1 00:00:06,433 --> 00:00:08,500 A night out with good friends... 2 00:00:08,533 --> 00:00:11,233 The music was nice and low that night. 3 00:00:11,266 --> 00:00:14,100 Everybody was out on the dance floor. 4 00:00:14,133 --> 00:00:16,333 Takes a very dark turn. 5 00:00:17,533 --> 00:00:19,200 She was... was gone. 6 00:00:21,133 --> 00:00:23,100 We didn't know if she was being held someplace 7 00:00:23,133 --> 00:00:26,266 or if she had actually been a victim of a homicide. 8 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:27,600 The suspects are endless 9 00:00:27,633 --> 00:00:30,066 as the evidence leads investigators 10 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:31,500 down a chilling path. 11 00:00:31,533 --> 00:00:34,500 The bedding appeared to have bloodstains on them. 12 00:00:34,533 --> 00:00:36,033 I could see hair 13 00:00:36,066 --> 00:00:38,233 and what looked like part of a face. 14 00:00:38,266 --> 00:00:40,367 The circumstances just looked so grim. 15 00:00:42,166 --> 00:00:44,233 Will a killer be caught? 16 00:00:44,266 --> 00:00:45,533 We had to find the culprit 17 00:00:45,567 --> 00:00:47,500 in this horrendous crime. 18 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,200 It could be anybody walking around amongst us. 19 00:00:53,233 --> 00:00:55,033 Before another night 20 00:00:55,066 --> 00:00:57,233 ends in murder. 21 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:59,300 If it happened once, it can happen again. 22 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:23,367 A beautiful but bitter cold sky 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,633 hangs over Maplewood, Minnesota. 24 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,100 Maplewood was just a nice, 25 00:01:29,133 --> 00:01:31,266 safe developing community. 26 00:01:32,533 --> 00:01:35,166 There was always something going on for night life 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,467 and always something to do. 28 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:41,400 But a disadvantage with Maplewood 29 00:01:41,433 --> 00:01:42,667 is that the winters 30 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:43,900 can be colder than the Arctic. 31 00:01:47,567 --> 00:01:50,233 So subsequently, if something happens outside. 32 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,400 Nobody witnesses it. 33 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:04,233 On the night of Friday, November 7th, 1986, 34 00:02:04,266 --> 00:02:06,333 best friends Morna and Shannon 35 00:02:06,367 --> 00:02:09,433 brave the cold to hit up a local hotspot. 36 00:02:15,133 --> 00:02:16,700 M.T. Pockets was a popular bar 37 00:02:16,734 --> 00:02:18,233 in Maplewood. 38 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,467 The locals liked to hang out there 39 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:24,300 and enjoy a relaxing night with friends. 40 00:02:25,667 --> 00:02:27,667 It was very busy that night. 41 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:30,100 We were already at max capacity 42 00:02:30,133 --> 00:02:31,567 by 8:00. 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,633 There was a lot of young women 44 00:02:33,667 --> 00:02:35,233 and subsequently, that brought out 45 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:37,133 a lot of young men. 46 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:40,200 The music was nice and loud, 47 00:02:40,233 --> 00:02:42,734 everybody was out on the dance floor. 48 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:47,567 I had six bouncers, 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,734 eight bartenders going, and ten waitresses. 50 00:02:50,767 --> 00:02:53,533 We couldn't find a seat sitting at the bar. 51 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,633 On this particular Friday night, 52 00:02:56,667 --> 00:02:58,633 most of the people out in the bar 53 00:02:58,667 --> 00:03:00,200 knew each other. 54 00:03:00,233 --> 00:03:02,700 It was, bar people perceived as safe. 55 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:06,700 That night, Morna and Shannon, 56 00:03:06,734 --> 00:03:09,200 they were sitting at Kelly's station 57 00:03:09,233 --> 00:03:10,233 in the bar. 58 00:03:10,266 --> 00:03:12,200 Kelly was a popular bartender. 59 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:14,667 She has really nice personality. 60 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,633 Morna and Shannon 61 00:03:16,667 --> 00:03:19,133 enjoyed her company. 62 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:20,633 Because they're regulars, 63 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:23,500 we'd have frequent conversations with them. 64 00:03:23,533 --> 00:03:27,266 Morna, to me, seemed a little more reserved 65 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:29,266 and quiet. 66 00:03:29,300 --> 00:03:31,600 Shannon was more outgoing, 67 00:03:31,633 --> 00:03:34,233 talked to other people in the establishment. 68 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,976 There were a lot of locals who would go to the bar. 69 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,233 There was a man named Terry who was a local barber. 70 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:44,433 He used to throw parties after the bar closed 71 00:03:44,467 --> 00:03:46,266 at his barbershop. 72 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:47,467 I've been over to Terry's 73 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:49,533 probably eight, ten times. 74 00:03:50,567 --> 00:03:52,266 Everybody knew where it was 75 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:53,667 because it was close to the bar. 76 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,734 It was only a few blocks. 77 00:03:58,667 --> 00:04:00,667 There was another man who was referred 78 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:02,300 to as Karate Guy. 79 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,400 The Karate Guy, 80 00:04:04,433 --> 00:04:06,600 thought he was a black belt in karate 81 00:04:06,633 --> 00:04:08,700 and he liked to make his moves 82 00:04:08,734 --> 00:04:11,333 on the dance floor. 83 00:04:11,367 --> 00:04:13,300 He seemed a little eccentric, 84 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:15,333 a little out of the ordinary. 85 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,600 He would go about the bar, 86 00:04:17,633 --> 00:04:19,700 hitting on women, pestering them, 87 00:04:19,734 --> 00:04:21,367 buying them drinks, 88 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,767 expecting them to give him special attention. 89 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:29,700 There was a man who was blonde, 90 00:04:29,734 --> 00:04:31,467 about 28 years of age, 91 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:33,567 he was pestering Morna and Shannon to dance, 92 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,467 but the girls weren't interested 93 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,300 in dancing with him. 94 00:04:37,333 --> 00:04:40,500 I didn't, uh, have enough conversation 95 00:04:40,533 --> 00:04:43,400 with this person to even know his name. 96 00:04:43,433 --> 00:04:46,333 He had a tan leather jacket on. 97 00:04:46,367 --> 00:04:49,567 I thought he looked like a young Bruce Springsteen. 98 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:54,667 The beers are cold and the music infectious. 99 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:57,600 Morna and Shannon eventually feel the pull 100 00:04:57,633 --> 00:05:00,333 of the dance floor. 101 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:02,633 The DJ on Friday nights was very popular. 102 00:05:02,667 --> 00:05:05,300 The dance floor was the right size. 103 00:05:05,333 --> 00:05:07,467 They had a few beers, 104 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:11,600 uh, did some dancing, and then around 12:30 105 00:05:11,633 --> 00:05:14,000 in the morning decided to leave. 106 00:05:18,033 --> 00:05:20,633 As they're walking to the parking lot, 107 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:22,400 someone calls Shannon back into the bar 108 00:05:22,433 --> 00:05:24,633 for a conversation. 109 00:05:24,667 --> 00:05:27,367 It was 17 degrees with a 10-degree wind chill. 110 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,633 And Morna's not wearing a jacket, 111 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:34,400 so she continues to walk to the car. 112 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:38,567 Fifteen minutes later, 113 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,400 Shannon comes out of the bar 114 00:05:40,433 --> 00:05:42,333 and Morna is gone. 115 00:05:46,734 --> 00:05:49,367 Before Shannon left, she went back to the bar 116 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,000 and looked for Morna. 