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00:00My name is Pam Childs, and I'm doing a documentary on missing persons cases in Chicago.
00:06One of the cases that we're doing is Kiera Coles.
00:09Are you familiar?
00:12No, I'm not.
00:13Are you, um, you're not familiar with Kiera Coles at all?
00:21Hello?
00:22Yes.
00:23This is ******. May I help you?
00:26I don't mean any harm, no disrespect whatsoever.
00:29Just wanted to get an opportunity to talk.
00:32Ms. Pam, do you know they both have lawyers?
00:34So you might as well stop calling here, stop coming here until you talk to their lawyer,
00:40and their lawyer will tell you exactly what you need to do.
00:45I was born in Chicago.
00:48I grew up in Chicago.
00:50This is my city.
00:52I spent 20 years as a Chicago PD missing persons detective.
00:59But when I retired, the work never stopped.
01:03This job never leaves you.
01:07And my mission now is to return to the cases that others left behind.
01:13And find that one clue that can finally break the case.
01:26In a city like Chicago, most missing persons cases go unnoticed by the general public.
01:33But every now and then, a case takes the city by storm.
01:38Welcome to our additional coverage of the searcher, Kiera Coles.
01:42Her case classified as a high-risk missing persons investigation.
01:46On October 2nd, 2018, Kiera Coles, a 26-year-old expecting mother, vanished.
01:57Last known images of Kiera Coles.
01:59She was seen withdrawing money from an ATM.
02:01Got a call.
02:03She like, yes, they say Kiera's missing.
02:05Kiera's disappearance captured headlines across the city.
02:09And questions remain.
02:11Is Kiera alive?
02:13Is her baby okay?
02:15And is she ever coming home?
02:18Someone knows where Kiera is, and someone needs to speak up.
02:21It's all hands on deck.
02:23But within weeks, her family was forced to confront a darker reality.
02:30Kiera wasn't alone.
02:32She left with a man in her car.
02:34Bring her home.
02:35Her and her baby.
02:37For five months, the police hinted at an imminent breakthrough.
02:41Police questioned a man seen parking outside Kiera's apartment.
02:45But then, without warning, everything stopped.
02:49And now, seven years later, police seem no closer to bringing Kiera's family answers.
02:58So, Kiera, if you're watching this, we're not going to stop.
03:02I'm trying to do everything in my power to help bring you home.
03:05So, who was with Kiera the night she vanished?
03:09Whatever happened with the man they questioned?
03:11And how did this case that seemed to move so quickly grow cold overnight?
03:23I heard about this case right after I retired.
03:28Everybody wanted to know what happened to Kiera Coles.
03:33But since the case went cold, Chicago PD have been tight-lipped.
03:39They had a person of interest, but have never named him.
03:44I've met Karen Phillips, Kiera Coles' mother.
03:47Quite a few times.
03:49I've sat with her.
03:51I've talked with her.
03:52I've cried with her.
03:54She's now asked me to look into Kiera's disappearance.
03:59I want to see if I can get this case moving again.
04:06It's really good to see you, as always.
04:08Yeah.
04:08I know you've told me some things about Kiera's disappearance, but what we're going to do right
04:16now is I'm going to take you back to the beginning.
04:19Okay.
04:24Let's talk about the day Kiera first disappeared.
04:27When did you notice something was wrong?
04:30It was October the 3rd.
04:32It was a Wednesday, probably about 8 o'clock in the morning.
04:38Normally, I call my kids every day, even if it's just, what you doing, though?
04:42You up yet?
04:43So I called Kiera.
04:45The phone went to voicemail.
04:47I'm like, okay, she's probably asleep or just ain't charged her phone.
04:51So I went back to work, still continue to call her, continue to call her.
04:55I had one of my daughters call her job to see if she had came to work today.
04:59And they said, no, she was off.
05:02Did you inquire, was this going to be just the one day off?
05:06Was she going to be off two days?
05:07No, I didn't ask any questions.
05:09I wasn't worried yet.
05:10Okay.
05:13So Kiera had a boyfriend.
05:15Tell me about him.
05:17Josh.
05:19Lim and Kiera was dating around about six years.
05:24You know, some girls like a bad boy.
05:25She didn't want that.
05:26She wanted somebody, like, stable, working, you know, that had something going for theyself.
05:32He was respectful, but he was real, like, quiet.
05:36He went to church on Sundays, so it was okay.
05:42I remember when she told me, we finna start planning for a baby.
05:46I'm like, for real?
05:47She was like, yeah, Josh, say he ready.
05:51At this time, Kiera was pregnant?
05:54Yes.
05:56How far along was she?
05:58Right at three months.
05:59I was so happy for her.
06:01Yeah, she was really excited.
06:03Shared the ultrasound pictures all over social media.
06:07And Kiera seemed happy?
06:09Yeah.
06:10Yeah, she seemed happy.
06:14So, October 3rd.
06:16You don't hear from your daughter that night.
06:19What did you do next?
