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William had been
a loan shark,

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which would definitely give
a motive for somebody,

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an order to kill him.

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It was obvious that
she was withholding information.

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We have a lot of unknowns.

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It just adds another layer
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If William was killed,

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this could have been the exact
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In kalamazoo, Michigan,

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an anonymous caller has reported

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that a man,

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69-year-old William gray,
has been badly beaten,

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perhaps even killed,

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but his location is unknown.

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Police officer Tim knight
responds to the tip.

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Once we learned that Mr. Gray
was not at any of the local

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hospitals or,

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at the jail, I then proceeded
to his home,

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in an attempt
to locate him there.

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But upon knocking on the door
did not receive an answer.

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Okay.

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The woman identifies herself

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as William gray's daughter.

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Has a lease here
or whatever.

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Okay, um...

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So...

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Okay.

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William gray's daughter
had informed her father had been

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known to carry
large sums of money,

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which would definitely give
a motive for somebody in

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order to hurt him or...

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Whether to Rob him of
his money or to settle

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out a debt that may have
been owed to him.

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William's daughter
tells police she last spoke

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with him two days earlier
on the morning of December 28th.

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Will and I have
been knowing each other

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for over 50 years.

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Back in junior high school,

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will started dating my sister,
and I dated his sister,

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and my brother wound up
marrying one of his sisters.

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So, William and I,
we have a lot of history.

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William was
a very caring person.

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He liked to eat.

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He'd make up a big batch
of ribs, chicken,

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and he would go around to
different people's houses

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that were not so well off,
and he would share,

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whatever
he cooked for people.

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He was just that kind of guy
where he --

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he looked out for people
who weren't so well-to-do.

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He, had a big heart,
a big stomach,

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and he'd like to drink
his wine, too.

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But he was -- he was,
basically a happy person

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who would do a lot
for a lot of people.

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I can't stress that
enough about William.

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Back on the streets,

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the investigation continues.

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Officers contact William's
landlord to gain access to

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William's apartment in order
to perform a wellness check.

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While they wait,
they're approached by

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William's neighbor, Gordon.

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When we talked to Gordon,

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he told US that what he had
been hearing is that William

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had been killed and had been put
in the trunk of his own vehicle.

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So at that point,
I was trying to

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figure out what vehicle
does William drive,

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does he own more
than one vehicle?

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Um, because at this point,
we're thinking if we find

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William's vehicle,
we'll likely find

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either evidence
or William himself.

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Gordon tells investigators

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William drives a 2009
white Chevy Malibu,

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but he's not sure

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if the rumors about William's
death are even true.

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There was a sense of urgency,
because we didn't know if

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Mr. Gray was deceased or if
he was maybe laying somewhere,

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needing medical attention in
his car, abandoned somewhere --

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we didn't know.

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Meanwhile, William's
landlord arrives to

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let officers inside
William's apartment.

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So when we get into
William's apartment and are

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looking around,
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nothing looks disturbed.

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There's no signs of
forced entry.

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There's -- there's
no sign of any

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sort of struggle
in the apartment.

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But while the officer's on
scene, the neighbor comes up

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and starts to recall
different items

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that she remembered being
in the apartment

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that were now not there.

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Now we don't know
if somebody had broken in,

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and it just adds another
layer to our investigation.

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The neighbor then
tells officers that

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William has a girlfriend
named Mariah.

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The neighbor reports
the relationship

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isn't always the best,

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and when you have a domestic
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volatility in
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that can lead to animosity,

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and there's possibly
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So we have a lot of unknowns,
which is very frustrating

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to have such a broad
investigation at this point,

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really nowhere to -- to kind of
pinpoint or aim our focus.

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As they leave,
officers are approached by

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yet another neighbor.

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Will's neighbor
calls the man who claims to

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have information about
the location of will's body.

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Now, just because someone

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might believe
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they might not be.

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It was obviously very urgent
that we needed to find him

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and his vehicle in hopes that
he was still alive.

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Kalamazoo police are
now searching for William gray's

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white Chevy Malibu
after learning

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his body might be
stuffed inside the trunk.

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Myself and other
officers began checking

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the area, and officers did
locate other white vehicles

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that closely resembled
Mr. Gray's,

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but none of them ended up
being his vehicle.

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So we began
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driving through parking lots
and parking structures

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in hopes to find
Mr. Gray's car.

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And it was also difficult
because it had recently snowed,

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so driving through
and figuring out which color of

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cars were covered in snow,
because we're looking for

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a white one,
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as well as vehicles'

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license plates had been
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and we'd have to manually
get out

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and brush off
all the plates.

