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Hello.

Yeah this is him.

Yeah, I knew Angel.

She had a given talent to be able to change her appearance.

There were a lot of details

that were never released to the public.

I don't know that I'm at liberty to release some of this

stuff now actually.

I very well remember that night.

Um, you know, when you're in law enforcement, you always

have that 1 or 2 cases that

haunt you, and this is one of them.

You know, the police arrived on

scene that night around 11:15, 11:30.

And, uh, you know, they were finding bodies up until the

late afternoon the next day.

The murder scene was horrific.

See, what unfolded Monday

morning was heartbreaking to see.

An autopsy is pending, but police say an edged weapon like

a knife was used in what they call a targeted attack.

I want to take the time to thank you guys for actually

investigating this further, because this is probably

Arizona's biggest unsolved

murder mystery in the state's history.

You know, I personally knew her for a while.

This case is wild, without a doubt.

I mean, prostitution, alcohol, drugs and a murder scene,

that it just doesn't make sense.

Of course naturally. I said, where are you

and what's going on?

You know, he's supposed to be off duty on his way home.

And then he just said that he needed technicians.

He needed other detectives.

He needed paramedics.

You know, the police arrived on

scene that night around 11:15, 11:30.

And, uh, you know, they were finding bodies up until the

late afternoon the next day.

The murder scene was horrific.

And I don't understand how they say one person committed all

these crimes, and she doesn't weigh 135 pounds wet.

You know, I actually knew her.

And I just can't see how somebody, one person can murder

all those people

by herself.

You know, the police department, I mean, they really

dropped the ball on this one.

None of the evidence pointed to her, but she was still charged.

The state's case is set to resume on Tuesday.

What if she really didn't do it?

That means there's someone out there still, and we still have

no idea who did it.

We, you know, honestly, we

still don't really know what happened.

It's possible that it could have been somebody else there

to help.

But the Da never found an accomplice.

And he had just finished up another crime scene and he was

on his way home.

I don't know what made him go, the direction he went.

I have no idea.

All I know is he got on the radio and started saying he

needed back up.

She was a good person.

She just, you know, got caught up in the wrong situation, just

out of thin air.

She decided to kill everybody.

It makes no sense.

And this is why this case is still an open investigation.

The Angel Adams case shocked

the country as the facts became known.

The story dominated the headlines.

I'm really fascinated with the Angel Adams case.

And people flocked to social media

to express their views about Adams personal demons and

ethical quandaries.

Angel Adams I know that's everything everyone can talk

about, but I'm sorry she did this.

She came into Walmart on the north side.

She was really hot.

Miss Adams is my favorite teacher.

I don't believe she could do a horrible thing like that.

A community remains haunted by the unsolved murders

surrounding Angel Adams.

Man they accused my girl,

Angel Adams of three murders.

I don't believe that shit.

She's a vile human being.

Through a series of gripping interviews with key players,

delve into a complex web of

motives, suspects and cryptic clues.

She is a criminal who did horrendous things.

Angel Adams is guilty.

The Angel Adams mystery ignites the curiosity and leaves you,

questioning the boundaries of morality and the lengths we

will go to seek redemption in the face of unspeakable evil.

I'm rockin, Robin.

You know I like the strange and unusual.

I'm one of those kind of people.

If you've ever seen the movie

Beetlejuice, remember the young girl?

She said she is a bit strange and unusual.

I am that person because I

delve into things not only true crime.

I see it from the police officer's side.

I'm like everyone else.

I'm curious why things happen the way they do.

I want to know why people do the things they do.

But I also have a weird sense of the not so normal reasons

why things happen.

Um, you know, kind of like the paranormal stuff.

I know it's weird to mix that with true crime, but we really

don't know what goes on with people.

We really don't know what happens.

And here's the biggest thing how do we explain evil?

How do we explain somebody that you would never know?

I mean, how many times do you

see serial killer people interviewed?

Oh, I knew him.

He was a great guy, but he's

out there killing a bunch of people.

We just don't know.

So what I do as an investigator, I just like to

dig deep and find out what's going on.

I want to know what's going on in these people's minds.

I want to know what happens because things happen that just

don't make sense.

And, you know, I do a lot of podcasts, I do interviews, I

talk to people from all different walks of life, and I

find it really interesting to

learn about people, their psyche.

And I do get to talk to people

that do things out of the ordinary.

Um, and why I get to sit down and ask them why?

Because that's a natural curiosity.

Why are we so much involved with true crime shows?

Because we want to know the answer.

Why? Why would you do that?

And, you know, I'm really

fascinated with the Angel Adams case.

I mean, come on, lone survivor in a mass killing and she

wasn't convicted.

Um, there has to be more to the story than that in the

investigator in me wants to just get a hold of this and

find out why.

What happened?

Why is there no resolve in this case?

How many years has it been now?

Um, what about her friend?

You know, the friend she

supposedly had conversations with?

Yeah, there's just way too many details that don't make sense.

And you have to ask yourself

again, how is she the only survivor?

I'm not willing to turn my back on this.

And I do know other people are not willing to turn their back

on this.

We want to find out what

happened, and we want to know why.

And of course, who? Who did this?

There's no way this should go unsolved.

So I'm not going to stop until I unturned every stone.

