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Jackson County, Florida,
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is the place that sits
the Florida-Alabama line.
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Most definitely
a small-town feel.
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I refer to it
as "Floribama."
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We've had our share
of horrific murders here.
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I received a phone call
from a young lady named Rosa.
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She said that her dad
was missing.
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The worst feeling
is having someone you love
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and talk to every day
go missing.
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And it's just like
pure agony.
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The car had been,
I would say, ransacked.
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I knew then that
something's not right.
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We've got
a missing person.
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There's probably more than
a missing person.
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Quietly situated on
the northwest border of Alabama,
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an hour west of Tallahassee
is Jackson County, Florida.
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Jackson County
is a very rural area.
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There's a lot of farmland here.
It is very country.
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You either are related
to everybody here
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or you know
everybody here.
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Jackson County, Florida,
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is the place that sits
the Florida-Alabama line.
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Most definitely
a small-town feel.
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I refer to it
as "Floribama."
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We're kind of known as the
Redneck Riviera, in some way.
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We kind of share
the same culture
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as those
in southern Alabama.
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It's basically like
there wasn't a state line there.
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If someone's passing through
that has committed a crime,
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or wanted to admit a crime,
they end up in Jackson County
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because there's a lot of
farmland to hide on,
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and so forth.
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We've had our share
of horrific murders here.
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One day in July,
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I received a phone call
from a young lady named Rosa.
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Rosa was very distraught.
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She said that her dad
was missing.
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So I started yo ask her,
you know,
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"When was the last time
you talked to him?
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What was
the conversation like?"
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The last time I talked to
my dad was July 2nd.
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I had FaceTimed my dad.
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He was at the beach.
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And I didn't hear from my dad
for about a week after that,
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which was unusual.
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Like any daddy's girl,
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it doesn't matter
how much work he had,
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or what he was doing,
he made sure to call me daily.
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I started calling my dad,
and the phone didn't even ring.
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It went straight to, like, "This
service has been disconnected."
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So we didn't know where
my dad was.
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I began to get really worried
and stressed.
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I had gone more than
two or three days
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without talking to him,
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so, personally,
I wasn't too worried.
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But it wasn't until my sister
started becoming worried
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a few days after
he stopped showing up,
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or stopped
contacting people,
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that I started
to get worried, too,
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because I know that my sister's
not worried for no reason.
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When my parents divorced
in October of 2004,
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my father came to Florida
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to work for
a construction company.
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The money is what provided
for me and my brothers,
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and his family
in Mexico, as well.
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But unfortunately,
he was let go from that job.
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So he was rooming
with friends.
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And, you know, one friend
had a property in Alabama,
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and then one had one
in Florida.
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And so, he bounced back
between both of those
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in order to get a job.
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I didn't have
a permanent address for him.
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So, before I had called the
Jackson County Sheriff's Office,
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me and my dad's sisters and my
mom divided all his friends,
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and called each friend,
to see when the last time
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they talked to him was.
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I just needed
to find him.
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Shane was my dad's
Facebook friend.
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He was one of the first people
that I contacted,
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because I knew my dad
was renting a room from him
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at some point.
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And so, I messaged him,
and I asked him,
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"Hey, have you heard from
my dad?
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Do you know
where he is?"
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When Shane responded to me
on Facebook,
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he had said that he doesn't know
where my dad is.
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He's into things
that I'm not into anymore.
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I didn't understand why he would
say something like that.
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Why do you feel the need
to add that detail in there?
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When you have
a missing person,
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especially an adult
missing person,
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you have to consider
the fact that
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they did not
want to be found.
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They might have just
went off the radar.
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Raul and Rosa
had a very good relationship.
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One thing
that stands out is
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she was getting ready
to graduate college.
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And she told me,
she's like,
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"There's no way my dad
would miss this."
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Obviously, this was something we
needed to act on pretty quick.
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Raul was kind of jumping between
Alabama and Florida.
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And because he moved
around a lot,
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I made it a little bit
more difficult
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to look for him,
'cause, at this point,
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I had no idea
where he was last seen at.
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Rosa told me that her father had
a Mercedes that he really loved,
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so I started by
looking for his car.
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Rosa told me that her dad
had had a conversation
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with an individual
named Dustin Scroggins,
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and that this individual was
going to fix the car for him.
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So, the next day, I started
looking for Dustin Scroggins.
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We have a law enforcement database.
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You can see where people
are at.
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And it led me to a residence
in Graceville, Florida.
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I was able to call
the homeowner,
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who was a young female.
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That young female advised me
that Dustin did not live there,
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but she was friends
with Dustin,
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and one of the times when Dustin
was down on his luck,
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let him lay his head there
for a while.
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She told me that, Dustin,
he had come to her, and said,
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"Hey, look,
I need to work on the car.
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You have a carport.
It's covered.
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Can I use your carport?"
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And she let him use it.
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She sent me pictures of the car,
and it was, in fact, Raul's car.
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But this isn't
the break
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Investigator Edwards
was hoping for.
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She told me that, one day,
an unknown White male
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had showed up at her house,
while Dustin was there,
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inquiring about what was taking
so long for the car to fix.
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Dustin was not able to fix
the car in a timely manner,
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so the unknown White male
had the car towed
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to a different small-town
mechanic, across the state line,
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in Houston County, Alabama.
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She assisted with
giving me directions
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on how to get to
this mechanic.
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But I have no jurisdiction
in Alabama.
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So, I contacted
one of the investigators
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in Houston County
for assistance.
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When Investigator Edwards
contacted me
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here at the Houston County
Sheriff's Office,
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she had done
her investigation,
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she spoke to some people, found
the car here in our county,
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and she communicated with me,
and said,
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"Hey, I think that Raul Guillen
is missing."
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The working relationship
with Jackson County is great.
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Because we're
adjacent counties,
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the Florida-Alabama line,
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we worked a lot together.
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Investigator Edwards
and I,
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we had worked on
several other cases before.
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We work very well
with Alabama.
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It's always
a team effort.
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We agreed to meet,
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is I immediately drove over
the state line,
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which was 20, 30 minutes,
and you're in Alabama.
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Investigator Edwards told me
that Rosa had said that,
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"You know,
my daddy loved his car.
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He would not let his car
go anywhere."
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So, we wound up going to
a mechanic shop,
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and we found out
that Raul's car was there.
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But the car had been, you know,
I would say, ransacked.
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You could tell it was already
being repainted.
