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00:01This program documents actual homicide investigations.
00:04Criminal charges are often dropped or reduced,
00:07and all suspects shown are presumed innocent
00:09unless proven guilty.
00:14We got another down homicide out here.
00:18When it comes to matters of the heart,
00:20emotions can be wrong,
00:21and sometimes it takes only a spark
00:23to send them spiraling in a daily direction.
00:26Here's multiple stab wounds about the back and body.
00:29On the first 48 critical minutes...
00:31This is a murder.
00:32M-U-R-D-E-R.
00:34We revisit three cases where love turned lethal.
00:38Showcasing. Showcasing.
00:40This is horrific.
00:42An argument between a woman and her boyfriend
00:44ends in a double murder.
00:46Sounds like she was in a relationship.
00:47It was very tumultuous.
00:49Her brutal stabbing, fueled by jealous rage...
00:52It appears his throat has been slit.
00:54This is a tragic mauling of this victim.
00:57And a twisted love triangle ends in murder.
01:00You get killed right in front of the house!
01:02Right in front of the house!
01:08No!
01:09No!
01:18No!
01:50And where are you right now?
01:53In the coffee.
01:55I spent the night in the closet.
02:04Can I answer the front door?
02:06I've got an officer out there.
02:11I knocked at the door, and she came sprinting to me
02:14and jumped at me to hug me.
02:16She's pretty shaken up.
02:17Yeah, I understand.
02:20Go inside, see if we can make contact with anybody down.
02:24If someone will come with me and body block me left.
02:30Get homicide out here.
02:32You're OK.
02:33You're OK.
02:34Hey, you're OK.
02:41I've got a double murderer.
02:43The 12-year-old is the confine of Mark Pollard.
02:46A sister is one of the deceased in the house.
02:49The 12-year-old's name?
02:51It is Brene Alexander.
02:55Aside from Brene, officers have discovered three other uninjured children in the house.
03:00A two-month-old girl, a two-year-old boy, and his 12-year-old brother.
03:06I'll walk you through.
03:08In the hallway.
03:10Black female.
03:11Looks like she's been shot to the head.
03:1516-year-old Nevaeh Alexander was a student at Tulsa Learning Academy, an alternative school that offers training from the
03:23community.
03:27In the bedroom, a black female adult.
03:31Looks like she's shot to the head.
03:34The second victim, 32-year-old Chantel Dean Mitchell, is Nevaeh's aunt and caregiver.
03:41She was the mother of the infant, the two-year-old, and the 12-year-old boy found on scene.
03:50Showcasing.
03:52Showcasing.
03:54Near the bedroom door, detectives find two 9-millimeter shell casings.
03:59One of them is next to a crib.
04:05Do we know who our suspect is?
04:07Black male in his 40s.
04:11Brene, the 12-year-old 911 caller, gave patrol a description of the shooter.
04:17So right now, we got an outstanding suspect.
04:21This time, I don't have his name.
04:26This time, I don't have his name.
04:34All right, Brene.
04:35I'm Detective Gowen.
04:36And I'm really sorry what you saw today and what happened.
04:41Sweetie, I'm really sorry.
04:42Okay?
04:45As a homicide investigator, when you find that you have surviving people that could have been victims, especially if they're
04:50kids, it makes you reflect back just how horrific that crime scene could have been.
04:55And in this particular case, your key witness is 12 years old.
04:59I can't imagine being in a situation where you're hearing gunshots.
05:03You're maintaining your composure.
05:04I know adults, they can't do that.
05:06I've been involved in cases where adults just hearing a gunshot fell apart.
05:13And for her to rise to the level of maintaining her composure, to get into a place of safety, to
05:18calling the police and giving them credible information, it's just extraordinary.
05:23Can you tell me, from the very beginning, what happened tonight?
05:31So, my sister, Nevaeh, she wanted me to come over to her auntie's house, and so I went over there.
05:42Chantel was from the other side of the family, right?
05:45Mm-hmm.
05:46And Chantel, she had like this boyfriend, and that was our girl.
05:54She says the fighting between Chantel and her boyfriend had gone on since 9 p.m., seven hours before the
06:01shooting.
06:02They went in the room, and then like 2 a.m. in the morning, they went to sleep.
06:09She says the argument finally ended, and everyone went to bed.
06:13And then my sister, she said, Brene, get up.
06:19She says Nevaeh woke her up, and then went to her bedroom door.