117 00:05:51,033 --> 00:05:53,367 The bartender helped her out, went through the bar, 118 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,633 but couldn't find Morna anywhere. 119 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:57,533 Shannon gets in the vehicle, 120 00:05:57,567 --> 00:06:00,300 drives around the parking lot, looking for Morna. 121 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:02,734 After 45 minutes, she finally gives up 122 00:06:02,767 --> 00:06:05,066 believing Morna found a ride home 123 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:06,100 with someone else. 124 00:06:20,033 --> 00:06:21,767 Early Saturday morning, 125 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,100 around 9:30, a jogger 126 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:26,333 in the Phalen Park neighborhood 127 00:06:26,367 --> 00:06:29,133 found a purse discarded by the trail. 128 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,400 The jogger actually brought the purse 129 00:06:33,433 --> 00:06:36,066 to the police department and turned it over to us. 130 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,700 There was a driver's license inside the purse. 131 00:06:43,033 --> 00:06:46,567 The name on the ID was Morna Jean Brennen. 132 00:06:51,533 --> 00:06:53,700 At that point, the parents 133 00:06:53,734 --> 00:06:55,767 of Morna Jean were called, 134 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,467 and they were concerned 135 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:00,367 because the M.T. Pockets 136 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,166 was about three miles west 137 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,533 of where the purse was recovered 138 00:07:04,567 --> 00:07:07,333 but, uh, well, maybe she went with some different people 139 00:07:07,367 --> 00:07:09,734 to a party or something. 140 00:07:09,767 --> 00:07:11,700 At that point, she wasn't reported missing. 141 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:25,133 I was a sophomore in college 142 00:07:25,166 --> 00:07:27,700 and the phone rang and it was my mom 143 00:07:27,734 --> 00:07:31,133 um, asking me if I had heard from Morna, 144 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:33,033 and I could tell from the tone of her voice 145 00:07:33,066 --> 00:07:34,567 that something wasn't right. 146 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,166 And so she explained to me 147 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,567 that, uh, Morna had gone out 148 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,667 with her friend Shannon the night before, 149 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:42,734 left her friend at the bar. 150 00:07:42,767 --> 00:07:45,767 It was not a typical scenario for Morna. 151 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,734 She wouldn't leave and not tell somebody 152 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,100 where she was going. 153 00:07:51,033 --> 00:07:53,433 Shannon just assumed that she'd get a phone call 154 00:07:53,467 --> 00:07:55,700 with some logical explanation 155 00:07:58,066 --> 00:08:00,367 but the phone call just never came. 156 00:08:04,633 --> 00:08:06,667 The hours pass painfully slow 157 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:10,200 for Morna's parents who can't reach their daughter. 158 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:12,433 It was 4:00 in the afternoon 159 00:08:12,467 --> 00:08:15,600 and Morna still hadn't contacted her parents. 160 00:08:15,633 --> 00:08:18,100 So the next step was to call 161 00:08:18,133 --> 00:08:19,567 the Fridley Police Department 162 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,633 and file a missing person's report. 163 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,667 Investigators needed to work quickly. 164 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:27,633 There were concerns that perhaps she was abducted, 165 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:29,500 maybe she was injured and still alive. 166 00:08:34,533 --> 00:08:37,166 Maplewood Police searched the park area 167 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,600 and found some items 168 00:08:38,633 --> 00:08:40,667 with bloodstains on them. 169 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:44,000 I was 99.9% certain 170 00:08:44,033 --> 00:08:46,433 that what we're looking at are real body parts. 171 00:08:46,467 --> 00:08:48,667 Could this possibly be a hunter? 172 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:50,767 Was it a surgeon? 173 00:08:59,300 --> 00:08:59,576 I want anyone 174 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,920 I want anyone who goes to places, 175 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:04,100 and I know young people do, 176 00:09:05,266 --> 00:09:08,767 um, to be just... To be extra careful, 177 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,266 to realize that everyone there 178 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:13,667 may not be a friend. 179 00:09:20,233 --> 00:09:22,266 After a night out with her girlfriend 180 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:24,033 at a local dive bar, 181 00:09:24,066 --> 00:09:26,166 22-year-old Morna Jean 182 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,266 has now been missing 183 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:31,066 for more than 24 hours. 184 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:33,233 Forty-eight hours is a critical timeframe 185 00:09:33,266 --> 00:09:36,200 investigations because if you don't recover the person 186 00:09:36,233 --> 00:09:37,667 within forty-eight hours, 187 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:40,133 typically you're not going to find them alive. 188 00:09:40,166 --> 00:09:42,734 On the night of the disappearance, 189 00:09:42,767 --> 00:09:44,667 Morna Jean was wearing 190 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:46,133 a white belt 191 00:09:46,166 --> 00:09:48,033 and two gold necklaces. 192 00:09:48,066 --> 00:09:49,633 The fact that she had disappeared 193 00:09:49,667 --> 00:09:51,000 leaving the bar 194 00:09:51,033 --> 00:09:52,400 and her purse found 195 00:09:52,433 --> 00:09:54,700 relatively close to the bar 196 00:09:54,734 --> 00:09:58,000 raised concerns that perhaps 197 00:09:58,033 --> 00:09:59,333 she had been taken. 198 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,700 We needed more information 199 00:10:04,734 --> 00:10:06,200 about that evening. 200 00:10:07,367 --> 00:10:09,600 So, I went and interviewed Shannon, 201 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:11,633 the girl friend of Morna Jean Brennen, 202 00:10:11,667 --> 00:10:14,300 and she told me that they arrived at M.T. Pockets 203 00:10:14,333 --> 00:10:16,066 at about 10:15. 204 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,166 A blonde-haired guy 205 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,266 tried to talk to Morna Jean 206 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:25,667 and she declined the invitation. 207 00:10:29,333 --> 00:10:30,734 At one point, 208 00:10:30,767 --> 00:10:32,667 Morna was not feeling very well 209 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,333 and said that her neck hurt 210 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:37,367 and he started to rub her shoulders. 211 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,033 At that point, Shannon told him 212 00:10:43,066 --> 00:10:44,633 to knock it off. 213 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:48,700 Another man came over and started hitting 214 00:10:48,734 --> 00:10:50,367 on Morna and Shannon. 215 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,400 The man was in his mid-20s, 216 00:10:52,433 --> 00:10:54,000 was six-foot tall. 217 00:10:54,033 --> 00:10:55,333 He bought them drinks. 218 00:10:55,367 --> 00:10:57,767 Morna never thanked him for the drinks. 219 00:11:00,033 --> 00:11:03,233 But Shannon didn't remember their names. 220 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:07,133 Without names, investigators have no way 221 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:10,400 to track down these two potential suspects. 