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Michale callahan now knew the case against randy steidl was deeply flawed and needed to be reinvestigated. in the year 2000, he took his findings to his superiors. >> we went into the lieutenant's office, very plush. she closes the door, and she's in uniform. she sits down behind her desk. >> callahan walked her through the evidence, the conflicting testimonies and the recantations. he even highlighted reports that detectives parish and eckerty had plied reinboldt and herrington with alcohol to shape their testimony. >> she looks at us, and she says, you cannot reopen the rhoads case, it's too...

What kind of mental condition and physical condition are they in if they don't have alcohol and you have them at a secluded location? what are they going to tell you to get that drink? >> i wanted to open an investigation centering on jim parish and jack eckerty and mike mcfatridge, look at them for misconduct, impeding a criminal investigation and worse. >> but mike callahan was about to discover the consequences of turning the spotlight on his own department. everyone needs protein, every day. there are more than 20,000 different proteins in the human body. they fuel our energy, support our ...

With investigators. >> they said that if you'll get him to confess, we'll spare him the death penalty, otherwise he's getting the death penalty. i marched right up to the jail. asked to talk to randy. >> i'm pacing back and forth in this holding cell, he came up to me. he goes, i talked to the prosecutor. i've talked to jack eckerty. >> i said they're going to come up with hair, fiber, any type of trace evidence, they're going to get you and you're going to get the death penalty. so if you did it, you need to let me know now. >> he slammed that stool down. and screamed they don't arrest people...

What kind of mental condition and physical condition are they in if they don't have alcohol and you have them at a secluded location? what are they going to tell you to get that drink? >> i wanted to open an investigation centering on jim parish and jack eckerty and mike mcfatridge, look at them for misconduct, impeding a criminal investigation and worse. >> but mike callahan was about to discover the consequences of turning the spotlight on his own department.

Political pay back. >> one of the very first suspects that police also looked at was a drifter put up at the hotel france downtown four blocks from the crime scene. according to the radio dispatch logs, he was the very first suspect after they discovered the bodies. around 9:00 a.m. in the morning, jack eckerty of the illinois state police goes to the hotel france. and by that time, he'd already checked out and was long gone. >> clutter believed that drifter was none other than tommy lynn sells, one of the most notorious serial killers in the country. >> i like to use a knife. a gun is too, to...