1 00:00:00,433 --> 00:00:00,467    [m                            2 00:00:00,467 --> 00:00:00,500    [mys                          3 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:00,533    [myste                        4 00:00:00,533 --> 00:00:00,567    [mysteri                      5 00:00:00,567 --> 00:00:00,600    [mysteriou                    6 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:00,633    [mysterious                   7 00:00:00,633 --> 00:00:00,667    [mysterious mu                8 00:00:00,667 --> 00:00:00,700    [mysterious musi              9 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:03,036    [mysterious music]            10 00:00:03,737 --> 00:00:07,140 - [Alan] Workplaces can           be tight-knit groups,           11 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:09,275 and the Harris family's           landscaping business            12 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:11,244 is no exception.                 13 00:00:11,277 --> 00:00:13,780    It's a mom-and-pop outfit     run by a married couple          14 00:00:13,813 --> 00:00:15,548  and their best friend.          15 00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:18,251    The landscaping employees        are treated like family.      16 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:21,254  - We were very tight             with all of our guys.           17 00:00:21,287 --> 00:00:25,025   We were all working              sometimes 18, 20 hour days.    18 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:28,261 - So, imagine the horror            when Starr Harris,            19 00:00:28,294 --> 00:00:31,798  the 36-year-old wife,              mother, and office manager    20 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:34,667    is found brutally                murdered on their grounds.    21 00:00:36,069 --> 00:00:39,305   - The force that it takes to     break that part of the skull   22 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:41,274  is tremendous.                  23 00:00:41,307 --> 00:00:43,643   - This was so close to home.   24 00:00:44,577 --> 00:00:46,146    - Investigators find clues    25 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:49,716  that lead them inside            the family business.            26 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:52,285   - There were people               on the work crew              27 00:00:52,318 --> 00:00:54,054  that had been arrested before.  28 00:00:54,087 --> 00:00:56,189   - Thinking that it's someone   that's that close to you         29 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,058   is extremely scary.            30 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,160    - With twists that            sent shockwaves                  31 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:02,429   beneath these ground            keeper's feet.                  32 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:05,165  - Red flags began to come up.   33 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:08,568  - I said, "Don't ever contact   me or my family again.           34 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:10,303    You are a whore."             35 00:01:10,336 --> 00:01:12,472    - Our story begins            on a typical day                 36 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:15,175  at the Harris family's           landscaping business.           37 00:01:16,209 --> 00:01:19,079  But by nighttime, the              small community is forced     38 00:01:19,112 --> 00:01:21,247 to confront the                    terrifying question:           39 00:01:22,615 --> 00:01:24,818 is the killer among us?          40 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:29,322 [anxious music]                  41 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:43,269 [pensive music]                  42 00:01:45,672 --> 00:01:48,641   - Drummonds is what             we call off the bluff.          43 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:52,879    So you don't have               cell phone service,            44 00:01:52,912 --> 00:01:55,415  and it's very close to           the Mississippi River.          45 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:57,884    Everybody knows everybody.    46 00:01:57,917 --> 00:01:59,385 Everybody goes to the beer joint 47 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:01,354    to drink beers on              Friday night together.          48 00:02:01,387 --> 00:02:03,623   It's just a                     close-knit community.           49 00:02:04,757 --> 00:02:09,362   - In 2010, my friend, Starr,     was married to Rick Harris.    50 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:12,132 She had eight children.          51 00:02:12,165 --> 00:02:14,367    They were a large,            blended family.                  52 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,137 Rick ran a landscaping business, 53 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:19,339   and she was working for him.   54 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,908  - My name is Caroline            Kelly Phelps,                   55 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:25,245    and I was business               partners with Rick Harris.    56 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,781    Rick and Starr's property        was not only their home,      57 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:31,518   but it was also the             headquarters for our business.  58 00:02:31,551 --> 00:02:34,254   Every morning, our             crews would meet there.          59 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:36,256  That's where we would            congregate all the equipment,   60 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:37,557   anything that needed           to be repaired.                  61 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:39,893  Guys would come there           to get their paychecks.          62 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,529    - [Shannah] Starr              would work from home.           63 00:02:42,562 --> 00:02:46,266  She would handle the               office things, paperwork.     64 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:49,536    - We ranged from 10 to 30       employees at any given time.   65 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:53,306  During the summertime,             we were excelling,            66 00:02:53,339 --> 00:02:55,675  our business was just             really taking off.             67 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:05,385   June 1st, 2010, I'm             in my office at home.           68 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:08,421    It is around one o'clock,     69 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:12,559   and I have not been able to       reach Starr all day long.     70 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:14,294 I'm still unable to reach Starr. 71 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:18,431  I have reached out to            Rick on the job site.           72 00:03:18,464 --> 00:03:21,334  He has not heard from            her since one o'clock,          73 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:23,836 so I really just didn't            know what to think.            74 00:03:25,605 --> 00:03:29,842  When it got to, like, 8:00 in    the evening, my phone rings,    75 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:33,846    and it was Nathan, Rick's      son, Starr's stepson.           76 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,449  - [Donna] When Nathan            gets home after work,           77 00:03:36,482 --> 00:03:39,485  he goes into the house          78 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:42,422 and sees the office that          something's not right.          79 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:47,994 - [Kelly] He found the computer    desk toppled over backwards    80 00:03:48,027 --> 00:03:49,862   and the back door is             standing wide open.            81 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,631   And so, as soon as              he said these things,           82 00:03:51,664 --> 00:03:54,367    panic, you know,                 strikes my heart,             83 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,303    and I immediately went to     Rick and Starr's house.          84 00:03:58,271 --> 00:03:59,305 When I arrived,                  85 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:01,341  one of the workers is              sitting on the front porch    86 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:03,476  and Nathan was coming             up from the woods,             87 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:07,347  yelling and screaming             and kind of crying,            88 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:11,484    and he is saying, "I found    her, and it's not good."         89 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:13,620  The worker called the police.   90 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,270  - Nathan reached out            to Rick Harris and said          91 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:32,372  we had a really huge problem.   92 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:34,574  And I just remember thinking,   93 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:37,644   "Please, don't let this be      real, don't let her be gone."   94 00:04:38,511 --> 00:04:39,812   - [Alan] As Starr's               younger children              95 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:41,781    are ushered from               their friend's houses           96 00:04:41,814 --> 00:04:44,417 to her ex-husband's home nearby, 97 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:46,953    a patrol officer                is first to respond            98 00:04:46,986 --> 00:04:49,389  and calls for                     detectives and CSI.            99 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:53,593    - When I get to the house,     it was dark as pitch.           100 00:04:55,728 --> 00:05:01,267  And the humidity was so high,    it felt like it was raining.    101 00:05:02,435 --> 00:05:06,839  As I'm walking up to the body,     the first thing that I see    102 00:05:06,873 --> 00:05:10,276 is that her clothes are           down around her waist           103 00:05:11,711 --> 00:05:14,080  and she has no bra on,          104 00:05:14,113 --> 00:05:16,816  so she could have been            sexually assaulted,            105 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:19,819 and then I'm just seeing            a body covered with blood,    106 00:05:19,852 --> 00:05:22,455 especially around the head area. 107 00:05:22,488 --> 00:05:24,857 But I don't see gunshot wounds,  108 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:29,929  so I knew that she was             repeatedly hit in the head    109 00:05:29,962 --> 00:05:31,397 with something.                  110 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:36,869   I saw pieces of wood           around the body.                 111 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:38,438   It had blood on it.            112 00:05:39,238 --> 00:05:40,907 Could this be a                     potential weapon?             