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00:00The following program contains distressing scenes.
00:06On May 16th, 2014, in Hillsborough County, Florida,
00:12nine-year-old Felicia Williams was reported to have run away
00:17while in the care of family friend Ebony Wiley.
00:22We went to every store in the area that had CCTV,
00:27but never was Felicia on any one of those cameras.
00:31I knew something was up.
00:35Felicia's body was discovered the following day,
00:38floating in the water of Tampa Bay.
00:41She'd been sexually assaulted and murdered.
00:45It's hard for me to envision a more evil series of events
00:50than what she went through.
00:52Faced with the devastating news,
00:54Ebony Wiley admitted she'd left Felicia
00:58in the care of her new boyfriend,
01:0135-year-old Granville Ritchie.
01:04Everything she thought she knew just collapsed around her.
01:12Detectives worked tirelessly to prove that Ritchie
01:16was responsible for Felicia's murder.
01:20Every moment that you're not finding that piece of evidence
01:24is just another moment when someone
01:26who committed a heinous crime
01:28is out there on the street,
01:30able to do so again.
01:31It's very frustrating.
01:34But the mountain of evidence built up,
01:37and Granville Ritchie was eventually revealed
01:40as one of the world's most evil killers.
02:04On September 11th, 2020,
02:07at the Hillsborough County Circuit Court,
02:0941-year-old Granville Ritchie was sentenced to death
02:13for the 2014 murder of 9-year-old Felicia Williams.
02:18It was a crime that had shaken the community of East Tampa
02:22to its core.
02:27Robert Staley, a detective assigned to the case,
02:31worked tirelessly to get justice for Felicia.
02:35Granville Ritchie committed one of the most heinous crimes
02:37I've ever seen in my law enforcement career.
02:41The community was devastated
02:44because this was a young girl who was taken far too early.
02:49She was innocent and young and vibrant,
02:53and her family loved her,
02:55and the community ached with the family.
02:59It was the first case tried in Hillsborough County
03:03since a change in Florida's death penalty laws
03:06in October 2014
03:08that meant a unanimous verdict was now required
03:11in the penalty phase to sentence someone to death.
03:15Scott Harmon was the lead prosecuting attorney on the case.
03:21I was extremely proud of this jury,
03:24the amount of work and effort I could see
03:26they were putting into the verdict.
03:28They had to consider, in this case,
03:31a lot of gruesome, horrible evidence
03:33because really the main emphasis in the penalty phase
03:38was her suffering,
03:41and she suffered unbelievably.
03:51This killer's story begins in Kingston, Jamaica
03:55on December the 5th, 1978.
04:00Granville Ritchie was born in quite a tough area.
04:03He was the eldest, believe it or not, of 18 siblings.
04:06He helped to look after the family as he grew up
04:09because the father was absent quite a lot of the time.
04:13It's not like growing up in the United States.
04:16He lived in a ghetto, a garrison,
04:18they called them in Kingston.
04:20He goes to high school.
04:22He graduates.
04:23He gets a job.
04:24But at some point in his early 30s,
04:27he decides that he wants to make a better life for himself,
04:29and he sets off for the United States
04:32and moves to Florida.
04:39Ritchie settled in the town of Temple Terrace
04:42in Hillsborough County.
04:46Temple Terrace is a small town.
04:48It's a quiet community.
04:50I was born and raised here,
04:52so I know that although the city has changed over the years,
04:56crime typically remains low.
05:03Approximately 10 miles away from Temple Terrace,
05:079-year-old Felicia Williams
05:09was enjoying her childhood with her family.
05:14She lived in East Tampa.
05:17It's kind of a working-class area of Tampa.
05:21She lived with her mother,
05:23and she had several older sisters.
05:26She enjoyed playing with other kids in the neighborhood
05:29and going to the local park to feed the ducks,
05:32doing all kinds of things that kids normally do.
05:37She would always make people laugh.
05:39She was always the center of attention.
05:42And she had a smile that lit up her room.
05:48On May 16, 2014,
05:51police were notified that 9-year-old Felicia
05:54had gone missing from an address in Temple Terrace.
06:01It was a Hillsborough County deputy
06:03that was flagged down by the family,
06:05and this was about 9 or 10 o'clock at night.
06:09The family informed her that the child was missing.
06:13Robert Staley was brought in to work the missing person's case.
06:18He was informed that Felicia
06:19had been in the care of a family friend,
06:2223-year-old Ebony Wiley,
06:25when she disappeared.
06:26Ebony and Felicia were once neighbors.
06:29That's how they actually met.
06:30She used to live next door
06:32to Felicia Williams and her family.
06:35She befriended them and specifically befriended Felicia,
06:40this little 9-year-old girl.
06:42She would take Felicia to do fun activities.
06:46She took her to Wednesday night church.
06:48She would take her to McDonald's.
06:50She even went as far as to start calling herself Felicia's godmother.
06:57The story that Ebony told us when we came into contact with her
07:00was that her and another female named Vivian
07:03had picked up Felicia from her home,
07:06drove her to Checkers,
07:07which is a fast food establishment,
07:09and then drove her to an apartment in Draloaks,
07:12in the city of Temple Terrace.
07:16Ebony leaves the main living area where Felicia is.
07:20Some time passes,
07:22and when she comes out,
07:25Felicia's gone.
07:28It wasn't suspicious at the time
07:31because they said she just walked out of the apartment.
07:37That night, Robert was tasked with assisting the search.
07:44My role going out there was to support the officers
07:47and the detectives on scene
07:48and circulate the apartment complex,
07:51look in cars,
07:53look behind buildings.
07:54And then eventually,
07:55I left the apartment complex
07:57and traveled the path
07:59that we thought that Felicia would take
08:01to get home,
08:01the most direct route.
08:03I went towards her neighborhood,
08:05checked the sidewalks,
08:06checked the streets,
08:07and couldn't find her.
08:10By the next morning,
08:12there was still no sign
08:13of nine-year-old Felicia Williams.
08:17The following day
08:19is when things really started to ramp up.
08:22And we had all of our surrounding law enforcement agencies
08:26looking for her.
08:26We had the Tampa Police Department.
08:28We had the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
08:29We had everyone looking for her.
08:31We had called in the entire detective team.
08:33So really,
08:34it was an all-hands-on-deck mission at that point
08:37to find her
08:38before something bad happened to her.
08:43They went all through the apartment complex,
08:45any empty apartments they checked,
08:47all the dumpsters,
08:48all the areas surrounding the apartment,
08:50retention ponds.
08:52They went down to the Hillsborough River,
08:53which is a short distance south
08:55of that apartment complex.
08:57They searched the river.
08:58They searched the banks of the river.
09:02Temple Terrace detective Tom Carroll
09:04was put in charge of the investigation.
09:11We went to every store in the area
09:14that had CCTV
09:15to see if she was on any of them,
09:18the public supermarket there,
09:20all the stores up and down North 56th Street.
09:23But never was Felicia
09:25on any one of those cameras.
09:29It was at this time
09:31that I was notified
09:32that Detective Tom Carroll and I
09:34had to go meet with Ebony
09:36to re-interview her.
