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   - Nothing compares to the    
   ties of teenage friendship   

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   in the small town            
  of Slapout, Alabama.          

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  Unbreakable bonds are formed  
  while riding four-wheelers,   

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  taking the truck on           
  dirt country roads,           

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  and bonfires in the           
  middle of the woods.          

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  - These friends, we           
  were all close-knit,          

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  practically family.           

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- They loved each other so much 

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   and they would do            
anything for each other.        

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  - But when the heart of that  
close-knit friend group,        

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Anna Catherine Cardwell,        

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   is found murdered            
in her own home                 

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 the day after Valentine's Day, 

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  loyalty turns to suspicion.   

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  [suspenseful music]           

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- It was somebody that she knew,

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   somebody that she            
 invited into the home.         

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  - When we found out           
  that Anna Catherine           

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   had let her killer in, we    
 immediately started thinking,  

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"Well, who could have it been?" 

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  We didn't know who to trust.  

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 - I couldn't imagine           
 anybody in her circle          

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 being capable of doing         
  something like that.          

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 That is an absolute betrayal.  

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 - Because here in the          
 Slapout inner circle,          

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whoever's riding shotgun        

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might just be wielding the gun. 

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 [mellow music]                 

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 - In Slapout, Alabama,         

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  we have one blinking light.   

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In a small town,                
everyone knows everyone.        

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 [somber music]                 
[birds chirping]                

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 - The most important           
   things for Anna Catherine    

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 were her family, her friends.  

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  When Anna Catherine           
  graduated from high school,   

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she wanted to follow her friends
   and go to Southern Union.    

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But when she entered her        
second year of college,         

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she had moved back home.        

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 [somber music]                 

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 That day, I was off from work. 

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[door squeaking]                

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Anna Catherine was sleeping in. 

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She didn't have                 
   classes that day,            

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   so I stuck my head in her    
 bedroom just to check on her.  

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  And she was still sleeping,   
  so I shut the door,           

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  went about to do my errands.  

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  [suspenseful music]           

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   I was gone maybe an hour.    

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 When I came back home,         

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   the first thing I noticed    
   was her car was missing.     

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[ominous music]                 

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   And when I walked            
   in the back door,            

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I saw blood everywhere.         

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 And bloody footprints          
 headed to the kitchen.         

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  [suspenseful music]           

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  And then, it wasn't           
  far into the kitchen          

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  that she was laying           
  there on the floor.           

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  [suspenseful music]           

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And I grabbed the phone.        

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Please!                         

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[Paula sobbing]                 

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[Paula sobbing]                 

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[somber music]                  
[siren wailing]                 

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I remember the                  
 ambulance showing up.          

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 They went in and came          
  straight back out.            

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  And I just remember several   
 sheriff's deputies showing up. 

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[pensive music]                 

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 - We arrived on the scene and  
 the 911 caller, Ms. Cardwell,  

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  was outside of the            
  residence, very distraught.   

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  We did speak to her           

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and just get an                 
overview of what she saw        

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 before we went into the house. 

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  [suspenseful music]           

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   There didn't appear to be    
   any type of forced entry     

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  into the residence.           

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  [suspenseful music]           

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   We walked into the garage,   

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   made sure that there's no    
one else in the garage,         

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  [suspenseful music]           

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  and opened up the back door.  

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  [footsteps clacking]          

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There was a blood trail         
  leading to the kitchen area.  

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 Anna was there on the          
 floor in the kitchen.          

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  It just looked like           
just a horrendous scene.        

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[pensive music]                 

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 - It was obvious to us         

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  that there was one            
  fatal gunshot wound           

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to the back of the head.        

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 That's like an                 
execution-style killing.        

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[pensive music]                 

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   - [Det. Evans] We spoke to   
  Ms. Cardwell                  

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 who said that she left         
   the residence around 9:15.   

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  And the 911 call was          
  placed around 10:15,          

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  so we knew there was          
   about an hour window there   

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   for the crime to             
   have taken place.            

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- [Paula] My son was working in 
   Clanton,                     

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   which was about a            
  30, 45-minute drive.          

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My husband was up north         
  on a business trip,           

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 so I kept trying to call him,  

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   and finally, he answered,    

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and I told him what had happened

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and one of his coworkers        
   got him on a plane           

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   and got him home.            

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  - The father and the brother  
 who also lived there,          

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 they were both out of          
   town working at the time,    

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   so they were not             
   involved in this.            

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[pensive music]                 

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- [Alan] Although the immediate 
 family was ruled out,          

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in the kitchen,                 

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  investigators notice          
a telling detail                

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within the crime scene.         

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  - So based upon the           
   clothing she was wearing,    

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   which is kind of something   
you would go to bed in,         

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and the fact that there         
were no busted windows          

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  or doors kicked in,           

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 it did indicate to us that she 
  most likely knew her killer.  

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 - [Paula] She must have gotten 
  up from bed                   

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 and answered the door.         

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   - [Det. Evans] The overall   
 condition of the house         

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was immaculate, really.         

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 There was not anything obvious 
  that appeared to be missing.  

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  [suspenseful music]           

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- [Alan] If their hunch is right
and Anna did let                

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  her own murderer in           
through the front door,         

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there must have                 
   been familiarity.            

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  [suspenseful music]           

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  Investigators must            
track this bloody trail         

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and figure out how Anna         
   ended up dead on the floor   

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in the kitchen.                 

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  - The blood trail is telling  
   us that as she's running,    

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   she's bleeding, the blood    
is striking the ground,         

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 and you can tell her movements 

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from just being able to         
   look at the blood patterns   

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  and see where she had gone.   

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   - The blood began            

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where the hallway pretty        
  much meets the den.           

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   It appeared that Anna had    
 been shot there in the hallway 

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  and she began to run          
 through the residence.         

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 - [CJ] There was a bloody hand 
 print                          

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kind of on the wall on the door,

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as if she was trying to escape, 

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and almost did.                 

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  [suspenseful music]           

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- [Det. Evans] The shell casings
in the residence                

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  were from a                   
nine-millimeter handgun.        

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  [suspenseful music]           

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  It would appear that          
   the murder weapon            

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 was gonna be a                 
nine-millimeter handgun.        

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   [compelling music]           

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- [Alan] Once they have         
  assessed the scene,           

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investigators want to turn back 

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 to Paula Cardwell immediately  
 for more information.          

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 She is still in shock.         

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   [compelling music]           

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 - [CJ] You don't ever          
 want to see a mother           

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 whose child has been murdered. 

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 [somber music]                 

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- [Paula] It's like you're just 
frozen,                         

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 and you don't know what to do, 

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   and you just do something.   

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 [somber music]                 

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  The detective just asked me:  

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   Was there anything that I    
   noticed that was missing?    

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   And I said, "Well,           
her car's gone."                

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  [suspenseful music]           

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- [Det. Evans] When we realized 
   the vehicle was missing,     

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   we put out a BOLO,           

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 which basically means          
  be on the lookout.            

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   - [Alan] Meanwhile, Paula    
begins the near-impossible task 

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of calling close family         
   and friends with the news,   

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   and word quickly spreads.    

