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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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[siren wailing]
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- geez.
- Damn.
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- For the last 15 years,
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"the first 48" has followed thousands
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of homicide investigations...
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[camera shutter clicks]
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in more than 25 cities across the country.
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"critical minutes"
will be looking back
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at some of the most
notable investigations
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in "the first 48."
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♪ ♪
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[siren wailing]
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- we have blood
in the bathroom.
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- A family murdered.
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- The children are back here.
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The body count's higher
than usual.
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Makes it particularly gruesome.
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- That's some violent [bleep].
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- A kidnapping turned deadly.
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- All murders are horrific,
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but this is probably
the worst one I've ever worked.
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- Been a year
since he went missing.
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- And a man's disappearance leads to answers
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after two years.
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- We found ray.
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Ray's dead.
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- Tonight, we look back
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at some of the most haunting cases
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in "first 48" history.
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- there are certain murders
that haunt
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even the most
seasoned detectives.
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This first case
was particularly disturbing
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because it involved children.
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Six people were killed,
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and three critically injured.
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Most of them belonging to the same family
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and all in the same memphis house on lester street.
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- [sighs]
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get this thing on.
Gotta stay warm.
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- Do me a favor.
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Nobody comes in this house.
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I don't care what
their rank is.
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I don't care who they are.
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- Clear.
Yes, sir.
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[ominous music]
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- what the hell?
It's all right here.
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male narrator: In the living room
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are four adult victims
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shot multiple times.
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- they've been here
a while too.
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- see, there ain't really
no sign of a struggle in here.
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- So it's almost like they
was made to come in here.
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narrator: The first victim
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is 30-year-old cecil dotson
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who rents the house.
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also in the room is his girlfriend,
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27-year-old marissa williams,
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the mother of four of his children.
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- we've got multiple wounds.
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Variety of wounds.
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Narrator: The third and fourth victims
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are 33-year-old hollis seals
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and girlfriend, 25-year-old shindri roberson.
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both friends of cecil.
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- I think it starts in here
'cause the kids aren't--
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they're probably closed up
in the room.
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We have blood in the bathroom.
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[dramatic music]
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on the toilet.
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On the tub.
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the children are back here.
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narrator: In back bedrooms,
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they find two of cecil's young sons
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also dead.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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four-year-old cemario dotson...
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and two-year-old cecil dotson ii.
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- All right.
- Talk to the news media--
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- everybody--
everybody stand back.
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I want everything
photographed as-is.
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No placards.
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Narrator: The team begins to process the crime scene
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for potential evidence.
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- got a weapon.
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Shotgun.
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Narrator: Next to the body of cecil dotson,
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they find a shotgun which has not been fired.
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- He may been reaching
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- knife blade, ok.
- Yeah.
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- A knife blade, knife blade.
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This is a butcher knife.
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Narrator: They find broken off knife blades and handles
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throughout the house.
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- We got a lot of--
splintered wood has been used.
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We're gonna take that, see
if we can process that at all.
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Narrator: They also find pieces of wood,
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apparently used to beat the child victims.
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Narrator: Based on the condition of the bodies,
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the team believes the murders occurred
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sometime between 24 and 48 hours prior.
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- The body count's
higher than usual.
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It makes it particularly
gruesome, you know?
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um...
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The kids bother me
more than anything
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'cause the kids ain't done
anything to anybody.
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- it's a seven-year-old,
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eight-year-old,
and then a two-month-old baby.
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The baby's got
a major head wound.
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That other one got the sawzall
blade in its head,
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and then that other one's
got major head trauma.
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Got multiple facial fractures,
fractured skull,
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stab wounds on each side
of the eye.
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- so if--if I'm correct
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those kids laid there for...
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A day?
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- Can you imagine?
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- we wanna find out who did it.
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narrator: Jessie claims that cecil was in a gang
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called gangster disciples,
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and that cecil had been feuding
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with an alleged fellow gang member
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nicknamed doc holliday.
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- you don't know
doc's real name, do you?
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- Mm-mm.
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- ganger disciples
have been known
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to--to do all kinds of things.
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But we've never--we've never
seen anything like this before.
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- looking up some old
gd gang members right now.
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Narrator: Sargant rick davidson
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tracks down an ex-member of the gds,
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the gangster disciples.
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stark and max go in to talk
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to the ex-gangster disciples gang member.
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- here's the thing.
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- [distorted voice]
right.
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- If you were to write him up,
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what would be the penalty?
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- A d.V.?
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- kill you?
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- What do you think
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narrator: The man says the gds
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may have ordered to kill the whole family.
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They call this a blackout.
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narrator: Nicole says that for their safety,
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she and her family moved last night
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from her apartment to another family member's house.
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- You started receiving
some phone calls last night
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that your family was in danger?
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Narrator: Nicole says that soon after they moved,
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someone started calling her
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from her empty apartment.
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- Do you know who the person
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- the whole family moved
from sister's house.
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There was a phone call made
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from her house.
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- this was just found out
about her.
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- They're hunting 'em.
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[slams papers]
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- somebody's got to be
in my house
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for my number
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This is my back door key.