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The guts of it were already
taken out,
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or in the process
of being taken out.
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And the tag was missing.
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I said,
"That is very strange."
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And in my professional opinion,
that is most definitely
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what we call "reasonable
suspicion" in law enforcement,
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that they are trying
to cover something up.
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Something is not right.
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And we felt that
some foul play had happened.
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He kept saying that Raul
was part of the MS13 gang,
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that people were
looking for him.
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Lauren was
an ex-porn star.
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Why would my dad
be friends with her?
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All of a sudden,
there is a area
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that is 4 foot wide,
6 foot long,
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and the dirt
has been turned up.
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He said,
"This is the spot."
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And it looked like somebody
had been digging there.
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Detective searching
for Raul Guillen
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in rural Jackson County, Florida,
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have tracked his car
to a mechanic shop
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across the state line,
in Alabama.
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The seats were in the process
of being taken out.
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You could tell it was already
started to be repainted.
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The ignition
had been broken.
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And it looks like somebody
hotwired this
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or they tried to break into
this – this console,
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but they didn't have the keys
to the car.
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I knew, then,
that something is not right.
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We've got
a missing person.
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It's probably more than
a missing person.
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We've got somebody
that's in danger,
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that's either been kidnapped,
held against their will,
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or they have
been murdered.
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We then went over the car
with a fine-tooth comb,
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looking for evidence,
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trying to do things like obtain
latent prints and DNA.
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We weren't able
to get anything.
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Where's the person
the car belongs to?
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We need to find that out.
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We brought the owner
of the shop down here,
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to the Houston County
Sheriff's Office.
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Once we got him down here,
and start talking,
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he didn't want to really tell us
what was going on.
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You know, a lot of times,
they don't want to talk to us
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'cause they're afraid
something's gonna happen to them.
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So, took a little while
to get him to come through.
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But the shop owner wanted
to show a receipt
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for the work to be done
on the car.
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And I noticed the name on there
was "Lauren Wambles."
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So, that's how the car
got to the shop.
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This woman had the car taken
to that mechanic's shop.
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I did not know what
her involvement was with Raul,
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and so,
I contacted Rosa.
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I didn't know this person,
so I was like, "Wait, what?"
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Like, I was so confused.
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So, I went to Lauren's
Facebook profile.
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Lauren was friends on Facebook
with my dad.
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And so, I started looking
through her stories on Facebook.
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Lauren was
an ex-porn star.
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Why would my dad
be friends with her?
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We wanted to know why she had
Raul Guillen's car.
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How did she become in possession
of Raul Guillen's car,
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and why was there a receipt
with her name on it
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that was taken to
that mechanic's shop?
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A check of local records
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reveals that Lauren lives
in Houston County,
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not far from
the mechanic's shop.
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So, we proceeded to call in
Lauren Wambles.
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We question her
about Raul's car.
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"Why is your name
on the receipt
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for it being towed
to this place in Alabama?"
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Then, she started telling us
that her boyfriend
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had purchased this car
for her.
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I found that very hard
to believe,
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that Raul sold the car,
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because Rosa
had already told me
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this was his beloved,
you know, possession,
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that he – that's just not
something he would do.
248
00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,249
Lauren Wambles tells us
that her boyfriend
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was Shane Parker.
250
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Shane is the same friend
who Rosa reached out to
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when Raul first vanished,
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and who told her he hadn't seen
her father recently.
253
00:13:01,476 --> 00:13:05,826
But the name jumps out to
detectives for another reason.
254
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We had had some history
with him,
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here at the Houston County
Sheriff's Office.
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Previously,
he was in jail.
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I knew that he was violent.
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It was a red flag
for me.
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We had been to his house
on several occasions.
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I heard his name
on several occasions.
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Lauren was asked about
the condition of the car.
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She told me that Shane
was making it bulletproof,
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and that he was painting it
'cause that was her dream car.
264
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And Shane had decided to –
to give her her dream car.
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And that was why
she had the car.
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I felt like Lauren knew more
than what she was telling,
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but we didn't have anything
to charge her with,
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so we pretty much just –
we let her go.
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♪
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00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,884
At this point, I started
bringing Shane in,
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to talk to him.
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And it was one of those things,
I played it, really, like,
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00:14:01,753 --> 00:14:03,323
"Man, I just need
your help."
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I didn't make him feel like
he was a suspect in any way.
275
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Then, he proceeded
to tell me
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he'd met Raul in jail
just a few months ago.
277
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My dad was driving with
an expired registration.
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He got stopped by a cop.
279
00:14:19,293 --> 00:14:23,043
So, he was arrested for that,
and that's why he was in jail.
280
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Shane befriended him.
281
00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:26,336
Raul was down on his luck.
282
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He was new to the area,
didn't know anything.
283
00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:31,912
Wanted to make some money.
Needed a job.
284
00:14:31,958 --> 00:14:34,128
Shane tried to
help him out.
285
00:14:34,177 --> 00:14:37,397
Shane tells the investigator
he tried to help Raul,
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00:14:37,441 --> 00:14:39,401
but eventually,
Raul became involved
287
00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:43,933
with some dangerous people,
so he and Raul parted ways.
288
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He kept saying that Raul
was part of the MS13 gang.
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He just really
played Raul
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as this vindictive outlaw
drug runner,
291
00:14:56,286 --> 00:14:58,506
and that he could have
went undercover,
292
00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:02,769
and that people
were looking for him.
293
00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:07,434
Something was amiss.
294
00:15:16,045 --> 00:15:18,605
Several weeks have passed
since Raul Guillen vanished
295
00:15:18,656 --> 00:15:20,396
from Jackson County, Florida.
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00:15:20,441 --> 00:15:23,401
Shane Parker, a friend of Raul's
who police suspect
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00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:26,404
has criminal connections,
tells the investigators
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00:15:26,447 --> 00:15:29,317
Raul may be mixed up with
a violent gang.
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00:15:29,363 --> 00:15:32,023
I asked him, "When's the last
time you seen Raul?"
300
00:15:32,061 --> 00:15:34,981
And he told me
it was around 4th of July,
301
00:15:35,021 --> 00:15:38,241
and that they had been
shooting off fireworks.
302
00:15:38,285 --> 00:15:42,025
And that was the last time
he saw him.
303
00:15:42,071 --> 00:15:44,991
And he was telling me that
he felt like Raul was missing
304
00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:50,341
because of his association
with the MS13 going.
