12x24 - Driven to Silence
Posted: 01/19/24 07:58
Narrator: up next, a hairdresser is att*cked in her
Own salon.
It's a male fist against a female face.
Is it personal?
Yeah, it's personal.
Narrator: only one of them got out alive.
It was the most frustrating case I have ever dealt with.
Narrator: there is forensic evidence, but it doesn't match
Any of the suspects.
The fingerprint was never identified.
I really don't think that they're gonna catch him.
Narrator: the case goes cold until an auto mechanic comes
Forward with a secret.
There was something inside that said it still ain't right.
He's going to commit one of the most brutal murders in the
History of spartanburg county for what reason? Why?
Narrator: on a warm july night in , a south carolina
Woman was waiting for her ride home and witnessed a bizarre
Incident.
She'd saw a man jump through the window of a hair salon and run
Away.
The witness immediately called police.
[ Siren wailing ] the deputy arrived thinking,
"Okay, I'm going to investigate a burglary at this beauty
Salon."
Goes in, and it's completely dark.
He has a flashlight, training the beam of the flashlight
Around, walking, looking, seeing nothing.
Narrator: but in the back room, he found a woman on the
Floor, m*rder*d.
It had to be a very chilling discovery.
The k*ller had used a strap, tied it around her neck, and
Then hung her from a hot-water heater.
Robbery was not the motive.
Her purse was left behind.
There was money still in the cash register.
Her car was left behind.
It appeared that the motive probably was sexually related.
Narrator: the victim was identified as -year-old
Dana satterfield, the owner of the hair salon.
She was a mother of two young children.
She'd worked in the hair business for seven years.
I want to say she'd been in that shop for three to four.
When I say "shop," it was a converted mobile home that was
Made into a beauty salon.
Narrator: the m*rder happened sometime around :, when the
Shop was still open, although the logbook indicated no one
Was scheduled for an appointment.
I think that she would usually try to get out of there
Before it would get dark.
But it wasn't uncommon for her to work that late.
Narrator: the witness, diane harris, described the man
As white, about '" tall, and wearing jeans and a gray
T-shirt.
She was very good on height.
Obviously, race is important -- rule out a large segment of the
Population.
Narrator: based on the witness' facial description, a
Police artist created a composite sketch, which was
Distributed to the media.
Another witness reported seeing a suspicious vehicle in the
Area.
He sees a blue-and-white ford bronco parked at a
Business.
He notices this because he worked at this business himself.
The business was closed, and he knew that vehicle probably
Shouldn't be there.
Narrator: inside the salon, police dusted for fingerprints,
And they concentrated on the water heater, where the k*ller
Strapped dana's body.
It's a very smooth, hard finish.
And powder -- it was bringing them up real clear.
And you can lift them very easy off of a surface like that.
Narrator: they found one print that was very clear.
There was a detective who said, "whoever this print
Belongs to is definitely the k*ller.
I'm thinking, "god, 'definitely' is a strong word.
How do you know that?" And then he says the way the
Knot was tied, you had to have put your hand there to do it.
Narrator: in a surprising development, the print on the
Water heater matched dana's estranged husband,
Mike satterfield.
The couple, who had two young children, were recently
Separated.
All indications from the crime scene would be that the
Assailant knew dana.
It was angry and personal and vicious and vindictive.
Narrator: did dana's husband have an alibi?
Narrator: based on the evidence, investigators believe
That the k*ller entered dana satterfield's hair salon
Shortly before closing, locked the door, turned out the lights,
Dragged her into the utility room, where he strangled her to
Death.
To have a mother of two k*lled in this way, staged the
Way that her body was staged, left in that degraded state --
The guys that I know that worked on the case, come hell or high
Water, they're gonna solve it.
Narrator: at the autopsy, the medical examiner concluded the
Cause of death was strangulation.
And a r*pe-test kit found evidence of sexual as*ault.
Once they were able to generate a profile, that's when
Everyone started looking for a possible suspect.
