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00:00A second chance at love for a May-December couple.
00:14When you mix a freshly divorced exec with a go-go bar fling,
00:19you're not exactly building on solid ground.
00:23A killer who tries too hard to be one step ahead of the police.
00:28He arrives at the interview with the answers to all the questions the detective is not asking.
00:37And a hitman who really should have checked with his girlfriend before using her as an alibi.
00:44This is a woman who's seen it all, heard it all, and is clearly tired of it all.
00:58Famous as an international hotspot, people travel to Bangkok, Thailand from all over the world, looking to have a good time.
01:08And the neon-lit playground of Soi Cowboy is where they find it.
01:12Soi Cowboy is a tourist destination in Bangkok.
01:16It's actually one street full of go-go clubs.
01:19It's the kind of place where you leave your inhibitions at the door, and the party never seems to end.
01:27In 2008, Chansamorn Pokai is enjoying a night out at one of these clubs, looking to make a connection.
01:34Chansamorn goes by the nickname Aeon.
01:38She's originally from Kalasun in northeast Thailand, but she's come to Bangkok with her young daughter after a divorce.
01:44In her mid-twenties, Aeon knows that one of Soi Cowboy's clubs is a great place to meet an expat, and maybe get a chance at a whole new life.
01:56Aeon is receptive when an older gentleman approaches her.
02:01At nearly 60 years old, Richard Moore is living the high life.
02:06He's the vice president of business development for an international telecommunications company based in Dallas, Texas.
02:13And he has homes both in Thailand and the United States.
02:18Originally from England, Richard is fresh off his second divorce, with a young daughter back in Texas and two adult children in the UK.
02:29When you mix a freshly divorced exec with a go-go bar fling, you're not exactly building on solid ground.
02:37But despite the 30-year age gap, Richard and Aeon really hit it off.
02:43They find that they have a lot in common, both being divorced single parents.
02:49Somehow, they just click, and their relationship progresses quickly.
02:53Richard and Aeon decide to upend their lives to be together.
03:02Within a year, they find themselves married with a new baby daughter.
03:06In 2010, Richard and Aeon's blended family settles in a house in McKinney, which is a suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth.
03:25Aeon is thrilled.
03:28It's everything she's ever dreamed of.
03:30And Richard is happy that she's happy.
03:37Even when Richard's adult son passes away in the UK, his new young family helps him push through his grief.
03:45In December 2011, Richard embarks on a new business venture.
03:56While Aeon settles into her new life as a Texas housewife, Richard becomes the owner of a pub called the Irish Ice House.
04:05One day, a local man named Steve Brockway comes into the pub, and the two men start chatting.
04:15Steve is about the same age that Richard's son would have been, and Richard makes a strong connection with the younger man.
04:22Eventually, Richard takes his new friend on as a business partner at his pub.
04:26Richard and Steve have a full-on bromance.
04:31Aeon even refers to them as the two boys, because they're always together.
04:38Soon, Steve is like another member of the family.
04:44Steve Brockway quickly becomes a fixture at Sunday dinners at the Morehouse.
04:49The entire family is used to having him around.
04:53And to Aeon and Richard's daughters, he's basically an uncle.
04:58When you go into business with somebody, it's important to have a mutual trust and respect with each other.
05:03If you're going to put part of your financial livelihood in someone's hands, you have to know that they're reliable.
05:13Eventually, Richard sells the pub.
05:16But the close friendship between the two men continues.
05:19Even after their business partnership ends.
05:25By 2015, Richard is happily retired.
05:29He settles into a relaxed, day-by-day routine that's as predictable as clockwork.
05:36Without even changing out of his pajamas, Richard drops off his youngest daughter at school.
05:42When he gets home, he sits down and enjoys two cups of tea.
05:46After all, even though he lives in Texas, he is still British.
05:53By mid-morning, he switches to coffee and does some chores around the house.
