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♪ ♪
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[siren wailing]
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- Geez.
- Damn.
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- For the last 15 years,
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"The First 48"
has followed thousands
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of homicide investigations...
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[camera shutter clicks]
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In more than 25 cities
across the country.
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♪ ♪
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"Critical Minutes"
will be looking back
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at some of the most
notable investigations
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in "The First 48."
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♪ ♪
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[siren wailing]
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- We have blood
in the bathroom.
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- A family murdered.
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- The children are back here.
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The body count's higher
than usual.
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Makes it particularly gruesome.
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- That's some violent [bleep].
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- A kidnapping turned deadly.
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- All murders are horrific,
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but this is probably
the worst one I've ever worked.
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- Been a year
since he went missing.
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- And a man's disappearance
leads to answers
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after two years.
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- We found Ray.
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Ray's dead.
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- Tonight, we look back
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at some of the most
haunting cases
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in "First 48" history.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- There are certain murders
that haunt
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even the most
seasoned detectives.
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This first case
was particularly disturbing
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because it involved children.
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Six people were killed,
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and three critically injured.
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Most of them belonging
to the same family
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and all in the same Memphis
house on Lester Street.
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- [sighs]
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Get this thing on.
Gotta stay warm.
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- Do me a favor.
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Nobody comes in this house.
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I don't care what
their rank is.
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I don't care who they are.
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- Clear.
Yes, sir.
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[ominous music]
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♪ ♪
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- What the hell?
It's all right here.
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male narrator:
In the living room
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are four adult victims
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shot multiple times.
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- They've been here
a while too.
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- See, there ain't really
no sign of a struggle in here.
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- So it's almost like they
was made to come in here.
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narrator: The first victim
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is 30-year-old Cecil Dotson
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who rents the house.
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Also in the room
is his girlfriend,
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27-year-old Marissa Williams,
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the mother of four
of his children.
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- We've got multiple wounds.
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Variety of wounds.
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narrator: The third
and fourth victims
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are 33-year-old Hollis Seals
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and girlfriend, 25-year-old
Shindri Roberson.
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Both friends of Cecil.
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- I think it starts in here
'cause the kids aren't--
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they're probably closed up
in the room.
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We have blood in the bathroom.
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[dramatic music]
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On the toilet.
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On the tub.
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The children are back here.
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narrator: In back bedrooms,
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they find two
of Cecil's young sons
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also dead.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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Four-year-old
Cemario Dotson...
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And two-year-old
Cecil Dotson II.
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- All right.
- Talk to the news media--
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- Everybody--
everybody stand back.
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I want everything
photographed as-is.
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No placards.
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narrator: The team begins
to process the crime scene
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for potential evidence.
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- Got a weapon.
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Shotgun.
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narrator: Next to the body
of Cecil Dotson,
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they find a shotgun
which has not been fired.
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- He may been reaching
for that.
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- Knife blade, OK.
- Yeah.
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- A knife blade, knife blade.
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This is a butcher knife.
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narrator: They find broken off
knife blades and handles
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throughout the house.
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- We got a lot of--
splintered wood has been used.
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We're gonna take that, see
if we can process that at all.
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narrator: They also
find pieces of wood,
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apparently used to beat
the child victims.
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narrator: Based on
the condition of the bodies,
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the team believes
the murders occurred
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sometime between
24 and 48 hours prior.
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- The body count's
higher than usual.
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It makes it particularly
gruesome, you know?
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Um...
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The kids bother me
more than anything
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'cause the kids ain't done
anything to anybody.
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- It's a seven-year-old,
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eight-year-old,
and then a two-month-old baby.
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The baby's got
a major head wound.
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That other one got the Sawzall
blade in its head,
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and then that other one's
got major head trauma.
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Got multiple facial fractures,
fractured skull,
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stab wounds on each side
of the eye.
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- So if--if I'm correct
on the times...
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Those kids laid there for...
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A day?
- Yeah.
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- Can you imagine?
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- We wanna find out who did it.
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narrator: Jessie claims
that Cecil was in a gang
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called Gangster Disciples,
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and that Cecil
had been feuding
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with an alleged
fellow gang member
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nicknamed Doc Holliday.
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- You don't know
Doc's real name, do you?
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- Mm-mm.
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- Ganger Disciples
have been known
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to--to do all kinds of things.
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But we've never--we've never
seen anything like this before.
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[ominous music]
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- Looking up some old
GD gang members right now.
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narrator:
Sargant Rick Davidson
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tracks down an ex-member
of the GDs,
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the Gangster Disciples.
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Stark and Max go in to talk
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to the ex-Gangster Disciples
gang member.
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- Here's the thing.
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- [distorted voice]
Right.
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- If you were to write him up,
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what would be the penalty?
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- A D.V.?
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- Kill you?
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- What do you think
in your heart?
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narrator: The man says the GDs
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may have ordered to kill
the whole family.
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They call this a blackout.
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[dramatic music]
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narrator: Nicole says that
for their safety,
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she and her family
moved last night
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from her apartment to another
family member's house.
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- You started receiving
some phone calls last night
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that your family was in danger?
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narrator: Nicole says that
soon after they moved,
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someone started calling her
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from her empty apartment.
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- Do you know who the person
was that was calling you?
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- The whole family moved
from sister's house.
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There was a phone call made
to the sister's cell phone
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from her house.
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- This was just found out
about her.
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- They're hunting 'em.
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[slams papers]
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- Somebody's got to be
in my house
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for my number
to show up on here.
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This is my back door key.
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narrator: Sargent Bart Ragland
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heads out
with the tactical team.
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- Hopefully, you know, we don't
have another crime scene there.
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[helicopter whirring]
[indistinct radio chatter]
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[knocks]
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[dramatic music]
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- Got it?
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[door creaking]
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- Police warrant.
- Police!
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[door snaps]
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- Anybody in the apartment?
Hello.
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Police!
Police!
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Police now.
Police!
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- Excuse me.
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♪ ♪
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- Police department!
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♪ ♪
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- Clear?
- We're clear.
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narrator: They find no signs
of forced entry.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Across town,
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Sergeants Caroline Mason
and Joe Stark
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return to the hospital,
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hoping the oldest
surviving child,
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9-year-old Cecil Dotson Jr.,
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has recovered enough
to talk to them.
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- It's one of these
up-and-down cases.
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And a lot of it might depend
on that nine-year-old.
