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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,033 NARRATOR: New Orleans, The Big Easy, 2 00:00:06,066 --> 00:00:08,233 is known for its Southern charm, 3 00:00:08,266 --> 00:00:11,500 renowned jazz, and vibrant night life. 4 00:00:11,533 --> 00:00:14,166 KATIE: A group of friends decided to go out 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,533 and hit the town. 6 00:00:15,567 --> 00:00:18,567 NARRATOR: But it's not without its dark side. 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,133 KATIE: By the end of that night, one of them was dead. 8 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:27,166 JOLENE: There was a car that had a body burned in it 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,500 and shot in it, and I just knew. 10 00:00:31,266 --> 00:00:33,367 NARRATOR: A close circle of friends, 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,100 an unthinkable crime. 12 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:37,600 LAUREN: It left a lot of blanks and a lot of questions 13 00:00:37,633 --> 00:00:40,233 as to, like, what exactly happened. 14 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:45,600 NICHOLAS: Who is this woman? What was going on in her life 15 00:00:45,633 --> 00:00:47,367 and what led to her murder? 16 00:00:48,567 --> 00:00:51,600 NARRATOR: Now the victim's own words. 17 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:58,367 NARRATOR: Could be the key to solving this murder. 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,367 ROBERT: Our jaws dropped. It was the most horrific call. 19 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,500 On the night in question, she wanna go out 20 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:06,567 and have a good time 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,533 and it ended in horror. 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,166 [♪♪♪] 23 00:01:37,567 --> 00:01:40,233 NARRATOR: It's a hot sultry summer weekend 24 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:42,266 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 25 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:48,433 KATIE: New Orleans is the place where people come to cut loose. 26 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,633 It is a place where I think people feel like anything goes. 27 00:01:53,667 --> 00:01:55,633 ♪ [ INDISTINCT ] the chic and the other a couple behind ♪ 28 00:01:55,667 --> 00:01:57,600 ♪ You can see the flowers, pretty on the dress ♪ 29 00:01:57,633 --> 00:01:59,633 ♪ Back every single day, I come in finesse ♪ 30 00:02:03,233 --> 00:02:05,367 NARRATOR: And on this night, a group of girls 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,533 is getting ready to hit the town. 32 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,600 LAUREN: Jessica and Lindsay, they were my best friends. 33 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:20,633 Jessica was almost like our mom. 34 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:24,667 She was like the mom of the group. 35 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:27,400 She's fun but she's to herself. 36 00:02:27,433 --> 00:02:31,200 She's not as outgoing as the rest of us. 37 00:02:31,233 --> 00:02:33,500 Lindsay was very outgoing, very funny, 38 00:02:33,533 --> 00:02:35,333 very fun to be around. 39 00:02:37,233 --> 00:02:40,200 JESSICA: Lindsay called me and I was getting my hair done. 40 00:02:40,233 --> 00:02:43,367 And she was really excited about being home 41 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,300 because she's always working out of town. 42 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:48,300 And she was asking what I was doing 43 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:50,133 and she wanted to hang out. 44 00:02:51,567 --> 00:02:55,633 So we decided to go out and celebrate her being home 45 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:59,133 and us not seeing each other for quite some time. 46 00:03:06,467 --> 00:03:09,233 LAUREN: That night, they wanted me to come with them. 47 00:03:09,266 --> 00:03:11,734 I didn't. I had my kids. I didn't have a babysitter. 48 00:03:11,767 --> 00:03:14,734 So I stayed home. 49 00:03:14,767 --> 00:03:18,400 The group of friends that me and Lindsay and Jessica 50 00:03:18,433 --> 00:03:20,333 that we hang out with, 51 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:23,367 it's pretty much the same crowd every time. 52 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,633 So what happened that night 53 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:27,433 definitely wasn't what I was expecting at all. 54 00:03:27,467 --> 00:03:30,367 It was shocking. 55 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,500 JESSICA: I was gonna take my car at first 56 00:03:32,533 --> 00:03:35,367 and then Lindsay was kind of upset with me 57 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,533 and was like "Please ride with me." 58 00:03:37,567 --> 00:03:40,767 And then we headed to a lounge that we used to hang out 59 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,500 and eat and just drink and listen to music. 60 00:03:45,567 --> 00:03:49,767 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 61 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,200 ROBERT: Lindsay and Jessica were out at Gabby's 62 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:54,433 which is a sports bar. 63 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,266 They would run into different people that they knew. 64 00:04:01,734 --> 00:04:03,700 They've been hanging out. They were drinking. 65 00:04:05,433 --> 00:04:07,533 They went to Gabby's for a little while. 66 00:04:07,567 --> 00:04:10,533 Then they went and met Melanie and Bam 67 00:04:10,567 --> 00:04:12,600 at Spice. 68 00:04:12,633 --> 00:04:17,000 Melanie was very outgoing, very fun to be around. 69 00:04:17,033 --> 00:04:19,467 Bam, he was a good friend. 70 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:21,567 He was almost like a big brother. 71 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:26,600 After they went to Spice, 72 00:04:26,633 --> 00:04:29,000 Jessica decided she wanted to go home. 73 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,300 Not unusual. Jessica is always the first person 74 00:04:34,333 --> 00:04:36,333 to leave anytime we go out. 75 00:04:38,367 --> 00:04:40,633 JESSICA: It wasn't that I didn't like Spice. 76 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:43,300 It wasn't the atmosphere or anything. 77 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:45,667 I just started to feel extremely weird 78 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:47,033 and I was telling her, I was like 79 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:48,734 I think we really should go home, 80 00:04:48,767 --> 00:04:50,433 call it a night. 81 00:04:53,500 --> 00:04:56,667 LAUREN: Jessica, she leaves, finds a ride home. 82 00:04:58,467 --> 00:05:00,734 Lindsay wasn't ready to go home. 83 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:03,500 So they went to Passions. 84 00:05:06,767 --> 00:05:08,333 NICHOLAS: Passions is a strip club 85 00:05:08,367 --> 00:05:09,767 that a lot of locals go to. 86 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,700 It's in New Orleans east. It's in what's considered 87 00:05:11,734 --> 00:05:13,033 a rougher part of town. 88 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,000 It's not considered an upscale establishment 89 00:05:17,033 --> 00:05:19,300 but it's cheap which is why a lot of locals go there. 90 00:05:19,333 --> 00:05:20,667 I think the night of this crime. 91 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:22,700 I think the cover was like five dollars 92 00:05:22,734 --> 00:05:24,667 to get in or something like that. 93 00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:28,667 LAUREN: Passions. 