06:21Once I went home and went to bed and woke up, she hadn't called.
06:26I knew something just wasn't right.
06:30Next day, I said, I'm just going to go over here and see, because the phone was still going
06:34to voicemail.
06:35So, I went to her apartment, but I didn't see her car.
06:39So, I went back to work, still continue to call her phone, still going to voicemails.
06:45So, once I got off that night, I called my, um, one of my daughters.
06:49I said, do you got Josh's number?
06:50Do you, um, you know, see if he know what Kiera, if he talked to Kiera.
06:55Since I ain't talked to her in a couple of days.
06:57At that point, I knew it was real.
07:00Something just wasn't right.
07:04So, that night, I had called the police for them to come and do a Wells Vian chat.
07:10The police come.
07:12What did they find when they opened Kiera's apartment door?
07:17They didn't find anything.
07:19Everything was completely normal.
07:21It's just, like, when she walked out the door, she vanished.
07:30After they searched Kiera's apartment, Chicago police began a joint operation
07:36with an investigative team from Kiera's employer, the U.S. Postal Service.
07:43Did they give you any information on what their steps were going to be?
07:49No, they just said that they was going to interview everybody,
07:52go over to surveillance, phone records, and all that,
07:55to try to find out what happened to my daughter.
07:59What were you thinking at that moment?
08:02I was a nervous wreck.
08:04I couldn't sleep.
08:05I couldn't eat.
08:06I cried so much.
08:08My head was constantly hurting.
08:10You know, it was just, it was, it was unbehaled.
08:20Police combed through phone records and surveillance footage,
08:24searching for any break in the case,
08:27interviewing family, friends, and witnesses.
08:31And finally, five months later, on March 11th,
08:35the news exploded as police revealed a break in the case.
08:39They had a person of interest.
08:42Tonight, authorities suspect foul play.
08:44They believe someone may have hurt her.
08:46The search is intensifying for Kiera Coles.
08:51In March of 2019, did they give you additional information
08:55about the persons of interest?
08:58They just said it was going to question them.
09:01They couldn't give any names.
09:02OK.
09:03So, who did you believe that they were speaking of
09:08when they said that we have some persons of interest?
09:12I believe it was Josh.
09:15Why do you say that?
09:17He has never been charged with any crime.
09:21Josh, in the beginning, said that he would do all that he could,
09:25passing out flyers, helping us do searches.
09:28Within a few weeks, he was gone to Louisiana.
09:32How do you feel about that?
09:35Very, very angry.
09:38You get to move on with y'all life,
09:40and here, my daughter's missing,
09:42and you didn't help look for her.
09:45What did the police tell you that their next step would be?
09:49The detective said he wasn't a person of interest.
09:52Did you ask them?
09:52Why are you telling me that he's not a person of interest?
09:55They said that they didn't have no evidence on him
09:59or a probable cause.
10:01When is the last time you heard from the police department
10:06with an update on anything that's happening?
10:10Only time I hear from Chicago police
10:12is when somebody new take the case,
10:14they'll call and just be like,
10:16I'm the new lead detective on your door of the case,
10:18and no, we don't have anything right now.
10:21We're just, you know, the same old, same old.
10:23It has got to be incredibly heavy.
10:27I just be trying to stay strong,
10:29but I'm angry because I feel like
10:32the people that's supposed to serve and protect us
10:34is not protecting my daughter
10:36or serving me to help me find out
10:38what happened to my daughter.
10:43I don't really have an answer for cases like this.
10:48The Chicago police department
10:50to have had no contact in years
10:52is really not doing nearly enough, in my opinion.
10:58In cases like this, typically, you know,
11:01a detective would look at the boyfriend first,
11:03and we know that CPD did that.
11:05But with this many years that has passed
11:07and there's been nothing from the police department,
11:12that kind of tells me that
11:14there's something more to this than just a boyfriend.
11:19You have to wonder
11:20if there was somebody else in Kiara's life,
11:23and that's what I intend to find out.
11:34In 2022, four years after Kiara Coles vanished,
11:40Chicago PD released an eight-minute video
11:43about her case,
11:45revealing details they had never made public before.
11:49Detectives were able to piece together
11:50a timeline of the last few hours
11:53before Kiara disappeared on October 2nd.
11:56According to that video,
11:58on the day she disappeared,
12:00Kiara entered her home
12:01in Chatham on the south side of Chicago.
12:05A few hours later,
12:06Kiara left her apartment
12:08with an unknown male,
12:10identified as a person of interest.
12:15Kiara is seen making an ATM withdrawal.
12:18Police said her car was seen
12:20in an undisclosed part of the city
12:22where the man exited the vehicle,
12:25but there's no sign of Kiara.
12:30The next day,
12:31the man returns to Kiara's neighborhood,
12:34alone in her car.
12:36He enters her apartment
12:38and leaves with unknown items.
12:41To this day,
12:42police have yet to release an image of the man
12:45or reveal his identity.
