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- [Alan] Workplaces can
be tight-knit groups,
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and the Harris family's
landscaping business
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is no exception.
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It's a mom-and-pop outfit
run by a married couple
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and their best friend.
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The landscaping employees
are treated like family.
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- We were very tight
with all of our guys.
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We were all working
sometimes 18, 20 hour days.
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- So, imagine the horror
when Starr Harris,
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the 36-year-old wife,
mother, and office manager
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is found brutally
murdered on their grounds.
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- The force that it takes to
break that part of the skull
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is tremendous.
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- This was so close to home.
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- Investigators find clues
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that lead them inside
the family business.
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- There were people
on the work crew
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that had been arrested before.
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- Thinking that it's someone
that's that close to you
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is extremely scary.
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- With twists that
sent shockwaves
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beneath these ground
keeper's feet.
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- Red flags began to come up.
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- I said, "Don't ever contact
me or my family again.
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You are a whore."
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- Our story begins
on a typical day
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at the Harris family's
landscaping business.
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But by nighttime, the
small community is forced
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to confront the
terrifying question:
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is the killer among us?
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[anxious music]
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- Drummonds is what
we call off the bluff.
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So you don't have
cell phone service,
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and it's very close to
the Mississippi River.
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Everybody knows everybody.
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Everybody goes to the beer joint
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to drink beers on
Friday night together.
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It's just a
close-knit community.
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- In 2010, my friend, Starr,
was married to Rick Harris.
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She had eight children.
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They were a large,
blended family.
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Rick ran a landscaping business,
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and she was working for him.
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- My name is Caroline
Kelly Phelps,
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and I was business
partners with Rick Harris.
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Rick and Starr's property
was not only their home,
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but it was also the
headquarters for our business.
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Every morning, our
crews would meet there.
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That's where we would
congregate all the equipment,
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anything that needed
to be repaired.
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Guys would come there
to get their paychecks.
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- [Shannah] Starr
would work from home.
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She would handle the
office things, paperwork.
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- We ranged from 10 to 30
employees at any given time.
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During the summertime,
we were excelling,
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our business was just
really taking off.
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June 1st, 2010, I'm
in my office at home.
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It is around one o'clock,
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and I have not been able to
reach Starr all day long.
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I'm still unable to reach Starr.
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I have reached out to
Rick on the job site.
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He has not heard from
her since one o'clock,
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so I really just didn't
know what to think.
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When it got to, like, 8:00 in
the evening, my phone rings,
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and it was Nathan, Rick's
son, Starr's stepson.
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- [Donna] When Nathan
gets home after work,
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he goes into the house
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and sees the office that
something's not right.
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- [Kelly] He found the computer
desk toppled over backwards
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and the back door is
standing wide open.
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And so, as soon as
he said these things,
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panic, you know,
strikes my heart,
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and I immediately went to
Rick and Starr's house.
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When I arrived,
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one of the workers is
sitting on the front porch
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and Nathan was coming
up from the woods,
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yelling and screaming
and kind of crying,
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and he is saying, "I found
her, and it's not good."
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The worker called the police.
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- Nathan reached out
to Rick Harris and said
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we had a really huge problem.
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And I just remember thinking,
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"Please, don't let this be
real, don't let her be gone."
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- [Alan] As Starr's
younger children
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are ushered from
their friend's houses
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to her ex-husband's home nearby,
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a patrol officer
is first to respond
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and calls for
detectives and CSI.
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- When I get to the house,
it was dark as pitch.
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And the humidity was so high,
it felt like it was raining.
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As I'm walking up to the body,
the first thing that I see
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is that her clothes are
down around her waist
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and she has no bra on,
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so she could have been
sexually assaulted,
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and then I'm just seeing
a body covered with blood,
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especially around the head area.
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But I don't see gunshot wounds,
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so I knew that she was
repeatedly hit in the head
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with something.
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I saw pieces of wood
around the body.
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It had blood on it.
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Could this be a
potential weapon?
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I'm looking at her hands,
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and I see bruises
that are extensive.
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In my experience, it appeared
she put up a heck of a fight.
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Who would have that much rage?
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- One of the things
about Drummonds is
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nobody really knows
about Drummonds.
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Who really wants to
come to Drummonds
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just to commit
this type of crime?
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- [Alan] Detectives hike
up to the Harrises' house
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and spy Kelly and Nathan on
the property's perimeter.
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Then, they comb through
where Starr lived and worked.
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- I saw there was no
damage to the door,
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and so there's no
forceful entry.
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But I noticed there
was a huge package,
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and I recognized
a FedEx sticker.
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As soon as I stepped
into the house,
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when I looked to the left,
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it was like a
tornado had hit it.
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[anxious music]
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- [Sherri] The office
area inside the house,
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where Starr normally
worked from,
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things were laying on the ground
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that probably shouldn't
have been on the ground.
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- And so, I knew that there
had been some type of violence,
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but I do not see any blood.
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There was still
money on the table.
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And on the far side of the
wall, the back door is open.
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It leads out into the backyard.
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I do not think it is a robbery,
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but we were kind of
developing a chain of events.
