Dr. Insanity - How Police Captured Florida's Longest Active Serial Killer

Episode Date: April 25, 2026

In Marathon, Florida, a fisherman stumbles across the body of 51-year-old Michelle Rena Osbourne, igniting an urgent hunt for a ruthless killer. Detective Matt Pitcher quickly tracks down the main suspect: 58-year-old Steven Matthew Wolf, a convicted murderer with a terrifying past. But what begins as a straightforward murder investigation soon spirals into something darker, uncovering decades-old secrets, disturbing evidence, and unanswered questions about other potential victims. As Steven now sits on Florida’s death row, Pitcher remains haunted by one chilling thought: How many more victims did Steven leave behind? ------ This video was made for educational purposes only. The video is presented to provide genuine footage of police incidents to promote transparency in government while providing educational, informative and newsworthy content allowing viewers to examine and assess public safety material. This is a fact-checked documentary using authoritative sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Come out. Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. Police are in the middle of hunting down a wanted serial killer, living inside the very van where he killed his latest victim. Go back over there. What's that? What's that smell? 24 hours before this confrontation, officers discover a brutalized body of a woman with seemingly no evidence left behind that could connect anyone to the case.

The victim is still unidentified and we're taking a shot in the dark, maybe you've seen her. Everybody's seen them around, but nobody really knows them as far as I know. When I find out Michelle was dead dog, and you're going to ask my boss man, it killed me. But over the following day, small clues would start surfacing, revealing additional victims, going as far back as four decades, eventually leading to one of the longest active serial killers in Florida's history. There's the back piece. This is our man. Steve, you made a mistake. I didn't do this. It's awful, Matt.

I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that there are bodies out there attached to him that either haven't been found or gone. This guy cannot be on the street. He has to go away or somebody else could get hurt. It's around 2 p.m. in Marathon, Florida. Near Vaca Cut Bridge, families enjoy a quiet afternoon. Until just off the side of the road, a fisherman notices a strong, overreesome. overwhelming odor. As he steps closer, he sees something so gruesome, he immediately calls 911. Within moments, Florida officers arrive, and it wouldn't be long before the entire lake area would need to be evacuated. Where she at?

5112, rigor set in. Lies an unidentified woman, unclothed, and already beginning to stiffen. From what officers can tell, she's been here for several hours. The current near Vaca Cut bridge is exceptionally, strongly strong with a history of fatal accidental drownings. At first, officers believe this could be another one of those cases, but as they flip her over, that assumption would quickly fade. Okay, we'll move her a little bit and then, Eby, if you want to take your pictures

as we're rolling so that if there's anything that falls or moves, because what I'm looking is this stick right here. Okay. You need a hand? It looks like she was dragged by this hand. Oh, look at that. Yep. Did you see that?

Look at it right around the neck. Mm-hmm. Oh, it looks, look at the side of her head. You got blood, you got scrapes all over the back. All right, I'm calling on. Call Doc. As they examine the body closer, they notice strangulation marks on her neck, blood, and signs of trauma, all pointing to a violent assault.

With a potential homicide on their hands, officers. Others call in the on-duty detective, while others begin evacuating the area immediately. Before the detective arrives, officers at the scene continue trying to identify the victim, only to realize it won't be that simple. Anybody wrecked out of her? Yeah, don't who she is? Mm-mm. Nope.

Doesn't appear to be a homeless because she's well kept. She's groomed. I just don't see the clothes. You know what I'm saying? Two, something there. This is all the officers know about the woman. No clothing, no ID, nothing to go off of. But not for long, as the on-duty detective soon arrives.

Matt Pitcher is a seasoned undercover detective. He doesn't know it yet, but he's about to take down the town's most dangerous killer. Using a multi-hour interview with Pitcher, we'll break down exactly what he was thinking and the complex forensic methods used to crack a near perfect homicide. I do not have good luck at Thanksgiving time. It just never seemed to work out for me. And so even coming into this, everybody was kind of joking,

oh, be prepared for that call. And so I got to call, and then it's kind of evaluating, well, you know, you put out a little bit of hope that, well, maybe it was just a natural death. And I still remember, I was starting to figure out what's going on. She said, yeah, it's a naked female. And the minute she said that, I was like, well, this isn't going to be a natural death. Detective Matt Pitcher and Detective Rosa D. Giovanni. This is US1 headed up that way.

Entrance into this little gravel area from US1 is down there. Hand down here. At the start of what looks to be a Red Bull can, there are tire tracks. Leading back as well as tire tracks on this. side. You have a broken branch that's touching the ground. Pulled hair right here. And if you come up at about 10 o'clock into wooded area, about 10 meters away, the female victim, two to three feet in front of that is another small chunk of hair. It looks like there is some bleeding in the area of the...

Easiest way to come back would be along there, suspecting that that's where the suspect went back, we're going to go around another way, deserve evidence. For the first time, the pieces start to come together. As pitcher walks along the gravel road just off the highway, he spots fresh tire marks, evidence the suspect had been here not long ago. A few feet away, strands of the victim's hair lie scattered, suggesting she was dragged from the road into the forest. Further in, there are clear signs of disturbance.