06:24And then she had got up, and then he had just shot her, and then I had to hide.
06:33Who did he shoot?
06:35He shot my sister.
06:39Where did this happen at?
06:41It happened in her room, like in the doorway.
06:45And now where were you at when this happened?
06:48Behind the door.
06:51Did he say anything to you after the shooting?
06:54No, because he didn't know that I was in here.
06:58He tried to look for me.
07:01I had to hide until I felt like he left.
07:05And then I went to the closet, because it ain't no telling if he left or not.
07:13What happened to Chantel?
07:15I don't know.
07:16I didn't even know that he shot her.
07:19Okay.
07:20Like, if he did or not.
07:24And the guy that you said shot your sister, do you know his name?
07:29No.
07:30I wish I did.
07:33Okay.
07:34If you were to see a picture of him, you could identify him?
07:38You could?
07:39I'll be back in a little bit, okay?
07:46Ryden searches the database to see if there are any reports of domestic disturbances at Chantel's address.
07:53Sounds like she was in a relationship.
07:55It was very tumultuous.
07:56He finds a series of complaints Chantel filed against a man for domestic violence.
08:03She has a protective order against him.
08:06Howard Peoples.
08:0737-year-old Howard Peoples Jr. served five years for burglary.
08:14He also pleaded guilty to child abuse five years ago and received a three-year suspended sentence.
08:20The infantry is.
08:23Howard is the father of two of Chantel's children that were in the house when she and Nevaeh were murdered.
08:31I would never think that my sister would be in that type of position.
08:36My sister is a super sweet person.
08:39You shouldn't have ever had to experience something like this.
08:42You'll get through this.
08:43I will.
08:44You will.
08:47Your aunt's here and I'm going to get her back here in just a second, okay?
08:50Okay.
08:56Hey, baby.
08:58Hey, baby.
09:00Hey, baby.
09:12It was scary because he was looking for me and he's still out there.
09:19Hey, don't get him, baby.
09:24Hey.
09:24Ryden puts Howard Peoples Jr. into a lineup.
09:30All right.
09:36Hey.
09:37This is Detective Moyer, okay?
09:40Good morning.
09:41So he's going to show you some pictures.
09:43I'm going to step out here in a second.
09:44Just take a second, okay?
09:45Take a second.
09:46Okay.
09:46As much as you can to help.
09:53So I've got a photo.
09:54There's some pictures in here, okay?
09:56If you see the person that did this to your sister, just let us know which one it is.
10:00Point at it for me, okay?
10:04Gee.
10:18This right here, him.
10:20That is him.
10:21Okay.
10:22He killed my sister.
10:25Okay.
10:25Thank you very much for your help.
10:27I'm sorry you had to go do that.
10:29Did you see it?
10:30Yeah.
10:32Howard Peoples, she instantly picked him out.
10:38See if we can get this kid some counseling right away.
10:42Yeah.
10:42Okay.
10:42We'll do that.
10:45In this case, you got Brene, who's a 12-year-old.
10:48She was brave enough to say, this is what I saw.
10:51This is who I saw do it and identify that person.
10:55So just incredible level of bravery.
10:57You just witnessed a homicide of somebody that you love.
11:00You actually saw it.
11:02You witnessed it.
11:03So I don't think it's something that she ever gets over.
11:06But it's going to take probably some very intense counseling to assist her with that.
11:10And most police departments have relationships with juvenile authorities to provide counseling,
11:16to provide therapy, so that this child can receive what she needs so she can go on with her life.
11:26This guy did this horrific act.
11:28He's PC-able at this point.
11:34It's showing recent registration.
11:37Gatwood finds a vehicle registered to Chantel's boyfriend, Howard Peoples Jr.
11:42It's a Yukon.
11:43Black?
11:45Yeah.
11:45The team gets a tip on an address for one of Howard's relatives.
11:50I'm going to send some guys out there, see if they see the car out there.
11:53He's considered armed and dangerous.
12:05On the east side of the road, there is a black Yukon parked on the street.
12:12We're going to move up.
12:16Hey, hey, hey.
12:17Is this it?
12:18A man walks out.
12:21Keep coming.
12:23Go ahead, turn around for me.
12:33How you doing, Howard?
12:36I'm Detective Jeff Gatwood. This is Detective Max Reidy.
12:41I understand what this may look like.