09:39The two detectives wanted to check
09:42whether Ebony
09:43or her friend Vivian
09:44had remembered any more details
09:47from the night before
09:48that could help track Felicia down.
09:52Rob and I went over
09:54and found Ebony
09:55at her mom's house.
09:57She invited us in
09:58and the very first words
10:00out of her mouth were,
10:02Vivian is a man.
10:06And I went,
10:07excuse me?
10:08And she said,
10:09Vivian is a man.
10:11I still get goosebumps
10:13to this day
10:13because I knew
10:15at that point
10:16that there was something
10:18more going on.
10:23Ebony Wiley
10:24had lied to the police,
10:26but why?
10:27Could this unknown man
10:29be the key
10:30to finding Felicia?
10:31And would they find her
10:33alive?
10:45On May the 17th, 2014,
10:48less than 24 hours
10:50after nine-year-old Felicia Williams
10:52had gone missing,
10:5423-year-old Ebony Wiley,
10:56the young woman
10:57who'd been taking care of Felicia
10:59when she vanished
11:00had spoken to detectives
11:02and changed her story.
11:08Why lie about this story
11:11with Vivian
11:12when it was just a child
11:13that ran away?
11:14So as soon as she said
11:15this to us,
11:16we both looked at each other
11:17and I knew that I had
11:19to get Ebony
11:20into an interview room
11:21to discuss this further.
11:23So she consensually
11:24went with us
11:25to the police department
11:26where we sat down
11:27and we interviewed her.
11:28She elaborated and said
11:30the person that she said
11:31was Vivian
11:31is actually a man
11:33named Trevor
11:33and that he was in fact
11:35the one that picked up Felicia.
11:38Ebony started to reveal
11:39more details
11:40about what had occurred
11:42the previous day
11:43with Trevor.
11:46They traveled
11:47to Felicia's home
11:48picked her up
11:49went to checkers
11:51just like in the original story
11:52and then traveled
11:53to the apartment
11:54and the apartment
11:55was Trevor's apartment.
11:57Detectives ran
11:58the apartment details
12:00through their systems
12:01and hit on a name.
12:04We found out Trevor
12:06his real name
12:07was Granville Ritchie.
12:11Ebony Wiley
12:12did identify him
12:13from a picture
12:14even though she didn't
12:15know him as Granville
12:16she knew him as Trevor.
12:18Ebony told detectives
12:20how she'd met
12:2135-year-old
12:22Granville Ritchie.
12:26Ebony
12:27when she first met Granville
12:28he was in his car
12:29driving down the road
12:30and she was walking
12:31on the side of the road
12:32and he pulled up
12:33next to her
12:34and that's how the two
12:35began conversing
12:36and they exchanged numbers
12:37and this was two days prior
12:39to when Felicia went missing.
12:42By the next day
12:44they were already dating
12:45and by the day after that
12:46Miss Wiley already had him
12:48in her phone
12:49under her contacts
12:50as my husband
12:52so she fell head over heels
12:55for this man.
12:58To only know someone
12:59for two days
13:00and to invite
13:01your quote unquote
13:04goddaughter
13:04to go with you
13:06and this man
13:07to an apartment
13:07that you had never been before
13:08it raises all kinds
13:09of red flags.
13:12She had fallen
13:13madly in love
13:14with that man
13:14in a very short period
13:16of time
13:16and it impacted
13:18her judgment.
13:22Ebony began laying out
13:23her new account
13:24of the previous day's events
13:26to the detectives.
13:32So while at Granville's apartment
13:34they are
13:35talking to Felicia
13:36they put on a movie
13:37and the story is
13:38that Granville
13:39and Ebony
13:40go into the bedroom
13:41and while they're in the room
13:42they have intercourse.
13:45After about 45 minutes
13:47Ebony decides
13:48to go out
13:49and check
13:49on Felicia
13:51and when she goes out
13:52into the living room
13:53she realizes
13:53that Felicia's gone
13:54and that the door
13:55was unlocked.
14:09The detectives
14:10were suspicious.
14:12They sensed
14:13Ebony
14:13wasn't telling them
14:14the whole truth.
14:17You could tell
14:18that something
14:18was being left out.
14:20Just the things
14:20that she was saying
14:21didn't really make
14:22total sense.
14:25And I'm thinking
14:26to myself
14:26I've got to talk
14:28to Granville
14:29directly.
14:30I've got to put
14:31the pieces of the puzzle
14:32together here
14:32and eventually
14:33we do get his number
14:36and he's acting
14:37very suspicious
14:38almost like he doesn't
14:39want to talk to me
14:40and I tell him
14:41look I really need
14:42to speak with you.
14:45He agreed to come down
14:47to be questioned.
14:48so the Temple
14:50Terrace Police
14:50ended up talking
14:51to Granville Ritchie
14:52at the police department.
14:57He was extremely
14:58cooperative.
15:00We asked for his phone
15:02he let us look
15:02through his phone
15:03he gave us a story
15:05and the story
15:05was identical
15:07to Ebony's
15:08second version.
15:17He denied
15:18any knowledge
15:19of where she was
15:21said he wished
15:21that he knew
15:23where she was.
15:46I could almost tell
15:47immediately
15:48that he wasn't
15:49quite giving us
15:50everything that happened.
15:54The detectives
15:55were in the middle
15:56of their interview
15:57with Granville Ritchie
15:59when they were notified
16:00of some devastating news.
16:05He was actually
16:06giving us a statement
16:07about what happened.
16:10Ebony was in
16:11the other interview room
16:12just sitting around
16:13waiting to see
16:14if she could help us out.
16:16It was about that time
16:17that we were notified
16:18that Clearwater Police
16:20Department had found
16:20a body in the bay.
16:24Detective Staley
16:25immediately suspected
16:27the body could be
16:28that of nine-year-old
16:29Felicia Williams.
16:32They had located
16:33the body
16:33off the Courtney Campbell
16:35Causeway
16:35and they were still
16:36waiting to confirm
16:37if that was Felicia.
16:40The Courtney Campbell
16:41Causeway
16:42is a long roadway
16:43that stretches
16:44between Hillsborough County
16:45and Pinellas County.
16:46Water on either side
16:47there's some vegetation
16:49white mangroves
16:50that grow out there.
16:53If you travel
16:54the Causeway at night
16:55it's dark.
16:56Perfect place
16:57to dump a body.
17:00The previous night's
17:01weather conditions
17:02caused problems
17:03when it came to
17:05identifying the body.
17:09There had been
17:10a northerly wind
17:11that would have been
17:12blowing and pushing
17:13the surf
17:14and pushing her body
17:15up onto this jagged
17:16rocky shoreline.
17:19and the condition
17:21of her body
17:21wasn't great.
17:25Those crime scene photos
17:27it hurts my heart
17:28to see that sort of thing
17:29and what that water did
17:31and the rocks
17:33very hard to look at.
17:36But eventually
17:37they did identify
17:38the body
17:38as Felicia Williams.
17:44The missing person
17:45inquiry
17:46was now
17:47a murder investigation.
17:51I felt very strongly
17:53that now it's time
17:54to give
17:55Granville Ritchie
17:56his Miranda warning
17:58which I did
17:59and at that point
18:01he invoked
18:01his right
18:02to be silent.