94 00:05:28,700 --> 00:05:31,000 That's not anywhere that Lindsay or Melanie 95 00:05:31,033 --> 00:05:33,633 hung out very often 96 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:36,633 but they knew the doorman. 97 00:05:36,667 --> 00:05:37,734 It was a friend of theirs, 98 00:05:37,767 --> 00:05:40,066 so they went to just hang out there. 99 00:05:41,533 --> 00:05:43,667 At Passions, they ran into the friend 100 00:05:43,700 --> 00:05:46,066 of Lindsay's, Thayon, 101 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:49,033 he was out that night with his friend Troy. 102 00:05:51,133 --> 00:05:54,266 They were drinking, you know, laughing, talking. 103 00:05:56,633 --> 00:05:59,433 NARRATOR: As the night slips into early morning, 104 00:05:59,467 --> 00:06:01,700 Bam and Lindsay are ready to head home, 105 00:06:05,633 --> 00:06:09,333 leaving Melanie at the club alone. 106 00:06:19,567 --> 00:06:22,734 [♪♪♪] 107 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:32,400 NICHOLAS: On the morning of June 21st, 2015 at 6:17, 108 00:06:32,433 --> 00:06:34,133 our communications department received a call 109 00:06:34,166 --> 00:06:36,433 from some security guards 110 00:06:36,467 --> 00:06:39,066 about an abandoned possible stolen vehicle. 111 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,000 Then about 7:17, we got another phone call 112 00:06:48,033 --> 00:06:51,367 about that vehicle being on fire on the side of the road. 113 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,533 [SIREN WAILING] 114 00:06:55,567 --> 00:06:58,734 NARRATOR: Firefighters arrive to more smoke than fire. 115 00:06:58,767 --> 00:07:01,734 But soon, make a gruesome discovery. 116 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:08,767 NICHOLAS: And they found the body in the trunk. 117 00:07:10,633 --> 00:07:12,633 That's when homicide was notified. 118 00:07:18,767 --> 00:07:20,700 ROBERT: I get to the scene. 119 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:24,400 Trunk's open, the doors are open. 120 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,000 And then I walk to the trunk. 121 00:07:28,033 --> 00:07:29,467 I've been doing this for a while 122 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:32,767 and it was a pretty horrific crime scene. 123 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,567 She was kind of lying. 124 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,533 Her back kind of almost somewhat fetal position 125 00:07:41,567 --> 00:07:45,433 and she had obvious burn marks to her body. 126 00:07:45,467 --> 00:07:48,033 I could see at least one gunshot wound to her neck. 127 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:50,667 Also importantly there was a gun in the trunk. 128 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:51,767 It was also burned. 129 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,133 We have crime scene techs come out 130 00:07:54,166 --> 00:07:57,166 and they photographed the entire scene. 131 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,567 They photographed the car, the inside of the car, 132 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,033 the trunk of the car. 133 00:08:03,633 --> 00:08:05,433 We ran the license plate. 134 00:08:10,033 --> 00:08:12,066 The car comes back to Lindsay Nichols. 135 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:18,100 We found Lindsay's work ID in the door. 136 00:08:18,133 --> 00:08:19,233 We saw the photograph 137 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:21,133 and it did match the girl in the trunk. 138 00:08:22,767 --> 00:08:25,233 I wanted to find out why is this girl out here? 139 00:08:25,266 --> 00:08:27,033 Where is she coming from? 140 00:08:28,533 --> 00:08:30,033 Who was she with? 141 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,500 MELANIE: I didn't know him. 142 00:08:39,533 --> 00:08:42,100 All I knew is that was the last person 143 00:08:42,133 --> 00:08:43,633 that left with my friend. 144 00:08:45,433 --> 00:08:46,734 NICHOLAS: He discovered that she actually, 145 00:08:46,767 --> 00:08:48,667 the victim herself, called 911. 146 00:08:51,033 --> 00:08:53,533 A couple hours before we found her body. 147 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,500 [♪♪♪] 148 00:09:09,533 --> 00:09:13,066 NICHOLAS: On the morning of June 21st, 2015, 149 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:14,300 somebody called 911 and said 150 00:09:14,333 --> 00:09:16,567 there was a vehicle on fire in New Orleans 151 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,100 East on Michoud Boulevard. 152 00:09:20,533 --> 00:09:23,033 ROBERT: Firefighters go out, extinguishes the fire, 153 00:09:23,066 --> 00:09:24,600 pop the trunk open. 154 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,133 And there was a female in the trunk. 155 00:09:30,033 --> 00:09:32,200 NARRATOR: Thirty-one year old Lindsay Nichols 156 00:09:32,233 --> 00:09:34,233 has been viciously murdered. 157 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,133 ROBERT: Our coroner's office came out. 158 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:41,200 We removed Lindsay's body from the trunk. 159 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,000 And further examined her wounds. 160 00:09:46,033 --> 00:09:48,100 Saw some additional gunshot wounds. 161 00:09:48,133 --> 00:09:50,066 Looked like she had been strangled. 162 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:51,734 She was burned. 163 00:09:51,767 --> 00:09:53,734 A very horrible manner of death. 164 00:09:54,767 --> 00:09:56,333 I looked inside the vehicle. 165 00:09:56,367 --> 00:09:59,567 There was a plastic bag on the passenger seat 166 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,200 that the exterior was burned 167 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:04,100 but the contents were still intact. 168 00:10:04,133 --> 00:10:06,100 But before we had it processed, 169 00:10:06,133 --> 00:10:08,066 we had to apply for a search warrant. 170 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:11,600 Upon recovering her remains and having her 171 00:10:11,633 --> 00:10:14,734 taken to the coroner's office, the detectives towed the car 172 00:10:14,767 --> 00:10:17,000 back to the police department's headquarters 173 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:18,266 where it would be processed 174 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:20,000 with an advanced crime scene lab. 175 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:27,600 [♪♪♪] 176 00:10:32,667 --> 00:10:35,600 JOLENE: June 21st was Father's Day. 177 00:10:37,667 --> 00:10:40,633 In the morning, I did text Lindsay 178 00:10:40,667 --> 00:10:42,567 to remind her that it was Father's Day 179 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,100 so she would text my husband 180 00:10:44,133 --> 00:10:47,266 and wish him a Happy Father's Day. 181 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:50,333 And I didn't think much of it when she didn't text back 182 00:10:50,367 --> 00:10:52,734 because I figured she had been out the night before 183 00:10:52,767 --> 00:10:55,767 and she was probably sleeping late. 184 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,600 So I waited a little while and in the meantime, 185 00:10:59,633 --> 00:11:03,300 I just happened to get a voicemail from a gentleman 186 00:11:03,333 --> 00:11:06,233 that bought our house in St. Charles Parish. 187 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:09,066 And the message was that the cops 188 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:11,033 had come by my house 189 00:11:11,066 --> 00:11:15,200 looking for the parents of Lindsay Nichols. 190 00:11:15,233 --> 00:11:17,567 Well, at that point I knew something was wrong. 191 00:11:20,166 --> 00:11:23,333 [♪♪♪] 192 00:11:28,033 --> 00:11:32,066 I received a call from a mutual friend 193 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:35,133 that they found a car on the side of the interstate 194 00:11:35,166 --> 00:11:36,700 that looks like Lindsay's car 195 00:11:36,734 --> 00:11:40,633 and they said that a body was in the trunk. 