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Death is a smell you'll
never forget in your life.
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And as soon as we walked in
that door, we knew.
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We knew this was gunshot.
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We knew this was violent.
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He was a real hard
business person.
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If you had to make a payment,
you better make your payment.
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Everyone wanted to be the one
to help solve the case.
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There's a chasm's difference
between a person of interest
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and a suspect.
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Beulah, Florida is one of
our largest districts,
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but it is very remote.
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It is a rural community.
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Beulah more, like,
is remote,
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on the outskirts
of Escambia County.
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It actually borders
the Alabama line.
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It's had this rebirth
over the last couple of years,
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but in 2009,
it was mainly farming.
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There are pockets
of poverty there
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through all of
Escambia County.
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We, for some reason,
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have some crazy stuff
that happens in this area.
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I've worked
some unbelievable stuff.
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I was with the sheriff's office
for 20 years,
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and the stuff that I've seen
and dealt with
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some people don't deal with
their whole career.
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I don't know how to explain it,
or tell you why.
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My sergeant called me,
and said,
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"Hey, I need you to go out
to Beulah, a home out there.
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There's a woman
and her husband
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that they found in a house,
passed away."
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We're thinking "murder-suicide,
husband and wife."
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I got briefed
on this case.
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It was around 6:30 p.m...
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It's a pretty
prominent family –
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a very, very successful
local businessman,
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Bud Billings,
and his wife, Melanie.
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They're well known for having
special needs children.
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And he said, "We're searching
the house now for the children.
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We think there's eight or nine
children still in the house."
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Patrol gets there.
The door's been kicked open.
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We found out the call came in
from a neighbor.
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One of the children
in the house
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and heard the gunshots,
and she ran next door.
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It's reported that they had been
shot to death,
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so you think that you're
probably going to encounter
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an armed suspect,
if you run into anyone.
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Anytime there's
a homicide scene,
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and a potential of a shooter
still being in the residence,
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you're gonna have
multiple units respond.
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We probably had six or seven
units on scene very quickly,
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to search and clear
the house.
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When you get to
a crime scene,
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there's not necessarily
a metallic or gun smell,
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or something like that.
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But death is a smell you'll
never forget in your life.
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You know
as soon as you walk in.
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And as soon as we walked in
that door, we knew.
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And we walked
throughout the house,
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and we see the bodies
on the bottom floor,
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in the master bedroom.
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Of course, it's horrific.
A lot of blood.
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Blood everywhere
in the bedroom.
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You see two people, shot almost
execution-style in the face
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and the head.
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From a picture
of the family,
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we right away know that this is
Mr. and Mrs. Billings.
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There was some splatter
in other areas of the house,
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but most of the blood was in
the bedroom, where they were at.
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And we also immediately started
looking for guns.
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We didn't find anything
like that,
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which eliminates suicide,
and points more to murder.
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Your first responding officers
will secure the scene.
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They will direct
the crime techs,
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our crime lab people,
to specific areas.
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And they're the ones that
actually photograph and measure,
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look for latent fingerprints.
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You don't want too many people
traipsing through a crime scene.
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The deputies found shell casings
at the scene.
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No weapons.
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Any weapons had been taken
from the scene.
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As they're clearing
the house,
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they start finding
these kids everywhere.
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If you can imagine,
they're hiding in closets,
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scared to death.
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There was a lot of tension,
especially with the deputies,
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and what they had to deal with
just making house safe,
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'cause you're talking about kids
that were non-verbal,
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most of them.
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They're special needs.
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They're autistic children,
and Down Syndrome, et cetera.
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Of course, you also want
to shield them.
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After we had gotten
all nine of the children
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out of the
Billings household,
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we found out the Billings
actually had two other children,
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Ashley Markham
and Justin Billings.
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Police notify the Billings'
oldest children,
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Ashley and Justin,
both from previous marriages,
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and they rush to
the scene.
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Justin mention the videotaping
on the compound.
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He directed us to it, and said
"We have a video system."
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You know, "The camera's set up,
and it's also taping."
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That videotape system
covered everything
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except for Bud
and Melanie's bedroom.
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There was no videotape
in the bedroom.
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When the crime scene techs
show up,
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they take the videotapes
back to the sheriff's office,
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and you begin an analysis
of the videotape.
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It will take time to go through
the many hours
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of security footage,
looking for anything
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that might help identify
the killer or killers.
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Meanwhile, police continue
to process the crime scene,
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and gather as much information
as they can
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about the Billings
from the family.
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Bud Billings was a very
successful businessman.
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He had been in the car business
for years and years.
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And he funded
other car dealerships.
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You know,
money stuck to Bud.
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His wife, Melanie, had a heart
for special needs children,
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and of course,
Bud was very supportive of that.
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He loved children also.
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So, they built that large
sprawling compound,
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quite appropriately,
for all of those children.
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Now, the family told us
that Mr. Billings would carry
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a large amount of cash
around on his persons.
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He would have a little briefcase
type bag that he would carry.
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And he would also keep a large
amount of cash in his safe.
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And people knew that.
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The family tells detectives
that Bud and Melanie
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kept a safe
in their bedroom closet.
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A small safe was removed from
Mr. and Ms. Billings' bedroom.
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We didn't see much of
anything else missing,
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but it was obvious that the safe
was missing out of the bedroom.
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Having that sort of cash,
you would be a target
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for those who thought
they could do you harm.
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At this point,
we're almost positive
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the motive
is going to be money,
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because of the large amount
of cash
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that Mr. Billings
would keep.
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I spoke to Ashley,
and she told us
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the safe had some family
documents in it,
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it had a couple of
small pieces of jewelry
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that meant nothing to anyone
except the Billings family.
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I think, Melanie – one or two
of Melanie's mother's rings
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were in there –
small gold rings.
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What's ironic is,
they go in to take the safe,
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but they took
the wrong one.
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We learned the safe that
they needed was upstairs.
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And there was quite a bit
of cash in it.
