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拉克罗斯是个非常美丽的城市。
La Crosse is a very beautiful community.
这里是个大学城。
It's a college community.
密西西比河带来了不少游客。
A lot of tourism with the Mississippi River.
犯罪率很低，所以发生凶杀案的情况非常罕见。
There is minimal amount of crime, so in a situation where you have a homicide, it's rare.
2010年5月24日，那天早上和往常没什么不同。
05/24/2010, starting out was the same as any other day.
我大概六点四十五分起床。
I got up at about quarter to seven.
我接了个电话。
I got a phone call.
是学校打来的。
It was from the school.
那天本来该妈妈去上课的。
Mom was supposed to be teaching that day.
她特别喜欢当老师这份工作。
She enjoyed her job as a teacher.
她性格开朗，特别爱笑。
She was outgoing, fun loving.
是个特别好的妈妈。
A great mom.
我
I
打了妈妈的手机，没人接。
called my mom's cell phone and there was no answer.
我就打了爸爸的电话，他
So I called my dad's phone and he
也没接。
didn't answer.
我知道我爸爸那天本该去上班。
I knew my father was supposed to be working.
我当时不知道他根本没去上班。
I did not know my father had not shown up for work.
我上了车，直接赶过去。
Got in the vehicle and headed out there.
开车到家门前，一开门，就看见我爸倒在地板上。
Drive up the road to the house and open the door I see my dad on the floor.
我大喊着：爸爸，你醒醒啊。
And I'm yelling, dad, you know.
是打911吗？
9111 is it?
好的。
Okay.
到底发生什么事了？
What's going on?
你妈妈还有呼吸吗？
Is your mom breathing?
没有。
No.
丹尼斯和梅娜·科拉昨天早上被他们的儿子发现。
Dennis and Merna Koula were found yesterday morning by their son.
什么？
What?
两个人都是？
Both of them?
有人朝爸妈头上开枪了？
Somebody shot mom and dad in the head?
什么？
What
这太让人难以接受了。
I see is devastating.
我父母，丹尼斯和梅娜·科拉，是在自己家里被杀害的。
My parents, Dennis and Merna Koula, were murdered in their own home.
谁会做出这种事？
Who could do something like that?
你觉得这看起来像入室抢劫演变成命案，还是一起暗杀？
Does this look like a burglary gone bad or an assassination to you?
这是一起暗杀。
It was an assassination.
我现在要问你几个比较尖锐的问题。
I'm throw a couple tough questions at you now.
明白吗？
Okay?
好了。
Alright.
告诉我事情到底是怎么发生的。
Tell me how it happened.
我们当时想得最多的一个问题就是，为什么。
One of the questions that came to our mind was why.
到底是谁，为什么要对他们下毒手。
Why someone would want to kill them.
这根本不是偶然，是有人提前埋伏，蓄意要取他们性命。
This was somebody that was lying in wait for them, prepared to execute them.
当首席调查员约翰·克里斯托弗森在5月24日30号赶到库拉家时，脑子里一片混乱。
When lead investigator John Kristofferson arrived at the Koula household on May 2430, his mind was spinning.
在这片富裕社区，犯罪率低得可怜，怎么可能会有人被当街杀害？
What in the heck could have happened in a situation where two people are dead because this is an affluent neighborhood, and crime is very limited in this part of the county.
站在房子外面、戴着黄帽子的是他们的儿子埃里科拉，是他发现了这可怕的现场。
Standing outside the house in the yellow hat was son, Ericola, who had discovered the chilling death scene.
我真的搞不懂，他们怎么会变成这样。
I just don't understand why they're like this.
明明是那么好的人啊。
Just great people.
现在他们都不在了。
And now they're they're gone.
我们从三车位车库进入厨房兼杂物间区域。
And we're entering from the three car garage into the kitchen slash mudroom area.
当时担任威斯康星州司法部特别探员的克里斯托弗森，正在协助拉克罗斯县警长办公室。
Christopherson, a special agent at the time with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, was assisting the La Crosse Sheriff's Department.
他一步步带我们查看了考拉家的四居室住宅。
He takes us step by step through the Koula's four bedroom home.
我走进厨房区域。
I walk into the kitchen area.
我看到一位年长男性俯卧在厨房地板上，脸朝下，周围有一滩血。
I notice an elderly male lying prone on the kitchen floor, face down, a pool of blood around him.
他一进门就被枪杀了。
He was shot the moment he walked in the door.
丹尼斯·考拉当时68岁。
Dennis Koula was 68 years old.
他是个富有的商人，曾经拥有当地一家连锁药店和一家福特汽车经销店，2006年把它们都卖了。
A wealthy businessman, he once owned a chain of pharmacies and a Ford dealership in town, which he sold in 2006.
直到把经销店卖了之前，我每周六天都和我爸一起上班，形影不离。
Up until when we sold the dealership, I worked with my dad six days a week, side by side.
说说你和父母的关系吧。
Describe your relationship with your parents.
关系特别好。
Oh, very close.
他们亲密到什么程度呢？丹尼斯曾给埃里克几十万美元，让他在家里的电脑上做日内交易，买卖股票。
So close, in fact, Dennis gave Eric hundreds of thousands of dollars to start a career as a day trader, buying and selling stocks from a computer in his house.
埃里克的妹妹辛迪·库拉也从父亲那里拿过钱，但跟哥哥比起来，那点钱简直微不足道。
Cindy Koula, Eric's younger sister, also received money from their dad, but it was just a pittance compared to her brother.
我父母都是很好的人。
My parents were very good people.
他们特别勤劳。
They were hard workers.
辛迪说，她爸爸早就该退休了，可还是兼职工作。
Cindy says her dad could have retired long ago, but he still worked part time.
我爸爸常开玩笑说，去药房上班还能拿工资，总比待在家里被你妈使唤还不给钱强。
My dad often joked, It would be better for me to go to work at the pharmacy and get paid for it than stay home because your mom will have me working for nothing.
埃里克和辛迪都已成家，但从小关系就特别亲密。
Eric and Cindy, each married with families of their own, have been close since childhood.
他们和父母的关系甚至更亲近。
The bond with their parents was even closer.
再来一个。
One more.
再来一个，宝贝女儿。
One more, baby girl.
不过这儿可能还有一个，考拉。
But there might be another one around here, Koula.
他们俩都住在父母家附近，开车几分钟就到。
They both lived within minutes of their mom and dad's house.
我最后一次和爸爸聊天时，他跟我说，无论什么时候你都可以依靠我。
One of the last conversations I had with my father, he told me that I could count on him.
你随时需要我，我都在。
I'm always there for you.
我爱你，宝贝。
Love you, honey.
再见。
Bye.
现在我们走进电脑室，梅娜就在里面。
And now we're going into the computer room where Merna is located.
梅娜趴在电脑前，动也不动。
Merna is slumped over the computer.
她的左手还搭在键盘上。
Her left arm is still on the keypad.
右手则搁在右膝上。
Her right arm is resting on her right knee.
