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[dramatic music]
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♪
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- It's horrible.
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♪
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- All murders
are disturbing and tragic.
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But some are so horrific...
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- Can't tell right now
if it's male or female.
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- They haunt detectives
long after the case is closed.
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Tonight on "The First 48:
Critical Minutes"...
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♪
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- A grisly scene
at an abandoned house.
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- Take a good look
at that right there.
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- "Look bitch
I'm done."
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- A married couple
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bound and drowned.
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- To be tied up and thrown in.
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That's a pretty hellish way
to kill someone.
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- And a woman burned alive.
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- You know, to be set on fire
had to be pretty miserable.
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This was personal.
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♪
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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- Murders that involve sexual
violence
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can be very tough to work.
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In Atlanta, detectives found
an abandoned house
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that was the scene
of a brutal rape and murder.
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[suspenseful music]
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♪
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- Ah, it just stinks in here.
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♪
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- [clears throat]
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♪
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- [coughing]
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- Does she have any ID on her?
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- No, nothing.
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♪
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- Sadistic violence.
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♪
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- It's horrible.
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It's classic sexual assault.
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Elevated. Naked.
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She's got a...
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duct tape covering her mouth
so she can't scream.
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Broken fingernail.
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Definitely struggled.
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♪
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- [sighs]
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- Ligature marks
around her neck.
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- Definitely looks like
a rape-murder.
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♪
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- Take a good look
at that right there.
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♪
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Maybe this is a message about
the person that's in here.
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- Yeah.
- I don't know.
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- It's horrible.
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- Can't imagine the horror
she must have gone through.
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[solemn music]
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- OK.
- It's this area right here.
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♪
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narrator: Two hours in...
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narrator: A neighbor
has come forward.
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- That looks like our victim.
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♪
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- She did not deserve
to be killed like that.
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♪
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We need to get whoever did
this off the street fast.
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♪
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I've left the crime scene
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up to the control
of Detective Velazquez.
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♪
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♪
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- [grunts]
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- I know.
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Big bucket of human feces.
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This is the bathroom.
Right?
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♪
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Rat droppings all over here.
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They're all over the place.
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♪
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- Louise?
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Hey, so it looks like we've got
men's clothing in here?
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And belongings.
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♪
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Let's take that bag with us.
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♪
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All right, let's see
what we got here.
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We have a name.
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Ardentric Johnson.
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♪
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- He's a person of interest
right now, yeah.
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- "Murder Man"?
What?
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Anyone explain why
that's his nickname?
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- That's what he told me
two years ago
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when he was a witness
to one of my homicides.
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- And he said his nickname
was "Murder Man"?
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♪
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- I got him.
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He has an active warrant
out for his arrest already.
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narrator: 36-year-old
Ardentric Dion Johnson
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has previous convictions for
carrying a concealed weapon,
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theft, false imprisonment,
and battery.
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His outstanding warrant
is for a probation violation.
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♪
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- We just got done processing
the scene,
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collecting the evidence.
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One of the things we do
before we leave a scene
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is after we get
all the evidence out,
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we do another walk-through.
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Open drawers, open doors.
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- All right.
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♪
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- This one?
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♪
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- Now, come on back.
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- Not a room, it's a closet.
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- Yeah.
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- Oh, what the...
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- Kay, we got another body
back here.
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- It's another body?
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♪
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[phone ringing]
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- We've got another body.
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- There's another body.
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- You gotta be [bleep] me.
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- It's in the same room,
but in the closet.
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- You hear that?
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Second body in the house.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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♪
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- We never opened the closet.
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- [sighs]
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♪
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[somber music]
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- Nah, just hold on.
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♪
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[dark music]
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- This...
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♪
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- All right.
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Tell me how you came
in possession
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of this cell phone here.
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- I seen Murder Man.
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He ran into the street and...
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like--flagged, waved me down.
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- OK.
- And then I stopped.
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He said, "Hey, you hold
this phone for me."
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- Mm-hmm.
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- "Give me $10
to hold the phone for me
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"and I'll give you $20 back."
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I'm like, "All right."
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He said it was Heather's phone.
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[dramatic musical sting]
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'Cause I know Heather as well.
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- I'ma be straight up with you,
man.
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We found a second body
in that house.
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Anybody else missing in the
neighborhood that you know of?
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- Yeah, we had
put out missing posters...
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narrator: The man gives
Detective Scott DeMeester
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the name of a woman
who had disappeared
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from the neighborhood
a few months ago.
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- And was she known to hang out
with Murder Man?
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- Yeah, she's...
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Her and Murder Man,
they used to fuss all the time.
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- I'm gonna show you
some pictures, all right?
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Let me know if you recognize
anyone in that lineup.
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- It's him.
Number two.
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That's Murder Man.
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- [sighs]
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[paper rustles]
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♪
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- Yeah, here's a missing
person's report right here.
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[mouse clicks]
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There she is.
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Possible victim in the closet.
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♪
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Was involved in an altercation
with Murder Man
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the day before she disappeared.
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He's definitely
our prime suspect, for sure.
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And we're gonna do
everything we can
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to try to get him
off the streets.
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♪
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[radio clicks]
- Hey, we got him.
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♪
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- You and Heather
ever had anything going?
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- No?
Not at all?
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You ever been in that house
on Madrona with her?
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- No.
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- Have you ever
had sex with Heather?
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- Do you know
what happened to her?
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- She was killed.
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- Mm-hmm.
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- No?
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- Mm-kay.
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She was killed in your house.
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- She's dead in your house.
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♪
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How do you think that happened?
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♪
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- Sometimes it's not
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just the murder itself
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that haunts detectives,
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but the suspect
who committed it.
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Dealing with someone involved
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in a deeply
disturbing homicide
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is something you don't forget.
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♪
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Well, I mean, let's just be
straight up with each other.
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You gave her phone to somebody.
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Correct?
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- Um...
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- And that somebody gave you
how much money
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for the phone?
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- Ten dollars?
OK.
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- Yeah.
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- All right, well.
What day was that?
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- OK.
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It was this week though,
wasn't it?
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- Hmm. All right, well...
we gon--
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We're gonna come back to that,
man.
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Because you're not--
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you're not being honest
with me, man.