222 00:11:10,433 --> 00:11:12,767 Desperate for a break in the case, 223 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,734 they return to the spot where a jogger 224 00:11:14,767 --> 00:11:16,734 discovered Morna's purse. 225 00:11:20,734 --> 00:11:22,367 The Maplewood Police went back down 226 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,467 and searched the park area 227 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:26,667 for more evidence. 228 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:29,133 And they find white garbage bags 229 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:32,033 on the bank by a creek. 230 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:34,066 It appeared that someone had attempted 231 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:35,367 to throw the items off a bridge 232 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,400 but had missed the creek. 233 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,367 In those white garbage bags 234 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,233 are pantyhose, sheets, 235 00:11:43,266 --> 00:11:44,467 and bedding, 236 00:11:45,266 --> 00:11:47,100 a white belt, 237 00:11:47,133 --> 00:11:49,166 plant leaves, 238 00:11:50,033 --> 00:11:51,433 cigarette butts, 239 00:11:52,567 --> 00:11:54,400 there are bird feathers. 240 00:11:57,033 --> 00:12:00,000 What concerned us was that the bedding 241 00:12:00,033 --> 00:12:04,000 appeared to have bloodstains on them. 242 00:12:04,033 --> 00:12:06,333 We gave the evidence that we collected in the park 243 00:12:06,367 --> 00:12:08,367 to the lab for them to determine 244 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,433 if the blood on the evidence 245 00:12:10,467 --> 00:12:12,233 was human blood. 246 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,467 The blood was analyzed. It came back... 247 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,333 as being human... 248 00:12:22,133 --> 00:12:23,367 and type O. 249 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:27,376 We didn't know my sister's blood type, you know. 250 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,066 They didn't have DNA matching at that point. 251 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,033 So, they couldn't confirm 252 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:34,400 that that was her blood. 253 00:12:34,433 --> 00:12:36,734 I took the belt that was found in the park 254 00:12:36,767 --> 00:12:38,300 down to Shannon. 255 00:12:39,433 --> 00:12:41,100 And she identified it as the belt 256 00:12:41,133 --> 00:12:43,233 that Morna Jean was wearing the night 257 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:45,200 that they went to M.T. Pockets. 258 00:12:50,367 --> 00:12:52,266 I think we're all a little bit in shock. 259 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,166 I remember just sort of feeling frozen in time 260 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,200 and just, uh, just in your gut, 261 00:12:58,233 --> 00:12:59,433 you just knew 262 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:01,533 that something awful had happened. 263 00:13:09,333 --> 00:13:11,233 I went back to M.T. Pockets 264 00:13:11,266 --> 00:13:13,533 and started interviewing the bartenders, 265 00:13:13,567 --> 00:13:15,066 the managers 266 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:16,467 uh, and other people I could find 267 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:18,333 that were frequent guests up there 268 00:13:18,367 --> 00:13:20,367 to try to determine which one 269 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,066 of the three hundred fifty to four hundred people 270 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,367 might be considered suspects. 271 00:13:28,367 --> 00:13:30,433 I spoke to the bouncer and he said that he... 272 00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:32,767 He recalled them leaving the bar 273 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,300 at about 12:45. 274 00:13:34,333 --> 00:13:37,033 But the exterior of M.T. Pockets, 275 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:41,333 no security cameras and it was very dark. 276 00:13:41,367 --> 00:13:44,166 So, we have no witnesses to what happened that night 277 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,200 in the parking lot. 278 00:13:46,233 --> 00:13:49,266 While investigators tirelessly work their case, 279 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:53,166 Morna's family quietly retraces her steps 280 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,100 the night of her disappearance. 281 00:13:56,133 --> 00:13:58,100 Our family had a need to see 282 00:13:58,133 --> 00:14:00,500 where Morna had disappeared from. 283 00:14:02,233 --> 00:14:04,133 So, we all piled in the car 284 00:14:04,166 --> 00:14:06,333 and we drove to M.T. Pockets and... 285 00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:11,066 the bar was closed at the time, 286 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:13,100 but we walked outside just looking 287 00:14:13,133 --> 00:14:15,100 for something of hers that maybe other people 288 00:14:15,133 --> 00:14:16,233 would've missed, 289 00:14:16,266 --> 00:14:18,033 something that would give us 290 00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:19,533 any piece of information. 291 00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:23,333 And of course we wanted to hang on to that hope 292 00:14:23,367 --> 00:14:25,300 that she would turn up just fine 293 00:14:25,333 --> 00:14:28,100 and she would be okay. 294 00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:31,066 But the circumstances just looked so grim. 295 00:14:32,533 --> 00:14:35,367 Maplewood Police embarked on their aerial search 296 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:36,667 for Morna Jean Brennen, 297 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:38,367 a 22-year old Fridley woman 298 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,133 who was last seen at this bar November 8th. 299 00:14:41,166 --> 00:14:43,533 Police believe Brennen may have been the victim 300 00:14:43,567 --> 00:14:45,266 of foul play. 301 00:14:49,367 --> 00:14:51,500 It's now 48 hours later 302 00:14:51,533 --> 00:14:54,100 and the investigators were worried 303 00:14:54,133 --> 00:14:56,333 because they have no legitimate suspects. 304 00:14:57,633 --> 00:15:00,166 So now they needed to work quickly 305 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,467 or most likely she wouldn't be found alive. 306 00:15:19,266 --> 00:15:21,567 Morna was a really good big sister, you know. 307 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,633 We would have our share of fights and arguments 308 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:26,200 but, you know, when it came right down to it, 309 00:15:26,233 --> 00:15:27,643 she would always be the first to defend me 310 00:15:27,667 --> 00:15:29,266 if I was ever in trouble. 311 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:33,533 Uh, she was always my protector. 312 00:15:33,567 --> 00:15:36,133 She was just a very good big sister, 313 00:15:36,166 --> 00:15:37,667 and always looking out for me. 314 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,467 Morna was closer to my dad. 315 00:15:43,533 --> 00:15:45,600 She'd be down in the shop with my dad 316 00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:47,700 um, kind of puttering around with whichever 317 00:15:47,734 --> 00:15:49,633 new muscle car that she had. 318 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:52,166 She, you know, had a lot of junkers 319 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,467 that she was trying to fix up. 320 00:15:55,667 --> 00:15:58,266 She was planning on going back to school. 321 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:01,266 She knew she wanted to go into the tech sciences. 322 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:03,533 And she just really knew what she wanted to do 323 00:16:03,567 --> 00:16:05,433 and who she wanted to be. 324 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:09,333 Morna Jean is a 22-year old 325 00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:11,667 with her entire life in front of her. 326 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:13,633 Her family can't imagine anyone 327 00:16:13,667 --> 00:16:16,266 who might have wanted to harm her. 328 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,000 Morna Jean's family begged the public 329 00:16:19,033 --> 00:16:21,300 to come forward with any information. 