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♪
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NARRATOR: Fifteen-year-old
Candice Parchment
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was obsessed with her diary.
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It held her dreams, her secrets.
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- She wanted to be a writer.
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She would always be
documenting her life,
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her thoughts, what
she wanted to do.
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NARRATOR: But on
April 28th, 2010,
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Candice goes missing.
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♪
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Everyone at her high
school in shock.
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♪
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MY'LIK HAMLETT:
There's so many rumors.
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Speculation that
came from nothing.
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♪
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NARRATOR: Weeks go by. Months.
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Then...
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MY'LIK: The detectives
knocked on the door
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and they told me they found
the human remains of Candice.
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♪
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NARRATOR: But...
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♪
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[telephone ringing] a
voice from the grave.
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♪
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MY'LIK: He said, "I
found Candice's diary."
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NARRATOR: And the
truth is awful.
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♪
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♪ Theme music playing ♪
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MAN 1: She solved her own
murder from beyond the grave.
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MAN 2: The fitness
app on the phone,
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it was overwhelming evidence.
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♪ I've been haunted
by the visions ♪
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♪ That I've seen
with my own eyes ♪
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♪ And the only way to find you ♪
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♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪
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♪
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MAN: She did help
catch this killer.
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♪
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♪
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NARRATOR: I want to
tell you a story,
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and it's far from a fairytale.
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It's a story that
takes place in 2010,
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just outside Atlanta.
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A little place you
probably never heard of,
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called Forest Park.
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♪
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MY'LIK: When I moved
to Forest Park,
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it was a nice suburb.
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Not too much crime.
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♪
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NARRATOR: It's a nice place.
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That's why My'Lik and everyone
at Forest Park High...
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[school bell ringing]
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couldn't believe it
when their friend,
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fifteen-year-old
Candice Parchment,
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goes missing.
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♪
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Within six hours, Candice's
mother gets concerned
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and contacts the police.
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MY'LIK: The last time I
remember seeing Candice,
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she had a bag of Hot Cheetos.
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She put a few of
'em in my mouth.
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She had fed me.
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We were in school.
Everything was happy.
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That was the last day
I-I-I ever seen her.
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MAN: This is Captain
Gandee interview,
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color mark.
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CAPTAIN RICHARD GANDEE:
I was the commander
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of the major felony unit of the
Clayton County Police Department.
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♪
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On April 28th in 2010,
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Candice goes missing.
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And her mom reports this
to Clayton County Police
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and they file an
incident report.
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NARRATOR: Candice's
friends and family
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get more and more
worried as time passes.
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MY'LIK: I was contacting her
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and she wasn't responding
and stuff like that.
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[chimes]
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I would post Facebook messages
and put it on her wall
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and just, "Tell me something,
let me know you're okay."
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[chimes]
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♪
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"Just let me know you're okay."
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And nothing. Nothing.
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♪
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NARRATOR: Candice
just disappears,
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and her absence is felt.
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♪ Vocalizing ♪
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You see, everyone liked Candice.
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♪
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Candice is clever,
bright eyes, big smile.
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The kind of girl that attracts
attention at Forest Park High School.
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The kinda girl that might
make other girls jealous.
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♪
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MY'LIK: First
time I met Candice
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was actually in the gym class.
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I was really interested in knowing like,
"Okay, what makes this girl stand out?
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What makes everyone
wanna be around her?"
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She explained to me her
family was from Jamaica
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and that they had recently
migrated here to Georgia.
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We hit it off right
then and there.
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She wanted to be a writer.
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Journalism, poetry, or music.
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Me, personally,
music is in my blood.
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I was daily recording music.
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Candice was one of my
biggest fans even then,
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so she became a
great friend of mine.
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♪
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She would always be jotting
down in this composition book,
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documenting her
life so to speak,
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everything that she seen, her
thoughts, what she wanted to do.
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♪ Got the world
on my fingertips ♪
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Candice would always say,
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"We came to America to make
a better opportunity for us.
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"I'm gonna take
care of my family.
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I'm gonna be somebody."
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♪
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NARRATOR: I wish I could say
Candice got what she wanted.
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But this ain't that kinda story.
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♪ Ominous music playing ♪
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♪
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When Candice goes missing
on April 28th, 2010,
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her loved ones worry that law
enforcement doesn't share their concern.
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- The police officers told
Candice's family, friends,
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"Girls like this always
do things like this.
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Girls like this
always run away."
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♪
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Like, girls like what? What
do you mean, girls like what?
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I would love to know.
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Feel free to contact me and
let me know what that meant.
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♪
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NARRATOR: But on the
day she goes missing,
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there is hope.
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♪
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- And later that day, Candice's
mother received a text message
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from Candice's phone.
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♪
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The next day, Candice's
mom gets another text.
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♪
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NARRATOR: But these texts,
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they don't really seem like
Candice to those who know her.
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♪
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MY'LIK: Her mom
never believed it.
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Like, "Nah, there's no way
my daughter's in Tennessee."
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What would make you think
that this young girl ran away,
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sent one text message to her
mom saying, "I'm in Tennessee,"
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took no clothes, took
any necessary items?
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She's 15 years old,
doesn't have any money,
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doesn't have any job.
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It doesn't too much
work like that.
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♪
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NARRATOR: But maybe there's
a way to clear that up.
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If Candice ran 200
miles away to Tennessee,
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her phone records would show that's
where the text was sent from.
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But no.
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Over a month goes by
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before investigators
follow up on the text.
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CAPTAIN GANDEE:
On June 2nd, 2010,
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a detective files a subpoena
request for Kansas phone records.
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And we didn't ever
did hear anything back
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from the phone company.
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NARRATOR: They'll
need to follow up
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on the phone records.
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Meanwhile, new cases
continue to pour in.
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- When Candice was
reported missing,
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we were averaging probably 30
to 40 runaway reports a month.
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And just trying to manage
runaways being located
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and clearing them and
taking new reports.
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This takes time
and a lot of money.
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♪ Dead in the water
I circle the truth ♪
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NARRATOR: Seven months go
by since she's been gone,
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and it feels like forever.
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And then, a call comes in.
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♪
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[line beeps]
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OPERATOR: 9-1-1,
what's your emergency?
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MAN: [over phone] I'm
not sure, but I think
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we might have found something,
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something human.
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♪
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♪
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NARRATOR: It's
November 24th, 2010.
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A body is found.
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♪
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In Candice Parchment's
neighborhood,
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just a few hundred
yards from her house.
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♪
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Remember when I said
this isn't a fairy tale?
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It's true.
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But there are good
people in the story.
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MAN: Ashley Melvin. Take one.
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DETECTIVE ASHLEY MELVIN: My
full name is Ashley Melvin.
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I was a homicide detective
in Clayton County.
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In November 2010,
I was the new kid.
