Forensic Files (HD) - Season 13, Episode 21 - Smiley Face - Full Episode

The woman had been sexually assaulted, stabbed repeatedly, and left for dead. When someone who fit that description practically turned himself in, police were sure they had their man... until the DNA evidence proved them wrong.
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[@yourhighness9191]

When narrator mentioned she survived the attack i was both shocked & relieved.

[@monanina4172]

What a miracle.

[@laurenmay2098]

I was completely shocked, unbelievable that she survived.

[@asdf3568]

Not that it would have been a loss for humanity

[@southernmocha7571]

@@asdf3568 you wouldn’t be a loss either

[@asdf3568]

@@southernmocha7571 I bet the IRS would disagree.

[@thomasplouffe1363]

Such a brave little boy, like actually he is a smart kid saving his moms life, not panicking and keeping his composure

[@jimmyohara2601]

boy did Not save his momahs life. he saved his own & the criminal bastard didn't succeed. what 🛶⛵ boats did you miss ?? 🤔🙄😐

[@paholamercedesnova6830]

@@jimmyohara2601 dude, had the child not notified the neighbors on time, the woman would have bled to death.

[@jimmyohara2601]

@@paholamercedesnova6830 ok okay 😐

[@Yamonjonathan]

I was there I saw it go down. That kid cried like a baby

[@m.6343]

@@jimmyohara2601 well boy somehow did save his mom because he kept quiet to stay alive then get help. If he would show himself he would be killed and his mom also otherwise until someone would find them she would be dead by now from so many stabbing wounds.

[@marilievanderwalt]

It's inconceivable that she could have survived this horrific attack. Thank God her son kept his wits about him and managed to get the neighbor to call the police.

[@Yamonjonathan]

He just cried he's not a hero here stop calling him like that

[@childfreesingleandatheist8899]

If God existed, which he doesn't, he wouldn't have let the intruder stab her. Then you should have thanked "God" for preventing evil.

[@johnnythewalrus]

@childfreesingleandatheist8899 another typical atheist... "I don't believe in God and I have to make sure everyone knows it!" It's even in your Google name, for goodness sake. What a self-centered person. Prayers to you.

[@user-re6id4qh3j]

​@@Yamonjonathanyou still mad at life because your mother never loved you

[@Yamonjonathan]

@@user-re6id4qh3j how did you know

[@jayanderson147]

The fact that she called the cops the first time she saw him and he still broke in is so scary. You assume once you call the police that you'll be fine

[@rrknl5187]

They should have patrolled that house a lot....a way lot after the first call.

[@FingerBreakerWu]

She wasn't in Suburbia, so they couldn't care less.

[@synergisticcollusion134]

Pretty stupid assumption.

[@mightymouse1005]

In the NRA "don't be a victim " class, they teach not having to wait for police. Best case, you have 15 minutes b4 they show up. It take less than TEN seconds to break in a home. It takes 3 seconds to rack and shoot a 🔫

[@shaheedharun445]

@@mightymouse1005 The National Ringworm Association have no business trying to teach anything

[@mboyer68]

Great police work. He told her that he lived in the same park and had children. And he did. And they didn't find him? What a pathetic joke that police investigation was. Ridiculous.

[@badkarma1289]

Strange that they didn't really address that in the episode.

[@coryjohnson2486]

It really is EXTREMELY bizarre if the police had this piece of information early on (like the episode seems to imply) and didn’t even bother to look into it 🤨.

[@lydiapetra1211]

Typical...shoddy work of cops ...

[@ajayayyar2074]

The smiley face thing is just unbelievable... so that was just a co-incidence? What a bizarre case...

[@KimberlyBishh]

Very bizarre....predator men think alike

[@MatebaneWilly]

Smiley face isn’t coincidence….I think he came to a crime scene before police

[@maddyc2412]

Her poor son must have been terrified while he was pretending to be asleep

[@Allworldsk1]

This just goes to show how even victim witness statements and eyewitness statements can be completely false. Absolutely disgusting. I'm glad they did not lock up the wrong individual for this crime.

[@alli-kat2329]

Have you ever been a victim of major crime IDIOT?

[@alyssafowler9240]

They looked almost identical so of course she was going to pick the wrong person

[@jizz9010]

You would have also arrested its always easy to be a armchair quarter back

[@Allworldsk1]

@@alyssafowler9240 this is why eyewitness testimony cannot be used as the definitive reason to arrest someone. It just allows for too many mistakes

[@josephmonte7295]

Even though it seems to have gotten perfectly wrapped up with the DNA evidence and a conviction (and rightfully so).... I'm STILL very disturbed by the whole Doug DaSilva part of the story. The fact that he had a direct connection to the same trailer park, his bizarre action at her very doorstep with the candle ceremony, his apologies, his use of that smiley face on that job application... and lastly, that he had been a suspect in another homicide case. He may not have been Kay's assailant...but he seems VERY guilty of something...like perhaps that OTHER case, ...and by his guilty conscience was looking for overdue punishment and or redemption for THAT crime when he immersed himself in Kay's case. Police should definitely have followed up on that possibility. Here we learn only that he more or less vanished, and that his ex-wife doesn't know where he is....but of course police can find anyone if they want to. Like I said...very disturbing, because that other case was likely never solved, or that fact would surely have been mentioned in this story.

