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Narrator: on christmas eve,
A beloved family man

Is paralyzed
In an apparent accident...

His condition worsened
And he died.

His family is devastated.

Narrator:
...But his loved ones believe
There's more to his death...

-stop him.
-...Than meets the eye.

What could've possibly happened?

Narrator:
It falls to detective rod demery
To help them find justice.

This was never an accident.

He's willing to take
The extra step

To find out
What exactly happened.

Narrator:
To solve the case, demery must
Break down a wall

Of half-truths and misdirection.

There were conflicting
Statements from witnesses.

I don't know where you get off
Taking over a case

I was assigned to.

It's a good thing you've got me
Here to clean up your mess.

I feel like I'm finally on
The cusp of learning the truth.

Narrator:
But at what cost to demery
And his crew?

Everybody has guns drawn.

Shreveport p.D.!

We don't know
What's going to happen.

If you're the only thing that
Stands between them

And their freedom,
That makes you a target.

Murder and me, we go way back.

When I was a child,
Murder took my mother.

Years later,
It came for my brother.

That's when I found
My mission in life.

Every case I worked, I solved.

Every case I solved,
I got a confession.

I'm detective rod demery.

I didn't choose murder.

Murder chose me.

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Mack: it's christmas day 2008,

And ted williams is cooking
A festive dinner

For his family
At bernstein apartments...

-that looks good, babe.
-thank you.

Mack: ...And he hears
A siren pulling up.

[ siren blaring ]

Holmes: normally on christmas,
Especially here in the south,

It's really quiet.
Stores are closed.

People are not out and about,

So a siren on christmas would
Really get your attention.

Check this out.

-what happened?
-oh, man.

Mack: several minutes later,

He sees a man being carried out
On a stretcher in a neck brace.

He looks to be
Somewhat contorted.

-oh, it's terrible.
-man.

-oh, my god.
-bless his heart.

Williams: we blessed, y'all.
It's christmas, and we blessed.

All right?

To see an ambulance at your
Neighbor's apartment

On a holiday, there is
Something completely wrong.

♪♪

Demery:
During the holiday season,
I flew to philly.

I'd just gotten back.

My daughter was competing
In a pageant.

This is a picture of her
In the finals.

-she's a great-looking kid.
-thank you.

Kind of hard to believe
She belongs to you.

Trust me.
I think the same.

-demery...
-yeah.

...Got a woman
Named janelle wilson.

She insists on speaking
With you.

She say what she wanted?

She says
It's important.

Okay.
Thanks.

Demery:
After I worked a few homicides,

I was always getting people
That just popped in

Or someone that would send me
An e-mail or a phone call

And ask me to look into
One of their cases.

-miss wilson?
-yes.

Detective demery,
Come with me.

Working homicides, I did a lot
Of public information work,

So I was on the local news
Quite a bit.

Every case that I started
To close,

I started to get a bigger
And bigger reputation,

So people just believed
That whatever case I worked,

I was going to close.

Thank you for seeing me,
Detective demery.

Have a seat.

Thompson:
Demery has a great reputation.

Where the percentages for
Closed homicides in shreveport

Normally hit around 40
To 50 percent a year...

So how
Can I help you?

...I would put rod demery
Around 95%.

Tony, my brother,
He was critically injured

In what they call
An accident...

Okay.

But I'm starting to believe
That it wasn't even an accident.

She told me that her brother,
2 weeks prior,

Was in the hospital,

And he was paralyzed
From the neck down

And believed somebody
Did it to him.

Tony is in really bad
Shape to the point

Now he can't
Even talk.

So what's making you think
It wasn't an accident?

His girlfriend,
Stacey carter, see,

She was with
Him that night.

Okay.

But now her story
Isn't even adding up.

Demery:
She said that stacey carter
Told her her brother

Had fallen
And injured himself,

But janelle and her
Three siblings

Believe that tony was
Physically assaulted.

You share your concerns
With the police?

Well, I did.

I spoke with the detective
The night it happened,

But he didn't care.

He didn't even pay me
Any attention.

Janelle believed that
The investigation was a sham,

That the investigator came in

And just kind of ran
Through things and left

And didn't really look to see

If he was actually injured
By someone else.

What was
The detective's name?

Detective fuller.

[ sighs ]
Fuller...