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narrator: Three hours later,
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Mason returns
from the hospital
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with startling news.
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- And I said,
"Well, you know why I'm here."
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We started talking about it.
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I said, "What happened to you?"
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It's all on tape.
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narrator:
The case takes a turn.
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♪ ♪
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narrator: The nine-year-old
says
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that his father's brother,
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Jessie Dotson,
also known as Uncle Junior,
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is the one who attacked him.
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- Kind of a shocking
change of events.
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We've had Jessie
in protective custody
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the whole time with his family.
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We're gonna contact
the Tact unit,
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and get them
to bring him down here
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and see what he'll tell us.
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- Detectives always hope
for a confession
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when they go
into an interview,
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but for a crime
as horrific as this,
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it's also a chance
to find out why.
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- Have a seat.
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narrator:
The team brings Jessie Dotson
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back to Homicide.
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♪ ♪
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- We gonna go at Jessie
pretty hard tonight.
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I don't expect him to come off
with anything willingly.
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I don't expect him
to come off with anything
273
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just right off the bat.
274
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narrator:
Lieutenant Tony Armstrong
275
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decides to interview
Jessie himself.
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- What's up?
277
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I'm Lieutenant Armstrong.
All right?
278
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Let me ask you something.
279
00:11:46,813 --> 00:11:48,215
How old are you?
280
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- So you've been in jail almost
most of your adult life?
281
00:12:01,108 --> 00:12:02,912
- You have made
some bad mistakes, man,
282
00:12:03,045 --> 00:12:05,785
and we all make bad mistakes.
283
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You've had our worst day.
284
00:12:08,289 --> 00:12:10,794
I ain't gonna tell you
about your worst day, man.
285
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I wanna get you some help.
286
00:12:15,169 --> 00:12:18,208
That's what you need more than
anything else in the world.
287
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Why you hurting, man?
288
00:12:26,425 --> 00:12:29,164
- Talk to me about it, man.
289
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- [sniffs]
290
00:12:34,441 --> 00:12:35,677
- Give me your hand, man.
291
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♪ ♪
292
00:12:37,213 --> 00:12:38,717
I got you, dawg.
293
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You got me?
294
00:12:40,186 --> 00:12:42,825
I got you.
I'm telling you I got you.
295
00:12:42,992 --> 00:12:44,896
Give me the other hand, man.
296
00:12:44,996 --> 00:12:46,733
Give me your hand, playa.
Come on, man.
297
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Reach out here.
Reach out too.
298
00:12:50,439 --> 00:12:51,610
- [breathing heavily]
299
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- I got you, man.
I got you.
300
00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:57,921
We can't do this by ourselves,
man, I'm telling you, man.
301
00:12:58,055 --> 00:13:01,796
This got both of us messed up.
302
00:13:11,949 --> 00:13:13,586
- Just talk to me.
303
00:13:16,993 --> 00:13:19,799
[soft dramatic music]
304
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♪ ♪
305
00:13:24,543 --> 00:13:26,914
What they call you?
306
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- Junior.
- Junior?
307
00:13:29,084 --> 00:13:31,388
Everybody in your family
call you Junior?
308
00:13:31,421 --> 00:13:32,792
- Yeah.
309
00:13:32,891 --> 00:13:35,329
- Everybody in your family
call you Junior?
310
00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:38,469
Listen to this.
311
00:13:43,513 --> 00:13:45,216
- What'd they say?
312
00:13:45,249 --> 00:13:46,351
- Junior.
313
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♪ ♪
314
00:13:48,156 --> 00:13:49,491
- Junior.
315
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What did you just tell me
your family says?
316
00:13:51,996 --> 00:13:52,932
♪ ♪
317
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- They know me by Junior.
- By Junior!
318
00:13:55,369 --> 00:13:56,539
- Junior.
319
00:13:56,839 --> 00:13:58,076
- What did that little boy
just get through saying?
320
00:13:58,242 --> 00:14:00,146
- Junior.
- Junior!
321
00:14:00,179 --> 00:14:01,382
♪ ♪
322
00:14:01,448 --> 00:14:04,154
That's what that little boy
just got through saying.
323
00:14:04,187 --> 00:14:05,323
Junior!
324
00:14:05,323 --> 00:14:07,327
[dramatic music]
325
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That's what the [bleep]
he said!
326
00:14:09,999 --> 00:14:11,401
He didn't mix it up!
327
00:14:11,401 --> 00:14:12,872
♪ ♪
328
00:14:13,038 --> 00:14:14,374
But you [bleep] up,
329
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and you left somebody alive
at their [bleep] damn house.
330
00:14:16,278 --> 00:14:19,919
You left somebody alive that
can identify your [bleep] ass!
331
00:14:20,152 --> 00:14:22,090
A child
332
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called your name.
333
00:14:24,494 --> 00:14:26,398
Jun-ior.
334
00:14:26,431 --> 00:14:32,811
♪ ♪
335
00:14:33,011 --> 00:14:34,616
I'm listening.
336
00:14:34,616 --> 00:14:37,588
[ominous music]
337
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♪ ♪
338
00:14:39,625 --> 00:14:40,927
[sighs]
339
00:14:41,161 --> 00:14:48,175
♪ ♪
340
00:14:57,961 --> 00:14:59,331
narrator: According to Jessie,
341
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he and Cecil had been out
the night of the murders.
342
00:15:02,303 --> 00:15:03,974
They started arguing.
343
00:15:04,073 --> 00:15:05,678
When they returned
to the house,
344
00:15:05,678 --> 00:15:07,948
Cecil reached for his shotgun.
345
00:15:08,182 --> 00:15:14,829
♪ ♪
346
00:15:14,962 --> 00:15:17,234
- How many times
you shoot him?
347
00:15:17,366 --> 00:15:19,070
- [mumbles indistinctly]
- Hm?
348
00:15:20,473 --> 00:15:22,443
- What about the women?
What'd you do with them?
349
00:15:24,214 --> 00:15:26,318
- Didn't you shoot the women?
350
00:15:26,351 --> 00:15:27,487
- Yeah.
351
00:15:30,392 --> 00:15:31,729
- Tell me what happened.
352
00:15:37,608 --> 00:15:40,012
- Then what happened?
353
00:15:47,093 --> 00:15:49,097
[dramatic music]
354
00:15:49,297 --> 00:15:50,801
- By doing what?
355
00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:57,247
♪ ♪
356
00:15:57,380 --> 00:15:59,718
- Where'd you get
the knife from?