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Captain said, "Hey,
rookie, you're up.
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Found a body in the woods."
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[echoing] body in the woods.
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[siren wailing in distance]
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I jumped in my car and
I head to Forest Park.
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It was on Sylvia Drive.
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I was nervous, and, uh,
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yeah, I did have
butterflies in my stomach.
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[police radio
chatter] [siren wails]
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I was directed toward
the wooden path,
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just to the left
of the dumpster.
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And it's a little cut through.
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♪
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♪
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Start going through
the wooden path.
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♪
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You could tell people have been
using it for years probably.
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♪
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Patrol officers were there standing
by with the crime scene tape.
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[police radio chatter echoing]
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♪
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And I looked down,
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and there was...
th-there was a body.
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♪
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Not in a conventional
sense of a body.
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It was a skeleton.
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♪
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This is literally the first time
I've actually seen a skeleton.
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♪
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Just seeing someone's bones,
this-this was a person.
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♪
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[camera shutter clicks]
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NARRATOR: The body
is so decomposed,
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but investigators are hopeful
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that there will be
some obvious marker,
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some clue to tell
them who this is.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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DETECTIVE MELVIN: We
don't have any ID.
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There was no wallet.
There was no purse.
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There was nothing to
signify who the body was.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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CAPTAIN GANDEE: We
did find a earring
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and the jacket was still there.
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Was kinda like a snakeskin.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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The T-shirt was a
Stay Fresh T-shirt.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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♪
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NARRATOR: Investigators
use the clothing
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to try to identify the body.
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CAPTAIN GANDEE: We started
checking the social media.
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♪
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We found a picture that matched
the jacket that we found.
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I mean, it was almost
a perfect match.
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Scaly leather,
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uh, rhinestones.
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♪
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- The body that was
recovered that day
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was Candice Parchment.
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♪
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[police radio chatter]
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NARRATOR: News of
the tragic discovery
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soon reaches
Candice's loved ones.
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- I broke down in tears.
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I couldn't believe it.
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♪ Close your eyes ♪
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She was just stuffed underneath
the mattress, you know.
265
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♪ It just keeps crashing down ♪
266
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♪
267
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- We went to her mother's house.
268
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♪ Shut it all the way ♪
269
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She asked, "Did
you find my baby?"
270
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♪ Don't let me drown ♪
271
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♪ I tried to... ♪
272
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Yeah, that was tough.
273
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♪ Oh, I tried to ♪
274
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♪ But I can't find you ♪
275
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I made a promise to
Candice's mother.
276
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I said, "I don't
know what took place,
277
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"but I'm gonna find
out what happened.
278
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"And if someone did
it to your daughter,
279
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I'm gonna find out who did it."
280
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♪ I can't find you ♪
281
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♪ But I can't find
my peace of mind ♪
282
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♪
283
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NARRATOR: And the first thing
investigators have to do
284
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is figure out the
cause of death.
285
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CAPTAIN GANDEE: So
the medical examiner
286
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ruled the death as a
stab wound to the chest.
287
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The manner of death was
determined to be a homicide.
288
00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:55,983
♪
289
00:12:55,984 --> 00:12:58,362
- So now I know I have
my first homicide.
290
00:12:59,321 --> 00:13:01,782
And... it's scary.
291
00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:07,828
♪
292
00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:10,373
NARRATOR: Who would want to
kill a sweet girl like Candice?
293
00:13:10,374 --> 00:13:13,001
Investigators take
to the streets
294
00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:15,711
to hunt down her killer.
295
00:13:15,712 --> 00:13:17,631
- We have teams out
doing the canvassing.
296
00:13:19,550 --> 00:13:21,802
Did anybody see anything?
297
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:24,512
- But no one knew anything.
298
00:13:24,513 --> 00:13:26,097
[school bell rings]
299
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NARRATOR: Then, they
turn to her school,
300
00:13:29,059 --> 00:13:30,143
Forest Park High.
301
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Candice was popular.
302
00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:33,605
She had many friends.
303
00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:38,317
Any of them could know
something, anything,
304
00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:41,321
and any of them could have
been capable of anything.
305
00:13:42,573 --> 00:13:44,156
Even My'Lik.
306
00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:46,492
- The detectives questioned me.
307
00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:49,912
They asked for my phone, trying
to see what text messages
308
00:13:49,913 --> 00:13:51,123
in between us.
309
00:13:51,665 --> 00:13:53,624
I believe they were
looking at me as though
310
00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:56,711
I might have perpetrated
the event or something.
311
00:13:56,712 --> 00:14:01,048
♪
312
00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:04,594
NARRATOR: Could one of
Candice's closest friends
313
00:14:04,595 --> 00:14:08,055
somehow be involved
in her death?
314
00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:12,311
♪
315
00:14:14,313 --> 00:14:16,189
♪
316
00:14:16,190 --> 00:14:19,108
NARRATOR: My'Lik Hamlett
is now a person of interest
317
00:14:19,109 --> 00:14:20,818
in Candice Parchment's murder.
318
00:14:20,819 --> 00:14:22,486
♪
319
00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:24,780
DETECTIVE MELVIN: And what we
were doing is called victimology.
320
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:27,241
And that's learning the habits,
321
00:14:27,242 --> 00:14:29,660
the social workings
of the victim.
322
00:14:29,661 --> 00:14:32,288
♪
323
00:14:32,289 --> 00:14:34,081
- "You wasting your time
looking at my phone,
324
00:14:34,082 --> 00:14:36,834
"trying to see what text
messages in between us.
325
00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:38,315
You wanna see what
we talking about."
326
00:14:39,421 --> 00:14:41,297
NARRATOR: As
investigators continue
327
00:14:41,298 --> 00:14:43,883
to look at My'Lik
and other friends...
328
00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:45,928
- Literally, no
one knew anything.
329
00:14:47,054 --> 00:14:49,097
NARRATOR: everyone is
a potential suspect.
330
00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:51,140
MY'LIK: There are
so many rumors.
331
00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:52,767
She ran away with a trucker.
332
00:14:52,768 --> 00:14:54,769
♪
333
00:14:54,770 --> 00:14:56,187
She was in Tennessee.
334
00:14:56,188 --> 00:15:00,400
♪
335
00:15:02,319 --> 00:15:05,196
NARRATOR: But some of those
rumors were a little too real
336
00:15:05,197 --> 00:15:07,782
and hit a little
too close to home.
337
00:15:07,783 --> 00:15:09,408
♪
338
00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:10,785
MY'LIK: There was a rumor
339
00:15:10,786 --> 00:15:13,413
that there was a serial
killer in the area
340
00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:15,207
picking up people.
341
00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:19,710
♪
342
00:15:19,711 --> 00:15:21,671
NARRATOR: Monica
Ambriz disappeared
343
00:15:21,672 --> 00:15:23,882
on October 16th, 2010,
344
00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:26,426
just outside Atlanta.
