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♪ ♪ ♪ >> This man has an 8 to 10 year history of killing women all across the country. ♪ >> Unemployed coming in just after 8 this morning made a horrible discovery for employees of the Malibu Grand free, stabbed to death. >> She doesn’t dispute that she stabbed her husband, a staggering 193 times. >> Harris, a 16 year-old daughter witnessed her stepmother, run the wheels of her Mercedes over her dad several times. >> Police say the suspect may be responsible for the murders of at least 6 women too. ♪ >> Welcome to the season finale of the evidence room for this episode. We’re taking you into acres. Homes. A pocket of Houston was formed after World War. One when homes were sold with an acre of land. Hence the name. We’re about 10 miles outside of downtown. But there’s still enough wide open spaces out here. It has a world feel. Unfortunately, in 2006 serial predators use these isolated pockets as hunting grounds. It would take Houston police about 2 years to crack these cases. And when they first started, they thought they were looking for one predator. They later realized that was not the case.
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♪ ♪ ♪ >> When you actually about doing is yeah, I knew it would be very, very complicated because the storyline. We can get confusing because so much was happening. And if you know, say that poor, you will not understand how to jog get over here. What brought you on? That’s how confused. And how stressful this investigation was hurt. >> Second from crime scene after crime scene after crime scene reports of the so-called acres home serial killer on the loose had this community afraid of what he could do next. >> It was frightening because I have a mother, daughter and family in the area. >> From Eric Burton, it meant a lot of nights wondering and worrying. >> When you have a rape is of that nature running around. We want to make sure that he’s off the street so we want to hurt anyone else. Talk about what were you doing at the department and how did how did this come to you? You know, homicide was a large division and that means you had the murder squad. You had family violence and sex crimes. When I became a mom a sleeveless go to sex crimes 8 to 4 weekends and holidays, all. >> I kept getting these reports and remember, we’ve got several squads, most sergeant every Monday put down a report and I see it six-shot solid Mansfield church. Cole couldn’t reached a victim the next week get another case is almost like. That was spirit. I kept getting the same man spiel address. Each week. The 3rd week after not being able to find any of the complaint since in the case I get a tap on my shoulder and it was from homicide. Said do you have some 6 was also behind a church in Mansfield. So still looking for my victims. He said what we found a body. And that was the impetus to how to make his home serial killers start. >> The case is that you kept getting on your desk. Yeah. Who were these people? >> lifestyles on after I did my background 2 African-American females are call mom. She’s a baby. I don’t know where she’s at. I sent letters to say, baby, I got your letter. But when I find my daughter, I’ll let her know that you’re looking for. So the complainants were very, very difficult to When you pulled up their criminal history like we do in any about this, a geisha is to try to get a background. You can see a pattern and that pattern they rally may reports. So if they did make a report what ever they experience was very traumatizing because the behavior of an individual who chooses that lifestyle. So it’s just a part of the job. But for these 2 young ladies who played it a very valuable part. Yeah, not Eason. What when we found them? We were able to get a description. We’re able to get a DNA sample were able to go and have for. Participate in the sexual assault. Can’t. So all of that played a large role. So the homicides. The tax must be particularly vicious for them to come forward and call police. Yes, a big was blitz. It was just a Blix attack. >> Many times they would say yes, I will get in the car with you. And yes, I agree to do whatever the action was, but it was horrible. It was horrible, horrible enough. And then the Dow 9-1-1.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Was this where you found the body? This is where Pamela gas body was located. Yes, she was the first homicide victim in The Hague case. ♪ ♪ She was always in the back. >> And they were actually having a service here on the weekday service and one of the deacons walked out and he saw blood. He followed the trail of blood and said, Oh, my God, there’s a body. >> He was my baby. 50 the table. Not maybe. >> Winter family talks about Pamela gas. There’s still a tangible sense of loss. 3 years after she was killed. >> Not for me. You still had just as bad. They are just as bad. >> Gas was murdered. April second, 2006 stabbed to death over and over. Her body left behind this church for the past or to find. >> I was horrified because this seemed to be light. So one just through a human being. Around like that fender of a car. >> What made you think? The Pamela Goss was the start of something, not just an isolated incidents. >> When we interview the living victims. In other words, this was a pattern that was starting all of these cases has so many similarities. We knew that we were possibly looking at the same offender by description by the vehicle. All of that and based on what we obtain from, I living victims. We knew that this was an overkill. This was something that was not normal. This was multiple stab wounds. If you are going to actually. Hurt someone, why