330 00:16:21,333 --> 00:16:24,400 I just want her back safe. 331 00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:27,333 I can't imagine the rest of my life without her. 332 00:16:30,033 --> 00:16:32,400 Just two days into the search for Morna, 333 00:16:32,433 --> 00:16:36,200 detectives get their first solid lead. 334 00:16:36,233 --> 00:16:40,200 When a tip call in about a Terry Brandon. 335 00:16:43,633 --> 00:16:45,367 He was a local barber. 336 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,567 He used to throw parties after the bar closed 337 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,033 at his barbershop. 338 00:16:49,066 --> 00:16:52,000 We found out that Morna and Shannon 339 00:16:52,033 --> 00:16:55,266 had, in the past, been guests at Terry Brandon's parties. 340 00:17:00,734 --> 00:17:03,033 An interview was conducted with Terry. 341 00:17:03,066 --> 00:17:05,533 And he said, "I know why you're here." 342 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:07,667 Terry admitted that he was at the bar 343 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,400 M.T. Pockets that evening 344 00:17:09,433 --> 00:17:11,400 and he had invited Morna Jean 345 00:17:11,433 --> 00:17:14,233 and Shannon back to his party. 346 00:17:14,266 --> 00:17:17,367 He was not very cooperative 347 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,567 and made some statements 348 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,033 that didn't seem quite right 349 00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:25,233 for somebody who was totally innocent, 350 00:17:25,266 --> 00:17:28,300 which made him even a little bit more suspicious. 351 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,500 Investigators aren't about to let Terry 352 00:17:32,533 --> 00:17:34,300 slip through their fingers 353 00:17:34,333 --> 00:17:35,500 and turn up the heat 354 00:17:35,533 --> 00:17:38,333 on their most viable suspect. 355 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:41,433 The next day, police interview Terry again 356 00:17:41,467 --> 00:17:43,300 and then directly ask Terry 357 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:45,633 where Morna could possibly be. 358 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,567 And he actually became more cooperative 359 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,333 and he said that he had nothing to do with it. 360 00:17:55,367 --> 00:17:56,700 The investigation of the party 361 00:17:56,734 --> 00:17:58,600 turned out that Morna Jean 362 00:17:58,633 --> 00:18:00,500 and Shannon weren't there... 363 00:18:00,533 --> 00:18:02,500 but Terry Brandon was. 364 00:18:03,633 --> 00:18:07,567 So he had an alibi that evening. 365 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,300 And we were able to clear him 366 00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:13,300 after investigating him thoroughly. 367 00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:16,333 So we were back to square one. 368 00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:18,300 At that point, the police did not have 369 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:19,533 any solid leads. 370 00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:23,467 They were very frustrated and concerned 371 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:25,400 that this was going to end badly. 372 00:18:28,734 --> 00:18:31,433 In my heart, I knew 373 00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:34,400 that I wasn't gonna see her again. 374 00:18:34,433 --> 00:18:35,667 Um, 375 00:18:36,633 --> 00:18:38,100 it was just really so hard 376 00:18:38,133 --> 00:18:40,400 to think about a scenario that made sense 377 00:18:40,433 --> 00:18:42,400 where she was gonna come out of this and be fine 378 00:18:42,433 --> 00:18:44,734 and that we were all gonna be fine again. 379 00:18:45,567 --> 00:18:47,734 And that, you know, 380 00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:49,300 life was just gonna continue 381 00:18:49,333 --> 00:18:52,400 because it just... Everything just changed 382 00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:53,767 at that... kind of at the moment 383 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,400 she was gone. 384 00:18:55,433 --> 00:18:57,533 You're hoping for the best 385 00:18:57,567 --> 00:18:58,576 but you're preparing yourself 386 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,033 for the worst. 387 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,400 At this point, nobody has any information 388 00:19:10,433 --> 00:19:12,100 regarding Morna's disappearance. 389 00:19:12,133 --> 00:19:14,400 Nobody saw her leave with anybody. 390 00:19:14,433 --> 00:19:16,700 Nobody saw her get into a car. 391 00:19:16,734 --> 00:19:19,033 So I went back to M.T. Pockets 392 00:19:19,066 --> 00:19:21,533 and interviewed people all over again. 393 00:19:21,567 --> 00:19:23,567 And Kelly, the bartender, 394 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,600 gave us more information 395 00:19:24,633 --> 00:19:26,033 about the Karate Guy. 396 00:19:26,066 --> 00:19:27,333 And she told us his name 397 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,000 was Robert Monkenhamf. 398 00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:33,066 Kelly also shared 399 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:36,567 that Robert is a volatile character. 400 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,433 On the night Morna disappeared, 401 00:19:38,467 --> 00:19:41,100 a bartender asked him to stop harassing women 402 00:19:41,133 --> 00:19:42,600 and he threatened 403 00:19:42,633 --> 00:19:45,667 to kick the bartender's head through a TV screen. 404 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,500 Six days into the investigation, 405 00:19:52,533 --> 00:19:55,433 detectives have a new person of interest. 406 00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:58,567 After some searching, they locate him in town 407 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,433 and bring him in for questioning. 408 00:20:00,467 --> 00:20:03,767 When we first interviewed Robert Monkenhamf, 409 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,533 They admitted he was at the bar, 410 00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:07,367 but he said that he didn't remember 411 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,600 anything about that night. 412 00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:10,467 Didn't remember who he was talking to, 413 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:11,734 couldn't recall anything 414 00:20:11,767 --> 00:20:15,033 that occurred that night at the bar. 415 00:20:15,066 --> 00:20:17,500 So, we investigated Robert and found out 416 00:20:17,533 --> 00:20:19,500 he had been convicted of auto theft 417 00:20:19,533 --> 00:20:22,367 and worked in a linen company. 418 00:20:24,166 --> 00:20:25,734 Which is a red flag 419 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:28,367 when you consider all the bedding that was found 420 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,033 with blood on it. 421 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,500 Robert, the Karate Guy, 422 00:20:32,533 --> 00:20:36,133 has now moved to the top list of suspects. 423 00:20:36,166 --> 00:20:38,166 We weren't in the loop as far as any 424 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,600 particular people that the police were looking at 425 00:20:40,633 --> 00:20:43,400 as potential suspects. 426 00:20:43,433 --> 00:20:45,600 I think at that time we were just too immersed 427 00:20:45,633 --> 00:20:47,166 in our own grief. 428 00:20:49,533 --> 00:20:51,633 We went back and interviewed Robert 429 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,500 the second time. 430 00:20:53,533 --> 00:20:57,133 He had regained his memory about what happened that night. 431 00:20:58,233 --> 00:21:00,233 He remembered Morna Jean's name. 432 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:02,166 He remembered Shannon's name. 433 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,700 Robert also remembers the girls leaving the bar 434 00:21:05,734 --> 00:21:09,100 while he was still there. 435 00:21:09,133 --> 00:21:12,200 He actually gave an alibi and... 436 00:21:12,233 --> 00:21:14,600 that was all verified and checked out. 437 00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:17,066 And he was eliminated out as a suspect. 438 00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:19,734 However, he did say that 439 00:21:19,767 --> 00:21:21,633 he remembered the blonde haired guy 440 00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:25,100 that was rubbing Morna Jean's shoulders. 