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- My phone kept                 
   ding-ding-dinging,           

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   and seeing like everyone     
texting me like, "Did you hear? 

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You know, like                  
  something's wrong."           

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  - [Paula] And then friends    
started showing up, and family, 

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and there were a lot of         
 people from her friend group.  

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   It was just a yard           
full of people,                 

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 with just everybody,           
  you know, confused            

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 and can't believe what         
  has happened to her.          

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[pensive music]                 

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- [Alan] Law enforcement        
 takes this opportunity         

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   to ask friends and           
family about the victim.        

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[pensive music]                 

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- [Paula] Anna Catherine was who
she was,                        

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and she was proud of it,        

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and I loved that                
  confidence about her          

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and that ability to have        
 such good self-image.          

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  When Anna Catherine           
  graduated from high school,   

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   she wanted to be             
   a school teacher.            

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 She'd started taking classes.  

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   So, I would love to think    
 that's what she would've been  

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  'cause she was very           
  good with children.           

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 - [Melinda] I don't think she  
   knew a stranger.             

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  If you were a stranger, she   
 would make you into a friend.  

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   You could not ignore her.    

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That's how her personality was. 

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   - I mean, she was            
  the little princess           

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 and then she was also          
  the little tomboy.            

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   [Anna Catherine laughing]    

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  - [Lindsay] She was so silly  
  that                          

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  I could just picture          
it in my head right now.        

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 Her hair just slinging         
  around, her mouth wide open,  

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   like being crazy.            

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 [mellow music]                 

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- People go to a couple         
different high schools,         

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  even private                  
  schools in the area,          

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but Slapout's a small community 

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   and so it's pretty           
 common for all of them         

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 to be friends with each other. 

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   - We always had somewhere    
   to go and something to do.   

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 [mellow music]                 

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  - Anna Catherine had          
   different friends            

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from this group and that group. 

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  She was just the person that  
hung out with everybody.        

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 That's just goes back          
 to how kind she was.           

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 [mellow music]                 

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- [Paula] She loved her friends 
deeply                          

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   and they were very           
   important to her,            

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  and she loved being part of   
   a group and doing things.    

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 [mellow music]                 

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- [Lindsay] I think the closest 
friend                          

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that was always at her          
house every single day,         

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   no matter what, was Lacy.    

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[pensive music]                 

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   They both confided           
 in each other.                 

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 She would tell Lacy everything 

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  and Lacy would tell           
her everything.                 

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- [Alan] Detectives went        
  to speak to this best friend  

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 who was grieving at the scene. 

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- [Det. Evans] Then our         
conversation with Lacy,         

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 she was upset,                 
   she was emotional,           

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but she really couldn't         
tell us anybody                 

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  who she suspected of          
 committing this crime.         

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 She did not indicate that Anna 
   had a problem with anyone.   

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   I mean, everybody            
  seemed to love Anna,          

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 everybody got along with Anna. 

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  [suspenseful music]           

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- [Lindsay] As friends,         

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   we have always been like     
 close-knit and knew everyone.  

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  We knew everyone's business.  

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 There was no one that          
 had that type of anger         

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that I could think of or        
   that anyone could think of   

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  that could possibly           
 even have the capacity         

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   to even think to do that.    

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  But I know the whole          
 community felt scared.         

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  [suspenseful music]           

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   - [Alan] For those closest   
   to Anna on her front lawn,   

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it's unsettling to think        
someone in their circle         

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   cannot be trusted.           

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 - [Melinda] Everyone's crying, 
  everyone's hugging,           

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  but you're glancing           
 at the faces,                  

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  and you just wonder           
if anyone there                 

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  could have known something.   

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 - [CJ] Here, you clearly have  
a beautiful young girl          

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that is murdered                
in her own home.                

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  So, one of the first things   
that we start thinking about is:

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 Is there a boyfriend?          

283
00:12:13,265 --> 00:12:14,834
   Is there an ex-boyfriend?    

284
00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:16,969
 Is there some type of          
  personal connection           

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  to this young girl?           

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[pensive music]                 

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 - [Paula] Anna Catherine had   
 recently started dating Nick.  

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They seemed to                  
 really get along well          

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and enjoy each other's company. 

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  [couple chattering]           

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 Anna Catherine liked           
the guys that were fun,         

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that were polite                
and good to her,                

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   and that were good to her    
family and her friends.         

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   And if they were not, she    
 just wouldn't stay with them.  

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[siren wailing]                 

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   - [Alan] Detectives learn    

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   that one of those            
  ex-boyfriends, Todd,          

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  is among the group grieving   
  at the crime scene.           

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  [suspenseful music]           

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 - [Paula] Todd was a previous  
   boyfriend                    

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  and they dated for a while,   
I mean, a year longer,          

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 and just had recently broke up 

303
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 before Anna Catherine          
 started dating Nick.           

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  [suspenseful music]           

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00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:10,890
   - [Melinda] All of Anna's    
  friends were there.           

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Lacy was there, Todd was there. 

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00:13:13,325 --> 00:13:15,294
  [suspenseful music]           

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00:13:15,327 --> 00:13:16,562
   I didn't see Nick.           

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   [compelling music]           

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- [Det. Evans] The night before 
 was Valentine's Day,           

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 and according to Ms. Cardwell, 

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  Nick had come to the house    
 just to spend time with Anna.  

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   [compelling music]           

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He was there until approximately
  2:00 in the morning.          

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   [compelling music]           

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00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:34,580
 - [Melinda[ Everyone was very  
   confused,                    

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   trying to figure out who     
 could have possibly done that  

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and it just kind                
   of made you think.           

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  [suspenseful music]           

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  - [Alan] Coming up.           

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- [Lindsay] With Nick being the 
 new guy in the group,          

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he definitely was questionable. 

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- [Paula] Todd had text her the 
  night before she was killed   

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  and I think there were maybe  
   still some feelings there.   

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- [Det. Evans] They called me on
  the radio and said,           

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"You're not gonna believe this."

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  [suspenseful music]           

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[p                              

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[pen                            

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[pensi                          

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[pensive                        

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[pensive m                      

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[pensive mus                    

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00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:08,380
[pensive music                  

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00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:10,482
[pensive music]                 

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  - [Alan] The tight circle of  
friends                         

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00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:18,657
   of Anna Catherine Cardwell   
 are gathered on her front lawn 

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  to grapple with her           
  mysterious murder.            

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00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,163
Conspicuously missing among them

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 is Anna's new boyfriend, Nick. 

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00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:30,002
  [suspenseful music]           

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00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:32,004
- [Paula] I was a little        
shocked later in the day        

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00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,906
   that Nick did not show up.   

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00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:36,642
  [suspenseful music]           

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00:14:36,675 --> 00:14:39,678
  - [Alan] With Nick's absence  
  at the house quite glaring,   

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00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:43,148
  investigators got even more   
 curious and gather more intel. 

347
00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:45,150
  [suspenseful music]           

348
00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:46,919
 - [Robyn] Anna Catherine just  
  told me about him,            

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and that he's a really good guy,

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 and that he was really         
 kind and nice to her,          

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00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:53,392
  and I mean, and she thought   
  he was really good-looking.   

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00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:56,595
- [Paula] I had met him, he was 
a very nice young man.          

