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narrator: For homicide detectives,

their chance of solving a murder

is cut in half

if they don't get a lead

within the first 48 hours.

[indistinct radio chatter]

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- Grab that. Bag those, man. - Marker.

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[dog yapping]

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- What's up?

- What's up? What's up? What's up?

Ooh. Hey, what's going on, man?

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Do y'all have a name on this guy?

- Red?

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narrator: 24-year-old Phillip Glover Jr.,

known as "Red,"

attended Mary G. Montgomery High School.

The middle child of ten brothers and sisters,

he dreamed of being an engineer or a rapper,

but recently got a job at a temp agency

to save up for a house for his three young children.

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- Are those entry wounds to the back?

And gunshot wounds to the head?

narrator: Red was shot multiple times.

He was shot in his back, in his chest and his arm,

and in the back of his head.

- That's crazy.

- All those casings in the yard?

- Yes, sir.

- OK.

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narrator: According to responding officers,

the homeowner and her roommate

were on scene when police arrived.

- Oh, wow. What kind of call was that?

narrator: Police were called to the address two hours ago,

after the homeowner discovered

that she was a victim of theft.

- OK.

- Yeah.

narrator: He says when officers arrived,

there was a silver sedan parked out front.

And its occupants,

Red and another man, were in the yard.

narrator: Detective Dream suspected

the other man from the car, but lacked the evidence

to charge him with the theft.

- OK.

narrator: The man was booked on marijuana possession.

Red was left at the house.

- Gotcha. Do you think this is involved?

- Yeah, I got you. All right.

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We probably need to try to get

whoever was transported to jail on the marijuana

before he gets out of jail. - Mm-hmm.

- Y'all both live here?

- I'd really like to have y'all come to my office

so I can talk with y'all, OK?

narrator: The homeowner and her roommate

agree to talk at Homicide.

Then...

- Whoever was cutting grass down there,

he said that he heard the gunshots.

He turns over.

He sees the shooter standing over the victim at this time,

still firing rounds into him.

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- Did you get a good description?

- I mean, all he said was tall, slender, Black male.

He said that possible plaits or twists, but he was unsure.

He said that the suspect got into the passenger side

of a white Camaro...

He believes that the female

and male witness in the house possibly saw it.

Like, they heard the gunshots and opened the door to look.

- Yeah. - But he wasn't sure.

- They've got a Ring camera right there.

- Yeah, I know. We're gonna have to work on that.

narrator: Detective Jermaine Rogers

will try to secure the video.

- Hey, how you doing?

- All right, so we got these two.

Julius and I are gonna go to headquarters

and start interviewing them.

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- This girl lives at the residence.

This guy over here does not live there,

but apparently, he's been staying there

maybe for a short time.

narrator: Detectives start with the homeowner,

whose money had been stolen.

- All right, switch seats with me so I can use this table.

Appreciate you.

All right, my name's Nick, all right?

And this is Julius right here, OK?

- So let's just start with your day to day, OK?

When you woke up,

where were you at and what time did you wake up?

- OK.

- How much are we talking about?

- OK.

When was the last time you knew $9,000 was at your house?

narrator: She says she instantly suspected

the man her roommate's been dating.

- Got you.

- OK.

narrator: She says her roommate arrived

in a silver sedan and came inside,

but the man he's been seeing stayed in the car.

narrator: She says she was finally able to rouse the man.

narrator: She says the man denied stealing the money.

narrator: And then the police arrived.

- OK.

narrator: Since the police couldn't prove

that the man stole the money, he was only arrested

for ten grams of marijuana found near his seat.

narrator: And the $6,210, believed to be

part of her stolen 9,000, was returned to her.

- What was Red doing?

- Mm-hmm. OK.

- When the police finally left, then what happened?

narrator: She says she blamed her roommate

for her missing money.

- Mm-hmm.

- OK, then what happened?

- Did you go back outside your house?

- And was there any conversation between you

as to who would have done this?

- Outside the day, when would have been the last time

that this dude, Red, would have been at your house?

- So the first time he's ever been to your house was today?

- And then, boom, this happens, and he gets shot and killed?

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- I mean, you're obviously pissed off

because your money's missing.

That's a lot of money to be missing.

