1 00:00:01,869 --> 00:00:04,571 She's never gonna abandon her son, so this is just very, 2 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:06,139 very unlike her. 3 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:13,947 That sent a wave through me. 4 00:00:14,047 --> 00:00:16,683 How far is she going with no shoes and no car? 5 00:00:21,788 --> 00:00:25,859 We have a single mom who's having a relationship 6 00:00:25,959 --> 00:00:27,561 with a married man. 7 00:00:27,661 --> 00:00:31,265 Investigators believe they are now on the hunt for a killer. 8 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:33,200 We're like, "Listen, you're fine, bro. 9 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,501 Tell us the truth." 10 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:37,371 I honestly think he believed he was gonna be able 11 00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:39,006 to talk his way out of this. 12 00:00:39,106 --> 00:00:41,074 Then the cadaver dog went to work, 13 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:43,911 and we knew this is a murder investigation. 14 00:01:12,839 --> 00:01:15,609 For us at People, this case is heartbreaking. 15 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:18,378 A loving mother brimming with hope for the year ahead. 16 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:20,981 She risks it all to chase a dream, and sometimes 17 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,684 that can lead you somewhere exciting and fulfilling. 18 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:26,086 But it can also introduce you to something dangerous 19 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:27,754 that you never would have expected. 20 00:01:30,424 --> 00:01:33,160 Jennifer and I met in high school. 21 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:35,729 I walked into our history civics class, 22 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:41,668 and she had on a sweater very similar to this one, 23 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:46,340 and she was just this bubbly, bright light. 24 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:51,244 And we just clicked as soon as we sat next to each other. 25 00:01:51,345 --> 00:01:55,882 And I just remember us having a conversation that never ended 26 00:01:55,983 --> 00:01:58,986 up until two years ago. 27 00:02:00,721 --> 00:02:04,124 In 2022, 43-year-old Jennifer Brown is a single mom 28 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:06,326 living in the peaceful Philadelphia suburb 29 00:02:06,426 --> 00:02:08,261 of Limerick, Pennsylvania. 30 00:02:08,362 --> 00:02:09,630 She moved there two years earlier 31 00:02:09,730 --> 00:02:12,165 after her eight-year-old son, Noah, was diagnosed 32 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:13,934 with a mild neurodivergence 33 00:02:14,034 --> 00:02:15,736 and in need of a school that was equipped 34 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:16,970 to support his education. 35 00:02:18,772 --> 00:02:21,475 Jennifer was a well-grounded, 36 00:02:21,575 --> 00:02:24,344 responsible, smart, intelligent, 37 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:26,680 loving helicopter-mother, if I could. 38 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,590 Jennifer was all about her career, her family, 39 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:38,625 and her son. 40 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:42,529 In the two years that Jennifer is living in Limerick Township, 41 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:44,131 she becomes a part of the community. 42 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:46,633 She builds a set of friends and a life for herself 43 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:48,402 and for her son, Noah. 44 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:51,705 Jennifer and I spoke daily in 2022. 45 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:54,975 I hadn't met Brian, but I knew of Brian. 46 00:02:55,075 --> 00:02:56,143 He was a neighbor, 47 00:02:56,243 --> 00:02:58,645 and his son was very close friends with Noah. 48 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:07,554 And then she had met this guy, Blair, who owned 49 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:10,691 this food truck that had some really good Caribbean food, 50 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,859 and she was bragging about, "Oh, my gosh, 51 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:15,262 this Caribbean food, I have been looking for oxtail." 52 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,329 Happy Saturday. 53 00:03:16,430 --> 00:03:18,799 I hope everyone is having a phenomenal Saturday. 54 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:21,134 He was a cook, so it became a thing where, 55 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:23,637 "Hey, me and Noah are gonna go over to Blair's house 56 00:03:23,737 --> 00:03:25,739 for dinner with his wife and his son," 57 00:03:25,839 --> 00:03:27,741 and then vice versa. 58 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:30,410 They had a very, very good friendship. 59 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:32,813 I was so happy for her. 60 00:03:32,913 --> 00:03:35,749 Despite life in Limerick going well, Jennifer is facing 61 00:03:35,849 --> 00:03:38,185 the hardship of a sick parent. 62 00:03:38,285 --> 00:03:41,922 Her mother had been diagnosed with cancer, and she started 63 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:46,293 having to make frequent trips back and forth to South Jersey. 64 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,628 From Limerick, was two hours away. 65 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:51,398 She was tired, she was exhausted, and that was 66 00:03:51,498 --> 00:03:54,701 hard for Jennifer to deal with and see her mother go through. 67 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:56,870 She was very, very stressed out. 68 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,705 Jennifer was a sales representative 69 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:01,742 at a financial institution, and she's juggling a lot. 70 00:04:01,842 --> 00:04:04,411 But Jennifer has all these hopes and dreams that she came 71 00:04:04,511 --> 00:04:06,213 to town with. 72 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:09,282 She went to vocational school for culinary arts, 73 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:13,620 and she always had a dream of becoming a restaurant owner. 74 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,689 Our favorite thing to do was to go to restaurants. 75 00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:18,391 We would go to restaurants every week. 76 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:21,294 Jennifer was very big on flavor. 77 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:25,866 In June of 2022, I remember her telling me that she was 78 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:29,469 investing in a restaurant business with Blair. 79 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:30,971 She was excited. 80 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:34,608 With Blair, she met someone who she could learn from 81 00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:36,643 and grow her business with. 82 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:41,815 As 2022 comes to a close, Blair has found a location 83 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:44,451 for the new restaurant, and Jennifer is excited to be 84 00:04:44,551 --> 00:04:47,187 open for business in early 2023. 85 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:50,824 Reporting live from the new location, 86 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:52,626 I just wanna continue to say thank you 87 00:04:52,726 --> 00:04:54,594 for the level of love and support. 88 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:56,596 I just did a little walk-through and things like that, 89 00:04:56,696 --> 00:04:59,099 things are coming together. Thank you, guys. 90 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:00,200 Have a phenomenal rest of your day. 91 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:05,405 New Year's Day. 92 00:05:05,505 --> 00:05:09,042 Jennifer was heading with Blair to the Eagles game, 93 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:13,079 which is her favorite team. She's a die-hard Eagles fan. 94 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:15,649 And I remember saying, "OK, love muffins, call me 95 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:16,917 when you get home." 96 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:18,952 And she's laughing, and you could just hear 97 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:21,221 all the happiness in her voice. 