dutch, russian, english and french and today is facing american imprisonment in a u.s. federal prison. prosecutors are holding his passport and refusing to leave the d.c. area except to meet with his own expensive new york lawyers. you should me victor yushenko. at that time he was a candidate for president and he was considered to be a dashing and fairly charismatic opposition figure in his country. that s him in july 2004. here he is six months later. same guy. that is him in december that same year. july on the left, december on the right. almost not recognizable as the same man, right?
syllania, as young as she was, might have been entangled in a prostitution circuit that shuttles women from city to city. what we see very often is the women involved in prostitution work in what s called the circuit. so they ll move from albuquerque to phoenix to las vegas to los angeles and maybe not return on that circuit for several years. reporter: it was in denver, another city on the circuit, that detective todd babcock hit paydirt. at one point syllania had been arrested up in the denver area for prostitution, going by a different name at the time. had been booked. they were able to get me a booking photograph of what syllania looked like around the time that she died, we believe. reporter: syllania edwards was released from that denver-area jail in july 2004, the same year almost all the other west mesa women had gone missing. the next time anyone heard anything about syllania, she was here in this makeshift grave
angeles to las vegas and maybe not return fur several years. it was in denver. another city on the circuit. that detective hit pay dirt. one point she had been arrested in the denver area for prostitution. by a different name at the time. had been booked, they were able to get a booking photograph. of what s she looked like around the time she died we believe. edwards was released from the denver area jail in july, 2004. the same year almost all the other women had gone missing. the next time anyone heard anything about et wards. she was here in the makeshift grave site outside. sharing it with ten other women she never knew in life. but will be forever linked with. in death. she s not local girl. all the victims were local. they had ties to new mexico.
russel, but she was the named beneficiary of three life insurance policies he d taken out on himself the problem was brenna s alibi was solid. there were plenty of people who could confirm that they d been with her at the time russel douglas was killed. the detective knew he needed a break, and in july 2004, exactly seven months to the day after the murder of russel douglas, he got one. i was actually out canvassing and interviewing again, and i got a phone call that said we had a tip on the russel douglas homicide. plumberg s partner on the investigation mike beach took the call. he just said hey, i m calling to see if you have unsolved homicides from december 2003, and i said yes, sir, we actually have two in december of 2003. which one are you referring to? he says the guy who got shot in the head.
where peggy worked? where peggy worked, yes. so peggy knew all about this? she helped him. for five months bill hill says he struggled under the weight of that confession and then in late july 2004 his conscience finally got the better of him. i decided to make my first call. your first call? to whidbey island. to the police. yes. to the island county sheriff s i felt guilty i was giving up my friend, but i knew something had to be done. within days of that call detectives mark plumberg and mike beach were sitting face-to-face with both their tipster bill hill and their suspect, the artist formerly known as buck naked. coming up, the interrogation gets tough. you know what you told bill. the guy is falling apart over the guilt he s carrying around because you told him what you did.