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Okay. Now, y'all,
don't be too noisy on me.
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First of all... okay.
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Crap.
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Mama, come get your dog. Mom.
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Can you make
the dog quit barking?
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Don't let him bite me, either.
I'm afraid of getting bit.
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Okay, all right, um, Tracee,
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um, we interviewed
Frankie Richard.
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Okay, y'all, listen.
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We interviewed
Frankie Richard,
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and he said that you were
the one who basically
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told them a story about him
that caused him to be arrested
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and named as a person
of interest
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in the deaths
of all these women.
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Tell me what you think
about that.
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Um, yes, ma'am, I did.
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Um, the detect--
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Jennings detectives
wouldn't leave me alone,
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and they kept bothering me;
I couldn't sleep.
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I couldn't-- Every time somebody
would say something,
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they'd come, so I just told 'em
the story that I heard
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on the street
so they would leave me alone.
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And I too-- I put, um,
Frankie Richard and Hannah...
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and Hannah, Conner in
jail... and... for about a week,
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and I couldn't live
with myself,
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and I went back and told 'em
that I lied, that, um,
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that I just made up the story.
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And I also put myself in jail
for three months,
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until they couldn't find
where I was.
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Well, what
did you tell the detectives
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about Frankie?
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Um, I just told 'em the story
that I heard on the street.
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I'd rather not
go into details.
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Well, um, so what is the truth?
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The truth is I know nothing.
I don't know nothing.
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The truth is I don't--
I-I don't know who it is.
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Tracee wrote the statement
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that she seen me...
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...beat Kristen,
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and made Hannah
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hold her head underwater...
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...because she wouldn't perform
oral sex on me.
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I never
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had sex
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in any kind of way with Kristen.
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Kristen called me
"Uncle Frankie."
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Kristen stayed
at my mother's house.
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My sister took care of Kristen.
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Kristen was family.
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I lied on Frankie.
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I lied on Frankie and went back
and told the people that I lied.
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I made up a story so
the Jennings detectives
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would leave me alone.
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These people led me to
what they wanted me to say.
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Like, I really didn't know
where Kristen was dumped.
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You know, they led me
to where her body was found,
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and then I recognized it
from the TV.
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They led me to what
they wanted me to say,
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and I just wanted
to be left alone.
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What do you think's happening
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to these girls?
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I have no idea.
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What do you think should be done
to figure it out?
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That, Jennings--
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That they need to get
on their J-O-B.
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Jennings police needs
to handle their business.
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They should have never
let it go this far.
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They need to investigate
inside the police department.
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Something has to be done.
Somebody's hiding something.
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The police in Jennings
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would do anything and everything
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in their power
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to get rid of me.
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To shut me up.
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Because they tried
every fucking thing they could
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to blame me for it.
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And they couldn't make it stick
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because it wasn't fucking true.
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My mom and dad split
up when I was six months old.
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My mom said my dad was
an asshole, and my...
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dad said my mom was a bitch.
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Who you gonna believe?
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I started dealing weed
when I was around 14.
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Then it got into the coke,
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got into the meth,
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got into the pills.
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Just kept escalating, you know?
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But, I always had a job
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in the oil field.
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We sold pussy...
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...any and every fucking way
we could.
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I did not...
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...pimp them girls.
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I... introduced them
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to older men
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that wanted to spend
some money
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on a young gal.
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I'm making sure
they're getting their money.
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making sure they're
not getting hurt.
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I did my job.
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And I would take my money
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and buy drugs
and give it to 'em.
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You know, I'd smoke it with 'em.
You know?
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Or I'd do the drugs
with the girls.
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Those girls was my friends,
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and I would never do
nothing to hurt 'em.
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Poor little Kristen.
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I was not there.
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Did not have nothing
to do with her death.
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And if I was there,
it wouldn't have happened.
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Not without it happening
to me, too.
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But they finally got
Tracee Chaisson to say that
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me and Hannah killed Kristen.
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Then...
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they pick up Hannah.
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As far as Tracee's story goes,
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me and Frankie killed Kristen
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while we were riding around
getting high in Connie's truck.
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They got Hannah in
jail for two weeks.
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Second-degree murder charge.
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Telling her, "Hannah,
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Just say your uncle did it,
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made you help him
clean it up.
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We gonna give you
a manslaughter charge,
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and if you get any time at all,
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it'll be... you'll be out
in two years."
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I don't know if the police
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had a personal vendetta
against him,
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or maybe they were getting
pressure from the community
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to finally make an arrest
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on one of these cases,
or solve a case,
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that they didn't even care
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if they were arresting
the right person,
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or if they were
arresting someone
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because of a lie.
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They just really, really
wanted me to...
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tell them that Frankie did it.
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That would have been
the second witness
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saying they seen me
kill Kristen.
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They'd have lost me.
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She never did it,
because it wasn't true.
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No charges. Walk out.
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Scot-free.
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As 2007 goes on,
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information is coming
fast and frequently.
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It's a really dizzying time
because you've got
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Kristen, then Whitnei,
then you've got
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the arrest with Frankie
and Hannah.
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And then Frankie and Hannah
are released.
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Even if we didn't know
at this point
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how these murders
were connected,
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it was very clear that
all the players involved,
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there were definite
concrete connections
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between all of them.
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Whatever's happening
is-is happening
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within this group of people.
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And then, on May 29, 2008,
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a fifth female body
was found.
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A routine patrol
down Racca Road
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turns up a gruesome discovery
early Thursday morning
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by Jennings police.
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Discovered the body
of a black female
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laying in the middle
of the road.
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Authorities say
they have reason to believe
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she was murdered elsewhere
and dumped here,
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where she was found
partially nude around 3 a.m.
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It's an area that's become
a dumping ground for bodies.
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Within the last two years,
five women have turned up
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in this rural part
of the parish.
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All are said to have lived
high-risk lifestyles.
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We're on Racca Road,
just east of Highway 102,
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which comes out of Jennings.
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In the early morning hours
of May 29 of 2008,
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Officer Mike Janise
was on patrol
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and came driving down
this road, and he located
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the body of Muggy Brown.
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Laconia knew
the other four girls.
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She'd been paranoid,
and she got it in her mind
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that she would have been
the next victim.
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She knew something bad
was gonna happen.
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Laconia,
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she was a very nice person,
sweet person,
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and she loved her family,
and loved her child.
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I had no problem with it
till she start
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running with the wrong crowd
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and smoking crack.
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If she was doing drugs,
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she was getting out
on the street,
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'cause she never would
bring none home.
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Many nights I begged her.
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I said, "Don't go out there
on them streets tonight, baby.
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Stay home until
these people find
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whoever this is
doing this killing, man."
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But it never sunk in, you know.
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She... "Um, I can handle
myself, Papa.
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Ain't nothing gonna happen
to me."
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"Baby, you can't say that.
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Look at the girls that you know
that went before you."
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That Friday night, about 8:30,
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she said, "Maman, I'm going
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to my friend's house--
they got a-a gumbo."
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I said, "Okay, baby."
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She said, "I'll be back before,
before 12."
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I said, "Okay, Laconia."
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I said,
"You be careful out there."
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And then she said,
"Maman, I want you to
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promise me something."
She said,
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"If anything would happen
to me, promise me
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that you would raise Jahiema."
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I said, "Yes, I would."
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I said, "But why is you
talking like that, Laconia?"
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She said,
"It-it just something
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that came to my mind."
