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Narrator: TONIGHT...

AS A MOTHER, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHILD.

...AN INNOCENT YOUNG WOMAN DISAPPEARS

AFTER A MIDNIGHT RIDE WITH FRIENDS.

I HEARD FOUR-WHEELERS GOING BY MY HOUSE.

I KNOW IT WAS THEM.

WEEKS LATER, HER BODY IS FOUND DEEP IN THE WOODS,

EVIDENCE EVERYWHERE.

SCATTERED DEBRIS THERE TO THERE TO THERE TO THERE.

DID SHE MEET A MYSTERY MAN THAT NIGHT?

IF SHE WAS MEETING SOMEONE HERE,

COULD SHE HAVE GONE IN THE BACK DOOR?

HEY!

Narrator: AND ARE KEY WITNESSES HIDING SOMETHING?

DID YOU FIND A SHOE AT A LATER DATE?

I...

Narrator: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR DERRICK LEVASSEUR...

DOES THAT PICTURE LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?

...JOURNEYS TO NORTH CAROLINA TO DIG UP NEW CLUES

AND FIGURE OUT WHO MURDERED JUDY RAWLINGS.

I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL THESE YEARS FOR SOMEBODY

TO COME IN AND SOLVE IT.

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IT'S NEVER A GOOD THING WHEN A CASE GOES COLD,

ESPECIALLY IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA,

BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A KILLER ON THE LOOSE

AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS IN FEAR

BECAUSE THIS PERSON COULD BE LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM.

JUDY RAWLINGS WAS AN ADVENTUROUS TEENAGER,

AND SHE JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

ON OCTOBER 2, 2001, SHE WENT RIDING ON AN ATV

WITH HER NEIGHBOR, TONY SIERRA, AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.

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TONY CLAIMS THAT HE DROPPED OFF JUDY AT A GAS STATION

KNOWN AS FARLOW OIL AROUND 11 P.M.

TO MEET SOME UNNAMED INDIVIDUAL.

TWO WEEKS LATER, JUDY'S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS

LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.

SHE WAS ONLY 16.

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AND NOW AFTER 18 YEARS, THIS COMMUNITY WANTS ANSWERS.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDY.

DID SHE REALLY MEET SOMEONE AT FARLOW OIL LATE THAT NIGHT?

OR DOES TONY SIERRA KNOW MORE THAN HE'S SAYING?

THE SHERIFF HERE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY

HAS ASKED ME TO LOOK INTO THE DEATH OF JUDY RAWLINGS

BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE CASE

AND ARE HOPING I CAN BRING THAT.

I WANT TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING I CAN

TO BRING JUDY'S KILLER TO JUSTICE.

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Seabolt: WELL, I JUST BECAME ELECTED SHERIFF IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW WAYS

OF TRYING TO SOLVE THESE COLD CASES,

AND REACHING OUT TO THIS SHOW, WE WANT TO BRING CLOSURE

BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED THIS CRIME

IS STILL OUT THERE WALKING,

AND WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN

TO ANYONE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU

WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN,

AND WHATEVER WE'RE ABLE TO FIND,

HOPEFULLY IT'S ENOUGH TO BRING TO THE D.A.

AND MAYBE BRING THIS FAMILY SOME CLOSURE ONCE AND FOR ALL.

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Levasseur: TAMMY, TIFFANY, THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME.

I WISH IT WAS UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES,

BUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REACHED OUT TO ME

AND WANTED ME TO LOOK INTO JUDY'S DEATH.

I'M READY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHILD.

IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS.

I JUST WANT SOME ANSWERS.

MY SISTER DESERVES JUSTICE.

SHE WAS A SWEET --

SWEETEST SISTER ANYBODY COULD ASK FOR.

SHE WAS A GOOD GIRL.

SHE WAS ALWAYS THE CLOWN OF THE BUNCH TO KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY.

WE JUST MISS SEEING HER EVERY DAY.

IT HURTS.

YOU SAID SHE WAS A HAPPY, JOYFUL PERSON.

WHAT WAS HER SOCIAL CIRCLE LIKE IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA?

THEY WEREN'T GOOD PEOPLE.

NOT SOMEONE YOU WANT YOUR KIDS AROUND.

NOT SOMEBODY YOU WANT YOUR SISTER AROUND.

AND BREAK THAT DOWN FOR ME. WHO WAS THAT?

SHE HUNG OUT WITH DAVID AND TONY SIERRA.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE GUYS THAT SHE HUNG OUT WITH.

YEAH, THOSE ARE THE TWO.

SO TONY AND DAVID ARE BROTHERS?

YES.

I DID NOT WANT HER AROUND THEM BOYS.

OKAY.

AND I TOLD HER, "YOU NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM."

THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER WAS ON OCTOBER 2nd.

THAT MORNING, I GOT UP EARLY,

AND I LEFT TO GO TO GREENSBORO TO SEE MY DOCTOR.

OKAY.

AND WHEN I GOT HOME, SHE WASN'T HOME.

MY MOTHER SAID SHE HAD GAVE HER PERMISSION

TO GO RIDING ON THE FOUR-WHEELER WITH TONY,

AND SHE'D NEVER RODE WITH TONY BEFORE EVER.

DID ANYONE EVER CONFIRM THAT JUDY DID IN FACT...

YES, THAT SHE WAS RIDING WITH HIM?

YES.

HE TOLD ME HE TOOK HER TO FARLOW'S

AND DROPPED HER OFF AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

FARLOW'S OIL, THAT'S THE GAS STATION

THAT A LOT OF THE LOCALS, A LOT OF THE KIDS HANG OUT AT.

