1 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,120 We were just a happy, hard-working family 2 00:00:28,290 --> 00:00:29,960 who, you know, moved into the United States 3 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:32,830 to have a better life and a future. 4 00:00:34,630 --> 00:00:38,930 I never saw the violence coming towards US. 5 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,000 Get down! 6 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:42,300 No! 7 00:00:42,410 --> 00:00:44,860 I can't even imagine the level of terror 8 00:00:44,940 --> 00:00:47,710 that those girls must have experienced. 9 00:00:47,810 --> 00:00:49,340 Man: We gotta go, man! Speed this up! 10 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:50,540 Wait. 11 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:53,360 I never in my life thought that was gonna happen to US. 12 00:00:56,270 --> 00:00:57,470 It's one of the most horrific, 13 00:00:57,570 --> 00:01:00,240 if not the horrific case, I've ever been involved in, 14 00:01:00,340 --> 00:01:01,540 and I've been involved in a few. 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,960 Nobody can understand why this happened the way it happened. 16 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,470 They destroyed an entire family, 17 00:01:11,570 --> 00:01:14,020 took away three lives, in 57 seconds. 18 00:01:16,690 --> 00:01:18,340 Not even a minute. 19 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,410 These guys have to be caught. 20 00:01:20,530 --> 00:01:23,940 They didn't deserve to die like this. 21 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:06,420 I was born in Dominican republic, in fact, 22 00:02:06,510 --> 00:02:07,770 my siblings, as well. 23 00:02:07,870 --> 00:02:09,560 My parents are from Dominican Republic. 24 00:02:13,610 --> 00:02:16,680 They were always hugging each other and just smiling, 25 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:17,880 making jokes. 26 00:02:20,420 --> 00:02:21,690 I used to tell them, listen, 27 00:02:21,790 --> 00:02:24,090 you're making me jealous, you know, with all the love. 28 00:02:33,170 --> 00:02:34,900 You know, it sounds cliche, 29 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:35,970 the American dream. 30 00:02:36,070 --> 00:02:38,570 The father, he came in here for a better life, 31 00:02:38,670 --> 00:02:41,210 because this is the land of opportunity. 32 00:02:41,310 --> 00:02:42,740 Yeah, got this good moringa tea 33 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,880 from republica dominicana. 34 00:02:45,980 --> 00:02:47,950 -Girl: Hey! -Good for you. Wow. 35 00:02:48,050 --> 00:02:50,250 Girl: Look at him! He's so shy in the camera. 36 00:02:50,350 --> 00:02:51,520 And he came to this country 37 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,380 to work so his children could have a better life. 38 00:02:58,590 --> 00:03:00,090 Zalot: Porfirio Nunez, 39 00:03:00,190 --> 00:03:03,730 he was actually a psychologist by training 40 00:03:03,810 --> 00:03:07,360 but could not continue to practice in the United States, 41 00:03:07,450 --> 00:03:11,200 so he had to find another way to make a living. 42 00:03:12,870 --> 00:03:15,660 The Nunez family decides to go into business. 43 00:03:15,740 --> 00:03:18,290 They buy a bodega called Lorena's. 44 00:03:18,390 --> 00:03:22,310 There was already a sign in this store that said Lorena's, 45 00:03:22,410 --> 00:03:25,830 so they just stuck with that name, and they went from there. 46 00:03:27,590 --> 00:03:30,670 Lorena's is located in west Philadelphia 47 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,920 in a northern neighborhood called mill creek. 48 00:03:34,010 --> 00:03:37,090 It's, by west Philadelphia standards, a relatively 49 00:03:37,180 --> 00:03:38,260 quiet neighborhood, 50 00:03:38,350 --> 00:03:42,350 although it certainly does see its share of violence 51 00:03:42,450 --> 00:03:44,230 and poverty. 52 00:03:44,340 --> 00:03:47,050 But it's a tight-knit community, 53 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,820 and they were certainly beloved by the people 54 00:03:49,930 --> 00:03:51,160 who lived there. 55 00:03:51,260 --> 00:03:52,330 I gotta be honest, 56 00:03:52,430 --> 00:03:54,330 miss Rodriguez is kind of tough on class right now. 57 00:03:55,430 --> 00:03:58,200 Each day after school, 19-year-old Jessica 58 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:00,070 and sister, Laura, work at the store 59 00:04:00,170 --> 00:04:02,600 with their father, mother, and aunt. 60 00:04:02,710 --> 00:04:05,260 It's a family business, and it was all hands on deck. 61 00:04:05,340 --> 00:04:06,460 -Hola papi! -Hola papi! 62 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:07,960 Hey, how was school? 63 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,490 -It was good. -Okay, take checkout. 64 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,800 Vega: The girls would come and work the register, 65 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,600 and they would lock up. 66 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:15,670 All right. 67 00:04:15,770 --> 00:04:18,170 Vega: That store is open seven days a week, 68 00:04:18,270 --> 00:04:21,340 early in the morning to late at night. 69 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,370 My dad, he was such a nice guy. 70 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,210 Everybody in the neighborhood loved him. 71 00:04:25,310 --> 00:04:26,780 Hey, Julie, are you? 72 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:27,910 He would help people, you know, 73 00:04:28,010 --> 00:04:31,830 it's not like he was just the guy owning the store. 74 00:04:31,930 --> 00:04:33,300 -How much is this? -$3.50 75 00:04:35,940 --> 00:04:38,270 -hey, look, you take it. -Are you sure? 76 00:04:38,370 --> 00:04:39,960 Yes, look, you pay me when you can. 77 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:43,110 If you didn't have money, you can come and pay him back. 78 00:04:43,210 --> 00:04:44,480 -Okay? Okay. -Thank you, Mr. Nunez. 79 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:46,210 You're welcome. Okay. Have a good day. 80 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,020 Bye! 81 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,420 Jessica: He was that kind of guy, you know? 82 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,970 On September 6, 2011, in the Lorena grocery store, 83 00:04:54,070 --> 00:04:56,240 the family was getting ready to close the store 84 00:04:56,340 --> 00:04:58,280 and celebrate dad's birthday. 85 00:04:58,380 --> 00:05:01,310 Jessica and Laura, as they were getting ready to close, 86 00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:03,130 they were counting the money. 87 00:05:03,230 --> 00:05:04,260 Did you, wrap that shirt 88 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:05,500 that I got dad for his birthday? 89 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,970 Yeah, I put it in your room. 90 00:05:07,070 --> 00:05:09,600 And mom and the aunt were in the back, 91 00:05:09,690 --> 00:05:12,220 cleaning up everything there for the end of the night. 92 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,660 And dad was just stocking the shelves. 93 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:17,440 Jessica: As we are about to close the store, 94 00:05:17,530 --> 00:05:18,500 these two guys come in. 95 00:05:20,330 --> 00:05:21,580 One of the men heads straight 96 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:23,530 to the back of the store. 97 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:25,170 Jessica: I'm thinking he's just a customer 98 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:26,950 that's about to order a sandwich, 99 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,090 because my aunt and my mom are back there. 100 00:05:30,210 --> 00:05:31,910 The other man approaches Jessica 101 00:05:32,010 --> 00:05:34,010 and her sister at the cash register. 102 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,460 Jessica: The guy that's in the cash register 103 00:05:35,550 --> 00:05:36,850 pulls out a gun. 104 00:05:36,930 --> 00:05:38,550 That's when I noticed, 105 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:40,580 okay, we're getting robbed. 106 00:05:40,690 --> 00:05:42,300 He forces my sister on the floor. 107 00:05:42,390 --> 00:05:43,390 Get down! 108 00:05:43,470 --> 00:05:45,940 No! 109 00:05:46,060 --> 00:05:48,640 Jessica: When she screams, my dad comes to the front. 110 00:05:49,810 --> 00:05:51,400 Wait! 111 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,450 Jessica: And he yells, "please, stop." 112 00:05:53,570 --> 00:05:56,400 As porfirio: Stop! Please, stop! 113 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,270 Like many store owners, porfirio is 114 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:02,410 armed with a handgun for self protection, 115 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,790 but he never reaches for it. 116 00:06:05,910 --> 00:06:08,110 And this is all happening, 117 00:06:08,210 --> 00:06:09,250 I mean, seconds. 118 00:06:09,330 --> 00:06:12,080 It's going really fast. 119 00:06:13,470 --> 00:06:14,890 Suddenly, the gunman shoots porfirio 120 00:06:14,970 --> 00:06:15,890 in the chest. 