I'm going to go after whatever I can,

and I'm not going to give up.

And the coolest thing.

I just happened to bump into the police dispatcher, and she

wants to fill me in on some stuff, and she's not afraid to

go on camera.

I very well remember that night.

Um, you know, when you're in law enforcement, you always

have that 1 or 2 cases that haunt you.

And this is one of them.

Um, actually, I was, um, I was working with my detective, and

he had just finished up another crime scene, and he was on his

way home.

I don't know what made him go the direction he went.

I have no idea.

All I know is he got on the radio and started saying he

needed backup.

And of course, naturally, I said, where are you and what's

going on?

You know, he's supposed to be off duty on his way home.

And then he just said that he needed technicians, he needed

other detectives, he needed paramedics.

And then he told me, you know, that there was, you know, he

was at this big, huge property.

I think it was like, what, 2 or 3 acres?

I don't remember now.

But he just said that there was a lot of bodies and he said

something about a survivor.

So of course, naturally, I started EMS, I started

everybody that way.

And that ended up being a big mess.

You know, as far as.

You know, there were a lot of details that were never

released to the public.

I don't know that I'm at liberty to release some of this

stuff now, actually, because honestly, I don't want to get

in trouble myself.

But the fact is that, you know,

Angel Adams, initially she was charged.

And then of course, as we all know, she was released.

But I'm going to look at it as

the point of the devil's advocate.

Like, what if she really didn't do it?

What if she really didn't do it?

That means there's someone out there still, and we still have

no idea who did it.

We, you know, honestly, we

still don't really know what happened.

I just know that there was a lot of victims.

There was a crime scene, honestly, that gives me I still

wake up from bad dreams now because after I finished my

shift, they asked me if I'd go out and help because they also

knew I had experience as evidence technician, and they

also knew that I had experience with photography.

So they asked me if I'd go out there and help because, uh, the

guy who was supposed to go out there and photograph the scene

got sick.

So they sent him home.

So they sent me in there.

You know, I'm not supposed to talk about this part.

But when my officer found Angel,

she was on the phone with someone.

She called someone to come out there, and my officer heard her

say, bring your camera.

I'm still not entirely clear if that guy knew what had happened

or knew what was going to happen.

I don't know what the point was in calling him out there, but

oh my God, they.

As soon as that guy arrived on scene, those cops were on him

like they were just all over him and they held him for

several hours questioning what he knew about it.

And of course, he was just insisting, you know, they'd

been close.

And whenever she got into any kind of situation, he was

always the one she would call.

And she didn't tell him what was going on.

She just said, bring your camera, bring your camera.

So that poor guy ended up coming in and, um, definitely

being detained.

And then finally they had to let him go.

And to this day, they don't know if he actually had

something to do with it or if he really was just dragged into

it by his friend.

And she's never been clear on

why she brought him out there either.

But my detective still has doubts about him, and he firmly

believes that she had something to do with it, too.

And the statements and things

that she gave were just way out there.

Um, do you think you could, uh, is it possible to get us in

contact with your detective?

And would he be willing to talk about this case?

I'm sure he would. I'm sure he would.

I'll talk to him.

We were. We were pretty close.

We worked closely for years, and I know for a fact this this

case still just really eats at him.

Um.

Frankly, it pisses him off because this is the one he

couldn't solve, and he does not like that at all.

Rockin Robin.

I'm Detective Byrd.

Detective Byrd, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

How are you today?

I'm good, I'm good.

In fact, I'm kind of looking forward to talking about this.

Oh, good.

I'm looking forward to hearing about it.

So come on in.

Welcome to the studio.

Let's have a seat.

I know this may seem a little awkward for you, but

Beth, the dispatcher gave me your information, so I really

do appreciate you being here to talk to me about this.

Um, I know for a fact that this case has bothered you for a

long time.

I mean, I can see sitting here with me the level of concern on

your face.

And I've always been interested in it for some reason.

It just bothers me as well.

I mean, it doesn't make sense to me.

She was the lone survivor.

This is what happened.

But yet there's so many variables going on here.

There's so many people who have talked about things, and I tend

to believe a lot of this is true.

It's like, I'm not saying everybody is 100% truthful

here, but there's a lot of information that I've had

during my investigations that seem like we're getting the

truth to some level out of some people.

And, I mean, I know you're you're an officer.

Okay. I've, I've dealt with some really off the wall stuff

during investigations, and it just doesn't seem right.

It seems like there's something more to this.

Without a doubt.

And I mean it,

I'm a skeptic myself, and I, and I know police officers have

to follow a certain rule with investigations, but,

We do.

It just seems like there's something a little sinister

going on here.

Um, I mean, I don't know.

I would correct you only to the

extent that it's a little sinister.

I think it's a lot sinister.

You think so?

I do.

This is that one case that really bothers me.

We're talking a mass murder and lone survivor or involver,

I don't know.

There's there's a lot there.

There's a lot to unpack.

So I am actually really appreciative of you hearing the

story because I want to talk about it.

There's so much to talk about.

And not just Angel, but who is on the other end of that phone?

Some camera guy.

- Yeah. - What's with that?

That doesn't make sense to me either.

It makes sense if they're involved,

then it does make sense.

It just,

it makes you wonder because she's the only one left.

