1 00:00:01,002 --> 00:00:03,961 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:04,046 --> 00:00:08,716 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:08,801 --> 00:00:10,509 [siren wailing] 4 00:00:10,553 --> 00:00:12,845 - geez. - Damn. 5 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:14,847 - For the last 15 years, 6 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:16,306 "the first 48" has followed thousands 7 00:00:16,392 --> 00:00:17,808 of homicide investigations... 8 00:00:17,893 --> 00:00:19,184 [camera shutter clicks] 9 00:00:19,270 --> 00:00:21,145 in more than 25 cities across the country. 10 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:22,521 ♪ ♪ 11 00:00:22,565 --> 00:00:24,023 "critical minutes" will be looking back 12 00:00:24,108 --> 00:00:26,150 at some of the most notable investigations 13 00:00:26,235 --> 00:00:27,651 in "the first 48." 14 00:00:27,737 --> 00:00:30,654 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:30,740 --> 00:00:32,031 [siren wailing] 16 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:34,366 - we have blood in the bathroom. 17 00:00:34,452 --> 00:00:35,826 - A family murdered. 18 00:00:35,870 --> 00:00:37,536 - The children are back here. 19 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:39,705 The body count's higher than usual. 20 00:00:39,749 --> 00:00:42,124 Makes it particularly gruesome. 21 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:43,959 - That's some violent [bleep]. 22 00:00:44,045 --> 00:00:45,502 - A kidnapping turned deadly. 23 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:47,129 - All murders are horrific, 24 00:00:47,214 --> 00:00:50,549 but this is probably the worst one I've ever worked. 25 00:00:50,593 --> 00:00:52,885 - Been a year since he went missing. 26 00:00:52,928 --> 00:00:54,845 - And a man's disappearance leads to answers 27 00:00:54,930 --> 00:00:55,846 after two years. 28 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:57,556 - We found ray. 29 00:00:57,641 --> 00:00:58,932 Ray's dead. 30 00:00:59,018 --> 00:01:00,893 - Tonight, we look back 31 00:01:00,978 --> 00:01:02,144 at some of the most haunting cases 32 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:03,228 in "first 48" history. 33 00:01:03,314 --> 00:01:04,438 [camera shutters clicking] 34 00:01:04,523 --> 00:01:07,441 [dramatic music] 35 00:01:07,526 --> 00:01:14,239 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:24,627 --> 00:01:26,043 - there are certain murders that haunt 37 00:01:26,087 --> 00:01:27,586 even the most seasoned detectives. 38 00:01:27,630 --> 00:01:29,713 This first case was particularly disturbing 39 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:31,590 because it involved children. 40 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:33,050 Six people were killed, 41 00:01:33,135 --> 00:01:34,468 and three critically injured. 42 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:36,929 Most of them belonging to the same family 43 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:39,890 and all in the same memphis house on lester street. 44 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:44,978 ♪ ♪ 45 00:01:45,064 --> 00:01:46,563 - [sighs] 46 00:01:46,649 --> 00:01:49,024 get this thing on. Gotta stay warm. 47 00:01:49,110 --> 00:01:50,442 - Do me a favor. 48 00:01:50,528 --> 00:01:52,111 Nobody comes in this house. 49 00:01:52,154 --> 00:01:53,654 I don't care what their rank is. 50 00:01:53,739 --> 00:01:54,780 I don't care who they are. 51 00:01:54,824 --> 00:01:56,073 - Clear. Yes, sir. 52 00:01:56,158 --> 00:01:59,118 [ominous music] 53 00:01:59,161 --> 00:02:03,997 ♪ ♪ 54 00:02:04,083 --> 00:02:06,667 - what the hell? It's all right here. 55 00:02:06,752 --> 00:02:09,753 ♪ ♪ 56 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:10,838 male narrator: In the living room 57 00:02:10,923 --> 00:02:12,464 are four adult victims 58 00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:14,758 shot multiple times. 59 00:02:14,844 --> 00:02:15,801 ♪ ♪ 60 00:02:15,886 --> 00:02:17,261 - they've been here a while too. 61 00:02:17,346 --> 00:02:18,804 ♪ ♪ 62 00:02:18,889 --> 00:02:21,640 - see, there ain't really no sign of a struggle in here. 63 00:02:21,725 --> 00:02:23,767 - So it's almost like they was made to come in here. 64 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:26,770 ♪ ♪ 65 00:02:26,856 --> 00:02:28,272 narrator: The first victim 66 00:02:28,315 --> 00:02:30,482 is 30-year-old cecil dotson 67 00:02:30,568 --> 00:02:32,109 who rents the house. 68 00:02:32,194 --> 00:02:33,610 ♪ ♪ 69 00:02:33,696 --> 00:02:36,113 also in the room is his girlfriend, 70 00:02:36,198 --> 00:02:38,824 27-year-old marissa williams, 71 00:02:38,868 --> 00:02:41,201 the mother of four of his children. 72 00:02:41,287 --> 00:02:42,619 ♪ ♪ 73 00:02:42,705 --> 00:02:45,330 - we've got multiple wounds. 74 00:02:45,374 --> 00:02:46,748 Variety of wounds. 75 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:49,001 Narrator: The third and fourth victims 76 00:02:49,086 --> 00:02:51,128 are 33-year-old hollis seals 77 00:02:51,172 --> 00:02:55,299 and girlfriend, 25-year-old shindri roberson. 78 00:02:55,384 --> 00:02:56,258 ♪ ♪ 79 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:58,802 both friends of cecil. 80 00:02:58,846 --> 00:03:01,180 - I think it starts in here 'cause the kids aren't-- 81 00:03:01,223 --> 00:03:03,473 they're probably closed up in the room. 82 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:05,642 We have blood in the bathroom. 83 00:03:05,728 --> 00:03:07,102 [dramatic music] 84 00:03:07,188 --> 00:03:08,353 on the toilet. 85 00:03:08,439 --> 00:03:10,147 On the tub. 86 00:03:10,232 --> 00:03:12,858 ♪ ♪ 87 00:03:13,777 --> 00:03:15,652 the children are back here. 88 00:03:15,738 --> 00:03:18,363 ♪ ♪ 89 00:03:18,449 --> 00:03:20,032 narrator: In back bedrooms, 90 00:03:20,075 --> 00:03:22,201 they find two of cecil's young sons 91 00:03:22,286 --> 00:03:24,036 also dead. 92 00:03:24,079 --> 00:03:27,080 ♪ ♪ 93 00:03:27,166 --> 00:03:28,332 [camera shutter clicks] 94 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:29,666 ♪ ♪ 95 00:03:29,752 --> 00:03:32,711 four-year-old cemario dotson... 96 00:03:32,755 --> 00:03:34,254 ♪ ♪ 97 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:37,716 and two-year-old cecil dotson ii. 98 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,676 - All right. - Talk to the news media-- 99 00:03:39,762 --> 00:03:42,012 - everybody-- everybody stand back. 100 00:03:42,097 --> 00:03:47,559 ♪ ♪ 101 00:03:47,603 --> 00:03:49,228 I want everything photographed as-is. 102 00:03:49,313 --> 00:03:51,188 No placards. 103 00:03:51,273 --> 00:03:54,149 Narrator: The team begins to process the crime scene 104 00:03:54,235 --> 00:03:56,360 for potential evidence. 105 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:57,819 ♪ ♪ 106 00:03:57,905 --> 00:03:59,071 - got a weapon. 107 00:03:59,156 --> 00:04:00,697 Shotgun. 108 00:04:00,783 --> 00:04:02,616 Narrator: Next to the body of cecil dotson, 109 00:04:02,701 --> 00:04:05,911 they find a shotgun which has not been fired. 110 00:04:05,996 --> 00:04:07,871 - He may been reaching for that. 111 00:04:07,957 --> 00:04:09,039 ♪ ♪ 112 00:04:09,083 --> 00:04:10,666 - knife blade, ok. - Yeah. 113 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:12,251 - A knife blade, knife blade. 114 00:04:12,336 --> 00:04:13,752 This is a butcher knife. 115 00:04:13,837 --> 00:04:16,964 Narrator: They find broken off knife blades and handles 116 00:04:17,049 --> 00:04:18,507 throughout the house. 117 00:04:18,592 --> 00:04:21,551 - We got a lot of-- splintered wood has been used. 118 00:04:21,637 --> 00:04:23,720 We're gonna take that, see if we can process that at all. 119 00:04:23,806 --> 00:04:26,098 Narrator: They also find pieces of wood, 120 00:04:26,141 --> 00:04:29,434 apparently used to beat the child victims. 121 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,147 Narrator: Based on the condition of the bodies, 122 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:35,816 the team believes the murders occurred 123 00:04:35,901 --> 00:04:39,403 sometime between 24 and 48 hours prior. 