121 00:06:23,810 --> 00:06:26,010 The other gunman shoots Jessica's mother, juana, 122 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:28,350 several times in the chest and face, 123 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,770 and aunt Lina in the back and neck. 124 00:06:30,850 --> 00:06:34,100 The shooting starts going crazy in the back. 125 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,140 My dad is trying to save them. 126 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,830 He's down, he's incapacitated from his injuries. 127 00:06:41,950 --> 00:06:42,910 He can't move. 128 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,000 Then, the gunman turns his weapon back on porfirio. 129 00:06:56,180 --> 00:06:58,780 Next, both gunmen focus their attention 130 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,830 on Jessica, who stands frozen by the cash register. 131 00:07:02,940 --> 00:07:05,270 Jessica: At that point, I'm not screaming. 132 00:07:05,350 --> 00:07:07,670 I'm not doing anything. 133 00:07:07,770 --> 00:07:09,970 I'm just... 134 00:07:10,060 --> 00:07:11,060 Just breathing. 135 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:12,680 What you waiting for, an invitation? 136 00:07:12,780 --> 00:07:13,730 Hand me that. 137 00:07:13,810 --> 00:07:16,510 Jessica: So now I have a gun on my forehead, 138 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:18,120 and then I have one on my waist. 139 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,200 So I have two guns now. 140 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,950 And I said to the guy in front of me, I said, 141 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,370 "please don't kill me." 142 00:07:24,490 --> 00:07:27,020 We gotta go, man. Speed this up! 143 00:07:27,130 --> 00:07:29,290 I said, "do you want a bag 144 00:07:29,380 --> 00:07:30,960 to put in the money?" 145 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:31,960 And he says, "yes." 146 00:07:32,050 --> 00:07:33,960 I gave him the bag, and they left. 147 00:07:35,970 --> 00:07:37,250 We out. 148 00:07:41,010 --> 00:07:43,560 And my sister, the entire time, was on the floor. 149 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,560 She has no idea what's going on. 150 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,390 She thought they were shooting cans all around 151 00:07:47,510 --> 00:07:49,380 the store, 152 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,930 and so I said to her, "no, they killed them." 153 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:56,050 Please be advised we have 154 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,890 reports of a 1054. 155 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,330 Zalot: I was working as a night police reporter. 156 00:08:06,430 --> 00:08:09,120 We would sit in the newsroom and listen to police radio. 157 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,950 I heard this call come out 158 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,510 for a triple homicide at this location. 159 00:08:15,590 --> 00:08:17,870 So as soon as I heard that, I drove over to 160 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,040 west Philadelphia. 161 00:08:20,130 --> 00:08:23,250 The gunmen walk away with about $700. 162 00:08:23,350 --> 00:08:26,350 Not a very significant amount of money for 163 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,380 killing three people. 164 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:32,590 I just remember this feeling of just 165 00:08:32,690 --> 00:08:37,190 shock and dread that descended over this area. 166 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,700 People love the nunezes, so people just... 167 00:08:40,870 --> 00:08:43,120 Just didn't know how to react. 168 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:44,730 Vega: From the moment they come in to come out 169 00:08:44,820 --> 00:08:46,490 is 57 seconds. 170 00:08:46,570 --> 00:08:48,290 They destroyed an entire family, 171 00:08:48,410 --> 00:08:51,830 took away three lives, in 57 seconds. 172 00:08:51,910 --> 00:08:53,080 Not even a minute. 173 00:08:56,750 --> 00:08:57,910 Hagan: When the first responders came in, 174 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,780 they found Mr. Nunez along the refrigerator section 175 00:09:00,890 --> 00:09:01,890 in one of the aisles, 176 00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:03,970 and then, when they got to the back of the store, 177 00:09:04,090 --> 00:09:06,720 behind the sandwich counter they found 178 00:09:06,810 --> 00:09:08,510 the, aunt and the mother. 179 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:11,060 Most of our cases are one individual gettin' killed. 180 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:13,460 We may have a double every once in a while. 181 00:09:13,570 --> 00:09:17,430 It's rare that we'll have three homicide in one place. 182 00:09:21,420 --> 00:09:23,020 And attributed to a robbery. 183 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:27,490 Zalot: It's just like, why, like, nobody can understand 184 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,050 why this happened the way it happened. 185 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,690 In the hours following the triple murder 186 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,530 of the Nunez family, 187 00:09:46,630 --> 00:09:49,170 homicide detectives process the crime scene. 188 00:09:51,070 --> 00:09:54,170 Hagan: When me and my supervisor arrived on the scene, 189 00:09:54,270 --> 00:09:55,790 no one was in the store, because we didn't want 190 00:09:55,890 --> 00:09:56,860 to disturb the evidence. 191 00:10:00,130 --> 00:10:02,630 There were nine-millimeter casings recovered, 192 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:05,630 what we call ay the fcc, a fire cartridge casing. 193 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,040 You noticed one soon as you walk in the front door, 194 00:10:09,140 --> 00:10:11,300 which we believe that might have been the first shot fired. 195 00:10:13,010 --> 00:10:13,870 And there were several in 196 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:15,880 the back where the two women were killed. 197 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,010 The crime scene unit photographed, 198 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,230 videotaped, sketched the scene, and collected the evidence, 199 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,620 and we collected anything from fingerprints 200 00:10:25,740 --> 00:10:27,600 to DNA to blood samples. 201 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:30,210 We tried to get everything to encompass 202 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:31,790 all the evidence that we think 203 00:10:31,910 --> 00:10:33,540 we would need to solve the crime. 204 00:10:35,750 --> 00:10:38,580 Vega: The next step is what's called neighborhood surveys. 205 00:10:38,670 --> 00:10:40,800 It's old-style detective work. 206 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,290 They knock on every door and say, "do you know anything? 207 00:10:44,390 --> 00:10:45,390 "Did you see anything? 208 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:46,960 Tell me about this store." 209 00:10:47,060 --> 00:10:49,290 Excuse me, I'm detective hagan... 210 00:10:49,390 --> 00:10:50,890 Can you tell me what happened here tonight? 211 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:53,730 Anything you saw, anything you heard? 212 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:56,150 No, I just came over 'cause I seen the tape. 213 00:10:56,270 --> 00:10:58,970 There was some cooperation from people in the community. 214 00:10:59,070 --> 00:11:00,970 Of course, there was some people who didn't want 215 00:11:01,070 --> 00:11:01,970 to cooperate. 216 00:11:02,070 --> 00:11:03,270 Are you from the area? 217 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,140 -Yeah, live across the street. -Yes, we live across the street. 218 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:06,810 Vega: These people live in the neighborhood, 219 00:11:06,910 --> 00:11:08,910 so if they know the killer, the killer knows them, 220 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,610 knows where they live, who their children are, 221 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:12,750 with their grandparents are. 222 00:11:12,830 --> 00:11:14,450 They're praying the police or solve it, 223 00:11:14,550 --> 00:11:18,960 but they can't step forward, because the reality is this -- 224 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:20,790 people are threatened, 225 00:11:20,890 --> 00:11:22,510 and people are killed. 226 00:11:22,630 --> 00:11:25,160 Is there anybody else in the area I should speak with, 227 00:11:25,260 --> 00:11:26,680 or...? -No, I'm sorry. 228 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,050 -I really don't know much. -No? 229 00:11:28,130 --> 00:11:29,430 They'll even say up front, 230 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,350 I am not saying anything, because I don't want to die. 231 00:11:31,470 --> 00:11:32,840 All right, well, I appreciate your time. 232 00:11:32,940 --> 00:11:33,800 Thank you so much. 233 00:11:33,890 --> 00:11:34,890 -Thank you. -All right. 234 00:11:36,310 --> 00:11:39,030 At the homicide unit, surviving sisters, 235 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:42,950 Jessica and Laura, are waiting to give their statements. 236 00:11:43,050 --> 00:11:44,180 Jessica: It was... 237 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:46,400 It was indescribable. 238 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:50,600 I mean, what we were going through was unbelievable. 239 00:11:52,990 --> 00:11:54,660 Hagan: I met with Jessica. 