305
00:15:50,384 --> 00:15:53,524
That is not an issue
that we have in this area.
306
00:15:53,561 --> 00:15:55,041
We have biker gangs here.
307
00:15:55,084 --> 00:15:57,354
I've never dealt with
anybody in MS13.
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00:15:57,391 --> 00:15:59,701
If they're here,
they're very silent.
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00:15:59,741 --> 00:16:01,831
It's not something
we deal with.
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00:16:01,873 --> 00:16:05,053
I did not feel that Shane was
telling the truth at all.
311
00:16:05,094 --> 00:16:08,274
Detective Herring and I
were getting to the point
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00:16:08,315 --> 00:16:11,925
where we believe
that Shane Parker
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00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:15,021
was directly responsible
for Raul being missing.
314
00:16:15,061 --> 00:16:16,411
He was a suspect.
315
00:16:16,453 --> 00:16:18,243
But we had
circumstantial evidence,
316
00:16:18,281 --> 00:16:22,501
which is not nothing we could
really take before a court.
317
00:16:24,244 --> 00:16:29,474
After our conversation ended
with Shane, I contacted Rosa.
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00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:32,210
I asked her to verify
the information
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00:16:32,252 --> 00:16:34,122
that Shane had given me
about the MS13.
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00:16:34,167 --> 00:16:37,337
She did not know
where that came from.
321
00:16:37,387 --> 00:16:40,087
She told me, you know, "Look,
my dad's had his troubles.
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00:16:40,129 --> 00:16:41,389
He's been down
on his luck.
323
00:16:41,435 --> 00:16:43,645
But he's never done
something like this."
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00:16:43,698 --> 00:16:45,268
And I believed her.
325
00:16:45,308 --> 00:16:47,528
I mean, there was nothing else
to – to lead me to believe
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00:16:47,571 --> 00:16:51,141
that he was involved
in anything illegal this time.
327
00:16:51,184 --> 00:16:52,754
We talked about my dad.
328
00:16:52,794 --> 00:16:54,844
And I was crying,
329
00:16:54,883 --> 00:16:56,103
and I said,
"You know, Cheree, like,
330
00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:58,225
I really want to
find him."
331
00:16:58,278 --> 00:17:03,108
The worst feeling
is having someone you love
332
00:17:03,152 --> 00:17:05,852
and talk to every day
go missing.
333
00:17:05,894 --> 00:17:08,724
And it's just like
pure agony.
334
00:17:08,766 --> 00:17:11,856
We spent a lot of time
talking on telephone,
335
00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:14,160
started developing into
a friendship,
336
00:17:14,207 --> 00:17:16,247
because I have a daughter
her age.
337
00:17:16,296 --> 00:17:22,426
♪
338
00:17:22,476 --> 00:17:25,346
With no solid leads
about where Raul might be,
339
00:17:25,392 --> 00:17:27,442
the investigation
seems stuck.
340
00:17:27,481 --> 00:17:29,401
Detectives go back to
square one,
341
00:17:29,439 --> 00:17:31,699
looking for anything
they might have missed.
342
00:17:31,746 --> 00:17:34,876
A police report filed shortly
after Raul went missing
343
00:17:34,923 --> 00:17:37,363
catches their eye.
344
00:17:37,404 --> 00:17:39,804
There was actually a trailer
that had burned
345
00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:46,281
here in Houston County, Alabama,
on July the 16th of 2020.
346
00:17:46,326 --> 00:17:50,626
And we had also had some reports
that what we call "squatters,"
347
00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:52,068
people just going
and staying somewhere,
348
00:17:52,114 --> 00:17:53,724
that doesn't pay rent.
349
00:17:53,768 --> 00:17:55,938
Raul's name had come up
as being one of those squatters
350
00:17:55,987 --> 00:17:58,467
staying at that trailer.
351
00:17:58,512 --> 00:18:01,602
Investigator Edwards and I
went out to the property.
352
00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:08,477
And then, we started
looking around,
353
00:18:08,522 --> 00:18:10,702
to see if we found
any bones,
354
00:18:10,741 --> 00:18:13,571
and looking for, possibly,
a burnt body,
355
00:18:13,614 --> 00:18:17,104
thinking that that's –
that might be where Raul is.
356
00:18:17,139 --> 00:18:20,139
Because it was burnt
completely to the ground.
357
00:18:20,186 --> 00:18:22,796
Even though it's now been
three weeks since the fire,
358
00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,760
detectives are hopeful
some clues might be left behind.
359
00:18:26,801 --> 00:18:29,721
We went over the trailer
with a fine-tooth comb,
360
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,200
looking for evidence.
361
00:18:32,241 --> 00:18:35,421
And it turned up that Raul
was not there.
362
00:18:35,462 --> 00:18:42,602
♪
363
00:18:42,643 --> 00:18:44,213
At this point,
364
00:18:44,253 --> 00:18:45,603
because we'd still not heard
anything from Raul,
365
00:18:45,646 --> 00:18:47,466
things are starting to look
a little bleak,
366
00:18:47,517 --> 00:18:49,947
and we were beginning to think
that, if we did find Raul,
367
00:18:49,998 --> 00:18:52,648
he was probably not
gonna be alive.
368
00:18:57,527 --> 00:19:00,227
Weeks passed with no
developments in the case.
369
00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:03,049
Then, two months
after Raul vanished,
370
00:19:03,098 --> 00:19:04,448
detectives get a tip
371
00:19:04,491 --> 00:19:06,581
that reinvigorates
their investigation.
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00:19:06,623 --> 00:19:08,283
It was early
Monday morning.
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00:19:08,321 --> 00:19:11,191
I'm at home with my family.
And the phone rings.
374
00:19:11,237 --> 00:19:13,197
And it is someone,
375
00:19:13,239 --> 00:19:15,199
what I consider
a reliable informant,
376
00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:18,771
that says, "Hey, I have
some information for you
377
00:19:18,809 --> 00:19:20,989
in the disappearance
of Raul.
378
00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:23,209
Someone knows where
Raul is.
379
00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:24,899
He wants to meet with you,
380
00:19:24,946 --> 00:19:27,296
but he wants to
remain anonymous."
381
00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:31,210
I told her to tell him
that he's gonna be okay.
382
00:19:31,257 --> 00:19:32,517
That we got to do
what's right.
383
00:19:32,562 --> 00:19:35,482
"Come see me,
and let's talk."
