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TISE.

TISE.

MY SISTER, NATISE, LIVED WITH MY FATHER

ON THE SAME BLOCK.

TISE.

WE WOULD SEE EACH OTHER EVERY DAY.

I GUESS US DADDY'S GIRLS WANTED TO STAY CLOSE.

HEY, HEY. GOOD MORNING.

HOW DO YOU FEEL? I'M GOOD, POP.

WELL, HOW'S MY, GRANDBABY DOING IN THERE?

KICKING UP A STORM.

NATISE WAS AN EXPECTANT MOTHER.

SHE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT HER NEW BABY.

I SPOKE TO NATISE THE MORNING THAT EVERYTHING OCCURRED.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT BABY NAMES.

SO, LISTEN, I'LL BE HOME REGULAR TIME,

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. OKAY.

YOU CALL ME IF THE BABY STARTS COMING, OKAY?

I'LL CALL YOU. OKAY.

NORMALLY, WE WOULD BE ON THE PHONE EVERY 3, 4 HOURS,

BUT THIS PARTICULAR DAY I HAD TO CUT HER SHORT.

I ASKED HER DID SHE NEED ANYTHING, AND SHE WAS LIKE,

"NO, I'M FINE."

IT WAS THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO HER.

NO!

**

**

MY DAD WAS A BACHELOR.

HE WASN'T MARRIED. HE WAS DIVORCED.

HIS GIRLS WAS EVERYTHING.

POP WAS EXCITED WHEN NATISE MOVED BACK HOME.

NATISE MOVED AWAY FOR A COUPLE YEARS, HAD HER OWN PLACE,

BUT WHEN SHE MOVED BACK HOME,

POP WAS ECSTATIC, AND THEN WHEN SHE WAS EXPECTING,

HE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECOMING A GRANDFATHER.

TISE.

THAT NIGHT, POP COMES HOME ABOUT 7:00, 8:00,

AND HE WALKED IN THE HOUSE, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK,

AND HE CALLED FOR NATISE.

TISE!

TISE! YOU HOME?

AND MY DAD WENT TO GO TURN THE LIGHT ON...

MY GOD. ...AND HE ACTUALLY

STUMBLED OVER MY SISTER.

TISE. NATISE!

THE PHONE RINGS, AND IT'S MY FATHER,

AND HE'S LIKE, "YOU NEED TO COME DOWN HERE.

NATISE IS HURT."

I GOT MY SHOES ON.

I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD.

POP? WHAT'S GOING ON?

POP?

WHEN I WALKED INTO MY DAD'S HOUSE,

I...WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO SEE WHAT I SAW.

POP, WHAT'S THE MATTER?

POP, MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED?!

NATISE!

MY DAD WAS STANDING THERE.

HE HAD BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.

POP, WHAT HAPPENED? I DON'T KNOW.

I'M THINKING, "DID SHE GO INTO LABOR AT HOME?"

BUT IT'S TOO MUCH BLOOD.

ALL UNITS, 1141 AT 5400 BLOCK, LANDSDOWNE AVENUE.

21-YEAR-OLD FEMALE.

- WE GOT TO CALL BJ. - HE'S...

A 911 CALL IS RECEIVED.

MEDICS ARRIVE AND QUICKLY LEARN

THE CAUSE OF NATISE'S INJURIES --

MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD.

PARAMEDICS BROUGHT NATISE OUT, AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY COVERED.

NATISE! WE'RE HERE! WE LOVE YOU!

POP'S HERE! WE'RE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL!

THEY PUT HER IN THE AMBULANCE.

THEY WOULDN'T LET POP OR ANYBODY RIDE WITH THEM.

I WAS THINKING IT HAD TO BE THE BABY.

I JUST -- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I FIGURED SHE WAS THERE BY HERSELF.

MAYBE SHE HEMORRHAGED OR SOMETHING.

I HOPE THE BABY'S OKAY.

THE BABY'S GONNA BE OKAY.

BABY'S GONNA BE OKAY.

MY DAD WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK.

HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE.

LIKE, WHAT...YOU KNOW, COULD HE DO?

SO, THE SECOND ORDER IS HENRY, LINCOLN, HENRY, 2750.

IT'S HENRY, LINCOLN, HENRY, 2750.

YEAH, HOLD ON A SECOND.

I GOT TO COPY.

BE THERE IN FIVE.

AS THE FAMILY RUSHES TO THE HOSPITAL IN A DAZE,

PHILADELPHIA HOMICIDE DETECTIVE HOWARD PETERMAN

IS DISPATCHED TO THE CRIME SCENE.

WE WERE NOTIFIED OF A SUSPICIOUS SHOOTING

IN THE OVERBROOK SECTION OF THE CITY.

PARAMEDICS WERE AWARE THAT SHE SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS,

AND IT WAS NOT ANYTHING RELATED TO HER PREGNANCY.

**

IS SHE GONNA MAKE IT?

IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

IT WAS THREE SHOTS TO THE HEAD -- ALL CLOSE RANGE.

WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE,

TALKED WITH CRIME-SCENE-UNIT OFFICERS

ABOUT HOW WE WERE GONNA CHECK THE PROPERTY,

SEARCH THE PROPERTY, AND PROCESS THE CRIME SCENE.

WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE SHOOTER TOOK ANYTHING.

FIND ANY SHELL CASINGS?

NO, NOTHING.

THE GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD

TOLD US THAT THIS WAS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

ANY SIGN OF THE BABY'S FATHER?

NOT SO FAR.

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF CRIMES

OF THIS NATURE IS IT HAS TO DO WITH RELATIONSHIPS.

WHO'S THE FATHER,

WHO'S THE CURRENT BOYFRIEND, WHO'S IN THE PICTURE?

THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA ASK FAMILY IS,

"WHO IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS TO NATISE?"

FOUR MILES AWAY

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,

DETECTIVE JOE BAMBERSKI JOINS THE JOHNSON FAMILY,

WHO'VE JUST GOTTEN THE TRAGIC NEWS.