- Did you call anybody upset,

telling them that your money was missing?

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- I mean, because what we're trying to figure out,

does this have something to do with

your money being stolen from you?

- Let me ask you now. I'll just ask you.

Do you know anybody that drives a white Camaro?

- He said that the suspect had got into a white Camaro.

- I gotcha.

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- All right, hang tight for us.

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- Somebody shot and killed the victim,

and we have no idea why.

At this point, we just believe that

it's somehow got to be connected to what occurred

at that house earlier.

narrator: Then...

- More videos.

narrator: Detective Rogers sends doorbell camera footage

recovered from the house next door to the crime scene.

- Cars are what's activating the video.

So just foot traffic is not gonna activate the video.

- Mm-hmm.

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- That's the victim.

By this time, police have already

found money in the car.

She said the victim got out and went and sat on her porch.

There's the victim, again, standing on the porch.

narrator: Five minutes later...

- This camera doesn't show the car pull up,

but at 1:15...

- Right here.

- The witness said he saw the suspect get out of the Camaro.

- Yeah.

- That silver car is still there.

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So not long after that is when the shots are fired.

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[engine revving] Camaro is speeding off.

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The Camaro activates the camera.

So the murderer is not on the video.

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The victim's on the ground right here.

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And the silver car is gone.

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- Who is that?

narrator: As the Camaro speeds off...

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The video shows someone running into the house.

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- The homeowner told us that

they were inside the house when the shooting happened.

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- All right, man, so I'm Nick, all right, and this is Julius.

narrator: Detectives turn to the homeowner's roommate.

- Appreciate you being patient with us.

How old are you?

- All right, so where have you been, like, sleeping lately?

narrator: He says he was having problems

with his family, so he's been staying with the homeowner.

- For how long?

- OK. And so, how do you know--

narrator: Crepeau asks him how he knows the man

who the homeowner accused of taking her money.

- All right, and I guess recently

he took some money from you?

Got you for some money?

- Like, on Cash App or something?

- I got you.

What can you tell me about her money?

- So when could he have got the money?

- So yesterday?

- Was she there?

- What time did you wake up this morning?

What'd you do?

narrator: He says earlier this morning,

the man he's dating said he needed a ride...

narrator: So he borrowed his coworker's silver sedan

and picked him up.

- All right. So you pick him up.

Then what?

narrator: He said Red called the man,

saying that he, too, needed a ride.

narrator: He says for two hours,

he drove Red around town

while the man he was dating was asleep in the front seat.

- OK.

- Mm-hmm.

- OK. They found money in the car?

- Then what'd you do?

narrator: He says he decided he should move out.

- So you hear the gunshots, and then what?

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- Did you see anything else? Did you see any people?

- Did you see any cars?

- All right, let's back up then.

So what happened to the car?

- Crepeau asks him about the silver car

that he borrowed from his coworker.

narrator: He claims that his coworker left

well before the shots were fired.

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- You got a good phone number for him?

- You mind if I look in your phone?

- Who's this you're talking to? Who's Jordan?

Narrator: He says Jordan is his relative.

- Today, you text him, "Come to the house."

"I'm on my way."

- What time did he leave?

- Gotcha. What kind of vehicle was he driving?

- Who did he get dropped off by?

- Did any other vehicles pull up?

- OK, I will say this, that there's video at a house,

like, next door, a Ring camera.

The Ring camera shows

right after the shooting happens, right?

narrator: Crepeau shows him an image of the person

running back into the house as the Camaro speeds off.

- You remember that?

narrator: He admits that it was him,

but says that he didn't see the suspect vehicle.

- How did you not see that car as it's driving off?

- Yeah, I understand that, but there's a man dead now.

So if there's anything else about this,

if you know who they were, if you know whose car it was,

or anything like that, then you need to sit here and tell us.

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- All right, so you got--

in your mind, tell me what you think is the deal.

What's going on?

Why did this man get shot and killed

out in front of the house that you're in?

- You got to have some theory

or some thought about what's going on.

- You got anything? - Yeah.

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- At this point, we definitely

need to interview the roommate's boyfriend,

the guy that was taken to jail for the marijuana.

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narrator: Five hours in...