I SAID, "JUDY WOULDN'T LET YOU DROP HER OFF

AT FARLOW'S IN THE DARK."

SHE WAS NOT A FAN OF THE DARK AT ALL?

SHE WAS NOT A FAN OF THE DARK.

TERRIFIED OF THE DARK.

SO ON OCTOBER 3rd, YOU STILL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER?

NO. I KNEW INSIDE ME SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CHILD.

Levasseur: THEN OCTOBER 19th COMES...

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLED ME

AND TOLD ME THEY WERE COMING TO MY HOUSE.

PART OF ME KNEW HE WAS COMING WITH BAD NEWS,

AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FOUND A BODY.

THEY BELIEVED IT WAS JUDY,

BUT THEY WANTED TO DO DNA TO MAKE SURE.

I SAID, "THAT'S MY CHILD."

IT'S A DAY I'LL NEVER FORGET.

IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LOSING A CHILD.

IT TAKES A PART OF YOU THAT YOU CAN'T GET BACK,

AND IT LEAVES AN EMPTY HOLE THERE.

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I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO

BURY ONE OF MY CHILDREN.

AS A MOTHER,

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHILD.

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IF THE PERSON WHO MURDERED YOUR DAUGHTER IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE,

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN FIND SOME PEACE IN THAT?

I OWE IT TO HER.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO GET YOU ANSWERS.

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Levasseur: TO AID IN MY INVESTIGATION,

I'M REACHING OUT TO MY ASSOCIATE FRANK,

WHO DOES SURVEILLANCE WORK FOR ME.

Hello. HEY, FRANK. IT'S DERRICK.

LISTEN, I NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME.

Go ahead. What do you got?

IT LOOKS LIKE JUDY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN

HANGING OUT WITH THE BEST PEOPLE,

SO WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS START LOOKING INTO THE CREW,

SEEING WHO SHE HUNG OUT WITH, SEEING IF THEY'RE STILL LOCAL,

AND IF YOU CAN, PUT SOME EYES ON THEM.

Okay. Send me the names. I'm on it.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

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Levasseur: I NEED TO MEET WITH THE CURRENT LEAD DETECTIVE ON JUDY'S CASE,

DETECTIVE CHRIS MANESS, SO HE CAN PROVIDE ME

WITH SOME OF THE KEY DETAILS FROM THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION.

HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THE DATE OF OCTOBER 2nd

AS THE LAST TIME SHE WAS SEEN ALIVE?

TONY SIERRA... OKAY. I'VE SEEN HIS NAME.

...IN AN INTERVIEW, A CLOSE NEIGHBOR, FRIENDS.

HE DESCRIBED TO INVESTIGATORS AT THE TIME

THAT HE HAD TAKEN JUDY RAWLINGS,

HE SAYS APPROXIMATELY 11:30, TO FARLOW OIL,

AND SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY GOING TO MEET SOMEONE.

HE NEVER SEEN THE PERSON AND LEFT HER THERE.

DO WE KNOW IF ANY OTHER CUSTOMERS

OR MAYBE THE PERSON WORKING THE COUNTER

HAD SEEN TONY DROP HER OFF? NO, SIR.

AT THAT HOUR, THE STORE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE CLOSED BY 9 P.M.

AND EVERYONE WOULD BE GONE HOME FOR THE NIGHT.

OKAY. ON OCTOBER 19, 2001,

SOME LOCAL HUNTERS WERE IN A PASTURE.

THEY NOTED A SCENT IN THE WOODS CONSISTENT WITH DEATH.

Levasseur: OKAY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ANIMAL.

THEY STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE SCENT,

AND AT THAT TIME,

THEY DID COME ACROSS A PURSE.

THEY OPENED THE PURSE,

FOUND THE IDENTITY OF JUDY RAWLINGS,

AND THEY KNEW THE CASE, SO THEY BACKED UP, CALLED 911.

SMART.

THE INVESTIGATORS GO TO THE SCENE,

AND THEY -- APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER 100 YARDS,

THEY FIND REMAINS WHICH LATER WAS IDENTIFIED AS JUDY RAWLINGS.

ANYTHING ELSE SIGNIFICANT ABOUT WHERE THE BODY WAS?

IT WAS COVERED IN LIMBS.

THE LIMBS HAD APPARENTLY BEEN BROKEN OFF

TRYING TO CONCEAL THE BODY. INTERESTING.

AND THEN ALSO NOTED WAS THIS STRAP

WHICH WAS BOUND AROUND HER WRIST.

HER ARM WAS ALSO ABOVE HER HEAD AT THE TIME...

WHEN SHE WAS FOUND. ...THE BODY WAS LOCATED.

AND THEN WE HAVE HER PAIR OF PANTS AND UNDERGARMENT.

THEY WERE LOCATED NEAR THE BODY, NOT ON HER.

NOT ON HER. WERE HER PANTS UNBUTTONED?

YES.

OKAY.

SO AT THIS POINT, INVESTIGATORS JUST LOOKING AT IT

PROBABLY HAVE SOME FORM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT,

RAPE THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. VERY POSSIBLY.

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AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION -- THE PURSE, THE PANTS --

THAT WAS KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, SIR.

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PERSON OF INTEREST WOULD BE TONY SIERRA.

HE WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HER.

YES.

Narrator: COMING UP...

THE LOCATION WHERE SHE WAS FOUND

HAD TO HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY SOMEBODY FROM HERE.

AND LATER...

HE'S RIGHT HERE. THE GUY IS RIGHT HERE.

THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO CAME TO ME AND WAS LIKE,

"HEY, LISTEN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THE FARLOW BOYS."

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE?

