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Narrator: TONIGHT...

I JUST NEVER THOUGHT THAT
I WAS GOING TO WAKE UP

TO A CALL LIKE THAT.

Narrator:
...A YOUNG MAN IS KILLED

AT A PARTY FULL OF WITNESSES,

YET NO ONE WILL TALK.

WHY ARE THESE KIDS
NOT WILLING TO SPEAK

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?

Woman: OBVIOUSLY THERE'S
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD.

Narrator: WAS THIS A CASE
OF SELF-DEFENSE?

HOW WAS IT INITIATED?
WHO WAS THE AGGRESSOR?

Narrator: OR WAS IT MURDER?

THE INDIVIDUALS ARE HITTING
CODI IN THE FACE,

IN THE CHEST,
AS HARD AS THEY CAN.

Narrator: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
DERRICK LEVASSEUR...

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

Narrator: ...JOURNEYS TO
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,

TO BREAK OPEN A MYSTERY...

TEXT ME THE LOCATION NOW.
I'M ON MY WAY.

Narrator:
...AND UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT

WHAT HAPPENED TO CODI JOYCE.

WISH WE STILL HAD HIM.
JUST MISSING HIM.

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♪

SO I'M HERE IN PITTSBURGH
LOOKING INTO THE DEATH

OF CODI JOYCE.

HE WAS 23 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS AN ASPIRING MUSICIAN.

HE WAS REALLY INTO SPORTS,
AND BY MOST ACCOUNTS,

HE WOULD DO ANYTHING
FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
OUR UPS AND DOWNS.

WE'VE BEEN
THROUGH BROKEN BONES.

Levasseur: UNFORTUNATELY,

HIS LIFE CAME TO
AN END ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2015.

♪

IT HAPPENED HERE AT THIS
SMALL HOUSE ON SHADY AVENUE.

CODI, NICKNAMED GENO,
SHOWS UP FOR A PARTY

SOMETIME AFTER 1 A.M.,
THEN WINDS UP IN A FIGHT

FOR HIS LIFE WITH FOUR
OTHER INDIVIDUALS --

DEVIN HINKLE, CONNOR STEVENS,

RYAN SABO, AND DEREK MARCONE.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE FIGHT
SPILLS OUT FROM THE KITCHEN

INTO THE LIVING ROOM,

WHERE CODI IS ALLEGEDLY
BEATEN, KICKED, AND CHOKED

SO SEVERELY HE LOSES HIS LIFE.

♪

THE PROBLEM IS, EVEN THOUGH
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE

AT THE PARTY THAT NIGHT,

THERE ARE CONTRADICTING STORIES
ABOUT WHY THE FIGHT BEGAN,

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,
WHO STARTED IT.

SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT CODI
WAS THE AGGRESSOR THAT NIGHT,

THAT HE ATTACKED A GIRL
AT THE PARTY,

AND THE OTHER FOUR GUYS
WERE JUST TRYING TO PROTECT HER.

THERE'S ANOTHER RUMOR
THAT THE FOUR GUYS

WERE ACTUALLY
DEFENDING THEMSELVES

AND THAT CODI
WAS ATTACKING THEM.

OTHERS SAY THAT CODI
MAY HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT

FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON
AND THEN HE WAS ATTACKED.

♪

THIS IS A VERY
INTERESTING CASE.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE
AT THE PARTY WHERE CODI DIED,

AND YET, THREE YEARS LATER,

NOT A SINGLE CHARGE
HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST ANYONE.

SOMETHING'S NOT ADDING UP,

AND IT'S CLEAR
THAT I HAVE TO FIND OUT

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
AT THE PARTY THAT NIGHT.

♪

CODI GREW UP IN THE BLUE-COLLAR
TOWN OF MUNHALL, PENNSYLVANIA,

AND MUCH OF HIS FAMILY
STILL HAS DEEP ROOTS HERE,

A COMMUNITY THAT'S SERIOUSLY
DIVIDED OVER

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT.

♪

JOHN AND PAULETTE,
THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME.

I KNOW THIS CAN'T BE EASY
FOR YOU.

I HATE TO MEET YOU GUYS
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CODI?

HE WAS VERY HUMBLE.
VERY HUMBLE.

HE WAS JUST A NORMAL, LIKE,
TYPE OF KID AT FIRST.

WAS KIND OF SHY, SORT OF,

BUT THEN HE STARTED
COMING INTO HIS OWN

AND JUST MAKING
EVERYBODY LAUGH.

Man: THIS IS GENO.

WE ARE TWO MOST PROFESSIONAL
TUBING IN THE TIL,

TUBING IN
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

-TUBING!
-TUBING!

Paulette:
HE DID ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY, LIKE,
LOVED HIM.

JUST WISH WE STILL HAD HIM.

JUST MISSING HIM.

I'M SORRY FOR WHAT YOU GUYS
HAVE GONE THROUGH.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
AS A PARENT.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME BEEN
SOME MEDIA COVERAGE.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME RUMORS,
SOME THEORIES OUT THERE,

WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF DISSENSION
IN THIS SMALL TOWN.

THERE WAS PEOPLE,
SOME CHOOSING TO SIDE

WITH THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS,
SOME CHOOSING TO SIDE WITH CODI,

WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS GENO.
-MM-HMM.

All: JUSTICE FOR GENO!

JUSTICE FOR GENO!

Paulette: IT HURTS.

WE'VE LIVED IN OUR COMMUNITY
SINCE CODI WAS 5.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD PARTIES
WITH THESE PARENTS.

I MEAN, WE'VE KNOWN THEM.

THEY WERE OUR FRIENDS,
AND FOR ALL OF A SUDDEN,

ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT
I THOUGHT WERE MY FRIENDS,

I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM NOBODY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED
TO YOUR SON THAT NIGHT?

FROM THE INFORMATION
I'VE GATHERED,

THE FIGHT STARTED BETWEEN CODI
AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL

NAMED CONNOR STEVENS
IN THE KITCHEN.

IT'S NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED
WHO ACTUALLY STARTED IT,

WHETHER IT WAS CODI OR CONNOR,
AND THE FIGHT WAS BROKEN UP.

A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS
LED CONNOR STEVENS AWAY.

A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS
LED CODI AWAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT CODI
WAS LED AWAY FROM BEHIND

WITH A CHOKE HOLD
AROUND THE NECK.

WE KNOW THAT
FROM THE AUTOPSY REPORT,

SOMEONE CHOKED HIM
AT SOME POINT.

MM-HMM.

BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE
TO GATHER UP TO THIS POINT,

WHO DO YOU THINK
THAT PERSON WAS?

DEVIN HINKLE.

AND IT WAS RUMORED THAT
DEVIN HINKLE IS CHOKING CODI

THE ENTIRE TIME

WHILE THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS
ARE HITTING CODI IN THE FACE,

IN THE CHEST, AS HARD AS
THEY CAN, THROWING RAINMAKERS.

