the next time anyone heard anything about syllania, she was here in this makeshift grave site outside albuquerque sharing it with ten other wome she never knew in life but wil be forever linked with i death. the biggest thing that make syllania different is she s no a local girl all of her other victims wer local. they had ties to albuquerque she was last seen in denver last known police positiv contact was in denver. suggesting possibly that th killer met her in denver brought her here i don t believe so. you think she came here o her own? it s i know she had been to albuquerque at least on prior time to her ending up out here. possibly two prior times nine months after the discovery of the first bone on the west mesa the detectives were back to square one. the odds were good tha syllania edwards, like the others, had simply strolled ou into the war zone and climbe
whatever the killer s permanent address, those satellite photos were a huge break because they told police when he was active here and, most importantly, when he quit there could be somebody u there right now. yeah. and just depending on where they re at, you wouldn t eve see them up there. detective todd babcock an sergeant lou heckroft drew the job of trying to track down th killer all they knew was that he killed at least 11 women and that the 2005 housing boom tha brought suburban sprawl to the west mesa probably forced hi to abandon this burial groun and find another one where there would be no neighbor around to watch him work you re up half a mile to 3/ of a mile from any populated area back in the time frame. a time frame, 2003 to early 2005, and 11 sets of bones not a lot to go on but the detectives knew simply finding the bones in the first place had been an incredibly lucky break. all the stars aligned yeah oddly enough, the west mesa investigators good fo
was the client they show a photo array of six suspect, assistant state attorney matt broke. he immediately separates fo photographs and say, it is definitely not these for, an he is left with two. and he takes a couple of moments, and stares at them. and eventually he says, yes, this is him. i remember him bennett picked out steven cook he was arrested for firs degree murder. deep in our hearts, we al had a feeling that he ha something to do with it. steven s trial began in june, 2015 he pleaded not guilty. glenn and burrow had the tas of convincing a jury tha stephen was capable of orchestrating a cold, murder for hire their case would rely heavil on the word of one man, th killer himself, alexande
were missing, everything point to the defendant, and the clos of that evidence we will ask you to return verdicts o guilty on all charges an especially first degree murder and now the prosecution had more evidence, like steve google searches. during the month befor carole s death, damaging to sa the least. there are some informatio to determine how to kill and make it look like suicide an there was some information o the term how to make a homicid appear suicide those emails and text messages carol and steve arguing in the days before her death. we re read to the jury crime scene analysts claim the blood spatter indicated th killer was left handed with the position that think is the most comfortabl position i would think tha they re swinging from the left and steve he was left-handed remember the golf sock in th garage, it was made, said th
falling on the monkey bars no, no monkey bars no bicycle, nothing like that so there was th prosecutions accused child molester, murderer, th killer with blowback blood spatter on his t-shirt the defense lawyers had thei work cut out for them. you had a big fight as defense attorney yes sir, yes sir. and that s not unusual but thi one was just so much out o profile. coming up that cracking in molding, i believe, it was totally founde on things that weren t factual and was a complete fiction the timeline of the crime that was their smoking gun. the defense is about to sto the clock, when dateline continues. nexgard is the flea and tick protection that s #1 with vets. your vet trusts it for her patients. .and her own dog. plus, its delicious beef flavor is #1 with dogs. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. ask your vet about nexgard. lowe s knows you never come in for just one thing.