and showed them where it was. that s correct. they wanted a statement from us as to everything that we had done from the very beginning. not just what we had done that day. the whole, long story? that s basically what they were asking for. and in fact, they had been given the story along and along as it occurred. hours later the ex-detectives were finally released. but not bill capps car. didn t get that back until they filed motion papers for an injunction. even now the memory still rankles all of them. 34 years in the police department. to sit in the back of a police car and have some guy question you, get you to take a statement. that s right. like a criminal. that s what we were sitting in the back of a c like a criminal. let s call it like we see it. still, this was it. the news traveled to the house on the battery. the warings fell from their anxiety and into grief. mixed emotions. relief that she s been found, but at the same time,
from kate s friend jason locke, capps retrieved the weird voicemail left that evening. 10:06 p.m., missed call. voicemail. voicemail said that someone had stolen her identity, and had obtained a couple of credit cards in her name. she wanted me to sue the person responsible. the gym trainer and kate s romantic interest, howard gatts, told capps he heard from her about 10:30 p.m., still at dinner with ethan then. there was another call. it was after midnight. well after police believe she was dropped off at home. she told me she was at some friend s house. they had already made it to the house. she sounded a little buzzed. and then a very last message from kate. a text. very strange. i m off to greenville to pick up some lovely. whatever lovely was i had no idea, you know, and, i ll be back in a few days.
but not bill capps car. didn t get that back until they filed motion papers for an injunction. even now the memory still rankles all of them. 34 years in the police department. to sit in the back of a police car and have some guy question you, get you to take a statemen that s right. like a criminal. that s what we were sitting criminal. let s call it like we see it. still, this was it. the news traveled to the house on the battery. the warings fell from their anxiety and into grief. mixed emotions. relief that she s been found, but at the same time, devastating grief that now you have conclusive evidence that your only daughter is dead and that you re never going to see her again. and then as soon as they were
kate. now that was huge. the last time kate was seen with that ipod it was at the gym the day she went missing. now a man kate never met said heather gave him the ipod days after kate disappeared. just to be sure this was, in fact, kate s ipod, tech expert bill capps got the serial number. and within minutes, had the proof. i examined the registry files from all the computers that we had access to that kate had used in the past. we knew proof positive that that was kate s ipod.
team he assembled. a band of retired policemen-turned-private eyes. each with a particular talent. bobby minter. bobby minter, human blood hound, tracking people without them knowing it, his specialty. bill capps. bill capps, techno geek. tracks bad guys through cyber-space. happens to be a crack shot. james randolph. james randolph. ex-police department rebel. strategy his specialty. shaking things up a particular skill. we re the cream of the crop. and our job was to find kate waring. not finding kate was not an option. experience told james the best place to start was with kate herself. if we listen to kate, she ll tell us where she is. james went to the house on the battery, up the stairs, down the hall, and into kate s bedroom. these type cases, you have to take on the personality, and you have to see this person s world