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narrator: Sargent bart ragland
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heads out with the tactical team.
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- Hopefully, you know, we don't
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[helicopter whirring]
[indistinct radio chatter]
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[knocks]
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- got it?
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[door creaking]
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- police warrant.
- Police!
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[door snaps]
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- anybody in the apartment?
Hello.
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police!
Police!
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Police now.
Police!
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- Excuse me.
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- police department!
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- clear?
- We're clear.
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Narrator: They find no signs of forced entry.
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[indistinct chatter]
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across town,
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sergeants caroline mason and joe stark
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return to the hospital,
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hoping the oldest surviving child,
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9-year-old cecil dotson jr.,
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has recovered enough to talk to them.
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- It's one of these
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And a lot of it might depend
on that nine-year-old.
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narrator: Three hours later,
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mason returns from the hospital
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with startling news.
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- and I said,
"well, you know why I'm here."
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we started talking about it.
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I said, "what happened to you?"
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it's all on tape.
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Narrator: The case takes a turn.
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narrator: The nine-year-old says
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that his father's brother,
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jessie dotson, also known as uncle junior,
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is the one who attacked him.
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- Kind of a shocking
change of events.
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We've had jessie
in protective custody
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the whole time with his family.
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We're gonna contact
the tact unit,
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and get them
to bring him down here
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and see what he'll tell us.
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pe
for a confession
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when they go
into an interview,
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but for a crime as horrific as this,
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it's also a chance to find out why.
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- have a seat.
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Narrator: The team brings jessie dotson
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back to homicide.
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- we gonna go at jessie
pretty hard tonight.
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I don't expect him to come off
with anything willingly.
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I don't expect him
to come off with anything
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just right off the bat.
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Narrator: Lieutenant tony armstrong
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decides to interview jessie himself.
276
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- What's up?
277
00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:43,159
I'm lieutenant armstrong.
All right?
278
00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:46,204
Let me ask you something.
279
00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,332
How old are you?
280
00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:59,384
- So you've been in jail almost
most of your adult life?
281
00:12:02,139 --> 00:12:04,013
- You have made
some bad mistakes, man,
282
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,891
and we all make bad mistakes.
283
00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:09,269
You've had our worst day.
284
00:12:09,354 --> 00:12:11,730
I ain't gonna tell you
about your worst day, man.
285
00:12:14,776 --> 00:12:16,276
I wanna get you some help.
286
00:12:16,319 --> 00:12:19,320
That's what you need more than
anything else in the world.
287
00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:23,324
Why you hurting, man?
288
00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:30,206
- Talk to me about it, man.
289
00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:31,332
- [sniffs]
290
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- give me your hand, man.
291
00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:38,214
♪ ♪
292
00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:39,883
I got you, dawg.
293
00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:41,217
You got me?
294
00:12:41,303 --> 00:12:43,928
I got you.
I'm telling you I got you.
295
00:12:44,014 --> 00:12:45,930
Give me the other hand, man.
296
00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:47,766
Give me your hand, playa.
Come on, man.
297
00:12:47,851 --> 00:12:50,518
Reach out here.
Reach out too.
298
00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:52,687
- [breathing heavily]
299
00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:54,898
- I got you, man.
I got you.
300
00:12:56,485 --> 00:12:59,027
We can't do this by ourselves,
man, I'm telling you, man.
301
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:02,781
This got both of us messed up.
302
00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:14,751
- Just talk to me.
303
00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:20,924
[soft dramatic music]
304
00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:25,637
♪ ♪
305
00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:28,097
what they call you?
306
00:13:28,183 --> 00:13:30,099
- Junior.
- Junior?
307
00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:32,477
Everybody in your family
call you junior?
308
00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:33,812
- Yeah.
309
00:13:33,897 --> 00:13:36,439
- Everybody in your family
call you junior?
310
00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:39,609
Listen to this.
311
00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,241
- What'd they say?
312
00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:47,408
- Junior.
313
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♪ ♪
314
00:13:49,204 --> 00:13:50,620
- junior.
315
00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:52,914
What did you just tell me
your family says?
316
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:54,040
♪ ♪
317
00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:56,376
- they know me by junior.
- By junior!
318
00:13:56,461 --> 00:13:57,710
- Junior.
319
00:13:57,796 --> 00:13:59,295
- What did that little boy
just get through saying?
320
00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,130
- Junior.
- Junior!
321
00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:02,507
♪ ♪
322
00:14:02,592 --> 00:14:05,134
that's what that little boy
just got through saying.
323
00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:06,302
Junior!
324
00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:08,513
[dramatic music]
325
00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:10,932
that's what the [bleep]
he said!
326
00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:12,475
He didn't mix it up!
327
00:14:12,561 --> 00:14:14,018
♪ ♪
328
00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:15,478
but you [bleep] up,
329
00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,313
and you left somebody alive
at their [bleep] damn house.
330
00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:21,109
You left somebody alive that
can identify your [bleep] ass!
331
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A child
332
00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,530
called your name.
333
00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,448
Jun-ior.
334
00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:33,955
♪ ♪
335
00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,665
I'm listening.