12:44Regardless of what I tell you, you're still going to do your job.
12:49So at this time, I am going to ask for a lawyer to be present.
12:53Okay. No, that's fine.
12:55Yeah, that's your right, and we appreciate you being a gentleman to us.
12:59But you're exactly right.
13:01We're going to do our job, and we'll continue to do it.
13:05So we'll go ahead and end this.
13:15I'd like to know why he did this.
13:18This is right not to tell me, but it's frustrating.
13:20We really don't have the answers of why it happened.
13:26Okay. Bye.
13:28After learning about the murders, a detective who investigated a domestic abuse incident
13:33between Chantel and Howard reaches out to Gatwood.
13:37She told me that she had a good case against Mr. Peoples on a domestic with Chantel,
13:45but the victim wouldn't cooperate in the investigation.
13:49Chantel wouldn't go through with getting him prosecuted.
13:52That's what happens a lot of times.
13:59It doesn't surprise me that, you know, the victim in this particular case had called law enforcement several times and
14:05refused to prosecute.
14:07Typically, in these cases, the relationship is so volatile that it becomes the norm for them.
14:11It becomes this is just what we do. This is how we are. This is how we interact with each
14:15other.
14:16And they confused that with this is how we love each other.
14:18In this particular case, it ended in double murder.
14:35Hey, guys. Hello.
14:38As Brene's first Christmas after the murders approaches.
14:42Our victim advocate is going to give her and her family a gift card for Christmas.
14:47To help you all at Christmas today.
14:50How you doing, sweetie?
14:52Good.
14:52Hey, Merry Christmas.
14:54How's everything going?
14:56Good.
14:57You guys are always in our hearts and prayers.
15:02I really haven't been through nothing like that.
15:05So I just thought this was big.
15:08I was in a dream.
15:09Yeah.
15:11I don't know, but my dreams is only scary.
15:15Maybe you start having good dreams soon.
15:17Yeah.
15:18I hope so.
15:26Louisville, Kentucky.
15:301043 PM.
15:33A call comes in from the Valley Station neighborhood.
15:39911.
15:39Where is your emergency?
15:41I'm at JJ Smoke Shop.
15:43The safe is open.
15:44Everything we've got in the safe is gone.
15:45And we've been robbed.
15:47We'll get the first available unit out there to use.
15:51When patrol responds to the robbery, they discover a man in the back bathroom dead.
16:05Here's multiple stab wounds about the back and body, and it appears his throat has been slit.
16:12This is a very brutal and tragic mauling of this victim.
16:2528-year-old Josh Pendleton had been working at the smoke shop for about a year.
16:32He leaves behind his wife and a four-year-old daughter.
16:45There's no forced entry.
16:46That leads us to believe whoever was with the victim, he knew, let him in.
16:50They came in with him.
16:52They didn't try to pry open any of these cash registers.
16:55They knew they were empty already.
16:58Detectives suspect that the robbery could have been an inside job.
17:02Detective John Lesher talks to a smoke shop employee who worked with the victim earlier that day to see what
17:08he knows.
17:09He has not yet been told that Josh was killed.
17:13So you worked tonight?
17:15Yes, I did.
17:16What time did you get off?
17:18Me and Josh, the guy that's been training me, left around 8.30.
17:23He got his car on the left, right?
17:24Yes, sir.
17:26Any problems tonight?
17:28No, everything was smooth.
17:30Anybody else here besides you and Josh?
17:33Yeah, there was a guy who used to live right next door to me.
17:35He was up there.
17:44His name is Andrew.
17:46He says that earlier in the night, a man named Andrew Mara stopped by the smoke shop to talk to
17:52the victim, Josh.
17:54Where'd Andrew go?
17:55I don't know.
17:57All right.
17:58He says that Andrew Mara's girlfriend, Brandy, used to work at the smoke shop, but they recently moved to Tennessee.
18:06Do you have any idea what happened here tonight?
18:08I don't have any clue, man.
18:09Someone's been murdered inside.
18:17Can you check a name for me and see if what we get back on any cars or anything?
18:22Sergeant Denny Butler finds out if there are any cars registered to Andrew Mara.
18:30All right.
18:31All right.
18:31Well, I appreciate it.
18:32Thank you very much.
18:42All right.
18:45Well, I appreciate it.
18:49Thank you very much.
18:50Someone was dead.
18:50And they're here today in a small town across the Tennessee border called Jellicoe.