196 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:44,166 From there, I turned on the news 197 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,700 to see what they were talking about 198 00:11:45,734 --> 00:11:47,767 and look at the car 199 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,033 to see if it, like, resembled Lindsay's. 200 00:11:51,066 --> 00:11:53,700 I just got a really bad feeling in my-- 201 00:12:06,066 --> 00:12:08,700 I'm sorry. [ SOBS ] 202 00:12:16,066 --> 00:12:19,066 JOLENE: So then we started making phone calls 203 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:21,033 and I finally got a hold of the police 204 00:12:21,066 --> 00:12:23,266 when they told me the only thing I could do 205 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,600 is come to the morgue in the morning. 206 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:34,266 NARRATOR: Lindsay's family and friends 207 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:37,266 identify her body the next day 208 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:40,133 then they have the impossible job 209 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:43,734 of breaking the news to her young son Peter. 210 00:12:43,767 --> 00:12:45,333 JOLENE: Telling a nine year old 211 00:12:45,367 --> 00:12:48,333 that his mom had been shot. 212 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:52,066 He thought we were joking and he felt we were teasing, 213 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:54,400 and he kept saying, "You're teasing me, stop." 214 00:12:54,433 --> 00:12:56,266 And it was so hard. 215 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:01,400 It was just heartbreaking, 216 00:13:01,433 --> 00:13:04,100 and we kept saying, "No, it's true." 217 00:13:04,133 --> 00:13:07,400 And he, he, he broke down. 218 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:14,000 I had no idea who could've done it, 219 00:13:14,033 --> 00:13:16,000 I mean, I didn't know who she had been 220 00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:17,433 with that night, 221 00:13:17,467 --> 00:13:19,734 um, I had no clue. 222 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:27,300 ROBERT: In this case, the condition of the car 223 00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:29,266 and the condition of Lindsay's body, 224 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:32,333 it seemed very personal like someone knew her, 225 00:13:32,367 --> 00:13:34,266 maybe ex-boyfriend, lover, 226 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:36,400 or some kind of love interest or something like that, 227 00:13:36,433 --> 00:13:38,166 we really didn't know. 228 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,200 We didn't know much about her background yet. 229 00:13:41,533 --> 00:13:44,100 MELANIE: Lindsay, she worked a lot. 230 00:13:44,133 --> 00:13:46,266 She was a workaholic. 231 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:50,533 JOLENE: She would work seven days a week, 232 00:13:50,567 --> 00:13:52,367 twelve hours a day. 233 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:57,266 JESSICA B: Lindsay did timekeeping so she would travel 234 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:59,467 to different locations where they needed that. 235 00:14:02,266 --> 00:14:05,100 MELANIE: She very seldom got to let her hair down 236 00:14:05,133 --> 00:14:06,200 and go out. 237 00:14:08,333 --> 00:14:10,767 So when she got the chance, 238 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,333 that's exactly what she wanted to do. 239 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,033 ROBERT: We're able to reach her friends 240 00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:19,767 that were out there with her that night 241 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,767 they came in and laid out the whole story that night 242 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,367 which gave us a blueprint of where to start. 243 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,266 MELANIE: I met up with Jessica and Lindsay 244 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:31,300 at Spice Bar and Grill on St. Bernard Avenue. 245 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,266 And when I got there, Jessica was waiting 246 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:38,233 on her ride to leave. 247 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:44,533 Then me, Lindsay, and a friend of hers 248 00:14:44,567 --> 00:14:48,200 that she knew from Spice, his name was Bam. 249 00:14:50,767 --> 00:14:54,200 And we decided to leave and go to Passions, 250 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:02,300 he rode with Lindsay to Passions 251 00:15:02,333 --> 00:15:05,133 and I followed them there. 252 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,266 And when we got there, 253 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:16,367 Lindsay had noticed someone that she knew, 254 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,200 Thayon, and she gave him a big hug 255 00:15:20,233 --> 00:15:22,333 and jumped into his arms, 256 00:15:22,367 --> 00:15:25,300 and she engaged in a conversation with him 257 00:15:25,333 --> 00:15:27,166 for a few minutes 258 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,233 and then she returned to the bar with me 259 00:15:31,266 --> 00:15:33,100 and had a couple of drinks. 260 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:36,600 Lindsay was very popular, very known, 261 00:15:36,633 --> 00:15:39,500 she had a lot, a lot, a lot of friends, 262 00:15:39,533 --> 00:15:42,233 so I didn't pay any mind to it. 263 00:15:47,233 --> 00:15:51,066 Later on, Lindsay and Bam decided to call it a night 264 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,066 and leave, I decided to stay 265 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:56,233 and have a few more drinks. 266 00:15:56,266 --> 00:15:58,333 She said she would give me a call the next day 267 00:15:58,367 --> 00:16:01,133 that maybe we could go swimming or, you know, 268 00:16:01,166 --> 00:16:03,133 just hook up and chill. 269 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:07,533 Lindsay said that she was dropping Bam off at his car. 270 00:16:09,133 --> 00:16:11,200 He was the last one with her. 271 00:16:13,533 --> 00:16:15,400 I didn't know him. 272 00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:18,100 All I knew is that was the last person 273 00:16:18,133 --> 00:16:20,033 that left with my friend 274 00:16:20,066 --> 00:16:21,467 and then all of a sudden, 275 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:25,633 I found out that my friend's car 276 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:28,300 and her body got burned up 277 00:16:30,033 --> 00:16:31,367 in New Orleans and I just thought 278 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,433 he had something to do with it. 279 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:44,500 [♪♪♪] 280 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,567 ROBERT: Lindsay went out with some friends 281 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,200 and they go out to have a good time 282 00:16:50,233 --> 00:16:51,667 and this critical event happens 283 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,667 and the whole night goes sideways. 284 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:58,300 Lindsay's friends tells about this guy she's with, 285 00:16:58,333 --> 00:17:02,300 Bam, and that he, he's a friend, you know, 286 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:04,333 no romantic involvements, 287 00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:07,333 and he was the last one with Lindsay. 