336
00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:38,668
[ominous music]
337
00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:40,712
♪ ♪
338
00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:42,130
[sighs]
339
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:49,220
♪ ♪
340
00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:00,398
narrator: According to jessie,
341
00:15:00,442 --> 00:15:03,359
he and cecil had been out the night of the murders.
342
00:15:03,445 --> 00:15:05,069
They started arguing.
343
00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:06,738
When they returned to the house,
344
00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:09,157
cecil reached for his shotgun.
345
00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:15,914
♪ ♪
346
00:15:15,957 --> 00:15:18,416
- how many times
you shoot him?
347
00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,084
- [mumbles indistinctly]
- hm?
348
00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:23,546
- What about the women?
What'd you do with them?
349
00:15:25,216 --> 00:15:27,342
- Didn't you shoot the women?
350
00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:28,593
- Yeah.
351
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:32,889
- Tell me what happened.
352
00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:41,022
- Then what happened?
353
00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:50,281
[dramatic music]
354
00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:51,908
- by doing what?
355
00:15:51,993 --> 00:15:58,373
♪ ♪
356
00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:00,875
- where'd you get
the knife from?
357
00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:03,294
- Where?
358
00:16:05,674 --> 00:16:07,548
- All right.
I'll be right back.
359
00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:13,638
♪ ♪
360
00:16:13,682 --> 00:16:16,516
- it's terrible
that he would do this.
361
00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:19,102
Narrator: According to jessie's sister, nicole,
362
00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:22,772
he has not been the same since serving time in prison.
363
00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:24,607
- My brother got hatred
in his heart
364
00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,150
towards his family
365
00:16:26,194 --> 00:16:29,654
because when he did
those 13 and a half years,
366
00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:31,614
he felt like we was
not there for him.
367
00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:38,663
♪ ♪
368
00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:52,427
- as a detective approaches
the end of their career,
369
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,304
you're often haunted by
the cases you couldn't close.
370
00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:58,099
For me, it was
the 2015 investigation
371
00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,810
into the disappearance
of navy veteran ray howard.
372
00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:04,105
♪ ♪
373
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,607
I'd really love to solve
that ray howard case.
374
00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:07,984
♪ ♪
375
00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:09,235
he didn't pick up his paycheck.
376
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,528
I mean, he just left
377
00:17:10,572 --> 00:17:12,447
all his belongings,
his car, everything.
378
00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:15,116
So I mean,
that is definitely odd.
379
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,285
♪ ♪
380
00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:18,703
[wind chimes ringing]
381
00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:21,831
- ray's roommate, robert, reported him missing.
382
00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:27,837
♪ ♪
383
00:17:27,922 --> 00:17:30,673
- this trip to kansas
never happened.
384
00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:32,967
Narrator: Ray's roommate, robert tyson,
385
00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:34,802
became a person of interest
386
00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:37,972
when detectives were unable to corroborate his story.
387
00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:39,891
- You know robert tyson?
388
00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:43,728
He's like, "I didn't tell
them that we had a fist fight
389
00:17:43,813 --> 00:17:45,396
"the night before.
390
00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:47,190
It's not gonna
look good on me."
391
00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,942
- if you're thinking
about motives to kill ray,
392
00:17:50,028 --> 00:17:52,570
one would be,
you know, 25 grand
393
00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:54,572
in his 401k.
394
00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:56,657
When did he sign
that over to robbie?
395
00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:59,077
- Couple weeks before...
Both: He disappeared.
396
00:17:59,162 --> 00:18:00,286
- It's either you,
397
00:18:00,371 --> 00:18:03,081
or there's something
that we're missing.
398
00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:04,499
- I--I don't have an explanation.
399
00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:06,084
I don't know.
400
00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:07,376
It's not me.
401
00:18:07,462 --> 00:18:08,836
♪ ♪
402
00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:11,047
I've been cooperative.
I have nothing to hide.
403
00:18:11,132 --> 00:18:14,050
[dramatic music]
404
00:18:14,135 --> 00:18:15,510
♪ ♪
405
00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:18,054
- been a year tomorrow
since he went missing.
406
00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:19,055
♪ ♪
407
00:18:19,099 --> 00:18:21,182
one year anniversary.
408
00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:22,892
This was my first case--
409
00:18:22,977 --> 00:18:24,477
first case I got assigned to
in homicide.
410
00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:26,521
- Is it really?
- Yeah.
411
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:29,107
- Still bothers me
that we haven't solved it.
412
00:18:29,192 --> 00:18:31,359
Ray's family
needs some answers.
413
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:37,281
♪ ♪
414
00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:39,867
in 2015
415
00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,494
will keep you up at night.
416
00:18:41,579 --> 00:18:44,497
Once a case goes cold,
it's very difficult to solve.
417
00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:45,790
Seven months had passed
418
00:18:45,834 --> 00:18:47,250
since we started reinvestigating
419
00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:49,127
the case of ray howard's disappearance
420
00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:51,087
when suddenly we got a break.
421
00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:52,380
- Breaking news.
422
00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,215
Possible human remains
were found in vera.
423
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,218
This is just outside of ramona.
424
00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:58,761
A surveyor made the discovery.