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It was not abnormal for her
to be at the house by herself.
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- [Sherri] We believe that
the bad guy's at the house,
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there was possibly a small
fight inside the house.
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And we believe
that at this point,
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bad guy forces Starr
outside the back door.
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And then they enter
this wooded area.
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They go further into the woods
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where there was a fight
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and where Starr ends
up passing away.
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- [Alan] As officers continue
processing the scene,
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the tragic word of Starr's death
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spreads among her loved ones.
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- [Kelly] At the top
of the property,
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Rick had just arrived home.
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And he was running towards
the edge of the woods
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and the police stopped him.
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And the look of sheer terror
and just horror and heartbreak
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on his face,
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it overtook, like,
his whole body.
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Like, you could just see
he was standing there
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and it was just,
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it was like he was frozen.
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- When I got the call from
my mother's boyfriend,
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the call was, "Hello,
your sister's dead."
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And that was pretty much it,
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because they didn't
have any information.
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At first, I just didn't
believe it, to be honest.
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Immediately after, I
was out of my mind.
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- [Alan] As more members
of Starr's inner circle
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received phone calls
about her death
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and stream onto the property,
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it's clear to investigators
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she was the matriarch of her
family business community.
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- [Kelly] Not only was
Rick my business partner
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and Starr my best friend,
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but we were family.
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It was just sort of a big
family gathering all the time.
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Starr was always cooking.
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They would have
barbecues with the staff.
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They would have
big poker parties
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where everyone would come
over with all their children.
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Starr was such a loving,
kind, giving person.
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- [Tonya] Right out
of high school,
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she married her first husband.
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Then the babies came.
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And they were married
for about 10 years,
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and she decided to leave and
was a single mom for a while,
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and then she met
and married Rick.
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Actually, Rick's first wife,
Rebecca, introduced them.
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- [Kelly] So Rick was always
this tall, charismatic guy.
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He would light up
the whole room.
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He was really excited about
this new opportunity in life,
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to be in love.
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- [Shannah] Starr went from
three kids to eight kids
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when she married Rick Harris.
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It was a lot, but
she just did it,
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and she would just
smile the whole time.
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- Rick incorporated
her into his business,
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and she became the person
who kept records of payroll.
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- She was like
everything, you know.
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I called her 30 times a day.
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We just sort of helped each
other with everything we could.
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- [Alan] As the crowd
of onlookers grows
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to include the Harris
family's employees
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returning from their
landscaping work,
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all assembled begin to murmur
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about what might have happened.
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- We were all concerned
with who did this.
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- [Shannah] That first night
was a lot of confusion.
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Somebody had to know her.
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Strangers don't just
walk up down this road
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out in the country.
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You had to know that
she lived way out there.
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So, who did this?
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Are we standing out here
with whoever did this?
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Are they watching?
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- [Kelly] Was it someone
that works for us?
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Who, who did this?
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Our workers were all
in and outta the house.
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It was very scary.
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- [Alan] With speculation
running rampant,
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detectives turn to Starr's
shocked family for more clues.
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- And we start talking
to Rick Harris.
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The statistics say, hey,
it's probably the husband.
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But at the same time, I don't
wanna jump to conclusions.
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- [Donna] He was sobbing,
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but you could also see
that there was an anger.
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And so, I just didn't
know if that anger
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is the same anger
that I had just seen
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inflicted on Starr Harris.
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At the same time, I'm going,
"Does he have scratches on him?
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What's on his clothes?"
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- I think anytime that
I work on crime scene,
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you always feel that
your suspect is close.
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We've got a big family
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and the company with
a lot of workers.
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I can't say it's
not one of them.
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- Starr Harris could possibly
know who her killer was.
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At this point in
the investigation,
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everyone is a suspect.
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- [Alan] Coming up:
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- [Donna] There was at least
12 to 15 different people
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that could have been in
and out of the house.
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= [Sherri] We were
able to determine
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that Rick Harris was
hiding something.
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- [Donna] This person not
only had a criminal history,
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but it was violent.
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[t
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[tense music
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[tense music]
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[police radio chatter]
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- [Alan] Starr Harris has
just been found murdered
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in the woods surrounding the
family landscaping headquarters
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and home.
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Police are now questioning
her husband, Rick.
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Is the killer staring
them right in the face?
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- We had to figure out,
was he happily married?
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- Unfortunately, you do have
to ask about their sex life,
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like, are you guys
still intimate?
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That kind of stuff.
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Did you ever feel
that she was cheating?
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Are you cheating?
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He said they were still intimate
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and they were still
in love, happy.
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- And then as a course of
doing our investigation,
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we want to know where
Rick was all day long.
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- [Sherri] He said
he had an alibi
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and that he was in another city
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with his landscaping business.
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- [Donna] So we needed to
independently try to verify
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where he was at,
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but it also takes a
lot of time to do that.
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Then I was curious
on getting a timeline
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as quickly as we could and
develop her last steps.
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- [Sherri] Rick Harris said
that earlier that day,
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he had gotten a phone
call from Starr.