[@jamesl9371]

Attempted murder should be life in prison with no parole. Don’t let them off for not successfully doing what they tried to do. Let them out and they can try again

[@lydiapetra1211]

He should have gotten the death sentence!

[@Nebakrik88]

100% agree ,a person can live as a vegetable after being shot in the head and it’s still attempted murder, even though it technically is killing the person’s life.

[@Nebakrik88]

@@lydiapetra1211 back in the day they would’ve done it!

[@CDN1975]

Kaye is such a fighter. God bless her.

[@steelhurricane4041]

Thank God he didn't harm the child and her son was so brave went and got help for his mother.

[@RedPillDosage]

Imagine how many innocent people went to jail before DNA.

[@RedPillDosage]

Why are there so many people that think they're smart but in reality dumb dumbs? Why sooo many? Thïnk about what you said. Seriously think about it. "let go before DNA". Can you see where you went wrong here? I'm gonna give you a chance to figure it out. I gave you a clue already.

[@jimmyohara2601]

imagine how many did NOT ?? you make nil point/s here 😐🤪

[@jeffcampbell2710]

Way too many. I think it's worse to send an innocent person to prison than for a guilty person to go Free. I've been innocent and accused. Nothing this serious, but the 2 years I spent fighting a lying cop, a POS Prosecutor, a judge that didn't care I was innocent, went thru 3 lawyers before one would listen, One lied numerous times, eat at me everyday, all day, till I finally beat it. Imagine being in prison for this crime. Knowing you're innocent, having to look over your shoulder 24/7, then living with a brand on you forever you don't deserve. Eventually the guilty person will get caught, one way or another. But if someone gets wrongly convicted, they'll stop looking, and won't get the guilty person.

[@jeffcampbell2710]

@@RedPillDosage i hope you're never on a jury. Because you're the Dummy. Why?

[@jeffcampbell2710]

@@jimmyohara2601 so it's better to convict the wrong person, just in case, or to close the case? You're the type that should never be on a jury.

[@aholman102]

Wow! She is such a strong and brave woman! It's incredible that she was able to think so clearly under the circumstances. Good quick thinking on her and the son's part!

[@spooky_action]

Except that she was totally WRONG about who it was

[@synergisticcollusion134]

@@spooky_action And admitted that she stalked, with the intention of soliciting a false confession, and then killing an innocent man, which she said she purchased a gun SPECIFICALLY to do!! Utter STUPIDITY! 💯🙄🤦‍♀️

[@veronicasanacion]

@@spooky_action Yes, but she was smart to focus as much as possible on the moves the psycho made, such as using the glass.

[@spooky_action]

@@veronicasanacion The glass didn't help either, the fingerprints didn't match any suspect. I think it's better to just get out of the way and let the cops do their job. She literally accused an innocent person, and would have let the real attacker go free. This really shows how important dna evidence is, it's the only thing that solved this case.

[@veronicasanacion]

@@spooky_action If you let the police be the only to help in solving a case, 99 per cent would go unsolved.

[@GospelOfTimothy]

Poor police work. He said he lived nearby but they never checked out the men in the trailer park for more than nine years? SMH

[@fbueller]

That is crazy!!!

[@tivvy9708]

Cops aren't hired for their brains.🥴

[@Marquis-Sade]

@Dexter Buster wtf

[@konnaford6001]

2 different men lived in the trailer park and they can’t go around asking bc as nosy people do they talk and then people hear and then them people talk and switch up words and then if he lives like he said he did I’m the trailer park then he would of left and he would of never got caught

[@ellaquincy5037]

@@Marquis-Sade I think Dexter meant that they should have eliminated the potential suspects to make sure none of them were the culprit, not end the existence of everyone in the park based on class status/housing status.

[@chintachinakoteswararao2897]

My first episode in which luckily the victim is alive

[@nasiramanzar4277]

Mine too. Its amazing

[@fridaym1748]

God is Great 👍

[@fridaym1748]

Single mothers GET A MAN !!!!!

[@martinahalifax9031]

I don't care about the spoiling in this case 🤗🤗💕

[@martinahalifax9031]

@@fridaym1748 bs!! Kids of single mothers are 40x more likely to be se*ually abused by the mother's spouse than in an intact family by the bio father!