05:57Then around noon, he goes upstairs, hops in the shower to get ready for whatever he's planned for the rest of the day.
06:06After a long, high-powered career, it can be difficult for some men to adjust to retirement.
06:17But in this case, Richard has definitely mastered the art of having some time on his hands to enjoy himself.
06:24Richard has dropped off his youngest at school, and now he's home doing his tea thing.
06:38But the day takes an unexpected turn as a winter storm approaches.
06:51There are plenty of places in the U.S. where a winter storm in February is a common development, but not in Texas.
06:59It's an anomaly, and the infrastructure there is not set up to handle it.
07:05It becomes dangerous.
07:07Weather reports tell everyone to stay inside.
07:10Aeon is planning to go out shopping, but Richard wants her to stay put and stay safe.
07:19Eventually, as the storm approaches, the schools decide to shut down early.
07:24Now, because of the weather, Aeon needs to go pick up the kids from school.
07:32So she heads out around 11 a.m.
07:35After Aeon leaves, Richard, a creature of habit, continues his usual routine.
07:42He heads upstairs to enjoy his midday shower.
07:46But here's the thing about routines.
07:48They can be a double-edged sword.
07:50On one hand, they provide comfort and structure.
07:54But on the other hand, they make you predictable.
07:57And when somebody's got it out for you, predictability can be a killer.
08:02When Richard emerges from his shower, his predictable routine is shattered by an unexpected guest.
08:0920-something Aeon Pukai and 60-year-old Richard Moore meet in a go-go club in Thailand.
08:27And their whirlwind romance lands them in McKinney, Texas, with a whole new blended family.
08:33Including Richard's new business partner, Steve Brockway.
08:41Known as the two boys, Richard and Steve remain tight, even when Richard retires.
08:48Enjoying a daily routine befitting a man of leisure.
08:52That routine is interrupted on February 27, 2015, when an unexpected winter storm changes everything.
09:01Now, because of the weather, Aeon needs to go pick up the kids from school.
09:07So she heads out around 11 a.m.
09:11At 11.48 a.m., a neighbor's surveillance camera captures video of a man,
09:17who's either very large or is wearing very bulky clothing,
09:21approach the Moors residence on foot.
09:25The man walks to the side of the house and appears to enter.
09:31Eight minutes later, at 11.56 a.m.,
09:37the surveillance camera captures the same man leaving the house
09:40and walking back around the side to exit the property.
09:46It's a short eight-minute window,
09:49but the intruder arrives just in time to catch Richard
09:52during the most vulnerable part of his regular morning routine.
09:56As Richard steps out of his shower,
10:00the intruder surprises him.
10:04Brandishing a rifle, he opens fire in the bathroom.
10:09Richard sustains four gunshots to the front of his head,
10:12three to the back of his head,
10:14and one to his right arm.
10:16Any one of the shots to the head could have gotten the job done.
10:20Seven shots is overkill.
10:22Somebody wanted Richard Moore dead, plain and simple.
10:26The timing of the attack is a big question mark.
10:30Did the shooter know that just before noon
10:33is right when Richard always takes his shower?
10:37It doesn't feel like a coincidence.
10:39Just after 1 p.m., Aeon returns home with the kids.
10:46The winter storm outside is getting closer.
10:49As Aeon comes into the bedroom,
10:52she stumbles upon a horrific scene.
10:55She finds her husband lying in a pool of blood
10:59on their bathroom floor.
11:01There's no playbook.
11:05There's no right or wrong way to react.
11:08Some people freeze.
11:09Some people collapse.
11:10Some people run away.
11:13Trauma shows up differently in different people.
11:18That's why eyewitness accounts can be tricky.
11:21In stressful situations,
11:23some people's actions and recollections
11:25might not be the same as they would be in normal situations.
11:29Aeon wants to spare her kids
11:34the trauma of seeing their father this way,
11:37so she quickly ushers them outside,
11:40where one of the girls calls 911.