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[grass trimmer whirring]
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- [Alan] Starr reached
out that afternoon
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about a pressing issue with
one of their employees.
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- According to Rick
Harris, it was payday.
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All the employees were coming
by and picking up checks.
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Starr would be there
to give the checks.
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And an employee of Rick
Harris, Rickey Bell, got $300.
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- [Alan] Rickey departed
with the rest of the crew,
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but returned hours
later with a gripe.
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- [Sherri] Rickey Bell
felt he deserved more,
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and he asked Starr Harris
why his check was short.
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- Starr called Rick Harris and
handed Rickey Bell the phone.
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- Rick Harris told Rickey Bell,
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"You called in sick. Remember?"
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Rickey Bell was like,
"Yep, you're right."
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And that was the end of it.
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There was no confrontation.
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Nobody was yelling,
nobody was screaming.
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- [Donna] And the telephone call
was a few minutes after 1:00.
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And that was the last time
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Starr Harris spoke
to Rick Harris.
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They had found her
body around 8:00,
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so she had been down
there for hours.
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- Then we got a buccal
swab from Rick Harris
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for DNA evidence.
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- [Alan] Investigators leave
Rick alone for the moment
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so he can grieve,
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but deem him a suspect.
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To follow up, they
file subpoenas
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for the records and content
from the family's phones.
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Then they seek out the
employee Rick placed
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at the crime scene,
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who might also be the last
person to see Starr alive,
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Rickey Bell.
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- [Kelly] Rickey
Bell and his mom
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lived around the corner
from Starr and Rick,
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and so, you know, you're in
close quarters with this family.
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- Rick Harris gave him a job
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at the request of
Rickey Bell's mother.
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- Rickey Bell's mom had
told Rick he needs a job.
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You know, he'll be a
hard worker for you.
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He is just right around the
corner, so he'll be on time.
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- [Alan] But as detectives
head to the Bell residence
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for questioning,
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they find the perimeter
of the crime scene
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is brewing into a volatile mob.
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- [Donna] The work crews were
still coming in after work.
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It seemed like there were 20,
25 people standing everywhere
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in the driveway.
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It was chaotic.
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Everybody wanted to know
who would've harmed Starr.
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She was loved by everybody.
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They were questioning
each other.
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They did question Rickey Bell
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because they heard
Rick talking to Starr
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about the money and the pay.
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So there were also people
from the Bell community
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that was there.
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Accusations were
going back and forth.
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It was heated.
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[people chattering loudly]
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The deputies were
dispatched there
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to separate 'em if
there's any fighting,
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and there were some arrests
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because we had to
diffuse the anger.
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- [Alan] As tempers
begin to cool,
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police cut through the clamor
and speak with Rickey Bell.
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- [Donna] Detectives
brought him back
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to Tipton County
Sheriff's Office.
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Detectives were asking where
he had been and what he knew.
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He said he did
not work that day.
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Rickey Bell said that after
talking to Rick on the phone,
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he said he was in another
town in Millington
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that was a ways from there.
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- [Sherri] Every person
that we interviewed,
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we took their DNA
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as well as checked
hands and torso area.
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- [Donna] I felt like
if it was a struggle,
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that there would be
some defensive wounds.
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He raised his shirt up,
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he showed hands,
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checked his back, his legs,
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and he showed that he didn't
have any wounds on him.
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So we were eliminating
him as a suspect,
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and we started to
look at other people.
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- [Alan] The next day
as they investigate men
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with proximity to Starr,
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police begin interrogating
the hoard of colleagues
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who visited her on payday.
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- [Donna] There was at least
12 to 15 different people
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that could have been
in and out of the house
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before they left
for work that day.
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- [Kelly] We all had to go
to the police department
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and be questioned
and have DNA taken.
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We all felt like, well, maybe
it was a disgruntled employee.
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But, you know, we were very
tight with all of our guys.
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We were all working
sometimes 18, 20 hour days.
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- [Donnna] We
started to interview
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and find as many answers to
as many questions as we could.
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You also want to have an initial
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"Hey, what do you
think happened?"
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It's like, "Do you know
anybody that would do this?"
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- [Sherri] We had an
employee that was scheduled
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for an interview and
he doesn't show up.
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At that point,
this is suspicious.
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Is he on the run?
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And it was later on determined
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he actually had court-ordered
anger management
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that he had to attend.
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But if it's court-ordered
anger management,
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we're dealing with violence.
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- [Alan] Detectives peer
into the employee's background
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and discover that he's
currently under investigation
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in other cases.
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- [Sherri] He was a
suspect in a lot of stuff.
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Then later on, comes
in for an interview.
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But he had an alibi,
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so that cleared the air
with our investigation.
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- [Alan] In running
background checks
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on all of the landscaping crew,
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police discover that Rick
and Starr gave many people
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an opportunity to
reenter the workforce.
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- [Sherri] Several of his
workers had criminal histories,
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and there were convicted felons.
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Our suspect list
was off the charts.
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[tense music]
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- [Alan] As detectives
continue investigating
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the many possible
suspects at hand,
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other investigators return
to where Starr was found
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to search for evidence
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that might point to a
particular lead to chase.