441 00:21:25,133 --> 00:21:28,100 He said he kept on trying to talk to Morna Jean 442 00:21:28,133 --> 00:21:30,567 and Morna Jean didn't acknowledge him. 443 00:21:32,767 --> 00:21:35,600 And later kept on trying to get her to dance 444 00:21:35,633 --> 00:21:37,667 but she declined him. 445 00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:42,600 And then he said, "Well, you're dancing 446 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:44,500 with your girlfriend." And she said, "Yeah, 447 00:21:44,533 --> 00:21:47,033 that's because I don't wanna dance with you." 448 00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:51,000 Based on that, we knew we had to find 449 00:21:51,033 --> 00:21:53,500 the blonde-haired person's real name 450 00:21:53,533 --> 00:21:57,033 to find out whether or not he might be a suspect in this. 451 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:58,667 Investigators get to work, 452 00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:01,000 determined to uncover the identity 453 00:22:01,033 --> 00:22:03,166 of this mysterious blonde man. 454 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,600 But just days into digging, 455 00:22:08,633 --> 00:22:10,200 they get another tip 456 00:22:10,233 --> 00:22:13,533 that takes the case down a chilling path. 457 00:22:13,567 --> 00:22:16,100 On November 24th, 458 00:22:16,133 --> 00:22:20,100 my immediate supervisor asked myself and another officer 459 00:22:20,133 --> 00:22:23,767 to go to a location off of Highway 96 460 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,467 that a citizen had come across 461 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:30,000 some bags on a frozen pond 462 00:22:30,033 --> 00:22:33,100 that looked like they might contain body parts. 463 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:48,266 On November 24th, 464 00:22:49,333 --> 00:22:52,567 I was on patrol in the North Central Area, Washington County 465 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,667 which was five miles west of Maplewood 466 00:22:55,700 --> 00:23:00,133 and at approximately 3:45, I got a radio call. 467 00:23:00,166 --> 00:23:03,033 I had been told that I was to meet a state trooper 468 00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:07,100 and a trapper who had been on the ponds and lakes out there 469 00:23:07,133 --> 00:23:10,100 looking for areas to set-up his trap lines, 470 00:23:10,133 --> 00:23:12,300 and he had discovered what he thought 471 00:23:12,333 --> 00:23:16,266 was a plastic bag full of body parts. 472 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:18,233 At the time I headed for the area, 473 00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:19,633 I was thinking that, 474 00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:22,567 the guy found a doll or a mannequin 475 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,233 because there have been times 476 00:23:24,266 --> 00:23:27,200 when we've had calls about a body laying in a ditch 477 00:23:27,233 --> 00:23:28,242 that's turned out to be nothing 478 00:23:28,266 --> 00:23:31,266 more than a store mannequin. 479 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:35,133 As I drove up, I could see the bag out on the ice, 480 00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:37,633 approximately 20, 25 feet. 481 00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:39,266 I wanted to get closer 482 00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:42,200 but I had no idea how thick the ice was. 483 00:23:42,233 --> 00:23:44,600 I went back to my squad, got my camera out, 484 00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:46,200 put my telephoto lens on it 485 00:23:46,233 --> 00:23:48,734 so that I could get up close and personal 486 00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:50,367 without actually getting on the ice. 487 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,266 And at that distance with the telephoto lens, 488 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:56,000 I could clearly see that the plastic bag 489 00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:57,734 had been ripped open, 490 00:23:59,233 --> 00:24:00,667 I could see hair, 491 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,400 and what looked like part of a face 492 00:24:03,433 --> 00:24:06,266 and then clearly laying on the ice next to the bag, 493 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,600 within a few feet was a hand 494 00:24:08,633 --> 00:24:10,700 and a foot. 495 00:24:10,734 --> 00:24:13,033 And I was 99.9% certain 496 00:24:13,066 --> 00:24:15,600 that what we're were looking at are real body parts. 497 00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:23,133 When they determined the ice was hard enough 498 00:24:23,166 --> 00:24:24,700 to support a human being, 499 00:24:24,734 --> 00:24:29,200 we walked out and took some photos from that spot. 500 00:24:29,233 --> 00:24:31,033 Is that a ring on that hand? 501 00:24:31,066 --> 00:24:33,033 - Yeah. - There's another foot... 502 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,233 but where's the rest of it? 503 00:24:39,266 --> 00:24:42,333 The rest of the torso was not there. 504 00:24:44,433 --> 00:24:47,700 This was one of the worst crime scenes 505 00:24:47,734 --> 00:24:50,700 that I have been to in my career. 506 00:24:50,734 --> 00:24:53,100 It was extremely scary 507 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:54,700 and there's was a certain 508 00:24:54,734 --> 00:24:56,643 that the person was still out there running around 509 00:24:56,667 --> 00:25:00,333 and they could do something like this again. 510 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:02,700 Then just 24 hours later, 511 00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:05,467 a second grisly discovery is made. 512 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:07,066 The next day, 513 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:09,467 a woman walking her dog about two miles east 514 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:12,266 of where the body parts were found, 515 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:15,133 she saw something down an embankment 516 00:25:15,166 --> 00:25:17,767 towards a lake. 517 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000 And she thought at first it was just a gunny sack 518 00:25:21,033 --> 00:25:24,400 and when she was checking it, it was actually a torso... 519 00:25:25,767 --> 00:25:27,700 of a white female. 520 00:25:29,767 --> 00:25:32,767 Which was then given over to custody 521 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,133 of the Ramsey County Medical Examiner. 522 00:25:40,066 --> 00:25:42,033 When the autopsy was performed 523 00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:44,400 by the medical examiner's office, I was there 524 00:25:44,433 --> 00:25:47,033 and when I first saw the body part, 525 00:25:47,066 --> 00:25:48,476 it just struck me that, that was probably 526 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:51,233 from our victim Morna Jean Brennen, 527 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:54,266 who had been missing for two weeks. 528 00:25:56,433 --> 00:26:00,300 The body had a lot of indentations. 529 00:26:00,333 --> 00:26:02,133 It looked like maybe she had been 530 00:26:02,166 --> 00:26:05,433 put into a construction site with two by fours, 531 00:26:05,467 --> 00:26:08,000 and with her body laying in there, 532 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,000 it made impressions into her body 533 00:26:10,033 --> 00:26:13,000 and then as it froze the impressions stayed there. 534 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:17,333 I noticed that where the head was sawed off, 535 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:21,100 you could see there was a very fine razorblade cut 536 00:26:21,133 --> 00:26:23,300 so you could tell that she had her throat slit, 537 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:26,133 the right side of her face was badly bruised, 538 00:26:26,166 --> 00:26:27,533 broken jaw, 539 00:26:27,567 --> 00:26:31,700 and she had a L-shaped cut on her temple area. 540 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:35,033 My belief is that she was alive 541 00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:36,767 when those things happened to her 542 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,500 and that slicing of the throat, 543 00:26:38,533 --> 00:26:41,433 that was the ultimate cause of death. 