Fuller is a detective who
Had retired from the military

And just didn't
Have a lot fire.

He kind of went
Through the motions

And kind of seemed detached
From the community.

Okay, I'll tell you
What I'll do.

I'll pull the file and take
A look and see what's inside.

Oh, great.
Thank you.

Thank you so much, detective.
-okay.

I just want to caution you
With one thing, though.

If I look at this case, and it
Turns out that it's an accident,

I'm going to need you
To be okay with that.

-yeah, absolutely.
-okay.

If I need anything,
I'll be in contact.

-thank you.
-thank you.

Demery: janelle seemed to have
A little hope now.

I think she really just wanted
A second opinion

From somebody that
She thought she could trust.

♪♪

When I agreed to take
Janelle's case,

I wanted to find out
Exactly what happened.

I wanted to read the statements

And see what the detective
Did or didn't do.

Thompson: as he looks back
At the original reports,

The investigators initially did
Not observe any type of damage

That would be consistent
With an altercation.

Demery:
But there's one small detail
That catches my attention.

In the police report,

The girlfriend is giving
Different statements

About what actually happened
That night.

Demery:
At one point, stacey carter
Told the patrol officer

That the victim fell
And hit his head on the table.

Then she said he fell
On the bookshelf.

The responding police officer
Was adrian ferguson.

She took the initial report
And statements.

Ferguson was a really
Good officer.

She was one of
The bright-shining rookies,

Very detailed, and clearly able
To pick up on things

That just don't fit like
A conflicting statement.

Okay.

I want to go talk to ferguson,

But I've got something
I've got to do first.

Unfortunately, I don't think
Fuller

Looked into
The conflicting statements.

I think he just took it as it
Was and moved on.

Hey, fuller,
You got a minute?

Demery, what's up?

I'm kind of in the middle
Of something.

Yeah,
I can see that.

Fuller is one of
Those detectives

That didn't dress
In a suit and tie.

I always thought that
A homicide detective

Should look like
A homicide detective.

There is a certain level
Of respect in your presentation,

I think, is necessary.
-anyway, I'm --

Want to ask you about this case
You worked last month.

Really?

Don't you have cases
Of your own?

Why are you always sticking
Your nose in my business?

Anyway, you worked
This case.

The guy fell in
His girlfriend's apartment,

Hit his head,
And ended up paralyzed.

Yeah, I remember.
What about it?

When I asked him about the case,
He was defensive,

Just showed me
He didn't really care,

So I needed to step up.

You know what, fuller?
Never mind.

You go back to pushing
Your papers.

It's what
You do best.

Whatever.

At this point, I know I have
To work this case and figure out

If this injury was an accident.

My next stop is the hospital,

Where I'm going to talk
To the physician

And find out exactly
What the injuries were.

It's like I said.

His injuries affected
His ability to speak,

Plus, right now,
We have him heavily sedated,

So unfortunately,
He's not going to be able

To answer
Your questions.

How about later?

Any chance he's
Going to recover?

No.
I'm afraid not.

The physician described him
As being in grave condition

And didn't believe he was going
To live very much longer.

I'm sorry
To hear that.

I'm trying to determine
The nature of his injuries.

I understand his family
Has consented to that now.

Can you help me out?

Come with me.

The physician showed me x-rays
And photographs

Of where the injuries were,

And the injury was
To the spinal cord.

His injuries occurred at c5,
C7 in the spinal area...

For paralysis to occur,

You're going to likely have
Some sort of spinal cord energy.

...And it's certainly possible
That that's from a fall,

But we don't usually
See accidental falls

Causing this kind
Of injury.

According to the doctor,

For this to be
Completely an accident,

Clark would have had to have
Fallen a certain type of way

And hit a certain part of his
Body for complete paralysis.

Someone of tony clark's age
Does not typically just fall

And develop these injuries,

So there would have had to have
Been some sort of outside force.

So in my opinion, it's unclear
What really caused his injuries.

Maybe it's not a matter
Of what caused his injuries.

What do you mean?

Maybe it's a matter
Of who caused his injuries.

Thanks, doc.

Demery:
At this point, I'm not feeling
Like this is an accident.

I only see one other
Possibility -- another person.

And if clark doesn't survive,
This could be a murder.