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- On day two, I get
to the crime scene.
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Yeah, come on.
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Wait, wait, we're gonna
get the video camera
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going down first.
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We meet as a team,
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and I start coordinating a
grid search from the house
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going all the way
down to the trees.
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00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:45,077
Richard, you ready?
- Someone gonna show me.
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- [Officer] Go to the left.
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- [Donna] Okay, yeah.
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I was standing where
Starr's body was found,
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and so I looked up the hill.
428
00:20:56,855 --> 00:21:01,093
Hey, Sherri, if you wanna come
on up here with your camera.
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I noticed, like, a trail,
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00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:05,964
and I started
tracking up the hill.
431
00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:07,366
Look, you can see
the drag marks.
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See it, look. Look
back down that way.
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00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,069
See how they drug
her that way?
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And you can see it this way
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because that's the
directionality of the leaves.
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As I got to the top of the hill,
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the sheriff pointed out
something that he noticed
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that did not look normal,
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00:21:23,548 --> 00:21:24,850
and it was a condom.
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It was a fresh condom, and
it was on top of the leaves.
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00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:32,524
- [Officer] Plastic
bag for the condom.
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00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:34,159
Plastic bag.
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00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,994
- We feel we had
a sexual assault
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because we had found the condom.
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00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,899
You're hoping for DNA.
446
00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,768
It's a very big deal.
447
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,404
- Then you have to stop
and start grid searching
448
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all the way out around it.
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[intense music]
450
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The condom is one thing,
but then we found a gun.
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[tense music]
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[t
453
00:22:00,552 --> 00:22:00,585
[ten
454
00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:00,619
[tense
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00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:00,652
[tense m
456
00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:00,686
[tense mus
457
00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:00,719
[tense music
458
00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:02,788
[tense music]
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00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:08,560
- [Alan] The day
after Starr's murder,
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with a long list of
possible suspects
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in her family business forming,
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00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:14,666
including husband Rick Harris,
463
00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,403
investigators have
discovered a condom and a gun
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near where she was found.
465
00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:23,642
What can the pistol tell them
about this horrendous crime?
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As they inspect the evidence,
467
00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:28,547
they reach a
surprising conclusion.
468
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:34,519
- [Donna] I had
picked up the pistol,
469
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:40,092
and I was trying to collect it
as evidence and to secure it,
470
00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:42,094
and I couldn't get
the clip out of it.
471
00:22:42,127 --> 00:22:44,429
And I said, "What is
wrong with this gun?"
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And the sheriff was
standing there with me
473
00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,937
and said, "That's
not a real gun."
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00:22:54,639 --> 00:22:58,443
- It's a lighter, but it
looks just like a gun.
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00:22:58,477 --> 00:23:00,979
- [Alan] Detectives believe that
if the lighter fooled them,
476
00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:03,315
it could have tricked
Starr as well.
477
00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:08,754
- So we think that somebody
showed up at the house.
478
00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:10,856
He has what appears to be a gun
479
00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:13,592
that was found in another area
480
00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:16,561
that looks like
something had occurred.
481
00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:20,132
The leaves were out of place.
482
00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:23,001
It was possibly the rape site.
483
00:23:23,034 --> 00:23:26,338
It looked like he had
forced her into that area.
484
00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:29,875
We saw no blood to that point,
485
00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:33,812
so we know she got out there
and she wasn't bleeding.
486
00:23:35,046 --> 00:23:36,782
- [Alan] The gun-shaped
lighter makes detectives
487
00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:38,884
revisit their prior assumptions
488
00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:43,655
and transforms their
theory of events.
489
00:23:43,688 --> 00:23:46,892
- The first night while we
were at the crime scene,
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I thought we were looking
probably for somebody
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with defensive wounds.
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00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:57,035
But in my mind, as I
looked at this replica gun,
493
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somebody is holding
a weapon on you.
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If that's the case,
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00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:03,809
she never got a chance
to grab a hold of him.
496
00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:05,677
We now know that is why
497
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there didn't have to be
any defensive wounds.
498
00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:11,082
- [Alan] With this new evidence,
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00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:12,918
anyone they've cleared before
500
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based on a lack of
defensive wounds
501
00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,888
is now back under suspicion.
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00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:21,159
- Rickey Bell didn't have
any wounds on him that night.
503
00:24:23,995 --> 00:24:27,866
And Rick Harris didn't have
any defensive wounds either.
504
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,737
And so, they were
both suspects again.
505
00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:37,809
- [Alan] Detectives send their
new evidence for DNA testing
506
00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:41,112
and race to gather more
evidence on Bell and Harris.
507
00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:45,050
But first, they conduct a
background check on both men.
508
00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:51,690
- [Donna] Rick Harris had some
arrests, drug possession,
509
00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:54,626
some charges that we could
verify through our records.
510
00:24:56,862 --> 00:25:00,098
But we quickly confirmed
that Rickey Bell Jr.
511
00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:03,535
not only had a criminal
history, but it was violent.
