EXCLUSIVE: Full Interrogation of Serial Killer Daniel Printz

Interrogation Files has obtained the exclusive footage of the first interrogation of convicted serial killer Daniel Printz. A subsequent interrogation of Printz was conducted by the FBI, and Code Three is in the process of obtaining that footage.

On the morning of Aug. 27, 2021, Printz traveled from his North Carolina home to a Food Lion grocery store in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, where he bought a four-pack of yogurt. There, he waved to Suttles and got into her 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee before the pair returned to his North Carolina residence.

About four hours later, the pair returned to the Food Lion parking lot before the defendant moved a “visibly sedated” Suttles from her vehicle into his Chevrolet Cruze.

Printz then drove the Jeep to a nearby Best Western parking lot, where surveillance video captured him “wiping down” the car’s interior and exterior. According to the affidavit, Printz walked back to his vehicle and “drove off with an apparent motionless Suttles.”

Coworkers alerted the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office when Suttles failed to show up to work the following day.

Authorities obtained a search warrant for Printz’s residence after identifying the suspect through his Food Lion frequent shopper card, which he used on the morning of Suttles’ disappearance. They executed multiple searches at Printz’s home between late August and October, arresting him on Sept. 9, 2021, on charges of grand larceny related to the theft of Suttles’ Jeep.

Federal firearm charges were added after the searches.

On October 9, 2021, investigators found a bee box used for beekeeping on a secluded section of Printz’s property. Inside were a number of Suttles’ personal belongings, including her pocketbook, keys, and jewelry, among other items. A yogurt cup was later tested, revealing it contained traces of Lorazepam (a sedative), Tramadol (a pain-relieving narcotic), and Cyclobenzaprine (a muscle relaxer), a cocktail that could have caused fatal results when mixed.

During the search of the bee box, authorities also found personal items belonging to a missing massage therapist named Nancy Rego, including her passport and license, according to the Charlotte Observer. The missing woman’s relatives confirmed Rego and Printz had been in a relationship before she disappeared from Charlotte, North Carolina, in November 2017.

During another search at Printz’s home, authorities found pill bottles for Lorazepam, Tramadol, and Cyclobenzaprine, all prescribed to Rego back in 2017.

Daniel Printz, 59, pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Edna Suttles, waiving his rights to potentially challenge his conviction or sentence at a later date, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Printz was the prime suspect in the South Carolina native’s disappearance after she vanished from a grocery store on Aug. 27, 2021.

Feds say Printz cooperated with investigators and led them to Suttles’ body on May 16, months after he buried her on a Rutherford County property not far from his Bostic, North Carolina home. Her cause of death has not been released.

As part of the plea agreement, Printz will not face the death penalty, court records show. He will also not face federal prosecution for the murders of Nancy Rego, 66, Delores Sellers, 88, and Leigh Goodman, 61 – three deaths he'd been linked to, according to authorities.