Her body was the primary and best crime scene that we had,
Followed by the bathroom itself.
Narrator: investigators found a fingerprint on the water
Heater next to dana's body.
It belonged to dana's estranged husband, mike.
We had actually had a few problems, and she had actually
Been living half a mile from here.
The kids were staying here, and she was staying there.
Narrator: when questioned by police, mike claimed he was with
His children at the time of the m*rder.
'Cause we were with him that night.
Of course, when he got the phone call, we talked to her, and then
He took us up there.
So, I mean, I knew there was no way that my dad did it or had
Anything to do with it.
Narrator: and there was a perfectly logical explanation
For mike's prints to be there.
He did all the repair work.
I just put that water heater in there.
I done all the maintenance up there.
I took care of everything.
There's zero, nada, not one scintilla of evidence that
Mike satterfield had anything to do with this crime -- none.
Narrator: and it was clear that mike satterfield did not
Fit the description of the man the eyewitness saw jumping
Through the salon window.
He's an enormous man.
With all due respect to him, he couldn't get out that window.
There'd be a hole in the side of the mobile home if mike tried to
Get out the window, and he'd tell you the same thing.
Narrator: in a search for suspects, investigators found
Other fingerprints at the crime scene -- one in dana's blood.
All were submitted to the statewide fingerprint database.
It has all the fingerprints of all the prisoners that's
Been arrested in south carolina.
And we take a picture of the fingerprint, bring it up on the
Computer screen.
Narrator: investigators were certain the bloody fingerprint
Would provide a lead.
Unfortunately, there were no matches.
The fingerprint was never identified, and there's no
Telling how many they ran through -- how many people they
Checked on that.
Investigators with strong backgrounds in the work in these
Types of crimes were brought in for this type of case.
Narrator: the search for the white-and-blue ford bronco
Turned up plenty of possibilities.
And it's incredibly distinctive -- sawblade rims,
Blue-and-white ford bronco.
It's not unique, but it's rare.
I would think that that was a pretty distinct car, but
Apparently there are more of those than I would have
Imagined.
Narrator: police checked them all out, but all were dead ends.
Every single time me and my brother saw a bronco pass by, we
Had to call it in.
We had to tell my dad, "daddy, we saw a bronco.
You need to call."
Narrator: as leads dwindled, the case gradually turned cold,
And a year went by with no new developments.
Then police got a break.
A prison inmate told authorities that his cellmate, -year-old
Russell trevor quinn, often spoke of dana satterfield.
It was something about how attractive dana was.
Believe it or not, lots of folks in prison try to swap
Information for a reduction in charges or less prison time,
Interestingly enough, and his cellmate didn't keep that
Confidence.
He reported it to law enforcement.
Narrator: quinn was incarcerated for a crime that
Bore a marked similarity to dana's m*rder.
He also was in prison for raping a woman and tying her to
A tree.
Narrator: quinn was free at the time of dana's m*rder and
Fit the eyewitness description of the k*ller.
The police got his mug shot, put it in a photo lineup, showed
It to diane harris, as you will remember was our lone
Eyewitness.
Diane actually picked russell trevor quinn out of a
Photo lineup as being the person that she came in contact with.
One of dana's friends says, "I've seen this man in the shop
Before."
The police are able to put him in a car not dissimilar to the
One seen near the scene.
Narrator: but this turned out to be another dead end when his
Dna didn't match the biological evidence from the crime scene.
Russell trevor quinn was a hopeful moment for the
Detectives.
I mean, he's what you're looking for in terms of a suspect.
He just didn't do it.
Narrator: and the case went cold for the next years...
Until dana satterfield's daughter helped solve the case.
Narrator: there is no statute of limitations on m*rder cases,
And they're never officially closed.
But with each passing year, unsolved cases get more
Difficult to solve.
That was true of the dana satterfield m*rder.
It was the most frustrating case I have ever dealt with.
Narrator: for years, detectives rick gregory and
Thomas smith continued to work the case, following potential
Leads.