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♪
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narrator: Detective Summer
Benton finds Heather's friend
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and makes
a disturbing discover.
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- She was associated
with Ardentric
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in a report from
a couple of years ago.
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She filed a police report
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when she was down
at Grady Hospital
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getting treatment
for whatever happened, so...
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That's interesting
if he can identify her.
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- Thank you.
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You familiar with the 17
associated with that?
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- No.
- I'll bring that in.
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[indistinct chatter]
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♪
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- Who is that?
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- OK.
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She's pretty, man.
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♪
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Thank you, sir.
- Yep.
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[paper rustles]
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- So this is a police report.
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Your girlfriend
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said her boyfriend, identified
as Mr. Ardentric Dion Johnson,
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ran up to her and stated,
"That's what you get"
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after she was struck.
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She was transferred
to the hospital.
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She also stated her boyfriend
had locked her in a room
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for four to six hours.
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♪
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Made her smoke crack
and take pills.
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♪
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And she also stated
her boyfriend pimped her out
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and made her work.
- Hm.
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- Didn't they arrest you
for this?
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- Yeah.
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narrator:
Ardentric pled guilty
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to the assault
on Heather's friend
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and was sentenced
to four years' probation.
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- What's your nickname?
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♪
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- What do they call you?
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- They call you "Murder Man."
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narrator: The woman reported
missing a few months ago
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also knew Ardentric
as Murder Man.
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- She was involved in
altercation with Murder Man
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who hit her and beat her up.
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narrator: Velazquez reads
from a report
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filed two days
before she disappeared.
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- Why would she lie?
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- She's dead, too.
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Ardentric, you know that.
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She's dead, and she was
in the closet in your house.
277
00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:20,534
Dead, been dead
for four months.
278
00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:22,203
Tied up.
279
00:13:22,303 --> 00:13:24,609
Now you got two dead girls
in your house.
280
00:13:24,676 --> 00:13:26,646
Not just one, bruh.
You got two.
281
00:13:27,414 --> 00:13:31,154
So any reason we'd find
your DNA on her?
282
00:13:32,390 --> 00:13:35,162
- You would be willing to give
me a sample of your DNA?
283
00:13:36,699 --> 00:13:38,102
- Not really?
284
00:13:38,202 --> 00:13:40,039
- You don't want
to give me your DNA
285
00:13:40,106 --> 00:13:43,547
as you know
that your DNA is there.
286
00:13:43,647 --> 00:13:44,582
You know that.
287
00:13:44,682 --> 00:13:45,951
Look, man, you got two women.
288
00:13:46,018 --> 00:13:47,688
Two women
you've been connected to.
289
00:13:47,754 --> 00:13:50,460
You got a woman
right here who--
290
00:13:50,561 --> 00:13:52,764
what, the same day?
291
00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:54,936
You selling her phone
to somebody?
292
00:13:55,002 --> 00:13:58,108
Selling--you sold
a dead lady's phone, man.
293
00:13:59,144 --> 00:14:00,479
- Bruh.
294
00:14:01,449 --> 00:14:03,118
Think about it, man.
295
00:14:05,323 --> 00:14:06,392
- OK.
296
00:14:06,492 --> 00:14:09,197
So maybe we still cool
without a lawyer today talking?
297
00:14:09,297 --> 00:14:10,634
We OK?
298
00:14:11,602 --> 00:14:13,306
[device beeps]
299
00:14:13,372 --> 00:14:15,443
- We're just gonna leave him
like he is.
300
00:14:15,510 --> 00:14:19,786
Uh, got a warrant for his DNA.
- Yeah.
301
00:14:19,852 --> 00:14:21,756
[door opens]
302
00:14:21,856 --> 00:14:24,194
- So here's the deal.
Want you to read this.
303
00:14:24,261 --> 00:14:27,134
The warrant is for me
to take your DNA.
304
00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,302
♪
305
00:14:28,402 --> 00:14:29,739
Once we do that,
we're gonna send you
306
00:14:29,839 --> 00:14:32,177
down to Polk County,
and that's it.
307
00:14:32,243 --> 00:14:38,923
♪
308
00:14:40,794 --> 00:14:42,163
We have made progress.
309
00:14:42,263 --> 00:14:43,700
He's committed to the phone,
310
00:14:43,767 --> 00:14:45,737
so he's now saying
he was in possession
311
00:14:45,804 --> 00:14:47,107
of this dead girl's phone.
312
00:14:47,174 --> 00:14:49,879
He's now connected himself
to two women
313
00:14:49,946 --> 00:14:52,117
found dead in a house
that he occupies.
314
00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:54,320
So that interview, although it
was not a confession,
315
00:14:54,387 --> 00:14:55,489
was great.
316
00:15:14,494 --> 00:15:18,235
♪
317
00:15:18,302 --> 00:15:19,939
narrator: A few days later...
318
00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:21,976
- The victim that we had
in the closet
319
00:15:22,043 --> 00:15:24,181
has been positively identified.
320
00:15:24,248 --> 00:15:26,151
narrator: The victim
is the same woman
321
00:15:26,218 --> 00:15:28,957
who was reported missing
a few months earlier.
322
00:15:29,057 --> 00:15:33,299
- Nobody deserves to die
at the hands of another.
323
00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:36,271
[solemn music]
324
00:15:36,371 --> 00:15:43,385
♪
325
00:15:55,143 --> 00:15:56,178
- In New Orleans, Detective
Ryan Vaught
326
00:15:56,245 --> 00:15:57,948
led one of the most disturbing
cases
327
00:15:58,015 --> 00:15:59,351
of his career
328
00:15:59,418 --> 00:16:01,055
when a married couple
disappeared
329
00:16:01,122 --> 00:16:02,925
and one of their bodies
washed up
330
00:16:02,991 --> 00:16:05,362
on the city's
Intracoastal Waterway.
331
00:16:07,535 --> 00:16:08,703
- Yep.
332
00:16:08,803 --> 00:16:10,372
- He's been here for a while,
huh?
333
00:16:14,649 --> 00:16:17,821
[eerie music]
334
00:16:17,921 --> 00:16:19,457
- I...