357
00:16:01,154 --> 00:16:02,256
- Where?
358
00:16:04,528 --> 00:16:06,498
- All right.
I'll be right back.
359
00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:12,444
♪ ♪
360
00:16:12,544 --> 00:16:15,416
- It's terrible
that he would do this.
361
00:16:15,482 --> 00:16:17,888
narrator: According
to Jessie's sister, Nicole,
362
00:16:18,121 --> 00:16:21,562
he has not been the same
since serving time in prison.
363
00:16:21,662 --> 00:16:23,566
- My brother got hatred
in his heart
364
00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:25,102
towards his family
365
00:16:25,169 --> 00:16:28,476
because when he did
those 13 and a half years,
366
00:16:28,576 --> 00:16:30,547
he felt like we was
not there for him.
367
00:16:30,547 --> 00:16:37,594
♪ ♪
368
00:16:48,482 --> 00:16:51,354
- As a detective approaches
the end of their career,
369
00:16:51,421 --> 00:16:54,194
you're often haunted by
the cases you couldn't close.
370
00:16:54,294 --> 00:16:57,100
For me, it was
the 2015 investigation
371
00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:59,705
into the disappearance
of Navy veteran Ray Howard.
372
00:16:59,705 --> 00:17:03,079
♪ ♪
373
00:17:03,178 --> 00:17:05,550
I'd really love to solve
that Ray Howard case.
374
00:17:05,584 --> 00:17:06,920
♪ ♪
375
00:17:07,053 --> 00:17:08,122
He didn't pick up his paycheck.
376
00:17:08,322 --> 00:17:09,391
I mean, he just left
377
00:17:09,490 --> 00:17:11,362
all his belongings,
his car, everything.
378
00:17:11,461 --> 00:17:13,967
So I mean,
that is definitely odd.
379
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,105
♪ ♪
380
00:17:16,304 --> 00:17:17,574
[wind chimes ringing]
381
00:17:17,641 --> 00:17:20,747
- Ray's roommate, Robert,
reported him missing.
382
00:17:20,780 --> 00:17:26,626
♪ ♪
383
00:17:26,726 --> 00:17:29,566
- This trip to Kansas
never happened.
384
00:17:29,665 --> 00:17:31,936
narrator:
Ray's roommate, Robert Tyson,
385
00:17:32,069 --> 00:17:33,706
became a person of interest
386
00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:36,880
when detectives were unable
to corroborate his story.
387
00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:38,783
- You know Robert Tyson?
388
00:17:40,687 --> 00:17:42,691
He's like, "I didn't tell
them that we had a fist fight
389
00:17:42,691 --> 00:17:44,294
"the night before.
390
00:17:44,427 --> 00:17:46,164
It's not gonna
look good on me."
391
00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:48,936
- If you're thinking
about motives to kill Ray,
392
00:17:49,070 --> 00:17:51,509
one would be,
you know, 25 grand
393
00:17:51,509 --> 00:17:53,412
in his 401K.
394
00:17:53,546 --> 00:17:55,517
When did he sign
that over to Robbie?
395
00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:57,955
- Couple weeks before...
both: He disappeared.
396
00:17:58,155 --> 00:17:59,224
- It's either you,
397
00:17:59,324 --> 00:18:02,029
or there's something
that we're missing.
398
00:18:02,129 --> 00:18:03,498
- I--I don't have
an explanation.
399
00:18:03,498 --> 00:18:04,936
I don't know.
400
00:18:05,135 --> 00:18:06,404
It's not me.
401
00:18:06,438 --> 00:18:07,675
♪ ♪
402
00:18:07,774 --> 00:18:09,979
I've been cooperative.
I have nothing to hide.
403
00:18:10,179 --> 00:18:12,951
[dramatic music]
404
00:18:13,185 --> 00:18:14,421
♪ ♪
405
00:18:14,521 --> 00:18:16,926
- Been a year tomorrow
since he went missing.
406
00:18:17,126 --> 00:18:17,995
♪ ♪
407
00:18:18,161 --> 00:18:20,099
One year anniversary.
408
00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:21,702
This was my first case--
409
00:18:21,802 --> 00:18:23,339
first case I got assigned to
in Homicide.
410
00:18:23,506 --> 00:18:25,410
- Is it really?
- Yeah.
411
00:18:25,510 --> 00:18:28,082
- Still bothers me
that we haven't solved it.
412
00:18:28,215 --> 00:18:30,152
Ray's family
needs some answers.
413
00:18:30,386 --> 00:18:35,196
♪ ♪
414
00:18:35,295 --> 00:18:37,835
- Open cases like
the one I had in 2015
415
00:18:37,835 --> 00:18:39,437
will keep you up at night.
416
00:18:39,505 --> 00:18:42,343
Once a case goes cold,
it's very difficult to solve.
417
00:18:42,511 --> 00:18:43,579
Seven months had passed
418
00:18:43,713 --> 00:18:45,182
since we started
reinvestigating
419
00:18:45,282 --> 00:18:47,053
the case of Ray Howard's
disappearance
420
00:18:47,186 --> 00:18:49,024
when suddenly we got a break.
421
00:18:49,223 --> 00:18:50,326
- Breaking news.
422
00:18:50,426 --> 00:18:52,163
Possible human remains
were found in Vera.
423
00:18:52,296 --> 00:18:55,136
This is just outside
of Ramona.
424
00:18:55,269 --> 00:18:56,672
A surveyor made the discovery.
425
00:18:56,672 --> 00:18:59,678
♪ ♪
426
00:18:59,678 --> 00:19:01,716
[camera shutter clicking]
427
00:19:01,749 --> 00:19:08,763
♪ ♪
428
00:19:14,207 --> 00:19:15,510
- The remains were
wrapped in--
429
00:19:15,610 --> 00:19:18,115
in two layers
of plastic with duct tape.
430
00:19:18,215 --> 00:19:21,288
So, uh, it's not like
he just walked off
431
00:19:21,454 --> 00:19:23,325
and got hit by a car
432
00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:24,962
or any kind of accidental deal.
433
00:19:24,962 --> 00:19:26,097
I mean, it's gonna be a murder.
434
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:27,668
♪ ♪
435
00:19:27,768 --> 00:19:30,072
Hoping to find some kind
of forensic evidence
436
00:19:30,205 --> 00:19:32,310
in that plastic
or the duct tape,
437
00:19:32,410 --> 00:19:33,479
but he's been out there
in the elements
438
00:19:33,613 --> 00:19:36,484
for coming up on two years now.