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Levasseur: SINCE ARRIVING IN ASHEBORO,

I'VE LEARNED SOME OF THE GRAPHIC DETAILS

SURROUNDING THE 2001 MURDER OF JUDY RAWLINGS,

BUT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

THE LAST PERSON ON RECORD TO SEE JUDY ALIVE

WAS HER FRIEND TONY SIERRA,

WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE DROPPED HER OFF

AT A LOCAL GAS STATION WITH HIS ATV.

TWO WEEKS LATER, JUDY'S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS

JUST A MILE AWAY.

NOW, IF THEY WERE TAKING AN ATV,

TONY AND JUDY WOULD THEY HAVE DRIVEN ON THIS ROAD ITSELF,

OR WAS THERE SOME TYPE OF TRAIL?

THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN, LIKE, BACK TRAILS TO GET TO FARLOW?

THERE WAS A TRAIL THAT CIRCLED BACK

AND CAME IN TO THE BACK SIDE OF FARLOW

UP HERE WHERE WE'RE GOING. OKAY.

♪

THERE YOU GO, FARLOW, RIGHT THERE.

FARLOW.

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Levasseur: MARK BRADY WAS THE ORIGINAL LEAD DETECTIVE ON THIS CASE.

HE'S SINCE RETIRED,

BUT JUDY'S MURDER HAS CLEARLY STUCK WITH HIM.

-FARLOW OIL. -FARLOW...

SO IT'S STILL OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE HERE?

STILL OWNED. FAMILY OWNED.

TONY FARLOW RAN IT, AND WYATT FARLOW RUNS IT NOW.

-WYATT'S THE SON? -WYATT'S THE GRANDSON TO TONY.

THERE'S NOT MUCH LIGHTING IN THIS AREA.

I WOULD THINK IT'S SUPER DARK AT NIGHT.

I THINK THERE WAS ONE LIGHT HERE THEN.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THEM COMING IN OR LEAVING

UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY SAW THEM IN THIS PARKING LOT.

EXACTLY.

WHERE WOULD THE ATV TRAILS BE IN RELATION

TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW?

THEY CAME FROM BACK IN THAT GENERAL DIRECTION.

LET'S GO. LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT.

-HAS THIS CHANGED A LOT? -UH...

NOT -- NOT MUCH. IT PRETTY MUCH LOOKS THE SAME.

DOES IT TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT TIME?

YEAH.

I FEEL FOR HER MOTHER, HER FAMILY.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

WE GOT A BACK ENTRANCE HERE AS WELL.

IF SHE WAS MEETING SOMEONE HERE, AND HE DROPPED HER OFF,

COULD SHE HAVE GONE IN THE BACK DOOR?

BUT THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES WHO WAS SHE MEETING, RIGHT?

-RIGHT. POSSIBLE. -IT'S POSSIBLE.

DID YOU GUYS EVER THINK ABOUT SOME TRANSIENT

MAYBE COMING THROUGH HERE JUST SAW HER AND PICKED HER UP?

THAT NEVER CAME UP BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION WHERE SHE WAS FOUND

HAD TO HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY SOMEBODY FROM HERE.

NOBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE WOULD HAVE FOUND THAT PLACE.

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Levasseur: ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD TO LOOK INTO

WAS WHY WAS JUDY'S BODY FOUND IN THE WOODS

A MILE FROM FARLOW OIL?

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AFTER YOU, SIR. [ DOG BARKING ]

♪

[ BARKING CONTINUES ]

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FURTHER WE GO INTO THIS PATH, THE...

-YOU HAD TO KNOW THE AREA. -IT'S COMMON SENSE.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING, IF YOU'RE A TRANSIENT,

YOU WOULD KNOW TO GET DOWN HERE,

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MIND YOU.

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♪

WELL, THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

THIS IS IT.

♪

[ EXHALES ]

THIS IS THE AREA WHERE WE LOCATED THE BODY.

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HMM.

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WE'VE GOT THE AREA WHERE HER BODY WAS.

MM-HMM.

WE'VE GOT A POCKETBOOK APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS

BACK IN THAT LOCATION AREA.

WE'VE GOT A SHOE,

A PAIR OF PANTS,

UNDERGARMENTS AT THE BASE OF THAT TREE THERE,

AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SHOE AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE UP THERE

WHERE THOSE BIG OAKS ARE,

FOUND BY A HUNTER AFTER THE FACT.

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I THINK THEY BASICALLY WERE IN A PANIC TO GET RID OF THE BODY

AND SCATTERED DEBRIS FROM THERE TO THERE TO THERE TO THERE.

THE BODY IS THE ONLY ONE

THAT'S OFF THE BEATEN PATH OF THE ATV TRAIL,

AND THEY HOPED THAT ANYBODY PASSING BY HERE

WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HER. EXACTLY.

THE HEAD OF THE BODY WAS POINTING THAT WAY.

THE FEET WERE THIS WAY.

HER RIGHT ARM WAS UP UNDER HER BODY,

SO SHE WAS DEFINITELY DRUG IN HERE BY SOME WAY,

WHETHER IT BE PERSON OR ATV OR TWO PEOPLE OR --

SHE WAS DRUG IN HER SOMEHOW.

WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF HER BODY?

EXPOSED FOR 17 DAYS IN THE WOODS HERE,

AND IT WAS PRETTY DECOMPOSED.

WE WAS UNABLE TO COLLECT ANY EVIDENCE

FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION

DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE BODY DETERIORATING,

BUT CLEARLY IF IT HAD JUST BEEN AN ACCIDENT,

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOUND PARTIAL CLOTHED.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO --

THE PANTS WEREN'T RIPPED OFF HER.

THEY WERE TAKEN OFF OF HER.