18:55This is Brandy.
18:57An ex-employee here.
18:58This is Angie Mara.
19:00They're possibly living in Tennessee now.
19:02I'm ready to talk to them and find out exactly what happened here tonight.
19:23All right.
19:25Dr. Cadwell.
19:29Okay, that's great.
19:32All right, we appreciate all y'all's help.
19:36I've been up all night.
19:38That phone call just got my adrenaline running.
19:41So we're gonna get down there and interview our suspect.
19:46Cadwell heads to Jellicoe, Tennessee.
19:50Detective Downs and Detective Middleton,
19:52they're also gonna be in Jellicoe, Tennessee with me,
19:54helping me out with the case.
20:07We've been told by his mother that he is a great con artist
20:10and she wouldn't put anything past him.
20:16Outside, detectives process Mara's car.
20:19Well, what do you want me to do, Sparky?
20:21Okay, we'll grab seven bags.
20:23That's how many categories we have.
20:24So that we can just back it up, get it out of the way,
20:26and we can start with the next step.
20:31Investigators find 16 cartons of cigarettes
20:33and three bottles of whiskey in the trunk of the car.
20:37Now this evidence almost speaks for itself.
20:48We're investigating an incident
20:49that took place last night at the smoke shop.
20:52You know anything about that?
20:53A friend of mine called me last night about 12.30.
20:56He said somebody got murdered up there
20:57and I knew that I had just shot Josh off up there.
21:00So you were at the smoke shop yesterday?
21:02Yes, sir.
21:03Josh was there.
21:04I think it'd be smart if you'd tell him what happened.
21:06What did I do?
21:09You murdered that man last night.
21:12I did not murder that man.
21:13Yes, you did.
21:14You robbed that store.
21:17How much money did you have on him
21:18when you left here yesterday?
21:19About 150.
21:20How much money did you have on him
21:22when he got back last night?
21:23I had 1,100, but I spent 15 gas.
21:26Where'd you get the other 1,000?
21:27The 1,000 was I had stashed away at home.
21:31And you got the $1,000 to plan to burn a house?
21:34Locked up, yes, sir.
21:38Go ahead.
21:41OK, I'll tell him.
21:44That's fine.
21:47Andy was told him before that he was gonna kill your victim
21:53because he slept with his old lady.
21:58When you don't have a lot to go on or you might be putting
22:02together a circumstantial case, a tip like this
22:04can mean the world to a homicide investigator.
22:07It can give you motive, direction.
22:09It can even give you a suspect, just one simple phone call.
22:12It's how we keep communities safe.
22:14It's how we get killers off the streets.
22:16It's how we get justice.
22:17So in this particular case, you have a tipster to call in
22:20and give you information and basically laid out
22:22the entire case for you.
22:25Cadwell and Middleton confront Mara
22:27about the possible motive.
22:29How long had Josh been sleeping with Brandy?
22:32I didn't know they were.
22:34You did.
22:35I think you were mad about it.
22:36Because you told somebody you were mad about it.
22:40My job is to catch your line.
22:42And I understand.
22:42But I keep catching your line.
22:46It appears that the suspect's jealousy could be a motive
22:49in this crime.
22:51Right now, we just want to find out her side of the story.
22:57Did Andy tell you what he was going to do yesterday
22:58when he went to Louisville?
23:00Just pick up stuff from the trailer.
23:03He said anything to you about robbing the smoke shop?
23:05No.
23:07You know Josh?
23:08Josh.
23:11Works at the smoke shop?
23:13Yeah, Josh Pendleton.
23:15Dark hair, tattoos.
23:16Yeah.
23:17Job or date?
23:18No.
23:19Sure?
23:19Yeah.
23:20You and Josh ever slept together?
23:22No.
23:23Sure?
23:30I swear, I'll put that on everything.
23:33Would there be any reason for Andy to think
23:34y'all had slept together?
23:35No.
23:39Josh was murdered last night.
23:42That's why we're here.
23:46And Andy told his friend he was going to kill Josh
23:48because he'd been sleeping with you.
23:52He said you and Josh hooked up.
23:54He said you and Josh hooked up.
23:55I would take a test to prove it to you.
23:56I'm not saying, I'm not calling you a liar.
23:58There's only one person in this group right now.
24:00I think it's a liar, and that's Andy.
24:05Anything else you can think to tell me about yesterday?
24:08No.