353
00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:58,564
 He was good to Anna Catherine, 

354
00:14:58,597 --> 00:15:00,699
and he told me,                 
   one day, he said,            

355
00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:03,602
   "That's just the sweetest    
 girl I've ever met."           

356
00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:06,305
  So, they were really          
happy together.                 

357
00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:08,941
- [Lindsay] Anna was definitely 
   head over heels for him.     

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[pensive music]                 

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00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:13,178
But with Nick being the         
 new guy in the group,          

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00:15:13,212 --> 00:15:15,481
he definitely was questionable. 

361
00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:17,416
He was the last one to see her. 

362
00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:21,587
- [Det. Evans] Nick was the last
person really with Anna         

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  besides her mother.           

364
00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:26,191
   We were given his            
name and number                 

365
00:15:26,225 --> 00:15:27,726
 from some of the friend group. 

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00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,228
  [suspenseful music]           

367
00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,597
- [Alan] Finally, that          
   afternoon, Nick surfaces,    

368
00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:34,500
and agrees to meet with         
 investigators at the station.  

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00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:38,170
   [compelling music]           

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00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:40,306
 - [Det. Evans] When we         
   interviewed Nick,            

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00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:41,941
he did look distraught.         

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00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:45,077
 It didn't look like he         
  was hiding anything.          

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He was immediately very         
 forthcoming with where he was, 

374
00:15:48,013 --> 00:15:49,181
what he had been doing,         

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00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:54,186
   and he appeared to be very   
 shaken up about the situation. 

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00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:56,522
  - [CJ] But, is there things   
   about him we don't know?     

377
00:15:56,555 --> 00:16:00,526
 Is there a part of him         
that leads us to believe        

378
00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:02,227
  that he has a violent past?   

379
00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:04,763
[pensive music]                 

380
00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:06,265
The first thing that we noticed 

381
00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:08,634
 is there's no what we          
would call a rap sheet,         

382
00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:09,668
   but we gotta look further.   

383
00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:14,139
  [suspenseful music]           
[clock ticking]                 

384
00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,674
   - [Det. Evans] During our    
conversation with Nick,         

385
00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,677
   he did say that the night    
before she was killed,          

386
00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:22,548
  they had decided they would   
officially be a couple.         

387
00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:25,384
[pensive music]                 

388
00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:27,653
  So, he had come to the house  

389
00:16:27,686 --> 00:16:30,522
just to spend time with         
her on Valentine's Day.         

390
00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:34,126
   [compelling music]           

391
00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:36,528
He was there until approximately
  2:00 in the morning.          

392
00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:38,664
[pensive music]                 

393
00:16:38,697 --> 00:16:40,399
   - [Paula] I knew he had to   
   work the next day,           

394
00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:43,435
  so I said, "Anna Catherine,   
  it's getting late,            

395
00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:44,670
you need to go to bed."         

396
00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:46,505
  And she said, "Okay, mama."   

397
00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:52,378
 And in a little bit, I heard   
her door close and that was it. 

398
00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:54,446
  [suspenseful music]           

399
00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,415
   - [Det. Evans] Once we got   
   Anna's cell phone,           

400
00:16:56,448 --> 00:16:58,550
 there were some text messages  

401
00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:02,154
   after 2:00 in the morning    
   to Nick,                     

402
00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:03,722
 you know, things like,         
 "I miss you already,"          

403
00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:04,690
  that sort of thing.           

404
00:17:04,723 --> 00:17:08,160
So they did leave on good terms,

405
00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:10,429
 so what he was telling         
us was accurate.                

406
00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:12,464
  [suspenseful music]           

407
00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:14,600
   We asked Nick, obviously,    

408
00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:17,269
where he was the                
  morning of the 15th.          

409
00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:23,609
His response was that he        
   was at home asleep, alone,   

410
00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:28,680
  which could be troubling if   
you're trying to prove an alibi.

411
00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:32,184
Nick said he was                
   woken up by a call           

412
00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:33,752
  telling him what had          
   happened to Anna.            

413
00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:35,454
  [suspenseful music]           

414
00:17:35,487 --> 00:17:39,224
  From the way he answered our  
  questions and his demeanor,   

415
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,593
  it appeared that he           
  was being truthful.           

416
00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:44,363
  [suspenseful music]           

417
00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:46,765
  So Nick's, you know,          
   still under consideration,   

418
00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:48,467
but not heavily.                

419
00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:52,604
   - [Alan] Detectives aren't   
  ruling Nick out as a suspect  

420
00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:54,106
  and they also can't           
help but think                  

421
00:17:54,139 --> 00:17:56,608
that Anna's murder the          
   day after Valentine's Day    

422
00:17:56,642 --> 00:17:58,210
   is no coincidence.           

423
00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:01,747
 So, they turned their          
attention to Anna's ex,         

424
00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:04,383
   the one who'd been present   
  at the crime scene,           

425
00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:05,250
 Todd.                          

426
00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:06,752
   [compelling music]           

427
00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:08,887
 - [Det. Evans] His father is a 
   well-respected businessman   

428
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:09,788
   in Elmore County.            

429
00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:11,223
  [car engine humming]          

430
00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:14,126
Their family is                 
   fairly well-known.           

431
00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:16,228
  Nothing out of the ordinary   

432
00:18:16,261 --> 00:18:18,497
that would raise                
 suspicion towards him.         

433
00:18:18,530 --> 00:18:19,765
[pensive music]                 

434
00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:23,368
- [Lindsay] So, Todd and Anna, I
know they dated for a long time.

435
00:18:23,402 --> 00:18:25,504
[pensive music]                 

436
00:18:25,537 --> 00:18:27,673
- [Alan] Police learned         
  that the two stayed in touch  

437
00:18:27,706 --> 00:18:30,142
and that Todd had texted        
her on Valentine's Day.         

438
00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:32,377
  [suspenseful music]           

439
00:18:32,411 --> 00:18:35,747
- [Paula] Todd had text her the 
 night before she was killed.   

440
00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:40,652
Anna Catherine was excited that 
 Todd had reached out to her,   

441
00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:45,257
  and I think there were maybe  
   still some feelings there.   

442
00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:48,827
 - [Alan] Was Todd's text meant 
to rekindle a lost love,        

443
00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:50,929
 or could it have been          
something more sinister?        

444
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:54,299
  [suspenseful music]           

445
00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,268
- [Det. Evans] We brought him in
   and talked to him.           

446
00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:58,704
 We read him as Miranda rights  

447
00:18:58,737 --> 00:19:00,439
  and we got a                  
  statement from Todd.          

448
00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:01,840
  [suspenseful music]           

449
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:05,577
According to Todd, they         
broke up very amicably,         

450
00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:07,412
but there's always a possibility

451
00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,282
  that we're just getting the   
story that they want us to hear.

452
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:11,817
  [suspenseful music]           

453
00:19:11,850 --> 00:19:14,853
 We did ask Todd where          
 he was that morning.           

454
00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:17,823
  [suspenseful music]           

455
00:19:17,856 --> 00:19:22,828
 He advised us that he was in   
 school out of town at college  

456
00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:24,696
for about an hour away.         