18:04He calls his attorney
18:06his attorney
18:07picks him up
18:07from the police department
18:09and surveillance
18:09terminated.
18:13Ebony
18:14on the other hand
18:15was in another
18:15interview room
18:17so Tom and I
18:18go down to the
18:18interview room
18:19and we start
18:19talking to Ebony.
18:21Once we told her
18:22that Felicia was gone
18:23something clicked in her
18:25and she started
18:26to twitch
18:27and she started
18:28to cry
18:28and you could tell
18:29although she had
18:30lied to us initially
18:31she didn't know
18:32that we were going
18:33to find her in that way.
18:34She was beside herself.
18:37In that moment
18:39when she was told
18:40it all clicked
18:41into place
18:44that must have been
18:46a terrible moment
18:48for her
18:48that sudden
18:49sinking feeling.
18:53Everything she thought
18:55she knew
18:56just collapsed
18:58around her.
18:59Everything she thought
19:00was the truth
19:01she realized
19:02was a lie.
19:05I believe
19:06from that point
19:06everything that
19:07Ebony told me
19:08was true.
19:14Detectives
19:14listened
19:15as Ebony
19:15Wiley
19:16changed her story
19:17yet again
19:18and told them
19:20her third
19:20and final version
19:22of events.
19:26Granville
19:27picks her up
19:27after she gets
19:28off work.
19:29They go to
19:29Felicia's house
19:30pick up Felicia
19:31and they go back
19:32to Granville's apartment.
19:34While they're
19:34at Granville's apartment
19:35Granville goes
19:36to Ebony
19:37and says
19:38Ebony
19:39I want you
19:39to go get
19:40some marijuana.
19:42Ebony's apprehensive
19:43she doesn't want
19:44to leave
19:45Felicia there
19:46so she asks
19:47Felicia
19:47she says
19:48why don't
19:48you come
19:48with me.
19:49Granville stops
19:50her and says
19:50no
19:50you're going
19:51to get weed
19:52you shouldn't
19:53have the child
19:53in your car
19:54she can stay
19:54here.
19:57now before
19:58ever going
19:59into the
19:59apartment
20:00Mr.
20:01Ritchie
20:01had given
20:02Miss Wiley
20:02a pill
20:04an ecstasy pill
20:05so she was
20:06already under
20:06the influence
20:07of drugs
20:08at that point
20:08and that probably
20:10played a role
20:11in this
20:11in her decision
20:12making
20:12but she left
20:13this little
20:14nine year old
20:14girl with this
20:15man
20:20she takes
20:21Granville's car
20:22from the
20:22apartment
20:23she meets
20:24with the dealer
20:25buys marijuana
20:26and starts
20:26to head back
20:29she was gone
20:30for about
20:3045 minutes
20:33when she
20:33got back
20:34to the
20:35apartment
20:35complex
20:36she called
20:37up to Mr.
20:38Ritchie
20:38to get the
20:38codes
20:39to get
20:39through
20:40the front
20:40gate
20:41of the
20:41apartment
20:42Mr.
20:43Ritchie
20:43was upset
20:44he was
20:45agitated
20:45excited
20:47he told her
20:48no no
20:48don't come
20:48back
20:49go to
20:50the local
20:51pharmacy
20:51across the
20:52street
20:52because I
20:53gave her
20:54money
20:54to go
20:55get candy
20:57Ebony
20:58was confused
20:58but she
20:59did what
21:00he told
21:00her to
21:00do
21:00and she
21:01turned
21:01around
21:01and drove
21:02out
21:02of the
21:02apartment
21:02complex
21:03drove
21:04around
21:04the
21:04corner
21:05to
21:05the
21:05pharmacy
21:09she
21:10goes
21:10inside
21:10and asks
21:11the
21:11clerk
21:12have
21:12you
21:12seen
21:12a
21:12little
21:13girl
21:13here
21:13the
21:14clerk
21:14says
21:14no
21:15and
21:15while
21:16she's
21:16there
21:16she gets
21:17another
21:17call
21:17from
21:18Granville
21:18saying
21:19come
21:19back
21:19to
21:19the
21:19apartment
21:23so
21:23at
21:23this
21:24point
21:24Ebony
21:24had
21:24been
21:24gone
21:25from
21:25the
21:25apartment
21:25for
21:25about
21:26an
21:26hour
21:26and
21:27when
21:27she
21:27pulls
21:28up
21:28to
21:28the
21:28apartment
21:28Granville
21:29standing
21:29in
21:30the
21:30door
21:30he's
21:31shirtless
21:32he's
21:32sweaty
21:33and
21:34according
21:34to her
21:34he was
21:35panicked
21:35he says
21:36I gave
21:36Felicia
21:37some
21:37money
21:37to
21:38go
21:38buy
21:38some
21:38candy
21:39and
21:39she
21:39hasn't
21:39come
21:40back
21:44instead
21:45of going
21:45out
21:45to look
21:45for
21:46Felicia
21:46instead
21:47of calling
21:47911
21:48instead
21:49of alerting
21:49Felicia's
21:50family
21:50she instead
21:51stayed at
21:52the apartment
21:53drank
21:53alcohol
21:54smoked
21:55marijuana
21:55had
21:56sex
21:56with
21:57Mr.
21:57Richie
21:58several
21:59hours
21:59later
22:00Mr.