Yeah. This stinks to high heaven.

I can start at a lot of places, but where it really starts is

with Angel.

There's evidence on her miscarriage of justice.

And why did she call that person that number, that

elusive individual that to this day, his information is

redacted in almost every report.

And that stinks to high heaven.

It really does.

That doesn't make sense to me.

Thank you. It doesn't, right.

Why would it be redacted?

Exactly.

Who are they?

Who are they protecting?

I don't somebody because that's not normal.

That's not normal protocol.

I mean, I get you have to redact X amount of information,

social security numbers.

Sure. You know, maybe date of birth, maybe, but everything.

Now, what's nice is I still have friends on the department,

so if you want, I can definitely try to get that

information for you through.

It can't come from me, but I can get you that information if

that could help.

Because I think he's the key.

I really do. Now, is he dirty?

Yeah he is. He is.

Without a doubt, he's dirty.

But he could be helping her and they are helping him.

And so it could it could be the

domino effect to solve this case.

I think he's the key, I really do.

Okay, so why don't I give a get a crack at him.

Give me the opportunity with that.

I mean.

I love it and I will help in any way I can.

I just if I do something not really above board, I just have

my name involved in that, I do, I.

Don't know nothing.

I have a good reputation.

I, you know, I'm not going to do anything to destroy that.

You have my confidence in that.

I will not do that to you.

Okay. But if I can help you guys with this in any way,

shape or form, I mean, look, how long is this gone on?

Oh, my God, decades.

For a long time.

- Decade. - Wouldn't you.

Wouldn't you like to sleep at night?

This will always bother me until justice.

That's a mass murder.

I mean, this is unheard of.

Mass murders get solved.

You don't redact and hide information.

So I really do.

Seriously, I really do appreciate you being involved

to the extent.

And I do think you could

probably get something where I couldn't.

I don't like this guy.

I don't, and it probably comes

across when I talk to him, which.

Give me a shot at it.

Let me let me see what I can do with this guy.

I would I would love for him to come clean because there's

something he needs to come clean on.

I don't know what it is, I don't, I just know it stinks to

high heaven.

He was the first phone call.

I can't find information about him easily.

Right. And why don't I get a chance to talk to this guy?

So I don't like this guy now.

Thank you.

I don't like this guy.

I've been excluded, so.

Let me have a piece of him.

Let me see what I can do.

Maybe a little good cop, bad cop.

I would love that.

I can't stay long.

Um, but I don't want you to think that doesn't mean this

isn't important to me.

It is very important to me.

I understand how important this is.

So I do, I do gotta take off.

But I will absolutely find you something.

Something where you'll be able to talk to this guy.

Uh, I promise.

And I'll just make

a phone call, you know, whenever I get something but.

Listen, we're going to do our best with this, okay?

I hope you can.

- I mean it, I really do - We have to try, right?

That's all we can do.

Thank you for doing this.

Yeah. No worries.

Okay. Um, you definitely hear from me.

Okay. Works for me.

This is Robin.

Robin. Uh, detective Byrd here.

Uh, is this a good time to talk?

Absolutely.

I do have a name, I have information.

Again, please don't release you got this from me.

I don't know nothing.

I don't know where it came from.

Um, I got your email from last week, so can I just email you

the information?

And that way there's nothing on the phone that way.

Yeah, we can do that.

It'll keep you safe.

Do me a favor at the top just put info.

You got it. Just info

Just info.

You don't have to do anything else.

I'll expect that.

So this way. I don't know the email.

Don't know it's coming from you retrospectively.

It's just there.

So this way I know it's coming from you.

Perfect. We'll keep it on the down low.

Thank you. I truly appreciate that.

And godspeed. Get this guy.

You got it. I'll do my best.

Thank you. Thank you for everything.

Get some rest, man.

- Thanks, bye. - Take care.

I miss her.

She was a true friend.

Um.

She ended up in a really bizarre situation that,

really cost her, her life.

Um,

at some point during this process, you're going to think

I was involved.

I have no idea why she called me that night.

It just doesn't make sense.

But I met Angel, uh, in college, actually.

We went to one of the local community colleges here in

Phoenix and psychology class,

actually a veteran psychology class.

Uh, one day I walk in and, uh, you know, it's a normal day,

Professor's giving a lecture,

class was was pretty packed.

And. The closest seat.

Available seat was right next to her, so I go and sit down.

Start to take notes.

I just so happened to glance over at her laptop and, uh,

you know, I probably wasn't

supposed to see what was on there.

It was just by sheer luck, honestly.

But I looked over and there were these pictures of her, uh,

looked like she had done what is known as a boudoir

photography shoot.

And, uh, you know my reaction?

This is where the spark in our relationship really happened.

Um, you know, at that time, I was starting a photography

business, and, you know, she let me know that she was having

trouble trying to upgrade the resolution and quality of these

pictures that she had recently taken.

You know, I knew a little bit about Photoshop and how to

upgrade the resolution of images.

So, um, you know, I taught her the difference between 72 dpi

and 300 dpi.

So, um, her and I, you know, became friends, you know, based

off of, uh, you know, photography.

And then, of course, you know, psychology class, you know, she

was in school to be a school teacher.

And, you know, that was her

goal for, you know, her future self.