11:45After that, she refuses to go back inside,
11:49even to check on her husband.
11:51It's just too upsetting for her.
11:59The first responders arrive quickly
12:04and assess the scene.
12:08There are no defensive wounds on Richard
12:10or signs of a struggle,
12:12which indicate that the attacker
12:13may have surprised the victim.
12:16The blood on Richard's feet
12:18indicate that he may have tried to stand
12:20or walk away after initially being shot.
12:24There are five spent shell casings
12:26fired from a .22 caliber rifle,
12:28which, fired at that close range,
12:31would explain the amount of damage to Richard.
12:33There are no signs of forced entry to the house,
12:37which runs counter to a break and enter.
12:40But the safe in the bedroom is open
12:41and its contents have been emptied out.
12:44So the initial assessment of the crime scene
12:47is somewhat contradictory.
12:52Outside, Aeon is devastated to learn
12:55that her husband has been pronounced dead.
12:57Detective Hardin of the McKinney Police Department
13:02is assigned to take charge of the investigation.
13:06Aeon is still struggling to take everything in
13:09when the detective starts questioning her.
13:12In a murder investigation like this,
13:15you want to speak to family members right away.
13:18It's a fine line.
13:19You don't want to re-traumatize them.
13:21But since they're the ones who know the victim best,
13:24they're also the ones who may have
13:26the most relevant information.
13:28Aeon explains that she wasn't home
13:31during her husband's murder.
13:33With the impending storm,
13:35she'd gone out to pick up the kids.
13:40En route, she stopped at a department store
13:43to pick up a few things.
13:45Definitely a weird time to go shopping,
13:47but Aeon has the receipt to prove it.
13:51Aeon insists that she has no idea
13:54who would want to harm her husband,
13:56but she does provide a significant clue.
14:00Richard and Aeon kept a sizable amount of money
14:04in the house.
14:06The open safe in the bedroom held $17,000 in cash,
14:10which is now missing.
14:14$17,000 is a significant amount of money.
14:17And it supports the theory of a robbery gone wrong.
14:22The detective asks Aeon to consent to a search
14:25of her car and home.
14:28Even though Aeon has an alibi
14:30for the time of Richard's shooting,
14:33and there's evidence to point to it
14:35being a robbery that's gone bad,
14:37investigators still have to include or exclude
14:40the possibility that Aeon may have been involved,
14:43especially since she's the one who found Richard's body.
14:47Aeon agrees to let police search whatever they want,
14:52and she also hands over her cell phone.
14:55Anything she can do to help find the person
14:58who viciously murdered her husband
15:00and tore her life apart.
15:02Detective Hardin begins his investigation of the murder,
15:07has a robbery gone wrong?
15:10The open safe and the missing money indicate a robbery,
15:14but not everything at the scene supports that theory.
15:18There are no signs of forced entry into the house,
15:21indicating that the assailant knew how to get in undetected.
15:24And nothing else is damaged or missing.
15:29Even though the safe is open and the money is missing,
15:32it hasn't been damaged at all,
15:34like you would expect it to be if it had been pried open.
15:38The only evidence that money is missing is Aeon's word,
15:42and there's nothing to corroborate that.
15:44The detective decides to do a deeper dive into his victim.
15:52On the surface, Richard Moore is exactly what he appears to be,
15:57a happily married family man.
16:01But when Detective Hardin reaches out to Richard's eldest daughter,
16:08Joanne, in the UK,
16:10he gets a completely different view of Richard's life.
16:15And marriage.
16:18While everyone's been selling the Happy Family Act in McKinney,
16:23Joanne spills the tea about what's really going down
16:26in the Moore household.
16:28Joanne tells the detective all about Steve Brockway,
16:33her father's best friend.
16:35The two have been besties for years,
16:37and Steve's almost part of the family.
16:43But five months earlier, in September 2014,
16:47Steve had become a little too close for comfort.