425
00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:01,681
♪ ♪
426
00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:03,766
[camera shutter clicking]
427
00:19:03,852 --> 00:19:10,898
♪ ♪
428
00:19:16,156 --> 00:19:17,655
- the remains were
wrapped in--
429
00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:20,158
in two layers
of plastic with duct tape.
430
00:19:20,201 --> 00:19:23,452
So, uh, it's not like
he just walked off
431
00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:25,454
and got hit by a car
432
00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:26,998
or any kind of accidental deal.
433
00:19:27,041 --> 00:19:28,249
I mean, it's gonna be a murder.
434
00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,792
♪ ♪
435
00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:32,170
hoping to find some kind
of forensic evidence
436
00:19:32,213 --> 00:19:34,380
in that plastic
or the duct tape,
437
00:19:34,465 --> 00:19:35,673
but he's been out there
in the elements
438
00:19:35,717 --> 00:19:38,467
for coming up on two years now.
439
00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:40,845
[sighs]
440
00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:42,638
[birds chirping]
441
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:43,764
[car door opens]
442
00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:50,688
[ominous music]
443
00:19:50,732 --> 00:19:52,940
- I think he was
just right there.
444
00:19:53,026 --> 00:19:55,109
- She said he was 49 feet
from the road.
445
00:19:55,195 --> 00:19:59,071
♪ ♪
446
00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:01,616
[camera shutter clicking]
447
00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:05,077
♪ ♪
448
00:20:05,163 --> 00:20:07,496
- yeah, it's amazing
that they found him at all.
449
00:20:07,582 --> 00:20:09,123
♪ ♪
450
00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:12,126
it is a pretty perfect place.
451
00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:13,836
If he's wanting to get rid
of the--the weapon,
452
00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:15,338
does he leave it with it?
453
00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,715
Or does he throw it in the
dumpster before he gets here?
454
00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:20,051
Does he just--
[exhales]
455
00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:21,177
chuck it out there
into the field?
456
00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:23,179
♪ ♪
457
00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:24,555
- lots of questions.
458
00:20:24,641 --> 00:20:25,765
Hopefully he'll answer them
once we say,
459
00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:28,184
"hey, got your dna
on the stuff."
460
00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:31,395
♪ ♪
461
00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:32,855
- in the initial investigation,
462
00:20:32,941 --> 00:20:34,565
we identified
a person of interest,
463
00:20:34,609 --> 00:20:36,651
ray's roommate, robert tyson.
464
00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,069
At the time of ray's disappearance,
465
00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:40,029
there was not enough evidence to charge him,
466
00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:42,240
but once ray's body was discovered,
467
00:20:42,283 --> 00:20:44,367
we hoped to find new evidence.
468
00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:47,370
[energetic music]
469
00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:53,042
♪ ♪
470
00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:54,543
- we just got
the lab results back.
471
00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:57,296
[dramatic music]
472
00:20:57,382 --> 00:20:59,215
all right, so we're gonna see
if we got any hits
473
00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:00,841
in that duct tape,
or in that plastic,
474
00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:02,510
or, you know,
even in the clothing.
475
00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,595
♪ ♪
476
00:21:04,681 --> 00:21:06,180
come on, come on, come on.
477
00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:07,765
♪ ♪
478
00:21:07,809 --> 00:21:10,393
we got nothing.
479
00:21:10,478 --> 00:21:13,980
They weren't able to find
any dna evidence at all
480
00:21:14,065 --> 00:21:15,523
in the remains.
481
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,191
♪ ♪
482
00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:19,235
so I don't know
if we're gonna have enough
483
00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:20,778
to present to the da.
484
00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:22,405
Everything's inconclusive.
485
00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:24,448
♪ ♪
486
00:21:24,534 --> 00:21:26,409
I've decided
I'm gonna take a new job
487
00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:28,703
with something
completely different,
488
00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,037
and do something else
where I can spend
489
00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:31,580
some more time with my family.
490
00:21:31,666 --> 00:21:33,457
So at this point,
491
00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:35,084
I just don't think I can
take it to the finish line.
492
00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:41,590
♪ ♪
493
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,134
after I left homicide,
494
00:21:43,177 --> 00:21:45,428
detective max ryden
took over the investigation.
495
00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,972
He decided to take a look at robert tyson's phone records
496
00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,933
to see where he was around the time of ray's disappearance.
497
00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:53,978
[ominous music]
498
00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:56,897
- I'm looking
at robbie's phone records.
499
00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,691
It's showing he's
making phone calls
500
00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:00,484
to maria after the incident
501
00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:02,778
from a town north of tulsa
in skiatook.
502
00:22:02,864 --> 00:22:04,405
♪ ♪
503
00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:06,240
ray's phone was found
near there,
504
00:22:06,326 --> 00:22:08,868
and ray's body was found
north of that
505
00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:10,161
in another town.
506
00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:13,080
So the phone records show
that after the incident,
507
00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:14,999
it appears that
robbie headed north
508
00:22:15,084 --> 00:22:17,335
and dumped ray and his phone
509
00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:20,004
during the same time frame
on the same path.