You know, after that day in class, you know, we, you know,

got closer.

And, uh, eventually she invited me over to her place to.

Do a photo shoot.

Let's be honest here.

Angel was the reason.

You know, my photography prices started at $50 and then

eventually went up to $200 an hour.

Uh, you know, she introduced me to a network of, of individuals

that, um, were paying for the right, you know, product, high

resolution images.

And, you know, you got to keep in mind this is 2008, 2009 when

cell phones, you know, the images weren't that great.

Uh, you know, professional photography and things like

that were, you know, still at the forefront.

You know, the phones weren't

advanced as they are in the present.

So I go over to her apartment and, you know, her living room

is pretty much a photography studio, except she didn't have

the camera.

She was, you know, having her friend taking these pictures

and stuff.

So I set up my camera and, uh, you know, we go through, uh, a

photo shoot, you know, we get

some pretty decent photos of her.

Um. You know, once again, I'm still starting out fresh.

Actually, the angel was my my first.

A model that I worked with.

So, um, you know, we're going through the, the motions of

photography, and then, of course, you know, conversation

is just going to start.

So during this photo shoot, I learned that Angel was,

she was an escort, you know, she was pulling in extra money

for college.

She didn't have any kids.

But, you know, she had a certain lifestyle that, you

know, she wanted to live.

She could live by all means.

That's her God-given right to do whatever you know she wants

to do.

So you know, she traveled.

Dressed extremely well, her dress code and her appearance

and, you know, wanting to

travel and see different things.

That's that was priority to her.

So, you know, she did exactly that.

Things got personal and I learned a lot about her.

One being photography and then two, you know.

You know, I used to sell a herb, you know, weed back in

the day.

So, uh, you know, it's legal

now here in the state of Arizona.

But, you know, back then, it was it was illegal.

And, uh, you know, she was very private about that.

So, you know, she opened up and she, you know, let me in and,

um, you know, we formed a bond very quickly based off of

pretty much photography, uh, our goals,

and then, of course, you know, blazing trees.

And she was old school.

There was only three of her friends that actually knew she

even smoked.

We were probably the only people that she really let in

to her life,

and you knew knew her secrets.

And, you know, we never judged her anything like that.

That's why it's so confusing.

Um. How the events turned out between all of us.

One of the things that really stood out about Angel, I've

never seen women gravitate to her like they did.

She wasn't afraid to be herself.

She was very outspoken.

She was on her grind 24/7.

And, you know, I never judged her.

I never knocked her for what she did.

She was young, you know, beautiful.

Did everything that I believe she wanted to do.

She wasn't ashamed of her line of work, especially with

college and and stuff like that.

You know, she had goals and, you know, being an escort

helped her achieve those goals in a very quick fashion.

Now, she kept her business to herself even after she became a

school teacher.

We were the only ones that knew.

So throughout the semester, you know, she booked more

photography shoots with me.

We'd sit back and blaze and just talk about our future.

You know, we talked about the future quite often.

One thing that she definitely wanted was a husband, a family.

So, you know, I was doing her photo shoots pretty much.

I was her personal photographer from 2009 to 2013.

Uh, you know, once we graduated, she immediately

became a school teacher.

Kim was the wild one

during the semester.

You know, photography shoots her vamping up.

You know, she's booking probably three shoots a month

with me.

And, uh, it allowed me to get better with working with, uh,

you know, models, indoor

photography and things like that.

So one shoot in particular, I get inside and there's someone

else there.

And this is when, you know, I'm introduced to her friend Kim.

Kim was her, you know, business partner.

Kim and Angel, they had a hustle and they took that

hustle across the United States, you know, with being

their personal photographer.

Uh, you know, you hear a lot of, of stories, but, uh, you

know, you learned a lot and you learned about how, you know,

these women would use the strip club for to meet a client, and

they met clients of all levels.

Um, you know, politicians, sports figures.

They met all kinds of people in the strip club.

And then from there, you know, if if the client wanted to do

things outside of it, they would take that to that level,

whether it was a private show

or, you know, in the adult film industry.

So, I mean, they were out there for sure.

And automatically you could tell Kim was the wild one.

She was the exact opposite of Angel.

Kim did a lot of things without thinking about it.

Kim was just off the hook, man, you know?

But they were a very good team.

The chemistry between the two of them on camera.

I always wondered if there was something sexual that happened

between the two of them, and they just didn't talk about it

because Angel's personality changed when Kim was around.

She didn't talk about the future.

She was more about being in the now, in that moment when Kim

was around and, you know, Kim was the how can I put it?

Kim was the spokesman of the two.

Kim, very beautiful, gorgeous.

You know, she she was a go-getter for sure.

She probably was the one who roped the clients in.

And you know, Angel sealed the deal.

They'd leave Phoenix.

I mean, that, you know, I texted her and she'll be in

Florida, Texas the next

weekend, New York the following weekend.

I mean, that was I think they were more than friends.

They were, uh, like I said, they were business partners.

Um. They traveled, they they experienced

almost everything you could.

You know, the pictures are there, you know, but she did a

lot in a short period of time.

And you got to be careful because Kim is no longer alive.

Right. So if it was up to Kim, Angel would have remained an

escort, remained in the adult entertainment industry, and did

that the rest of her life.