这让你想到什么？
What is that suggestive of for you?
她并没有被吓到。
That she was not startled.
她坐在那儿很放松。
She was comfortable sitting there.
她几乎是瞬间离世的，根本没意识到会发生什么。
She died almost instantaneously, and she did not know what was coming.
门娜当时65岁。
Merna was 65.
和她丈夫一样，她特别喜欢工作。
Like her husband, she loved to work.
门娜是一名代课老师。
Merna was a substitute teacher.
她尤其喜欢教初中生。
She especially liked teaching junior high.
她性格外向，特别爱笑爱玩。
She was outgoing, fun loving.
她特别喜欢圣诞节，因为看到大家拆礼物时脸上的表情，她就特别开心。
She loved Christmas because of the expression on everybody's faces when they opened presents.
你总想跟她聊任何事，不管生活中发生了什么，她都愿意听你讲孩子的事。
You would always want to talk about anything, anything going on in your life, talk about the kids.
5月24日早上，梅娜原本安排在附近的韦斯特塞勒姆中学上班。
The morning of May 24, Merna was scheduled to work at nearby West Salem Middle School.
她没出现后，学校的一位秘书给埃里克打了电话，表示很担心。
When she didn't show, Eric received a call from a concerned school secretary.
我给我妈的手机打了电话，没人接。
I called my mom's cell phone, and there was no answer there.
奇怪的是，我居然先想到给我爸打电话。
Well, it's weird how to call my dad.
于是我给我爸打了电话，他也没接。
So I called my dad's phone, and he didn't answer.
丹尼斯本该去药房上班了。
Dennis should have been on his way to work at the pharmacy.
天哪。
Oh, boy.
他们是不是出车祸了？还是出了什么事？
They have a car accident or what's going on?
他说，你知道的，这完全不像他们的风格。
He said, well, you know, it just doesn't, it doesn't sound like them.
有点不对劲。
Something's not right.
那天早上，埃里克的妻子克里斯汀和他一起在家。
Eric's wife, Christine, was at home with him that morning.
他说，我得过去看看，到底怎么回事。
He said, I'll run out there and see, you know, what's going on.
埃里克立刻出发了。
Eric hit the road.
开车到他父母家大概十分钟。
It's about a ten minute drive to his parents' house.
我沿着路开到房子前，看见我爸的皮卡停在门口。
Drive up the road to the house, and I see my dad's truck out in the front.
我往里一看，发现我妈的SUV停在车库里。
And I look inside, I see my mom's mountaineer in the garage.
Eric一脸困惑，穿过车库走进了房子。
Puzzled, Eric walks through the garage and enters the house.
我推开门，就看见我爸躺在地上。
I opened the door and that's when I see my dad on the floor.
我赶紧抓起我爸的腿，摇他。
And I grab my dad's leg, jake him.
他一动不动，也没有反应。
He doesn't move, doesn't respond.
没人应声，一点动静都没有。
Nobody's saying anything, anything back.
埃里克惊慌失措地拨打了911。
Hysterical, Eric dials 911.
好的。
Okay.
你爸爸没呼吸了吗？
And your dad is not breathing?
没有。
No.
我也没呼吸了。
Well, I'm not breathing.
好的。
Okay.
行了。
Alright.
你父亲还活着吗？
Is your father alive?
你还记得之前跟电话那头的女士对话，问了各种问题吧。
Remember talking to the lady on the phone, asking various questions.
你妈妈也在场吗？
Is your mother there also?
你妈妈还有呼吸吗？
Is your mom breathing?
没有。
No.
那时我看到妈妈在拐角的电脑室里，头趴在键盘上。
And that's when I saw my mom in the computer room around the corner, and her head was down on the keyboard.
我真的很想念他们。
I miss them so much.
这两起命案是有人设局吗？
Is this an ambush, these two killings?
有可能。
Possibly.
有可能是。
It could have been.
或者肯定是他们认识的人，从背后悄悄靠近，早有预谋。
Or certainly somebody that they knew who came up behind them lying in wait.
克里斯托弗森继续勘查现场。
As Christopherson continues touring the crime scene.
我看到一些电子设备。
I see electronics.
我看到一个没被动过的钱包。
I see a wallet that's undisturbed.
我看到一个没被动过的手提包。
I see a purse that is undisturbed.
一台电脑就摆在那儿。
A computer sitting out.
他注意到，这么多贵重物品竟然都没被碰过。
He's struck that so many valuables have been left untouched.
我看到衣橱和抽屉里有信用卡和现金，全都没被动过。
I see credit cards and cash in closets and in dresser drawers that are undisturbed.
我看到首饰盒也完全没有被碰过。
I see jewelry boxes that haven't been touched.
还有件事引起了他注意——那些抽屉的排列方式。
And something else catches his eye, the dresser drawers.
一般人要是来行窃，肯定会先拉开最上面的抽屉，翻一翻，再合上，接着去翻第二个。
An individual who's going to burglarize a place is going to open up the top drawer, shuffle through it, close the drawer, and then look into the second drawer.
但你看这里，他们是从最下面的抽屉开始的，拉出来翻一遍，再拉出上面一个，就这样一层层往上翻。
If you look at this, they're indicating that they go to the bottom drawer first, pull it out, shuffle through it, then pull out the next drawer and so forth going up.
谁会这么干？
Who does that?
我认识的人里，没人这么干。
Nobody that I know of.
还有，埃里克和辛迪进屋后也说，家里一样东西都没丢。
And the kids, Eric and Cindy, go into the residence and they're telling us that there's nothing stolen from the residence.
谁会有什么动机去杀害库拉斯夫妇？
Who would have any motive to kill the Koulas?
到目前为止，我们还不清楚。
At this point, we don't know.
暂时没有特别可疑的人。
There's nobody that stands out.
调查人员不需要猜太久。
Investigators would not have to speculate long.
就在丹尼斯和梅娜被发现死在家中几天后，一位邻居、当地银行的行长史蒂夫·伯吉斯提供了案件的第一个线索。
Just days after Dennis and Merna are found dead in their home, a neighbor, Steve Burgess, a president at a local bank, provides the first lead in the case.
史蒂夫·伯吉斯主动向警长办公室表示，他一直收到威胁，而且是明确的死亡威胁。
Steve Burgess came forward to the sheriff's department stating that he had been receiving threats and they were distinctly death threats.
伯吉斯推测这可能是认错人了，本来想杀他的人，误杀了库拉斯夫妇。
Burgess is suggesting there may be a case of mistaken identity, that someone out to kill him killed the Koulas instead.
对。
Yes.
但如果凶手是通过互联网作案，这种致命的错误怎么会轻易发生呢？
But how could such a fatal mistake have been made easily if the killer used the Internet?
事实上，当你在谷歌地球上搜索史蒂夫·伯吉斯的地址，放大到那栋房子时，却跳到了库拉家，而不是史蒂夫·伯吉斯家。
In fact, when you Google Earth Steve Burgess' address, zoom into the house, goes to the Koula's house, not to Steve Burgess' house.