124 00:04:42,032 --> 00:04:45,117 - The body count's higher than usual. 125 00:04:45,202 --> 00:04:48,161 It makes it particularly gruesome, you know? 126 00:04:48,247 --> 00:04:49,162 ♪ ♪ 127 00:04:49,248 --> 00:04:52,082 um... 128 00:04:52,167 --> 00:04:53,625 The kids bother me more than anything 129 00:04:53,669 --> 00:04:55,585 'cause the kids ain't done anything to anybody. 130 00:04:55,671 --> 00:05:00,257 ♪ ♪ 131 00:05:00,301 --> 00:05:01,591 - it's a seven-year-old, 132 00:05:01,677 --> 00:05:04,094 eight-year-old, and then a two-month-old baby. 133 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:05,971 The baby's got a major head wound. 134 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:08,807 That other one got the sawzall blade in its head, 135 00:05:08,892 --> 00:05:12,352 and then that other one's got major head trauma. 136 00:05:12,438 --> 00:05:16,565 Got multiple facial fractures, fractured skull, 137 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,525 stab wounds on each side of the eye. 138 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:19,609 ♪ ♪ 139 00:05:19,695 --> 00:05:23,322 - so if--if I'm correct on the times... 140 00:05:23,365 --> 00:05:24,740 ♪ ♪ 141 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:28,118 those kids laid there for... 142 00:05:28,203 --> 00:05:30,704 A day? - Yeah. 143 00:05:30,789 --> 00:05:32,289 - Can you imagine? 144 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:35,292 ♪ ♪ 145 00:05:35,377 --> 00:05:38,295 [dramatic music] 146 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:42,132 ♪ ♪ 147 00:05:42,217 --> 00:05:43,550 - we wanna find out who did it. 148 00:05:43,635 --> 00:05:49,139 ♪ ♪ 149 00:05:49,224 --> 00:05:51,308 narrator: Jessie claims that cecil was in a gang 150 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:53,060 called gangster disciples, 151 00:05:53,145 --> 00:05:54,686 and that cecil had been feuding 152 00:05:54,730 --> 00:05:56,563 with an alleged fellow gang member 153 00:05:56,648 --> 00:05:58,690 nicknamed doc holliday. 154 00:05:58,734 --> 00:06:05,197 ♪ ♪ 155 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,948 - you don't know doc's real name, do you? 156 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:08,075 - Mm-mm. 157 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,412 ♪ ♪ 158 00:06:12,498 --> 00:06:14,206 - ganger disciples have been known 159 00:06:14,291 --> 00:06:16,541 to--to do all kinds of things. 160 00:06:16,585 --> 00:06:19,795 But we've never--we've never seen anything like this before. 161 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,839 [ominous music] 162 00:06:22,925 --> 00:06:24,174 ♪ ♪ 163 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:27,052 - looking up some old gd gang members right now. 164 00:06:27,096 --> 00:06:28,220 Narrator: Sargant rick davidson 165 00:06:28,305 --> 00:06:30,430 tracks down an ex-member of the gds, 166 00:06:30,516 --> 00:06:32,599 the gangster disciples. 167 00:06:32,684 --> 00:06:35,185 ♪ ♪ 168 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:37,270 stark and max go in to talk 169 00:06:37,356 --> 00:06:39,606 to the ex-gangster disciples gang member. 170 00:06:39,691 --> 00:06:41,733 ♪ ♪ 171 00:06:41,819 --> 00:06:43,026 - here's the thing. 172 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,196 - [distorted voice] right. 173 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,198 - If you were to write him up, 174 00:06:48,283 --> 00:06:51,076 what would be the penalty? 175 00:06:53,205 --> 00:06:54,204 - A d.V.? 176 00:06:56,250 --> 00:06:58,375 ♪ ♪ 177 00:06:58,460 --> 00:06:59,584 - kill you? 178 00:07:06,802 --> 00:07:08,468 - What do you think in your heart? 179 00:07:08,554 --> 00:07:14,558 ♪ ♪ 180 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:17,727 narrator: The man says the gds 181 00:07:17,813 --> 00:07:20,730 may have ordered to kill the whole family. 182 00:07:20,816 --> 00:07:23,108 They call this a blackout. 183 00:07:23,152 --> 00:07:27,320 ♪ ♪ 184 00:07:27,406 --> 00:07:30,323 [dramatic music] 185 00:07:30,409 --> 00:07:37,289 ♪ ♪ 186 00:07:48,010 --> 00:07:50,427 narrator: Nicole says that for their safety, 187 00:07:50,512 --> 00:07:52,637 she and her family moved last night 188 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:56,099 from her apartment to another family member's house. 189 00:07:56,185 --> 00:07:58,602 - You started receiving some phone calls last night 190 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:01,771 that your family was in danger? 191 00:08:01,857 --> 00:08:04,232 Narrator: Nicole says that soon after they moved, 192 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:06,443 someone started calling her 193 00:08:06,528 --> 00:08:08,778 from her empty apartment. 194 00:08:08,864 --> 00:08:11,865 - Do you know who the person was that was calling you? 195 00:08:11,950 --> 00:08:17,662 ♪ ♪ 196 00:08:19,208 --> 00:08:22,459 - the whole family moved from sister's house. 197 00:08:22,544 --> 00:08:25,754 There was a phone call made to the sister's cell phone 198 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:27,464 from her house. 199 00:08:27,549 --> 00:08:29,925 ♪ ♪ 200 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:31,426 - this was just found out about her. 201 00:08:31,512 --> 00:08:32,969 - They're hunting 'em. 202 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:34,095 [slams papers] 203 00:08:34,181 --> 00:08:35,680 - somebody's got to be in my house 204 00:08:35,724 --> 00:08:37,849 for my number to show up on here. 205 00:08:37,893 --> 00:08:39,309 This is my back door key. 206 00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:40,977 ♪ ♪ 207 00:08:41,063 --> 00:08:42,521 narrator: Sargent bart ragland 208 00:08:42,564 --> 00:08:44,814 heads out with the tactical team. 209 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:47,651 - Hopefully, you know, we don't have another crime scene there. 210 00:08:47,736 --> 00:08:49,027 ♪ ♪ 211 00:08:49,112 --> 00:08:50,403 [helicopter whirring] [indistinct radio chatter] 212 00:08:50,489 --> 00:08:51,947 ♪ ♪ 213 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,323 [knocks] 214 00:08:53,408 --> 00:08:54,407 [dramatic music] 215 00:08:54,493 --> 00:08:55,575 - got it? 216 00:08:55,661 --> 00:08:57,077 [door creaking] 217 00:08:57,162 --> 00:08:59,538 - police warrant. - Police! 218 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:00,914 [door snaps] 219 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:02,499 - anybody in the apartment? Hello. 220 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:03,542 ♪ ♪ 221 00:09:03,627 --> 00:09:06,294 police! Police! 222 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:08,213 Police now. Police! 223 00:09:08,298 --> 00:09:10,006 - Excuse me. 224 00:09:10,092 --> 00:09:11,383 ♪ ♪ 225 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:13,176 - police department! 226 00:09:13,262 --> 00:09:19,558 ♪ ♪ 227 00:09:19,601 --> 00:09:21,059 - clear? - We're clear. 228 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:23,687 Narrator: They find no signs of forced entry. 229 00:09:23,772 --> 00:09:26,690 [indistinct chatter] 230 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:28,275 across town, 231 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,361 sergeants caroline mason and joe stark 232 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:33,196 return to the hospital, 233 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:35,532 hoping the oldest surviving child, 234 00:09:35,576 --> 00:09:38,243 9-year-old cecil dotson jr., 235 00:09:38,328 --> 00:09:41,079 has recovered enough to talk to them. 236 00:09:41,164 --> 00:09:43,206 - It's one of these up-and-down cases. 