BOTH NATISE AND THE BABY HAVE DIED.

I JUST -- TO THIS DAY, I JUST CAN'T EVEN PUT IT IN WORDS.

LIKE...

**

...JUST FOR WHAT?

THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

MR. JOHNSON.

NATISE'S FATHER AND HER SISTER WERE EXTREMELY UPSET,

BUT ONE OF MY TASKS

IS TO TRY TO INTERVIEW THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I HATE TO DO THIS AT A TIME LIKE THIS,

BUT I REALLY NEED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY.

I WANTED ANSWERS, I'M ANGRY, I'M HURT,

I'M FRUSTRATED THAT THEY WANTED TO ASK US QUESTIONS.

I JUST DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND.

HOW CAN SOMEBODY DO THAT TO HER?

ANY WOMAN?

IT'S A CRUEL ENDING TO WHAT HAD BEEN A JOYFUL LIFE

SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES.

BY ALL ACCOUNTS, NATISE WAS CHERISHED BY HER SISTER,

BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND YOUNGER BROTHER, BJ.

- AWW... - IT'S SO CUTE.

MY SISTER WAS JUST A SWEET PERSON.

OKAY, WAIT, IS THIS FOR A BOY OR A GIRL?

NO. NO, NO, NO.

SHE KNEW IT WAS A GIRL, AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED.

SHE WAS FIXING UP THE BABY'S ROOM.

WE GAVE HER A BABY SHOWER IN PREPARATION

FOR THE BIRTH OF THE BABY.

A LOT OF NATISE'S CLOSE FRIENDS WAS THERE.

HER FRIEND, NATASHA, WAS THERE.

MY BROTHER WAS THERE.

WHO WOULD WANT TO SHOOT A PREGNANT WOMAN?

YOU KNOW, WHAT COWARD WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

WE REALIZED THAT NOBODY HAD FORCED THEIR WAY

INTO NATISE'S PROPERTY,

WHICH IS AN INDICATION TO US

THAT SHE PROBABLY KNEW THE PERSON.

IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMEONE WHO WAS ABLE TO GET

WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF HER

AND THEN ABLE TO SHOOT HER WITHIN THREE TO FIVE FEET.

IN THIS CASE, I WANTED TO KNOW IF NATISE

WAS WITH ANYONE ELSE IN THE HOUSE

AND WHO SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH IN HER PERSONAL LIFE.

WHO'S THE BABY'S FATHER? IS HE IN THE PICTURE?

YES, HE IS. HIS NAME IS TYREE.

HE'S IN THE NAVY, AND HE'S STATIONED IN VIRGINIA.

MY SISTER WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUTURE WITH TYREE.

THAT MORNING, NATISE MENTIONED THAT TYREE WAS COMING IN TO TOWN

AND COMING TO SEE HER.

HOW WERE THINGS BETWEEN NATISE AND HIM?

TYREE IS A GOOD MAN. HE WATCHES OUT FOR NATISE.

HE COULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE TYREE IS?

UM, HE'S IN TOWN.

I JUST SPOKE TO HIM,

BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE IS.

THE FAMILY INDICATED THAT TYREE, THE FATHER OF NATISE'S BABY,

WAS NO THREAT TO NATISE AT ALL, THAT HE WAS GOOD FOR NATISE,

THAT THEY WERE PLANNING ON STARTING A LIFE TOGETHER.

DESPITE THE FAMILY ASSURANCES ABOUT TYREE,

HE'S CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

NOBODY HAD ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT TYREE,

BUT IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE FAMILY

TO HAVE A FALSE IMPRESSION OF SOMEONE.

YOU CAN ONLY JUDGE SOMEBODY

BY THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY GIVE YOU.

BACK IN THE OVERBROOK SECTION OF WEST PHILLY,

CSI SCOURS THE CRIME SCENE INSIDE NATISE'S HOME.

OVERBROOK IS A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD,

KNOWN AS A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S NOT A VERY BIG CRIME AREA.

THE BLOCKS ARE LIKE FAMILY.

EVERYBODY KEEP UP WITH EACH OTHER,

YOU GREW UP TOGETHER,

YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS.

MEANWHILE, DETECTIVE PETERMAN GOES SCOUTING

FOR POTENTIAL WITNESSES.

THE BEST WE COULD SEE IS MR. JOHNSON WAS LAST

IN THAT HOUSE AROUND 7:00 IN THE MORNING.

I WENT OUT AND DID SOME NEIGHBORHOOD INTERVIEWS

TRYING TO ESTABLISH A TIMELINE TO SEE WHEN THIS CRIME HAPPENED,

AND WHILE THAT WAS BEING DONE,

WE CAME ACROSS A NEIGHBOR, TERRY.

OF COURSE I HEARD ABOUT IT.

CAN'T BELIEVE POOR NATISE.

DID YOU KNOW THE WHOLE JOHNSON FAMILY --

NATISE, CRYSTAL, HER DAD?

OF COURSE, I SAW THEM EVERY DAY --

HER BROTHER, BJ, TOO.

DOES SHE HAVE ANY OTHER SIBLINGS?

I JUST ONLY KNEW THE THREE OF THEM.

ANY BAD BLOOD? NO.

I NEVER HEARD A CROSS WORD FROM ANY OF THEM.

THEY'RE JUST GOOD PEOPLE.

DID YOU SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY?

AND TERRY TOLD ME THAT SHE HEARD WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS GUNSHOTS

AROUND 1:00 P.M. EARLIER THAT DAY.

IT DIDN'T REGISTER AT FIRST.

I HEARD A POP, POP, POP, THEN --

I DON'T KNOW. IT SOUNDED LIKE FIRECRACKERS.

AROUND 1:00?

I WOULDN'T SWEAR TO THAT, BUT, YEAH, ABOUT THEN, 1:00,

MAYBE A LITTLE AFTER THAT.