I think most homicide investigators have a case that
Really sticks with them probably more than any other case.
There was two banker boxes full of leads, so there was in
Excess of leads.
Narrator: and the satterfield family never gave up, either.
People would come up to me.
"Ashley, have they caught him yet?
Have they heard anything?" And I'm like, "you know, I know
That they're still working on the case, but I really don't
Think that they're gonna catch him."
'Cause I really didn't think they would.
Narrator: ashley satterfield was years old when her mother
Was k*lled.
Now she was , in college, and trying to move on with her life.
One day, ashley took her car in for repairs, and those repairs
Changed the course of the investigation.
Well, this girl came in with a little red honda, and she got
An oil change.
And I was like, "man, she was just in here a couple weeks
Ago."
And they said, "yeah, that's ashley satterfield.
You know dana satterfield that got m*rder*d in roebuck?
Well, that's her daughter."
I was like, "her daughter?
I didn't know she had kids."
Narrator: this man, who wanted to remain anonymous, is
An automobile mechanic.
He knew something about dana satterfield's m*rder, or
At least thought he did.
Just by seeing ashley, and her being her mother, I had to
Give them some closure.
Narrator: years earlier, when the auto mechanic was in
High school, his friend jonothan vick gave him a ride
Home.
Vick was driving a white ford bronco with blue trim, like
The one parked near the crime scene.
I'm gonna go get a haircut tonight.
A haircut?
He said he's gonna go get his hair cut.
And I was like, "where are you gonna get your hair cut this
Time of night?" He said, "over at dana's."
And I never knew her last name.
So hot, man.
I guess.
Narrator: and vick said he was interested in more than a
Haircut.
He would talk about how pretty she was and what he would
Like to do as far as sexualwise and things like that.
I'm gonna ask her out.
[ Laughing ] you're gonna ask her out on a date?
Yeah, so?
You serious?
Yes.
When I laughed at him, he got upset with me.
He said, "what, you don't think I have a chance?"
I just laughed.
I was like, "man, whatever."
Narrator: later, when he saw news reports about
Dana satterfield's m*rder, he wondered if jonothan vick was
Involved.
If you ask him, he'll say he really didn't believe that he
Did it -- couldn't believe it -- wouldn't believe it.
I mean, here's a -year-old with no record that you counted
As one of your best friends.
And he's going to commit one of the most brutal murders in the
History of spartanburg county?
For what reason? Why?
Narrator: just after dana's m*rder, this man claims he
Called police anonymously and told them about his conversation
With jonothan vick.
He also told them vick was driving a white ford bronco.
At the time, police questioned jonothan vick and his mother
Aggressively.
Investigators questioned her on six different occasions
About the vehicle -- you know, "where was it that night?
Who was using it?" And the family was getting tired
Of people asking them, "was this your bronco here?
Is this your vehicle?" And they even went to the
Lengths of making a homemade sign that said, "this is not the
Vehicle" and putting it on the bronco as it traveled down the
Road.
That's how many people were calling about it.
Narrator: police even tried to get a court order for
Jonothan vick's dna, but the court refused on the grounds
That driving a vehicle like the one seen near the crime scene
Was insufficient probable cause.
Where's the probable cause on jonothan vick at this time?
It doesn't exist.
Narrator: so police dropped their investigation of
Jonothan vick.
There was a time where I figured, "well, maybe, you know,
They have cleared him."
But there was something inside that said it still ain't right.
Something's just not right.
Narrator: so now, years later, this man, jonothan vick's
Friend, called police again, insisting that they investigate
Vick for dana satterfield's m*rder.
And just like before...
I didn't want to give them my name.
Narrator: but without his name, police couldn't get a
Court order to obtain jonothan vick's dna sample.
So police were right back where they started, and they had to
Wonder what was this man really hiding?
Narrator: after waiting long years, prosecutors now had
A witness who claimed he knew what happened on the night of
Dana satterfield's m*rder.