240 00:11:54,740 --> 00:11:56,360 I introduced myself and told her 241 00:11:56,460 --> 00:11:58,530 I would be the assigned detective. 242 00:11:58,630 --> 00:12:01,200 Jessica, I'm detective hagan. 243 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:05,200 I'm assigned to the incident that took place. 244 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:06,840 I can't tell you how sorry I am. 245 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,560 She just kind of sat there, emotionless. 246 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,190 Still in shock. 247 00:12:12,290 --> 00:12:14,330 I understand it might be something that you don't want 248 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:15,980 to talk about at this moment, 249 00:12:16,060 --> 00:12:18,250 but I'm gonna need to ask you 250 00:12:18,350 --> 00:12:20,150 some questions. 251 00:12:20,250 --> 00:12:22,400 His first questions, I guess, 252 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,360 is your regular first questions after a crime 253 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,360 like that, it's what happened, you know, 254 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,190 how did it happen, where were you? 255 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,400 If I recognize the guys, if I've seen them before. 256 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:37,070 Jessica, did you get a good enough look 257 00:12:37,150 --> 00:12:38,750 at these two 258 00:12:38,850 --> 00:12:40,550 to tell me what they look like, 259 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:42,660 maybe what they were wearing? 260 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,560 They were both black. 261 00:12:48,650 --> 00:12:52,470 One was 5'8", 160 pounds. 262 00:12:53,970 --> 00:12:56,400 He was the one who asked for the money. 263 00:12:56,510 --> 00:13:01,110 She described the first shooter as a shorter male, dark skin, 264 00:13:01,210 --> 00:13:03,360 a little on the husky side. 265 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,610 The other guy was taller. 266 00:13:05,710 --> 00:13:08,430 Would you be able to pick them out of a lineup 267 00:13:08,530 --> 00:13:10,180 if I showed you some pictures? 268 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,890 Think you would be able to recognize 'em? 269 00:13:14,390 --> 00:13:17,490 I will never forget their faces. 270 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,460 Jessica: All I kept thinking is, like, there has to be a way 271 00:13:21,580 --> 00:13:24,400 where it -- by me describing certain things, 272 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:26,450 they could just go and find them. 273 00:13:26,550 --> 00:13:27,920 And then when you realize how many people fit 274 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,090 that description, 275 00:13:29,170 --> 00:13:31,920 you're like, wow, that's -- that's a lot of people. 276 00:13:32,010 --> 00:13:33,290 Detectives explore possible 277 00:13:33,390 --> 00:13:34,890 motives for the murders, 278 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:37,310 even ones that seem dubious. 279 00:13:37,430 --> 00:13:40,400 Hagan: One theory was Mr. Nunez was part of 280 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,730 some kind of Dominican drug gang, 281 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:45,490 and they came in to Rob store because, you know, he was 282 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,800 dealing in drugs and he had what they consider weight, you know, 283 00:13:48,910 --> 00:13:51,560 a large amount of drugs in the store, so we kind of 284 00:13:51,660 --> 00:13:54,610 investigated everything to make sure that, you know, there was 285 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:58,950 no illegal activity, even went to a prison to interview one 286 00:13:59,030 --> 00:14:00,280 of the guys from the neighborhood 287 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:01,840 that was supposed to be a well-known drug dealer 288 00:14:01,950 --> 00:14:03,290 in the neighborhood. 289 00:14:07,210 --> 00:14:08,880 So Mr. Nunez is clean. 290 00:14:11,930 --> 00:14:13,060 And the store is legit. 291 00:14:14,530 --> 00:14:15,700 Hagan: He said, point blank, 292 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,270 Mr. Nunez was not a drug dealer. 293 00:14:17,350 --> 00:14:20,270 He was a family man, and that was a business. 294 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,770 And this is coming from somebody who was known to 295 00:14:22,860 --> 00:14:24,640 sell large amount of drugs in the neighborhood 296 00:14:24,730 --> 00:14:27,530 and was in federal custody at the time. 297 00:14:27,650 --> 00:14:29,030 Although physical evidence was 298 00:14:29,150 --> 00:14:30,530 collected from the crime scene, 299 00:14:30,650 --> 00:14:32,870 it turns out to be a dead end. 300 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:34,880 Unfortunately, the fingerprints didn't lead 301 00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:37,690 to anything substantial at that time. 302 00:14:37,790 --> 00:14:39,820 The only DNA that was collected would 303 00:14:39,910 --> 00:14:42,210 have been most likely from the victims. 304 00:14:42,330 --> 00:14:43,960 We didn't find any other 305 00:14:44,060 --> 00:14:46,750 possible DNA from possible suspects. 306 00:14:46,830 --> 00:14:49,220 We ran gun checks on every gun 307 00:14:49,330 --> 00:14:51,750 that was confiscated in Philadelphia 308 00:14:51,850 --> 00:14:53,250 that was a nine-millimeter. 309 00:14:53,340 --> 00:14:55,940 I had a weekly report coming from our firearms 310 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,260 identification unit when every nine-millimeter 311 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,730 was confiscated in the city, and we were not able 312 00:15:00,830 --> 00:15:02,350 to find a match on anything. 313 00:15:04,180 --> 00:15:06,170 Then there's a lucky break. 314 00:15:06,270 --> 00:15:08,670 Detectives track down surveillance video from 315 00:15:08,770 --> 00:15:11,740 a Chinese restaurant across the street from Lorena's. 316 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,970 It was video that depicted two individuals arriving 317 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,140 to do the robbery and then after the robbery, they flee 318 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:19,650 the same way they came. 319 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,450 Poor quality. 320 00:15:22,550 --> 00:15:24,080 You can barely make out faces. 321 00:15:26,290 --> 00:15:27,890 Gaul: You can't really make a physical, 322 00:15:27,990 --> 00:15:29,590 facial identification out of it. 323 00:15:29,690 --> 00:15:31,790 It's not clear enough to where I could see the guy's face. 324 00:15:31,890 --> 00:15:33,290 But as you watch, I'm going back and forth, 325 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,660 you can see his mannerisms, the way he's walking, 326 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:36,930 the way he's carrying himself, 327 00:15:37,030 --> 00:15:38,200 you just don't know his face. 328 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:40,630 You could still see the guy's watch as he's leaving. 329 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:44,500 The face of it was -- was thick and significant. 330 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:45,770 The video can't provide 331 00:15:45,870 --> 00:15:48,340 a visual identification on the gunmen, 332 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,260 but it does offer a potential lead. 333 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:52,650 White Van. 334 00:15:52,730 --> 00:15:54,230 Hagan: When we looked at the video, 335 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,770 we noticed the Van was circling the block around 336 00:15:57,870 --> 00:15:59,490 the time of the murders. 337 00:15:59,570 --> 00:16:01,960 So we thought it was like a getaway Van. 338 00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:05,220 See this -- 339 00:16:05,330 --> 00:16:07,260 is that writing on the side? 340 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,760 And the Van had a inscription on the side of it 341 00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:11,900 we couldn't quite make it out through the video. 342 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:15,950 So we wanted to find out where is this Van, 343 00:16:16,050 --> 00:16:18,300 who owns this Van, who was in this Van? 344 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:21,040 I mean, we couldn't say for certain this is part of it, 345 00:16:21,140 --> 00:16:22,210 but we weren't gonna exclude it. 346 00:16:22,310 --> 00:16:24,260 We wanted to find those people. 347 00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:26,760 Woman: Philadelphia police hope that this surveillance video 348 00:16:26,850 --> 00:16:28,630 will help them catch two killers, 349 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:30,150 investigators think the two... 350 00:16:30,270 --> 00:16:31,780 Hagan: Somebody actually saw it on the news, 351 00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:34,120 and it wound up being the guy who owned the Van, 352 00:16:34,220 --> 00:16:36,460 and he called, made arrangements for comin' in. 353 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,490 He brought the Van in, we took pictures of the Van, 354 00:16:38,610 --> 00:16:39,980 and he was cleared by investigation 355 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,650 after he said, "I was just picking up junk." 356 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:46,820 From that point on, we went by any tips that we gained. 