16:51Joanne describes how Steve had been over to the house,
16:54sharing a drink with her father and his wife.
16:58Richard had gone to bed early.
17:03When he woke up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water,
17:06his wife was not in the bed with him.
17:16He noticed that Steve's car was still in the driveway,
17:19so he went looking.
17:22That's your first mistake.
17:24If you don't want to know,
17:26don't go looking.
17:27In a spare bedroom,
17:30Richard finds Steve and Aeon in bed together,
17:35asleep under the covers.
17:38Finding your wife in bed with your best friend,
17:41that's not just a marital crisis.
17:44That's a complete life implosion.
17:46But Richard takes the high road.
17:49Instead of confronting Steve and Aeon,
17:53he decides to just go for a walk.
17:55And when he gets home, Steve is already gone.
17:58But as the months pass,
18:01Richard's high road leads to a dark place,
18:04and tensions in the marriage boil over.
18:09Eventually, Richard's high road takes him back to Thailand,
18:13where he goes looking for some extramarital companionship of his own.
18:18But Richard's affair in Thailand pushes his marital problems over the edge.
18:25By January 2015, arguments are frequent and violent.
18:30In January 2015, police are called to the Moore household on a domestic disturbance call.
18:36Richard even shows his daughter a severe bite mark left on his arm from a fight he had with Aeon.
18:43The woman is not kidding around.
18:47Domestic violence is like a ticking time bomb.
18:50It can go very bad, very quickly.
18:54Richard makes the smart decision to remove himself completely.
18:57The detective learns from Joanne that her father had visited her in the U.K. earlier in February,
19:09needing to clear his head.
19:12His marriage was imploding.
19:15Richard returned home from his U.K. trip on February 22, 2015,
19:21just five days before his horrific murder.
19:24For Detective Hardin, it's a lot of new information.
19:30And it all points to one place.
19:34Police work is all about following the evidence, piece by piece, until the full picture emerges.
19:41The next step is speaking with Steve Brockway to see what he has to say.
19:48But when Brockway sits down with the detective,
19:50all of the twists and turns in the case send it spinning right off the rails.
20:03Richard Moore's May-December romance with Aeon Pokai is the stuff dreams are made of.
20:11Until Richard discovers his young wife in bed with his best friend, Steve Brockway.
20:16Since two can play at that game, Richard hightails it to Thailand, where he has a fling of his own.
20:28When Richard is brutally murdered at home in the middle of the day,
20:33his daughters point to the too-close-for-comfort relationship between their stepmother and Uncle Steve.
20:42While everyone's been selling the Happy Family Act in McKinney,
20:48Joanne spills the tea about what's really going down in the Moore household.
20:53Police work is all about following the evidence, piece by piece, until the full picture emerges.
21:00The next step is speaking with Steve Brockway to see what he has to say.
21:05On March 3rd, four days after Richard Moore's murder,
21:11Steve Brockway comes to the McKinney Police Department for a casual conversation with Detective Hardin.
21:17He brings along his attorney.
21:20There's certainly no indication that Steve has been categorized as a suspect by investigators.
21:26So when he rolls in for his interview with a lawyer in tow, it certainly raises some eyebrows.
21:32Showing up for a witness interview with a lawyer could mean that somebody's being extra careful.
21:39Or it could mean that maybe they have something to hide.
21:43He arrives at the interview with the answers to all the questions the detective is not asking.
21:50Oversharing is never a good tactic.
21:53Brockway volunteers his gun, which is a .357 caliber handgun.
22:02It's definitely not the .22 caliber rifle that killed Moore.
22:06So there's no reason for police to run an analysis on it or even ask questions about it.
22:11My guess?
22:13It's a misguided attempt by Steve to appear to be cooperative.
22:17The detective is also not interested in the receipt that Steve offers to prove his whereabouts the morning of the murder.
22:26Because that really doesn't prove anything.
22:28It just shows that he went shopping.