512
00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:09,975
And so, we knew that he
had some violent tendencies
513
00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,577
as well as sexual assaults.
514
00:25:12,611 --> 00:25:16,748
That hyper-focused me
into him as a suspect.
515
00:25:16,781 --> 00:25:18,583
[tense music]
516
00:25:18,617 --> 00:25:20,986
- [Kelly] When I initially
met Rickey Bell,
517
00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:22,554
he really didn't smile a lot,
518
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:27,125
almost kind of nerdy.
519
00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:29,728
There was nothing
about him at all to me
520
00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:32,631
that seemed scary or
intimidating or strange.
521
00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:34,533
He was just sort of very quiet.
522
00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:38,637
- [Alan] With Rickey Bell
fully on detectives' radar,
523
00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:41,006
they look to see where
he fits in the timeline
524
00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,207
of Starr's murder.
525
00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:46,645
- We began getting
back telephone records.
526
00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:50,882
Starr's last phone call was
a few minutes after 1:00.
527
00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:52,918
I remember, at the house,
528
00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:56,621
I noted, hey, there's
a FedEx box here.
529
00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:58,790
And when talking with
the FedEx driver,
530
00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:03,161
when the package was delivered
a few minutes after 2:00,
531
00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:06,031
he knocked on the door
but Starr didn't answer.
532
00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:09,668
That meant she was
not in the house.
533
00:26:09,701 --> 00:26:14,039
So we had roughly an hour
window of when she was killed.
534
00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:19,544
Who had access to Starr
Harris during that time?
535
00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:21,980
[dramatic music]
536
00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:32,190
- [Alan] Detective subpoena
receipts for the businesses
537
00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:35,927
where husband Rick claimed
to be the day of the murder.
538
00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,228
Detectives also hope
539
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,665
more clues to the identity
of Starr's final contact
540
00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:42,734
will be found in
her autopsy report.
541
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:45,804
- [Donna] The cause of
death for Starr Harris
542
00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:48,039
was strangulation and
blunt force trauma.
543
00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:52,677
- [Sherri] The basilar
skull fracture on Starr
544
00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:54,946
actually went from,
like, ear to ear.
545
00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:59,684
The force that it takes to
break that part of the skull
546
00:26:59,718 --> 00:27:00,852
is tremendous.
547
00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:04,022
- The crime itself
was so violent,
548
00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,691
it was just so horrific.
549
00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,695
- It was alarming to me.
550
00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,099
So we had a rough timeline.
551
00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:18,103
Then I provided that to
the medical examiner,
552
00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:20,372
who confirmed that her death
553
00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:22,574
could have been
within that timeframe.
554
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,244
- [Alan] With the killer's
window of opportunity now clear,
555
00:27:26,277 --> 00:27:28,613
investigators receive
more information
556
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,716
in the form of Rick Harris's
cell phone records.
557
00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,719
- [Donna] In the
records that we got,
558
00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:37,822
some apparent red
flags began to come up.
559
00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:44,629
The text messages that I
read from Rick's cell phone
560
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:47,232
showed that we weren't
being told everything.
561
00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:52,871
Rick Harris was having an
affair with his ex-wife.
562
00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:57,075
[tense music]
563
00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:00,245
[t
564
00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:00,278
[ten
565
00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:00,311
[tense
566
00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:00,345
[tense m
567
00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:00,378
[tense mus
568
00:28:00,378 --> 00:28:00,412
[tense music
569
00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:02,213
[tense music]
570
00:28:05,817 --> 00:28:08,753
- [Alan] As husband Rick Harris
and employee Rickey Bell
571
00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:10,655
top the list of suspects,
572
00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,491
phone records roll
into the police.
573
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,860
The text messages reveal
a shocking truth.
574
00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:20,231
Rick was having an affair
with his ex-wife, Rebecca,
575
00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:22,634
around the time
of Starr's murder.
576
00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,637
Detectives wonder,
did Rick kill his wife
577
00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:27,505
so he could be
with his mistress?
578
00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:31,676
- [Donna] We were trying
to figure out through
579
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:36,147
Starr's friends if she knew
about this relationship.
580
00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:37,716
Could it be a love triangle?
581
00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:41,653
- [Shannah] Starr did
know about his affair.
582
00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:45,657
Yeah, that's a
heartbreak for any wife.
583
00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:47,625
But she stayed.
584
00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:52,263
- [Tonya] I was home,
585
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:55,934
and Rebecca messaged me
586
00:28:55,967 --> 00:28:58,203
and said she had
something to tell me.
587
00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:02,407
So, I called and she said,
588
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,677
"I don't want you to
think I'm a whore."
589
00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:09,347
And I said, "Just
tell me, Rebecca."
590
00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:14,185
And she said her and Rick
were having an affair.
591
00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:18,823
So, I said, "Well,
don't ever contact me
592
00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:19,824
or my family again.
593
00:29:19,858 --> 00:29:22,594
And I do, in fact, think
that you are a whore."
594
00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:24,829
[tense music]
595
00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:30,668
- Absolutely, red
flags go flying.
596
00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:33,671
Maybe they are fighting.