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And people would be wondering
what we're doing and, you know,

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without giving out
too much information,

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we just had to inform them we
were looking for a missing car.

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There were several times where
we found a 2009 white Chevy

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Malibu, ran the plate,
and it wasn't William's.

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The news leaves
William's family and friends

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fearing the worst.

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I was shocked when
I first heard that he had

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come up missing, because William
always let somebody know

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his whereabouts.

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Two days prior to him
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he had dropped me off,

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and I have to say,
I'm very...

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Thankful for the words,

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the last words
that we said to one another.

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As I got out of
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I says,
"I love you, baby boy."

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He says,
"I love you, too, bro."

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And I said, "I'll see you
in a couple of days."

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Okay.

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And those were the last words
that William and I had.

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Unable to find William's car,

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investigators set out to find
his girlfriend, Mariah.

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They start by speaking
with her circle of friends.

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One of those people
that we found was Jules,

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who is a good friend
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And she agreed to come
into the department

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to talk to detectives.

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While Jules says she
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she recounts an incident from

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a party the night of
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Jules explains
William was there

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with his girlfriend, Mariah,

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and was later robbed
at the party.

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Jules claims that
despite her close relationship

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with William's
girlfriend, Mariah,

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she had not heard from her since
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During
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we believed that she was
leaving out key information

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that we thought that she knew.

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That -- that's a very common
obstacle that detectives have

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to overcome during
investigations is when people

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don't wanna talk or don't want
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There was nothing to hold her on
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so she just eventually
just left.

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Investigators next
head to the residence

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where Jules claimed
the party took place,

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a house rented by
a woman named Sarah.

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And while searching the
residence, as she allowed US

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to do, I noticed a smell
of, like, cleaning solvents,

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almost like the effect
of pine-sol,

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that the house had been
recently cleaned.

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And I began informing Sarah
that we had reports there was

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an assault that
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and that there was
a report of a lot of blood

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that had been shed
during this assault.

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So after speaking with Sarah
in more detail

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about the events of William gray
being at a residence,

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I formed Sarah that if
the disappearance of

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William gray had ended up being
a homicide, her misleading

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investigators during
this investigation would

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cause her serious
legal consequences.

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Sarah: Kay.
-Okay?

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- Sarah:
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Then officers
come across a locked room

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and are told that William's
girlfriend, Mariah,

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lives there.

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The door knob
is stained red.

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I'm looking at
that staining on the door,

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and if William was killed,

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this could have been the exact
spot where it happened.

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Kalamazoo
public investigators have just

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located what appears
to be blood

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where William gray
was reportedly robbed.

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There was plenty of
information to go ahead

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and apply for a search warrant
to go ahead

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and process the inside of this
residence to see if there was

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an actual crime
that had occurred.

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Inside the residence,

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there was trace amounts of
blood that were located

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on the walls of the residence
and on the floor.

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There was also
and unattached garage,

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and inside this garage,
there was blood-stained carpet

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as well as paint cans
that were located.

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There was obvious signs
of cleanup and cleaning agents

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in same areas where blood was
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It was obvious that
there -- a crime had occurred,

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and attempts were made
to clean up the crime scene.

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Although investigators
feel Sarah, who lives in

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the residence, is likely
withholding information,

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they don't have enough solid
evidence proving she was

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involved and are unable
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Back on the streets,
officers continue their canvass

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looking for anyone else
who might have

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seen William
before he disappeared.

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They speak with a friend
of William's named Lance.

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Early in the morning.

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Okay.

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Lance was asked if
he knew of anybody

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that would have wanted
to harm Mr. Gray.

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It's then that Lance reveals

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who robbed William
at the party --

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a man named San Jose.

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All right.

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Now,
with this information,

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we've got somebody
that we've talked to

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who is friends with
William, who has given US

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a name of somebody who they
believe would want to hurt

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William and then pair that with
the robbery that we had,

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you know, a week before
William went missing

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where we know that San Jose
was the person who did that.

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We know that we've got to --

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we've got to find him
and talk to him.

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Investigators dig into
San Jose's background and learn

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he's currently behind bars
on an unrelated charge.

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So San Jose is one of
those people

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that comes across our desks
on a regular basis.

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I mean, he's a essentially
a career criminal.

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You know, we know
a number of things

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that he's been involved in
in the past,

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but is he capable of actually
murdering somebody?

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And that's what we needed
to find out.