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Detectives believe they know
why the crime was committed,
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but they need to determine
who is responsible.
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They start by questioning
the only witnesses –
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the couple's
special needs children.
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Ashley helped us talk to
one of the kids in the house.
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This little girl starts
telling us about a red SUV
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that was out front of the house,
in the driveway,
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at the time of
the homicide.
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She was hard
to understand,
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but she told us enough
to put out a BOLO for a red SUV.
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Identifying that vehicle,
and finding out, you know,
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who it belongs to
would be our first lead.
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We knew this
was gunshot.
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We knew this was violent.
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In a case like this,
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you check out and interview
all loved ones.
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They have to be
eliminated first.
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Justin was jittery,
acted very nervous.
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Blue Marcum,
who is married to Ashley,
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the daughter of the Billings,
tells us that Mr. Billings
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and Justin have had issues
in the past.
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Justin, of course,
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said he didn't have anything
to do with it.
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So, we kept
questioning him on it.
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We wind up
bringing him in,
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and interviewing him
at the sheriff's office.
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He wasn't devastated
like the rest of the family.
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He didn't seem
that upset.
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It looked more like a raid
than anything else.
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It was almost
an unburdening.
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He wanted to tell
this story.
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He said,
"I'll be honest with you.
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I didn't like him."
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A lot of people
owed him money.
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If you had to make a payment,
you better make your payment.
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Then, we walk to the back,
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and I'm thinking,
"I may have a clue here."
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As police in Escambia County,
Florida search for a red SUV
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spotted near the home
of murder victims
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Bud and Melanie Billings,
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they also questioned
Bud's oldest son, Justin,
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whose behavior at
the crime scene was suspicious.
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People handle shock and grief
in many, many different ways.
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Everybody handles things differently.
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He seemed to kind of, like,
take it in stride,
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if that makes sense.
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So what you look for
in that case is,
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"Okay, can we tie him
to other people,
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places, events, dates?"
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I got a call from Pensacola,
telling me that
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Bud and Melanie Billings
was just murdered in their home.
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And I said, "What?"
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And just broke down crying.
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I was worried
about Justin.
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I met Bud Billings
when I was 20 years old.
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He was definitely
a charmer.
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I cannot have children,
so we adopted Justin.
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Justin was 6
when Bud filed for divorce.
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And I knew that Justin Billings
was no way guilty
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of pulling the trigger,
and killing his parents.
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He told us about
some of the issues
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that he had
with Mr. Billings.
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I guess they had a pretty big
falling out.
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To rule Justin out, we had to go
through his entire timeline,
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and interview people
that he said he was with.
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Justin tells detectives that he
spent the night of the murder
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hanging out with
a friend named Greg.
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Justin not only provides
detectives with his alibi,
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but as the interview continues,
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he provides them
with a possible lead.
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He tells us that Mr. Billings
and his ex-business partner
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in the car industry, Cab Tice,
had issues in the past,
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that it had ended
on a really bad note.
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And at one point,
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Cab Tice have even made threats
towards Mr. Billings.
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Justin's story raises
the detectives' eyebrows,
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because they have also heard
the name "Cab Tice"
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from Justin's sister.
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Bud ran the [Indistinct]
Finance company,
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so he had a lot of people
that owed him money.
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Ashley also assisted
in running the business.
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And – And you look
for things,
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like is anybody in arrears
in their accounts?
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You know, does somebody
still owe Bud money?
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And Ashley mentioned that
Cab Tice did not pay his bills,
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and he owed [Indistinct] Finance
$10,000.
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But again, does that rise to the
level of committing homicide?
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Investigators now need
to question Cab Tice,
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and they begin the work
to track him down.
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As they do that, Justin's friend
corroborates his alibi.
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Justin was at his house
for dinner
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on the night
of the murders.
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Justin was eliminated
as a person of interest,
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and never became
a suspect.
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We knew Cab had a car lot
in Pace, Florida.
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When we sent Santa Rosa County
deputies to the lot,
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they get there,
it's 8:00 or 9:00 at night,
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and Cab Tice is in the back
of this parking lot,
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cleaning out a red SUV.
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We made contact
with Cab Tice.
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He admits, "Yeah."
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He said,
"I'll be honest with you.
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I was business partners
with Mr. Billings."
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And he says, "It ended on a bad
term, and I didn't like him."
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He felt like Mr. Billings
took him for some money,
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and he wasn't happy
with it,
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and admitted that they were
not friendly at all.
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Cab Tice tells
the investigators
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he's far from the only one to
have issues with Bud Billings.
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All the people that he worked
with all loved him,
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and thought he was
the greatest person.
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But then, you also,
you know,
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had the ones that knew
his business,
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said that sometimes he was
a real hard business person.
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If you had to make a payment,
you better make your payment.
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As we're talking to
Cab Tice,
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he admits that
he probably deserved it.
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That's how Cab felt.
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We asked him about the vehicle,
and the lot he's cleaning out.
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He said, "Yeah,
I'm just cleaning it out,
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getting it ready
to sell."
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Right away, my partner
and myself, we're like,
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"This guy's shady."
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Everything about it
was odd.
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We take Cab in
right away.
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As the questioning continues
at the station cabin,
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Cab insists he had nothing to do
with the murders.
282
00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:40,297
But what he says only increases
investigators' suspicions.
283
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With Cab Tice, I might think
I've got a great,
284
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you know, person of interest,
here, and suspect,
285
00:17:16,339 --> 00:17:18,079
but I've got to come with
some pretty hard evidence
286
00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:20,134
to convince the state attorney
that, you know,
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we need to arrest him.
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We felt like Cab Tice was...
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gonna be one of
the main suspects.
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00:17:33,530 --> 00:17:35,180
Then, a video comes in.
291
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Police have spent all night
examining security camera
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footage from the Florida home
of murder victims
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Bud and Melanie Billings.
294
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In poring over hours of video,
they find stunning images.