384
00:19:35,522 --> 00:19:36,702
And me growing up
in this county,
385
00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:38,480
I've got a lot of people
that trust me.
386
00:19:38,525 --> 00:19:41,875
This person came to me
because he knew
387
00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:43,359
that I was a man
of my word.
388
00:19:43,399 --> 00:19:46,319
He knew that he could trust
a law enforcement officer,
389
00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:47,579
and this
law enforcement officer
390
00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:49,141
would look out for
his best interest,
391
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:52,888
but he also wanted to do
what was right.
392
00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:54,580
On a monday morning,
we met here.
393
00:19:54,628 --> 00:19:57,888
And he sat right here
in this office.
394
00:20:00,068 --> 00:20:03,768
He was scared.
He was afraid.
395
00:20:03,811 --> 00:20:06,551
And I told him, I said,
"I'm gonna tell you –"
396
00:20:06,596 --> 00:20:08,466
I said, :I don't know if you
have any children or not,
397
00:20:08,511 --> 00:20:10,121
but I do."
398
00:20:10,165 --> 00:20:11,555
I said,
"He's got a daughter.
399
00:20:11,601 --> 00:20:16,041
She wants to know
what happened to her daddy.
400
00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:19,004
I want you to tell me the truth
about what happened.
401
00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,223
Don't give me
the runaround.
402
00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:21,442
We need to do
what's right,
403
00:20:21,481 --> 00:20:23,351
because this girl
deserves to know.
404
00:20:23,396 --> 00:20:25,006
She needs closure."
405
00:20:25,049 --> 00:20:27,359
He looked at me, and he said,
"You're right, sir."
406
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,970
He says, "I'm scared.
407
00:20:29,010 --> 00:20:30,530
I wasn't there
when it happened.
408
00:20:30,577 --> 00:20:32,577
I can just tell you
what happened."
409
00:20:41,283 --> 00:20:44,683
Jeremie Peters.
410
00:20:44,721 --> 00:20:46,511
We were familiar with him
here in Houston County.
411
00:20:46,549 --> 00:20:48,289
They're familiar with him
in Jackson County.
412
00:20:48,334 --> 00:20:49,904
The Feds
are familiar with him.
413
00:20:49,944 --> 00:20:53,124
Jeremie Peters has been involved
in the – in the drug world.
414
00:20:53,164 --> 00:20:54,514
And what I mean,
"in the drug world,"
415
00:20:54,557 --> 00:20:57,387
he was known to sell
large amounts of drugs.
416
00:20:57,430 --> 00:21:00,130
I knew that he
was very violent.
417
00:21:00,171 --> 00:21:03,521
The informant told me
that Raul was killed
418
00:21:03,566 --> 00:21:05,386
at Jeremie Peters' house.
419
00:21:23,630 --> 00:21:25,760
As the interrogation continues,
420
00:21:25,806 --> 00:21:27,756
the informant claims
Jeremie Peters
421
00:21:27,808 --> 00:21:29,378
did not act alone.
422
00:21:29,418 --> 00:21:32,598
He tells the investigator
Peters was part of a plot,
423
00:21:32,639 --> 00:21:35,639
and the lawman recognizes
the names of the other people
424
00:21:35,685 --> 00:21:37,685
who were allegedly involved.
425
00:22:07,064 --> 00:22:08,684
It's a chilling story.
426
00:22:08,718 --> 00:22:12,158
Now, police must determine
if it's true.
427
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,510
I asked the informant,
"Are you willing to take us
428
00:22:14,550 --> 00:22:19,560
to where you believe that
Raul Guillen's body is located?"
429
00:22:19,599 --> 00:22:21,729
And he told me, "Yes."
430
00:22:27,607 --> 00:22:30,387
♪
431
00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:43,877
Investigators have located
missing Florida man
432
00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:47,707
Raul Guillen's car across
the state line, in Alabama.
433
00:22:47,757 --> 00:22:50,407
But an informant claims
Raul was murdered,
434
00:22:50,456 --> 00:22:52,496
and buried
back in Florida.
435
00:22:54,764 --> 00:22:56,724
We contacted Holmes County
Sheriff's Office,
436
00:22:56,766 --> 00:23:00,066
and advised them of basically
the entire investigation
437
00:23:00,117 --> 00:23:02,377
up to this point.
438
00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:04,604
My chief deputy
received the call.
439
00:23:04,644 --> 00:23:06,214
Some information
had come up,
440
00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:08,784
basically that this person that
they were looking for
441
00:23:08,822 --> 00:23:11,042
had possibly been murdered
in Holmes County,
442
00:23:11,085 --> 00:23:13,775
and buried at Holmes County,
just probably about a mile
443
00:23:13,827 --> 00:23:15,917
inside Holmes County
from the Alabama line.
444
00:23:18,048 --> 00:23:20,268
We're a small
rural community.
445
00:23:20,311 --> 00:23:22,791
We very seldom have
any homicides.
446
00:23:22,836 --> 00:23:25,486
Maybe – maybe –
maybe one a year, if that.
447
00:23:25,534 --> 00:23:28,494
It's very, very rare.
448
00:23:28,537 --> 00:23:31,187
Jackson County, Florida
investigator Cheree Edwards
449
00:23:31,235 --> 00:23:34,235
and Houston County, Alabama
sergeant Ricky Herring
450
00:23:34,282 --> 00:23:36,502
team up with
the Holmes County sheriff.
451
00:23:36,545 --> 00:23:40,025
They head out to examine
Raul's alleged burial site.
452
00:23:41,681 --> 00:23:43,251
It wound up raining
that afternoon,
453
00:23:43,291 --> 00:23:46,081
But we met Sheriff Tate
at a church
454
00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:47,510
there in Holmes County, Florida.
455
00:23:47,556 --> 00:23:49,556
Sheriff Tate wound up
getting in a truck with me
456
00:23:49,602 --> 00:23:51,562
and the informant.
457
00:23:51,604 --> 00:23:53,084
And when I say it rained,
458
00:23:53,127 --> 00:23:56,517
it was a hard, heavy rain
coming down that day.
459
00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:58,915
If you're
a true Floridian,
460
00:23:58,959 --> 00:24:01,609
you know the the weather will
change in a matter of minutes.
461
00:24:01,657 --> 00:24:05,657
It could be anywhere from
sun shining to rainstorms.
462
00:24:05,705 --> 00:24:07,655
It's in the middle
of hurricane season,
463
00:24:07,707 --> 00:24:09,927
so it's a torrential downpour.