457
00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:27,299
  [suspenseful music]           

458
00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:29,568
 We were able to verify         
  that that was true.           

459
00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:32,337
  Pretty much alleviated him    
  as a suspect at that point.   

460
00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:35,741
  [suspenseful music]           

461
00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:37,743
   - [Alan] Just as they wrap   
  up Todd's statement           

462
00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:39,478
on the afternoon of the murder, 

463
00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:41,446
police get the                  
  strongest lead yet:           

464
00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:45,250
   a hit on the BOLO            
for Anna's car.                 

465
00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:48,754
 - [Det. Evans] About 5:00 that 
   afternoon,                   

466
00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:52,691
   one of our deputy sheriffs   
  located the vehicle.          

467
00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:58,764
  The car was in the parking    
 lot of a local grocery store.  

468
00:19:58,797 --> 00:20:02,334
 He was able to see the tag on  
 the front that said, "Anna."   

469
00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,002
  [suspenseful music]           

470
00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:07,739
- [CJ] The car is located about 
 10 miles away from the house.  

471
00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:11,476
Finding her car was huge        
 for the investigation.         

472
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:14,513
 That car is basically          
 a rolling crime scene.         

473
00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:17,583
   [compelling music]           

474
00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:28,694
  [suspenseful music]           
 - [Alan] Mere hours after the  
murder                          

475
00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:31,330
 of 20-year-old Anna Cardwell,  

476
00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:33,565
   a hit comes in on her car,   

477
00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:35,467
  just miles away from          
  where it was stolen           

478
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,602
 from the crime scene.          

479
00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:39,671
   [compelling music]           

480
00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,873
- [Sheriff Franklin] I remember 
 them saying,                   

481
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,109
"Hey, they have                 
  located the vehicle,          

482
00:20:44,142 --> 00:20:46,878
   and it was downtown in the   
Winn-Dixie parking lot."        

483
00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:48,547
   [compelling music]           

484
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:50,916
- [Det. Evans] All right, we've 
  got crime scene A,            

485
00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:52,751
 the residence,                 

486
00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:55,120
  and now we've got a           
 secondary crime scene          

487
00:20:55,153 --> 00:20:57,022
that we've gotta                
 start processing also.         

488
00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:59,625
   [compelling music]           
[siren wailing]                 

489
00:20:59,658 --> 00:21:02,728
   That unit dusted             
   for fingerprints,            

490
00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:05,731
   collected bottles            
   from the vehicle,            

491
00:21:06,665 --> 00:21:09,768
   items that they thought we   
 may be able to get DNA off of. 

492
00:21:09,801 --> 00:21:12,738
   [compelling music]           

493
00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:15,607
 - [Alan] While                 
  investigators await results,  

494
00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:18,377
Anna's friends take the         
  search into their own hands.  

495
00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:19,911
[pensive music]                 

496
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:22,381
  - [Lindsay] So then we knew   
  where her car was.            

497
00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:25,117
But still, where's this person? 

498
00:21:25,851 --> 00:21:27,886
 I hopped in the car with Lacy, 

499
00:21:27,919 --> 00:21:30,522
  and I just remember           
driving around                  

500
00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:32,624
 just trying to figure          
 out what's going on.           

501
00:21:32,658 --> 00:21:34,893
[pensive music]                 

502
00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:38,897
We even drove to the Winn-Dixie 
  after the cops got the car    

503
00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:41,767
 and just drove around          
   the parking lot.             

504
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:42,901
[pensive music]                 

505
00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:43,969
Looking around.                 

506
00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:48,173
   We were so determined to     
   find out what's going on.    

507
00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:49,941
  [suspenseful music]           

508
00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,910
   - [Alan] With the            
 car dumped just miles          

509
00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:52,911
 from the crime scene,          

510
00:21:53,945 --> 00:21:55,047
 investigators follow the hunch 

511
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,882
that the killer                 
   was close to Anna.           

512
00:21:57,616 --> 00:22:00,085
   With several of her more     
   recent romantic interests    

513
00:22:00,118 --> 00:22:01,787
   ruled out,                   

514
00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,156
   police continue to           
question Anna's friends.        

515
00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:07,059
 - [Det. Evans] Who knows Anna  
 best?                          

516
00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:08,927
 Who is she closest to?         

517
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,430
  Who does she spend            
  the most time with?           

518
00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:14,399
Who would know the most         
   details about Anna's life?   

519
00:22:16,134 --> 00:22:17,936
 - [Alan] Lacy was one          
 of the first friends           

520
00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:20,672
  investigators spoke           
with at the crime scene,        

521
00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:22,808
 but now they know they         
   need to dig deeper           

522
00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:24,443
with Anna's best friend.        

523
00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:25,477
 [mellow music]                 

524
00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:27,846
 - [Det. Evans] Is she holding  
   back information             

525
00:22:27,879 --> 00:22:30,082
that could possibly be helpful? 

526
00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:32,217
So, we call her back in         

527
00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:34,119
   and get a written            
  statement from her.           

528
00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:35,821
[pensive music]                 

529
00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:37,823
   - [Alan] At the station,     
   they pressed Lacy further    

530
00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:40,826
   about who Anna was hanging   
 out with most lately.          

531
00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:43,095
  - [Lindsay] So at the time,   

532
00:22:43,128 --> 00:22:45,997
 Lacy was dating a guy          
  named Josh Caspari.           

533
00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:47,232
 [mellow music]                 

534
00:22:47,265 --> 00:22:50,569
- [Melinda] Lacy introduced Anna
to Josh,                        

535
00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:51,970
and they became friends.        

536
00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:53,705
 [mellow music]                 

537
00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:56,108
  - [Lindsay] Anna was always   
hanging out with Lacy and Josh. 

538
00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:58,243
  Whether this is just          
   the three of them            

539
00:22:58,276 --> 00:23:02,714
  or whether it was Josh and    
Lacy and Josh's roommate, Cody, 

540
00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:04,716
 or anybody else in the group.  

541
00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,119
[pensive music]                 

542
00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:11,590
  Cody was more of a            
  subtle-type person,           

543
00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:14,593
like he was outgoing, he        
   was always with the crowd,   

544
00:23:14,626 --> 00:23:18,764
but like he wasn't that         
 loud mouth like Josh.          

545
00:23:18,797 --> 00:23:21,600
 We all clicked because         
   we were all goofy            

546
00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:24,169
   and it didn't matter what    
   you said because it was...   

547
00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:26,004
 Everybody's gonna be           
 laughing at somebody.          

548
00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:28,740
[pensive music]                 

549
00:23:28,774 --> 00:23:31,042
- [Alan] Detectives ask         
  if Lacy had spoken with Anna  

550
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:34,646
in the morning or night         
  before her murder.            

551
00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,616
  [suspenseful music]           

552
00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:40,185
 - [Lindsay] That morning, Lacy 
   tried to text her,           

553
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:42,053
   couldn't get ahold of her.   

554
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,189
Well, she didn't really         
   think anything right away    

555
00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:47,025
  because Anna always           
was sleeping in                 

556
00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:48,193
   if she didn't have           
something to do.                