295
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In the videos, a red van
comes down the driveway,
296
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and pulls up to the house,
the front door,
297
00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:08,701
and five people
jump out.
298
00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:13,529
They looked like
they had hoodies on.
299
00:18:13,570 --> 00:18:19,190
The way that these five
individuals came in the house,
300
00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:22,228
they went in the front door
and back door at the same time,
301
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which is
a surprise tactic,
302
00:18:24,538 --> 00:18:26,838
just like what we do
in law enforcement.
303
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They'd come in with rifles
and weapons.
304
00:18:32,241 --> 00:18:36,721
And it looked more like a raid
than anything else.
305
00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:38,857
These weren't people
just off the street
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trying to rob somebody.
307
00:18:40,684 --> 00:18:43,474
These individuals knew exactly
what they were doing,
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how they were gonna it,
and got in and out quickly.
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They were in all black.
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They had black boots,
face masks, long rifles,
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handguns, military style.
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We see them shoot Mr. Billings
in the leg.
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And you see
one of the kids...
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right there
in the living room.
315
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You see him drag Mr. Billings
in the bedroom.
316
00:19:12,238 --> 00:19:15,328
There was not a camera
in the master bedroom,
317
00:19:15,371 --> 00:19:18,771
so you don't see anything
that happened in the bedroom.
318
00:19:18,809 --> 00:19:24,159
But you see video
of this kid watching.
319
00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:25,946
What happens in the bedroom
is obvious.
320
00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:29,170
It's horrific.
321
00:19:29,211 --> 00:19:31,691
The video reveals that
the home invaders' vehicle,
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00:19:31,735 --> 00:19:34,605
described by Billings' daughter
as a red SUV,
323
00:19:34,651 --> 00:19:38,221
was actually
a red passenger van.
324
00:19:38,264 --> 00:19:41,274
The Billings girl was right.
It was red.
325
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But it was a van,
not an SUV.
326
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So, we're like, "Holy cow."
She did see it.
327
00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:52,232
And we were wrong,
not her."
328
00:19:52,278 --> 00:19:54,628
She was trying to tell us
it was a red van,
329
00:19:54,671 --> 00:19:58,551
but we had such a hard time
interacting with her
330
00:19:58,588 --> 00:20:01,938
we didn't know.
331
00:20:01,983 --> 00:20:05,603
The red SUV detectives saw
at Cab Tice's auto dealership
332
00:20:05,639 --> 00:20:08,559
does not match the vehicle
driven by the killers.
333
00:20:08,598 --> 00:20:10,468
And Cab has an alibi.
334
00:20:10,513 --> 00:20:13,303
He was negotiating a deal
at a rival car lot
335
00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:15,612
at the time of
the murders.
336
00:20:15,649 --> 00:20:18,259
We had felt like
Cab Tice
337
00:20:18,304 --> 00:20:20,654
was gonna be
one of the main suspects,
338
00:20:20,697 --> 00:20:24,267
but the red van
changed everything.
339
00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:25,570
So, we left Cab.
340
00:20:25,615 --> 00:20:28,225
Now, we're trying to find
this red van.
341
00:20:30,011 --> 00:20:34,321
You find the van, maybe you can
find some evidence out of it.
342
00:20:34,363 --> 00:20:36,543
Maybe they got something
from the house,
343
00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:40,463
took it to the van,
and left it there.
344
00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:45,290
So, we immediately put
this red van on the news.
345
00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:47,901
The search for suspects began
with an important clue –
346
00:20:47,942 --> 00:20:49,992
video of a large
passenger van
347
00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:51,821
seen at
the crime scene.
348
00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:55,379
We formed a very effective
partnership with the media.
349
00:20:55,428 --> 00:20:58,338
We need to get the maximum
amount of press coverage
350
00:20:58,387 --> 00:21:00,297
that we can
for this van.
351
00:21:00,346 --> 00:21:02,476
We help the Escambia
County Sheriff's Department
352
00:21:02,522 --> 00:21:03,522
put out the word.
353
00:21:03,566 --> 00:21:04,916
Whoever owns this van
354
00:21:04,959 --> 00:21:06,919
is a person of interest,
at this point.
355
00:21:06,961 --> 00:21:12,751
The community's reaction
was really the horror of it.
356
00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:15,323
I remember going to breakfast
at one of the diners,
357
00:21:15,361 --> 00:21:17,621
and they were talking about,
"Have you heard about this?
358
00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,837
Did you know
Bud Billings?"
359
00:21:19,887 --> 00:21:22,367
And when the sheriff
showed the van,
360
00:21:22,411 --> 00:21:24,761
that got the community involved
that much more,
361
00:21:24,805 --> 00:21:27,365
that they – all of a sudden,
everyone wanted to be the one
362
00:21:27,416 --> 00:21:28,806
to help solve the case.
363
00:21:34,728 --> 00:21:38,038
The next day,
we get a tip
364
00:21:38,079 --> 00:21:40,819
that a van that matches
that description
365
00:21:40,864 --> 00:21:44,434
is at a lot behind a shed
in the middle of a group
366
00:21:44,477 --> 00:21:47,777
of old shotgun houses
in West Pensacola.
367
00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:54,356
There was a big dog in the yard,
and all these big, tough,
368
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,880
brave investigators are not
gonna try to fight that dog.
369
00:21:57,925 --> 00:22:01,795
And even though the tip said
that the van was behind a shed,
370
00:22:01,842 --> 00:22:03,762
I couldn't see it,
so I don't have enough
371
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,760
probable cause to go anywhere
other than to that front door.
372
00:22:07,804 --> 00:22:09,894
So, I go up there,
knock on the door,
373
00:22:09,937 --> 00:22:11,367
and a lady answers,
374
00:22:11,417 --> 00:22:13,847
and identifies herself
as Miss Brant.
375
00:22:13,897 --> 00:22:17,597
She says she's the wife
of Leonard Gonzalez Sr.