22:30Steve claims that at the time Richard was shot, he was at his house meeting with a contractor named Ron Rosser about a construction project.
22:47Steve explains that Rosser is doing some work for him on a popcorn ceiling.
22:51Steve agrees to hand over his cell phone for analysis.
23:16Steve's attempts to look more innocent really just makes him look more guilty.
23:25But some people are just super awkward around law enforcement types.
23:30And that in itself isn't a crime.
23:32The detective knows that Steve is not the mystery man seen entering and exiting Richard Moore's home before and after the murder.
23:42Steve is too short and the body types don't match.
23:46But just because he wasn't the actual shooter doesn't mean he's in the clear.
23:50The detective continues to follow the trail of evidence.
23:54The contractor Steve name drops during his police interview is Ron Rosser, a 51-year-old from Longview, Texas, just two hours east of Dallas.
24:06Ron Rosser has 11 prior convictions, including felony theft, unlawful carrying of a weapon, and multiple DUIs.
24:16His history paints a picture of a man well acquainted with the wrong side of the law.
24:22Rosser is exactly the kind of guy someone would go to for this kind of job.
24:27His phone number might as well be 1-800-DIAL-A-HIT-MAN.
24:33Two days later, Detective Hardin pays a surprise visit to Longview, where a completely unprepared Rosser agrees to an interview.
24:41Rosser's story is a meandering mess of changing details and contradictions.
24:47He makes Steve's interview look coherent by comparison.
24:51Rosser explains that on February 27th, the morning of the murder, he drove to the Dallas area for a meeting with his mortgage broker about a loan.
25:04But because of his concerns about the weather, he decided to turn around and go home.
25:10That mortgage broker meeting never existed, and Rosser's story changes.
25:17He didn't go home.
25:18He went to his friend Steve's house to wait out the storm.
25:23Rosser claims that he arrived at Steve's around 11.30 and stayed for 1-2 hours.
25:29That matches the time frame provided by Steve in his own interview.
25:34Rosser claims that he and Steve discussed a construction project during his visit.
25:40According to Rosser, it was a tiling project.
25:43When Steve told the same story, the construction project was a popcorn ceiling.
25:48Rosser explains that after a couple hours, the storm let up.
25:54So he left Steve's and went straight home.
25:58When Detective Hardin points out that the weather actually got worse throughout the day instead of better, Rosser's story changes again.
26:06Now, Rosser was in a rush to get home to see his girlfriend, Tracy, who was coming over for a visit.
26:14But still, he definitely went straight home.
26:18And he definitely didn't stop anywhere along the way.
26:22Also, he definitely doesn't have any guns.
26:25Detective Hardin continues to follow up on any new names that get thrown into the mix.
26:38This time, it's Tracy.
26:41Since Rosser used his girlfriend Tracy as an alibi, the detective reaches out to Tracy and asks her to come in for an interview.
26:48At this point, the investigation takes a giant left turn.
26:54Instead of supporting his alibi, Tracy does just the opposite.
27:00She opens the floodgates.
27:03This is a woman who's seen it all, heard it all, and is clearly tired of it all.
27:08Tracy's revelations turn Rosser's claim on its head.
27:14Not only does he possess an arsenal of firearms despite his felony record, but he's brazenly peddling weapons on social media.
27:25Tracy doesn't just claim that Rosser is selling guns.
27:28She shows up with proof.
27:30She has photographs of Rosser's guns, his marijuana grow up, all of it.
27:35And she's willing to help police bring him down.
27:40Now, with a confidential informant in hand, police have everything they need to obtain a search warrant for Ron Rosser's house.
27:49March 8th is like Christmas morning for the investigative team.
27:53They roll up to Rosser's place, search warrant in hand, and hit the mother load.
27:59Guns, ammo, spent shell casings, it's a regular arsenal.
28:03They don't find the murder weapon, but they find a box for a .22 caliber rifle.