510
00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:22,590
[dramatic music]
511
00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:24,717
so I'm feeling pretty good
about the case right now.
512
00:22:24,802 --> 00:22:25,968
First I wanna talk to robbie
513
00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:27,720
before I submit the case
to the da's office.
514
00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:30,765
[upbeat music]
515
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:36,520
♪ ♪
516
00:22:39,901 --> 00:22:43,027
let's go into the morning
that you last saw ray.
517
00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:45,029
What time did you wake up?
518
00:22:45,114 --> 00:22:46,280
- Pretty early.
519
00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:48,449
5:00 or 5:30 maybe.
520
00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:49,950
[ominous music]
521
00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,285
- and was he up already?
522
00:22:51,371 --> 00:22:52,703
- Yes.
He was up.
523
00:22:52,747 --> 00:22:55,748
- And then you washed
your truck out, you said?
524
00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:56,916
- Yeah.
525
00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:58,709
Got the trash out
of the back of the truck,
526
00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:00,336
and cleaned the mud out,
and stuff.
527
00:23:00,421 --> 00:23:02,129
♪ ♪
528
00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,048
- did you talk
with your ex-girlfriend maria
529
00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:06,467
about a fight that you'd had
with ray before he left?
530
00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:09,512
- I have no clue
where that came from.
531
00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:11,680
- Mm-kay.
532
00:23:11,766 --> 00:23:14,809
Do you know we found blood
in the apartment?
533
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,727
♪ ♪
534
00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:18,687
narrator: Three months after ray went missing,
535
00:23:18,773 --> 00:23:20,648
the team searched the apartment he shared
536
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,942
with robert for blood spatter.
537
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:24,944
[spraying liquid]
538
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,654
- oh!
539
00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:27,780
Look at that.
540
00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:29,156
- As big as that stain is...
541
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:30,699
- That looks like...
- Blood.
542
00:23:30,785 --> 00:23:33,494
[camera shutter clicking]
543
00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,121
♪ ♪
544
00:23:35,206 --> 00:23:38,457
- would there be any
reasonable explanation
545
00:23:38,543 --> 00:23:41,669
how that blood ended up
where it ended up?
546
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:45,589
♪ ♪
547
00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,258
- all right, robert.
548
00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:48,551
Nut cutting time.
549
00:23:48,636 --> 00:23:50,219
♪ ♪
550
00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:51,929
we found ray.
551
00:23:51,973 --> 00:23:53,556
Ray's dead.
552
00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:57,643
♪ ♪
553
00:23:57,728 --> 00:24:00,020
- I'll let you know that
in a minute.
554
00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:01,856
I know when he was killed.
555
00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,983
It was on or about
September the 4th.
556
00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:05,776
I know where he was killed.
557
00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:07,278
It was in that apartment
'cause of the blood.
558
00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:08,737
I know how he was killed.
559
00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:11,157
He was beaten over the head
with something.
560
00:24:11,242 --> 00:24:13,033
The question you have
to answer is
561
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:14,827
why he was killed.
562
00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:19,623
[dramatic music]
563
00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:21,417
for as long
as ray howard's did,
564
00:24:21,502 --> 00:24:22,543
you wanna see it solved
565
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,503
regardless of who
closes the case.
566
00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:27,256
With new evidence about robert tyson's phone records in hand,
567
00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:28,841
detective ryden confronted him.
568
00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:30,801
♪ ♪
569
00:24:30,887 --> 00:24:32,219
- for some reason,
570
00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:35,598
he switched you to his
beneficiary on his account.
571
00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:37,933
I've got your girlfriend saying
572
00:24:38,019 --> 00:24:40,811
he admitted there was
a fight the night before.
573
00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:43,439
The person that killed him
574
00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:45,691
took his old phone,
575
00:24:45,776 --> 00:24:48,777
and at some point
during the next four days,
576
00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:51,989
they drive it out, put it
on the side of the road.
577
00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:53,908
At some point during
that weekend,
578
00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:57,495
you made a--calls
from your apartment,
579
00:24:57,580 --> 00:25:00,039
but you also went to skiatook
during that time frame.
580
00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:01,582
[ominous music]
581
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:02,917
- yeah.
582
00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:04,835
- And his phone
that was recovered
583
00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:07,755
is right in between the two.
584
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,257
This is another piece
to the puzzle.
585
00:25:11,219 --> 00:25:14,970
These are all things that
anybody with common sense--
586
00:25:17,642 --> 00:25:20,809
- everything beyond
a reasonable doubt says
587
00:25:20,895 --> 00:25:23,771
robert and ray had a fight,
and ray got killed,
588
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:25,940
and robert got rid
of his body.
589
00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:27,358
♪ ♪
590
00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:29,818
I don't know if any
detective's ever told you this.
591
00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:31,946
I am telling you.
You killed ray.
592
00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:35,366
♪ ♪
593
00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:38,160
- did not.
594
00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:41,247
I'm not--I'm not denying
it looks bad.
595
00:25:41,332 --> 00:25:44,041
It d--it does.
596
00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:45,417
I had nothing to do with it.