345
00:15:27,469 --> 00:15:28,637
The girl was 17.
346
00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:32,641
They found her ten days later
in an abandoned building.
347
00:15:34,393 --> 00:15:35,393
Stabbed.
348
00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:40,858
And Detective Melvin and
his fellow investigators
349
00:15:41,525 --> 00:15:43,526
start to see similarities
350
00:15:43,527 --> 00:15:45,611
between Monica and
Candice's cases.
351
00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:49,031
DETECTIVE MELVIN: The victim
is similar to Candice.
352
00:15:49,032 --> 00:15:50,741
♪
353
00:15:50,742 --> 00:15:53,829
Young girls, same vicinity,
both stabbed in the chest.
354
00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,665
NARRATOR: There's one
person investigators think
355
00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,186
could have killed
the two young girls.
356
00:15:59,710 --> 00:16:01,294
DETECTIVE MELVIN:
Artemio Hernandez.
357
00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:02,588
He killed Monica...
358
00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:05,756
a 17-year-old girl,
359
00:16:05,757 --> 00:16:08,010
just a few weeks earlier
in the same area,
360
00:16:09,094 --> 00:16:10,929
approximately two miles away.
361
00:16:12,097 --> 00:16:13,556
He did a lot of things.
362
00:16:13,557 --> 00:16:16,392
And if Candice was
his first victim,
363
00:16:16,393 --> 00:16:18,937
then we had a serial killer
in our midst in Forest Park.
364
00:16:19,521 --> 00:16:23,441
♪
365
00:16:23,442 --> 00:16:24,942
NARRATOR: Artemio Hernandez.
366
00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:28,405
Armed robbery, rape, murder.
367
00:16:29,406 --> 00:16:31,533
Did he kill Candice? Stab her?
368
00:16:32,326 --> 00:16:33,367
Just like he did to Monica?
369
00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:35,620
♪
370
00:16:35,621 --> 00:16:37,038
[telephone ringing]
371
00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:40,959
With the prime suspect in their
sights, investigators launch a plan.
372
00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:45,421
They put a request in
to DeKalb County Jail
373
00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:46,422
to interview Hernandez.
374
00:16:47,424 --> 00:16:50,426
And while they wait for the
request to come through,
375
00:16:50,427 --> 00:16:52,930
their focus shifts back
to Forest Park High
376
00:16:53,931 --> 00:16:55,516
and to Candice's friends,
377
00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:58,392
like My'Lik.
378
00:16:58,393 --> 00:17:00,353
♪
379
00:17:00,354 --> 00:17:01,812
MY'LIK: "I didn't
do anything wrong.
380
00:17:01,813 --> 00:17:04,232
Y'all are looking in the wrong
place. I love this girl."
381
00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:06,067
♪
382
00:17:06,068 --> 00:17:09,029
NARRATOR: But after doing
a thorough investigation,
383
00:17:09,947 --> 00:17:12,407
the detectives don't find
anything incriminating
384
00:17:12,991 --> 00:17:15,451
and My'Lik is removed
as a person of interest.
385
00:17:15,452 --> 00:17:18,037
♪
386
00:17:18,038 --> 00:17:19,997
- I never took offense
to it 'cause I, you know,
387
00:17:19,998 --> 00:17:21,374
I knew what she meant to me.
388
00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:23,751
So, I never took offense to it.
389
00:17:23,752 --> 00:17:26,212
♪ It's all I ever wanted ♪
390
00:17:26,213 --> 00:17:29,090
♪ How could I run from you ♪
391
00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:35,097
♪ If all I ever
wanted was you? ♪
392
00:17:36,306 --> 00:17:38,140
♪
393
00:17:38,141 --> 00:17:39,642
NARRATOR: In August 2011,
394
00:17:39,643 --> 00:17:43,104
sixteen months after
Candice's disappearance,
395
00:17:43,105 --> 00:17:46,065
detectives receive authorization
396
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,986
to speak with convicted
murderer Artemio Hernandez.
397
00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:53,030
- Hernandez is one of the
guys that if he did something,
398
00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:54,032
he would tell you.
399
00:17:55,117 --> 00:17:58,912
We made arrangements to speak with
him in the DeKalb County Jail.
400
00:18:00,414 --> 00:18:02,999
MAN: [over PA] 23-20.23-20.
You have a visitor.
401
00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,458
DETECTIVE MELVIN:
This is the big time.
402
00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:06,670
Hey, I'm gonna crack
this thing wide open.
403
00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:12,508
I get there and we sit down and
we build a rapport with him.
404
00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:14,719
He wants to talk to us.
405
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,763
I laid it out, like,
this is what we got.
406
00:18:17,723 --> 00:18:19,182
Did you kill this girl?
407
00:18:19,183 --> 00:18:20,725
♪
408
00:18:20,726 --> 00:18:23,020
I showed Hernandez
pictures of Candice.
409
00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,565
And he looked at the
pictures and he said,
410
00:18:28,609 --> 00:18:30,277
"I never seen her before."
411
00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:32,737
He said, "I didn't do it.
412
00:18:32,738 --> 00:18:34,864
I did the other ones.
I didn't do that one."
413
00:18:34,865 --> 00:18:39,285
♪
414
00:18:39,286 --> 00:18:40,578
That took the wind out my sails.
415
00:18:40,579 --> 00:18:42,538
♪
416
00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:46,209
The guy who we just knew was
the killer said, "It wasn't me."
417
00:18:46,210 --> 00:18:47,878
And I got nothing
to say that he was.
418
00:18:49,046 --> 00:18:52,590
In the back of our minds, we
still kept his name in there.
419
00:18:52,591 --> 00:18:53,716
But at this point in time,
420
00:18:53,717 --> 00:18:55,957
we didn't have any proof that
he was related to the case.
421
00:18:56,929 --> 00:19:00,933
♪
422
00:19:03,393 --> 00:19:05,102
NARRATOR: More time goes by.
423
00:19:05,103 --> 00:19:06,313
No leads.
424
00:19:07,564 --> 00:19:11,692
But then, investigators identify
another person of interest.
425
00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:14,195
♪
426
00:19:14,196 --> 00:19:18,032
There's another guy, another
guy who's done bad things.
427
00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:19,909
♪
428
00:19:19,910 --> 00:19:24,039
- And looking at suspects, one
person came into the immediate radar.
429
00:19:25,624 --> 00:19:29,001
NARRATOR: A young guy
named Trey Jenkins.
430
00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:31,170
♪
431
00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:33,381
Before Candice went missing,
432
00:19:33,382 --> 00:19:36,467
detectives learned that Trey
brought two young girls,
433
00:19:36,468 --> 00:19:41,347
one 17, one 18, to his
house and raped them.