ONE ENDED UP JUST BEATING
THE CRAP OUT OF HIM

WHILE HE'S BEING
CHOKED TO DEATH.

AND I BELIEVE THAT HINKLE
HELD THAT CHOKE HOLD

UNTIL CODI
WAS NO LONGER MOVING,

AND THEN HELD IT
AN ADDITIONAL 30 TO 40 SECONDS,

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,

AND CODI SLUMPED TO THE FLOOR
AS HE CHOKED HIM.

♪

Levasseur: WHEN POLICE ARRIVED
AND FOUND CODI FACEDOWN,

THEY SUSPECTED A DRUG OVERDOSE,

AND THEY MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN TOLD
THAT BY SOMEONE AT THE PARTY.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL REPORTS,

CODI WAS GIVEN AN OVERDOSE
REVERSAL DRUG,

NALOXONE, AT THE SCENE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL ALMOST
TWO MONTHS LATER

WHEN CODI'S TOXICOLOGY
REPORTS CAME BACK

THAT IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT THIS WAS NOT AN OVERDOSE.

IN FACT, CODI TESTED NEGATIVE
FOR ANY DRUGS.

INSTEAD, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
DETERMINED THAT HIS DEATH

WAS CAUSED BY ASPHYXIATION,
AND THIS WAS A HOMICIDE.

John: IT WAS RULED A HOMICIDE
AND EVERYTHING.

I'M THINKING THEY'RE GONNA
MAKE AN ARREST

BEFORE THESE GUYS HAVE A CHANCE
TO FLEE OR WHATEVER,

AND GET ON THE PHONE WITH THEM,

THAT'S THE LAST TIME
I TALKED TO THEM.

YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU HAVEN'T
SPOKE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

OR THE D.A.'S OFFICE
IN OVER THREE YEARS?

RIGHT.
WE'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO THE D.A.

THE D.A. REFUSES
TO CALL A GRAND JURY,

REFUSES TO PRESS CHARGES
OF ANY SORT.

THERE WASN'T EVEN
AN ASSAULT CHARGE

AGAINST THESE INDIVIDUALS.

NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE
TO HELP US GET THE D.A.

TO MOVE ON FILING CHARGES,

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE
YOU CAN DO.

I CAN'T PROMISE YOU WHAT
I'M GONNA ACCOMPLISH

WHILE I'M HERE.

I ONLY CAN PROMISE YOU
THAT I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING

I CAN TO FIND
AS MANY ANSWERS AS I CAN,

AND I WANT WHATEVER JUSTICE
NEEDS TO BE SERVED TO BE SERVED.

-THANK YOU.
-THANK YOU, DERRICK.

♪

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS
OF THE CASE IS AT THIS POINT.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME
FROM THE OUTSIDE,

THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE
HERE TO SUGGEST

THAT AT LEAST ONE OF
THESE INDIVIDUALS AT THIS POINT

SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED
AND THEY WEREN'T.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH POLICE

AND WAS TOLD THEY'RE STILL
TREATING THIS CASE

AS AN OPEN HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATION.

I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER,

WHO CONFIRMED THEY'RE STANDING
BEHIND THEIR ORIGINAL

RULING OF A HOMICIDE.

THAT MEANS THAT THE HOLDUP

IS WITH THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,

SO THAT'S WHERE I NEED
TO START MY INVESTIGATION.

THE REAL QUESTION IS,
WHY HAVEN'T CHARGES BEEN PRESSED

AGAINST ANY OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS?

♪

YEAH, WHERE'S YOUR BOSS?
THERE'S YOUR BOSS.

-HOW YOU DOING, SIR?
-ALL RIGHT.

-HI, DERRICK LEVASSEUR.
-HI, HOW YOU DOING?

-SO, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.
-MM-HMM.

JUST LOOKING TO SPEAK WITH
SOMEONE FROM THE D.A.'S OFFICE.

THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY WAIT HERE.

YEAH.

NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.
NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

♪

SO I ASKED TO SPEAK
TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THAT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

I ASKED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE
UNDERNEATH HIM.

THAT WASN'T HAPPENING.

IT ALMOST FELT LIKE HE KNEW
I WAS COMING, WHICH IS GOOD.

WORD'S GETTING AROUND.
WE'RE OUT HERE.

WE'RE ASKING
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

THEY CAN BE AS PREPARED
AS THEY WANT.

IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE
THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

OF THE CASE,
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME

TO GO GET
SOME ANSWERS OF MY OWN.

ALL I HAVE TO GO ON
IS THE INITIAL STATEMENT

THAT THE D.A. RELEASED TO
THE PUBLIC THAT READ IN PART...

IF THAT'S REALLY THE HOLDUP,

I'M GONNA NEED SOME HELP TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

LAUREL, HOW'S IT GOING?

NICE TO FINALLY SEE YOU
IN PERSON.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

Levasseur: LAUREL GIFT IS
A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY

WHO USED TO WORK
FOR THE D.A.'S OFFICE.

YOU KNOW THE LAW WAY
BETTER THAN I DO,

ESPECIALLY HERE
IN PENNSYLVANIA,

AND WE KNOW WHAT THE D.A.
HAS SAID PUBLICLY ALREADY.

MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE ME AN IDEA
OF WHERE I SHOULD PROBABLY HEAD

WITH THIS INVESTIGATION TO SEE
IF CHARGES SHOULD BE PURSUED.

WELL, WHEN I WAS WITH

THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY
D.A.'S OFFICE,

I WORKED IN THE VIOLENT CRIME
AND FIREARM UNIT

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
AND TRIED MANY HOMICIDE CASES.

AFTER I LEFT,
I WENT INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE,

AND NOW MY PRACTICE IS SPLIT
BETWEEN CRIMINAL DEFENSE

AND INVESTIGATIONS WORK.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF
THE MAIN REASONS

WHY I WAS HOPING WE WERE ABLE
TO SPEAK WITH YOU

BECAUSE, YES, YOU'VE WORKED
FOR THE D.A.'S OFFICE,

BUT YOU'VE ALSO WORKED
AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY.

SO YOU'VE SEEN
BOTH SIDES OF IT,

AND I THINK THAT BRINGS
A LEVEL OF IMPARTIALITY

THAT YOU MAY NOT GET
IN SOME OF THE CASES.

-SOUNDS GOOD.
-GREAT.

THIS IS THE HOUSE
WHERE THE PARTY TOOK PLACE.

THERE'S A BELIEF THAT
THE ALTERCATION

MAY HAVE STARTED
IN THE KITCHEN.

THE FIGHT SPILLED OVER
FROM THE KITCHEN

INTO THE LIVING ROOM.

THERE WAS A SECTIONAL THERE.
YOU CAN SEE BEER CANS.

THESE WERE CRIME SCENE PHOTOS
TAKEN THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT,

BY THE WAY.
-OKAY.

HERE'S ANOTHER ANGLE.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD.

DO WE KNOW YET
IF ANY OF IT WAS COLLECTED?