12:48According to what Josh told Kiara's mother,
12:52he hadn't seen Kiara in days.
12:55So who the hell is he?
13:00I'm going to meet with Kiara's friend, Latavia,
13:03and hopefully she can give me some information
13:06on what was going on in Kiara's life
13:09and who this man might be.
13:14So tell me about
13:16your friendship with Kiara.
13:19Me and Kiara,
13:20we met in high school
13:21our freshman year.
13:24She was being her silly self.
13:27Loud, funny, obnoxious.
13:30And she had a laugh on her,
13:32but that laugh I can hear
13:33in my head right now.
13:35When was the last time
13:37that you actually spoke with Kiara?
13:41The night she went missing on FaceTime,
13:44she just was leaving her doctor's appointment.
13:47She just heard her first ultrasound.
13:50Just heard her baby's first heartbeat.
13:53She was excited,
13:53so she called me
13:55and she asked me
13:56what I was doing when I get off work
13:58and was I eligible
14:00to come and kick it with her.
14:01I told her, yeah,
14:02I'll call her when I get off,
14:03but that never happened
14:05because I was tired.
14:07And she didn't call me.
14:08I didn't hear from her
14:10that night.
14:14The next day,
14:15I get a call from Jasmine,
14:17one of her co-workers.
14:19So she was like,
14:20um, Tay,
14:22Kiara's mom just left the job.
14:24They looking for her.
14:25She's missing.
14:25I said, nah.
14:27And she was just like,
14:28yeah, Kiara was missing.
14:32So me and a couple of our friends
14:34went to Kiara's place.
14:35She was just looking around.
14:36What did you see that night?
14:39It was an older lady
14:40that lived next door to Kiara.
14:41And she said that day,
14:43some guy
14:45was ringing her doorbell
14:46trying to get
14:47to Kiara's apartment.
14:49Mm-hmm.
14:49And she was like,
14:51I can't just let you in the apartment.
14:52If they not answering,
14:53they not answering.
14:54So then she said,
14:55um,
14:57he came around the back door,
14:59babbling on Kiara's back door.
15:01Mm-hmm.
15:02But she said she didn't see the guy.
15:04She didn't look out the window.
15:06She just told him that she,
15:08you know,
15:08can't let him in the building.
15:10But the lady said,
15:11yeah,
15:11he must have got inside
15:13because she ain't here
15:14no knocking no more.
15:16What night
15:16this lady is talking about?
15:19The night that she went missing.
15:22So this guy knocking
15:24on the door that night
15:25is potentially
15:27the last person
15:29to see Kiara.
15:30Yes.
15:31But because the neighbor lady
15:33didn't look out
15:34to see who it was,
15:36nobody knows
15:37who this guy could have been.
15:39No.
15:42What about Josh?
15:43What kind of guy was he?
15:45I don't really know too much
15:47about what that person Josh was.
15:49I've only seen Josh
15:50like probably three times
15:51out of those six years.
15:52Him and Kiara was together.
15:55That's not a lot of time.
15:56Mm-hmm.
15:58She never talked to me
15:59about him as a person
16:00or what type of person he was.
16:02So I really can't tell y'all
16:03too much about Josh.
16:05Okay.
16:06Yeah.
16:07Except for she loved him.
16:08She loved him.
16:09Yes.
16:10She loved him a lot.
16:12Did he love her back?
16:16Honestly?
16:16I want to say he did,
16:18but, you know,
16:18you never know.
16:22Did you know
16:23about any other guys
16:26that could have been
16:27a part of Kiara's life?
16:30No.
16:31When this happened,
16:32I'm not aware of the guy,
16:34but they said that
16:36him and her
16:37actually went on a date.
16:38Like...
16:39Who was they?
16:40The detectives.
16:41Okay.
16:42So when you talked
16:43to the detectives,
16:44they said what?
16:45That she went on a date
16:46with someone.
16:47I'm not sure
16:48who that someone is.
16:49A second fella?
16:51Yeah.
16:51Okay.
16:51And they used the word date?
16:53Yeah.
16:54Did they tell you
16:55this guy's name?
16:56No.
16:58Do you have any idea
16:59who this guy could have been?
17:02No.
17:02I do not.
17:03She had never mentioned anyone?
17:05No.
17:06Did they show you anybody?
17:07Yes.
17:08I seen the video
17:09of Kiara walking out
17:10her house with a guy.
17:12Did you get a good look at the...
17:14I mean,
17:15I didn't get a good look.
17:16I couldn't see his face.
17:17Like...
17:18But I'm like,
17:19I don't know that person.
17:20But you are 100% positive
17:22that that guy was not...
17:24It was not Josh.
17:25No.
17:29We know that Kiara
17:31had been dating Josh
17:32for six years.
17:35But Latavia was told
17:36by detectives
17:37that she was
17:38potentially dating someone else
17:40and nobody knows
17:41who that other person was.
17:43According to Latavia,
17:45that guy that walks
17:46out of her house with her
17:47on the night
17:48that she goes missing
17:49apparently was not Josh.