22:01Richie
22:01told her
22:02you know
22:02you're
22:02gonna have
22:03to go
22:03and
22:03you're
22:03gonna
22:03have
22:04to
22:04tell
22:04her
22:05family
22:05what
22:05happened
22:07Granville
22:08told
22:08Ebony
22:09what
22:09you
22:10have
22:10to
22:10tell
22:10the
22:10family
22:11is
22:11that
22:11Felicia
22:12left
22:13the
22:13apartment
22:13and
22:14that
22:14I
22:15wasn't
22:15here
22:16you
22:17need
22:17to
22:17tell
22:17them
22:17that
22:18because
22:18here
22:18you
22:19are
22:19bringing
22:19Felicia
22:19over
22:20to
22:20a
22:20man's
22:20house
22:20it
22:21sounds
22:22less
22:22ominous
22:23when
22:23you
22:23say
22:23that
22:23it's
22:24a
22:24female's
22:24house
22:24so
22:25the
22:25Vivian
22:26story
22:26is
22:26created
22:28so
22:29that's
22:29what
22:29Ebony
22:29tells
22:30the
22:30family
22:30and
22:31the
22:31family
22:32is
22:35they
22:35come
22:35to
22:35Temple
22:35Terrace
22:36from
22:36their
22:36neighborhood
22:37and
22:38that's
22:38how
22:38they
22:38meet
22:38with
22:39the
22:39deputy
22:39to
22:39tell
22:39them
22:40our
22:40daughter
22:40is
22:40missing
22:41this
22:41is
22:41what
22:42Ebony
22:42has
22:42told
22:43us
22:43happened
22:43to
22:44Felicia
22:48Felicia's
22:49family
22:49and the
22:50whole
22:50community
22:50in which
22:51she
22:51lived
22:52were
22:52devastated
22:53by
22:53the
22:53news
22:54of
22:54her
22:54death
22:56it
22:57was
22:57very
22:57frightening
22:58for
22:59a lot
22:59of
22:59people
22:59I
23:00mean
23:00this
23:00is
23:00the
23:00kind
23:01of
23:01crime
23:02that
23:02cops
23:03and
23:03parents
23:04fear
23:04the
23:05most
23:05it's
23:06a
23:06very
23:06scary
23:07thing
23:07the
23:08community
23:08wanted
23:09to
23:09know
23:09what
23:10happened
23:10and
23:10why
23:10it
23:11happened
23:11and
23:11who
23:12was
23:12responsible
23:15this
23:16case
23:16was
23:16important
23:17it was
23:17important
23:18for the
23:18victim
23:18it was
23:19important
23:19for the
23:19family
23:20and it
23:20was
23:20important
23:20for
23:21this
23:21community
23:21because
23:22that
23:22sort
23:23of
23:23thing
23:23doesn't
23:23happen
23:24here
23:26detectives
23:27were
23:27determined
23:28to
23:28get
23:28justice
23:29for
23:30Felicia
23:33based
23:34on
23:34the
23:35information
23:35that
23:35we
23:36got
23:36from
23:36Ebony
23:37now
23:38obviously
23:38Ebony's
23:39first
23:40two
23:40stories
23:40were
23:41lies
23:41and
23:42based
23:42on
23:43that
23:43Granville's
23:44story
23:44was
23:45also
23:45a
23:45lie
23:47why
23:47lie
23:48when
23:49there's
23:49a
23:49little
23:49girl
23:49missing
23:49why
23:50lie
23:51to
23:51the
23:51police
23:51when
23:52it's
23:52just
23:52a
23:52runaway
23:53case
23:57despite
23:58their
23:58suspicions
23:59that
23:59Richie
24:00had
24:00murdered
24:01Felicia
24:01detectives
24:02didn't
24:03have
24:03enough
24:03evidence
24:04to
24:04charge
24:05him
24:05Richie
24:06had
24:06walked
24:07out
24:07of
24:07the
24:07police
24:08station
24:08a
24:09free
24:09man
24:10investigators
24:11knew
24:11they
24:12needed
24:12to
24:12build
24:12a
24:13case
24:13quickly
24:13before
24:14he
24:14had
24:14a
24:15chance
24:15to
24:15disappear
24:16for
24:17good
24:28on
24:29May
24:29the
24:2917th
24:302014
24:31the
24:32body
24:32of
24:32nine
24:33year
24:33old
24:33Felicia
24:34Williams
24:34had
24:35been
24:35found
24:35washed
24:36up
24:36on
24:36rocks
24:36in
24:37Clearwater
24:37Florida
24:38without
24:39any
24:40solid
24:40evidence
24:41police
24:41had
24:42been
24:42forced
24:42to
24:43release
24:43the
24:43man
24:43they
24:44suspected
24:44of
24:45her
24:45murder
24:4535
24:46year
24:47old
24:47Granville
24:48Richie
24:51his
24:52new
24:52girlfriend
24:5323
24:53year
24:54old
24:54Ebony
24:55Wiley
24:55had
24:56already
24:56admitted
24:57lying
24:58to
24:58the
24:58police
25:01the
25:02police
25:02ended
25:03up
25:03arresting
25:04Ebony
25:04Wiley
25:05on a
25:05charge
25:06of
25:06lying
25:06during
25:07a
25:07missing
25:07person
25:08investigation
25:08and
25:10when
25:10that
25:10happened
25:11that
25:12was
25:12a
25:13significant
25:13news
25:14event
25:14and
25:15a
25:15lot
25:15of
25:15focus
25:15was
25:16put
25:16on
25:16Ebony
25:17people
25:18wanted
25:18to
25:18know
25:18what
25:19she
25:19knew
25:21Ebony
25:21was
25:22taken
25:22to
25:22county
25:23jail
25:23and
25:24released
25:24on
25:25bail
25:25the
25:25next
25:25day
25:26while
25:27police
25:27started
25:27gathering
25:28evidence
25:28to help
25:29them bring
25:30Felicia's
25:30killer
25:31to
25:31justice
25:34this
25:35was a
25:35really
25:35frustrating
25:35part
25:36about
25:36the
25:36case
25:36is
25:37that
25:37we
25:37identified
25:38Granville
25:38as a
25:39suspect
25:39early
25:39on
25:40and
25:40we
25:41were
25:41very
25:41confident
25:41with
25:42the
25:42evidence
25:42that
25:42we
25:42had
25:43but
25:43we
25:43needed
25:43to
25:44do
25:44more
25:44in
25:44order
25:45to
25:45prove
25:45beyond
25:46a
25:46reasonable
25:46doubt
25:47that
25:47he
25:47was
25:47the
25:47individual
25:48that
25:48killed
25:49Felicia
25:52every
25:53moment
25:53that
25:54you're
25:54not
25:54finding
25:55that
25:55piece
25:55of
25:55evidence
25:56is
25:57just
25:57another
25:58moment
25:58lost
25:59another
26:00moment
26:00when
26:00someone
26:01who
26:01committed
26:01a
26:02heinous
26:02crime
26:02is
26:03out
26:03there
26:03on
26:03the
26:04street
26:04able
26:05to
26:05do
26:05so
26:05again
26:05it's
26:06very
26:06frustrating
26:09an
26:10autopsy
26:11was
26:11performed
26:12on
26:12Felicia's
26:13body
26:18the
26:18medical
26:19examiner
26:19finds
26:20that
26:20she
26:20died
26:20from
26:21manual
26:21strangulation
26:22that
26:22she
26:22also
26:23had
26:23suffered
26:23blunt
26:24impact
26:24force
26:25to her
26:25head
26:25and
26:26to her
26:26back
26:26there
26:27were
26:27impact
26:28lacerations
26:29that
26:29indicated
26:30that
26:30she
26:30had
26:30been
26:30raped
26:34it
26:35would
26:35be
26:35an
26:36unbelievably
26:36shockingly
26:38evil
26:38crime
26:39for
26:39an
26:40adult
26:40woman
26:40to
26:41have
26:41to
26:41go
26:41through
26:41what
26:42she
26:42went
26:42through
26:42but
26:43for
26:43a
26:43child
26:44to
26:44go
26:45through
26:45this
26:45it's
26:46exponentially
26:46worse
26:49despite
26:50his
26:50conclusion
26:51the
26:52only
26:52DNA
26:53the
26:53medical
26:54examiner
26:54could
26:54find
26:55on
26:55the
26:55body
26:56was
26:56Felicia's
26:57it
26:58was a
26:58massive
26:59blow
26:59to the
27:00investigation
27:01Felicia
27:02was
27:02dumped
27:03into
27:03Tampa
27:03Bay
27:04her
27:05body
27:05was
