David Meirhofer passed two separate polygraph tests — including one administered with truth serum — leading local investigators to repeatedly dismiss him as a suspect.
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A Montana rancher disputing a mysterious 3:25 AM phone call to the Jaeger house inadvertently hands investigators their biggest break: the call was placed from a phone line adjacent to the very ranch where Susie and Sandy's remains were found. And tire tracks in the soil match the specific Goodyear tires on Meirhofer's truck. Agent Dunbar visits Meirhofer again and convinces him to submit to a second polygraph — this time administered with truth serum. He passes again. Local investigators are once again tempted to move on. But FBI profilers deliver a blunt warning: true psychopaths can pass any test on any day. They push Dunbar to stay the course.
A rancher's observation of distinctive Goodyear tire tracks on his property led investigators to identify Meirhofer's truck as likely having been used to tap into the rancher's phone line for the anniversary call.
Searching Meirhofer's property, investigators found bloody sheets, a little girl's blouse, a necklace, lipstick, a newspaper clipping of a target child, and a written to-do list of girl scout camps with checkmarks. He talked his way out of all of it. His arrogance was total — he seemed to feel untouchable.
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