As might be inferred from its title, this is two documentaries in one. These were both cold cases, but not that cold. The first part is a fairly routine investigation into the murder of a prostitute that resulted in the conviction of a "John", in this case a man whose "modus operandi" was to pose as a police officer and handcuff his victims. Although David Naugle was convicted, he copped a plea for second degree murder, and served a relatively short sentence. The detective who led the investigation said he believe Naugle was responsible for other murders.
The second case is bizarre in the extreme. In 1989, Susan Doll was murdered in her own home at Fort Collins, Colorado. She had been strangled; someone, apparently the killer, had not only raped her but had masturbated, urinated and defecated through the house. Bizarre though that may have been, shortly before the murder, someone broke into the victim's house and stole 25 pairs of her underwear. More underwear was apparently stolen on the night of the murder. Clearly this was one sick puppy. When some women's underwear was found in a basement furnace less than a mile from the murder scene by a plumber, the thief and eventually the murderer was idenfied as teenager Douglas Thames.
At his trial, Thames produced an alibi, photographs from a family camping trip. However, this did not hold up, and it appears that his grandmother concocted – or was party to – fabricating evidence.
What is not mentioned here – due to chronology – is that in 1996, Robert Dewey was convicted of the June 1994 murder of 19 year old Jacie Taylor. However, in September last year, Dewey was exonerated, and the same day he was released, Thames was charged with the Taylor murder.
The documentary makers talk to those involved in the investigations.Thankfully the Douglas Thames of this world are few and far between.