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- Buckhead is a very elite area.

As soon as we arrived,

We were all kind of
astonished about it

And a little bit shocked.

The body was hog tied.

- The duct tape indicated
jealousy, revenge,

Something of a more
personal nature.

- My dad loved to laugh
and his heart was so big,

He would give you the
shirt off his back.

- Why would someone target
a beloved community man

And father of two?

- At my father's funeral,

One person came in,
she made a scene.

- Shirley informed me that

She was also engaged
to bobby jackson.

I have two individuals
who are both engaged

To this one man.

- Is this a motive?

Is this what was behind of
bobby jackson getting killed?

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- [narrator] while atlanta's
top professionals apply

Their trade in the
downtown office towers,

Many choose to live
in its posh suburbs,

And one of the most
exclusive is buckhead.

- Buckhead in atlanta, georgia

Is probably the premier
residential address

In all of southeastern
united states.

It is the home of
well-kept, manicured lawns,

Fabulous mansions,
upscale restaurants,

And high-end shopping.

- Buckhead is a very elite area.

It's where the upper
echelon people live.

There's not hardly ever
a homicide in buckhead.

- Certain crimes just didn't
happen often in buckhead.

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- [narrator] any sense that
buckhead was a safe haven

Immune to violent crime
would be shattered

On April 12th, 2002.

- About 11:30, st.
Anne's episcopal church,

A very well known house
of worship in buckhead,

A couple was out
walking their dog

Right near the playground
behind the church.

And they had let
him off the leash

And he ran up upon a dead body.

It really startled
and shook the couple

And they immediately called 911.

- [narrator] detectives arrive
on scene around 11:45 pm.

- So as soon as we arrived,

Everything just seemed
out of the ordinary.

We never had a homicide up here.

We were all kind astonished
about it, a little bit shocked.

- This type of thing
just doesn't happen

In the buckhead community.

- The victim was
on church property

And there was a comforter
blanket over the victim

And the victim was
covered in duct tape.

- Right off the bat,

It was something I've
never seen before.

- I was a sergeant in
homicide for 12 years.

I've been on the scene
of a lot of homicides.

I've never seen a victim
duct taped like that.

- It appeared that the
individual was a black male

Because you could see a
little bit of the skin.

- We did not have any
id on this person.

All we had was a
body on the ground.

- I called the medical
examiner's office

Because I wanted to make sure

That I got all the evidence
I could get off this body

Because I've never had anything
with duct tape before like this.

So I had a very good
chance of getting dna,

Some kind of fiber, some kind
of fingerprint off this tape

And I didn't want
to get contaminated.

- [narrator] the medical
examiner arrives on scene

And attempts to
examine the victim

And determine how they died.

- Could not tell because
the victim was duct taped

From his head to his toe.

- The body was hog tied,

Which tells me that this
individual was hog tied

To keep him from moving,
then duct taped.

So right off the
bat, I'm thinking,

Was this individual
alive when taped?

- [narrator] nothing
found on the body

Or at the scene suggests
an obvious cause of death.

- There was no blood
that you usually find

On a homicide scene.

There was nothing to indicate

That the crime took place there.

- We had tire tracks there,

But I didn't know if it was
related to the actual homicide

Or not and the
blanket was a white

And blue checkered blanket
that was covering the body.

It appeared that that
blanket was used to drag

That body on the
ground to the fence

Where the body came to a rest.

- What we felt we had was just
a body that was dumped there.

- [narrator] investigators
begin piecing together a theory

As to how this
murder was committed.

- Not one person can
hold an individual down

And duct tape them.

So I'm thinking I'm gonna have

More than one person
involved in this.

- So at this point,

Police have many questions
but very few answers.

They're wondering
who the victim is,

They don't know how
they were killed,

And they especially
don't know where

Or when the victim was killed.

- [narrator] detectives
speak to the couple

Who found the body, hoping
they might yield more clues.

- The couple out
walking their dog,

They didn't see any other people
in the the general vicinity

And there was no one
leaving the vicinity

Or any vehicles or
anything like that.

- The couple tells
them had it not been

For their pet off the leash,

They probably would've
walked right by the body.

- [narrator] with the crime
scene yielding few clues,

Police fan out and
expand their search

To the surrounding area
despite the late hour.

- I grabbed all the
officers there and I said,

We need to walk around and
see if we missed anything.