335
00:16:19,558 --> 00:16:20,761
[chuckles dejectedly]
336
00:16:20,827 --> 00:16:21,763
It's, uh...
337
00:16:21,830 --> 00:16:23,132
a body.
338
00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:25,771
Can't tell right now
if it's male or female.
339
00:16:25,837 --> 00:16:31,583
♪
340
00:16:31,650 --> 00:16:33,520
I'm not ready for this.
341
00:16:33,586 --> 00:16:39,966
♪
342
00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:41,001
Damn.
343
00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,437
♪
344
00:16:42,538 --> 00:16:45,242
narrator: The victim
is unrecognizable.
345
00:16:46,344 --> 00:16:50,387
The wildlife in the water
has eaten away the face.
346
00:16:50,453 --> 00:16:53,191
- Got the nose
and the lips and the eyes.
347
00:16:53,860 --> 00:16:54,829
I think it's a female.
348
00:16:54,895 --> 00:16:56,666
- Looks like a female.
- Yeah.
349
00:16:59,003 --> 00:17:00,239
- She's bound.
350
00:17:00,339 --> 00:17:03,245
♪
351
00:17:05,016 --> 00:17:07,955
♪
352
00:17:08,022 --> 00:17:09,692
- There is a tattoo.
353
00:17:12,664 --> 00:17:14,400
- What's it say?
354
00:17:18,844 --> 00:17:21,381
- K-E-N?
355
00:17:21,481 --> 00:17:25,089
♪
356
00:17:25,891 --> 00:17:26,926
- What was her name?
357
00:17:27,026 --> 00:17:28,697
The ones at St. John
we're looking for?
358
00:17:28,763 --> 00:17:30,266
♪
359
00:17:30,333 --> 00:17:32,236
narrator:
Detective Bob Bachelder
360
00:17:32,303 --> 00:17:35,911
thinks this might be connected
to the missing couple.
361
00:17:36,011 --> 00:17:38,617
- Kenneth and Lakeitha.
362
00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,386
- K-E-N.
363
00:17:41,656 --> 00:17:43,492
- I mean, it's possible.
364
00:17:44,228 --> 00:17:45,296
- With the male
being named Kenneth,
365
00:17:45,363 --> 00:17:48,135
and this victim having "K-E-N",
366
00:17:48,202 --> 00:17:50,540
it might be the female
from that couple.
367
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,045
♪
368
00:17:53,145 --> 00:17:56,018
Body has been in the water
for at least a week.
369
00:17:56,084 --> 00:17:58,590
At least.
It could have been longer.
370
00:17:58,657 --> 00:18:01,295
We're starting way behind
371
00:18:01,362 --> 00:18:04,334
in our investigation.
372
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:10,580
♪
373
00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,217
[phone ringing]
374
00:18:12,283 --> 00:18:13,920
narrator: Vaught calls
the detective
375
00:18:13,987 --> 00:18:15,857
working the missing couples'
case.
376
00:18:15,924 --> 00:18:19,430
- Can you tell me about
a tattoo that she may have had?
377
00:18:26,212 --> 00:18:28,315
- OK, that's gonna be her.
378
00:18:28,415 --> 00:18:29,686
♪
379
00:18:29,752 --> 00:18:31,989
narrator: 29-year-old
Lakeitha Joseph
380
00:18:32,089 --> 00:18:33,560
served a year in the navy
381
00:18:33,626 --> 00:18:36,532
before marrying
her high school sweetheart,
382
00:18:36,599 --> 00:18:38,268
Kenneth Joseph.
383
00:18:38,368 --> 00:18:40,272
They were together
for 10 years
384
00:18:40,373 --> 00:18:43,311
and had planned
to start a family.
385
00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:56,606
narration: Horatio was a
cousin of Lakeitha's husband,
386
00:18:56,706 --> 00:18:57,741
Kenneth.
387
00:18:57,808 --> 00:19:00,680
They allegedly
had a falling-out over money.
388
00:19:06,458 --> 00:19:07,762
narrator: Detectives heard
that Kenneth
389
00:19:07,828 --> 00:19:10,901
had a large amount of money
hidden in his house.
390
00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:12,203
- What do you think?
391
00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:13,773
You think he reached
the same fate?
392
00:19:13,874 --> 00:19:16,411
Met the same fate?
393
00:19:19,284 --> 00:19:21,088
All right, bye bye.
- Bye.
394
00:19:21,154 --> 00:19:22,791
♪
395
00:19:22,891 --> 00:19:24,662
narrator: The next day...
396
00:19:24,762 --> 00:19:28,268
♪
397
00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:32,209
- There's no real
major injuries to her.
398
00:19:32,276 --> 00:19:35,350
narrator: Autopsy results
are in on Lakeitha.
399
00:19:35,416 --> 00:19:38,857
- Nothing that would suggest
a manner of death.
400
00:19:38,924 --> 00:19:40,392
It was ruled to be a drowning.
401
00:19:40,492 --> 00:19:47,373
♪
402
00:19:50,781 --> 00:19:52,785
- I'm sorry for your loss.
403
00:19:52,851 --> 00:19:59,097
♪
404
00:19:59,197 --> 00:20:02,036
- It's such a heinous crime.
405
00:20:02,103 --> 00:20:05,577
It was so very deliberate
and thought-out.
406
00:20:08,015 --> 00:20:09,819
That it--
yeah, it keeps me up.
407
00:20:09,919 --> 00:20:12,223
Keeps me up thinking about it.
408
00:20:12,323 --> 00:20:13,492
But it's not unique to me.
409
00:20:13,593 --> 00:20:15,563
I'm sure every guy up here
goes through that.
410
00:20:15,663 --> 00:20:17,300
Right, Bob?
411
00:20:17,367 --> 00:20:19,338
- You end up waking up
in the middle of the night
412
00:20:19,438 --> 00:20:20,807
on some of these cases.
413
00:20:20,874 --> 00:20:24,414
"Why haven't I done this?"
or "Why haven't I done that?"
414
00:20:24,481 --> 00:20:27,955
Case gets in your head
while you're working it.