439
00:19:36,519 --> 00:19:38,790
[sighs]
440
00:19:38,790 --> 00:19:40,627
[birds chirping]
441
00:19:40,627 --> 00:19:41,662
[car door opens]
442
00:19:45,637 --> 00:19:48,510
[ominous music]
443
00:19:48,643 --> 00:19:50,748
- I think he was
just right there.
444
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,984
- She said he was 49 feet
from the road.
445
00:19:53,218 --> 00:19:57,026
♪ ♪
446
00:19:57,026 --> 00:19:59,598
[camera shutter clicking]
447
00:19:59,631 --> 00:20:02,938
♪ ♪
448
00:20:03,205 --> 00:20:05,510
- Yeah, it's amazing
that they found him at all.
449
00:20:05,543 --> 00:20:07,079
♪ ♪
450
00:20:07,213 --> 00:20:09,919
It is a pretty perfect place.
451
00:20:10,219 --> 00:20:11,789
If he's wanting to get rid
of the--the weapon,
452
00:20:11,789 --> 00:20:13,092
does he leave it with it?
453
00:20:13,358 --> 00:20:15,630
Or does he throw it in the
dumpster before he gets here?
454
00:20:16,732 --> 00:20:18,035
Does he just--
[exhales]
455
00:20:18,035 --> 00:20:19,037
chuck it out there
into the field?
456
00:20:19,237 --> 00:20:21,075
♪ ♪
457
00:20:21,241 --> 00:20:22,477
- Lots of questions.
458
00:20:22,577 --> 00:20:23,613
Hopefully he'll answer them
once we say,
459
00:20:23,746 --> 00:20:26,051
"Hey, got your DNA
on the stuff."
460
00:20:26,251 --> 00:20:29,291
♪ ♪
461
00:20:29,423 --> 00:20:30,694
- In the initial investigation,
462
00:20:30,794 --> 00:20:32,430
we identified
a person of interest,
463
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,535
Ray's roommate, Robert Tyson.
464
00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:35,904
At the time
of Ray's disappearance,
465
00:20:35,937 --> 00:20:37,808
there was not enough evidence
to charge him,
466
00:20:37,908 --> 00:20:40,146
but once Ray's body
was discovered,
467
00:20:40,279 --> 00:20:42,217
we hoped to find new evidence.
468
00:20:42,383 --> 00:20:45,189
[energetic music]
469
00:20:45,389 --> 00:20:50,834
♪ ♪
470
00:20:50,934 --> 00:20:52,403
- We just got
the lab results back.
471
00:20:52,604 --> 00:20:55,309
[dramatic music]
472
00:20:55,409 --> 00:20:57,180
All right, so we're gonna see
if we got any hits
473
00:20:57,279 --> 00:20:58,683
in that duct tape,
or in that plastic,
474
00:20:58,816 --> 00:21:00,319
or, you know,
even in the clothing.
475
00:21:00,553 --> 00:21:02,457
♪ ♪
476
00:21:02,624 --> 00:21:04,060
Come on, come on, come on.
477
00:21:04,293 --> 00:21:05,731
♪ ♪
478
00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:08,368
We got nothing.
479
00:21:08,401 --> 00:21:11,910
They weren't able to find
any DNA evidence at all
480
00:21:11,910 --> 00:21:13,311
in the remains.
481
00:21:13,546 --> 00:21:15,182
♪ ♪
482
00:21:15,282 --> 00:21:17,153
So I don't know
if we're gonna have enough
483
00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:18,557
to present to the DA.
484
00:21:18,723 --> 00:21:20,259
Everything's inconclusive.
485
00:21:20,492 --> 00:21:22,363
♪ ♪
486
00:21:22,496 --> 00:21:24,334
I've decided
I'm gonna take a new job
487
00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:26,573
with something
completely different,
488
00:21:26,705 --> 00:21:28,008
and do something else
where I can spend
489
00:21:28,008 --> 00:21:29,444
some more time with my family.
490
00:21:29,645 --> 00:21:31,448
So at this point,
491
00:21:31,515 --> 00:21:33,018
I just don't think I can
take it to the finish line.
492
00:21:33,051 --> 00:21:39,464
♪ ♪
493
00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:40,967
After I left Homicide,
494
00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:43,239
Detective Max Ryden
took over the investigation.
495
00:21:43,438 --> 00:21:45,877
He decided to take a look at
Robert Tyson's phone records
496
00:21:45,910 --> 00:21:48,917
to see where he was around the
time of Ray's disappearance.
497
00:21:48,917 --> 00:21:51,823
[ominous music]
498
00:21:51,922 --> 00:21:54,729
- I'm looking
at Robbie's phone records.
499
00:21:54,862 --> 00:21:56,566
It's showing he's
making phone calls
500
00:21:56,732 --> 00:21:58,402
to Maria after the incident
501
00:21:58,502 --> 00:22:00,740
from a town north of Tulsa
in Skiatook.
502
00:22:00,740 --> 00:22:02,343
♪ ♪
503
00:22:02,476 --> 00:22:04,213
Ray's phone was found
near there,
504
00:22:04,347 --> 00:22:06,852
and Ray's body was found
north of that
505
00:22:06,852 --> 00:22:07,955
in another town.
506
00:22:08,021 --> 00:22:10,894
So the phone records show
that after the incident,
507
00:22:11,027 --> 00:22:12,998
it appears that
Robbie headed north
508
00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:15,335
and dumped Ray and his phone
509
00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:17,908
during the same time frame
on the same path.
510
00:22:17,908 --> 00:22:20,547
[dramatic music]
511
00:22:20,613 --> 00:22:22,584
So I'm feeling pretty good
about the case right now.
512
00:22:22,751 --> 00:22:23,820
First I wanna talk to Robbie
513
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,524
before I submit the case
to the DA's office.
514
00:22:25,723 --> 00:22:28,729
[upbeat music]
515
00:22:28,763 --> 00:22:34,541
♪ ♪
516
00:22:37,814 --> 00:22:40,988
Let's go into the morning
that you last saw Ray.
517
00:22:40,988 --> 00:22:42,991
What time did you wake up?
518
00:22:42,991 --> 00:22:44,227
- Pretty early.
519
00:22:44,393 --> 00:22:46,331
5:00 or 5:30 maybe.