And then I need each
officer to go door to door

And do a canvass and talk to
the people who lived there

And see if they heard
or saw anything.

- [narrator] the canvass
doesn't yield any witnesses

And nobody has surveillance
footage of the area.

But when detectives speak
with officials from the church

Where the body was found,

They discover
something disturbing.

- So I go up there,
knock on the door.

It's around midnight and
the preacher tells me

That they had a
sleepover that night,

And then they told me

That there was a 12-year-old
young man that was missing

And that concerned us deeply.

The preacher informed me that
the young man had been missing

For about an hour and they're
reaching out to the parents

And notifying everybody
in the next of kin

To see if they can help
find the individual.

- So while all this is going
on with the homicide scene,

Now on top of this, you
have a missing 12-year-old

From the same location
where the body was found.

- [narrator] the fear
police now must contend with

Is that the
disappearance of the boy

Could be connected
to the murder.

- To have this happen
in close proximity

And close in time with
the discovery of the body,

It would just lead to a lot
of concern about the safety

Of the child involved,
where they were,

What might have
happened to them.

- This is worst case scenario.

I'm thinking this young man,
he's playing in the playground

Around 10:30 at night
and all of a sudden,

This car backs up and
somebody dumps a body out.

And now we have
not just a murder,

But somebody might
have just kidnapped

This young man as well.

So when you have a kidnapping,

The first 12 to 24 hours
were really crucial.

So we had the clothing, the
description of the young man.

We have his name.

I get over the radio,

Tell everybody that I
have a missing young man

And to notify me immediately

If anybody comes in
contact with him.

So we're gonna make sure in
the southeast united states

Hears this amber alert
'cause this young man's life

Is in jeopardy.

- [narrator] in addition
to the missing boy,

Police still have no clue

Who their murder victim might
be or where they were killed

Before being dumped
at the church.

- The pressure law enforcement
knows is gonna be immense

To figure out
exactly what happened

And whether or not these
two events are linked.

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- It's frustrating when
you feel like, okay,

Surely, we'll find something.

- It seemed like the individual

Who committed this
crime is a professional.

- Why would someone so
skilled at the art of murder

Target this victim?

- It was just disbelief.

How could you do that?

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- [narrator] atlanta
detectives investigating

A body found in the posh
neighborhood of buckhead

Are wondering if the murder is
connected to a missing boy,

Possibly kidnapped from
a church sleepover.

- Now, you have a missing
12-year-old boy possibly linked

To a homicide victim.

Family and friends
of the missing boy

Start to fear the worst.

They know with
each passing hour,

The situation gets
even more dire.

- So I'm working a homicide
and a possible kidnapping

That also can turn
into another murder.

So we do an all points bulletin
throughout the whole city

And also around the
surrounding counties,

Blasting it out through
the entire state,

Trying to tell everybody
this is a young man,

12 years of age, to
be on the lookout.

- Anyone who's a parent
would be horrified

And just overwhelmed
with the fact

That their child was missing.

I can only imagine
that the discovery

Of the deceased body
would only ratchet up

Their very
understandable dismay.

- [narrator] investigators
continue to scour

The buckhead area for leads

On both the child's
disappearance

And the body found
at the church.

And after hours of dead ends,
they finally catch a break.

- Five hours into this
gruesome murder investigation,

All of a sudden, they get
surprising news about the status

Of the missing 12-year-old boy.

- So while I'm on a scene
around 05:30 in the morning,

I have the preacher approached
me from the st. Anne's church

And said that the young
boy had been found.

It was a miscommunication that
a parent had actually came

And picked their child up

Because the child was
having a hard time sleeping

At the church and it was
just a big misunderstanding

That the parents
didn't tell anyone.

- Once we found out

That the missing 12-year-old
was completely unrelated

To the homicide,
that was a relief.

- [narrator] while the
mystery of what happened

To the missing boy
has been solved,

The case of the unidentified
murder victim remains.

The body is taken

To the fulton county
medical examiner's office,

Where at 8:45 am,
the autopsy begins.

- In this case, we didn't
know who our victim was

And haven't received
any missing person calls

That we could tie
to this person.

- There had to be an unwrapping

Of the victim's body in
order to try to recover

As much physical
evidence as possible.

- There's no way that you could
literally duct tape somebody

And not leave a fiber, not
leave some dna evidence,

Not some skin cells,
fingerprints, and so forth.

