She was my homeboy's old lady.
She'd been gone so long I wondered what happened to her.
I didn't know because I didn't keep tabs on her.
We started talking, she started crying, she goes, "I know who killed her."
And then I was just like, "Well, what do you mean?"
She said she could hear and see, but couldn't move.
She's, like, paralyzed.
-You went to prison in '80 or was it-- -I think it was '80.
Before prison, where were you living?
Hmm.
I believe I was living in Wilmington at my…
my stepmom's house with my dad.
I didn't know too many people from Wilmington.
I mean…
I would cruise around there, but…
I didn't really know anybody over there.
-Did you ever go partying at the beach? -No.
-Never used to go out there? -No.
And you've never been to Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates?
Mm-mm.
Tell me about that case when you got arrested.
Took her to Redondo.
-And, you know, we had sex. -Mm-hmm.
Yeah, she refused, but then…
after that she gave in, and…
-And they charged you with rape. -Yeah.
You got off because she didn't show up.
-Mm-hmm. -Okay.
Does Teresa ring a bell to you?
-No. -No? Nothing at all?
Let me show you some pictures.
Okay.
Do you know that girl right there or remember her at all?
-No. -No?
Nmm-nmm.
This lady was found dead on the beach.
You sure she's nobody that looks familiar to you?
Teresa Broudreaux.
-No. -And this is 1980, March of 1980.
No, not at all.
No. Nmm-nmm.
-No? -Nmm-nmm.
Would there be any reason
for your DNA to be at the scene?
Not that…
No, there shouldn't be.
-Shouldn't be? -Yeah.
We're here.
We know you can help us.
Because your DNA was at the scene.
I don't know… I can't see how.
I don't even know that girl.
So, 100%, you're not gonna have any issues with your DNA there?
-No. -And so then…
you'd be willing to give us a sample of your oral swabs?
Okay.
And so I appreciate that.
When I met the guy, I wasn't hitchhiking. I was just walking.
He pulled up in his car and asked me if I wanted a ride.
And I said yeah.
How sure are you that this man forced you… raped you?
100%.
I stopped resisting because he started threatening to kill me.
Hi, I wanted to talk… I need to talk to Robert, please.
- Who are you? -My name is Ralph.
He knows who I am.
And this is John.
Come on in.
Thank you.
You look like you're gonna arrest him.
- God, no. - Okay.
No, we're gonna leave here. I just was hoping for ten minutes.
And maybe just a little bit of privacy if that's okay with you.
Why? He ain't got nothing to hide from me.
I don't have nothing to hide.
We tell each other everything.
We wanted to give him the respect of being able to talk to him
without other people here if that's what he wanted.
-But if this is how-- -No, she can be here.
- Hear me out. -I had nothing to do with that case.
Robert, just hear me out.
And I'm gonna stay with that story. I do not know her.
I've never seen her. I never met her.
- You said you never met this girl. -No!
So what do you think of yours…
What kind of DNA do you think we found?
Probably my sperm.
Yeah. So can you tell me how that could possibly be, Robert?
It shouldn't be, because I don't even know her.
I never met her. I never seen her.
- Robert-- -I had nothing to do with that.
We've got your semen on the pubic hair of this dead woman.
This dead woman was picked up near the same place
where, within a year of that time, you picked up Lori ****.
This woman had her head bashed.
Would you agree that if your semen is inside of her,
that means that you must have known her
and had sex with her
that night at the beach?
Yeah, that would be logical.
If you were sitting where I was sitting right now,
would you believe what you're saying?
-You tell me. - I'd believe him.
Ma'am, I'm not asking you.
If you were sitting where I'm sitting, would you believe that story? You tell me.
No, I wouldn't believe that story.
I don't think 12 jurors are gonna believe it either.
I'll be goddamned if I'm gonna go back to prison for something I didn't do.
Okay, so, listen.
Your DNA--
I know what you're saying. My DNA is on her, but I don't know how.
Are we done? This is starting to piss me off.
I wanna get a lawyer. We're gonna get a lawyer.
- Wait. Listen. -Are we finished?
-We're finished. We're done. - Robert-- No, listen to me.
There's nothing more to say.
If you tell me that you want us to leave, we'll leave.
Yeah.
Ma'am, I'm talking to him.
-I want you to leave. - Okay.
All right. That's your option.
-Ronnie. -Thank you. r option.