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I said,
"Something came to your mind?"
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She said, "Yes." I said,
"Girl, I don't like that,
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stop saying that."
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And that was it.
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And it was her last words.
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They said Mr. Janise
found my sister,
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back down on Racca Road.
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But why you back there
at five o'clock in the morning?
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Who told you to go back there,
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and then when you went back
there, you identify a body?
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So how you know a body
was back there?
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I never knew a police officer
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go back there five-something
in the morning.
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Officer Janise was working
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at the timeframe
when Muggy was found.
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It would not be uncommon
for him to be in that area
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since it was part of his area
within the city to patrol.
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We went to Racca Road.
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The detective from the
sheriff department told us
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we couldn't go identify
my sister.
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They say we couldn't because
her body was decomposed.
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And I say,
"Her body was decomposed?
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Why her body was decomposed?"
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Her throat was cut
and bleach was poured on her.
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I don't understand why they
had to pour bleach on her,
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and why they wouldn't
let us see the body.
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He did say my sister was
rolled up in a red carpet.
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Okay, come on, now, 'cause
when they picked her body up,
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parts of her flesh
was on the ground,
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birds was eating
my sister face.
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Something strange.
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Something they're not
telling us.
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Muggy left behind a very
respectful young man, Jaheim.
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He's tall, got all of her...
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got all of her attitude,
all her ways.
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And when you're looking
at Jaheim,
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you're looking at Muggy.
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He go back there w-where
they found her at.
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That's how
my nephew, Jaheim,
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honors his mother.
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To go on Racca Road
to go fishing.
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She talk through him
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and he listen.
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'Cause he feel her presence.
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He say, "My mother's there.
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I talk to my mama.
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And she speaks back...
through my heart."
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The discovery
of the latest body
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comes as disturbing news.
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Many say there's no doubt
in their minds
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that the murders
are somehow connected.
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It's quite disturbing to...
for a small town like this,
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to have that many
young women murdered.
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When one murder happened,
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everybody was
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frustrated, terrified.
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Then another one,
then another one.
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My sisters, man,
they-they get all upset, man,
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everybody just getting
scared, nervous.
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They just don't know
what to do.
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Man, I'm locking my doors,
you know.
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Whoever doing the killing,
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he got his picks.
He's going for
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users, i-it's not like
no order that he's going, man.
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It's just, women
that use drugs, narcotics.
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He a sick person,
tell you that much, though.
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When the first girls
got killed, we thought it was
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a serial killer
going around town,
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killing all drug fiends.
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Dopeheads and addicts.
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That's what I thought,
for a moment there.
285
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So, me and my friend,
they...
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we, we went out,
trying to capture this
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00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:44,340
serial killer that we thought
was on the loose.
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We rolled the dark roads,
we rolled the back roads
289
00:15:54,250 --> 00:15:56,550
and we went down all...
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the lands in
Jeff Davis Parish, man,
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from one end to the other,
in my truck.
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And we had
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two .45s, I had a 9mm
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and a shotgun.
295
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And we loaded up with ammo.
296
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And we went out there, brother.
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Who would've ever thought, man?
298
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That it was about
to happen to us?
299
00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,200
We now had
the fifth female victim
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that was recovered within
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Jeff Davis Parish,
within a couple year period.
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Speculation began to...
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00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,200
spread around
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00:16:36,210 --> 00:16:38,170
law enforcement
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00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,830
and within the community
in general
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of who could be responsible.
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And some people
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00:16:46,210 --> 00:16:49,880
began to believe that...
this was one offender
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that was responsible
for all of these deaths.
310
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Well, yeah, th-there's
a lot of speculation out there.
311
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We do believe, behaviorally,
that they are...
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related to one offender
at this point.
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Um... we don't have,
forensic evidence
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to put... everything together.
315
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We're not naive.
We do believe, right now,
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as far as
the investigation goes,
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that it is one offender,
behaviorally, at this time.
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As, as we get evidence,
we will make those connections.
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One thing we don't want
to do is,
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if they're not all related,
to give somebody an alibi
321
00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:35,740
because we've said that it
is all one person and so forth.
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So, we're being very cautious
323
00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:39,540
to protect the integrity
of the case.
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For the future.
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The public certainly
had a mind of their own
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00:17:44,580 --> 00:17:47,660
in, in regards to whether
or not to call these
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killings the work
of a serial killer.
328
00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,160
You had so many
different commonalities
329
00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,080
to all of these cases that...
at the time,
330
00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,580
when you were looking at it...
331
00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:03,120
it was hard to not
draw that conclusion.
332
00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:07,870
When KPLC TV asks Ricky Edwards,
333
00:18:07,870 --> 00:18:11,160
"Are we dealing with
a possible serial killer?"
334
00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,950
he doesn't commit to that,
but he says,
335
00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,130
"What we may be dealing with
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is a serial... dumper."
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00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:21,490
The word "serial"
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00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,300
is probably applicable.
It doesn't help us
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00:18:24,290 --> 00:18:26,450
in our investigation
one way or another
340
00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:29,170
whether it's described
as serial or not.
341
00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,450
But it's an anomaly in the way
that they are disposed,
342
00:18:31,460 --> 00:18:34,050
so, that is a, a--
One of the major
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00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,790
links that we look at,
behaviorally.
344
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:40,630
Yes, all of these girls
were dumped,
345
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,290
but... "serial dumper,"
346
00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:45,910
i-it just seems like
an incredibly
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00:18:45,910 --> 00:18:48,990
flip term to be using about...
348
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,750
people... dying.
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00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:54,840
Especially after using...
350
00:18:54,830 --> 00:18:56,660
"high-risk lifestyle"
and that being
351
00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:59,120
sort of a flash-point
kind of phrase.
352
00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,330
It just made these girls
sound disposable.
353
00:19:03,330 --> 00:19:06,240
I-I have been accused
of saying "lifestyle"
354
00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:08,840
and all of this,
one family became irate.
355
00:19:08,830 --> 00:19:11,160
I don't use that term anymore.
356
00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,080
I respect these ladies.
357
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,160
They had some serious
problems in their lives.
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00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,330
I'm a true believer
that each one of these ladies
359
00:19:20,330 --> 00:19:23,160
did not deserve to die,
contrary to what
360
00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,700
some of the rumors
and speculation are out there.
361
00:19:25,710 --> 00:19:28,420
And we're going to do
everything in our part,
362
00:19:28,410 --> 00:19:32,200
as far as my office
and as far as this team,
363
00:19:32,210 --> 00:19:36,090
to bring those responsible
to justice for these ladies.
364
00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,240
Now you got
to keep in mind that,
365
00:19:39,250 --> 00:19:42,800
as sheriff, Ricky Edwards is
a beloved figure
366
00:19:42,790 --> 00:19:44,370
in Jeff Davis Parish.
367
00:19:44,370 --> 00:19:47,370
There was always people
who didn't agree with what
368
00:19:47,370 --> 00:19:49,870
he was doing, but those people
were definitely in a minority.
369
00:19:49,870 --> 00:19:52,790
This guy wins his elections
outright every time.
370
00:19:52,790 --> 00:19:54,990
He's a well-known man
in the community.
371
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,050
Churchgoer, family man,
he's got ten kids.
372
00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,120
H-He knows everybody.
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00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,370
He knows your mama,
he knows your brother.
374
00:20:02,370 --> 00:20:04,040
And in Louisiana,
375
00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,240
the sheriff is basically...