Angel becoming a school teacher was a threat to business and

the partnership that the two of them had.

I think the education side of Angel was definitely a threat

to Kim, and this could have been the reason for a fallout,

but the events and how everything turned out, just

like I said, it doesn't.

It doesn't make sense.

Also, shortly after graduation, Angel, you know, got her first

teaching job.

She was a substitute teacher for, uh, Simpson Elementary,

then eventually became the full

time teacher at the same school.

So the kids that she was substituting,

she's teaching those same kids

just at the next level at third grade.

So it worked out for her.

And this is also where she met Jake.

You know the one thing about Jake,

Angel,

Angel wouldn't admit it, but I knew it.

She loved him.

And the reason why I say that is because, you know, when

you're a friend, a true friend is somebody.

Any time they're dating someone and they go through

relationship issues.

You know, those phone calls to get that male point of view.

She would always call me.

But when Jake came, those phone calls slowed down and,

I believe that was a genuine relationship.

Like I said, she won't admit it, but she loved him.

And.

This was really the second I believe issue that Kim may have

had, because that partnership began to separate even further.

Um, but Jake was a school teacher.

You know, he taught at the same school.

He was a fifth grade teacher.

Jake was just a you know, he was a man's man.

You know, he played baseball, knew sports,

he was smart, educated.

And also because he was a teacher, you know, that was

something that Angel just, you know, she gravitated towards

him because of that.

Jake was that guy.

And that probably was a a threat to Kim because

Angel began to travel with Jake.

Jake became that travel buddy.

You know, a lot of the videos that she would send me when she

was with Jake, they were always on some nature hike.

And, you know, she really began to grow as an individual.

But she still had this second life with Kim, and Jake didn't

even know about it.

This is where Angel.

Someone who was living a double life.

Now, one thing about Angel, she had a given talent to be able

to change her appearance.

So the school teacher that we saw.

Was not the same person that was in the clubs or booking

private shows and in the adult industry.

You might have seen her in some adult films and pick your kid

up from school, and had no idea it was the same person.

She was that good.

In reality, Angel's growth was far more important than Kim's

need for that lifestyle.

Angel was in that lifestyle because it helped her, uh, get

through school.

It helped her pay for the things that she wanted, the

lifestyle she wanted, the place, the car.

And Kim was in that lifestyle because, you know, like I said,

you got to be careful because she's no longer alive.

But, you know, I think Kim needed,

needed that attention.

So when Jake came into the picture, Jake was that that guy

that that angel could, uh, share more than just a

friendship with.

It, you know, was a genuine relationship.

I truly believe it was a genuine relationship because

most of the guys prior,

you know, her independence alone,

uh, intimidated men.

But Jake was a cool dude, loved sports, loved education.

He was an educator, a true educator.

He actually coached too, so he knew the game of football.

Um, you know, loved volunteering, giving back to

the community.

And they hit it off immediately.

Don't get me wrong now, business was still business

between Kim and Angel.

They would still leave, go to different cities, book shows,

private events, adult films, things like that.

But Jake didn't know.

That's probably the toughest part about being that male

friend is knowing some of the things that, that I feel

personally, he should have known.

And Angel didn't want those two worlds to collide.

I mean, think about it.

You know, uh.

Here on this hand, you have this person who?

Is an escort,

travels around the nation,

booking private shows, strip clubs,

she's in adult films

and now in this hand, she's graduated college,

she's become a schoolteacher,

she's met a guy that probably she could spend the

rest of her life with, and

she's trying to balance those two.

She does not want these two worlds to collide.

I'm extremely skeptical here.

I don't really trust what anyone has to say.

You've got these people saying this, these people saying this,

and then you're dealing with

things going into the court system.

And why weren't certain things allowed?

You have to ask yourself that question.

Um, again, I am a huge skeptic and I'm focused on the actual

details of what's going on here.

And I'm hearing stories from these people and these people,

and everyone's like in my ears with their advice on who to

believe, what to believe.

But again, I need to see the facts as they are and not just

somebody saying what they think it is.

Show me the real details.

Okay, let's see that.

Angel was going to do anything to make sure Jake didn't find

out about her second life.

But, you know, the thing about that is those worlds were going

to eventually collide.

And one night Angel called me and I knew it was serious

because one she was crying, but two,

she wasn't crying about what Jake did to her.

She was crying about what she did to Jake.

What happened was she was with a client of hers that was

actually here in Phoenix,

somebody that she saw regularly.

And, um, she pretty much told him that she was with Kim, but

in reality, she was with this client.

And, um, Jake called a couple times.

She didn't pick up,

and that wasn't like her

because she was always with Kim.

And any time they were out, she

had no problem picking up the phone.

So Jake calls Kim

and finds out that

Angel is not with Kim.

There was this park that, uh,

Angel would tell me she would go to with this,

this client of hers.

And, um, the next day, while Angel and her client are there,

you know, typical fashion, Jake shows up with flowers.

He's walking around, you know, he recognizes somebody that is

built like Angel, and he walks over there and sees her pretty

much, you know, in some other guy's arms.

Jake recognized who he was, and there was a confrontation.

And those worlds that Angel

tried to separate finally collided.

And she was devastated, heartbroken.