434
00:19:41,348 --> 00:19:43,307
♪
435
00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:45,852
And police find
that this same guy
436
00:19:45,853 --> 00:19:47,937
has a connection to
Candice Parchment.
437
00:19:47,938 --> 00:19:49,730
♪
438
00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:53,109
- We did some interviews and
we did some background on him
439
00:19:53,110 --> 00:19:57,280
and we determined that somehow
or another Candice knew this guy.
440
00:19:57,281 --> 00:19:59,907
They had some communications
and he had been arrested
441
00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:02,076
for some sexual
assault-related crimes.
442
00:20:02,077 --> 00:20:05,288
♪
443
00:20:05,289 --> 00:20:08,041
NARRATOR: There's a possibility
investigators can't ignore.
444
00:20:09,293 --> 00:20:11,086
Did Trey assault Candice?
445
00:20:12,171 --> 00:20:15,381
Did he escalate
from rape to murder?
446
00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:17,758
♪
447
00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:19,760
- He's suspect number one
at this point in time.
448
00:20:19,761 --> 00:20:22,848
So we looked at him,
attempted interviews.
449
00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:27,476
We had to make arrangements to
communicate with this individual.
450
00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:29,188
[line ringing]
451
00:20:30,939 --> 00:20:33,942
NARRATOR: But can detectives place
Trey at the scene of the crime?
452
00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:37,778
It's a lot of work.
[knock on door]
453
00:20:37,779 --> 00:20:39,488
[telephone ringing]
Phone calls,
454
00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:40,782
endless files...
455
00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:43,368
pounding the pavement.
456
00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:46,037
And after all that?
457
00:20:46,038 --> 00:20:48,122
♪
458
00:20:48,123 --> 00:20:51,209
- Ultimately we determined
that he was not in the area
459
00:20:51,210 --> 00:20:52,586
the whole time she was missing.
460
00:20:53,629 --> 00:20:55,922
He likely had some
words with her,
461
00:20:55,923 --> 00:20:58,925
but was not the person who she
met in the woods that night
462
00:20:58,926 --> 00:21:00,301
or took her to the
woods that night.
463
00:21:00,302 --> 00:21:01,802
♪
464
00:21:01,803 --> 00:21:03,262
So he was eliminated.
465
00:21:03,263 --> 00:21:06,098
♪
466
00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,977
So now with Candice's case,
I'm back to square one.
467
00:21:10,729 --> 00:21:12,104
It's not looking good.
468
00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:14,441
It stinks, 'cause I got nothing.
469
00:21:15,067 --> 00:21:17,777
♪
470
00:21:17,778 --> 00:21:21,656
♪ You should be treated
like royalty... ♪
471
00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:24,034
NARRATOR: It's been almost a
year since they found Candice.
472
00:21:25,244 --> 00:21:28,372
There's only a couple
of months left in 2011.
473
00:21:29,706 --> 00:21:31,999
Detectives are frustrated.
474
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,002
They still got a
whole lot of nothing.
475
00:21:34,545 --> 00:21:36,088
And Candice's loved ones?
476
00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:39,299
Maybe they'll never get answers.
477
00:21:40,092 --> 00:21:43,262
How do you make peace with something
if you don't even know what happened?
478
00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:47,766
If Candice was still
with us in 2011,
479
00:21:48,475 --> 00:21:51,436
she probably would've wanted to
see the new Harry Potter movie.
480
00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:54,898
She would've been dancing
to Rihanna's new album.
481
00:21:55,566 --> 00:21:58,402
Instead... she's a memory.
482
00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:02,698
A memory of joy for
some, pain for others...
483
00:22:03,490 --> 00:22:05,783
and a haunting figure
for investigators.
484
00:22:05,784 --> 00:22:08,786
♪ Hard to break a habit ♪
485
00:22:08,787 --> 00:22:12,833
♪ When it's hard
to break a heart ♪
486
00:22:13,292 --> 00:22:16,043
NARRATOR: They work
hard to find any leads.
487
00:22:16,044 --> 00:22:17,837
And then one day...
488
00:22:17,838 --> 00:22:20,047
[telephone ringing]
489
00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:23,093
Our detective gets
a call that changes
490
00:22:25,053 --> 00:22:26,262
everything.
491
00:22:26,263 --> 00:22:28,557
♪
492
00:22:32,853 --> 00:22:34,854
DETECTIVE MELVIN: On
October 18th, 2011,
493
00:22:34,855 --> 00:22:36,522
I get a frantic phone call
494
00:22:36,523 --> 00:22:39,193
as I am leaving the police
station for the day.
495
00:22:39,818 --> 00:22:41,069
It's Candice's mom.
496
00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:43,946
And she's like, "Detective
Melvin, Detective Melvin.
497
00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:44,823
I found something."
498
00:22:44,824 --> 00:22:46,240
And I have to calm her down.
499
00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:47,921
Like, "Slow down, tell
me what you found."
500
00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:50,975
She says, "I found Candice's
diary. I have to give it to you."
501
00:22:54,291 --> 00:22:56,209
So Candice's mom comes
to the police department.
502
00:22:56,210 --> 00:23:00,296
♪
503
00:23:00,297 --> 00:23:03,049
Months and months and months
of dead ends have come to this.
504
00:23:03,050 --> 00:23:04,383
Like this, it's all or nothing.
505
00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:06,802
♪
506
00:23:06,803 --> 00:23:07,803
And I crack it open.
507
00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:12,266
♪
508
00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:13,518
And I start reading.
509
00:23:13,519 --> 00:23:18,022
♪
510
00:23:18,023 --> 00:23:19,982
NARRATOR: There's one entry,
511
00:23:19,983 --> 00:23:21,485
one dark secret...
512
00:23:23,737 --> 00:23:26,197
that catches Detective
Melvin's attention.
513
00:23:26,198 --> 00:23:28,074
♪
514
00:23:28,075 --> 00:23:32,370
- This is from Candice's
diary dated January 5th, 2010,
515
00:23:32,371 --> 00:23:34,872
that she titled "A
frightening experience."
516
00:23:34,873 --> 00:23:38,960
♪
517
00:23:38,961 --> 00:23:41,255
"I snuck out of the house
to go meet with two friends.
518
00:23:42,506 --> 00:23:43,841
Both were guys."
519
00:23:45,592 --> 00:23:47,301
- "I went walking down the road.
520
00:23:47,302 --> 00:23:48,637
It was dark."
521
00:23:53,517 --> 00:23:56,894
♪
522
00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:58,437
DETECTIVE MELVIN: "There's
an abandoned house
523
00:23:58,438 --> 00:24:00,148
"where one of my
schoolmates used to live.
524
00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:04,444
Jermaine and Marshae set
me up to go to the house."
525
00:24:07,781 --> 00:24:09,783
MY'LIK: "So at that
moment I wasn't thinking."