Damaged plants, broken branches, indicating the suspect's vehicle was likely damaged, as it sped away, possibly right after dumping the body. And then something far more significant catches his eye. So, you know, there were a bunch of like small trees, that kind of thing. You have this dirt road, but then as I'm walking along the path, that's the first thing that struck me. So there was a little tree and it kind of had, you know how you can tell when something's freshly broken, right?

The limb hasn't died or anything like that. We're talking about a tree and was just kind of hanging there. And so that got me looking at it. And then sure enough, Sure enough, what looked to be car parts broken off right underneath it, like, sitting on the ground right there. And that's kind of one of those ones that could just be, you know, the suspect vehicle. But even with this small breakthrough, Pitcher still hasn't uncovered the most critical piece of the puzzle, one that suggests this is far from an isolated incident.

With the scene locked down and the victim transported for autopsy, investigators are left with two critical questions. Who is the victim and who is her attacker? To answer the first, Detective Pitcher comes up with a plan. Yeah, I'm kind of going through things. And basically, my thought then, especially keep in mind, like I said earlier, this is right coming into Thanksgiving, right? Everything is about to get slammed where we live.

This is a huge tour spot. So I'm just concerned that, okay, you know, we could lose video evidence that might be in the area. Talk to my captain, and I showed the captain to the car part and all that. And I said, all right, I'm leaving the scene. and I'm about to start hitting every business starting with the bars in the area and at least get a mark so that they don't get rid of evidence on us. At pitchers' request, officers go from business to business searching for any sign of the suspect's vehicle,

one missing a black 3 by 8 inch piece of bumper and showing damage consistent with hitting branches, as well as any indication of a possible daylight abduction. But with no clear timeline for when the murder occurred, the search could take anywhere from hours to day, So pitcher splits his efforts, directing some officers to focus on the second piece of the puzzle, identifying the victim. He sends them to local businesses hoping that someone might recognize her. But that's when an unexpected problem emerges.

How are you? Hey, sir, you're on Detective Brady. This is Detective Bunce. We're doing a, uh, we're part of the homicide investigations going on, now that you've heard what's going on. Yeah. Um, and we don't know whether the victim is still unidentified and we're taking a shot in the dark and maybe, you know, the dark and maybe if she might have been a patron here so if it's a graphic photo we're gonna ask if maybe a few maybe you've seen her or a couple bartenders I'll

take a look so I've been here the last few nights I'll say Wednesday so okay there's a picture I haven't seen anybody like that no okay do you think you're maybe a bartender or so would they probably wouldn't about to knowing they're on the cedar side. With victims still unidentified and no sign of the suspect's vehicle, officers are at a loss. With every passing hour,

the killer edges closer to vanishing for good, along with any chance of solving the case. But just as leads begin to run dry, one bartender would step forward giving them their first major league. The ride that steals the spotlight every time it hits the road, that's the Volkswagen Tiguan.

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Lead. How are you doing, Chris? Hey, how are you? Hi, how are you? How are you? You got your phone number? 917. And are you willing to look at the photo of the victim and see if you might know her or it's pretty...

It's up to you. Yes, okay. All right. There's this lady here. You might be able to recognize her. Yes. Okay, do you know her name? Oh.

Perhaps does she drive a car? She lives... Anything where we can try and track down. We don't know who she is, so it's very important. We're trying to find out who she is. I can't think of it. Okay. But for sure.

Yes. Yes, I know exactly who she is. Okay. Definitely. Although the bartender doesn't remember the woman's name, she recalls seeing her multiple times, suggesting she's likely local. And then another bartender approaches. She recognizes the victim too, but still can't provide a name. However, she remembers something else.

She had seen the woman working at the Sunset Grill restaurant just a few miles away. With this new information, officers quickly wrap up and rush to the restaurant, realizing they may be moments away from answering one of the case's biggest questions. How are you? Hi, I'm Stephanie. Detective Rosa DiGirani. The reason that I'm asking is, has she ever worked for you? Oh, she looks so now here.

Yes, yes. She did? Yes, and I tried to help her. What do you mean you tried to help her? Well, when she first moved here, she worked for us. You know, when that was, Marla? I have all the dates at my house. And I feel so bad about what happened to her because I really...

Finally, officers have a name, 51-year-old, Michelle. But when detectives check for a missing persons report, they find nothing, leading them to assume the victim has no close family. That is, until her employer, A lawyer reveals something that makes her death even more tragic. She told me, you know, she was from, is it Wisconsin or Minnesota, Wisconsin. I have all her info where she was from, I think, and she had a family. I knew she had children.

And, you know, ex-husband, she didn't have custody, she said for children. But she told me she used to be like a therapist, too. And she goes, I know better, I shouldn't be taking these pillows and stuff. Nice of all, you know, you need to get straightened up because I'm going to have to let you go. But she did talk always, I don't know her children, I never met her, but she always talked to them. I always, I don't know how old they were. She always talked about going back. I know our children must be devastated.