[@daerdevvyl4314]

So let me get this straight: the first suspect looks just like the attacker, he seems to be obsessed with the crime and keeps saying he’s “sorry,” AND he draws a smiley face on the application he fills out. And this is all just a coincidence? What the hell? Also, what is the explanation for the prints not matching the guy who apparently did it?

[@jimmyohara2601]

@@doritoburrito1169 safer ?? than what ?? that's safe, full stop. no need for the R 😐🤪

[@jimmyohara2601]

@@doritoburrito1169 you win 😐

[@princevinny0073]

maby the 1st suspect was freinds with the killer and the killer must have told him i stabed that bitch and draw a smily face on her back

[@streetcar6080]

This is why eye witness is usually totally unreliable. Unless you known someone within the last 5 years, eye witness is unreliable. I can't positively ID someone I know from ten years ago. Rape test kit DNA is always definitive. The glass fingerprint issue is very curious. They should have been able to ID everyone who has touched that glass. Did they do that work? She seems confident of her ability to ID, but our eyes fail us often.

[@sharcrum]

The prints didn't match the first guy but he isn't the one that did it.

[@virgi-l8s]

A very passionate narrator ! One of the reason I love watching all his videos/documentaries

[@MsWaggydog]

RIP Peter Thomas

[@summerbr33ze]

Same here, anything narrated by Per Thomas is guaranteed good quality to me. Love his work 😍👍👍

[@ladyyuna2000]

💐💐RIP Peter Addenbrooke Thomas (June 28, 1924 - April 30, 2016)(aged 91) you will truly be missed and my prayers go out to you and your family. He was a strong supporter of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and he narrated the museum's original audio tour and documentary.💐💐

[@Britty0189]

Peter Thomas is one reason I feel in love with this show as a child

[@ohmoflife1]

Peter was one of the key reasons I have my degree in biotech and, now, teach forensics. I used to stay up with our new born son and watched Forensic Files while nursing (2002) 😊.

[@me73941]

Victim: "He said he lived in the same trailer park." Police nine years later: Come to find out, he lived in the same trailer park. What they didn't do: Go door to door to every house in the trailer park and identify every individual at the time 🙄🤔

[@KimberlyBishh]

Get a dna sample from every man that lives there. Simple police work.

[@michaelb1478]

Goes to show how unreliable eye witness ID can be. Glad they caught the right guy!

[@masternoob9673]

Yeah, I still can’t believe people are calling her strong and brave. She went full republican about to kill a victim of circumstance for nothing.

[@fulcrum7455]

@@masternoob9673 this has nothing to do with politics get your shit out of here

[@alyssafowler9240]

@@masternoob9673 wow just wow. Nice victim blaming. Some people look alike you do know that right

[@MLGPRO-dx8fg]

@MasterNoob96 What a stupid comment. This case is clearly a fluke, how often do you find doppelgangers of a rapist flocking to the victim to apologize? Dude looked exactly like the offender here. And on top of it, the dude was mentally ill and acted weird infront of police. Hindsight is 20/20 my dude, you weren't there and you don't grasp the concept at all.

[@cassandraralph5906]

Rape is one of the most traumatic events that a woman, or any other person for that matter, and one that can stay with you forever!

[@badkarma1289]

Hopefully the scumbag perp is experiencing it on a regular basis in prison - stretching out that balloon knot.

[@Mscldrew]

I can’t help but wonder if the man that knocked on her door and asked to use the phone wasn’t the man that returned to attack her and that’s why the first suspect felt responsible, acted bizarrely and she misidentified him.

[@andromeda3780]

Or he learned about the crime from the real attacker and felt the need to apologize for the attacker's deeds since he could not turn him in due to some unknown reason. Him knowing about the smiley face thing is very puzzling.

[@davonchesmith9688]

Or they knew each other and the first guy did knock on the door and the other guy wanted to go ahead with the crime

[@M8V3N187]

He had the mugshot taped to his windshield, so most likely he didn’t know the attacker The actual attacker only knocked on the door as a ploy to see if there was a man was inside I don’t think Doug Desilva was ever at the house

[@bostonfrank6739]

reminds me of the movie Clockwork Orange when the teenagers knock on the door of a house in the woods & say to the couple inside, my car broke down, can I use your phone to call a tow truck

[@neeladuggal8581]

To say that the police who responded to the victim's first call dropped the ball would be an understatement

[@synergisticcollusion134]

Someone could break in BEFORE cops are called, minutes AFTER, or the intruder could show up minutes to MONTHS after the cops had been called and responded to the initial call! Cops are NOT intended, nor do they even pretend that their job is to PREVENT *ALL* crimes from happening. How about putting the blame where it ACTUALLY belongs -- on the CRIMINALS!! Duh... 🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@lydiapetra1211]

I think they should have waited around about 30 minutes or so ..

[@hunternicole31911]

Okay so the suspect says 'I live in this complex with you' they have finger prints and they didn't go to every house and get everyone's finger prints? that makes no sense.