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Detectives begin
by pressing San Jose for

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his version of events
on the night of the party.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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San Jose provided US
the names of some

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other people that were
present at the party,

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and one of the names that
San Jose provided US

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was Australia wilhite.

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Investigators
extend their search

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to include Australia wilhite.

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The name is familiar
to detectives, who conduct

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a background search and discover
an extensive criminal record,

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which includes drugs
and weapons charges.

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There is enough information,

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there's enough probable cause,
to apply for

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a search warrant
for her phone location.

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We started pinging
Australia's phone.

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We had learned that her phone
was pinging

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at a residence within a mile of
public safety headquarters.

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An additional warrant
is granted to search

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the residence where
Australia is holed up.

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Fearing she might be armed,

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a k-9 SWAT unit arrives

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and sets up position
outside the residence.

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All members of
the public inside

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the house are instructed
to exit the building.

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The reason that the SWAT team
and the k-9 unit was used,

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was so they could
go ahead and make entry

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during the service of
the search warrant,

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make sure that it's safe
and everybody inside is secure,

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so that way,

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investigators and detectives
and lab techs

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and specialists
can go in and process

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the scene,
and detectives can search

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and -- and interview people.

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Little did we know what
we would find inside there.

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Kalamazoo public safety

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SWAT team members are
conducting a raid on a house

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investigators believe

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may be central to
the disappearance of

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69-year-old William gray.

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With the help of
a k-9 unit,

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the house is made safe,
and the search begins.

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So as we searched the house,

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we found a number of
different items.

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We found a number of items with
Australia's name on it,

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we found recreational drugs,

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a number of cellphones,

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and a folding knife that was
kind of buried in some cushions

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in the living room,
which we bagged up for

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the processing,
because again,

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we know that the scene had
been cleaned, and we could have

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additional evidence here
that have been cleaned, as well.

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Australia wilhite
is arrested,

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but she refuses to talk
to investigators

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without a lawyer present.

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Then a woman named Nikki comes

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into the station with
something to say.

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She was at the party the night
William went missing.

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Nikki claims that
despite leaving the party early

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and not actually witnessing
the attack on William,

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she's currently being
harassed by someone

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calling her phone repeatedly.

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So this is very
common in investigations.

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People want to minimize
their knowledge

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of anything that
had happened,

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and Nikki was explaining to US
she was being cooperative,

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but we believe
that she was leaving out

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key information
that we thought that she knew.

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Investigators gamble
and attempt to bluff,

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telling Nikki that
they've interviewed all

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the people at the party,
and it's only her story that

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has inconsistencies.

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Right, okay.

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Detectives press Nikki
to come clean.

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Nikki willingly gives
her mobile phone to detectives,

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and they soon determine,
under forensic analysis,

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that information
has been deleted.

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Um...

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She starts to shed light
on one of the people

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who was there who made her
feel uncomfortable

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at the party.

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Nikki claims that
a man named shanadore rice

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was there and was involved
in an argument

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between William and William's
girlfriend, Mariah.

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Nikki tells detectives
the only other thing she knows

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about shanadore is that he's
moved to nearby south haven.

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Detectives reach out to their
counterparts at the south haven

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police department,
who are familiar

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with shanadore rice.

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Shanadore is contacted
and agrees to come in

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for an interview.

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We start off by asking
him about, you know,

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his situation in life,
where he grew up,

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just kind of some personal
information at first trying to

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get him to open up,
kind of feel comfortable.

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Um...

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We don't know what
shanadore knows,

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and he doesn't know all
the details or facts

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that we know,

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so it's kind of like
a little cat and mouse game,

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maybe at the initial stages.

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Sometimes when you show
somebody a photograph of

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an individual, they break down
right there, they start crying,

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they're remorseful,

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they don't want
to see that person.

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Um, so...

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Sometimes it's a lot of weight
on somebody's shoulders

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and they just want to tell US
the information.

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We didn't know, but we thought
we would give it a shot,

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and I just wanted to see what
his reaction was gonna be.

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Entering the second hour of

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their interview with
shanadore rice,

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kalamazoo detectives show him

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a photograph of William gray,

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the man rice was seen
arguing with prior to

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gray going missing.

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When I showed the photograph
of Mr. Gray to shanadore,

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he asked who --
who that person was.

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And when I said,
"it's William gray,"

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he says,
"was that his name?"

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That was important to me,
because he referred to Mr. Gray

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in the past tense, like he
wasn't with US any longer.

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Yeah.

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Yep.

