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See No Evil - Season 14 - Episode 02: Cul-De-Sac
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00:13I just couldn't understand why somebody would do that.
00:18There's someone going out and killing people.
00:22We don't know what the circumstances are.
00:25We were able to review surveillance videos
00:28that show this white SUV heading towards our crime scene.
00:33We needed to interview these three people
00:36and see where they were on the night of the murder.
00:39Let me tell you this, okay?
00:41I've got you on video. We've got you on video.
00:58Let me tell you.
01:13Uncle Johnny, he had come by our house.
01:17I have gifts for my birthday girls and he had brought some birthday gifts for our daughter
01:27and for my wife who have a birthday within seven days of each other
01:33uncle Johnny was a very fun guy to be around he was very welcoming very warm and very kind
01:42here you go we lived about an hour and 30 minutes from my mother's house in Mobile Alabama where my
01:52uncle Johnny my mother and my grandmother lived my uncle Johnny started working as a flight attendant
02:01when he lived in Venezuela he loved to travel around the world and he got to meet a lot of
02:09people
02:11after my uncle Johnny stopped being a flight attendant he moved to the United States
02:16and started working in the airspace company as an interior mechanic he was very social he was going
02:25on dates but he didn't have a longtime partner at the time finally found Mr. Wright no but hope
02:36spring's eternal Johnny was looking for Mr. Wright if you will maybe yeah he has so much to offer
02:46and I think he wanted to share that with someone you have a great birthday
02:54take care good see Charlie got to go play all right bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye
03:02bye bye
03:03bye bye bye bye bye bye
03:14meville county sheriff's office there's a cul-de-sac off of boiler road I believe I've seen a dead person
03:21laying there okay their face looks all beat up and they're laying there on their back I'm pretty sure
03:29it's a human I didn't get out to look it was freaking out a little bit all right um we'll
03:34get a deputy
03:34to meet you there okay thank you ma'am
03:43it took 20 to 30 minutes to get to the scene I was the commander over criminal investigations division
03:52it was in a remote area so it was clearly a dump job it was in a dead end of
04:01a what was going to be a
04:03residential area that never really got developed so there were no cameras or anything in the immediate
04:09scene patrol officers secure the location before the investigators arrive
04:22what do we have here detective gizir was the lead investigator assigned to this case
04:30ems arrived with patrol officers and they checked the vitals of the victim and he was pronounced deceased on the
04:36scene
04:40there was lividity and rigor mortis setting in um so we we knew that he had been expired for at
04:49least a few hours
04:51the trauma appeared to be a gunshot wound above his right eye there was apparent blunt force trauma
04:58to his face with teeth missing his pants pockets had been turned inside out
05:08there was loose change on the ground
05:14looking around further we found the tooth and a tooth bridge we looked for a cell phone
05:22and a wallet and could not find one
05:26there was a debit card lying near the body which allowed us to quickly identify the victim
05:42we were able to take the name off of the ATM debit card uh mr. johnny so keys and put
05:49it into our system
05:51uh was able to pull the driver's license picture up and identify him
05:58contact the bank with the bank transaction records
06:02our next move was to make contact with mr. so keys his family
06:08johnny's address was about six miles away from the crime scene
06:21my grandmother called me
06:25very frantically that morning the cops knocked on her door and my grandmother doesn't speak any english
06:36so she gave the investigator the phone
06:39how can i help
06:40they told me that my uncle had been murdered
06:49i'll be right there
06:54when i arrived at the house
06:57the investigators were there as well as my husband
07:06and then my mother got home
07:09mommy
07:10mommy
07:10and then my family
07:14mother went to your family
07:17i
07:20parley
07:21it's very difficult
07:23very stressful
07:24i know
07:27honey
07:27it was my brother
07:30we hugged
07:33and
07:42There's a language barrier with Inui, so Donnie was our translator.
07:46Can you think of anyone who would want to hurt Johnny?
07:53Johnny had no enemies. I don't know of anyone that Johnny disagreed with.
07:59Was he in a relationship?
08:01I immediately told him about the dating app and the social media accounts.
08:08Johnny was using the apps to look for relationships and love.
08:13Do you know when he left?
08:16No, he stated she went to bed around 10 p.m. and Johnny was still watching television.