WE DO KNOW THAT IT IS AN OPEN
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

AT THIS POINT,
SO AS YOU KNOW,

THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
THEY'RE GONNA BE WILLING

TO PROVIDE
IS GONNA BE LIMITED.

SO THESE ARE OUR PERSONS
OF INTEREST.

YOU HAVE DEVIN HINKLE,
RYAN SABO,

CONNOR STEVENS,
AND DEREK MARCONE.

THE STORY GOING AROUND,

IF YOU'RE TO BELIEVE
THESE INDIVIDUALS,

IS THAT CODI JOYCE HAD GOTTEN
INTO SOME TYPE OF ALTERCATION

WITH A FEMALE THAT WAS THERE.
HER NAME WAS ANGEL.

AND THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS
FELT COMPELLED TO STOP HIM FROM,

YOU KNOW, BEATING HER.
-SURE.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU GOT
ALL THE BLOOD.

THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE
THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.

THE OTHER RUMOR WE HAVE IS THAT
THIS WAS A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE,

AND CODI WAS ATTACKING THEM.

DO WE KNOW THEIR SIZE,

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
THESE PHOTOGRAPHS,

OBVIOUSLY,
GIVE US A SENSE OF THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ACTUAL
SPECIFIC SIZES OF THEM.

I CAN TELL YOU A FEW OF THEM
ARE ATHLETES.

DOES THAT PLAY INTO IT,
WHEN IT'S A FOUR ON ONE?

OF COURSE.

HOW CAN YOU FIGHT
FOUR PEOPLE AT ONCE?

I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA WANT
TO LOOK

AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE FIGHT, YOU KNOW.

WHAT WAS THE DURATION
OF THE FIGHT?

HOW WAS IT INITIATED?

WHO WAS THE AGGRESSOR?

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE
REALLY AFRAID OF HIM

AND YET THEY'RE THE ONES
THAT ARE STARTING THE FIGHT,

THAT WOULD KIND OF ARGUE
AGAINST A SELF-DEFENSE THEORY.

RIGHT.

IF CODI'S COMING AT THEM,
AND THEY'RE 100 POUNDS EACH,

UNTIL HE'S SUBDUED,
THERE'S PROBABLY A REASONABLE

BASIS ON THEIR PART
TO FIGHT BACK.

Levasseur: IF THIS ISN'T A CASE
OF SELF-DEFENSE,

THERE ARE NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT CHARGES

THAT MIGHT APPLY
FROM VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER,

WHICH USUALLY HAPPENS
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT,

ALL THE WAY UP
TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER,

WHICH REQUIRES
PREMEDITATION AND INTENT.

FOR FIRST DEGREE, WE WOULD WANT
TO SEE SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE

THAT THE FIGHT WAS OVER,

AND THAT THESE ACTORS INITIATED
FURTHER VIOLENCE AGAINST CODI.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS THE REAL KEY HERE IS HAVING

AN EYEWITNESS THAT WAS
IN THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT.

IDEALLY, WE WOULD NEED MORE
THAN JUST EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY.

I KNOW HISTORICALLY THE D.A.'S
OFFICE IS NOT CHARGED IN CASES

WHERE THEY ONLY HAVE
ONE EYEWITNESS.

SO IF I CAN'T GET MULTIPLE
WITNESSES,

I'M GONNA TRY TO GET
AS MANY AS I CAN,

BUT THAT IN CONJUNCTION
WITH SOME PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

OR ANY TYPE OF ADMISSION
THROUGH OTHER PARTIES,

ALL OF THAT COLLECTIVELY,
WE COULD HAVE --

-THAT WOULD HELP.
-...SOMETHING IN TOTALITY

WHERE IT MIGHT RISE TO THE LEVEL
OF ACTUALLY CHARGING SOMEONE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

Levasseur:
AFTER SPEAKING WITH LAUREL,

I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

IF I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO CODI THAT NIGHT,

I HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO WAS AT THAT PARTY.

Narrator: COMING UP...

IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT WHOEVER
HAD CODI IN THIS CHOKE HOLD,

THEY DIDN'T LET GO
UNTIL HIS BODY WAS LIFELESS?

Narrator: AND LATER...

I HEARD YOU WERE AT THE PARTY.

♪

♪

Levasseur:
I'VE COME TO PITTSBURGH

TO LOOK INTO THE DEATH
OF CODI JOYCE.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY
OVER THREE YEARS AFTER CODI DIED

DURING A FIGHT
AT A HOUSE PARTY,

NO CHARGES OF ANY KIND
HAVE BEEN FILED.

♪

[ BELL DINGS ]

[ LINE RINGING ]

I'VE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS
JUST TRYING TO GET AHOLD

OF THE FOUR MEN WHO CODI'S
PARENTS CLAIM KILLED THEIR SON.

FEMALE AUTOMATED VOICE:
Your call has been forwarded

to an automatic voice
message system.

HI, HOW YOU DOING?
MY NAME IS DERRICK LEVASSEUR.

I'M A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.

I'M LOOKING TO SPEAK
WITH CONNOR STEVENS,

RYAN SABO, DEVIN HINKLE.

IF YOU CAN CALL ME BACK, THAT
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU.

NO ONE IS RETURNING MY CALLS,
WHICH ISN'T SURPRISING,

BUT IT'S STILL CONFUSING TO ME.

ONE OF THE RUMORS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT

IS THAT CODI WAS BEATING UP
A GIRL AT THE PARTY,

AND THAT THE FOUR MEN
STEPPED IN TO TRY AND SAVE HER.

IF THAT'S TRUE, YOU THINK
AT LEAST ONE OF THE GUYS

WOULD WANT TO GIVE
THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY.

HI, IS DEREK THERE?

CAN YOU TAKE A MESSAGE FOR HIM?
OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

MY NAME IS DERRICK LEVASSEUR.

I'M A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.

OKAY. THAT'S A HANG UP.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK.

WELL, I JUST TRIED TO CALL
MR. DEREK MARCONE.

A GENTLEMAN PICKS UP, SOUNDS
ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS DEREK.

AND HE SAID,
"CAN I ASK WHO THIS IS?"

I SAID, "I'M LOOKING
FOR DEREK MARCONE."

"YEAH, I'LL TAKE
A MESSAGE FOR HIM."

SO WE HAD THE RIGHT NUMBER,
AND THEN BEFORE I EVEN

HAD A CHANCE
TO EXPLAIN WHO I WAS, CLICK.

THAT WAS IT.

MY GUT TELLS ME THE REASON
THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING

IS THERE'S A LOT MORE
THAT HAPPENED AT THAT PARTY

THAN MOST PEOPLE KNOW,

AND THEY FIGURE IT'S BETTER
NOT TO SAY NOTHING AT ALL

BECAUSE IT MIGHT ACTUALLY
HURT THEM MORE THAN HELP THEM.

THAT'S IT.

TO ASSIST IN MY INVESTIGATION,

I'M REACHING OUT
TO MY ASSOCIATE FRANK

WHO DOES SURVEILLANCE
WORK FOR ME.

