“48 HOURS” TAKES VIEWERS BEHIND THE HEADLINE-MAKING STORY OF A WOMAN CHAINED IN A STORAGE CONTAINER AND THE STUNNING DETAILS OF A SERIAL KILLER’S JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS IN “SERIAL CONFESSIONS”
Killer’s Mother Opened Up to “48 HOURS” in Her Only TV Interview
Saturday, June 24
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News that South Carolina real estate broker Todd Kohlhepp kept a woman chained inside a shipping container shocked even the most hardened investigators. But the investigation into the kidnapping case led to even more revelations about his double life as a serial killer.
Now, 48 HOURS takes viewers behind the headline-making story with just released court documents, photographs and hours of videotape that trace the confessed serial killer’s journey into darkness in “Serial Confessions” to be broadcast Saturday, June 24 (10:00 PM) on the CBS Television Network.
Correspondents David Begnaud and Peter Van Sant report on the investigation and have the latest on the trail of death that Kohlhepp created. The broadcast also features an interview with Regina Tague, Kohlhepp’s mother, who died before her son’s case played out but told Begnaud her son was “very misunderstood.”
“I’ve never done anything to anybody who didn’t have it coming,” Kohlhepp tells police in a tape to be broadcast on “Serial Confessions.”
It’s a story that made international headlines when Kala Brown was found by police inside a shipping container on Kohlhepp’s Woodruff, S.C. property. She told them she was put there after the real estate agent shot her boyfriend, Charles David Carter, dead. Police arrested Kohlhepp. When Kohlhepp finally opened up, he told police more than they ever expected. He revealed critical clues in the well-known cold case of four gruesome murders at a South Carolina motorcycle shop in 2003. He also admitted to killing a young couple, Johnny Coxie and Meagan McCraw. Kohlhepp also led police to a location on his property where he had buried Carter, Coxie and McCraw.
“My golf game was weak. My kill game was good,” Kohlhepp told police, laughing.
“I’m not a bad person, but I do bad things sometimes,” Kohlhepp also told police. “I’m more inclined to help than, than to harm you.”
Brown told police that Kohlhepp would take her out of the container and into the house where he physically, mentally and sexually abused her.
“He said he was breaking all his rules with me, and he didn’t know if he was going to kill me, or sell me, or what yet,” Brown told police.
48 HOURS also looks at the lives changed by Kohlhepp when their loved ones disappeared or were murdered, and who had to exist for years without knowing what happened. The team also explores the life of the self-confessed killer, who after a troubled childhood committed his first violent act when he was 15 years old. Police in Arizona say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at gunpoint. He was sentenced as an adult and served a 15-year sentence. On the outside, Kohlhepp displayed signs of success, including expensive cars and flying small planes. His life behind closed doors, however, appears to be quite different.
“Todd is not a monster,” Tague told Begnaud. “He’s never been a monster. He’s not even close to it. He did some bad things. But a monster? No.”
48 HOURS: “Serial Confessions” is produced by Paul LaRosa, Liza Finley, Jonathan Leach, Jack Renaud, Judy Rybak, Alec Sirken, Cindy Cesare, Michelle Feuer, Marc Goldbaum, Ryan Smith, Claire St. Amant and Anthony Venditti. Grayce Arlotta-Berner, Marcus Balsam, Michael Baluzy, Phil Tangel, David Spungen, Atticus Brady, Diana Modica, Richard Barber, Marlon Disla and Michael Vele are the editors. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. Anthony Batson is the senior broadcast producer. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.
48 HOURS: “Serial Confessions” is the second part of a Saturday night double feature. At 9:00 PM, Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the life of Harold Henthorn, who lost two wives in unusual accidents in an encore of “The Accidental Husband.” The story raises the question of whether Henthorn just has horrible luck or if there was something more behind the deaths. “The Accidental Husband” is produced by Ruth Chenetz and Lindsey Gutterman. Peter Shaw is the field producer. Phil Tangel, Mike Baluzy, Ken Blum, Jason Schmidt and Greg McLaughlin are the editors. Linda Martin is the update producer. Anthony Batson is the senior broadcast producer. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.
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