If you talk to her kids or anything, just tell them that, you know, she was a wonder, she had a good heart. She did. That's basically what we're trying to get for her kids, you know. She did. And I always thought that too. I thought, God, I wish her kids knew that I really liked them. Thanks to her employer, officers are able to get into contact with several of Michelle's family members in Janesville, Wisconsin. All of them describe her the same way.

Kind with a good heart. But after moving to Florida, she lost contact with them. This information is immediately relayed to Detective Pitcher who now has one question left to answer. Who is her killer? And that answer may be closer than they think. That time the captain says, all right, I'm going to send a picture of this car part to a buddy of mine who's in narcotics. He is extremely good with cards. She literally sends him this little bit of what turned out to be a bit of a fender.

He comes back. First thing, he sends a text. All right, it's going to be from a van, full-size van, like this. Within 15 minutes of that, he sends a picture and says it's going to be this type of van. That picture he sent actually end up to even be the exact same color, everything as the van is a suspect fan, like to the teeth. But in my mind, I'm thinking, you know, number one, what, 50% chance is actually going to be the suspect vehicle. Be able to match that to a vehicle, yeah, probably not going to happen. Naturally, Detective Pitcher is skeptical, but he still relays that.

this information to officers combing through CCTV footage. And to his complete surprise, after six hours of finding nothing of value, they're about to stumble upon something big. I don't know how to download it from this system, but he's fixing to go past here in just a minute. You need anything else for most? No, bro. I'm just going to find this vehicle and then try to clip this. I found him.

He's right here. Office Max is a ripoff. Right there. At last, police spot what they believe to be the suspect's vehicle, a blackened silver Dodge conversion van, visibly damaged with pieces missing. And once they run its license plate, detectives can begin reconstructing the killer's movements piece by piece. He's going to go for... There he goes, right there. Is it?

Yeah, 12.7? Can you let you, yeah? That's the van right there. There it is. Yeah. All right, 1240. He has to stop somewhere. 1239.

What were we getting from Alfredo's? Alfredo's was 1208 23, so that's four minutes, four minutes and 17 seconds. You gotta stop somewhere quick. Quick. Now, four minutes, 17 seconds? Get caught. It wasn't sitting in traffic for four minutes. That's a big, that's a...

So where can he stop between freighters? Uh? Trade ones? Trade ones. Or if he came in here? As officers piece together the van's path across town, it suddenly disappears. Somewhere near Kmart Plaza on U.S. Highway 1, just over three miles from where the body was found. While officers search for additional camera angles around the last known location,

investigators run the van's registration, and that's when they discover something deeply concerning. The van belongs to 58-year-old Stephen Matthew Wolfe, a man with a long and serious criminal history. Obviously the one thing, I can't matter for it, it was a juvenile record that was sealed and they had to go a little bit further to find it out or whether they grabbed, but he had a murder at a young age. So immediately I had someone getting on the phone for me and contact in that police department, let's get details on this and fast. And it was this 90-year-old man that he and a couple of his friends robbed and he decided to kill him. So the main you find stuff like that out, you're like, all right, you're, you know, you're building those building blocks, right? You're like,

okay, we're on the right path here. This is most likely our guy. Decades earlier in 1976, In 2006, Wolf was convicted of a homicide in Boise, Idaho. At 15 years old, he and three others murdered a 78-year-old man named Enrico Florey, a robbery-motivated killing that landed him 15 years in prison. The case gained nationwide attention when, in 1977, Stephen escaped from the Ada County Jail, sawing through a bar on the fourth floor and climbing down using bedsheets and conduit. He remained on the run for six days before being recaptuble. As Pitcher digs deeper, they uncover even more disturbing details, a prior diagnosis of psychopathy,

a history of animal cruelty, and long-term drug use, raising the question of whether he should ever have been released. With these findings, Pitcher realizes he's looking for someone with a history of extreme violence, a proven capacity to evade justice, and potentially a serial killer. By midnight, the van still hasn't reappeared on C-C-Contin. CCTV, suggesting it's still somewhere near the cluster of fast food restaurants. Unwilling to waste any more time, pitcher alongside a dozen deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, heads out to search the area. And as they begin to look for their suspect, something inexplicable happens. When the captain lieutenant were going out to scout in this parking

lot, you're doing a lot of this just hoping and, you know, looking for that need on a haystack, but most likely, you know the person is going to bounce pretty quickly and get out of town. So while you're hoping it's not great. And she's driving, keep in mind on the opposite side of the road. So like she had to see it from a long ways away. And according to my captain, Lieutenant said a prayer. And the minute she's got to stop the prayer, looked off to her left where there is a Kmart and a McDonald's, and sitting just right by the McDonald's was the van. And she starts yelling, there's the van, there's a van. Of course, they almost wrecked the car. But they get into a parking lot, sit tight for a second. I get over there, make contact, and go from there.