237 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:46,876 And a lot of it might depend on that nine-year-old. 238 00:09:46,962 --> 00:09:53,258 ♪ ♪ 239 00:09:54,303 --> 00:09:55,927 narrator: Three hours later, 240 00:09:55,971 --> 00:09:57,596 mason returns from the hospital 241 00:09:57,681 --> 00:09:59,389 with startling news. 242 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:01,558 ♪ ♪ 243 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:03,810 - and I said, "well, you know why I'm here." 244 00:10:03,895 --> 00:10:05,395 we started talking about it. 245 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,398 I said, "what happened to you?" 246 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:09,774 it's all on tape. 247 00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:12,319 Narrator: The case takes a turn. 248 00:10:12,404 --> 00:10:19,367 ♪ ♪ 249 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:34,299 ♪ ♪ 250 00:10:34,343 --> 00:10:35,634 narrator: The nine-year-old says 251 00:10:35,677 --> 00:10:36,968 that his father's brother, 252 00:10:37,054 --> 00:10:40,722 jessie dotson, also known as uncle junior, 253 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:43,558 is the one who attacked him. 254 00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:52,817 - Kind of a shocking change of events. 255 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:55,153 We've had jessie in protective custody 256 00:10:55,197 --> 00:10:56,905 the whole time with his family. 257 00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,074 We're gonna contact the tact unit, 258 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:00,617 and get them to bring him down here 259 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:01,701 and see what he'll tell us. 260 00:11:01,787 --> 00:11:05,330 ♪ ♪ 261 00:11:05,374 --> 00:11:07,499 pe for a confession 262 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:09,084 when they go into an interview, 263 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,294 but for a crime as horrific as this, 264 00:11:11,380 --> 00:11:14,255 it's also a chance to find out why. 265 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:15,840 ♪ ♪ 266 00:11:15,926 --> 00:11:17,801 - have a seat. 267 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:19,636 Narrator: The team brings jessie dotson 268 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:20,929 back to homicide. 269 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:22,180 ♪ ♪ 270 00:11:22,265 --> 00:11:24,683 - we gonna go at jessie pretty hard tonight. 271 00:11:24,726 --> 00:11:28,478 I don't expect him to come off with anything willingly. 272 00:11:28,522 --> 00:11:30,063 I don't expect him to come off with anything 273 00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:32,107 just right off the bat. 274 00:11:33,568 --> 00:11:35,193 Narrator: Lieutenant tony armstrong 275 00:11:35,237 --> 00:11:38,113 decides to interview jessie himself. 276 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,657 - What's up? 277 00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:43,159 I'm lieutenant armstrong. All right? 278 00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:46,204 Let me ask you something. 279 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,332 How old are you? 280 00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:59,384 - So you've been in jail almost most of your adult life? 281 00:12:02,139 --> 00:12:04,013 - You have made some bad mistakes, man, 282 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,891 and we all make bad mistakes. 283 00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:09,269 You've had our worst day. 284 00:12:09,354 --> 00:12:11,730 I ain't gonna tell you about your worst day, man. 285 00:12:14,776 --> 00:12:16,276 I wanna get you some help. 286 00:12:16,319 --> 00:12:19,320 That's what you need more than anything else in the world. 287 00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:23,324 Why you hurting, man? 288 00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:30,206 - Talk to me about it, man. 289 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:31,332 - [sniffs] 290 00:12:35,589 --> 00:12:36,838 - give me your hand, man. 291 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:38,214 ♪ ♪ 292 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:39,883 I got you, dawg. 293 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:41,217 You got me? 294 00:12:41,303 --> 00:12:43,928 I got you. I'm telling you I got you. 295 00:12:44,014 --> 00:12:45,930 Give me the other hand, man. 296 00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:47,766 Give me your hand, playa. Come on, man. 297 00:12:47,851 --> 00:12:50,518 Reach out here. Reach out too. 298 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:52,687 - [breathing heavily] 299 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:54,898 - I got you, man. I got you. 300 00:12:56,485 --> 00:12:59,027 We can't do this by ourselves, man, I'm telling you, man. 301 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:02,781 This got both of us messed up. 302 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:14,751 - Just talk to me. 303 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:20,924 [soft dramatic music] 304 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:25,637 ♪ ♪ 305 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:28,097 what they call you? 306 00:13:28,183 --> 00:13:30,099 - Junior. - Junior? 307 00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:32,477 Everybody in your family call you junior? 308 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:33,812 - Yeah. 309 00:13:33,897 --> 00:13:36,439 - Everybody in your family call you junior? 310 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:39,609 Listen to this. 311 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,241 - What'd they say? 312 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:47,408 - Junior. 313 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:49,160 ♪ ♪ 314 00:13:49,204 --> 00:13:50,620 - junior. 315 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:52,914 What did you just tell me your family says? 316 00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:54,040 ♪ ♪ 317 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:56,376 - they know me by junior. - By junior! 318 00:13:56,461 --> 00:13:57,710 - Junior. 319 00:13:57,796 --> 00:13:59,295 - What did that little boy just get through saying? 320 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,130 - Junior. - Junior! 321 00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:02,507 ♪ ♪ 322 00:14:02,592 --> 00:14:05,134 that's what that little boy just got through saying. 323 00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:06,302 Junior! 324 00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:08,513 [dramatic music] 325 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:10,932 that's what the [bleep] he said! 326 00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:12,475 He didn't mix it up! 327 00:14:12,561 --> 00:14:14,018 ♪ ♪ 328 00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:15,478 but you [bleep] up, 329 00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,313 and you left somebody alive at their [bleep] damn house. 330 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:21,109 You left somebody alive that can identify your [bleep] ass! 331 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,278 A child 332 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,530 called your name. 333 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,448 Jun-ior. 334 00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:33,955 ♪ ♪ 335 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,665 I'm listening. 336 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:38,668 [ominous music] 337 00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:40,712 ♪ ♪ 338 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:42,130 [sighs] 339 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:49,220 ♪ ♪ 340 00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:00,398 narrator: According to jessie, 341 00:15:00,442 --> 00:15:03,359 he and cecil had been out the night of the murders. 342 00:15:03,445 --> 00:15:05,069 They started arguing. 343 00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:06,738 When they returned to the house, 344 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:09,157 cecil reached for his shotgun. 