null.
32:53And what's that?
32:54R.H. Null's known as, uh, golden blood. You know, it's the rarest blood type.
32:58Only 40 people on the entire planet have it.
33:01Well, make it 39 now.
33:03Right. Yeah. So, anyway, most people have eight common blood types.
33:07You know, O positive, O negative, A positive, etc.
33:10But what most people don't know is that there's actually, you know, millions of blood types
33:14determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens.
33:17But there's also a protein called R.H. Factor, which determines if your blood is positive or negative.
33:22Most people have some R.H. Factor, but if you lack it entirely, you're R.H. Null. You're golden.
33:31Damn. How did you know all that?
33:33Vampire Crop season four. Our big bad was Golden Boy. The vampire only fed on R.H. Null blood.
33:39He became invincible, killed my character in the cliffhanger.
33:42I regenerated and came back the next season, but you said you watched every episode.
33:47There's a whole storyline.
33:49Yeah. I did.
33:52You...
33:54You were so good on that show.
33:56Wasn't it good? Have you ever seen it?
33:58So, we brought Ms. Laughlin in for questioning.
34:01We found that your daily on Miracle Cream was infused with Dante's blood.
34:07That's insane.
34:08We agree.
34:10But Dante was never really missing.
34:13You held him captive for eight months, all for his rare blood.
34:17What happened? Went too far one day, took too much blood?
34:20Did Dante go into shock or just die of blood loss?
34:23And then you buried him in the shallow grave, thinking nobody would ever find him.
34:28But what you didn't count on was the mudslide that caused Dante's body to resurface.
34:35You think that I killed Dante for his blood?
34:40We tracked a $50,000 payment from your company to Jake Albert.
34:44Sounds to us that you hired him to steal the body back so the evidence against you would never be
34:48discovered.
34:49I had nothing to do with Dante's murder or any of this.
34:54Ms. Laughlin, I really looked up to you.
34:58Single mom like myself, getting her second act at life.
35:03You taught me the key to success was helping others.
35:08What happened to that woman?
35:09You're staring her in the face right now, and she is hoping that you're good enough at your job to
35:17find Dante's real killer.
35:19Now that's it for me.
35:21I want my lawyer.
35:23Now.
35:23We obtained a search warrant and raided the lab at Layla's company looking for proof of Dante's demise.
35:29However, it was squeaky clean.
35:32Layla's smart.
35:33Doing any sort of experimental blood work in her place of business would raise too many red flags and create
35:38potential witnesses.
35:39So we got a warrant for a residence.
35:49Ma'am, we have a warrant to search the premises. It's Ms. Laughlin here.
35:53They're fighting.
35:54Who is?
35:55Ms. Laughlin and Chance.
35:57Who is Chance?
35:58Chance was Layla's son.
35:59The boy genius.
36:00More of a comment if you ask me.
36:02Talked his mother into giving up control of her own company so he could run it.
36:08Let us in.
36:13So Layla's son was the one putting Dante's blood in the cosmetic cream.
36:16That's right.
36:17And after Carter and I interviewed her, Layla figured it out.
36:20But instead of telling us that her son was the real life vampire stealing that poor boy's blood, she confronted
36:27him on her own.
36:28Which was a bad idea.
36:29Yes, it was.
36:30And by the time we got there, it was already too late.
36:37Stay right there.
36:41FBI, drop it!
36:42Do it now!
36:43Mom?
36:45Chance?
36:46Put the gun down.
36:48Now.
36:51I...
36:52I didn't mean for any of this to happen.
36:55I didn't...
36:56She's gonna be okay, right?
36:59Right?
36:59I didn't.
37:02I didn't.
37:03I didn't.
37:07I didn't.
37:07Shock waves rippled around the world as cosmetics mogul Layla Laughlin was shot and killed in her
37:12Bel Air home earlier today.
37:14The alleged shooter, her son Chance Laughlin was arrested by FBI agents at the scene.
37:19In related news, Laughlin's new Miracle Cream, De Leon, is being recalled after it was determined
37:25that the secret ingredient that promised the Fountain of Youth was, in fact, human blood.
37:31Where did this blood-infused cream idea come from?
37:34After we arrested Chance, we learned that once he took the reins from his mother, he became
37:38the company's head scientist in charge of research and development.
37:41And in an effort to boost sales, he created the De Leon cream using Dante's Golden Blood.