526
00:24:11,243 --> 00:24:13,161
DETECTIVE MELVIN: "In
the house, it was dark.
527
00:24:13,996 --> 00:24:15,788
Only light I had
was my phone light."
528
00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:21,336
♪
529
00:24:23,630 --> 00:24:24,882
[scream echoes]
530
00:24:25,632 --> 00:24:27,425
MY'LIK: "Jermaine
hit me with a rake
531
00:24:27,426 --> 00:24:29,094
in the head."
532
00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:31,637
DETECTIVE MELVIN: "At first
I thought it was an accident.
533
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:32,890
It wasn't."
534
00:24:34,558 --> 00:24:36,267
MY'LIK: "Marshae was
blocking the door
535
00:24:36,268 --> 00:24:37,685
"so I couldn't get out.
536
00:24:37,686 --> 00:24:40,772
"I tried to make up excuses,
but they didn't care.
537
00:24:42,316 --> 00:24:44,151
"Jermaine grabbed
me and choked me.
538
00:24:44,943 --> 00:24:46,320
"I was struggling for air.
539
00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:49,488
"'Please let me go, ' I said.
540
00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:50,949
"I tried to get away.
541
00:24:52,201 --> 00:24:53,702
"My pants unzipped.
542
00:24:54,453 --> 00:24:55,786
Really, I was scared."
543
00:24:55,787 --> 00:24:58,247
[ringing]
544
00:24:58,248 --> 00:25:01,501
♪
545
00:25:01,502 --> 00:25:03,169
DETECTIVE MELVIN: "The
boys, you know who,
546
00:25:03,170 --> 00:25:04,671
"tried to take my phone.
547
00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:06,673
"I put up a fight.
548
00:25:07,799 --> 00:25:09,009
"They couldn't get it.
549
00:25:10,511 --> 00:25:14,681
A few minutes later, we seen a car
light in front of the abandoned house."
550
00:25:17,893 --> 00:25:20,187
- "I was so excited yet scared.
551
00:25:21,939 --> 00:25:23,315
"They let me go.
552
00:25:24,483 --> 00:25:26,609
"They panicked and
begged me not to tell.
553
00:25:26,610 --> 00:25:31,073
♪
554
00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:35,577
Well, diary, this night
has scared me to death."
555
00:25:36,078 --> 00:25:39,705
♪ Now's the time to ♪
556
00:25:39,706 --> 00:25:43,126
♪ Stand and fight through ♪
557
00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:47,923
♪ All the pain and misery ♪
558
00:25:49,758 --> 00:25:52,760
♪ We will stand tall ♪
559
00:25:52,761 --> 00:25:53,803
Hmm.
560
00:25:53,804 --> 00:25:55,931
♪ When the rain falls ♪
561
00:25:58,892 --> 00:26:00,477
- Yeah. Yeah, for sure.
562
00:26:02,271 --> 00:26:03,814
For sure, for sure.
563
00:26:06,483 --> 00:26:08,193
Yeah, it's the first
time I read that.
564
00:26:08,986 --> 00:26:10,737
I didn't know the
details of all this.
565
00:26:12,364 --> 00:26:15,242
It's sad situation right here.
566
00:26:16,743 --> 00:26:19,912
♪ Now's the time to
stand and fight ♪
567
00:26:19,913 --> 00:26:24,001
NARRATOR: Two names...
Marshae and Jermaine.
568
00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:25,711
But who are they?
569
00:26:26,837 --> 00:26:30,215
The investigators know
whose door to knock on.
570
00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:32,551
MY'LIK: And they asked
me about Marshae.
571
00:26:33,802 --> 00:26:36,804
Me and Marshae we
probably met in 2008.
572
00:26:36,805 --> 00:26:39,348
The thing that brought
us together was music.
573
00:26:39,349 --> 00:26:43,352
He liked to produce music and
make instrumentals and beats.
574
00:26:43,353 --> 00:26:46,607
♪ Electronic music playing ♪
575
00:26:47,107 --> 00:26:49,275
And I like to sing and rap.
576
00:26:49,276 --> 00:26:51,737
So naturally we came together.
577
00:26:52,237 --> 00:26:53,655
This is someone I trusted.
578
00:26:54,698 --> 00:26:56,866
My mind was going a
million miles an hour.
579
00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:59,870
♪
580
00:27:01,622 --> 00:27:03,498
- I went to our jail system.
581
00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:05,542
On a, on a hunch.
582
00:27:06,251 --> 00:27:07,543
Typing "Marshae."
583
00:27:07,544 --> 00:27:12,423
♪
584
00:27:12,424 --> 00:27:14,926
And I find a name,
Marshae Hickman.
585
00:27:14,927 --> 00:27:16,844
He's in jail for a burglary.
586
00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:18,429
He'd been there
for several months.
587
00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:22,141
But during the time that Candice
disappeared, he was free.
588
00:27:22,142 --> 00:27:23,560
He was roaming around.
589
00:27:24,686 --> 00:27:26,979
And he lives on Sylvia Drive,
590
00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:29,607
right in the area where
we found Candice's body.
591
00:27:29,608 --> 00:27:32,568
♪
592
00:27:32,569 --> 00:27:34,445
NARRATOR: So Marshae
actually went
593
00:27:34,446 --> 00:27:36,364
to Forest Park High with Candice
594
00:27:36,365 --> 00:27:40,076
and Jermaine ran in
his circle of friends.
595
00:27:40,077 --> 00:27:44,456
For authorities, this arouses
some troubling suspicions.
596
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,833
CHIEF BILL DIXON: My
name is Bill Dixon.
597
00:27:46,834 --> 00:27:49,627
I was the deputy chief
assistant district attorney
598
00:27:49,628 --> 00:27:51,087
in Clayton County.
599
00:27:51,088 --> 00:27:54,924
If she began talking
about the rape at school,
600
00:27:54,925 --> 00:28:00,263
the motive for killing, uh,
Candice could be shut her up.
601
00:28:00,264 --> 00:28:03,099
♪
602
00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:04,560
NARRATOR: But that's
just a theory.
603
00:28:05,561 --> 00:28:07,728
Investigators need
to know for sure
604
00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:09,939
if the assault Candice
wrote about in her diary
605
00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:12,526
is actually connected
to her murder.
606
00:28:13,861 --> 00:28:17,489
Luckily, they have access to
the one person who'd know.
607
00:28:18,699 --> 00:28:21,159
Marshae Hickman is
currently locked up.
608
00:28:21,827 --> 00:28:25,329
- I was able to arrange for
Marshae to come and talk to me.
609
00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:26,331
[beeps]
610
00:28:27,499 --> 00:28:30,502
We did question Marshae
about the sexual assault
611
00:28:31,879 --> 00:28:33,755
and what we found
in Candice's diary.
612
00:28:35,007 --> 00:28:37,092
"Tell me when the last
time you saw Candice."
