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, 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 know, 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.
when she fought off his advances, he says he choked her to keep her quiet. hall told keene he blacked out and when he woke up, tricia was naked and lifeless. days after her disappearance, investigators found her blood-soaked clothes here. just one block from the supermarket. hall s own notes indicate what might have happened next. exactly one week after tricia s disappearance, hall wrote, cut out stained carpet, vacuumed van thoroughly, buy new hacksaw blades, clean all tools.
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, 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 know, 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.
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 saiding with well, would you remember if you stopped and offered girls a ride and asked them to get in your van?
different from what some investigators believed. it was his story, along with some evidence that created a roadmap i wanted to follow to try to figure out what happened to tricia reitler. tricia would have left this supermarket parking lot, walking just a couple of blocks back to campus. somewhere along this road, hall told keene he got tricia into his van when she fought off his advances, he said he choked her to keep her quiet. hall told keene he blacked out and when he woke up, tricia was naked and lifeless. days after her disappearance, investigators found her blood-soaked clothes here, just one block from the supermarket. hall s own notes indicate what might have happened next. exactly one week after tricia s disappearance, hall wrote cut out stained carpet. vacuumed van thoroughly. buy new hack saw blades. clean all tools. along with his notes was this address, 700 west slocum, in the woods, halfway between marion and wabash and it is possible