hall said he had 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 patricia 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 cornfield weeks later. but then like patricia s jessica s case went cold. there are times you thought you would never solve it. but then you keep going and re-check everything. for over a year, miller looked through local police reports. and then a break. a vehicle reported in a county
a gut instinct. 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 the house going down this way. hall followed and stopped to talk. jessica got scared and backed away. that is when he opens the door, grabs her. there is 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
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, you know, 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 girls and 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 and
you informed. cnn, the most trusted name in news. larry hall had confessed to killing jessica roach, tricia reitler and two other women. and then he took it all back claiming it was just his imagination. i did confess to certain policemen that i had dreams that i did things. but investigator gary miller had other evidence. like the witness who drove by this cornfield the night of jessica s murder. that person testified he was absolutely sure that when he went by here on that night there was a van, there was a guy coming from the cornfield to get in his van. and a search of hall s house and van revealed he had been casing out small college towns
remember with what. i took her pants off. hall said he raped her and let her off through the woods. i laid her up against a tree and put a belt around her neck and she stopped breathing. hall said he strangled jessica from behind so he didn t have to see her face as she died. and that was not all. all of the girls looked alike, hall said. i cannot remember all of them. i picked up several girls in other areas but i can t remember which ones i hurt. several girls in other areas. there were more victims than just jessica roach. hall said he had also been near the campus of indiana wesleyan university, where tricia reitler had had disappeared. i was over there because i needed to be with somebody. it was a small shopping center. i had a van.