08:23Around 7 a.m., when she woke up,
08:26she found Johnny's bedroom door open and the front door unlocked.
08:31We asked Inui if Johnny had left in his vehicle,
08:35and she said no, that the car was still there.
08:38She stated that Johnny had to have left with a friend or someone he knew.
08:43A search of his room and the residence revealed that there was no wallet or cell phone of Mr. Sokey's
08:49found at his house.
08:50Thank you very much for your help.
09:04This is here.
09:06Meantime, investigators receive a list of Johnny's bank transactions.
09:11We made contact with Wells Fargo, and they provided us with Johnny's last transaction,
09:16which was a withdrawal from an ATM about 10 minutes away from Johnny's house.
09:20That was made at 325 a.m. on the morning.
09:23Johnny was killed.
09:26We also found out that the ATM had surveillance,
09:29and they advised they would be sending us those surveillance shots the next morning.
09:35Investigators searched Johnny's neighborhood for home security cameras
09:39that might reveal when he left home to go to the ATM.
09:46We observe some cameras on a house about three houses east of Johnny's residence.
09:53We made contact with that resident.
09:56Hey, I'm Deputy Kazir.
09:58Can we take a look at the footage from that camera?
10:06We knew Johnny was at the ATM at 325,
10:10so we started looking at their surveillance footage starting at 3 a.m.
10:18She tells us that it's motion activated
10:20and that it only picks up when motion, such as a vehicle
10:24or someone walks by in front of the residence.
10:31Play that part again.
10:34At 315, we observed a white, mid-sized SUV
10:40traveling towards Johnny Sokey's house.
10:43It's behind the wheel.
10:56It didn't show the SUV physically at Mr. Sokey's house,
11:00but at that particular time, at 315 in the morning, most people are asleep.
11:06This was the only vehicle in the area.
11:09How's it there?
11:12The camera captures the partial roadway.
11:16Zoom in there.
11:19We attempt to zoom in to get a description of the driver and the license plate,
11:25but it was just too distorted.
11:28We're not able to make out a specific make and model.
11:31We can just get the color of the vehicle and that it was a white SUV.
11:38Play it.
11:41This is the residence with the surveillance.
11:43It's three houses down and just on the opposite side of the street.
11:47So we believe as it gets off of the camera angle,
11:50it stops at Johnny's residence, picks him up, and then they leave that location.
11:55We knew that he had gotten a ride from someone
11:59because we think he's minutes later at the ATM.
12:04And this clearly validates that he did leave with another person.
12:11Thanks, man.
12:17Investigators review the information from local traffic cameras
12:20to try to identify the SUV.
12:24So we gathered data from a tag reader that we have
12:27located at Schillinger's Airport near the ATM.
12:30The tag reader had picked up a vehicle
12:33matching the description from the surveillance camera.
12:36This time of morning, that was the only vehicle
12:38that passed through the intersection.
12:43We ran the vehicle's license plate
12:46to figure out who the registered owner was.
12:53Located that vehicle at an apartment complex.
12:57Followed that vehicle from the apartment complex to the airport
13:00and then made an investigative stop.
13:05I was notified, and then I responded out.
13:10There was just one occupant in the vehicle, which was the driver.
13:15So I interviewed that individual on the scene at the airport.
13:21The driver was identified, and he worked for Allied Taxi Service.
13:26I'd asked him if he had picked Johnny up, and he said no.
13:30He stated he'd picked up a couple of fares in the area.
13:35I asked him what time.
13:37He said he picked up a fare from a hotel
13:40and then was at the airport at around 325.
13:45I went to the airport to gather surveillance footage.
13:52Let's start from 325.
14:08There it is.
14:13Zoom in there.
14:17The footage showed the taxi driver at the airport at 325
14:21dropping fares off.
14:23And we knew that at 325,
14:27Johnny Sokes and another white SUV
14:29were at the Wells Fargo Bank withdrawing money.
14:33So the taxi driver was telling the truth
14:36about what he had done and where he had been.
14:39His story was corroborated with video evidence.
14:43And he was no longer a person of interest after that.
14:46Okay.
14:47Thanks.
14:56The next morning,
14:58Johnny's family are still coming to terms
15:00with what's happened.
15:16It was very sad and quiet.
15:19He was always the loud one
15:22and not having him there
15:24and knowing what happened was...