415
00:20:28,021 --> 00:20:30,727
♪
416
00:20:30,827 --> 00:20:33,700
[suspenseful music]
417
00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:37,841
♪
418
00:20:47,226 --> 00:20:50,132
[suspenseful music]
419
00:20:50,232 --> 00:20:54,107
♪
420
00:20:54,173 --> 00:20:56,144
- Kettlebell, look at that.
421
00:20:56,244 --> 00:20:57,914
♪
422
00:21:02,023 --> 00:21:03,258
- In New Orleans,
423
00:21:03,258 --> 00:21:04,662
two weeks after
Lakeitha Joseph
424
00:21:04,662 --> 00:21:06,566
was recovered in the waterway,
425
00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:08,904
her husband's body
had finally been found.
426
00:21:08,970 --> 00:21:10,607
♪
427
00:21:10,707 --> 00:21:12,878
narrator: A 30-pound
kettlebell
428
00:21:12,944 --> 00:21:14,548
is tied to his feet.
429
00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:16,820
♪
430
00:21:16,886 --> 00:21:19,090
- That's what they used
to weight him down with.
431
00:21:19,157 --> 00:21:22,096
And that looks like the same
rope that she was tied up with.
432
00:21:22,196 --> 00:21:23,432
- Rope looks the same.
433
00:21:23,498 --> 00:21:25,838
Difference is the kettlebell's
still with him.
434
00:21:25,938 --> 00:21:27,239
- Yeah.
435
00:21:27,339 --> 00:21:29,343
♪
436
00:21:31,347 --> 00:21:32,984
- Yeah.
437
00:21:33,084 --> 00:21:40,098
♪
438
00:21:44,641 --> 00:21:47,413
narrator: After searching
several stores...
439
00:21:49,985 --> 00:21:51,555
- Hi.
440
00:21:52,925 --> 00:21:55,296
narrator: They find
the same type of kettlebells
441
00:21:55,363 --> 00:21:57,934
and blue rope used
in the murder.
442
00:22:01,007 --> 00:22:03,279
narrator: They also find
a credit card transaction
443
00:22:03,379 --> 00:22:05,884
at 1:00 a.m. the night
the couple went missing.
444
00:22:05,984 --> 00:22:07,988
- [sighs]
445
00:22:20,479 --> 00:22:22,449
- Hoh, hoh!
446
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,356
- Yo.
- Hey!
447
00:22:25,423 --> 00:22:27,193
You at the office?
- I am.
448
00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:29,030
- We got video,
we got the receipt,
449
00:22:29,130 --> 00:22:30,800
and the credit card--
450
00:22:31,836 --> 00:22:32,771
- Yes.
451
00:22:32,871 --> 00:22:34,608
- No way.
452
00:22:37,113 --> 00:22:38,215
- We'll be there shortly.
453
00:22:38,282 --> 00:22:39,885
- All right, bye.
- Bye.
454
00:22:39,952 --> 00:22:41,856
[bleep] damn, what a day!
455
00:22:42,791 --> 00:22:46,264
narrator: At Homicide, Vaught
looks up Brittany Martin.
456
00:22:46,331 --> 00:22:48,002
[dramatic music]
457
00:22:48,068 --> 00:22:49,838
- There's Ms. Martin.
458
00:22:51,575 --> 00:22:54,013
All I'm seeing are DMV photos.
459
00:22:54,113 --> 00:22:55,683
She's never been arrested.
460
00:22:55,783 --> 00:22:58,455
I'm gonna call
the St. John investigator.
461
00:22:58,556 --> 00:22:59,858
[line trilling]
462
00:22:59,925 --> 00:23:00,694
Hey.
463
00:23:00,794 --> 00:23:02,664
Uh... the name
"Brittany Martin",
464
00:23:02,731 --> 00:23:04,668
that ring any bells with you?
465
00:23:04,768 --> 00:23:06,204
♪
466
00:23:06,304 --> 00:23:07,440
narrator: Brittany Martin
467
00:23:07,508 --> 00:23:09,644
is the girlfriend
of Horatio Johnson,
468
00:23:09,711 --> 00:23:12,984
one of the first names to come
up in the investigation.
469
00:23:18,128 --> 00:23:19,230
- Really?
470
00:23:19,330 --> 00:23:21,068
All right, thanks.
Bye.
471
00:23:21,134 --> 00:23:22,938
♪
472
00:23:23,005 --> 00:23:26,779
Uh, Kenneth and Horatio
are cousins
473
00:23:26,846 --> 00:23:29,952
and they had a dispute
over money.
474
00:23:30,052 --> 00:23:33,492
♪
475
00:23:33,593 --> 00:23:35,731
Well, here's Horatio
right here.
476
00:23:35,797 --> 00:23:38,034
narrator: 37-year-old
Horatio Johnson
477
00:23:38,134 --> 00:23:41,642
was convicted of manslaughter
in a drug-related shooting.
478
00:23:41,742 --> 00:23:45,550
He served 17 years
of a 35-year sentence,
479
00:23:45,617 --> 00:23:49,490
and was released on parole
less than three years ago.
480
00:23:49,591 --> 00:23:52,063
- Brittany worked
as a corrections officer.
481
00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:53,231
She was fired
482
00:23:53,298 --> 00:23:56,839
because of an improper
relationship with an inmate.
483
00:23:56,905 --> 00:24:00,245
That inmate happened to be
one Horatio Johnson.
484
00:24:00,345 --> 00:24:03,753
♪
485
00:24:03,819 --> 00:24:05,957
narrator: Vaught turns
to the surveillance video
486
00:24:06,024 --> 00:24:08,529
to try and see if Brittany
was with anyone
487
00:24:08,629 --> 00:24:10,834
when she purchased the items.
488
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:16,679
♪
489
00:24:16,779 --> 00:24:18,582
- Look, it's definitely her.
490
00:24:19,383 --> 00:24:22,757
That is Brittany and Horatio.
491
00:24:22,857 --> 00:24:26,498
♪
492
00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:28,603
narrator:
At the cash register...
493
00:24:28,670 --> 00:24:30,674
- Look there,
the kettlebell.
494
00:24:30,774 --> 00:24:32,043
- Yeah. Kettlebell.
- Yep.
495
00:24:32,109 --> 00:24:34,982
♪
496
00:24:35,082 --> 00:24:36,985
- Wow.