345 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:15,914 ♪ ♪ 346 00:15:15,957 --> 00:15:18,416 - how many times you shoot him? 347 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,084 - [mumbles indistinctly] - hm? 348 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:23,546 - What about the women? What'd you do with them? 349 00:15:25,216 --> 00:15:27,342 - Didn't you shoot the women? 350 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:28,593 - Yeah. 351 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:32,889 - Tell me what happened. 352 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:41,022 - Then what happened? 353 00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:50,281 [dramatic music] 354 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:51,908 - by doing what? 355 00:15:51,993 --> 00:15:58,373 ♪ ♪ 356 00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:00,875 - where'd you get the knife from? 357 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:03,294 - Where? 358 00:16:05,674 --> 00:16:07,548 - All right. I'll be right back. 359 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:13,638 ♪ ♪ 360 00:16:13,682 --> 00:16:16,516 - it's terrible that he would do this. 361 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:19,102 Narrator: According to jessie's sister, nicole, 362 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:22,772 he has not been the same since serving time in prison. 363 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:24,607 - My brother got hatred in his heart 364 00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,150 towards his family 365 00:16:26,194 --> 00:16:29,654 because when he did those 13 and a half years, 366 00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:31,614 he felt like we was not there for him. 367 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:38,663 ♪ ♪ 368 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:52,427 - as a detective approaches the end of their career, 369 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,304 you're often haunted by the cases you couldn't close. 370 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:58,099 For me, it was the 2015 investigation 371 00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,810 into the disappearance of navy veteran ray howard. 372 00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:04,105 ♪ ♪ 373 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,607 I'd really love to solve that ray howard case. 374 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:07,984 ♪ ♪ 375 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:09,235 he didn't pick up his paycheck. 376 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,528 I mean, he just left 377 00:17:10,572 --> 00:17:12,447 all his belongings, his car, everything. 378 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:15,116 So I mean, that is definitely odd. 379 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,285 ♪ ♪ 380 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:18,703 [wind chimes ringing] 381 00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:21,831 - ray's roommate, robert, reported him missing. 382 00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:27,837 ♪ ♪ 383 00:17:27,922 --> 00:17:30,673 - this trip to kansas never happened. 384 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:32,967 Narrator: Ray's roommate, robert tyson, 385 00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:34,802 became a person of interest 386 00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:37,972 when detectives were unable to corroborate his story. 387 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:39,891 - You know robert tyson? 388 00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:43,728 He's like, "I didn't tell them that we had a fist fight 389 00:17:43,813 --> 00:17:45,396 "the night before. 390 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:47,190 It's not gonna look good on me." 391 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,942 - if you're thinking about motives to kill ray, 392 00:17:50,028 --> 00:17:52,570 one would be, you know, 25 grand 393 00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:54,572 in his 401k. 394 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:56,657 When did he sign that over to robbie? 395 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:59,077 - Couple weeks before... Both: He disappeared. 396 00:17:59,162 --> 00:18:00,286 - It's either you, 397 00:18:00,371 --> 00:18:03,081 or there's something that we're missing. 398 00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:04,499 - I--I don't have an explanation. 399 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:06,084 I don't know. 400 00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:07,376 It's not me. 401 00:18:07,462 --> 00:18:08,836 ♪ ♪ 402 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:11,047 I've been cooperative. I have nothing to hide. 403 00:18:11,132 --> 00:18:14,050 [dramatic music] 404 00:18:14,135 --> 00:18:15,510 ♪ ♪ 405 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:18,054 - been a year tomorrow since he went missing. 406 00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:19,055 ♪ ♪ 407 00:18:19,099 --> 00:18:21,182 one year anniversary. 408 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:22,892 This was my first case-- 409 00:18:22,977 --> 00:18:24,477 first case I got assigned to in homicide. 410 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:26,521 - Is it really? - Yeah. 411 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:29,107 - Still bothers me that we haven't solved it. 412 00:18:29,192 --> 00:18:31,359 Ray's family needs some answers. 413 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:37,281 ♪ ♪ 414 00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:39,867 in 2015 415 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,494 will keep you up at night. 416 00:18:41,579 --> 00:18:44,497 Once a case goes cold, it's very difficult to solve. 417 00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:45,790 Seven months had passed 418 00:18:45,834 --> 00:18:47,250 since we started reinvestigating 419 00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:49,127 the case of ray howard's disappearance 420 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:51,087 when suddenly we got a break. 421 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:52,380 - Breaking news. 422 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,215 Possible human remains were found in vera. 423 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,218 This is just outside of ramona. 424 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:58,761 A surveyor made the discovery. 425 00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:01,681 ♪ ♪ 426 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:03,766 [camera shutter clicking] 427 00:19:03,852 --> 00:19:10,898 ♪ ♪ 428 00:19:16,156 --> 00:19:17,655 - the remains were wrapped in-- 429 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:20,158 in two layers of plastic with duct tape. 430 00:19:20,201 --> 00:19:23,452 So, uh, it's not like he just walked off 431 00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:25,454 and got hit by a car 432 00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:26,998 or any kind of accidental deal. 433 00:19:27,041 --> 00:19:28,249 I mean, it's gonna be a murder. 434 00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,792 ♪ ♪ 435 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:32,170 hoping to find some kind of forensic evidence 436 00:19:32,213 --> 00:19:34,380 in that plastic or the duct tape, 437 00:19:34,465 --> 00:19:35,673 but he's been out there in the elements 438 00:19:35,717 --> 00:19:38,467 for coming up on two years now. 439 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:40,845 [sighs] 440 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:42,638 [birds chirping] 441 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:43,764 [car door opens] 442 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:50,688 [ominous music] 443 00:19:50,732 --> 00:19:52,940 - I think he was just right there. 