113 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:44,010    I'm looking at her hands,     114 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:48,848    and I see bruises               that are extensive.            115 00:05:48,881 --> 00:05:52,719  In my experience, it appeared    she put up a heck of a fight.   116 00:05:53,753 --> 00:05:56,923  Who would have that much rage?  117 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:01,127   - One of the things              about Drummonds is             118 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,030   nobody really knows               about Drummonds.              119 00:06:04,063 --> 00:06:06,733   Who really wants to               come to Drummonds             120 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:09,435 just to commit                     this type of crime?            121 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:13,139    - [Alan] Detectives hike         up to the Harrises' house     122 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:16,609   and spy Kelly and Nathan on       the property's perimeter.     123 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:21,614 Then, they comb through           where Starr lived and worked.   124 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:24,751   - I saw there was no             damage to the door,            125 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:26,686    and so there's no             forceful entry.                  126 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:31,391   But I noticed there              was a huge package,            127 00:06:31,424 --> 00:06:34,060 and I recognized                 a FedEx sticker.                 128 00:06:34,093 --> 00:06:36,062   As soon as I stepped           into the house,                  129 00:06:36,095 --> 00:06:37,930    when I looked to the left,    130 00:06:37,964 --> 00:06:39,799  it was like a                     tornado had hit it.            131 00:06:39,832 --> 00:06:42,034 [anxious music]                  132 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:45,772  - [Sherri] The office            area inside the house,          133 00:06:45,805 --> 00:06:48,408   where Starr normally             worked from,                   134 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:49,409 things were laying on the ground 135 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:51,878 that probably shouldn't          have been on the ground.         136 00:06:53,012 --> 00:06:55,948   - And so, I knew that there    had been some type of violence,  137 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:58,818   but I do not see any blood.    138 00:06:58,851 --> 00:07:01,187 There was still                    money on the table.            139 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:05,925    And on the far side of the      wall, the back door is open.   140 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:07,627 It leads out into the backyard.  141 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:10,797 I do not think it is a robbery,  142 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:14,534   but we were kind of             developing a chain of events.   143 00:07:15,668 --> 00:07:18,571   It was not abnormal for her     to be at the house by herself.  144 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:21,073   - [Sherri] We believe that       the bad guy's at the house,    145 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:25,678    there was possibly a small    fight inside the house.          146 00:07:25,711 --> 00:07:27,680 And we believe                     that at this point,            147 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:32,718   bad guy forces Starr            outside the back door.          148 00:07:32,752 --> 00:07:35,555   And then they enter               this wooded area.             149 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:38,224  They go further into the woods  150 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:40,059 where there was a fight          151 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:43,796   and where Starr ends           up passing away.                 152 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:49,569  - [Alan] As officers continue    processing the scene,           153 00:07:49,602 --> 00:07:51,571 the tragic word of Starr's death 154 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:53,906  spreads among her loved ones.   155 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:56,609   - [Kelly] At the top           of the property,                 156 00:07:56,642 --> 00:07:58,578   Rick had just arrived home.    157 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:02,882    And he was running towards     the edge of the woods           158 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,116   and the police stopped him.    159 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:09,489   And the look of sheer terror    and just horror and heartbreak  160 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:10,723   on his face,                   161 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:12,492    it overtook, like,            his whole body.                  162 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:14,026 Like, you could just see          he was standing there           163 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,127 and it was just,                 164 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:17,730    it was like he was frozen.    165 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:25,905    - When I got the call from     my mother's boyfriend,          166 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:29,475  the call was, "Hello,            your sister's dead."            167 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:32,144   And that was pretty much it,   168 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,146   because they didn't             have any information.           169 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:38,618 At first, I just didn't             believe it, to be honest.     170 00:08:38,651 --> 00:08:41,921   Immediately after, I             was out of my mind.            171 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:44,156  [somber music]                  172 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:47,927 - [Alan] As more members         of Starr's inner circle          173 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:49,896   received phone calls           about her death                  174 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:52,031  and stream onto the property,   175 00:08:52,064 --> 00:08:53,633   it's clear to investigators    176 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:57,303   she was the matriarch of her      family business community.    177 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:59,071  - [Kelly] Not only was          Rick my business partner         178 00:08:59,105 --> 00:09:00,640    and Starr my best friend,     179 00:09:00,673 --> 00:09:02,308   but we were family.            180 00:09:02,341 --> 00:09:06,512    It was just sort of a big      family gathering all the time.  181 00:09:08,114 --> 00:09:09,715    Starr was always cooking.     182 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:13,686 They would have                     barbecues with the staff.     183 00:09:13,719 --> 00:09:15,187 They would have                     big poker parties             184 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,957    where everyone would come      over with all their children.   185 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:21,527 Starr was such a loving,           kind, giving person.           186 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:23,696   - [Tonya] Right out            of high school,                  187 00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:24,830  she married her first husband.  188 00:09:24,864 --> 00:09:26,699  Then the babies came.           189 00:09:26,732 --> 00:09:30,069  And they were married             for about 10 years,            190 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:36,075  and she decided to leave and     was a single mom for a while,   191 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:39,078    and then she met                 and married Rick.             192 00:09:39,111 --> 00:09:42,582   Actually, Rick's first wife,      Rebecca, introduced them.     193 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:46,686   - [Kelly] So Rick was always     this tall, charismatic guy.    194 00:09:46,719 --> 00:09:48,821    He would light up             the whole room.                  195 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:51,857   He was really excited about     this new opportunity in life,   196 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:53,159  to be in love.                  197 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:57,263   - [Shannah] Starr went from       three kids to eight kids      198 00:09:57,296 --> 00:09:59,732  when she married Rick Harris.   199 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,834    It was a lot, but                she just did it,              200 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:04,971   and she would just              smile the whole time.           201 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:07,840   - Rick incorporated             her into his business,          202 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:12,745    and she became the person       who kept records of payroll.   203 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:14,847 - She was like                    everything, you know.           204 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,983   I called her 30 times a day.   205 00:10:17,016 --> 00:10:20,219   We just sort of helped each    other with everything we could.  206 00:10:22,888 --> 00:10:24,624  - [Alan] As the crowd             of onlookers grows             207 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:26,726  to include the Harris             family's employees             208 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:28,861   returning from their              landscaping work,             209 00:10:28,894 --> 00:10:30,997  all assembled begin to murmur   210 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:33,065 about what might have happened.  211 00:10:35,434 --> 00:10:37,703 - We were all concerned            with who did this.             212 00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:41,641   - [Shannah] That first night   was a lot of confusion.          213 00:10:41,674 --> 00:10:44,010    Somebody had to know her.     214 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:46,646   Strangers don't just            walk up down this road          215 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:47,813   out in the country.            216 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:51,751   You had to know that           she lived way out there.         