The witness said -year-old jonothan vick offered him a ride
Home from school.
Vick said he was going to dana's salon for a haircut.
Vick also admitted he fantasized about dana, a woman years
His senior, and said he planned to ask her out on a date.
Vick entered dana's salon around : p.m.
It was almost closing time.
Prosecutors believe vick made a sexual advance, and dana
Refused.
Perhaps she thought he was kidding.
All right.
Narrator: that's when vick locked the door, turned out the
Lights, and att*cked.
[ Screams ] narrator: in addition to
Sexual as*ault, he strangled her to death.
For reasons no one can understand, he decided to leave
Through the window, which caught the attention of the witness,
Diane harris.
She got a good look at him.
The composite sketch from this brief encounter was remarkably
Accurate.
Pretty close to exactly what jonothan vick looks like.
The hair -- there was some issue as to whether the hair was light
Or dark.
We had to go find some witnesses that said vick used to tip his
Hair back then.
Narrator: as to why vick's prints weren't found in the
Salon, investigators say it happens more often than people
Think.
Just because someone touches something doesn't mean that you
Have left a print.
It has a lot to do with the amount of oil on your skin at
The time and the surface that you're touching.
Narrator: eventually, the anonymous informant explained
Why he had waited all these years to come forward.
He said vick threatened to k*ll him if he ever told police what
He knew about the m*rder.
Well, he didn't even tell me what he did.
He said, "if you tell anybody, I'll k*ll you."
He knew that I knew that he was going over there.
Narrator: he also realized, years later, that he had a
Responsibility to the satterfield family, so he gave
Police his name -- michael pace.
That does not keep me from being extraordinarily frustrated
With him.
But, to his credit, he accepted responsibility.
He was a very, very good witness.
Narrator: and police got their court order for vick's dna
Sample.
Michael pace is the probable cause that allowed us to get
Jonothan vick's dna.
Clearly, unequivocally, michael pace is how we got his
Dna.
Narrator: jonothan vick was still living in south carolina
After serving two years in the marines.
I love my wife and daughter.
That's all that matters.
He'd had well over different jobs -- was getting
Fired or asked to leave because of his inability to get along
With his co-workers or his supervisors.
Narrator: vick also had some brushes with the law.
He had two arrests.
One was a domestic v*olence, which was dismissed.
And there was a malicious injury, which is basically a
Vandalism, that was dismissed.
Narrator: now a husband and father of an infant daughter,
Vick denied any involvement in dana satterfield's m*rder.
At the time of the arrest, he basically told us he never knew
The woman.
Narrator: jonothan vick's dna matched the biological evidence
From the r*pe-test kit gathered at dana's autopsy -- a
-Million-to- match.
I was relieved because that particular case had been sitting
On my desk for years.
I was relieved that there was a match.
Every time you see a poster or see an article or watch tv or
On the news or anything about the case, it bothered me.
And now that it's over with, I feel a lot better.
Narrator: investigators believe dana satterfield was
Vick's first victim, but possibly not his last.
There was another acquaintance of jonothan vick's,
Heather renee sellars, who mysteriously disappeared.
She's been missing for several years.
Miss sellars was actually engaged to him only weeks prior
To her disappearance.
Narrator: sellars' car was found at the bottom of a river.
Her case is still open.
In november of , jonothan vick was convicted of
Dana satterfield's m*rder and sentenced to life in prison.
It was guilty, guilty, guilty -- all guilty.
I mean, they all knew it -- yeah.
I'll never forget the words that he chose because after all
Of this, there was still such an arrogance almost or, "how can
You accuse me -- this innocent man that I am -- how can they
Convict me of this?"
And then the judge said, "you're going to prison for the rest of your life."
I have no sympathy for him or his mother or his wife or anyone
In his family.
I have no sympathy for none of them because they all still
Think that he's innocent.
And they know that he's guilty.
His mother knew that he was guilty.
She knew, and she held back on that.