This was the first time that Angel had called me with

problems, and they were all about her, and she recognized

that she couldn't do this anymore.

He deserved to know the truth.

But you know, from what I understand, Jake was pretty

heartbroken, uh, hurt,

And he,

he left her.

Left her right there in the park.

So we're on the phone, and she is just.

She's going through it.

She's not happy with herself,

her actions.

Um, you know.

Anybody that gets caught, you

know, you're you're thinking differently.

And, Angel, Angel knew she messed up.

She turned to drinking heavy

because Jake was no longer around.

But she had a secret to tell him.

And you know, when you're

fighting those demons, you gotta,

you turn to something.

So Angel turned to alcohol, and she turned back to the life

that she had with Kim.

All the while still showing up Monday through Friday as a full

time third grade school teacher.

It's amazing.

She held it together.

She pretty much became a functional alcoholic.

She was perfectly fine at work.

Then she'd come home and drinking every day, pretty much

drinking herself to sleep.

This is where Angel's dark side really began to show.

And, you know, once again, I don't think Kim helped out, but

Kim had her business partner back.

Now that Angel has a real drinking problem, some of the

shows that they booked don't go as planned.

Angel isn't at the top of her game.

Angel told me about an argument that her and Kim got into while

they were out of town, and it was pretty big.

It blew up.

Kim was not happy at all with Angel's behavior, who she's

become, and, uh, you know, she came to a point in her life

where she had to choose between Kim and Jake.

And at this point in time in her life, she wasn't happy with

either of them.

This was probably the first time in Angel's life where

things aren't going the way she expected.

Maybe she felt like she was losing control, like like, I

don't know, she had to pick one because obviously

the weight of both lifestyles were taking a toll on her, so

she had to choose.

This is a part of the story that

shit just doesn't make sense.

Based off of what the detectives say,

this is what went down.

Angel, Kim and a group of people decide to go to a

concert and Jake is invited.

The environment is great.

The energy is just flowing.

Angel decides to invite

everybody over to her parents place.

Everybody leaves the concert venue and they head over to

Angel's parents place.

And this place is massive.

The drinks and the fun

continues and the detectives say.

Angel decides to drug everybody's drink,

including her own.

At some point,

one of the guests recorded

Angel and Jake having a conversation,

and then, based off of what the detectives say,

Angel went on a killing spree.

You know, when I say this doesn't make sense, you have to

look at it this way.

Apparently, they found the first body somewhere, just a

little bit before midnight, and

then scattered across all these acres.

The last body is found the following day, and then, you

know, you have all this talk

how possibly,

and, you know, I let's just get this straight.

I have nothing against the police force, okay?

I like to work with them on trying to solve some of these

details, but there's rumors that maybe something in the

investigation process was not done exactly correctly.

So something was mishandled.

Um, you know, you got these people over here who don't like

these people.

You got these people over here who don't like these people.

But yet, where's the professionality in all of this?

Yo, man what's up?

No way.

You got it?

Oh, seriously, dude that's awesome.

Yeah. Get it to me.

Send it in a Dropbox file.

I'll wait for it.

You are the best.

Thank you.

Ah. You know, I have, um, a colleague that I work with that

ran across a video that Angel posted on Facebook.

Um, here's the thing, though.

It disappeared.

So why would she post something afterwards and then all of a

sudden remove it?

Uh, what gives, sweetheart?

But you know something I got to tell you, just because you

posted on the internet and delete it doesn't mean it

doesn't exist somewhere.

So

I managed to get a hold of that video.

Now, you all remember Detective Bird, right?

He's actually going to come back in the studio with me for

his second interview.

And here's the cool thing.

I'm extremely excited about this because my understanding

is he doesn't know this video exists.

He's never seen it.

So yours truly is going to show it to him.

I'm Detective Bird with the Phoenix Police Department, and

as the lead investigator of the Angel case, I'm here to tell

you something stinks.

There's something wrong here.

It was such a horrific experience coming across those

bodies the way I stumbled upon it.

But I kicked it in high gear.

I was I was went into cop mode.

I immediately contacted supervisors, uh, crisis team,

the CSI.

I got Ahold of everyone, did everything by the book.

The part that makes me sad is the way I came across not one

body, not two bodies.

It just didn't stop.

Just when I start to get my head around it.

And keep in mind, this is at night, 11:30 at night as I

literally stumble on this body.

I can't see very well.

No one can.

And they're

in what little moonlight we had was this,

this human being that was once alive and is now dead.

Now, as bad as that is, you realize, oh my God, there could

be a bad guy around here.

Something going on?

So you start walking around

knowing you have to secure the scene.

That's when all the calls came out and I got everyone rolling.

But I still had to look around,

make sure I didn't have a killer.

And instead of finding a killer, I find another body and

another body and another body.

It just did not stop.

It didn't stop until the next afternoon.

Everybody that was at that party on her parents' property

is no longer here.

Jake is gone,

Kim is gone,

and eight other people.

When the cops arrived on the scene that night.

They found their first body around

11:38.

They found the last body.

Late the next afternoon, almost around 4 p.m..

Now here's the strange thing.

There was never a 911 call that was placed

to emergency dispatchers.

The police just showed up.

And what they found,

was horrific.