17:52So far,
17:53I haven't seen
17:54any police reports
17:56and I have no idea
17:58who Latavia is talking about.
18:00I need to find out
18:01who that guy is
18:02because this could be
18:04the guy that
18:06goes by her house
18:07banging on the door
18:08the night she goes missing.
18:10It could be this other guy
18:11that she was supposed
18:12to be dating.
18:22In a cold case,
18:24the case file
18:25is everything.
18:26Without it,
18:27you're flying blind.
18:29Years pass,
18:31memories fade,
18:32but the file remembers.
18:34For years,
18:36Chicago PD
18:37kept a tight lid
18:38on Kiara's case,
18:39sharing just a few clips
18:42and a hint
18:43to a person of interest.
18:46But today,
18:46that changes.
18:48Through a series
18:50of persistent requests,
18:51we were finally able
18:53to gain access
18:54to CPD's redacted reports
18:56and surveillance video.
18:59Video which,
19:00to my knowledge,
19:01the public has never seen.
19:05Take a look at this video.
19:07This is the one
19:08from Tuesday,
19:09October 2nd, 2018.
19:11That's the last day
19:12Kiara Coles was seen.
19:15This video here
19:17is Kiara walking
19:18into her apartment.
19:20According to her mom,
19:22she's coming home
19:24from the WIC store.
19:26What the hell's
19:26a WIC store?
19:27It's women and children.
19:28Oh, women's infant care?
19:29Yeah.
19:30Mm-hmm.
19:30Okay, so from this point,
19:32we haven't seen
19:33this footage.
19:35This now is at 848.
19:38We see a guy
19:40walking down the street.
19:41Can you tell
19:42if it's a male?
19:42It looks like a male.
19:44And he makes a left turn
19:48walking towards
19:49the front door
19:50of Kiara's apartment building.
19:52Yeah.
19:53Don't know
19:54who this person is.
19:55who it is.
19:55It could be anybody.
19:57And then
19:58there's the same guy,
20:01looks the same clothing
20:02from this distance,
20:03and there's a female
20:05walking with him,
20:06quite possibly Kiara.
20:09Don't hear,
20:09leave me now.
20:12From the looks of things,
20:13they're getting
20:14into Kiara's car.
20:16Kiara's in the driver's seat,
20:18and then
20:19Kiara's car pulls off
20:20and drives down the street.
20:23And they're off.
20:26Then they arrive
20:27at an unknown location
20:29at 11.14 p.m.
20:31One person walks
20:32down the street
20:33away from the vehicle,
20:35but the driver
20:37never exits this vehicle.
20:39We no longer see Kiara,
20:41and we still can't
20:42get a look at this guy.
20:45And now,
20:46this is the next day,
20:48October 3rd at 12.37.
20:52Kiara's car is back
20:53at her apartment building.
20:55So 12.40,
20:58here's a man with dreadlocks.
20:59He has dreadlocks, right?
21:02Walking towards
21:04Kiara's apartment building.
21:06Mm-hmm.
21:07And now he's returning.
21:09Mm-hmm.
21:10He's carrying the bag,
21:12and he walks
21:13back down the street.
21:15Mm-hmm.
21:16So do we see him
21:17go in the apartment?
21:18No, we're not inside.
21:19Right.
21:19But we can say that...
21:21He goes into the building.
21:22...you can assume...
21:23Right.
21:24Walk back and up
21:25to the last video
21:26when it starts, and...
21:27I'm gonna stop it
21:29right here.
21:30I don't know.
21:32But, in my opinion,
21:34that's the same guy
21:35that is walking
21:37to Kiara's apartment
21:38the night before.
21:41Now, this is a long sleeve,
21:42so he could have
21:44on the same T-shirt
21:45under there.
21:45I mean, we don't know.
21:46Right, right.
21:47What about the dreadlocks, though?
21:49Well, he has on a hoodie.
21:51You can't see him.
21:52You can't see Andrew
21:52coming out the front?
21:55That is the same guy,
21:56and I would put money on it.
21:58This is very clear.
22:00I truly believe that
22:01this guy,
22:02walking down the street
22:04with his long-ass dreadlocks,
22:06he can be positively identified.
22:09We can definitely
22:10find out who he is.
22:12Now, in these reports,
22:14we've gotten
22:15additional information,
22:17things that, you know,
22:18we never knew before.
22:19There was someone
22:21that, um,
22:23she was texting.
22:24A text message
22:25between Coles
22:27and an unknown person
22:28began on 1 October 2018.
22:31Between 8 and, you know,
22:33almost midnight,
22:3423, 23 hours,
22:36Coles messages back
22:36to this guy
22:37who replied,
22:39cool, cool, well,
22:40I hope you enjoyed
22:41our little mini-date.
22:4358 messages were exchanged
22:44between Kiera
22:45and this unknown.
22:46That's a lot of goddamn texting,
22:48and you gotta like
22:49something about the person
22:50if you're texting that much.
