rudy could have driven his car inside the garage. that s why no one saw kristine with him, maybe. they also discovered that several weeks after kristine disappeared, a four-inch cement slab floor was poured inside the garage. there s a possibility she may be buried underneath the garage. i mean, it s not definite, but there s a strong possibility. the pressure is really on him, police have been going to see him, he gets really nervous, he may start thinking that he might get in trouble instead of rudy. and he might decide he wants to talk. he did not respond to our request for an interview. gil hopes by investigating those around rudy someone will come forward. and that s what we re looking for, the final answer. i want somebody to call me. i know that one call is going to come in and they re going to say, listen, this is what i know and it s going to be right on the button. we re investigating it as a homicide case. i mean, does the chance exist that she s still alive? but
to talk. the constitution s fifth amendment gives them that right. no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. first of all, i believe there s no such thing as the perfect crime. john dematto is the attorney for anna s sister, angel. as a former prosecutor, i can tell you your legal training, your experience as a prosecutor and your prosecutorial instincts tell you that a crime was committed and it s very likely that this person committed the crime. however, the same experience, the same training and the same instincts tell you that at this point in time, you don t have enough evidence to sustain a verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. if, under pressure, a prosecutor goes to trial and loses, an acquittal is far worse for the family to endure. gil alba counsels them not to rush the process. right now, there s not enough
prosecutors will often tell you no body, no crime. but the conviction of an ohio man for the murder of his girlfriend gave new hope to kathy kupka and angel back in new york city whose sisters have disappeared. retired detective gil alba uses the ohio case in his college course on the art of an investigation. angel, okay. there was a case in ohio, which you guys can research it. the guy killed his girlfriend. the guy prosecuted him, no body, no weapons, no nothing. prosecuted him and found him guilty. so there s hope. nowadays there s more hope in that. the search for 22-year-old carrie culberson has become an obsession for blanchester, ohio. a small rural town of 4,600 people.
their families together in their struggle to prove they were both murdered. though neither of their boyfriends have been arrested, the families believe they are responsible. and as the wait for answers from police becomes unbearable, kathy kupka turns to a private investigator for help. in the beginning, we were doing a ton of work at the beginning every day. gil was always there. and then it slowed down. we laid a really good foundation, got everything clear. they had to learn everything they could about their prime suspect, rudy persaud. they had to start thinking how he was thinking. rudy had dated kristine briefly. she had gotten pregnant. he was desperate. his wife knows. she could be pushing him to get something done quick. so who are we going to ask? rudy is very controlling, you know. he had to know exactly what happened. they systematically met people close to him. we found out a lot, just about his family. who he hung out with.
the case has led us to the conclusion that she s been the victim of a homicide. but still no arrest. her sister angel remains defiant and focused on charlie chorman. i spent a whole year researching criminals and domestic violence because i wanted to see who i was dealing with. angel said charlie s violent nature became more apparent as she spoke to more of anna s friends. i saw him grab her, throw her up against the wall, choke her. put his arms on her neck and left marks where his hands had been. as part of his course on investigations, gil alba helps angel to reconstruct what might have happened on anna s final day. we re at the place where anna marie and charlie resided for a few months, and then anna finally moved out because she couldn t take the abuse anymore. he could have came home after say killing her and come her and changed his clothes and washed his hands and did something.