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00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:08,590
king of his own fiefdom.
377
00:20:08,580 --> 00:20:10,740
There's nobody
that he reports to.
378
00:20:10,750 --> 00:20:12,750
He's basically got the call
379
00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:14,630
on how he wants to run
his department.
380
00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:16,700
The buck stops with the sheriff.
381
00:20:16,710 --> 00:20:18,670
You have anything
else you want to say, Sheriff?
382
00:20:18,660 --> 00:20:20,410
That's it.
383
00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:27,500
It was right after
Hurricane Gustav.
384
00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:31,460
And it come over
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00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:33,500
the radio that
Ricky Edwards said
386
00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,840
there was another body found.
387
00:20:41,330 --> 00:20:43,910
They couldn't tell
if it was male or female.
388
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,750
Didn't know if it was
black or white.
389
00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:51,750
The body...
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00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,380
was not identifiable.
391
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,130
When the body
was located and recovered,
392
00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,410
it was a severe amount
of decomposition,
393
00:21:09,410 --> 00:21:12,620
to the point of being
skeletal remains.
394
00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:14,620
It took several weeks before
395
00:21:14,620 --> 00:21:16,330
a positive ID
could be determined,
396
00:21:16,330 --> 00:21:18,540
and DNA had to be used to,
397
00:21:18,540 --> 00:21:20,330
to complete that process.
398
00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:26,880
Not 20 minutes after
the radio broadcast
399
00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:28,450
that there was another
body found,
400
00:21:28,460 --> 00:21:31,170
I'm hearing on the streets
that it's Crystal.
401
00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,990
And I called my sister,
and my sister said
402
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,460
she didn't know
what was going on.
403
00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:38,590
So my sister called
Crystal's mother
404
00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:41,620
and asked her
and the detectives were there
405
00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:43,910
at the time... telling them
that they thought
406
00:21:43,910 --> 00:21:45,950
that it was her.
407
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,840
In that amount of time,
408
00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:50,330
how did her name
get put out there
409
00:21:50,330 --> 00:21:53,330
if you didn't know
who that was already?
410
00:21:53,330 --> 00:21:56,990
She wasn't even
reported missing.
411
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,880
How did the...
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00:21:58,870 --> 00:22:02,540
sheriff's department know
that it was
413
00:22:02,540 --> 00:22:05,790
Crystal Shay Zeno
414
00:22:05,790 --> 00:22:07,540
that they found?
415
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,300
Crystal was a good person.
416
00:22:16,290 --> 00:22:17,740
She always wanted
to be a mother
417
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:19,550
and whenever
she finally had Armani,
418
00:22:19,540 --> 00:22:23,540
you know, she thought
her life was complete.
419
00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:25,580
And the drugs got her again.
420
00:22:26,870 --> 00:22:28,410
I'd seen Crystal
two weeks before
421
00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:31,410
she was murdered.
She was dressed nice.
422
00:22:31,410 --> 00:22:34,200
She told me she was,
slinging dope
423
00:22:34,210 --> 00:22:38,380
for one of the local boys.
424
00:22:38,370 --> 00:22:39,790
Told her, I told her
to be careful.
425
00:22:39,790 --> 00:22:42,200
And she told me she was.
426
00:22:45,910 --> 00:22:47,580
Whenever I found out
Crystal was dead,
427
00:22:47,580 --> 00:22:48,990
it hit hard because
428
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,920
it happened to our family.
429
00:22:50,910 --> 00:22:52,330
You know, it wasn't just,
430
00:22:52,330 --> 00:22:54,540
"I knew them,
I knew the girls."
431
00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:56,910
It happened to one
of my family members.
432
00:22:56,910 --> 00:22:58,660
I knew all the victims.
433
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,420
They were dopeheads.
They were crackheads.
434
00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:06,370
They all got high together.
435
00:23:06,370 --> 00:23:08,040
They all hung out together.
436
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,540
They all ran together.
437
00:23:09,540 --> 00:23:11,370
These girls...
438
00:23:11,370 --> 00:23:13,160
that's what they did.
439
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,240
They didn't have jobs,
they didn't have, no income.
440
00:23:16,250 --> 00:23:17,880
That was their way
of getting high.
441
00:23:17,870 --> 00:23:19,490
So I can't call them
prostitutes,
442
00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,840
and I'm, I refuse
to call them prostitutes.
443
00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:23,620
How do you label them like that?
444
00:23:23,620 --> 00:23:26,240
Why? Because they're from
the south side of town
445
00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:28,300
and they have a drug problem.
446
00:23:28,290 --> 00:23:30,580
So, automatically,
they're no good.
447
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,630
When people would ask me
448
00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:45,490
about the girls
or about the killings,
449
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,420
it didn't have anything
to do with, like,
450
00:23:48,410 --> 00:23:50,240
"Can-can you believe
what a tragedy this is?"
451
00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:51,750
or, "What's happening?"
Like, there
452
00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:54,550
wasn't...
an emotional connection
453
00:23:54,540 --> 00:23:57,040
between what had happened
to these girls
454
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,620
and the fact that
it was happening
455
00:23:58,620 --> 00:24:01,660
in our hometown.
456
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,620
I started thinking about
457
00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:08,790
what these murders meant
to the community...
458
00:24:08,790 --> 00:24:10,580
and it felt like
459
00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:13,040
it didn't mean very much at all.
460
00:24:14,790 --> 00:24:16,830
I-If we were talking about...
461
00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:19,490
girls from prominent families--
462
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,000
and let me tell you,
girls from
463
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,710
prominent families
do drugs, too.
464
00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:24,670
So do the boys,
so does everyone.
465
00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:27,290
But if we were talking about...
466
00:24:27,290 --> 00:24:29,410
those girls' families,
467
00:24:29,410 --> 00:24:33,080
the city would be...
in an uproar.
468
00:24:35,910 --> 00:24:39,700
These are six human beings
469
00:24:39,710 --> 00:24:41,590
who are children of God
like anyone else,
470
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,950
who-who deserve to have
471
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,050
their situation taken seriously
472
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,950
by everyone.
473
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,670
But more importantly
474
00:24:50,660 --> 00:24:52,870
was the hope that...
475
00:24:52,870 --> 00:24:55,660
there wouldn't be a seventh.
476
00:24:58,750 --> 00:25:01,670
Tonight,
investigators are searching
477
00:25:01,660 --> 00:25:03,290
for answers after
six women are killed
478
00:25:03,290 --> 00:25:05,040
and another is missing.
479
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,700
It's going on four days
480
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:08,750
since anyone has seen
or heard from
481
00:25:08,750 --> 00:25:10,840
17-year-old Brittney Gary.
482
00:25:10,830 --> 00:25:13,910
She was last seen walking
the five or so blocks home
483
00:25:13,910 --> 00:25:16,580
from the Jennings Family
Dollar Store Sunday evening.
484
00:25:16,580 --> 00:25:18,620
We have video surveillance from
485
00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:20,370
the Family Dollar Store
486
00:25:20,370 --> 00:25:21,490
with her making a purchase
487
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:22,960
at about 5:30 in the evening.
488
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,590
At this point,
police don't suspect foul play.
489
00:25:25,580 --> 00:25:28,490
But Brittney's mother
feels differently.
490
00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:30,550
Well, as everyone
knows, there's been
491
00:25:30,540 --> 00:25:32,660
six murders here
in Jennings already.
492
00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:35,240
Nothing,
nothing has been solved.