- All right, Rory, come up here and

interview this guy with me.

narrator: The man the roommate's dating

has been transported from jail to headquarters.

- You doing all right? - Yeah.

So I need to talk with you about something

that happened after you got arrested for the weed, OK?

This morning, where were you at?

- OK.

- Mm-hmm.

- OK.

- All right, so here's the thing.

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I don't care about the money, OK?

That ain't what I'm here for, OK?

And I don't know if you know why I'm talking to you or not.

- So listen, after you got taken to jail...

- Somebody showed up at that house and shot and killed Red.

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- We work homicide.

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- Right.

So you don't know what happened at the house after you left?

After you got taken to jail, you don't know what happened?

- OK. Let me see a picture of that car.

- You know what kind of car that is?

- Do you recognize that car

as being anybody that you know of?

- All right, hang tight.

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- This guy works at the Circle K.

It's his coworker's car.

narrator: Crepeau pulls up the doorbell camera footage

of the silver sedan.

- The roommate said the owner of the silver car

walks to the house to get his car.

But it appears that he had not pulled off yet.

So maybe he's sitting in the car

as the shooting happens.

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- So do you want me and Jermaine

to go interview him at the store?

- Yeah.

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narrator: Six hours in,

detectives find the silver car owner at his second job.

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- [indistinct]

- I guess y'all are friends?

- OK.

- OK.

- Is it the Toyota Camry that's in the back?

- And then at what point did he get your car?

- He told you to hold on?

- While you were waiting, is the police still here?

- I got you.

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- Where's the shots coming from?

- Who was shooting?

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- Describe that person to me.

- Slim.

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Do you remember where that person came from?

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- The entire time that you was at the house...

- The person that's the shooter was also there?

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Do you remember seeing any cars parked on the street,

specifically a white car?

- Was that kind of where your car was parked at?

- OK.

narrator: Nettles shows the owner of the silver car

the video of the white Camaro.

- So my question is

this car that's directly in front of yours...

- Did you see that car?

- OK, OK.

- I got you.

So he was shooting from the porch?

- Like, on the porch?

- And do you know if you saw a picture of him,

would you recognize him?

- Do you know any of--

narrator: Nettles asks him

if he knows any of the roommate's relatives.

- And you wouldn't lie for him to keep him out of trouble?

- I appreciate it. Take care.

- So let me get it right. So...

this dude is basically saying that

this person was there the entire time.

- Gotcha.

- It wasn't a situation where somebody

just pulled up and shot.

Well, in talking to the roommate,

the only person that he was reluctant

to give us information on was Jordan.

The only reason why Jordan's name had come up

is because he had given us permission

to look through his phone. - Ah.

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narrator: 20-year-old Jordan Miller

was born and raised in Mobile.

After graduating high school,

he left town to try to find work,

but recently returned

after learning his grandmother suffered a stroke.

- It's his exact description.

He said, tall, dark skin,

wearing all black, about 25 years old.

Dude is 6'1", 145 pounds,

according to his driver license.

- The one on the lawnmower described him as having plaits.

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I wonder if that witness on the lawnmower can ID him.

I think we need to show the witness a photo spread.

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What's his name, Jordan Miller? - Mm-hmm.

narrator: Detective Graves will show a photo lineup

to the eyewitness from the crime scene.

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[phone ringing] - Hey.

narrator: 45 minutes later...

- Hey, what up?

narrator: Graves has an update.

- Boom!

narrator: The eyewitness has identified

Jordan Miller as the shooter.

- All right. Bye.

- We don't know why he would have shot this guy.

I think he knows a lot more than what he's telling us.

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Rory, you want to go in here with me?

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- Hey, what's going on, man?

- All right, man, have a seat for me, all right?

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So you seem like you're a good guy, OK?

But at the same time,

I don't think you're being truthful with us, OK?

So I want to give you an opportunity...

to start over and be completely truthful.

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You know, this may end up being one of

the most serious things you ever face in your life.

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- So do you think you can start over and be truthful with me?

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- Start from when you had started texting Jordan.

narrator: He says when he learned the homeowner

was going to confront the man he's been seeing,

he feared for her safety.

narrator: So he asked Jordan to come over

and help keep the peace.

- Gotcha.