217 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:53,886    So, who did this?             218 00:10:53,919 --> 00:10:57,023 Are we standing out here          with whoever did this?          219 00:10:58,190 --> 00:10:59,759    Are they watching?            220 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,428 - [Kelly] Was it someone            that works for us?            221 00:11:02,461 --> 00:11:04,664    Who, who did this?            222 00:11:04,697 --> 00:11:07,667  Our workers were all            in and outta the house.          223 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:08,768    It was very scary.            224 00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:14,173    - [Alan] With speculation        running rampant,              225 00:11:14,206 --> 00:11:17,910    detectives turn to Starr's     shocked family for more clues.  226 00:11:18,778 --> 00:11:20,846  - And we start talking          to Rick Harris.                  227 00:11:21,847 --> 00:11:25,084 The statistics say, hey,            it's probably the husband.    228 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:28,320  But at the same time, I don't     wanna jump to conclusions.     229 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:30,322    - [Donna] He was sobbing,     230 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:34,293  but you could also see          that there was an anger.         231 00:11:36,228 --> 00:11:39,331  And so, I just didn't             know if that anger             232 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:41,200    is the same anger               that I had just seen           233 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,802    inflicted on Starr Harris.    234 00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:47,973  At the same time, I'm going,    "Does he have scratches on him?  235 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:49,275 What's on his clothes?"          236 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:54,080  - I think anytime that           I work on crime scene,          237 00:11:54,113 --> 00:11:56,449   you always feel that            your suspect is close.          238 00:11:57,416 --> 00:11:58,951  We've got a big family          239 00:11:58,984 --> 00:12:01,487   and the company with              a lot of workers.             240 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,223 I can't say it's                 not one of them.                 241 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:08,861  - Starr Harris could possibly      know who her killer was.      242 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:10,830 At this point in                    the investigation,            243 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:13,966  everyone is a suspect.          244 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:15,401   - [Alan] Coming up:            245 00:12:15,434 --> 00:12:18,370   - [Donna] There was at least      12 to 15 different people     246 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:20,806 that could have been in           and out of the house.           247 00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:22,975    = [Sherri] We were               able to determine             248 00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:25,144   that Rick Harris was              hiding something.             249 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:28,748    - [Donna] This person not       only had a criminal history,   250 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:29,849   but it was violent.            251 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:32,118  [tense music]                   252 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:34,086  [t                              253 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:34,120  [ten                            254 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:34,153  [tense                          255 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:34,186  [tense m                        256 00:12:34,186 --> 00:12:34,220  [tense mus                      257 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:34,253  [tense music                    258 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,322  [tense music]                   259 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:39,825  [police radio chatter]          260 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:43,362    - [Alan] Starr Harris has        just been found murdered      261 00:12:43,395 --> 00:12:45,998  in the woods surrounding the    family landscaping headquarters  262 00:12:46,031 --> 00:12:47,500    and home.                     263 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:50,369    Police are now questioning       her husband, Rick.            264 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:52,605  Is the killer staring           them right in the face?          265 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:58,544 - We had to figure out,          was he happily married?          266 00:12:59,645 --> 00:13:01,881   - Unfortunately, you do have     to ask about their sex life,   267 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:03,883    like, are you guys            still intimate?                  268 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:05,251   That kind of stuff.            269 00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:07,019    Did you ever feel              that she was cheating?          270 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:08,587    Are you cheating?             271 00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:12,892 He said they were still intimate 272 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:17,797   and they were still            in love, happy.                  273 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:20,766    - And then as a course of        doing our investigation,      274 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,636  we want to know where            Rick was all day long.          275 00:13:28,073 --> 00:13:29,942    - [Sherri] He said            he had an alibi                  276 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:33,512 and that he was in another city  277 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:35,014  with his landscaping business.  278 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:39,418    - [Donna] So we needed to       independently try to verify    279 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:41,053 where he was at,                 280 00:13:41,086 --> 00:13:44,256   but it also takes a            lot of time to do that.          281 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:48,694   Then I was curious              on getting a timeline           282 00:13:48,727 --> 00:13:51,897    as quickly as we could and    develop her last steps.          283 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:55,568   - [Sherri] Rick Harris said    that earlier that day,           284 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:57,970  he had gotten a phone              call from Starr.              285 00:13:58,003 --> 00:13:59,705 [grass trimmer whirring]         286 00:13:59,738 --> 00:14:01,407  - [Alan] Starr reached             out that afternoon            287 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,677   about a pressing issue with    one of their employees.          288 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:07,346   - According to Rick             Harris, it was payday.          289 00:14:08,447 --> 00:14:11,817  All the employees were coming      by and picking up checks.     290 00:14:12,751 --> 00:14:15,454   Starr would be there             to give the checks.            291 00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:20,559 And an employee of Rick           Harris, Rickey Bell, got $300.  292 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:23,829 - [Alan] Rickey departed            with the rest of the crew,    293 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:27,466   but returned hours               later with a gripe.            294 00:14:27,499 --> 00:14:30,336  - [Sherri] Rickey Bell           felt he deserved more,          295 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:34,707    and he asked Starr Harris        why his check was short.      296 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:40,813  - Starr called Rick Harris and   handed Rickey Bell the phone.   297 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:45,718 - Rick Harris told Rickey Bell,  298 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:47,786 "You called in sick. Remember?"  299 00:14:48,787 --> 00:14:50,856  Rickey Bell was like,            "Yep, you're right."            300 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,859   And that was the end of it.    301 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,128   There was no confrontation.    302 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:58,597   Nobody was yelling,             nobody was screaming.           303 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:02,735 - [Donna] And the telephone call  was a few minutes after 1:00.   304 00:15:02,768 --> 00:15:04,503    And that was the last time    305 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:07,339    Starr Harris spoke            to Rick Harris.                  306 00:15:09,508 --> 00:15:12,011    They had found her               body around 8:00,             307 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:14,813   so she had been down           there for hours.                 308 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:20,019  - Then we got a buccal           swab from Rick Harris           309 00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:22,488    for DNA evidence.             310 00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:24,390   - [Alan] Investigators leave      Rick alone for the moment     311 00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:25,524    so he can grieve,             312 00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:27,493 but deem him a suspect.          313 00:15:27,526 --> 00:15:29,061    To follow up, they             file subpoenas                  314 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:32,164   for the records and content       from the family's phones.     315 00:15:32,197 --> 00:15:34,934  Then they seek out the            employee Rick placed           316 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:36,068   at the crime scene,            317 00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:40,539    who might also be the last       person to see Starr alive,    318 00:15:40,572 --> 00:15:41,607   Rickey Bell.                   319 00:15:43,842 --> 00:15:45,544 - [Kelly] Rickey                 Bell and his mom                 320 00:15:45,577 --> 00:15:47,680 lived around the corner           from Starr and Rick,            321 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:50,916   and so, you know, you're in    close quarters with this family. 322 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:53,052   - Rick Harris gave him a job   323 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:55,721    at the request of              Rickey Bell's mother.           