YEAH, SHE FALLS THE ATV AND HAS AN ACCIDENT,

YOU LEAVE HER WHERE SHE IS. EXACTLY.

OR YOU BRING HER OVER HERE, AND SHE'S STILL FULLY CLOTHED.

RIGHT. HMM.

WHO WOULD LEAVE SOMEBODY OUT HERE LIKE THAT?

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Levasseur: SEEING THE CRIME SCENE IN PERSON

MAKES IT APPARENT THAT JUDY'S KILLER KNEW THOSE ATV TRAILS.

I NEED TO DIVE INTO THE CASE FILES

AND FIND OUT EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT ANY LOCALS

THAT WERE KNOWN TO HANG OUT IN THAT AREA.

SO I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THE RECORDS

FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT WAS HANDWRITTEN,

SO SOME OF IT'S TOUGH TO READ,

BUT WHAT I HAVE HERE IS ONE OF THE INVESTIGATOR'S NOTES

WHEN THEY INTERVIEWED TONY SIERRA.

HE ESSENTIALLY SAYS, "I DROPPED JUDY OFF AT FARLOW OIL.

I WENT RIGHT HOME, AND MY MOM AND DAD WERE THERE,"

SO IF THIS CHECKS OUT, TONY'S GOT AN ALIBI,

A SOLID ONE AT THAT.

IF TONY'S ALIBI HOLDS, IT PUTS HIM HOME

SHORTLY AFTER DROPPING OFF JUDY AT FARLOW OIL.

THAT WOULD MEAN HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN WITH JUDY

AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH.

I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT MORE.

♪

FRANK HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF TONY SIERRA YET,

BUT HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT

WHO HAS MORE INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.

SHE'S AGREEING TO MEET WITH ME

AS LONG AS WE KEEP IDENTITY ANONYMOUS.

ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE, I'M WILLING TO LISTEN.

[ DISTORTED VOICE ]

DID THEY WORK THERE, OR DID THEY...

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

WYATT FARLOW. MM-HMM.

Levasseur: THE INFORMANT EXPLAINS THAT WYATT AND A FRIEND

HAD BEEN THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME UPON THE AREA

WHERE JUDY'S BODY WAS FOUND, BUT THEN 2 WEEKS LATER,

WYATT HAD ALSO FOUND ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE,

SOMETHING INVESTIGATORS HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE

ON THEIR OWN -- ONE OF JUDY'S SHOES,

WHICH HE DISCOVERED OVER 50 YARDS AWAY FROM HER BODY.

♪

Narrator: COMING UP...

DOES THAT PICTURE LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?

-PRETTY CLOSE. -PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT?

TO ONE OF THE GUYS I'VE SEEN ON THE TRAIL.

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Levasseur: IN THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION

INTO JUDY RAWLINGS' MURDER,

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PEGGED TONY SIERRA

AS THEIR MAIN PERSON OF INTEREST,

BUT WITH HIS ALIBI, I'M NOT SO SURE.

A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT GAVE ME A LEAD

ON ANOTHER POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

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EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TO FARLOW OIL WITH MARK BRADY,

AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT

LAST NIGHT, SHE SEEMS TO BELIEVE

THAT WYATT FARLOW MAY HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS CASE,

BUT TO WHAT EXTENT, I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

THE ONLY WAY TO FIND THAT OUT IS TO GO MEET HIM PERSON TO PERSON.

[ SHIFTS GEAR ]

♪

OH. LET'S GO.

[ CLEARS THROAT ] [ DOOR BELL DINGS ]

♪

[ EQUIPMENT WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING CONTINUES ]

HE'S RIGHT HERE. THE GUY IS RIGHT HERE.

HEY.

HOW YOU DOING, SIR?

[ WHIRRING ]

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[ WHIRRING CONTINUES ]

I GOT TO TELL YOU, MAN, COMING OVER HERE, I LOVE IT.

IT BRINGS YOU BACK, OLD-SCHOOL.

I LIKE COMING OUT FRONT HERE AND SEEING IT.

IT'S OLD-SCHOOL, MAN, BUT I LOVE IT.

NO, I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT.

WAS THAT INTENTIONAL?

IS THAT INTENTIONAL TO LEAVE IT LIKE THAT, ORIGINAL?

I LOVE IT THOUGH.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

WYATT? DERRICK. DERRICK LEVASSEUR.

NICE TO MEET YOU, WYATT. WYATT, YOU ONE OF THE OWNERS?

THAT'S AWESOME.

I'M HERE LOOKING INTO THE JUDY RAWLINGS CASE,

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOUR PLACE

IS INVOLVED WITH IT TO AN EXTENT,

BUT WHO WAS WORKING HERE BACK THEN WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED?

DO YOU REMEMBER AT ALL THAT NIGHT?

NOTHING?

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU ACTUALLY WERE THE FIRST ONES

TO FIND THE SCENT, OR SMELLED THE SCENT.

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RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT A SHOE?

DID YOU FIND A SHOE AT A LATER DATE?

YEAH. RIGHT.

DID YOU EVER HANG OUT WITH JUDY AT ALL?

NEVER?

I TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE, AND NOTHING CRAZY,

BUT THEY WERE SAYING LIKE, "HEY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW,

FARLOW USED TO HAVE A LOT OF GUYS

DRINKING AFTER HOURS HERE IN THE GAS STATION AND STUFF."

NO TRUTH TO THAT? WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED?

I MEAN, LISTEN, I KNOW EVERYONE TALKS TO EVERYONE.

TONY AND DAVID?

REALLY?

YOU USED TO SEE JUDY ON THE FOUR-WHEELERS

WITH THEM ALL THE TIME?

RIGHT.

THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO CAME TO ME AND WAS LIKE,

"HEY, LISTEN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THE FARLOW BOYS."

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE?

WELL, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO HEAR, SIR.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

ALL RIGHT? TAKE CARE.

DON'T GET HURT BACK THERE.

WYATT SEEMED A LITTLE EVASIVE TO ME.

I'M NOT CONVINCED HE'S A SUSPECT,

BUT MAYBE THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY.

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WHILE MY ASSOCIATE, FRANK, WAS CANVASSING THE AREA,

HE FOUND A GUY WHO WAS NEVER INTERVIEWED

WHOSE RANCH WAS NEXT TO THE WOODS

WHERE JUDY'S BODY WAS FOUND,

AND CLOSE TO WHERE WYATT DISCOVERED ONE OF JUDY'S SHOES.

♪

[ DOOR BELL DINGS ]

♪

-DANNY? -YES, SIR.

HOW'S IT GOING? DERRICK.

-NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR. -GLAD TO MEET YOU.

-HOW ARE YOU DOING? -THANKS FOR HAVING ME OVER.

I APPRECIATE IT. UNBELIEVABLE WHAT YOU GOT HERE.

BEEN HERE A LONG TIME?

WE'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 28 YEARS.

SO YOU KNOW THIS AREA PRETTY WELL THEN?

YES, PRETTY MUCH.

BECAUSE I'M LOOKING INTO THE JUDY RAWLINGS CASE.

-RIGHT. -FAMILIAR WITH IT?

AND SO YOU SAID YOU MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

A FRIEND OF MINE AND I WERE RIDING ONE DAY, ONE AFTERNOON.

-OKAY. -AND WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW,

GOING TO THE TRAILS ABOUT A 1/4 MILE FROM HERE,

AND WE SMELLED THIS...

PRETTY GOOD STENCH, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK THAT MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT,

AND THEN I THINK IT WAS WYATT AND ONE OF HIS BUDDIES

WERE COON HUNTING AND FOUND THE BODY.

AND THAT WAS WYATT FARLOW, RIGHT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?

-CORRECT. -OKAY. FROM FARLOW OIL?

-MM-HMM. -ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE.

WELL, THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS 2 DAYS AFTER

THEY HAD FOUND THE BODY, I WAS RIDING BY MYSELF THAT DAY,

AND I HEARD THIS FOUR-WHEELER COMING,

AND I EVEN SAW THEM COMING.

IT WAS TWO GUYS ON A FOUR-WHEELER.

YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF TWO GUYS RIDING ON THE SAME FOUR-WHEELER.

THEY WERE SO INVOLVED AT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING

THEY ALMOST RAN INTO ME AND MY HORSE.

WE WERE CLOSER THAN HERE TO THE FENCE

WHEN THEY LOOKED UP AND SAW ME, YOU KNOW, ON THE HORSE.

I HAD NEVER SEEN THESE FELLAS ON THE TRAIL.

WHEN THEY FINALLY LOOKED UP AND SAW ME,

IT REALLY STARTLED IN.

OF COURSE I THOUGHT THEY WAS GOING TO RUN OVER ME FOR SURE.

THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LOOKING FOR A --

HIS GIRLFRIEND'S POCKETBOOK.

THEY SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR GIRLFRIEND'S POCKETBOOK.

YEAH, HIS GIRLFRIEND'S POCKETBOOK.

I SAID, "OH, OKAY."

-REALLY? -YES.

ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT THAT'S THE WORDS

THEY SAID TO YOU? OH, NO.

"WE'RE LOOKING FOR MY GIRLFRIEND'S POCKETBOOK"?

YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH THE RAWLINGS CASE,

BUT NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE, THEY FOUND JUDY RAWLINGS' POCKETBOOK.

OH, REALLY? SEE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

-YOU HAD NO CLUE ABOUT THAT? -NOT THE POCKETBOOK.

I JUST KNEW HER BODY WAS, YOU KNOW,

JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE WOODS FROM HERE.

DID YOU EVER LEARN WHO THOSE TWO GUYS WERE?

-NEVER DID. -WHAT'D THEY LOOK LIKE?

THESE GUYS WERE PROBABLY IN THEIR EARLY 20s THEN.

-OKAY. -LATE TEENS, EARLY 20s,

DARK HAIR, SCRAGGLY BEARD.

WOULD YOU RECOGNIZE THESE GUYS IF I SHOWED YOU A PICTURE?

-MAYBE. MAYBE. -OKAY.

DOES THAT PICTURE LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?

THAT PICTURE LOOKS A LOT HEAVIER, YOU KNOW?

A BIGGER PERSON.

THE TWO GUYS I SAW WERE MORE SKINNY FACED.

THAT GENTLEMAN LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?

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THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT?

TO ONE OF THE GUYS I SEEN ON THE TRAIL.

-YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? -YEAH.

DOES THE NAME TONY SIERRA SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU?

-THE NAME DOESN'T, NO. -NEVER HEARD OF HIM?

-NO. -INTERESTING.

IF YOU WERE ASKED TO TESTIFY IN COURT,

YOU WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT DOING SO?

YES. SURE WOULD. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO HEAR SIR.

-OKAY, BUDDY. -THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'LL BE IN TOUCH IF I NEED YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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DAY AFTER THE BODY IS FOUND,

TONY, WHO HE IDENTIFIED, AND SOMEONE ELSE,

PROBABLY HIS BROTHER, DAVID, TRYING TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS.

THEY'RE GOING BACK TO TRY TO FIND HER POCKETBOOK

BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE DOES, AND THEY DIDN'T.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A DETECTIVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

IF DANNY CECIL WAS RIGHT AND HE DID SEE TONY SIERRA

LOOKING FOR JUDY'S POCKETBOOK,

IT DOESN'T MEAN TONY KILLED HER, BUT IT DOES INDICATE

HE KNOWS A LOT MORE THAN HE'S TOLD INVESTIGATORS SO FAR.