- [narrator] after
the medical examiner

Carefully collects the
tape for processing,

They examine the body,

Which is hog tied with
scraps of white fabric.

- There were a number
of beating injuries

To the face of the victim,

Which plays into the perception

That the crime was
of a personal nature.

The cause of death determined

By the medical examiner
was strangulation

Until it was impossible
for the victim to breathe.

It's a horrible way to die.

- The medical examiner
told me the time of death

Was between eight and
nine o'clock at night.

- [narrator] investigators
now know that the victim

Was murdered two to three hours

Before his body was
discovered around 10:30 pm.

But one important
question remains.

Who is he?

- We did not have any
id on this person.

Running the fingerprints
was another way to try

To identify your victim.

They'll run them
through records,

And if they've
been in the system,

Then at least we have a name.

- [narrator] the team enters
the prints into the database

And they get a hit.

- We've got the prints back.

It was identified to
45-year-old bobby jackson.

- Mr. Jackson worked
as a bus driver

Right there in downtown atlanta.

Mr. Jackson had
been fingerprinted

As part of his employment
with the marta system.

- We were confused why his
body was found in buckhead.

- [narrator] investigators
note that bobby's bus route

Didn't take him
anywhere near buckhead

And the church where he
was found has no record

Of him being a member.

Then they moved to
search bobby's home,

Located 12 miles from
where his body was found

To see if this could be where
the murder had occurred.

- Detective stephens was
able to get an address

In southwest atlanta,

And me and him together
went to this location.

- Me and sergeant creasy
knocked on the door.

A woman answered the
door and we come in

And identify ourselves

And tell her bobby
jackson had been murdered.

- It was a relative
and she was upset,

Wanting to know what happened.

Something you just
never get used to doing

Is having to tell a loved one

That their family member
has just been murdered.

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- They did search the home,

But it did not reveal
itself to be the site

Of any kind of violence.

- [narrator] bobby's
family member gives police

The insurance card to his car.

She says the vehicle is
not parked at the house.

- We were able to get
the vehicle information

And put a lookout on it
because there was no vehicle

Matched that description
nowhere nearby.

- She stated that
bobby had been divorced

And he had two
beautiful daughters.

- [narrator] bobby's
relative gives investigators

Contact information
for bobby's ex-wife

And they immediately
reach out to her.

- The ex-wife informed us that
bobby's from a big family.

He had five brothers
and two sisters,

And they're all very tight.

He's an atlanta native, he
grew up here his entire life,

Went to high school here
and he then got a job

And became a bus driver.

- So my mom calls
me and she was like,

"your dad was found dead."

I hung up with my mom

And I just broke down.

I really didn't
know how to feel.

- I was devastated
because he was gone,

Even though I tried to pick
up the phone and call him

Again and he still
didn't answer.

And I just cried.

- My relationship with my
father was always close.

I was daddy's girl.

We talked on the regular.

My dad loved to laugh and
his heart was so big.

He would give you the
shirt off his back.

He was there for the
important moments.

- He would come by and visit
just to see how I was doing

And then we'll go out to eat.

I remember we used to
walk to the corner store

And he used to buy me candy.

- The family informed me
that bobby had a necklace.

It meant more than
him than anything,

And bobby never took
that necklace off.

And he had a ring,

A lion's head ring
that he never took off.

- [narrator] while the ring
and necklace were missing

From bobby's body,

Detectives are reluctant
to attribute robbery

As the motive for the murder.

- There were beating
type injuries

To the face of bobby jackson,

Which plays into the
perception that the crime

Was perhaps something of
of a more personal nature

Than it being a random robbery.

- [narrator] investigators
ask about the last time

Either daughter
spoke with bobby.

- That Friday I was trying
to call him to invite him

To my track meet and
I thought it was weird

That he never called me back.

- The last time I talked to
my father was that Friday.

He was killed that same day.

He told me he was with jessica,

And I was like, well,
who is jessica?

And he was like, "oh,
that's my girlfriend."

- [narrator] bobby's
daughter tells detectives

That the woman's full
name is jessica smith.

- I called ms. Smith and I
said, I need to speak with you.

It's about bobby jackson.

And she goes, "yeah, I heard."

And she became very
emotional and she was crying.

And I said, how do you
know bobby jackson?

And she goes, "he
was my fiance."

She goes, "and I
don't even think

He'd even told his family yet."

I went and picked her
up at her apartment,

Which is about 20 miles from

Where we found bobby's
body in buckhead,

And brought her to the homicide
office where I sat her down

And we did an interview.