444 00:19:53,026 --> 00:19:55,109 - She said he was 49 feet from the road. 445 00:19:55,195 --> 00:19:59,071 ♪ ♪ 446 00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:01,616 [camera shutter clicking] 447 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:05,077 ♪ ♪ 448 00:20:05,163 --> 00:20:07,496 - yeah, it's amazing that they found him at all. 449 00:20:07,582 --> 00:20:09,123 ♪ ♪ 450 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:12,126 it is a pretty perfect place. 451 00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:13,836 If he's wanting to get rid of the--the weapon, 452 00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:15,338 does he leave it with it? 453 00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,715 Or does he throw it in the dumpster before he gets here? 454 00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:20,051 Does he just-- [exhales] 455 00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:21,177 chuck it out there into the field? 456 00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:23,179 ♪ ♪ 457 00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:24,555 - lots of questions. 458 00:20:24,641 --> 00:20:25,765 Hopefully he'll answer them once we say, 459 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:28,184 "hey, got your dna on the stuff." 460 00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:31,395 ♪ ♪ 461 00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:32,855 - in the initial investigation, 462 00:20:32,941 --> 00:20:34,565 we identified a person of interest, 463 00:20:34,609 --> 00:20:36,651 ray's roommate, robert tyson. 464 00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,069 At the time of ray's disappearance, 465 00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:40,029 there was not enough evidence to charge him, 466 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:42,240 but once ray's body was discovered, 467 00:20:42,283 --> 00:20:44,367 we hoped to find new evidence. 468 00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:47,370 [energetic music] 469 00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:53,042 ♪ ♪ 470 00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:54,543 - we just got the lab results back. 471 00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:57,296 [dramatic music] 472 00:20:57,382 --> 00:20:59,215 all right, so we're gonna see if we got any hits 473 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:00,841 in that duct tape, or in that plastic, 474 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:02,510 or, you know, even in the clothing. 475 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,595 ♪ ♪ 476 00:21:04,681 --> 00:21:06,180 come on, come on, come on. 477 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:07,765 ♪ ♪ 478 00:21:07,809 --> 00:21:10,393 we got nothing. 479 00:21:10,478 --> 00:21:13,980 They weren't able to find any dna evidence at all 480 00:21:14,065 --> 00:21:15,523 in the remains. 481 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,191 ♪ ♪ 482 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:19,235 so I don't know if we're gonna have enough 483 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:20,778 to present to the da. 484 00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:22,405 Everything's inconclusive. 485 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:24,448 ♪ ♪ 486 00:21:24,534 --> 00:21:26,409 I've decided I'm gonna take a new job 487 00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:28,703 with something completely different, 488 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,037 and do something else where I can spend 489 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:31,580 some more time with my family. 490 00:21:31,666 --> 00:21:33,457 So at this point, 491 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:35,084 I just don't think I can take it to the finish line. 492 00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:41,590 ♪ ♪ 493 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,134 after I left homicide, 494 00:21:43,177 --> 00:21:45,428 detective max ryden took over the investigation. 495 00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,972 He decided to take a look at robert tyson's phone records 496 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,933 to see where he was around the time of ray's disappearance. 497 00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:53,978 [ominous music] 498 00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:56,897 - I'm looking at robbie's phone records. 499 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,691 It's showing he's making phone calls 500 00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:00,484 to maria after the incident 501 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:02,778 from a town north of tulsa in skiatook. 502 00:22:02,864 --> 00:22:04,405 ♪ ♪ 503 00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:06,240 ray's phone was found near there, 504 00:22:06,326 --> 00:22:08,868 and ray's body was found north of that 505 00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:10,161 in another town. 506 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:13,080 So the phone records show that after the incident, 507 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:14,999 it appears that robbie headed north 508 00:22:15,084 --> 00:22:17,335 and dumped ray and his phone 509 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:20,004 during the same time frame on the same path. 510 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:22,590 [dramatic music] 511 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:24,717 so I'm feeling pretty good about the case right now. 512 00:22:24,802 --> 00:22:25,968 First I wanna talk to robbie 513 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:27,720 before I submit the case to the da's office. 514 00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:30,765 [upbeat music] 515 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:36,520 ♪ ♪ 516 00:22:39,901 --> 00:22:43,027 let's go into the morning that you last saw ray. 517 00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:45,029 What time did you wake up? 518 00:22:45,114 --> 00:22:46,280 - Pretty early. 519 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:48,449 5:00 or 5:30 maybe. 520 00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:49,950 [ominous music] 521 00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,285 - and was he up already? 522 00:22:51,371 --> 00:22:52,703 - Yes. He was up. 523 00:22:52,747 --> 00:22:55,748 - And then you washed your truck out, you said? 524 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:56,916 - Yeah. 525 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:58,709 Got the trash out of the back of the truck, 526 00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:00,336 and cleaned the mud out, and stuff. 527 00:23:00,421 --> 00:23:02,129 ♪ ♪ 528 00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,048 - did you talk with your ex-girlfriend maria 529 00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:06,467 about a fight that you'd had with ray before he left? 530 00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:09,512 - I have no clue where that came from. 531 00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:11,680 - Mm-kay. 532 00:23:11,766 --> 00:23:14,809 Do you know we found blood in the apartment? 533 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,727 ♪ ♪ 534 00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:18,687 narrator: Three months after ray went missing, 535 00:23:18,773 --> 00:23:20,648 the team searched the apartment he shared 536 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,942 with robert for blood spatter. 537 00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:24,944 [spraying liquid] 538 00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,654 - oh! 539 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:27,780 Look at that. 540 00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:29,156 - As big as that stain is... 541 00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:30,699 - That looks like... - Blood. 