324 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:59,925 - Rickey Bell's mom had             told Rick he needs a job.     325 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,560   You know, he'll be a             hard worker for you.           326 00:16:01,593 --> 00:16:04,063   He is just right around the      corner, so he'll be on time.   327 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:07,533    - [Alan] But as detectives       head to the Bell residence    328 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:08,968 for questioning,                 329 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,936 they find the perimeter            of the crime scene             330 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,072 is brewing into a volatile mob.  331 00:16:15,607 --> 00:16:18,510  - [Donna] The work crews were     still coming in after work.    332 00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:22,948  It seemed like there were 20,    25 people standing everywhere   333 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:24,216 in the driveway.                 334 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:25,851 It was chaotic.                  335 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:29,588 Everybody wanted to know            who would've harmed Starr.    336 00:16:29,621 --> 00:16:31,690   She was loved by everybody.    337 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,726  They were questioning             each other.                    338 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:35,961  They did question Rickey Bell   339 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:38,464   because they heard              Rick talking to Starr           340 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:40,099   about the money and the pay.   341 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:45,004    So there were also people     from the Bell community          342 00:16:45,037 --> 00:16:46,105 that was there.                  343 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:49,141    Accusations were               going back and forth.           344 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:50,242  It was heated.                  345 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:51,744    [people chattering loudly]    346 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:53,846    The deputies were                dispatched there              347 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:56,148   to separate 'em if              there's any fighting,           348 00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:57,616   and there were some arrests    349 00:16:57,649 --> 00:17:00,719    because we had to                diffuse the anger.            350 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:04,757   - [Alan] As tempers            begin to cool,                   351 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:07,993  police cut through the clamor     and speak with Rickey Bell.    352 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,596   - [Donna] Detectives           brought him back                 353 00:17:10,629 --> 00:17:12,564    to Tipton County                 Sheriff's Office.             354 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:18,070  Detectives were asking where     he had been and what he knew.   355 00:17:19,071 --> 00:17:20,973  He said he did                     not work that day.            356 00:17:22,107 --> 00:17:24,910   Rickey Bell said that after     talking to Rick on the phone,   357 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:27,746    he said he was in another       town in Millington             358 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:29,481   that was a ways from there.    359 00:17:30,282 --> 00:17:32,151 - [Sherri] Every person           that we interviewed,            360 00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:33,852    we took their DNA             361 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:39,024   as well as checked              hands and torso area.           362 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:42,761  - [Donna] I felt like            if it was a struggle,           363 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:45,764   that there would be             some defensive wounds.          364 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:47,800 He raised his shirt up,          365 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,134 he showed hands,                 366 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:52,137   checked his back, his legs,    367 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:56,508   and he showed that he didn't   have any wounds on him.          368 00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:00,612  So we were eliminating             him as a suspect,             369 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:04,049    and we started to              look at other people.           370 00:18:06,351 --> 00:18:08,053  - [Alan] The next day           as they investigate men          371 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,055 with proximity to Starr,         372 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:13,058    police begin interrogating    the hoard of colleagues          373 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:15,127    who visited her on payday.    374 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:19,665   - [Donna] There was at least      12 to 15 different people     375 00:18:19,698 --> 00:18:21,934  that could have been            in and out of the house          376 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:24,670 before they left                    for work that day.            377 00:18:24,703 --> 00:18:26,705    - [Kelly] We all had to go    to the police department         378 00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:29,208    and be questioned               and have DNA taken.            379 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:34,046  We all felt like, well, maybe    it was a disgruntled employee.  380 00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:38,350   But, you know, we were very      tight with all of our guys.    381 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:41,820   We were all working              sometimes 18, 20 hour days.    382 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:45,090  - [Donnna] We                     started to interview           383 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:49,061   and find as many answers to     as many questions as we could.  384 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:53,098 You also want to have an initial 385 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,234    "Hey, what do you                think happened?"              386 00:18:55,267 --> 00:18:58,937 It's like, "Do you know            anybody that would do this?"   387 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:02,207  - [Sherri] We had an              employee that was scheduled    388 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,710   for an interview and             he doesn't show up.            389 00:19:06,011 --> 00:19:07,880 At that point,                     this is suspicious.            390 00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:10,115    Is he on the run?             391 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,150  And it was later on determined  392 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:14,620  he actually had court-ordered      anger management              393 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:15,821  that he had to attend.          394 00:19:18,323 --> 00:19:20,759    But if it's court-ordered        anger management,             395 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:22,261   we're dealing with violence.   396 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:25,898 - [Alan] Detectives peer          into the employee's background  397 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:28,867 and discover that he's            currently under investigation   398 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:30,269 in other cases.                  399 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:33,872   - [Sherri] He was a               suspect in a lot of stuff.    400 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,243   Then later on, comes             in for an interview.           401 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:42,781   But he had an alibi,           402 00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:46,351 so that cleared the air          with our investigation.          403 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,655   - [Alan] In running               background checks             404 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:51,056 on all of the landscaping crew,  405 00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:54,059    police discover that Rick        and Starr gave many people    406 00:19:54,092 --> 00:19:57,763    an opportunity to              reenter the workforce.          407 00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:00,432    - [Sherri] Several of his     workers had criminal histories,  408 00:20:00,465 --> 00:20:03,168 and there were convicted felons. 409 00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:07,940    Our suspect list                was off the charts.            410 00:20:07,973 --> 00:20:10,409  [tense music]                   411 00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:14,179  - [Alan] As detectives           continue investigating          412 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,448    the many possible                suspects at hand,             413 00:20:16,481 --> 00:20:19,318    other investigators return    to where Starr was found         414 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:20,385  to search for evidence          415 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:23,288  that might point to a              particular lead to chase.     416 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:27,693   - On day two, I get              to the crime scene.            417 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:28,694  Yeah, come on.                  418 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:30,095 Wait, wait, we're gonna           get the video camera            419 00:20:30,128 --> 00:20:31,296    going down first.             420 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:34,199    We meet as a team,            421 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:39,104    and I start coordinating a       grid search from the house    422 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:41,907    going all the way                down to the trees.            423 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:45,077   Richard, you ready?            - Someone gonna show me.         424 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,478   - [Officer] Go to the left.    425 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:47,946  - [Donna] Okay, yeah.           426 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:52,217  I was standing where            Starr's body was found,          427 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:54,319   and so I looked up the hill.   428 00:20:56,855 --> 00:21:01,093  Hey, Sherri, if you wanna come    on up here with your camera.   