hall said he d been looking for a friend s address, but the address he gave didn t exist. so officers let hall go. september 20th, 1993, six months after tricia s disappearance, now 15-year-old jessica roach goes missing in georgetown, illinois. investigator gary miller got the call. we all knew that we had something really bad here. we had an abduction. jessica s badly decomposed body was found in an indiana corn field weeks later, but then, like tricia s, jessica s case went cold. there s a lot of times you wonder whether you ll ever solve it, but you know you re going to keep going, check everything out, recheck everything. for over a year, miller scoured local police reports, and then, a break. a vehicle reported in a county nearby.
miller thought hall was vicious and as the investigation unfolded, miller also thought he knew how hall abducted jessica roach. when he first seen her, she was riding from toward the house, going down this way. hall followed and stopped to talk. jessica got scared and backed away. that s when he opens the door, grabs her. there s a physical confrontation where he overpowers her. put her in his van. and left. probably going up this road right past her house. in an interview in the wabash police station, hall surprised investigators by explaining what happened next. i tied her up, but i can t remember with what. i took her pants off. hall said he raped her and led her off through the woods. i laid her up against a tree and
named larry hall. hall said he d been looking for a friend s address, but the address he gave didn t exist. so officers let hall go. september 20th, 1993, six months after tricia s disappearance, now 15-year-old jessica roach goes missing in georgetown, illinois. investigator gary miller got the call. we all knew that we had something really bad here. we had an abduction. jessica s badly decomposed body was found in an indiana corn field weeks later, but then, like tricia s, jessica s case went cold. there s a lot of times you wonder whether you ll ever solve it, but you know you re going to keep going, check everything out, recheck everything. for over a year, miller scoured local police reports, and then, a break.
a vehicle reported in a county nearby. the owner, larry hall. he had been involved in stopping some girls. those girls were scared. they ran from him. in the last six months, hall s van was spotted by more than 11 girls in five different towns close by. including those where jessica lived and where her body was found. now miller contacted the police in hall s hometown to arrange for an interview. he initially said no, he hadn t been over here. miller had to coax hall to admit being near jessica s house. i said, well, would you remember if you stopped and offered girls a ride or asked them to get in your van? he said well, he stops and talks to everybody. after a few questions, miller took a gamble and put a photo of jessica down in front of hall. he immediately flinched.
i really think we re on to something here. this guy portrays this weak, timid person, but, you know, i don t think he truly is. miller thought hall was vicious and as the investigation unfolded, miller also thought he knew how hall abducted jessica roach. when he first seen her, she was riding from toward the house, going down this way. hall followed and stopped to talk. jessica got scared and backed away. that s when he opens the door, grabs her. there s a physical confrontation where he overpowers her. put her in his van. and left. probably going up this road right past her house. in an interview in the wabash police station, hall surprised investigators by explaining what happened next. i tied her up, but i can t