FRANK, I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO WAS AT THE PARTY THAT NIGHT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY,

BUT I NEED TO HAVE SOME EYES
INSIDE THAT PARTY.

WE HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BUD.

♪

YOU KNOW, THE REAL KEY
TO UNDERSTANDING THIS CASE

IS FINDING OUT
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO CODI,

AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT.

I'M NOT A PATHOLOGIST AND SO
THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO GO TO ONE,

AND WE WANT SOMEONE
WHO'S INDEPENDENT

AND WASN'T ORIGINALLY INVOLVED
WITH THE CASE.

IN THE ORIGINAL AUTOPSY REPORT,

THE M.E. FOUND THAT CODI DIED
AS A RESULT OF ASPHYXIATION

DUE TO COMPRESSION
OF THE NECK SUSTAINED

DURING A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION
WITH MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS.

AS A RESULT OF THAT,
HE RULED THE DEATH A HOMICIDE.

♪

CONSIDERING
NO CHARGES WERE FILED,

I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF
THE M.E. HAD MISSED SOMETHING.

HI, HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

SO I'VE HAD RENOWNED PATHOLOGIST
DR. CYRIL WECHT

GO OVER THE REPORT
TO OFFER HIS OPINION.

I BELIEVE THAT THE TWO SETS
OF INJURIES

THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT HERE,
FOREMOST,

WOULD BE THE INJURIES
IN THE NECK AREA.

THESE FORM THE BASIS FOR
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DIAGNOSIS

OF ASPHYXIATION.

THIS IS NOT A CASE SUGGESTING
EITHER LIGATURE STRANGULATION

FROM A TIE OR A ROPE,
NOR MANUAL STRANGULATION,

SO THIS IS COMPRESSION
ASPHYXIATION,

AND IT WOULD FIT IN
PERFECTLY WITH A CHOKE HOLD.

HOW LONG WOULD SOMEONE
HAVE TO HOLD THAT CHOKE HOLD

IN ORDER TO INCAPACITATE
THAT INDIVIDUAL TO THE EXTENT

OF EVENTUALLY THEM
DYING FROM THOSE INJURIES?

WELL, IF YOU ARE DEPRIVED

COMPLETELY OF OXYGEN FOR 30,

40 SECONDS,
A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL,

YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE
CONSCIOUSNESS,

AND THEN IF THE PERSON
RELEASES YOU,

YOU HAVE OXYGEN
IN YOUR BRAIN

THAT IN MOST INSTANCES
WILL PERMIT YOU TO RECOVER.

SO I WOULD SAY FOR A PERSON
TO DIE,

THIS INDIVIDUAL MOST LIKELY
HAD TO HAVE BEEN

IN THAT STRANGLEHOLD
FOR TWO TO FOUR MINUTES.

-WOW, THAT LONG?
-YEAH, REACHING A POINT

THAT BEING DEPRIVED
COMPLETELY OF OXYGEN

BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW,

SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO RECOVER.

SO IS IT SAFE TO SAY

THAT WHOEVER HAD CODI
IN THIS CHOKE HOLD,

THEY DIDN'T LET GO
UNTIL HIS BODY WAS LIFELESS?

YES, AND SINCE THERE WERE
FOUR OTHER PEOPLE,

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE
HOW THIS CAN BE ARGUED

TO HAVE BEEN SELF-DEFENSE.
-NO.

SO THAT FURTHER STRENGTHENS
THE CONCLUSIONS

OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
IN LABELING IT A HOMICIDE.

I CONCUR COMPLETELY.

HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE YOU HAD A CASE

WHERE YOU'VE BASICALLY
SPELLED OUT YOUR FINDINGS,

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHOSE
STILL NOT TO PRESS CHARGES

AFTER READING YOUR FINDINGS?

VERY RARELY, I WOULD SAY.

RARELY BECAUSE THAT'S
THE ESSENCE OF THE CASE.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

OR THE CORONER'S REPORT
ARE VITAL,

CRITICAL TO THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY TO MOVE AHEAD

AND FILE CHARGES OF HOMICIDE.

Levasseur: CODI WAS CHOKED FOR
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME,

RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

THAT'S THE BIG TAKEAWAY
I'VE GOTTEN

FROM MY MEETING WITH DR. WECHT.

APPRECIATE IT.

IF THAT WAS REALLY THE CASE,
THEN WHY, AFTER ALL THIS TIME,

HAS NO ONE BEEN CHARGED
WITH THE KILLING OF CODI JOYCE?

Narrator: COMING UP...

IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH HIM

OR DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THAT NIGHT,

YOU KNOW, THAT THIS
WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

♪

♪

Levasseur: 23-YEAR-OLD
CODI JOYCE WAS KILLED

DURING A FIGHT WITH
AT LEAST FOUR OTHER PEOPLE,

AND BOTH THE ORIGINAL
MEDICAL EXAMINER

AND MY OWN INDEPENDENT EXPERT

BELIEVE IT WASN'T A CASE
OF SELF-DEFENSE.

BUT IT'S BEEN OVER THREE YEARS
AND NOT A SINGLE CHARGE

HAS BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST
ANYONE IN THIS CASE.

♪

THIS IS WHERE THE PARTY WAS.

THIS IS WHERE
THE FIGHT HAPPENED.

THIS IS WHERE CODI WAS KILLED.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT, GUYS.

THAT'S THE HOUSE
THAT CODI JOYCE DIED IN.

I GOT TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT HAPPENED.

♪

♪

♪

ALL RIGHT, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
ANYBODY IS HOME. THAT'S OKAY.

I HAD TO CHECK OUT
THE HOUSE ANYWAYS.

THIS WAS GOOD TO SEE IN PERSON.
THIS IS A SMALL HOUSE.

♪

IT ALMOST GIVES YOU
A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE

OF HOW IT WOULD HAVE
WENT DOWN THAT NIGHT.

IMAGINE FIVE PEOPLE, FIVE BIG
KIDS, FIGHTING IN THAT HOUSE.

AND THAT'S ON TOP OF ALL
THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE.

THIS IS, UH,
THIS IS ENLIGHTENING.

SEEING THAT HOUSE ONLY
BRINGS UP MORE QUESTIONS.

LISTEN, I JUST WENT BY
THE HOUSE WHERE THE PARTY WAS.

IT'S A REALLY SMALL HOUSE.

IF THEY WERE FIGHTING IN THERE,

I MEAN, YOU WOULD THINK MULTIPLE
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE GOT HURT.

I KNOW CODI WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
THAT NIGHT,

BUT DO YOU KNOW
IF ANYBODY ELSE DID?

DEVIN HINKLE?

WHEN DID HE --
WHEN DID HE GO TO THE HOSPITAL?

HE HAD A BITE MARK
ON THE INSIDE OF HIS ELBOW?

HOW DO YOU, WAIT,
HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

SHOWED YOU A PICTURE
OF THE BITE MARK?

YOU'RE KIDDING ME.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.