98 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:22,856 Go Eagles, right? 99 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:24,825 Let's do it, come on, birds. We got this. 100 00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:27,828 I never thought it would be the last time I spoke with her. 101 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:34,968 I'm walking out of my job, 102 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,536 and I'm getting on the elevator. 103 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:39,039 I feel my phone vibrate, and I pull it up, and I see 104 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:41,575 all these missed calls from Jennifer's mom. 105 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:44,744 And so I call, and she says, "Hey, Tiff, have you talked 106 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:47,981 to Jen?" And I was like, "Um... 107 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:50,450 "yeah, I didn't talk to her today, but, you know, 108 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:53,153 I texted her yesterday. She texted me back." 109 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:54,688 And she's like, "She texted you back? When?" 110 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:56,089 And I said, "Oh, well, let me look." 111 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:59,326 And then I look at my phone, and I was like, "Oh, actually, 112 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:01,728 she didn't text me back." 113 00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:05,932 Jennifer wasn't there to pick Noah up off the bus. 114 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:07,701 And Noah's school had been calling 115 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:10,170 Jennifer's mother not being able to get in touch with 116 00:06:10,270 --> 00:06:13,106 Jennifer and saying that-- that Noah had a bad day 117 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,141 in school because he didn't have his medication. 118 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:19,012 Jennifer's family called her friend Brian, 119 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:22,115 who lived in the complex, because he was authorized 120 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:25,018 to get Noah off the bus. 121 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:27,787 You sent him to school with no medication. 122 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:30,290 That sent a wave through me. 123 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:31,992 Jennifer would never do that. 124 00:06:32,092 --> 00:06:35,996 She was his everything, as he was hers. 125 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:38,598 And so I say, "Well, hey, I have Blair's number. 126 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:42,202 Do you want me to call him and see if he knows anything?" 127 00:06:42,302 --> 00:06:44,938 Jennifer's mom tells Tiffany that she's already reached out 128 00:06:45,038 --> 00:06:47,607 to Blair, and he's heading to her house to check on her. 129 00:07:00,654 --> 00:07:06,826 On January 4th, 2023, about 4:30 pm, Blair Watts 130 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:09,930 reported that his friend was missing 131 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:12,933 from her home in Limerick Township. 132 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:17,270 I responded, and my officers are speaking with Blair 133 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:20,173 in the parking lot of the condominium complex. 134 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:31,318 Yeah. 135 00:07:31,418 --> 00:07:34,521 Blair's telling the police that he had tried to get 136 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:37,424 in touch with her earlier that day, was not able to, 137 00:07:37,524 --> 00:07:40,694 and her car was parked right in front of where she lived. 138 00:07:50,437 --> 00:07:53,340 Her family thought there's no way that she's going to leave 139 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,410 this child by himself, so maybe she's in there hurt. 140 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,562 So, as soon as my officers got in, 141 00:08:15,662 --> 00:08:17,163 we began checking the condominium. 142 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:22,369 We checked everywhere. 143 00:08:22,469 --> 00:08:24,437 She was not there. 144 00:08:24,537 --> 00:08:27,807 There were no obvious signs of any sort of struggle 145 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:31,277 or any items that were broken and laying around. 146 00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:33,313 There's no Jennifer, but her things are still 147 00:08:33,413 --> 00:08:37,083 in the house-- her keys, her wallet, her purse. 148 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:39,853 The only thing that was missing was her personal cell phone 149 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:42,188 and her driver's license, which ended up being found 150 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:45,225 inside her car, which was parked outside. 151 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:48,395 Detectives also found Jennifer Brown's work cell phone 152 00:08:48,495 --> 00:08:49,896 in her kitchen-living room area, 153 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:52,332 but they did not locate her personal phone. 154 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:02,976 Um... 155 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:05,111 So we thought, "OK, she's somewhere. 156 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:06,346 She has her phone." 157 00:09:06,446 --> 00:09:10,283 That was kind of a glimmer of hope that maybe she was 158 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:13,620 somewhere of her own free will, just out, and this would-- 159 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,822 this would pan out. 160 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:17,924 While police are still at the home, Brian, 161 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:20,026 the neighbor, shows up with Noah. 162 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,495 Then Blair drops a piece of information that takes 163 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:24,664 the investigation in an entirely 164 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:26,199 different direction. 165 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:43,349 We have a single mom who's having a relationship 166 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,519 with her neighbor Brian Bathey. 167 00:09:46,619 --> 00:09:50,857 And Blair Watts indicated that Brian Bathey was a jealous 168 00:09:50,957 --> 00:09:54,160 individual and had issues with her spending time with other 169 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,229 people, especially Blair Watts. 170 00:09:58,098 --> 00:09:59,566 Mr. Bathey had gone inside his house. 171 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:00,767 I can see him inside the house. 172 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:03,369 And so I kind of signaled through one of his kitchen 173 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:06,072 windows with my flashlight, and he exited the home. 174 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:15,815 Jennifer and I had a very close relationship, 175 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:21,020 and it was tricky because I was married, so 176 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:23,523 I knew things didn't look good. 177 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,892 The police were like, "How do you know Jennifer?" 178 00:10:27,494 --> 00:10:29,562 And I was brutally honest. 179 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:32,699 When Jennifer and Noah moved into the neighborhood, 180 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:36,302 my marriage was-- was complicated. 181 00:10:36,402 --> 00:10:41,841 Jennifer and I became intimate just about right away. 182 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:44,210 He was forthcoming with that answer. 183 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:47,380 And when I asked Brian about the last communication 184 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,884 that he had, he did indicate that there was 185 00:10:50,984 --> 00:10:52,752 a slight disagreement. 186 00:10:54,687 --> 00:10:56,723 We had plans to hang out on New Year's Eve... 187 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:58,691 ...and kind of ring in the new year together. 