对。
Yes.
现在我们有大量工作要做，因为 whoever 实施了这起谋杀案，显然已经领先我们一步。
And now we've got a lot of work to do because whoever committed this homicide certainly has a jump on us.
我听说，这起案件完全符合职业暗杀的特征。
It has all the markings of a hit, I've been told.
埃里克·库拉和辛迪·库拉在同一刻变成了孤儿。
Eric Koula and Cindy Koula had been turned into orphans in the same instant.
听说你和你父亲关系特别好，是这样吗？
It's been said that you and your father were best friends.
真的吗？
Is that true?
是的。
Yes.
我还是不敢相信他们已经走了。
We're I still can't believe they're gone.
很难说哪位兄弟姐妹更难以承受这个打击。
It's difficult to say which sibling took their deaths harder.
辛迪完全崩溃了。
Cindy was completely distraught.
她情绪上彻底垮了。
She was emotionally wrecked.
我父母以这种方式离世，真是命运最荒诞的转折。
For my parents to die the way they did is just it's the most bizarre twist of fate.
两个如此厌恶暴力的人，却遭到了残忍枪杀，我简直无法理解。
For two people who were so against violence to be brutally shot, It just boggles my mind.
两个没有任何仇家的人，在家中遭到了暗杀。
Two people with no known enemies had been assassinated in their home.
这个调查该从哪里开始？
Where does this investigation begin?
从家人和朋友入手。
With family and friends.
我们需要梳理出一个时间线，弄清楚丹尼斯和梅娜确切的死亡时间，这样才能把所有线索拼起来。
We need to formulate a timeline to figure out exactly when Dennis and Merna died so we can put together the pieces of the puzzle.
这个谜题的关键线索来自梅娜。
A crucial piece of that puzzle came from Merna.
她中枪时，左手正好落在电脑键盘上。
When she was shot, her left hand came to rest on the computer keyboard.
我们请了一位法医计算机专家检查梅娜当时使用的电脑，发现她最后敲下的一个键是凌晨5点41分。
We had a forensic computer expert take a look at the computer that Merna was on, and her last keystroke on that computer was at 05:41 p.
上午。
M.
5月21日。
On May 21.
5月21日，星期五，距离埃里克发现父母遗体还有三天。
Friday, May 21, three days before Eric discovered his parents' bodies.
警方一直对死亡时间保密。
The cops kept that time of death a secret.
所以，不管任何人提供什么样的不在场证明，我们现在都有一个精确的时间点，可以用来判断他们有没有作案可能。
So no matter what timeline individuals provide to us for their alibi, we now have a precise time that we can relate to as to whether or not they could have committed the crime.
调查人员还原了丹尼斯和梅娜生命最后一天的经过。
Investigators pieced together Dennis and Merna's last day of life.
梅娜当时正在家用电脑上做研究。
Merna was doing research on the home computer.
丹尼斯大约下午五点离开了药房。
Dennis had left the pharmacy around five p.
M。
M.
开车回家大概需要一个小时。
It takes about an hour to drive home.
我认为她先死的，然后丹尼斯，他进门时被人开枪射杀了。
I believe she died first, and then Dennis, he was shot as he was coming in the door.
克里斯托弗森说，他们两人都是被一把.22口径步枪击中了一次。
Christopherson says they were both shot once with a 22 caliber rifle.
调查人员开始追查第一个引人注目的线索——住在附近那位银行家收到的死亡威胁。
Investigators began chasing their first intriguing lead, the death threats to that banker who lived up the road.
他们找到了打威胁电话的人，但线索就断了。
They found the culprit who made the calls, but hit a dead end.
我们认为那些威胁是这个人发出的，但他在丹尼斯和梅娜遇害时有确凿的不在场证明，不可能是凶手。
The individual that we believe was responsible for those threats would not have been able to carry out the homicides because they had a legitimate alibi at the time that Dennis and Merna were killed.
于是警员们开始调查家人。
So deputies began looking at family members.
巧合的是，埃里克父母遇害的那天，正好是他结婚十六周年的纪念日。
As it happened, the day Eric's parents were murdered was his sixteenth wedding anniversary.
那天下午，埃里克正在帮朋友迈克·詹斯做些家装活儿。
That afternoon, Eric was helping his friend, Mike Gens, do some home improvement.
我们当时在给淋浴间的墙壁贴瓷砖，你知道的，就是墙面上。
We were doing a tile surround on a shower, which, you know, the walls.
那天你工作到几点？
And how late did you work that day?
我大约五点半离开的。
I left there about 05:30.
他那天下班后，跟你说过要去哪儿吗？
When he left the job that day, where did he tell you he was going?
他说得去给妻子买盆植物，庆祝他们的结婚纪念日，然后一起吃晚饭。
He told me he had to go get a plant for his wife for their anniversary, and then they were going to eat.
他从迈克那儿回来的时候，手里提着一盆垂吊的开花植物。
When he came back from Mike's, then he had the hanging flower plant.
他说：‘我先去冲个澡，咱们再出发，时间有点晚了。’
And he said, Well, I'll go jump in the shower, then we can get going because it's a little bit later.
克里斯汀和埃里克去吃了晚饭，之后还和朋友一起庆祝了。
Christine and Eric headed to dinner and later celebrated with friends.
调查人员还询问了埃里克的儿子德克斯特，当时他才16岁，祖父母遇害时他在场。
Investigators also questioned Eric's son, Dexter, who was just 16 when his grandparents were killed.
那时候害怕吗？
Was it scary?
有点吧。
A little bit, yeah.
后来情况越来越沉重，我真怕自己会在他们面前崩溃。
It started getting a little heavy towards the end where I was afraid I was going to break down in front of them.
不清楚。
Don't know.
挺难的。
Was difficult.
随后，警员转向埃里克的妹妹辛迪，她那天有不在场证明。
Deputies then turned to Eric's sister, Cindy, who had an alibi for that day.
我在工作上的打卡记录显示，我下午四点四十五分就下班了。
My timestamp at work proved that I got done at 04:45.
我办了点事，路上被当地的监控拍到了，然后开着家里唯一那辆车回家了。
I ran some errands and was videotaped on surveillance cameras at local stores, and then I arrived home with the only vehicle we had.
帕特里克是辛迪的丈夫。
Patrick is Cindy's husband.
你能证明自己当时在家吗？
Were you able to prove you were at home?
能。
Yeah.
他们把Xbox主机拿去分析了，确认了我在特定时间段正在玩游戏。
They took the Xbox machine and time lined that I was on a video game machine at certain times.
就在家人悲痛之际，案件却出现了惊人的转折。
Then, while the family is in mourning, the case takes a shocking turn.
库拉的遗体被发现四天后，埃里克·库拉在信箱里发现了一张纸条。
Four days after the Koula's body is discovered, Eric Koula finds a note in his mailbox.
我出去取邮件，打开信箱，把那张纸条拿回了屋里。
I went out to get the mail, opened the mailbox, brought the note back in.