- [narrator] jessica says
she's a county worker

Who's been in a
relationship with bobby

For the past seven months.

- She told me that her
and bobby had been dating

And that he had recently
just proposed to her

And that they were engaged.

- Jessica smith
displayed the ring

That she said bobby
jackson had given her.

- I asked her when was the last
time she saw bobby jackson.

Jessica tells me the
day of bobby's death,

He picked her up from work,
they went to a local restaurant,

Then they go to her apartment

And she said he left her
apartment in his car around 6:45

That night to go home.

Bobby jackson's time of death

Was between eight and
nine o'clock at night.

So the fact is, is that
jessica smith's telling me

That she was the last person
to see bobby jackson alive.

- There's been many homicides

Where there are jealous
lovers involved.

It certainly made us
think that she could be

Involved in this homicide.

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- [narrator] investigators
have just discovered

That atlanta bus driver,
and now murder victim,

Bobby jackson's
fiance, jessica smith,

Was the last person
to see him alive.

- Ms. Smith, she told me
that he left her apartment

Around 6:45 that
night to go home.

- [narrator] the team subpoenas

Jessica's and bobby's
phone records

To see if they were
together when he was killed

Between 8:00 and 9:00 pm,

But it will take days for
the records to come in.

In the meantime,

Investigators reach out
to bobby's employers,

The metropolitan atlanta
rapid transit authority.

- So we're trying to figure
out who would have a motive

To kill bobby jackson.

So I'm wondering if something
happened at his job.

So I then go and speak to
his supervisor at marta.

- For us, bobby jackson's
murder, it was a gut punch.

He never spoke about
anybody who was an enemy.

I could not think of anybody
who would do him harm.

He didn't deserve
what happened to him.

He just didn't.

- So I'm right
back to square one.

There's a lot of
pressure put on us

Because this sort of thing
doesn't happen in buckhead.

- [narrator] the pressure
is somewhat relieved

When four days after
bobby's body was found,

Detectives get word of
a break in the case.

- Detective stephens received
a call from cobb county saying

That jackson's vehicle
had been recovered.

- Bobby had a 280zx.

And the car turned
up at 285 westbound

Onto an 85 southbound ramp,

Which is about 22 miles from

Where we found bobby's
body in buckhead

And which is about 12 miles
from where bobby jackson lived.

It was left there abandoned.

And so we had the car impounded
and taken to the gbi crime lab.

- We had hopes that we can
find some evidence inside

Of the vehicle that would
help solve this case.

- So did the
individual kill bobby

And put bobby in
the back of the car,

Or was bobby driving that car
and somebody carjacked him?

Number one thing I'm
looking for is fingerprints.

Now we had a lead.

- [narrator] lab techs
pore over bobby's car,

Searching for clues
in his murder.

- Unfortunately, after
the vehicle was processed,

There was no evidence found.

No fingerprints,
no blood, no tape.

- We think, okay, we
at least would find

Bobby jackson's
fingerprints in the car.

But this individual wiped
down the entire car.

- [bob] it's frustrating
when we feel like,

Okay, now we got the vehicle.

Surely we'll find something.

But there was nothing that
would aid us into investigation.

- [narrator] with bobby's
car yielding no evidence,

The team hopes the duct
tape wrapped around

The body will produce
a forensic lead.

- Five days into
this gruesome murder

And the investigation,

The gbi comes back with
the duct tape results

And there are no fingerprints,
no dna, no hair fibers,

Nothing that would link
a killer to this body.

- I was totally
devastated by this

Because I was really
expecting to be able

To get something
off this duct tape.

The person who committed
this crime is somebody

That knows what they're doing.

We were dealing with an expert.

- Just made us feel we were lost

And having to start again.

- [narrator] while
awaiting the cell data

From bobby's and
jessica's phones,

Investigators spend
the next several days

Speaking to everyone
in bobby's circle about

Who may have had
motive to kill him.

- So the biggest
question right now

For law enforcement is why
would someone who appears to be

So skilled at the
art of murder target

A beloved community
man and father of two?

- [narrator] 10 days after
bobby jackson was found,

His family and friends
join to lay him to rest.

- It was real hard.

When they close the casket,

That's your last time
actually seeing that person.

You really know that's the end.

- My whole family was there.

They rallied.

And my aunt moody,

She delivered the eulogy
that was just so powerful.