497
00:24:39,090 --> 00:24:39,959
- Look at him.
498
00:24:40,059 --> 00:24:41,427
He's not even touching
the kettlebell.
499
00:24:41,528 --> 00:24:43,031
- Holy [bleep], you are right.
500
00:24:43,131 --> 00:24:45,135
♪
501
00:24:45,235 --> 00:24:46,906
He is covering his hands...
502
00:24:46,973 --> 00:24:48,375
- To not get fingerprints
on the kettlebell.
503
00:24:48,441 --> 00:24:50,212
- That's crazy, dude.
504
00:24:50,279 --> 00:24:51,782
- There's the rope.
505
00:24:51,882 --> 00:24:54,889
♪
506
00:24:54,955 --> 00:24:57,226
- And there they go.
They're leaving the store.
507
00:24:57,292 --> 00:24:59,263
♪
508
00:24:59,330 --> 00:25:01,702
Look at that.
She's smiling.
509
00:25:03,204 --> 00:25:04,406
- Was she duped?
510
00:25:04,473 --> 00:25:06,946
Was she doing it blindly
out of love?
511
00:25:07,046 --> 00:25:09,751
How does one go
from this side of the law
512
00:25:09,818 --> 00:25:13,292
and then fall so far
to the other side?
513
00:25:13,358 --> 00:25:20,205
♪
514
00:25:26,852 --> 00:25:27,887
- You OK?
515
00:25:27,987 --> 00:25:29,323
You understand you are
under arrest for two counts
516
00:25:29,423 --> 00:25:31,194
of second degree murder?
- Mm-hmm.
517
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:33,632
- All right, home address.
518
00:25:37,173 --> 00:25:38,676
- Help me remember.
519
00:25:39,578 --> 00:25:41,549
- You know what?
I need a lawyer present.
520
00:25:41,615 --> 00:25:44,522
[suspenseful music]
521
00:25:44,588 --> 00:25:48,128
♪
522
00:25:52,069 --> 00:25:58,114
♪
523
00:26:08,703 --> 00:26:11,240
- They say how they got 'em?
524
00:26:11,341 --> 00:26:13,178
- [distorted voice]
525
00:26:17,219 --> 00:26:19,223
♪
526
00:26:22,496 --> 00:26:24,801
♪
527
00:26:31,715 --> 00:26:33,385
- On her head, he said?
528
00:26:33,485 --> 00:26:35,055
Mm.
529
00:26:57,935 --> 00:27:00,773
- Any indication why,
why all this happened?
530
00:27:06,552 --> 00:27:10,192
♪
531
00:27:10,259 --> 00:27:13,666
- I think this couple
had money in their home.
532
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:16,371
The plan was to get said money
533
00:27:16,438 --> 00:27:18,509
and then do away
with the couple.
534
00:27:18,576 --> 00:27:20,312
That's just--
just vicious.
535
00:27:20,412 --> 00:27:22,349
That's brutality.
536
00:27:23,485 --> 00:27:30,700
♪
537
00:27:46,866 --> 00:27:47,868
- There are times when
an investigator
538
00:27:47,968 --> 00:27:49,069
is called to a case that
is so horrific,
539
00:27:49,136 --> 00:27:50,774
it's hard to wrap your
head around.
540
00:27:50,874 --> 00:27:52,476
In Harris County, Texas,
541
00:27:52,544 --> 00:27:54,046
detectives responded to a case
542
00:27:54,146 --> 00:27:56,118
where a woman
had been burned alive
543
00:27:56,184 --> 00:27:58,255
and was clinging to life
at the hospital.
544
00:27:58,321 --> 00:28:01,093
♪
545
00:28:04,668 --> 00:28:06,872
- How's it going, man?
546
00:28:13,820 --> 00:28:15,724
narrator: The victim
gave her name
547
00:28:15,824 --> 00:28:17,894
before losing consciousness.
548
00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:24,074
♪
549
00:28:24,140 --> 00:28:26,578
narrator: 29-year-old
Melissa Burch
550
00:28:26,678 --> 00:28:28,616
grew up in Liberty, Texas.
551
00:28:28,683 --> 00:28:30,987
The oldest of three sisters.
552
00:28:31,087 --> 00:28:34,059
She works for
a local trucking company.
553
00:28:45,015 --> 00:28:46,786
- Pictures?
- Yes.
554
00:28:46,852 --> 00:28:48,889
narrator: Photos taken
by fire marshals
555
00:28:48,989 --> 00:28:53,364
reveal Melissa was burned
over 80% of her body.
556
00:29:00,345 --> 00:29:01,414
- Who knows.
557
00:29:01,481 --> 00:29:02,651
narrator: The team speculates
558
00:29:02,718 --> 00:29:04,420
that Melissa
jumped out a window
559
00:29:04,487 --> 00:29:06,759
to escape the burning trailer.
560
00:29:06,859 --> 00:29:07,928
- Did y'all notice
she had some wounds
561
00:29:08,061 --> 00:29:09,698
up there on her head?
- It's a lot of blood.
562
00:29:09,765 --> 00:29:10,901
- I don't think
that's from the burns.
563
00:29:11,001 --> 00:29:13,071
- No, I think she's bleeding
from her head.
564
00:29:13,138 --> 00:29:15,309
- But from looking
at the pictures,
565
00:29:15,375 --> 00:29:16,410
she's not just burned.
566
00:29:16,477 --> 00:29:19,316
It looks like she may have been
beaten beforehand.
567
00:29:22,089 --> 00:29:29,069
♪
568
00:29:30,271 --> 00:29:33,779
narrator: He says the victim
collapsed on his porch.
569
00:29:34,380 --> 00:29:36,818
- [distorted voice]
570
00:29:48,174 --> 00:29:50,178
- Had you ever seen
this girl before?
571
00:29:53,151 --> 00:29:55,188
- Tell me about
that trailer next door.
572
00:29:55,288 --> 00:29:57,861
narrator: The neighbor says no
one has lived in the trailer
573
00:29:57,928 --> 00:29:59,363
for months.
574
00:30:02,604 --> 00:30:03,873
- Yeah.
575
00:30:03,973 --> 00:30:06,511
narrator: He says the trailer
is used by drug addicts
576
00:30:06,578 --> 00:30:08,549
and prostitutes.