613
00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:40,887
"Oh, well I was
playing basketball
614
00:28:40,888 --> 00:28:45,057
in a cul-de-sac at
415 Sylvia Drive,"
615
00:28:45,058 --> 00:28:47,019
where she was last seen alive.
616
00:28:48,353 --> 00:28:50,354
"And she was walking home.
617
00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:52,481
♪
618
00:28:52,482 --> 00:28:54,108
There was this guy
following her."
619
00:28:54,109 --> 00:28:59,071
♪
620
00:28:59,072 --> 00:29:01,575
Marshae tells me it
was a Hispanic guy.
621
00:29:02,784 --> 00:29:03,952
"It was dark.
622
00:29:05,078 --> 00:29:06,163
"He was creepy looking.
623
00:29:07,748 --> 00:29:10,876
Then she went in the woods
and I guess she went home."
624
00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:14,170
"So while you were there
625
00:29:14,171 --> 00:29:16,339
"and you watched this guy
follow her into the woods,
626
00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:18,299
did you hear anything?
Did you see anything?"
627
00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,135
♪
628
00:29:24,014 --> 00:29:25,848
"No, I didn't hear
or see anything."
629
00:29:25,849 --> 00:29:27,725
♪
630
00:29:27,726 --> 00:29:29,227
NARRATOR: It's a description
631
00:29:29,228 --> 00:29:31,063
that gives investigators pause.
632
00:29:31,730 --> 00:29:34,941
That description loosely
fits another suspect,
633
00:29:34,942 --> 00:29:36,651
someone they spoke to before.
634
00:29:36,652 --> 00:29:38,569
♪
635
00:29:38,570 --> 00:29:41,573
Artemio Hernandez,
a known killer.
636
00:29:42,741 --> 00:29:44,076
He denied everything.
637
00:29:44,993 --> 00:29:47,496
But people lie every day.
638
00:29:48,413 --> 00:29:51,707
The question is, is
Marshae telling the truth?
639
00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:54,168
♪
640
00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:56,629
There's only one
way to find out.
641
00:29:56,630 --> 00:30:00,008
♪
642
00:30:02,010 --> 00:30:05,596
♪
643
00:30:05,597 --> 00:30:06,931
NARRATOR: In his
interrogation,
644
00:30:06,932 --> 00:30:09,225
Marshae Hickman claims
645
00:30:09,226 --> 00:30:11,894
that a man was following
Candice into the woods
646
00:30:11,895 --> 00:30:13,814
the day she disappeared.
647
00:30:16,358 --> 00:30:19,862
Investigators still have Artemio
Hernandez on their radar.
648
00:30:20,571 --> 00:30:22,948
Was he the man Marshae saw?
649
00:30:27,953 --> 00:30:29,620
DETECTIVE MELVIN: I
challenged Marshae.
650
00:30:29,621 --> 00:30:33,165
I said, "Well, if this
person is following her,
651
00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,836
why didn't you walk her in
the woods, walk her home?"
652
00:30:36,837 --> 00:30:38,421
"Well, she said she was fine.
653
00:30:38,422 --> 00:30:40,381
She said she had pepper spray."
654
00:30:40,382 --> 00:30:43,676
Marshae is trying to play
the dancing game with me
655
00:30:43,677 --> 00:30:46,345
about where he saw Candice.
656
00:30:46,346 --> 00:30:49,974
♪
657
00:30:49,975 --> 00:30:52,351
NARRATOR: But even though
he's cast some doubt,
658
00:30:52,352 --> 00:30:54,438
after the interrogation...
659
00:30:55,022 --> 00:30:58,066
Marshae moves to the
top of the suspect list.
660
00:30:58,901 --> 00:31:00,860
♪
661
00:31:00,861 --> 00:31:02,236
DETECTIVE MELVIN: Marshae
lives in the area.
662
00:31:02,237 --> 00:31:06,283
He's less than a few feet
from where the body was found.
663
00:31:06,992 --> 00:31:09,452
He has a history with Candice.
664
00:31:09,453 --> 00:31:13,206
And he is mentioned by Candice as a
person who tried to sexually assault her.
665
00:31:13,207 --> 00:31:15,626
♪
666
00:31:16,543 --> 00:31:19,587
NARRATOR: But police need
another piece of the puzzle.
667
00:31:19,588 --> 00:31:21,923
They need Jermaine.
668
00:31:21,924 --> 00:31:24,467
DETECTIVE MELVIN: We're making
arrangements to get Jermaine
669
00:31:24,468 --> 00:31:26,135
to the police department.
670
00:31:26,136 --> 00:31:28,639
And we're gonna talk to both
of them at the same time.
671
00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:35,269
♪
672
00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:37,313
When we talk to Jermaine,
673
00:31:37,314 --> 00:31:40,108
we tell him Marshae's
in a room next door.
674
00:31:41,151 --> 00:31:45,279
First thing that comes out
of Jermaine's mouth... was,
675
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:46,739
"Man, Marshae killed that girl."
676
00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:50,868
♪
677
00:31:50,869 --> 00:31:52,204
"How you know he killed her?"
678
00:31:52,829 --> 00:31:54,873
"Because, man,
Marshae is crazy."
679
00:31:55,874 --> 00:31:57,709
"I was scared of Marshae."
680
00:31:59,503 --> 00:32:01,880
And then I asked him
about the sexual assault.
681
00:32:03,048 --> 00:32:06,759
And of course Jermaine put
the blame squarely on Marshae.
682
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,428
It was all Marshae's idea.
683
00:32:09,805 --> 00:32:11,973
NARRATOR: And
according to Jermaine,
684
00:32:11,974 --> 00:32:14,517
it all had to do
with the assault,
685
00:32:14,518 --> 00:32:16,979
with exactly what Candice
wrote in her diary.
686
00:32:17,855 --> 00:32:21,732
DETECTIVE MELVIN: One day,
after the sexual assault,
687
00:32:21,733 --> 00:32:23,359
Marshae started freaking out
688
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,028
thinking that Candice
was gonna tell people.
689
00:32:26,029 --> 00:32:30,283
♪
690
00:32:30,284 --> 00:32:32,994
Jermaine told us Marshae
typed on his phone,
691
00:32:32,995 --> 00:32:34,955
"Hey, we should
go kill Candice."
692
00:32:41,378 --> 00:32:45,381
♪
693
00:32:45,382 --> 00:32:47,425
NARRATOR: They were
just neighborhood kids.
694
00:32:47,426 --> 00:32:50,928
Marshae and Jermaine
from the apartments,
695
00:32:50,929 --> 00:32:53,055
just through the cut.
696
00:32:53,056 --> 00:32:55,850
Seemed harmless... until now.