188 00:10:58,791 --> 00:11:01,528 So I went over, you know, knocked on the door, 189 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:03,062 and I was like, "Hey, I'm here." 190 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:07,667 And she said her and Noah were over at Blair's house 191 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:09,903 with his family. 192 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,838 I was upset. 193 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:15,408 I asked some more questions about where he had been 194 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:19,078 over the last day or so, and we took note of that. 195 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,513 These were initial questions. 196 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:22,348 Obviously, I knew that this wouldn't be the last 197 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:24,350 conversation that law enforcement would have 198 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:25,418 with Brian Bathey. 199 00:11:28,221 --> 00:11:31,658 As night starts to fall, Tiffany arrives on the scene. 200 00:11:31,758 --> 00:11:34,627 I remember seeing the police in front of her front door. 201 00:11:34,727 --> 00:11:37,363 They escorted me into the house. 202 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:41,134 I remember her jacket was in the house. 203 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:44,103 Her purse was in the house. 204 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:45,371 All her shoes were there. 205 00:11:45,471 --> 00:11:48,274 It just gave the impression that she wasn't far, 206 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:50,910 or if she stepped out, she was coming right back. 207 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,713 How far is she going with no shoes and no car? 208 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:55,815 This is not, like, an inner-city area. 209 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:59,319 This isn't like you walk a few blocks over to a bodega. 210 00:11:59,419 --> 00:12:02,822 This is pretty much residential, rural area. 211 00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:04,624 There's no stores to walk to. 212 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:08,228 At this point, I can't say that I have a crime scene here. 213 00:12:08,328 --> 00:12:12,265 It was decided that we would lock it up and we would 214 00:12:12,365 --> 00:12:15,535 reconvene tomorrow and contact our detectives and see 215 00:12:15,635 --> 00:12:17,570 if they can come in and start working on this. 216 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:23,543 When Jennifer doesn't show up by the next day, 217 00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:25,878 authorities are getting increasingly concerned. 218 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:31,017 In my 31 years of law enforcement, I've never had 219 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:35,355 a case like this. This was very strange. 220 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:37,957 Jennifer Brown is a single mother of an eight-year-old 221 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:39,359 special-needs child. 222 00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:42,195 For her to disappear for any amount of time, 223 00:12:42,295 --> 00:12:44,063 according to her friends and family and neighbors, 224 00:12:44,163 --> 00:12:46,199 was completely out of character. 225 00:12:46,299 --> 00:12:48,234 Knowing Jennifer Brown had a relationship 226 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:52,538 with Brian Bathey, Brian Bathey was a person we definitely 227 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:54,607 wanted to speak with. 228 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:57,677 They came by and asked me to come down 229 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:58,745 to the police station. 230 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:04,083 And that's-- that's when I knew that... 231 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:08,254 ...things were serious. 232 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:11,324 Police interviewed Brian Bathey, and they had him 233 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:15,161 account for every single place that he went from January 3rd 234 00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:16,829 into January 4th. 235 00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:20,566 He's a language therapist for children, so he accounted for 236 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:23,202 the different families that he went to visit that day. 237 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:26,572 He was feeling sick after that, and then ultimately came home 238 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:29,008 that evening, and he said he was at his house 239 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:31,144 for the next 24 hours, sick in bed. 240 00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:33,913 Brian allows detectives to look through his cell phone, 241 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:37,650 and they discover a heated exchange via text. 242 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:41,621 I told detectives we had a big fight on New Year's Eve, 243 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:44,857 and it was about Blair Watts. 244 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:48,261 When we were interviewing Brian Bathey, he absolutely was 245 00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:50,963 jealous of the time Jennifer Brown was spending 246 00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:56,502 with Blair Watts. That was very alarming to us. 247 00:13:56,602 --> 00:14:00,606 I definitely complained about Blair Watts a lot, 248 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:04,077 you know, because they spent so much time together that I did 249 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:07,246 ask if they were getting intimate or, you know, 250 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:09,982 having a... you know, a different kind 251 00:14:10,083 --> 00:14:12,318 of relationship, and she always said no. 252 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:17,657 I kind of gave her an ultimatum to a degree that, you know, 253 00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:19,125 it was either me or Blair Watts. 254 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:25,331 I wrote, "Fine, this next year, 2023, will be the year 255 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:27,667 of Jennifer and Blair." 256 00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:29,035 Brian was very angry. 257 00:14:29,135 --> 00:14:31,871 This is a person he's had a romantic relationship with 258 00:14:31,971 --> 00:14:34,474 for almost two years now. 259 00:14:34,574 --> 00:14:37,310 So could Brian Bathey have done this? 260 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,411 Absolutely. 261 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:42,448 After talking to Bathey at length for hours on where 262 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,785 he was, teams went out to try and verify his alibi, 263 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:48,554 but that's not a quick process. 264 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:51,090 At this time, Jennifer Brown could be hurt 265 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:53,359 somewhere or worse. 266 00:14:53,459 --> 00:14:56,963 So one of the tools that we will use is ask a person 267 00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:58,364 who's being interviewed if they're willing 268 00:14:58,464 --> 00:15:00,233 to take a polygraph. 269 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,869 Brian Bathey said he absolutely would. 270 00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:06,072 While Montgomery County sets up a polygraph examination, 271 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:09,208 a new team of investigators responds to Jennifer's house 272 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:11,177 for a more thorough search. 