[@elvzish]

lazy cops

[@tjmarx]

They had tunnel vision for the guy the victim fingered instead of caring about genuine guilt.

[@yvonnelesegosithole6707]

Remember the suspect didn't match that finger print....we still need to know who it belongs to

[@djc9755]

If they refused, there was nothing more they could have done unless other evidence pointed their way or their prints were somehow taken off some other disposable item without their knowledge.

[@puzzler604]

@@tjmarx Yeah. The victim also had tunnel vision when she got fingered. Blind leading a blind.

[@faykouri1162]

Am on a binge watching forensic files for hours for a week! Oh my this is gruesome this lady was so so lucky !

[@KimberlyBishh]

Me too.😂

[@TentinQuarantino_]

8:18 😆 Forensic Files is rarely funny (other than the sometimes cheesy episode titles) but this line had me laughing so hard. “But *someone* _did_ look just like that…”

[@zakariafarah1101]

This show was famous for the narration and the writing.

[@lolitarouge]

What a woman!! She survived 30 stab wounds ?? Unbelievable. But has she not lived in fear for 9 years while that perpetrator was still on the lose?? How did she, how was she able to continue with her life..after that extremely traumatic ordeal. This lady is exceptionally brave. She reminds me a lot of myself. God bless you dear lady 💖🥰

[@lolitarouge]

B

[@alessandrac1940]

And to think that the suspect was at large, but in her local community all that time..

[@feliciabosch8110]

Lol

[@lolitarouge]

@@feliciabosch8110 lol ???

[@Yamonjonathan]

Only 28 honey calm down

[@rajeshadya]

In February 2005, Mark was convicted of rape and multiple other charges in relation to the Maryland case and was sentenced to life in prison. According to the show, in January 2006, Mark pleaded guilty to Kaye’s rape and attempted murder. He was handed down a life sentence and an additional twenty years. As per prison records, he remains incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Marland. (As of November 21, 2021)

[@aubreyshelton3217]

He was given a 40 year plea bargain but the judge would not accept it and he was given 777 yrs

[@rajeshadya]

@@aubreyshelton3217 wow!

[@MT_MIRA37]

​​@@aubreyshelton3217 🎉yasss 777 such a perfect LUCKY number of years 4 his crime/crimes 🙏💯🤷🏾‍♀️seemed to hit the jackpot🎰😅😂😂 .

[@MT_MIRA37]

🎉yasss 777 such a perfect LUCKY number of years 4 his crime/crimes 🙏💯🤷🏾‍♀️seemed to hit the jackpot🎰😅😂😂

[@lydiapetra1211]

I wish the inmates would know what he did. ...

[@mixvarieties3585]

Finally someone is alive

[@factsnewskenya6777]

American doors need to be more secured, like have a metallic door before the main door .Same with the windows.

[@stevenjagi3764]

Huko hakuna wizi ndogo ndogo..these cases are not rampant..

[@isthatasupra4727]

Do you think that Americans have people break into their homes twice a day?

[@puzzler604]

How about cops be selected after some education? Incompetent cops are the major cause of perpetuation of crimes.

[@factsnewskenya6777]

Heri hizo wizi ndogo ndogo kuliko kama hizi. (It's better the petty thefts than crimes like these. )

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Norris I agree, as long as she had some training. And part of that training should be to never shoot if you’re not sure who you’re shooting at. That way she won’t accidentally kill an innocent person who she thinks is an attacker. Also, children should be familiar with guns as potentially dangerous tools. Just like knives, power tools, or the stove. Locking guns away and never talking about them leads kids to think they’re toys, so if they ever get their hands on them they play with them.

[@aurorefrench7592]

So the print on the glass didn't match anyone ? Weird... But not as weird as the man who draws smiley faces and apologize for something he didn't do.

[@yvonnelesegosithole6707]

Maybe there was two suspects, I am no longer trusting the statements of that victim and her son...who is that finger print belongs too ??

[@SwordHMX]

He probably thought he did. If he was a drug user, it would be easy to convince himself.

[@oliviaedralin1436]

My question is how ironic that the accused drew a smiling face on the application form and the other man drew a smiling face on her back? How do you harmonize that when the 2 men didn’t know each other? Is that mere co incidence?

[@Dmil2424]

@@oliviaedralin1436 there’s another show that she was on with this case and she explained that the attacker claimed there was a 2nd guy outside

[@imstillsinging6557]

@@Dmil2424 that would make a lot more sense. if both suspects knew someone that lived in that trailerpark, they probably knew each other and DaSilva probably knew about the smiley face and was indeed taunting the police, especially since he knew he was innocent anyway!