464
00:24:12,146 --> 00:24:14,446
We went off a little pig trail
off a dirt road,
465
00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:16,276
that you could tell that
no traffic goes down
466
00:24:16,324 --> 00:24:17,724
this little pig trail,
or anything.
467
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,020
So, we're going down,
slipping and sliding.
468
00:24:20,067 --> 00:24:21,807
Finally, after a little
while longer,
469
00:24:21,851 --> 00:24:25,201
I said to the informant,
"Do you know where it is?"
470
00:24:25,246 --> 00:24:26,636
And he says,
"Man, I'm telling you.
471
00:24:26,682 --> 00:24:28,082
Give me a minute.
It's just right.
472
00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:29,468
Give me a minute.
473
00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:30,951
I'm getting my bearings
where I need to be."
474
00:24:33,341 --> 00:24:35,521
All of a sudden,
there is a area
475
00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:38,691
that is maybe 4 foot wide,
6 foot long,
476
00:24:38,738 --> 00:24:41,648
and the dirt
has been turned up.
477
00:24:41,697 --> 00:24:43,607
He said,
"This is the spot."
478
00:24:46,659 --> 00:24:50,709
And it looked like somebody
had been digging there.
479
00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:52,970
We had made plans to go out
there, to dig up the body
480
00:24:53,013 --> 00:24:55,493
so we could verify that this
was, in fact, true.
481
00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:59,537
However, due to the downpour
that we had,
482
00:24:59,585 --> 00:25:02,755
it just was not feasible
for us to get out there
483
00:25:02,805 --> 00:25:06,585
and try to do any type of work whatsoever.
484
00:25:06,635 --> 00:25:08,155
It is very frustrating.
485
00:25:08,202 --> 00:25:12,342
We are so close to being able
to dig at this location,
486
00:25:12,380 --> 00:25:14,820
but the rain hinders
the process,
487
00:25:14,861 --> 00:25:16,651
because,
if you have a footprint,
488
00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:18,429
it will obviously
wash it away.
489
00:25:18,473 --> 00:25:20,303
You can't tell
where it's going.
490
00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:22,524
If we were to dig
in the rain,
491
00:25:22,564 --> 00:25:24,354
any evidence,
with the rain coming down,
492
00:25:24,392 --> 00:25:26,052
would have been disturbed.
493
00:25:29,266 --> 00:25:32,306
So, the decision was made
just to follow up the next day,
494
00:25:32,356 --> 00:25:35,136
when we had a brighter,
clearer day.
495
00:25:39,668 --> 00:25:42,148
With the storm clouds gone
the following morning,
496
00:25:42,192 --> 00:25:45,542
the investigation of the site
can finally begin.
497
00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:46,807
Cadaver dogs came.
498
00:25:46,849 --> 00:25:48,549
They hit on the location.
499
00:25:50,679 --> 00:25:53,199
Officers began with
hand trowels,
500
00:25:53,247 --> 00:25:58,557
small shovels,
removing dirt piece by piece.
501
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,560
Myself and another investigator
502
00:26:00,602 --> 00:26:05,092
actually were helping
to manually dig.
503
00:26:05,128 --> 00:26:06,698
We get to
a certain point,
504
00:26:06,739 --> 00:26:11,179
we could start to smell
the decomposed body.
505
00:26:11,221 --> 00:26:15,491
Your body will, after so many
days, will start falling apart.
506
00:26:15,530 --> 00:26:17,580
Your flesh will start
coming apart.
507
00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:19,839
You start bloating,
gases in your body,
508
00:26:19,882 --> 00:26:21,802
and so forth,
which are expanding.
509
00:26:21,841 --> 00:26:24,631
It was pretty rancid.
510
00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:27,590
Once they dug down deep enough,
they found a barrel
511
00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:31,889
that was cut in half,
that was laid over the body.
512
00:26:31,938 --> 00:26:36,858
Once that was removed,
we saw a garbage bag,
513
00:26:36,899 --> 00:26:38,679
and it had been wrapped
with rope.
514
00:26:38,727 --> 00:26:42,077
You could see a foot
sticking up.
515
00:26:42,122 --> 00:26:45,692
When we got down to
the actual body bag,
516
00:26:45,734 --> 00:26:49,264
we were able to lift him up
using, like,
517
00:26:49,303 --> 00:26:51,173
somewhat of a crane.
518
00:26:51,218 --> 00:26:56,748
Bloody liquid and fluids from
his body started leaking out.
519
00:26:56,789 --> 00:27:01,709
When we opened the bag
to determine if that was Raul,
520
00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:04,930
he still had a skin on him,
but he was very seriously
521
00:27:04,971 --> 00:27:09,371
decomposed due to the weather,
'cause it was very hot.
522
00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:11,370
But by the grace
of the good Lord,
523
00:27:11,412 --> 00:27:12,762
I was able to
identify him
524
00:27:12,805 --> 00:27:14,975
by the necklace
that he had on
525
00:27:15,024 --> 00:27:18,384
that I had previously
had confirmed through Rosa.
526
00:27:20,769 --> 00:27:23,729
When we identified that
that was Raul,
527
00:27:23,772 --> 00:27:26,862
I remember looking at
the investigator
528
00:27:26,906 --> 00:27:28,116
that worked with me,
and I said,
529
00:27:28,168 --> 00:27:29,908
"I do not want to make
this phone call.
530
00:27:29,952 --> 00:27:34,482
This is gonna be the hardest
phone call I ever have to make."
531
00:27:34,522 --> 00:27:38,132
I remember calling Rosa,
and telling her,
532
00:27:38,178 --> 00:27:39,748
"I found your father."
533
00:27:42,704 --> 00:27:44,664
I started crying a lot.
534
00:27:44,706 --> 00:27:47,486
And I couldn't stop crying.
535
00:27:47,535 --> 00:27:52,755
♪
536
00:27:52,801 --> 00:27:55,111
He was found,
so I was happy about that,
537
00:27:55,151 --> 00:27:56,541
'cause a lot of people
don't get to find
538
00:27:56,587 --> 00:27:57,937
their family members.
539
00:27:57,980 --> 00:27:59,680
But I was like,
"Oh, my God."
540
00:27:59,721 --> 00:28:01,461
I fell to my knees.
541
00:28:01,505 --> 00:28:04,895
I like –
I just felt dead inside.
542
00:28:04,944 --> 00:28:06,774
I heard it from
my sister first.