697
00:32:55,851 --> 00:32:58,603
♪
698
00:32:58,604 --> 00:33:00,980
Police have Jermaine's
side of the story,
699
00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:04,026
but what they really need is
a confession from Marshae,
700
00:33:04,818 --> 00:33:07,069
or it's all just hearsay.
701
00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:11,158
♪
702
00:33:12,910 --> 00:33:16,913
DETECTIVE MELVIN: So I tell
Marshae, "We found her body,
703
00:33:16,914 --> 00:33:19,916
"and we found some
DNA on her body.
704
00:33:19,917 --> 00:33:22,668
"And when you were locked up,
705
00:33:22,669 --> 00:33:24,420
"they got your DNA.
706
00:33:24,421 --> 00:33:25,589
You remember that?"
707
00:33:27,382 --> 00:33:30,719
- We can actually make him think
that we already have his DNA.
708
00:33:32,513 --> 00:33:35,349
- Marshae thinks we found
his DNA on Candice's body.
709
00:33:40,270 --> 00:33:41,605
Then he started talking.
710
00:33:43,023 --> 00:33:44,942
NARRATOR: That's when
the truth comes out...
711
00:33:46,527 --> 00:33:47,778
the tragedy.
712
00:33:49,947 --> 00:33:51,823
DETECTIVE MELVIN:
Candice was walking home.
713
00:33:54,576 --> 00:33:58,872
Marshae started to admit that he
followed Candice into the woods
714
00:33:59,456 --> 00:34:01,958
as she was walking
through the cut,
715
00:34:01,959 --> 00:34:04,043
and that he, you know...
716
00:34:04,044 --> 00:34:06,045
"I put my arm
around her like this
717
00:34:06,046 --> 00:34:07,547
and I was just holding
her and hugging her."
718
00:34:07,548 --> 00:34:10,716
♪
719
00:34:10,717 --> 00:34:12,051
CAPTAIN GANDEE: We
have him act out
720
00:34:12,052 --> 00:34:14,929
where he's putting his arm
around her neck and actually,
721
00:34:14,930 --> 00:34:18,517
you know, lifting her feet
completely off the ground.
722
00:34:20,727 --> 00:34:24,897
- And at some point in
time, Candice fell limp.
723
00:34:24,898 --> 00:34:29,653
♪
724
00:34:37,286 --> 00:34:41,038
CAPTAIN GANDEE: We asked,
can you say 100% certain
725
00:34:41,039 --> 00:34:44,126
that you are the one that
hurt Candice in that cut?
726
00:34:45,961 --> 00:34:47,337
And he admitted yes.
727
00:34:49,756 --> 00:34:52,884
And he also told me
that he's 100% sure
728
00:34:52,885 --> 00:34:55,887
that he is the only
one that did this.
729
00:34:55,888 --> 00:34:57,680
♪
730
00:34:57,681 --> 00:34:59,808
DETECTIVE MELVIN: Marshae
went back several times
731
00:35:00,517 --> 00:35:02,435
throughout the course of months,
732
00:35:02,436 --> 00:35:05,730
checking on Candice's body to
ensure that it was still there
733
00:35:05,731 --> 00:35:07,316
and that no one had found it.
734
00:35:12,654 --> 00:35:14,739
NARRATOR: Even with
the confession,
735
00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:17,116
Detective Melvin wants
to do one more thing
736
00:35:17,117 --> 00:35:20,703
to help bring some peace
to Candice's mother.
737
00:35:20,704 --> 00:35:22,747
♪
738
00:35:22,748 --> 00:35:24,207
DETECTIVE MELVIN: We talked
to Marshae and I say,
739
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:25,791
"Hey, do you want the
whole world to see you
740
00:35:25,792 --> 00:35:28,711
"as an uncaring monster
or do you want to
741
00:35:28,712 --> 00:35:31,130
"show people that you
really genuinely feel bad
742
00:35:31,131 --> 00:35:32,716
about the things that you did?"
743
00:35:33,592 --> 00:35:34,843
So he writes a letter.
744
00:35:40,140 --> 00:35:43,894
♪
745
00:35:46,271 --> 00:35:50,067
- "Dear Mrs. Parchment, I'm
sorry for what I've done.
746
00:35:51,568 --> 00:35:53,362
"I ask for you for forgiveness.
747
00:35:54,154 --> 00:35:56,990
"I feel so bad for
this tragic accident.
748
00:35:57,658 --> 00:35:59,785
"I was in the wrong
state of mind.
749
00:36:01,245 --> 00:36:03,579
"I know that you miss her
750
00:36:03,580 --> 00:36:05,874
"and I wish I could
give her back to you.
751
00:36:07,876 --> 00:36:09,127
"Please forgive me.
752
00:36:09,878 --> 00:36:12,130
"I'm glad this is off my chest.
753
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,758
Candice is forever missed."
754
00:36:16,844 --> 00:36:18,803
This guy can't be serious.
755
00:36:18,804 --> 00:36:20,763
Man.
756
00:36:20,764 --> 00:36:21,889
Me, me, me, me.
757
00:36:21,890 --> 00:36:24,351
Yeah, can you forgive
me? It's not about you.
758
00:36:26,562 --> 00:36:30,482
This... Man, this... Man... Man,
that's ridiculous right here, man.
759
00:36:31,358 --> 00:36:33,110
Sick, twisted individual.
760
00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:35,903
♪
761
00:36:35,904 --> 00:36:37,405
NARRATOR: Even
having confessed,
762
00:36:37,406 --> 00:36:40,575
this... isn't over.
763
00:36:40,576 --> 00:36:43,703
♪
764
00:36:43,704 --> 00:36:45,913
CAPTAIN GANDEE: On
July 11th, 2012,
765
00:36:45,914 --> 00:36:49,334
Marshae Hickman is indicted for
the murder of Candice Parchment.
766
00:36:50,169 --> 00:36:54,130
♪
767
00:36:54,131 --> 00:36:56,424
CHIEF DIXON: When the
case first started,
768
00:36:56,425 --> 00:36:59,720
police had skeletal
remains and some clothing.
769
00:37:01,263 --> 00:37:05,434
What we had going into the
trial was a world of difference.
770
00:37:07,436 --> 00:37:09,688
We had Candice's diary.
771
00:37:10,439 --> 00:37:12,274
The diary was huge.
772
00:37:17,070 --> 00:37:20,531
NARRATOR: And when Candice's
diary is read in court,
773
00:37:20,532 --> 00:37:23,576
members of the press
can finally see
774
00:37:23,577 --> 00:37:26,622
how important this
case really is.
775
00:37:28,498 --> 00:37:30,291
MARCUS GARNER:
I was a reporter
776
00:37:30,292 --> 00:37:32,085
for the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
777
00:37:34,004 --> 00:37:36,464
When the diary entry was read,
778
00:37:36,465 --> 00:37:39,884
it was hushed in the courtroom.