UNFORTUNATELY, JOHN DOESN'T HAVE
A COPY OF THAT PICTURE,

SO I CAN'T VERIFY
IF THE BITE MARK IS FOR REAL,

BUT IF IT IS,
IT COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.

COME ON, FRANK. PICK UP.
PICK UP.

-Hello?
-FRANK, IT'S DERRICK.

♪

I'VE HAD MY ASSOCIATE FRANK
TRACK DOWN DEVIN HINKLE

SO THAT I CAN GET
HIS SIDE OF THE STORY,

BUT IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR
HE'S AVOIDING US.

Frank: THEY'VE BEEN HUNKERED
DOWN. NO MOVEMENT.

♪

Levasseur: I KNOW FROM REPORTS
THAT THERE WERE A LOT

OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES
AT THAT PARTY,

BUT SO FAR I CAN'T FIND ANYONE
WHO WILL TALK TO ME.

DR. SHANNON EDWARDS IS
A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST

WHO ALSO GREW UP IN THE AREA.

SO IF I CAN'T GET ANYBODY
TO TALK,

MAYBE I CAN AT LEAST
GET INSIDE THEIR HEADS.

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PARTY
THE NIGHT OF CODI JOYCE'S DEATH,

AND YET NO ONE
WILL SPEAK ABOUT THAT PUBLICLY.

NO ONE.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU
INITIALLY IS,

WHY ARE THESE KIDS
NOT WILLING TO COME FORWARD?

WHY ARE THEY NOT WILLING
TO SPEAK ABOUT

WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT,
NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY?

GENERALLY SPEAKING,
PEOPLE ARE VERY HESITANT

TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, LOYALTY,

AND THEN YOU HAVE
THE RETALIATION.

AND WHEN YOU SPECIFICALLY LOOK
AT ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR,

OUR BRAINS DON'T STOP DEVELOPING
OR COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT

UNTIL WE'RE ABOUT
25 YEARS OLD.

SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT
ADOLESCENTS VERSUS ADULTS,

THEY ARE MORE LIKELY
TO SIDE WITH PEERS.

THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO COME
OUT OF THE PEER GROUP

BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID
OF HOW WILL THIS LOOK,

SO COMING OUT AND ACTUALLY
DOING THE RIGHT THING,

WHATEVER THAT RIGHT THING IS,

THERE'S MORE FEAR
AMONG ADOLESCENTS

THAN THERE IS
IN OTHER AGE GROUPS.

YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT
THE APPROVAL FROM THEIR FRIENDS,

THEIR PEERS,
THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLE,

BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE,
THEIR LEVEL OF MATURITY,

THAT'S WHAT IMPORTANT TO THEM,
BEING POPULAR --

RIGHT.

...STAYING IN
THAT SOCIAL CIRCLE.

ABSOLUTELY.

IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS,
IT IS MORE SURPRISING

BECAUSE THERE WERE
SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE PARTY,

AND NOBODY
IS SAYING ANYTHING.

I WOULD PROBABLY VENTURE TO SAY
THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE

THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW,
HONESTLY.

♪

Levasseur: CODI HAD
A GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME

NAMED MELODY MORRISON.

I WANT TO GET HER TAKE ON
WHAT KIND OF GUY CODI WAS,

AND IF SHE THINKS HE WAS EVEN
CAPABLE OF SOME OF THE RUMORS

I KEEP HEARING ABOUT,

LIKE HE HIT A GIRL
AT THE PARTY THAT NIGHT.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EVENT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTY.

YOU WEREN'T THERE.
YOU WERE NOT AT THE PARTY?

I SAW HIM EARLIER THAT DAY.

OKAY.

I WENT TO WORK FOR THE WHOLE
NIGHT, WHICH ODD, IS THAT NIGHT

I WASN'T ACTUALLY SUPPOSED
TO WORK LATE.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THAT
WOULD'VE HAPPENED, SO...

HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
WITH YOU THAT NIGHT.

YEAH.
I MEAN, WE ALL THINK THAT.

ALL HIS CLOSE FRIENDS THINK,
YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULD HAVE,

YOU KNOW, BEEN WITH HIM OR DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT NIGHT,

YOU KNOW, THAT THIS
WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

[ CRYING ]

I JUST NEVER THOUGHT THAT
I WAS GOING TO WAKE UP

TO A CALL LIKE THAT,

AND NOW I TOTALLY REGRET
WORKING THAT NIGHT

BECAUSE I KNOW I WOULD
HAVE TALKED TO HIM.

Levasseur:
MELODY TELLS ME THAT SHE DOESN'T

THINK THERE WAS ANY BAD BLOOD

BETWEEN CODI AND THE FOUR
OTHER GUYS BEFORE THAT NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
OR HOW IT WENT TO,

YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY ATTACKING HIM,

BUT DEFINITELY DEVIN HINKLE
AND RYAN SABO

WERE PROBABLY
THE MAIN AGGRESSORS IN THIS.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A GIRL
THAT TRIED

TO BREAK IT UP, ANGEL.

YEAH, I ASKED HER ABOUT IT.

I SAID, YOU KNOW,

"ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE
THAT CODI BEAT YOU UP?"

AND SHE TOLD ME, "NO."

SHE SAID, "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
YOU KNOW, I GOT IN THE MIDDLE,

AND I WAS TRYING TO
BREAK UP THE FIGHT."

WELL, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
I'M HEARING THIS.

SO YOU ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH ANGEL
AFTER THE INCIDENT?

I CONTACTED HER RIGHT AWAY,
AND I WAS LIKE,

"ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE THAT
CODI HIT YOU FOR SOME REASON?"

AND SHE WAS LIKE, "NO,
THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED."

SHE HAD HIT HER FACE
OFF OF SOMETHING,

NOT FROM HIM HITTING HER.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
THAT I SHOULD TALK WITH?

ALYSSA JURISTY.

SHE HAS TEXT MESSAGES

FROM RYAN SABO,

WHO WAS, I'M ASSUMING,
HER EX-BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME

OR JUST RECENTLY BROKE UP.

HE HAD TEXT MESSAGED HER,
SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW,

"I THINK WE KILLED GENO."
-REALLY?

-IN A TEXT MESSAGE?
-YEP.

DID ANYBODY IN CODI'S FAMILY
KNOW ABOUT THIS?

UNCLE STEVE.

Levasseur: MELODY INFORMED ME
THAT IF I WANT TO KNOW

MORE ABOUT THAT TEXT,

I SHOULD TALK TO CODI'S UNCLE,
STEVE WISNIEWSKI.

STEVE, I APPRECIATE YOU MEETING
WITH ME ON SHORT NOTICE.

I SPOKE WITH MELODY, AND SHE HAD
MENTIONED SOMETHING

NEAR THE END OF OUR CONVERSATION
ABOUT A TEXT MESSAGE.

THERE WAS A TEXT
FROM THE POTENTIAL MURDERER

TO THE EX-GIRLFRIEND,
BASICALLY ADMITTING HIS GUILT.

