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Clear, when we came public, especially to the families of the deceased, we were not passing any kind of character assessment or moral assessment on their loved one, but given the nature of the business that was being conducted on backpage, like i said, it would have been unconscionable for us not to go public with what we knew. >> in may 2012 their hard work pays off. police arrest 24-year-old james brown in the detroit suburb of sterling heights. brown is held for several months on charges of arson and mutilation of a dead body. in november 2012 he's formally charged with four counts of first...

Murders really across the country. >> reporter: a west virginia woman says she narrowly escaped with her life after meeting 45-year-old neil falls. >> he was saying you are going to be quiet. i'm going to call the orders. >> reporter: the woman, heather, met falls after he entered her escort add on backpage.com. she says he became aggressive within minutes wrapping his hands on her throat. >> when he laid the gun done to get the rake out of my hands. i shot him. >> reporter: moments later she was running from her charleston home chasing down a nab who called 911. >> there is a lady in the alle...

Ruined the game. >> even master mico, the old school hustler from detroit, says the boom of online ads has made the game more risky for everyone by attracting more wannabe pimps, more deviant customers, and ever younger girls with absolutely no street savvy. >> i think there's a tendency now for little susie in the suburbs at 16 years old, she's online, oh, what's this, backpage, those girls look kind of cute. she has low self-esteem. she thinks that maybe she could, you know, fit in somewhere. next thing you know, hey, you want to make this money, blah, blah, blah. and a lot of them guys will...

Young women two at a time. >> when you add to that there was a connection between three of the four deceased to a website called backpage.com, the a-ha moment came very quickly in our investigation. >> recently, there have within two certainty incidences -- >> on december 26th chief godbee calls a press conference to alert the public to the clear and present danger of what the local media have now dubbed the backpage killer. >> there is an immediate danger. there is a person that's potentially preying on women of a specific age in their early 20s that have utilized backpage.com or maybe other ...

Backpage.com. here's the 911 call. >> there's a lady in the alley here. she's saying that some guy tried to rape her and she had to defend herself and she shot him and he's in the kitchen. he pulled a gun on me. she's got cuts and stuff all over her. >> she knows who this guy is? >> do you know who the guy is? >> no. >> she said no. >> i opened the door and he said live or die and he -- >> did he actually rape her? >> i'm not sure. she said he tried to. >> was she able to injure him in any way? >> yes. she shot him. she said he's on the kitchen floor. >> so that shot was fatal. what investigat...