288 00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:09,266 So obviously he's someone we got to talk to 289 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:11,367 because you're the last person with Lindsay 290 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,166 and now she's dead. 291 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,500 NARRATOR: Nobody knows Bam's real name. 292 00:17:16,533 --> 00:17:19,467 So finding him could prove challenging. 293 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,333 NICHOLAS: Detective Barrere had a nickname 294 00:17:21,367 --> 00:17:22,533 to start working with, 295 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:25,533 and he started checking various databases, 296 00:17:25,567 --> 00:17:27,467 eventually he's able to find an individual 297 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:30,266 that fits the description, 298 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:31,734 he still got some of Lindsay's friends 299 00:17:31,767 --> 00:17:34,266 in the office so he prints up a picture, 300 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:36,633 shows it to 'em, and bam, 301 00:17:36,667 --> 00:17:39,166 they identified this guy named Bam. 302 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:47,300 A couple days after we found Lindsay's body, 303 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:48,700 Detective Barrere and his partner 304 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:50,734 rode out to Bam's house and convinced him 305 00:17:50,767 --> 00:17:54,233 to come into the homicide office and sit down with the detectives 306 00:17:54,266 --> 00:17:55,667 and talk to us about her death. 307 00:17:58,333 --> 00:18:00,500 ROBERT: He comes in and just says, you know, 308 00:18:00,533 --> 00:18:02,233 "It's terrible what happened to her. 309 00:18:02,266 --> 00:18:03,700 I saw her that night." 310 00:18:03,734 --> 00:18:07,200 And then Bam lays out what he did. 311 00:18:09,367 --> 00:18:11,567 He confirmed that they were at these series of clubs, 312 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,233 she brought him back to his car, 313 00:18:17,266 --> 00:18:19,600 he went to a convenience store, 314 00:18:19,633 --> 00:18:21,500 bought some food, 315 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:24,367 went home, and that was it. 316 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,700 So we go out and look his alibi. 317 00:18:34,767 --> 00:18:38,233 We found a camera near another convenience store outside 318 00:18:38,266 --> 00:18:40,467 facing Bam's house 319 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:44,533 to confirm that he gets home at the time he said he did. 320 00:18:44,567 --> 00:18:47,500 And we find out that he was nowhere near Lindsay 321 00:18:47,533 --> 00:18:49,633 at the time of this homicide. 322 00:18:49,667 --> 00:18:51,500 So we moved on from Bam. 323 00:18:56,300 --> 00:18:58,467 NARRATOR: Their first lead now fruitless. 324 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:01,700 Investigators hope Lindsay's car will provide clues 325 00:19:01,734 --> 00:19:04,400 about the night she was murdered. 326 00:19:04,433 --> 00:19:06,433 ROBERT: We got the search warrant for Lindsay's car 327 00:19:06,467 --> 00:19:08,600 and we had it processed a few days later, 328 00:19:10,734 --> 00:19:13,500 and then the biggest piece, in my opinion, 329 00:19:13,533 --> 00:19:17,200 is that plastic bag that was meant to be burned. 330 00:19:17,233 --> 00:19:19,333 In that bag, we located a white undershirt, 331 00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:21,600 it had blood on the outside of the shirt, 332 00:19:21,633 --> 00:19:22,700 there are a pair of, like, 333 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:25,233 red gym shorts with blood on them 334 00:19:26,367 --> 00:19:28,266 and there are a pair of tube socks that were bloody, 335 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:29,700 it was male clothing who's believed 336 00:19:29,734 --> 00:19:33,467 is the possibly the suspect's clothing. 337 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:35,467 We believe that whoever did this 338 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:36,700 wanted to burn the evidence in the car 339 00:19:36,734 --> 00:19:39,667 but lucky for us, it didn't burn. 340 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,000 NICHOLAS: They processed the car that morning 341 00:19:45,033 --> 00:19:46,400 and by that afternoon [ INDISTINCT ] 342 00:19:46,433 --> 00:19:48,667 bagging up the clothing collected 343 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:51,667 and called in the DNA lab at the state police crime lab 344 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:54,567 and trying to make arrangements to get that expedited test, 345 00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:57,667 because the inside of the shorts is gonna have 346 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,000 just the owner of the shorts' DNA. 347 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,200 We had a chance to identify the suspect. 348 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:10,567 ROBERT: At that point we got Lindsay's phone number 349 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,700 and I requested a search warrant for her cell phone records. 350 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:21,633 NARRATOR: The search warrant and the DNA results 351 00:20:21,667 --> 00:20:23,734 will take time to process 352 00:20:23,767 --> 00:20:27,400 but Lindsay's preliminary autopsy report is in 353 00:20:27,433 --> 00:20:31,400 and the details are devastating. 354 00:20:31,433 --> 00:20:34,533 ROBERT: And it showed that she was shot multiple times, 355 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,400 uh, she was manually strangled, 356 00:20:37,433 --> 00:20:40,600 she had bruising to her face indicating she was beaten. 357 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:44,333 And then she also have thermal damage 358 00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:46,033 to her body from the fire. 359 00:20:48,767 --> 00:20:51,467 She had a lot of injuries and that to me screams 360 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:54,100 someone who is super angry like hateful, 361 00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:56,767 like, something happened to set this person off 362 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,633 to do this to this young girl. 363 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,533 JOLENE: The coroner's report 364 00:21:06,734 --> 00:21:10,033 was the hardest part, yeah. 365 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:16,266 Um, just, I'm not gonna go into details. 366 00:21:22,033 --> 00:21:25,400 [♪♪♪] 367 00:21:27,533 --> 00:21:30,667 JESSICA B: We were allowed to view her body 368 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:32,500 before she was cremated. 369 00:21:35,734 --> 00:21:39,100 They say that if it's a tragic accident, like, 370 00:21:39,133 --> 00:21:41,600 you know, something tragic happens to someone, 371 00:21:41,633 --> 00:21:43,633 I expected her to look, um, 372 00:21:45,033 --> 00:21:47,667 like tense and scared, 373 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:50,633 and, but she just looked like she was sleeping. 374 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:54,000 [♪♪♪] 375 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:06,533 NARRATOR: On July 15th, 376 00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:09,467 investigators finally receive Lindsay's phone records, 377 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:14,400 and what they learn is haunting. 378 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:16,066 NICHOLAS: While Detective Barrere looked through 379 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:18,100 Lindsay's cell phone records, 380 00:22:18,133 --> 00:22:22,033 he discovered that she actually, the victim herself, called 911 381 00:22:22,066 --> 00:22:24,033 couple hours before we found her body. 382 00:22:25,734 --> 00:22:28,033 ROBERT: So we rushed over to our, um, 383 00:22:28,066 --> 00:22:30,567 communication section where they have the 911 Center, 384 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,033 we have them pull the 911 call Lindsay made from her car 385 00:22:34,066 --> 00:22:36,133 and we all listened to that. 386 00:22:43,567 --> 00:22:45,166 It was-- it was incredible. 