577
00:30:08,649 --> 00:30:09,684
- All right.
578
00:30:09,784 --> 00:30:14,160
♪
579
00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:15,262
[phone ringing]
580
00:30:15,362 --> 00:30:16,497
- Hello?
581
00:30:16,598 --> 00:30:19,136
narrator: Brown gets an update
on Melissa's condition.
582
00:30:19,738 --> 00:30:21,842
- All right, I appreciate it.
583
00:30:22,844 --> 00:30:24,080
That was the deputy
down at the hospital.
584
00:30:24,146 --> 00:30:26,150
They're moving her
over into the burn unit,
585
00:30:26,217 --> 00:30:28,556
and doctors say she doesn't
look good right now.
586
00:30:28,623 --> 00:30:30,694
Chances of making it
after being burned that bad
587
00:30:30,794 --> 00:30:32,229
are pretty slim.
588
00:30:32,295 --> 00:30:34,801
♪
589
00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:36,171
I've got some enemies,
590
00:30:36,237 --> 00:30:38,274
and I couldn't wish that
on my worst one.
591
00:30:38,341 --> 00:30:42,617
You know, to be beaten, bound,
and set on fire
592
00:30:42,684 --> 00:30:45,489
had to be pretty miserable.
593
00:30:45,557 --> 00:30:47,493
This was personal.
594
00:30:47,561 --> 00:30:50,767
[dark music]
595
00:30:50,833 --> 00:30:56,110
♪
596
00:30:57,313 --> 00:30:58,616
[knocking]
597
00:30:58,716 --> 00:31:05,530
♪
598
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,234
narrator: Brown heads
to Melissa's address
599
00:31:08,301 --> 00:31:11,073
hoping to find her roommate,
Joker.
600
00:31:11,173 --> 00:31:14,914
♪
601
00:31:17,754 --> 00:31:19,223
- There's a car
in the driveway.
602
00:31:19,323 --> 00:31:20,660
[knocking]
603
00:31:20,726 --> 00:31:22,295
♪
604
00:31:22,362 --> 00:31:24,299
[knocking]
605
00:31:25,035 --> 00:31:27,139
narrator: "Joker" is not home.
606
00:31:27,205 --> 00:31:30,378
♪
607
00:31:30,445 --> 00:31:33,251
- We'll come back tomorrow
and see if Joker's home then.
608
00:31:33,351 --> 00:31:40,365
♪
609
00:31:41,067 --> 00:31:42,837
- OK, I appreciate it.
610
00:31:42,904 --> 00:31:44,006
All right.
611
00:31:44,106 --> 00:31:46,277
narrator: In addition
to severe burns,
612
00:31:46,377 --> 00:31:49,818
Melissa has head wounds
and broken bones
613
00:31:49,885 --> 00:31:52,022
from being brutally beaten.
614
00:31:52,089 --> 00:31:54,861
She's been placed
in a medically induced coma
615
00:31:54,928 --> 00:31:57,399
to try to save her life.
616
00:31:57,499 --> 00:31:59,170
[knocking]
617
00:31:59,236 --> 00:32:00,472
♪
618
00:32:00,540 --> 00:32:01,709
- No one's home.
619
00:32:01,775 --> 00:32:07,319
♪
620
00:32:07,386 --> 00:32:10,258
narrator: The team puts out
a BOLO for the gold car.
621
00:32:10,325 --> 00:32:12,128
- Right now, we don't know
Joker's real name.
622
00:32:12,195 --> 00:32:13,766
So the best way
to figure that out
623
00:32:13,833 --> 00:32:15,469
is probably track down
that gold car.
624
00:32:15,570 --> 00:32:18,141
And hopefully he'll be
the one driving it.
625
00:32:18,241 --> 00:32:21,648
♪
626
00:32:23,686 --> 00:32:25,022
[phone ringing]
627
00:32:25,088 --> 00:32:26,959
- Homicide.
Brown.
628
00:32:27,059 --> 00:32:30,232
narrator: Patrol calls in
with a lead.
629
00:32:30,332 --> 00:32:32,403
Someone gave them the name
of a Latin male
630
00:32:32,469 --> 00:32:35,543
who was seen with Joker
painting a gold car
631
00:32:35,610 --> 00:32:38,214
and removing its plates.
632
00:32:39,416 --> 00:32:40,820
- All right, cool.
633
00:32:41,621 --> 00:32:44,928
Kinda suspicious if Joker
is Melissa's roommate
634
00:32:44,995 --> 00:32:46,899
if he's trying to
repaint his car
635
00:32:46,966 --> 00:32:49,203
and changing
the license plates on it.
636
00:32:50,405 --> 00:32:56,852
♪
637
00:32:56,952 --> 00:32:58,488
narrator: The next afternoon,
638
00:32:58,555 --> 00:33:02,597
Brown heads back to Melissa's
house with a search warrant.
639
00:33:03,364 --> 00:33:04,299
- We're gonna go look
inside the house.
640
00:33:04,366 --> 00:33:05,570
See if anything happened there.
641
00:33:05,637 --> 00:33:07,540
If there's any kind of evidence
as far as blood
642
00:33:07,607 --> 00:33:09,510
or signs of a struggle.
643
00:33:14,721 --> 00:33:20,900
♪
644
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,573
- I think this is his room.
645
00:33:23,639 --> 00:33:27,513
♪
646
00:33:27,580 --> 00:33:29,450
- Garrick Hastings.
647
00:33:29,517 --> 00:33:31,454
narrator: Brown finds
prison paperwork
648
00:33:31,522 --> 00:33:34,426
belonging to a man
named Garrick Hastings.
649
00:33:34,493 --> 00:33:35,496
- We'll take it.
650
00:33:35,563 --> 00:33:37,968
narrator: The team may finally
have a lead
651
00:33:38,034 --> 00:33:39,904
on Joker's identity.
652
00:33:40,004 --> 00:33:41,842
♪
653
00:33:41,909 --> 00:33:43,812
- I'm gonna call this girl TDC
654
00:33:43,879 --> 00:33:45,783
and see what they have on him.
