because there was information that he did change the sink in here after the disappearance. police got a warrant to search the apartment seven months later. the results were disappointing for the family. to quote one of the inspectors, the place was completely sanitized. there was not a drop of evidence anywhere, not a hair, no samples at all, nothing. very much like five years before when charlie s sister-in-law elizabeth bump had disappeared. he and bump were rumored to have had an affair. when police searched her car, no physical evidence was found either. not even her own fingerprints. coincidence or m.o.? yeah, let s go take a walk back there. now charlie, if he s going to get rid of your sister s body, it is tough to say, but he ll go someplace where he s familiar with it. i don t think he would have
convincing case of circumstantial evidence. no direct physical evidence, only witness testimony that merely implied vince s guilt. testimony like that of vince s sister-in-law who said vince came to her house to see his brother very late the night carrie disappeared. what did you see? blood. where did you see blood? his chest, his arms, it was on his pants. how much blood? it was covered, like smeared. he was covered on his arms, on his chest and then on his pants. according to jurors, the most powerful testimony was about the domestic abuse carrie had endured during her relationship with vince. she had to go to the hospital for a skull fracture, bruised kidneys, both eyes were blackened, her lips were swelled. her whole head and face were swelled. there s no question in my mind that what got the
after anna s disappearance, her family was stunned to learn he had been imprisoned in 1988 for 4 1/2 years for running what police called new york city s largest stolen car ring. anna s family made another shocking discovery. five months after he was released from prison, his sister-in-law, elizabeth bump, vanished without a trace. it was rumored the two were having an affair. as soon as he gets out of jail, bump disappears. then he starts dating my sister that following year. he was a control freak, an abuser. boom, she disappears. who else could it be? anna s step-dad, phil, went to confront charlie. after a half hour of questions, phil got the impression charlie was not telling him the truth. i asked him how it was that he wasn t looking for anna marie after she had disappeared. and he certainly stopped coming around and everything else. and he told me it was because of
to quote the inspectors the place was completely sanitized. there was not a drop of evidence. not a hair. no samples at all. very much like five years before when charlie s sister-in-law, elizabeth bump disappeared. he and bump were rumored to have had an affair. when police searched her car, no physical evidence was found either. not even her own fingerprints. coincidence or m.o.? let s go take a walk back there. charlie, if he s going get rid of your sister s body, it s tough to say but he ll go some place where he s familiar with it. i don t think he would have put her here. you don t think he would have taken her here. you know why? even though it s in the woods. yeah. it s still surrounded by a very main thoroughfare and there are people s back yards. there s always a probability,