543
00:28:06,815 --> 00:28:09,295
I couldn't believe
that he was murdered.
544
00:28:09,339 --> 00:28:11,909
I'm the type of person
to worry for the worst,
545
00:28:11,951 --> 00:28:16,431
but this death definitely
took me by the blindside.
546
00:28:16,477 --> 00:28:18,387
My dad was gone.
547
00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:24,834
With Raul Guillen's body found,
548
00:28:24,877 --> 00:28:27,267
detectives dial up
their investigation.
549
00:28:27,314 --> 00:28:30,324
They've yet to determine
the motive behind his killing,
550
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,840
and they need hard evidence
to prove the suspects
551
00:28:32,885 --> 00:28:35,705
named by the informant
are indeed the killers.
552
00:28:35,757 --> 00:28:37,277
Well, a lot of times,
553
00:28:37,324 --> 00:28:39,074
when we're looking for certain
types of evidence,
554
00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:41,418
such as DNA, fingerprints,
those types of things,
555
00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:45,678
proximity in time to the actual
crime is very important.
556
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:48,384
But because the crime
had occurred on July 4th,
557
00:28:48,422 --> 00:28:50,422
and it wasn't until
mid-August
558
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:53,077
that Raul Guillen's body
was found,
559
00:28:53,122 --> 00:28:55,082
all of that evidence
was gone.
560
00:28:55,124 --> 00:28:56,524
There was no DNA.
561
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,130
There wasn't any fingerprints
to process or find.
562
00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:04,183
So we obtained
search warrants
563
00:29:04,220 --> 00:29:06,090
to search Jeremie Peters'
property,
564
00:29:06,135 --> 00:29:07,915
because the tipster
had said
565
00:29:07,963 --> 00:29:11,663
that's where the murder
had occurred.
566
00:29:11,706 --> 00:29:13,096
We executed
a search warrant.
567
00:29:13,142 --> 00:29:17,632
His house is not too far
from the burial site.
568
00:29:17,668 --> 00:29:19,148
He was not home
at the time.
569
00:29:19,192 --> 00:29:21,542
We still continued
the search.
570
00:29:21,585 --> 00:29:24,585
We searched
the entire house.
571
00:29:24,632 --> 00:29:26,852
We searched into
our property.
572
00:29:26,895 --> 00:29:30,245
The tipster had said the murder
had occurred outside
573
00:29:30,290 --> 00:29:32,950
by Mr. Peters'
air-conditioning unit.
574
00:29:32,988 --> 00:29:35,118
Any blood, or any evidence
from there,
575
00:29:35,164 --> 00:29:37,214
would have been washed away
through the rain,
576
00:29:37,253 --> 00:29:39,783
the heat of Florida.
577
00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:41,781
But elsewhere
on Peters' property,
578
00:29:41,823 --> 00:29:43,913
police make
a major discovery.
579
00:29:43,956 --> 00:29:48,866
Adjacent to Peters' truck
was an open shed.
580
00:29:48,917 --> 00:29:52,177
In that shed
were barrels,
581
00:29:52,225 --> 00:29:55,315
just like the ones
that Raul was found in.
582
00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:08,278
♪
583
00:30:08,328 --> 00:30:10,548
A search of suspect
Jeremie Peters' home
584
00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:14,071
has turned up evidence tied to
the murder of Raul Guillen –
585
00:30:14,116 --> 00:30:18,596
plastic barrels similar to those
found with Raul's buried body.
586
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:24,340
There was also a lot of
FSU paraphernalia –
587
00:30:24,387 --> 00:30:26,087
Florida State University
paraphernalia –
588
00:30:26,128 --> 00:30:27,958
in Jeremie Peters' home.
589
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,700
One of the things that
Raul Guillen was wrapped in
590
00:30:30,741 --> 00:30:33,401
was a Florida State University blanket.
591
00:30:36,095 --> 00:30:38,785
So, we obtained
an arrest warrant on him.
592
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,537
The US Marshals
took Peters into custody
593
00:30:41,578 --> 00:30:43,058
at his attorney's office.
594
00:30:45,191 --> 00:30:48,021
With Peters in custody,
detectives set their sights
595
00:30:48,063 --> 00:30:50,593
on two other suspects
named by the informant –
596
00:30:50,631 --> 00:30:55,981
Shane Parker and his girlfriend,
Lauren Wambles.
597
00:30:56,028 --> 00:30:59,118
Shane had
a misdemeanor warrant.
598
00:30:59,161 --> 00:31:01,951
What we did is, we wound up
making a traffic stop on Shane
599
00:31:01,990 --> 00:31:03,120
when he left the house.
600
00:31:03,165 --> 00:31:05,855
And we saw Lauren
in the car with him.
601
00:31:05,907 --> 00:31:09,037
Once we made that traffic stop
on Shane,
602
00:31:09,084 --> 00:31:12,484
that is whenever we got Lauren
back up here to the office,
603
00:31:12,522 --> 00:31:14,002
and talked with her.
604
00:31:14,046 --> 00:31:15,656
Shane went to jail.
605
00:31:15,699 --> 00:31:18,009
We didn't feel like Lauren
was gonna talk around Shane,
606
00:31:18,050 --> 00:31:20,920
and we had more of a chance
of getting Lauren
607
00:31:20,966 --> 00:31:22,446
to open up,
and talk with us.
608
00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:30,710
She told us she was pregnant
with Shane's baby.
609
00:31:30,758 --> 00:31:32,018
and she's already
having problems
610
00:31:32,064 --> 00:31:33,944
getting custody of
her other child.
611
00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:36,589
So, we just turned
the heat up.
612
00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:41,293
So, we honed in on her children,
especially her unborn child,
613
00:31:41,334 --> 00:31:45,214
and how, if Shane
cared about her
614
00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:48,431
like he said he did, he wouldn't
have put her in that position.
615
00:32:08,709 --> 00:32:13,059
At that point, I kick into
what I call "another gear."
616
00:32:13,105 --> 00:32:16,405
Laura Wambles was telling
one story during that time,
617
00:32:16,456 --> 00:32:19,496
but I also know the game,
and how things work.
618
00:32:19,546 --> 00:32:21,236
Some people, you know,
a lot of times,
619
00:32:21,287 --> 00:32:22,677
they don't want to talk to you
'cause they're afraid
620
00:32:22,723 --> 00:32:24,073
something's gonna happen
to them.
621
00:32:24,116 --> 00:32:25,506
So, I said,
"You know what?