♪♪

Demery:
I'm investigating the serious
Paralysis of tony clark.

The physician is doubtful
That the injury

Was caused
By an accidental fall.

I'm not going to go home until
I figure out what's happened.

My next move is to talk
To officer ferguson.

She's the initial officer
Who took

The conflicting statement
From clark's girlfriend.

Hey, man.

I'm looking for officer
Adrian ferguson.

Is she around?
-she finished her shift.

I think she's
At choir practice.

When police officers
Get off work,

They go to what's
Called choir practice.

-the usual spot?
-as far as I know.

Thanks.

Demery:
Choir practice is a nice way
Of saying

That they're going
To a bar and unwind.

Hey, demery.

But before I get to ferguson,
I run into fuller.

I hear you're asking around
About the cripple case.

His name is
Anthony clark, fuller.

That's not how
This works, demery.

That is my case,
Not yours.

There's a standard rule.

If someone is lead investigator
On a case,

You're not supposed
To get involved,

But I think his concern is,

Is that I'm going to
Make him look bad.

Well, maybe if you didn't
Do such a sloppy job,

I wouldn't have to
Clean up your mess.

It was an accident.

I looked into it.
What?

You want me to tell
The lieutenant

You're wasting time poking
Around some closed case?

Fuller is clearly pissed,

And I know he's going to
Go tell the supervisor,

But I really don't care.
-yeah.

Why don't you do that.
And while you're at it,

Tell them how you failed
To follow up

On the inconsistencies
In the witness' statements.

Now, if you'll
Excuse me...

Demery: investigating a case
That someone else

Has already investigated,

Or not investigated,
Is difficult

Because you have to figure out
What happened

And what didn't happen.

Mack: demery is revisiting
This crime 2 weeks later,

And he has to go back
To the responding officer.

He's got to find the witnesses,

And he's got to go back over the
Crime scene that's already gone.

He's got a difficult task
Ahead of him

If he's going
To solve this crime.

-hey, ferguson.
-detective demery?

What's happening?
How you doing?

-what're you doing here?
-hey, you got a minute?

I need to talk to you
For a second.

-yeah, sure.
-step over here.

Demery:
Ferguson, she's very streetwise,
And she's a go-getter,

And I actually noticed her
Earlier in her career

And knew that she was going to
Be a really good police officer.

Okay, so listen, you went on
A call a couple of weeks ago.

Guy's name
Was tony clark.

Oh, yeah.
He broke his neck, right?

Mm-hmm.

Ferguson told me that
When she got to the hospital,

Tony clark's family told her

They didn't believe
That he was accidentally hurt.

She's involved somehow.

Who?

His girlfriend,
Stacey.

Yeah, we kicked her
Out of here.

We don't want her in the
Same room with tony and us.

I found the girlfriend sitting
At the other end of the hallway.

-stacey carter?
-yeah.

She was upset about tony
But also angry

About what was
Going down with the family.

They're trying to blame me
For tony's accident.

It ain't right.
I love him.

I would never do anything
To hurt him.

Well, all I need you to do
Is tell me what happened, okay?

We were all at my place
Drinking.

All right.

Demery:
Stacey told ferguson that she,
Her brother, allen,

And sydney jones, her nephew,
Were at the house partying.

Carter says that tony got drunk.

He had fallen and hit his head.

You okay, tony?

After tony laid there
For a while,

They asked him to get up,

And apparently
Tony couldn't move.

He couldn't get up.

Stacey thought that tony
Was just drunk.

They just wanted him
To sober up.

Meanwhile, this man
Was paralyzed.

They had no idea.

She said he hit his head
On a table, right?

Yeah.

That's what she told me
At first.

Demery:
After ferguson tells me this,

I really don't believe it
Because the physician told me

That it's not likely
That he fell and hit his head.

So then I called
For a detective.

While I was waiting, I cleared
The family out of the room

And tried to get some
Information from the victim.

Mr. Clark, I need to ask you
A few simple questions.

Ferguson asks clark
If someone had injured him.

Mr. Clark...

Demery: clark couldn't speak,
So he shook his head "No."

Ferguson didn't believe it.

Thank you.

He hesitated before
He answered the question.

When detective fuller came,
He asked the same question,

Got the same answer.

So now, fuller questioned
The girlfriend, stacey carter?