429 00:21:01,126 --> 00:21:03,829    I noticed, like, a trail,     430 00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:05,964  and I started                    tracking up the hill.           431 00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:07,366    Look, you can see             the drag marks.                  432 00:21:07,399 --> 00:21:09,234   See it, look. Look               back down that way.            433 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,069    See how they drug              her that way?                   434 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:14,373   And you can see it this way    435 00:21:14,406 --> 00:21:16,875   because that's the              directionality of the leaves.   436 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:19,278 As I got to the top of the hill, 437 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:21,847 the sheriff pointed out             something that he noticed     438 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,515    that did not look normal,     439 00:21:23,548 --> 00:21:24,850   and it was a condom.           440 00:21:26,885 --> 00:21:31,290    It was a fresh condom, and      it was on top of the leaves.   441 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:32,524   - [Officer] Plastic              bag for the condom.            442 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:34,159   Plastic bag.                   443 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,994 - We feel we had                 a sexual assault                 444 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:37,796 because we had found the condom. 445 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,899  You're hoping for DNA.          446 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,768  It's a very big deal.           447 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,404 - Then you have to stop          and start grid searching         448 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:47,005    all the way out around it.    449 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,241 [intense music]                  450 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:55,147 The condom is one thing,         but then we found a gun.         451 00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:57,416  [tense music]                   452 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:00,552  [t                              453 00:22:00,552 --> 00:22:00,585  [ten                            454 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:00,619  [tense                          455 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:00,652  [tense m                        456 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:00,686  [tense mus                      457 00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:00,719  [tense music                    458 00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:02,788  [tense music]                   459 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:08,560    - [Alan] The day               after Starr's murder,           460 00:22:08,593 --> 00:22:10,696   with a long list of               possible suspects             461 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,431 in her family business forming,  462 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:14,666  including husband Rick Harris,  463 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,403   investigators have              discovered a condom and a gun   464 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:20,305    near where she was found.     465 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:23,642  What can the pistol tell them    about this horrendous crime?    466 00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:26,678  As they inspect the evidence,   467 00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:28,547   they reach a                    surprising conclusion.          468 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:34,519 - [Donna] I had                   picked up the pistol,           469 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:40,092  and I was trying to collect it   as evidence and to secure it,   470 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:42,094   and I couldn't get               the clip out of it.            471 00:22:42,127 --> 00:22:44,429  And I said, "What is             wrong with this gun?"           472 00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:49,334   And the sheriff was             standing there with me          473 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,937    and said, "That's                not a real gun."              474 00:22:54,639 --> 00:22:58,443 - It's a lighter, but it          looks just like a gun.          475 00:22:58,477 --> 00:23:00,979 - [Alan] Detectives believe that   if the lighter fooled them,    476 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:03,315  it could have tricked           Starr as well.                   477 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:08,754   - So we think that somebody    showed up at the house.          478 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:10,856 He has what appears to be a gun  479 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:13,592  that was found in another area  480 00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:16,561 that looks like                  something had occurred.          481 00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:20,132  The leaves were out of place.   482 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:23,001  It was possibly the rape site.  483 00:23:23,034 --> 00:23:26,338  It looked like he had              forced her into that area.    484 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:29,875  We saw no blood to that point,  485 00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:33,812   so we know she got out there   and she wasn't bleeding.         486 00:23:35,046 --> 00:23:36,782 - [Alan] The gun-shaped          lighter makes detectives         487 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:38,884 revisit their prior assumptions  488 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:43,655   and transforms their              theory of events.             489 00:23:43,688 --> 00:23:46,892    - The first night while we    were at the crime scene,         490 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,928    I thought we were looking      probably for somebody           491 00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:51,496  with defensive wounds.          492 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:57,035  But in my mind, as I              looked at this replica gun,    493 00:23:57,068 --> 00:23:59,037   somebody is holding               a weapon on you.              494 00:23:59,070 --> 00:24:00,505   If that's the case,            495 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:03,809  she never got a chance           to grab a hold of him.          496 00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:05,677 We now know that is why          497 00:24:05,710 --> 00:24:08,113 there didn't have to be           any defensive wounds.           498 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:11,082 - [Alan] With this new evidence, 499 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:12,918  anyone they've cleared before   500 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:14,786    based on a lack of            defensive wounds                 501 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,888   is now back under suspicion.   502 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:21,159    - Rickey Bell didn't have      any wounds on him that night.   503 00:24:23,995 --> 00:24:27,866   And Rick Harris didn't have      any defensive wounds either.   504 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,737    And so, they were               both suspects again.           505 00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:37,809  - [Alan] Detectives send their    new evidence for DNA testing   506 00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:41,112 and race to gather more            evidence on Bell and Harris.   507 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:45,050    But first, they conduct a      background check on both men.   508 00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:51,690  - [Donna] Rick Harris had some     arrests, drug possession,     509 00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:54,626   some charges that we could       verify through our records.    510 00:24:56,862 --> 00:25:00,098 But we quickly confirmed           that Rickey Bell Jr.           511 00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:03,535 not only had a criminal            history, but it was violent.   512 00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:09,975 And so, we knew that he            had some violent tendencies    513 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,577   as well as sexual assaults.    514 00:25:12,611 --> 00:25:16,748  That hyper-focused me            into him as a suspect.          515 00:25:16,781 --> 00:25:18,583  [tense music]                   516 00:25:18,617 --> 00:25:20,986    - [Kelly] When I initially    met Rickey Bell,                 517 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:22,554  he really didn't smile a lot,   518 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:27,125  almost kind of nerdy.           519 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:29,728    There was nothing              about him at all to me          520 00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:32,631   that seemed scary or           intimidating or strange.         521 00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:34,533 He was just sort of very quiet.  522 00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:38,637    - [Alan] With Rickey Bell       fully on detectives' radar,    523 00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:41,006 they look to see where           he fits in the timeline          524 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,207    of Starr's murder.            525 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:46,645   - We began getting             back telephone records.          526 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:50,882   Starr's last phone call was       a few minutes after 1:00.     527 00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:52,918    I remember, at the house,     528 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:56,621  I noted, hey, there's              a FedEx box here.             529 00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:58,790  And when talking with              the FedEx driver,             530 00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:03,161  when the package was delivered     a few minutes after 2:00,     531 00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:06,031  he knocked on the door          but Starr didn't answer.         532 00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:09,668    That meant she was               not in the house.             