655
00:33:46,918 --> 00:33:48,054
narrator: Brown calls
656
00:33:48,154 --> 00:33:49,525
the Texas Department
of Corrections
657
00:33:49,591 --> 00:33:52,763
to find out if
Garrick Hastings is "Joker."
658
00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:55,035
- Really?
659
00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:58,241
♪
660
00:33:58,307 --> 00:33:59,511
- He's got that
clown tattoo.
661
00:33:59,611 --> 00:34:00,780
I think he's our guy.
662
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,082
Send me everything you got
on him.
663
00:34:02,149 --> 00:34:04,588
Fantastic.
Thank you, ma'am.
664
00:34:04,688 --> 00:34:07,126
narrator: After searching
for two days,
665
00:34:07,192 --> 00:34:10,567
the team gets their first look
at "Joker."
666
00:34:10,633 --> 00:34:12,236
♪
667
00:34:12,303 --> 00:34:14,741
25-year-old Garrick Hastings
668
00:34:14,841 --> 00:34:18,014
recently served time
for aggravated robbery.
669
00:34:18,081 --> 00:34:19,684
- Joker's definitely
our prime suspect,
670
00:34:19,751 --> 00:34:21,688
but right now we don't have
enough to pick him up.
671
00:34:21,755 --> 00:34:24,092
So, first order of business
is talk to that guy
672
00:34:24,193 --> 00:34:25,663
he was spray-painting
that car with
673
00:34:25,729 --> 00:34:27,332
and see what he has to say.
674
00:34:32,042 --> 00:34:33,913
[suspenseful music]
675
00:34:33,979 --> 00:34:37,219
♪
676
00:34:37,319 --> 00:34:39,156
narrator: 11 days later,
677
00:34:39,223 --> 00:34:41,026
patrol finally finds the man
678
00:34:41,093 --> 00:34:44,568
who was painting the car with
Joker at a friend's house.
679
00:34:44,634 --> 00:34:46,404
♪
680
00:34:46,505 --> 00:34:49,410
At the house, officers noticed
the man's friend
681
00:34:49,511 --> 00:34:51,748
has fresh burns on his legs.
682
00:34:53,350 --> 00:34:54,621
- We found that
pretty suspicious
683
00:34:54,688 --> 00:34:57,259
considering what happened
to Melissa the other day.
684
00:34:58,261 --> 00:35:00,065
narrator: They brought
the friend to Homicide
685
00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:02,336
along with his girlfriend.
686
00:35:02,403 --> 00:35:04,975
Brown goes in
to talk to the man
687
00:35:05,075 --> 00:35:07,880
who helped Joker
paint the car.
688
00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:12,857
♪
689
00:35:14,193 --> 00:35:16,931
- Let's talk about what
we're here today on,
690
00:35:16,998 --> 00:35:19,203
about what happened to Melissa.
691
00:35:19,270 --> 00:35:20,673
- [distorted voice]
692
00:35:20,739 --> 00:35:23,144
narrator: The witness says
that while he and Joker
693
00:35:23,211 --> 00:35:24,515
were painting the car,
694
00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:27,419
Joker confessed
to assaulting Melissa.
695
00:35:35,335 --> 00:35:38,909
narrator: He says Joker found
Melissa outside a motel.
696
00:35:43,752 --> 00:35:46,357
narrator: He reveals his
friend with the burned legs,
697
00:35:46,424 --> 00:35:49,263
Thomas "Crash" Martin,
698
00:35:49,330 --> 00:35:52,504
and Crash's girlfriend,
Anita Pena,
699
00:35:52,570 --> 00:35:54,908
helped Joker beat Melissa.
700
00:35:54,974 --> 00:35:56,143
♪
701
00:35:56,210 --> 00:35:59,517
- So tell me how Melissa
gets to the trailer.
702
00:36:05,562 --> 00:36:07,266
narrator: He says Joker
told him
703
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,270
they drove Melissa
to the trailer
704
00:36:09,337 --> 00:36:11,574
where they continued
to beat her.
705
00:36:26,872 --> 00:36:30,144
narrator: He says Joker
ignited the trailer.
706
00:36:30,211 --> 00:36:32,416
Crash was too close
to the flames
707
00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:35,455
and his legs caught fire.
708
00:36:35,523 --> 00:36:37,292
- So where was
the victim while
709
00:36:37,358 --> 00:36:41,936
Crash and Joker were
doing this in the trailer?
710
00:36:42,002 --> 00:36:43,271
- All right, hang tight.
711
00:36:43,371 --> 00:36:45,241
We'll check on you.
712
00:36:47,913 --> 00:36:49,049
- He's the only person
713
00:36:49,116 --> 00:36:50,719
that didn't actually
participate in it,
714
00:36:50,819 --> 00:36:51,689
as far as we can tell,
715
00:36:51,822 --> 00:36:53,859
so that makes his statement
very important.
716
00:36:54,594 --> 00:36:56,565
narrator: Brown
and Sergeant Mark Reynolds
717
00:36:56,631 --> 00:36:59,036
will confront
Thomas "Crash" Martin
718
00:36:59,103 --> 00:37:01,841
about the burns on his legs.
719
00:37:01,908 --> 00:37:06,050
He told officers he got
the burns from a barbeque pit.
720
00:37:06,116 --> 00:37:08,154
- You're under arrest
721
00:37:08,254 --> 00:37:10,726
for aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon.
722
00:37:11,661 --> 00:37:13,799
I'm just gonna lay it
all out here for you.
723
00:37:13,866 --> 00:37:16,672
We know that the burns that you
sustained on your body
724
00:37:16,772 --> 00:37:19,844
did not come
from a barbeque pit.
725
00:37:24,253 --> 00:37:26,490
- No, it's not.
That's not the case.
726
00:37:29,964 --> 00:37:32,469
- You think?
- Mm-hmm.
727
00:37:32,536 --> 00:37:37,513
♪
728
00:37:37,580 --> 00:37:40,819
- Obviously you know
why we're here.
729
00:37:42,757 --> 00:37:44,393
- Well...
You do.
730
00:37:44,460 --> 00:37:47,132
You know who's
in the other room?
731
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,002
- Crash is over there.
732
00:37:49,069 --> 00:37:51,474
You know who else is here?