Yeah, and that's where her story
Started to fall apart.

When detective fuller
Spoke to carter,

She told fuller that clark
Hit his head on a bookshelf.

Clearly carter was
Telling them different stories.

She had told ferguson a table,

And she had told fuller
A bookshelf.

I told fuller she had told me
Something different,

But he didn't
Seem to care.

Next thing I know, he's telling
The family it was an accident,

And he blew right
On out of there.

Demery:
I think ferguson was really
Disappointed to find out

That fuller would ignore
Something as blatant

As that in his lack of passion
Or even desire to work the case.

Well, look, I'm
Looking into this now,

And let me just say you did
A great job of taking notes

And adding it
To the report.

Glad to hear it.

I know it's not my place
To question detective fuller.

Mm-hmm.

Something about it just didn't
Smell right to me, you know?

Ferguson doesn't know
What happened to clark,

But she believes
That stacey is lying

And something
Actually happened.

That's police instinct.

♪♪

How is that case
Going, anyway?

Actually, I think I
May have to go back

And talk
To the girlfriend again.

-detective demery?
-yeah.

You have a call
On line 9.

Thank you.

This is demery.

Demery:
The following morning, I got
A call from janelle wilson,

Who's crying.

She tells me that her brother,
Tony clark, has died.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yes.

I'll see you guys soon.

Thank you.

Man, bad news just never ends.

I'll talk to you guys later.

Demery:
There's a new sense of urgency
For me to solve this case.

This was never an accident.

It's no longer an assault,

It's a murder investigation.

♪♪

I'm investigating the death
Of tony clark.

Officer ferguson has confirmed
That clark's girlfriend

Is definitely
Hiding something.

And even though clark
Didn't die right away,

Whoever did this to him is
Still responsible for his death.

I need to get more details
From tony clark's family.

It may be a little difficult

Because they're emotional
Right now.

They've lost their brother,
Their son.

-detective demery.
-hi.

-come on in.
-hi.

I'm really sorry
To hear about tony.

Yeah.

I was hoping he would
Pull through somehow.

Demery: when I get to the clark
Home,

There are multiple siblings
And family mourning him,

Including his daughter.

Thompson:
Tony clark was a family man
Who was close to his siblings,

Was a good father
To his young daughter.

He was active in her life.

He took care of
Her financial needs.

Demery: I'm hoping his daughter
Has something to tell me

About the girlfriend,
Stacey carter.

So what can you tell me
About stacey?

I know that
He loved her a lot.

-okay.
-and I liked her, too, at first.

There was just always
Something off about her.

Mack: and while tony's family
Was happy he'd found love,

They also felt a little
Uneasy with stacey

Like maybe she didn't have
His best interests in mind.

I just
Didn't trust her.

They weren't the biggest
Fans of stacey's,

And to have him die like this,
It didn't sit well with them.

After my brother
Broke his neck,

We tried to find out
What was going on with stacey,

But she was always
Giving us the runaround.

Her story
Kept changing.

Didn't you tell me earlier
That he fell

And hit his head
On the table?

I don't know,
Juanita.

What does it matter?

My man can't move, and he might
Be crippled for life,

And you're worried
About this now?

Terrell, tell him what happened
At the hospital.

I was with tony just trying
To figure out what happened.

Come on, man.

I ain't
Buying it, tone.

Did somebody hurt you?

Was it
Stacey's friends, hm?

Tony's brother, terrell,
Tells me when he pressed him

And asked him,
"Was it one of stacey's people?"

He nodded his head, "Yes."

And you're sure
That he nodded, "Yes"?

I could tell it hurt him
To move his head,

But I know
He nodded, "Yes."

The significance of what terrell
Has to tell demery

Is straight from the victim.

Even though the victim
Is not here to speak,

Terrell can speak for him.

Detective demery, we just want
To know what happened or why.

I promise you guys, I will
Get to the bottom of this.

Demery:
I feel really bad for tony
Clark's family

Because they're frustrated.

You guys take care
Of yourselves.

Thank you.

Now I want to speak
To stacey carter

Because I'm pretty certain
That she's lying.

I found out that stacey carter
Works as a caregiver

In a nursing home
Over on normandy street.

Hey, I'm looking
For stacey carter.

She's right in there.

Thank you.

Excuse me,
Are you stacey carter?