557
00:23:48,226 --> 00:23:49,795
[pensive music]                 

558
00:23:49,828 --> 00:23:52,898
- [Det. Evans] Lacy stated that 
another friend                  

559
00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:54,933
 called her later that morning  

560
00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:57,903
   and told her that            
 Anna had been killed.          

561
00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,638
  [suspenseful music]           

562
00:23:59,671 --> 00:24:03,775
 Lacy called Josh and told him  
  what had happened to Anna.    

563
00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:08,079
Lacy gets in her car and        
  goes to the Cardwells' house  

564
00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:09,815
  to be there with the family,  

565
00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:11,550
  to just try to comfort them.  

566
00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:14,085
[pensive music]                 

567
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,921
  - [Alan] Detective Evans is   
curious                         

568
00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:19,691
   why Josh Caspari did not     
  meet her at the crime scene   

569
00:24:19,724 --> 00:24:21,827
  to be with the friend group.  

570
00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:23,695
Lacy explains that she and Josh 

571
00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:26,064
  were not exactly a            
  model of stability.           

572
00:24:26,097 --> 00:24:27,332
   [compelling music]           

573
00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:32,070
- [Lindsay] Lacy and Josh really
 had like a crazy relationship. 

574
00:24:32,103 --> 00:24:33,705
 "Oh, I'm gonna break           
 up with you this day,          

575
00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:35,974
and then we're gonna get        
back together this day."        

576
00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:37,843
   [compelling music]           

577
00:24:37,876 --> 00:24:40,679
  - [Det. Evans] At this time,  
   she does advise us           

578
00:24:40,712 --> 00:24:42,981
   that Josh was not            
   happy with Anna,             

579
00:24:43,014 --> 00:24:47,686
that Anna convinced Lacy        
 to break up with Josh.         

580
00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:49,588
She didn't think                
  Josh was a good guy.          

581
00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:51,723
 She didn't think Josh          
  was good for Lacy.            

582
00:24:51,756 --> 00:24:54,226
   [compelling music]           

583
00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:56,962
  - [Paula] Anna Catherine was  
quick to let Lacy know,         

584
00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:58,697
 "You deserve better,"          

585
00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:01,733
and would encourage Lacy        
 to find someone else.          

586
00:25:01,766 --> 00:25:04,803
   [compelling music]           

587
00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:07,873
- [Lindsay] Anna did definitely 

588
00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:09,140
  have high standards for her   
friends                         

589
00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:11,743
  as far as like she            
   wanted them to have a guy    

590
00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:14,980
   that treated them right,     
 loved them for who they were,  

591
00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:16,381
   treated them how they were   
 supposed to be treated         

592
00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:17,148
 with respect.                  

593
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,750
   [compelling music]           

594
00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:21,720
 - [Paula] Josh and Anna would  
   talk about Lacy.             

595
00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:25,857
   It drove Anna crazy to be    
  in the middle of the drama.   

596
00:25:25,891 --> 00:25:27,759
  [suspenseful music]           

597
00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:30,729
   I think she was a lot more   
wrapped up in that drama        

598
00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:32,130
   than we realized.            

599
00:25:32,163 --> 00:25:35,200
  [suspenseful music]           

600
00:25:40,238 --> 00:25:40,272
[p                              

601
00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:40,305
[pen                            

602
00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:40,338
[pensi                          

603
00:25:40,338 --> 00:25:40,372
[pensive                        

604
00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:40,405
[pensive m                      

605
00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:40,438
[pensive mus                    

606
00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:40,472
[pensive music                  

607
00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,674
[pensive music]                 

608
00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:48,113
  - [Alan] Investigators have   
  learned that Anna Cardwell    

609
00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:50,949
 was trying to convince         
 her best friend, Lacy,         

610
00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:53,084
 to break up with Josh Caspari. 

611
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:55,253
   [compelling music]           

612
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:57,489
 - [Lindsay] Lacy was actually  
   trying to                    

613
00:25:57,522 --> 00:25:59,724
   end it for good this time    

614
00:25:59,758 --> 00:26:01,960
  [suspenseful music]           

615
00:26:01,993 --> 00:26:04,796
 because she was trying         
 to, you know, move on.         

616
00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,732
- [Alan] So, detectives         
bring in other friends          

617
00:26:07,766 --> 00:26:08,900
for questioning,                

618
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:11,836
   and what they have to say    
  raises even more red flags.   

619
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:13,238
  [suspenseful music]           

620
00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:15,240
- [CJ] They said                

621
00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:18,810
Josh blamed Anna                

622
00:26:18,843 --> 00:26:21,713
  for the relationship          
 with Lacy going south.         

623
00:26:22,847 --> 00:26:26,217
  - We realized that a lot of   
  people were scared of Josh.   

624
00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:31,122
If everybody else in the        
 group has that opinion of him, 

625
00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:33,124
are you trying to cover for him?

626
00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:37,262
 - [Alan] The more the friend   
 group is comfortable talking,  

627
00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:38,396
   the more tea gets spilled.   

628
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:39,798
  [suspenseful music]           

629
00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:43,134
- [Det. Evans] They said, "Hey, 
if you're gonna talk to anybody,

630
00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:44,769
   you need to talk             
   to Josh Caspari."            

631
00:26:44,803 --> 00:26:47,005
  [suspenseful music]           

632
00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:49,140
  During the course of          
   our investigation,           

633
00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:51,876
we realized that a lot of people

634
00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:54,045
  did consider him to           
 be the type of person          

635
00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:55,513
  that could do this.           

636
00:26:56,581 --> 00:26:59,017
- [Alan] They waste no          
 time bringing in Josh Caspari  

637
00:26:59,050 --> 00:27:00,051
   for an interview.            

638
00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:01,886
  [suspenseful music]           

639
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,156
Like so many of Anna's friends, 
   he comes in voluntarily,     

640
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:07,926
 deeply touched by the tragedy  
  of his dear friend's death.   

641
00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:10,895
  [suspenseful music]           

642
00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:14,032
 - [CJ] When Josh Caspari came  
 in for an interview,           

643
00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:16,334
   he came in, he sat down,     
  he talked to investigators.   

644
00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:18,036
  [suspenseful music]           

645
00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:22,107
- [Det. Evans] He seemed like he
  was genuinely in disbelief.   

646
00:27:22,941 --> 00:27:24,142
 He voluntarily came in         

647
00:27:24,175 --> 00:27:27,045
 and gave a statement for his   
 whereabouts for that morning.  

648
00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:32,450
  He said that he had left his  
  vehicle at a friend's house   

649
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,319
 and he had called his          
   mother to come pick him up   

650
00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:37,822
 and take him to his truck at a 
 friend's house down the road,  

651
00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:39,324
 and that she had come          
  and picked him up.            

652
00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:40,959
  [suspenseful music]           

653
00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:44,462
   His demeanor didn't stand    
   out as being suspicious.     

654
00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,097
[pensive music]                 

655
00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:49,334
  Nothing that really           
drew any alarms from us.        

656
00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:52,337
   He just seemed like one of   
  the crowd, one of the group,  

657
00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:55,206
 but we knew we were gonna have 
  to do a little more digging.  

