Case. Elizabeth mattered. She i had gotten a call saying, youll never believe this. Sayin youre like, this is it. It was just a picture, shut up one they on social media back in 2014. It was an early offering on our missing america series. And that bright, open face, the questions that begged for answers. Who was Elisabeth Sullivan . Completely brilliant. She was almost an unacknowledged genius. I dont even know how to describe it, it was like this tornado mom that was disheveled, she was fighting, she will talk here in here and go all over the place. They knew her well, these two. And so they knew in October Of 2014 something very serious was going on. I had never seen her so nervous. She didnt know what to do. Their best friend seem to be on the verge of doing something drastic. She was angry. I dont want to call it frantic, but, you know, it gives you cold sweats. We needed to know. What happened to her . Was she alive . Was she dead . Couldnt know that. There was a story here that
the missing person, did not see any signs of all. play it s like what, i know i m just different. i ll just feel like something s lost. i very, very much believe that my friend was in danger. did you get the impression you were a list of possibles? definitely. the husband, he was under suspicion, basically immediately. there were searches of his own the husband was cooperative. the boyfriend was not. got a warrant for his home, his phone, his computer. this was a very complicated case. elizabeth mattered. she i had gotten a call saying, you ll never believe this. you re like, this is it. it was just a picture, shut up one they on social media back in 2014. it was an early offering on our missing america series. and that bright, open face, the questions that begged for answers. who was elisabeth sullivan? completely brilliant. she was almost an unacknowledged genius. i don t even know how to describe it, it was like this tornado mom that was disheveled, she
of rug outside the bathroom, pulled it back, and found a large stain. we ended up forensically examining it with luminol. it lit up to. meaning blood. lots of it. the bloodstain from that had to leak into the padding and then be able to go through the padding on the supplier, and the sub floor stain itself was at least a foot. and saturated. though not on the surface of the carpet, must have been cleaned with that carpet cleaner matt thought, maybe? the dna, no surprise matched liz. what did you think when you got those results? i thought here we go, you know. that s a big moment? who was that the case, as far as you could tell, okay, i can persuade the d.a. based on this? we hoped. you know? but we don t get to make all those decisions by ourself. when detectives presented their case to the d.a., they
and the sub floor stain itself was at least a foot. and saturated. is, though not on the surface of the carpet. it must have been clean with that carpet cleaner matt bought, maybe? the dna, no surprise, matched lives. what did you think when you got those results? i thought, here we go, you know? that s a big moment. was not the case, as far as you could tell. it s, not okay could persuade the da, based on this? we hoped. we don t get to make all those decisions by ourself. and detectives presented their case to the da, the retooled they just didn t have enough. so, detective collier got on a plane, flew to maryland, and knocked on matt s door. tell me about that. again, a very long painful interview, at that point, i definitely knew we had the right person. there wasn t any doubt in my mind. but, he didn t confess.