WHILE WYATT FARLOW'S ACTIONS ARE POTENTIALLY SUSPICIOUS,

THIS POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE SIERRA BROTHERS

IS A MUCH STRONGER LEAD.

I NEED FRANK TO GET A LINE ON TONY

SO I CAN HEAR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.

Frank: THIS IS TONY SIERRA,

HIS RESIDENCE,

THE TRAILER PARK WHERE JUDY RAWLINGS LIVED AT.

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NOW WE JUST GOT TO SIT AND WAIT IN OUR SPOT.

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HELLO? Derrick, it's Frank.

HEY. WHAT'S UP, FRANK?

All right. So I'm over here in --

across the street from Tony's house,

and a white Pilot pulls up,

lady exits.

It's his mother.

We engaged her in some conversation,

and when I mentioned Tony's name,

voice began to quiver.

She said she knows why we're here.

Her son's life has been ruined by this event.

HER SON'S LIFE HAS BEEN -- THAT'S FUNNY.

Levasseur: TONY'S MOM, LISA SPENCER, MADE IT CLEAR TO FRANK

THAT HER SONS AREN'T WILLING TO TALK,

BUT FRANK WAS ABLE TO GET ME HER PHONE NUMBER.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BUDDY.

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I JUST TEXT MESSAGED LISA,

TONY SIERRA AND DAVID SIERRA'S MOM,

ESSENTIALLY JUST SAYING, "HEY, LISTEN, IT'S DERRICK LEVASSEUR.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY

TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SITUATION.

I KNOW YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

I COME IN WITH NO JUDGMENT. THIS IS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER.

IF YOU CAN TEXT ME OR CALL ME BACK, IT'D BE APPRECIATED.

I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU FOR JUST 5 MINUTES."

THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.

LET'S SEE WHAT SHE SAYS.

Narrator: COMING UP... AND I SAID,

"DO YOU WANT ME TO FINISH WALKING YOU TO YOUR DOOR?"

SHE SAID, "NO, I'M GOING TO HANG OUT WITH THEM FOR A LITTLE BIT."

I SAID, "ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY?"

SHE SAID, "YEAH."

I LEFT HER THERE. [ SNIFFLES ]

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[ TRAIN BELL DINGS ]

Levasseur: MY INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER OF JUDY RAWLINGS

IS COMING INTO FOCUS,

BUT I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JUDY'S FINAL DAY.

I FOUND SOMEONE WHO WAS WITH HER THEN

WHO CAN FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS IN THE TIMELINE

BEFORE JUDY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU AND JUDY WERE VERY CLOSE.

-YOU WERE GOOD FRIENDS. -YEAH.

SHE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.

THE NIGHT THAT SHE ACTUALLY DISAPPEARED,

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU WERE WITH HER AT SOME POINT.

I WAS.

WALK ME THROUGH THAT DAY WITH JUDY.

YOU TELL THE STORY.

COME HOME, GOTTEN OFF THE BUS, AND JUDY HAD SHOWED UP.

WE WERE ALL OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT YARD, TALKING,

HANGING, YOU KNOW, KIDS AFTER SCHOOL.

OF COURSE.

ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER,

TONY AND THE BOYS SHOWED UP RIDING THEIR FOUR-WHEELERS.

THEY TOLD JUDY TO COME WITH THEM.

SHE TOLD THEM NO, SHE WAS GOING TO HANG OUT,

AND THEY GOT MAD.

THEY WERE UPSET WITH THE WAY THAT SHE BLEW THEM OFF?

YEAH.

WHAT WAS JUDY'S REACTION TO THAT?

SHE WAS SCARED.

SHE WANTED TO SPEND THE NIGHT. I TOLD HER SHE --

YOU KNOW, LIKE, MY MOM WOULDN'T LET HER

BECAUSE IT WAS A SCHOOL NIGHT, AND IT WAS STARTING TO GET DARK,

PROBABLY ABOUT 6:30, 7 O'CLOCK,

AND SHE'S DEATHLY AFRAID OF THE DARK,

SO I WALKED HER HOME.

WE GOT TO HER DRIVEWAY,

AND HER DRIVEWAY ACTUALLY CONNECTS WITH TONY AND DAVID'S,

AND THEY WERE SITTING OUT THERE WITH THEIR ATVs, AND I SAID,

"DO YOU WANT ME TO FINISH WALKING YOU TO YOUR DOOR?"

SHE SAID, "NO, I'M GOING TO HANG OUT WITH THEM FOR A LITTLE BIT."

I SAID, "ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY?"

SHE SAID, "YEAH."

I LEFT HER THERE. [ SNIFFLES ]

CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF FOR IT.

[ EXHALES ] YOU WERE A GOOD FRIEND.

YOU WALKED HER HOME. I KNOW.

THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE KNOWN

WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT NIGHT.

BUT I SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE SHE WENT HOME.

SHE MADE THE DECISION TO STAY OUT.

YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE OF RELEVANCE THAT I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT NIGHT?

I WAS SITTING IN MY ROOM. ABOUT 11:30,

I HEARD FOUR-WHEELERS GOING BY MY HOUSE

BECAUSE I LIVED BY THE MAIN ROAD.

WHO DO YOU THINK WAS ON THOSE ATVs?

OH, I KNOW IT WAS THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS OUT

THAT LATE RIDING.

AND YOU BELIEVE JUDY WAS WITH THEM AT THAT POINT.

-MM-HMM. -INTERESTING.