597
00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:40,345
He now has a reason
to kill Starr Harris.
598
00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:41,713
That does give us a motive.
599
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:46,451
- [Donna] Rick Harris
was still a suspect,
600
00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:51,322
and so we knew we had to define
what that relationship was.
601
00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:54,325
There was no other way to do
it than to set up an interview.
602
00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:59,297
We did that with Rick and
confronted him with this affair.
603
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,769
- Seeing how he reacted
once we confronted him,
604
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,906
it wasn't a deny, deny, deny.
605
00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:11,342
It was like "Yes, I was
cheating on Starr Harris."
606
00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:16,481
But he said, "I
wouldn't kill my wife
607
00:30:16,514 --> 00:30:18,449
because I was doing that.
608
00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:19,551
I regret it."
609
00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:23,354
So, do we believe
that this is a motive
610
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,557
or do we believe that
this is a mistake?
611
00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:31,396
- [Alan] Then detectives shift
their focus to his lover,
612
00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:34,032
the woman who
introduced him to Starr,
613
00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:35,733
his ex-wife, Rebecca.
614
00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:38,636
- [Donna] Where was she?
615
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:39,938
Is she married?
616
00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:42,674
Is there somebody that
could have been mad?
617
00:30:42,707 --> 00:30:48,012
This led us to an interview
with her, Rick's ex-wife.
618
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:52,917
- They were planning to
meet up that day, June 1st.
619
00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:56,421
They were planning
what they call a Fraser
620
00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:59,490
'cause they would meet
in Fraser to hook up.
621
00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:04,462
- She had an alibi.
622
00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:09,033
We very quickly substantiated
where she was at that day.
623
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,539
- [Alan] Then, detectives
received long-sought evidence
624
00:31:14,572 --> 00:31:17,008
about Rick's whereabouts
on the day of the murder.
625
00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,310
- When we began,
626
00:31:19,344 --> 00:31:22,714
we had to find out where Rick
was between 1:00 and 2:00.
627
00:31:22,747 --> 00:31:25,450
[pensive music]
628
00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,485
He said he had gone
to Munford Tire.
629
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:29,821
We pulled the video.
630
00:31:30,688 --> 00:31:32,690
We knew he was standing
at Munford Tire
631
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,659
at this particular
time, and he was there.
632
00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:39,097
Rick Harris and Starr Harris
had had some problems.
633
00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:41,099
He had an affair,
634
00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:44,836
but we were able to confirm
that he had an alibi,
635
00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:46,971
and we cleared him as a suspect.
636
00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:52,577
- [Alan] With Rick and Rebecca
both having solid alibis,
637
00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:54,112
Detectives Turner and Wassel
638
00:31:54,145 --> 00:31:56,714
circle back on evidence
from the crime scene
639
00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,917
that may hold the
key to this case.
640
00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:03,888
- [Donna] Where would this gun
come from, this replica gun?
641
00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:06,691
And what do I know
about Rickey Bell?
642
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,664
I spoke to Rickey Bell's mother.
643
00:32:13,798 --> 00:32:15,867
She confirmed at her house
644
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,536
that she had one that
looked similar to that,
645
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:22,907
and said that she kept
it on top of a cabinet
646
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,510
that we were
sitting in front of.
647
00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:27,879
And I never will forget,
648
00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:30,882
I stood up and reached up
649
00:32:30,915 --> 00:32:32,784
where she said that
gun would've been,
650
00:32:32,817 --> 00:32:34,986
[suspenseful music]
651
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,022
and there no gun.
652
00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:42,660
- I just remember it
being like a light bulb
653
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:44,896
that just went off
all of a sudden.
654
00:32:44,929 --> 00:32:46,497
It's all falling into place.
655
00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,168
- [Alan] But just as soon
as detectives zero in
656
00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:51,636
on Rickey Bell,
657
00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:54,172
they receive evidence
that gives them pause.
658
00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,908
The DNA results from
the crime scene condom.
659
00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:03,181
- [Donna] There's actually two
samples of DNA on the condom.
660
00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:06,417
And I thought, oh,
another curveball.
661
00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:07,785
Here we go.
662
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:10,388
[intense music]
663
00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:13,424
[t
664
00:33:13,424 --> 00:33:13,458
[ten
665
00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:13,491
[tense
666
00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:13,524
[tense m
667
00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:13,558
[tense mus
668
00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:13,591
[tense music
669
00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:15,526
[tense music]
670
00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:20,398
- [Alan] DNA evidence in the
Starr Harris investigation
671
00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:23,167
has caught detectives
by surprise.
672
00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:27,305
Having 2 DNA profiles
on the same condom
673
00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:29,974
presents them with an
extraordinary situation.
674
00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:35,313
- Never in my career have I
ever gotten multiple DNA hits
675
00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:36,547
on a condom.
676
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:40,918
Rickey Bell's DNA is
inside the condom,
677
00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:45,156
but Rick Harris's DNA is on
the outside of the condom.
678
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:47,025
We had to have that explanation,
679
00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:50,428
because it's like,
as gross as it is,
680
00:33:50,461 --> 00:33:52,196
did they share a condom?