To pitchers' surprise, they spot it. The black and silver van, parked between a Winn-Dixie and a McDonald's. Approaching from multiple directions, officers surround the parking lot, carefully ensuring no bystanders are in harm's way, with pitcher meticulously guiding the operation. And as officers inch closer, they brace themselves, knowing a dangerous killer could lash out at any second.

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All right. Go ahead, mail, catch you. Come on out. Anybody else in the family? Hands up. Come on out. Come out the rider side. Here, just drop whatever you're doing, come out.

Come out. Let me see your hands, let me see your hands. Don't reach around, don't reach around, just let me see your hands. Come out of the van. Go back towards back of your van. Anybody else in the van? No. Get a handcuff.

Get in the, get right here. What's going on? Sir, right there. Your hands are on your back. What's not like me in here? Wolf? Wolf? Yeah.

Steven Y. Yeah. What's your best thing? 92460. Yeah. Yeah. Is this vehicle registered to you? Yes. To the officer's surprise, Stephen doesn't resist.

Instead, he's calm. Almost unusually so for someone being arrested without explanation. After placing him in a patrol car, officers begin inspecting his van when something immediately stands out. Oh, come here. Watch this. Look at this. Right here. What do you see? What do you see?

Isn't that the piece? There's some grass. And he's gonna bend the back. Yeah, this is our murder stuff. Oh, yeah. Okay. What's that? What's that smell?

This is him. Like that. How are you, sir? How are you, sir? Yeah. When they were going through the van, I believe there was blood in there that they have yet to identify, for one thing.

for one thing. There was unfortunately underwear in the fan that appeared to be used. There was other women's underwear in there. So I 100% think that there are bodies out there attached to him that either haven't been found or gone. There's all these, you know, little details that too many to overwalk. After securing the scene just after midnight, Stephen is transported to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for questioning. But despite Right pitcher's plan unfolding nearly perfectly, he still has a long way to go. On the way to the station, Pitcher realizes that, from a jury's perspective, there's still reasonable doubt, and nothing truly conclusive beyond a single piece of bumper.

And with the right lawyer, he could claim he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time, and the charges could easily be dismissed entirely. Even so, Detective Pitcher remains confident he can make Stephen break. less than 12 hours after the murder is believed to have taken place, the two arrive at the station and Stephen is placed inside the interrogation room. Both pitcher and Stephen have been in these situations before and each of them believes they have the perfect plan to outsmart the other. A way I interview, like, I'll brag for a second. I think I can interview pretty much better than anybody. I think I have a track record to prove it. I believe your interview, the most crucial part of the interview, are the first minute to three minutes.

I never ever walk into an interview room and start talking about that night, anything even remotely close to the crime in hand. I usually try to find out what they're into. All right, Stephen. Is he to arrest? I'm recording. Right now you're just being detained, all right? I'm just going to talk. Before I can talk to you, I've seen how I got this.

Yeah. If that's right, I'll let you have this for a minute. All right. Here's a day, we have some questions about yesterday. Maybe you come walk me, throw it and help me out a little bit. Tell me about your day yesterday. Just walk me through the day if you would. I'm curious when we're talking at the police car

for a second, I said you come here, he says something about Baca Cup. Yeah, I waited over today. I used to see, I was gonna for a place to sleep by you should be down there and sleep and that little circle in the back, but I couldn't get in there. That's how the damage of my car was,

that's when I did that. That's what you did that? Yeah. I almost got stuck. Yeah, that's never good. What time was that? Uh, 30-thirties, I guess, I don't know, this afternoon. Okay.

It was all sand, washed out, trees are overgrown. I said, I can get back. And I started back down to the road, and I said, shoot, trees, I like my man, and it scratched it all up. I didn't even know I heard it until I got to the library and walked down. It was, God dang, I broke the shrub. It was already cracked anyway, but... So would you try to back out and that's how you hit it? Yeah, there wasn't going to turn around.

You can't, that thing turns like a boat. I couldn't turn around. I almost got stuck. As Stephen calmly explains, he damaged the vehicle while turning around searching for a place to sleep. But what catches pitcher off guard is this. If Steven is responsible, he's just placed himself at the scene of the crime for reasons pitcher can't yet explain. So pitcher searches for something more concrete, something incriminating, but what he finds would come as a complete surprise. Can I just get you to put your fingers out like this one?

Thank you so much. Give it just a second. Go ahead, if you were just kind of the best you can. And this is gonna be a lot harder, but flip them up to bed. Hey, that was a lot easier for you than I thought it would be. What's you looking for? What's that? Just any kind of marks, no scratch, not as you're gonna scratch.

I got no marks, no scratch, you know nothing. Good deal. You got two. I got two. What did you get them done? I got them down to prison. I don't. I don't.

That's 15 years old, I got trouble. I got a home side. That's been fun. How long you have to lay down for? 15 and a half years. 15 and a half years? Oh, wow. It's a long, sad story with a happy long one, but...