520
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:47,968
[ominous music]
521
00:22:47,968 --> 00:22:49,170
- And was he up already?
522
00:22:49,370 --> 00:22:50,607
- Yes.
He was up.
523
00:22:50,673 --> 00:22:53,713
- And then you washed
your truck out, you said?
524
00:22:53,746 --> 00:22:54,748
- Yeah.
525
00:22:54,848 --> 00:22:56,585
Got the trash out
of the back of the truck,
526
00:22:56,719 --> 00:22:58,221
and cleaned the mud out,
and stuff.
527
00:22:58,455 --> 00:22:59,959
♪ ♪
528
00:23:00,058 --> 00:23:01,895
- Did you talk
with your ex-girlfriend Maria
529
00:23:01,962 --> 00:23:04,401
about a fight that you'd had
with Ray before he left?
530
00:23:04,534 --> 00:23:07,373
- I have no clue
where that came from.
531
00:23:07,607 --> 00:23:09,645
- Mm-kay.
532
00:23:09,745 --> 00:23:12,784
Do you know we found blood
in the apartment?
533
00:23:12,817 --> 00:23:14,655
♪ ♪
534
00:23:14,721 --> 00:23:16,659
narrator: Three months
after Ray went missing,
535
00:23:16,759 --> 00:23:18,563
the team searched
the apartment he shared
536
00:23:18,696 --> 00:23:20,934
with Robert
for blood spatter.
537
00:23:20,934 --> 00:23:22,871
[spraying liquid]
538
00:23:22,904 --> 00:23:24,473
- Oh!
539
00:23:24,675 --> 00:23:25,644
Look at that.
540
00:23:25,810 --> 00:23:27,146
- As big as that stain is...
541
00:23:27,146 --> 00:23:28,516
- That looks like...
- Blood.
542
00:23:28,683 --> 00:23:31,321
[camera shutter clicking]
543
00:23:31,555 --> 00:23:32,958
♪ ♪
544
00:23:33,058 --> 00:23:36,431
- Would there be any
reasonable explanation
545
00:23:36,532 --> 00:23:39,470
how that blood ended up
where it ended up?
546
00:23:39,705 --> 00:23:43,445
♪ ♪
547
00:23:43,646 --> 00:23:45,182
- All right, Robert.
548
00:23:45,182 --> 00:23:46,384
Nut cutting time.
549
00:23:46,585 --> 00:23:48,154
♪ ♪
550
00:23:48,154 --> 00:23:49,892
We found Ray.
551
00:23:49,892 --> 00:23:51,394
Ray's dead.
552
00:23:51,595 --> 00:23:55,603
♪ ♪
553
00:23:55,703 --> 00:23:58,008
- I'll let you know that
in a minute.
554
00:23:58,008 --> 00:23:59,711
I know when he was killed.
555
00:23:59,845 --> 00:24:01,816
It was on or about
September the 4th.
556
00:24:01,982 --> 00:24:03,686
I know where he was killed.
557
00:24:03,786 --> 00:24:05,189
It was in that apartment
'cause of the blood.
558
00:24:05,189 --> 00:24:06,659
I know how he was killed.
559
00:24:06,725 --> 00:24:09,196
He was beaten over the head
with something.
560
00:24:09,196 --> 00:24:11,000
The question you have
to answer is
561
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,638
why he was killed.
562
00:24:12,837 --> 00:24:14,742
[dramatic music]
563
00:24:14,875 --> 00:24:16,545
- When an investigation goes on
564
00:24:16,679 --> 00:24:18,381
for as long
as Ray Howard's did,
565
00:24:18,549 --> 00:24:19,450
you wanna see it solved
566
00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:21,354
regardless of who
closes the case.
567
00:24:21,588 --> 00:24:24,226
With new evidence about Robert
Tyson's phone records in hand,
568
00:24:24,226 --> 00:24:25,830
Detective Ryden
confronted him.
569
00:24:25,863 --> 00:24:27,667
♪ ♪
570
00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:29,104
- For some reason,
571
00:24:29,136 --> 00:24:32,477
he switched you to his
beneficiary on his account.
572
00:24:32,610 --> 00:24:34,815
I've got your girlfriend saying
573
00:24:34,881 --> 00:24:37,621
he admitted there was
a fight the night before.
574
00:24:37,787 --> 00:24:40,326
The person that killed him
575
00:24:40,492 --> 00:24:42,631
took his old phone,
576
00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:45,737
and at some point
during the next four days,
577
00:24:45,803 --> 00:24:48,809
they drive it out, put it
on the side of the road.
578
00:24:48,943 --> 00:24:50,780
At some point during
that weekend,
579
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,353
you made a--calls
from your apartment,
580
00:24:54,621 --> 00:24:57,026
but you also went to Skiatook
during that time frame.
581
00:24:57,026 --> 00:24:58,428
[ominous music]
582
00:24:58,662 --> 00:24:59,798
- Yeah.
583
00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:01,669
- And his phone
that was recovered
584
00:25:01,835 --> 00:25:04,641
is right in between the two.
585
00:25:04,741 --> 00:25:07,146
This is another piece
to the puzzle.
586
00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:11,889
These are all things that
anybody with common sense--
587
00:25:14,628 --> 00:25:17,734
- Everything beyond
a reasonable doubt says
588
00:25:17,801 --> 00:25:20,640
Robert and Ray had a fight,
and Ray got killed,
589
00:25:20,773 --> 00:25:22,911
and Robert got rid
of his body.
590
00:25:22,911 --> 00:25:24,213
♪ ♪
591
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,719
I don't know if any
detective's ever told you this.
592
00:25:26,852 --> 00:25:28,923
I am telling you.
You killed Ray.
593
00:25:28,923 --> 00:25:32,229
♪ ♪
594
00:25:32,262 --> 00:25:35,002
- Did not.
595
00:25:35,135 --> 00:25:38,175
I'm not--I'm not denying
it looks bad.
596
00:25:38,175 --> 00:25:40,881
It d--it does.
597
00:25:41,047 --> 00:25:42,282
I had nothing to do with it.
598
00:25:42,316 --> 00:25:45,657
♪ ♪
599
00:25:45,757 --> 00:25:46,926
- OK, I'll let you get
out of here, man.
600
00:25:47,059 --> 00:25:48,597
So I appreciate
you coming down,
601
00:25:48,696 --> 00:25:49,598
being man enough
to talk to me about it.
602
00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:51,501
- Thank you.