do it to that extent? Then we still have looking back at other homicides. That’s when we found out with this. And we had a young lady that was another area that was listed as a possible natural deaths. And that was on Seabra. And we say one, she’s new. She’s laying here with no clothes on her feet are clean. So how did this occur? So our reopened that case, Ed doesn’t want to see Levitated. >> Right. Because if she had it was truly natural. You know, he would be to make sure that the wall so that the walk to the spot. So you know what? I’m up to this spot. >> I must not have no clothes on and you’re going to find my clothes. And I’m just going to float in the air and land. ♪ >> Jasmine Clark, and where was Jasmine relations? Yes, Justin was on 6,000 seabra. So it’s not that far. This is all the same area. Okay. All of this is that same year. Okay. >> So was at before after payment. So we found her on January, the 19th 2006. And remember, it was April. >> Of 2006 when this case this year. Okay. So so Jasmine was before payment technically, but it wasn’t put together exactly. Exactly. >> So then did you just start looking at other start looking at other And we start mapping it out. And but it was the living victims. >> And the ones who experience sexual assault destroyed given us a better description of who we were looking at. They gave us a possible vehicle that we should be looking at. We can’t get into different type of vehicles. Once this is a guy with a red truck. What a Superman sticker on the back and the other was a Pontiac of Gray’s point. It’s a vital maybe we’re dealing with 2 suspects work in the same area at the same time and doing the exact same thing. And it was OK, but they didn’t work together. They didn’t work together, but they will left. Let’s look at the area. >> And this look at the area back in 2006. >> She was only 21 and trying to get her life back on track after going through legal problems with drugs. But before she could be key to Stubblefield became the latest victim of what police fear is a serial killer. >> She’d been missing for a couple of days and they also seek a little bit just want to find I was going on and try to bring everything to just. >> Police say the suspect may be responsible for the murders of at least 6 women whose bodies have been found in or near the acres. Homes area in northwest Houston, investigators say most of the victims had drug problems or were prostitutes. ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ >> There’s a lot of thank you, Lance Year. Lot of tall weeds, lot of places to hide. Was that a hindrance back then? It was not only of interest, but it was a crime. >> And I say that just because we need to be at the we brought this to light. That in this area. It’s been
tonight. tonight. With complimentary things that was given to us. And so we had today one out to We point out volunteers that help clear the area. We point the city of Houston with their dumpsters and tractors and we made it a unified of bin. >> Just because these bodies are found in acres, whole man and these women may have questionable lives and that this perpetrator will not show up in your neighborhood if he’s not quickly called it. >> Leaders in acres homes increased the reward money for information leading to an arrest and the filing of charges to $20,000 and issued a firm statement to whoever is behind these crimes. This is not where you rest. We will seek you out. We will find you. And when we find you, we will prosecute you. >> These guys parade on the fact of one you screaming and he is if you scream, then I kind of care. And if you screen I’ll kill you. So when you working in those type of dynamics. into young ladies who chose, I think the lifestyle of the environment let them through that pathway, but they’re still human and we still treated them as human They got their rape kits. We’ve got, you scientific evaluations conducted. We sat down and we got him a complete a check of their body just to make sure that nothing else was occurring and that’s how we end up making a determination that we had 2 offenders in the exact same area. >> How many victims in total, the believe. >> We’re out here from that time period. >> At least 6 or 7. >> homicidal and multiple as it related to sex. >> Because I miss him and the calm. ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ >> One case one of the females was found across the residents because for all homes ran out. And as a result, does Dole comes back with what appears to be part of one of And so the homeowners lie? Well, it doesn’t look right. You know, so they go across the street in the forest, the a white female. Obviously was murdered. But when we looked in the trees above those, we saw condoms. So that’s budget become so popular that the minute they finished their acts, they would like the condom in the tree. So we had a tree fall. Condoms and we end up collecting maybe 12 or 13 comes from the top of the tree. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> What did you first think? There’s just one person out here? Did you think multiple? We had no idea. It would be multiple people. You have to understand the element of the environment. And so when you say we found someone that was to cease and it looks as if it was natural causes >> we know we have a lot of drug activity in the area doing that time. But this was different. And that difference came from when the patrol officers came out and said, no, this is not something. This is a brutal, brutal, brutal death. And so that was the the 4 yea to us knowing that we probably have something that is not