681
00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:54,565
Did they both hurt Starr Harris?
682
00:33:57,735 --> 00:34:00,638
- [Donna] That led to another
interview with Rick Harris
683
00:34:02,473 --> 00:34:06,177
to flesh out what really is
going on behind the scenes,
684
00:34:07,245 --> 00:34:09,047
without telling him why
685
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,548
that we wanted to know that.
686
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:14,952
Rick confirmed, when
we questioned him,
687
00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:18,322
that he had sexual
intercourse with Starr
688
00:34:18,356 --> 00:34:19,624
the night before her death.
689
00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:22,460
[tense music]
690
00:34:22,493 --> 00:34:24,629
And then we clarified
with the scientist
691
00:34:24,662 --> 00:34:29,734
that the DNA on the
outside of the condom
692
00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:32,136
could have been
from consensual sex.
693
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:35,106
- [Sherri] We actually had
somebody with the lab
694
00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:37,075
tell us this happens often.
695
00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:39,477
It usually stems
from married couples.
696
00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:41,212
They would've had sex,
697
00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:44,482
and the sperm is still
inside the female.
698
00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:49,087
And then later on, the suspect
comes in wearing the condom.
699
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,957
- And so, we eliminated
Rick Harris as a suspect.
700
00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:56,094
- [Alan] With Rick
Harris eliminated,
701
00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:58,229
detectives make a
momentous decision.
702
00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:04,335
- We believe that Rickey
Bell killed Starr Harris,
703
00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:08,106
and it is time to go and arrest.
704
00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:10,007
We do the arrest warrant,
705
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:13,277
and he was placed in
custody in the Memphis area.
706
00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:14,645
He wasn't saying anything.
707
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,014
We had a sexual assault,
708
00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:22,120
and in Tennessee, it pumps
it up to not just a homicide,
709
00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:23,387
but a first degree murder.
710
00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:27,792
- [Donna] I notified
the team, got the DA.
711
00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:29,260
We were elated.
712
00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:32,663
- [Alan] Law enforcement's
excitement of the arrest
713
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:36,234
of their top suspect is
echoed by Starr's loved ones.
714
00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:40,171
- [Kelly] I was so,
so glad, so thankful.
715
00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:42,406
I felt so much relief,
716
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,810
because thinking that it's
someone that's that close to you
717
00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:49,480
is like extremely,
extremely scary.
718
00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:53,551
- When we heard that
there was an arrest,
719
00:35:53,584 --> 00:35:55,553
I was shocked, honestly.
720
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,822
- [Kelly] The question
in our mind was,
721
00:35:57,855 --> 00:36:00,825
how could someone that we've
hired, that works for us,
722
00:36:00,858 --> 00:36:03,194
someone that we go to
work with every day,
723
00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:05,429
we're sharing lunch
with on lunch breaks,
724
00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:08,266
how could someone
do this to Starr?
725
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,835
- I don't know what to think.
726
00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:13,437
This was so close to home.
727
00:36:15,606 --> 00:36:18,042
- Finally, maybe we're
gonna get some justice.
728
00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:21,579
- [Alan] With Bell in custody,
729
00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:25,416
detectives seek out absolutely
crucial pieces of evidence...
730
00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:28,586
- [Alan] A motive
and a confession.
731
00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:34,325
You're close to
solving this case,
732
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,594
and it all comes down
to the interview.
733
00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:45,436
- He wasn't saying anything
because he knew he was caught.
734
00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:48,873
- [Alan] Then, Deputy Chief
Turner presses Rickey Bell
735
00:36:48,906 --> 00:36:51,475
on the physical
evidence in hand.
736
00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:54,612
- We had a condom
and a replica gun,
737
00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:56,113
both matched Rickey Bell.
738
00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:58,716
So I can put Rickey
Bell at the crime scene.
739
00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:13,231
- It was flippantly to the
point that it just angered me.
740
00:37:20,438 --> 00:37:24,408
I sat across from pure evil
741
00:37:24,442 --> 00:37:28,379
when I sat across the
room from Rickey Bell Jr.
742
00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:34,785
- But he did not admit
to killing Starr Harris.
743
00:37:35,953 --> 00:37:39,390
- [Alan] Bell's silence means
he'll face the music at trial.
744
00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:43,661
And almost two years
later, in March of 2012,
745
00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:46,697
the friends, family, and
colleagues of Starr Harris
746
00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:48,933
get their showdown with Rickey.
747
00:37:48,966 --> 00:37:52,536
Without a confession, will
the evidence be enough?
748
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:55,539
- [Sherri] When you're
being questioned,
749
00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:57,541
a defense attorney can
make you second guess
750
00:37:57,575 --> 00:37:58,709
everything you do.
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And all you can do is
sit and think, like,
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00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:03,814
could my testimony be the reason
753
00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:05,716
that this jury comes
back not guilty?
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00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,818
And I know this man did it.