658
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,943
  [suspenseful music]           

659
00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:00,612
- [Alan] And it doesn't         
  take a steam shovel           

660
00:28:00,645 --> 00:28:02,947
   to uncover the real dirt.    

661
00:28:02,981 --> 00:28:06,217
  [suspenseful music]           

662
00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:08,353
 - [Det. Evans] The next day on 
   the 16th,                    

663
00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:10,255
  we had another investigator   

664
00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:13,258
who had gone to                 
interview Josh's mother,        

665
00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:15,260
 and he called me on the phone  

666
00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:20,098
 and said she told him that she 
 had indeed picked her son up,  

667
00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:23,535
   but it was in the            
Winn-Dixie parking lot,         

668
00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:25,403
 where Anna Cardwell's          
 car was dropped off.           

669
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:27,238
  [suspenseful music]           

670
00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:31,409
 So at this point, his          
  mother destroyed his alibi.   

671
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,979
   He had lied to us            
 about his whereabouts.         

672
00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:36,214
 He was located                 

673
00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:40,385
 where the car                  
 was ditched after the murder.  

674
00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:41,986
   [compelling music]           

675
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:43,288
 - So he's immediately          
   in that timeline.            

676
00:28:43,321 --> 00:28:45,156
  [suspenseful music]           

677
00:28:45,190 --> 00:28:47,092
 - [Det. Evans] This is a major 
 turning point                  

678
00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:48,293
 in the investigation.          

679
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,028
  [suspenseful music]           

680
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:52,163
 - [Alan] It's just 24          
   hours after Anna's murder    

681
00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:56,000
 and Josh's own mother          
 has ruined his alibi.          

682
00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:57,435
   This gives police            
   the ammo they need           

683
00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,671
   to obtain a search           
warrant for Josh's home.        

684
00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:01,406
[pensive music]                 

685
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:04,309
  They need more than           
 catching him in a lie,         

686
00:29:04,342 --> 00:29:06,411
they need a smoking gun.        

687
00:29:06,444 --> 00:29:07,645
  [suspenseful music]           

688
00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:10,515
- [Det. Evans] We were able to  
enter Josh Caspari's residence. 

689
00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:13,451
  The house was fairly orderly  

690
00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:15,687
  for a couple of guys          
  to be living in it.           

691
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,956
  Nothing really out            
 of the ordinary there          

692
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:22,560
until we started                
searching the residence.        

693
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,062
As we began our search,         

694
00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:27,699
  we located numerous firearms  

695
00:29:27,732 --> 00:29:29,467
throughout the entire residence.

696
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:32,036
  [suspenseful music]           

697
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:35,507
  There were shotguns,          
rifles, pistols.                

698
00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,344
This was a arsenal of firearms. 

699
00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:42,447
  [suspenseful music]           

700
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:48,620
 I took a list of what          
   we had recovered,            

701
00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:50,588
 handed it to dispatch,         

702
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,724
and asked them to start         
 running the weapons.           

703
00:29:52,757 --> 00:29:54,459
   [compelling music]           

704
00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:56,594
   - [CJ] You run the serial    
 number for those guns          

705
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,663
to find out its origin.         

706
00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:02,367
- [Det. Evans] They called me on
  the radio and said,           

707
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:03,635
"You're not gonna believe this, 

708
00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:06,504
 but all these weapons          
 are coming back stolen         

709
00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:07,639
from our jurisdiction."         

710
00:30:07,672 --> 00:30:11,209
  [suspenseful music]           

711
00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:12,977
  [telephone ringing]           

712
00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:16,514
November of 2011, we got a call 
  of a home invasion robbery.   

713
00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:21,619
[pensive music]                 
[siren wailing]                 

714
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:23,488
 - [CJ] A former police officer 

715
00:30:23,521 --> 00:30:25,723
was the victim of a home        
   invasion.                    

716
00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:29,494
- [Det. Evans] These masked men 
  bust into his house           

717
00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:31,663
  and stick a gun to his head,  

718
00:30:31,696 --> 00:30:34,098
  and tell him they're          
gonna kill him.                 

719
00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:35,400
 - [CJ] They pistol-whipped him 

720
00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:37,535
 and his gun collection         
   was taken.                   

721
00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:39,237
  [suspenseful music]           

722
00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:42,006
 - [Alan] The cache of          
  guns implicates Josh Caspari  

723
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,241
 in the home invasion.          

724
00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:45,543
  [suspenseful music]           

725
00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:48,546
   But does it also implicate   
 him in Anna's murder?          

726
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:51,583
   [compelling music]           

727
00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:56,254
- [CJ] And as we start          
   squeezing those walls in,    

728
00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:57,388
  it's all about Josh Caspari.  

729
00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:59,691
  [suspenseful music]           

730
00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:02,126
- [Det. Evans] We're looking at 
someone who is capable          

731
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:03,394
   of that type of violence.    

732
00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:06,464
  [suspenseful music]           

733
00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:08,333
[p                              

734
00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:08,366
[pen                            

735
00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:08,399
[pensi                          

736
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:08,433
[pensive                        

737
00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:08,466
[pensive m                      

738
00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:08,499
[pensive mus                    

739
00:31:08,499 --> 00:31:08,533
[pensive music                  

740
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,602
[pensive music]                 

741
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:15,173
 - [Alan] It's almost 24 hours  
  after Anna's murder           

742
00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:17,442
 and investigators now          
have a strong suspicion         

743
00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:20,311
that Josh Caspari is her killer.

744
00:31:20,345 --> 00:31:23,715
  [suspenseful music]           

745
00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:26,284
- [Det. Evans] We're starting to
   see a complete picture of    

746
00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:30,388
   the violence that            
   he's capable of.             

747
00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:33,825
 During the search of           
   Josh Caspari's residence,    

748
00:31:33,858 --> 00:31:36,194
  there was also a safe found.  

749
00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:37,729
  We opened the safe,           

750
00:31:37,762 --> 00:31:41,266
  and there were steroids and   
  a large amount of currency.   

751
00:31:42,467 --> 00:31:44,702
  And then there were           
 two handguns in there,         

752
00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:46,070
 both nine millimeters.         

753
00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:49,440
  [suspenseful music]           

754
00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:51,709
So, we had to send them         
 both off for testing.          

755
00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,578
  [suspenseful music]           

756
00:31:53,611 --> 00:31:55,613
- [Alan] Josh is                
   arrested for home invasion   

757
00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,382
 and brought in                 
   for interrogation.           

758
00:31:58,216 --> 00:32:01,386
  Now, they need to hear from   
  Josh what actually happened.  

759
00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:05,189
 It wasn't going to be          
 easy to get the truth.         

760
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:07,325
  [suspenseful music]           

761
00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:11,095
 - [Sheriff Franklin] This guy  
   was a huge steroid taker.    

762
00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:12,764
   When he walks in             
  the interview room,           

763
00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,465
 he's actually                  
  flexing his muscle.           

764
00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:17,568
  [suspenseful music]           

765
00:32:18,536 --> 00:32:20,371
   - [Det. Evans] It kind of    
  painted the picture           

766
00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:23,474
  of just a egotistical bully.  

767
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:24,876
  [suspenseful music]           

768
00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:27,879
 We go back to Caspari          

769
00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:31,282
   and re-interview him this    
 time about the home invasion.  