533 00:26:09,701 --> 00:26:14,039    So we had roughly an hour      window of when she was killed.  534 00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:19,544 Who had access to Starr          Harris during that time?         535 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:21,980 [dramatic music]                 536 00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:32,190   - [Alan] Detective subpoena      receipts for the businesses    537 00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:35,927    where husband Rick claimed      to be the day of the murder.   538 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,228   Detectives also hope           539 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,665    more clues to the identity    of Starr's final contact         540 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:42,734    will be found in                her autopsy report.            541 00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:45,804  - [Donna] The cause of           death for Starr Harris          542 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:48,039  was strangulation and             blunt force trauma.            543 00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:52,677 - [Sherri] The basilar           skull fracture on Starr          544 00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:54,946   actually went from,               like, ear to ear.             545 00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:59,684    The force that it takes to      break that part of the skull   546 00:26:59,718 --> 00:27:00,852  is tremendous.                  547 00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:04,022    - The crime itself            was so violent,                  548 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,691 it was just so horrific.         549 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,695 - It was alarming to me.         550 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,099   So we had a rough timeline.    551 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:18,103 Then I provided that to           the medical examiner,           552 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:20,372   who confirmed that her death   553 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:22,574 could have been                   within that timeframe.          554 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,244    - [Alan] With the killer's    window of opportunity now clear, 555 00:27:26,277 --> 00:27:28,613  investigators receive              more information              556 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,716   in the form of Rick Harris's     cell phone records.            557 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,719 - [Donna] In the                   records that we got,           558 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:37,822    some apparent red             flags began to come up.          559 00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:44,629    The text messages that I        read from Rick's cell phone    560 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:47,232  showed that we weren't           being told everything.          561 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:52,871    Rick Harris was having an        affair with his ex-wife.      562 00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:57,075  [tense music]                   563 00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:00,245  [t                              564 00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:00,278  [ten                            565 00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:00,311  [tense                          566 00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:00,345  [tense m                        567 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:00,378  [tense mus                      568 00:28:00,378 --> 00:28:00,412  [tense music                    569 00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:02,213  [tense music]                   570 00:28:05,817 --> 00:28:08,753 - [Alan] As husband Rick Harris     and employee Rickey Bell      571 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:10,655    top the list of suspects,     572 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,491    phone records roll            into the police.                 573 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,860 The text messages reveal            a shocking truth.             574 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:20,231    Rick was having an affair        with his ex-wife, Rebecca,    575 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:22,634 around the time                     of Starr's murder.            576 00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,637    Detectives wonder,             did Rick kill his wife          577 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:27,505  so he could be                     with his mistress?            578 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:31,676 - [Donna] We were trying          to figure out through           579 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:36,147   Starr's friends if she knew       about this relationship.      580 00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:37,716   Could it be a love triangle?   581 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:41,653  - [Shannah] Starr did            know about his affair.          582 00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:45,657  Yeah, that's a                  heartbreak for any wife.         583 00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:47,625 But she stayed.                  584 00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:52,263  - [Tonya] I was home,           585 00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:55,934 and Rebecca messaged me          586 00:28:55,967 --> 00:28:58,203    and said she had               something to tell me.           587 00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:02,407    So, I called and she said,    588 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,677   "I don't want you to             think I'm a whore."            589 00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:09,347    And I said, "Just                tell me, Rebecca."            590 00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:14,185    And she said her and Rick     were having an affair.           591 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:18,823   So, I said, "Well,              don't ever contact me           592 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:19,824   or my family again.            593 00:29:19,858 --> 00:29:22,594 And I do, in fact, think          that you are a whore."          594 00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:24,829  [tense music]                   595 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:30,668    - Absolutely, red                flags go flying.              596 00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:33,671 Maybe they are fighting.         597 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:40,345   He now has a reason             to kill Starr Harris.           598 00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:41,713   That does give us a motive.    599 00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:46,451  - [Donna] Rick Harris            was still a suspect,            600 00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:51,322 and so we knew we had to define    what that relationship was.    601 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:54,325  There was no other way to do    it than to set up an interview.  602 00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:59,297    We did that with Rick and     confronted him with this affair. 603 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,769 - Seeing how he reacted          once we confronted him,          604 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,906  it wasn't a deny, deny, deny.   605 00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:11,342 It was like "Yes, I was             cheating on Starr Harris."    606 00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:16,481 But he said, "I                   wouldn't kill my wife           607 00:30:16,514 --> 00:30:18,449    because I was doing that.     608 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:19,551  I regret it."                   609 00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:23,354    So, do we believe              that this is a motive           610 00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,557  or do we believe that             this is a mistake?             611 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:31,396  - [Alan] Then detectives shift     their focus to his lover,     612 00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:34,032  the woman who                   introduced him to Starr,         613 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:35,733  his ex-wife, Rebecca.           614 00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:38,636 - [Donna] Where was she?         615 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:39,938 Is she married?                  616 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:42,674  Is there somebody that            could have been mad?           617 00:30:42,707 --> 00:30:48,012   This led us to an interview       with her, Rick's ex-wife.     618 00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:52,917 - They were planning to            meet up that day, June 1st.    619 00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:56,421   They were planning             what they call a Fraser          620 00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:59,490  'cause they would meet           in Fraser to hook up.           621 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:04,462   - She had an alibi.            622 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:09,033  We very quickly substantiated     where she was at that day.     623 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,539    - [Alan] Then, detectives      received long-sought evidence   624 00:31:14,572 --> 00:31:17,008    about Rick's whereabouts         on the day of the murder.     625 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,310 - When we began,                 626 00:31:19,344 --> 00:31:22,714  we had to find out where Rick     was between 1:00 and 2:00.     627 00:31:22,747 --> 00:31:25,450 [pensive music]                  628 00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,485   He said he had gone               to Munford Tire.              629 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:29,821   We pulled the video.           630 00:31:30,688 --> 00:31:32,690 We knew he was standing          at Munford Tire                  631 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,659   at this particular             time, and he was there.          632 00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:39,097   Rick Harris and Starr Harris    had had some problems.          