603
00:25:51,702 --> 00:25:54,473
[dramatic music]
604
00:25:54,674 --> 00:26:01,722
♪ ♪
605
00:26:29,978 --> 00:26:36,992
♪ ♪
606
00:26:42,002 --> 00:26:43,572
- Did he say
who this person was,
607
00:26:43,772 --> 00:26:45,041
how he knew him?
608
00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:49,985
- OK.
609
00:26:53,124 --> 00:26:55,630
- But he admits
he did kill his roommate?
610
00:27:07,252 --> 00:27:09,123
- Did he say with what?
611
00:27:19,744 --> 00:27:26,792
♪ ♪
612
00:27:29,865 --> 00:27:31,702
- When I heard Robert Tyson
was arrested,
613
00:27:31,802 --> 00:27:33,973
I felt great for the family,
you know,
614
00:27:34,039 --> 00:27:36,077
so that they could get
a little bit of closure.
615
00:27:36,177 --> 00:27:39,083
To know that all those paths
that we took
616
00:27:39,216 --> 00:27:41,421
that continued to lead us back
617
00:27:41,421 --> 00:27:43,526
to Robert was correct,
618
00:27:43,692 --> 00:27:44,795
it just felt really good
619
00:27:44,928 --> 00:27:46,464
and gave me
a little bit of closure.
620
00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:53,144
♪ ♪
621
00:27:54,781 --> 00:27:55,983
- So last night a young couple
622
00:27:56,117 --> 00:27:58,489
was kidnapped
and taken hostage.
623
00:27:58,489 --> 00:28:00,693
This morning at 6:09 a.m.,
624
00:28:00,793 --> 00:28:03,131
the victims are discovered
in northwest Atlanta.
625
00:28:03,231 --> 00:28:06,338
The female who was
seven months pregnant
626
00:28:06,338 --> 00:28:07,807
was taken to the hospital,
627
00:28:07,941 --> 00:28:08,976
and right now, we're hearing
628
00:28:09,076 --> 00:28:11,648
that she's in
critical condition.
629
00:28:11,748 --> 00:28:14,788
The male victim is deceased
at the scene.
630
00:28:14,988 --> 00:28:16,625
[ominous music]
631
00:28:16,825 --> 00:28:19,063
[birds chirping]
632
00:28:19,096 --> 00:28:26,043
♪ ♪
633
00:28:26,077 --> 00:28:33,057
♪ ♪
634
00:28:40,973 --> 00:28:43,077
- The female
is Briana Brooks.
635
00:28:43,111 --> 00:28:46,217
♪ ♪
636
00:28:46,317 --> 00:28:49,023
narrator: 23-year-old
Jeronta Brown
637
00:28:49,123 --> 00:28:52,462
and his fiancée,
21-year-old Briana Brooks,
638
00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:55,202
were in the middle
of planning their wedding.
639
00:28:55,302 --> 00:28:57,874
They have
an eight-month-old daughter,
640
00:28:57,974 --> 00:29:00,479
and Briana
is seven months pregnant
641
00:29:00,479 --> 00:29:02,617
with their second child.
642
00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:04,955
♪ ♪
643
00:29:07,527 --> 00:29:09,297
♪ ♪
644
00:29:09,396 --> 00:29:11,768
narrator: Jeronta was shot
at close range.
645
00:29:11,935 --> 00:29:14,941
[camera shutter clicking]
646
00:29:16,477 --> 00:29:17,948
- Yeah.
647
00:29:18,147 --> 00:29:21,020
[dramatic music]
648
00:29:21,153 --> 00:29:22,624
narrator: Three hours in...
649
00:29:22,790 --> 00:29:24,060
- Where do we stand
650
00:29:24,159 --> 00:29:25,563
with the criminal investigation
side of this?
651
00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:27,066
narrator: The team meets
652
00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:29,037
with DeKalb County detective
Lynn Schuler,
653
00:29:29,069 --> 00:29:31,207
who's been working
the kidnapping investigation
654
00:29:31,207 --> 00:29:33,512
for eight hours.
655
00:29:33,545 --> 00:29:39,123
♪ ♪
656
00:29:39,156 --> 00:29:40,259
- Correct.
657
00:29:40,358 --> 00:29:41,796
narrator:
Schuler says the suspects
658
00:29:41,895 --> 00:29:43,900
have been calling
Jeronta's step-father,
659
00:29:44,066 --> 00:29:45,402
demanding a ransom.
660
00:29:45,435 --> 00:29:46,872
♪ ♪
661
00:29:47,072 --> 00:29:48,174
- 150,000 cash.
662
00:29:48,174 --> 00:29:50,445
♪ ♪
663
00:29:50,445 --> 00:29:52,049
That's a lot.
664
00:29:54,119 --> 00:30:00,967
♪ ♪
665
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,837
narrator: Five hours in,
666
00:30:02,904 --> 00:30:04,942
Jeronta's fiancée
clings to life
667
00:30:05,008 --> 00:30:08,348
as doctors struggle
to save her and her baby.
668
00:30:08,448 --> 00:30:11,020
- They take someone
who's seven months pregnant,
669
00:30:11,187 --> 00:30:13,659
handcuff her behind her back,
670
00:30:13,659 --> 00:30:16,331
and shoot her execution style.
671
00:30:16,464 --> 00:30:18,334
You know, I mean
all murders are horrific,
672
00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:21,575
but this is probably
the worst one I've ever worked.
673
00:30:21,608 --> 00:30:23,144
♪ ♪
674
00:30:24,413 --> 00:30:27,053
- Some cases stick with you
because of the sheer brutality
675
00:30:27,219 --> 00:30:28,488
involved in the homicides.
676
00:30:28,488 --> 00:30:29,724
When an engaged couple
677
00:30:29,858 --> 00:30:31,193
was shot
on the side of the road,
678
00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:34,233
Atlanta detectives spoke
with the victim's stepfather
679
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:35,435
about the kidnapper's
ransom demands.
680
00:30:35,468 --> 00:30:42,449
♪ ♪
681
00:30:47,025 --> 00:30:49,898
narrator: He says that when
he refused to open the door,
682
00:30:49,998 --> 00:30:51,601
the men took Jeronta
and Briana.
683
00:31:01,287 --> 00:31:04,259
[ominous music]
684
00:31:04,293 --> 00:31:11,207
♪ ♪
685
00:31:11,273 --> 00:31:14,915
- Why would they think that
you would be in a position
686
00:31:15,048 --> 00:31:17,152
to give them
that kind of money?