I WANT TO GET INTO FARLOW OIL FOR A SECOND.

TONY HAD SAID THAT HE WAS DROPPING HER OFF THERE

BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO MEET SOMEONE.

IF SHE WAS PLANNING ON MEETING SOMEBODY THAT NIGHT,

SHE'D HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT IT.

SHE WASN'T.

THERE'S NO WAY, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

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Levasseur: WITH THE EVIDENCE MOUNTING AGAINST TONY AND HIS CREW,

I WANT TO REVIEW POLICE FILES AGAIN

TO SEE IF TONY'S STORY HOLDS UP AGAINST WHAT STEPHANIE TOLD ME.

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DO WE KNOW IF BRADY IS HERE YET?

-YEAH, HE'S IN THE LOBBY. -HE IS HERE?

-YEAH. -OKAY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

Levasseur: EVERY INVESTIGATION NEEDS A BREAK,

AND GOING THROUGH THE TONS OF EVIDENCE

THAT THE SHERIFF GAVE ME,

I THINK I FINALLY FOUND SOMETHING

THAT COULD CRACK THIS CASE WIDE OPEN.

-MARK, HOW'S IT GOING? -HEY, DERRICK.

THANKS FOR MEETING ME, BROTHER.

-APPRECIATE IT. -GOOD TO SEE YOU.

CAN YOU FOLLOW ME, SIR?

SO AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING

WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,

AND I TOLD THEM, "SEND ME OVER EVERYTHING YOU GOT."

I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE TAPES,

AND I CAME ACROSS ONE

FROM THIS GUY, MICHAEL TURNER,

AND IT WAS AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY ONE OF YOUR GUYS.

WE KNOW TONY WAS ARRESTED AFTER JUDY'S MURDER

ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE. RIGHT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT HE WAS IN THERE FOR.

IT WAS PRETTY COMPELLING TO ME, AND I WANTED YOUR TAKE ON IT,

TO SEE IF YOU'VE EVEN HEARD IT BEFORE.

-OKAY. -ALL RIGHT.

[ BUTTON CLICKS ] HMM.

THAT'S IT.

AND THAT'S 2003, SO YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT AT THAT TIME.

I WAS.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT TAPE BEFORE?

NO, I HAVE NOT.

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT BASED ON WHAT WAS PUBLICLY KNOWN

ABOUT THE CASE IN 2003?

THIS MICHAEL TURNER INTERVIEW,

HE'S MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE SCENE,

WHAT WAS DONE AT THE SCENE THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN

UNLESS HE WAS AT THE SCENE.

WHEN WE REMOVED THE BODY FROM THE SCENE,

THERE WAS A LOT OF BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE HEAD AREA

AND THE SHOULDERS.

MORE DAMAGE IN THE NECK AREA THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY?

YES.

-REALLY? -YES.

TONY TOLD HIM THEY DRAGGED HER AROUND BY HER NECK.

THAT'S TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE.

YEAH.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELAYED TO YOU.

THAT'S CORRECT. ARE YOU PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW?

I'M NOT REALLY HAPPY.

IT'S NOT GOOD.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER.

NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT TO THE D.A.

I MEAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVENE A GRAND JURY

AS FAR -- FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES.

QUITE POSSIBLE.

Levasseur: THE THINGS THAT MICHAEL TURNER SAID IN HIS INTERVIEW

ARE PRETTY DAMNING, BUT I CAN'T DO MUCH WITH IT

BECAUSE TONY STILL HAS A STRONG ALIBI.

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AND THEN TONY'S MOTHER REACHES OUT TO ME.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT YOUR SONS HAD NOTHING TO DO

WITH THIS, THOUGH, NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND?

I MEAN, DID YOU SEE JUDY ON OCTOBER 2nd,

OR NO, WERE YOU WORKING?

MM-HMM.

OH, SO YOU SAW HER THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 2nd?

OKAY.

LATER THAT NIGHT, AROUND MIDNIGHT,

TONY SAID THAT HE CAME HOME, AND HE WENT RIGHT TO BED.

DID YOU SEE HIM AROUND MIDNIGHT?

Narrator: COMING UP...

HE MENTIONED TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT IN 2003,

WHEN THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED,

THE PUBLIC WAS NOT AWARE OF.

NO ONE KNEW THAT.

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♪

Levasseur: IN MY INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER OF JUDY RAWLINGS,

A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE POINTS TO TONY SIERRA.

WHILE I BELIEVE THAT MY MOST RECENT FINDINGS

ARE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO BRING TO THE D.A.,

IF I WANT THAT TO HAPPEN,

I HAVE TO GET THE CURRENT LEAD DETECTIVE ON THE CASE,

CHRIS MANESS, ON BOARD.

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-ALL RIGHT. [ BUTTON CLICKS ]

SO AGAIN, MARK, YOU HAD NEVER HEARD THIS

UNTIL I PLAYED IT FOR YOU? YEAH.

AND, CHRIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE

FOR YOUR INVESTIGATION THAT MICHAEL TURNER WAS IN JAIL

WITH TONY SIERRA IN 2003.

WHEN HE GAVE HIS STATEMENT,

HE WAS NO LONGER IN POLICE CUSTODY.

HE WAS ACTUALLY BEING RELEASED THE DAY

THAT HE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH TONY SIERRA.

HE'D ALREADY PULLED HIS DIME,

SO YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO

WITH THE CASE, NOTHING TO GAIN.

HE MENTIONED TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT,

IN 2003, WHEN THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED,

THE PUBLIC WAS NOT AWARE OF.

HE SAID THAT TONY TOLD HIM THEY COVERED THE BODY.