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From that point on,

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shanadore acknowledges
that he was inside that

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address on north Rose street
that night with Mr. Gray.

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He says that there was
an altercation,

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but he paints a picture of
self defense by saying that

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Mr. Gray came at him with
a knife, and -- which is common.

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People want to minimize
or de-escalate the situation

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to make it -- paint a better
picture for themselves.

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Shanadore admits
beating William with his fists.

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Not only does he admit
to striking Mr. Gray

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in the face and in the head
multiple times

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until he's deceased...

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...he also implicated
Australia wilhite.

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Due to the fact
that he was a loan shark,

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Australia believed
that William might have

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a large sum of money
in his apartment.

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So shanadore explained how
Australia came up with

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00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,355
this scheme to assault William
and steal the keys

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00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:47,157
to his apartment.

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00:38:47,259 --> 00:38:48,591
So...

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It just escalated
way out of hand.

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00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:56,066
Australia was kind of
the ringleader

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00:38:56,168 --> 00:38:59,502
and orchestrated and directed
the people inside this house

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00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:02,172
during this assault
and murder.

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00:39:02,307 --> 00:39:04,708
She was directing people
to clean up

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00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:08,011
after Mr. Gray was murdered.

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00:39:08,113 --> 00:39:12,082
But they didn't want to speak
because they were in fear

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of Australia, who was directing
the whole event at gunpoint.

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Shanadore then informs US
that he places Mr. Gray in

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the trunk of his own vehicle,

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00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:41,144
and then he then drives him
to the city of Detroit.

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Investigators
travel to Detroit to recover

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00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:55,592
William's body.

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00:39:57,529 --> 00:40:00,563
The decision was made to take
shanadore with US

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so he could direct US to where
he placed Mr. Gray.

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Shanadore leads
detectives to an abandoned house

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located in the north end
of town.

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William's distinctive
white Chevy Malibu is

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00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:21,384
finally located,

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00:40:21,486 --> 00:40:24,354
and Michigan state police
impound the vehicle

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00:40:24,456 --> 00:40:26,022
for forensic analysis.

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00:40:29,428 --> 00:40:31,528
We ended up finding
a body that matched

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00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:33,797
the description of what
shanadore told US,

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00:40:33,899 --> 00:40:37,167
as well as consistent
with -- with William.

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The feet and the hands
were bound.

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He was naked, wrapped in
a blanket, and frozen solid.

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00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:57,120
Shanadore rice pleads
guilty to second-degree murder

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in the death of William gray

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00:40:59,591 --> 00:41:02,859
and is sentenced to a minimum
of 20 years in prison.

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00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:08,331
Australia wilhite pleads
guilty of being an accessory

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00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:11,167
to murder and is sentenced
to four years.

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00:41:13,772 --> 00:41:17,040
This case was memorable
because it involves

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00:41:17,142 --> 00:41:19,375
people like Australia trying

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00:41:19,478 --> 00:41:22,679
to intimidate people
in not cooperating

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00:41:22,781 --> 00:41:24,781
with law enforcement
or the police.

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00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:27,784
Some people had no reason to
not cooperate, but they did it

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00:41:27,886 --> 00:41:30,320
out of --
in fear of her,

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00:41:30,422 --> 00:41:34,424
and this case very well could
have went unsolved without

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00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:37,327
the investigation being
pressed on and not stopping

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00:41:37,429 --> 00:41:38,761
in the investigation.

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00:41:44,102 --> 00:41:47,303
To get that closure for
the family, not only to hold

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00:41:47,405 --> 00:41:49,038
people accountable
for what they did,

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00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:52,876
but to be able to give
the family their loved one to

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00:41:52,978 --> 00:41:56,946
actually give them the proper
burial and respect that --

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00:41:57,048 --> 00:41:59,315
that he deserves
and that the family deserves

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00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:00,683
is very significant.

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00:42:02,954 --> 00:42:04,354
If William was here,
I'd say,

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00:42:04,456 --> 00:42:05,889
"I still love you,
baby boy,"

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00:42:05,991 --> 00:42:08,024
but I still can't figure
out why.

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00:42:09,594 --> 00:42:11,327
Actually, he'd have
his glass of wine,

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00:42:11,429 --> 00:42:13,830
and I'd have one, too,

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00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:15,598
but that --
that's William.

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He was quite a guy.

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And I tell people,
if you have a loved one,

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whether it be
a family or friend,

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after any of your
conversations,

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00:42:27,312 --> 00:42:29,212
you let them know that
you've got love for them,

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because it might be the last
time you say that

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or they hear that.