15:25It was really hard for all of us.
15:32Seeing his bedroom
15:34off the corner of the living room,
15:38knowing that he's never going to walk through the door again
15:40was the hardest part.
15:48So on October 26th,
15:50the day after Johnny Sokes' murder,
15:55I received the footage from Wells Fargo
15:57of Mr. Sokes' transaction.
16:00I got images from the bank.
16:03So we were expecting, you know,
16:05a full-motion video,
16:07but this was just still shots of the transaction.
16:12Show me the first one.
16:17That's Johnny.
16:18We see Johnny standing at the ATM
16:20holding his phone and his wallet.
16:23He's wearing a red shirt,
16:24the same red shirt that we found him in
16:26at the crime scene.
16:28Show me the next image.
16:32Zoom in on the background.
16:35And then we also see this white SUV
16:38in the background
16:40that matched the description of the surveillance
16:42that we had captured from Johnny's neighborhood.
16:47This is big.
16:49At this point,
16:50we knew Johnny had his wallet
16:51and his phone on him.
16:52And then this also confirms the vehicle
16:55that we observed in Johnny's neighborhood
16:58as being the vehicle that picked him up.
17:01I think I recognize him on him.
17:03We was able to key in on a feature on that vehicle.
17:09There was a light that was located
17:11underneath the side view mirror.
17:13So it appeared to be a Lincoln aviator.
17:20Go to the next one.
17:26Who's that?
17:34We can see Johnny's hokeys in the video
17:37with an unknown black male standing behind him.
17:42And the white SUV in the background behind that male.
17:50This didn't seem right.
17:52This individual standing behind Johnny.
17:54Can you clean it up?
17:56This is the best I can get.
17:59We knew that we needed to find out
18:01who this individual was.
18:04We want to track where this vehicle came from
18:07to look for other video
18:08where we could get a visual
18:11of the driver of the vehicle.
18:14So at this point,
18:15we've established Johnny was picked up
18:17at his residence.
18:19He had made the withdrawal at the ATM,
18:22and then we established the crime scene
18:24where Johnny's body was located.
18:30We were able to pull up an aerial map
18:32of the subdivision.
18:34There's only two points of entrance
18:37and exit to this neighborhood,
18:40and that helped you determine
18:43where to canvas for surveillance video.
18:50Deputies searched for security cameras
18:52along the route between Johnny's house,
18:55the ATM, and the crime scene.
19:00We were able to retrieve surveillance videos
19:03from multiple businesses
19:04with several different cameras.
19:08Play it.
19:12Palmer's Airport Toyota
19:13has a surveillance camera
19:15that captures the ATM across the street.
19:25Play that part again.
19:30Zoom in there.
19:34There goes the Lincoln.
19:38At 324,
19:39I see the white Lincoln aviator
19:41pull up across the street
19:42at the Wells Fargo ATM.
19:52And we can see Johnny walk to the ATM.
19:59He goes back to the car.
20:02Once he leaves the ATM,
20:04we need to see which route he took
20:06to get to Linda Court.
20:10Bring up the next camera.
20:12We're able to almost live time
20:16see the progression
20:17of where this vehicle goes.
20:21At 327 a.m.,
20:23the food mart on Dolls Road
20:24captures the white Lincoln aviator
20:26traveling southwest,
20:28which is about a mile from the ATM.
20:32Pause it there
20:32and punch it on the plate.
20:37We were unable
20:38to get a tag number
20:41off of the white Lincoln aviator.
20:43What else we got?
20:49At 331,
20:50we observe the white Lincoln aviator
20:52pass in front of Pete's Place,
20:55which is about 1.5 miles
20:57from Dolls Food Mart.
20:59The vehicle was traveling southwest
21:00toward Linda's Court
21:02where Johnny's body was found.
21:06So at this point,
21:07we have a clear direction of travel.
21:11And we believe Johnny's in the vehicle
21:13who is being driven
21:14by a male with a blue shirt
21:15who could be Johnny's killer.
21:20Investigators received the report
21:22from Johnny's autopsy.
21:25The autopsy report said
21:27that Johnny suffered a gunshot wound
21:29above his right eye
21:30and there was a .44 Magnum projectile
21:34retrieved from his jaw.
21:37He was also beaten so badly
21:39his dental bridge broke.