542 00:23:30,785 --> 00:23:33,494 [camera shutter clicking] 543 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,121 ♪ ♪ 544 00:23:35,206 --> 00:23:38,457 - would there be any reasonable explanation 545 00:23:38,543 --> 00:23:41,669 how that blood ended up where it ended up? 546 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:45,589 ♪ ♪ 547 00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,258 - all right, robert. 548 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:48,551 Nut cutting time. 549 00:23:48,636 --> 00:23:50,219 ♪ ♪ 550 00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:51,929 we found ray. 551 00:23:51,973 --> 00:23:53,556 Ray's dead. 552 00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:57,643 ♪ ♪ 553 00:23:57,728 --> 00:24:00,020 - I'll let you know that in a minute. 554 00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:01,856 I know when he was killed. 555 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,983 It was on or about September the 4th. 556 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:05,776 I know where he was killed. 557 00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:07,278 It was in that apartment 'cause of the blood. 558 00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:08,737 I know how he was killed. 559 00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:11,157 He was beaten over the head with something. 560 00:24:11,242 --> 00:24:13,033 The question you have to answer is 561 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:14,827 why he was killed. 562 00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:19,623 [dramatic music] 563 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:21,417 for as long as ray howard's did, 564 00:24:21,502 --> 00:24:22,543 you wanna see it solved 565 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,503 regardless of who closes the case. 566 00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:27,256 With new evidence about robert tyson's phone records in hand, 567 00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:28,841 detective ryden confronted him. 568 00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:30,801 ♪ ♪ 569 00:24:30,887 --> 00:24:32,219 - for some reason, 570 00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:35,598 he switched you to his beneficiary on his account. 571 00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:37,933 I've got your girlfriend saying 572 00:24:38,019 --> 00:24:40,811 he admitted there was a fight the night before. 573 00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:43,439 The person that killed him 574 00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:45,691 took his old phone, 575 00:24:45,776 --> 00:24:48,777 and at some point during the next four days, 576 00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:51,989 they drive it out, put it on the side of the road. 577 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:53,908 At some point during that weekend, 578 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:57,495 you made a--calls from your apartment, 579 00:24:57,580 --> 00:25:00,039 but you also went to skiatook during that time frame. 580 00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:01,582 [ominous music] 581 00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:02,917 - yeah. 582 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:04,835 - And his phone that was recovered 583 00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:07,755 is right in between the two. 584 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,257 This is another piece to the puzzle. 585 00:25:11,219 --> 00:25:14,970 These are all things that anybody with common sense-- 586 00:25:17,642 --> 00:25:20,809 - everything beyond a reasonable doubt says 587 00:25:20,895 --> 00:25:23,771 robert and ray had a fight, and ray got killed, 588 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:25,940 and robert got rid of his body. 589 00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:27,358 ♪ ♪ 590 00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:29,818 I don't know if any detective's ever told you this. 591 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:31,946 I am telling you. You killed ray. 592 00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:35,366 ♪ ♪ 593 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:38,160 - did not. 594 00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:41,247 I'm not--I'm not denying it looks bad. 595 00:25:41,332 --> 00:25:44,041 It d--it does. 596 00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:45,417 I had nothing to do with it. 597 00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:48,712 ♪ ♪ 598 00:25:48,798 --> 00:25:50,130 - ok, I'll let you get out of here, man. 599 00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:51,674 So I appreciate you coming down, 600 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:52,758 being man enough to talk to me about it. 601 00:25:52,843 --> 00:25:54,677 - Thank you. 602 00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:57,638 [dramatic music] 603 00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:04,728 ♪ ♪ 604 00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:40,055 ♪ ♪ 605 00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:46,729 - did he say who this person was, 606 00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:48,105 how he knew him? 607 00:26:51,861 --> 00:26:53,068 - Ok. 608 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,616 - But he admits he did kill his roommate? 609 00:27:10,379 --> 00:27:12,212 - Did he say with what? 610 00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:29,813 ♪ ♪ 611 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:34,777 - when I heard robert tyson was arrested, 612 00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:37,071 I felt great for the family, you know, 613 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:39,198 so that they could get a little bit of closure. 614 00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:42,284 To know that all those paths that we took 615 00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:44,495 that continued to lead us back 616 00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,622 to robert was correct, 617 00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:47,831 it just felt really good 618 00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:49,583 and gave me a little bit of closure. 619 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:56,256 ♪ ♪ 620 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,176 - so last night a young couple 621 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:01,512 was kidnapped and taken hostage. 622 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:03,722 This morning at 6:09 a.M., 623 00:28:03,808 --> 00:28:06,308 the victims are discovered in northwest atlanta. 624 00:28:06,394 --> 00:28:09,353 The female who was seven months pregnant 625 00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:10,896 was taken to the hospital, 626 00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:12,106 and right now, we're hearing 627 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:14,650 that she's in critical condition. 628 00:28:14,694 --> 00:28:17,986 The male victim is deceased at the scene. 629 00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:19,780 [ominous music] 630 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:22,074 [birds chirping] 631 00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:29,081 ♪ ♪ 632 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:36,130 ♪ ♪ 633 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:46,098 - the female is briana brooks. 634 00:28:46,183 --> 00:28:49,393 ♪ ♪ 635 00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:52,104 narrator: 23-year-old jeronta brown 636 00:28:52,189 --> 00:28:55,607 and his fiancée, 21-year-old briana brooks, 637 00:28:55,693 --> 00:28:58,318 were in the middle of planning their wedding. 638 00:28:58,404 --> 00:29:00,988 They have an eight-month-old daughter, 639 00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:03,574 and briana is seven months pregnant 640 00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:05,784 with their second child. 