Well, you're out now. I left out of an idiot, man. I brought out a drug addict, but... Can you give us one second? I just want to talk about a park. Okay, do what you need to do? Just get this down and whatever we're doing here. I appreciate him.

I'm just to be quiet. I am. Okay. Baffled by the lack of scratches on Stephen's hands, Pitcher pauses the interrogation, fully realizing the evidence they have so far is insufficient for any breakthrough, especially after learning this is far from his first run-in with police. For now, there simply isn't enough to charge him, so Stephen remains in holding. Investigators know time is against them.

By tomorrow, they need something concrete, because without it, they won't be able to hold him much longer, but little do they know, Stephen is already preparing a strategy for their next conversation, one he believes will let him walk away completely free. The next morning, with Stephen still in custody, Detective Pitcher begins receiving tips from multiple marathon residents, each claiming to have vital information. By approximately 10 a.m., officers are dispatched to follow up on every lead, hoping one of them holds the key to the case. and it wouldn't take long for police to realize Michelle may not have been the only target, and Stephen may not have been the only suspect.

Okay, my name is Jennifer. Hi, Jennifer. How are you? Okay, I have a cousin. How are you doing? All right, all right. Good, good. We have a little bit of information that you might be interested in.

Okay. Okay. I have a cousin of mine that I just found out today was with the male, I guess, who. He was in the van. He was in the band. All right, go ahead. Hey, Greg. Hey, Greg.

Hey, how are you going to? Hey. Hey. I went to the house. I saw Frankie get in and everybody in this. Hey. He goes, yeah, he goes, I was in his car the day before. He gave me a ride to, like, us down the store or something like that.

I said, wait a minute. I said, Frankie gave your ride. I said, you weren't that man. He goes, yeah. I said, because you hooked your finger. They're probably in that van, Frankie. And I said, if you don't go talk to somebody. They're fine a fingerprint.

Mm-hmm. Exactly. And that's not going to look good for you. Afraid of being implicated, locals begin coming forward, bringing new information about Stephen. They reveal he wasn't alone the night before the murder. Just hours before the woman was killed, he had been driving around town with two other people in his van, and one of them is about to show up to speak to the detective. Hey, Tracy. Good. I'm sorry. Everybody knows me here.

Yeah. Except the rookies, of course. Well, I don't know you. So you were in the van with Frankie and... Yep, he, um, come up to the library. I asked him if he would take us to go to the store so we could get something to drink. Okay. Is what the hell was said. I've known him for a little while now. Oh, okay.

I never thought that he would do some off the wall and s' excuse my language like this. Yeah. Okay, I am shocked. I implored, all right? To be honest with you. Right. What if this happens to me? Yeah, we don't want it to happen to anybody. And that's why I want everybody to come together and we can get it.

Well, like I told one of the deputies that know me, I said, listen, I'm listening to either sleep over here at the library or I'm going to sleep on y'all's doorstep over here. Thanks to Tracy, officers are now able to piece together Stevens' movements leading up to the murder. But before the detective leaves, Tracy would go on to mention one more name. Terry, a close associate of Stephen. immediately recognize the name after confiscating Stephen's phone

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Within the hour, they arrive at Terry's house, but from the moment they approach him, something feels off. And unlike the others, they would have to have. have a much more difficult time getting Terry to talk. Hi, how are you? No, I just need to talk to you about Michelle. Please. Please.

We know you didn't do it, man. We know you didn't do it, honey. We heard your friends with her, that's all, and we just want to talk to her friends. That's what we're down in cross for. Did you? No. That's all. We just want to talk to her friends, man, that's it.

No, no, listen, Terry, we just want to see... See, when was the last time we saw her, Terry? Man, come down. No, Terry, listen. You're not, no. Yeah, because I don't have been through this with you before when they can try to get me. Terry, let me talk. You don't have to talk to you.

I'm not saying that. And Michelle are close to me. I don't want to talk. Terry, Terry, just listen for a second. Terry, just listen for a second, man. Listen for a second. I'm not listening. Listen, all we know is that last time Michelle was saw him was on the 17th.

We're trying to track down her timeline, man. If you cared about her, wouldn't you want to help us? You can't tell me who I cared about and all that. I'm not talking. You got who did it. I don't even want to talk about Michelle, well? Okay, I'm not trying to be me, but I know how y'all do. Just like with the, man, when I didn't do it.

So, no, I ain't get the same, man. When detectives questioned Terry about Michelle, it's clear he doesn't try. trust them and has no intention of cooperating. But then they changed their approach, mentioning something designed to make him think twice. So did you know Steven? I don't know nobody. Really? Why'd he call you then?

I don't know. Really? Because you talked to him for like five minutes on the day he murdered her. On the day what? You talked to him on the day he murdered Michelle for like five minutes. I don't know. What you said? Okay.

Okay, but I talked to him and all this. I don't care what you say, miss. I don't really care what you say either. The phone records prove it. I don't care that. So what did you talk to him about? I don't know what you talking about. You know what I know?