376
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,340
I explained to her that there's
a red van that we're looking for
377
00:22:20,382 --> 00:22:22,042
in a homicide,
378
00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:26,389
and we got a tip that it could
be parked behind the shed.
379
00:22:26,432 --> 00:22:28,652
She said, well, her husband
brought a van home,
380
00:22:28,695 --> 00:22:31,045
and parked it back there.
381
00:22:31,088 --> 00:22:36,618
As I'm sitting there,
I look across the living room
382
00:22:36,659 --> 00:22:40,139
and sitting There is this
brand-new box of those boots,
383
00:22:40,184 --> 00:22:44,804
like we saw the suspects wear
on the video.
384
00:22:44,841 --> 00:22:47,451
Brand-spanking new,
just sitting there.
385
00:22:47,496 --> 00:22:49,626
And I said, "Mr. Brant,
who belongs to these?"
386
00:22:49,672 --> 00:22:52,152
And she said, "Well, my husband
brought them home.
387
00:22:52,196 --> 00:22:53,676
I was gonna
throw it away."
388
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,070
And I said, "Well,
I'm going outside.
389
00:22:55,112 --> 00:22:56,982
Why don't I
throw them away for you?"
390
00:22:57,027 --> 00:22:58,807
And she said, "I don't care.
Take what you want."
391
00:22:58,855 --> 00:23:02,685
I'm thinking,
"I may have a clue, here."
392
00:23:02,729 --> 00:23:06,169
Then, we walked to the back,
and there's a red van.
393
00:23:06,210 --> 00:23:09,950
It's got that funny shape.
No tags on it.
394
00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:11,647
Some paint's
been scraped off,
395
00:23:11,694 --> 00:23:13,614
like they're trying to conceal
some of the markings,
396
00:23:13,653 --> 00:23:14,923
or whatever.
397
00:23:14,958 --> 00:23:16,658
Matches my video.
398
00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:19,009
I mean, we're sitting there
going, "We found the van."
399
00:23:19,049 --> 00:23:21,399
You could see where they were
trying to paint it,
400
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:24,843
cover up things, where it
wouldn't be recognizable.
401
00:23:24,881 --> 00:23:26,751
And then,
we find a burn pit...
402
00:23:28,711 --> 00:23:31,931
...that somebody tried to burn
some clothes in.
403
00:23:31,975 --> 00:23:35,585
And then, there was a receipt
near the burn pit,
404
00:23:35,631 --> 00:23:37,981
from the dollar store down
the road from the residence,
405
00:23:38,025 --> 00:23:41,855
where they had bought
spray paint from the store
406
00:23:41,898 --> 00:23:44,028
that was the color
that was on the van.
407
00:23:44,074 --> 00:23:46,904
So, I went back to Mrs. Brant,
and said,
408
00:23:46,947 --> 00:23:48,597
"We think
this van's involved.
409
00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:51,434
Do you mind if we tow it
out of here, at our expense?"
410
00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:54,133
And she said,
"Certainly."
411
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:55,871
Police immediately
began searching
412
00:23:55,912 --> 00:23:57,782
for Leonard Gonzalez Sr.
413
00:23:57,827 --> 00:24:00,527
It doesn't take long to find him
at a friend's house.
414
00:24:00,569 --> 00:24:02,439
And they bring him in
for questioning.
415
00:24:04,921 --> 00:24:08,531
Leonard Gonzalez Sr.
first came in for questioning,
416
00:24:08,577 --> 00:24:12,147
originally,
for tampering with evidence,
417
00:24:12,189 --> 00:24:16,499
because it appeared that
he was trying to paint the van
418
00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,502
behind his trailer.
419
00:24:18,544 --> 00:24:22,774
Not a very smart move
on his part.
420
00:24:22,809 --> 00:24:25,249
He starts talking about
the van,
421
00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:27,029
telling us that it was
his son's,
422
00:24:27,074 --> 00:24:31,514
that it didn't run,
hasn't been running for a while.
423
00:24:31,557 --> 00:24:35,467
I told him, "This is what
I found in your fire pit."
424
00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:38,127
At this point,
I think it finally hit home.
425
00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:42,262
He looks me dead in the eye,
and says,
426
00:24:42,306 --> 00:24:46,826
"If you guarantee I don't die,
I'll talk."
427
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,540
♪
428
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:56,930
Evidence in the home
of Leonard Gonzalez Sr.
429
00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:58,763
appears to be linked to
the brutal murder
430
00:24:58,801 --> 00:25:00,721
of Bud and Melanie Billings.
431
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,240
Gonzalez agrees
to tell police
432
00:25:02,283 --> 00:25:04,153
everything he knows
about the crime
433
00:25:04,198 --> 00:25:09,548
if prosecutors take a possible
death penalty off the table.
434
00:25:09,595 --> 00:25:11,945
It was almost an unburdening,
in his case,
435
00:25:11,988 --> 00:25:14,158
that – that he wanted
to tell this story.
436
00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:17,858
♪
437
00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:52,860
He gave us a list of names,
and he gave us all the suspects.
438
00:25:52,899 --> 00:25:56,339
He said that his son Patrick
was in the van,
439
00:25:56,380 --> 00:25:59,950
along with Wayne Coldiron
and Danny Stallworth,
440
00:25:59,993 --> 00:26:05,043
Gary Sumner, Frederick Thornton,
and Rakeem Florence.
441
00:26:05,085 --> 00:26:07,995
As investigators begin
checking into the names,
442
00:26:08,044 --> 00:26:10,834
a video camera rolls
as Leonard Gonzalez Sr.
443
00:26:10,873 --> 00:26:12,663
continues telling
his story.
444
00:27:06,755 --> 00:27:09,845
'Cause we have the van,
we have these other items,
445
00:27:09,889 --> 00:27:13,889
we have Sr.
talking about it,
446
00:27:13,936 --> 00:27:17,896
we know for sure
that Gonzalez Sr.
447
00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:21,380
is involved in
the Billings murders somehow.