493
00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:37,880
They haven't found anything,
they don't know anything still
494
00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,990
about the other six
and I don't want my daughter
495
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,300
to be number seven.
496
00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:45,490
So I'm asking anyone out there,
if you have seen
497
00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:48,050
Brittney, please,
I'm begging you, please call me.
498
00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,630
She went to the Dollar Store
499
00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:57,410
and when she got ready
to leave, I said,
500
00:25:57,410 --> 00:25:59,830
"Right there, then right back."
501
00:26:02,250 --> 00:26:04,750
When 30 minutes had passed,
I started calling
502
00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:07,960
her phone.
503
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,590
And it would just ring
and go to voicemail.
504
00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:14,080
Brittney always
answered my call.
505
00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:18,620
That day, she didn't.
506
00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:20,450
And I knew immediately
something was wrong.
507
00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:24,250
A missing child is any
508
00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:26,170
parent's worst nightmare.
509
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,290
And Teresa Gary is living it.
510
00:26:28,290 --> 00:26:30,580
So far, clues about
Brittney's disappearance
511
00:26:30,580 --> 00:26:32,790
have turned up nothing.
512
00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:35,740
About the first four days
I didn't sleep.
513
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:38,300
So I started looking
and I didn't stop.
514
00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:41,250
I put up fliers,
515
00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:42,630
me and a couple of my friends.
516
00:26:42,620 --> 00:26:46,200
hundreds and hundreds
of fliers.
517
00:26:46,210 --> 00:26:49,380
Volunteers resumed
the search for
518
00:26:49,370 --> 00:26:51,120
17-year-old Brittney Gary.
519
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,120
For two weekends in a row,
520
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:54,740
we formed a search party.
521
00:26:54,750 --> 00:26:56,750
Okay, we're gonna
spread out in a straight line.
522
00:26:56,750 --> 00:26:58,420
-Straight...
-We'll go straight thisaway.
523
00:26:58,410 --> 00:26:59,700
Okay.
-I'm not gonna
524
00:26:59,710 --> 00:27:01,800
think the worst. I'm not.
525
00:27:01,790 --> 00:27:03,580
But you can't
just sit at home?
526
00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,870
No, I can't.
I can't be still. I can't.
527
00:27:22,460 --> 00:27:24,340
On the second weekend,
528
00:27:24,330 --> 00:27:27,080
on the Saturday,
529
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,790
they came to get me,
530
00:27:30,790 --> 00:27:35,330
and they said they think
they found Brittney.
531
00:27:39,710 --> 00:27:43,380
We do have a missing
17-year-old, Brittney Gary.
532
00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:48,040
We do believe, but I do not
have confirmation at this time,
533
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,740
that this is the identity--
534
00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:52,090
that-that Brittney
is this person.
535
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,990
Authorities
do report tattoos on the body
536
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,340
are a match
of those of Brittney Gary.
537
00:27:57,330 --> 00:27:59,160
Meanwhile,
word is already spreading
538
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,790
throughout the town
of Jennings,
539
00:28:00,790 --> 00:28:03,990
gossip she was found
beaten to death.
540
00:28:17,250 --> 00:28:19,550
This is where Brittney was.
541
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,800
This is where my baby was.
542
00:28:27,370 --> 00:28:29,490
They found her
laying right here,
543
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,590
on her side.
544
00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:36,920
they said with her hands
folded like this.
545
00:28:36,910 --> 00:28:39,410
They had placed her like that,
on her side,
546
00:28:39,410 --> 00:28:40,740
like she was asleep.
547
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,240
She was identified
by her tattoos.
548
00:28:54,250 --> 00:28:57,880
What tattoos?
549
00:28:57,870 --> 00:29:00,950
There were
no tattoos visible.
550
00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:07,830
She had been out there
from the 4th to the 15th.
551
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,960
There was nothing
to Brittney. Nothing.
552
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,370
You know the Mardi Gras mask?
553
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,450
That was all there was,
554
00:29:25,460 --> 00:29:28,460
was a piece of...
555
00:29:30,210 --> 00:29:31,750
...just black bone.
556
00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:34,050
It just looked like...
557
00:29:38,790 --> 00:29:41,870
And she had
the most beautiful eyes.
558
00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:45,240
But she didn't have any eyes.
559
00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:49,990
She had maggots crawling
out of her eyes, I guess.
560
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,420
And they were coming
out of her nose
561
00:29:52,410 --> 00:29:54,290
and what was to be her mouth.
562
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,410
May you rest in peace.
563
00:30:29,330 --> 00:30:33,490
I was asked to perform
a funeral ceremony.
564
00:30:35,540 --> 00:30:39,040
The funeral director told me
he couldn't find a preacher
565
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,080
to do the job.
566
00:30:43,870 --> 00:30:46,830
This little girl
was 17 years old,
567
00:30:46,830 --> 00:30:49,040
and nobody wanted to bury her
568
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,950
because they said
that she was a prostitute.
569
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,800
Because they said that she was
not t-the type of child
570
00:30:57,790 --> 00:31:01,200
that most people would like.
571
00:31:01,210 --> 00:31:02,880
And that's wrong.
572
00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:06,200
Jesus took on prostitutes,
he took on bad people,
573
00:31:06,210 --> 00:31:08,880
he lived with the bad people.
574
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:11,490
And why couldn't
the preachers in this town
575
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:14,340
even acknowledge it?
576
00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:16,410
So I said, "Yeah,
I-I'll perform the ceremony.
577
00:31:16,410 --> 00:31:18,580
I'll, I'll bury the young lady."
578
00:31:18,580 --> 00:31:21,120
Brittney was number seven
579
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,040
in a line
580
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:28,370
of unnecessary,
uncalled-for deaths.
581
00:31:28,370 --> 00:31:30,330
I found out
582
00:31:30,330 --> 00:31:33,950
that this young lady
had been associated
583
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,090
with six other young ladies,
584
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:41,370
and they had all been killed
various ways,
585
00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:45,330
bodies left to rot,
586
00:31:45,330 --> 00:31:47,160
and nobody had found the killer.
587
00:31:49,580 --> 00:31:51,700
It infuriated me.
588
00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:54,000
Jefferson Davis Parish
Police,
589
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,050
if you had captured him
long time ago,
590
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,790
my daughter would not
have died! Lord...
591
00:31:59,790 --> 00:32:01,330
That's right.
-...what is wrong
592
00:32:01,330 --> 00:32:02,290
with this situation?
593
00:32:02,290 --> 00:32:04,740
My first thought was,
594
00:32:04,750 --> 00:32:06,670
"Something's wrong."
595
00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:09,370
Something's wrong
because somebody had
596
00:32:09,370 --> 00:32:13,540
to leave some type
of evidence behind,
597
00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:16,740
in all of these killings,
598
00:32:16,750 --> 00:32:21,050
that someone could have
now found the killer,
599
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:25,450
maybe even before
this young lady, 17 years old,
600
00:32:25,460 --> 00:32:27,460
had died.
601
00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:29,130
And they hadn't.
602
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,910
Save somebody
from going through it again.
603
00:32:31,910 --> 00:32:35,040
Demand from whoever
it is out there,
604
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,490
"Just turn yourself in."
605
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,750
Demand from the police,
"Do the work."
606
00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:40,170
Demand from the judges
607
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,330
and the judicial system,
"You better find him."
608
00:32:42,330 --> 00:32:46,120
Demand from your congressman,
"You better get this done."