22:52All right.
22:53Now, according to
22:54the CPD report,
22:56the police gets in contact
22:57with this unknown person.
23:00Mm-hmm.
23:00It states in here
23:01that she did tell him
23:02that she was pregnant.
23:03He did not know
23:04that she was missing
23:05until about four days
23:07after it was on the news.
23:09Mm-hmm.
23:09I don't know 100%
23:11that this is the guy
23:13that Latavia was speaking of,
23:15but I do know
23:16this can't be
23:17her boyfriend, Josh,
23:19that she's texting.
23:21And this would have been
23:21the day before
23:22she came home, I said?
23:23Yes.
23:26We've finally gotten a look
23:28at the man seen with Kiera
23:30on the night she disappeared.
23:32It's unclear
23:33if this is the same video
23:35that police showed Latavia.
23:37And between the grainy video
23:39and redacted reports,
23:40it's impossible to know
23:42who this guy is.
23:44What I did confirm
23:45is that Kiera
23:47may have been involved
23:48with someone
23:49other than Josh.
23:51I'm going to meet with Jasmine,
23:53another of Kiera's friends,
23:55to see if she can put a finger
23:57on who this guy is
23:59in the video
23:59and tell me
24:01who else was involved
24:02in Kiera's life.
24:05So, Jasmine,
24:06thank you for coming
24:07to talk with us.
24:09Absolutely.
24:09Maybe you can tell me
24:10about your friendship
24:11with Kiera.
24:13I met Kiera
24:14when she was about 14.
24:16I was 15.
24:18We was inseparable
24:19ever since.
24:20I literally tried
24:21to move in with her family.
24:22Like, they couldn't
24:23get rid of me.
24:24Now, how did she meet Josh?
24:26We met at a nightclub.
24:28We partied.
24:29We partied.
24:30This young girl.
24:31You were with her
24:31the night that she met him?
24:33Yeah.
24:35How would you describe
24:37the relationship
24:38between Kiera and Josh?
24:41I would say
24:41a rollercoaster toxic.
24:43I've always found Josh
24:45to be controlling.
24:47Very.
24:48He masked it as caring.
24:50She would call me
24:51crying or come to my house
24:53crying about cheating
24:55allegations.
24:56She told me she, like,
24:58would pop up on him
24:59at his job.
25:01Girls would be there
25:02waiting on Josh to get out.
25:03She would confront them
25:04and they would be like,
25:05yeah, I date him too.
25:08She was so happy
25:09about having a baby.
25:10She always wanted
25:11to be a mother.
25:12She's a nurturer.
25:13And I said,
25:14what did Josh say?
25:15And that's what she was like.
25:16Oh, he was kind of happy.
25:17Well, he wasn't that happy
25:19at first,
25:19but he's kind of happy now
25:20and just left it at that.
25:22Did she say kind of happy?
25:23Yeah.
25:24She was blind about love.
25:25It was nothing
25:26that none of us
25:27could have told her.
25:30Did you ever hear
25:31anything about her
25:32having some interest
25:34in another guy?
25:35No.
25:37She was so happy
25:38about having a baby.
25:39That's all I knew.
25:42This is a report
25:43that we got
25:44from the Chicago
25:44Police Department
25:45and Joe's going
25:47to explain.
25:48On the 1st of October,
25:51she had exchanged
25:53messages with some guy
25:54who we don't know
25:54who he is,
25:55one of which was,
25:56you know,
25:56him saying thanks
25:57for the little mini date
25:58we had last night.
25:59Do you know this guy?
26:02It could have been
26:02somebody that we know,
26:03though, like from childhood.
26:05What's a mini date?
26:06They might have just
26:07went out for,
26:08like, to eat or something.
26:10Like, we do that a lot,
26:11like, go to dinner dates,
26:12stuff like that.
26:13So, tell her about
26:15the video
26:15while I set up.
26:18We were able
26:18to access a video
26:20that has a person
26:21on there
26:21that I'd like you
26:22to look at
26:23and see if you
26:24can recognize
26:24that person.
26:26You're going to see
26:27a fellow walking.
26:29If you can identify
26:30this person for us,
26:31and you will see him now.
26:43That's Josh.
26:44That's Josh.
26:47His build,
26:48his dreads,
26:50the length of his dreads,
26:51the skin tone,
26:53the way he wears his hat,
26:54he wears his hat
26:55to the back.
26:57That's him.
27:02Jasmine gave it
27:03to us straight.
27:04She believes
27:05the man in the video,
27:06who police in 2022,
27:09called the person
27:09of interest
27:11is Josh.
27:13So, what the hell
27:14was he doing?
27:15Not only on the night
27:16she disappeared,
27:17but on the next day.
27:19Now, the question
27:20isn't just,
27:21where did Kiera go?
27:23It's also,
27:24what does Josh know
27:26about Kiera's disappearance?
