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Old? >> 18. >> according to him? >> according to him. she's in fact 16. >> he is talking without the lawyer. >> he's talking. >> a misunderstood may/december romance is all there was to it, the old man said. >> didn't plan on making it a permanent thing. just kind of a fling for the present time. >> midlife crisis or what? >> a little old for a midlife crisis. >> but no matter what they thought about the old man's motives, police now had a name and an address. his name was john jamelske, and their search of his house, a blue ranch by the highway, was about to tell them everything they needed t...

This guy is holding me. >> why would she do that? >> why didn't she run or scream for help earlier? no one knows for sure. but on april 8th, 2003, she brought john jamelske's career as a dungeon master to an end when she slipped away and called her sister. >> after three hours, you don't hear from you is any sympathy for jennifer or any of the others. >> i would never do it over if i had it to do over, and i'm extremely sorry for what happened to each -- every one of them. >> it sounds like you're sorry because of the fact you're sitting here. >> no. >> if you weren't sitting here, you would p...

Showed him competent to stand trial, jamelske's twisted perspective on the people, places, and events that landed him in jail seem to come from a parallel universe. according to jamelske, every female who stayed in his dungeon went there willingly. and happily exchanged sex for cash, room, and board. so he's guilty of nothing more than cheating on his wife. >> that's basically, you know, what do you call -- adultery. >> but when you go to someone who's underage, it's not called adultery. it's called sexual assault. >> now i find that out. i had no idea. >> come on. >> i nerve hurt anyone physi...

A grocer retired from his job. a grandfather. a widower who had spent years nursing his sick wife. but for 15 years police say john jamelske had another identity as a sexual slave master in a makeshift underground dungeon he had built himself to abuse and imprison a string of young women. now he's heading to trial, accused of kidnapping and rape, and there would be a drama in the courtroom. once more, here's rob stafford. >> in early summer 2003 john jamelske entered a syracuse courtroom for the first time. after two months of saturation coverage, the place was packed with people who wanted to...

>> i'm thinking, you know, maybe i'm going to get some community service or something of that nature for, you know, a little bit of unlawful imprisonment or whatever. >> jamelske admits he showed his victims an old police badge he found and lied about working for powerful bosses just to keep the girls in line and persuade them that he was as much a victim of circumstance as they were. >> yeah, i told them that i can't make the decision as to when you go home. so you know, you can't cry on my shoulder. >> because you, john jamelske, are taking orders from someone else. >> exactly. >> even thoug...