544 00:26:42,533 --> 00:26:44,133 The cuts in her body, 545 00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:46,133 removing her head and her hands, 546 00:26:46,166 --> 00:26:50,700 and her two feet were very clean cuts. 547 00:26:50,734 --> 00:26:55,200 This is a very aggressive, sadistic crime. 548 00:26:55,233 --> 00:26:57,133 There were concerns, 549 00:26:57,166 --> 00:26:59,467 could this possibly be a hunter, 550 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:01,200 was it a surgeon? 551 00:27:01,233 --> 00:27:05,133 This killer is an angry and violent man 552 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:09,200 who felt a strong need to overpower this woman. 553 00:27:11,567 --> 00:27:13,433 In the autopsy room, 554 00:27:13,467 --> 00:27:16,266 looking at the body parts laying on top of the table, 555 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:20,734 I thought we have to find this guy. 556 00:27:20,767 --> 00:27:24,100 We received the dental records out of our missing person 557 00:27:24,133 --> 00:27:26,734 and the medical examiner was able to verify that 558 00:27:26,767 --> 00:27:30,734 the body parts were indeed Morna Jean Brennen. 559 00:27:33,233 --> 00:27:35,767 I was just absolutely in shock, 560 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,266 you know, there's no script for how to respond to that, 561 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:41,066 there's no normal way to act, 562 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:42,266 or to feel, 563 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:46,300 all I can see is my mom just collapsing. 564 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:51,200 No parent should ever have to hear that, 565 00:27:51,233 --> 00:27:52,567 that happened to their child. 566 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,467 It was just such a level of brutality 567 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,567 and to think that, that had been done 568 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,133 to somebody that you loved, 569 00:27:59,166 --> 00:28:02,000 and that they had been put through that, 570 00:28:02,033 --> 00:28:06,200 was just absolutely horrifying. 571 00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:12,033 My sister was a kind, loving, warm person, 572 00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:15,200 there was the wondering 573 00:28:15,233 --> 00:28:18,133 who in her life could've done such a thing. 574 00:28:24,033 --> 00:28:25,533 During that time period, 575 00:28:25,567 --> 00:28:27,133 Maplewood was... 576 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:30,233 your typical nice American town. 577 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,333 There are not too many serious crimes 578 00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:36,266 that occurred in Maplewood in the 1980's, 579 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:40,433 and so it wasn't uncommon to have your doors unlocked. 580 00:28:40,467 --> 00:28:43,400 People were afraid of a possible serial killer, 581 00:28:43,433 --> 00:28:45,500 people stopped going out. 582 00:28:45,533 --> 00:28:49,367 There was a mental fear that everybody kind of gets 583 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,066 that if it happened once, it can happen again. 584 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:04,476 The public 585 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:05,500 The public was horrified 586 00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:08,266 when the dismembered body of Morna Jean Brennen 587 00:29:08,300 --> 00:29:11,667 was discovered in Washington County. 588 00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:13,567 Police say they still have not found 589 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,433 any witnesses who saw Brennen leaving M.T. Pockets. 590 00:29:17,467 --> 00:29:19,300 People stopped going out, 591 00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:23,100 there was fear of a possible serial killer. 592 00:29:23,133 --> 00:29:24,600 Well, I was scared to come up here 593 00:29:24,633 --> 00:29:27,266 because I was afraid that I might know the person 594 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:30,533 because it was kind of weird how she disappeared. 595 00:29:30,567 --> 00:29:32,700 Business at M.T Pockets bar 596 00:29:32,734 --> 00:29:35,367 dwindled to basically nothing. 597 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,567 You know, who, who could've done something like this 598 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,033 and everybody suspected everybody. 599 00:29:41,066 --> 00:29:45,400 Everybody was wondering who could this person be? 600 00:29:49,133 --> 00:29:52,000 And it's made it really uncomfortable 601 00:29:52,033 --> 00:29:54,300 to work at the bar. 602 00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:59,066 He's still out there, you know, so they were out, 603 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,734 everybody's afraid to even go out their door at all. 604 00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:05,300 We had to find the culprit in this horrendous crime 605 00:30:05,333 --> 00:30:07,533 before it happened to somebody else. 606 00:30:09,734 --> 00:30:14,100 Investigators continue to canvas every corner of town 607 00:30:14,133 --> 00:30:16,367 hoping to reach someone with information 608 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,633 about the night of Morna's murder. 609 00:30:22,433 --> 00:30:25,734 I received a call from Kelly the bartender 610 00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:30,400 about the same blonde suspect that Shannon told me about 611 00:30:30,433 --> 00:30:34,033 that was rubbing Morna Jean's shoulders. 612 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:36,133 She's thought his name was Randy. 613 00:30:36,166 --> 00:30:40,333 One night I had served him a cocktail and 614 00:30:40,367 --> 00:30:43,700 he was clearing off a patron's tables, 615 00:30:43,734 --> 00:30:45,500 he had a towel on his arm 616 00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:48,400 and acting like he was part of the establishment. 617 00:30:48,433 --> 00:30:50,133 He was making a scene 618 00:30:50,166 --> 00:30:52,600 and expelled from the establishment at that time. 619 00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:54,467 The management tells Randy 620 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:56,700 he's no longer welcome at the bar 621 00:30:56,734 --> 00:30:59,033 but Kelly recalled seeing him there 622 00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:01,533 the night Morna disappeared. 623 00:31:01,567 --> 00:31:03,700 She also said that he, he had a girlfriend 624 00:31:03,734 --> 00:31:07,000 that was up north, some place, 625 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:09,567 and that he worked at a marble company 626 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,367 that was a very good lead. 627 00:31:17,433 --> 00:31:20,133 And we have one marble company, it was in St. Paul, 628 00:31:20,166 --> 00:31:22,500 Drake Marble Company. 629 00:31:22,533 --> 00:31:24,500 Police contact Drake Marble Factory 630 00:31:24,533 --> 00:31:27,600 and they find out they don't have a Randy who works there 631 00:31:27,633 --> 00:31:30,033 but they do have another man who is blonde, 632 00:31:30,066 --> 00:31:31,767 his name was Rickie Kiger. 633 00:31:39,033 --> 00:31:40,734 It's a shot in the dark, 634 00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,467 but with nothing to lose 635 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,100 investigators run a background check on Kiger 636 00:31:45,133 --> 00:31:47,567 and what they find is stunning. 637 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,066 Back in 1976, Rickie Kiger was a orderly 638 00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:53,467 in a mental institution in Rochester. 639 00:31:55,133 --> 00:31:57,533 While working as an orderly at the hospital, 640 00:31:57,567 --> 00:32:01,600 Rickie is accused of assaulting a 25-year-old woman. 641 00:32:01,633 --> 00:32:05,233 She claimed Rickie choked her until she passed out. 642 00:32:05,266 --> 00:32:06,600 He raped her, 643 00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:10,233 and then attempted to cut her throat. 644 00:32:10,266 --> 00:32:13,033 She managed to survive the attack, 645 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:15,100 ultimately the charges were dropped 646 00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:17,400 because she couldn't be considered competent 647 00:32:17,433 --> 00:32:18,767 to make a statement against him 648 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,200 since she was a mentally ill resident 649 00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:24,767 in a state hospital. 