- I hope the family would be
able to remember the person

Who was bobby jackson and not
remember the pain of the loss.

- [narrator] but one mourner
at the service causes a stir

Among bobby's loved ones.

- At my father's funeral,

One person came in crying
and she made a scene.

She cried harder than
me and my sister cried

And she gave us a hug

And was like, "oh, baby,
it's gonna be okay.

Everything's gonna be fine."

But I don't know if
that was just her way.

- [narrator] bobby's family
reaches out to investigators

And tells them about the antic
of the woman at the funeral,

Whose name is shirley lyons.

- Then the question
immediately became,

Who is shirley lyons?

- I found shirley
lyons' phone number

And she lived in zebulon,
georgia in pike county.

- [narrator] pike
county is a rural suburb

An hour south of atlanta,

Known for its
fishing and hunting.

- I called shirley lyons.

She got very emotional
on the phone.

She cried and and was like,
"he was my love of my life

And we were gonna have
a future together."

And she informed me

That she was also
engaged to bobby jackson.

That shocked me
and sergeant creasy

And I'm thinking,
what is going on here?

Bobby jackson had another girl,

Jessica smith, that said
that she was engaged to him,

And now shirley
lyons is telling me

That she's engaged to him.

So we're thinking, do I
have a love triangle here?

What's going on?

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- Executing the search warrant,

We start looking for evidence.

- I look up and then
right there in front of me

Was the biggest clue
I was gonna have.

I have goosebumps just
talking about it right now.

- That just tied
everything together.

That was a eureka moment.

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- [narrator] atlanta detectives
investigating the brutal

And puzzling murder of marta
bus driver, bobby jackson,

Have just discovered that
at the time of his death,

Bobby had two fiancees, jessica
smith and shirley lyons.

- You start thinking then

Could it be a jealous
lover situation

To where you're
seeing two different

Women at the same time?

Then what's the chance
of one found out?

Did they know you were seeing
them both at the same time?

And did you have a
falling out with one?

Is this a motive?

Is this what was behind of
bobby jackson getting killed?

- [narrator] detectives
are still waiting on bobby

And jessica's phone records
to verify her story,

That they weren't together
at the time of bobby's death.

So they bring shirley
lyons in for questioning.

- During the interview,

Ms. Lyons, she cried
and got very emotional

And she began to tell me
about her relationship

With bobby jackson.

She revealed that she had
been dating bobby jackson

For a long time and that he
was the love of her life.

And she showed me her
hand with a ring on it.

I'm thinking, okay,
I have a motive.

Possible murder of passion is
what I'm thinking right now.

I'm not 100% sure,

But now our investigation starts

To go in a different direction.

So I ask her about a
jessica smith and she goes,

"yes, she was a girl who was
trying to come in between us,

And you might wanna look at
her further in this homicide

Because I'm telling you,

Something's not right
about jessica smith."

- [narrator] detective stephens
asks shirley where she was

Between 8:00 and 9:00
pm when the autopsy

Showed bobby was killed.

- During her interview,

She tells me that
she was with bobby

The night he had been
murdered in zebulon, georgia,

South of atlanta.

She said that bobby came
down there to give her money

For her electric bill
and she informed me

That the night of his homicide,

Bobby jackson had left
her house about 6:45,

7 o'clock at night.

Jessica smith also told me

That bobby jackson had left
her apartment around 6:45

That night to go home.

So I have two women
who are telling me

That they were with
bobby jackson at 6:45,

7 o'clock at night.

I got to figure out who's
telling me the truth.

- [narrator] finally, two
weeks into the investigation,

Detectives get word that
the phone records are in

For bobby jackson
and jessica smith.

- The time of death
was between eight

And nine o'clock at night.

So I look at the phone records

And the pinging of the
towers from jessica smith.

I was able to verify
ms. Smith's story.

- [narrator] when checking
bobby's phone records,

Investigators see that
bobby was with jessica

At the time she said.

- I could see exactly what
time bobby left her apartment

And I now know he's headed south

Toward shirley lyons'
place in zebulon.

Bobby jackson's cell
phone is still pinging

Down in zebulon, georgia
around eight or nine o'clock

At shirley lyons' house.

And the medical
examiner's office

Telling us that
bobby jackson died

Between eight and nine as well,

We now say, okay, this is where
our crime scene is gonna be,

In zebulon, georgia at
shirley lyons' house.