448
00:27:21,422 --> 00:27:25,862
Now, because we have
information that Gonzalez Jr.
449
00:27:25,905 --> 00:27:30,425
owns this van,
we had enough to bring Jr. in.
450
00:27:30,474 --> 00:27:32,784
Although his father
identified his own son
451
00:27:32,825 --> 00:27:34,085
as one of the killers,
452
00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:36,660
Patrick Gonzalez
denies everything.
453
00:28:14,475 --> 00:28:16,125
And he says,
"Don't listen to my dad.
454
00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:17,702
He's crazy.
455
00:28:17,739 --> 00:28:19,259
He doesn't know what
he's talking about.
456
00:28:19,306 --> 00:28:20,866
Blah, blah, blah.
457
00:28:20,916 --> 00:28:23,136
Detectives are skeptical
of Patrick's claims
458
00:28:23,179 --> 00:28:26,749
about his father, and shift
their attention to the red van.
459
00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:30,882
He starts talking about
the van, that it didn't run,
460
00:28:30,926 --> 00:28:32,746
hasn't been running
for a while.
461
00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:36,018
You know, he had several
different stories about the van.
462
00:29:03,524 --> 00:29:06,314
When police searched the van,
they find nothing
463
00:29:06,353 --> 00:29:08,183
tying Patrick
to the murders.
464
00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:11,184
They're forced
to let him go.
465
00:29:11,227 --> 00:29:14,537
We didn't have enough to do
anything with him at the time.
466
00:29:14,578 --> 00:29:17,358
He wound up leaving that day,
and going back home.
467
00:29:22,978 --> 00:29:24,758
At this point,
you're just trying to find out,
468
00:29:24,806 --> 00:29:27,106
what kind of evidence
do we have?
469
00:29:27,156 --> 00:29:32,026
I started watching
the video enhancement.
470
00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:35,824
They're wearing these boots.
I got a boot box.
471
00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:38,251
But how are we going to figure
out where this box come from?
472
00:29:40,604 --> 00:29:46,874
Somebody said, "Patrick lives
out 98, in Santa Rosa County.
473
00:29:46,915 --> 00:29:50,345
And across the subdivision
he lives in is a Walmart."
474
00:29:50,397 --> 00:29:52,047
I said,
"Y'all go to Walmart."
475
00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:55,054
Because most criminals,
they're lazy.
476
00:29:55,097 --> 00:29:58,837
They're not gonna go far
from the house.
477
00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:01,104
Walmart is awesome.
478
00:30:01,147 --> 00:30:04,057
They keep documents
of everything.
479
00:30:04,106 --> 00:30:05,846
They were able to scan it
for us,
480
00:30:05,891 --> 00:30:08,371
tell us the time
that it was purchased.
481
00:30:08,415 --> 00:30:11,975
Investigators wind up
pulling the video.
482
00:30:12,027 --> 00:30:15,857
We start watching
the video.
483
00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:20,511
You see Patrick Gonzalez
purchasing the boots,
484
00:30:20,557 --> 00:30:22,597
with some other
black clothing,
485
00:30:22,646 --> 00:30:27,426
and you see three other males
with him.
486
00:30:27,477 --> 00:30:30,347
Detectives are able to identify
the men in the video,
487
00:30:30,393 --> 00:30:32,833
as Wayne Coldiron,
Donnie Stallworth,
488
00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:34,354
and Gary Sumner –
489
00:30:34,397 --> 00:30:37,917
three of the suspects named
by Leonard Gonzalez Sr.
490
00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:40,396
At that point,
we're rolling.
491
00:30:40,447 --> 00:30:42,537
We got a person
of interest
492
00:30:42,579 --> 00:30:46,979
that is seen with
multiple suspects on the video,
493
00:30:47,019 --> 00:30:49,629
and they're buying
high-tech boots
494
00:30:49,673 --> 00:30:51,113
which matches
the boot box
495
00:30:51,153 --> 00:30:55,033
found at a possible suspect's
residence.
496
00:30:55,070 --> 00:30:57,380
So, the dots are starting
to come around.
497
00:31:02,686 --> 00:31:06,646
♪
498
00:31:06,690 --> 00:31:08,390
The investigation
into the murders
499
00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:10,651
of Bud and Melanie Billings
gets a boost
500
00:31:10,694 --> 00:31:13,054
when surveillance video
from a Florida Walmart
501
00:31:13,088 --> 00:31:15,918
shows the suspects purchasing
clothing they're believed
502
00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:18,141
to have worn
during the crime.
503
00:31:18,180 --> 00:31:21,270
There's a chasm's difference
between a person of interest
504
00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:22,584
and a suspect.
505
00:31:22,619 --> 00:31:24,359
We had videotapes
of our suspects
506
00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:26,234
over in Santa Rosa County,
at the Walmart,
507
00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:28,925
when they were purchasing the
garb that they wore when they,
508
00:31:28,974 --> 00:31:31,454
you know, entered the compound,
and committed the crime.
509
00:31:31,498 --> 00:31:34,328
We had enough information
to get an arrest warrant.
510
00:31:34,370 --> 00:31:37,420
Investigators head out to round
up the suspected members
511
00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:40,420
of the deadly
robbery crew.
512
00:31:40,463 --> 00:31:42,683
Patrick Gonzalez Jr.
Turned himself in.
513
00:31:42,726 --> 00:31:44,946
He was concerned about
being arrested
514
00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:46,210
in front of
his children.
515
00:31:48,341 --> 00:31:50,651
I went in, and sat down,
and I talked to him.
516
00:31:50,691 --> 00:31:53,961
He was extremely nervous,
and he was very scared.
517
00:31:53,999 --> 00:31:55,999
And I'm like, "Okay.
Let's – Let's break this down.
518
00:31:56,044 --> 00:31:58,484
What's going on?"
519
00:31:58,525 --> 00:32:01,345
He swore up and down
that he didn't do it.