[@noahstoner851]

I think DeSilva was the one who knocked on her door. But it was Escridge who did the crime. And the fact that both those men showed up at her trailer that night, and looked similar is just an unfortunate coincidence. It’s believable that the victim assumed they were the same person, and that when DeSilva was at her window, that was likely the clearest look she got between the two men. And I think after DeSilva heard about the attack at the same trailer that same night, and that the police sketch looked like him. I think he knew how bad it looked for him, and that’s why he cared so much about the real person being found.

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

never thought of that, it could be

[@shawarmaboy4844]

Why would a random man from several miles away drive there by coincidence to knock on her door? It's pretty obvious he associated himself with the crime after it took place

[@kalanisplash]

DeSilva knew about the Smiley Face. DeSilva was at the crime scene. DeSilva drew a Smiley Face on the police application.

[@ariellebrowne]

@@shawarmaboy4844 remember they said his ex-wife and daughter lived in the same trailer park so maybe he was there for something to do with them

[@melonie_peppers]

So weird. Just confusing

[@richierich440007]

I must say, out of ALL the Forensic Files I’ve seen, I believe this one was the most mind blowing one. THANK God Kaye made it, she DIDN’T take the law into her hands & lived after those 9 years of terror / mind play / saw her son grow up BUT DeSilva was just a mix of wrong place, wrong time, WRONG smiley face drawing and GOOD grief, it’s great to know the sadist rapist / tentative murderer DID get caught BEFORE he did any further sickening damages... God bless Kaye & her family. #WOW

[@iveliserojas612]

it don’t matter she alomost put a man in jail to death it crazy

[@o.nurulaini]

⁠@@iveliserojas612maybe she did off him. at the end of the video they said the desilva whereabouts were unknown 😳 after they caught the real perpetrator

[@jackswanson8326]

Stranger In the Night is another one.

[@thegodofpez]

What an amazing story of perseverance. So glad she survived.

[@anasbenmokhtar9933]

Respect to the integrity of the investigators as they didn’t frame Silva, I believe many would do.

[@WeirdKidInManyFandoms]

True God bless their efforts and hard work. If only they were lazy da silva is now in jail paying for someone elses sin.

[@davechristian7543]

They didn't charge him because it would not have held up in court so don't be to quick to say the police did the right thing because if the district attorney would have said yes go n charge him I can bet my balls they would have, u need to look a little deeper something n not just on the surface as most Ppl do so often.

[@davechristian7543]

@@WeirdKidInManyFandoms It had nothing at all to do wit not being lazy 'Ibut everything to do with DNA evidence NOTHING-MORE.

[@tjmarx]

What? Framing someone is a serious offence. You shouldn't respect police for not committing a crime to close a case. Wtf is wrong with you

[@SwordHMX]

At that point, DeSilva probably thought he committed the crime without remembering. He may well have pled guilty of they did charge him!

[@davidrossi6255]

NO way its just a coincidence that he asks for a forms to apply for state security in a heated case interview and then ends up drawing a smiling face ,the same as was drawn on the victim. More damning is he vanishes into thin air after the said perpetrator was caught. Nothing gets more bizarre than this

[@pggrootde6726]

Before dna the first suspect could have been found guilty of a crime he did not commit……

[@feliciajenkins5041]

Strong woman soo glad she survived. How horrifying to be conscious and aware during that. They need to stop letting predators off for good behavior with crimes like this. They should get life or a significant part of life.

[@jamielehman4934]

Did anyone find it hilarious that he asked for a job application? 😄

[@innerbeauty9441]

Looks change but DNA never changes!!!!!

[@bettye444]

You can “change” your sex, but your DNA doesn’t change.

[@joelrodriguez1232]

@@bettye444 You cannot change your sex. Maybe you meant to say "gender".

[@bettye444]

@@joelrodriguez1232 I don’t even remember watching this and sure can’t remember my comment,but to respond to you, I am a female. On a form when asked for my sex I answer F for female which is also my gender.

[@bettye444]

@@joelrodriguez1232 k my comment just appeared. Notice change is on parentheses indicating one may call themselves the opposite of what they were born with, even surgically make changes but actually the dna is always the indicator.

[@joelrodriguez1232]

@@bettye444 l see your point. I stand corrected .

[@laurelgirard8475]

Not finding fingerprints is a whole different story than having fingerprints that don’t match. DNA doesn’t match! Accept it, it’s not the man. He might have been having blackouts and was afraid thAt he had done it. Kay may have been in shock too.

[@tjmarx]

Eye witnesses testimony is the least reliable evidence there is. Particularly victim testimony. It should be completely inadmissible in court.

[@SwordHMX]

I think DeSilva believed that he did it without remembering. What Kay took as his confession was likely him confessing in the most honest way possible.

[@williamfaus9818]

Since the guy who drew that smiley didn’t do it, hopefully he got the job!!

[@seanthe100]

Wait, it took them years to find a dude that lived in the same god damned neighborhood. WTF?