27:06ravaged
27:06by
27:07those
27:07rocks
27:08that
27:09salt
27:09water
27:09washed
27:10away
27:10so
27:10much
27:10evidence
27:13but
27:14the
27:14detective's
27:15luck
27:15was
27:15about
27:16to
27:16change
27:16Granville
27:17Ritchie
27:18had
27:18been
27:18released
27:19but
27:19he'd
27:19left
27:20his
27:20car
27:20at
27:21the
27:21station
27:21police
27:22were
27:23able
27:23to
27:23process
27:24it
27:24for
27:24evidence
27:24and
27:25they
27:25made
27:25a
27:26discovery
27:26that
27:27would
27:27help
27:27get
27:27Ritchie
27:28off
27:28the
27:28streets
27:32we
27:33located
27:34a
27:34large
27:34amount
27:34of
27:35marijuana
27:35inside
27:36the
27:36vehicle
27:36and
27:37we
27:38ultimately
27:38charged
27:39Granville
27:39with that
27:40marijuana
27:40which
27:41created
27:41arrest warrant
27:42number one
27:43on
27:44on
27:45May
27:45the
27:4521st
27:46five
27:46days
27:47after
27:47Felicia's
27:48murder
27:49Granville
27:50Ritchie
27:50was
27:50arrested
27:51and
27:51held
27:52in
27:52jail
27:52without
27:53bond
27:55and
27:56the
27:56drugs
27:56weren't
27:57the
27:57only
27:58thing
27:58found
27:58in
27:59Ritchie's
27:59car
28:02we
28:03find
28:03something
28:03that's
28:04even
28:04more
28:04crucial
28:06it
28:06was
28:06a
28:06white
28:07mangrove
28:07leaf
28:08that
28:08was
28:09found
28:09under
28:09his
28:09headlight
28:11that
28:11was
28:11similar
28:12if not
28:13identical
28:13to the
28:14white
28:14mangrove
28:15leaves
28:15along
28:16the
28:16Courtney
28:16Campbell
28:16causeway
28:17where
28:17Felicia's
28:18body
28:18was
28:18dumped
28:18we
28:20also
28:20located
28:21sand
28:22inside
28:22the
28:22door
28:23frame
28:24and
28:25that
28:25sand
28:26was
28:26the
28:27same
28:27sand
28:28that
28:28was
28:29out
28:29there
28:29at
28:29the
28:30Courtney
28:30Campbell
28:30causeway
28:34a
28:35further
28:35search
28:36of
28:36Granville
28:37Ritchie's
28:37apartment
28:38also
28:39proved
28:39fruitful
28:46that
28:46apartment
28:47had
28:47been
28:47looked
28:47at
28:48by
28:48law
28:48enforcement
28:48probably
28:49three
28:50times
28:50prior
28:51but
28:52they
28:52were
28:52going
28:52in
28:52there
28:53looking
28:53for
28:53Felicia
28:54they
28:54weren't
28:55going
28:55in
28:55there
28:55looking
28:55for
28:56evidence
28:58we
28:58saw
28:59some
28:59things
28:59in
29:00there
29:00that
29:00really
29:01made
29:01us
29:02suspicious
29:02of
29:03what
29:03might
29:04have
29:04happened
29:04to
29:04Felicia
29:06we look
29:07out on
29:07the back
29:07patio
29:08and on
29:08the back
29:09patio
29:09there's
29:10scrape
29:10marks
29:10in the
29:11concrete
29:12and
29:13there's
29:13a wheel
29:14out
29:14there
29:14a
29:15suitcase
29:16wheel
29:17and when
29:17you step
29:18back
29:18into the
29:18kitchen
29:18you can
29:19see that
29:20these
29:20scratch
29:20marks
29:21in the
29:21floor
29:21come into
29:22the
29:22apartment
29:22and go
29:23right across
29:24the living
29:24room
29:24all the way
29:25to the
29:25kitchen
29:26and when
29:26you're there
29:27in that
29:27moment
29:27you start
29:28to put
29:28this picture
29:29together
29:29of how
29:30he did
29:31get her
29:31out of
29:31the
29:31apartment
29:33there
29:33there were
29:33clothes
29:34in the
29:34front
29:34bedroom
29:35that had
29:35been
29:35dumped
29:36out
29:36almost
29:36like
29:37somebody
29:37had
29:37taken
29:37the
29:38suitcase
29:38and
29:38flipped
29:39out
29:39the
29:39contents
29:40and
29:41I
29:41think
29:41the way
29:41that he
29:42got her
29:42out of
29:42there
29:42was
29:43that
29:43he
29:43put
29:43her
29:43into
29:43a
29:44large
29:44suitcase
29:44and
29:45brought
29:45her
29:45downstairs
29:46the
29:46weight
29:47of
29:47her
29:47body
29:48was
29:48what
29:49broke
29:49the
29:50wheel
29:50off
29:50the
29:51suitcase
29:52detectives
29:53were
29:53also
29:54able
29:54to
29:54find
29:55out
29:55some
29:55interesting
29:56background
29:57about
29:58their
29:58prime
29:58suspect
30:02throughout
30:03the course
30:03of this
30:04investigation
30:04we found
30:04out
30:05all
30:05kinds
30:05of
30:05things
30:05about
30:05Granville's
30:06life
30:07Granville
30:08was a
30:08very
30:08cocky
30:08person
30:09he
30:09was
30:10a
30:10ladies
30:10man
30:12he
30:13was
30:13dating
30:13another
30:14woman
30:15here
30:15locally
30:15over
30:16in
30:16St.
30:17Petersburg
30:17and
30:18he
30:18also
30:18had
30:18another
30:18woman
30:19on
30:19the
30:19hook
30:19a
30:19woman
30:20who
30:20lived
30:20in
30:21Mississippi
30:21so
30:22he
30:22was
30:22basically
30:23playing
30:24several
30:24people
30:24and
30:25manipulating
30:25several
30:26women
30:27the
30:28evidence
30:28against
30:29Ritchie
30:29started
30:30piling
30:30up
30:31when
30:31the
30:31results
30:32of his
30:32cell
30:32phone
30:33analysis
30:33came
30:34back
30:38cell
30:39phone
30:39evidence
30:39was very
30:40clear
30:40his
30:41cell
30:41phone
30:41was
30:42hitting
30:42off
30:42a
30:42tower
30:43right
30:43outside
30:43of
30:44the
30:44apartment
30:44complex
30:45where
30:45all
30:45of
30:46this
30:46happened
30:47for
30:48several
30:48hours
30:48during
30:49the
30:49entire
30:49time
30:49they
30:49were
30:50in
30:50that
30:50apartment
30:50we
30:51had
30:51him
30:51on
30:51video
30:52traffic
30:52camera
30:53videos
30:53leaving
30:54and
30:54fleeing
30:54south
30:55on
30:5556th
30:56street
30:56his
30:57phone
30:57started
30:58to
30:58utilize
30:59towers
30:59that
31:00indicated
31:00movement
31:01of the
31:01cell
31:02phone
31:02and
31:03the
31:03movement
31:04showed
31:04us
31:04he
31:04was
31:05utilizing
31:05cell
31:05towers
31:06in a
31:06consecutive
31:07order
31:07that
31:07moved
31:08out
31:08onto
31:08the
31:08Courtney
31:09Campbell
31:09Causeway
31:11this
31:12was around
31:1211 o'clock
31:14when he
31:15got close
31:16to the
31:16Courtney
31:16Campbell
31:16Causeway
31:17he's
31:17making
31:17all kinds
31:18of calls
31:18calling
31:18his mom
31:19calling
31:19his
31:19girlfriends
31:20and
31:20there's
31:21a 27
31:21minute
31:21gap
31:22where
31:22he's
31:22not
31:22making
31:23any
31:23phone
31:23calls
31:23and
31:24that's
31:25when
31:25we
31:25suspect
31:25that
31:25he
31:26got
31:26rid
31:26of
31:26the
31:26body
31:27from
31:27his
31:27vehicle
31:27at
31:28the
31:28Courtney
31:28Campbell
31:28Causeway
31:32Granville
31:33Richie's
31:34phone
31:34also
31:35revealed
31:35a
31:36heartbreaking
31:36911
31:37call
31:38that had
31:39been
31:39made
31:39on the
31:40night
31:40of
31:40Felicia's
31:41murder
31:44Temple
31:44Terrace
31:45emergency
31:45services
31:46had
31:46received
31:47a
31:47911
31:48call
31:48from
31:49Mr.