Yes, I am.

I need to ask you some questions
About your boyfriend,

Tony clark.

Are you s.P.D?

Yeah.
I'm detective demery.

I was wondering why
You were dressed so well.

Stacey is overly friendly
And even a little bit flirty.

It's kind of creepy.

I'm sorry to hear
About your boyfriend.

Thanks.
Yeah.

I still can't
Believe he's gone.

May I ask you a few questions
About your relationship

With him?
-yeah.

Stacey tells him that they met
About 3 months ago,

And they fell in love
Really quickly.

They moved in together.

Mack: she said he was very kind
To her.

He cooked her dinner,
Brought her roses,

Made her feel very special.

I loved tony.
He was my world.

Okay.

Can you tell me a little bit
About what happened that night?

Well, we were all back
At my place drinking,

And tony got drunk,
And he fell and hit his head

On the nightstand
In my bedroom.

Demery:
Now I know stacey is lying.

She said the nightstand
In the bedroom,

She said the bookshelf
In the living room,

And she said a table.

Stacey just can't
Remember her lie.

My plan now is to actually
Confront her with the facts

And see what her reaction
Is to that.

You just said he hit his head
On the nightstand, right,

But yet you told
Some other people

That something else
Happened.

I mean, look,

I had been drinking a lot
That night.

Maybe I'm not clear
On some of the details.

That's not a crime,
Is it?

No, not necessarily.

I'll tell you what,
I still have something else

That I need to clear up.

When I point out
That tony clark nodded,

"Yes" to someone
In her family hurting him,

Stacey became speechless.

She didn't really have
Any response.

Would it be possible for me to
Take a look around your place?

That will certainly answer

Some questions
I have.

Sure.
We can do that.

Maybe it'll help clear up
Some of the doubt.

Maybe.

Stacey immediately agrees.

That's pretty typical.

When someone who tries
To manipulate you

And they're guilty, they want
To seem very cooperative...

-my place is right down here.
-okay.

...Even if it's going
To incriminate them.

Stacey lives in
The cedar grove area of town.

The apartment complex
She lives in

Is what's commonly referred to
As section 8 housing,

Where she pays a small portion
Of what her rent would be,

And the government
Pays the rest.

Mind if I take
A look around?

Sure.
Make yourself at home.

Demery is going to be
Looking for the items

That the girlfriend said were
What tony actually fell on.

Demery: I look at the bookshelf,

And I realize
That it's very flimsy.

It couldn't withstand
The weight of a man.

The table nor the nightstand
Had any damage at all.

So what -- what was tony doing
The night that he got hurt?

As I'm talking, a man walks
In carrying a grocery bag.

Detective, this is my brother,
Allen carter.

Allen, this is
Detective demery.

Detective.

Demery: it's pretty apparent
That mr. Carter

Didn't expect to see me.

I can tell that
There's something not right.

Stacey's behavior changes.

Mr. Carter's behavior is odd.

The question is, "Why?"

♪♪

Demery:
I'm standing in stacey carter's
Apartment,

The same apartment where tony
Clark was fatally injured,

And the situation
Has just come to a head.

Stacey's brother walks in,
And he looks guilty as hell.

Stacey looks a little
More uncomfortable, too.

This is the brother
That was drinking here

The night
Tony got injured?

Yeah.

Demery:
I noticed that allen seems to be
A little irritated by stacey.

My first thought is,

"He's wondering how stacey
Got him involved in all this."

You know, I need to ask
You some questions.

Do you want to step
Outside for a second?

I take allen away from stacey

Because I don't want
Any possibility

Of their signaling each other
Or her disapproving

Of an answer that he gives.

So tell me, man.

What really happened?

I don't know
What to tell you.

The guy had a lot to drink,
And he just fell.

Allen said that his nephew,
Sydney jones, picked clark up

And took him to the bedroom,

And they all just thought
He was drunk.

What happened
After that?

Not much.

I mean, it wasn't until
The next day

We realized
There was a problem.

Allen said the following day,
On christmas,

Clark was in bed,
And he couldn't move,

So they just gave him water
And kept him comfortable.

Ain't too much more
Than that, you know?

I know this guy is lying to me,

But I ask one more question
Just to be sure.

So now, when tony fell,
He hit his head on anything?

Not really.