他打开信一看，发现上面写的字，顿时非常生气。
And he opened it up and he saw the letters and he was very upset.
信上写的是什么？
What did the letter say?
收拾你。
Fixed you.
收拾你？
Fixed you?
对。
Yep.
埃里克知道后反应怎么样？
And how did Eric react to that?
他特别愤怒。
He was very upset.
克里斯汀立刻拨打了911。
Christine calls 911 right away.
一名副警官去埃里克家拿那张纸条，埃里克当时情绪非常崩溃。
A deputy goes to Eric's residence to get the note from him and Eric is distraught.
他走路都摇摇晃晃的，明显受了很大打击。
He's stumbling, he's obviously upset.
纸上写着‘你完了’。
It says fixed you on it.
‘你完了’这句话意味着，有个杀手杀了他父母，目的是要报复他。
Fixed you suggests that there's a killer out there who killed his parents to somehow get back at him.
你是这个意思吗？
Is that the notion?
对。
Yes.
而且，这会不会只是这家人被杀害的开始？
And also, is this just the start of the family being killed?
父母现在已经不在了。
The parents are now gone.
现在他们是不是在怀疑埃里克？
Now are they looking at Eric?
你是不是在想，下一个会不会轮到我们？
You're thinking, could we be next?
对。
Yeah.
对丹尼斯和梅娜死亡的调查突然变得紧迫起来。
The investigation into Dennis and Merna's deaths takes on new urgency.
按照程序，警员们审查了所有家庭成员的银行记录。
Following protocol, deputies examine the bank records of all the family members.
就在那时，他们发现埃里克账户里有一笔非常奇怪的交易。
That's when they find something very strange in Eric's account.
在他父母遇害后的那个周六，他存入了一张五万美元的支票。
On Saturday, after his parents were killed, he had deposited a $50,000 check into his account.
五万美元。
$50,000
五万美元，那这张支票是谁签的名？
$50,000 And who had signed this check?
丹尼斯·科拉。
Dennis Koula.
丹尼斯·科拉，就是埃里克的父亲。
Dennis Koula, Eric's dad.
这是调查人员第一次听说丹尼斯给儿子转过钱。
This was the first investigators knew of any money Dennis had given his son.
我知道这看起来太糟糕了。
And I know it looked terrible.
我几天前就从我爸那儿拿到了这张支票。
I had gotten this check from my dad several days ago.
我周六去兑了现，结果他们就出事了。
I went and cashed it on Saturday and now they're dead.
而我爸爸，他是唯一能为我作证的人。
And my dad, you know, is the one guy that can back me up on this.
但他现在不在这里来证实这一点。
And he's not here to do that.
我知道迟早得解释这笔钱的事，说清楚来龙去脉，我愿意，我也能说。
You know, I know I'd have to eventually explain, check and talk about it, and I could, and I would.
调查人员开始怀疑，既然埃里克没提这笔支票，那他还隐瞒了什么别的事？
Investigators wondered, if Eric failed to tell them about the check, what else wasn't he telling them?
于是他们重新审视他的整个说法，从那通惊慌失措的911报警电话开始。
That's when they took a closer look at his entire story, starting with that panic stricken 911 call.
乍一听没什么异常，但只要你仔细听那通电话，就会发现埃里克根本没求人帮忙救他的父母。
It doesn't stand out at first, but once you take the time to listen to the 911 call, you realize that Eric never asks for help for his parents.
通常情况下，人们都会喊：天哪，快派人过来！
Normally it's, Oh my God, get somebody over here right away.
帮帮我，快帮帮我。
Help me, help me.
但他一句都没说。
And he doesn't do that.
是的。
Yes.
怎么还没人到呢？
Why isn't anybody here yet?
我能做些什么来帮我的父母？
What can I do to help my parents?
而埃里克在电话里完全没有表现出这样的反应。
And Eric did not display that at all during the call.
但最大的突破即将出现。
But the biggest break was about to come.
我们仔细查看了他的财务状况，发现埃里克·库拉身无分文。
We take a closer look at his financial situation, and we discover Eric Koula is broke.
他穷得叮当响。
He is flat broke.
如果你们在历史课上学到的只是真相的一半呢？
What if everything you learned in history class was only half the story?
我是医生。
I'm Doctor.
我是《隐秘历史》的主持人哈里尼·巴特。
Harini Bhatt, host of Hidden History.
每周一，我都去探索那些充满谜团的历史。
Every Monday, I go where history gets mysterious.
消失的文明、末日预言、超自然现象，以及科学至今仍无法完全解释的事件。
Vanished civilizations, doomsday prophecies, paranormal and events that science still can't fully explain.
在《隐秘历史》中，我把这些谜题当作未结案的档案来处理。
On Hidden History, I treat these moments like open case files.
不是迷信，也不是胡说，只是还没被彻底解开的线索。
Not miss, not superstition, just incomplete explanations waiting for a closer look.
现在就收听并关注《隐秘历史》，各大播客平台均已上线。
Listen to and follow Hidden History available now wherever you get your podcasts.
播客。
Podcasts.
2010年5月，埃里克·库拉不得不亲手安葬他深爱的父母。
In May 2010, Eric Koula faced the grim task of burying his beloved parents.
墓地离我们家大概四分之一英里远。
The cemetery was a quarter mile from where we lived.
他们下葬后，我几乎每天都去，给他们送花。
I went there almost every day after they were buried, put flowers on their grave.
我只是很想他们。
I just miss them.
那段时间，埃里克的经济状况也很糟糕。
It was a dark time for Eric financially as well.
多年来，父母一直资助他做日内交易，总共给了他近70万美元。
His parents had given him nearly $700,000 over the years to fund his career as a day trader.
2007年、2008年的时候，你银行账户里可是有几十万美金的。
Back in 2007, 2008, you had hundreds of thousands of dollars in your bank account.
对吧？
Correct?
是的。
Yes.
我有。
I did.
那些钱后来怎么了？
What happened to that money?
我们经历了自大萧条以来最糟糕的股市动荡之一。
We went through one of the worst stock market episodes since the Great Depression.
全亏没了。
I lost it.
股市崩盘加上埃里克的无能，让他身无分文，还欠下债权人超过十五万美元的债务，包括
That stock market drop, combined with Eric's incompetence, left him broke and in more than 150,000 of debt to creditors, including
的
the
国税局。
IRS.
埃里克向他父亲求助。
Eric turned to his father for help.
就在他父母遇害的前一天，埃里克说，他父亲给了他一张签了名的空白支票。
Just one day before his parents were murdered, Eric says his father gave him a signed blank check.
埃里克现在承认，是他自己填了这张支票，金额是五万美元。
Eric now admits he, not his father, filled that check out for $50,000.
对局外人来说，这看起来真的很糟糕。
You know for an outsider, it looks terrible.
你父母刚被杀的第二天，你就往账户里存了五万美元的支票。
The day after your parents are killed, you're depositing a check-in your account for $50,000.
别人会以为你是靠父母的死捞钱。
It looks like you are cashing in on your parents' murders.