31:50Richie's
31:50phone
31:50and
31:51this
31:52was
31:52about
31:5215
31:52minutes
31:53after
31:53Ebony
31:53Wiley
31:54left
31:54to go
31:55buy
31:55the
31:55marijuana
31:58The
31:59call
31:59is
31:59very
31:59brief
32:00you
32:01hear
32:01the
32:01call
32:01taker
32:02say
32:02Temple
32:02Terrace
32:02911
32:03what's
32:03the
32:03location
32:03of
32:04your
32:04emergency
32:04and
32:04there's
32:05nothing
32:21It's
32:22chilling
32:22to think
32:22of
32:23what was
32:23going on
32:24on the
32:24other end
32:24of that
32:25line
32:27I think
32:27that phone
32:28call
32:28was
32:28Felicia
32:29asking
32:30for help
32:32and she
32:33didn't get
32:33it
32:34because he
32:35denied
32:35her
32:35that
32:35call
32:37It
32:37still
32:38kills
32:39me
32:39to
32:39this
32:39day
32:39is
32:39that
32:40we
32:40weren't
32:40able
32:40to
32:41geolocate
32:41that
32:41call
32:42It
32:43was
32:43so
32:43brief
32:43that
32:43it
32:43bounced
32:44off
32:44a
32:44cell
32:44phone
32:44tower
32:45that's
32:45probably
32:46a
32:46quarter
32:46of
32:46a
32:46mile
32:47from
32:47the
32:47apartment
32:49I
32:50firmly
32:50believe
32:51that
32:51Felicia
32:51was
32:52murdered
32:52within
32:53minutes
32:53of
32:54that
32:54911
32:54call
32:58It's
32:58hard
32:58for
32:59me
33:12on
33:13August
33:13the
33:1315th
33:142014
33:15three
33:16months
33:16after
33:17Felicia
33:17Williams'
33:18murder
33:19the
33:19state
33:20attorney's
33:20office
33:21decided
33:21detectives
33:22had
33:22found
33:22enough
33:23evidence
33:24to
33:24prosecute
33:2535
33:26year old
33:27Granville
33:27Ritchie
33:28was
33:28finally
33:29arrested
33:31We
33:32ultimately
33:32charged
33:32him
33:33with
33:33first
33:33degree
33:33premeditated
33:34murder
33:34with
33:35child
33:35abuse
33:36and
33:37with
33:37sexual
33:37assault
33:38on
33:38a
33:38minor
33:41Ebony
33:41Wiley
33:42agreed
33:42to
33:43testify
33:43against
33:44Ritchie
33:46Miss
33:47Wiley
33:48was
33:48charged
33:49with
33:49lying
33:49to
33:50the
33:50police
33:50and
33:51a
33:51missing
33:51child's
33:52investigation
33:52and
33:53she
33:54entered
33:54a
33:55guilty
33:55plea
33:55with
33:56her
33:56sentencing
33:57to be
33:57put
33:57off
33:58for
33:58later
33:58after
33:59she
33:59testified
34:01We
34:02had
34:02to
34:02have
34:02Ebony
34:03Wiley's
34:03testimony
34:04and
34:04it
34:04was
34:04somewhat
34:05problematic
34:05she
34:06had
34:06lied
34:06multiple
34:07times
34:08to
34:08law
34:08enforcement
34:09and
34:10those
34:10lies
34:10had
34:11played
34:11a
34:11major
34:12role
34:12in
34:13this
34:13case
34:18Granville
34:19Ritchie
34:20would have
34:20his day
34:21in court
34:21but
34:22with
34:22the
34:22case
34:22relying
34:23solely
34:23on
34:24circumstantial
34:25evidence
34:25prosecutors
34:26knew
34:27this
34:27was
34:27not
34:28going
34:28to
34:28be
34:28open
34:29and
34:29shut
34:30would
34:31the
34:31jury
34:31believe
34:32Ebony
34:32Wiley's
34:33testimony
34:33or
34:34would
34:34Ritchie
34:35get
34:35away
34:35with
34:36the
34:36rape
34:36and
34:36murder
34:37of a
34:38nine-year-old
34:39child
34:49In
34:50September
34:502019
34:51five years
34:53after the
34:54murder
34:54of nine-year-old
34:55Felicia
34:55Williams
34:56Granville
34:57Ritchie's
34:57trial began
34:58at the
34:59Hillsborough
34:59County
35:00Circuit
35:00Court
35:00in
35:01Florida
35:01Ritchie
35:03continued
35:03to deny
35:04he had
35:05anything
35:05to do
35:05with
35:06the
35:06murder
35:06and
35:07entered
35:07a
35:07not
35:08guilty
35:08plea
35:15The
35:15state
35:15announced
35:16early
35:16on
35:17that
35:17they
35:18planned
35:18to seek
35:19the
35:19death
35:19penalty
35:20against
35:20Ritchie
35:21which
35:22makes
35:22the
35:22case
35:23a lot
35:23more
35:23complicated
35:24and there's
35:25a lot
35:25more work
35:26that has
35:26to be
35:26done
35:26to prepare
35:27for a
35:27death
35:28penalty
35:28case
35:30because of
35:31all that
35:32essentially
35:32it took
35:33five years
35:33before it
35:34went in front
35:35of a jury
35:37lead
35:37prosecuting
35:39attorney
35:39Scott
35:40Harmon
35:40laid out
35:41his case
35:42to the
35:42jury
35:44This case
35:45came down
35:45to a theme
35:46that a
35:47nine-year-old
35:47girl
35:48Felicia
35:49Williams
35:49left her
35:50house
35:50and she
35:51never came
35:51home
35:53she was
35:53left alone
35:54with the
35:54defendant
35:55he was
35:55the last
35:55person
35:56she was
35:56seen
35:56alive
35:57with
35:57and she
35:58never
35:58came
35:59out
35:59of
35:59that
35:59apartment
35:59alive
36:02Granville
36:02Ritchie
36:03now
36:0340 years
36:04old
36:05appeared
36:05a shell
36:06of his
36:07former
36:07self
36:10He wasn't
36:11the same
36:12person
36:12that I
36:12interviewed
36:12for hours
36:13on the
36:15day
36:15that Felicia
36:16went missing
36:18He tried
36:19to act
36:19like he
36:20was larger
36:20than life
36:20and had
36:21swagger
36:22and he
36:23didn't have
36:23that
36:24anymore
36:24it was
36:25gone
36:27The defense
36:28was really
36:29trying to
36:29shoot holes
36:30in our
36:30case
36:31to show
36:31that we
36:31hadn't
36:32proven it
36:32and to
36:33show
36:33reasonable
36:33doubt
36:36Ebony
36:37Wiley
36:37now
36:3828
36:38years
36:39old
36:39and a
36:40mother
36:40herself
36:40testified
36:41against
36:42the man
36:43she was
36:43once
36:44so
36:44enamored