633 00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:41,099    He had an affair,             634 00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:44,836   but we were able to confirm     that he had an alibi,           635 00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:46,971 and we cleared him as a suspect. 636 00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:52,577  - [Alan] With Rick and Rebecca     both having solid alibis,     637 00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:54,112   Detectives Turner and Wassel   638 00:31:54,145 --> 00:31:56,714 circle back on evidence           from the crime scene            639 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,917    that may hold the                key to this case.             640 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:03,888  - [Donna] Where would this gun    come from, this replica gun?   641 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:06,691    And what do I know               about Rickey Bell?            642 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,664 I spoke to Rickey Bell's mother. 643 00:32:13,798 --> 00:32:15,867    She confirmed at her house    644 00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,536  that she had one that           looked similar to that,          645 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:22,907  and said that she kept           it on top of a cabinet          646 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,510   that we were                     sitting in front of.           647 00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:27,879 And I never will forget,         648 00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:30,882    I stood up and reached up     649 00:32:30,915 --> 00:32:32,784   where she said that              gun would've been,             650 00:32:32,817 --> 00:32:34,986   [suspenseful music]            651 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,022    and there no gun.             652 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:42,660  - I just remember it            being like a light bulb          653 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:44,896    that just went off            all of a sudden.                 654 00:32:44,929 --> 00:32:46,497   It's all falling into place.   655 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,168    - [Alan] But just as soon      as detectives zero in           656 00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:51,636 on Rickey Bell,                  657 00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:54,172  they receive evidence            that gives them pause.          658 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,908  The DNA results from            the crime scene condom.          659 00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:03,181  - [Donna] There's actually two   samples of DNA on the condom.   660 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:06,417    And I thought, oh,               another curveball.            661 00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:07,785   Here we go.                    662 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:10,388 [intense music]                  663 00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:13,424  [t                              664 00:33:13,424 --> 00:33:13,458  [ten                            665 00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:13,491  [tense                          666 00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:13,524  [tense m                        667 00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:13,558  [tense mus                      668 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:13,591  [tense music                    669 00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:15,526  [tense music]                   670 00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:20,398   - [Alan] DNA evidence in the      Starr Harris investigation    671 00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:23,167  has caught detectives            by surprise.                    672 00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:27,305  Having 2 DNA profiles             on the same condom             673 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:29,974  presents them with an           extraordinary situation.         674 00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:35,313   - Never in my career have I     ever gotten multiple DNA hits   675 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:36,547   on a condom.                   676 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:40,918   Rickey Bell's DNA is              inside the condom,            677 00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:45,156   but Rick Harris's DNA is on      the outside of the condom.     678 00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:47,025 We had to have that explanation, 679 00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:50,428    because it's like,               as gross as it is,            680 00:33:50,461 --> 00:33:52,196 did they share a condom?         681 00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:54,565 Did they both hurt Starr Harris? 682 00:33:57,735 --> 00:34:00,638  - [Donna] That led to another     interview with Rick Harris     683 00:34:02,473 --> 00:34:06,177   to flesh out what really is      going on behind the scenes,    684 00:34:07,245 --> 00:34:09,047 without telling him why          685 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,548   that we wanted to know that.   686 00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:14,952   Rick confirmed, when              we questioned him,            687 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:18,322    that he had sexual             intercourse with Starr          688 00:34:18,356 --> 00:34:19,624   the night before her death.    689 00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:22,460  [tense music]                   690 00:34:22,493 --> 00:34:24,629  And then we clarified             with the scientist             691 00:34:24,662 --> 00:34:29,734   that the DNA on the             outside of the condom           692 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:32,136 could have been                    from consensual sex.           693 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:35,106    - [Sherri] We actually had     somebody with the lab           694 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:37,075   tell us this happens often.    695 00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:39,477    It usually stems               from married couples.           696 00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:41,212  They would've had sex,          697 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:44,482  and the sperm is still             inside the female.            698 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:49,087  And then later on, the suspect    comes in wearing the condom.   699 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,957 - And so, we eliminated             Rick Harris as a suspect.     700 00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:56,094    - [Alan] With Rick               Harris eliminated,            701 00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:58,229    detectives make a               momentous decision.            702 00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:04,335    - We believe that Rickey         Bell killed Starr Harris,     703 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:08,106 and it is time to go and arrest. 704 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:10,007    We do the arrest warrant,     705 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:13,277   and he was placed in             custody in the Memphis area.   706 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:14,645    He wasn't saying anything.    707 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,014 We had a sexual assault,         708 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:22,120   and in Tennessee, it pumps      it up to not just a homicide,   709 00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:23,387    but a first degree murder.    710 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:27,792  - [Donna] I notified             the team, got the DA.           711 00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:29,260 We were elated.                  712 00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:32,663    - [Alan] Law enforcement's    excitement of the arrest         713 00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:36,234 of their top suspect is           echoed by Starr's loved ones.   714 00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:40,171   - [Kelly] I was so,             so glad, so thankful.           715 00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:42,406  I felt so much relief,          716 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,810    because thinking that it's    someone that's that close to you 717 00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:49,480    is like extremely,            extremely scary.                 718 00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:53,551   - When we heard that             there was an arrest,           719 00:35:53,584 --> 00:35:55,553 I was shocked, honestly.         720 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,822  - [Kelly] The question          in our mind was,                 721 00:35:57,855 --> 00:36:00,825   how could someone that we've      hired, that works for us,     722 00:36:00,858 --> 00:36:03,194  someone that we go to            work with every day,            723 00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:05,429   we're sharing lunch             with on lunch breaks,           724 00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:08,266    how could someone                do this to Starr?             725 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,835  - I don't know what to think.   726 00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:13,437    This was so close to home.    727 00:36:15,606 --> 00:36:18,042 - Finally, maybe we're           gonna get some justice.          728 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:21,579  - [Alan] With Bell in custody,  729 00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:25,416  detectives seek out absolutely   crucial pieces of evidence...   730 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:28,586    - [Alan] A motive                and a confession.             731 00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:34,325 You're close to                     solving this case,            732 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,594  and it all comes down              to the interview.             733 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:45,436   - He wasn't saying anything     because he knew he was caught.  734 00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:48,873   - [Alan] Then, Deputy Chief      Turner presses Rickey Bell     735 00:36:48,906 --> 00:36:51,475 on the physical                     evidence in hand.             736 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:54,612    - We had a condom                and a replica gun,            737 00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:56,113    both matched Rickey Bell.     738 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:58,716   So I can put Rickey            Bell at the crime scene.         