表面上看，确实像是这样。
It may appear like that, yes.
但这不是事实。
But that's not the truth.
那不是事实。
That is not the truth.
调查人员继续深入追查。
Investigators continued digging.
他们询问了丹尼斯在去世前一小时还在工作的药房里的几位同事。
They questioned questioned some of Dennis' coworkers at the pharmacy where he'd been just an hour before his death.
你是最后一个见到他的人，是的，丹尼斯。
You're the last person to see Yes, Dennis I
除了在中国的那个人，我是最后一个见到他活着的人。
was the last person to see him alive, except for the person at China.
海伦·范鲁和丹尼斯在药房一起做药剂师助理。
Helen Van Rue worked as a pharmacy tech alongside Dennis.
她亲身体会过他有多慷慨。
She knows firsthand how generous he could be.
我丈夫失业的时候，他跟我说：‘如果你需要什么，尽管告诉我。’
When my husband lost his job, he told me, If you ever need something, let me know.
我会帮忙的。
I'll help out.
他就像我父亲一样。
He was like my dad.
他待我就像亲生女儿。
He treated me like a daughter.
但海伦说，丹尼斯最近对他的孩子态度有了变化。
Said But Helen says there had recently been a change in Dennis' attitude toward his own children.
我知道他一直在帮辛迪和她丈夫付房贷。
I know he was giving Cindy and her husband money for their mortgage.
他说，我得停止这种做法了。
And he says, I gotta put a stop to that.
海伦记得，在丹尼斯遇害前几天，他们有过一次谈话。
Helen recalls a conversation she had with Dennis just days before his murder.
那天他告诉我，他打算这周告诉孩子们，不再给他们经济支持了。
He had told me that day that he was telling his kids that week that he was cutting off his kids.
你觉得他跟埃里克和巴迪说了，‘对不起，我要断了你们的经济支持’吗？
Do you think that he told Eric, Buddy, I'm sorry.
他是不是跟你们说要断了你们的经济支持？
I'm cutting you off?
我觉得他是在遇害前一天说的。
I think he did the day prior to the murder.
也就是埃里克说他收到父亲签好名的空白支票的那天。
Which was the same day Eric says he received the signed blank check from his father.
调查人员对这个巧合感到不安，于是重新审查了埃里克的不在场证明，以及他母亲在电脑前遇害的精确时间他究竟在哪里。
Troubled by the coincidence, investigators decided to take a second look at Eric's alibi and where he was at the exact time his mother died at her computer.
下午5点41分的时候，你在哪里？
Where were you at 05:41 in the afternoon?
那时候我要么正在去Shopko的路上，要么已经在Shopko了。
Either I was en route to Shopko or I was at Shopko.
Shopko是一家综合百货商店，埃里克说他当时在那儿给妻子挑一件周年纪念礼物——一盆植物。
Shopko is a general merchandise store, and Eric says he was there looking for a plant, an anniversary gift for his wife.
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那天我去了两家Shopko。
I went to two Shopko's that day.
我在第二家买植物的时候，保留了收据，以防我妻子不喜欢这份礼物。
And when I bought my plant at second Shopko, I had a receipt that I had saved in case my wife didn't like the gift.
那张收据上的时间显示是下午6点15分。
The time stamp on that receipt reads 06:15 p.
。
M.
但警员找不到任何证据表明埃里克去过第一家Shopko。
But deputies could find no record of Eric going to the first Shopko.
没有迹象显示他在母亲遇害时正在购物。
No evidence that he was shopping when his mother was murdered.
Shopko有监控摄像头。
Shopko has a security camera.
可那天你却像是完全消失了。
And somehow that day you're invisible.
你在监控里根本没出现。
You're not on that security camera.
这该怎么解释？
Why is that?
你如何说明这种情况？
How do you explain that?
我确实去了那家Shopko。
I was at that Shopko.
我们看到很多顾客和购物记录，但就是没看到Eric。
We see a lot of shoppers, a lot of purchases, but we don't see Eric.
压根没看到他。
We don't see him.
也没看到他的卡车。
We don't see his truck.
完全找不到他出现的任何痕迹。
We see no sign of him.
这有多重要？
How significant is that?
这很关键，因为它揭示了他有时间去父母家并下手的那段空白期。
It's significant in that it now opens up that period of his timeline where he has the opportunity to get to his parents' house and kill them.
埃里克此时已经成了调查的重点，尽管他自己毫不知情。
Eric was now the target of the investigation, even though he didn't know it.
当局悄悄收集了两个月的证据，才把他叫来问话。
For two months, authorities quietly gathered more evidence before bringing him in for questioning.
你最近怎么样？
How the heck you've been doing?
我还行。
I've been doing.
明白了。
Okay.
我们反复看了好多遍监控录像。
We've looked at the video surveillance over and over and over again.
而且我们没看到你靠近那把猎枪。
And we don't see you going to that shotgun.
我知道。
I know.
我不是说，我的意思是，我不确定视频是不是真的，但……
I don't say, I mean, I don't know if the video is alive, but
我当时就在那儿。
and I was here.
接着，克里斯托弗森提到了那张五万美元的支票。
Then, Kristofferson moves on to that $50,000 check.
她把支票给了我。
She gave me the check.
你说是他签的名，对吧？
And you say that he signed it, right?
埃里克还不知道，笔迹专家已经确认他父亲的签名是伪造的。
Eric doesn't know a handwriting expert has determined that his father's signature is a forgery.
我们确实知道你填了这份文件。
We did know that you filled this home.
而且我们也知道，你爸爸并没有签过这个。
And we also know that your dad didn't sign this.
这是仿照他签名做的。
It's a recreation of his signature.
埃里克现在明白这些问题指向哪里了。
Eric now knows where this questioning is going.
有时候，我胸口疼，但那没伤到他们，你觉得呢？
Sometimes, to my chest, didn't hurt them, do you think?
我知道你不会伤害他们。
I know that you wouldn't hurt them.
我确实没有。
I did not.
所以你才想确保他们能快点走。
And that's why you wanted to make sure that they went quickly.
我没做过这事。
I did not do this.
我知道你并不想这么做。
I know you didn't want to do it.
我真的没做。
I didn't do it.
早就跟你说过，这不公平。
Told you it wasn't fair.
天哪。
Jeez.
埃里克可以离开审讯室了。
Eric is allowed to leave interrogation room.
但几分钟后，他的生活彻底改变了。
But minutes later, his life changes forever.
今天，我们很高兴能就此案做出逮捕。
Today, we're satisfied to have made an arrest in the case.
警员在停车场给他戴上了手铐。
Deputy slapped on the cuffs in the parking lot.
埃里克·库拉今日被控两项一级故意杀人罪。
Eric Koula arrested today on two counts of first degree intentional homicide.
什么？
What?
对埃里克的妻子克里斯汀来说，说埃里克会伤害自己的父母，简直荒谬至极。
For Eric's wife, Christine, the idea that Eric could harm his parents is simply absurd.
他这辈子从来没打过或伤害过任何人。
He has never hit or hurt another person in his life, ever.