I mean, he fell and cracked
His head on the floor.

On the floor,
Nothing else?

Just the floor.

So now we have the floor,
The table,

The nightstand,
And the bookshelf.

It's version number 4.

You can go back in.

I'm going to need both of you
To come down to the station.

-what?
-go inside and wait.

Obviously allen carter
And his sister are lying

About what happened
To tony clark.

Hey, listen, can we get, uh,
Two marked cars down here,

I'm going to need transports.

After all these
Different stories,

I'm really concerned

That somebody actually killed
Tony clark.

-roger.
-thank you.

Demery:
The only way I'm going to
Get to the truth

Is to bring both of them
Down to the police station

And interrogate them.

Hey, do me a favor,
Let's keep them separated.

Yes, sir.

As the patrol officers
Are taking both

Allen and stacey
To my office...

Excuse me, sir.

...I'm approached by a man
In that complex.

I don't mean
To bother you.

You hear
About the fight?

Fight, what fight?

I live next door
To the people.

I heard a big ruckus.

Thompson: this source tells him
On the night of the altercation,

He had heard scuffling, noises,
And everything

That was consistent
With an actual fight

Versus an accidental fall.

The next day, I saw the
Ambulance taking tony away,

Saw the cop cars out here,
So I thought I'd let you know.

Finally, it's great to hear
From someone

That can actually
Give me evidence

That there was an actual
Physical confrontation

In that apartment.

It's obvious that someone
Wanted to hurt tony.

The question is,
"Who," and "Why?"

-thank you.
-yeah, no problem.

All right.
Be good.

The only people who know
What happened that night

In the bernstein apartments
Is tony clark,

Who's dead,
His girlfriend, stacey,

Her brother, allen,
And sydney jones, the nephew.

Hey, man, are the carters
Comfortable?

Yeah, we've got them
In conference room 3.

Officer bloom
Is keeping watch.

Can you have
Allen carter

Brought down to the
Interrogation room?

Will do.

So now I'm curious to know
What allen is going to say

And how it's going to be
Different from

What he said before.

Once allen is in the box,
He's a different person.

He's more forthcoming.

Allen immediately tells me

That there was a fight
Inside their apartment,

And his nephew sydney
Got into a fight with tony,

Slinging tony to the ground
At one point.

Allen said that after sydney
Struck him,

He lay there for a while.

Stacey requested he help
Her put tony in bed.

His response to stacey
Was, "No."

At this point, the missing link
Is sydney jones.

I want to speak
To sydney jones.

I want to know exactly why he
And tony got into a fight

And what actually happened.

Hey, man.

I need you to put out a b.O.L.O.
On a sydney tyrone jones.

He's wanted for homicide.
-all right.

I'm ready for the other
Half of this duo,

So send miss carter down.

-all right.
-thanks.

While I'm waiting for jones
To come in,

I decide I need
To talk to stacey carter.

I want to know why stacey
Has lied.

I want to know why stacey
Has tried to cover this up

And what actually caused
This fight.

Almost immediately
She echoes allen's story.

I believe that stacey knew that
Allen was going to tell

And felt like she was up
Against the wall now.

Stacey told me that she
Didn't believe

Initially that tony
Was paralyzed.

She thought he was just drunk.

Stacey said the following day,
She went to work,

And when she got home, he was
Still in the same position.

Tony, why
Are you still in bed?

Are you okay?

Deutsch: head and neck injuries
Can be extremely dangerous

Because the brain,
The spinal cord,

These are communicating with
The rest of our body what to do,

So if you're
Causing any damage

To those particular areas,

Then you're certainly going to
Affect the rest of your body.

Stacey is an employee
With a local nursing home,

So I guess she feels like she's
Got a lot of medical experience,

And so she goes
And gets a straight pin...

Can you feel this?

...And pokes tony in the bottom
Of the foot

To see
If he can feel anything.

Mnh-mnh.

How about this?

Mnh-mnh.

Damn, tony.

When I hear stacey's story,
I realize that it took stacey

A complete 24 hours
Before she called 911.

If she would have called medics
And got this man some attention,

He may have been okay,
So I'm really, really pissed

That she has no regard
For this man.

Mack: government housing doesn't
Really like you

To be committing crimes
While you live on their dime,

So she basically let her
Boyfriend lie there for 24 hours

'cause her and her brother

Didn't want to lose
Their public housing.