27:35Based on Jasmine's account
27:37of who she believes
27:39was in the video,
27:40we now have
27:41the clearest picture yet
27:42of CPD's possible person
27:45of interest
27:46in Kiera's case.
27:48her boyfriend
27:49at the time,
27:51Josh.
27:52But,
27:53being on video
27:54doesn't mean
27:55he committed a crime.
27:56Being a so-called
27:58bad boyfriend
27:59isn't a crime.
28:01Leaving town
28:02after your pregnant
28:03girlfriend disappears
28:04isn't a crime.
28:07Now,
28:08Josh is married
28:09and settled
28:10in the suburbs
28:11of Louisiana.
28:13Through public records,
28:15Joe and I
28:16have been able
28:16to track down
28:17where he's living.
28:20This is either
28:20going to go
28:21really, really good
28:22or really, really bad.
28:23Or it won't go at all.
28:25Well, yeah.
28:26That would be
28:26the really, really bad part.
28:28But I think
28:29that we're going
28:30to just talk to him
28:31like we talk
28:32to anybody else.
28:33Oh, yeah.
28:34I think as long
28:35as we don't,
28:35he don't think
28:36we're, like,
28:36investigating this,
28:38he'd be more willing
28:39to talk to us.
28:47I think we're only
28:49going to get
28:49one shot
28:50at this.
28:59I don't see
29:00any movement
29:00inside.
29:06Hi, how are you?
29:07All right.
29:08Can we go?
29:09Is, uh,
29:10Josh here?
29:10No.
29:11Um, do you,
29:12can we come back
29:13and talk to him,
29:14or does he live here?
29:15We're doing a documentary,
29:17um,
29:18on missing persons cases
29:20from Chicago.
29:20Are you really interested
29:21in that?
29:21He's not even.
29:22No, we're good.
29:24Have a blessed day.
29:24You don't have to come back.
29:25Thanks.
29:29Well, I guess
29:29they don't want
29:30to talk to us.
29:32Once I told them
29:33that we're doing
29:34a documentary
29:35on missing persons cases,
29:37she was like,
29:37oh, no, no, no.
29:38He's not interested.
29:39He's not here.
29:40You don't have to come back.
29:41I mean, all I know
29:42is if,
29:43if my girlfriend
29:44was pregnant
29:45and she turned up missing,
29:47I'd want to know
29:48what happened.
29:48You know,
29:49I think anybody
29:49would want to know
29:50what happened.
29:51I agree.
29:52So I don't understand
29:53why they won't talk to us.
29:55There's nothing else
29:56we can do here.
29:58Why don't we go see
29:59if we can reach him
30:00on the phone?
30:01All right,
30:01let's go.
30:06I'm going to try
30:07this number
30:08for Josh's wife.
30:10Try it.
30:11May as well, huh?
30:12All she's going to do
30:12is hang up on you.
30:16Hello?
30:17Hi, is this
30:18?
30:18Yes, this is
30:20?
30:20My name is Pam Childs
30:22and I'm doing
30:23a documentary
30:24on missing persons cases
30:25in Chicago.
30:26One of the cases
30:27that we're doing
30:28is Kiera Coles.
30:29Are you familiar?
30:32No, I'm not.
30:33Are you, um,
30:35you're not familiar
30:36with Kiera Coles at all?
30:45I don't mean any harm,
30:47no disrespect whatsoever.
30:49Kiera Coles' missing persons case
30:51just happens to be
30:52one of the cases
30:53that we're working on.
30:54Just wanted to get
30:55an opportunity to talk
30:57just to get some insight,
30:58anything.
30:59What's your name again?
31:00My name is Pam Childs.
31:01Ms. Pam,
31:02do you know
31:02they both have lawyers?
31:04So you might as well
31:05stop calling here,
31:07stop coming here
31:08until you talk
31:08to their lawyer
31:09and their lawyer
31:10will tell you
31:11exactly what you need to do.
31:12We appreciate it
31:13if you wouldn't come back.
31:14Okay, ma'am.
31:16You have a great day.
31:21It's so disheartening
31:23to try to
31:25just get to the truth,
31:27to give a family
31:29some solace.
31:30I'm not accusing anybody
31:32of doing anything.
31:34I'm not here
31:35as a police officer,
31:38but I have got nothing
31:40but the door
31:42slammed in my face.
31:43And if I want to speak
31:45with them,
31:46I have to go
31:47through their attorneys.
31:50Joshua,
31:51I come in peace.
31:53I rang your doorbell
31:54in hopes of some answers
31:56as to what happened
31:58to Kiara Coles.
32:00Something to go on.
32:01Something to take back
32:02to Kiara's mother.
32:04What's so hard
32:04about sitting down
32:05telling me
32:06I have nothing to do
32:08with Kiara Coles
32:09being a missing person?
32:11What's so hard
32:12about doing that?
32:14For me,
32:14this case isn't Colt.
32:16I know there are
32:18answers out there.
32:19But what's it going to take
32:21for me to get those answers
32:23and move Kiara's case forward?