387 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,467 So our jaws dropped, it was the most horrific call. 388 00:22:50,767 --> 00:22:54,367 [♪♪♪] 389 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,100 [♪♪♪] 390 00:23:11,533 --> 00:23:15,433 JOLENE: It was Lindsay telling them over and over, 391 00:23:15,467 --> 00:23:17,500 "Please send somebody, I need help. 392 00:23:17,533 --> 00:23:21,000 Please send somebody as quickly as possible, I need help." 393 00:23:42,633 --> 00:23:44,667 ROBERT: And then eventually, they get into the car 394 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:47,133 and you could start to hear them, like, beat on her 395 00:23:47,166 --> 00:23:48,533 and they're cursing her out, 396 00:23:48,567 --> 00:23:50,600 and they're saying horrific things to her. 397 00:23:50,633 --> 00:23:54,200 MAN: [ INDISTINCT ] [ BLEEP ] 398 00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:57,667 [PHONE LINE STATIC] 399 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,667 ROBERT: And then, there's a period of open air 400 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:01,500 where the phone's still connected 401 00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:03,500 and you can just hear, like, just background noise. 402 00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:06,567 LINDSAY: [ CRYING ] 403 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:15,233 [PHONE LINE STATIC] 404 00:24:15,266 --> 00:24:18,166 Just basically that for, like, 405 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,600 elongated period of time, her moaning and just yelling, 406 00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:24,266 and you hear her getting struck, and it's like just the worst-- 407 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:27,133 the worst call I've ever heard on the job. 408 00:24:30,767 --> 00:24:33,700 NARRATOR: After nearly eight desperate minutes, 409 00:24:33,734 --> 00:24:35,100 the line goes dead. 410 00:24:37,533 --> 00:24:41,200 NICHOLAS: The 911 operator really failed Lindsay Nichols. 411 00:24:41,233 --> 00:24:43,533 Lindsay says that she's been held at gunpoint, 412 00:24:43,567 --> 00:24:45,033 her life is in danger, 413 00:24:45,066 --> 00:24:47,300 and the dispatcher did not relay that information. 414 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:48,767 [SIREN BLARING] 415 00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:50,667 NICHOLAS: So when the officers finally got there, 416 00:24:51,467 --> 00:24:53,000 our low-level responds. 417 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:55,000 The suspect already was probably halfway 418 00:24:55,033 --> 00:24:56,667 to his final destination 419 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:59,100 where he was gonna kill her. 420 00:25:03,633 --> 00:25:06,300 JOLENE: It bothers me knowing that her last minutes 421 00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:08,133 was so brutal, 422 00:25:08,166 --> 00:25:10,767 that really bothers me. 423 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,333 That haunts me still. 424 00:25:12,367 --> 00:25:15,066 [♪♪♪] 425 00:25:21,734 --> 00:25:24,166 LAUREN: It was terrible. 426 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,033 It's the most terrible thing I've ever heard in my life. 427 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:33,100 Um, she's begging them to just leave her alone 428 00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:34,233 and let her go. 429 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:36,266 She's literally begging for her life. 430 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:38,166 Um... 431 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,000 literally begging for her life. 432 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,367 [♪♪♪] 433 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,367 NICHOLAS: The city gets about 40,000 calls 434 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,734 to the communications division every month, 435 00:25:52,767 --> 00:25:55,367 so there wasn't a connection made between Lindsay's murder 436 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,100 and the 911 call. 437 00:25:57,133 --> 00:25:59,734 [PHONE RINGING] 438 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:02,066 NICHOLAS: When we made mistakes, people can die. 439 00:26:06,333 --> 00:26:08,567 It was devastating for the investigators on this case. 440 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,734 [♪♪♪] 441 00:26:13,333 --> 00:26:15,200 NARRATOR: Detectives, now three weeks 442 00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:16,567 into their investigation, 443 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:22,000 are hopeful the 911 call will provide needed clues. 444 00:26:22,033 --> 00:26:23,767 She described the location where she was at, 445 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,734 she was, like, next to a car dealership, 446 00:26:25,767 --> 00:26:28,033 in her verbiage, it was two men. 447 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:35,300 She stated that, "This guy I only saw one time before." 448 00:26:37,233 --> 00:26:41,033 NICHOLAS: So all these things that we heard on the 911 call, 449 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:44,200 the victim herself basically was helping Detective Barrere 450 00:26:44,233 --> 00:26:47,000 solve her murder before she had even died. 451 00:26:47,033 --> 00:26:50,166 [♪♪♪] 452 00:26:51,367 --> 00:26:53,200 ROBERT: I sat down again 453 00:26:53,233 --> 00:26:56,567 and went through Lindsay's cell phone records. 454 00:26:59,233 --> 00:27:02,600 And before 911, she calls this random number, 455 00:27:02,633 --> 00:27:03,767 we don't know who it is, 456 00:27:05,066 --> 00:27:06,200 and there's like calls back and forth. 457 00:27:06,233 --> 00:27:10,000 So we ran that number 458 00:27:10,033 --> 00:27:12,066 and found that it was linked to a Thayon Samson. 459 00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:18,700 NICHOLAS: Lindsay was calling Thayon's phone 460 00:27:18,734 --> 00:27:21,767 the night she was murdered. 461 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,700 Shortly before she's murdered. 462 00:27:27,333 --> 00:27:30,333 NARRATOR: So just who is Thayon Samson? 463 00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:33,133 And what's his connection to Lindsay? 464 00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:37,700 I reached out to Lindsay's friends. 465 00:27:37,734 --> 00:27:40,066 I'm like, "Hey, does she know a guy named Thayon Samson?" 466 00:27:43,133 --> 00:27:46,000 JESSICA: Lindsay met him just three months 467 00:27:46,033 --> 00:27:47,734 prior to her passing. 468 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,066 LAUREN: Me, Lindsay, Jessica, 469 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:55,233 and another one of our friend Sherri, 470 00:27:55,266 --> 00:27:58,333 we're out one night. 471 00:27:58,367 --> 00:28:00,767 There was a placed called the Tiki Hut. 472 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,400 We ended up meeting Thayon. 473 00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:06,133 And, you know, him and Lindsay kicked if off 474 00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:08,400 and they exchanged numbers. 475 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:11,767 ROBERT: We learned from her friends 476 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,166 and through social media that he was an exotic dancer. 