520
00:32:01,397 --> 00:32:03,177
He told me about the fact
that a lot of people
521
00:32:03,225 --> 00:32:04,965
didn't like Bud Billings, whatever,
522
00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:06,230
because of his demeanor
523
00:32:06,272 --> 00:32:09,322
with some of the businessmen,
and such.
524
00:32:09,362 --> 00:32:11,192
He was pretty strong
on the thing.
525
00:32:11,233 --> 00:32:12,973
He said,
"I didn't do this."
526
00:32:13,018 --> 00:32:15,538
I was like,
"But, you know, you were there."
527
00:32:15,585 --> 00:32:17,365
I took whatever notes I had,
528
00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:19,153
and I gave it to
the investigators,
529
00:32:19,198 --> 00:32:20,198
and they took it
from there.
530
00:32:20,242 --> 00:32:27,382
♪
531
00:32:27,423 --> 00:32:33,043
Then, the next day,
Donnie Stallworth was arrested.
532
00:32:33,081 --> 00:32:35,211
Stallworth actually had left
the county.
533
00:32:35,257 --> 00:32:37,087
He went to Alabama.
534
00:32:37,129 --> 00:32:39,739
We had to have him brought back
to Escambia County.
535
00:32:39,783 --> 00:32:44,013
Gary Sumner ran
an auto-detailing shop.
536
00:32:44,049 --> 00:32:48,049
Sumner, he had a traffic stop
over in Fort Walton Beach.
537
00:32:48,096 --> 00:32:50,096
The law enforcement officer,
you know,
538
00:32:50,142 --> 00:32:51,672
just happened to come on
to that.
539
00:32:51,708 --> 00:32:54,098
And that's how we ended up
arresting him.
540
00:32:54,146 --> 00:32:57,276
Wayne Coldiron, he had just
gotten out of prison.
541
00:32:57,323 --> 00:32:59,243
Wayne Coldiron,
he had done time, I believe,
542
00:32:59,281 --> 00:33:01,501
in Tennessee,
for second-degree murder.
543
00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:04,074
We secured the arrest warrant,
and went to his house
544
00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:06,772
here in Escambia County,
and arrested him there.
545
00:33:06,810 --> 00:33:09,470
With five of the seven suspects
in custody,
546
00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:11,729
and detectives
preparing to question him,
547
00:33:11,772 --> 00:33:14,082
the remaining two
suspects surface.
548
00:33:16,429 --> 00:33:19,739
I got a call from a detective
in Okaloosa County.
549
00:33:19,780 --> 00:33:23,000
And lo and behold,
550
00:33:23,044 --> 00:33:25,614
somebody had told on
Frederick Thornton
551
00:33:25,655 --> 00:33:30,655
and Rakeem Florence,
and they were at his office,
552
00:33:30,704 --> 00:33:32,314
wanting to set
the record straight.
553
00:33:34,534 --> 00:33:36,454
Investigator Nesmith
and his team
554
00:33:36,492 --> 00:33:38,672
make the 40-minute drive
to Okaloosa County,
555
00:33:38,712 --> 00:33:41,112
where the suspects
are being held.
556
00:33:41,149 --> 00:33:43,019
They're both
only teenagers.
557
00:33:47,764 --> 00:33:49,644
We broke up in teams.
558
00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:52,379
One pair took
Frederick Thornton.
559
00:33:52,421 --> 00:33:57,601
Myself and my captain
took Rakeem Florence.
560
00:33:57,644 --> 00:33:59,084
How's it going, man?
561
00:34:10,352 --> 00:34:12,662
He tells us that
he was in the van,
562
00:34:12,702 --> 00:34:15,102
and Frederick Thornton
was with him,
563
00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:18,230
and that they were all promised
by Gonzalez Sr.
564
00:34:18,273 --> 00:34:20,153
$2,000 or $3,000,
or something like that,
565
00:34:20,188 --> 00:34:21,578
to carry this deed out.
566
00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:37,512
In the next room,
567
00:34:37,553 --> 00:34:40,213
detectives hear a similar tale
from Frederick Thornton.
568
00:35:00,663 --> 00:35:03,623
We got authorization
to bring Thornton and Florence
569
00:35:03,666 --> 00:35:05,316
back to Escambia County,
570
00:35:05,364 --> 00:35:07,504
where they could face charges
for the murder.
571
00:35:13,285 --> 00:35:15,545
In jail
back in Escambia County,
572
00:35:15,591 --> 00:35:19,381
teenager Frederick Thornton
keeps talking.
573
00:35:19,421 --> 00:35:23,301
We found that, when the van
left the Billings compound,
574
00:35:23,338 --> 00:35:25,298
they drove to
Santa Rosa County,
575
00:35:25,340 --> 00:35:28,520
and they dropped the safe off
in Santa Rosa County,
576
00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:31,261
to an antique mall
off of Highway 98.
577
00:36:12,909 --> 00:36:15,349
Frederick Thornton
has unexpectedly revealed
578
00:36:15,390 --> 00:36:18,480
a possible eighth suspect
in the robbery and murder.
579
00:36:18,524 --> 00:36:20,744
Detectives immediately begin
digging in
580
00:36:20,787 --> 00:36:22,787
to find out who
the woman is.
581
00:36:22,832 --> 00:36:24,662
We found out
the antique mall,
582
00:36:24,704 --> 00:36:27,584
it was owned
by Pamela Long Wiggins.
583
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:30,280
She matched
Thornton's description.
584
00:36:30,318 --> 00:36:33,448
Pamela Long Wiggins,
she was reasonably successful.
585
00:36:33,495 --> 00:36:35,795
She had a very successful
real estate business,
586
00:36:35,845 --> 00:36:37,275
not only buying
and selling houses,
587
00:36:37,325 --> 00:36:39,585
but she had
rental properties.
588
00:36:39,632 --> 00:36:41,852
Pamela Wiggins was seen
in Gulf Breeze.
589
00:36:41,895 --> 00:36:45,285
She was a businesswoman
that was fairly successful.