I have goosebumps just
talking about it right now.

- [narrator] with bobby
jackson's phone data placing him

At shirley lyons' home
at the time he was killed,

Police get a
warrant the same day

To search shirley's property
to look for duct tape

Or other evidence that could
link her to the murder.

- The investigators from
atlanta police found

That shirley lyons had a
large piece of property

Of approximately 30 acres or so.

- Detective stephens and
I, we drove down there

And executed a search warrant
at shirley lyons' residence.

- Ms. Shirley lyons
is still at work.

So we get to her house and we
force entry into her house.

- Once we entered the house,
we started looking for evidence

And right away we
were able to find

What looked like blood
on a carpet in her house.

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- And then I look up

And then right there in front
of me was the biggest clue

I was gonna have, and
I just got so excited.

I see the curtains
with the same pattern

That actually matched a blanket

That was covering
bobby jackson's body.

- That just tied
everything together

And made us know exactly
where this crime occurred,

And that shirley
lyons was involved.

That was a eureka moment.

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- [narrator] atlanta pd
detectives searching the home

Of shirley lyons, prime
suspect in the murder

Of marta bus driver,
bobby jackson,

Have just found evidence linking
her to the victim's body.

- The pattern of the curtain
actually matched the blanket

That was found at the
scene on bobby jackson.

- I said, I need those curtains.

- It did not take long at all
for us to start now finding

That the crime
actually occurred,

Or started at this residence.

While we're still
conducting the search,

Shirley lyons actually
pulls up to her house.

- She asked me,
"what are you doing?"

I said, I have a search
warrant for your house.

And she says, "you won't
find anything here."

- Detective stephens
response to her was,

"we already have."

- I said we found blood.

We also found the drapes
that matched the quilt

That bobby jackson's
body was covered with.

And then at that time,
shirley lyons started to cry

And she looked at me
straight in the face,

She goes, "I didn't mean
for them to kill him."

I said, what do you mean 'them'?

She goes, "I paid somebody

To come down here
to beat up bobby."

I stopped her right there and
I read her miranda rights.

- [narrator] detectives
transport shirley

To the pike county
sheriff's office

To record her full statement.

- Shirley lyons tells me

That she knows an individual
from her old neighborhood

By the name of new york.

- Shirley lyons said that she
didn't kill bobby jackson.

The plan of hers was
to get bobby jackson

Roughed up a little bit,

Just beat up some because he
was seeing this other woman.

- She tells me that on
Friday, April 12th,

She had new york hide
in the closet knowing

That bobby was gonna come down

And then that's when new york
steps out of the closet.

He starts hitting
bobby with a gun

And puts bobby on the ground.

- And then she
states that they got

In bobby's car and drove away.

- You're wondering,
is she just trying

To distance herself
from this murder?

- [narrator] suspecting
shirley's not being truthful,

Detective stephens
ratchets up the pressure.

- So she was adamant, "I'd
had nothing to do with it."

- [narrator] shirley
tells detectives

That she has the real name of
the man she knows as new york.

- [narrator] investigators learn
his name is keith lee turner

And he's been an acquaintance
of shirley's for years.

- We put the name keith
turner into our system

And try to find anything,
report, previous arrest,

Anything that might have
a picture of this suspect.

- Keith turner had a
previous conviction

For selling drugs.

- So we find a
picture of our suspect

And shirley lyons looks
and says, "that's him.

That's new york."

- We come up with several names

That this individual had
and where he lived at.

- So we get a search warrant
and an arrest warrant for him.

- [narrator] shirley
lyons is arrested

And held while investigators
drive to the address listed

For keith turner.

- It's a rooming house.

So we knock on the door and
a female answers the door.

I said, do you know
where this individual is?

And she goes, "yeah, he's headed
down to a local restaurant

To get something to
eat to come back."

- So we immediately
jump in the cars

And start driving down the road,

And we hadn't been
driving 30 seconds

When we see him walking.

- So when we stepped
out, I said, come here,

Put your hands on the car,

Already knowing it was him.

We handcuffed and put him
in the back of the car.

- [narrator] before taking
him in for questioning,

Police search turner's room

For any evidence linking
him to the murder.

- We were able to find
pieces of evidence

That was taken
from bobby's body.

Bobby had a necklace.

It meant more to
him than anything,

And we was able to
find that necklace,

A ring and several other things.

So he took the spoils
from the homicide

And brought it with him.