28:10The exact same weapon used to kill Richard Moore.
28:14With everything collected from Rosser's house, Detective Hardin has a treasure trove of evidence.
28:22Besides the guns, police recover four different deposit receipts, totaling $8,000 in cash from the day Richard Moore was murdered.
28:32The earliest one, time-stamped just after 1.30, near Steve Brockway's house.
28:39And the last one, a few hours later, near Rosser's place in Longview.
28:45So it seems that Rosser left Steve's house with a huge wad of cash that he mysteriously forgot to mention.
28:53And instead of going straight home, like he claimed, he stopped off along the way to make deposits.
29:03In Rosser's bedroom dresser, they find a dossier on Richard Moore.
29:07Multiple pictures of the man, and a piece of paper with his full name, address, and all of his associated vehicles.
29:15And the fingerprints on that dossier, they're a perfect match to Stephen Brockway.
29:30On March 10th, a joint task force conducts a sting operation on Rosser's gun sales.
29:36He's arrested on firearms charges, and later indicted for Richard Moore's murder.
29:44Police also arrest Steve Brockway and Aon Pokai, and charge them with capital murder.
29:52And while all three co-conspirators continue to proclaim their innocence,
29:57deleted text data from their phones, reveals what actually happened to Richard Moore.
30:11The investigation into Richard Moore's murder takes a dramatic turn,
30:16with the arrest of the three co-conspirators on March 10th, 2015.
30:21And while Ron Rosser, Steve Brockway, and Aon Pokai all proclaim their innocence,
30:29their cell phone data tells another story altogether.
30:33When investigators take possession of the cell phones from Aon, Steve, and Ron,
30:38there's no text message history between them at all, which is more than a little implausible.
30:45Steve and Ron have both admitted to being friends,
30:48and getting together during the murder to discuss some kind of construction project.
30:55And Steve and Aon are practically family, even a little more than family.
31:02So deleting all their texts is like hanging a flashing neon sign that reads,
31:08hey police, look over here.
31:10It's amazing that people think that by hitting a delete button, it'll erase all their secrets.
31:16But in the digital age, nothing is ever really gone.
31:20And in this case, those deleted texts are the key to unlocking the truth.
31:27On February 16th, when Richard is in the UK,
31:31following his knock-down, drag-out fight with Aon,
31:35all three phones ping the same cell tower near Moore's house at the same time.
31:41A cellular telephone registers its location with the nearest available cellular tower
31:48approximately every seven seconds.
31:52So law enforcement can determine a cell phone's,
31:55and by extension, a person's location at any given point by using a ping.
32:01Unless these three have some other project together that no one else knows about,
32:05this would be when they plot Richard's murder.
32:10A week later, on February 22nd, Rosser searches the internet for gun shows.
32:17Gun shows offer Rosser a loophole in the system.
32:22These events can provide the perfect opportunity for a private citizen with a checkered past
32:27to obtain a firearm without going through a background check.
32:30It's almost like entering, where can I buy a murder weapon, into a search bar.
32:37But then, Rosser gets even more specific.
32:40He looks up, how far will a .22 long rifle kill?
32:45What's the best way to quiet down a .22 long rifle?
32:49And how to make an easy, homemade rifle silencer.
32:54Those aren't the kind of searches that an innocent man makes.
32:58This guy is clearly gearing up for something big.
33:04But despite all their careful planning,
33:07the one thing the conspirators couldn't plan for was the weather.
33:14On February 27th, the designated murder date,
33:18Rosser leaves his home in Longview and heads towards McKinney around 9.30 a.m.
33:24He sends a text to Steve to let him know that he's on his way.
33:27Here's the thing about master plans.
33:30They're never quite as foolproof as the masterminds behind them think.
33:35As that winter storm comes in, the three conspirators start feeling the heat.
33:41Suddenly, their airtight scheme is springing leaks.