273 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:13,746 We sent our forensics team, and they did 274 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:17,884 a secondary search. It was a very clean home. 275 00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:19,852 It's during the search that the investigators 276 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:21,421 discover a clue. 277 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:24,624 Our forensics team was examining the rug in the living room area, 278 00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:27,226 and these weird plastic pieces popped up. 279 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:28,861 They weren't just laying on top. 280 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:31,030 They were embedded. They collected them. 281 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:35,468 We looked at them, had no idea what they belonged to. 282 00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:37,503 Those pieces seemed to be a sign 283 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,005 of some kind of struggle. 284 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:41,507 So we asked the Philadelphia Police Department 285 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:45,211 to take a cadaver dog through Jennifer's house. 286 00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:48,781 There's a particular scent that decomposing flesh 287 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:53,286 gives off that is different from live flesh, and a cadaver dog is 288 00:15:53,386 --> 00:15:55,455 trained to be able to detect that. 289 00:15:55,555 --> 00:15:58,524 The Philadelphia Police Department's cadaver dog, 290 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,526 K-9 Patton, went to work. 291 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:05,031 He did a sniff search in Jennifer Brown's home. 292 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:08,401 K-9 Patton went in the kitchen, and he just started barking. 293 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:13,806 Patton alerted right on a windowsill area 294 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:14,774 in the kitchen. 295 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:20,012 We knew right away that this is a murder investigation. 296 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:31,290 With the cadaver dog alerting to the presence of a dead body, 297 00:16:31,390 --> 00:16:32,825 we quickly realized that this 298 00:16:32,925 --> 00:16:35,795 is not just a missing person case, 299 00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:38,064 we knew that something bad happened to her. 300 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:41,367 As authorities are understanding that this is 301 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:43,903 becoming a full-blown murder investigation, 302 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:46,105 they turn their attention to her neighbor Brian 303 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:48,441 and how he might have committed this crime. 304 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:50,710 We put him on a lie detector test. 305 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:53,679 He was asked if he was ever physical with Jennifer Brown, 306 00:16:53,779 --> 00:16:56,716 and it indicated deception, which was very alarming 307 00:16:56,816 --> 00:16:58,317 to all of us. 308 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:00,653 That certainly elevated the concern 309 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,922 about him being involved. 310 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,690 Everything that surrounded their relationship 311 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:07,026 together indicated deception. 312 00:17:07,126 --> 00:17:11,464 The detectives dug into me hard and let me know that 313 00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:16,002 the cadaver dog hit in Jennifer's place and that 314 00:17:16,102 --> 00:17:18,804 he knew that I did it and wanted to know where I had 315 00:17:18,905 --> 00:17:20,806 hid the body. 316 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:22,808 He kept saying, "I didn't harm her, 317 00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:24,710 there's no way I would ever harm her." 318 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:27,747 And just offering to do whatever he could do 319 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:31,484 to persuade them that he didn't do it because he wanted to see 320 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:36,055 whoever was responsible be held accountable. 321 00:17:36,155 --> 00:17:37,156 And at that point... 322 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:46,399 realizing that she wasn't missing but that she was dead, 323 00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:48,067 I just 324 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:51,704 lost it and broke down and started crying. 325 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:58,477 Since polygraph tests aren't admissible in court, 326 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:01,213 investigators have no hard evidence to tie Brian 327 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:04,083 to Jennifer's disappearance, and they have to let him go. 328 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:06,185 At this point, we know the last time 329 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:08,588 Jennifer Brown is seen is by Blair Watts. 330 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:10,556 So my lieutenant and I have a quick conversation, 331 00:18:10,656 --> 00:18:11,624 and we're like... 332 00:18:13,059 --> 00:18:14,560 "We have to dive into Blair Watts." 333 00:18:15,728 --> 00:18:18,731 Blair Watts had a restaurant in Spring City called 334 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:19,832 Birdie's Kitchen. 335 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:22,902 It had been somewhat successful, but he had some 336 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:25,871 financial issues surrounding the pandemic, like a lot 337 00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:29,175 of restaurants, and he had lost his lease. 338 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:32,011 We wanted more background about their relationship, 339 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,613 their business relationship. 340 00:18:33,713 --> 00:18:37,016 So, we set up an interview and he came on January 6th 341 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,150 for the interview voluntarily. 342 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:13,853 He told us that they entered into a contract, 343 00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:17,957 a business contract, to reopen Birdie's Kitchen. 344 00:19:18,057 --> 00:19:22,261 We needed to drill down on it and confirm or corroborate 345 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:26,265 or not his story and his movements of January 3rd 346 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:27,400 and January 4th. 347 00:19:53,392 --> 00:19:58,397 He claimed that he offered to take Noah away overnight 348 00:19:58,497 --> 00:20:01,400 so that she could relax for the evening. 349 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:04,437 Apparently, they had planned sleepovers before. 350 00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:18,617 Blair said Noah stayed over at Blair's house with his wife 351 00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:22,855 and kid, and he said that he put Noah on the bus 352 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,157 the next morning at her complex. 353 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,177 We were surprised to hear that Blair literally said he spent 354 00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:46,879 15 minutes with Noah, 355 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:50,282 went, stayed with his girlfriend overnight, 356 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:53,352 left Noah with his wife. 357 00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:55,721 Detectives plan to speak with both of the women 358 00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:57,289 to confirm the story. 359 00:20:57,389 --> 00:21:00,292 Meanwhile, news that Jennifer's disappearance is now being 360 00:21:00,392 --> 00:21:03,429 investigated as a possible homicide spreads among 361 00:21:03,529 --> 00:21:04,563 her friends and family. 362 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:10,870 I found out that they had used cadaver dogs. 363 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:13,672 I just remember laying in the bed... 364 00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:17,843 and my eyes were closed, and I just remember having 365 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:19,011 a vision of, like... 366 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:21,647 her leg, 367 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:24,917 and then, like, just feeling like, "Oh, my god, she's out 368 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,986 there and she's cold." 369 00:21:27,086 --> 00:21:30,623 And here I am in my bed, snug with this new blanket, 370 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:32,992 and I just threw it off of me. 371 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:35,094 I remember thinking that and feeling guilty. 