I DON'T KNOW. IT COULD'VE BEEN AS LATE AS 1:30.

THE TIMING MAY NOT BE EXACT,

BUT IT'S A HELPFUL PIECE OF INFORMATION.

IT WAS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A STARTING POINT

WHERE THIS CRIME MIGHT'VE HAPPENED.

PETERMAN'S EAGER TO SHARE WHAT HE'S LEARNED

AND JOINS OFFICERS BACK AT THE CRIME SCENE.

NEIGHBOR OVER HERE SAYS SHE HEARD GUNSHOTS

AROUND 1:00, 1:30.

OFFICERS.

CAN WE HELP YOU?

MY GIRLFRIEND LIVES HERE.

IS SHE OKAY?

WHO'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND?

NATISE.

AND YOU ARE?

I'M HER BOYFRIEND, TYREE JOHNSON.

**

PHILADELPHIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE MURDERS

OF 21-YEAR-OLD NATISE JOHNSON AND HER UNBORN CHILD,

GUNNED DOWN IN HER WEST PHILLY HOME.

THAT NIGHT, WITH THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION STILL UNDERWAY,

SOMEONE SHOWS UP AT THE HOUSE.

OFFICERS.

MAY WE HELP YOU?

MY GIRLFRIEND LIVES HERE.

IS SHE OKAY?

WHO'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND?

NATISE.

AND YOU ARE?

I'M HER BOYFRIEND, TYREE JOHNSON.

WE WERE ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY TOGETHER.

WHILE WE WE'RE PROCESSING THE CRIME SCENE

AND TYREE JOHNSON SHOWS UP,

WE'RE LEARNING FROM FAMILY AT THE HOSPITAL

THAT TYREE IS THE BABY'S FATHER,

STATIONED IN THE NAVY IN VIRGINIA,

AND WAS COMING UP FOR THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD.

NATISE'S FATHER SAID THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER

AND THAT I SHOULD COME OVER.

WHERE IS SHE?

I NEED YOU TO CALM DOWN, ALRIGHT?

THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING.

NATISE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

NOW, WE CAN ARRANGE FOR YOU TO BE TAKEN THERE,

BUT FIRST I NEED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU DO THAT?

YES, SIR.

WHEN YOU'RE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS,

YOUR FIRST RESPONSE IS TO SAY

IT'S SOMEONE WHO'S CLOSE TO HER.

IT'S SOMEONE WHO IS PROBABLY INVOLVED WITH HER.

IT'S OUR JOB TO DETERMINE

EXACTLY WHAT THE TRUE RELATIONSHIP

OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED WERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU'VE BEEN ALL DAY TODAY?

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN?

THAT'S RIGHT. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.

I CAME UP THIS MORNING TO SEE TISE,

TO BE WITH HER FOR THE BABY'S BIRTH,

BUT WHEN I GOT HERE, I CALLED, AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER,

SO I CAME OVER.

ABOUT WHAT TIME WAS THIS?

I CAME UP AROUND 1:30, 2:00 P.M.

THE TIMING IS SUSPICIOUS.

ONE NEIGHBOR INDICATED THAT SHE HAD HEARD GUNSHOTS

AROUND 1:00 P.M. COMING FROM THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.

WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE OF THE EXACT TIME OF DEATH.

TYREE, PUTTING HIMSELF AT THE CRIME SCENE

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M. WOULD BE A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS.

WHEN NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR, YOU DO WHAT?

I LEFT. WHERE'D YOU GO?

I WAS WITH MY BROTHER.

AROUND 7:00, I CALLED NATISE'S FATHER,

AND...HE SAID THAT SHE WAS HURT,

AND SO I CAME OVER.

IT GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIBILITY,

BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME

THAT SOMEONE DID A MURDER AND SHOWED BACK UP AT THE SCENE,

TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE POLICE KNOW AT THAT TIME.

WAIT, SO, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU CALLED NATISE BEFORE

YOU CAME OVER TO THE HOUSE? YES, I DID.

LOOK, YOU KNOW WE CAN CHECK UP ON THE THING, TYREE?

YEAH, I HOPE YOU DO!

HE COULD JUST HAVE WELL BEEN THERE EARLIER

AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER,

TRYING TO COVER HIS TRACKS IN CASE NEIGHBORS SAW HIM,

BUT AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO

AND FIND OUT IF THAT'S THE CASE.

TO THAT END, INVESTIGATORS START

BY REQUESTING NATISE'S CELLPHONE RECORDS.

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHO SHE'S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH IN RECENT DAYS

AND HOW MUCH SHE'D BEEN SPEAKING WITH TYREE.

WE ALSO TALKED TO TYREE'S BROTHER...

NO, NO. THAT'S ALRIGHT.

I'LL HOLD.

...TO BACK UP TYREE'S STORY,

AND HE WAS ABLE TO TELL US THAT HE WAS WITH TYREE ALL DAY.

HIS BROTHER WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION

THAT THEY WERE OUT FOR THE DAY AND WHERE THEY WENT,

WHICH INITIALLY TOOK OUR FOCUS OFF OF TYREE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

HE CHECKS OUT.

**

WITH THE BOYFRIEND CLEARED,

THE NEIGHBORS RALLY AROUND THE GRIEVING FAMILY.

WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR NATISE,

AND EVERYBODY WAS SO HELPFUL,

BUT YOU'RE STILL IN THIS TRAUMA, THIS SHOCK.

POLICE OFFICERS BROUGHT US FOOD AND GAVE MONEY AND CARDS

AND JUST THE OUTPOURING BECAUSE HER STORY WAS JUST SO TRAGIC.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE INHUMAN NOT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF FEELINGS

TOWARD THIS CASE, WHETHER YOU KNEW HER OR NOT.

STILL, SOMEONE IN NATISE'S LIFE HAD WANTED HER DEAD.

HEY, DETECTIVE. COME ON IN.

Thank you. Alright.