770
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,755
  [suspenseful music]           

771
00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:46,664
- [Det. Evans] He implicates his
   roommate, Cody Abernathy,    

772
00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:47,899
 in the home invasion.          

773
00:32:47,932 --> 00:32:49,267
  [suspenseful music]           

774
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,768
 - [Alan] While                 
 investigators continue         

775
00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:53,404
to take Josh's statement        
at the sheriff's office,        

776
00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:55,373
   detectives tracked           
   down his roommate            

777
00:32:55,406 --> 00:32:58,643
and the quiet member of         
   the Slapout friend group,    

778
00:32:58,676 --> 00:32:59,911
Cody Abernathy.                 

779
00:32:59,944 --> 00:33:03,781
  [suspenseful music]           

780
00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:06,417
 - [Det. Evans] We then go get  
 Mr. Abernathy                  

781
00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:10,588
   and arrest him for           
   the home invasion.           

782
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:12,657
 Interview him.                 

783
00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:13,725
[pensive music]                 

784
00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:15,927
  - [CJ] I think Cody was open  
  with law enforcement          

785
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:21,199
 because he realized the walls  
 had really closed in on him.   

786
00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,801
   - [Det. Evans] Abernathy's   
 statement to us was, you know, 

787
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:27,939
"Basically, you just do         
  what Josh wants you to do."   

788
00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:29,674
  They're all scared of Josh.   

789
00:33:29,707 --> 00:33:30,842
  [suspenseful music]           

790
00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:32,310
  - [Alan] In                   
 exchange for leniency,         

791
00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:34,412
 Cody cooperates and confesses  

792
00:33:34,445 --> 00:33:38,449
   that Josh had coerced him    
into the home invasion.         

793
00:33:38,483 --> 00:33:40,551
 But that admission is          
immediately overshadowed        

794
00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:42,553
 by a far more                  
significant revelation.         

795
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,722
[pensive music]                 

796
00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:46,290
  - [Det. Evans] We asked him   

797
00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:48,559
   if he knew anything about    
  the murder,                   

798
00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:51,262
  [suspenseful music]           

799
00:33:52,897 --> 00:33:57,568
 so he admits to taking Josh up 
 there on the 15th of February  

800
00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:59,303
  and dropping him off          

801
00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:02,440
 and leaving him there          
 at the Cardwell house          

802
00:34:02,473 --> 00:34:03,841
  in the early morning          
 of the murder.                 

803
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,209
  [suspenseful music]           

804
00:34:05,243 --> 00:34:08,713
 I mean, you've got someone who 
  can actually place him there  

805
00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:13,484
 in a awfully                   
 questionable context.          

806
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:16,587
  Being that close to           
  the actual incident,          

807
00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:18,356
  you know, that's important.   

808
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:20,324
  [suspenseful music]           

809
00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:21,859
  - [CJ] So now you have Cody   
   Abernathy                    

810
00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,595
  committing the home           
  invasion with Josh.           

811
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:26,898
 You have him dropping          
Josh off at Anna's home         

812
00:34:26,931 --> 00:34:30,468
not too long before Anna        
was killed in her house.        

813
00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:33,471
  [suspenseful music]           

814
00:34:33,504 --> 00:34:36,374
   Did he know Joshua Caspari   
  was going there to kill her?  

815
00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:39,577
  [suspenseful music]           

816
00:34:40,411 --> 00:34:41,579
What did Josh tell him?         

817
00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:45,483
 So, those are things to where  
   we had to sort that out.     

818
00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:48,252
For Cody, that was kind         
   of the difference between,   

819
00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:51,255
   "Are you looking             
  at 10 to 99 or life           

820
00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:52,890
  for being an                  
 accomplished of murder         

821
00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:56,360
  or are you looking            
 at a smaller sentence          

822
00:34:56,394 --> 00:34:58,262
   in connection to             
   the home invasion            

823
00:34:58,296 --> 00:35:00,898
  and for, you know,            
  admitting your role           

824
00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:04,268
  in basically helping          
   this crime occur,            

825
00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:06,637
  even if you didn't know he    
 was going there to kill her?"  

826
00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:08,506
  [suspenseful music]           

827
00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:10,775
- [Lindsay] Whether or not Cody 
 knew                           

828
00:35:10,808 --> 00:35:13,544
  what Josh was gonna           
go do to Anna,                  

829
00:35:13,578 --> 00:35:16,514
  I still don't know            
  the answer to that.           

830
00:35:16,547 --> 00:35:19,484
I don't want to                 
 think that he did know         

831
00:35:20,084 --> 00:35:21,052
 I hope he didn't know.         

832
00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,054
   [compelling music]           

833
00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:25,289
 - [Alan] Cody                  
 claims he had no idea          

834
00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:27,692
   Josh was planning            
   on killing Anna,             

835
00:35:27,725 --> 00:35:30,795
   but the intel he provides    
  helps investigators hone in   

836
00:35:30,828 --> 00:35:32,663
on Josh's interrogation.        

837
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:35,700
   [compelling music]           

838
00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:37,401
  - [Sheriff Franklin] I think  
there was a part of him         

839
00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:40,938
   that would want to unload    
 this and get it off his chest. 

840
00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:42,840
  [suspenseful music]           

841
00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:04,929
[shoes clacking]                

842
00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:26,517
  [suspenseful music]           

843
00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:30,688
[p                              

844
00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:30,721
[pen                            

845
00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:30,755
[pensi                          

846
00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:30,788
[pensive                        

847
00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:30,821
[pensive m                      

848
00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:30,855
[pensive mus                    

849
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:30,888
[pensive music                  

850
00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:32,857
[pensive music]                 

851
00:36:34,158 --> 00:36:36,961
[siren wailing]                 

852
00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:39,997
 - [Alan] Josh Caspari has been 
arrested                        

853
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,133
 for the murder of his          
 friend Anna Cardwell,          

854
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,403
   but he still won't           
 explain why he did it.         

855
00:36:45,436 --> 00:36:48,739
  [suspenseful music]           

856
00:37:03,754 --> 00:37:04,855
  [suspenseful music]           

857
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,023
- [Sheriff Frnaklin] He needs to
 understand that, hey,          

858
00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,659
 this is a coldblooded killing  

859
00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:11,762
   and that you need to give    
a plausible explanation         

860
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,899
  and a truthful explanation    
  on exactly what's going on.   

861
00:37:14,932 --> 00:37:16,300
  [suspenseful music]           

862
00:37:27,378 --> 00:37:28,913
  [suspenseful music]           

863
00:37:28,946 --> 00:37:30,348
 - [Alan] Josh,                 
 claiming memory lapse,         

864
00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:33,684
the investigation turns         
 to cold hard science.          

865
00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:36,053
  [suspenseful music]           

866
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:37,788
- [Sheriff Franklin] The prints 
   that we were able            

867
00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:40,925
to extract from                 
  Anna Cardwell's car           

868
00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:43,094
  were sent to the Department   
 of Forensic Science,           

869
00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:46,697
  and those particular prints   
  came back to Josh Caspari.    