One cop described it as the worst crime scene he's ever

seen in his 26 years of law enforcement.

There were 4 to 5 different murder weapons.

And Angel,

was the only person that lived.

The person I knew,

there's no way in hell she could have killed all those people.

One of the bodies was so badly dismembered,

that she actually detached the

dude's, like, face from his skull.

Parts of the skull was still like, how?

How could a woman who's 5'7", 135 pounds,

do that?

And what does she do that with?

There were bodies in the house.

There were bodies on the side of the house.

There was bodies down by the little manmade lake.

There was blood everywhere.

You know, I had to actually,

take the stand.

And I took the stand in defense of Angel.

Here's why they thought I was involved.

One. She called me.

Two. the crime scene itself on that property,

there had to be an accomplice.

But the DA could never prove it.

Some of those murders that took place on that property.

I mean, they couldn't even place her in the location.

The blood on her was unreal.

It was a scene, like, right out of a horror movie.

Bodies were everywhere.

And that property is almost two acres of land.

One of the bodies that was discovered.

There was no visible footprints or tire tracks around.

It's like something magically placed that body there because

she was the only one alive and nothing made sense.

They charged her with the crime.

You know, the police department

really dropped the ball on this one.

They really fucked up.

And it's,

a big part of the reason why when she went to court, she was

found not guilty.

There was too many bodies not to have enough evidence for

this case.

So the whole idea that there could be a not guilty.

Are you kidding me?

When I came across Angel and the first thing she does is

make a phone call.

Not to police, not to fire, not to ambulance, not to anyone

except her friend.

Now, how is that not suspicious?

How is that not worthy of a tight investigation?

It was.

It was worthy of a tight investigation.

We did a tight investigation.

We got enough evidence.

Circumstantial? Sure, but we had enough.

We.

The jury should have convicted.

So what went wrong?

You tell me.

I don't know, because we did our job.

What bothers me about this case.

I can't sleep without thinking about all those lives, sitting

in trial, listening to loved ones talk about how important

that life was that they lost.

Not only is this a miscarriage of justice, but there's a

killer walking around.

You can give them a title investigative lead.

You can give a title witness, which is

crock of shit.

Not only he's a suspect, he's a murderer.

He was involved.

Angel was involved.

I'll believe it till the day I die.

Throughout that entire court process.

I mean, it was a complete shit show.

You know, I just want to know what exactly happened.

Because the one thing about this case is.

All these people died.

The person that committed these crimes,

still out there.

When you look at those crime scene photos and you look at

the the sheer size of that property, and you got to keep

in mind.

You're talking about two acres of land.

Intoxicated.

We don't know exactly what happened on that property.

But the police.

Tried to pin everything on her.

You know, the news had a field day with this because, um,

there's a few things about this

case that just are mind-boggling.

First, there's no

911 emergency call.

The police just showed up.

Second.

There's 4 to 5 different murder weapons.

Bodies stretched out over two

acres of land and through investigation.

Where some of those bodies were placed.

The person that they say killed

everybody wasn't even in those locations.

You can't even place her there.

One of the people that was intoxicated and passed out on

the floor was later found down by the lake, and they verified

this through the carpet fibers

that was on the back of his shirt.

So he passed out drunk and was killed in his sleep and then

moved to another location,

on the property.

No footsteps,

no tire marks, no nothing.

Sitting in trial every day.

Hearing the testimony of the officers.

Hearing Angel.

This investigative lead.

I thought we were going to get a guilty verdict.

So when that verdict is handed

down as not guilty, I was shocked.

I mean, I was beyond shocked.

I was, you know, when you say shock, I mean literally shock

where I felt like blood pressure boiling, I got dizzy.

I was literally in physical shock at that verdict.

That was the last thing I expected.

We just had too much evidence.

So what am I missing?

What, what went wrong?

I, uh,

I don't want to say it's a

travesty of justice because a jury.

I don't want to throw down that jury, but something, in my

opinion, stinks to high heaven.

Uh, all those days, listening to all that solid police work.

And for what?

Not guilty.

I.

It's that one case for so many reasons.

It was injustice.

It was, um.

It was horrible.

Sorry. It was horrible.

Um. And I'm having a hard time

living with what I saw and that outcome.

But Jake's dead.

Kim is dead.

Everybody there died.

And nobody knows why.

Nobody knows, what happened?

I don't even think Angel truly knows what happened.

Keep in mind, she was.

She was drugged too.

We did the right thing to take this to trial.

We had a lot of circumstantial evidence.

And you can do a case.

You can convict on circumstantial evidence.

You just have a lot of it.

But we didn't have was direct evidence.

Well, maybe because suspect was at the scene.

You think, um, that's.

That was my problem with this whole thing.

It always has been.

My contention is this case should have been prosecutable.

This case should have been a conviction.

So where did it go wrong?

Who,

Who screwed up?

Or is there something more to this case?

Is there something I don't know?

Because this this should have been a slam dunk in a sense

that we had so much circumstantial evidence.

Yeah, there wasn't direct evidence.

There wasn't, you know, DNA

that that, you know, smoking gun.

We didn't have the video showing who did the crime.

But you can convict on circumstantial and we didn't.

It fell apart.

And I think, well, I don't want to say I think

I hate to speculate, but really that's all I can do.