590
00:36:45,333 --> 00:36:48,213
Detectives want to know how
this successful businesswoman
591
00:36:48,249 --> 00:36:51,339
might be connected to
the seven suspects in custody,
592
00:36:51,383 --> 00:36:53,653
and if she played a hand
in the murders
593
00:36:53,689 --> 00:36:55,999
of Bud and Melanie Billings.
594
00:36:56,039 --> 00:36:58,519
You talk about
the power of the press.
595
00:36:58,564 --> 00:37:00,784
She was all over the news,
with her – with her photo,
596
00:37:00,827 --> 00:37:02,257
that, you know,
we needed to talk to her
597
00:37:02,307 --> 00:37:03,787
at the Escambia County
Sheriff's Office.
598
00:37:03,830 --> 00:37:07,310
We believe that Ms. Long
has significant and substantial
599
00:37:07,355 --> 00:37:10,655
information that we need
to conclude this case.
600
00:37:10,706 --> 00:37:12,966
I got a call from
the Orange Beach Police.
601
00:37:13,013 --> 00:37:15,323
Pam and Hugh Wiggins,
her husband,
602
00:37:15,363 --> 00:37:18,323
they had taken their yacht
from Santa Rosa
603
00:37:18,366 --> 00:37:20,666
to Orange Beach, Alabama.
604
00:37:20,716 --> 00:37:22,366
They pulled up to
the dock,
605
00:37:22,414 --> 00:37:25,814
and they check with the
harbormaster in the marina.
606
00:37:28,071 --> 00:37:30,031
The value of being
at Orange Beach
607
00:37:30,073 --> 00:37:33,693
is that that marina was probably
one of the closest marinas
608
00:37:33,729 --> 00:37:35,429
to getting into
the Gulf of Mexico.
609
00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:36,990
There's a path
right there.
610
00:37:37,037 --> 00:37:40,347
So, they could get into
the Gulf fairly quickly.
611
00:37:40,388 --> 00:37:42,698
We learned that they had taken
their yacht,
612
00:37:42,738 --> 00:37:46,608
which needed some engine repair,
from Santa Rosa,
613
00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:50,395
and had taken it over to
Orange Beach, Alabama.
614
00:37:50,442 --> 00:37:53,532
And they wanted to get it
repaired immediately.
615
00:37:53,575 --> 00:37:55,575
So, the mechanic at the –
at the harbor,
616
00:37:55,621 --> 00:37:56,881
he was watching
the television,
617
00:37:56,926 --> 00:37:58,356
as most people
in this area were,
618
00:37:58,406 --> 00:38:00,276
because they're following
the Billings case.
619
00:38:00,321 --> 00:38:02,281
Well, up walks
Pamela Long Wiggins
620
00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:03,543
and Hugh Wiggins.
621
00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:05,015
And of course,
he's doing double takes.
622
00:38:05,065 --> 00:38:06,585
He's looking down at the TV,
looking up at them,
623
00:38:06,632 --> 00:38:09,982
looking down at the TV,
looking up at them.
624
00:38:10,026 --> 00:38:12,416
And they wanted to pay extra
if he could fix
625
00:38:12,464 --> 00:38:13,994
their yacht right away.
626
00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:15,510
Hugh offered to,
you know,
627
00:38:15,554 --> 00:38:16,994
pay cash
if he could get it done quickly.
628
00:38:17,033 --> 00:38:18,773
And of course, the guy said,
you know,
629
00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:20,468
"I'll get right on it."
630
00:38:20,515 --> 00:38:21,945
And when they left,
he immediately called
631
00:38:21,995 --> 00:38:23,735
the Orange Beach Police
and said, "Hey, that lady
632
00:38:23,779 --> 00:38:25,519
that they're looking for
over in Florida,
633
00:38:25,564 --> 00:38:27,704
her boat is here
in Alabama."
634
00:38:33,963 --> 00:38:36,753
A tip from a yacht mechanic
in Alabama
635
00:38:36,792 --> 00:38:39,402
helped Florida investigators
locate Pamela Wiggins,
636
00:38:39,447 --> 00:38:42,667
a suspect in the murders
of Bud and Melanie Billings.
637
00:38:42,711 --> 00:38:44,761
Based on the location
of the marina,
638
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,500
police suspect she may have been
trying to flee to Mexico.
639
00:38:48,543 --> 00:38:51,593
The Orange Beach PD just,
you know, move with rapid speed.
640
00:38:51,633 --> 00:38:53,773
They contacted us,
and verified, you know,
641
00:38:53,809 --> 00:38:55,509
that that was who
we was looking for.
642
00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:56,990
And I don't think
an hour passed,
643
00:38:57,030 --> 00:38:58,640
and they called us,
and said,
644
00:38:58,684 --> 00:39:01,034
"How would you like for us
to transport her?"
645
00:39:01,077 --> 00:39:02,947
Late this afternoon,
police announced
646
00:39:02,992 --> 00:39:04,692
that Pamela Laverne Long,
647
00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:07,353
a woman they had identified
as a person of interest
648
00:39:07,388 --> 00:39:09,698
earlier in the day,
has been found,
649
00:39:09,738 --> 00:39:12,088
and is cooperating
with the investigation.
650
00:39:12,132 --> 00:39:19,362
♪
651
00:39:26,494 --> 00:39:28,934
As they begin checking into
her background,
652
00:39:28,975 --> 00:39:31,795
police discover
Pamela Long Wiggins' finances
653
00:39:31,847 --> 00:39:34,677
aren't as impressive
as they first appeared.
654
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,330
Pam Wiggins
was fairly successful,
655
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,115
but a lot of her mortgages
and everything
656
00:39:39,159 --> 00:39:40,679
were starting to
cause problems,
657
00:39:40,726 --> 00:39:42,676
were having trouble
making payments.
658
00:39:42,728 --> 00:39:43,858
She did need money.
659
00:39:43,903 --> 00:39:46,823
7:10 p.m.