622
00:32:25,552 --> 00:32:27,122
You're going to jail.
I just don't like you."
623
00:32:27,162 --> 00:32:28,992
You know,
sometimes it takes that.
624
00:32:40,567 --> 00:32:44,137
Once Lauren realizes Sergeant
Herring has her cornered,
625
00:32:44,179 --> 00:32:46,309
she quickly changes
her tune.
626
00:32:46,355 --> 00:32:54,405
♪
627
00:33:12,729 --> 00:33:15,859
At that point, she broke, and
she saw Shane for what he was.
628
00:33:15,906 --> 00:33:17,256
And she confessed
to her involvement
629
00:33:17,299 --> 00:33:19,169
in the murder of
Raul Guillen.
630
00:34:00,777 --> 00:34:05,607
We still wanted to know why
she had Raul Guillen's car.
631
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:41,120
Lauren Wambles told us
where the gun was thrown at,
632
00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:43,116
by Shane Parker,
633
00:34:43,168 --> 00:34:46,078
in what drainage ditch
it was thrown in.
634
00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:48,037
As Lauren is carted off
to jail,
635
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:51,516
officers rush to the location
in Houston County, Alabama,
636
00:34:51,567 --> 00:34:54,917
to see if the murder weapon
is actually there.
637
00:34:54,962 --> 00:34:57,312
The handle of the gun
was found.
638
00:34:57,356 --> 00:34:59,576
It was a handle
to a revolver.
639
00:34:59,619 --> 00:35:03,279
Now, the cylinder and the barrel
had been cut off
640
00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:06,538
and removed
from that handle,
641
00:35:06,582 --> 00:35:08,632
but the handle was found
in a storm drain
642
00:35:08,671 --> 00:35:12,551
right where Lauren Wambles said
that Parker threw it.
643
00:35:15,983 --> 00:35:17,553
Detectives now have
all they need
644
00:35:17,593 --> 00:35:20,073
to charge Shane Parker
with murder.
645
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:23,378
♪
646
00:35:52,411 --> 00:35:54,021
During the course
of the interview,
647
00:35:54,064 --> 00:35:55,634
investigators were able
to confront him
648
00:35:55,675 --> 00:35:57,975
with the fact that it was
your girlfriend,
649
00:35:58,025 --> 00:36:01,285
the mother of your child
that told us she was there,
650
00:36:01,333 --> 00:36:04,553
she did these things,
and said you did these things.
651
00:36:04,597 --> 00:36:07,337
And so, they were able
to confront him with that,
652
00:36:07,382 --> 00:36:11,042
and say, "She wouldn't make
herself guilty of a crime
653
00:36:11,081 --> 00:36:13,431
unless you were also guilty
of a crime."
654
00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:35,715
Jeremie Peters also insists
he's innocent.
655
00:36:35,758 --> 00:36:39,278
But, hoping for leniency,
Lauren Wambles tells detectives
656
00:36:39,327 --> 00:36:43,507
she's willing to reveal
more details about the murder.
657
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:46,729
We had finally gotten
the correct version
658
00:36:46,769 --> 00:36:49,249
of what happened
to Raul.
659
00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:51,564
He wasn't murdered.
He was slaughtered.
660
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:59,260
♪
661
00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:06,618
Parker
662
00:37:06,659 --> 00:37:09,749
begins on March 21st, 2022.
663
00:37:09,792 --> 00:37:11,932
Over the course of
the next two days,
664
00:37:11,968 --> 00:37:14,408
prosecutors are able to paint
a clear picture
665
00:37:14,449 --> 00:37:16,969
of what happened the night
Raul Guillen was killed,
666
00:37:17,017 --> 00:37:19,367
thanks to the testimony
of Parker's girlfriend,
667
00:37:19,411 --> 00:37:21,541
Lauren Wambles,
and detectives from three
668
00:37:21,587 --> 00:37:24,677
different jurisdictions
in Florida and Alabama.
669
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:27,420
During the trial,
I finally got the details
670
00:37:27,462 --> 00:37:29,682
about how my dad died.
671
00:37:32,511 --> 00:37:34,821
Lower Wambles claimed that
672
00:37:34,861 --> 00:37:38,131
they were at Jeremie Peters'
house Fourth of July.
673
00:37:42,216 --> 00:37:44,826
Shane and Lauren
went to pick Raul up.
674
00:37:44,871 --> 00:37:48,791
They told him that Jeremie had
some work that he could do there
675
00:37:48,831 --> 00:37:51,661
at the house,
and earn some extra money.
676
00:37:51,704 --> 00:37:54,184
And then, they went to go
get some fireworks,
677
00:37:54,228 --> 00:37:57,448
because it was
the Fourth of July.
678
00:37:57,492 --> 00:38:01,192
Shane Parker has
Lauren Wambles distract Raul
679
00:38:01,235 --> 00:38:02,975
by giving him
some fireworks.
680
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:09,159
Gives him a popsicle
to enjoy.
681
00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:10,679
The firecracker
to be lit
682
00:38:10,723 --> 00:38:13,073
was to cover the sound
of the gunshot.
683
00:38:16,076 --> 00:38:20,516
Shane Parker stands behind him,
at about 10 feet away,
684
00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:23,519
points the guy at the back of
his head, and pulls the trigger.
685
00:38:28,828 --> 00:38:31,308
And then, after that,
he tells Lauren Wambles,
686
00:38:31,352 --> 00:38:34,532
"You need to help me drag
this man who's dying
687
00:38:34,573 --> 00:38:36,013
to the wood line."
688
00:38:41,493 --> 00:38:43,363
And because he was
going through
689
00:38:43,408 --> 00:38:45,058
what's known as
"agonal breathing,"
690
00:38:45,105 --> 00:38:48,105
which is essentially when the
reptilian part of your brain,
691
00:38:48,151 --> 00:38:50,461
the most basic part of
your brain, is still working,
692
00:38:50,502 --> 00:38:53,332
your heart's pumping,
your lungs are working,
693
00:38:53,374 --> 00:38:55,254
but you're not
there anymore.
694
00:38:55,289 --> 00:38:57,939
So, they thought
he was still alive.
695
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,520
And he started making,
according to Lauren,
696
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:06,739
what she called
"snoring sounds."
697
00:39:06,779 --> 00:39:10,779
And Shane took potting soil,
and poured it on his face,
698
00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:12,996
and tried to shove down
his throat.