我从没见过我爸气到要动手，或者大声嚷嚷到那种地步。
I've never seen my father angry enough where he would strike anything or raise his voice to the point where he would consider it yelling or screaming.
埃里克的案子花了两年时间才走到审判阶段。
It would take two years for Eric's case to wind its way to trial.
调查人员发现了五万美元的支票、埃里克的巨额债务，以及一个站不住脚的不在场证明。
Investigators had uncovered that $50,000 check, Eric's large debts, and a shaky alibi.
我开始在心里琢磨，他们抓的人没错。
I began putting thoughts together in my head that they have the right person.
他确实干了这件事。
He did commit this crime.
他
He
真的
did
做出了这种恶行。
do this act of evil.
终于在2012年6月，拉克罗斯县检察官蒂姆·格林克正式对埃里克提起诉讼。
Finally, in June 2012, La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Grinke begins the case against Eric.
说实话，被告犯有杀害父母的罪行。
And the truth is, the defendant is guilty of murdering his parents.
我们想向陪审团清楚地展示
We wanted to lay out for the
向陪审团说明，埃里克是个深藏秘密的人。
jury that Eric was a man of secrets.
他根本不是表面上看起来那样。
He's not who he appears to be.
他有强烈的经济动机去犯下这起罪行。
He's somebody that has a desperate financial motive for the crime.
联合检察官加里·弗雷伯格表示，正是这种绝望促使埃里克杀死了长期资助他生活的人。
Co prosecutor Gary Fryberg says that desperation led Eric to kill the two people who had long financed his life.
他为什么要杀掉那只一直给他下金蛋的鹅呢？
Why would he kill the goose that laid the golden egg for him?
那是因为那只鹅说，以后一个蛋都不给了。
Well, think it's because the goose was saying no more eggs.
埃里克冒险亲自出庭作证。
In a risky move, Eric takes the stand.
你就是想拿到那些你早就知道迟早会属于你的钱。
You wanted to get at the money that you knew was going to be or should be yours someday.
对吧？
Right?
不对。
No.
你是想加快继承流程，对吧？
You wanted to speed up that inheritance process, didn't you?
不对。
No.
但在面对无可辩驳的证据后，埃里克不得不承认，他确实签了父亲的名字，开了那张五万美元的支票。
But after being confronted with indisputable evidence, Eric is forced to make a devastating admission that he, in fact, signed his father's name to that $50,000 check.
他当时没告诉调查人员，是因为觉得这会显得很糟糕。
He didn't tell investigators at the time because he thought it would look bad.
我替我爸签过成百上千次签名了，从家里付账单到商店买东西，只要是需要双人签名的支票，我都签过无数次。
I've signed my dad's signature on hundreds and hundreds of checks from personal paying bills at the house to at the store when we had double signature checks hundreds and hundreds of times.
这完全符合丹尼斯的风格——让他自己签名字、自己填金额。
I mean it's absolutely something Dennis would do to give him that check, to have him sign it himself and fill it in.
但很快，一段令人震惊的证据被呈上，可能让埃里克终身监禁。
But soon, shocking evidence is presented that could send Eric to prison for the rest of his life.
而这段证据，恰恰来自埃里克自己。
And it comes from Eric himself.
你知道，我爸一直都在，我们总是一起做事，一起动手，父子俩相处的时光。
You know, with dad, he was always there, and we're all doing something, building something, father son time.
你这是
You're
提到你父亲，你情绪有点激动了。
getting emotional talking about your father.
那是什么？
What is that?
因为我真的很想他。
Because I miss him a lot.
我们看到的这些眼泪，是假的吗？
Are these tears that we see crocodile tears?
没有。
No.
你是不是等你父亲回家，等他一进门，就从背后开枪打死了他？
Did you wait for your father to come home, and when he entered the home, shoot him in the back of the head?
没有，我没有。
No, I did not.
我以他们的名义发誓，我没有杀害我的父母。
I swear on their honor that I did not kill my mom and dad.
丹尼斯和梅娜·科拉夫妇被发现死在家中，已经两年了。
It's been two years since Dennis and Merna Koula were found murdered in their home.
埃里克的辩护律师基思·贝尔泽说，这个案子根本就不该走进法庭。
Keith Belzer, one of Eric's defense attorneys, says this case should never have seen the inside of a courtroom.
没有任何证据。
There's no evidence.
没有DNA证据。
There's no DNA.
也没有指纹。
There's no fingerprints.
没有任何纤维证据。
There's no fiber evidence.
也没有毛发证据。
There's no hair evidence.
天哪。
My gosh.
那天下午，那个人一直在给浴室做填缝。
The guy that whole afternoon was doing grouting of a bathroom.
根本找不到填缝材料。
There's no grout.
没有任何东西能把埃里克·库拉和这两起凶杀案联系起来。
Not one thing links Eric Koula to those homicides.
检察官蒂姆·格林克承认，他的案子全是间接证据。
Prosecutor Tim Grinke admits his case is circumstantial.
奇怪的是，我们没在他那里找到任何他的DNA或指纹。
It's curious that we didn't find any of his DNA or fingerprints there.
但没找到并不代表他没去过。
But the fact that we don't have it doesn't mean he wasn't there.
那里没有任何证据能证明我去过，因为我根本没去。
There's nothing there that says I was there because I wasn't there.
回头想想，随着时间推移，你现在再看这件事……
In retrospect, as you've thought about that over time and as you sit here now
但在庭审期间，辩护方抛出了一个重磅消息。
But during the trial, the defense drops a bombshell.
还记得埃里克在邮箱里发现的那个固定U形标记吗？他说那是真凶留下的线索。
Remember that fixed U note Eric found in his mailbox, which he said pointed to the real killer?
那张纸条是我写的，我放进去的。
I wrote the note, and I put it in the mailbox.
没错。
That's right.
埃里克说，他在调查人员盘问了他16岁的儿子德克斯特之后，才把那张纸条放进去的。
Eric says he planted the note after investigators questioned his 16 year old son, Dexter.
我只是希望他们别再打扰我和我的家人，去抓真正杀了我爸妈的人。
I just wanted them to leave me and my family alone and get who killed my mom and dad.
我知道自己做的事真的很蠢，他这么干，我真的很抱歉。
I know I did was really stupid, And I'm so sorry he did it.
但检方认为，这又是埃里克有罪的又一个证据。
But the prosecution says it's one more sign of Eric's guilt.
我觉得他是慌了，觉得必须做点什么来转移大家的注意力。
I think he panicked and decided he needed to do something to get the focus off of him.
结果他就想出了这个办法。
And this is what he came up with.
调查人员说，你撒了谎，还故意误导他们。
Investigators say you lied and you manipulated.
是的，我确实这么做了。
You did.
是的。
Yes.
我确实说了谎。
I did lie.
我谎称我父亲签了那张支票，也谎称了那张便条。
I lied about my father signing the check, and I lied about the note.
没错。
It's correct.
我并没有想要操纵什么。
And I did not mean to manipulate.