597
00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:48,712
♪ ♪
598
00:25:48,798 --> 00:25:50,130
- ok, I'll let you get
out of here, man.
599
00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:51,674
So I appreciate
you coming down,
600
00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:52,758
being man enough
to talk to me about it.
601
00:25:52,843 --> 00:25:54,677
- Thank you.
602
00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:57,638
[dramatic music]
603
00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:04,728
♪ ♪
604
00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:40,055
♪ ♪
605
00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:46,729
- did he say
who this person was,
606
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:48,105
how he knew him?
607
00:26:51,861 --> 00:26:53,068
- Ok.
608
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,616
- But he admits
he did kill his roommate?
609
00:27:10,379 --> 00:27:12,212
- Did he say with what?
610
00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:29,813
♪ ♪
611
00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:34,777
- when I heard robert tyson
was arrested,
612
00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:37,071
I felt great for the family,
you know,
613
00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:39,198
so that they could get
a little bit of closure.
614
00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:42,284
To know that all those paths that we took
615
00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:44,495
that continued to lead us back
616
00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,622
to robert was correct,
617
00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:47,831
it just felt really good
618
00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:49,583
and gave me a little bit of closure.
619
00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:56,256
♪ ♪
620
00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,176
- so last night a young couple
621
00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:01,512
was kidnapped
and taken hostage.
622
00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:03,722
This morning at 6:09 a.M.,
623
00:28:03,808 --> 00:28:06,308
the victims are discovered
in northwest atlanta.
624
00:28:06,394 --> 00:28:09,353
The female who was
seven months pregnant
625
00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:10,896
was taken to the hospital,
626
00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:12,106
and right now, we're hearing
627
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:14,650
that she's in
critical condition.
628
00:28:14,694 --> 00:28:17,986
The male victim is deceased
at the scene.
629
00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:19,780
[ominous music]
630
00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:22,074
[birds chirping]
631
00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:29,081
♪ ♪
632
00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:36,130
♪ ♪
633
00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:46,098
- the female
is briana brooks.
634
00:28:46,183 --> 00:28:49,393
♪ ♪
635
00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:52,104
narrator: 23-year-old jeronta brown
636
00:28:52,189 --> 00:28:55,607
and his fiancée, 21-year-old briana brooks,
637
00:28:55,693 --> 00:28:58,318
were in the middle of planning their wedding.
638
00:28:58,404 --> 00:29:00,988
They have an eight-month-old daughter,
639
00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:03,574
and briana is seven months pregnant
640
00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:05,784
with their second child.
641
00:29:05,870 --> 00:29:07,995
♪ ♪
642
00:29:10,708 --> 00:29:12,458
♪ ♪
643
00:29:12,543 --> 00:29:14,918
narrator: Jeronta was shot at close range.
644
00:29:14,962 --> 00:29:17,921
[camera shutter clicking]
645
00:29:19,592 --> 00:29:21,133
- yeah.
646
00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:24,178
[dramatic music]
647
00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:25,721
narrator: Three hours in...
648
00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:27,097
- Where do we stand
649
00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:28,557
with the criminal investigation
side of this?
650
00:29:28,642 --> 00:29:30,100
Narrator: The team meets
651
00:29:30,186 --> 00:29:32,060
with dekalb county detective lynn schuler,
652
00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:34,271
who's been working the kidnapping investigation
653
00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:36,648
for eight hours.
654
00:29:36,734 --> 00:29:42,112
♪ ♪
655
00:29:42,198 --> 00:29:43,447
- correct.
656
00:29:43,491 --> 00:29:44,823
Narrator: Schuler says the suspects
657
00:29:44,909 --> 00:29:47,034
have been calling jeronta's step-father,
658
00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:48,494
demanding a ransom.
659
00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:50,078
♪ ♪
660
00:29:50,164 --> 00:29:51,205
- 150,000 cash.
661
00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:53,540
♪ ♪
662
00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:55,083
that's a lot.
663
00:29:57,129 --> 00:30:04,134
♪ ♪
664
00:30:04,178 --> 00:30:05,886
narrator: Five hours in,
665
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,971
jeronta's fiancée clings to life
666
00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:11,517
as doctors struggle to save her and her baby.
667
00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:14,186
- They take someone
who's seven months pregnant,
668
00:30:14,271 --> 00:30:16,730
handcuff her behind her back,
669
00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:19,483
and shoot her execution style.
670
00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:21,485
You know, I mean
all murders are horrific,
671
00:30:21,529 --> 00:30:24,696
but this is probably
the worst one I've ever worked.
672
00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:26,156
♪ ♪
673
00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:31,245
er brutality
674
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:32,538
involved in the homicides.
675
00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:33,789
When an engaged couple
676
00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:35,290
was shot on the side of the road,
677
00:30:35,376 --> 00:30:38,377
atlanta detectives spoke with the victim's stepfather
678
00:30:38,462 --> 00:30:39,545
about the kidnapper's ransom demands.
679
00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:46,635
♪ ♪
680
00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,017
narrator: He says that when he refused to open the door,
681
00:30:54,061 --> 00:30:55,811
the men took jeronta and briana.