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00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:11,289
[intense music]
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[t
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[ten
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[tense
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[tense m
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[tense mus
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00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:15,159
[tense music
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[tense music]
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- [Alan] The Drummonds community
is on pins and needles
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00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:23,868
for Rickey Bell's trial.
765
00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:27,772
Law enforcement feels
confident in their evidence,
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00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:28,906
but they're yet to see
767
00:38:28,939 --> 00:38:31,909
exactly what the
defense has in store.
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00:38:31,942 --> 00:38:34,745
Will the jury convict
Rickey Bell of murder?
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00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:39,116
- [Kelly] When I walk
in the courtroom,
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00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,054
I'm looking at all of
Starr's friends and family.
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00:38:43,087 --> 00:38:45,890
And then I have to look
over at Rickey Bell.
772
00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:51,862
He seems so much more callous
and sort of with an attitude.
773
00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:55,099
I'm, you know,
praying to God that
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I don't get up and
attack this man.
775
00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:58,336
And I was just thinking,
776
00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,839
"Well, how can anyone
we've been around do this?"
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00:39:01,872 --> 00:39:04,375
[pensive music]
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00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:09,480
- The trial was a way to
display all the forensics.
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00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:11,482
And with the DNA evidence,
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he's the one that did it.
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00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:15,386
- [Alan] But the defense
refuses to go down
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00:39:15,419 --> 00:39:16,787
without a fight.
783
00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:20,491
- They were trying to portray
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00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:23,494
that Rickey Bell, because
of a low IQ score,
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00:39:23,527 --> 00:39:25,396
he didn't know
what he was doing.
786
00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:28,833
But his actions did
not match a low IQ.
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00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,105
I think he forgot that
he had called in sick
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00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:35,339
or for whatever reason,
789
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:39,977
and I think he was an angry
person that did not get his way,
790
00:39:40,010 --> 00:39:43,514
and he killed Starr
Harris over 50 bucks
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00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:44,982
that he didn't even earn.
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00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:49,153
- [Alan] Then, after
four days of testimony,
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the case is handed to the jury.
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00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:57,027
- [Sherri] You never know what
a jury of twelve's gonna do.
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Hopefully, this defense does
not find one juror in there
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00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:04,402
that finds sympathy with him.
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00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:07,004
- [Kelly] You're sitting
there holding your breath,
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00:40:07,037 --> 00:40:10,541
praying to God,
please let the jury
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come back with a
conviction on this.
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[suspenseful music]
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- [Donna] His verdict was
guilty of first-degree murder
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and aggravated rape.
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00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:29,026
We were so fortunate
to get this person
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00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:32,163
that I would only describe
as an animal for what I saw.
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00:40:34,064 --> 00:40:36,200
- [Tonya] We were extremely
happy, of course,
806
00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:39,336
because somebody is
now going to pay.
807
00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:42,072
He'll be in prison for
the rest of his life.
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00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,308
- [Kelly] I did feel
like justice was served,
809
00:40:44,341 --> 00:40:46,877
and there was no way he
was gonna get out of this.
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00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:50,181
- After Starr was gone,
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00:40:50,214 --> 00:40:52,383
her children went to
live with their father.
812
00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:55,820
She lived a beautiful life
with beautiful children
813
00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:57,488
and made people feel special.
814
00:40:57,521 --> 00:41:01,158
And I think she deserves to
be remembered in that way.
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00:41:02,493 --> 00:41:06,363
- [Shannah] I hope that
people that watch this,
816
00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:11,836
they just remember her and
that smile and that laugh.
817
00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:13,204
The rest doesn't matter.
818
00:41:14,238 --> 00:41:16,106
She mattered.
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00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:17,475
She still matters.
820
00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,212
- [Alan] In the wake
of Starr's murder,
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00:41:21,245 --> 00:41:22,947
the Harris landscaping company
822
00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:26,917
tries to survive while Rick
takes an extended leave.
823
00:41:28,385 --> 00:41:32,022
But for the crew, they take
other jobs for the lack of work.
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00:41:33,023 --> 00:41:34,191
- [Kelly] I was scared of people
825
00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:35,993
that we tried to
hire after that.
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00:41:36,026 --> 00:41:37,127
Are they from around here?
827
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:38,429
Do you know this person?
828
00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:43,334
I don't think that Rick
ever recovered emotionally
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00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:44,468
from all of it.
830
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:46,937
[somber music]
831
00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,975
Rick passed away
a few years ago,
832
00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:54,245
and I think that the way
he was living his life
833
00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:55,613
contributed to that.
834
00:41:57,014 --> 00:41:59,517
You never know when
tragedy's gonna strike
835
00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:02,353
and your whole world is gonna
be ripped from underneath you.
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00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,290
So love, and let people
know they're loved.
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00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:07,525
Say the words.
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00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:11,462
And that's what I have
learned from all of this.
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00:42:13,430 --> 00:42:17,434
- Starr Harris's murder
was an immense tragedy.
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00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:20,304
She worked hard to
support her family of 10.
841
00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:22,406
The business also
helped dozens of men
842
00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:23,541
get back on their feet.
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00:42:24,575 --> 00:42:26,076
She never could have known
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that a killer was among them.
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