DETECTIVES TALKED TO HER FAMILY AGAIN.

SO DID NATISE --

DID SHE HAVE OTHER BOYFRIENDS BEFORE TYREE?

SHE WAS A POPULAR GIRL, HAD A FEW BOYFRIENDS,

BUT NO ONE LIKE TYREE.

ALRIGHT, BUT SHE HAD OTHER BOYFRIENDS.

ANYONE SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH?

WHAT ABOUT DAVID... HER EX?

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT THAT DUDE WAS NO GOOD.

DAVID WAS MUCH OLDER THAN NATISE AND WAS A BIT CONTROLLING.

I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY HE TREATED HER.

SHE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS GUY.

I WOULD HAVE TO PULL INFORMATION FROM HER.

SHE WAS COMPLAINING.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST CONSTANTLY IN HER BUSINESS --

WANTED TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING,

WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE, AND MY SISTER DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

SHE JUST SAW DAVID LIKE A WEEK AGO.

AND NATISE HADN'T SEEN DAVID IN A YEAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED,

WHEN SHE WAS IN A GROCERY STORE.

**

**

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS JUST GOING ON WITH HER LIFE,

AND HE WAS GOING ON WITH HIS LIFE,

AND THEY JUST HAPPENED TO SEE EACH OTHER.

NO WORDS WAS EXCHANGED.

YOU KNOW, SHE LOOKED AT HIM, HE LOOKED AT HER,

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BASICALLY IT.

IT WAS OVER, LONG OVER, BUT WHO KNOWS?

THE MAN WAS VIOLENT.

A YEAR AGO, WHEN THEY WERE STILL TOGETHER,

NATISE BEGAN TO HAVE BRUSHES WITH HIS DARK SIDE.

THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT.

DAVID GOT ANGRY WITH HER, AND HE THREW SOMETHING AT HER,

AND SHE SAID, "I NEED TO GET AWAY FROM HIM."

YOU KNOW, "HE'S NOT GOOD FOR ME."

DO YOU KNOW DAVID'S LAST NAME?

JONES. EVERYBODY CALLED HIM JONES.

SURE ENOUGH, DAVID JONES HAS A LONG RAP SHEET,

INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARRESTS FOR WEAPONS POSSESSION.

INVESTIGATORS HEAD TO HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS.

WE WERE GONNA GO TALK TO DAVID AS SOON AS WE CAN.

WHEN WE GET TO WHERE HE'S GONNA BE,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE

WHO'S HAD NOT FAVORABLE CONTACT WITH THE POLICE,

HAS A VIOLENT HISTORY.

**

YES?

MA'AM, WE'RE FROM THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DAVID AIN'T HERE.

MA'AM, YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

YEAH, I'M SURE.

HE LEFT A FEW HOURS AGO.

WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND HIM?

HE'S AT THE AIRPORT.

THAT ARISES OUR SUSPICIONS.

COULD HE POSSIBLY BE FLEEING?

COULD HE BE ON THE RUN?

AND THEN, OF COURSE, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

**

24 HOURS AFTER NATISE JOHNSON

WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HER HOME IN WEST PHILLY,

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR HER EX-BOYFRIEND.

WE WERE GIVEN THE NAME DAVID, AN EX-BOYFRIEND, VIOLENT PAST,

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE WITH NATISE.

THAT WAS SOMEBODY THAT WENT RIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE LIST

WE WERE GONNA PURSUE.

WE HEAD TO DAVID'S HOUSE, TALK TO HIS MOTHER.

DAVID'S NOT HERE.

WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND HIM?

HE'S AT THE AIRPORT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, AIRPORT?

IT'S WHERE HE WORKS --

FINISHES UP AROUND 6:00 P.M.

YOU CAN CATCH HIM IF YOU LEAVE NOW.

THANK YOU.

WE FIND OUT THAT HE WORKS

AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,

SO WE NEED TO HUSTLE

AND GET TO THE AIRPORT AS SOON AS WE CAN.

THEY'RE IN LUCK.

DAVID IS LOCATED AND AGREES TO COME BACK TO THE STATION

FOR AN INTERVIEW.

WHEN WE MEET WITH DAVID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH

SOMEONE WHO HAS A VIOLENT HISTORY.

YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT NOT LIKE COPS,

BUT HE'D BETTER CONVINCE US THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

YOU AND NATISE HAD HISTORY --

A BAD ONE.

I DIDN'T DO THIS, MAN.

ARE YOU DENYING THAT YOU AND NATISE HAD A HISTORY?

DIDN'T SAY THAT.

HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS PRIOR CONTACT WITH POLICE.

HE ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED WITH A GUN BEFORE.

NATISE FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST YOU, DAVID.

SHE SAID THAT YOU SHOT AT HER.

DAVID WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED WITH A GUN,

AND THERE WAS ALLEGATIONS THAT HE SHOT AT HER IN A CAR.

WE HAD A LOVE-HATE SITUATION,

BUT WE WERE DONE.

SHE MOVED ON. I MOVED ON.

IT ENDED UP WHERE NATISE HAD TO GET A RESTRAINING ORDER

FOR DAVID'S BEHAVIOR AGAINST HER.

YOU SEE HER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR,

AND SHE'S PREGNANT WITH ANOTHER MAN'S BABY,

AND THEN ONE WEEK LATER, SHE'S KILLED.

NATISE TOLD HER SISTER ABOUT IT.

THEY SAW EACH OTHER IN A STORE.

IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT DAVID SAW

THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT.

YOU'RE TELLING ME

THAT YOU DIDN'T GET MAD ALL OVER AGAIN

WHEN YOU SAW THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT.

NOT LIKE THAT --

NOT MAD ENOUGH TO SHOOT HER.

SHE BROKE IT OFF WITH ME.

I WAS GOOD WITH IT.