Somebody had their hands in this case and intentionally

hurt this case.

Again, that's just my thoughts.

I don't know, I really don't.

The DA tried to find an accomplice.

They never did.

So when the time came.

They indicted Angel

and her alone, knowing that it wasn't a solid case, and they

went to trial and Angel's life.

Unfortunately came to light.

That was probably the worst

thing about going to court for her.

Was having to tell the truth about her lifestyle because it

could have been one of her clients.

It could have been the client that Jake got in a fight with,

but she had to tell the truth about who she really was and

what she was doing, and it probably hurt her the most.

But in the end, she was found not guilty.

Uh, none of the evidence that

was stacked against her made sense.

None of it did.

You weren't going to find a jury that was going to convict

that girl.

Just none of it made sense.

You know, the verdict really surprised me, being that she

was the sole survivor.

You would think she would have been found guilty of this.

And for her to walk away, I mean, I don't know, it's

there's still a lot that doesn't make sense.

It's just it just doesn't make sense how she was able to walk

away from this.

I just can't see her causing that type of pain to not only

them, but their family members.

But I want to know what happened to my friend.

Did she just snap?

Did she try to tell Jake and he snapped?

Or did her client track her, become jealous and killed

everybody at the party?

And here's the weird thing.

Nobody has heard from her.

I had expected to maybe hear from her.

I wanted to talk to her, I reached out.

I've got nothing.

I have no clue what her mental state is.

I don't know where she is.

Last I heard, she had moved out of the state.

But wherever she is.

You know the one thing about Angel?

She could change her appearance quick.

Almost like Carmen Sandiego.

You know, if she doesn't want

to be found, you won't find her.

You have to wonder, as the sole survivor.

If they found her not guilty of this, then,

what gives?

Who is supposed to be held responsible for what happened?

And in my mind, she was left there.

She survived.

She had to have known something.

So why can't we find her and talk to her?

Why has she not come forward to answer these questions?

Um, you know, I'm in the mind frame that she still has to

know what happened because she was there.

What the hell did you get yourself into?

And where the hell are you, Angel?

Really couple things that I would want to know is.

Why did you call me that night?

And two.

You know, if she knows.

Um.

You know what actually happened?

Because I know you're still out there.

You know, where exactly are,

nobody knows.

But. What actually happened that night.

There's a reason why this case is unsolved.

I think the DA needed to pin it on somebody.

And it didn't work.

The case was shaky and unstable from the start.

But most importantly, and like

I said, I believe she didn't do it.

The person or people that did do it are still out there

right now.

You know, I've thought about it.

She's the lone survivor.

What the hell?

It just doesn't make any sense.

And then you have all these other weird elements and all

these things that I've,

I've heard about.

It's just.

Why? Why is she the only survivor?

Maybe she saw them.

Maybe she knows them, I don't know.

You know that athlete that Jake got in that confrontation with?

Um,

probably wanted revenge for some reason.

Who knows?

I mean, Angel would have to be the one to tell it, or a new

witness will come out, but nobody really knows.

All we know is Angel was the only person that survived.

And all those other people died as well.

They tried to pin it on Angel, but

no jury in their right mind was going to convict that girl

of all those crimes.

It's virtually impossible.

She would have had to.

Fly around that property and and kill everybody if she did

it by herself.

Because during the trial, you could tell that

she wasn't talking, fully.

And I think she experienced something that was unnatural.

I really do.

But, you know, if you ever need somebody to talk to, somebody

to hear your truth and what happened and what took place.

The state of Arizona.

The families and the people that lost loved ones.

They they deserve to know what happened.

Um.

And like I said, Angel is the only person that can tell us

exactly what happened

and nobody can find her.

So.

Like I said, there's a reason why this case.

Is still unsolved and is open.

And really seriously, you guys, the filmmakers, you know, I

hope you get those questions answered because the community

still ask.

What happened to Angel Adams and what happened that night on

that property?

It just does not make any damn sense.

And we want to know what happened.

So I keep coming across thoughts that there's something

else at play here, and I don't know what it is.

I'm not here to accuse anyone.

I'm not.

But something's not right.

Something is fishy.

Something there's.

Someone has a hand at this.

Because that case was investigated perfectly.

There was not

a mess up.

No, it was really well executed.

That investigation from beginning to end.

So what's at play here again?

I don't know, I don't.

Is there someone that has connections?

And again, I keep going back to one piece of information that

really makes no sense.

This guy that just gets a phone call comes down.

What's with that?

And how come you don't really hear his name?

How come there's so much information that we don't know

about him?

Is there a connection here? Does he have connections?

What's going on? I don't like it.

It bothers me.

Now, that's the part that makes me angry.

Maybe it's not meant for us to know what happened.

But it's it's unsettling knowing that

the killer is still out there.

Hello.

Oh. You do?

Okay. Um, yeah.

I would love to have that information.

Can you give me a second?

Let me find something to write it down with.

Sure, absolutely.

Hold on.

Okay. And what's that number?

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Yeah, absolutely.

Thank you so much.

All right. Goodbye.

Wow.

Ms. Adams was my favorite teacher.

I don't believe she could do a horrible thing.

She's a vile human.

Man they said she was out here slicing motherfuckers up like.