357 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,700 -Have a seat, sir. -Thanks. 358 00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:50,540 One tip in particular seems to 359 00:16:50,620 --> 00:16:51,950 hold promise. 360 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,220 So what information do you have for me today? 361 00:16:55,330 --> 00:16:58,330 Well, I saw this Pontiac grand am parked in the neighborhood, 362 00:16:58,430 --> 00:17:01,430 it was black, and there was some Jersey tags on the car. 363 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:06,020 A witness comes forward and says that they live near Lorena's, 364 00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:07,640 and the night of the homicide, 365 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,720 they came home, and they noticed a black 366 00:17:09,810 --> 00:17:13,730 Pontiac grand am parked in the area that had Jersey tags, 367 00:17:13,810 --> 00:17:16,460 and that was an unusual vehicle for these blocks. 368 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,830 Was this car occupied, was somebody in it? 369 00:17:18,930 --> 00:17:20,500 Or was -- it was just sitting there empty? 370 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:21,800 Yeah, it was just empty. 371 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:24,500 Then I heard the gunshots go off, and I saw these two men run 372 00:17:24,610 --> 00:17:26,510 down the middle of the street and hop into the car, 373 00:17:26,610 --> 00:17:28,140 and then it pulled off. 374 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,540 The neighbor believed he saw them getting in the Pontiac, 375 00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:32,360 but we're not sure if it's the same males that came out 376 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:33,700 of the store. 377 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:34,660 He just saw two males getting 378 00:17:34,750 --> 00:17:37,370 in the Pontiac after he heard gunshots. 379 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:38,380 As soon as I heard the gunshots, 380 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:39,890 I saw those two guys run into their car. 381 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:40,970 Shortly after, okay. 382 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,760 -Seemed a little suspicious, -okay. 383 00:17:42,860 --> 00:17:45,730 So I feel like they must be involved in it or something. 384 00:17:45,830 --> 00:17:47,310 You have to be careful, because some people 385 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,980 like to embellish on the story. 386 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:51,310 I mean, we did investigate it, 387 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,480 but we didn't find any credibility to this story. 388 00:17:54,570 --> 00:17:56,820 Thank you so much. This is helpful information. 389 00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:58,100 -Glad I could help. -I appreciate you coming in. 390 00:17:58,190 --> 00:17:59,690 -No, problem. Thanks for having me. -Good job. 391 00:17:59,770 --> 00:18:01,870 To a certain point, it gets frustrating when 392 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:04,490 you're just looking for a shot in the dark. 393 00:18:04,580 --> 00:18:06,400 You don't know exactly what you're looking for, 394 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,600 but hoping that one person who might have saw something 395 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:13,200 calls you and says, "listen, 396 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:14,890 this is a person we're looking for." 397 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,880 Shortly after the tragic murders, 398 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,850 Jessica is walking down a street not far from Lorena's. 399 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:29,190 I remember it was about two o'clock in the afternoon, 400 00:18:29,270 --> 00:18:31,190 I mean, kids were coming out of school. 401 00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:39,260 And I see a guy riding the bike from the other block 402 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:41,600 behind me with a hoodie on. 403 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:44,700 I could swear that was the guy that was with US 404 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,040 in the cash register. 405 00:18:47,290 --> 00:18:49,770 He's looking, but he's trying to figure my face out, 406 00:18:49,870 --> 00:18:53,410 like, you can see him riding very slow. 407 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,050 And so he has both hands on the bike, 408 00:18:58,130 --> 00:19:00,380 and when he sees me standing there, 409 00:19:00,470 --> 00:19:02,500 he puts one of his hands inside. 410 00:19:05,390 --> 00:19:07,220 That's when I thought, "I'm dead. 411 00:19:07,310 --> 00:19:08,590 This is it." 412 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,460 And so he looks, but he sees that I can't see his full face. 413 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:14,730 He just takes off. 414 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,320 And I called the police right away. 415 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:22,990 I said, "listen, 416 00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:24,520 I could swear that was him." 417 00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:25,810 We tried to track down the guy 418 00:19:25,910 --> 00:19:27,390 on the bike and never could locate him. 419 00:19:30,650 --> 00:19:32,230 And we never validated 420 00:19:32,330 --> 00:19:34,830 whether it was the same male or not that robbed the store. 421 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:38,040 Jessica wanted to find these guys in the worst way 422 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,510 for taking her family away from her. 423 00:19:53,390 --> 00:19:56,810 September 14, 2011, 8 days 424 00:19:56,930 --> 00:19:59,130 after losing the people closest to her, 425 00:19:59,230 --> 00:20:02,360 Jessica Nunez and her sister, Laura, are starting to face 426 00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:06,070 the grim reality of a new life scarred by loss. 427 00:20:08,170 --> 00:20:09,990 We took the bodies, and we buried them 428 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:11,990 in the Dominican Republic. 429 00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:13,690 My mom's family is still there. 430 00:20:14,990 --> 00:20:16,410 During the funeral days, 431 00:20:16,490 --> 00:20:18,110 you see so many people around you, 432 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,030 you don't have the time to think, you're too busy. 433 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,500 But I was going through so much. 434 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:31,710 I mean, no sleeping, no eating, 435 00:20:31,790 --> 00:20:35,340 and, of course, having nightmares every day. 436 00:20:35,460 --> 00:20:37,460 You couldn't close your eyes because 437 00:20:37,550 --> 00:20:39,630 you're thinking you're at the store. 438 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,300 Literally, I thought I was gonna go crazy. 439 00:20:42,390 --> 00:20:44,890 It was a difficult time. 440 00:20:44,990 --> 00:20:48,990 I never saw it, like, that violence coming towards US. 441 00:20:49,090 --> 00:20:51,610 I never, never in my life thought that was gonna happen 442 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,630 to US. 443 00:20:53,730 --> 00:20:56,170 I made that promise to my parents 444 00:20:56,270 --> 00:20:58,250 to find the people that killed them. 445 00:20:58,350 --> 00:21:00,770 Like, if the police is working, I'm working, too. 446 00:21:02,070 --> 00:21:04,670 After that, I decided, you know what? 447 00:21:04,780 --> 00:21:07,840 I'm gonna start working in all the stores around 448 00:21:07,950 --> 00:21:10,960 the neighborhood or the area until I find him. 449 00:21:11,050 --> 00:21:12,700 She worked at seven different 450 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,670 grocery stores in the surrounding area. 451 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,060 Jessica: I decided I'm just going undercover on my own. 452 00:21:21,810 --> 00:21:25,060 I would change my looks 453 00:21:25,180 --> 00:21:30,230 probably every 2 to 3 weeks, I will dye my hair 454 00:21:30,340 --> 00:21:32,770 blonde to red to black. 455 00:21:32,870 --> 00:21:36,560 I went through so many different haircuts. 456 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:38,390 I was hiding it from my family. 457 00:21:38,490 --> 00:21:39,610 I was hiding it from my sister. 458 00:21:39,690 --> 00:21:41,610 I didn't want her to worry about it. 459 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,860 They were not happy that I was working at a store, 460 00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:45,330 but they didn't know my motives. 