739 00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:13,231    - It was flippantly to the     point that it just angered me.  740 00:37:20,438 --> 00:37:24,408   I sat across from pure evil    741 00:37:24,442 --> 00:37:28,379  when I sat across the              room from Rickey Bell Jr.     742 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:34,785  - But he did not admit          to killing Starr Harris.         743 00:37:35,953 --> 00:37:39,390  - [Alan] Bell's silence means    he'll face the music at trial.  744 00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:43,661   And almost two years           later, in March of 2012,         745 00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:46,697 the friends, family, and            colleagues of Starr Harris    746 00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:48,933 get their showdown with Rickey.  747 00:37:48,966 --> 00:37:52,536    Without a confession, will    the evidence be enough?          748 00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:55,539  - [Sherri] When you're             being questioned,             749 00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:57,541  a defense attorney can           make you second guess           750 00:37:57,575 --> 00:37:58,709    everything you do.            751 00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:01,445  And all you can do is            sit and think, like,            752 00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:03,814 could my testimony be the reason 753 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:05,716   that this jury comes           back not guilty?                 754 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,818   And I know this man did it.    755 00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:11,289 [intense music]                  756 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:14,992  [t                              757 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:15,026  [ten                            758 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:15,059  [tense                          759 00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:15,092  [tense m                        760 00:38:15,092 --> 00:38:15,126  [tense mus                      761 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:15,159  [tense music                    762 00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:17,128  [tense music]                   763 00:38:20,064 --> 00:38:22,433 - [Alan] The Drummonds community  is on pins and needles          764 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:23,868 for Rickey Bell's trial.         765 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:27,772  Law enforcement feels             confident in their evidence,   766 00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:28,906  but they're yet to see          767 00:38:28,939 --> 00:38:31,909    exactly what the               defense has in store.           768 00:38:31,942 --> 00:38:34,745  Will the jury convict            Rickey Bell of murder?          769 00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:39,116  - [Kelly] When I walk              in the courtroom,             770 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,054  I'm looking at all of             Starr's friends and family.    771 00:38:43,087 --> 00:38:45,890 And then I have to look           over at Rickey Bell.            772 00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:51,862  He seems so much more callous    and sort of with an attitude.   773 00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:55,099 I'm, you know,                     praying to God that            774 00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:57,234    I don't get up and            attack this man.                 775 00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:58,336 And I was just thinking,         776 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,839  "Well, how can anyone             we've been around do this?"    777 00:39:01,872 --> 00:39:04,375 [pensive music]                  778 00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:09,480 - The trial was a way to            display all the forensics.    779 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:11,482    And with the DNA evidence,    780 00:39:11,515 --> 00:39:12,917    he's the one that did it.     781 00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:15,386 - [Alan] But the defense            refuses to go down            782 00:39:15,419 --> 00:39:16,787 without a fight.                 783 00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:20,491  - They were trying to portray   784 00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:23,494    that Rickey Bell, because       of a low IQ score,             785 00:39:23,527 --> 00:39:25,396  he didn't know                     what he was doing.            786 00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:28,833   But his actions did              not match a low IQ.            787 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,105  I think he forgot that           he had called in sick           788 00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:35,339 or for whatever reason,          789 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:39,977   and I think he was an angry    person that did not get his way, 790 00:39:40,010 --> 00:39:43,514   and he killed Starr              Harris over 50 bucks           791 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:44,982    that he didn't even earn.     792 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:49,153  - [Alan] Then, after            four days of testimony,          793 00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:50,855 the case is handed to the jury.  794 00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:57,027  - [Sherri] You never know what    a jury of twelve's gonna do.   795 00:39:57,061 --> 00:40:00,531   Hopefully, this defense does     not find one juror in there    796 00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:04,402  that finds sympathy with him.   797 00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:07,004 - [Kelly] You're sitting            there holding your breath,    798 00:40:07,037 --> 00:40:10,541 praying to God,                    please let the jury            799 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:12,410    come back with a                conviction on this.            800 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:14,845   [suspenseful music]            801 00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:21,185    - [Donna] His verdict was      guilty of first-degree murder   802 00:40:21,218 --> 00:40:22,820   and aggravated rape.           803 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:29,026   We were so fortunate              to get this person            804 00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:32,163    that I would only describe      as an animal for what I saw.   805 00:40:34,064 --> 00:40:36,200   - [Tonya] We were extremely       happy, of course,             806 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:39,336   because somebody is               now going to pay.             807 00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:42,072  He'll be in prison for           the rest of his life.           808 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,308   - [Kelly] I did feel           like justice was served,         809 00:40:44,341 --> 00:40:46,877 and there was no way he             was gonna get out of this.    810 00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:50,181 - After Starr was gone,          811 00:40:50,214 --> 00:40:52,383  her children went to            live with their father.          812 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:55,820    She lived a beautiful life    with beautiful children          813 00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:57,488  and made people feel special.   814 00:40:57,521 --> 00:41:01,158   And I think she deserves to      be remembered in that way.     815 00:41:02,493 --> 00:41:06,363 - [Shannah] I hope that          people that watch this,          816 00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:11,836    they just remember her and       that smile and that laugh.    817 00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:13,204 The rest doesn't matter.         818 00:41:14,238 --> 00:41:16,106  She mattered.                   819 00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:17,475    She still matters.            820 00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,212   - [Alan] In the wake              of Starr's murder,            821 00:41:21,245 --> 00:41:22,947  the Harris landscaping company  822 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:26,917   tries to survive while Rick       takes an extended leave.      823 00:41:28,385 --> 00:41:32,022   But for the crew, they take    other jobs for the lack of work. 824 00:41:33,023 --> 00:41:34,191 - [Kelly] I was scared of people 825 00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:35,993 that we tried to                 hire after that.                 826 00:41:36,026 --> 00:41:37,127    Are they from around here?    827 00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:38,429 Do you know this person?         828 00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:43,334 I don't think that Rick             ever recovered emotionally    829 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:44,468 from all of it.                  830 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:46,937  [somber music]                  831 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,975 Rick passed away                 a few years ago,                 832 00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:54,245 and I think that the way          he was living his life          833 00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:55,613   contributed to that.           834 00:41:57,014 --> 00:41:59,517   You never know when             tragedy's gonna strike          835 00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:02,353  and your whole world is gonna    be ripped from underneath you.  836 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,290 So love, and let people            know they're loved.            837 00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:07,525  Say the words.                  838 00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:11,462 And that's what I have              learned from all of this.     839 00:42:13,430 --> 00:42:17,434 - Starr Harris's murder          was an immense tragedy.          840 00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:20,304   She worked hard to                support her family of 10.     841 00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:22,406    The business also               helped dozens of men           842 00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:23,541 get back on their feet.          843 00:42:24,575 --> 00:42:26,076    She never could have known    844 00:42:27,077 --> 00:42:28,612  that a killer was among them.