[@tjmarx]

It's hard to find someone you're not looking for

[@susanmaecowell-federbusch9367]

it was that sketch ...lol

[@richardea4223]

Please don't use the LORD's name in vain. One day you will be explaining that during Judgment Day. I'm guilty of that to and will be right beside you. 😎

[@tjmarx]

@@richardea4223 Christ mate, no one cares about your imaginary friends. Go have a tea party or something

[@aaronl9958]

@@richardea4223 dude....God allowed this man to do what hes done. all they have to do is show up one time in an age where literally everyone has a camera.... ONE FUCKING TIME its time you quit buying that bullshit.

[@Vlad-dc2jz]

What a beautiful and strong woman! I cannot even imagine what she lived through and survived! I hope she and her son are OK. My prayers go out for them! 🙏

[@SweetChicagoGator]

This woman is not only determined to live, but is very blessed to be alive. 🙏💓

[@alicebain2481]

God was with Kay .she is one remarkable woman after all ages been thru .she could of still remember certain things .love this narrator who talks for forensic files .

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

@Alice Bain - re: "God was with Kay." 1. How do you know for sure? 2. God could have prevented (mr.pervert) from entering the home in the first place.

[@mdgraystone]

"He's a serial something." Lol, yeah you could say that.

[@puzzler604]

He is a serial escapist because of the serial idiots' incompetency.

[@adarshguptak]

Amazing! I'm so surprised with so many chilling twists in the investigation, and how the victim identified wrong man as perp and the right perp as not! DNA is AMAZING!

[@stfuplsok]

again, thanks to Sir Alec Jeffreys.

[@deegold3791]

Everything DaSilva did was certainly strange that it still leaves me with some questions. Too nuch coincidents right ? Maybe they were friends ...but hope that was all really coincidents.

[@RoseOfSaudia]

It crossed my mind too. That they could be friends

[@lydiapetra1211]

There had to be a connection between them...

[@8luvbug]

Yes. How did dasilva know about the smiley faces?

[@cherryphilip7019]

It was not meant for her to die this way, thank God that she survived this death scare

[@howdyyall8071]

Did DaSilva get the job? Wtf Forensic Files. Lol

[@robinmccoy7353]

Lol!

[@adhiambooyier2173]

But he disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown. What if the perp had pup him up to everything then got rid of him?

[@badkarma1289]

@@adhiambooyier2173 An underage, syphilitic whore shot him to death in Mexico.

[@Matthew-16-26]

This makes you wonder about other cases where ppl were found guilty: victim & eye witness are sure it’s him (he even looks like the sketch), he did or knew something only the killer would do or know, he’s acting oddly = circumstantial evidence = years in prison..

[@metalstorm45]

She's a tough cookie! Bless her.

[@alexzamanifar5881]

So if there was no DNA an innocent man would be in jail for rest of his life???!!! That's assuring

[@alison2649]

How could you not think it was Desilva?? Wow

[@SwordHMX]

By that point, HE probably thought it was him.

[@deannekliene2673]

How often does a town have two weirdos who looked so much alike in one place?? 😮

[@ByrdIssac]

Facts and both weirdos drew smiling faces this a all around weird case 😕

[@falc302]

these detectives and police were stupid. The guy lived in the same neighborhood. And the first guy that turned himself in, he obviously murdered someone or that little girl a few months earlier. so stupid.

[@Alex45590]

Would make a great movie plot, ending up with an evil twin trying to frame his brother.

[@grasonramsunker7433]

The only reason he left the light on and let her to see him because his plan was to kill her but thank God she survived ✝️❤️🙏🏻 she is 1 of the most strongest woman I've even seen

[@relocatetoItaly]

What a beautiful gracious and strong woman .. Once again HUGE fail in law inforcement

[@KingCast65]

Gosh what a lucky and beautiful woman. Wow. I mean lucky.... you know what I mean. As for the smiley face job app.... I have no words.

[@deegold3791]

I know right...who does that ? Asking for a job when he is a suspect then who puts smiley face on an official job application ? Very strange behavior. Right here is when I still feel like there is more story to this crime and the man. Yes science don't lie but there is something about this man. Then he is nowhere to be found....again bizaar.

[@KingCast65]

@@deegold3791 Yah. Something is going on with him fasho.

[@richardea4223]

No, we don't know what you mean. Why don't you enlighten us. 😎

[@ryanramirez329]

Very strange case. I mean, DaSilva was a suspect or person of interest in two other homicides but was never convicted. But this time, he wasn't the peep?🤔. Something tells me they were friends, but if so,why couldn't investigators make the connection? How did he know exactly where she lived and about the smiley face?

[@iceezra9578]

What's up with the smiley face then? Tf I'm not satisfied

[@MrsSumangaVlog]

It's very rare to have a video of victim here that have survived. Kaye is bless to be alive! and also Silva not to be incarcerated fir the crime he didn't do. Props also to the investigators for not framing-up this innocent man. The real perpetrator that Demon should be put to Electric chair.