641 00:29:05,870 --> 00:29:07,995 ♪ ♪ 642 00:29:10,708 --> 00:29:12,458 ♪ ♪ 643 00:29:12,543 --> 00:29:14,918 narrator: Jeronta was shot at close range. 644 00:29:14,962 --> 00:29:17,921 [camera shutter clicking] 645 00:29:19,592 --> 00:29:21,133 - yeah. 646 00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:24,178 [dramatic music] 647 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:25,721 narrator: Three hours in... 648 00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:27,097 - Where do we stand 649 00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:28,557 with the criminal investigation side of this? 650 00:29:28,642 --> 00:29:30,100 Narrator: The team meets 651 00:29:30,186 --> 00:29:32,060 with dekalb county detective lynn schuler, 652 00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:34,271 who's been working the kidnapping investigation 653 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:36,648 for eight hours. 654 00:29:36,734 --> 00:29:42,112 ♪ ♪ 655 00:29:42,198 --> 00:29:43,447 - correct. 656 00:29:43,491 --> 00:29:44,823 Narrator: Schuler says the suspects 657 00:29:44,909 --> 00:29:47,034 have been calling jeronta's step-father, 658 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:48,494 demanding a ransom. 659 00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:50,078 ♪ ♪ 660 00:29:50,164 --> 00:29:51,205 - 150,000 cash. 661 00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:53,540 ♪ ♪ 662 00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:55,083 that's a lot. 663 00:29:57,129 --> 00:30:04,134 ♪ ♪ 664 00:30:04,178 --> 00:30:05,886 narrator: Five hours in, 665 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,971 jeronta's fiancée clings to life 666 00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:11,517 as doctors struggle to save her and her baby. 667 00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:14,186 - They take someone who's seven months pregnant, 668 00:30:14,271 --> 00:30:16,730 handcuff her behind her back, 669 00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:19,483 and shoot her execution style. 670 00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:21,485 You know, I mean all murders are horrific, 671 00:30:21,529 --> 00:30:24,696 but this is probably the worst one I've ever worked. 672 00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:26,156 ♪ ♪ 673 00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:31,245 er brutality 674 00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:32,538 involved in the homicides. 675 00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:33,789 When an engaged couple 676 00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:35,290 was shot on the side of the road, 677 00:30:35,376 --> 00:30:38,377 atlanta detectives spoke with the victim's stepfather 678 00:30:38,462 --> 00:30:39,545 about the kidnapper's ransom demands. 679 00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:46,635 ♪ ♪ 680 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,017 narrator: He says that when he refused to open the door, 681 00:30:54,061 --> 00:30:55,811 the men took jeronta and briana. 682 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:08,323 [ominous music] 683 00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:15,330 ♪ ♪ 684 00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:19,042 - why would they think that you would be in a position 685 00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:21,211 to give them that kind of money? 686 00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:24,631 - Why would they think that? 687 00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:28,886 [ominous music] 688 00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:30,012 - [sighs] 689 00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:36,852 ♪ ♪ 690 00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:43,150 - hey, you wanna hop in the back seat? 691 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:44,651 [dramatic music] 692 00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:45,903 there's my card. 693 00:31:46,906 --> 00:31:48,238 - Read that card. 694 00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,074 - Yeah. 695 00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:53,577 Here's the thing: Your phone popped up 696 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:54,828 in some phone records that I'm looking at. 697 00:31:54,914 --> 00:31:55,871 - Ok. 698 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:57,539 - Within the past seven days, 699 00:31:57,625 --> 00:32:00,375 your phone number has appeared in these phone records-- 700 00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:06,798 ♪ ♪ 701 00:32:06,884 --> 00:32:09,259 - what's his name? E? 702 00:32:09,345 --> 00:32:11,803 Narrator: The woman says the number belongs to a man 703 00:32:11,889 --> 00:32:13,180 nicknamed e. 704 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,307 - Ok. 705 00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:17,768 Where do you know him from? 706 00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:21,438 - How long you known him? 707 00:32:25,778 --> 00:32:28,403 ♪ ♪ 708 00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:29,863 - how hard do you think it would be 709 00:32:29,949 --> 00:32:31,740 for you to find out his real name? 710 00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:33,241 ♪ ♪ 711 00:32:33,327 --> 00:32:36,119 you're our only help right now. 712 00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:40,582 - Ok. Ok, well, we appreciate that. 713 00:32:41,543 --> 00:32:42,501 - Thank you. 714 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:49,591 ♪ ♪ 715 00:33:00,396 --> 00:33:03,438 yeah, this tipster called the homicide office this morning. 716 00:33:03,524 --> 00:33:06,316 She said that a good friend of hers 717 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,028 got a voicemail the night of the kidnappings and murders, 718 00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:12,948 and she feels like this voicemail 719 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:16,159 could somehow be related to this case. 720 00:33:16,245 --> 00:33:20,163 So we're gonna go catch up with that friend of hers. 721 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:23,667 [car beeps] [door clicks shut] 722 00:33:23,711 --> 00:33:27,254 ♪ ♪ 723 00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:30,007 tell me about the voicemail that you got. 724 00:33:30,092 --> 00:33:31,967 You got a disturbing message. 725 00:33:32,052 --> 00:33:33,301 ♪ ♪ 726 00:33:33,387 --> 00:33:35,303 narrator: 30 minutes after jeronta and briana 727 00:33:35,389 --> 00:33:36,680 were kidnapped, 728 00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:38,974 someone accidentally dialed the man 729 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,184 and left a three minute voicemail. 730 00:33:41,270 --> 00:33:44,354 - What do you think this has got to do with it? 731 00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:51,611 - Whose number is that that it came from? 732 00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:55,073 [ominous music] 733 00:33:55,159 --> 00:33:56,992 - I gotta take this voicemail off the phone, 734 00:33:57,077 --> 00:33:58,660 take it back to hq. 735 00:34:00,748 --> 00:34:03,165 [car beeps] 736 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:09,046 ♪ ♪ 737 00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:12,883 so this is a butt-dial voicemail 738 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:16,178 that was left 30 minutes after my kidnapping occurred. 739 00:34:16,263 --> 00:34:20,515 ♪ ♪ 740 00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:22,309 - [breathing] [beeps] 741 00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:28,565 - oh, wow. 742 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:31,193 - "we ain't trying to hurt your baby, ma'am." 743 00:34:31,278 --> 00:34:33,445 she was seven months pregnant. 744 00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:37,991 ♪ ♪ 745 00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:52,714 - that is a woman. - Mm-hmm. 746 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,926 Narrator: Leonpacher recognizes the woman's voice. 