36:45with
36:47I
36:48believe
36:48that what
36:48she
36:48testified
36:49to
36:49was
36:50honest
36:50but it
36:51was
36:51very
36:51self
36:52serving
36:53she
36:53she
36:54really
36:54got
36:54on
36:54the
36:55stand
36:55to
36:55defend
36:56herself
36:56and
36:57her
36:57character
36:57in the
36:57community
36:58because
36:58she
36:59took
36:59a
36:59significant
37:00amount
37:00of
37:00heat
37:02even
37:02during
37:03the
37:03trial
37:03there
37:04were
37:04outbursts
37:04in the
37:05courtroom
37:05there
37:06was a lot
37:06of animosity
37:07between the
37:07family and
37:08her
37:08they were
37:09not happy
37:09with her
37:10she had
37:12taken
37:12their
37:12daughter
37:13their
37:13little
37:13sister
37:14and
37:14left
37:14her
37:15with
37:15this
37:15man
37:16very
37:17immature
37:18very
37:19stupid
37:19mistake
37:24after
37:24almost
37:25three
37:25weeks
37:26of
37:26testimony
37:27Scott
37:28Harmon
37:28began
37:28his
37:29closing
37:29arguments
37:34there
37:35was
37:35kind
37:35of
37:35a
37:36dramatic
37:37moment
37:37where
37:37he
37:38asked
37:38the
37:38jury
37:39to
37:39pause
37:39for
37:40exactly
37:4160
37:41seconds
37:42and
37:43just
37:43imagine
37:44what it
37:45would be
37:45like
37:46to
37:46be
37:47without
37:47oxygen
37:48for
37:4860
37:48seconds
37:54that
37:54was
37:54about
37:55half
37:55the
37:55time
37:56that
37:56it
37:56would
37:56have
37:56taken
37:56for
37:57her
37:57to
37:57die
37:57and
37:57it
37:58was
37:58a
37:58pretty
37:58effective
37:59argument
37:59I
38:00mean
38:00the
38:00whole
38:00courtroom
38:00was
38:01silent
38:01for
38:0260
38:02seconds
38:05I
38:05think
38:05during
38:06that
38:06time
38:06a
38:06lot
38:06of
38:07people
38:07were
38:07thinking
38:08about
38:08Felicia
38:09and what
38:09she
38:09probably
38:10went
38:10through
38:12on
38:17September
38:18the
38:1825th
38:192019
38:19the jury
38:21was sent
38:21out
38:22to consider
38:23its
38:23verdict
38:24it took
38:26only
38:26four hours
38:27for them
38:28to reach
38:28a
38:29unanimous
38:29decision
38:31grand
38:32grand
38:32grand
38:32ritchie
38:33was
38:33convicted
38:34of
38:34the
38:34first
38:34degree
38:34murder
38:35and
38:36the
38:36capital
38:36sexual
38:37battery
38:38of
38:38Felicia
38:39Williams
38:41there
38:42was
38:42no
38:43reaction
38:43I
38:43was
38:44watching
38:44him
38:44there
38:45was
38:45no
38:46response
38:46from
38:46him
38:46whatsoever
38:47the
38:48same
38:48face
38:49he
38:49had
38:49through
38:49the
38:49whole
38:50court
38:50was
38:50just
38:51stern
38:51almost
38:52staring
38:53into
38:53oblivion
38:54if
38:55he
38:55had
38:55been
38:55found
38:56not
38:56guilty
38:56or
38:57if
38:57he
38:57got
38:57away
38:57with
38:57this
38:58it
38:58would
38:58have
38:58happened
38:58again
38:59guaranteed
38:59guaranteed
39:00no doubt
39:01in my
39:01mind
39:04on
39:05September
39:05the 26th
39:06the penalty
39:07phase of
39:08Granville
39:09Richie's
39:09trial
39:09began
39:10a recent
39:12change
39:12to the
39:12law
39:13in
39:13Florida
39:14meant
39:14that
39:14every
39:15single
39:15one
39:16of
39:16the
39:16jurors
39:17would
39:17need
39:17to
39:17agree
39:18with
39:18the
39:19death
39:19penalty
39:19sentence
39:20for
39:21it
39:21to
39:21pass
39:24I
39:24argued
39:25to
39:25the
39:25jury
39:25that
39:26we
39:26had
39:26an
39:26absolute
39:27mountain
39:28of
39:28evidence
39:29of
39:29aggravation
39:29we
39:31had
39:31the
39:31rape
39:31of
39:31a
39:31child
39:32we
39:33had
39:33the
39:33heinous
39:34atrocious
39:35nature
39:35of what
39:36she
39:36went
39:36through
39:36and how
39:37she
39:37suffered
39:37and how
39:38cruel
39:38it
39:39was
39:42strangulation
39:42is not
39:43a quick
39:43death
39:43it takes
39:44several
39:44minutes
39:45even if
39:46you're a
39:46large
39:47man
39:47and the
39:48victim
39:48is a
39:48small
39:49child
39:49it
39:49doesn't
39:50just
39:50happen
39:50there's
39:51time to
39:51think about
39:51your
39:52actions
39:53there's
39:54time to
39:54watch
39:54the
39:55victim
39:55slip
39:55away
39:56there's
39:56time to
39:57stop
39:57and that
39:58didn't
39:58happen
39:58here
40:02Felicia's
40:02distraught
40:03family
40:03were asked
40:04to speak
40:08Felicia's
40:09mother talked
40:10a lot about
40:10her daughter
40:10and the
40:11person she
40:11was
40:12and her
40:12character
40:13and how
40:13much she
40:14misses her
40:15and how
40:16devastating
40:17it was
40:17for her
40:18and her
40:18family
40:19to experience
40:20a loss
40:20like this
40:23despite
40:24their
40:25heartfelt
40:25testimony
40:26Richie
40:27chose
40:27not to
40:28give
40:28Felicia's
40:29parents
40:29any
40:30answers
40:30as to
40:31why
40:31he'd
40:32murdered
40:32their
40:33little
40:33girl
40:34we don't
40:35know
40:35the order
40:35of events
40:36we don't
40:36know what
40:36his mindset
40:37was
40:37we don't
40:37know
40:37any of
40:38those
40:38things
40:38and that
40:39may go
40:40to
40:40his
40:40grave
40:43prosecutors
40:44knew that
40:45getting a
40:46unanimous
40:47decision
40:47in the
40:48penalty
40:48phase
40:49would be
40:50a tall
40:50order
40:54I remember
40:55sitting there
40:55in the
40:56courtroom
40:56and talking
40:57to my
40:58co-counsel
40:58and telling
41:00her we're
41:00never going
41:01to get a
41:01death sentence
41:02with this
41:02new law
41:04there's always
41:04going to be