372 00:21:37,563 --> 00:21:39,398 At this point, the community is still holding 373 00:21:39,498 --> 00:21:42,234 out hope that Jennifer is alive, and they end up planning 374 00:21:42,334 --> 00:21:44,336 a candlelight vigil to honor her. 375 00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:46,605 The morning of the candlelight vigil, authorities wanna 376 00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:48,307 speak to Noah about what he knows. 377 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:51,877 I took him to his interview. 378 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:55,681 He didn't know anything about Jennifer being missing. 379 00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,316 He thought Mom was sick. 380 00:21:57,416 --> 00:22:00,186 Jennifer's son, when he was interviewed, said that he was 381 00:22:00,286 --> 00:22:02,955 picked up by Mr. Watts from the bus stop 382 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:05,758 on January the 3rd 383 00:22:05,858 --> 00:22:10,896 and noticed that Mr. Watts had Noah's mom's phone. 384 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,399 He knew that because of the background of the phone 385 00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:15,434 was a picture of Noah. 386 00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:19,505 So Noah asked Mr. Watts, "Why do you have my mom's phone?" 387 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:21,207 And Mr. Watts indicated to Noah 388 00:22:21,307 --> 00:22:23,876 that he must have just grabbed it by accident. 389 00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:27,580 Noah had a very vivid memory and could give explicit details 390 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,748 about what the phone looked like. 391 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,618 He was very clear about that. 392 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:36,689 At this point, we still hadn't received any cell phone records 393 00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:39,825 belonging to Jennifer, but we're getting evidence that 394 00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:42,461 Blair Watts was not being truthful. 395 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:45,164 So before the candlelight vigil, we interviewed 396 00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:47,600 Blair Watts' girlfriend, Tatiyana. 397 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,336 She basically told us that Blair Watts did come over, 398 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:52,705 that they ended up going to Chili's. 399 00:22:52,805 --> 00:22:55,174 But Tatiyana says something that doesn't line up 400 00:22:55,274 --> 00:22:57,243 with Blair's version of events. 401 00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:59,979 She alluded that he was driving a red Jeep. 402 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:02,548 Blair Watts told us he drove his wife's car, 403 00:23:02,648 --> 00:23:04,416 which is a gray Jeep Renegade. 404 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:06,952 She said, "Well, he told me not to tell you," 405 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,321 meaning the police, "about the red Jeep." 406 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:10,789 Huge red flag. 407 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,224 If you did nothing wrong, 408 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,093 why are you switching cars up on us? 409 00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:16,061 Why are you lying about a car? 410 00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:18,097 That's a big lie to us. 411 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:21,467 So teams were sent out to any address he's ever associated 412 00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:23,469 with to find this red Jeep. 413 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:26,572 But I knew in my heart, Blair Watts is gonna be 414 00:23:26,672 --> 00:23:27,873 at the candlelight vigil. 415 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:33,345 I'm speaking to the camera, I'm speaking to the people, 416 00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:35,848 you know, just really, really asking 417 00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,349 for the public's help. 418 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:40,486 She's never gonna abandon her son, so this is just very, 419 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:41,787 very unlike her. 420 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:45,257 It was very warming to see everyone there coming together. 421 00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:48,861 It was just like, I know my girl felt loved. 422 00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:53,065 When I went to the candlelight vigil, I was plain clothes, 423 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:57,269 my badge and weapon were hidden by my coat, and I just wanted 424 00:23:57,369 --> 00:24:01,640 to observe and ultimately determine if Blair Watts drove 425 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,808 that red Jeep there or not. 426 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:08,781 I saw Tiffany and then Blair Watts walk by me. 427 00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:11,517 Blair Watts and Tiffany started talking 428 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:12,952 and I kept my eye on that. 429 00:24:13,052 --> 00:24:17,489 I couldn't hear, but I could see it was not going well. 430 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:20,726 He asked my opinion on if he should dissolve the company 431 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:22,628 and give the money to the family. 432 00:24:22,728 --> 00:24:24,196 And I said, "Oh, you know, slow down. 433 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,465 We don't know anything yet." 434 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:28,934 And he lost it. 435 00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:31,770 So I could see body language, facial expressions. 436 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:35,140 So I walked over, and he explained that 437 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,942 "I'm trying to give her an envelope." 438 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:39,144 I said, "This is a civil matter. 439 00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:40,980 "We don't enforce civil law, 440 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,148 nor do I want to get involved in it." 441 00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:45,751 I calmed him down, and at that point, he left. 442 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:51,623 So after leaving the vigil, I talked to my boss, 443 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,158 told him what happened there, 444 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:55,094 and he said, "Well, we have his red Jeep." 445 00:24:57,096 --> 00:24:59,765 Two officers had located the red Jeep Cherokee parked 446 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:02,067 near Blair Watts' mother-in-law's house, 447 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:03,469 and minutes after leaving 448 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:07,506 the vigil, Blair Watts himself pulls up behind the red Jeep. 449 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:12,411 They saw our detectives were right there at the red Jeep. 450 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:16,081 Blair Watts asked to speak with a detective. 451 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:19,151 He was asking for another interview. 452 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:22,087 So I came back here to interview Blair Watts. 453 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,840 It's very rare for someone to actually get in contact 454 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:44,076 with the police and wanna talk to them again. 455 00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:04,430 We wanted to know, could Blair Watts have transported 456 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:07,132 Jennifer's body in that red Jeep Cherokee? 