Lieutenant William Pierce
Appearances
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
He looks like the guy next door. You know, he could be your next door neighbor. He could be your college professor. He could be anything he wanted to be.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
He's a smooth talker. He's a smart man. I mean, basically, Stephen Stanko is a con artist.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
His brain scan is perfectly normal and by all objective criteria it's a perfectly normal functioning brain.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
Sometime after midnight, there was an altercation between Laura Ling, her live-in boyfriend, Steven Stanko,
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
And that was the last thing I remember. Stephen Stanko at some point bound Laura Ling's hands behind her back and beat her. And I'm assuming after Stanko incapacitated Laura Ling, He turned his focus on the daughter. She was asleep in her bed.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
My name's William Pierce. I'm a lieutenant in charge of criminal investigations at the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office. The mother, she was savagely beaten. She was bound. The daughter was raped and her throat was cut twice. She was left for dead. There was blood spatter. It was the most brutal crime scene that I've been to in my 15 years.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
We wanted Stephen Stanko captured in the worst way. They were talking about canceling school. People were scared. We were asking people to just kind of heighten their threat level and be aware that this individual is out there. He's on the loose. Keep your doors locked.