41:05someone who
41:05has scruples
41:06about the
41:07death penalty
41:08the old
41:09law was
41:09a simple
41:10majority
41:10and I
41:11would always
41:12shoot for
41:12unanimous
41:13with the
41:14jurors
41:14but in
41:15this
41:15situation
41:15we had
41:16to have
41:16it
41:16that's a
41:18tough
41:18thing
41:18to ask
41:19someone
41:19to sentence
41:19someone
41:20to death
41:20we all
41:22felt a
41:22lot of
41:23pressure
41:23and concern
41:24because we
41:25really just
41:26wanted to
41:27get justice
41:27for Felicia
41:28in this
41:29case
41:30after three
41:31days of
41:32testimony
41:33and argument
41:33the jury
41:35came back
41:35with a
41:36unanimous
41:37recommendation
41:37that
41:38Granville
41:39Ritchie
41:39be
41:40sentenced
41:40to
41:41death
41:42it just
41:43knocked
41:44me
41:44over
41:44it
41:45really
41:45did
41:45I
41:46was
41:46ecstatic
41:46I
41:47was
41:47relieved
41:48it
41:48was
41:49emotional
41:49I have
41:49to say
41:51a year
41:52later
41:52on
41:53September
41:53the
41:5411th
41:542020
41:5541 year
41:56old
41:57Granville
41:57Ritchie
41:58was
41:58formally
41:59sentenced
41:59to
42:00death
42:00by a
42:01judge
42:01at
42:01the
42:02Hillsborough
42:02County
42:02Circuit
42:03Court
42:03on
42:05December
42:05the
42:0618th
42:06of the
42:07same
42:07year
42:0729
42:08year
42:08old
42:09Ebony
42:09Wiley
42:10was
42:10in
42:10court
42:11to
42:11find
42:11out
42:11what
42:12the
42:12punishment
42:13for
42:13her
42:13part
42:14in
42:14this
42:14case
42:14would
42:15be
42:17we
42:17had
42:18recommended
42:18she be
42:18sentenced
42:19to
42:19some
42:20time
42:20in
42:20the
42:20county
42:21jail
42:21she
42:22needed
42:22to
42:22pay
42:22for
42:23her
42:23part
42:23of
42:23this
42:24her
42:24engagement
42:25in
42:25this
42:25process
42:26of
42:26lies
42:27and
42:27manipulations
42:28completely
42:29fouled up
42:29the
42:29investigation
42:30and kept
42:31us from
42:31having
42:31critical
42:32evidence
42:34I think
42:34Ebony
42:35Wiley
42:35was
42:35naive
42:36I think
42:37she fell
42:38for the
42:38manipulations
42:39of a
42:39monster
42:40and I
42:41think
42:41that
42:42looking
42:42back
42:43at
42:43the
42:43decisions
42:44that
42:44she
42:44made
42:45she
42:45probably
42:46regrets
42:46those
42:46to this
42:47day
42:49Ebony
42:50Wiley
42:50was
42:51ordered
42:51to
42:51spend
42:5275
42:53days
42:53in
42:54county
42:54jail
42:54Felicia's
42:56family
42:56believed
42:57the
42:57sentence
42:57was
42:58far
42:58too
42:59lenient
43:02they
43:03thought
43:03that
43:03Ebony
43:04should
43:04have
43:04got
43:04more
43:05I
43:06understand
43:06that
43:06I
43:07totally
43:08understand
43:08that
43:08I
43:08probably
43:09would
43:09have
43:09felt
43:09the
43:09same
43:09way
43:14it's
43:15easy
43:15to
43:15look
43:16at
43:16the
43:16situation
43:17and think
43:17but
43:17for
43:18Ebony's
43:18actions
43:19Felicia
43:20would
43:20still
43:20be
43:21alive
43:21and
43:21there
43:22is
43:22a
43:23lot
43:23of
43:23truth
43:23in
43:23that
43:24but
43:25the
43:25main
43:26culpability
43:27lies
43:27with
43:27Richie
43:28who
43:28chose
43:29to
43:30do
43:30what
43:30he
43:31did
43:31to
43:32Felicia
43:34Granville
43:35Richie
43:35was
43:36both
43:36a
43:37predator
43:37and
43:38an
43:38opportunist
43:39and
43:39when
43:39you
43:39put
43:40those
43:40things
43:40together
43:41with
43:42his
43:42psychopathic
43:43traits
43:43he's
43:44an
43:44incredibly
43:45dangerous
43:45individual
43:48the
43:48murder
43:49of
43:49nine-year-old
43:50Felicia
43:51Williams
43:51is still
43:52raw
43:52in the
43:53memories
43:53of the
43:54people
43:54who
43:55worked
43:55so
43:55hard
43:56to get
43:56justice
43:57for her
43:58and her
43:58family
44:00this was
44:02a long
44:02hard
44:03case
44:06and it
44:06definitely
44:07took its
44:08toll
44:08on me
44:09personally
44:10on the
44:11other
44:11investigators
44:12I work
44:12with
44:12on the
44:13prosecution
44:16my
44:17youngest
44:18daughter
44:18was the
44:19same
44:19age
44:19as
44:19Felicia
44:21I
44:21cannot
44:22imagine
44:23losing
44:24a child
44:24like that
44:25in such
44:26a horrific
44:26way
44:28I went
44:29to the
44:29funeral
44:29for
44:30Felicia
44:30and I
44:31looked
44:31around
44:31that
44:32room
44:32and saw
44:33how many
44:34people
44:35she
44:35affected
44:36that's
44:37tough
44:37it didn't
44:38just affect
44:39one person
44:39it affected
44:40a whole
44:41community
44:58Cranville
44:58Ritchie
44:59not only
45:00raped and
45:00murdered
45:01an innocent
45:02nine-year-old
45:02child
45:03he then
45:04discarded
45:04her body
45:05like it
45:06was trash
45:06he manipulated
45:08his young
45:08girlfriend
45:09into covering
45:10his tracks
45:10and the
45:11delay
45:11her lies
45:12caused
45:13meant that
45:13any hope
45:14the police
45:15had of
45:15finding
45:15critical
45:16forensic
45:17evidence
45:17was gone
45:18their
45:19circumstantial
45:20case
45:21was built
45:21through
45:22dogged
45:22detective
45:23work
45:23but in
45:24the end
45:25it was
45:25all the
45:26jury
45:26needed
45:26and
45:27Granville
45:28Ritchie
45:28will go
45:29down
45:29in history
45:30as one
45:31of the
45:31world's
45:31most
45:32evil
45:32killers
45:33and
45:58they
46:00are
46:01going
46:02to
46:02as
46:03as
46:03as
46:03as
46:03You
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