Episode 26 A Christmas Nightmare | Carnation murder case - video Dailymotion

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2007 in Carnation Washington, 3 generations of the Anderson family were murdered on Christmas Eve. Who did this to them is quite chilling.   #christmas #carnationmurders #andersonfamily

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00:00Hello and welcome to the Dark Mystery Lounge.

00:03It's that lovely time of year.

00:05Time to decorate the yard with colorful lights,

00:08shopping for gifts for your family and friends,

00:11decorating the tree, and planning to spend time with your loved ones.

00:15And people are a little nicer around this time of year too.

00:18But for one family, the unthinkable happened while preparing for a Christmas family gathering.

00:24Let's find out what happened.

00:25A call came in to 911 dispatchers around 5 p.m. on December 24, 2007.

00:37The sound of screaming can be heard, but only for a few seconds before the phone goes dead.

00:42Police go out to the 10-acre property, but the gates were locked.

00:46Police figured it was people arguing at a Christmas party,

00:50so they decided not to investigate further.

00:52Two days later, Linda Teeley, who worked at the post office,

00:57noticed that her best friend and co-worker Judy did not show up for work.

01:03It's unlike Judy to miss work, and Linda had a gut feeling that something was wrong.

01:08So she decided to go to Judy's house to see why she was absent.

01:12What she found was a nightmare.

01:15The house was unlocked, which was odd because Judy always kept her doors locked.

01:19Linda opened the door and called out for Judy, but no response.

01:25She came in a little further into the house and noticed a man laying on the floor dead.

01:30From her view, she could only see a few people dead in the house.

01:34A man, a woman, and a baby.

01:37But if none of them were Judy, she called 911.

01:41Around 9 a.m., police officers arrived.

01:43Inside the house, they found 32-year-old Scott Anderson and his wife, Erica,

01:50and their 3-year-old son, Nathan.

01:52Huddled underneath Erica was a fourth victim, their 5-year-old daughter, Olivia.

01:58Upon further investigation, hidden in a shed just outside of the house were the homeowners,

02:03Wayne and Judy Anderson.

02:05There were no signs of forced entry, and all of the victims were shot to death.

02:10But who could have done this to them?

02:13In the small rural community of Carnation, Washington, everyone knew everyone.

02:19Wayne and Judy Anderson had no enemies.

02:22They were both good, hard-working people.

02:2560-year-old Wayne was an engineer for Boeing,

02:28and 61-year-old Judy worked at the United States Postal Service,

02:33and they were married for 31 years.

02:34They had three children, Mary, Scott, age 32, and Michelle, age 29.

02:42Their son, Scott, was a hard-working family man who was married to Erica,

02:47and they had two children, Olivia and Nathan.

02:50So who would want them dead?

02:52Three generations of the Anderson family were killed on Christmas Eve,

02:56and no one knows why.

02:57It didn't take long to find out who did this to this family.

03:07Michelle Anderson, daughter of Wayne and Judy,

03:11and her boyfriend, Joe McEnroe, drove to the property.

03:14They lived on the property in a trailer.

03:17The police took both of them in for questioning.

03:19They both confessed to the murders and were arrested.

03:23They were both charged with six counts of first-degree murder.

03:26Joseph and Michelle were tried separately.

03:30Joseph's trial was in December of 2014,

03:34and Michelle's trial was in March 2015.

03:37Due to the confessions, we get a clearer picture

03:40as to what happened on Christmas Eve 2007.

03:44The Andersons were having a family gathering at their home.

03:47Judy was busy in the kitchen, cooking dinner and wrapping presents,

03:51and Wayne was relaxing on the couch watching TV,

03:54waiting for their son Scott and his wife Erica and their children to arrive.

04:01When Michelle and Joseph entered the house,

04:03armed with a .357 Magnum revolver and a 9mm automatic pistol,

04:09Joseph distracted Judy while Michelle attempted to shoot her father,

04:13but the gun jammed.

04:15So Joseph shot Judy and Wayne.

04:17They dragged the bodies out to the shed and cleaned up the mess.

04:21Not knowing what had happened, Scott and his family walked in.

04:25Michelle shot him several times, then shot Erica.

04:29Erica was only wounded and managed to get to the cordless phone, dialing 911.

04:35Joseph grabbed the phone and ripped out the batteries and smashed the phone,

04:39then shot Erica again, killing her.

04:42Joseph then shot both children.

04:44According to Joseph, Michelle did not want to leave any witnesses.

04:48Michelle, realizing that Erica dialed 911,

04:52so she went out and locked the gate, knowing that the police would arrive soon.

04:57When Joseph took the stand, he blamed the murders on Michelle,

05:00saying that he did not want to do it, but Michelle forced him to participate.

05:04He also said that he suffered from mental illness.

05:08So what was Michelle's motive for killing her family?

05:11Simply put, money.

05:12Michelle said that Scott owed her money and she believed that she was being slighted and mistreated

05:18by her parents and brother, even though she was living on their property rent-free.

05:23In her taped confession, she called herself a monster and a bad person.

05:28She planned on killing her family for two weeks and talked her boyfriend into helping her.

05:33She hated Erica, Scott's wife, the most,

05:36because she felt like Erica pushed her out of her brother's life.

05:40Of course, the jury in both trials found them guilty and sentenced them to her life in prison.

05:46Both of them avoided the death penalty due to the statewide moratorium on the death penalty

05:51by then-Governor Jay Inslee.

06:00I swear, something as simple as money can make some people do the worst things imaginable.

06:05I mean, killing three generations of that family for something so stupid.

06:10Money can be replaced.

06:12People cannot.

06:13Family cannot.

06:15Michelle and Joseph are gonna have to live with what they did for the rest of their lives.

06:19To be honest, I don't feel sorry for them in the least.

06:22They knew what they did was wrong, and now they're gonna have to pay the price.

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06:40Thank you for hanging out with me in the Dark Mystery Lounge.

06:43This is Phoenix, signing out.

06:45Have a good evening, and stay safe.

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