Listen, miss. The dude did like Michelle. He always threatened her. Me and him got into it over her. Okay. Michelle was a coachman. If you take, go down underneath the back up bridge, whether she's supposed to got killed or whatever, I put a cross down enough for her. I appreciate it.

Honestly, you seem like the first one that we've talked to that's really cared about. Okay? I didn't like work. Okay? Why not? Why not? What do you mean? Why not?

He always threatened her, man. He was always threatening her? Every time I seen them, they were fighting. Fussing. Were they in a relationship? I don't. Listen, miss. Michelle stayed in it.

van. She used to sleep with this guy in his van. I used to get mad when she used to be with him. I'm not on those streets. I changed my life after that. And for it, I talked to Wolf five minutes before she got killed, all that shit. That's bullshit. Okay. But for anything, if I can get my hands on him, I hurt him. Finally, once they get Terry to talk, detectives uncover a direct connection between Stephen and the victim. Michelle had allegedly been staying in Stephen's van, and Terry makes it clear he didn't approve of the two being together. Now detectives realize the man in front of them may be the key to incriminating Stephen once and for all. That's all what I'm saying. If you want to know the truth there, you just helped us a lot

and being able to make that happen. I'm still saying, B, the guy, she used to sleep around with this guy. Okay. Okay. This guy used needles. She told me that he tried to get her to shoot dope one time. Okay? Him and Michelle don't have altercations. Okay?

When I found out Michelle was dead dog, and you're going to ask my boss, man. It killed me. You know what I'm saying? I am sorry for your loss. Okay, it's not my loss. It is just that she was a friend. And she stayed on the street, man.

And I don't been on the streets. But for a dwarf, if I had a way to put my hands on him, I would. All right. Okay? Listen. And if you can look up the phone records or any law where I was talking to him, you can't see him of me cussing and my. Hey, Terry.

Thank you. Seriously. Seriously. No, seriously. And I didn't that girl, man. Thank you. As Terry breaks down to touch. The detectives begin to believe he's telling the truth and that he is indeed one of Michelle's few genuine friends.

After wrapping up the interview, they return to the station and relay their findings to Detective Pitcher, who, for the past 12 hours, has been sleeplessly studying Stephen's profile, when he uncovers something interesting about Stephen's experiences in jail. Talking about his time in prison, things came out that, number one, he has a hatred for women. somehow I think it stems from his mom but I still can't quite place it he went into great detail with me about when his mom was sick how she couldn't do anything and like very disturbing that a normal human being normal person in a conversation isn't going into detail about these kind of things that's a red flag

obviously there's a lot of prison he goes I figured out a way around it though I would just have an awful person to everybody and that way they wouldn't want to yeah all of that is putting together a pretty good picture of who this is and we have the right guy. At that point, you're kind of like, all right, this is making too much sense. And then talking about women in general would snap him a little bit and that would cause me to have to bring him back down. But even with this unusual finding, Pitcher is only beginning to understand the twisted mind he's dealing with.

What he does know for certain is that this isn't Stephen's first time and that by And now, he likely has a plan he believes will let him walk free. And if Pitcher wants to get anything from him, he needs to build a bond, gain Stephen's trust, enough to make him confess. So that afternoon, Pitcher decides to change his approach. He asks Steve to step outside, offering him a cigarette, a small gesture, but one that would have monumental effects on the investigation. Because when the two step outside, Stephen begins to break.

I'm being charged with homicide, man. I know you are. And I know that seems scary as hell. I've been through it because I'm a child, but I remember it well. Things are different in some instances between what happened when you're 15 and what happened now. Somebody died at my hands. This difference is that somebody died but it wasn't at my hands. Oh, man.

Steve, you made a mistake. I know. I didn't do this. Steve, I know you... Oh, God. Okay, listen. You made a mistake. I...

killer her boyfriend killed her what happened they fought they fought I didn't anybody they were having so in the back on my bed and they fought and I just kept driving and so come on you guys calm down quiet down I don't know their names I picked them up where did you pick them up Walmart they wanted to come to the keys all that Matt I don't know what to do here we got to keep going we got to We're going to get this. We do not do this, but I'm guilty of gathering it up. I helped him get rid of them.

All right, but we can work through this, okay? This isn't the end of the world, Steve. He walked away and he's gone, and I'm like, Jesus, what am I going to do? Despite being prepared for something new, Detective Pitcher is clearly taken aback by this version of events. Stephen insists he didn't kill Michelle, but admits to helping cover it up, claiming the real killer was her ex-boyfriend. At first glance, the story feels completely fabric. A last-ditch attempt to deflect blame, but then something clicks.

Pitcher recalls coming through Michelle's social media and uncovering a troubling detail. An ex-boyfriend, persistent, unwanted, and openly harassing her online. Still unconvinced and questioning why Stephen is only bringing this up now, the two return to the interrogation room as Pitcher prepares to press him further. Can you do your best describe him? You said he had... He's got, uh, go ahead and head to tell him, everything you can tell me. Long khaki shorts. I don't know what kind of tennis shoes, no socks.