他是个杀人犯，也是个骗子。
He's a murderer, and he's a liar.
埃里克的首席辩护律师吉姆·科比表示，这场审判中充斥着人身攻击。
Jim Kobe, Eric's lead defense attorney, says name calling is dominating the trial.
检方一再重复地用‘骗子、骗子、裤子着火’这种话，就是想激起陪审团的情绪反应，希望陪审团一旦被这些说法带偏，就会忽视证据，或者根本没证据这回事。
The focus of the prosecution's case over and over and over is gonna be liar liar pants on fire to get a guttural response from a jury, hoping that if a jury just buys into the the lies, they'll ignore the evidence or lack thereof.
但检方表示，他们还有其他针对埃里克的证据，尤其是他日益严重的财务危机。
But the prosecution says it does have other evidence against Eric, most notably his growing financial crisis.
欠款超过五万两千美元。
Owed over $52,000.
法务会计师玛丽·乔·沃纳表示，埃里克的资产几乎已经耗尽。
Forensic accountant Mary Jo Werner says Eric's assets had dwindled to nearly nothing.
2010年5月，他银行账户里只剩下13.42美元？
In May 2010, he had $13.42 dollars left in his bank accounts?
是的。
Yes.
接着，检方传唤了丹尼斯·科拉的哥哥、埃里克的叔叔上庭。
The prosecution then calls Dennis Koula's brother, Eric's uncle, to the stand.
勒罗伊·科拉说，在谋杀案发生前几天，丹尼斯告诉他，他决定不再给孩子们经济支持。
Leroy Koula says just days before the murders, Dennis told him he was cutting his kids off financially.
这让我很意外，因为他当时就说，我再也不给孩子们钱了。
It surprised me because he just said, I'm all done giving to the kids.
他就说了这些。
That's all he said.
但并没有确凿证据表明丹尼斯真的告诉过儿子要断绝经济支持。
But there is no hard evidence Dennis had actually told his son that he was cutting him off.
我绝不会为了钱去杀人。
I would never kill anybody for money.
绝对不会。
Never.
但勒罗伊还提到，这和辩护方以及埃里克从一开始就的说法一致。
But Leroy also says what the defense and Eric have claimed from the beginning.
父子俩关系很亲密。
Father and son were close.
你觉得他们的关系就像最好的朋友一样，对吧？
You believed it to be the nature along the lines of best friends, isn't that right?
是的，我想是这样。
I get yes, I guess so.
辩护方说，既然他们父子关系这么亲密，埃里克在几小时后还能表现得若无其事，根本不可能。
The defense says given that tight family bond it would have been impossible for Eric to kill his parents and conduct himself normally just hours later.
你对埃里克的态度有什么疑虑吗？
Did you have any concerns about Eric's demeanor?
埃里克和克里斯汀遇害当晚，他的好友乔·布莱尔和他们一起喝了酒。
Close friend Joe Briar met Eric and Christine for drinks the night of the murders.
他那天比平时更开心一点，因为是他们的结婚纪念日，正在庆祝。
He was probably a little more jovial than usual because it was his anniversary and they were celebrating.
但埃里克还是老样子，没什么异常。
But it was just Eric as usual.
如果你觉得埃里克刚从他父母家出来，他真能表现得这么自然吗？
If Eric had just come from his parents' house, would he have been able to present himself like that to you, do you believe?
绝对不可能。
Absolutely not.
根本不可能，我一眼就能看出他不对劲。
There is no way, because I would know when there's something wrong.
辩护方重新提出了一个被调查人员否决的理论，说是有个杀手找错了地址，误杀了丹尼斯和梅娜。
The defense resurrects a theory investigators had rejected, that Dennis and Merna were mistakenly murdered by a hired gunman who went to the wrong address.
为了记录，请您报一下全名好吗？
Would you tell us your full name for the record, please?
斯蒂芬·罗伯特·伯吉斯。
Stephen Robert Burgess.
史蒂夫·伯吉斯是住在科拉一家隔壁两户的银行职员。
Steve Burgess is the banker who lived just two houses from the COLAs.
就是他之前收到过死亡威胁。
He's the one who had received death threats.
你有没有收到过类似‘你没多少时间了’这样的威胁？
Did you receive threats such as your time is limited?
有的，我收到过。
Yes, I did.
你有没有收到过‘你日子不多了’这样的威胁？
Did you receive threats that your days are numbered?
对。
Yes.
我们不知道是谁杀了丹尼斯和梅娜·科拉。
We don't know who killed Dennis and Merna Koula.
我们知道的是，案发现场明显显示出凶手是有备而来，非常清楚自己在做什么。
What we know is that the crime scene certainly suggests somebody who was well planned, who knew what they were doing.
查看法医数据来源。
Viewing the forensic data sources
为了支持他们的雇佣枪手理论，辩方随后传唤了法医专家马克斯·斯科特。
Bolstering their hitman theory, the defense then calls forensic expert Max Scott.
他专长于重建和调查暴力犯罪现场。
He specializes in reconstructing and investigating violent crime scenes.
我认为这是一个有组织的现场。
I think it's an organized scene.
斯科特表示，科拉家的死亡现场是专业人士干的。
Scott says the death scene at the Koula house is the work of a pro.
我们认为这是一次精心策划、反复演练的行动，由有经验的人操刀，清楚该怎么做，最重要的是不留任何痕迹——哪怕一点证据都不留。
We think it was well planned, rehearsed with experienced doers who knew how to do this type of thing and most importantly not leave any evidence, some evidence.
检方认为杀手失控这种说法荒谬至极。
The prosecution finds the hitman run amok theory ridiculous.
一个职业杀手不会特意上楼翻抽屉，故意制造入室抢劫的假象。
A professional killer wouldn't go upstairs and open up the drawers and make it look like a burglary.
哪有时间干这种事。
Take the time to do that.
一定是有人有动机，而埃里克确实有动机。
Had to be somebody that was, needed motive, and Eric certainly had motive.
你能告诉我们具体是什么动机吗？
Can you tell us what they are?
辩护方请来 forensic accountant 德布·汤普森，来反驳所谓经济窘迫的动机。
The defense attacks that alleged motive of financial desperation with Deb Thompson, a forensic accountant.
他们手头的钱，难道连六月份的账单都付不起吗？
They had enough money on hand to pay all their June bills?
没错。
Correct.
我们所有的账单都付清了。
We had all of our bills paid.
车款也已经付完了。
Our cars were paid off.
我们还有房贷要还。
We had a mortgage payment.
还有其他一些支出，但所有开销我们都控制得很好。
We had other payments, but we were on top of everything.
我们过得挺好的。
We were fine.
虽然手头紧，但日子还能应付。
And we were tight, but we were doing okay.
那总资产加起来总共是多少？
What do we arrive at in terms of total assets?
24万6825美元。
$246,825.
辩护方认为，埃里克在谋杀案发生后的第二天存入那张5万美元支票的行为，恰恰证明了他无罪。
And the defense contends the fact that Eric deposited that $50,000 check the day after the murders is actually proof of his innocence.