DAVID IS ADAMANT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH NATISE'S MURDER,

BUT DETECTIVES AREN'T LETTING HIM OFF THE HOOK THAT EASILY.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING ON SATURDAY, MIDDAY?

THE SAME TWO THINGS I DO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I WAS AT WORK ALL DAY, GOT OFF AT 6:00,

DROVE TO SEE MY GIRL AFTER THAT.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE'S HIDING ANYTHING,

BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO VERIFY HIS STORY.

DETECTIVES CONTACT THE AIRPORT TO CHECK HIS ALIBI.

OKAY. COULD YOU SEND ME OVER

A COPY OF THAT TIME CARD?

BECAUSE I'M GONNA NEED IT.

NO. NO, THAT'S IT.

NO, THANK YOU.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

CLOCKED IN AT 7:04 A.M., CLOCKED OUT AT 5:57.

AND WE KNOW WHERE HE WAS AT AND THAT WE'RE RULING HIM OUT

AS POSSIBLY BEING INVOLVED IN NATISE'S MURDER.

AS DAVID DROPS DOWN THE SUSPECT LIST,

ANOTHER NAME FROM NATISE'S PAST COMES TO THE SURFACE.

IN ADDITION TO DAVID, NATISE'S SISTER INDICATED

THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN HER LIFE.

HE WAS DATING NATISE,

THEY BROKE UP, AND IT WASN'T THAT HUGE OF A DEAL.

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

HIS NAME IS, GERALD.

WHEN MY SISTER BROKE UP WITH DAVID,

SHE WAS PUTTING HER LIFE BACK TOGETHER.

ONE DAY, SHE WAS HANGING OUT,

AND SHE HAPPENED TO RUN INTO THIS GUY NAMED GERALD.

ALRIGHT.

SO I GOT A PEPPERONI FOR YOU,

PLAIN SLICE FOR ME.

YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO TREAT A LADY.

SHE GAVE HIM HER NUMBER, AND THEM TWO STARTED DATING,

BUT I DON'T THINK SHE WAS LOOKING FOR ANYTHING SERIOUS.

SHE WAS JUST COMING OUT OF THIS BAD RELATIONSHIP.

SO, UM, WHAT YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?

WANT TO CATCH A MOVIE?

I DON'T KNOW. YOU DON'T KNOW?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU DON'T KNOW?

I AIN'T EVEN TELL YOU THE NAME OF THE MOVIE YET.

THEY DATED FOR SOME TIME, BUT WHEN THEY BROKE UP,

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF IT,

AND I NEVER REALLY HEARD GERALD'S NAME AGAIN.

SHE WASN'T WITH HIM THAT LONG BEFORE SHE MET TYREE.

SO GERALD, WAS HE -- WHAT?

WAS HE JEALOUS?

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.

GERALD FOUND OUT THAT NATISE WAS PREGNANT,

JUST WORD OF MOUTH,

AND I BELIEVE HE DID ASK HER, YOU KNOW, "IS THIS MY CHILD?"

SO NOW YOU HAVE TYREE, WHO SAYS HE'S THE BABY'S FATHER.

YOU HAVE GERALD, WHO THINKS HE'S THE BABY'S FATHER.

SO DOES GERALD ACT OUT WHEN HE FINDS OUT

THAT HE'S REALLY NOT THE FATHER OF THE CHILD?

SO WE WANT TO GET GERALD AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HIM.

DETECTIVES TRACK DOWN GERALD AT HIS LANDSCAPING JOB

AND GET A DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH NATISE.

PHILADELPHIA POLICE.

HOW LONG DID YOU AND NATISE SEE EACH OTHER?

LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW IT WAS SERIOUS.

APPARENTLY I WASN'T THE RIGHT ONE FOR HER,

BUT THAT WAS MY BABY SHE WAS CARRYING.

YOUR BABY?

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE WITH ME, BUT IT WAS STILL MY BABY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHEN NATISE TOLD GERALD

THAT HE WAS NOT THE FATHER OF THE BABY,

BUT WE ARE PRETTY SURE THAT NATISE TOLD HIM

THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE WITH THIS OTHER GUY, TYREE.

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT TYREE?

THE DUDE IN THE NAVY?

YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT HIM.

TYREE WAS LIKE A PASSING THING FOR TISE.

THAT WAS STILL MY BABY.

GERALD TRULY BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE FATHER OF THIS CHILD

AND WANTED MORE OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP.

GERALD WAS QUESTIONING PATERNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PURSUE.

DID SHE BREAK UP WITH YOU TO BE WITH TYREE?

I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT...

**

WAIT, HOLD UP.

YOU THINK I DID THIS?

YOU THINK I WOULD KILL MY BABY'S MAMA -- MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD?

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER OF NATISE JOHNSON

AND HER UNBORN CHILD HAS LED PHILADELPHIA POLICE

TO HER EX-BOYFRIEND, GERALD.

POLICE BRING HIM DOWN TO HEADQUARTERS FOR QUESTIONING.

SO HOW LONG WERE YOU AND NATISE TOGETHER?

LIKE, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.

WE WERE TOGETHER UP UNTIL SHE MET TYREE.

WE STILL TALKED.

HE'S ADAMANT THE BABY WAS HIS.

IF HE'S LED TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS THE FATHER OF THE BABY

AND THEN TOLD HE WAS NOT,

THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A MOTIVE FOR HIM

TO BE ANGRY OR UPSET WITH NATISE,

WHICH COULD LEAD TO HIM BEING POSSIBLY A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE.

I TOLD TISE I'D TAKE THE PATERNITY TEST.

I DON'T RUN FROM MY RESPONSIBILITIES.

I NEVER HAVE.

WOULD YOU TAKE ONE NOW? ANYTIME.

IF IT TURNED OUT THAT PATERNITY WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES

INVOLVED IN THIS MURDER, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHO THE ACTUAL FATHER OF THE BABY WAS.

GERALD WAS VERY FORTHCOMING, HAD NO ISSUE WHATSOEVER

WITH PROVIDING A SAMPLE.

