In this episode, Part 2 reveals how one missing girl investigation explodes into a serial killer case stretching across New Jersey and Staten Island. What starts with Darren Fitzgerald’s confession quickly turns into graves behind Richard’s mother’s home, a remote New Jersey burial site, the murder of William Ward, frantic families calling police, the identities of Anna Alessiawitz, Maria Ciallella, Betsy Bacon, and Deborah Osborne, plus the trial, overturned death sentence, possible victims, and the chilling fear that many were never found.

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