Okay. A flowery type of shirt, uh, flowery type of shirt. I don't know what pants he was wearing really. And scruffy, his hair doesn't touch his shoulders, but it's close. It's straight as an arrow. Got a feather wave in it, not one. How old was he? He's younger.

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Where were you exactly when you picked them up? I was at my van. Right. I was in my van. But where in what location? They walked in part by the liquor store. They were, um, they walked up to the front of my band by that grassy area. Okay.

They were walking and said, hey, yeah, I said, me for right. So you let him in, they get in the car. He's at the front of him. the parking light yet bro can i go in them cigarettes that you have a pat boom i was at the uh you know where the uh where the hurricane washed out the road where it's a long strip after you get out of ivan right by and peak long yeah long long key up in there okay somewhere in it but the long stretch it got washed my girl and at nighttime the lights you all red you know what i'm talking about yeah that's where he came back up in my front seat said bro she's dead oh the way he didn't say i killed him he just said she's

dead okay what bro she's dead My brain was thinking if she's really dead, I'm released. Call the police. He's right there next to me. Call the police. And I didn't pick up the phone. And I pulled down in there. I came over it.

And he said it was your idea for Bucketka? I was thinking I got to get rid of this. I got to get rid of both of them. But I got to get her out of here now. And he jumped out. He pulled the door open. He pulled her out. I heard her, actually I was she dead?

Oh she hit the ground, I think, yeah. I remember thinking, oh Jesus, that's not good. And I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble, man. And she had called the police. I could have backed over, but I couldn't get out, but I couldn't have backed on the front track. I took me out before.

I don't run his ass over and I called you right then. I should have called you as soon as he got out of bed. Give me one second, okay. Despite Stephen's emotional retelling, his description of the killer, the killer doesn't match the ex-boyfriend. The man detectives had identified was older with short gray hair and a heavy build, but Stephen describes someone completely different, younger, slim, with pin straight black hair.

And that's not all. Something major has just taken place outside the interrogation room. The full forensic examination of the van is complete, and the findings are even more disturbing than expected. Now we have the search warrant to the van. They start going in it and immediately there are a lot of ss toys. A lot of homemade sacks. We knew sheets were missing, that kind of thing.

Like we were missing a lot of evidence. There was also we had to start cutting out for the, he had a homemade bed in there too, so we had to cut out the mattress of that, the floor. There was blood, not a ton, but a little bit of blood on some of that, which was, that's big evidence. We need it. Alongside what Pitcher has just revealed. Investigators uncover even more disturbing evidence, strands of blonde hair matching the victims,

women's underwear, and a child's swimsuit. And more concerning still, the only DNA found belongs to Stephen and the victim. This is far more incriminating and far more convincing than anything Stephen has told them. So pitcher prepares to confront him with the evidence, and with nowhere left to shift the blame, his reaction would say at all. Talk to I talk about it, you're ready? He's gonna be flat out on this and deep on. You messed up. This is inside your main.

That's our victim's hair, Steve. Steve. No. This is the victim's underwear. No, it's not. What is it? And Steve, you missed some blood. You missed under her.

I didn't do that. I didn't do that. You just cleaning up the blood on the cushion on the roof sheet. Steve, I'm not, not wanting to hear you. I hear you. I hear you. This is your chance to be honest. I've been honest.

I have been honest with her. That's not her big concern. It's not her panties. Well, tell me about those panties. God, I can. Oh, Jesus, you're going to tell her. If I tell you, who's there. I tell them.

And then you're going to know what that I have. I'm going to tell them. looking at murder. You get them. They're Susan. They become Susan Doral. Susan. Susan, that's Jerry's black.

Why do you have? You guys say, they're gonna say, sometimes. Hmm? I put them once and they were dirty and I put them in there. Okay, and the hair.

I don't have no idea. And the blood under there? I don't know what to, don't, I don't know anything about it. There's no blood in and then I'm worried out there. I'll tell you this blood. I mean, this isn't, this is over time.

Okay. So now I'm not this primary, I'm a suspect. I said, I don't know, okay. I got to put this as bluntly as they can. I'm gonna put this very harshly. You murdered her. I did not. I did not.

This shift in the detective's demeanor clearly catches Stephen off guard. Up until now, he believed Pitcher was someone he could trust. More than that, Pitcher believes the policeer believes the police. bond between them has gone beyond a typical detective suspect relationship. Like I even, one of the disturbing parts of the interview, which this just made mind is I put my hand on a shoulder at one point. Like one of the phrases I used with him a lot

that, you know, once we had that real comfortable level was, you know, this isn't an if type situation. This is, I need you why. You know, what happened? Like you're obviously a good person. Why did this happen? And so at one point, you know, he was getting worked up, but sad wise that he knew he was in trouble. I put my hand on his shoulder and he goes, um, he goes, yeah, I don't let people put their hand on my shoulder because of prison. And so I immediately took it off of it. I'm sorry. He says, no, no, I like it when you do it. I was like, that was one of the key moments. I was like, okay, well, this is, he's not looking at us being in a relationship. Uh, like he wants, he has feelings for me in terms of that.