He's a pathological, maniacal liar, and I don't like him.
But he received a fair trial.
Own salon.
It's a male fist against a female face.
Is it personal?
Yeah, it's personal.
Narrator: only one of them got out alive.
It was the most frustrating case I have ever dealt with.
Narrator: there is forensic evidence, but it doesn't match
Any of the suspects.
The fingerprint was never identified.
I really don't think that they're gonna catch him.
Narrator: the case goes cold until an auto mechanic comes
Forward with a secret.
There was something inside that said it still ain't right.
He's going to commit one of the most brutal murders in the
History of spartanburg county for what reason? Why?
Narrator: on a warm july night in , a south carolina
Woman was waiting for her ride home and witnessed a bizarre
Incident.
She'd saw a man jump through the window of a hair salon and run
Away.
The witness immediately called police.
[ Siren wailing ] the deputy arrived thinking,
"Okay, I'm going to investigate a burglary at this beauty
Salon."
Goes in, and it's completely dark.
He has a flashlight, training the beam of the flashlight
Around, walking, looking, seeing nothing.
Narrator: but in the back room, he found a woman on the
Floor, m*rder*d.
It had to be a very chilling discovery.
The k*ller had used a strap, tied it around her neck, and
Then hung her from a hot-water heater.
Robbery was not the motive.
Her purse was left behind.
There was money still in the cash register.
Her car was left behind.
It appeared that the motive probably was sexually related.
Narrator: the victim was identified as -year-old
Dana satterfield, the owner of the hair salon.
She was a mother of two young children.
She'd worked in the hair business for seven years.
I want to say she'd been in that shop for three to four.
When I say "shop," it was a converted mobile home that was
Made into a beauty salon.
Narrator: the m*rder happened sometime around :, when the
Shop was still open, although the logbook indicated no one
Was scheduled for an appointment.
I think that she would usually try to get out of there
Before it would get dark.
But it wasn't uncommon for her to work that late.
Narrator: the witness, diane harris, described the man
As white, about '" tall, and wearing jeans and a gray
T-shirt.
She was very good on height.
Obviously, race is important -- rule out a large segment of the
Population.
Narrator: based on the witness' facial description, a
Police artist created a composite sketch, which was
Distributed to the media.
Another witness reported seeing a suspicious vehicle in the
Area.
He sees a blue-and-white ford bronco parked at a
Business.
He notices this because he worked at this business himself.
The business was closed, and he knew that vehicle probably
Shouldn't be there.
Narrator: inside the salon, police dusted for fingerprints,
And they concentrated on the water heater, where the k*ller
Strapped dana's body.
It's a very smooth, hard finish.
And powder -- it was bringing them up real clear.
And you can lift them very easy off of a surface like that.
Narrator: they found one print that was very clear.
There was a detective who said, "whoever this print
Belongs to is definitely the k*ller.
I'm thinking, "god, 'definitely' is a strong word.
How do you know that?" And then he says the way the
Knot was tied, you had to have put your hand there to do it.
Narrator: in a surprising development, the print on the
Water heater matched dana's estranged husband,
Mike satterfield.
The couple, who had two young children, were recently
Separated.
All indications from the crime scene would be that the
Assailant knew dana.
It was angry and personal and vicious and vindictive.
Narrator: did dana's husband have an alibi?
Narrator: based on the evidence, investigators believe
That the k*ller entered dana satterfield's hair salon
Shortly before closing, locked the door, turned out the lights,
Dragged her into the utility room, where he strangled her to
Death.
To have a mother of two k*lled in this way, staged the
Way that her body was staged, left in that degraded state --
The guys that I know that worked on the case, come hell or high
Water, they're gonna solve it.
Narrator: at the autopsy, the medical examiner concluded the
Cause of death was strangulation.
And a r*pe-test kit found evidence of sexual as*ault.
Once they were able to generate a profile, that's when
Everyone started looking for a possible suspect.
Her body was the primary and best crime scene that we had,
Followed by the bathroom itself.