457 00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:14,873 He said he did not want to tell us that 'cause he was 458 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:18,577 worried about "It's not properly registered." 459 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,013 And then we explained, "Well, yo, we're not 460 00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:24,616 "traffic cops. We don't care about traffic. 461 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:26,518 You're fine, bro. Tell us the truth." 462 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,164 That's a lie. 463 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,432 We have the audio. 464 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:48,373 He was clearly trying to throw detectives off of his trail 465 00:26:48,474 --> 00:26:51,810 as to where he was and what he was doing. 466 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,445 Detectives also confronted him 467 00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,514 about having Jennifer Brown's cell phone. 468 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:15,234 "Oh, I forgot, I-- I picked up her phone by accident." 469 00:27:15,334 --> 00:27:18,637 Jennifer's personal cell phone, which was missing. 470 00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:22,474 That's-- that's odd. 471 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:25,077 We also asked him about the new restaurant 472 00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:29,548 and Blair Watts just talked. 473 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:32,184 And that was our game plan in that interview. 474 00:27:32,284 --> 00:27:33,385 Just let him talk. 475 00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:53,038 I honestly think he believed he was just gonna be able 476 00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:55,474 to talk his way out of this. 477 00:27:55,574 --> 00:27:58,744 It was lengthy, it was two and a half, three hours. 478 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:01,113 It was very important to our investigation. 479 00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:03,649 Detectives want to get to the bottom of what was truly 480 00:28:03,749 --> 00:28:06,385 going on with the restaurant he was supposedly opening 481 00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:08,787 with Jennifer, and very soon. 482 00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:11,623 Our team at People met with the landlords to learn more 483 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:15,394 about the situation. - Well, let me show you. 484 00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:21,200 I met Blair, I guess, in the spring of 2022. 485 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:24,136 I showed him the place. I told him what we wanted. 486 00:28:24,236 --> 00:28:26,972 And we had asked for $3,500. 487 00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:29,575 And this is the kitchen. 488 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:31,410 I said, "When you're ready and you have some money, 489 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:32,945 I'll get you a contract." 490 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:35,013 Even though Blair hasn't signed a lease, 491 00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,849 the Zaremba brothers began renovating this space, 492 00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:39,985 hoping that Blair will get the money together. 493 00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:41,420 But months pass. 494 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,223 Blair wanted to paint everything black. 495 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:46,291 My brother talked him out of painting it black, 496 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:49,795 and they agreed on brown. He never showed up. 497 00:28:49,895 --> 00:28:53,065 Blair promised a lot of things and did nothing. 498 00:28:53,165 --> 00:28:55,200 And-- and-- and that, you know, that contributed 499 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:58,971 to the fact of, you know, is this guy-- can you believe him? 500 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:02,608 I called him up. "I said, Blair, we're done. 501 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:06,011 We don't wanna do this. We'll go with someone else." 502 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:07,679 Well, he got all upset. 503 00:29:07,779 --> 00:29:10,916 He started calling me all kinds of names. 504 00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:12,117 I said, "Blair, we're done." 505 00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,322 Looking through all the instant messages between 506 00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:20,792 Blair Watts and Jennifer Brown, he's telling her of how 507 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:23,629 he wants to paint-- a complete lie. 508 00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:26,531 How he has keys to the restaurant. 509 00:29:26,632 --> 00:29:28,500 They gotta come over and see it. 510 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,270 Lies upon lies. He has no contract. 511 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:34,373 He has no rental agreement, while all the while gathering 512 00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:36,642 more money from Jennifer Brown. 513 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:39,811 I can't wait to see you guys in a few weeks. 514 00:29:39,911 --> 00:29:41,947 I'm super excited. 515 00:29:42,047 --> 00:29:44,950 It means the world to me to have massive love and support that I have. 516 00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:48,120 Initially, in their written agreement, Blair and Jennifer 517 00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:52,357 agree that she'll pay him about $14,000 total over the course 518 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:55,227 of the few months before the restaurant is set to open. 519 00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:57,996 Jennifer Brown entered a contract with Blair Watts 520 00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:00,999 on August 28th, 2022. 521 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:04,002 She financially met the requirements under that 522 00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:06,305 contract for $14,000. 523 00:30:06,405 --> 00:30:09,441 But in subsequent months, Jennifer provided an additional 524 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:12,311 $2,600, and then $6,000, 525 00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,880 and then $17,000. 526 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:18,417 After all that money that he took from her and all that 527 00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:21,119 time and all that saying, "This place is gonna open 528 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:24,022 in two weeks," the place wasn't gonna open in two weeks. 529 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:26,958 I think he was getting desperate that this house of cards 530 00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:29,361 is going to collapse. 531 00:30:29,461 --> 00:30:31,496 With suspicions mounting against Blair, 532 00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:33,765 detectives impound the red Jeep that he was driving 533 00:30:33,865 --> 00:30:36,435 the night Jennifer disappeared. 534 00:30:36,535 --> 00:30:40,305 We obtained consent to search that vehicle for traces 535 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:42,941 of evidence and a cadaver dog search. 536 00:30:43,041 --> 00:30:46,812 We enlisted Patton, our cadaver dog, to come back, 537 00:30:46,912 --> 00:30:50,349 and Patton did in fact indicate that the odor of human remains 538 00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:53,518 was present in that Jeep. 539 00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:57,089 Despite the cadaver dog alerting to the scent of a dead body, 540 00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:00,826 investigators didn't find any blood in the red Jeep Cherokee. 541 00:31:00,926 --> 00:31:05,564 But detectives found red soil in the back of the Jeep, 542 00:31:05,664 --> 00:31:07,399 which was unusual. 543 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:12,371 So we contacted the FBI to see if they could do a soil sample 544 00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:14,306 analysis for us. 545 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:16,942 The evidence is leading us directly to Blair Watts, 546 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:19,311 but it's circumstantial. 