I'm going to need you
To hold tight for a second.

I'll be back.

Stacey's fear about losing
Her housing is a very real fear.

There are people
That are homeless

Because they simply called the
Police to tell them something.

That should never happen,
But either way you look at it,

Tony clark's life was worth way
More than their housing.

Hey, man.
Do me a favor.

Keep your eye on her.
I'll be back in a minute.

Hey.

We just got word that sydney
Jones has been spotted.

Really?
I'm on it.

I'm feeling really good now.

Now I want to go get sydney,
Bring him in.

I feel like I'm finally on
The cusp of learning the truth.

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Demery:
After hearing lie after lie,

I feel like I've finally
Discovered some truth.

I've learned sydney jones
Is the one

Who paralyzed tony clark
During the fight.

Now, I'm ready to bring
Mr. Jones in

And settle this case
Once and for all.

I go to the scene.

I meet the officers
Who have found him.

All right.
You guys ready to do this?

Yes, sir.

All right.
Let's take it slow.

I don't know where
This guy's head is at.

We all group up,
And we approach the apartment.

Mack:
When you're going out to arrest
A suspect, it's very dangerous.

If you're the only thing
That stands between them

And their freedom,
You have to be super cautious

About how you take them
Into custody.

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Demery:
Shreveport p.D.

Everybody has guns drawn.

We don't know
What's going to happen.

After waiting for what seems
An eternity...

...The door opens.

-you sydney jones?
-yes.

Step out.
Step out.

Put your hands up.

You're wanted in connection
With the incident

Involving tony ray clark.

We'll talk down at the station.

Sydney is a very big man.

He's muscular.

He's towering,
But he is compliant.

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I know jones struck tony clark.

What I don't know is why.

I'm hoping sydney will tell me
Exactly what happened.

When I interrogated sydney
Jones, he's pretty docile.

He explained to me
That he was partying

With tony clark
And his aunt stacey.

At some point, they went
To a daiquiri store

Where he purchased a daiquiri
For his aunt stacey.

As they were driving back
To the apartment,

Tony clark began to tell stacey
That he bought her the daiquiri.

Once they get back
To the apartment,

The argument continued.

Sydney said that at some point,

He and tony began
To struggle and wrestle.

Setting someone down
Is normally slang

For body slamming
An individual.

Demery:
Sydney said that he believed
That tony had been

In some accidents prior to this,
And maybe his hitting the ground

Some way triggered
An old injury,

And that caused his paralysis.

It would be highly unlikely
That any old injuries

Would all of a sudden flare up

To cause
A severe spinal cord injury.

I think jones' attempt was to
Minimize his involvement

In clark's demise.

The outrageous claims
That he was hit by a train

Just really
Didn't make any sense,

But it was obvious that jones

Just didn't want
To take responsibility.

What I believe happened was,

Sydney jones, allen,
Tony, and stacey,

They were going to have
A festive time.

It was the holidays.

Y'all want to grab some
Daiquiris before they close?

Stacey:
Sure, what time they close?

Some time soon.
We got to go now.

Stacey:
You want anything, allen?

No.
I'm good.

Y'all go ahead.
-coming, sydney?

-yeah. I'm going to go.
-y'all be safe.

Demery:
At some point they wanted
To go get a drink

From the daiquiri store.

Sydney and tony went
Inside the store.

I'm sorry, sir, your card
Didn't go through.

What do you mean,
"My card didn't go through"?

It says,
"Declined."

Don't worry about it, man,
I got it.

Thank you.

Demery:
As they got into the car,
Tony claimed

That he paid for the daiquiri
That was bought for stacey.

-here you go, babe.
-thanks, babe.

Clark:
You know I'm always
Looking out for you.

Mm-hmm.

What you say?

I bought both
Of them drinks, man.

Your ass is broke.

Jones called tony out.

-what you say, fool?
-you broke as hell.

Demery: clearly this is tony's
Girlfriend,

The love of his life,
And he didn't have any money.

Jones made that an issue.

Tony, don't lie.

I bought both of them drinks.
-you tripping.

Demery: tony, at some point,
Felt less than a man.