687
00:31:18,889 --> 00:31:20,458
- Why would they think that?
688
00:31:21,628 --> 00:31:24,701
[ominous music]
689
00:31:24,901 --> 00:31:25,803
- [sighs]
690
00:31:26,036 --> 00:31:32,650
♪ ♪
691
00:31:36,056 --> 00:31:38,963
- Hey, you wanna hop
in the back seat?
692
00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:40,566
[dramatic music]
693
00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:41,701
There's my card.
694
00:31:42,904 --> 00:31:44,139
- Read that card.
695
00:31:45,976 --> 00:31:46,945
- Yeah.
696
00:31:47,045 --> 00:31:49,383
Here's the thing:
your phone popped up
697
00:31:49,483 --> 00:31:50,653
in some phone records
that I'm looking at.
698
00:31:50,686 --> 00:31:51,788
- OK.
699
00:31:51,922 --> 00:31:53,391
- Within the past seven days,
700
00:31:53,458 --> 00:31:56,263
your phone number has appeared
in these phone records--
701
00:31:58,401 --> 00:32:02,710
♪ ♪
702
00:32:02,710 --> 00:32:05,214
- What's his name?
E?
703
00:32:05,281 --> 00:32:07,687
narrator: The woman says
the number belongs to a man
704
00:32:07,687 --> 00:32:08,956
nicknamed E.
705
00:32:09,189 --> 00:32:11,127
- OK.
706
00:32:11,293 --> 00:32:13,632
Where do you know him from?
707
00:32:16,103 --> 00:32:17,339
- How long you known him?
708
00:32:21,615 --> 00:32:24,286
♪ ♪
709
00:32:24,386 --> 00:32:25,823
- How hard do you think
it would be
710
00:32:25,956 --> 00:32:27,593
for you to find out
his real name?
711
00:32:27,627 --> 00:32:29,063
♪ ♪
712
00:32:29,229 --> 00:32:32,102
You're our only help right now.
713
00:32:33,739 --> 00:32:36,443
- OK.
OK, well, we appreciate that.
714
00:32:37,412 --> 00:32:38,414
- Thank you.
715
00:32:38,447 --> 00:32:45,461
♪ ♪
716
00:32:56,283 --> 00:32:59,256
Yeah, this tipster called the
homicide office this morning.
717
00:32:59,389 --> 00:33:02,229
She said that
a good friend of hers
718
00:33:02,262 --> 00:33:05,936
got a voicemail the night
of the kidnappings and murders,
719
00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:08,942
and she feels like
this voicemail
720
00:33:09,042 --> 00:33:12,116
could somehow be related
to this case.
721
00:33:12,182 --> 00:33:16,156
So we're gonna go catch up
with that friend of hers.
722
00:33:18,261 --> 00:33:19,564
[car beeps]
[door clicks shut]
723
00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:23,204
♪ ♪
724
00:33:23,271 --> 00:33:25,910
Tell me about the voicemail
that you got.
725
00:33:26,043 --> 00:33:27,780
You got a disturbing message.
726
00:33:28,014 --> 00:33:29,183
♪ ♪
727
00:33:29,283 --> 00:33:31,120
narrator: 30 minutes
after Jeronta and Briana
728
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:32,490
were kidnapped,
729
00:33:32,590 --> 00:33:34,894
someone accidentally
dialed the man
730
00:33:35,028 --> 00:33:37,132
and left
a three minute voicemail.
731
00:33:37,198 --> 00:33:40,271
- What do you think
this has got to do with it?
732
00:33:45,114 --> 00:33:47,485
- Whose number is that
that it came from?
733
00:33:49,691 --> 00:33:51,027
[ominous music]
734
00:33:51,126 --> 00:33:52,864
- I gotta take this voicemail
off the phone,
735
00:33:53,064 --> 00:33:54,534
take it back to HQ.
736
00:33:56,571 --> 00:33:58,942
[car beeps]
737
00:33:59,176 --> 00:34:04,821
♪ ♪
738
00:34:06,658 --> 00:34:08,696
So this is
a butt-dial voicemail
739
00:34:08,762 --> 00:34:11,968
that was left 30 minutes
after my kidnapping occurred.
740
00:34:12,202 --> 00:34:16,310
♪ ♪
741
00:34:16,477 --> 00:34:18,247
- [breathing]
[beeps]
742
00:34:22,222 --> 00:34:24,426
- Oh, wow.
743
00:34:24,527 --> 00:34:27,065
- "We ain't trying to hurt
your baby, ma'am."
744
00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:29,369
She was seven months pregnant.
745
00:34:29,403 --> 00:34:33,779
♪ ♪
746
00:34:46,236 --> 00:34:48,575
- That is a woman.
- Mm-hmm.
747
00:34:48,642 --> 00:34:51,915
narrator: Leonpacher
recognizes the woman's voice.
748
00:34:51,915 --> 00:34:53,484
- [distorted voice]
Homicide?
749
00:34:53,518 --> 00:34:55,723
- Yeah.
750
00:34:55,723 --> 00:34:57,293
I think it's her voice.
751
00:34:57,392 --> 00:35:00,600
I think she's in the van
when it all went down.
752
00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:02,102
- Yeah, she's gonna have
some explaining to do.
753
00:35:02,302 --> 00:35:04,006
- [exhales]
754
00:35:04,206 --> 00:35:07,078
[tense music]
755
00:35:07,312 --> 00:35:12,657
♪ ♪
756
00:35:12,757 --> 00:35:15,630
narrator: The woman
comes to homicide
757
00:35:15,630 --> 00:35:17,867
with a lawyer.
758
00:35:18,134 --> 00:35:20,038
- She might be able to bring
down the whole pyramid here.
759
00:35:20,238 --> 00:35:23,110
[dramatic music]
760
00:35:23,344 --> 00:35:25,215
♪ ♪
761
00:35:25,314 --> 00:35:26,919
narrator: She admits
to knowing Andre
762
00:35:26,919 --> 00:35:28,387
since before
he went to prison,
763
00:35:28,454 --> 00:35:30,859
and that she recently
reconnected with him.
764
00:35:38,274 --> 00:35:40,513
narrator: She says they made
plans to hang out
765
00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:42,550
with a man called Fathead
766
00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:44,754
the night of the kidnappings.
767
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,139
- There it is.