609
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,490
Call somebody, be a nuisance,
610
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,000
but don't let this
little girl die in vain.
611
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,630
Someone should have held
the mayor
612
00:32:54,620 --> 00:32:56,080
and-and the chief of police
613
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,450
and-and the sheriff
614
00:32:57,460 --> 00:32:58,840
and-and the state police
615
00:32:58,830 --> 00:33:01,700
and-and the FBI accountable.
616
00:33:06,660 --> 00:33:09,990
I don't think I've ever
seen any mother
617
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,960
hurting that much.
618
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,210
I've been doing funerals
a long time.
619
00:33:16,210 --> 00:33:20,250
But the pain
in that woman's face
620
00:33:20,250 --> 00:33:23,960
was something
I had never witnessed before.
621
00:33:25,580 --> 00:33:27,410
The sadness
622
00:33:27,410 --> 00:33:30,620
that still lingers in Jennings
623
00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:34,200
is that there is no closure.
624
00:33:34,210 --> 00:33:37,420
And there are parents,
there are families,
625
00:33:37,410 --> 00:33:40,370
there are cousins, there are
sisters, there are mothers
626
00:33:40,370 --> 00:33:44,160
that still don't have closure.
627
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:48,790
And until they find the
person/persons who did this,
628
00:33:48,790 --> 00:33:51,040
it's gonna be that way.
629
00:33:53,370 --> 00:33:57,910
This area
is not a remote... remote area.
630
00:33:57,910 --> 00:34:00,990
The person that's involved in
this is somebody that drives
631
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,420
the roads of this community
day in and day out.
632
00:34:04,410 --> 00:34:06,080
They're in the gas stations,
633
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:07,620
they're frequenting
the same places
634
00:34:07,620 --> 00:34:11,080
that these ladies frequent,
and they are mixing in.
635
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,700
This is not
a green-eyed monster
636
00:34:12,710 --> 00:34:14,130
that we're looking at.
637
00:34:16,250 --> 00:34:18,590
It was said that
638
00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:21,740
Frankie Richard...
639
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:23,960
killed Brittney.
640
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,750
Had something to do with it.
641
00:34:25,750 --> 00:34:28,960
Frankie Richard
642
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,380
got a lot of blame
643
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:34,370
in Jennings, Louisiana
for a lot of things
644
00:34:34,370 --> 00:34:38,490
that happened and took place
that he had no part of.
645
00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:41,130
It was convenient.
646
00:34:43,660 --> 00:34:47,120
What, possibly,
647
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:52,120
could that baby have done
to deserve that?
648
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,490
I mean, any of them girls.
649
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:57,090
And, what, she was, what,
650
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,950
16, 17 years old when she died?
651
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,000
I mean, come on, man.
652
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:06,910
I know I did not
have nothing to do
653
00:35:06,910 --> 00:35:08,950
with that one, either.
654
00:35:11,290 --> 00:35:12,950
His name keeps coming up
655
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,840
in every single one of them.
656
00:35:14,830 --> 00:35:16,790
Sometimes it's from
the streets and so forth,
657
00:35:16,790 --> 00:35:18,240
and-and so forth.
658
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:21,000
We have interviewed Frankie,
659
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,340
nobody has been ruled out.
660
00:35:22,330 --> 00:35:24,040
We keep everybody in.
661
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,080
Ricky Edwards.
662
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,200
Piece of shit.
663
00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:35,050
He sent a, a helicopter
for one hour
664
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,040
to the opposite end of town.
665
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,160
When all these girls
had gone missing,
666
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,160
and they found them
on the other end of town,
667
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,080
he sent a helicopter
to the north side.
668
00:35:47,620 --> 00:35:49,490
One hour.
669
00:35:50,750 --> 00:35:53,000
One hour.
670
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,130
So I guess he thought he would
pacify me with that hour,
671
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,540
and all he did
was piss me off.
672
00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:05,660
It was, "Miss Teresa,
what do you want from me?
673
00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,660
What do you want me to do?"
674
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:10,830
"I don't want you to do shit.
675
00:36:10,830 --> 00:36:13,410
You ain't been doing nothing.
You haven't done anything."
676
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,290
But I tell you
what I'm gonna do.
677
00:36:21,290 --> 00:36:24,580
That pretty little office
you stand in?
678
00:36:24,580 --> 00:36:28,080
With that pretty little carpet
you stand on?
679
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,450
I'm gonna unravel that son
of a bitch thread by thread
680
00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:33,130
until I put you on your ass.
681
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,290
Nothing was done and nothing
ever got kicked off
682
00:36:36,290 --> 00:36:40,240
until they took Brittney.
683
00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:43,210
And then all hell broke loose,
684
00:36:43,210 --> 00:36:46,210
'cause you took something
that belonged to me.
685
00:36:58,540 --> 00:37:02,700
Not long
after Brittney was found,
686
00:37:02,710 --> 00:37:06,500
my publisher had asked me to
follow up on a, an old story
687
00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:09,300
with Ricky about the murders.
688
00:37:09,290 --> 00:37:11,080
I pull him aside, and it's...
689
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,910
Ricky Edwards and I
in the police jury room.
690
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,540
Just me and him.
691
00:37:19,540 --> 00:37:22,450
What I'm gonna say is
he said, she said,
692
00:37:22,460 --> 00:37:24,130
and you'll have to take that
at face value.
693
00:37:25,830 --> 00:37:28,240
I asked him about this
information for this story,
694
00:37:28,250 --> 00:37:30,210
and he,
695
00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:34,090
in his very Ricky way,
696
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,080
said, "Well,
697
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:37,450
we've decided not to release
698
00:37:37,460 --> 00:37:39,960
that particular bit
of information.
699
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,380
But I don't know why I should
give you anything.
700
00:37:43,370 --> 00:37:47,540
Because we believe
that t-the story you wrote
701
00:37:47,540 --> 00:37:50,160
ended up getting
Brittney killed."
702
00:37:52,330 --> 00:37:54,240
The only story
I had really done
703
00:37:54,250 --> 00:37:57,210
in between Crystal and Brittney
704
00:37:57,210 --> 00:37:59,670
was that Kirk Menard,
who's a private investigator,
705
00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:02,160
had decided to put his own
bank account together
706
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,040
that people could
donate money to
707
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,620
and that it would act
as a reward for information,
708
00:38:05,620 --> 00:38:08,290
So that's the only story
that there was,
709
00:38:08,290 --> 00:38:12,330
but that somehow, that story...
and whatever it was,
710
00:38:12,330 --> 00:38:15,830
supposedly caused
somebody to panic
711
00:38:15,830 --> 00:38:18,080
or to do whatever,
712
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,580
and-and Brittney dies
because of it.
713
00:38:21,580 --> 00:38:25,490
Everybody I've ever talked
to has said, "No, that,"
714
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:27,550
you know, "that doesn't sound
like that's true at all,
715
00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:29,370
and it sounds like
he was telling you that
716
00:38:29,370 --> 00:38:33,910
to throw you off the case or
to-to put you in a position
717
00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:36,620
that you would
stop asking questions."
718
00:38:36,620 --> 00:38:40,040
And if that was the case,
it fucking worked,
719
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,490
because, yeah, that...
720
00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:45,550
What am I supposed
to do with that?