682
00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:08,323
[ominous music]
683
00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:15,330
♪ ♪
684
00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:19,042
- why would they think that
you would be in a position
685
00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:21,211
to give them
that kind of money?
686
00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:24,631
- Why would they think that?
687
00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:28,886
[ominous music]
688
00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:30,012
- [sighs]
689
00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:36,852
♪ ♪
690
00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:43,150
- hey, you wanna hop
in the back seat?
691
00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:44,651
[dramatic music]
692
00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:45,903
there's my card.
693
00:31:46,906 --> 00:31:48,238
- Read that card.
694
00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,074
- Yeah.
695
00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:53,577
Here's the thing:
Your phone popped up
696
00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:54,828
in some phone records
that I'm looking at.
697
00:31:54,914 --> 00:31:55,871
- Ok.
698
00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:57,539
- Within the past seven days,
699
00:31:57,625 --> 00:32:00,375
your phone number has appeared
in these phone records--
700
00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:06,798
♪ ♪
701
00:32:06,884 --> 00:32:09,259
- what's his name?
E?
702
00:32:09,345 --> 00:32:11,803
Narrator: The woman says the number belongs to a man
703
00:32:11,889 --> 00:32:13,180
nicknamed e.
704
00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,307
- Ok.
705
00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:17,768
Where do you know him from?
706
00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:21,438
- How long you known him?
707
00:32:25,778 --> 00:32:28,403
♪ ♪
708
00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:29,863
- how hard do you think
it would be
709
00:32:29,949 --> 00:32:31,740
for you to find out
his real name?
710
00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:33,241
♪ ♪
711
00:32:33,327 --> 00:32:36,119
you're our only help right now.
712
00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:40,582
- Ok.
Ok, well, we appreciate that.
713
00:32:41,543 --> 00:32:42,501
- Thank you.
714
00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:49,591
♪ ♪
715
00:33:00,396 --> 00:33:03,438
yeah, this tipster called the
homicide office this morning.
716
00:33:03,524 --> 00:33:06,316
She said that
a good friend of hers
717
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,028
got a voicemail the night
of the kidnappings and murders,
718
00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:12,948
and she feels like
this voicemail
719
00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:16,159
could somehow be related
to this case.
720
00:33:16,245 --> 00:33:20,163
So we're gonna go catch up
with that friend of hers.
721
00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:23,667
[car beeps]
[door clicks shut]
722
00:33:23,711 --> 00:33:27,254
♪ ♪
723
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:30,007
tell me about the voicemail
that you got.
724
00:33:30,092 --> 00:33:31,967
You got a disturbing message.
725
00:33:32,052 --> 00:33:33,301
♪ ♪
726
00:33:33,387 --> 00:33:35,303
narrator: 30 minutes after jeronta and briana
727
00:33:35,389 --> 00:33:36,680
were kidnapped,
728
00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:38,974
someone accidentally dialed the man
729
00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,184
and left a three minute voicemail.
730
00:33:41,270 --> 00:33:44,354
- What do you think
this has got to do with it?
731
00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:51,611
- Whose number is that
that it came from?
732
00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:55,073
[ominous music]
733
00:33:55,159 --> 00:33:56,992
- I gotta take this voicemail
off the phone,
734
00:33:57,077 --> 00:33:58,660
take it back to hq.
735
00:34:00,748 --> 00:34:03,165
[car beeps]
736
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:09,046
♪ ♪
737
00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:12,883
so this is
a butt-dial voicemail
738
00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:16,178
that was left 30 minutes
after my kidnapping occurred.
739
00:34:16,263 --> 00:34:20,515
♪ ♪
740
00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:22,309
- [breathing] [beeps]
741
00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:28,565
- oh, wow.
742
00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:31,193
- "we ain't trying to hurt
your baby, ma'am."
743
00:34:31,278 --> 00:34:33,445
she was seven months pregnant.
744
00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:37,991
♪ ♪
745
00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:52,714
- that is a woman.
- Mm-hmm.
746
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,926
Narrator: Leonpacher recognizes the woman's voice.
747
00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:57,511
- [distorted voice]
homicide?
748
00:34:57,596 --> 00:34:59,721
- Yeah.
749
00:34:59,807 --> 00:35:01,389
I think it's her voice.
750
00:35:01,475 --> 00:35:04,768
I think she's in the van
when it all went down.
751
00:35:04,812 --> 00:35:06,269
- Yeah, she's gonna have
some explaining to do.
752
00:35:06,355 --> 00:35:08,188
- [exhales]
753
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,316
[tense music]
754
00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:16,863
♪ ♪
755
00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:19,699
narrator: The woman comes to homicide
756
00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:22,077
with a lawyer.
757
00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:24,204
- She might be able to bring
down the whole pyramid here.
758
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:27,332
[dramatic music]
759
00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:29,292
♪ ♪
760
00:35:29,378 --> 00:35:30,919
narrator: She admits to knowing andre
761
00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:32,462
since before he went to prison,
762
00:35:32,548 --> 00:35:35,048
and that she recently reconnected with him.
763
00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:44,766
Narrator: She says they made plans to hang out
764
00:35:44,852 --> 00:35:46,810
with a man called fathead
765
00:35:46,854 --> 00:35:48,937
the night of the kidnappings.