什么样的傻瓜会在杀了父母的第二天早上就把支票存进银行，明明知道银行记录很容易调出来？
What sort of an idiot would put a check-in the bank the morning after they killed their parents, knowing that bank records are easy to get?
经过十四天、听取了五十七名证人的证词后，陪审团终于接手了这个案子。
After fourteen days spent listening to the testimony of 57 witnesses, the jury gets the case.
我坚信他会被判无罪。
I'm confident that he'll be found innocent.
我毫不怀疑。
There's no doubt in my mind.
我不是杀人犯。
I'm not a killer.
我没有杀他。
Did not kill him.
在埃里克·科拉一案中，陪审团花了二十个小时，历时三天进行商议。
The jury in Eric Koula's case deliberates twenty hours over three days.
埃里克在等待判决时承认，他自己的一些行为导致他坐上了被告席。
As Eric braces for the verdict, he acknowledges he played a role in placing himself at the defense table.
我确实做了两件蠢事。
I did two dumb things, yes.
我写了那张纸条，还说是我父亲签的那张支票。
I wrote that note, and I said that my father signed the check.
但陪审团会认为埃里克的谎言是愚蠢，还是心机深沉呢？
But will the jury see Eric's lies as dumb or devious?
我们，陪审团，裁定被告埃里克·科拉一级故意谋杀丹尼斯·科拉罪名成立。
We, the jury, find the defendant, Eric Koula, guilty of first degree intentional homicide of Dennis Koula.
埃里克被判定杀害了双亲，并且额外被控伪造父亲签名，涉及那张五万美元的支票。
Eric is found guilty of killing both his parents, as well as an additional charge of forging his father's name on that $50,000 check.
我简直不敢相信。
I just couldn't believe it.
我不明白他们是怎么得出这个结论的。
I don't know how they arrived at that.
一直听到他们一个接一个地说有罪、有罪、有罪。
Know, hear guilty, guilty, guilty over and over and over from each of them.
我心里想，我没做过这事。
I'm like, I didn't do it.
我真的没做过。
I didn't do it.
这句话一直在脑子里回响。
It just reverberates in your head.
那一刻，我心跳都停了。
My heart just stopped for a second there.
简直不敢相信。
It's like, wow.
脑子里瞬间冒出成千上万个念头。
8,000,000 thoughts through your head.
爸妈已经去世了。
Mom and dad are dead.
他们是要进监狱的杀人犯。
They're killers going to prison.
他被判有罪了。
He was found guilty.
等一下。
Wait a second.
那个杀人犯是我弟弟。
That killer's my brother.
埃里克的妻子克里斯汀完全愣住了。
Eric's wife, Christine, was dumbfounded.
这完全是不公。
Total injustice.
彻头彻尾的不公。
Absolutely total injustice.
你有没有过一丝怀疑？
Have you ever had a moment of doubt?
从来没有。
None.
从没想过。
Ever.
压根没有。
Ever.
绝对从未有过。
Never ever ever.
没有。
No.
我想让大家知道，那个被传得恶毒残忍、杀害父母的人，根本不是我父亲，他和这件事毫无关系。
I want people to know that this evil, cruel man that they've heard about that killed his parents is not my father, and that he had nothing to
从来就没有，也永远不会有关。
do with this, never has, never will.
他根本不把我的父母当父母看。
He didn't see my parents as parents.
他只把他们当成一台取款机。
He saw them as an ATM machine.
当他的银行卡刷爆、取不出钱的时候，他就做了自以为能脱身的唯一一件事。
And when the ATM machine was out of cash on his debit card, he did the only thing he thought was what he could get away with.
辛迪也知道，她母亲最后那个举动，戳穿了埃里克的不在场证明，帮助定罪了她哥哥。
Cindy also knows that one fateful last act by her mom helped convict her brother by punching a hole in Eric's alibi.
在键盘上留下一张假便条，
Placing a fake note in
关键在于，你母亲去世时确实碰过键盘，这让警方确定死亡时间是凌晨5点41分。
his The fact that when your mother died, she did touch that keyboard, and that told authorities the time of death at 05:41.
是的。
Yeah.
母亲通过按下那个键，对他的定罪起到了关键作用。
The mother played a role in his conviction by hitting that key.
是的。
Yeah.
她确实做了。
She did.
她确实做了。
She did.
他为妈妈和爸爸讨回了公道。
He brought justice for her and dad.
可以从辩护律师的角度来说。
Can speak either from the counsel
在 guilty 判决两个月后，Eric 回到法庭接受量刑。
Two months after the guilty verdict, Eric is back for sentencing.
Cindy 在法庭上发言。
Cindy addresses the court.
你完全对。
You're a 100.
人生本来就不公平。
Life is not fair.
他所求的，不过是公正而已。
All he can ask for is justice.
埃里克也选择发言，希望能最后一次被人相信。
Eric also chooses to speak, seeking one last chance to be believed.
法官大人，我被判定犯下了这桩罪行，但我根本没有做。
I've been convicted of this crime, your honor, that I did not do.
我没有杀害我的父母，我会继续为自己的清白抗争下去，向大家证明我是无辜的。
I did not kill my mom and dad, and I'm gonna go on and continue to fight for my innocence and prove that I am innocent, to show people that I did not do this.
我绝不会放弃。
I will not quit.
真正该为此负责的人，至今仍逍遥法外。
Who is responsible for this is still out there.
法官斯科特·霍恩宣判了埃里克的刑期。
Judge Scott Horn hands down Eric's sentence.
你夺走了给予你生命的人的生命，余生都将在监狱中度过。
You took the life of the two people who gave you life, and you'll spend the rest of your life incarcerated.
埃里克被判处终身监禁，不得假释。
Eric is sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
嗨，妈妈。
Hey, Mom.
嗨，爸爸。
Hey, Dad.
辛迪·考尔获得了正义，却难有安宁。
Cindy Cowell has justice but little peace.
这太邪恶了，我至今难以相信，曾经在我婴儿时亲吻过我的人，竟会反过来杀害了赋予他生命的父母。
It's evil, and it's still hard for me to believe that someone who once kissed me out of my head when I was a baby could turn around and kill the mother and the father who were responsible for giving them life in the first place.
威斯康星州法院裁定，埃里克·寇拉无权继承父母的任何遗产。
A Wisconsin court ruled that Eric Koula could not inherit any of his parents' estate.
法院将寇拉应得的份额判给了他的两个孩子。
It assigned Koula's share to his two children instead.
每个家庭都有自己的秘密。
Every family has its secrets.
但当你发现你父亲一直在过着双重生活时，会发生什么？
But what happens when you discover that your dad has been living a double life?
那可不是一个无辜者该有的表情。
That is not the look of an innocent man.
是不是所有人都在对我隐瞒他们的真实身份？
Is everyone lying to me about who they are?
我当时感到无比绝望。
I felt such desperation.
我觉得自己别无选择，只能那样做。
I felt it was what I had to do.
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