721
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,330
So, either it's true
722
00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:53,330
and you've got
to carry that with you,
723
00:38:53,330 --> 00:38:56,740
or Saint Ricky is the kind
of guy who would say that
724
00:38:56,750 --> 00:39:01,420
to a person to get them to
stop doing what they're doing.
725
00:39:02,410 --> 00:39:06,370
But I lost confidence
726
00:39:06,370 --> 00:39:09,410
in my ability
727
00:39:09,410 --> 00:39:12,370
to tell this story.
728
00:39:12,370 --> 00:39:14,040
And if maybe
that conversation with Ricky
729
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,120
had never happened,
730
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,450
I would've just kept going on.
731
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,750
That was a huge
breaking point for me.
732
00:39:26,750 --> 00:39:30,380
Um...
733
00:39:30,370 --> 00:39:33,200
especially leading
into the press conference
734
00:39:33,210 --> 00:39:35,670
that Ricky Edwards
called later in the year
735
00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:38,540
where they finally formed
a task force.
736
00:39:38,540 --> 00:39:40,080
Sheriff Ricky Edwards called
737
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,540
a press conference today
738
00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:43,540
to announce
a permanent task force
739
00:39:43,540 --> 00:39:46,290
dedicated to solving
the mystery.
740
00:39:46,290 --> 00:39:49,410
The formation of
this group today will allow
741
00:39:49,410 --> 00:39:52,160
eight to ten people
to work full-time
742
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,450
and exclusively to these cases.
743
00:39:54,460 --> 00:39:56,920
We will continue
to search for leads,
744
00:39:56,910 --> 00:40:00,830
utilizing every resource
that is available to us.
745
00:40:00,830 --> 00:40:02,580
The state of Louisiana forms
746
00:40:02,580 --> 00:40:04,830
the multiagency investigative
task force
747
00:40:04,830 --> 00:40:06,790
which is made up
of sheriff's offices
748
00:40:06,790 --> 00:40:08,830
from the surrounding areas,
749
00:40:08,830 --> 00:40:11,200
state police, the FBI
750
00:40:11,210 --> 00:40:13,800
and the attorney general's
office.
751
00:40:13,790 --> 00:40:16,370
Why on earth did it
take seven bodies
752
00:40:16,370 --> 00:40:19,120
to get a task force together?
753
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,790
It takes seven bodies
before you realize--
754
00:40:21,790 --> 00:40:25,540
Seven bodies that are
very intricately connected.
755
00:40:25,540 --> 00:40:29,580
Their murders are very
concretely connected.
756
00:40:29,580 --> 00:40:31,160
I don't know if they
were expecting there
757
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,240
to be applause or support,
and that is not what happened.
758
00:40:34,250 --> 00:40:36,420
Why haven't we, in two years,
759
00:40:36,410 --> 00:40:37,620
been contacted by
local law enforcement?
760
00:40:37,620 --> 00:40:40,120
And-and we will do that,
and I, and I assure you
761
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,580
we'll follow up on it.
762
00:40:41,580 --> 00:40:42,740
And I'm standing
before you today,
763
00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:44,090
in front of the media,
764
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,660
because I want justice
for my sister,
765
00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:47,490
and I am saying that we
have not been contacted.
766
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:49,670
The family members
767
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:52,700
just started to erupt saying
768
00:40:52,710 --> 00:40:54,590
nobody from the sheriff's
department is talking to them.
769
00:40:54,580 --> 00:40:56,370
They're not answering
their calls,
770
00:40:56,370 --> 00:40:58,410
they're not
giving them updates,
771
00:40:58,410 --> 00:41:01,290
they're not letting them see
their family members' bodies
772
00:41:01,290 --> 00:41:02,910
before they get buried.
773
00:41:02,910 --> 00:41:05,830
If "serial dumper" was the
place where people started
774
00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:09,490
to-to question what
law enforcement was doing,
775
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,670
then that press conference
was the point where...
776
00:41:12,660 --> 00:41:14,540
people chose sides, basically.
777
00:41:14,540 --> 00:41:16,080
Like, if you were
pro-law enforcement,
778
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:17,740
you were pro-law enforcement.
If you weren't,
779
00:41:17,750 --> 00:41:20,170
you probably weren't gonna be
convinced that somebody
780
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:24,080
from law enforcement wasn't
involved in this kind of stuff.
781
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:28,580
Once we get the truth,
then we can bring
782
00:41:28,580 --> 00:41:31,830
the individual, or individuals,
to justice.
783
00:41:31,830 --> 00:41:33,910
When the task force
was formally formed,
784
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:36,490
Ricky Edwards decided to...
785
00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:39,090
even though they weren't
all sheriff's offices cases
786
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,490
originally, he kind of
took the lead on that,
787
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:43,550
for-for good or bad.
788
00:41:43,540 --> 00:41:46,450
The FBI was there to assist
789
00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:49,170
and state police
was there to assist,
790
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:50,330
but it was made
791
00:41:50,330 --> 00:41:52,580
very clear that Ricky Edwards
792
00:41:52,580 --> 00:41:54,290
and the Jeff Davis Parish
Sheriff's Department
793
00:41:54,290 --> 00:41:56,830
were at the head
of this task force.
794
00:41:56,830 --> 00:41:58,700
They were in charge.
795
00:41:58,710 --> 00:42:02,550
They had about a quarter
of a million dollar budget
796
00:42:02,540 --> 00:42:03,990
to work on it.
797
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,550
They put up a... a tipline.
798
00:42:07,540 --> 00:42:08,830
Sherriff Ricky Edwards
says they've received
799
00:42:08,830 --> 00:42:10,790
at least five
important phone calls,
800
00:42:10,790 --> 00:42:13,490
and they're conducting
several interviews today.
801
00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:15,670
But what we kept hearing
was that people would say,
802
00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:17,830
"I-I-I called the task force,
I talked to the task force,
803
00:42:17,830 --> 00:42:19,950
or they didn't-- but they
didn't get back to me."
804
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,340
That they didn't
want to hear it.
805
00:42:21,330 --> 00:42:24,950
I heard that a lot from people
806
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,340
who were trying
to give information
807
00:42:27,330 --> 00:42:30,950
and just weren't allowed to.
808
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:32,590
I don't know,
what's the problem?
809
00:42:32,580 --> 00:42:34,660
I really appreciate it
if y'all would step up
810
00:42:34,660 --> 00:42:37,370
and take the responsibility
of these murders.
811
00:42:37,370 --> 00:42:38,580
My sister was the fifth victim.
812
00:42:38,580 --> 00:42:40,540
I don't know who
is really doing this,
813
00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:42,830
and we is scared for our life.
The whole community is scared.
814
00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:48,250
They know something
about these girls,
815
00:42:48,250 --> 00:42:51,550
but they not saying
816
00:42:51,540 --> 00:42:53,490
what really happened.
817
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:55,750
They need to stop sitting there
818
00:42:55,750 --> 00:42:58,710
covering up for each other.
819
00:42:58,710 --> 00:43:01,670
There's a lot of people
want to say "cover up"
820
00:43:01,660 --> 00:43:04,870
and all of this.
I have never, nor will I ever,
821
00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:08,160
as I don't believe any sheriff
in this state would cover up
822
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,120
any wrongdoing in our offices.
823
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,910
None of us are above the law,
nor do we want to be.
824
00:43:12,910 --> 00:43:16,740
That's one of the
most disturbing thing
825
00:43:16,750 --> 00:43:18,960
could ever happen
in a small community
826
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,960
like this,
and nobody knows nothing.