24:08I don't know.
24:12At this point, I'm not sure if she's
24:13involved in the murder or not.
24:15We don't have any evidence that she was having a relationship
24:17with the victim.
24:21Yeah.
24:21Then, Andrew Mara tells Detective Cadwell
24:24he wants to make another statement.
24:37All right, you ready?
24:40I believe we're going to go to this room here on the left here.
24:44OK.
24:46What do we need to talk about?
24:51I did it, yeah.
24:53What'd you do?
24:54I killed Josh.
24:58You got a confrontation, an argument.
25:05I just lost him.
25:09He was mad and jealous.
25:11I stabbed him.
25:14I took cigarettes and liquor and money.
25:20I made a great robbery.
25:22What'd you stab him with?
25:24I don't even.
25:26Where's it at?
25:27I threw it at the bullet.
25:30Did you stop anywhere on the way back here?
25:32Yes, sir.
25:33Yeah, you need some water.
25:34Clean yourself off.
25:35That's a cup of blood.
25:37Yeah.
25:38You probably feel just a little bit like a load's been
25:40lifted off of you, don't you?
25:41You're doing the right thing.
25:45Believe it or not, some homicide suspects have a conscience, and it's very, very difficult to hold
25:50on to something like that, to say, I just killed somebody, I just took somebody's life that weighs
25:55on you.
25:56And in this particular case, it appears that it weighs on him, and he just made a 360 and
26:00say, you know what, let me just come clean and tell you everything that happened.
26:02Some people come to the conclusion that what I did was wrong, and I need to own that.
26:21Miami, Florida, midnight in Little Haiti, gunshots ring out.
26:30When patrol arrives, they find a man gasping for breath in a pool of blood.
26:38Paramedics rush him to the nearest hospital, but he doesn't make it.
26:49Something happened right about here in front of his house.
26:53He got hit right here.
26:56Right here.
26:57You know what these are?
27:01The heart beats.
27:04Bum, bum, bum.
27:05He starts bleeding here, takes off running for his life.
27:09He's running away from the asylum.
27:11Collapses in the center of the street.
27:28The victim's clothes were cut off by the paramedics.
27:31Detectives can't tell if the bullet holes are in the front of the shirt or the back.
27:37The victim's call.
27:37We're in the middle.
27:44It says wifey.
27:46The house is community.
27:47We just call wifey.
27:50Yeah, we call her now.
27:51What do we tell her?
27:52Exactly.
27:54We have no idea who this guy is.
27:57This is bad.
27:59This is a real good night.
28:06Talk to me.
28:07The man with the information.
28:09Detective Kevin Ruggiero arrives from the hospital
28:12with the victim's name.
28:15Robinson.
28:17There you go, Robinson.
28:18Danelle Robinson.
28:21Ernest Robinson was 31 years old.
28:25He spent 15 years in prison,
28:27but had turned his life around.
28:29He worked as a security guard.
28:37We gotta call wifey now.
28:41Hello?
28:41Hello?
28:43Hey, how you doing?
28:44This is Detective Reyes, City Miami Police Department.
28:47Hello?
28:48We found a cell phone.
28:49The woman on the phone identifies herself
28:51as the victim's girlfriend.
28:54Is there somewhere we can meet?
28:56We'll see you in a couple minutes, sir.
28:59All righty, thank you.
29:13I'm Detective Reyes.
29:14He is Castillo.
29:16They inform her that Ernest was shot dead.
29:30Then, they get a lucky break.
29:32She recognizes the address where Ernest was shot.
29:39She says his ex-girlfriend lives there
29:42with her new boyfriend.
29:43The boyfriend was supposedly jealous of Ernest.
29:49All right.
29:55This is a long triangle, and I'll yell his boyfriend, my friend.
30:00From a whodunit straight to a...
30:03I think he did it.
30:05...get killed right in front of the house.
30:07Right in front of the house.
30:09They told you you were lucky, you son of a bitch.
30:11Do you know he's home right now?
30:13That's it.
30:13Do you know he's watching?
30:14Yeah, he's been watching through the window.
30:22What we're gonna do is we're gonna put an officer here,
30:24and nobody gets out of this house.
30:34We're gonna have to read him, Miranda.
30:35Then I don't want to do that yet.
30:37I want to have everything in our ducks in a row
30:39before we go at him.
30:59When I left last night, you had nothing.
31:01I walk in today, you got people.