870
00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:50,234
  [suspenseful music]           

871
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:53,471
   - [Alan] Investigators can   
  place Josh inside Anna's car  

872
00:37:53,504 --> 00:37:56,073
  that was stolen from          
the crime scene.                

873
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:57,341
   But, they need to confirm    

874
00:37:57,375 --> 00:38:00,711
that one of the dozens          
of guns Josh had stolen         

875
00:38:00,745 --> 00:38:02,980
 was used to kill Anna.         

876
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:04,248
  [suspenseful music]           

877
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:06,384
- There were two                
  nine-millimeters in the safe  

878
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,352
   from Josh's house.           

879
00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:10,087
So, we had to send them both off

880
00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,957
 to the Department of Forensic  
   Science for examination.     

881
00:38:12,990 --> 00:38:16,360
   [compelling music]           

882
00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:19,830
   And one of them does come    
   back as the murder weapon.   

883
00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:22,099
  [suspenseful music]           

884
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:25,002
  - [Alan] The autopsy results  
  come in and tell the story.   

885
00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:26,203
  [suspenseful music]           

886
00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:30,141
- The medical examiner performed
   an autopsy on Anna's body    

887
00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:32,109
 and it showed a total          
of four gunshot wounds.         

888
00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:33,744
  [suspenseful music]           

889
00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:36,013
 - [Det. Evans] Two rounds that 
 went through her back          

890
00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:39,517
   and then another             
  round to the chest,           

891
00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:41,519
and she's still up, and         
 she's still fighting,          

892
00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:43,154
and she's still                 
  trying to get away,           

893
00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:44,221
  [suspenseful music]           

894
00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:47,525
   until he ultimately brings   
her back into the house         

895
00:38:47,558 --> 00:38:48,993
   and executes her.            

896
00:38:49,026 --> 00:38:52,029
  [suspenseful music]           

897
00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:55,166
I think he drug her back        
 in from the back door          

898
00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:59,136
  and kind of pushed her down   
  onto the floor and shot her.  

899
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,405
  [suspenseful music]           

900
00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:03,441
  Just standing over somebody   

901
00:39:03,474 --> 00:39:06,143
   the moment before            
  you take their life,          

902
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:08,913
 I think that's a power thing.  

903
00:39:08,946 --> 00:39:11,849
[pensive music]                 

904
00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,186
  - [Alan] In exchange          
  for his cooperation,          

905
00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:18,556
Cody isn't charged as an        
accomplice to the crime,        

906
00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:22,026
  but he gets 10 years          
 for the home invasion.         

907
00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:23,928
[pensive music]                 

908
00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,464
Josh is charged                 
  with capital murder.          

909
00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:29,166
 [somber music]                 

910
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,436
- [Lindsay] Lacy gets the texts 
   and says,                    

911
00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:34,238
"Well, Josh has been arrested." 

912
00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:39,043
  All of us were just           
   started bawling,             

913
00:39:40,010 --> 00:39:43,447
  crying with her, as           
 she was unconsolable.          

914
00:39:43,481 --> 00:39:46,083
 [somber music]                 

915
00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:49,420
  I don't think that Lacy knew  
   what to do at that point.    

916
00:39:50,521 --> 00:39:53,057
Your best friend is gone        

917
00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:57,862
  and then your boyfriend was   
   charged with her murder.     

918
00:39:58,863 --> 00:40:00,464
Like, how do you deal with that?

919
00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:03,601
 [Josh crying]                  

920
00:40:03,634 --> 00:40:05,202
I still don't understand        

921
00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:08,939
 or whoever would think         
  that he would do it.          

922
00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:11,575
 [somber music]                 

923
00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:19,450
  - [Paula] Justice was very    
 important to me and my family  

924
00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:23,220
 because that's the last thing  
 I could do for Anna Catherine. 

925
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:24,622
 What else could I do?          

926
00:40:24,655 --> 00:40:26,357
 But I can get justice for her. 

927
00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:28,492
 [mellow music]                 

928
00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,594
So, it was my last job as a mom.

929
00:40:31,529 --> 00:40:33,631
 [mellow music]                 

930
00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:36,000
  - We decided to seek          
   the death penalty.           

931
00:40:36,033 --> 00:40:37,368
 [mellow music]                 

932
00:40:37,401 --> 00:40:39,103
- [Alan] When the death         
penalty is on the table,        

933
00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:41,238
Josh finally comes clean        

934
00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:44,375
   and owns up to the           
  premeditated murder.          

935
00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:47,278
 [mellow music]                 

936
00:40:47,311 --> 00:40:48,546
 - [CJ] That story was,         

937
00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:52,516
 "I blamed Anna for my          
 relationship with Lacy         

938
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:53,651
that went south.                

939
00:40:53,684 --> 00:40:55,286
  It was Anna's fault,          

940
00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:59,390
  and I went to her house to    
 basically get revenge on Anna  

941
00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,992
for taking away                 
something that I love."         

942
00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:03,894
  [suspenseful music]           

943
00:41:03,928 --> 00:41:08,999
   Joshua Caspari pled to the   
capital murder of Anna Cardwell,

944
00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:12,136
murder in the course of         
 burglary in the first degree.  

945
00:41:12,169 --> 00:41:15,639
  And in exchange for giving    
 the full story in open court,  

946
00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:20,177
his punishment was life without 
  the possibility of parole.    

947
00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:22,146
  [suspenseful music]           

948
00:41:22,179 --> 00:41:26,150
 [somber music]                 
[birds chirping]                

949
00:41:26,183 --> 00:41:29,420
 - [Lindsay] I feel like it did 
make us all grow up really quick

950
00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:32,556
 and realize like this is real, 

951
00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:33,691
  and it could happen to you,   

952
00:41:33,724 --> 00:41:35,159
and it can happen in your circle

953
00:41:35,192 --> 00:41:37,027
and it can happen in your town. 

954
00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:39,063
   So, when it's your friend,   

955
00:41:39,096 --> 00:41:42,299
 someone you know you went to   
 school with, you worked with,  

956
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:45,302
that is insane 'cause it        
 still don't seem real.         

957
00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:48,606
We learned that                 
 always tell each other         

958
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:50,040
   that you love them           

959
00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:51,442
   and spend as much            
   time as you can.             

960
00:41:51,475 --> 00:41:54,612
You don't ever know when        
 the last day will be.          

961
00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:55,613
  [Lindsay sniffling]           

962
00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:58,315
 [mellow music]                 

963
00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:01,552
   - [Paula] She did make a     
 difference with other people.  

964
00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:05,189
She was just an amazing person. 

965
00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:08,492
 [somber music]                 

966
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:12,463
  - Josh Caspari has tried to   
   escape from prison twice,    

967
00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:14,198
unsuccessfully.                 

968
00:42:14,231 --> 00:42:16,200
Thankfully, he                  
 remains incarcerated,          

969
00:42:16,233 --> 00:42:19,336
  what he will be for           
 the rest of his life.          

970
00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:21,472
  For Anna Cardwell's           
  family and friends,           

971
00:42:21,505 --> 00:42:24,074
Anna's legacy lives on.         

972
00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:26,477
   But the promise of safety    
within the friend group         

973
00:42:26,510 --> 00:42:28,546
remains forever broken.