NO ONE KNEW THAT.

HERE'S THE OTHER THING --

HE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HER NECK,

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST TIME

THAT I HAD SEEN THAT ANYWHERE, RIGHT?

IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE PHOTOS, RIGHT?

AT THE M.E.'S OFFICE, HE BROUGHT UP THE FACT --

HAD ASKED ONE OF OUR GUYS, WAS THERE INJURY TO THE NECK?

BECAUSE THERE WAS A HEAVY CONCENTRATION

OF LARVA ON THE NECK.

SO HOW DOES MICHAEL TURNER KNOW THAT?

MICHAEL TURNER KNEW IT BECAUSE TONY SIERRA TOLD HIM.

AND TONY SIERRA JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE

THE LAST PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY SAW HER ALIVE.

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AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL THING THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS.

TONY'S ALIBI IS THAT HE WAS HOME BY 12

THAT NIGHT WITH MOM AND DAD.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

I TRIED TO TRACK DOWN TONY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT LISA SPENCER,

TONY'S MOTHER, DID CALL ME,

AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECORD THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION,

AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID AT THE END OF OUR CALL.

[ TYPING ]

-Levasseur: SO... -MM-HMM.

...LATER THAT NIGHT, AROUND MIDNIGHT,

TONY SAID THAT HE CAME HOME, AND HE WENT RIGHT TO BED.

Spencer: MM-HMM.

DID YOU SEE HIM AROUND MIDNIGHT?

I WAS WORKING THIRD SHIFT.

SO YOU WEREN'T HOME. HOW ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND?

WAS TRACY HOME?

YEAH, HE WAS THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW,

HE WAS PROBABLY IN THE BED.

BUT THE ONLY -- THE THING THAT --

THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU IS BECAUSE

TONY SAID THAT YOU AND TRACY WERE HOME AT MIDNIGHT,

BUT YOU HAD SAID YOU WERE WORKING.

I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF, LIKE, HIS, YOU KNOW, ALIBI, LIKE,

"HEY, WHEN I CAME HOME AT MIDNIGHT,

THEY KNOW I WAS HOME..."

THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW,

I WAS WORKING THIRD SHIFT.

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SO THAT ALIBI THAT PUTS HIM AT HIS HOUSE BY 12 A.M.

HAS BEEN CORROBORATED BY NOBODY, NOT EVEN HIS OWN PARENTS.

♪

CHRIS, I GOT TO ASK YOU BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,

YOU'VE BEEN A COP FOR A LONG TIME.

BASED ON WHAT YOU HEARD, IS THIS SOMETHING

YOU WOULD CONSIDER BRINGING TO THE D.A.'S OFFICE

AND JUST SAY, "CIRCUMSTANTIALLY,

WOULD WE HAVE ENOUGH TO CONVENE A GRAND JURY?"

I MEAN, YES, DEFINITELY THIS IS INFORMATION

THAT WASN'T BROUGHT TO LIGHT BEFORE NOW.

I THINK YOU HAVE AN EXTREMELY STRONG CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE,

AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE CONVICTED WITH LESS.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. YEAH.

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Levasseur: AFTER MY MEETING WITH DETECTIVE CHRIS MANESS,

I'M CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS CASE

ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, BUT BEFORE I LEAVE ASHEBORO,

THERE'S ONE LAST STOP I HAVE TO MAKE.

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TAMMY, TIFFANY, THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME AGAIN.

EVERY EFFORT WAS EXPENDED TRYING TO SPEAK TO AS MANY PEOPLE

AS POSSIBLE AND EXHAUST EVERY RESOURCE WE HAD.

WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO TRY TO ADVANCE THIS CASE.

I BELIEVE I FOUND SOME INFORMATION

THAT MAY HAVE ACTUALLY STRENGTHENED THE CASE

AGAINST TONY SIERRA. GOOD.

I THINK THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT

WHEN SHE ORIGINALLY INTENDED ON GOING TO THAT LOCATION,

IT WAS FOR A POSITIVE REASON,

AND SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE THE SITUATION ESCALATED,

AND IT RESULTED IN HER DEATH,

AND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH PANICKED,

TRIED TO HIDE WHAT THEY COULD...

YES. ...AND FLED THE AREA.

MY HOPE AND MY BELIEF IS THAT I EXPOSED SOME OF THE FLAWS

IN THEIR ABILITY TO HIDE WHAT THEY DID.

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I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL THESE YEARS

FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND SOLVE IT,

SO WE'D KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AND GET JUSTICE.

I'M EXTREMELY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS,

AND I WISH THAT I COULD GO PUT HANDCUFFS

ON SOMEONE MYSELF TODAY, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT

I WOULD NOT COME HERE AND LOOK YOU TWO IN THE FACE

AS A PARENT MYSELF AND TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE,

AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD THE DETECTIVE

IN CHARGE OF THIS CASE NOW.

I LOOKED HIM IN THE EYES, AND I SAID,

"THIS CASE IS SOLVABLE."

THIS IS THE MOST HELP WE'VE REALLY RECEIVED, PERIOD.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. YES, WE DO.

THANK YOU.

STAY STRONG.

THANKS.

Levasseur: AFTER TURNING OVER MY FINDINGS

TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,

I'VE LEARNED THAT EVIDENCE IS BEING REEXAMINED

AND NEW WITNESSES ARE BEING INTERVIEWED.

WHILE WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE DETAILS

OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDY THAT NIGHT

OR WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED,

I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE RESULTS OF MY INVESTIGATION

WILL BE ENOUGH TO FINALLY BRING JUDY'S FAMILY

AND THE COMMUNITY OF ASHEBORO THE CLOSURE THEY DESERVE.

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