[@LibrasReact]

She told her story on an episode of "I Survived " very horrific story!

[@lashany2626]

Praise God she is still with us especially with a son.

[@MattyIce1995]

I think her son died last year. Was researching this case and found his obituary. 😢

[@KlusterFux]

All these episodes CLEARLY show that there are heartless horrible maniacs in almost every city in America. Knowing this, any woman that spends time alone and does not own a gun is risking her life.

[@angeldougan9334]

I don't own a gun currently (I am hoping to possibly get one in the near future but considering that I have a Bi Polar diagnosis IDK if that's actually going to be possible), but I do have both a pocket blade and mace that I carry on me at all times. I even have them on me if I'm just going to get the mail. Which is honestly horrible when you think about it that I need to do that but as a young lady, I'm not willing to take the risk of walking to the mailbox or the corner store unarmed. Because I know (sadly from personal experience) that the one time I would go somewhere unarmed is the one time I would need something to defend myself with. So despite the rather decent chance of police seeing the blade and stopping me I would still rather have it and never need to actually use it than need it but not have it. The nice thing is that where I live police seem to understand that and are respectful of my choice to open carry my blade since in theory anyway being able to see that I am armed like that a would be attacker is a little more likely to reconsider any attempt to confront me than they otherwise would

[@alli-kat2329]

What bs!!! Guns dont save you from everything!

[@relocatetoItaly]

I say this all the time America is crazy. I live in Italy nobody owns a gun. Nobody. We are safe in our homes at night.

[@majakolonja4266]

I guess being born a woman is a risk in itself.

[@susanarsoniadou3588]

Not just America. You should see the lunatics in Greece

[@kelvinmuthami4147]

Da silva was associate in the crime, The family didn't realize there were two attackers . No way he would have known about the smiley face. He said sorry to kay and admitted to being there, he knew his goose was cooked thus says " I don't remember stabbing you" to make it appear like memory lapse leaving his chances open , He was careful not to set up his friend by saying am not the one who stabbed you which would have introduced a second suspect. Notably he went missing after being released for fear of further evidence being recovered . He got lucky because he didn't participate in the rape. The woman was traumatized and she had only one image of the man she saw first .

[@fulcrum7455]

That's actually a really good theory

[@portianacleo965]

And if you can pardon my French, this is the biggest load of bullsh*t I’ve ever heard.

[@TentinQuarantino_]

The lights were on during the attack, and both mom and son said it was only one person. I dunno. The prints didn’t match EITHER suspect, so they’re very likely not related to the case. Plastic cups can hold a print for a really long time, it’s an ideal preservation surface. Those prints could have come from a party they had a month before, and those incompetent cops would never know.

[@westhoodqualzini7884]

@@TentinQuarantino_ he’s saying that da Silva was the man who knocked on the door not that there were two people in the house. They were friends

[@bostonfrank6739]

Eldridge would have ratted him out trying to get a smaller sentence

[@johnnabuzby6103]

I'm a single woman who lives by herself & if someone came banging and knocking on my door in the wee small hours of the night/morning, I wouldn't go to the door, wouldn't say a word to whomever was outside and would immediately call 9-1-1 to report the situation. I own firearms as well so I can defend myself if need be.

[@VincentWilliams007]

Stay strapped.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@VincentWilliams007 I plan to, thanks. Be safe out there. By the way, I own several knives as well as my pistols.

[@user-xv9qc9sj2g]

ok wait I'm confused. The attacker TOLD her he lived in the same trailer park, but they couldn't find this guy for 9 years? How did they not just go door to door at every trailer right after the crime and find the guy?

[@AznRUs]

I laughed when she said I'm glad I didn't kill Doug.

[@kamarvika]

1:23 so scary stranger knokcing your door at 2 am morning....my Gosh...glad these day we all mostly have CCTV in front of the house...everyone have mobile phone....and most of the house now have emergency alarm😟😟😟

[@georgetaylor3152]

The Narrators voice was great on these episodes

[@ermeyasabebe5752]

Couldn't believe she survived from all this deadly stab wound

[@jonathanpoirot1022]

This lady is a walking miracle the Lord was definitely on her side

[@joew4656]

Why, then, wasn’t the Lord on her side when this psycho was deciding who to attack? Is the Lord not on the side of anyone who is murdered?

[@horsegirlb7120]

This is a really terrible thing to hear when you've suffered a trauma. We know you mean well, but stop.