33:45With Steve as a go-between, asking Aeon questions that Rosser is asking him,
33:59they worry that Aeon won't fulfill her part of the plan and ensure the house is empty.
34:05When the schools do close early, Aeon texts her older daughter,
34:29instructing her to stay at school and not to go home.
34:32She can't risk the kids being in the house when Richard is killed.
34:40It's a classic case of watching a house of cards on the verge of collapse.
34:45One tiny breeze, a little hiccup, and the entire structure will come crashing down.
34:51At 11.11 a.m., Aeon texts that she's going out now and heads out the door.
35:00Aeon heads directly to the department store to collect her alibi receipt,
35:05placing her away from the house at the time that Rosser is there.
35:09When Steve phones Rosser at 11.45, Rosser doesn't answer.
35:16It's around the time he's busy getting caught on surveillance camera entering Moore's house.
35:22Rosser finds Richard Moore right where he's expected to be just before noon,
35:27in his bathroom having a shower,
35:29and unloads eight bullets into the retiree,
35:34making absolutely certain he's dead.
35:38Aeon, Steve, and Ron all delete every single text message between them
35:46to try to hide their plotting.
35:4878 messages between Ron and Steve,
35:52and 84 messages between Steve and Aeon.
35:57As if somehow that's less suspicious.
36:00Here's a tip.
36:04Hitting delete on your incriminating text messages
36:07doesn't make them vanish into thin air.
36:10These three are leaving a digital trail a mile wide.
36:17After shooting Richard Moore,
36:19Rosser heads over to Steve's house to collect his cash.
36:24On his way home to Longview,
36:27Rosser deposits the cash at four different banks.
36:30Collecting, and for some reason choosing to keep,
36:34deposit slips from each one.
36:36It's a mountain of evidence against all three conspirators.
36:41Despite attempts to avoid detection,
36:44less than two weeks after Richard Moore is murdered,
36:47his three killers are all in custody.
36:51After their indictments,
36:52all three are held in jail, awaiting trial.
36:56In a charming but creepy show of mutual support,
37:00Ron drops a note into Steve's jail cell
37:02as he passes by that reads,
37:05Are you okay?
37:06I was just checking on you.
37:08I have kept my mouth shut.
37:10They have nothing on us.
37:12But the thing about conspiracies,
37:14they're only as strong as their weakest link.
37:17And when that link breaks,
37:19the entire chain falls apart.
37:22They may be standing together now.
37:26But by the time their cases go to trial four years later,
37:30more than one of the three would turn on the others.
37:33The investigation into the 2015 murder of Richard Moore
37:41in McKinney, Texas
37:43uncovers a sinister plot involving his wife, Aeon,
37:48her lover, Stephen Brockway,
37:51and hired hitman, Ron Rosser.
37:54Despite a noble attempt to hide their guilt
37:57involving ineffective alibi receipts,
38:01a half-baked construction project,
38:03and one very angry girlfriend,
38:06all three are indicted for capital murder,
38:10which in Texas means an automatic life sentence without parole.
38:14Ron Rosser goes to trial in March 2019.
38:20The prosecution presents a mountain of evidence,
38:24forensics from the crime scene,
38:25and details about the murder weapon
38:27and bullet casings left near Richard's body.
38:31They present the cell phone evidence
38:33detailing Rosser's whereabouts,
38:36his search history,
38:37and the text messages between him, Aeon, and Steve
38:42on the day of the murder.
38:43They have the evidence from Rosser's home,
38:46including the empty .22-caliber rifle box,
38:50the information package on Moore,
38:52and those bank receipts showing large cash deposits.
38:57All in, the prosecution presents a very strong case.
39:02But Rosser's defense team makes an unusual pivot.
39:06Rosser leans into what he must see
39:09as the lesser of two evils.
39:11He goes all in on the drug dealer defense,
39:14which is kind of brilliant if you think about it.
39:18Rosser claims that the $8,000 cash payment
39:22from Steve Brockway
39:23was for a large delivery of marijuana.