Narrator: investigators found a fingerprint on the water
Heater next to dana's body.
It belonged to dana's estranged husband, mike.
We had actually had a few problems, and she had actually
Been living half a mile from here.
The kids were staying here, and she was staying there.
Narrator: when questioned by police, mike claimed he was with
His children at the time of the m*rder.
'Cause we were with him that night.
Of course, when he got the phone call, we talked to her, and then
He took us up there.
So, I mean, I knew there was no way that my dad did it or had
Anything to do with it.
Narrator: and there was a perfectly logical explanation
For mike's prints to be there.
He did all the repair work.
I just put that water heater in there.
I done all the maintenance up there.
I took care of everything.
There's zero, nada, not one scintilla of evidence that
Mike satterfield had anything to do with this crime -- none.
Narrator: and it was clear that mike satterfield did not
Fit the description of the man the eyewitness saw jumping
Through the salon window.
He's an enormous man.
With all due respect to him, he couldn't get out that window.
There'd be a hole in the side of the mobile home if mike tried to
Get out the window, and he'd tell you the same thing.
Narrator: in a search for suspects, investigators found
Other fingerprints at the crime scene -- one in dana's blood.
All were submitted to the statewide fingerprint database.
It has all the fingerprints of all the prisoners that's
Been arrested in south carolina.
And we take a picture of the fingerprint, bring it up on the
Computer screen.
Narrator: investigators were certain the bloody fingerprint
Would provide a lead.
Unfortunately, there were no matches.
The fingerprint was never identified, and there's no
Telling how many they ran through -- how many people they
Checked on that.
Investigators with strong backgrounds in the work in these
Types of crimes were brought in for this type of case.
Narrator: the search for the white-and-blue ford bronco
Turned up plenty of possibilities.
And it's incredibly distinctive -- sawblade rims,
Blue-and-white ford bronco.
It's not unique, but it's rare.
I would think that that was a pretty distinct car, but
Apparently there are more of those than I would have
Imagined.
Narrator: police checked them all out, but all were dead ends.
Every single time me and my brother saw a bronco pass by, we
Had to call it in.
We had to tell my dad, "daddy, we saw a bronco.
You need to call."
Narrator: as leads dwindled, the case gradually turned cold,
And a year went by with no new developments.
Then police got a break.
A prison inmate told authorities that his cellmate, -year-old
Russell trevor quinn, often spoke of dana satterfield.
It was something about how attractive dana was.
Believe it or not, lots of folks in prison try to swap
Information for a reduction in charges or less prison time,
Interestingly enough, and his cellmate didn't keep that
Confidence.
He reported it to law enforcement.
Narrator: quinn was incarcerated for a crime that
Bore a marked similarity to dana's m*rder.
He also was in prison for raping a woman and tying her to
A tree.
Narrator: quinn was free at the time of dana's m*rder and
Fit the eyewitness description of the k*ller.
The police got his mug shot, put it in a photo lineup, showed
It to diane harris, as you will remember was our lone
Eyewitness.
Diane actually picked russell trevor quinn out of a
Photo lineup as being the person that she came in contact with.
One of dana's friends says, "I've seen this man in the shop
Before."
The police are able to put him in a car not dissimilar to the
One seen near the scene.
Narrator: but this turned out to be another dead end when his
Dna didn't match the biological evidence from the crime scene.
Russell trevor quinn was a hopeful moment for the
Detectives.
I mean, he's what you're looking for in terms of a suspect.
He just didn't do it.
Narrator: and the case went cold for the next years...
Until dana satterfield's daughter helped solve the case.
Narrator: there is no statute of limitations on m*rder cases,
And they're never officially closed.
But with each passing year, unsolved cases get more
Difficult to solve.
That was true of the dana satterfield m*rder.
It was the most frustrating case I have ever dealt with.
Narrator: for years, detectives rick gregory and
Thomas smith continued to work the case, following potential
Leads.