normal within the neighborhood. normal within the neighborhood. ♪ It was what the females experienced. They should not have gone through it. We’re talking multiple stab wounds as it relates to just a first victim, which was Pamela calls. I remember going to the medical examiner’s office. And in the Senate detective short numbers going to stop County. Because that’s how many stab wounds that we have. So we’re just going to use the word multiple. Did you have many witnesses given the way these women were just found in vacant? Lots in wooded areas? >> No, not really. And you have to understand the what we were experiencing. We knew that I complainants head of history. And if you go back and you try to speak with, you know, family and friends are even neighbors, they would say yes, she she she walked the streets. So these are very high risk. The victims, a high-risk complaints oats where? Their disappearance would not >> Okay. So nobody reported them missing. They just were found. Exactly. We were able to gain information on our offenders. >> By the individuals that were left alive. So that the sexual assault victims played a large role in solving the homicide cases. >> It had to have been bad because their normal behavior. Was prostitution. And so if you get a complaint, it that has that line of work that they classify them. Sales ads and they down 9-1-1, speak to an officer, get a rape kit. Confrontation. >> Had to have been alarming to them.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> One of complainants. She was sexually assaulted. >> And one of the things she said she said he had scale. >> And for us to do and I comprehensive interrogation. Our interview with her. Were you talking like scales like like he had a skin problem? She said, no, no, no scales. So I started Googling and ice. It doesn’t look like this. And it was to justice scale. And that’s you. So it had to it was a tattoo of the scale. >> OK, how many? How many of the victims reported getting attacked by man with the scales of justice? We had a we did. So we knew we had something consistent. ♪ >> We knew we were dealing with an African-American male. Hear it. And so we whatever roll call. It is to shift some evening. See if we were at every roll call of the roll call. Please roll calls because we were passing out the sketch of what the provided us. That was all we had with the scale. That’s what she provided. So that’s what you had to go on. That’s what we have to go on. And so we’re talking now speaking with every African-American male who had that on their own, which is liberal. So, of course, we had quite a few. So you 2 had multiple people with the scales of justice. We have multiple people tattooed on their own. >> Exactly. Exactly. ♪ ♪ >> I read you and your partner just drove around with DNA swab. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Well, I I went Walmart and I got just a little. Handle case put files and they’re not put the consent forms and we had the packages of swabs the containers did when Ian and I gloves. And that traveling kit you have to understand something the dynamics of recognizing that you were investigating not only the sexual assaults. You also investigating the homicides and with that that left left us with multiple complainants. Complaint. Instead a living and those that we know that or to seize. So with that, we we knew we needed to gain access. You know, through consent. So those males who fit that standard. >> So as you just drive around in anybody that kind of fit the description, you got a swab No, we do. >> We had a database and that database provided us with it. We do suspect that probably fit that standard. So we had an idea of those who were sex offenders in those guys who may have had the scales and where Dana, 5, by by public as we had a tip line, this whale. But we also did so by the leads that we’re getting, we had hundreds of leads that were coming in. The WA tip led a lot of crime stopper tips. And so those tips cases that probable cause to move forward with that individual. >> Did you think at the time this okay to person sexually assaulting the women is also the same person killing the women. >> We had no idea and I hate to say that we we had to say to come to a point in the investigations where we looked at each other say we’re dealing with 2 different people because some of the complainants described the person as being a lighter compacted and some describe the person as having a Domino’s Pizza uniform on. And so we’re like, wait a minute with Dana with 2 different 2 different things and had we had to come to that realization that we had 2 offenders working in the same area at the same time and they did not know each other. In other words, they were not partners. What are the chances of that that that that’s unbelievable. How many DNA swabs to thank you. >> You collected over that period of time while that was the 27 in the 100. Did you get any hits on the DNA? Yes, we did. Was it? >> All at once, like hopping being being it matches all these different crimes or it’s a time it took time. It you have to understand them. >> Information that came from. The victims that were living. So the complaint is that the living? We had one in particular. Who we found and we did diagnostic interview on her. And she said when he finished, he took my sweaters. And he cleaned himself with my spotter and threw it back at me. And we were like what? Yes, I say. Do you still have that sweater? She say yes, I do is sitting in the corner of my apartment. That was that. That’s that door. So taking that sweater testing it against all of your swaps that you’ve gain. He provided us with a profile. And so with that profile that goes into the database and we end up getting a cold is hit on one of 5 dead girls and this weather which led us to an offender. When did LaMarcus. I guess pop up on your radar. We never flew, were able to identify him by name. The only thing that we were capable of doing was too. Put his sketch out. But Dana, 5 himself when he changed locations. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> When >> he change locations from acres, homes. He also did he call a cooling off period. And that’s something that’s that’s a standard for serial offenders. >> Like we do want to stop the 6 months and they called the FBI calls it a cooling off period. I had to work. People steal, work in the steel, had a family, nice apartment, but he Jewett grew his hair out. And so as hair away from shore. It’s a little twist and maybe put a little