461 00:21:45,420 --> 00:21:47,870 I never wanted to tell them I'm doing this, 462 00:21:47,950 --> 00:21:49,450 because I'm sure they were gonna stop me 463 00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:51,090 and tell me, "let the police 464 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:53,090 just do their job." 465 00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:58,960 Hagan: I kept in touch with her just about every other day, 466 00:21:59,050 --> 00:22:02,080 and she was just relentless in trying to get these guys 467 00:22:02,180 --> 00:22:03,200 locked up, 468 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,120 and she was willing to do anything it took. 469 00:22:07,070 --> 00:22:10,120 Jessica: I didn't care if I was gonna die in the streets. 470 00:22:10,220 --> 00:22:11,810 I knew my risks, 471 00:22:11,890 --> 00:22:13,590 and I knew what I was, you know, 472 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:15,010 getting myself into. 473 00:22:15,110 --> 00:22:18,700 If she ran into the person that killed her parents 474 00:22:18,780 --> 00:22:20,820 and her aunt, she probably would have fought him. 475 00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:30,130 Meanwhile, detectives continue to field tips, 476 00:22:30,230 --> 00:22:32,580 hoping one will yield the break they're looking for. 477 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:35,920 This is detective hagan. 478 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,170 Hagan: There was one tip involving a guy. 479 00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:39,840 He fit the description of the second male, 480 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,420 who was a taller male. 481 00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:43,010 Are you sure? 482 00:22:43,090 --> 00:22:44,340 What's the man's name? 483 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:47,730 His nickname was black. 484 00:22:48,930 --> 00:22:50,930 Black was known in the neighborhood to 485 00:22:51,020 --> 00:22:51,850 do robberies, 486 00:22:51,930 --> 00:22:54,800 sell drugs, carry a gun all the time, 487 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:56,300 and he had just got out of prison. 488 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,520 So that kind of piqued our interest also, 489 00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:01,010 maybe I'm looking for some quick money. 490 00:23:01,110 --> 00:23:02,610 Through investigation, we found out he wasn't even 491 00:23:02,710 --> 00:23:04,410 in the area at the time of the murders. 492 00:23:04,510 --> 00:23:05,640 You get your hopes up, 493 00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:08,500 you think you're gonna get a good lead to get to the bottom 494 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:09,670 of the story, 495 00:23:09,780 --> 00:23:12,200 and then it's very frustrating, because it just got 496 00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:15,200 to a point where we ran out of leads. 497 00:23:15,290 --> 00:23:17,010 I think that the detectives were feeling pretty 498 00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:18,490 exasperated by the fact 499 00:23:18,590 --> 00:23:21,590 that they just couldn't get much on this case. 500 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,010 These guys were still on the loose, 501 00:23:23,130 --> 00:23:25,380 and they were clearly incredibly dangerous 502 00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:26,720 and ruthless. 503 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,840 People were afraid -- it felt very likely 504 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:31,390 that they were gonna strike again. 505 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,590 Vega: If they did that once, they'll do it again. 506 00:23:37,730 --> 00:23:40,210 They don't care. These guys have to be caught. 507 00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:45,900 On Thursday, January 19, 2012, 508 00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:49,190 a little more than four months after the Nunez murders, 509 00:23:49,290 --> 00:23:52,630 Philadelphia p.D. Homicide captain James Clark sets up 510 00:23:52,730 --> 00:23:56,550 a task force headed by homicide veteran Bob Wilkins. 511 00:23:56,650 --> 00:23:58,150 Wilkins: Captain called me in the office, 512 00:23:58,250 --> 00:24:01,320 asked me would I like to be a supervisor for the task force. 513 00:24:02,790 --> 00:24:04,090 The assigned detective at that time, 514 00:24:04,190 --> 00:24:05,120 he was investigating, 515 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:08,010 but he was starting to run out of leads. 516 00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:09,140 Gaul: That's where we came in. 517 00:24:09,230 --> 00:24:10,760 Captain made a decision just to 518 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:13,350 get a fresh set of eyes to look at the case. 519 00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:17,730 We started the investigation from scratch, 520 00:24:17,850 --> 00:24:20,850 and we left no stones unturned, we were everywhere. 521 00:24:23,690 --> 00:24:25,110 We'd look at the neighborhood, we want to 522 00:24:25,190 --> 00:24:27,360 get a pulse of what's going on out there. 523 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:29,410 We're bringing in uniforms from that district, 524 00:24:29,530 --> 00:24:31,950 people that work that area, are from that area, 525 00:24:32,030 --> 00:24:33,950 see what they're hearing on the street, 526 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,400 let US know, we'll start interviewing people 527 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:39,760 that we know associates with the criminal element. 528 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:42,660 We'll talk to the drug dealers, we'll talk to the drug users. 529 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:43,660 We'll start bringing them in, 530 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,140 and we'll just start talking. 531 00:24:45,210 --> 00:24:47,630 Somebody has to know something or somebody's seen something. 532 00:24:50,380 --> 00:24:53,340 A few months after she sees the man on the bicycle, 533 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,390 Jessica is working the cash register at the haver deli 534 00:24:56,490 --> 00:24:58,860 when she thinks she sees the man again. 535 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,430 Jessica: I was working in a bigger store this time, 536 00:25:00,530 --> 00:25:01,860 and there was cameras everywhere. 537 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,070 I saw a guy that looked just like one of them, 538 00:25:08,150 --> 00:25:09,770 the same guy that I 539 00:25:09,870 --> 00:25:11,400 could swear passed by on the bike. 540 00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:15,390 The way he looked at me and how he was walking, 541 00:25:17,260 --> 00:25:19,360 just the entire moment that he was at the store, 542 00:25:19,460 --> 00:25:22,130 I'm freaking out because again, I'm thinking these people 543 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:24,630 are looking for me to kill me. 544 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,660 Jessica calls detectives and, in a panic, 545 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,290 rushes to the back of the store. 546 00:25:36,350 --> 00:25:38,760 It is just so many things going through my body 547 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,400 at that moment. 548 00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:42,520 I remember having a breakdown. 549 00:25:42,620 --> 00:25:44,490 I couldn't even breathe. I couldn't even breathe. 550 00:25:44,590 --> 00:25:46,670 I felt, like, dizzy. 551 00:25:46,770 --> 00:25:48,610 It was really bad. 552 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,980 Immediately, I dispatched uniform out to the location. 553 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,550 When we get to the store, that individual's not in the store 554 00:25:59,650 --> 00:26:02,620 anymore, and it comes out, this is not the guy. 555 00:26:14,820 --> 00:26:17,100 After four months, the Nunez murder 556 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,910 investigation is still at square one. 557 00:26:21,460 --> 00:26:24,580 But on Tuesday, January 31st, when two 558 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:27,460 detectives run into each other outside of court, 559 00:26:27,580 --> 00:26:29,450 they make an important connection. 560 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:31,280 -Joe! -Tom. 561 00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:33,590 How are ya? 562 00:26:33,670 --> 00:26:35,120 Gaul: Detective Murray was assigned 563 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:36,310 to special investigations 564 00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:39,610 within southwest detectives specializing in robberies. 565 00:26:39,710 --> 00:26:41,540 Very good reputation as far as, 566 00:26:41,650 --> 00:26:45,350 a thorough investigator, a dogged investigator. 567 00:26:45,430 --> 00:26:46,570 Just a good detective. 568 00:26:46,650 --> 00:26:47,930 Actually, I've been meaning to talk to you. 569 00:26:48,020 --> 00:26:49,970 I've been reassigned a case, and I wanted your input, 570 00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:51,520 the Nunez groceries. 571 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:52,990 I'm like, "listen, it'll save me a phone call. 572 00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:55,020 "I'm glad I ran into you -- I'm being re-assigned a case, 573 00:26:55,110 --> 00:26:57,080 "and I was gonna reach out to you about it. 574 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:58,310 It's the Nunez grocery." 