-WHO WAS IT FROM?
-IT WAS RYAN SABO.

AND WHAT'S THE MESSAGE SAY?

MESSAGE SAYS THAT, ESSENTIALLY,
HIM AND DINKLE,

WHICH IS HINKLE'S NICKNAME,
LITERALLY MURDERED CODI.

WE DID ACQUIRE THAT TEXT
FROM THE GIRLFRIEND,

AND I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE,
AND I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU.

YOU HAVE THE PHONE?

I DO NOT HAVE THE PHONE,
BUT I DO HAVE THE TEXT MESSAGE.

YOU SAW IT ON HER PHONE,
AND SHE SHOWED IT TO YOU?

-EXACTLY.
-AND THEN SHE SENT IT TO YOU?

-YES.
-LET ME SEE IT.

OKAY, SO THIS IS FROM
RYAN SABO TO ALYSSA JURISTY.

TO ALYSSA JURISTY.

MARK, GET A SHOT OF THIS REAL
QUICK FOR ME, IF YOU CAN.

Mark: RIGHT THERE.

"I MIGHT BE GOING TO JAIL
TONIGHT.

"ME AND DINKLE MIGHT HAVE
LITERALLY KILLED GENO JOYCE.

"IDK, I DON'T KNOW,
WHAT CONDITION HE IS IN.

"I DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL
ABOUT ME, BUT IF I GO DOWN,

"I LOVE YOU NO MATTER
HOW YOU FEEL.

WHEN WE LEFT, HE WAS OUT COLD.
IF I GO DOWN, I DO LOVE YOU."

-THIS IS FROM SABO --
-YES.

...RIGHT TO HIS GIRLFRIEND,
WHICH HE DIDN'T EXPECT ANYBODY

TO GET AHOLD OF THIS.
-CORRECT.

SO WHEN HE LEFT, BASED ON
THE CONDITION THAT GENO,

WHO WE KNOW, NICKNAME CODI,

THEY ALREADY KNEW
HE WAS IN A BAD CONDITION.

EXACTLY, WHICH SHOWS ALSO THAT
SABO WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME,

AT THE HOUSE.

HOW'D YOU GET THE MESSAGE?

ACTUALLY, I ACCIDENTALLY
RAN INTO THE GIRLFRIEND,

AND SHE SAYS, "I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO GET THIS TO INVESTIGATORS.

"I'VE CALLED THEM SIX,
SEVEN TIMES.

NOBODY EVER GET BACK TO ME.
LUCKILY I RAN INTO YOU."

AND AS SOON AS I SEEN IT,
SHE SENT IT TO ME.

OKAY, SO ALYSSA SAID SHE TRIED
TO GET IT TO THE POLICE.

-YES.
-DID SHE EVER END UP GOING?

I TOOK HER, ACTUALLY,
ONCE SHE GAVE ME --

YOU TOOK HER TO THE POLICE?

-I TOOK HER TO THE POLICE.
-ALL RIGHT.

SO, I GOT TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT.

SURE.

YOU TAKE HER DOWN THERE,
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT?

I BROUGHT HER DOWN, AND THEN
THEY BASICALLY SAID

IT WAS TOO SOON, SO I SAID,
"WELL, WE LIVE IN MUNHALL."

AND THEY SAID, "WELL,
THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY."

-AND THEY SENT US HOME.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IT'S TOO --

WHAT DO YOU MEAN --
AND I'M SORRY, LET ME --

-YEAH.
-I'M NOT TAKING IT OUT ON YOU.

PLEASE TELL ME THEY TOOK
THE TEXT MESSAGE, AT LEAST.

NOT THAT TIME, NO.

WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO
RESCHEDULE, GO BACK, AND I SAID,

"WELL, LUCKILY YOU GUYS ARE NOW
TAKING THIS ELECTRONIC DATA."

AND THE BODY LANGUAGE

OF THE DETECTIVES SEEMED
A LITTLE ODD TO ME.

IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE
VERY UNCOMFORTABLE

THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY THIS
KIND OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.

IT JUST TOLD ME THAT I WATCH
TOO MUCH "CSI."

WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU
THIS MUCH,

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WEIGHT
THIS IS GONNA HOLD,

BUT I WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT
YOU WERE TREATED LIKE THAT

BECAUSE AS SOMEONE
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,

THAT'S THE TYPE OF [BLEEP]
THAT GIVES EVERYBODY A BAD NAME.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHERE DO I FIND ALYSSA?

Narrator: COMING UP...

♪

♪

Levasseur: THE TEXT THAT
CODI'S UNCLE SHOWED ME

LOOKS LIKE A CONFESSION
FROM RYAN SABO

TO HIS GIRLFRIEND ALYSSA,

BUT I NEED TO KNOW
IF IT'S LEGIT.

I MEAN, LISTEN, I'VE SEEN
THE TEXT MESSAGE.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM
WHAT I'M SEEING

IS THE SAME THING
THAT WAS SENT TO YOU.

100%, THAT'S WHAT SABO
SENT TO YOU?

I MEAN, YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS?

THERE'S NO WAY I CAN
CONVINCE YOU TO GO ON CAMERA?

ALTHOUGH ALYSSA WOULDN'T AGREE
TO MEET WITH ME IN PERSON,

SHE SWEARS THAT
THE TEXT MESSAGES ARE REAL.

OH, THIS IS FRANK RIGHT HERE.
WHAT'S UP, FRANK?

TALK TO ME.

YOU'RE [BLEEP] KIDDING ME.

Nope.

WHATEVER WE GOT TO DO
TO MAKE IT WORK,

IF HE'S WILLING TO MEET WITH ME,
WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WHEN IS HE WILLING TO MEET?

TEXT ME THE LOCATION NOW.
I'M ON MY WAY.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

♪

HOW'S IT GOING?

GET RIGHT INTO IT, RIGHT?

I HEARD YOU WERE AT THE PARTY.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH CODI,

BUT YOU WERE ALSO FRIENDS
WITH SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS

AT THE PARTY,
INCLUDING SOME OF THE GUYS

THAT WERE INVOLVED
WITH THE FIGHT WITH CODI?

WHAT'S YOUR REASONING
FOR COMING FORWARD?

OKAY, WELL, TAKE ME BACK
TO THAT NIGHT.

AT ANY POINT DURING THAT NIGHT,

DID YOU SEE CODI
PUT HIS HANDS ON ANY FEMALES?

WAS THAT IN HIS NATURE AT ALL?

YOU SAID WE WERE FRIENDS
WITH HIM.

HOW ABOUT THESE OTHER GUYS?
SABO, HINKLE, STEVENS.

ANY OF THEM KNOWN TO BE VIOLENT?
WERE THEY FIGHTERS?

WERE THEY BRAWLERS AT ALL?
ALL THREE OF THEM?

ANY ONE MORE
SO THAN THE OTHERS?

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
HAPPENING NEXT?