So at what point did Jordan show up at the house?

- So when the police left, what did Jordan do?

Did he leave, or did he stay?

narrator: He says they argued about his relationship

with the man who they believe stole the $9,000.

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- Look at me. Did you see Jordan shoot the guy?

- Look at me. I see you're upset.

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Unfortunately, things happen, and they have to be explained.

- [sniffles]

- And you've got to talk about it.

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So tell me, who did you see get into the car?

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- And we're talking about Jordan?

- OK.

And obviously, you saw Jordan with a gun.

Is that correct?

- [sniffling]

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- OK. - [sniffles]

- Let me ask you this, and be honest with me.

Did you see Jordan shoot the gun at any point in time?

- OK. What side of the car did he get into?

- And be honest with me. We do our homework.

- [sniffles]

- Whose car was that?

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- We just don't understand why.

Did Jordan have any words with Red?

- And you heard no arguing or anything?

No words?

- Have you ever seen him with a gun before today?

- I know you're upset, but I'm gonna be honest with you.

You did the right thing because that's not on you.

You know, I hate to say it.

I'm sorry.

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- I'm gonna go ahead and try to get the warrants approved

and get signed tomorrow, and then we got to find Jordan.

And then, hopefully, when we catch up to Jordan,

you know, that he will tell us what happened,

what led up to the shots being fired.

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narrator: The next afternoon...

- I signed a warrant this morning

for the arrest of Jordan Miller.

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So right now, officers have his residence surrounded.

- Hopefully, we can find him.

[engine revving]

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- Let's do it.

narrator: Detectives arrive at Jordan Miller's house.

narrator: But only his relatives are there.

[indistinct chatter]

- Hey, I'm Sergeant Crepeau with Mobile PD.

So Jordan's been identified as being the person

who shot and killed that guy yesterday at that house.

I'm so sorry. - [sobbing]

- We don't know why this shooting happened, exactly,

and the thing about it,

there's always two sides to every story.

Have you talked to Jordan recently?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- I believe that.

- Yeah, I believe that.

- All right.

Well, y'all hang in there. You got my number, OK?

Call me if you--if there's anything you need, OK?

- All right, all right. Y'all hang in there, OK?

- [sobbing]

narrator: As the first 48 ticks away...

- No sign of our suspect.

The task force is going to continue to look for him.

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narrator: In the first 48, Mobile Homicide responded

to the murder of 20-year-old Phillip "Red" Glover Jr.,

shot minutes after officers responded

to a theft of property call at the same house,

found text messages in the homeowner's roommate's phone

indicating that his relative, Jordan Miller,

came to the crime scene before the murder,

interviewed an eyewitness who said the shooter most likely

came from inside the house,

and got a positive ID on Jordan Miller as the shooter,

but still need to find him.

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Two days later...

- So Jordan Miller turned himself in.

I got a call this morning from a defense attorney

who told me that he was with Jordan

and they were on their way to the jail.

So he's currently in jail on the murder charge.

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- Yeah, we really hadn't been able to establish

a real clear motive on this case.

But it may be as simple as when Jordan's pissed off

because the roommate's getting taken advantage of

by the guy that went to jail, he's pissed off about that.

He knows that the victim is friends with him.

So Jordan confronts him. They get into an argument.

And then, boom, Jordan shoots him.

I mean, you just don't know what was going on

in Jordan Miller's head when he pulled his gun

and started shooting the victim.

And Red,

his family is forever impacted by this.

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- What I miss most about Phillip,

he always had a smile on his face.

He had a disarming smile.

If you were upset with him and he smiled at you,

you'd forget all about being upset.

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- Everywhere he went, he walked in and he brought light.

He was our happy guy, you know?

- What I miss most about my brother is

him coming over to my house with his kids,

and we all getting together, you know?

- Us playing around with the kids, just having fun.

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- He had so much more life to live,

so many more things to do-- I'm sorry--

um--

that he didn't get to even do with his own babies.

- Da!

- He's got kids that will do Christmas without their dad.

He's got a brother and sisters.

There'll always be something not there for them.

- There'll always be

that missing person around the table.

- Yeah.

- It's very difficult. And I think about him every day,

every single day.

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There's a hole where he used to be.

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