I think most homicide investigators have a case that
Really sticks with them probably more than any other case.
There was two banker boxes full of leads, so there was in
Excess of leads.
Narrator: and the satterfield family never gave up, either.
People would come up to me.
"Ashley, have they caught him yet?
Have they heard anything?" And I'm like, "you know, I know
That they're still working on the case, but I really don't
Think that they're gonna catch him."
'Cause I really didn't think they would.
Narrator: ashley satterfield was years old when her mother
Was k*lled.
Now she was , in college, and trying to move on with her life.
One day, ashley took her car in for repairs, and those repairs
Changed the course of the investigation.
Well, this girl came in with a little red honda, and she got
An oil change.
And I was like, "man, she was just in here a couple weeks
Ago."
And they said, "yeah, that's ashley satterfield.
You know dana satterfield that got m*rder*d in roebuck?
Well, that's her daughter."
I was like, "her daughter?
I didn't know she had kids."
Narrator: this man, who wanted to remain anonymous, is
An automobile mechanic.
He knew something about dana satterfield's m*rder, or
At least thought he did.
Just by seeing ashley, and her being her mother, I had to
Give them some closure.
Narrator: years earlier, when the auto mechanic was in
High school, his friend jonothan vick gave him a ride
Home.
Vick was driving a white ford bronco with blue trim, like
The one parked near the crime scene.
I'm gonna go get a haircut tonight.
A haircut?
He said he's gonna go get his hair cut.
And I was like, "where are you gonna get your hair cut this
Time of night?" He said, "over at dana's."
And I never knew her last name.
So hot, man.
I guess.
Narrator: and vick said he was interested in more than a
Haircut.
He would talk about how pretty she was and what he would
Like to do as far as sexualwise and things like that.
I'm gonna ask her out.
[ Laughing ] you're gonna ask her out on a date?
Yeah, so?
You serious?
Yes.
When I laughed at him, he got upset with me.
He said, "what, you don't think I have a chance?"
I just laughed.
I was like, "man, whatever."
Narrator: later, when he saw news reports about
Dana satterfield's m*rder, he wondered if jonothan vick was
Involved.
If you ask him, he'll say he really didn't believe that he
Did it -- couldn't believe it -- wouldn't believe it.
I mean, here's a -year-old with no record that you counted
As one of your best friends.
And he's going to commit one of the most brutal murders in the
History of spartanburg county?
For what reason? Why?
Narrator: just after dana's m*rder, this man claims he
Called police anonymously and told them about his conversation
With jonothan vick.
He also told them vick was driving a white ford bronco.
At the time, police questioned jonothan vick and his mother
Aggressively.
Investigators questioned her on six different occasions
About the vehicle -- you know, "where was it that night?
Who was using it?" And the family was getting tired
Of people asking them, "was this your bronco here?
Is this your vehicle?" And they even went to the
Lengths of making a homemade sign that said, "this is not the
Vehicle" and putting it on the bronco as it traveled down the
Road.
That's how many people were calling about it.
Narrator: police even tried to get a court order for
Jonothan vick's dna, but the court refused on the grounds
That driving a vehicle like the one seen near the crime scene
Was insufficient probable cause.
Where's the probable cause on jonothan vick at this time?
It doesn't exist.
Narrator: so police dropped their investigation of
Jonothan vick.
There was a time where I figured, "well, maybe, you know,
They have cleared him."
But there was something inside that said it still ain't right.
Something's just not right.
Narrator: so now, years later, this man, jonothan vick's
Friend, called police again, insisting that they investigate
Vick for dana satterfield's m*rder.
And just like before...
I didn't want to give them my name.
Narrator: but without his name, police couldn't get a
Court order to obtain jonothan vick's dna sample.
So police were right back where they started, and they had to
Wonder what was this man really hiding?
Narrator: after waiting long years, prosecutors now had
A witness who claimed he knew what happened on the night of
Dana satterfield's m*rder.
The witness said -year-old jonothan vick offered him a ride
Home from school.