779
00:37:39,885 --> 00:37:42,887
♪
780
00:37:42,888 --> 00:37:46,849
♪ You got something to hide ♪
781
00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:48,601
♪
782
00:37:48,602 --> 00:37:50,478
♪ Secrets behind these lies ♪
783
00:37:50,479 --> 00:37:53,732
MY'LIK: "I tried to get
away. My pants unzipped.
784
00:37:54,608 --> 00:37:56,692
Really, I was scared."
785
00:37:56,693 --> 00:38:00,363
♪ Danger follows behind ♪
786
00:38:00,364 --> 00:38:04,576
GARNER: Candice's words,
crying out from the dark,
787
00:38:05,869 --> 00:38:08,121
from so many months before.
788
00:38:09,248 --> 00:38:12,583
Finding justice for
herself and for her death.
789
00:38:12,584 --> 00:38:15,253
♪
790
00:38:15,254 --> 00:38:18,090
MY'LIK: "Marshae was blocking
the door so I couldn't get out."
791
00:38:19,258 --> 00:38:21,342
GARNER: I've been in
a lot of courtrooms,
792
00:38:21,343 --> 00:38:24,512
and that was a moment
that it kind of
793
00:38:24,513 --> 00:38:26,014
sent a chill up my bones.
794
00:38:26,723 --> 00:38:29,016
♪ I see trouble ♪
795
00:38:29,017 --> 00:38:31,561
MY'LIK: "Jermaine
grabbed me, he choked me.
796
00:38:31,562 --> 00:38:33,105
I was struggling for air."
797
00:38:34,481 --> 00:38:37,692
- People who weren't
following this,
798
00:38:37,693 --> 00:38:40,946
I think after this did
pay more attention.
799
00:38:42,155 --> 00:38:44,031
MY'LIK: "Well, diary,
800
00:38:44,032 --> 00:38:45,742
this night had
scared me to death."
801
00:38:50,622 --> 00:38:53,165
JURY MEMBER: [off screen] We, the
jury, find the defendant guilty
802
00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:55,418
of count one malice murder.
803
00:38:55,419 --> 00:38:58,045
NEWSCASTER: The mother
of a murdered teenager
804
00:38:58,046 --> 00:39:00,882
says her daughter's own words
helped convict her killer.
805
00:39:00,883 --> 00:39:03,718
A jury found Marshae Hickman
guilty of several charges,
806
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:05,970
including murder
and attempted rape
807
00:39:05,971 --> 00:39:07,848
of 15-year-old
Candice Parchment.
808
00:39:09,391 --> 00:39:11,392
- That diary
pinpointed the truth
809
00:39:11,393 --> 00:39:15,022
and landed the right
perpetrators in jail.
810
00:39:16,523 --> 00:39:18,524
CAPTAIN GANDEE: Marshae is
sentenced to life in prison
811
00:39:18,525 --> 00:39:22,195
without parole, plus 20 years.
812
00:39:22,196 --> 00:39:25,281
Jermaine Robinson, who
was a cooperating witness,
813
00:39:25,282 --> 00:39:27,825
pleads guilty to the
attempted rape of Candice
814
00:39:27,826 --> 00:39:29,453
and is sentenced to ten years.
815
00:39:32,873 --> 00:39:35,958
♪
816
00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:39,296
NARRATOR: This is a story
of a 15-year-old girl
817
00:39:40,047 --> 00:39:42,340
and her diary.
818
00:39:42,341 --> 00:39:47,386
♪
819
00:39:47,387 --> 00:39:50,473
- Candice solved her own
murder from beyond the grave.
820
00:39:50,474 --> 00:39:53,351
♪ Show me ♪
821
00:39:53,352 --> 00:39:56,062
♪ Everything is clearer ♪
822
00:39:56,063 --> 00:40:00,650
- It would've just been another cold
case had it not been for the resilience
823
00:40:00,651 --> 00:40:04,279
and for the brilliance of our
dear friend Candice Parchment.
824
00:40:05,155 --> 00:40:08,824
♪ You ♪
825
00:40:08,825 --> 00:40:14,163
♪ It was always you ♪
826
00:40:14,164 --> 00:40:17,042
- I got to go to see
her mother again.
827
00:40:17,584 --> 00:40:20,963
And I got to tell her
that I kept my promise.
828
00:40:22,130 --> 00:40:23,966
That I found out who
killed her daughter.
829
00:40:24,633 --> 00:40:28,135
♪
830
00:40:28,136 --> 00:40:30,429
NARRATOR: This is a story
about how we see the world
831
00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:35,643
and what we choose not to see
to make our own lives easier.
832
00:40:35,644 --> 00:40:39,814
♪ And it took some time ♪
833
00:40:39,815 --> 00:40:43,527
♪ Just to realize ♪
834
00:40:44,111 --> 00:40:45,820
MY'LIK: When it was
first notified to us
835
00:40:45,821 --> 00:40:49,074
that she was missing,
no one took it serious.
836
00:40:50,450 --> 00:40:53,620
She just ran away from home.
837
00:40:54,413 --> 00:40:56,247
You know, it's
just so unfortunate
838
00:40:56,248 --> 00:41:01,586
that so many stories like
Candice's story happens daily
839
00:41:01,587 --> 00:41:04,005
and it doesn't get the
recognition that it deserves.
840
00:41:04,006 --> 00:41:06,174
♪
841
00:41:06,175 --> 00:41:09,427
NARRATOR: But mostly, this
is a story about a girl
842
00:41:09,428 --> 00:41:13,139
that lived in a place you've
probably never heard of,
843
00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:16,768
a clever girl with bright
eyes and a big smile.
844
00:41:17,728 --> 00:41:19,771
It's about why we should
all know her name.
845
00:41:20,898 --> 00:41:26,277
It's a story about how Candice
Parchment caught her killer.
846
00:41:26,278 --> 00:41:28,738
♪ Running out of time ♪
847
00:41:28,739 --> 00:41:30,448
♪ Running through my mind ♪
848
00:41:30,449 --> 00:41:32,658
♪ I keep running ♪
849
00:41:32,659 --> 00:41:36,038
♪
850
00:41:38,123 --> 00:41:42,210
♪ I don't know where
my head is lately ♪
851
00:41:42,211 --> 00:41:44,378
♪ Have I lost my mind? ♪
852
00:41:44,379 --> 00:41:49,968
♪
853
00:41:52,387 --> 00:41:55,932
♪ But I know that
I have a secret ♪
854
00:41:55,933 --> 00:41:58,226
♪ And it's only mine ♪
855
00:41:58,227 --> 00:42:03,023
♪
856
00:42:06,026 --> 00:42:09,487
♪ And the only way to find me ♪
857
00:42:09,488 --> 00:42:13,491
♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪
858
00:42:13,492 --> 00:42:16,495
♪
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