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wouldn't have known

to go to that spot.

See?

Dwayne specifically said

that it was David who

suggested that site.

I mean, we've got the--

you know, he could have

gotten the name wrong.

Yeah, then he might not

have as well.

I've got the confession

right here.

A transcript of the exact

confession that Dwayne says,

"I was gathering to leave

when Dave suggested

something a little different.

About an hour..."

And blah, blah, blah.

"...that Dave stumbled across

a large area of these

on previous trips."

"Dave suggested

something a little different."

- That's what Dwayne said.

- Okay.

And everything Dwayne says

is so precise

and so specific.

So, wait. You're thinking

there's a connection

between Dwayne and Dave?

A motive?

I'm just thinking that

everything so far

is so clean and so clear,

and this is really

the only whisper

of something that

doesn't compute.

So what are we

doing at 6:
27 A.M.?

We got a call

from Theresa Fitzgerald.

The librarian?

The librarian.

She received

a visit last night

as she was closing up,

from Dwayne Nelson.

Theresa hasn't spoken

to anyone in years and years.

And we go to visit her,

and a few days later,

suddenly Dwayne shows up?

You think he's following us?

Well, obviously

he knows about us

and he's worried

about something.

He definitely worried

about something.

I don't know if

there's that much to tell.

So did you feel threatened

at all when he came in?

Oh, no.

No, he's very polite.

It was just a shock.

But he did ask you if you'd

been talking to anyone?

Yeah, he did.

And I told him

about the documentary,

but after all, I only really

talked about Carol when

you interviewed me.

See, what's weird is that

I've contacted everyone

we interviewed,

and Dwayne hasn't tried to

get a hold of any of them.

So I'm wondering

what I'm missing here.

I don't know.

I don't know if there's

anything more to tell.

He came in in the morning,

left at night.

I told him he could...

Sign out anything he wanted,

but he said he preferred

to be in the library.

Was that to be closer to

his wife, do you think?

- Oh, I assumed so.

- Yeah?

The only other people

spent that much time here

are students doing research.

Right.

Did he ever take any of

the books home

that he was reading?

Uh, nope.

Not that I can remember.

And if you don't

check a book out,

is there any record

of what you've been reading?

No, of course not.

Do you have any idea

what he was reading?

Like I said, he just

sat in the back.

Where was that again?

Over in the corner there.

Okay.

Why did Dwayne come back now?

According to Theresa,

he stopped visiting the library

about a year before

he committed the murders,

and had never been back since.

So what was he doing here?

The answer was staring

me in the face.

Adam...

Something so obvious,

I'd missed it on

the first visit.

Of course he was looking

at the law books, man.

What else are you gonna do

in your local library

law section?

You don't

go to the library,

hoping to find an overlap

in the Constitution.

I mean, one that will allow

you to get way with murder?

No, you don't.

But he must have known about

this loophole beforehand.

Otherwise, it's just

what he says.

It's a bunch of, you know,

coincidences

that let a guilty man go free.

But, Julian, there are

a ton of cases

where people have gotten off

on ridiculous technicalities.

Yeah, but if we find a motive,

then we can prove Dwayne

orchestrated the entire thing.

Presuming there's

one to be found.

It's like what

Matcek said, man.

It's not a guy who's crazy.

He's in complete control.

Patrick, sorry to

bother you again,

but I just got back

from the Williston Library,

and it seems Dwayne

was just there.

I also found out that Dwayne

spent a lot of time there

before the murders,

in the law section.

I mean, he was looking

at law books.

He was doing research there.

Doesn't that indicate

some sort of premeditation,

or a motive,

or something suspicious?

Okay, but he

comes out of hiding,

and he goes directly

back to the library?

Isn't that also suspicious?

Okay, no. Patrick, I get that.

But can I just ask you

another question here?

There had to be a motive.

There had to be a link between

Dwayne and one of the boys.

I kept coming back

to David Drabeck.

According to Dwayne,

he was the one that

took them all to

the so called "zone of death."

I hope David's mother

might have some answers.

Any connection maybe

through construction?

One more quick question.

Um, did David ever go to

North Dakota for any reason?

Have any friends or family

up there?

And who are we talking

about, Mrs. Drabeck?

What was her name?

Mrs. Drabeck, would you be able

to send me that letter,

do you think?

Earlier today, I got this

letter from Nancy Drabeck.

She sent me the letter

that Kayleigh Brighton sent her

now Kayleigh Brighton...

Is not a photographer.

Kayleigh Brighton...

Is an Environmental Biologist,

at a University that happens

to be right above North Dakota.

Come around here, man.

Check this out.

I typed in Kayleigh's address

earlier today.

And she lives right above

Regina, Saskatchewan.

The three boys are

from Rapid City.

Check out this route.

Look at that.

Right in the middle.

Williston, Dwayne's hometown,

right where we are.

You're ready for

a road trip, buddy?

What are you

hoping to find?

There's a missing link

between Dave and Dwayne.

And I know this girl's got

some answers for us.

Do you realize how

ridiculous this sounds?

This one girl?

And what does this have to

do with Dwayne and Dave

anyways?

Well, you saw the map.

And I've just got

a good feeling about it.

What do you think

she'll tell you?

I have no idea, man.

But I have three hours

and 26 minutes

to figure it out.

She knows something.

I can't see anything in there.

Whoa.

It's a f***ing pig, man.

Look at this.

Hey man, we're looking

for Kayleigh Brighton,

actually.

What's the camera for?

Well, we're just hoping

to talk to Kayleigh here

for a second.

What do you wanna talk

to my wife for?

Listen, man,

we drove a long way.

I'm just wondering if

I could talk to Kayleigh

for a second.

Shut your camera off.

Okay. But is she here?

Is she... she your wife?

- Shut your camera off.

- Hey, man.

Listen. Hey, hey, buddy. Hey.

It's up to her,

you understand?

Okay, buddy.

I don't want you

going up there shoving

a camera in her face.

Also, you know, when you

go up there, you make sure

that camera's off.

I'm sorry what

happened to the guys.

But the thing is we don't

have the Internet here.

We didn't. So I just heard

about it on the radio.

That's how we heard about it.

- Right.

- But we...

My parents let me know.

And it was a tragedy.

Definitely devastating.

I mean, I just can't believe

that happened.

Yeah, it's a real shock

I'm sure, to hear that

- about a friend.

- Yeah.

So, okay.

You got me alone.

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