477 00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:19,767 He, uh, had used the name Bonafyde or Bone 478 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,700 was like his stage name. 479 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:24,166 And he would go basically to, like, 480 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,433 various clubs around the city 481 00:28:25,467 --> 00:28:26,767 and he would dance on a ladies' night. 482 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,133 [♪♪♪] 483 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:36,734 JESSICA: They exchanged texts a couple times here and there, 484 00:28:36,767 --> 00:28:41,433 and she just so happened to run into him again that night. 485 00:28:41,467 --> 00:28:44,767 ROBERT: We started doing a-- a background on Thayon, 486 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000 we learned that he lives in New Orleans East, 487 00:28:47,033 --> 00:28:49,100 gone in Chef Menteur Highway, 488 00:28:49,133 --> 00:28:52,367 which is right next to a car dealership, 489 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,467 which Lindsay describes to the 911 call. 490 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:59,767 I'm like, "Okay. This could be our guy." 491 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,333 We got to find this guy. 492 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,533 [♪♪♪] 493 00:29:16,567 --> 00:29:21,467 JESSICA: When they were trying to find Lindsay's killer, 494 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:26,166 it was an extremely, um, rough time, 495 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,266 where I had nightmares, 496 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:29,467 we didn't know who would actually 497 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:31,300 do something like that. 498 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,166 NARRATOR: After learning one of Lindsay's last calls 499 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,166 was to Thayon Samson, 500 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,467 investigators are eager to learn more. 501 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:52,300 I elect to call him in for an interview. 502 00:29:57,367 --> 00:29:59,367 Thayon comes in. 503 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,100 He basically says that 504 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,600 he goes to a strip club 505 00:30:02,633 --> 00:30:04,767 together with his friend. 506 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,033 And while he's there, he sees Lindsay. 507 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:12,500 He hugs her. 508 00:30:14,233 --> 00:30:16,533 And he said, after he left the strip club 509 00:30:16,567 --> 00:30:18,200 on the night in question, 510 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:20,000 he went home, 511 00:30:20,033 --> 00:30:22,300 his girlfriend was there, his friend came over. 512 00:30:22,333 --> 00:30:23,600 And I said, like, "Who's your friend?" 513 00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:26,467 He said, Troy Varnado. 514 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:28,367 I'm like, "Look, did you ever just leave at all after that?" 515 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,166 He goes, "No, man, I stayed at home the whole night." 516 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,533 I said, "Look, man, um, 517 00:30:33,567 --> 00:30:35,433 because you hugged her and you had contact with her, 518 00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:37,266 we're taking swabs to make sure, 519 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:39,633 you know, just to-- to test evidence." 520 00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:42,000 He said, "All right. Cool." 521 00:30:43,233 --> 00:30:45,233 He was very relaxed. 522 00:30:45,266 --> 00:30:49,133 So, he let me take a swab, he leaves. 523 00:30:52,233 --> 00:30:54,166 ROBERT: The next morning, drove that sample out 524 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,066 to the State Police Crime Lab, 525 00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:57,633 and I told the director, I'm like, 526 00:30:57,667 --> 00:31:01,400 "Look, can you compare this to the evidence we recovered?" 527 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:07,533 NICHOLAS: When Detective Barrere first processed Lindsay's car, 528 00:31:07,567 --> 00:31:10,066 one of the really key pieces of evidence 529 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,633 was a distinctive pair of red shorts 530 00:31:11,667 --> 00:31:13,433 with some bloodstain. 531 00:31:16,467 --> 00:31:18,567 So, Detective Barrere thought that it might be 532 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,400 really important to start trying to connect Thayon 533 00:31:20,433 --> 00:31:22,300 to this pair of red shorts. 534 00:31:24,567 --> 00:31:26,166 NARRATOR: While investigators await 535 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,066 the results of the DNA test, 536 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,633 they circled back to Lindsay's friends, 537 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,200 looking for anything that could tie Thayon 538 00:31:33,233 --> 00:31:34,667 to the murder. 539 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:37,266 So I'm like, "Hey, this Thayon guy, 540 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:39,266 do you have any pictures of him on Instagram 541 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,166 or anything where he's wearing like maybe some red shorts 542 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,600 or something?" "Oh, let me go check." 543 00:31:42,633 --> 00:31:44,533 I get a, a picture 544 00:31:44,567 --> 00:31:46,500 from like a week or so prior to the homicide 545 00:31:46,533 --> 00:31:48,533 of Thayon wearing the exact outfit 546 00:31:48,567 --> 00:31:50,166 we found in the car, 547 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,133 a white wife beater, 548 00:31:53,166 --> 00:31:55,500 the red gym shorts 549 00:31:55,533 --> 00:31:59,433 and a pair of, like, gym socks. 550 00:31:59,467 --> 00:32:03,166 I mean, it matches to a tee. 551 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,700 I'm like, "Okay. This could be our guy." 552 00:32:06,734 --> 00:32:10,100 NARRATOR: Detective Barrere has a hunch. 553 00:32:10,133 --> 00:32:13,700 But will the DNA prove it's true? 554 00:32:13,734 --> 00:32:18,233 ROBERT: I got a call and we had Thayon Samson's profile 555 00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:20,633 in the red gym shorts obtained from the car 556 00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:22,467 in the inner waistband 557 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:23,667 with blood on it. 558 00:32:28,633 --> 00:32:30,567 And that blood... 559 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,667 was Lindsay Nichols' blood. 560 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,633 At that point, with all these things we knew, 561 00:32:37,667 --> 00:32:40,367 we got an arrest warrant for Thayon Samson for murder. 562 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:46,567 NICHOLAS: After getting that arrest warrant, 563 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,600 Detective Barrere started to research places 564 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,200 that Thayon hung out at 565 00:32:50,233 --> 00:32:53,400 and realized that there was one particular tattoo shop 566 00:32:53,433 --> 00:32:56,266 that he liked to hang out at. 567 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:58,533 So we ran over to the ink shop. 568 00:32:58,567 --> 00:32:59,633 Detective Barrere saw Thayon 569 00:32:59,667 --> 00:33:03,400 standing outside of the tattoo shop 570 00:33:03,433 --> 00:33:04,633 and they arrested him for the murder 571 00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:06,300 of Lindsay Nichols. 572 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:10,600 NARRATOR: Thayon lawyers up 573 00:33:10,633 --> 00:33:13,333 and refuses to speak to investigators. 