the hotel. one of the fire stairs that go down to the first floor. was there any other tampering done? well, the door that was adjacent to where this camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. how do you know that? the gentleman that was working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. then they plugged the camera back in so it s now working again, and at about 6:35 that morning, suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. same camera. same camera. and it s tampered with yet again. if that was jason young s work, is it possible he did make the 340-mile round trip? could he have killed his wife and cleaned up his daughter all in seven and a half hours, all without ever being seen? to find out, investigators played a hunch. they visited every gas station on the route, showed jason s photos, talked to the night
reporter: was there any other tampering done? the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. how do you know that? the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. well, then they plugged the camera back in, so it s now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. same camera? same camera. and it s tampered with yet again. reporter: if that was jason young s work, is it possible he did make the 340-mile round trip? could he have killed his wife and cleaned up his daughter all in 7 1/2 hours without ever being seen? to find out, investigators played a hunch. they visited every gas station along the route. showed jason s photo, talked to the night clerks. and came across a woman named gracie doms in a tiny place
the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. how do you know that? the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. well, then they plugged the camera back in, so it s now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. same camera? same camera. and it s tampered with yet again. reporter: if that was jason young s work, is it possible he did make the 340-mile round trip? could he have killed his wife and cleaned up his daughter all in 7 1/2 hours without ever being seen? to find out, investigators played a hunch. they visited every gas station along the route. showed jason s photo, talked to the night clerks. and came across a woman named gracie doms in a tiny place called king, north carolina.
tampering done? the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. how do you know that? the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. well, then they plugged the camera back in, so it s now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. same camera? same camera. and it s tampered with yet again. reporter: if that was jason young s work, is it possible he did make the 340-mile round trip? could he have killed his wife and cleaned up his daughter all in 7 1/2 hours without ever being seen? to find out, investigators played a hunch. they visited every gas station along the route. showed jason s photo, talked to the night clerks. and came across a woman named gracie doms in a tiny place called king, north carolina.
showed jason s photo, talked to the night clerks. and came across a woman named tracy doms in a tiny place called king, north carolina. she took one look at the photograph and recognized it instantly. he was the foul-mouthed customer she said who came into the store to complain that the pumps were locked. and what time was it? 5:30 a.m., morning of the murder. there was actually an altercation between the two of them. so you have a reason why she would remember him as opposed to any other customer that may have just happened into the store. reporter: if that attendant was right, investigators may have undercut jason s alibi. still, it wasn t enough. so they plodded ahead, painstaking work, took time. and then, years after the murder, they finally got a match for that partial footprint. the state bureau of investigation and the fbi were