37:47And at that point, well, Layla was just a figurehead.
37:50She had no knowledge of her son's misdeeds.
37:53Chance had sunk, you know, millions into R&D, trying to isolate the anti-aging antigens
37:58from normal human blood.
38:00And then when Dante walked into his life with his Golden Blood...
38:05Like a gift from above.
38:07Who was banging his mom.
38:11So you had no ill will towards Dante?
38:13No.
38:15No, not.
38:15When I found out he has Golden Blood, he was one of six people with RH null blood in the
38:21whole country.
38:23Hospitals all around the world would call on him to donate.
38:26Chance knew Dante would never agree to donate for cosmetics, so...
38:30He abducted him and held him prisoner.
38:32Chance fed him nourishing food and kept him well-rested.
38:35In order to keep Dante, and most importantly, his blood, healthy.
38:38But Dante's blood was basically a renewable resource.
38:41Why kill him?
38:42I'd have kept him locked away indefinitely.
38:46What'd you know?
38:49Let's move on.
38:50Mm-hmm.
38:51So what went wrong?
38:51Why did Chance kill him?
38:53It was an accident.
38:54The demand for the de Leon cream skyrocketed.
38:57And one day, Chance took too much blood and Dante had a heart attack and died.
39:00So you drained him of every last drop.
39:03I even had to punch holes in his neck to suck out that precious blood from his carotid.
39:09That was annoying.
39:10Yeah, I bet it was.
39:12Then you buried him in a shallow grave like an animal.
39:16I know.
39:17I know.
39:17My bad.
39:18Okay, but do you know how hard it is to dig a six-foot grave in the rain?
39:23I just don't have that kind of upper body strength.
39:25The guy was an unrepentant megalomaniac.
39:29And it made me realize that if Dante died, Chance would need a new victim with the golden blood to
39:35keep making product.
39:36So we searched his house.
39:38FBI!
39:42Okay.
39:44You're gonna be okay.
39:46I need a medic in here now.
39:48Mr. Laughlin contacted Kumiko through an RH Null support group website.
39:52Helping folks with golden blood navigate the medical system.
39:56Chance lured her to Los Angeles last week with the promise of a high-paying job, then kidnapped her.
40:01She was lucky.
40:02Though the trauma of her abduction and torture will live with her forever.
40:08You seem proud of your team.
40:10I am.
40:11I am.
40:13We solved a homicide, saved a life, and ended a global cosmetic conspiracy.
40:20I mean, it doesn't get any better than that, right?
40:24You know what?
40:25I think this interview is over.
40:27But I still have a few more questions.
40:28Well, I know, but I don't care.
40:30I got work to do.
40:31Can I reschedule with your...
40:33Okay.
40:34Thanks.
40:36Okay.
40:37Yeah, I think I...
40:38See that?
40:38Yeah, I remember.
40:39Do you have a plane to catch?
40:41I do, but I'm not ready to leave yet.
40:43Okay.
40:43You know, the only reason I came here to do this dumb documentary was so I could spend more time
40:47with you.
40:47You know that, right?
40:48Well, it's just sex.
40:49We don't need an excuse.
40:50We can do it any time.
40:51What if I want more than that?
40:54No.
40:57Oh.
40:58My God.
40:59Why?
41:00Your mic is still on?
41:05Get a life!
41:08Douchebags!
41:09You're stupid.
41:10I'm sorry.
41:11I didn't...
41:11I didn't know how I didn't see it.
41:12Given you were a fan of Layla's, how do you feel about the news that her company had gone bankrupt?
41:16I admire how Layla refused to let people count her out.
41:20I mean, just because she was a woman of a certain age.
41:23Uh-huh.
41:24But what about her company?
41:26Her company?
41:27I put it to you like this.
41:29After working this case, I realized all she was really doing was making folks feel bad about growing old.
41:36Mm-hmm.
41:36So you're not using any more of her products?
41:38Hell no.
41:39Who knows what other bodily fluids that crazy son of hers might have put in it.
41:43Yeah.
41:44I mean, who the hell wants Layla Laughlin products now?
41:47Not me.
41:48Not me either.
41:52I bought out every store I could before the recall.
41:55That's just being smart.
41:57I don't care what's in it.
41:58This stuff works.
42:01Well, it goes.
42:06Thanks, Melanie.
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