OPEN WIDE.

GREAT.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE RESULT OF THE TEST IN A FEW DAYS.

THAT'S FOR Y'ALL.

I KNOW I'M THE FATHER.

CAN I GO?

ONE LAST THING.

REMIND ME AGAIN.

WHERE WERE YOU LAST SATURDAY

FROM ABOUT 9:00 TO 5:00?

BE SPECIFIC.

THAT'S EASY.

THE SAME PLACE I AM EVERY DAY -- AT WORK.

GERALD INDICATED TO US THAT HE WAS WORKING

ON THE DAY THAT NATISE WAS KILLED,

THAT HE WAS WITH HIS FATHER IN THE LANDSCAPE BUSINESS,

AND THEY HAD BEEN TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE DAY

AND PRETTY MUCH FOR MOST OF THE DAY WHEN NATISE WAS KILLED.

GERALD'S ALIBI CHECKS OUT,

WHICH MEANS POLICE ARE NO CLOSER TO FINDING OUT

WHO TOOK THE LIVES OF NATISE JOHNSON

AND HER UNBORN CHILD.

AS THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING,

WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT IS,

NOT ONLY WAS NATISE NINE MONTHS PREGNANT,

SHE WAS THREE DAYS OVERDUE.

I WAS TOLD BY THE DOCTOR AT THE HOSPITAL

THAT SHE WOULD HAVE EITHER BEEN IN LABOR

OR POSSIBLY HAD GONE IN LABOR

RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF HER MURDER.

AFTER DOING WHAT WE DO FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,

YOU BECOME CALLOUS,

BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS

THAT JUST SHOCK THE SENSES IN TERMS OF --

HOW COULD SOMEBODY BE SO BRUTAL TO COMMIT A MURDER LIKE THIS?

SHE'S A VIBRANT WOMAN ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH.

THE FATHER LEAVES HIS DAUGHTER IN THE MORNING.

HE ARRIVES HOME IN THE DARK AND TURNS ON A LIGHT,

AND HIS LIFE IS CHANGED FOREVER.

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THE SERVICE WE HAD WASN'T NICE.

WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY SISTER AND HER CHILD.

PEOPLE WERE CRYING EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS NOT A GOOD DAY.

I MEAN, NOBODY IS EXPECTING TO PLAN A FUNERAL

BUT TO PLAN A FUNERAL FOR...

...A NINE-MONTH... PREGNANT WOMAN.

IT'S NOT MAKING ANY SENSE.

BY NOW, NATISE'S PHONE RECORDS HAVE COME IN,

AND WITH THEM A NEW AVENUE OF INVESTIGATION.

DETECTIVES NEED TO KNOW WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO

IN THE DAYS AND HOURS LEADING UP TO HER MURDER.

WE'RE PRETTY SURE WE CAN ELIMINATE TYREE,

WE'RE PRETTY SURE WE CAN ELIMINATE DAVID,

AND WE'RE PRETTY SURE AT THIS POINT

WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE GERALD.

THERE'S GOT TO BE OVER 100 CALLS HERE.

YOU WANT HALF?

NOTHING BETTER TO DO. ALRIGHT.

WE WANTED TO DETERMINE

WHO NATISE COULD'VE HAD CONTACT WITH.

SO, NOW WE'RE GONNA BACK UP,

START LOOKING MORE INTO PHONE RECORDS.

WHO'S CONVERSING WITH THE VICTIM THE MOST?

WHO'S GETTING CALLED BY THE VICTIM,

OR WHO'S CALLING THE VICTIM?

REMEMBER TYREE SAID HE WAS CALLING --

8:00 A.M. THAT'S HIM.

OVER HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

YEP, CALLED JUST LIKE HE SAID HE DID.

I GOT GERALD CALLING HERE.

CALLED ONCE.

CHECK THIS OUT.

RIGHT AT NOON, ANOTHER NUMBER.

IN REVIEWING NATISE'S PHONE RECORDS,

IT APPEARED TO US THAT SHE HAD BEEN ON THE PHONE

FOR SOME TIME WITH AN INDIVIDUAL

FROM APPROXIMATELY NOON TO 1:00 P.M.

1:00.

BASED UPON WHAT THE NEIGHBOR TOLD US,

WE WERE USING 1:00 P.M. AS THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF DEATH.

DO YOU THINK SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WHEN SHE WAS KILLED?

POSSIBLE.

WE GOT TO FIND OUT WHO SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH

FROM NOON UNTIL 1:00.

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SO, TAKING THAT NUMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE

THAT IT BELONGED TO A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF NATASHA.

WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE HER,

IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF NATISE'S VERY CLOSE FRIENDS.

I TALKED TO HER THAT DAY.

I TALKED TO HER EVERY DAY.

I'VE KNOWN TISE SINCE WE WERE KIDS.

SO YOU WOULD KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG?

YES.

SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING AND VICE VERSA.

SHE HAD A LOT ON HER MIND --

NINE MONTHS PREGNANT,

AND THEN THERE WAS KAREEM.

WHO'S KAREEM?

THAT'S -- THAT'S A LONG STORY.

WELL, WE GOT THE TIME.

IS THIS A GUY SHE WAS DATING?

NO.

KAREEM WAS DATING ANGELA.

WE ALL WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.

HIS NAME IS KAREEM SAMPSON, AND HE AN NATISE GO WAY BACK,

ALONG WITH ANOTHER MUTUAL FRIEND, ANGELA.

NATISE, ANGELA, AND KAREEM HAD ALL BEEN CHILDHOOD FRIENDS,

AND AS IT TURNS OUT,

KAREEM AND ANGELA EVENTUALLY DATED

AND HAD A CHILD WITH ONE ANOTHER.

BUT THINGS WENT BAD WITH KAREEM AND ANGELA.

NATASHA WAS TALKING TO NATISE THE DAY SHE WAS KILLED,

AND NATISE WAS TELLING HER

HOW SHE'S BEING HARASSED OVER THE PHONE

BY THIS BOY, KAREEM.