He felt emasculated,
So he became angry,

And once they got back
To the apartment,

That argument got physical.
-get your boy, man,

Because he's about to get
His ass knocked out.

No. No.
No.

I told you quit talking to this
Broke-ass, bitch-ass boy.

-cut it out.
-hey, do something.

-hey now.
-stop it, tony.

-you weak, boy.
-come on. Do something.

-tony, stop it.
-come on.

Come on.
Do something.

Do something.
-listen...

Do something.

Clearly jones was capable of
Slinging tony like a ragdoll...

-hey.
-boy...

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Demery:
...And did just that.

Stacey: you okay, tony?
Oh, my god. Tony, can you move?

He's not moving.
You gonna take him...

Come on.
Get up, man.

When sydney body slammed him,
That resulted

In the neck injuries
That caused his paralysis.

Allen, help me get him
To the bed, please.

I'm not dealing with it.
Y'all figure it out.

No.

Grab his feet.

While clark is laying
In bed paralyzed,

Probably swollen to a point
That can't be repaired,

Stacey went to bed.

She got up the next morning,

And tony continued to complain
That he couldn't move.

She ignored that complaint
And went to work.

Can you move?
Are you okay?

Oh, my god.

When she gets home, she believes
That maybe he can't move,

So she stuck his foot
With a pin and got no reaction.

Okay, listen, I'm going
To call for help,

But you can't tell
Anyone what happened.

All right?

I think at some point stacey
Told tony to deny a fight

Because they could
Lose their housing.

She called some paramedics...

And they took tony
To the hospital.

Tony was unable to lie
To his brother,

And he told his brother that
Stacey's people assaulted him.

It was discovered that he was
Paralyzed from the neck down,

His condition worsened,
And he died.

-hey, doc, you got a minute?
-yeah, I sure do.

Now that I know tony clark
Was murdered,

I go to the coroner's office
And explain to them

That this was not an accident,

And that it was
An actual homicide.

Yeah.

The injuries are consistent with
What you've described to me.

-damn right. Thank you.
-yeah.

Demery: after the coroner
Reviewed everything,

They determined
That tony clark's death

Was a direct result
Of his fight with sydney jones.

I then went to the lieutenant
And explained to him

That tony clark was murdered
By sydney jones...

Look, we need to
Reclassify this case.

This is a homicide.
There is no doubt about it.

...And wanted
It reported as such.

Demery, it is what it is.
All right?

And this isn't your case,
And I don't know

Where you get off taking
Over a case I was assigned to.

Fuller is clearly upset
And embarrassed

And wants to complain

That I interfered
Or butted in his case,

But I don't give a flying
[bleep] What fuller has to say.

If you had done
Your job,

We wouldn't be having
This conversation.

That's ridiculous.

You are way out
Of line, demery.

Do you have any idea what you
Put tony clark's family through

Because you couldn't
Follow facts

That were right
In front of your face.

You know what?
You should be embarrassed.

After I give fuller
A piece of my mind,

He walks off with his tail
Between his legs.

All right, demery.

I'll change it to manslaughter,

But we're going to have to
Throw it up to the d.A.'s office

To see what they have
To say about it.

Yes, sir.
Thank you.

Demery: after all of this,
The district attorney's office

Decided that they were going
To charge sydney jones

With a second-degree battery

And allowed him to plea
To a lesser charge.

Thompson: this would have been
A hard case to prosecute

Even with the admission
By sydney jones

That he body-slammed
The individual.

That's problematic because
He is obviously arguing

That he only did this
In self-defense

Because tony clark
Came at him.

Jones was sentenced
To 2 years in prison,

And that was probably
One of the most

Disappointing times
Of my career.

Stacey and allen carter
Are charged with nothing.

It just doesn't make any sense.

Mack:
I understand how the judicial
System works sometimes,

But victims' families don't,
And this guy got 2 years,

And tony clark
Is never coming back.

Holmes:
This family is devastated.

I don't know that anyone who
Has been in their position

Could ever wrap their mind
Around losing a loved one

To something so preventable.

Demery:
I think despite all the hiccups
In this case,

The thing to keep in mind

Is that tony clark's family
Got closure,

And they got the truth.

There's a huge responsibility

In investigating
Someone's death,

And there's
A huge responsibility

In providing a sense of justice
To a grieving family,

And that's what's important
To me.

♪♪