OKAY, AND THEY'RE FIGHTING,
AND THEY'RE GOING AROUND

THE ROOM.

HOW LONG WOULD YOU SAY
THAT YOU OBSERVED CODI

IN THAT CHOKE HOLD?

FOUR OR FIVE-PLUS MINUTES.

AT ANY POINT WHEN HE WAS IN THAT
CHOKE, DID YOU SEE HIM GO LIMP?

OKAY, SO THE ENTIRE TIME
YOU SEE HIM AT FIRST --

AND HE'S NOT DEFENSELESS?
HE'S FIGHTING BACK?

WHO WERE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT GOT INVOLVED WITH THE FIGHT

AFTER IT WAS JUST BETWEEN
DEVIN HINKLE AND CODI JOYCE?

RYAN SABO.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU KNOW OF?

CONNOR -- CONNOR STEVENS.
AND WHO ELSE?

ANYBODY ELSE,
OR WAS IT JUST THOSE THREE?

THOSE ARE THE THREE AGGRESSORS?

WAS RYAN SABO
AND CONNOR STEVENS,

WERE THEY SEPARATED
FROM THE FIGHT AT THE POINT

WHERE IF THEY WANTED TO LEAVE,

IF THEY WANTED TO ESCAPE
THE SITUATION,

COULD THEY HAVE DONE THAT?

THEY WERE JUST JUMPING IN ON IT?

DID YOU GO BACK INTO THE PARTY
AT ANY POINT

AFTER SEPARATING
THE GIRLS FROM IT?

AND WHAT WAS THE SITUATION?

DID ANYBODY CHECK HIM
FOR A PULSE?

DID ANYONE
TRY TO TURN HIM OVER?

ANYTHING?

I WANT TO DOUBLE BACK
TO RYAN SABO FOR A SECOND

BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
HE WAS INJURED --

-YEAH.
-...WHEN HE WENT TO THAT PARTY.

WHAT WAS THE INJURY?

SO YOU WERE OUTSIDE WITH SABO?

SO WHAT DID HE DO?

HE WENT BACK IN THERE
AND FOUGHT WITH THE SLING ON?

HE TAKES THE SLING OFF...

AND GOES BACK IN
WITH THE INTENTION ON FIGHTING?

♪

THE EVIDENCE IS PILING UP,
BUT AS HARD AS I'VE BEEN TRYING,

I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO GET AUTHORITIES

TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE CASE.

THEN, I GET A CALL.

SO, SIR, TO CONFIRM,

AT THE TIME OF THE CODI
JOYCE INCIDENT,

YOU WERE A LOCAL
POLICE OFFICER?

Narrator: COMING UP...

WELL, I THINK WE FOUND
OUR EVIDENTIARY PROBLEMS.

THE POLICE HAVE COMPLETELY
FUMBLED

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT PIECES

OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE.

♪

♪

Levasseur: WHEN I STARTED MY
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH

OF 23-YEAR-OLD CODI JOYCE,

I MET WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEY
LAUREL GIFT AND HAD HER TELL ME

EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO DO
TO MOVE THIS CASE FORWARD.

THE QUESTION NOW IS,
HAVE I DONE ENOUGH?

SO LET'S GET INTO WHAT
I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GATHER.

LAST TIME I MET WITH YOU,

YOU ASKED ME TO TRY TO DO
A COUPLE OF THINGS,

AND ONE OF THEM WAS TO FIND
AN EYEWITNESS

THAT WAS AT THE PARTY.

ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES
WAS ABLE TO TRACK

SOMEONE DOWN
WHO WAS AT THE PARTY

AND CONVINCED HIM
TO SPEAK WITH ME.

-THAT'S AMAZING.
-HE WAS VERY FORTHRIGHT.

I FOUND HIM VERY CREDIBLE.

HE DID LEAVE THE ROOM
FOR A FEW MINUTES

WHERE THE ALTERCATION
ORIGINALLY OCCURRED,

AND HE HEARD A COMMOTION.

EXITS THE ROOM,
COMES INTO THE LIVING ROOM,

AND THE FIRST THING HE SEES
IS DEVIN HINKLE

HOLDING CODI JOYCE
IN A HEADLOCK.

WHAT HE DID WAS TRY TO SEPARATE
EVERYONE ELSE,

AND HERE'S THE PEOPLE
HE BROUGHT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE --

A COUPLE GIRLS AND RYAN SABO.

AND AS HE'S STANDING THERE
WITH SABO,

SABO IS GETTING MORE
AND MORE UPSET,

MORE AND MORE AGGRAVATED,
AND HE'S SWEARING,

AND HE'S WANTING
TO GO BACK INSIDE.

THIS WITNESS IS TRYING TO CALM
HIM DOWN AND PLEADING WITH HIM,

"PLEASE DON'T DO IT, RYAN.
DON'T GO BACK IN."

AND AT SOME POINT, RYAN SAYS,
"[BLEEP] IT,"

AND GOES BACK INSIDE

AND CONTINUES TO FIGHT
WITH CODI AND DEVIN HINKLE.

HE'S OUTSIDE FOR A SIGNIFICANT
PERIOD OF TIME

AND GOES BACK INSIDE
TO ESCALATE THE FIGHT.

THAT'S -- THAT'S
REALLY GOOD EVIDENCE.

HOLD THAT THOUGHT.

SO I CALLED JOHN JOYCE,
CODI'S FATHER,

AND I ASKED HIM,
"DO YOU KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE

"WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
AFTER THIS INCIDENT?

I KNOW CODI DID,
BUT DID ANYBODY ELSE GO?"

AND HE SAID, "WELL, THERE'S
ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON

THAT I KNOW WENT
TO THE HOSPITAL."

AND HE SAID,
"IT WAS DEVIN HINKLE."

HE SAYS, "WELL, HE WENT
FOR A BITE MARK ON HIS ARM."

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO VERIFY YET,

BUT HE SAYS THAT THE ADA
ACTUALLY SHOWED THEM

A PICTURE OF THE BITE MARK
TO DEVIN'S ARM.

REALLY?

AND WERE THEY SAYING THIS
IN A MEETING

EXPLAINING WHY CHARGES
WEREN'T FILED?

THEY WERE TRYING TO TELL THEM
THAT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES

AS FAR AS, "LISTEN,
THIS IS SELF-DEFENSE.

LOOK AT THIS INJURY
TO DEVIN'S ARM. CODI BIT HIM."

AND I WOULD READ IT
THE OPPOSITE WAY.

THAT'S MY TAKING ON IT,
AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID IT.

YOU'RE IN A CHOKE HOLD.

YOU'RE TRYING TO DEFEND
YOURSELF, BREAK FREE,

AND YOU BITE.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

WELL, SO, IT GIVES US

HINKLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO OUR VICTIM, SO HE CAN'T SAY,

"WELL, IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE
AT THE PARTY. IT WASN'T ME."

I GOT ONE MORE THING
TO SHOW YOU.

I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET THIS.