cap on It. So now he goes from. cap on It. So now he goes from. The LaMarcus. Mike Williams. You know, with short hair. To now LaMarcus Mike Williams with longer type hair. And this time I’m not going to offend anyone. Acres home. I’m now going to a
fan and 7th district in fan and 7th district in northeast Houston. >> victim in his car that he picked up. He took her to to a vacant area in the wooded area overall for home state in the >> archives. There’s pictures of this silver, Pontiac brand, and that was his car with his car. And there was pictures of this like wooded area, backed up like an 18 wheeler. Exactly. That was that was that area. The sexual assault occurs there. >> And because she’s new. When this when the acts are over. Now it’s time for me to leave. I can’t because now I’m stuck when his car got stuck in the mud. He told her why get in the driver’s seat and pushed the gay us why you push the car so. >> So he made the woman that
he had kidnapped, try to push he had kidnapped, try to push him out of might. Nick, it. And bound. And when that didn’t work, that rock is open. He put sureand closes. Trump walks across the street to the Texaco and phases. Good Samaritan that actually was there gassing up his big duty Truckee. So sure do I help you yesterday? I can push me out and he came and then as he’s doing, he here, the knots. And he sell man. Don’t worry about Nothing. He said, you know, something’s not right. Something’s right now. That’s when the truck. Kicks open. She’s she’s able to kick the trunk open and get out Ross to the neighbor’s house. He dials 9-1-1, the neighbors a dollar and 9-1-1, says in the woods. So when officers respond. The SAS see somebody ducky. Peeping through it and they all out of them out. And I of all the way back when I say we made roll calls. To every officer. And we went says all the roll calls and we we we saturated them with that flyer because all we had was this. And a skit scales of justice. So as LaMarcus was wanted for some traffic. So as he’s arrested him. He’s like hold on. He ran a goddess. Get that. But by this time he had taken at the tattoo on his to put flames. On the scales. So he knew that that knew it was out. So he put flames on the on the thing and the guy camps and no, no, no, no. So you immediately calls 6 crimes to see it. I’m not trying to be funny. I think I have your guy. And that’s how it all started. So essentially Marcus’s undoing was one woman who escaped. >> Yes, there was no one to blame until now. Police say 33 year-old LaMarcus McWilliams DNA connected him to gust as murder and 5 other sexual assaults, including a 13 year-old back in 1996. He was arrested last month after police say he raped an 18 year-old and then got his car stuck. >> I don’t know. I got away with it. You know, for so long. >> Police also say his DNA link McWilliams to the death of Jasmine Clark. And he’s a primary suspect in other bodies found in acres homes between 2006 2007 police say he’s denying any involvement, but the community is breathing a collective sigh of relief. >> Believe it or not, I’m actually happy because it puts people at risk out here really showed a suspect. Sketch is him pointed out how similar McWilliams pictures look, they even showed a sketch of a tattoo witnesses. Remember him having of the scales of justice and John McWilliams having the same one Gus, his mother says she’d like to ask one question about her baby’s death. >> trial for Lamar Keys. McWilliams came to a halt according to the judge. The complaining witness has not been located by the state to begin testimony. >> And until they find her, there’s no trial. His attorney Eric Davis left frustrated. He says this will be a setback for his client. Nick Williams seen here back in September of 2009 appearing before a judge for the first time he’s accused of murdering 15 year-old Pamela Goss. Police say his DNA connects him with gas is murder and a series of rapes, including the sexual assault. A 13 year-old in 1996. >> So he went to he’s in prison for life for sex, be for sexual assault. >> Aggravated sexual assault of the last time. It takes acting. He was charged with Pamela’s murder. It was used and punishment. So. Going on a limb here. I’m assuming the prosecutor went well. His DNA was found in Pamela. But all that means is they had sex in family is a prostitute. Here we have firsthand account. Exactly. So this is the stronger case. This is a stronger case, even though this was the most brutal case, not minimizing the sexual assault, but yet the degree to reach that, you know, through a trial, it can be a little complicated at times. But it was used to punish. It was used in Punishment City feel that she got her justice. Yes, you beautiful family. Just a beautiful family. And and they walked with me through that whole process. that they are they’re very satisfied with it. The fact that the offender that caused the death of