547 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:22,381 We are gathering search warrants for cell phone records 548 00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:25,350 and praying that we get the results of the records back 549 00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:29,154 quick, but we don't have enough to arrest Blair Watts 550 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,856 for murder without a body. 551 00:31:30,956 --> 00:31:34,359 We had a crew doing a landfill search. 552 00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:36,862 We were reviewing cameras from garbage trucks, 553 00:31:36,962 --> 00:31:39,865 and we had other teams going to businesses, 554 00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:42,701 private residences, anywhere they saw a camera 555 00:31:42,801 --> 00:31:44,903 where Jennifer Brown lived. 556 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:47,639 We had dozens of detectives pulling footage. 557 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:52,744 On the morning of January 18th, warehouse workers 558 00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:56,181 in Royersford, a nearby town, find something suspicious 559 00:31:56,281 --> 00:31:59,818 buried under some pallets behind the warehouse. 560 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:02,254 People that worked at the AMT Pump Company 561 00:32:02,354 --> 00:32:05,123 found a stack of pallets on top of some 562 00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:07,159 freshly turned-over soil. 563 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,728 And when they moved one of the pallets, they saw what 564 00:32:09,828 --> 00:32:13,131 they thought could be clothing and ultimately realized 565 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:14,232 it was human remains. 566 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,777 We got a call that human remains are believed to have 567 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:29,481 been found behind the AMT Pump Company. 568 00:32:29,581 --> 00:32:30,882 Forensics units get there. 569 00:32:30,982 --> 00:32:35,020 They removed everything painstakingly, took their time, 570 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,757 collected dirt, sifted it until we exposed the body. 571 00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:43,428 Because this was in January, the body was relatively intact, 572 00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:47,299 and they quickly identified her as Jennifer Brown. 573 00:32:47,399 --> 00:32:50,302 Forensics also found pieces of a hair clip on the back 574 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:51,536 of her head. 575 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,306 One law-enforcement officer, upon seeing that hair clip, 576 00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:57,142 immediately recognizes it as a match to the pieces 577 00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:59,678 of plastic found in Jennifer's carpet. 578 00:32:59,778 --> 00:33:02,314 For days, family and friends handed out flyers, 579 00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:04,282 they held vigils, and they prayed 580 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:06,485 for Jennifer Brown's safe return. 581 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:08,653 Late this afternoon, investigators found 582 00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:12,491 Brown's body behind an industrial complex in Royersford. 583 00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:17,996 I got a phone call that they found Jennifer. 584 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:20,198 I just couldn't believe it, 'cause, like, now I gotta 585 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:23,001 tell my kids their godmother's gone. 586 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:25,604 And Noah was eight. 587 00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:29,341 And it's devastating. 588 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:33,645 As an adult, a mature adult, 589 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:37,782 can you imagine what it's like for an eight-year-old boy? 590 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,323 When they found Jennifer's body, I was pretty emotional 591 00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:48,293 that day, and my mind definitely went to Blair Watts. 592 00:33:49,928 --> 00:33:51,830 While the medical examiner tries to determine 593 00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:54,165 the cause of death, detectives analyzed data 594 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:56,301 from both Blair and Jennifer's phones 595 00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:57,802 and discovered that there had been 596 00:33:57,903 --> 00:34:00,672 two financial transactions on January 3rd 597 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:04,709 while Blair was with Jennifer's son Noah. 598 00:34:04,809 --> 00:34:08,480 There is one transaction from Jennifer Brown's phone 599 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:12,584 for $9,000 at 4:23 pm. 600 00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:16,621 Then a minute or two later, there is a transaction 601 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:20,825 for $8,000 again from Jennifer's phone. 602 00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:24,429 Blair Watts told us that he picked up Noah after school 603 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:28,233 at the bus stop at right around 4 pm, and that little boy was 604 00:34:28,333 --> 00:34:32,337 able to remember that Blair had Mommy's phone. 605 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,906 So clearly, somebody's manipulating 606 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:37,609 her cell phone to make these transactions, and that would 607 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:38,743 have been Blair Watts. 608 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:41,947 Detectives also get access to Blair's location data, 609 00:34:42,047 --> 00:34:44,215 and they are able to track his movements in the days 610 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,551 following Jennifer's disappearance. 611 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:51,022 We see activity on January 5th during the early evening, 612 00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:53,391 that's the day after she's reported missing. 613 00:34:53,491 --> 00:34:55,694 That would put him in the general vicinity 614 00:34:55,794 --> 00:34:57,162 of Jennifer Brown's grave. 615 00:34:57,262 --> 00:34:59,030 So detectives pull all kinds of different 616 00:34:59,130 --> 00:35:02,267 surveillance cameras, and we saw Blair Watts' vehicle 617 00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:03,802 at the very same time where 618 00:35:03,902 --> 00:35:06,571 Watts' cell phone records are registering. 619 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:10,575 So with that information, we realized that Blair Watts 620 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:13,211 had transported Jennifer's body 621 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:15,847 during the evening of January 5th 622 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,349 and placed it in that grave. 623 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:29,561 Based on that video surveillance and cell phone location data, 624 00:35:29,661 --> 00:35:33,098 we were able to make an arrest in this case, and we charged 625 00:35:33,198 --> 00:35:35,400 Blair Watts with first-degree murder. 626 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:37,869 The Montgomery County district attorney announcing the arrest 627 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:39,404 of Blair Watts. 628 00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:42,474 We believe Jennifer Brown was murdered in her own home, 629 00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:45,543 that she was then moved and ultimately buried 630 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:49,681 in a shallow grave where she was found two weeks later. 631 00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:52,584 We continue to work hard on this case to bring justice 632 00:35:52,684 --> 00:35:56,354 to this family, to this little boy who doesn't have a mother 633 00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,657 because of Blair Watts' actions. 634 00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:03,995 Up until Blair Watts was arrested, it was a very 635 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:05,497 stressful period. 