KAREEM AND ANGELA WERE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME.

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THIS BABY TOGETHER, THEY SPLIT UP.

WAS HE VIOLENT?

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHE LEFT HIM.

IT GOT BAD.

THEN HE STARTED CALLING NATISE.

HELLO?

KAREEM, YOU'VE GOT TO STOP CALLING ME.

KAREEM WAS CALLING NATISE ALL THE TIME.

HE WAS LIKE, "WHERE IS SHE?

I KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS. JUST TELL ME."

KAREEM WAS HARASSING HER --

DAY AND NIGHT, NIGHT AND DAY --

WITH PHONE CALLS, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE ANGELA WAS.

ANGELA SORT OF LEFT KAREEM.

SHE TOOK THEIR CHILD,

WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH KAREEM,

AND DIDN'T GIVE KAREEM ANY INDICATION

AS TO WHERE SHE WAS.

ANGELA IS A BIG GIRL.

SHE CAN DO WHATEVER SHE PLEASES.

DON'T DRAG ME INTO THIS.

KAREEM COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED,

AND HE FEARED THAT SHE LEFT HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN,

AND KAREEM WAS REALLY --

IN THE WEEK OR TWO LEADING UP TO NATISE'S DEATH --

SORT OF PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO TRY TO FIND HER.

SO, HOW'S HE SO SURE NATISE KNEW WHERE ANGELA WAS?

BECAUSE BEFORE ANGELA LEFT KAREEM,

SHE STARTED SEEING BJ.

BJ?

AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE INVESTIGATION,

WE WERE THINKING THERE'S SOME KIND OF LOVE TRIANGLE.

WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE ROMANTIC PART

BUT WITH THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

YES, BJ. NATISE'S BROTHER.

**

FROM DAY ONE, POLICE SUSPECTED NATISE JOHNSON

MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY A JEALOUS BOYFRIEND,

BUT THE INVESTIGATION HAS NOW TURNED

IN AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION,

TO HER FRIEND ANGELA'S COMPLICATED LOVE LIFE.

KAREEM WAS CALLING NATISE ALL THE TIME.

HE WAS LIKE, "WHERE IS SHE?

I KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS. JUST TELL ME."

SO, HOW WAS HE SO SURE NATISE KNEW WHERE ANGELA WAS?

BECAUSE BEFORE ANGELA LEFT KAREEM,

SHE STARTED SEEING BJ, NATISE'S BROTHER.

IT'S A...MY GOD!

ONESIE! IT'S A ONESIE!

ANGELA MET BJ AT NATISE'S BABY SHOWER,

WHICH WAS NOT LONG BEFORE NATISE WAS KILLED,

AND THAT'S WHERE ANGELA AND BJ

APPARENTLY HAD THEIR FIRST ENCOUNTERS

AND START HOOKING UP.

BJ. YEAH.

COME ON. YOU'RE THE BROTHER.

LET'S...

WE FIND OUT THAT ANGELA WAS DATING BJ,

SO NOW WE'RE COMING UP WITH A PLAUSIBLE THEORY

THAT IF BJ IS IN THE PICTURE, AND HE'S WITH ANGELA NOW,

THEN KAREEM'S GONNA BLAME NATISE FOR HIM AND ANGELA

NOT BEING TOGETHER ANYMORE,

AND THAT'S A GAME CHANGER.

THIS IS BACKED UP BY THE PHONE RECORDS

THAT SHOW NUMEROUS CALLS FROM KAREEM

FROM THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, CALLING NATISE.

WHEN ANGELA LEFT KAREEM AND TOOK THEIR DAUGHTER AWAY,

HE LOST IT.

HE WAS CALLING NATISE ALL THE TIME.

HE WAS ALL OVER HER 'CAUSE HE WANTED TO FIND ANGELA,

BUT WHEN HE FIND OUT THAT SHE WAS SEEING BJ,

HE...HE WENT CRAZY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE WE COULD FIND KAREEM?

HE WORKS AT SOME OLD FOLKS' HOME OUTSIDE PHILLY.

POLICE QUICKLY TRACK DOWN KAREEM SAMPSON

AT HIS PLACE OF WORK

AND BRING HIM TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

SO, WE HAVE KAREEM IN OUR OFFICE,

TALKING TO HIM AT LENGTH

ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANGELA,

HIS FEELINGS FOR NATISE.

KAREEM, WE'VE GOT TO CLEAR SOME THINGS UP.

IT'S ABOUT NATISE JOHNSON'S MURDER.

I'VE KNOWN NATISE FOR YEARS,

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN HELP YOU.

WELL, YOU COULD START BY TELLING US

WHY YOU WERE HARASSING NATISE.

IT WASN'T HARASSING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SO YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

YOU SEEN NATISE LATELY?

LATELY? NO.

WE'RE GETTING DENIALS.

"NO, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO NATISE.

NO, I WASN'T IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NO, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST NATISE."

WE LET HIM ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

INSTEAD OF US TELLING HIM WHAT WE KNOW

AND HAVE HIM DENY IT.

HOW ABOUT PHONE CALLS?

YOU TALK TO NATISE ON THE PHONE?

NO, NOT RECENTLY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTED NUMBERS.

YOU RECOGNIZE THEM?

ONCE HE'S DONE TELLING US ABOUT NOT MAKING ANY CALLS,

WE CONFRONT HIM WITH PHONE RECORDS,

WHICH CELL TOWERS ARE GONNA PUT HIM AT NATISE'S HOUSE

AT THE TIME OF THE END OF THE CONVERSATION

BETWEEN NATISE AND NATASHA.

THAT'S YOUR NUMBER, OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

CALLING NATISE.

THERE ARE THREE OF THEM -- ONE, TWO, THREE --

ON THE SAME DAY THAT SHE WAS MURDERED.