31:03Talk to me.
31:04Why was he killed?
31:05What's the gist?
31:06Love triangle.
31:08A girl?
31:09For real?
31:12Castillo looks up the victim's ex-girlfriend,
31:15Latasha Johnson.
31:16She's got minor petty.
31:18She's got petty stuff.
31:19Yeah.
31:21Gene Ronnie Lowick.
31:24That new boyfriend.
31:24The new boyfriend.
31:26This is a person of interest.
31:29He's been arrested.
31:30He doesn't have a bad record.
31:32Okay, we're going back up?
31:34All right.
31:41How's it going?
31:45Come in?
31:46Yeah.
31:47Who are you? Detective Castillo?
31:48How you doing?
31:49Detective Ray.
31:50Anyone else in the house?
31:52Yeah.
31:53Who's in the house?
31:55Do you know why we're here?
31:57No.
31:58I have no clue.
32:01Well, apparently, there was somebody shot here.
32:07Who's your boyfriend?
32:08My boyfriend is in the house.
32:10I went to speak to him as well.
32:11Okay.
32:12Okay.
32:14Latasha and Gene agree to come to the station.
32:22I think they're involved.
32:25Could be some kind of domestic dispute gun bad.
32:27Why don't we talk to her first?
32:32The gentleman that came to you, he is your boyfriend?
32:37Yeah, my boyfriend.
32:38How long?
32:40Uh, we basically just started dating.
32:42Latasha says that she began seeing Gene three months ago.
32:47Were you single or were you going out with somebody?
32:49No, I was single.
32:51But I had a person live with me.
32:55Who was that?
32:56My ex-boyfriend, Ernest.
32:59How long did he live with you?
33:01Not that long.
33:02Because he was, can I say, jealous.
33:04He was very jealous.
33:07Um, we had a few arguments.
33:09You know what I'm saying?
33:10He's an underground fighter.
33:11And the last argument we got into, he actually jumped us.
33:14Okay, so Gene was, was your boyfriend, Ernest, was your ex but was living in the house.
33:19Yeah.
33:21Do you know where he is right now?
33:23Where he was?
33:25Ernest?
33:26Mm-hmm.
33:27Well, apparently since we're here, he's dead.
33:34You think it's quite bizarre that he got shot to death right in front of your house?
33:39In front of my house?
33:41Yeah.
33:41Mm-hmm.
33:41In front of your house, yes.
33:43Yes.
33:44That don't have anything to do with me, sir.
33:46Listen, this is a murder.
33:48M-U-R-D-E-R.
33:50This is a homicide, honey.
33:55Now, if he had a gun, and you had one, and both of you child, I understand you.
34:02But if you didn't do a thing, for you to sit there and gamble five or ten years of your
34:07life, and for someone that you met two and a half months ago.
34:13I got nothing to lie for him.
34:15I got nothing to lie for him.
34:21She is lying so badly.
34:23I mean, so badly.
34:24It's shameful.
34:27When you find a victim that's been shot in front of an ex-girlfriend's house or someone
34:30that he's had a prior relationship with, obviously, it tightens that circle up almost immediately.
34:35It lets you know that there's probably a reason that he's here.
34:38More than likely, he probably wasn't welcome here.
34:41In the years that I've worked homicides, I have seen romantic relationships are a pretty
34:46common thing for murder.
34:47I won't say it makes it easy, but it certainly gives you motive right away.
34:52Sergeant Confessor Gonzalez will try talking to LaTosha.
34:56Let me talk to her for a minute.
35:03Okay.
35:04I've been doing this for a long time.
35:06People generally don't tell the truth.
35:07You know why?
35:08They're afraid.
35:09Like you're afraid now.
35:12We have a man who will shut nobody else.
35:14All I know is that common sense tells me that this happened as a result of you.
35:20All I want is to get to the truth.
35:22That's all I want.
35:33Okay.
35:38It was like a little after eight, we started watching this movie.
35:43His son came in the room, and he was like, Dora barking.
35:47Dora is my dog.
35:50LaTosha explains that Gene got up to see what the dog was barking about.
35:54As he's going to the slide, though, he heard somebody throwing rocks from the side right here.
36:00LaTosha says that Gene grabbed a gun and found Ernest inside the gate, banging on the front door.
36:06You can just hear something.
36:07Come outside.
36:08I know you're in there.
36:09I know you're in there.