575 00:26:58,410 --> 00:26:59,240 Nunez, yeah. 576 00:26:59,330 --> 00:27:01,310 You ought to take a closer look at that 577 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:03,480 aanda grocery armed robbery on gratz street. 578 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:04,870 There's another one on reedland. 579 00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:05,830 -Really? -Looks a lot like 580 00:27:05,950 --> 00:27:07,290 your Nunez case. 581 00:27:07,370 --> 00:27:08,790 Detective Murray tells Gaul 582 00:27:08,870 --> 00:27:10,820 he thinks it's possible that the same men who 583 00:27:10,930 --> 00:27:13,330 committed two recent armed robberies could also 584 00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:16,100 be responsible for the Nunez triple murders. 585 00:27:16,180 --> 00:27:17,160 All right, thanks. I'm gonna follow up, 586 00:27:17,260 --> 00:27:18,600 all right? I'll call you soon. 587 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,630 -Sounds good. -Cool. Thank you, man. 588 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,850 The other two robberies are the exact same method 589 00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:25,850 of operation, you know, two guys come in. 590 00:27:25,970 --> 00:27:28,170 One guy goes to the front where the cash box is, 591 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,030 and one guy goes to the back and they keep 592 00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:32,840 an eye on the store. 593 00:27:32,950 --> 00:27:35,360 The task force is able to acquire surveillance 594 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,400 footage from one of those grocery stores. 595 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,370 It looked like a prime video, like, it was really good, 596 00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:42,540 and you could see the one offender in 597 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,240 the rear of the store as the robbery is committed. 598 00:27:45,340 --> 00:27:47,210 You see his gun, you see the watch. 599 00:27:47,330 --> 00:27:49,500 It's really, really specific. 600 00:27:49,580 --> 00:27:51,550 It was observed that one of the males 601 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:56,400 in the video had the same clothing on as the Nunez store, 602 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,190 which really brought our attention to him. 603 00:27:59,290 --> 00:28:02,360 Gaul: So we released that video to the press just saying, look, 604 00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:04,560 we're looking for help for this robbery. 605 00:28:04,660 --> 00:28:07,080 Once we do that, some tips are coming in. 606 00:28:08,750 --> 00:28:11,320 On February 7, 2012, 607 00:28:11,420 --> 00:28:15,140 someone calls and says he recognizes one of the men. 608 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,140 Are you serious? 609 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,860 Let's get him in here right away! 610 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:19,440 At one point, my detective comes to me 611 00:28:19,530 --> 00:28:21,740 and says, "this guy may be able to I.D. 612 00:28:21,850 --> 00:28:23,950 On the photo." 613 00:28:24,050 --> 00:28:25,110 Okay. 614 00:28:26,750 --> 00:28:28,880 He Gaul, we got somebody who can I.D. The killer. 615 00:28:28,990 --> 00:28:31,670 -Really? Brilliant. -Got him. 616 00:28:32,990 --> 00:28:33,920 When we get that information, 617 00:28:34,020 --> 00:28:35,490 everything stops, I mean, we just 618 00:28:35,590 --> 00:28:37,960 stopped dead in our tracks. 619 00:28:38,060 --> 00:28:41,200 We get this individual in, now we're listening to this guy 620 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:42,870 tell US what he knows. 621 00:28:42,970 --> 00:28:43,900 So how do you know this guy? 622 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,900 I recognized the picture on TV. 623 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,800 I used to hang out with the guy around Philly. 624 00:28:47,910 --> 00:28:49,740 I see him at parties on the corner. 625 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,040 I knew the same people he knew. 626 00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:52,210 What's his name? 627 00:28:52,310 --> 00:28:53,680 It's Ibrahim Muhammed. 628 00:28:55,730 --> 00:28:57,400 Ibrahim Muhammed. 629 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:01,230 Wilkins: He gives US a name, Ibrahim Muhammed. 630 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,270 We put that in our database. 631 00:29:03,370 --> 00:29:05,040 And sure enough, he pops out. 632 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,320 Is this the man you're talking about? 633 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:10,880 That's Ibrahim Muhammed. 634 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,380 I swear to god that's him. 635 00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:15,960 We get a photo of him, we go show the guy. 636 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,920 He says, "that's the guy I'm talking about." 637 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,140 He's a drug dealer. 638 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:24,260 He was selling drugs in the area 639 00:29:24,340 --> 00:29:25,390 of 62nd and reedland. 640 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,890 31-year-old Ibrahim Muhammed has been in 641 00:29:27,980 --> 00:29:31,310 and out of jail for theft and felony drug charges. 642 00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:33,850 Now we have a person of interest. 643 00:29:33,930 --> 00:29:35,150 We know who we're looking for. 644 00:29:36,270 --> 00:29:38,240 At this point in the investigation, 645 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,940 we have a meeting with narcotics. 646 00:29:40,020 --> 00:29:41,110 We showed 'em the photo, 647 00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:43,310 we tell them this is our person of interest 648 00:29:43,410 --> 00:29:44,930 on the triple homicide. 649 00:29:46,730 --> 00:29:48,500 They take off running. 650 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,070 In hopes of catching Ibrahim Muhammed, 651 00:29:51,170 --> 00:29:53,400 the narcotics unit carries out a drug bust 652 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,640 on the 6200 block of reedland street, 653 00:29:56,740 --> 00:29:59,710 and, in a stroke of luck, five months after the brutal 654 00:29:59,810 --> 00:30:01,440 murder of the Nunez family, 655 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:04,050 detectives arrest Ibrahim Muhammed, 656 00:30:04,150 --> 00:30:06,780 one of the suspected killers. 657 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,820 They get him selling. 658 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,720 They arrest him at that point, 659 00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:12,390 and when he arrives at homicide, 660 00:30:12,470 --> 00:30:14,390 we place him in one of our interview rooms. 661 00:30:16,590 --> 00:30:20,760 Detective Gaul is eerily reminded of the robbery video. 662 00:30:20,870 --> 00:30:22,200 Gaul: He walks him in. 663 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,670 I'm watching his physical characteristics, seeing 664 00:30:24,770 --> 00:30:25,900 type of gait, 665 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,770 you know, saying type physical description, angular face. 666 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:31,970 And the watch was very significant. 667 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,080 It was almost, like, emblazoned in my brain, 668 00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:36,750 you know what I mean? From watching the video so much. 669 00:30:36,850 --> 00:30:39,110 Listen, my friend, I'm on your side. 670 00:30:40,750 --> 00:30:41,680 I just need to ask you 671 00:30:41,790 --> 00:30:44,700 some questions about the Nunez triple murder 672 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,620 that happened this past September. 673 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:47,720 One of my tactics was when 674 00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:49,810 I went in was just friendly conversation. 675 00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:51,880 I didn't want him to feel under pressure. 676 00:30:51,980 --> 00:30:53,610 I didn't want him to feel like we was bullying him. 677 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,650 It wasn't me. It wasn't me. 678 00:30:57,740 --> 00:30:59,570 I don't know what you guys are talking about. 679 00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:01,940 I didn't do it. 680 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,280 Look, the only thing that's gonna save you right now 681 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,980 is telling US exactly what happened and exactly what 682 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,610 you did. 683 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,350 I said, "look, you've been waiting for this knock 684 00:31:13,450 --> 00:31:16,290 on your door since September 7th of 2011." 685 00:31:16,390 --> 00:31:17,500 I said, "here we are in the middle 686 00:31:17,610 --> 00:31:20,560 of February, and the knock on the door came." 687 00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:22,990 I'm trying to explain to him, listen, they have you, 688 00:31:23,090 --> 00:31:24,130 they know it's you. 689 00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:25,460 They got you on video. 