574 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:15,667 Nonetheless, detectives don't wait to share the arrest 575 00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:17,600 with Lindsay's family. 576 00:33:19,667 --> 00:33:24,367 JOLENE: It was a relief that they had arrested the guy. 577 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,166 I just wanted to see him 578 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,633 rot in prison. 579 00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:31,333 That was my first thought. 580 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:34,734 But we still didn't know why this happened. 581 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,266 [♪♪♪] 582 00:33:41,266 --> 00:33:42,633 ROBERT: We built a really, really solid case 583 00:33:42,667 --> 00:33:44,333 against Thayon. 584 00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:47,433 But if you listen to the 911 call Lindsay makes... 585 00:33:50,633 --> 00:33:52,533 There's two men. 586 00:33:52,567 --> 00:33:54,734 We knew there was someone else involved 587 00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:58,767 that actually helped him commit his crime. 588 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,533 When we arrested Thayon Samson, 589 00:34:00,567 --> 00:34:03,667 we got a search warrant for the actual phone. 590 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:05,266 You can actually see text records 591 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:06,767 and everything else in the phone 592 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,400 where he's communicating with a second suspect, 593 00:34:10,433 --> 00:34:12,767 a guy named Troy Varnado. 594 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,667 NARRATOR: Could Troy be Thayon's partner in crime? 595 00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:20,667 As investigators try to dig up more on Troy, 596 00:34:20,700 --> 00:34:24,000 they get an anonymous tip. 597 00:34:24,033 --> 00:34:26,734 ROBERT: The morning Lindsay was killed, 598 00:34:26,767 --> 00:34:28,667 a witness actually drove by 599 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:32,400 a black vehicle on fire. 600 00:34:32,433 --> 00:34:35,433 The witness gives a great description on Thayon. 601 00:34:35,467 --> 00:34:37,767 They were like, "You know, I saw the guy lit the trunk, 602 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,734 black male with a mohawk haircut 603 00:34:40,767 --> 00:34:42,533 and a nose ring." 604 00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:48,000 And then he watched Thayon get into a Jaguar. 605 00:34:48,033 --> 00:34:51,300 We found out that Troy has a light-colored Jaguar. 606 00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:55,033 That tip really helped us with really tying Troy Varnado 607 00:34:55,066 --> 00:34:55,767 back to the scene. 608 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,300 [♪♪♪] 609 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,700 NARRATOR: Faced with a mounting pile of evidence against him, 610 00:35:02,734 --> 00:35:06,000 it seems Thayon is now ready to talk. 611 00:35:06,033 --> 00:35:09,200 And what he says could change the course of the case. 612 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:12,734 ROBERT: Thayon met with attorneys, 613 00:35:14,266 --> 00:35:17,667 and put the whole thing on Troy. 614 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:20,734 He gave a full statement about everything that happened, 615 00:35:20,767 --> 00:35:23,066 minimizing his role in it. 616 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:24,767 I tried to reach out to Troy, 617 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,533 he wouldn't speak to me. 618 00:35:26,567 --> 00:35:29,066 His attorney called and said, "Troy has nothing to say. 619 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:33,700 He knows what happened but he wasn't involved." 620 00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:35,367 I've been in Homicide for seven years, 621 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,066 and it's our role and responsibility 622 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:40,000 to find out the truth. 623 00:35:40,033 --> 00:35:42,066 Whoever did this, 624 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:44,066 I want this person off the streets 625 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:45,567 and I want him gone. 626 00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:56,500 [♪♪♪] 627 00:35:56,533 --> 00:35:58,033 ROBERT: I never had the chance to speak to Troy 628 00:35:58,066 --> 00:36:00,000 about the case. I wanted to. 629 00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:01,500 He wouldn't speak to me. 630 00:36:01,533 --> 00:36:03,400 And then Thayon, when he gave a statement 631 00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:04,633 to the prosecution team, 632 00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,367 "You know, I was there and all. 633 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,500 I had to do some things. 634 00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:09,433 I didn't kill her. Troy did." 635 00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:14,467 Of course, he's gonna say that. 636 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,400 So, both of them are just pointing the finger 637 00:36:16,433 --> 00:36:18,333 when they're both equally responsible for her death. 638 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:20,400 [SIRENS WAILING] 639 00:36:21,767 --> 00:36:23,734 ROBERT: In the background of the 911 call, 640 00:36:23,767 --> 00:36:25,633 you can hear two male voices. 641 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:28,700 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 642 00:36:35,066 --> 00:36:37,066 I mean, all the evidence points to both of them. 643 00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:39,667 The calls back and forth, the text records, 644 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,567 the fact that Troy picked up Thayon 645 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,133 from the east in his Jaguar, he's seen by someone doing it. 646 00:36:44,166 --> 00:36:46,333 I mean, these guys are equally culpable for this-- 647 00:36:46,367 --> 00:36:49,367 this horrible murder. 648 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,433 [SIRENS WAILING] 649 00:36:54,567 --> 00:36:59,133 ROBERT: So, we got an indictment for Troy Varnado 650 00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:02,367 for murder and obstruction of justice as well. 651 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,100 And he was arrested. 652 00:37:04,133 --> 00:37:06,633 NARRATOR: With Lindsay's own 911 call, 653 00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:09,433 witness accounts, and other evidence, 654 00:37:09,467 --> 00:37:13,400 investigators piece together the night of Lindsay's murder. 655 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,500 NICHOLAS: They're out 4:00 AM. 656 00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:25,767 She leaves the club with her friend Bam 657 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,133 to drop him off at his truck. 658 00:37:29,166 --> 00:37:32,066 [PHONE RINGING] 659 00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:33,500 NICHOLAS: At 4:18, she gets a call 660 00:37:33,533 --> 00:37:35,066 from Thayon Samson 661 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,133 and they must have agreed to meet up at his place 662 00:37:38,166 --> 00:37:41,467 because she then drives herself to his apartment complex 663 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:42,767 at Chef and Downman. 664 00:37:45,567 --> 00:37:47,633 About 4:30, she got there 665 00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:51,200 and she was led into the apartment. 