36:10Come out here.
36:10I can't do it.
36:11I'm a king.
36:12Who would say that?
36:14Ernest.
36:16According to LaTosha, Ernest confronted Gene.
36:20He come over and make up a drum.
36:23And before I know it, Gene shot him.
36:29She's claiming that he shot Ernest in self-defense.
36:34So we're going to go up in there, and I got to talk to him, see if his stories match.
36:46You met my partner.
36:48I'll just see you.
36:49Okay?
36:52We know what happened, and we know that maybe you didn't cause it.
36:57Okay?
36:59Is there something that he initiated?
37:02I never left my house.
37:04Come to the house.
37:05See no one outside the house.
37:13Let's get her in there to get him to talk to us.
37:16Okay?
37:22I'll give you guys five minutes for them.
37:23Okay?
37:25Hey, baby.
37:26Come on, sweetie.
37:27Don't .
37:29We didn't know he was like that.
37:31I didn't know he was coming over there to cause no trouble.
37:33They offer you time or something like that?
37:36Mm-mm.
37:37They offer none of us time.
37:43He tried to get to you.
37:44You tried to talk to him.
37:45And I even told him myself.
37:47He's a underground fighter.
37:50I'll talk to them, man.
37:51You want to see one more, man?
37:52Damn.
37:57In this case, sending LaTosha in to talk to Jane was a very good strategy.
38:00Sometimes it can backfire on you.
38:02Sometimes the relationship is so volatile that just being in the mere presence of each other
38:07can cause even more raw emotions to erupt.
38:09So you have to be careful and you have to know the complexities surrounding that.
38:14So I think they played on the fact that he still cares a great deal for her.
38:17And they wanted to see how he would react to the level of hurt that he just caused her to
38:21have.
38:22And would that impact him in a way that would cause him to say,
38:25let me just tell you the truth.
38:45He claims Ernest had threatened to kill him two months ago during a dispute.
38:55That night, I heard someone was throwing rocks at the house.
39:01He says that he saw Ernest in his yard.
39:04He was on the outside of the gate at this point.
39:06He was inside of the gate.
39:10I pulled out the gun to show him I have the gun.
39:14He grabbed something and started running at me at the same time.
39:17I started firing, closed my eyes, kept shooting.
39:23I opened my eyes, he was gone.
39:31Didn't want to kill him.
39:32I really prayed I missed him.
39:34I prayed all night I missed him.
39:52This guy is claiming self-defense.
39:54I don't have enough to hold him.
39:55There's only two people that knows what happened out there.
39:58And one is dead.
40:00And he can't talk.
40:08Yeah, this is him.
40:11Really?
40:15Ernest suffered one gunshot wound from back to front.
40:20So inconsistent from Gene's story that Ernest was coming at him.
40:26You know, his self-defense story just flew out the window.
40:38Ernest was never in that yard.
40:40Because you can't open the damn gate.
40:42And when you shot his man, this man was never in your yard.
40:44Yes or no?
40:44No.
40:48Why did you shoot him?
40:50Because exactly what I told you.
40:52Because he took a step towards you?
40:54He actually told me to shoot him and he took a step towards me.
41:00Was it a death wish?
41:01To be honest, God so...
41:02Death by ex-lover? What the hell is this?
41:04All we're trying to say is that this individual is on the outside.
41:07He posed no threat to you or anyone inside the house.
41:21Doesn't have a bad past.
41:23But he really stuffed it up this time.
41:26If he just would have stayed inside and called the police,
41:29he would be home right now.
41:37He was hurt.
41:37And the man, he killed him.
41:48He killed him.
41:49Letosha is not charged, and is released.
41:51I wish he would have told me why,
41:53but not even he can tell me why he did it.
41:57In this case, maybe love kills?
42:00I think toxic love kills.
42:03Love is an emotion that most people want,
42:05but we don't understand it.
42:07And everybody can't necessarily control it
42:09when it doesn't go the way that you expect it to go.
42:11You see it often in cases where you have love triangles
42:14and things like insecurities, obsession, infidelity,
42:19and people literally lose control.
42:21In this particular case, the insecurity, the jealousy,
42:25the rage was so great that he could not control it.
42:29And he took someone's life.
43:00And they took somebody's life at home
43:00And he took someone's life at home or even司ate a snowflake.
43:00And they said, he's your wife,
43:00you're your wife, you're your husband.
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