39:26On the street, $8,000 will buy you two pounds of marijuana.
39:33To put that in perspective,
39:35that's enough to keep a daily toker satisfied
39:37for months, even years.
39:40It's a ridiculous amount for someone to claim
39:42it was for personal use only.
39:45Rosser explains away the contradictory stories
39:48about the construction project
39:50he and Steve were discussing that day,
39:53claiming it was a euphemism for their weed business.
39:56He even claims that Steve gave him
39:58the info packet on Richard
40:00because they were considering bringing Richard
40:02into their drug business
40:04to leverage his Thailand connections.
40:08It's a textbook example of trying to shift blame
40:11and muddy the waters,
40:12hoping that something will stick.
40:14But the jury isn't swayed by Rosser's attempt
40:18to paint Steve Brockway
40:19and possibly Richard Moore as drug dealers,
40:23especially since there's zero evidence to back it up.
40:26The verdict against Rosser comes in on March 5th.
40:32A guilty verdict in a McKinney murder-for-hire case.
40:35The jury found Ronna Rosser guilty of capital murder.
40:39Detectives say a woman paid Rosser
40:40to kill her husband back in 2015,
40:42and now Rosser will get life in prison.
40:46Three months after Rosser's conviction,
40:49focus shifts to Steve Brockway's trial.
40:51If convicted of capital murder,
40:54Brockway will face the same sentence as Rosser,
40:57life in prison with no possibility of parole.
41:00The prosecution argues that Stephen and Aon
41:03planned the murder
41:04to cash in on Richard's sizable life insurance policy.
41:09Back in 2000,
41:10while he was still married to his second wife,
41:13Richard took out a $1 million life insurance policy
41:16to provide for his wife and his children.
41:18And now, Aon wanted a piece of it.
41:24They say everything is bigger in Texas,
41:26and as modus go,
41:28this one is Texas-sized.
41:31On the second day of the trial,
41:34the prosecution introduces
41:35the damning text message evidence
41:37from the day of the murder.
41:40Those texts are the nail in Steve's coffin.
41:44It's amazing how a few taps on a phone
41:46conceal someone's fate.
41:48The very next day,
41:51Steve changes his plea to guilty
41:52in exchange for a reduced 28-year sentence.
41:57He makes a statement
41:58admitting his role in the murder,
42:01and he implicates Aon as well.
42:05As part of his plea deal,
42:07Steve agrees to testify against Aon
42:10at her upcoming trial,
42:12but it never gets that far.
42:14Four days later,
42:16on July 1, 2019,
42:18Chansamorn Aon Pokai,
42:20the woman who once captured Richard Moore's heart
42:23in a Bangkok bar,
42:25pleads guilty to the murder of her husband.
42:28She's sentenced to 40 years in prison.
42:31After four long years,
42:33Richard Moore's family finally finds the justice
42:36they waited so long to enjoy.
42:39As Aon, Steve,
42:41and Rosser's ill-advised foray
42:43into murder-for-hire
42:45lands them all exactly where they deserve to be.
42:48These three tried really hard
42:50to plan the perfect crime.
42:52They didn't quite master the importance
42:54of keeping their story straight,
42:57but they definitely tried.
42:59If there's one thing this case proves,
43:01it's that in the age of smartphones,
43:03the very concept of committing a perfect crime
43:06is a myth.
43:08Every digital breadcrumb,
43:10every errant text message,
43:12every ill-advised internet search
43:14can leave a trail
43:16that will lead right back
43:17to the suspect's front door.
43:20So if you're thinking of texting a hitman,
43:23put down that phone right now
43:25and make better life choices.
43:27It's not hard.
43:44It's not hard.
44:08It's not hard.
44:08It's and he'll say yes.
44:10It's and he'll say yes.
44:12It's and he'll say yes.
44:12Don't question all right.
44:13When he says yes.
44:13You
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