their loved one. He’s serving time for it. >> Before you got on the markets, did you get other hits on the DNA? >> Yes, yes, we did it again. When we go we knew we had other offenders because of descriptions were different. When Willie Block a U.S.. Not too far here in Acres home was found in the ditch. We went to Greens point to talk to her mother to find out. Can you give you know, history. And as we’re in Greens point, we were approach the see it from homicide. Like, yeah, okay. Y’all must be here about the girl on the breach. No, we’re here. Something different. Said no. What about the girl into the breach and a girl that’s been burned? A slight what Utah so those cases were already working. Those were cases with that will not solved and because they outcry to us and they led us to a boy by the name of Baby boy. That was the street name. That was the street name. So we have to find him out that baby boy was Brian Davis. So interview Brian took DNA samples from that. We’ve got to, you know, a court order to get a DNA sample from him doing all those things that we did just on pausing, acres home and now trying to figure out what was the girl under the bridge, which was Candace. And so can this case was already work. My mother homicide team with no leads until we. >> 6 tablets, baby boy. And then that’s when when the finding out the baby boy was associated with Kansas case. >> So Brian Davis matched Willie in canned. Exactly. Even though the canvassing willing murders were in 2 different areas in essentially nothing to do with one another. >> Yes, and we we’d never associated Brian with acres home. That’s what made it out. The investigation. So tedious because here we are. Finding a body in this area where we know we have an active serial. That is it that’s going on. You have to go now into a follow-up on the person that you just discovered who lived in the Greenspoint area. And as we have there, new information comes in all cases at a totally different from the ones that were working. So we worked them and we end up putting Prime. Dave is in jail a case from. The So the young lady that was burned, but the county’s case. >> Talk to me now about juniors bill for it because he was he good. Was he connected any? The murders are just assaults. >> He was the he was a sexual assault do we feel that he may have been good for some probably so. But Bill, for it would pull up. Well, the dominoes pizza box in his seat. And of course, remember, we talked about high-risk victims. Of course, they’re walking. They’re hungry. They’re going to get in the car because that’s in their terms. A trick. But you have a pizzas whale and that just makes it probably a little bit more complimentary to them. That’s how we were able to get. Bill for identified because we had. 2 complainants providing information onto simulate looking black males? Well, one would say no. He had a little beanie cap on his head. So if you remember multiple sketches were a suspect without a beanie cap and a suspect with the Beanie Cap because we were getting 2 different descriptions not normally with dealing with 2 Okay. Yes. >> So >> Dan DNA matched. So the name also match Bill for. >> Exactly ♪ ♪ after those 3 arrest. It’s art or stop. It stopped. It was nothing else associated with that form of activity with that type of behavior. Now, the element of the community, of course, you’re going to have. Those issues. But nothing that and we’ve searched and searched and searched and there has been absolutely nothing
of benefit that matched those of benefit that matched those ♪ >> It would’ve been easy for the department to make these cases a lesser priority. Given the lifestyle these women. But that didn’t happen. Did it. >> It didn’t happen. I remember why was in sex crimes? Getting a report? >> And it. Gave his address and again. >> A sexual assault that occurred. And then, of course, you’re going to pull up the criminal history of that person who’s making. That’s just a part of your investigation. And you see the multiple arrests for prostitution. Yeah, you can quickly on the lake that opinion. >> But wow, what I’ve now make a report and I didn’t make. All of these has Duchenne cases that I see that you have why? When I read us a complainant, I don’t see any of the reports. That’s a red flag for that me something something was out of the ordinary to make me say this would be on a change of money for service. This was to a whole different level and I it is sad that we have to think like that. but you don’t minimize anyone who makes a report and all and a lot of times I’m doing this case. We was search for those who did not make a report and we made one for them. Whether or not it matched any of the offenders day we were looking at is just the mere fact that we were not only. Providing a service provided that council in it. You don’t have to accept this action. Just your body, but you don’t have to accept being abused, you know, are hurt, are threatened. And so we encouraged him that there are alternatives. Every life matters. Every life ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> And that’s it for season 3 of the evidence room. As always. Thank you so much for joining us for all of these past episodes are already starting to work on ideas for season 4. So if you have a case that you’d like us to profile, please send us an e-mail or call our tip line at 7, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3 tips. And as always, you can get caught up on all past episodes of the evidence room. >> By downloading the KPRC 2 plus app. You will find it free to download in both the Apple and Android app stores. So until next season, be safe and take care of yourself.