I MET WITH MELODY,
CODI'S GIRLFRIEND,

AND SHE TOLD ME
ABOUT A GIRL, ALYSSA JURISTY.

ALYSSA JURISTY RECEIVED
A TEXT MESSAGE

THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT,

WAY BEFORE POLICE
HAD EVEN ARRIVED,

FROM RYAN SABO.

"I MIGHT BE GOING TO JAIL
TONIGHT. ME AND DINKLE --"

DEVIN HINKLE,
THAT'S HIS NICKNAME --

"MIGHT HAVE LITERALLY
KILLED GENO JOYCE.

"I DON'T KNOW
WHAT CONDITION HE IS IN.

WHEN WE LEFT, HE WAS OUT COLD.
IF I DO GO DOWN, I LOVE YOU."

OH, THAT'S AN ADMISSION.

I MEAN, THAT'S AS SIGNIFICANT
AS YOU FINDING AN EYEWITNESS

WHO'S WILLING TO COME FORWARD.

-SO HOW DO WE KNOW THIS IS REAL?
-I REACHED OUT TO ALYSSA.

I SPOKE TO HER BY PHONE.

OUT OF FEAR, SHE WANTS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS CASE,

SO I STARTED REACHING OUT
TO SOME SOURCES,

AND I GOT A PHONE CALL.

WE IMMEDIATELY HAD THE TEAM
START RECORDING ME.

THIS WAS NOT PLANNED,
AND I WANT TO PLAY IT FOR YOU.

♪

SO, SIR, TO CONFIRM,
YOU ARE AN ACTIVE POLICE OFFICER

AT THIS TIME
IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA?

AND AT THE TIME OF
THE CODI JOYCE INCIDENT,

YOU WERE
A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER.

YOU ACTUALLY PERSONALLY
WITNESSED,

AS AN OFFICER,
THE TEXT MESSAGE FROM RYAN SABO

WHERE HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVED
HIM AND DEVIN HINKLE

HAD KILLED CODI JOYCE?

WELL, I THINK WE FOUND OUT
EVIDENTIARY PROBLEMS, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THE POLICE HAVE
COMPLETELY FUMBLED

PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES

OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE.

THE PHONE ITSELF SHOULD HAVE
BEEN SEIZED AND IMAGED,

AND YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS
ON THE TEXT MESSAGE

TO VERIFY THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY
A TEXT MESSAGE FROM SABO TO HER

AND NOT SOME TEXT THAT SHE TYPED
UP AND CHANGED THE NAME OF.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, HIS DEATH
WAS BELIEVED TO BE AN OVERDOSE

OR SOME OTHER SORT OF ACCIDENT,

AND SO, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER
AND NOVEMBER,

YOU DON'T HAVE
A LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY

TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK
AT HIS CASE

UNTIL THE AUTOPSY REPORT
COMES OUT,

AT WHICH POINT THEY PICK UP
THE INVESTIGATION,

AND IT'S ALREADY ESSENTIALLY TOO
LATE FOR THIS PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

BUT WITH WHAT YOU'VE
BROUGHT ME TODAY,

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY
FEEL COMFORTABLE

WITH THE GENERAL CHARGE
OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE,

AND AS A PROSECUTOR
IN THAT COURT ROOM,

WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT
IN BRINGING THE CASE

BEFORE A JUDGE OR A JURY

AND ASKING FOR A CONVICTION

OF MURDER
IN THE THIRD DEGREE.

IF THIS CASE WAS PUT INTO
AN INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY,

THE MULTIPLE WITNESSES
THAT WERE THERE THAT NIGHT

THAT HAVE NOT COME FORWARD
COULD BE PROVIDED

WITH SOME MEASURE
OF PROTECTION,

AND PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
WOULD BE IN POSITION

OF HAVING
SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE.

WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT
A FIRST DEGREE MURDER CASE.

YOU WORKED FOR
THE D.A.'S OFFICE.

DO YOU FEEL THERE SHOULD BE
A GRAND JURY FOR THIS CASE?

ABSOLUTELY.
WITHOUT QUESTION.

♪

Levasseur: AS A FORMER COP,
I HATE TO SAY IT,

BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE MISSTEPS

IN THE BEGINNING
OF THIS INVESTIGATION BY POLICE

MAY BE THE REASON THE D.A.

IS HESITANT
ABOUT FILING ANY CHARGES.

I NEED TO SHARE WHAT I'VE
LEARNED WITH CODI'S PARENTS.

SO I'VE KIND OF LAID OUT,
WHAT I SEE,

AS THE THREE MAIN POINTS
AS FAR AS A FACT PATTERN

TO DETERMINE WHO THE INDIVIDUAL
WAS WHO CHOKED YOUR SON,

WHICH RIGHT FROM
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER,

WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH, RIGHT?
-RIGHT.

I'M NOT A LAWYER,
BUT I CONTACTED A LAWYER,

AN EXPERT, WHO ALSO WORKED FOR
THE D.A.'S OFFICE AT ONE POINT.

AS FAR AS RYAN SABO
AND DEVIN HINKLE ARE CONCERNED,

SHE BELIEVES THERE'S A STRONG
CASE OF POSSIBLY MANSLAUGHTER,

THIRD DEGREE MURDER, AND THIRD
DEGREE MURDER IS MALICE,

WHICH IS BASICALLY
DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE,

AND LAUREL GIFT
AND MYSELF BOTH AGREE

THAT THIS CASE NEEDS TO GO
TO A GRAND JURY,

AND WHY WOULD A GRAND JURY

HEARING BE BENEFICIAL
TO EVERYONE?

I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT
WE'VE DISCUSSED

WOULD HAVE TO GIVE
THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER
FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO CODI

THE NIGHT OF THE PARTY.

WELL, WITH A GRAND JURY HEARING,
IF YOU HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

LAUREL GIFT THINKS THAT
YOU HAVE A STRONG CASE

OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
FOR YOUR SON IN THIS CASE.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WANT THESE KIDS IN JAIL
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES

FOR WHAT THEY DID TO MY SON
AND HOW HE HAD TO SUFFER

AND HOW HE LAID THERE AND JUST
DIED, AND THEY WATCHED IT.

EVERY DAY, I GOT
TO LIVE WITH THIS.

WE GOT TO LIVE --

MY WHOLE FAMILY
GOT TO LIVE WITH IT.

HIS BROTHER AND HIS SISTER,
THEY GOT TO LIVE WITH IT.

THEY WERE ONLY 19 AND 21

AT THE TIME
THEIR BROTHER WAS MURDERED,

AND MY HEART BREAKS
FOR THEM SO MUCH.

♪

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Levasseur: IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT
THE D.A.'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THIS CASE
NOT BEING PROSECUTED.

SINCE MY INVESTIGATION,

A NEW DETECTIVE HAS BEEN
ASSIGNED TO CODI'S CASE,

BUT I WON'T STOP UNTIL A GRAND
JURY HEARING HAS BEEN CONVENED.

CODI'S FAMILY DESERVES
NOTHING LESS.

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