827
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,630
Somebody has to know something
in this community.
828
00:43:25,620 --> 00:43:27,240
It's too small of a community.
829
00:43:27,250 --> 00:43:28,960
Somebody had to have
seen something.
830
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,130
What I think
it's gonna take is for a
831
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,450
"higher class citizen,"
so to speak,
832
00:43:34,460 --> 00:43:35,800
to have something
happen to them
833
00:43:35,790 --> 00:43:37,700
before it really
kicks into gear.
834
00:43:37,710 --> 00:43:41,550
Nobody was
giving them anything,
835
00:43:41,540 --> 00:43:44,290
and it made them
feel like nobody was
836
00:43:44,290 --> 00:43:45,540
working on the cases.
837
00:43:47,210 --> 00:43:52,050
And then, August 19, 2009,
838
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,830
a body is found
839
00:43:54,830 --> 00:43:57,830
dumped along the side
of Interstate 10.
840
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,840
But there's people
saying that a woman's been
841
00:44:07,830 --> 00:44:10,120
missing since Sunday
from Jennings.
842
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,790
Right. At two o'clock
843
00:44:11,790 --> 00:44:14,660
our task force started
interviewing the person
844
00:44:14,660 --> 00:44:17,160
who came in
to report her missing.
845
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,200
And about 30 minutes
into the interview
846
00:44:19,210 --> 00:44:20,630
of getting the information,
847
00:44:20,620 --> 00:44:23,410
we got a call from Acadia Parish
848
00:44:23,410 --> 00:44:26,330
that roadway workers
found a body.
849
00:44:26,330 --> 00:44:29,040
Acadia Parish is part
of our task force,
850
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,290
so we've been working
very closely together
851
00:44:31,290 --> 00:44:33,120
on these cases.
-Okay, any word yet
852
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,910
on whether the two
are related, or...?
853
00:44:34,910 --> 00:44:36,620
It's very early.
854
00:44:36,620 --> 00:44:38,620
I guess we want to assume
that it could be.
855
00:44:38,620 --> 00:44:42,240
We-we're taking precautions,
but we're also taking action,
856
00:44:42,250 --> 00:44:44,130
I guess, it would be
proper to say.
857
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,550
She's identified
relatively quickly.
858
00:44:49,540 --> 00:44:51,790
Necole Jean Guillory,
859
00:44:51,790 --> 00:44:53,990
who is also
a resident of Jennings,
860
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,000
also a known associate
861
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,710
of a lot of the people
in this group.
862
00:45:00,710 --> 00:45:05,050
Necole is a little different
863
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,290
than a lot of our
other victims, though,
864
00:45:07,290 --> 00:45:11,790
in that she... felt
865
00:45:11,790 --> 00:45:14,540
that she could be
a potential victim.
866
00:45:30,660 --> 00:45:34,870
Necole told me-- I had wanted
to make her a birthday cake,
867
00:45:34,870 --> 00:45:38,410
and I asked her what kind
of icing she wanted,
868
00:45:38,410 --> 00:45:41,080
and she said, "Mama,"
she said, "it doesn't matter."
869
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:44,910
She's like, "I'm not gonna
be here to see my birthday."
870
00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:47,950
And that was all she said, then
she wouldn't say nothing else.
871
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,590
That she just said she wouldn't
be here for her birthday,
872
00:45:51,580 --> 00:45:53,200
and she wasn't.
873
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,160
There was some footage
that the family released
874
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:04,740
not long after she was found,
875
00:46:04,750 --> 00:46:07,880
of her kind of w-walking
through town,
876
00:46:07,870 --> 00:46:10,790
in which she is... she would
pull on her hair a lot.
877
00:46:10,790 --> 00:46:13,080
She had a lot of nervous tics.
878
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,910
She certainly seemed
like she had
879
00:46:15,910 --> 00:46:19,990
a bad feeling of what
could happen to her.
880
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,630
Necole's body was found here,
881
00:46:21,620 --> 00:46:22,990
dumped on the side of I-10
882
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,170
in Acadia Parish.
883
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,120
I mean, this is just brazen.
884
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:29,950
A body being left
on the side of Interstate 10
885
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:33,960
after the formation
of the task force.
886
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,210
No, I do not believe
that it's just one person.
887
00:46:37,210 --> 00:46:41,840
I mean, slinging dead weight
over your shoulder,
888
00:46:41,830 --> 00:46:44,200
walking up an overpass?
889
00:46:44,210 --> 00:46:47,500
How the hell are you
gonna do that?
890
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:52,300
Can you do it?
891
00:46:52,290 --> 00:46:53,660
So how was it done?
892
00:46:59,660 --> 00:47:03,330
Necole was a good girl,
in her own way.
893
00:47:03,330 --> 00:47:06,450
She just got mixed up
with the wrong people,
894
00:47:06,460 --> 00:47:08,750
the wrong crowd, um...
895
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,200
I don't know when it went bad.
896
00:47:14,210 --> 00:47:16,380
I don't.
897
00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:23,420
Whatever I say, get your kids
away from all of that.
898
00:47:23,410 --> 00:47:27,200
Don't turn your back on them,
no matter what they do.
899
00:47:27,210 --> 00:47:30,880
It's hard, you know,
and you get tired of it,
900
00:47:30,870 --> 00:47:35,870
but your children need you
because you may never,
901
00:47:35,870 --> 00:47:39,450
never seem 'em again, you know?
902
00:47:39,460 --> 00:47:42,050
I didn't have a chance
to tell her that I loved her
903
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:46,290
or goodbye or anything,
you know?
904
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,130
I just wish somebody
would do something,
905
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:58,790
say something,
906
00:47:58,790 --> 00:48:01,410
just get it over with.
907
00:48:07,210 --> 00:48:09,000
Yeah, Necole.
908
00:48:17,370 --> 00:48:21,910
One day, my baby, one day.
909
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,740
Two months after
Necole's body was found,
910
00:48:29,750 --> 00:48:31,460
there's a second
press conference,
911
00:48:31,460 --> 00:48:35,300
in which they
raised the reward,
912
00:48:35,290 --> 00:48:37,040
and then Ricky Edwards
doubles down
913
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,120
on the single killer theory,
914
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:42,990
that a single offender
915
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,000
was involved
in all of the slayings.
916
00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:49,460
The police thought
917
00:48:49,460 --> 00:48:51,800
it is a serial killer
that's out there,
918
00:48:51,790 --> 00:48:54,700
that killed all eight girls,
919
00:48:54,710 --> 00:48:56,800
and I don't understand why this,
920
00:48:56,790 --> 00:48:58,870
in this small town of Jennings,
921
00:48:58,870 --> 00:49:02,120
and why nothing got solved.
922
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,790
We follow every lead.
We follow every gossip.
923
00:49:04,790 --> 00:49:06,120
We follow every rumor.
924
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:07,950
Our town's so small.
925
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:11,130
How can you not have
any evidence?
926
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:14,240
A piece of hair,
a piece of skin, something.
927
00:49:14,250 --> 00:49:15,960
There's eight women dead.
928
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,380
Who really doing this
to these girls?
929
00:49:18,370 --> 00:49:21,160
Is it somebody on y'all force?
930
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:22,790
Necole said the police.
931
00:49:22,790 --> 00:49:25,370
She told everybody
the police was involved in it.
932
00:49:25,370 --> 00:49:28,490
She didn't name no names,
but she said the police.