He was putting me in his mind in an awkward position to have to testify. I don't know if apartment thought that I had feelings for him and that he was putting me in an awkward position making me testify against him. I've never even come close to having anything like that happened for. As pitcher explains, this unusually strong bond is both beneficial and detrimental to the investigation. Although Stephen appears to want to be honest, he seems afraid of hurting pitcher's feelings. But unbeknownst to Stephen, that bond is entirely one-sided, because pitcher is about to confront him with even more evidence he failed to cover up. Can you explain the blood on the cushion under the sheet?

No, my leg, I guess, but that's not going to cut it. I do. I know. I know, so I'm going to go to jail for the homicide? I will check the state attorney, but as of right now, I'm afraid that's the most problem. Oh, geez, guys, I'm not the guy. What? Okay.

Can I let's back back. I just understand this is not good. Because you were at the crime scene. We have you at the crime scene. I just told you. Because you wrecked. Yeah. Yeah.

And then you didn't report the wreck, but it wasn't minor damage. I get that. I'm not a issue there. Then we have, you come into a library using a dumpster where there's blood in the dumpster. And you told me you put trash there. Yeah. And then research your van, which you say nobody has been in that van besides Tracy and Charlie.

And that was a couple days ago. And the hair doesn't match that person. I don't know what you guys are talking about. I'm here, always speak right through the investments because I came back down here. So I look, I swear. And the worst part about it is that you're convinced that What is me? What is that? More candies.

In my van? Let me see that again. Her bikini bottles. Those are Susan's too. I wouldn't worry at all about Susan, Steve. What's for that I am? My guess is you'll probably never see her again. To what we're going to see.

To Stephen's surprise, on the night he was found, officers recovered a bloody shirt that had been disposed of nearby. And despite it all, Stephen would continue to deny that he had killed Michelle. At this point, it doesn't matter. They don't need a confession because the final and most disturbing piece of the puzzle has just come to light. When they were going through the van, there were some of the toys were probably eight inches to 12 inches in diameter.

So it was again, very, very horrific. And I think they ended up finding her DNA on a couple of those and that's probably what helped. to cause her to bleed out. The strangulation was probably, like, not, mostly not a killer, but that he would strangle her letter in and out of con. Like, just torture is the best way to describe it. Just awful.

Based on the crime scene and the horrific autopsy findings, in 2003, Stephen Matthew Wolfe was convicted of first-degree murder, two counts of battery, and tampering with evidence. And in the end, he was given the only fitting sentence his crimes. That's kind of I think what did him in. Like this whole situation where he knows, like even in the interview he brings a death penalty

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it's only been one or other two times where every member of the jury believes you should get the death penalty. Even though, yes, obviously he's a very horrible person. It's also always weird when you know that it was your testimony and you're doing that is going to end this man's life. So it's a mixed bag in that sense. Like even the things like the touch on the shoulder, like as dumb as it sounds, that to him, that's all this guy cares about me, you know? Um, he, he really does like me as crazy as that is.

You mentioned that there could be more victims tied to this guy. Do you personally think that he could be like a serial killer with more unsolved murders connected to him? So I 100% think there, I would, I'd be willing to be willing to be like a serial killer with more unsolved murders connected to him. So I'm, so I would, I'd be willing to be like, I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that there are bodies out there attached him that either haven't been found or gone. He, so he was a homeless guy who lived in this van. And you have long periods where you can't even say where he's at. He was skeptical on telling us other locations kind of thing.

Everything just pointed. I mean, we even had, when they were going through the van, I believe, I don't remember, I believe there was blood in there that they have yet to identify, for one thing. That didn't come back to either one of them. There was, unfortunately, underwear in the fan that appeared to be used. There was other women's underwear in there. Now, granted, he had stolen underwear that we found out from somebody else. But there was, there's all these, you know, little details that too many to over. As pitcher finishes recounting one of the most disturbing cases of his career, six years after

Michelle's murder, he is now retired. But the weight of what he uncovered leaves behind questions that were never fully answered. In terms of this type of crime and the brutality, this one is above all the rest. And I've definitely had some interesting ones in my career. I'm in the process of writing a book, actually, I did undercover work that I can say legitimately nobody else is done. year I spent two years with the mob and then was asked to infiltrate a domestic care group had everything from being interrogated for eight hours to shooting with a

psychopath who I was positive was going to kill me one day and also happened to be my best friend and hated police more than anybody but I did prevent the bombing credit of saving over 100,000 lives. Out of all the complex investigations detective pitcher worked on, Stevens case continues to linger And as of late, April 26, Stephen remains on Florida's death row, refusing to tell Pitcher whether there are any other victims. And with an execution warrant potentially right around the corner, that answer may die with him.