636 00:36:05,597 --> 00:36:08,066 And once he was arrested, it was just... 637 00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:14,372 I-- I can't even describe the wave of relief. 638 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:19,477 I think Blair Watts' harebrained scheme was probably 639 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:22,714 assuming that I wouldn't cooperate and that I would 640 00:36:22,814 --> 00:36:26,484 lawyer up and that I would deny having a relationship 641 00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:29,354 with Jennifer. And I didn't do that. 642 00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:32,691 I decided to help the police and the detectives and do 643 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:33,792 whatever it took. 644 00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:40,365 When they arrested Blair, I was thinking about, 645 00:36:40,465 --> 00:36:43,134 in retrospect, all the different signs 646 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:45,570 that I should have picked up on. 647 00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:48,640 Blair took advantage of Jennifer's friendship, 648 00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:51,342 of her yearning for her dream, 649 00:36:51,443 --> 00:36:56,681 and ultimately murdered her for money. 650 00:36:56,781 --> 00:36:59,818 As prosecutors prepare for trial, they know it'll be 651 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:02,220 an uphill battle to get a conviction because there 652 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,689 isn't any physical evidence connecting Blair Watts 653 00:37:04,789 --> 00:37:05,924 to the murder. 654 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:08,526 But investigators believe analysis of the dirt found 655 00:37:08,626 --> 00:37:11,396 in the red Jeep Cherokee can help shore up the evidence 656 00:37:11,496 --> 00:37:12,564 in the case. 657 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:16,034 That dirt that's in this gravesite, it's a weird color 658 00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:19,871 for Pennsylvania. It's more like clay, reddish. 659 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:24,776 The FBI analyzed the soil characteristics in the sample 660 00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:27,612 that we sent from the shallow grave. 661 00:37:27,712 --> 00:37:30,515 And one of the three samples matched the soil from the back 662 00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:31,816 of Mr. Watts' vehicle. 663 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,691 This case is circumstantial, which is challenging 664 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,826 as a prosecutor, because you have to make sure 665 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:43,661 that you've got it right. 666 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:45,530 However, between the inconsistencies 667 00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:47,732 in Blair's story, cell phone data, 668 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:50,135 security footage of him driving, 669 00:37:50,235 --> 00:37:53,004 and the money sent from Jennifer's accounts to his, 670 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,373 police believe they have enough evidence to tie 671 00:37:55,473 --> 00:37:58,076 Blair Watts to Jennifer's murder. 672 00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:01,012 For the trial, the most difficult part 673 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:04,716 of the case was that we didn't know with particularity 674 00:38:04,816 --> 00:38:05,984 how she died. 675 00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:09,354 And as Jennifer and Blair were close, any genetic material 676 00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:11,856 could have been there from before her death. 677 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:15,326 The forensic pathologist testified in the case 678 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:17,729 that we believe that he suffocated her. 679 00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:20,632 Compressional asphyxia, meaning it could have been 680 00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:24,936 a bear hug or somebody sat on her for too long, 681 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:27,338 you'll take a breath and never take a breath again. 682 00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:30,141 The weight prevents your lungs from expanding 683 00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:31,242 and you'll asphyxiate. 684 00:38:32,777 --> 00:38:34,913 It takes minutes. 685 00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:37,882 He could have decided not to do that at any time, 686 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:39,651 but he didn't. 687 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:49,093 At trial, Mr. Watts tried to say that nothing ever happened 688 00:38:49,194 --> 00:38:50,628 and he had nothing to do with it, 689 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:52,530 but when you're confronted with this level of evidence, 690 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:56,067 we felt pretty confident that they were gonna convict him. 691 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:59,037 They came back unanimously with that guilty verdict 692 00:38:59,137 --> 00:39:00,872 for first-degree murder. 693 00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:02,574 I didn't kill Jennifer Brown. 694 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,642 Well, he could say-- he's been saying that from the beginning, 695 00:39:04,742 --> 00:39:07,478 but we just spent five days proving that he did. 696 00:39:07,579 --> 00:39:12,016 The judge sentencing Blair Watts to life in prison. 697 00:39:12,116 --> 00:39:14,419 It was the biggest relief. 698 00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,721 It was also a special date. 699 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:20,191 That verdict came down on Jennifer's mother's birthday. 700 00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:24,762 So for us, we found some-- some solace in that. 701 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,632 Mr. Watts cares about one person and one person only, 702 00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:29,100 and that's himself. 703 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,336 All he ever did in his life 704 00:39:31,436 --> 00:39:35,006 was try to cover up who he truly was, 705 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:36,674 which is a broke narcissist. 706 00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:47,185 I do come here and have some conversations with her. 707 00:39:50,321 --> 00:39:51,289 I miss her. 708 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:55,193 I wish she was still here. 709 00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:02,734 The saddest part about this tragedy is that Noah is now 710 00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:04,269 without his mom. 711 00:40:04,369 --> 00:40:10,141 His mom was his world, and Noah was his mom's world. 712 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:14,445 It's a great tragedy, but I want to tell Noah that 713 00:40:14,545 --> 00:40:18,216 I'm proud of him, and he was so brave through all of this, 714 00:40:18,316 --> 00:40:21,019 and that I think it's incredible that 715 00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:23,788 he helped solve this case. 716 00:40:23,888 --> 00:40:27,225 He is the most loving, innocent, sweet baby in the world. 717 00:40:27,325 --> 00:40:30,962 And so for him to have to hurt 718 00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:35,166 and feel a feeling that he'll probably never be able to grasp 719 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:39,971 and understand fully, that's-- that's really hard to watch. 720 00:40:40,071 --> 00:40:43,908 You know, her family struggles every day to provide 721 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,743 a beautiful life for Noah. 722 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:51,983 I can't think of anything more heartbreaking than what 723 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:52,984 they're experiencing. 724 00:41:20,078 --> 00:41:21,946 You can hear her say "He ran over me." 725 00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:25,416 He's white, middle aged and with a large build. 726 00:41:25,516 --> 00:41:27,518 Can someone ID this guy? 727 00:41:27,618 --> 00:41:29,854 He told me that my mother had been abducted. 728 00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:33,791 He is the one, it's like, "Damn, the shoe fits."