699
00:39:13,046 --> 00:39:14,256
And picked up a shovel,
700
00:39:14,308 --> 00:39:17,568
and proceeded to beat him
with the shovel
701
00:39:17,616 --> 00:39:19,706
because he wanted to
finish him off.
702
00:39:23,491 --> 00:39:25,671
After that,
Jeremie Peters got home.
703
00:39:25,711 --> 00:39:28,981
The two of them then loaded
Raul Guillen's body
704
00:39:29,018 --> 00:39:34,808
into Jeremie Peters' truck,
wrapped it in tarp and blankets,
705
00:39:34,850 --> 00:39:37,770
and then took it to
a logging area,
706
00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:42,120
dug in grave,
and buried Raul Guillen.
707
00:39:43,859 --> 00:39:47,429
Shane had convinced
Jeremie that,
708
00:39:47,472 --> 00:39:50,562
if he left the house
before the murder took place,
709
00:39:50,605 --> 00:39:53,035
that he would only be charged
with a misdemeanor
710
00:39:53,086 --> 00:39:54,516
if they were found out,
711
00:39:54,566 --> 00:40:00,306
because he was not present
at the time of the incident.
712
00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:10,324
♪
713
00:40:10,364 --> 00:40:11,804
Throughout
the investigation,
714
00:40:11,844 --> 00:40:13,854
the one thing
that eluded detectives
715
00:40:13,889 --> 00:40:15,979
was a motive
for this murder.
716
00:40:16,022 --> 00:40:18,202
Thanks to Lauren Wambles'
plea deal,
717
00:40:18,241 --> 00:40:22,121
prosecutors were able to offer
a theory to the jury.
718
00:40:22,158 --> 00:40:25,988
Lauren Wambles said that
Jeremie Peters thought himself
719
00:40:26,032 --> 00:40:29,952
the local drug kingpin
in Holmes County.
720
00:40:29,992 --> 00:40:32,082
He had enlisted
William Shane Parker
721
00:40:32,125 --> 00:40:35,645
as someone to run drugs for him,
as well as to be his enforcer,
722
00:40:35,694 --> 00:40:39,614
someone that would
collect debts.
723
00:40:39,654 --> 00:40:41,704
Jeremie Peters
concocted this belief
724
00:40:41,743 --> 00:40:45,663
that Raul was part of
a Mexican cartel.
725
00:40:45,704 --> 00:40:49,534
What he viewed that as
is a threat to his business.
726
00:40:49,577 --> 00:40:52,617
So, Peters essentially told
William Shane Parker
727
00:40:52,667 --> 00:40:57,717
that he needed to kill
Raul Guillen
728
00:40:57,759 --> 00:41:00,629
to remove this perceived threat
that, somehow,
729
00:41:00,675 --> 00:41:02,365
Raul Guillen
was going to attract
730
00:41:02,416 --> 00:41:06,326
the Mexican cartels
to their area.
731
00:41:06,376 --> 00:41:09,896
There was absolutely no evidence
that Raul Guillen was involved
732
00:41:09,945 --> 00:41:12,335
in any drug trafficking
or illegal activity.
733
00:41:12,382 --> 00:41:18,082
He was simply a poor guy who did
what he could to make money.
734
00:41:20,260 --> 00:41:22,480
The jury deliberates
for less than an hour
735
00:41:22,523 --> 00:41:27,493
before finding Shane Parker
guilty of second degree murder.
736
00:41:27,528 --> 00:41:29,138
Shane Parker received
life in prison
737
00:41:29,182 --> 00:41:35,142
because he was the person who
shot and killed Raul Guillen.
738
00:41:35,188 --> 00:41:36,758
In a separate trial,
739
00:41:36,798 --> 00:41:41,238
Jeremie Peters is found guilty
of accessory to murder.
740
00:41:41,281 --> 00:41:44,201
Jeremie Peters is serving
a 20-year sentence
741
00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:46,680
for his role
as an accessory.
742
00:41:46,721 --> 00:41:48,721
For her cooperation
with law enforcement,
743
00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:51,287
Lauren Wambles received
a 10-year sentence
744
00:41:51,334 --> 00:41:53,124
for accessory to murder.
745
00:41:55,861 --> 00:41:57,521
I was glad of
the results.
746
00:41:57,558 --> 00:42:02,258
I was glad they were able to get
the convictions that they did.
747
00:42:02,302 --> 00:42:05,092
At this point, Rosa and I
are close friends,
748
00:42:05,131 --> 00:42:07,571
and the fact that I was able
to give her some closure
749
00:42:07,612 --> 00:42:09,222
was the biggest thing.
750
00:42:11,790 --> 00:42:15,400
I've come to really care
for Rosa.
751
00:42:15,445 --> 00:42:18,135
She was a lot like
my own daughter.
752
00:42:20,189 --> 00:42:22,019
She loved her father.
753
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:29,110
She will always be so dear to me
because of that.
754
00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:34,375
Every time I work
a case like this,
755
00:42:34,421 --> 00:42:36,471
I actually get just the chill
bumps all over my body,
756
00:42:36,510 --> 00:42:39,170
just knowing that I'm able to
give some family some closure.
757
00:42:43,169 --> 00:42:48,089
I didn't really understand
how much I did love him,
758
00:42:48,130 --> 00:42:50,740
and how much love
I did have for him,
759
00:42:50,785 --> 00:42:53,395
until he passed.
760
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,750
He was one of the nicest,
most caring, most friendliest,
761
00:42:57,792 --> 00:43:01,542
sweetest individuals
I've ever met.
762
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:03,539
He didn't deserve
what happened –
763
00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:07,631
not by a long shot,
not by a mile.
764
00:43:07,672 --> 00:43:09,332
And think,
in 2020, like,
765
00:43:09,369 --> 00:43:13,029
a lot of people
lost family members to COVID.
766
00:43:13,068 --> 00:43:16,158
And, you know, like, there's
cancer, and other things.
767
00:43:16,202 --> 00:43:19,642
But when a person
is murdered like that,
768
00:43:19,684 --> 00:43:22,254
I won't ever be able to think
about my dad again
769
00:43:22,295 --> 00:43:24,985
without associating him
to that murder,
770
00:43:25,037 --> 00:43:27,127
and to how gruesome
it was.
771
00:43:27,169 --> 00:43:28,519
It never goes away.
772
00:43:28,562 --> 00:43:30,962
It'll never go away.
It'll never go away.
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