690 00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:27,660 Okay, okay. 691 00:31:27,770 --> 00:31:30,370 It was supposed to just be a robbery. 692 00:31:30,470 --> 00:31:31,830 I was never gonna shoot anyone. 693 00:31:33,170 --> 00:31:35,100 But the guy, he had a gun. 694 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:36,810 Wilkins: They targeted bodega stores. 695 00:31:36,910 --> 00:31:39,090 Usually they would come in, produce the gun, 696 00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:40,930 people would give over the cash, 697 00:31:41,030 --> 00:31:42,440 and the guys would just leave. 698 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:43,950 But they panicked. 699 00:31:44,060 --> 00:31:45,060 Everything is a blur. 700 00:31:45,150 --> 00:31:47,030 Soon as I got to the back, 701 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,120 I shot the woman. 702 00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:50,690 And I saw the guy on the floor, 703 00:31:50,790 --> 00:31:53,810 I saw him trying to get back up, and I shot him dead. 704 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,180 Gaul: He described how he shot all three. 705 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,280 So now we have enough to 706 00:31:58,380 --> 00:32:00,860 arrest and charge Ibrahim Muhammed for all three 707 00:32:00,970 --> 00:32:02,310 just based on his confession. 708 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:05,470 If he had done just a regular robbery 709 00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:08,020 and walked out and left that family intact, 710 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,360 he wouldn't have got the heavy hammer that homicide 711 00:32:10,460 --> 00:32:11,290 went after him. 712 00:32:11,390 --> 00:32:12,790 When you kill someone, you've now joined 713 00:32:12,890 --> 00:32:15,760 the big leagues, because we don't let that go. 714 00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:18,300 When we heard that there was an arrest finally made, 715 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,930 it was just relief. 716 00:32:20,030 --> 00:32:22,720 There was palpable relief across the city. 717 00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:24,950 It was like, "thank god." 718 00:32:25,060 --> 00:32:27,720 Ibrahim Muhammed wastes no time in naming 719 00:32:27,830 --> 00:32:29,260 the other gunman. 720 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,330 Who was your accomplice? 721 00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:32,560 His name's Malik. 722 00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:36,700 -And Malik's last name? -Scott. 723 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,370 I think that his motive to give the Malik Scott 724 00:32:38,470 --> 00:32:39,500 was he was hoping that 725 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,770 that would turn into a bargaining chip. 726 00:32:41,870 --> 00:32:45,370 His main concern was the death penalty. 727 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:46,960 That guy felt no remorse. 728 00:32:48,210 --> 00:32:52,930 Two days later, on Saturday, February 11, 2012 729 00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:56,720 30-year-old Malik Scott is apprehended by law enforcement. 730 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,390 Malik also has a long rap sheet of prior convictions. 731 00:33:00,470 --> 00:33:02,840 Gaul: Even though we have enough to arrest Malik Scott 732 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:05,510 and Ibrahim Muhammed based on his confession, 733 00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:08,060 everybody wants to have a successful trial. 734 00:33:08,150 --> 00:33:12,280 Now the next game plan is we're gonna show identification, 735 00:33:13,450 --> 00:33:16,540 arrays, you know, photo arrays to the witnesses. 736 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:18,620 Hi, Jessica, it's detective Gaul. 737 00:33:19,660 --> 00:33:21,340 Yes, we've got something. 738 00:33:21,450 --> 00:33:22,580 They called me and they told me 739 00:33:22,660 --> 00:33:25,360 that they needed to come over, it's early in the morning, 740 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:26,720 I'm like, "my gosh." 741 00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:29,370 I was in shock. 742 00:33:43,130 --> 00:33:46,170 It's just over five months since Jessica Nunez 743 00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:47,970 and her sister watched their mother, 744 00:33:48,090 --> 00:33:51,260 father, and aunt's execution during an armed robbery at 745 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,460 the family's grocery store. 746 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,340 Jessica is anxiously awaiting 747 00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:58,060 a meeting with detective Gaul and Wilkins. 748 00:33:58,150 --> 00:34:00,230 Jessica: I had a feeling that it was something good, 749 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,600 whether they got one of the guys 750 00:34:01,690 --> 00:34:04,650 or I thought they got, like, the gun or something. 751 00:34:04,770 --> 00:34:07,190 Now, Jessica, I've got a couple of photos to show you, 752 00:34:07,270 --> 00:34:08,710 okay? 753 00:34:08,810 --> 00:34:11,410 Can you tell me if you recognize either of 754 00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:12,540 these two men? 755 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:15,530 My god. 756 00:34:16,730 --> 00:34:19,820 As soon as I saw the pictures, I knew who they were. 757 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,320 That's them. 758 00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:22,650 These are the people who killed my family. 759 00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:26,940 Wilkins: Grown men don't cry, 760 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,210 but you could see wet eyes, you know, as we're talking,, 761 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,430 because that's how you felt just looking at her. 762 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,400 It's okay. It's okay. 763 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:35,930 Your parents would be proud. 764 00:34:37,300 --> 00:34:38,920 Once we got the identifications, 765 00:34:39,020 --> 00:34:40,990 we have enough to charge Malik Scott 766 00:34:41,090 --> 00:34:42,520 and Ibrahim Muhammed. 767 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,930 Detectives can finally piece together what happened 768 00:34:48,030 --> 00:34:51,530 to the Nunez family on September 6, 2011. 769 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,900 It's porfirio Nunez's birthday, 770 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,470 and the family is getting ready to close up a little bit 771 00:34:56,570 --> 00:34:57,660 early for the night so that 772 00:34:57,740 --> 00:35:01,030 they can go be together and celebrate his birthday. 773 00:35:01,130 --> 00:35:03,310 I don't think that these guys went in there to kill 774 00:35:03,410 --> 00:35:04,560 the nunezes. 775 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,470 I think they went in there to Rob the place. 776 00:35:08,570 --> 00:35:09,940 The other two robberies, even though they didn't 777 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,800 end in death, they were still that violent-type, 778 00:35:12,890 --> 00:35:14,510 intimidating nature right from the juncture. 779 00:35:15,930 --> 00:35:17,310 They definitely had it pre-planned. 780 00:35:17,390 --> 00:35:18,930 They hit 'em right before they were closing, 781 00:35:19,010 --> 00:35:21,430 and they went in there almost like a tactical team. 782 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,600 Malik always goes to the counter, that's his thing. 783 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:27,020 He's the counter guy getting the money. 784 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:28,650 Then the second gunman, he's the one that always 785 00:35:28,740 --> 00:35:30,690 goes to the back, and Muhammed is 786 00:35:30,770 --> 00:35:31,660 the violent guy. 787 00:35:31,740 --> 00:35:34,990 He likes being out there giving the orders. 788 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:35,860 Hurry up! 789 00:35:35,950 --> 00:35:37,900 We gotta go, man. Speed this up. 790 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:38,830 Get down! 791 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,280 No! 792 00:35:41,370 --> 00:35:43,900 Malik grabs Laura. She screams. 793 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:44,790 No! 794 00:35:44,870 --> 00:35:46,240 Jessica freezes -- the guy has a gun. 795 00:35:46,340 --> 00:35:47,510 Dad, when he hears 796 00:35:47,590 --> 00:35:50,290 his daughter scream, turns, runs to the counter, 797 00:35:50,380 --> 00:35:52,080 as he's running there, he's saying... wait! 798 00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:52,960 "Wait, wait, wait!" 799 00:35:53,050 --> 00:35:54,350 Wait! Wait! 800 00:35:54,430 --> 00:35:56,210 Gaul: And it's Malik that, once he sees 801 00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:57,850 the threat of Mr. Nunez with the gun, 802 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:01,390 he shoots him. 803 00:36:01,470 --> 00:36:02,550 Vega: He didn't deserve to get shot. 804 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:03,940 He was trying to protect his girls. 