32:36Our investigation
32:37has revealed
32:38that the man
32:39police once labeled
32:41a person of interest
32:42in Kiara Coles' disappearance
32:44was likely
32:46her boyfriend Josh.
32:48He's never been charged
32:50and officially
32:51he isn't even
32:54a person of interest.
32:56But I believe
32:57he is the key
32:58to knowing
33:00what happened
33:00to Kiara.
33:02But Josh
33:04won't talk.
33:06The question for me
33:07is why.
33:13This guy,
33:14Jordan,
33:15he has some reports
33:16that we've never
33:17seen before.
33:20Today,
33:21Joe and I
33:21are going to meet
33:22with a private investigator
33:24that worked with
33:25Kiara's family.
33:27He may have some insight
33:28as to why
33:29Josh won't talk.
33:31I just had a brief
33:33conversation with him
33:34over the phone
33:34and he's willing
33:36to share
33:37which is great
33:38and rare
33:38so I accept.
33:42I'm anxious to see
33:44the reports
33:45that you have
33:45that possibly
33:46we don't.
33:47So this is one
33:48of the things
33:49that we have.
33:50There was a 2014
33:51domestic violence report.
33:53In these reports,
33:55Kiara Coles
33:55was the offender.
33:57They're heavily redacted
33:58but this incident
33:59was at the home
34:00where Josh was living.
34:02There were several
34:03complainants actually,
34:03three complainants.
34:05One male,
34:06the other one
34:07being his aunt
34:07who he lived with
34:08and another woman.
34:11So,
34:11if you want to
34:12take a look at this.
34:13Sure.
34:14Kiara's referred
34:15to his ex-girlfriend here.
34:17Okay.
34:18Met with a complainant
34:19who related that
34:21offender,
34:22ex-girlfriend
34:23of her nephew
34:23and in her residence
34:25without permission
34:27after repeated requests
34:28to stay out
34:28of her residence.
34:30Offender,
34:30she was determined
34:31to find victim complainant,
34:33I'm assuming
34:34that that's Josh,
34:34who resides there
34:35and claims
34:36she wanted
34:37to surprise him.
34:39He comes out
34:40of the bedroom
34:40and asks Kiara
34:42to leave immediately.
34:44However,
34:44she did not
34:45in the bedroom
34:46to find him
34:47in the company
34:48of current girlfriend
34:49at which time
34:51Kiara began
34:52to strike her
34:53about the face
34:53and body
34:54with closed fists
34:54and by kicking her.
34:57Well,
34:58upon our canvassing,
35:00Josh's neighborhood
35:00seemed to indicate
35:01that they were familiar
35:02with the steady
35:03girlfriend,
35:04if you will.
35:05She was either
35:05living there
35:06or at least
35:06occasionally
35:07staying there.
35:09All signs
35:09seem to point
35:10to the fact
35:11that the other woman
35:12was the main
35:12relationship
35:13with Josh
35:14and Miss Coles
35:15was actually
35:16more or less
35:16regarded or relegated
35:17to as the side
35:18girlfriend.
35:19Is this the same
35:20woman that Josh
35:21is married to now?
35:22Yes.
35:23But this incident
35:24is from back
35:25in 2014.
35:26Yep.
35:27Four years
35:28before Kiara's
35:29disappearance.
35:30Yeah.
35:31It does show
35:32a history.
35:32So it shows
35:33a history
35:34being treated
35:35as kind of
35:36a side girlfriend.
35:38Even back then?
35:39Yeah.
35:40And this is changing
35:41the whole dynamic
35:42of information
35:44that we've gathered
35:46because we were
35:47under the impression
35:48that Kiara
35:49is with this guy.
35:50But the side girl
35:52is not pregnant.
35:53Now what?
36:00According to Jordan,
36:02Josh wasn't just
36:03a cheater
36:03as Jasmine mentioned.
36:05He had a whole
36:06other life
36:08as a family man
36:09for years.
36:11It kind of
36:12makes you wonder,
36:13is this why
36:14Josh won't talk
36:15to us?
36:16For seven years,
36:18Kiara's loved ones
36:20have waited
36:20for answers.
36:22When I started
36:23digging into her case,
36:25one question
36:26drove me.
36:28Why did it
36:29suddenly go cold?
36:31Although I'm
36:32a former CPD detective,
36:34no one that worked
36:35Kiara's case
36:36was willing
36:37to discuss it
36:38with me.
36:39Except for one man,
36:41the lieutenant
36:42who oversaw
36:43the case
36:43in 2022.
36:46I've gathered
36:47enough information
36:48for us
36:49to compare notes,
36:50see if we're
36:51on the same track.
36:53I'm excited
36:54about talking
36:55to Will.
36:56Haven't seen him
36:57in a long time.
36:58He's always been
36:58a great guy.
36:59I know he's smart.
37:00He retired as a commander,
37:02so...
37:02I would like to know
37:04if they've ever
37:05had an interview
37:07with Josh
37:08and how far
37:10they got
37:10with this guy.