[@shineandre]

@@joew4656 Some people get stabbed once and died. She is but one of a handful of survivors that had been raped and stabbed over 30 to 40 times. It has nothing to do with luck that is why we thank God. Miracles defy the odds. You wud say I was lucky I won the lotto but I would argue he who wins the lotto is the worst of losers. Just watch the stats. You may say where was God with the death of others, but God does not help everyone. Neither does everyone survive a close brush with death? What I can tell you while watching these series is that God is definitely on the side of law enforcement and science. But he does use people to do his work for him. In some cases, he uses angels but no matter what it is always good to thank God for life, health and peace. It is good to acknowledge the One who created you and to fear him who has the power to cast both soul and body into hell . Prison is one thing but hell is full of people who never went to prison. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him will be saved, but whoever believes not remain under condemnation.

[@geraldhighsmith7710]

Glad she survived but it's remarkable how she could remember so much ????

[@VincentWilliams007]

And how she can tell her story without breaking down.

[@ShirleyPotts-ud3nb]

What a terrifying experience for a single woman to go through.

[@ranyahm7017]

Why did da silva draw a smiley face on the papers tho

[@fidelcatsro6948]

thats a mystery we will never know..

[@thesilentdiva]

Child like guy? Lol

[@OrchestralOrg]

*the same reason why he asked for an application to become a law enforcement official.* *he's a seer. because 1) he wasn't the killer 2) the smiley face on the victim wasn't public knowledge 3) the killer's doppelganger drew a smiley face on the application he asked for, one can only conclude that the weirdo man who got down on his knees to pray was a mystic who wanted to use his skills in law enforcement to help solve crimes (and mysteries). the man had limited spiritual knowledge and vocabulary to properly articulate his gift and so he could only communicate through behavior.*

[@WeirdKidInManyFandoms]

He's just one of those guys who are carefree and dont care what other people says about him. Imagine getting an application form after being questioned by the authorities

[@elvzish]

@@OrchestralOrg could be that. Or he was buddies wth the actual perpetrator and was wary of the incident

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

Miracles do happen! Thanks to the excellent work of the Scientists and the police, the life of an innocent man was spared. Kaye survived a horrendous attack, her son was very lucky too , she bought a gun but did not go ahead. God must love that lady!

[@Alcyhart]

What if the same guy drew both smiley faces. Silva may have went into her house after the assault.

[@joew4656]

If this same attack had occurred prior to DNA testing in certain states, the first suspect likely would have been charged, convicted and maybe even sentenced to death. Chew on that for while.

[@amandashez1296]

Yeah bizarre is the right word to describe this case 🙌she did have a great will to live 🙌

[@susanmaecowell-federbusch9367]

It looks like the sketch 'artist;' is about 10 years old...seriously they have to be joking with that sketch lol

[@gastondraco5906]

How can anyone sleep at night without a firearm under their pillow ??? Damn

[@FingerBreakerWu]

Kaye: He told me he lived in the complex and has three kids. Cops: Duuuuh...ok.

[@carolmatthew6105]

Yes, it's very, very strange. Why did Doug attached himself to the case & did a smily face that no one knew about, except the Police & the victim...

[@Spyder18677]

How is it devastating ? Do they want an innocent man to be in prison?

[@emmanuelantwi1789]

A miracle for Kate.

[@RoseOfSaudia]

Kaye

[@tl4340]

This shows how unreliable even a careful observation can be.

[@ShirleyPotts-ud3nb]

This episode scares me living in Albany Ga. My aunt and I was once burglarized back in the 90s.

[@isabelramirez381]

Wow so glad to know that she survived the attack.

[@OhElvira]

I wrote a paper on why eye witness testimony is the weakest type of evidence.

[@brianscott1092]

There are MOSTERS living among us. Sometimes we can't tell who's normal and who's the devil dressed in sheep clothing until it's too late, I am so glad that Kaye got to live her life from this horrible knife attack and the other female that was raped nine ( 9 ) months later.

[@susanarsoniadou3588]

Pay attention to the words people use and to the facial expressions. Slightest sigh of hostility should be watched.

[@Anthony-xs6ch]

Lmao this reminds me of the “Of course I know him, he’s me” meme template

[@theravenhaslanded321]

This is why you don't take justice into your own hands. She would have gone to jail for murdering an innocent man.

[@wickedpawn5437]

How did DeSilva come up with the smiley face on the job application??

[@apsiinekarinz3018]

Poor police work carried out after being through these two cases.

[@david808323]

the State trooper who just drove by without really checking on things should be ashamed of themselves.

[@jacquiewalbaum9331]

He’s a serial something…… best line in the whole episode 😅

[@kayyyy1550]

she’s in my family she’s very healthy to this day😁

[@ashleysimms5534]

awesome 😊

[@mariastewart9820]

Good !

[@MohsinRaza-vw4vr]

Then why Doug Desilva drew a smiley face on the police file? A bizarre discrepancy missed by the detectives. NO way he wasn't involved in the crime.

[@lydiapetra1211]

I agree.... also the FBI should have been called in....those copes were very incompetent!!!

[@lizzypooh3536]

This right here make me think... How many innocent ppls in jail because someone claim they can identify the person? Thank goodness for dna testing!