Case. Elizabeth mattered. She i had gotten a call saying, youll never believe this. Sayin youre like, this is it. It was just a picture, shut up one they on social media back in 2014. It was an early offering on our missing america series. And that bright, open face, the questions that begged for answers. Who was Elisabeth Sullivan . Completely brilliant. She was almost an unacknowledged genius. I dont even know how to describe it, it was like this tornado mom that was disheveled, she was fighting, she will talk here in here and go all over the place. They knew her well, these two. And so they knew in October Of 2014 something very serious was going on. I had never seen her so nervous. She didnt know what to do. Their best friend seem to be on the verge of doing something drastic. She was angry. I dont want to call it frantic, but, you know, it gives you cold sweats. We needed to know. What happened to her . Was she alive . Was she dead . Couldnt know that. There was a story here that
the missing person, did not see any signs of all. play it s like what, i know i m just different. i ll just feel like something s lost. i very, very much believe that my friend was in danger. did you get the impression you were a list of possibles? definitely. the husband, he was under suspicion, basically immediately. there were searches of his own the husband was cooperative. the boyfriend was not. got a warrant for his home, his phone, his computer. this was a very complicated case. elizabeth mattered. she i had gotten a call saying, you ll never believe this. you re like, this is it. it was just a picture, shut up one they on social media back in 2014. it was an early offering on our missing america series. and that bright, open face, the questions that begged for answers. who was elisabeth sullivan? completely brilliant. she was almost an unacknowledged genius. i don t even know how to describe it, it was like this tornado mom that was disheveled, she
elizabeth sullivan had been gone about two months when gone about two months when the missing persons unit as detective kim collier and her partners to get involved. the thing was, detective collier worked homicide cases, and this one, they didn t know exactly what it was. it really made them worry that this was more than just somebody that had walked away from their lives. but that missing person had done their searches and talk to the husband, matt, who told them about liz s psychiatric issues, told them she could be unpredictable, impulsive. and they had interviewed people who reported seeing her after she went missing. and people who said they were just worried.
all the insulation in the whole attic. making sure that every thing was looked under and through. and up in the attic, under the insulation, she founded, a military style folding knife. what was that moment like? for me, kind of thrilling because i felt like it definitely meant something, it was hidden in a fashion that was not like it fell out of your pocket or something. could it be that this was the murder weapon? the lab results were conclusive, liz s blood on the inner workings of the knife, and on the handle? a mix of dna from both liz and matt. detective collier worked three long years for this. what did you do first after that? well, i actually cried. you know, you work a case that long, and you re like, this is it.
so get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem, like me. roar. (sfx: family screams in background) you never heard the term roar. have you ever heard the term minnesota nice? minnesota nice? yes, of course, sure. that s what he is. this is marcus the bose, matt sullivan s defense attorney. he is a born and raised in the suburbs of minneapolis. played soccer, did boy scouts, went fishing. no sort of run-ins with the law, or angry girlfriends. nothing. 9/11 happens and he kind of has the thought a lot of people did hey, i m going to serve. he enlisted in the navy as what he thought was his patriotic duty. five years after elizabeth sullivan disappeared, her husband matt went on trial for murder. detective collier had retired by then but she wasn t about to sit this one out. i was there every day