933
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:31,710
If there's a lead
involving a specific officer,
934
00:49:31,710 --> 00:49:33,500
we get an outside agency
935
00:49:33,500 --> 00:49:37,170
to come in and
investigate that lead.
936
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:38,990
If it involved members
of the task force,
937
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:40,090
then I have, in the past,
938
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,580
I've gone to other
agencies to do that.
939
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:45,870
I think the police
are covering up something.
940
00:49:45,870 --> 00:49:47,120
I do.
941
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,700
You got to be in law enforcement
942
00:49:49,710 --> 00:49:52,420
to clean up like
it was cleaned up.
943
00:49:52,410 --> 00:49:55,660
Small town, big mystery.
At least eight women
944
00:49:55,660 --> 00:49:57,160
in Jennings, Louisiana
945
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,490
have been found dead
in the past few years.
946
00:49:59,500 --> 00:50:01,840
It is a town of about
11,000 people.
947
00:50:01,830 --> 00:50:03,740
Could there be
a serial killer among them?
948
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,160
2009 was the year the story
949
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,740
of the Jeff Davis 8
went national.
950
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:20,700
"Every few months
951
00:50:20,710 --> 00:50:22,050
for the last four
and a half years,
952
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:23,160
someone driving the back roads
953
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:24,700
here in Jefferson Davis Parish
954
00:50:24,710 --> 00:50:27,250
has come across a body.
955
00:50:32,460 --> 00:50:34,210
They fit the same pattern.
956
00:50:34,210 --> 00:50:37,250
The bodies have been
those of young women
957
00:50:37,250 --> 00:50:40,590
raised by extended families
in the nearby towns
958
00:50:40,580 --> 00:50:43,200
of Lake Arthur and Jennings.
959
00:50:43,210 --> 00:50:45,960
At some point, the women
lost their footing
960
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:47,550
and succumbed to the
undercurrent of drugs
961
00:50:47,540 --> 00:50:49,370
and prostitution
962
00:50:49,370 --> 00:50:51,580
that has been steadily
eating away at the parish.
963
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,160
Since May 2005,
964
00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,580
there have been eight
such discoveries in this quiet
965
00:50:59,580 --> 00:51:01,410
countryside of rice
and crawfish farms
966
00:51:01,410 --> 00:51:05,200
in southwestern Louisiana.
967
00:51:05,210 --> 00:51:08,460
The most recent was in August."
968
00:51:08,460 --> 00:51:12,210
When I talk to some
of these families,
969
00:51:12,210 --> 00:51:14,590
some of the mothers,
particularly...
970
00:51:16,710 --> 00:51:20,590
...the lack of progress
in the case
971
00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:24,540
and the missteps, um,
972
00:51:24,540 --> 00:51:27,580
s-seem to cause them to question
973
00:51:27,580 --> 00:51:30,410
a lot more than just this case.
974
00:51:30,410 --> 00:51:33,790
Um, I remember them
telling me this whole,
975
00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:35,950
this whole parish is messed up.
976
00:51:38,580 --> 00:51:42,660
As they watch this unfold,
more murders, nothing done,
977
00:51:42,660 --> 00:51:45,910
mistakes, rumors, theories.
978
00:51:45,910 --> 00:51:47,700
I think it caused them to look
979
00:51:47,710 --> 00:51:51,590
at the whole town,
980
00:51:51,580 --> 00:51:53,740
if not the whole parish.
981
00:51:53,750 --> 00:51:55,920
They just had lost faith
982
00:51:55,910 --> 00:51:57,990
in the whole system.
983
00:52:08,290 --> 00:52:10,620
When I read
Campbell Robertson's piece
984
00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:12,740
about the Jeff Davis 8,
985
00:52:12,750 --> 00:52:15,170
I became fascinated.
986
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:16,740
And at that time,
987
00:52:16,750 --> 00:52:20,170
there were billboards
on I-10 featuring
988
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,990
the faces of the Jeff Davis 8.
989
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,960
When I began looking
at the case in 2011,
990
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:30,130
it was two years
after the last homicide.
991
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:32,540
The case was very quiet.
992
00:52:32,540 --> 00:52:34,080
All eight of the homicides
993
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:35,580
were unsolved.
994
00:52:35,580 --> 00:52:39,990
The serial killer theory
had been advanced
995
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,670
in such a profound way
996
00:52:41,660 --> 00:52:45,330
by law enforcement,
which meant that,
997
00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:47,740
if this was indeed
a serial killer,
998
00:52:47,750 --> 00:52:49,250
then it was
999
00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:51,250
an unknowable mystery.
1000
00:52:53,710 --> 00:52:57,380
As I continued
to investigate the murders
1001
00:52:57,370 --> 00:52:59,370
of these eight women,
1002
00:52:59,370 --> 00:53:02,160
it didn't take very long
at all to figure out
1003
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:06,790
that the serial killer theory
didn't make a lot of sense.
1004
00:53:06,790 --> 00:53:09,040
In a serial killer case,
typically,
1005
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:11,700
the victims would not
know one another.
1006
00:53:11,710 --> 00:53:14,800
In this case,
all of the victims
1007
00:53:14,790 --> 00:53:17,700
knew each other quite well.
1008
00:53:17,710 --> 00:53:19,380
And more importantly,
1009
00:53:19,370 --> 00:53:21,790
most of them shared a pimp:
1010
00:53:21,790 --> 00:53:26,290
Frankie Richard
from South Jennings.
1011
00:53:26,290 --> 00:53:28,160
When I read
the Campbell Robertson
1012
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,990
article, another thing that had
1013
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,210
caught my attention was it had
1014
00:53:34,210 --> 00:53:38,250
highlighted instances of
law enforcement's negligence
1015
00:53:38,250 --> 00:53:40,090
and misconduct.
1016
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,740
Shortly after...
1017
00:53:44,210 --> 00:53:47,380
...Kristen Lopez's body
was found,
1018
00:53:47,370 --> 00:53:49,370
Warren Gary, who was
the chief investigator
1019
00:53:49,370 --> 00:53:51,200
in the sheriff's
department, bought
1020
00:53:51,210 --> 00:53:53,800
a Silverado pickup truck
1021
00:53:53,790 --> 00:53:56,040
from a woman
named Connie Siler.
1022
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:59,120
Connie Siler was
an associate of Frankie's.
1023
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:02,160
Numerous witnesses discussed
1024
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,700
how Kristen was riding
in the Chevy Silverado
1025
00:54:05,710 --> 00:54:07,420
prior to her death.
1026
00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:09,540
There are many
conflicting statements
1027
00:54:09,540 --> 00:54:12,660
about Kristen's death,
but I think it's fair to say
1028
00:54:12,660 --> 00:54:15,080
that no one disputes the fact
1029
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,490
that Kristen was riding
in that Chevy Silverado
1030
00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:19,130
before she was killed.
1031
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:22,910
Warren purchased the truck
1032
00:54:22,910 --> 00:54:24,660
and washed the truck,
1033
00:54:24,660 --> 00:54:27,950
so it was cleaned out
of evidence.
1034
00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:32,410
The case of
the Warren Gary truck
1035
00:54:32,410 --> 00:54:34,870
is disturbing,
1036
00:54:34,870 --> 00:54:37,200
but as I interviewed
1037
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the victims' families
and friends
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and dug into the records...
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...I realized that I was
coming across something
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that was far deeper...
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...and more complex...
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...than I'd ever imagined.
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