733
00:37:51,541 --> 00:37:53,044
- Anita.
734
00:37:53,111 --> 00:37:57,086
- Now, what would all those
people and you have in common
735
00:37:57,152 --> 00:37:59,624
to do with an assault?
736
00:38:01,194 --> 00:38:04,065
- I'll tell you that you're the
last person we talk to today
737
00:38:04,166 --> 00:38:07,172
and I think we've got
a general idea
738
00:38:07,238 --> 00:38:08,843
of what happened that night.
739
00:38:08,909 --> 00:38:11,079
Oh, you want me to
break it down for you?
740
00:38:14,319 --> 00:38:15,789
♪
741
00:38:15,856 --> 00:38:17,192
- I know that...
742
00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:19,997
Melissa was taken
to the trailer out there.
743
00:38:20,064 --> 00:38:23,605
I know somebody poured gasoline
on her and set her on fire.
744
00:38:23,672 --> 00:38:25,308
- [coughs]
745
00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:28,214
- I know that you were there.
746
00:38:28,314 --> 00:38:30,853
I know that Thomas Martin
was there, "Crash."
747
00:38:32,323 --> 00:38:33,959
That's what I know.
748
00:38:34,694 --> 00:38:36,330
- I mean, you want it
to go to trial?
749
00:38:36,396 --> 00:38:38,033
While we're up on the stand
750
00:38:38,133 --> 00:38:41,808
and we wheel this gal that's
all scarred and burned up
751
00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:43,679
and parts of her body
are missing...
752
00:38:43,746 --> 00:38:45,414
- ... while she talks
about the people
753
00:38:45,481 --> 00:38:47,786
whooped her ass and took her
to that trailer
754
00:38:47,853 --> 00:38:49,356
and burned her.
755
00:38:52,029 --> 00:38:54,901
- I mean, I wanna know
everything I can know
756
00:38:54,968 --> 00:38:56,070
about what happened.
757
00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:58,942
But if you ain't gonna say it,
you ain't gonna say it.
758
00:39:09,831 --> 00:39:11,366
- Oh, yeah.
759
00:39:13,772 --> 00:39:15,141
- [sighs]
760
00:39:15,241 --> 00:39:19,818
♪
761
00:39:19,918 --> 00:39:21,788
- Chances are he knew
that she was still alive
762
00:39:21,855 --> 00:39:25,061
and expected her to finish
perishing inside the flames
763
00:39:25,128 --> 00:39:28,000
so definitely says something
about his mental state
764
00:39:28,067 --> 00:39:29,937
and his regard for life.
765
00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:38,420
♪
766
00:39:48,274 --> 00:39:54,754
♪
767
00:39:54,821 --> 00:39:57,794
narrator: Two months later,
768
00:39:57,860 --> 00:40:01,668
Melissa miraculously
came out of her coma.
769
00:40:01,735 --> 00:40:04,006
Over the next seven months,
770
00:40:04,072 --> 00:40:06,477
she endured 42 skin grafts
771
00:40:06,545 --> 00:40:08,615
and lost her right hand
as a result
772
00:40:08,682 --> 00:40:10,786
of the brutal assault.
773
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:15,028
♪
774
00:40:15,095 --> 00:40:17,534
Today...
- Come here.
775
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,371
Melissa gathers
with family and friends
776
00:40:20,438 --> 00:40:22,342
to celebrate
her 30th birthday.
777
00:40:22,442 --> 00:40:24,079
- Hi, Lana.
- You surprised?
778
00:40:24,179 --> 00:40:25,281
- Yeah, you surprised me.
779
00:40:25,348 --> 00:40:28,755
- Six months ago,
eight months ago...
780
00:40:29,790 --> 00:40:31,862
we didn't think
we was gonna see this day.
781
00:40:31,928 --> 00:40:35,201
♪
782
00:40:35,268 --> 00:40:36,704
- I remember everything.
783
00:40:36,771 --> 00:40:40,245
To be set on fire alive is
something...excruciating.
784
00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,683
There's no way to explain it.
785
00:40:42,783 --> 00:40:44,353
♪
786
00:40:44,453 --> 00:40:46,692
I'm not understanding
what provoked him
787
00:40:46,758 --> 00:40:49,363
to go this extreme.
788
00:40:49,463 --> 00:40:51,568
I have to wake up every day
like this
789
00:40:51,635 --> 00:40:53,672
and I'm loved,
and I'm blessed.
790
00:40:53,738 --> 00:40:55,909
♪
791
00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:58,749
- Go slow, go slow.
Don't let 'em go.
792
00:40:58,815 --> 00:41:00,720
- All right.
- All right.
793
00:41:00,786 --> 00:41:02,188
[overlapping chatter]
794
00:41:02,255 --> 00:41:04,126
- Let it go!
Let it go.
795
00:41:04,226 --> 00:41:06,931
- Ooh!
- Happy Birthday!
796
00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:08,234
And many more!
797
00:41:08,301 --> 00:41:11,273
[all cheering]
798
00:41:11,340 --> 00:41:15,048
all: Happy Birthday!
799
00:41:15,115 --> 00:41:16,818
- I'm having a blast.
800
00:41:16,885 --> 00:41:18,021
Everyone's here.
801
00:41:18,087 --> 00:41:21,327
Everyone played a role
in my recovery,
802
00:41:21,393 --> 00:41:22,530
and they're still here
803
00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:25,435
and still sticking by me.
[chuckles]
804
00:41:25,501 --> 00:41:29,476
♪
805
00:41:29,544 --> 00:41:32,449
- Working homicides
that are brutal,
806
00:41:32,516 --> 00:41:34,152
that are violent...
807
00:41:34,219 --> 00:41:36,456
they're tough to deal with
on a daily basis.
808
00:41:36,524 --> 00:41:37,660
I've still think about 'em
every day
809
00:41:37,726 --> 00:41:40,331
and I've been out for almost
four years.
810
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:45,341
The hardest thing for me, as a
homicide detective, was...
811
00:41:45,408 --> 00:41:47,178
knowing that
that was the last thing
812
00:41:47,278 --> 00:41:51,420
that those people got to
experience on this planet.
813
00:41:51,521 --> 00:41:58,701
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