37:14So, Will,
37:16you know,
37:16we've been
37:17investigating
37:18the Kiara Coles
37:19missing persons case.
37:21We interviewed
37:21one of her
37:22closest friends.
37:23Her name's
37:24Jasmine.
37:25Jasmine.
37:26And she grew up
37:27with Kiara
37:28from, like,
37:29age 14.
37:30She knew
37:31the boyfriend,
37:32Josh.
37:34Jasmine
37:35identified him
37:36right away.
37:37One thousand percent.
37:39Yes.
37:39That's Josh.
37:41Same thing.
37:42Josh's best friend
37:43immediately looked
37:44at the video
37:44and said,
37:45yep,
37:45that's who that is.
37:47There's no ambiguity
37:48there.
37:48That we know
37:50with a pretty good
37:51degree of certainty
37:52that that person
37:53of interest
37:53walking down the street
37:54is who we think it is.
37:56Okay,
37:57so you know
37:57that there were
37:58direct interviews
37:58by CPD
37:59with Josh?
38:00No.
38:01He's never been,
38:02as far as I know,
38:03even accused
38:04of any crimes
38:05involving Kiara
38:06or anything else.
38:07As a matter of fact,
38:07the only criminal case
38:09we have involving
38:10Josh.
38:11Kiara Coles
38:12is the offender.
38:13And that's for the domestic?
38:14That's for the domestic.
38:15But in these interviews,
38:16he says he only spoke
38:17to her on the phone.
38:18Then he said,
38:18you know,
38:19I didn't see her that day.
38:20We know he saw her.
38:21Because he's on video.
38:22Right.
38:23Well,
38:24when we start
38:24going through videos
38:25and see that
38:26that's not necessarily
38:27the case,
38:28start to ask questions
38:29again in subsequent
38:31interviews,
38:32that's when he's like,
38:33he's done cooperating,
38:34he's done talking to us
38:35and then he's in,
38:35then he's in Louisiana.
38:37With so much circumstantial
38:39evidence on the table,
38:40why weren't there
38:41any warrants?
38:42So they tried
38:43to get a warrant
38:44for his phone,
38:44but because of the time
38:46that passed,
38:47Kim Ward,
38:47the supervisor
38:48of felony review
38:49at the time,
38:50wouldn't give it.
38:51I think that was a mistake.
38:53I think the phone records
38:55should have been given.
38:57And they tried
38:58to get a warrant
38:58for his place,
38:59but same thing,
39:00not fresh.
39:01He had already relocated.
39:03What goes through my head
39:05in this case is
39:06who benefits
39:07from Caracol's disappearing?
39:10But, I mean,
39:11all we really have
39:12in this is a bunch
39:13of interviews
39:14and a bunch
39:14of video surveillance.
39:16Right.
39:17None of it shows a crime.
39:18Right.
39:19We still have not determined
39:20a crime is committed.
39:21What's the big thing
39:22we don't have?
39:23Body.
39:24Right.
39:25And the final line
39:26of this says,
39:27at this time,
39:28the investigation
39:28did not yield
39:29sufficient evidence
39:30for charges
39:30and it remains open.
39:36At the start
39:37of this investigation,
39:39I set out
39:40to jumpstart
39:40Kiara's case again
39:42and get her family
39:43some answers.
39:45Now,
39:46I'm hoping
39:47that by finally
39:48pulling back
39:49the curtain
39:49on who was
39:50with Kiara
39:51that night,
39:52it might make
39:53Josh feel compelled
39:54to come forward
39:56and share
39:56his side
39:57of the story.
39:59But this story
40:00isn't about Josh.
40:01It's about Kiara.
40:04Her family
40:05deserves justice.
40:07And I'll keep fighting
40:09to make sure
40:10her case
40:11is never forgotten.
40:35this season
40:36on Hunt for the Missing
40:37Chicago.
40:38I pulled up
40:39at my house
40:39and my garage door
40:40was open.
40:41That's when I
40:42started panicking.
40:43Where is she?
40:44Damn it!
40:46Kiara!
40:47I think something
40:49went very bad.
40:51She was talking
40:52to someone
40:53through Facebook
40:54Messenger.
40:55I just don't know
40:56his name.
40:57He heard
40:58shut
40:58like damn.
41:00I seen that boy
41:01damn.
41:01He got arrested
41:02for a domestic
41:03battery
41:04and Erica
41:05was the victim.
41:06I wanted to share
41:07with you
41:07some of the things
41:08that we've come across.
41:10I'm just messed up
41:11on this.
41:12I get so defeated
41:14because it's almost
41:1510 years, Pam.
41:16And I don't know
41:17anything.
41:19Is that a crossface?
41:20There's some clothing
41:21down here.
41:22It is potential
41:23that Lorenzo
41:25has recovered
41:26Diamond's clothing.
41:30All I care about
41:32is bringing
41:33your loved one
41:34home.
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