Bam, boom.
768
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,043
narrator: She says
they parked outside
769
00:35:56,176 --> 00:35:58,280
Jaronte's step-dad's house.
770
00:35:58,414 --> 00:36:00,719
Moments later,
a car pulled up.
771
00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:11,241
♪ ♪
772
00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:12,910
narrator: She says Andre
and Fathead
773
00:36:13,177 --> 00:36:16,818
then forced Jaronte
and Briana into the van.
774
00:36:23,197 --> 00:36:26,070
♪ ♪
775
00:36:26,203 --> 00:36:27,907
- What's the girl saying?
776
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:38,528
♪ ♪
777
00:36:39,764 --> 00:36:42,235
- And what else did you say
after that?
778
00:36:47,479 --> 00:36:48,749
- Thank you.
779
00:36:48,749 --> 00:36:50,853
- [cries]
780
00:36:50,886 --> 00:36:53,792
narrator: She said they drove
to an apartment complex
781
00:36:53,892 --> 00:36:56,998
where Fathead called
Jaronte's stepdad.
782
00:37:08,889 --> 00:37:11,294
narrator: She and Andre
got into a car
783
00:37:11,393 --> 00:37:13,098
and followed Fathead
and the couple
784
00:37:13,264 --> 00:37:14,934
to a dark street.
785
00:37:24,687 --> 00:37:26,423
narrator: She says Andre
stayed behind
786
00:37:26,558 --> 00:37:28,929
with Fathead
and the victims.
787
00:37:35,007 --> 00:37:37,145
- Who pulled the trigger?
788
00:37:37,345 --> 00:37:41,420
[tense music]
789
00:37:41,487 --> 00:37:44,326
- Atlanta, detectives
interviewed an eye witness
790
00:37:44,392 --> 00:37:47,232
to learn how a young couple
ended up dead.
791
00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:49,403
♪ ♪
792
00:37:49,504 --> 00:37:51,473
- Who killed these people?
793
00:37:53,912 --> 00:37:57,520
♪ ♪
794
00:37:57,686 --> 00:37:59,322
- How do you know that?
795
00:37:59,524 --> 00:38:06,571
♪ ♪
796
00:38:07,673 --> 00:38:08,742
♪ ♪
797
00:38:08,875 --> 00:38:12,048
- Biggest question:
is there an E?
798
00:38:12,081 --> 00:38:19,095
♪ ♪
799
00:38:22,570 --> 00:38:24,574
- So he doesn't exist.
He's a ghost?
800
00:38:26,678 --> 00:38:33,692
♪ ♪
801
00:38:36,463 --> 00:38:38,702
- I'm looking for Fathead.
802
00:38:38,835 --> 00:38:41,006
- I have a Fathead
in my case.
803
00:38:41,039 --> 00:38:42,509
- Really?
804
00:38:42,576 --> 00:38:44,780
narrator: Fathead has
an open murder warrant
805
00:38:44,914 --> 00:38:46,618
for one of
DeMeester's cases.
806
00:38:46,751 --> 00:38:48,622
- His name is Richard Wilson.
807
00:38:48,655 --> 00:38:51,728
♪ ♪
808
00:38:51,828 --> 00:38:54,232
narrator: 40-year-old
Richard Wilson,
809
00:38:54,432 --> 00:38:56,070
AKA Fathead,
810
00:38:56,136 --> 00:38:58,775
has prior convictions
for armed robbery,
811
00:38:58,875 --> 00:39:01,447
aggravated assault,
and manslaughter.
812
00:39:01,581 --> 00:39:04,319
He was recently released
from prison.
813
00:39:04,452 --> 00:39:05,757
- I'm looking to talk to him,
814
00:39:05,856 --> 00:39:08,161
but he's never
made himself available.
815
00:39:08,161 --> 00:39:10,833
[energetic music]
816
00:39:10,866 --> 00:39:15,441
♪ ♪
817
00:39:20,953 --> 00:39:24,392
♪ ♪
818
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,497
narrator: The next day,
819
00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:29,402
Fathead is extradited
back to Atlanta.
820
00:39:31,406 --> 00:39:33,679
- The main reason
we wanted to talk to you
821
00:39:33,745 --> 00:39:36,316
is because of a double homicide
that occurred
822
00:39:36,483 --> 00:39:38,120
on the morning of August 30th.
823
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,458
OK, you oughta
start answering.
824
00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:45,401
[dramatic music]
825
00:39:45,636 --> 00:39:52,650
♪ ♪
826
00:39:59,462 --> 00:40:00,799
narrator: He says
they grabbed the couple,
827
00:40:00,932 --> 00:40:03,037
took them to the front door,
828
00:40:03,037 --> 00:40:04,941
and started knocking.
829
00:40:08,915 --> 00:40:11,087
- You're saying,
"Open the door."
830
00:40:11,087 --> 00:40:13,457
- Yeah.
- He ain't doing it.
831
00:40:28,955 --> 00:40:35,969
♪ ♪
832
00:40:51,834 --> 00:40:58,882
♪ ♪
833
00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:09,770
♪ ♪
834
00:41:17,051 --> 00:41:19,824
[dark music]
835
00:41:19,857 --> 00:41:23,598
♪ ♪
836
00:41:23,732 --> 00:41:24,901
- His description is horrific.
837
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,740
I mean, it literally shocks
the conscience.
838
00:41:27,873 --> 00:41:30,277
It's absolutely heinous,
and he knows it.
839
00:41:30,277 --> 00:41:32,082
♪ ♪
840
00:41:32,082 --> 00:41:34,987
[somber music]
841
00:41:35,020 --> 00:41:42,001
♪ ♪
842
00:41:43,738 --> 00:41:46,511
[dark music]
843
00:41:46,744 --> 00:41:53,591
♪ ♪
844
00:42:03,545 --> 00:42:06,083
- I think about my old cases
all the time.
845
00:42:06,183 --> 00:42:09,791
I can't walk through
or drive through Tulsa
846
00:42:09,924 --> 00:42:11,460
without thinking about a case.
847
00:42:11,661 --> 00:42:13,231
[somber music]
848
00:42:13,263 --> 00:42:17,506
You think about those murders,
all the different motives,
849
00:42:17,673 --> 00:42:20,879
how evil humans can be.
850
00:42:20,946 --> 00:42:23,350
That's something that will
always sit in my mind.
851
00:42:23,585 --> 00:42:30,599
♪ ♪
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