660
00:39:46,862 --> 00:39:49,132
Detectives quickly discover
there is a key link
661
00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:52,829
between her and murder suspect
Patrick Gonzalez.
662
00:39:52,868 --> 00:39:55,568
We learned that
Pamela Long Wiggins
663
00:39:55,610 --> 00:39:57,180
had a rental property
664
00:39:57,220 --> 00:39:59,880
that she rented to
Patrick Gonzalez Jr.
665
00:39:59,919 --> 00:40:02,049
and his wife.
666
00:40:02,095 --> 00:40:05,655
Patrick Gonzalez Jr.,
he did some collections for her,
667
00:40:05,707 --> 00:40:07,967
you know, people who didn't
pay their rent, et cetera.
668
00:40:08,014 --> 00:40:10,844
And so, Patrick would go with
a couple of other accomplices,
669
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:12,756
and he would collect
on the rents.
670
00:40:15,717 --> 00:40:18,587
Based on what they've learned
about Pamela's financial issues,
671
00:40:18,633 --> 00:40:20,903
and her connection
to Patrick Gonzalez,
672
00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:24,160
detectives put together a theory
about a misguided crime
673
00:40:24,204 --> 00:40:25,734
that turned deadly.
674
00:40:27,903 --> 00:40:30,733
This was a money score
for Pamela Long Wiggins.
675
00:40:30,776 --> 00:40:34,736
And she got Patrick Gonzalez Jr.
and this group of people
676
00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:37,440
to do what should have been
just a simple robbery.
677
00:40:37,478 --> 00:40:40,738
But this was a robbery
that went horrifically bad.
678
00:40:43,179 --> 00:40:45,049
They also took
the wrong safe.
679
00:40:45,094 --> 00:40:46,494
The small safe
that they took,
680
00:40:46,531 --> 00:40:48,451
you know, had nothing
of any substance.
681
00:40:53,538 --> 00:40:55,018
She was condescending,
682
00:40:55,061 --> 00:40:58,191
and she thought she was better
than everybody else.
683
00:40:58,238 --> 00:40:59,848
Her approach was that,
684
00:40:59,892 --> 00:41:01,592
"I really didn't have anything
to do with this,"
685
00:41:01,633 --> 00:41:05,033
but the investigation
shows otherwise.
686
00:41:05,071 --> 00:41:10,511
Pamela provided the weapons for
the homicide, and hid the safe.
687
00:41:10,555 --> 00:41:12,815
Pamela will not admit
that she is the brainchild
688
00:41:12,861 --> 00:41:14,171
behind the robbery,
689
00:41:14,210 --> 00:41:16,560
but confronted with the evidence
against her,
690
00:41:16,604 --> 00:41:18,484
she agrees to
a plea deal.
691
00:41:41,890 --> 00:41:43,200
We did a search warrant
on the house.
692
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,069
We found the safe
in the backyard.
693
00:41:46,112 --> 00:41:48,772
Within a little over 100 hours,
we had seven people
694
00:41:48,810 --> 00:41:50,120
and we had
Pamela Long Wiggins,
695
00:41:50,159 --> 00:41:52,639
which was our final arrest,
in custody.
696
00:41:52,684 --> 00:41:54,774
Our folks worked
around the clock.
697
00:41:54,816 --> 00:41:56,906
There was a couple of junctures
where I literally had to order
698
00:41:56,949 --> 00:41:58,519
investigators to go home,
699
00:41:58,559 --> 00:42:00,039
because I don't think
they would have left.
700
00:42:00,082 --> 00:42:01,822
Everybody worked
brutal hours.
701
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,960
It is my honor today
to tell you, Ashley,
702
00:42:08,003 --> 00:42:09,533
and your family,
703
00:42:09,570 --> 00:42:12,050
we have found them,
and they are in custody.
704
00:42:14,575 --> 00:42:17,925
Pamela Wiggins is charged with
accessory after the fact.
705
00:42:17,970 --> 00:42:19,890
The remaining suspects
are charged with
706
00:42:19,928 --> 00:42:23,188
armed home invasion,
robbery, and murder.
707
00:42:23,236 --> 00:42:26,196
All except Patrick Gonzalez
agree to plea deals
708
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,979
resulting in life sentences
for Donnie Stallworth
709
00:42:29,024 --> 00:42:33,554
and Wayne Coldiron, and lengthy
prison terms for the rest.
710
00:42:33,594 --> 00:42:35,994
Patrick Gonzalez,
the accused triggerman,
711
00:42:36,031 --> 00:42:38,211
takes his chances
with a jury.
712
00:42:38,251 --> 00:42:41,601
The trial was a zoo
because Court TV was there.
713
00:42:41,646 --> 00:42:45,996
Made it more difficult to get
people in and out to testify.
714
00:42:46,041 --> 00:42:49,611
After a four-day trial,
a jury convicts Patrick Gonzalez
715
00:42:49,654 --> 00:42:51,704
on two counts
of first-degree murder,
716
00:42:51,743 --> 00:42:53,833
and armed home invasion robbery.
717
00:42:53,875 --> 00:42:57,615
He is sentenced
to death.
718
00:42:57,662 --> 00:43:01,142
I think what he did
is absolutely demonic.
719
00:43:01,187 --> 00:43:03,837
To kill people
in front of their kids –
720
00:43:03,885 --> 00:43:05,145
who can do that?
721
00:43:07,846 --> 00:43:10,846
Gonzalez Sr. died in prison
of lung cancer.
722
00:43:10,892 --> 00:43:14,242
Pamela, she also died in prison,
of cancer.
723
00:43:14,287 --> 00:43:16,937
Patrick Gonzalez
is on death row.
724
00:43:16,985 --> 00:43:19,245
He still proclaims
his innocence.
725
00:43:24,645 --> 00:43:28,735
I thank God every day
that the people that did it
726
00:43:28,780 --> 00:43:33,130
have been caught,
justice is served.
58450
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