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bracelets, how could they have committed the terrible crimes they were charged with? how could this happen? how can this happen? why were they not being monitored? but it was definitely a hard question to get from the mothers themselves as well. why wasn t it caught sooner? sure. reporter: jarrae s mother, jodi, sued the california department of corrections and rehabilitation, claiming it failed to adequately monitor gordon and cano. the state denied the claims, and the case was dismissed. jodi also sued the u.s. government and agents of u.s. probation. that case was dismissed as well. and the administration office of the u.s. court published a report that said federal probation officers followed policies and procedures. as for detective trapp, there was one last mystery to solve. yeah. reporter: because when she
how could this happen? how can this happen? why were they not being monitored? reporter: but but it was definitely a hard question to get from the mothers themselves as well. why wasn t it caught sooner? reporter: jarrae s mother, jodi, sued the california department of corrections and rehabilitation, claiming it failed to adequately monitor gordon and cano. the state denied the claims, and the case was dismissed. jodi also sued the u.s. government and agents of u.s. probation. that case was dismissed as well. and the administration office of the u.s. court published a report that said federal probation officers followed policies and procedures. we actually look at the 14th. reporter: as for detective trapp, there was one last mystery to solve. yes. yeah. reporter: because when she first talked to steven gordon he revealed something she wasn t expecting. he looks at me and he goes, you re missing one.
bracelets, how could they have committed the terrible crimes they were charged with? how could this happen? how can this happen? why were they not being monitored? reporter: but but it was definitely a hard question to get from the mothers themselves as well. why wasn t it caught sooner? reporter: jarrae s mother, jodi, sued the california department of corrections and rehabilitation, claiming it failed to adequately monitor gordon and cano. the state denied the claims, and the case was dismissed. jodi also sued the u.s. government and agents of u.s. probation. that case was dismissed as well. and the administration office of the u.s. court published a report that said federal probation officers followed policies and procedures. we actually look at the 14th. reporter: as for detective trapp, there was one last mystery to solve. yes. yeah. reporter: because when she first talked to steven gordon he revealed something she wasn t expecting.