805 00:36:04,060 --> 00:36:06,860 At that moment, he wasn't protecting a store. 806 00:36:06,940 --> 00:36:08,480 He was protecting his little girl. 807 00:36:10,150 --> 00:36:12,260 Now Muhammed goes and sees the two women 808 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:13,950 that obviously see him the most. 809 00:36:19,620 --> 00:36:21,040 Gaul: He kills both of them, 810 00:36:22,740 --> 00:36:23,660 comes back, 811 00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:26,830 sees Mr. Nunez still moving around. 812 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:30,780 Shoots and kills him. 813 00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:35,920 Vega: It happened so quickly, they didn't see it coming. 814 00:36:36,010 --> 00:36:37,510 They didn't expect it. 815 00:36:37,590 --> 00:36:41,130 This was the devastation of a family, killing 816 00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:44,500 good people and then killing unarmed women. 817 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,850 It's one of the most horrific, if not the horrific case, 818 00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:49,270 I've ever -- I've ever been involved in. 819 00:36:49,350 --> 00:36:51,100 And, I've been involved in a few. 820 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:53,690 What you waiting for, an invitation? 821 00:36:53,770 --> 00:36:55,640 Speed this up! 822 00:36:55,740 --> 00:36:57,110 Hurry up! 823 00:36:59,110 --> 00:37:01,280 We out, bro. 824 00:37:01,370 --> 00:37:03,500 Detectives will never know why the gunmen spared 825 00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:05,500 Jessica and Laura's lives. 826 00:37:05,620 --> 00:37:06,790 Hagan: They're blessed to be alive. 827 00:37:06,870 --> 00:37:08,920 We don't know why the guys didn't kill 'em. 828 00:37:09,010 --> 00:37:10,150 We have no idea. 829 00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:12,040 Some guys would have killed everybody in the store, 830 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:14,210 so there were no witnesses left -- for them two 831 00:37:14,290 --> 00:37:16,490 to be alive, it's a miracle. 832 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,800 My family had a grocery store just like theirs, 833 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,180 and all of US worked in it just like they did. 834 00:37:21,290 --> 00:37:23,330 Our store had been burglarized, had been robbed 835 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:24,520 at gunpoint, 836 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,270 knifepoint -- I would pray that they wouldn't be killed. 837 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:28,670 My mother, father, sister, 838 00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:31,180 grandmother -- I'm glad I had the case, because what I feared 839 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,310 the most, those girls lived. 840 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,800 So it was very personal saying that these girls need me. 841 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:39,370 On December 6, 2016, 842 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,240 5 years after the triple slaying 843 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,370 at Lorena's that shook Philadelphia, 844 00:37:43,490 --> 00:37:45,690 the case finally goes to trial. 845 00:37:45,790 --> 00:37:48,710 I'm so nervous now, because yeah, we got them. 846 00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:50,380 But are we gonna get justice? 847 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,650 Are they gonna walk out within a year or two and then come 848 00:37:52,750 --> 00:37:55,130 back and probably kill the little girl that put them 849 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:56,400 in jail? 850 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,370 I was going through so much mentally 851 00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:01,220 thinking that that was gonna happen. 852 00:38:03,090 --> 00:38:05,810 I remember sitting in the courtroom. 853 00:38:05,910 --> 00:38:07,780 We were holding hands. 854 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,100 Once they had a verdict, I remember my family praying. 855 00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:16,070 On December 21, 2016, Ibrahim Muhammed 856 00:38:16,170 --> 00:38:19,440 and Malik Scott are found guilty of first-degree murder 857 00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:21,960 in the 2011 deaths 858 00:38:22,060 --> 00:38:26,380 of porfirio Nunez, juana Nunez, and Lina Sanchez. 859 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,280 Vega: The jury came back in an hour, guilty. 860 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:31,700 They didn't even ask for a single picture exhibit, 861 00:38:31,790 --> 00:38:34,740 they just ordered lunch and convicted them like that. 862 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,410 I started crying. 863 00:38:36,510 --> 00:38:37,960 My sister started crying. 864 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,330 You feel peace. 865 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:46,120 But then you realize that no matter -- no matter how many 866 00:38:46,220 --> 00:38:47,100 years they get in jail, 867 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,090 you're still not gonna get them back. 868 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,480 And you still have to understand that you're not 869 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,540 gonna have your dad walkin' you 870 00:38:55,650 --> 00:38:59,250 down the aisle or, you know, call your mom if 871 00:38:59,350 --> 00:39:00,580 something is wrong. 872 00:39:02,390 --> 00:39:04,490 You still have to realize those things. 873 00:39:07,410 --> 00:39:10,780 Vega: We got the guys, and what little solace it 874 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,050 gives them saying these guys were brought to justice, 875 00:39:14,130 --> 00:39:15,460 they didn't get away with it, 876 00:39:15,580 --> 00:39:17,830 you know, my parents are dead, but guess what? 877 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,000 You got caught. You got convicted. 878 00:39:20,090 --> 00:39:21,970 I know that the family, the survivors, 879 00:39:22,090 --> 00:39:25,140 didn't want them to face the death penalty, 880 00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:26,760 because it was against their beliefs. 881 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,560 So this was the best thing that prosecutors 882 00:39:29,660 --> 00:39:31,460 in the city could do for them was to 883 00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:34,430 make sure that these men have no possibility of parole. 884 00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:35,900 They're never gonna be back on the street. 885 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,350 They're never gonna 886 00:39:37,450 --> 00:39:39,100 see the light of day outside of 887 00:39:39,190 --> 00:39:42,440 a prison ever again to terrorize another family. 888 00:39:42,540 --> 00:39:44,780 Jessica took over the role of her mom and dad. 889 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,330 She took care of her younger sister and her younger brother. 890 00:39:49,450 --> 00:39:51,370 She became spokesperson for the family. 891 00:39:51,450 --> 00:39:53,250 Just resilience is the word I can think of 892 00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:54,770 when I think of Jessica. 893 00:39:54,870 --> 00:39:57,570 If I thought I was so weak and I didn't think 894 00:39:57,670 --> 00:39:58,910 I was like this strong girl, 895 00:39:59,010 --> 00:40:00,340 then my dad would tell me I was, 896 00:40:00,460 --> 00:40:02,760 or -- or "you can do everything you want," 897 00:40:02,850 --> 00:40:06,630 and "you can do anything if you put yourself into it." 898 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:09,600 Took me a few years, um, to understand that, 899 00:40:09,690 --> 00:40:10,800 yeah, I am strong. 900 00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:13,760 I survived, and I learned to move on. 901 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,640 And Jessica finds a way to honor 902 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:21,400 her family by doing what she loves most. 903 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,000 Jessica: The music was my connection with my dad. 904 00:40:30,110 --> 00:40:33,880 He likes to sing and act, and I had the same personality. 905 00:40:35,050 --> 00:40:38,810 In July 2019, Jessica was selected to compete 906 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,950 on "reina de la cancion," the Spanish version 907 00:40:42,070 --> 00:40:44,540 of "the voice." 908 00:40:44,620 --> 00:40:48,210 I remember the first time when I did my audition, 909 00:40:48,290 --> 00:40:51,960 I literally felt like they were walking with me on stage. 910 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,050 I was filled with so much happiness and peace 911 00:40:54,130 --> 00:40:55,050 at the same time. 912 00:40:55,130 --> 00:40:58,170 And so I will always say something to them. 913 00:40:58,250 --> 00:40:59,220 Be like, "listen, 914 00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:01,500 "your little crazy girl's about two something, 915 00:41:01,590 --> 00:41:03,840 so just rock with me."