650 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,667 Based on the assault of the woman, 651 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,467 slitting her throat, raping her, 652 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,500 and leaving her for dead 653 00:32:30,533 --> 00:32:32,433 is Modus Operandi 654 00:32:32,467 --> 00:32:35,066 fit almost perfectly with Morna Jean Brennen. 655 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,467 And once we determined who Rickie Kiger was, 656 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:43,600 we also found out that he lived in the city of Maplewood 657 00:32:43,633 --> 00:32:47,133 less than a mile from where the evidence was found 658 00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:49,433 down by Phalen Park Lake. 659 00:32:50,767 --> 00:32:54,533 And then we immediately went to Rickie's apartment 660 00:32:54,567 --> 00:32:56,667 and interviewed him. 661 00:32:59,033 --> 00:33:03,266 As they talked to him, they observed his apartment. 662 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:04,533 I looked over 663 00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:07,266 and I could see that he had birds, 664 00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:10,600 very similar to the bird feathers we collected. 665 00:33:12,266 --> 00:33:15,133 And hanging from the ceiling was the plant 666 00:33:15,166 --> 00:33:17,700 that was identical to the plant leaves 667 00:33:17,734 --> 00:33:19,734 that we found down at the park. 668 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,266 Police directly asked where he was 669 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:26,667 the night Morna disappeared, and Ricky denied 670 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:29,700 even being at the M.T. Pockets Bar that night. 671 00:33:29,734 --> 00:33:32,133 This sends up a red flag because, 672 00:33:32,166 --> 00:33:35,000 there are multiple witnesses who put him there. 673 00:33:35,033 --> 00:33:38,667 The police, they also saw two earrings 674 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:40,567 that were in his apartment 675 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:45,033 but he said that those earrings were his girlfriend's earrings 676 00:33:45,066 --> 00:33:47,533 and that, uh, she had left it there. 677 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,700 Investigators collect the earrings, 678 00:33:49,734 --> 00:33:52,567 curious as to whether they really do belong 679 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,266 to Ricky's girlfriend. 680 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:05,667 So, the police followed up with the girlfriend 681 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:08,200 and asked about these earrings 682 00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:11,600 that were seen at Rickie Kiger's house. 683 00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:14,600 And she said yes, in fact those were her earrings. 684 00:34:14,633 --> 00:34:17,667 Margareth, she was extremely forthcoming. 685 00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:20,166 She said that about 2:00 in the morning, 686 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:24,233 the night of the disappearance of Morna Jean Brennen, 687 00:34:24,266 --> 00:34:27,066 she got a call from Rickie Kiger 688 00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:29,133 and he was very emotional. 689 00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:31,767 Rickie called his ex-girlfriend 690 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,700 and told her, "I hate you. 691 00:34:33,734 --> 00:34:36,233 I hate you. I love you. 692 00:34:36,266 --> 00:34:38,100 I hate you." 693 00:34:38,133 --> 00:34:40,266 He felt she didn't have the right 694 00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:42,033 to walk away from him 695 00:34:42,066 --> 00:34:46,300 and subsequently someone was going to pay for that. 696 00:34:46,333 --> 00:34:47,633 One friend said 697 00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:49,333 the family is not looking for... 698 00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:51,233 And they said Brennen was excited about... 699 00:34:51,266 --> 00:34:53,233 On news would travel fast. 700 00:34:53,266 --> 00:34:55,734 Van reporting for the Eyewitness News update. 701 00:34:55,767 --> 00:34:59,367 And then right after Morna Jean was missing, 702 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,233 he started to watch the news all the time, 703 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,600 never missed a news channel. 704 00:35:04,633 --> 00:35:07,700 He was totally obsessed with the case. 705 00:35:07,734 --> 00:35:10,700 What comes out of the girlfriend's mouth next 706 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:12,033 is chilling. 707 00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:13,233 And then she said, 708 00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:15,333 "Was Morna Jean wearing any jewelry 709 00:35:15,367 --> 00:35:17,100 when she turned up missing?" 710 00:35:17,133 --> 00:35:18,700 I said, "Yes." 711 00:35:18,734 --> 00:35:20,233 And she said, "Well... 712 00:35:20,266 --> 00:35:23,767 could it be a chain with a heart on it?" 713 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,409 And I'm looking at Morna Jean's picture 714 00:35:25,433 --> 00:35:28,066 and she's got a chain with a little heart on it. 715 00:35:30,233 --> 00:35:34,000 And she said that Rickie Kiger had given the necklace to her 716 00:35:34,033 --> 00:35:36,700 a couple of weeks earlier as a present. 717 00:35:38,033 --> 00:35:40,266 And at that moment, I knew, 718 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,300 that Rickie Kiger was our man. 719 00:35:57,533 --> 00:35:58,409 Now that Maplewood Police 720 00:35:58,433 --> 00:36:00,073 Now that Maplewood Police had the necklace 721 00:36:00,233 --> 00:36:03,367 that was identified by Rickie Kiger's ex-girlfriend 722 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,166 as being Morna Jean's necklace, 723 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,533 Sgt. Dave Arnold was able to draft 724 00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:13,734 a search warrant for Rickie Kiger's apartment 725 00:36:13,767 --> 00:36:17,166 to find out what evidence they might locate there. 726 00:36:23,367 --> 00:36:25,033 On December 2nd, 727 00:36:25,066 --> 00:36:28,700 I went to Rickie Kiger's apartment in Maplewood. 728 00:36:28,734 --> 00:36:31,133 And the police executed the search warrant. 729 00:36:31,166 --> 00:36:34,166 They found over 80 pieces of evidence 730 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,767 that they could connect back to, uh, the disappearance 731 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,467 and the murder of Morna Jean Brennen. 732 00:36:44,734 --> 00:36:49,100 We found blood splatter on top of his dresser. 733 00:36:49,133 --> 00:36:52,300 And he had a phone with a quail cord on it. 734 00:36:52,333 --> 00:36:55,000 And, but when you extend the cord, 735 00:36:55,033 --> 00:36:58,200 we could see that there was actually blood splatter 736 00:36:58,233 --> 00:37:00,333 on the inside of the cord also. 737 00:37:00,367 --> 00:37:01,734 In the bathroom, 738 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:04,567 we found blood stains on the bathtub, 739 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,367 on the sink, 740 00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:09,300 on some tile in the floor. 741 00:37:09,333 --> 00:37:12,567 In his car, we found blood splatter 742 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,300 on the passenger door. 743 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:17,333 And the inside of the speaker also. 744 00:37:19,333 --> 00:37:21,467 There's blood on the piece of chrome 745 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:24,100 that was in the same exact shape 746 00:37:24,133 --> 00:37:26,400 as the cut on the side of her head. 747 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,333 We had a lot of evidence. 