Vick said he was going to dana's salon for a haircut.
Vick also admitted he fantasized about dana, a woman years
His senior, and said he planned to ask her out on a date.
Vick entered dana's salon around : p.m.
It was almost closing time.
Prosecutors believe vick made a sexual advance, and dana
Refused.
Perhaps she thought he was kidding.
All right.
Narrator: that's when vick locked the door, turned out the
Lights, and att*cked.
[ Screams ] narrator: in addition to
Sexual as*ault, he strangled her to death.
For reasons no one can understand, he decided to leave
Through the window, which caught the attention of the witness,
Diane harris.
She got a good look at him.
The composite sketch from this brief encounter was remarkably
Accurate.
Pretty close to exactly what jonothan vick looks like.
The hair -- there was some issue as to whether the hair was light
Or dark.
We had to go find some witnesses that said vick used to tip his
Hair back then.
Narrator: as to why vick's prints weren't found in the
Salon, investigators say it happens more often than people
Think.
Just because someone touches something doesn't mean that you
Have left a print.
It has a lot to do with the amount of oil on your skin at
The time and the surface that you're touching.
Narrator: eventually, the anonymous informant explained
Why he had waited all these years to come forward.
He said vick threatened to k*ll him if he ever told police what
He knew about the m*rder.
Well, he didn't even tell me what he did.
He said, "if you tell anybody, I'll k*ll you."
He knew that I knew that he was going over there.
Narrator: he also realized, years later, that he had a
Responsibility to the satterfield family, so he gave
Police his name -- michael pace.
That does not keep me from being extraordinarily frustrated
With him.
But, to his credit, he accepted responsibility.
He was a very, very good witness.
Narrator: and police got their court order for vick's dna
Sample.
Michael pace is the probable cause that allowed us to get
Jonothan vick's dna.
Clearly, unequivocally, michael pace is how we got his
Dna.
Narrator: jonothan vick was still living in south carolina
After serving two years in the marines.
I love my wife and daughter.
That's all that matters.
He'd had well over different jobs -- was getting
Fired or asked to leave because of his inability to get along
With his co-workers or his supervisors.
Narrator: vick also had some brushes with the law.
He had two arrests.
One was a domestic v*olence, which was dismissed.
And there was a malicious injury, which is basically a
Vandalism, that was dismissed.
Narrator: now a husband and father of an infant daughter,
Vick denied any involvement in dana satterfield's m*rder.
At the time of the arrest, he basically told us he never knew
The woman.
Narrator: jonothan vick's dna matched the biological evidence
From the r*pe-test kit gathered at dana's autopsy -- a
-Million-to- match.
I was relieved because that particular case had been sitting
On my desk for years.
I was relieved that there was a match.
Every time you see a poster or see an article or watch tv or
On the news or anything about the case, it bothered me.
And now that it's over with, I feel a lot better.
Narrator: investigators believe dana satterfield was
Vick's first victim, but possibly not his last.
There was another acquaintance of jonothan vick's,
Heather renee sellars, who mysteriously disappeared.
She's been missing for several years.
Miss sellars was actually engaged to him only weeks prior
To her disappearance.
Narrator: sellars' car was found at the bottom of a river.
Her case is still open.
In november of , jonothan vick was convicted of
Dana satterfield's m*rder and sentenced to life in prison.
It was guilty, guilty, guilty -- all guilty.
I mean, they all knew it -- yeah.
I'll never forget the words that he chose because after all
Of this, there was still such an arrogance almost or, "how can
You accuse me -- this innocent man that I am -- how can they
Convict me of this?"
And then the judge said, "you're going to prison for the rest of your life."
I have no sympathy for him or his mother or his wife or anyone
In his family.
I have no sympathy for none of them because they all still
Think that he's innocent.
And they know that he's guilty.
His mother knew that he was guilty.
She knew, and she held back on that.
He's a pathological, maniacal liar, and I don't like him.
But he received a fair trial.