666 00:37:51,233 --> 00:37:54,033 ROBERT: Shortly after her arrival, 667 00:37:54,066 --> 00:37:56,767 Thayon is messaging Troy 668 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,033 saying that she's there. 669 00:37:59,066 --> 00:38:02,166 Varnado was downstairs waiting outside of Thayon's apartment. 670 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,633 He's like, "Come up. It's unlocked." 671 00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:09,066 Thayon's trying to arrange some kind of like threesome 672 00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:11,200 or some kind of sex act. 673 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:17,166 NICHOLAS: At 4:40 AM, 674 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,700 Thayon's friend Troy came over. 675 00:38:19,734 --> 00:38:22,600 I think the moment they went from everything is cool 676 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:26,166 to just completely not okay 677 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,600 is when she realized there was someone there 678 00:38:28,633 --> 00:38:30,533 whom she'd never met before. 679 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:36,600 JOLENE: They wanted her to do something 680 00:38:36,633 --> 00:38:38,500 she wasn't willing to do. 681 00:38:42,133 --> 00:38:44,667 ROBERT: And that's when she runs out the apartment 682 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,100 half-dressed to her car 683 00:38:46,133 --> 00:38:49,100 followed by Thayon Samson and Troy Varnado. 684 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,233 We don't understand how he got her keys. 685 00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:57,133 You know, I don't know if she dropped them 686 00:38:57,166 --> 00:39:00,133 when she was running, 687 00:39:00,166 --> 00:39:03,166 things like that, you know, there'll never be answers to. 688 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:10,200 NICHOLAS: At 4:45, we got a 911 call. 689 00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:12,467 -911 OPERATOR: Can I help you? -LINDSAY: Anyone help me, please! 690 00:39:22,033 --> 00:39:23,700 ROBERT: She's trapped in this car 691 00:39:23,734 --> 00:39:25,600 with no way to defend herself, 692 00:39:25,633 --> 00:39:28,166 and two men trying to get in. 693 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,133 And she tells the dispatcher 694 00:39:33,166 --> 00:39:35,066 that "They have my keys. They have my keys." 695 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,533 -911 OPERATOR: We have-- -LINDSAY: Please. 696 00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:37,767 911 OPERATOR: Ma'am, listen to me, 697 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,066 we have someone who [ INDISTINCT ] 698 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:40,066 LINDSAY: [ INDISTINCT ] 699 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,166 [PHONE LINE STATIC] 700 00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:52,200 LAUREN: They got in the car. 701 00:39:52,233 --> 00:39:54,533 Um, she couldn't hold the door shut anymore. 702 00:39:54,567 --> 00:39:58,266 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 703 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,133 ROBERT: And eventually, they beat on her 704 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:01,600 and she's like moaning in the background. 705 00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:03,066 They're cursing her out. 706 00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:05,233 And they're saying like horrific things to her. 707 00:40:05,266 --> 00:40:08,467 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 708 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,166 [DIAL TONE] 709 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,333 ROBERT: After Lindsay was beaten, 710 00:40:16,367 --> 00:40:18,033 she was manually strangled 711 00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:20,233 and they put her body in the trunk. 712 00:40:24,567 --> 00:40:26,600 Thayon drove her car 713 00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:28,667 followed by Troy Varnado. 714 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:33,200 We traced Thayon's phone records 715 00:40:33,233 --> 00:40:36,133 and it goes to a series of isolated spots, 716 00:40:36,166 --> 00:40:38,200 just like in the middle of nowhere kind of. 717 00:40:38,233 --> 00:40:40,567 It's possible he brought her there, 718 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,333 killed her, 719 00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:46,233 and then drove way out to where we located it, 720 00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:51,000 and then set it on fire and then got a ride back. 721 00:40:51,033 --> 00:40:54,166 [♪♪♪] 722 00:40:58,633 --> 00:41:02,000 [♪♪♪] 723 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:12,567 JOLENE: Thayon is charged with kidnapping, 724 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,767 obstruction of justice, 725 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,767 second-degree murder. 726 00:41:20,266 --> 00:41:22,033 ROBERT: Thayon decided to take a guilty plea. 727 00:41:22,066 --> 00:41:24,533 He pled to manslaughter and got 40 years flat. 728 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:29,633 So he'll be well into old age 729 00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:31,266 when he gets out of prison. 730 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:37,233 We offered a plea arrangement to, uh, Troy, 731 00:41:37,266 --> 00:41:38,734 and Troy said, "I'm going to trial." 732 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,233 So we eventually went to trial. 733 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,667 Ultimately, you know, jury deliberated, 734 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:47,667 they found him guilty of all charges, 735 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,400 he got life in prison. 736 00:41:49,433 --> 00:41:51,400 So Thayon has 40 years 737 00:41:51,433 --> 00:41:53,300 and Varnado has life. 738 00:41:57,333 --> 00:41:58,734 JOLENE: It doesn't bring her back 739 00:41:58,767 --> 00:42:02,100 and it doesn't make it less horrific 740 00:42:02,133 --> 00:42:04,000 of how she died. 741 00:42:04,033 --> 00:42:07,100 But I'm glad both of them are gone. 742 00:42:08,767 --> 00:42:12,300 [♪♪♪] 743 00:42:12,333 --> 00:42:14,600 JESSICA B: Um, I've had dreams about her 744 00:42:14,633 --> 00:42:16,700 and she's always smiling. 745 00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:19,400 She doesn't ever talk to me 746 00:42:19,433 --> 00:42:21,166 but she's always smiling. 747 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:27,433 I feel like she died 748 00:42:27,467 --> 00:42:30,433 without getting to have all the things she wanted. 749 00:42:30,467 --> 00:42:33,200 She never got her happy ending in life. 750 00:42:33,233 --> 00:42:36,700 She was just getting to that place. 751 00:42:38,233 --> 00:42:40,300 And it was just taken away so quickly. 752 00:42:40,333 --> 00:42:43,600 [♪♪♪] 753 00:42:51,367 --> 00:42:54,367 JOLENE: One of my last memories was her coming home 754 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:59,166 from being at work, like, away, 755 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,300 and I remember Peter just grabbing her around her waist 756 00:43:02,333 --> 00:43:04,000 and just hugging her so tight 757 00:43:04,033 --> 00:43:06,734 and, uh, that's one of my last memories. 758 00:43:08,433 --> 00:43:10,767 He likes to talk about things like that, 759 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,233 positive things. 760 00:43:15,767 --> 00:43:19,333 It'll never leave me 761 00:43:19,367 --> 00:43:22,333 but every day, it gets easier. 762 00:43:30,700 --> 00:43:32,700 WOMAN: For more information on Murdered By Morning, 763 00:43:32,734 --> 00:43:34,100 go to oxygen.com. 58028

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