- [narrator] while investigators
recover bobby's valuables,

They don't find duct tape

Or any other evidence tying
turner to the crime scene.

Turner is taken to
headquarters for questioning.

- I said, shirley lyons
told me what happened,

That she only paid you to come
down there to beat up bobby

And that you went
overboard with it.

And he goes, "that's
so far from the truth."

He goes, "that's not
what happened at all.

You think I would come all the
way down to zebulon, georgia

Just to beat somebody
up?" he goes, "no."

(dramatic music)

- [narrator] keith turner
just told atlanta detectives

That shirley lyons hired
him to kill her fiance,

Atlanta bus driver,
bobby jackson.

- He says, "she was gonna pay
me $2,000 to come down here

And kill bobby jackson."

Shirley was the mastermind
behind this whole thing.

When shirley lyons said

That she paid new york
$300 to beat up bobby,

That was not the truth.

- Mr. Turner then informed me

That shirley actually produced
a gun for this murder.

- Turner tells police that
he waited in the closet

For bobby jackson to
come in the house.

That's when he jumped
out and surprised him.

- And she says, "kill him."

And then he didn't want
to do it right there.

So he started beating
bobby with a gun.

- And then she goes,
"you know what?

Hog tie him."

- "so that's when
I tie him up there

And I put a noose
around his neck.

That way if he
straightens his legs out,

He's gonna suffocate."

- Shirley lyons took the pistol,

Held mr. Jackson at
bay on the ground.

Then they began
to duct tape him.

- [narrator] the medical
examiner had determined

At autopsy that bobby died by
strangulation from being bound.

Turner tells detectives
that he and shirley

Carried bobby to his car

And placed him in
the rear hatch.

- [narrator] turner
says his choice

Of dumping the body in buckhead,

56 miles from shirley's house,
was purely by accident.

- Keith turner left
bobby jackson's car

By the side of the interstate.

- He wiped down the entire car.

- He says he discarded

Or threw away the
gun that was used

During the commission
of the crime.

- [narrator] police
search the woods

Where turner says
he threw the gun,

But it is never recovered.

- Everything about this crime
betrayed a completely wanton

And indifferent attitude
towards human life.

Its every intention was for
bobby jackson to not be alive

At the end of the actions
taken by these suspects.

- [narrator] atlanta
police charge shirley lyons

And keith turner with the
murder of bobby jackson.

- Motive of shirley lyons was
that it was revenge, jealousy,

Hatred of bobby jackson
for his rejection of her.

She would have known

Of jessica smith's engagement
from bobby jackson.

- When I found out that
shirley had been arrested,

It was just disbelief

'cause it's like, how
could you do that?

You really contemplated
killing somebody

Because they didn't wanna
be with you anymore?

- The hardest part
for us was shirley

And that funeral service,
because she was the culprit.

- [narrator] in
February of 2004,

Almost two years since
bobby jackson's murder,

A jury is seated
to hear the case

Of the state of georgia
versus shirley lyons.

Shirley has pled not guilty

And claims she only
hired keith turner

To beat up bobby
jackson, not kill him.

- There was a plea bargain
made with keith turner.

Keith turner was sentenced
to life in prison

Under a condition of having
to testify for the state

At the trial.

- [narrator] bobby's daughters
and his extended family

Attend the four-day trial.

- I still see the images,

The image of my father's
head wrapped in duct tape

And just hearing the details
of what happened to my dad.

And so a part of me wish
I never sat through that

Because I always wanna
remember my father as he was,

Not how he died.

- It's like now when
I see duct tape,

It's kind of like it always
make me go back to that image.

Gray duct tape.

- [narrator] after a
short deliberation,

The jury comes to a decision.

- Shirley lyons was found

Guilty of the murder
of bobby jackson.

They sentence her
to life in prison

Without the
possibility of parole.

- It was a relief to know
that these two individuals

Were behind bars and
justice was served.

- [narrator] while
satisfied with the verdict,

It's little consolation
for all life's moments

Bobby's daughters have
not been able to share

With their beloved father.

- I always wanted my dad
to walk me down the aisle.

He missed that opportunity.

He missed two granddaughters
and a grandson.

He's missing just being
there at our milestones.

- I graduated high school,
and I graduated college,

And I have two beautiful kids

That my dad has not
been able to see.

What's left is memories

And the love that you still have
for your father in your heart.

So I still remember who he is.