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>> he spoke with cnn's drew griffin and reveals why he's still haunted by what he uncovered. >> reporter: mike was a cop for 30 years, homicide detective, worked narcotics. he'd seen it all and thought he'd retire to an easy life as a private detective in south florida. his first case brought to him by an attorney ten years ago. investigate jeffrey epstein. >> i started going out and interviewing witnesses that became victims. i was interviewing one after another. three girls turned into four girls turned into five, six, seven and so on. i couldn't help but think that this could have been my d...

Certainly come under some harsh scrutiny especially especially after the arrest with epstein's federal charges. it's the first television interview with the private investigator who's been tracking epstein for more than a decade. here's drew's report. >> reporter: homicide detective, worked narcotics. he'd seen it all and thought he'd retire to an easy life as a private detective in south florida. his first case brought to him by an attorney ten years ago, investigate jeffrey epstein. >> i started going out and interviewing witnesses that became victims. i was interviewing one after another. t...

>> reporter: mike was a cop for 30 years, homicide detective, worked narcotics, he'd seen it all and thought he would retire to south florida. his first case brought to him ten years ago, investigate jeffrey epstein. >> i was interviewing victims, the three girls turned into five, six, seven. i couldn't help but think that this could have been my daughter or your daughter or my next-door neighbor's daughter. >> the case is infamous. a secret deal with prosecutors, a slap on the wrist jail sentence from the state of florida. >> if you had to see the paint on their faces when they found out, not...

May wonder why jeffrey epstein was ever allowed to leave jail. >> mike was a cop for 30 years, homicide detective, worked narcotics thought he had seen it all and thought he would retire to an easy live life to no south florida. the first case brought by an tone ten years ago investigate jeffrey epstein. >> i started going out interviewing witnesses that became victims. i was interviewing one after another. the three girls turned into four girls, turned into five, six, seven, so on. i couldn't help but think that this could have been my daughter, or your daughter or my next door neighbor's dau...