748 00:37:31,367 --> 00:37:34,400 But he denied knowing anything about, 749 00:37:34,433 --> 00:37:36,533 the murder of Morna Jean. 750 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,300 Murder suspects often lie, 751 00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:44,066 but blood evidence rarely does. 752 00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:46,433 The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, 753 00:37:46,467 --> 00:37:48,567 did determine that, the blood splatter 754 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,367 was indeed of our victim. 755 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,066 So I said to him, "Rickie, you are under arrest 756 00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:58,000 for the murder of Morna Jean Brennen." 757 00:38:02,433 --> 00:38:05,266 The suspect is identified 758 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:08,433 as Rickie Laverne Kiger. 759 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:11,533 I'm just real thankful. 760 00:38:11,567 --> 00:38:14,066 I mean, to think that someone that ill 761 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,400 was out in the streets, 762 00:38:15,433 --> 00:38:18,467 it's just real frightening. 763 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:20,333 With a mounting pile of evidence, 764 00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:23,166 investigators are finally able to piece together 765 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,033 the night of Morna Jean's murder. 766 00:38:28,133 --> 00:38:30,000 On the night of the disappearance, 767 00:38:30,033 --> 00:38:31,376 Morna and Shannon arrived at the bar 768 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,066 between 9:30 and 10:00. 769 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:35,400 Rickie approached her, 770 00:38:35,433 --> 00:38:36,600 bought her a drink, 771 00:38:36,633 --> 00:38:38,433 asked her to dance, 772 00:38:38,467 --> 00:38:40,433 attempt to rub her back, 773 00:38:40,467 --> 00:38:42,400 and she dismissed him. 774 00:38:42,433 --> 00:38:45,567 But he didn't feel that she had the right to reject him. 775 00:38:50,133 --> 00:38:52,367 So he waited for her outside the bar. 776 00:38:53,467 --> 00:38:55,166 About a quarter to 1:00, 777 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,500 Morna and Shannon, they walked out the front door and 778 00:38:58,533 --> 00:39:01,467 somebody called Shannon's name. 779 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:04,567 Shannon turned around and went back to the bar. 780 00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:08,266 Morna continues to walk to the car. 781 00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:10,300 She's unable to get into the car 782 00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:13,233 because Shannon drove Morna to the bar that night. 783 00:39:13,266 --> 00:39:14,533 It's cold, 784 00:39:14,567 --> 00:39:17,400 and Morna's not wearing a jacket, 785 00:39:18,367 --> 00:39:21,533 so Rickie has his opportunity. 786 00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:26,266 Rickie asked her to come into his car to warm up. 787 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,333 Once she got in that car 788 00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:30,433 that was the end of it for her. 789 00:39:30,467 --> 00:39:33,600 It's my belief that he grabbed her by the hair, 790 00:39:33,633 --> 00:39:36,367 slammed her head into the door, 791 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,433 that would've rendered her unconscious. 792 00:39:41,133 --> 00:39:43,567 She was unable to defend herself at that point. 793 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,533 Rickie took Morna back... 794 00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:47,500 to his apartment. 795 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:53,367 He has taken a blitzkrieg approach to assaulting her, 796 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,066 busting her jaw, 797 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,533 cutting up her face. 798 00:39:57,567 --> 00:39:59,700 At that point she was still alive. 799 00:39:59,734 --> 00:40:02,333 He brought her into the bathroom 800 00:40:03,333 --> 00:40:06,700 and she was put in the bathtub. 801 00:40:06,734 --> 00:40:09,233 The evidence indicated that Rickie Kiger 802 00:40:09,266 --> 00:40:11,667 cut her throat and bled her out in the tub. 803 00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:16,633 He now had to make decisions about how 804 00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:18,633 he was going to cover up his crime. 805 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,667 I believe Rickie Kiger then 806 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:28,533 left her body in the truck for two days, 807 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,567 trying to figure out what he's going to do. 808 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,533 He decided to put the body 809 00:40:35,567 --> 00:40:38,200 under a pile of marble and rocks 810 00:40:38,233 --> 00:40:40,734 where he worked at Drake Marble. 811 00:40:40,767 --> 00:40:42,433 And then she froze there. 812 00:40:42,467 --> 00:40:45,700 And the chunks of marble ended up on her body 813 00:40:45,734 --> 00:40:48,500 leaving indentations in it. 814 00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:52,300 And the body stayed there for several weeks. 815 00:40:52,333 --> 00:40:55,133 My belief is when Rickie Kiger realized 816 00:40:55,166 --> 00:40:58,300 that he might be the suspect, he knew... 817 00:40:58,333 --> 00:41:00,533 that he had to move the body. 818 00:41:00,567 --> 00:41:03,633 So he sawed up the body. 819 00:41:03,667 --> 00:41:07,367 Put the severed head and the body parts in a bag, 820 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,533 and then tossed them out in the lake 821 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:11,767 and discarded the torso 822 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,500 off the side of the road off of Highway 96 823 00:41:14,533 --> 00:41:15,700 out in Washington County. 824 00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:26,233 On December 3rd, our office charged Rickie Kiger 825 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:28,133 for first-degree murder. 826 00:41:31,633 --> 00:41:35,734 Just before trial, he decided to plead guilty. 827 00:41:35,767 --> 00:41:39,500 So he was sentenced to life in prison. 828 00:41:39,533 --> 00:41:41,667 And by law in Minnesota, 829 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:46,400 if you have life in prison, you are not eligible for parole. 830 00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:48,667 Rickie Kiger gave no explanation today 831 00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:52,400 for why he killed a woman who simply refused him sex. 832 00:41:52,433 --> 00:41:53,700 He said only that he was sorry 833 00:41:53,734 --> 00:41:56,400 and that he wished it had never happened. 834 00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:04,567 The most satisfying thing that happened in my 31 years 835 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,233 on the Maplewood Police Department 836 00:42:06,266 --> 00:42:09,734 was taking this guy off the street. 837 00:42:09,767 --> 00:42:13,700 If he was out of prison, he would end up killing again. 838 00:42:13,734 --> 00:42:15,767 I believe him to be just... 839 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,166 plain evil. 840 00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:33,600 To this day, none of us have seen the crime scene photos 841 00:42:33,633 --> 00:42:35,433 nor do we want to. 842 00:42:35,467 --> 00:42:38,600 I wanna remember my sister as she was. 843 00:42:38,633 --> 00:42:41,700 Morna Jean was a responsible young woman. 844 00:42:41,734 --> 00:42:44,533 Went to M.T. Pockets Bar with her friend Shannon. 845 00:42:48,367 --> 00:42:50,200 They were just two friends going out 846 00:42:50,233 --> 00:42:53,233 for a typical night out just like anybody does. 847 00:42:53,266 --> 00:42:55,767 It never crossed our minds that something bad could happen 848 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,433 into my sister. 849 00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:01,700 As I have dreams of her regularly 850 00:43:01,734 --> 00:43:04,000 and she just kind of shows up out of nowhere. 851 00:43:04,033 --> 00:43:05,376 And I'm like, "Hey, what you've been doing? 852 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:06,567 Where you been?" 853 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,633 That's the sister I wanna remember. 854 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,000 For more information on Murdered by Morning, 855 00:43:33,033 --> 00:43:34,500 go to oxygen.com.