HE'S CONFRONTED WITH SOME OF THE INCONSISTENCIES

OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING

AND WHAT WE KNOW TO BE THE TRUTH.

THEN, YOU CALL AT NOON.

NATISE CALLED NATASHA TO TELL HER THAT YOU WON'T LEAVE HER ALONE,

AND THEY'RE ON THE PHONE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR

TALKING ABOUT YOU, MOSTLY,

AND HOW YOU KEEP BUGGING HER ABOUT ANGELA.

KAREEM'S TRYING TO FIND HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, ANGELA,

AND HE BELIEVES NATISE KNOWS.

NATASHA TELLS US THAT AROUND 1:00 ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON,

SHE WAS TALKING TO NATISE.

NATISE TELLS HER THAT SHE HAS TO GO

BECAUSE SOMEONE'S AT THE DOOR.

SHE SAYS SHE'LL CALL NATASHA BACK.

NATISE NEVER CALLS NATASHA BACK AFTER THAT.

THERE WAS SOMEONE AT THE DOOR --

YOU.

- KAREEM, LOOK AT THE RECORD. - IT'S ALL THERE.

YOU CALLED HER OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

AND THEN YOU WENT OVER THERE.

AND YOU KNEW ABOUT BJ AND ANGELA,

AND YOU KNEW YOUR FRIEND, NATISE, KNEW TOO.

SO, ALL THESE THINGS START MAKING KAREEM FEEL

A LITTLE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE

THAN HE WAS WHEN WE FIRST MET HIM.

YOU BLAMED NATISE

BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T HELP YOU FIND ANGELA, DIDN'T YOU?

YOU THINK SHE WAS THE REASON.

WHAT SHE DID WAS MESSED UP.

I PROPOSED TO ANGELA, WE WERE GONNA GET MARRIED,

AND THEN SHE MEETS NATISE'S BROTHER?

I THINK AT THAT POINT, KAREEM REALIZED THAT WE WERE ON TO HIM,

AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER HE MADE THE DETERMINATION

THAT HE COULDN'T LIVE WITH THE GUILT ANYMORE,

OR WHETHER HE REALIZED IT WAS IN HIS BEST INTEREST

TO MAKE A STATEMENT,

HE EVENTUALLY CONFESSED TO THE MURDER OF NATISE.

I WENT OVER THERE TO --

I WAS MAD.

I WANTED TO KNOW ONCE AND FOR ALL

WHAT THE DEAL WAS BETWEEN ANGELA AND BJ.

I KNEW NATISE KNEW WHERE ANGELA WAS.

I KNEW IT.

AFTER FINDING OUT WHO BJ WAS

AND FINDING OUT THAT IT'S NATISE'S BROTHER,

AND THE FACT THAT BJ, NATISE, AND KAREEM WERE ALL

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS,

I'M SURE KAREEM FELT BETRAYED IN SOME WAY.

WHERE'S ANGELA, NATISE? LOOK, KAREEM, NOT TODAY.

WHERE IS SHE? THIS IS THE DAY

I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE MY BABY.

STOP, OKAY? I KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

PLEASE. YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS.

THEY WERE ALL AGAINST ME --

NATASHA, ANGELA, NATISE, ESPECIALLY NATISE.

- ANGELA IS A BIG GIRL. - SHE CAN DO WHATEVER SHE PLEASES.

MAYBE THERE'S A REASON WHY SHE'S NOT CALLING YOU BACK.

WHERE IS SHE?

WHERE...IS SHE?!

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY FRIEND,

AND SHE LIED TO MY FACE!

I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

SO YOU SHOT HER,

AND YOU KILLED HER AND HER BABY.

HE PUT THE GUN IN HER FACE AND ASKED HER TO TELL HIM

WHERE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS,

AND THEN SHE REFUSED, AND WHEN SHE REFUSED,

HE SHOT HER AND KILLED HER.

SHOOTING A PREGNANT WOMAN,

SHE WAS LITERALLY READY TO GIVE BIRTH.

TOO OFTEN, MEN WHO ARE REJECTED BY A WOMAN

COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE,

BUT THEY USUALLY COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE

AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT REJECT THEM.

I BELIEVE NATISE DIED PROTECTING HER FRIEND.

GET UP.

PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK.

GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.

KAREEM SAMPSON IS CHARGED

WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

ONE FOR THE MURDER OF NATISE JOHNSON

AND ONE FOR THE MURDER OF TAMIA JOHNSON,

HER UNBORN BABY.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE CHILD

WAS ESSENTIALLY READY TO BE BORN,

I CERTAINLY THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INJUSTICE

HAD THERE NOT BEEN ANY WAY TO PROSECUTE KAREEM SAMPSON

FOR THE LOSS OF THE CHILD

AS WELL AS HIS MURDER OF THE MOTHER.

DESPITE ALL THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM,

KAREEM PLEADS NOT GUILTY AND GOES TO TRIAL.

I SEEN HIM AT THE TRIAL.

I LOOKED HIM RIGHT IN HIS FACE.

TO ME, HE HAD NO REMORSE.

I THINK HE HAD REMORSE THAT HE GOT CAUGHT,

BUT I DON'T THINK HE HAD ANY REMORSE

FROM TAKING AN INNOCENT WOMAN'S LIFE OR HER CHILD.

KAREEM SAMPSON, HE GOT CONVICTED OF TWO FIRST-DEGREE MURDERS --

THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF AN UNBORN CHILD

AND OBVIOUSLY FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF NATISE JOHNSON.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW CLOSE

MY DAD AND MY SISTER WAS,

AND HOW CLOSE SHE WAS TO HER FAMILY.

FAMILY WAS EVERYTHING TO MY SISTER.

SHE LOVED US, WE LOVED HER.

I NEVER REALLY REMEMBER HER WITHOUT A SMILE ON HER FACE.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, FREE-SPIRITED,

AND I'M JUST PROUD TO SAY SHE WAS MY SISTER.