747 00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:57,511 - [distorted voice] homicide? 748 00:34:57,596 --> 00:34:59,721 - Yeah. 749 00:34:59,807 --> 00:35:01,389 I think it's her voice. 750 00:35:01,475 --> 00:35:04,768 I think she's in the van when it all went down. 751 00:35:04,812 --> 00:35:06,269 - Yeah, she's gonna have some explaining to do. 752 00:35:06,355 --> 00:35:08,188 - [exhales] 753 00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,316 [tense music] 754 00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:16,863 ♪ ♪ 755 00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:19,699 narrator: The woman comes to homicide 756 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:22,077 with a lawyer. 757 00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:24,204 - She might be able to bring down the whole pyramid here. 758 00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:27,332 [dramatic music] 759 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:29,292 ♪ ♪ 760 00:35:29,378 --> 00:35:30,919 narrator: She admits to knowing andre 761 00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:32,462 since before he went to prison, 762 00:35:32,548 --> 00:35:35,048 and that she recently reconnected with him. 763 00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:44,766 Narrator: She says they made plans to hang out 764 00:35:44,852 --> 00:35:46,810 with a man called fathead 765 00:35:46,854 --> 00:35:48,937 the night of the kidnappings. 766 00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:58,196 - There it is. Bam, boom. 767 00:35:58,282 --> 00:36:00,115 Narrator: She says they parked outside 768 00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:02,367 jaronte's step-dad's house. 769 00:36:02,452 --> 00:36:04,828 Moments later, a car pulled up. 770 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:15,338 ♪ ♪ 771 00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:17,174 narrator: She says andre and fathead 772 00:36:17,217 --> 00:36:21,011 then forced jaronte and briana into the van. 773 00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:30,187 ♪ ♪ 774 00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:32,105 - what's the girl saying? 775 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:42,616 ♪ ♪ 776 00:36:43,911 --> 00:36:46,203 - and what else did you say after that? 777 00:36:51,585 --> 00:36:52,876 - Thank you. 778 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,045 - [cries] 779 00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:57,964 narrator: She said they drove to an apartment complex 780 00:36:58,050 --> 00:37:01,218 where fathead called jaronte's stepdad. 781 00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:15,398 Narrator: She and andre got into a car 782 00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:17,234 and followed fathead and the couple 783 00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:19,069 to a dark street. 784 00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:30,580 Narrator: She says andre stayed behind 785 00:37:30,666 --> 00:37:33,083 with fathead and the victims. 786 00:37:39,216 --> 00:37:41,299 - Who pulled the trigger? 787 00:37:41,385 --> 00:37:46,471 [tense music] 788 00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:49,391 itness 789 00:37:49,476 --> 00:37:52,394 to learn how a young couple ended up dead. 790 00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:54,562 ♪ ♪ 791 00:37:54,648 --> 00:37:56,564 - who killed these people? 792 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:02,779 ♪ ♪ 793 00:38:02,823 --> 00:38:04,572 - how do you know that? 794 00:38:04,658 --> 00:38:11,621 ♪ ♪ 795 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:13,957 ♪ ♪ 796 00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:17,210 - biggest question: Is there an e? 797 00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:24,301 ♪ ♪ 798 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:29,639 - so he doesn't exist. He's a ghost? 799 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:38,815 ♪ ♪ 800 00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:43,945 - I'm looking for fathead. 801 00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:46,114 - I have a fathead in my case. 802 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:47,615 - Really? 803 00:38:47,701 --> 00:38:49,993 Narrator: Fathead has an open murder warrant 804 00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:51,786 for one of demeester's cases. 805 00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,621 - His name is richard wilson. 806 00:38:53,707 --> 00:38:56,875 ♪ ♪ 807 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,377 narrator: 40-year-old richard wilson, 808 00:38:59,463 --> 00:39:01,296 aka fathead, 809 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:03,965 has prior convictions for armed robbery, 810 00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,593 aggravated assault, and manslaughter. 811 00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:09,429 He was recently released from prison. 812 00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:10,972 - I'm looking to talk to him, 813 00:39:11,058 --> 00:39:13,308 but he's never made himself available. 814 00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,935 [energetic music] 815 00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:20,482 ♪ ♪ 816 00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:29,491 ♪ ♪ 817 00:39:29,576 --> 00:39:31,576 narrator: The next day, 818 00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:34,454 fathead is extradited back to atlanta. 819 00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:38,833 - The main reason we wanted to talk to you 820 00:39:38,919 --> 00:39:41,461 is because of a double homicide that occurred 821 00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:43,213 on the morning of August 30th. 822 00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:45,507 Ok, you oughta start answering. 823 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,637 [dramatic music] 824 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:57,727 ♪ ♪ 825 00:40:04,486 --> 00:40:05,985 narrator: He says they grabbed the couple, 826 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:08,029 took them to the front door, 827 00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:10,073 and started knocking. 828 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,162 - You're saying, "open the door." 829 00:40:16,248 --> 00:40:18,498 - yeah. - He ain't doing it. 830 00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:41,104 ♪ ♪ 831 00:40:56,955 --> 00:41:03,960 ♪ ♪ 832 00:41:07,883 --> 00:41:14,888 ♪ ♪ 833 00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,898 [dark music] 834 00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:28,735 ♪ ♪ 835 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:30,069 - his description is horrific. 836 00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:32,906 I mean, it literally shocks the conscience. 837 00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:35,450 It's absolutely heinous, and he knows it. 838 00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:37,118 ♪ ♪ 839 00:41:37,204 --> 00:41:40,079 [somber music] 840 00:41:40,165 --> 00:41:47,128 ♪ ♪ 841 00:41:48,882 --> 00:41:51,758 [dark music] 842 00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:58,640 ♪ ♪ 843 00:42:08,568 --> 00:42:11,277 - I think about my old cases all the time. 844 00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:14,989 I can't walk through or drive through tulsa 845 00:42:15,075 --> 00:42:16,616 without thinking about a case. 846 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,326 [somber music] 847 00:42:18,411 --> 00:42:22,705 you think about those murders, all the different motives, 848 00:42:22,749 --> 00:42:26,042 how evil humans can be. 849 00:42:26,086 --> 00:42:28,503 That's something that will always sit in my mind. 850 00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:35,635 ♪ ♪