766
00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:58,196
- There it is.
Bam, boom.
767
00:35:58,282 --> 00:36:00,115
Narrator: She says they parked outside
768
00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:02,367
jaronte's step-dad's house.
769
00:36:02,452 --> 00:36:04,828
Moments later, a car pulled up.
770
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:15,338
♪ ♪
771
00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:17,174
narrator: She says andre and fathead
772
00:36:17,217 --> 00:36:21,011
then forced jaronte and briana into the van.
773
00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:30,187
♪ ♪
774
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:32,105
- what's the girl saying?
775
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:42,616
♪ ♪
776
00:36:43,911 --> 00:36:46,203
- and what else did you say
after that?
777
00:36:51,585 --> 00:36:52,876
- Thank you.
778
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,045
- [cries]
779
00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:57,964
narrator: She said they drove to an apartment complex
780
00:36:58,050 --> 00:37:01,218
where fathead called jaronte's stepdad.
781
00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:15,398
Narrator: She and andre got into a car
782
00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:17,234
and followed fathead and the couple
783
00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:19,069
to a dark street.
784
00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:30,580
Narrator: She says andre stayed behind
785
00:37:30,666 --> 00:37:33,083
with fathead and the victims.
786
00:37:39,216 --> 00:37:41,299
- Who pulled the trigger?
787
00:37:41,385 --> 00:37:46,471
[tense music]
788
00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:49,391
itness
789
00:37:49,476 --> 00:37:52,394
to learn how a young couple ended up dead.
790
00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:54,562
♪ ♪
791
00:37:54,648 --> 00:37:56,564
- who killed these people?
792
00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:02,779
♪ ♪
793
00:38:02,823 --> 00:38:04,572
- how do you know that?
794
00:38:04,658 --> 00:38:11,621
♪ ♪
795
00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:13,957
♪ ♪
796
00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:17,210
- biggest question:
Is there an e?
797
00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:24,301
♪ ♪
798
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:29,639
- so he doesn't exist.
He's a ghost?
799
00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:38,815
♪ ♪
800
00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:43,945
- I'm looking for fathead.
801
00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:46,114
- I have a fathead
in my case.
802
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:47,615
- Really?
803
00:38:47,701 --> 00:38:49,993
Narrator: Fathead has an open murder warrant
804
00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:51,786
for one of demeester's cases.
805
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,621
- His name is richard wilson.
806
00:38:53,707 --> 00:38:56,875
♪ ♪
807
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,377
narrator: 40-year-old richard wilson,
808
00:38:59,463 --> 00:39:01,296
aka fathead,
809
00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:03,965
has prior convictions for armed robbery,
810
00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,593
aggravated assault, and manslaughter.
811
00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:09,429
He was recently released from prison.
812
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:10,972
- I'm looking to talk to him,
813
00:39:11,058 --> 00:39:13,308
but he's never
made himself available.
814
00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,935
[energetic music]
815
00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:20,482
♪ ♪
816
00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:29,491
♪ ♪
817
00:39:29,576 --> 00:39:31,576
narrator: The next day,
818
00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:34,454
fathead is extradited back to atlanta.
819
00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:38,833
- The main reason
we wanted to talk to you
820
00:39:38,919 --> 00:39:41,461
is because of a double homicide
that occurred
821
00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:43,213
on the morning of August 30th.
822
00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:45,507
Ok, you oughta start answering.
823
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,637
[dramatic music]
824
00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:57,727
♪ ♪
825
00:40:04,486 --> 00:40:05,985
narrator: He says they grabbed the couple,
826
00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:08,029
took them to the front door,
827
00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:10,073
and started knocking.
828
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,162
- You're saying,
"open the door."
829
00:40:16,248 --> 00:40:18,498
- yeah.
- He ain't doing it.
830
00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:41,104
♪ ♪
831
00:40:56,955 --> 00:41:03,960
♪ ♪
832
00:41:07,883 --> 00:41:14,888
♪ ♪
833
00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,898
[dark music]
834
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:28,735
♪ ♪
835
00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:30,069
- his description is horrific.
836
00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:32,906
I mean, it literally shocks
the conscience.
837
00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:35,450
It's absolutely heinous,
and he knows it.
838
00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:37,118
♪ ♪
839
00:41:37,204 --> 00:41:40,079
[somber music]
840
00:41:40,165 --> 00:41:47,128
♪ ♪
841
00:41:48,882 --> 00:41:51,758
[dark music]
842
00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:58,640
♪ ♪
843
00:42:08,568 --> 00:42:11,277
- I think about my old cases
all the time.
844
00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:14,989
I can't walk through or drive through tulsa
845
00:42:15,075 --> 00:42:16,616
without thinking about a case.
846
00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,326
[somber music]
847
00:42:18,411 --> 00:42:22,705
you think about those murders, all the different motives,
848
00:42:22,749 --> 00:42:26,042
how evil humans can be.
849
00:42:26,086 --> 00:42:28,503
That's something that will always sit in my mind.
850
00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:35,635
♪ ♪
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