STORM AS IT CONTINUES TO BE
MOSTLY STATIONARY.
STILL UP NEAR HENDERSONVILLE.
"7 NEWS LIVE" AT 6 STARTS NOW.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.
DOZENS OF DETECTIVES, MORE
THAN A THOUSAND LEADS.
WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD BE
SOLVED WITHIN MONTHS OF THIS
HAPPENING AND IT WASN'T AND
YEARS WENT BY.
Reporter: YET ZERO SUSPECTS
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THE
VICTIM'S FAMILIES HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH.
I CAN'T.
I DON'T GET IT.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF HOPE IN THE
PAST, AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP
THAT THE LONGER THE CASE GOES
UNSOLVED.
BUT NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE
UP.
WE'RE TIRED.
WE'RE FRUSTRATED AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE
TRIED TO DO.
Reporter: THE CASE THAT
CONTINUED IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY
THAT TURNED INTO A NATIONWIDE
INVESTIGATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY
DEEPER THAN ANY ONE MUCH US.
TO BELIEVE.
Reporter: TONIGHT WE LEARN
HOW THE CLUES WERE COMING
TOGETHER BEFORE THE TODD
KOHLHEPP'S CASE WAS EVER OPENED.
WE PRESENT AID KILLER AMONG US,
THE UNSEALED FILES OF TODD
KOHLHEPP.
AS THE YEARS PASTED, THE HOPE
THE SUPER BIKE MOTORS WOULD BE
SOLVED CONTINUE TO BURN OUT.
EACH YEAR THE FAMILIES OF THE
FOUR VICTIMS PLEADED FOR THE
PERSON RESPONSIBLE TO COME
FORWARD.
AND AS THEIR PLEAS WENT
UNANSWERED, DETECTIVES WERE
LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED
LOOKING FOR THE KILLER AMONG US.
TONIGHT AS WE CONTINUE OUR
SPECIAL NEWS SERIES, BRIANNA
SMITH DIGS INTO THE UNSEALED
FILES OF TODD KOHLHEPP.
Reporter: YEARS WOULD PASS
AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
TRAGIC SUPER BIKE MURDERS WOULD
HIT FIVE YEARS AND THEN TEN.
CHANCES OF FINDING THAT ELUSIVE
SUSPECT WOULD GET SMALLER,
HOPING A FRESH SET OF EYES WOULD
OFFER NEW LEADS.
THOSE LEADS WOULD COME, GOT
CROSSED OFF AND NEW ONES WOULD
EMERGE.
SOME LOST SLEEP OVER THIS
CASE.
EVERYBODY WANTED TO SEE THIS
CASE SOLVED.
Reporter: THIS IS JUST A
SMALL PART OF THE UNSOLVED CASE
FILE, THE DETAILS THAT WERE THE
FOCUS OF EVERY SPARTANBURG
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY FOR
13 YEARS.
IF IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN
SEEING A TRUCK THAT MATCHED A --
ONE OF THE COMPOSITE VEHICLES,
RIDE DOWN THE ROAD AND SAY OH,
THAT LOOKED LIKE THE TRUCK AND
SUPER BIKE.
SUPER BIKE HAS BEEN IN THE BACK
OF EVERYBODY'S MIND THAT HAS
WORKED THIS CASE FROM DAY ONE.
Reporter: MORE THAN 1,000
TIPS FLOODED IN, WHICH GENERATED
DOZENS OF LEADS AND HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF MAN-HOURS TO CLOSE
EACH ONE OF THOSE OUT.
IT WOULD BE NOT OUT OF THE
NORM EVERY WEEK TO RECEIVE A TIP
FROM SOMEBODY IN PRISON OR
SOMEBODY IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
LIKE LEAD 209, A TIP WHO
SOMEONE LOOKED LIKE THE ORIGINAL
COMPOSITE STRETCH, INVESTIGATORS
CHASED THIS FOR YEARS BUT STILL
COULDN'T FULLY CLOSE IT OUT.
SAYING THEY'VE GOT
INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS.
Reporter: DEPUTIES HAD TO
WORK OUTSIDE THE BOX, CASTING A
NET TO TRY AND CATCH A KILLER.
THEY USED CELL PHONE TOWERS AND
PULLED FLIGHT MANIFESTS FROM
AIRPORTS LIKE GSP.
YOU CAN MATCH A NAME TO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
IS THIS AN ONLINE CUSTOMER
THAT'S THERE?
THERE WAS NEVER ONE THAT WAS
MATCHED UP.
Reporter: TO MATCH A NAME
DEPUTIES NEED A DATABASE OF
CUSTOMERS.
WITH NO LIST AVAILABLE THEY GOT
TO WORK CREATING THEIR OWN.
THEY TOOK REPEATS AND
FINANCIAL RECORDS AND STUFF THAT
WAS ON THE COMPUTERS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT AND FORMULATED OUR
VERSION OF A CUSTOMER LIST.
Reporter: A MAJORITY OF THOSE
CUSTOMERS WOULD COME FROM SUPER
BIKE'S ONLINE BUSINESS SHIPPING
BIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT TOOK THAT CASE OUT OF
SPARTANBURG COUNTY?
ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY, WHICH
KIND OF LIMITED US TO SOME
DEGREE WOULD WITH RUNNING SOME
OF THESE FOLKS DOWN.
IT WAS THOSE CUSTOMERS
LIEUTENANT GARY BEGAN TO FOCUS
ON WHEN THE CASE ARRIVED ON HIS
DESK IN 2008.
AND THEY WOULD SEND PHOTOS OF
DAMAGE ON A FRAME, THINGS LIKE
THAT, WHERE THEY SAY, HEY, THIS
BIKE I BOUGHT ON THE INTERNET
HAS THIS DAMAGE TO IT, WHAT ARE
THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME,
LIEUTENANT GARY SENT THESE 18
SHELL CASINGS TO ENGLAND TO TRY
TO SEARCH FOR ANY KIND OF
FINGERPRINTS OR DNA.
I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO GET
S.L.E.D.
TO LOOK AT IMPRESSIONED
WRITING ON THE BILL OF SALE THAT
WAS THERE TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE
WAS ANOTHER BILL OF SALE SITTING
ON TOP OF IT THEY WENT TO FILL
THROUGH THAT PRESSED THROUGH AND
THERE WAS NOTHING.
Reporter: AND IT BECAME
MANDATORY EVERY GUN THAT CAME
THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WOULDN'T SENT TO S.L.E.D.
TO
TEST JUST IN CASE.
HE WILL MAKE SURE THOSE
STRIATION MARKS DOESN'T MATCH.
AND THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS
GEARED TO.
Reporter: FOR THE TENTH
ANNIVERSARY, A COVER LETTER
WOULD BE SENT TO EVERY CUSTOMER
ASKING IF THEY REMEMBER ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT DAY.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF
CUSTOMERS AT THAT MOTORCYCLE
SHOP AND NOT MANY PEOPLE
RESPONDED BACK TO THAT LETTER.
THIS GUY WILL SHED MORE LIGHT
ON THIS CASE THAN WE'VE EVER
HAD.
Reporter: AND A FRESH LOOK AT
THE COMPOSITE THE WITNESS SAID
WAS WRONG FOR SO MANY YEARS.
WHEN WE DONE IT AND I LOOKED
AT IT AND I SAID OKAY I'M HAPPY,
THAT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF
WHO I SAW.
LITTLE DID THESE DEPUTIES
KNOW THAT CUSTOMER LIST, THE
COVER LETTER WOULD BE CRUCIAL
CLUES THAT NAME OF THEIR SUSPECT
WAS MUCH CLOSER THAN THEY
THOUGHT.
THE REPORT CAME BACK TO ME
INDEED HE WAS A CUSTOMER ON THAT
LIST.
AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT
NAME TO BE TODD KOHLHEPP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO
CHILLING BRIANNA, AMAZING
REPORTING HERE.
THE CONFESSION TAPE WHEN YOU
LISTEN TO TODD KOHLHEPP TALK
ABOUT IT, HE TALKS ABOUT WHY WE
NEVER SAW ANYTHING TURN UP.
HE WAS WEARING DOUBLE GLOVES
DURING THE LOADING OF THE
WEAPONS.
HE WAS WEARING TWO PAIRS OF
GLOVES BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID THE
DNA WOULD COME THROUGH AND WE'LL
GET A LOT MORE FROM THAT
CONFESSION ON THURSDAY AND
EXACTLY HOW HE WALKED THROUGH
THIS CASE TO INVESTIGATORS AND
LET THEM KNOW THIS IS YOUR GUY.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PART,
TOO.
TODD KOHLHEPP WAS FOUND WITH
A LOT OF WEAPONS.
DID THEY FIND THE WEAPON?
UNFORTUNATELY THEY DIDN'T.
THEY FOUND THE SAME WEAPON THEY
SAID HE USED, THE SAME TYPE OF
WEAPON BUT NOT THE SAME ONE AND
HE THREW THAT GUN AWAY RIGHT
AFTER THE MURDERS HAPPENED.
IT WAS INTERESTING WE TALKED
LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE COAT HE
STILL KEPT ON THAT HE HAD THAT
DAY.
SO SOME THINGS HE KEPT AND SOME
THINGS HE DIDN'T.
AND THE SHERIFF SAID THEY
TESTED EVERYTHING THAT CAME
THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE COUNTED 27 THAT WENT
THROUGH S.L.E.D., ALL NINE
MILLIMETER GUNS.
THEY TESTED 27 OF THOSE TO TRY
AND GET TO BE THE EXACT GUN THEY
KNEW.
THEY WORKED SO HARD AND GOT
THAT BREAK.
BRIANNA, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD
TO MORE REPORTS FROM YOU, THANK
YOU.
TOMORROW THE STEPS FROM THIS
BEING A COLD CASE TO SOLVED IN
JUST DAYS.
WE TALKED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT
RESCUED KAYLA BROWN AND HOW THEY
TRACKED DOWN THE OTHER CASES
TODD KOHLHEPP WAS CONNECTED TO
ALL PART OF THE SPECIAL
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