21:43Next day,
21:44investigators received the report
21:46on the GPS data
21:47from Johnny's cell.
21:50Give me those locations.
21:52Johnny's first cell phone ping
21:54was at 321,
21:56which tied into
21:57the neighbor's surveillance
21:58video across the street
22:00of him leaving his neighborhood.
22:03The phone continued to ping
22:05toward the ATM
22:06and then along the route
22:08that the white SUV took
22:10to the crime scene.
22:12At 338 a.m.,
22:14Johnny's phone pings
22:16at Linda Court
22:16where the 911 caller
22:18finds his body
22:19eight hours later.
22:22But this
22:23is not the last ping.
22:25At 420 a.m.,
22:27there's one final ping.
22:29Johnny Sokey's phone
22:30was powered off
22:31at 420
22:34around Carroll Plantation
22:35and Old Pascagoula Road,
22:37which is about
22:3710 to 15 miles
22:39from Linda Court
22:40where Johnny Sokey's body
22:42was discovered.
22:44We believe that this is
22:46where the suspect
22:47could have went
22:48after the crime.
22:49Thanks.
22:51Leap.
22:52I've got to leave.
22:54Let's go.
22:58Investigators zero in
22:59on the precise location
23:00of the final phone ping.
23:04On October 29th,
23:06I was in the area
23:07of Old Pascagoula
23:09and Carroll Plantation Road
23:10attempting to locate
23:11Johnny Sokey's cell phone.
23:16when I observed
23:17a white Lincoln aviator
23:18parked outside
23:19some apartments
23:22and was able to observe
23:23a tag number
23:24on the vehicle.
23:29I watched a black male
23:31and a white female
23:32enter the white Lincoln aviator,
23:38at which point
23:39they exit the apartment complex
23:42and travel west
23:44on Old Pascagoula Road.
23:47I stayed at the apartment.
23:49Other investigators
23:51were able to
23:53catch up with the vehicle
23:54on Old Pascagoula Road.
23:58It pulls into
24:00the local convenience store.
24:06The female gets out.
24:08The driver remains in the car,
24:11drives away from the business,
24:13gets back on Old Pascagoula Road.
24:15Investigators run
24:16the aviator's license plate.
24:18The vehicle is registered
24:20to a Kenzie Fisher.
24:21She is the passenger
24:23inside the vehicle
24:24that detectives are surveilling.
24:27We were able to find
24:29a relationship
24:30to that passenger.
24:31of a black male
24:34with the name
24:35of Sobronte Rhodes.
24:38And we was able
24:39to identify the driver
24:40being Sobronte Rhodes.
24:43With that information,
24:44we were also able
24:45to ascertain
24:46that he had some
24:46active warrants on him.
24:51So as I'm observing
24:52the apartment complex,
24:54the white Lincoln aviator returns.
25:00Minutes later,
25:02a car pulls up next
25:04to the Lincoln aviator.
25:10White male gets out of the car,
25:13goes over to the vehicle,
25:15gets into the passenger
25:18side of the aviator.
25:21The white Lincoln aviator
25:23drives out of the apartment block.
25:31They then observe traveling
25:33just down the street
25:33to a business complex
25:35where they park
25:35in front of a business.
25:38So we conducted
25:39a traffic stop
25:40on that vehicle.
25:48We remove Sobronte
25:50from the driver's side,
25:52and we remove the white male
25:53from the passenger side.
25:56We detained the two.
25:59From that point,
26:00we sealed the vehicle,
26:01and we have it towed
26:02and impounded.
26:05We sent another unit
26:07to the convenience store,
26:08and they detained
26:09the female passenger
26:10that was dropped off.
26:13We needed to interview
26:15these three people
26:16to find out
26:17on their whereabouts
26:18on the night
26:18of the murder.
26:24We interviewed
26:25the passenger
26:26of the white Lincoln aviator,
26:28Connor Moretti.
26:31We asked Connor Moretti
26:32who Sobronte Rhodes was to him
26:34and how we knew him.
26:36Today was the first time
26:37I met him.
26:37I don't even know his name.
26:38Okay.
26:39Did you message him
26:41or he messaged you?
26:41I messaged him this morning,
26:43and then we arranged
26:44to hold up.
26:45Yeah.
26:45Yeah.
26:46That's it.
26:47Okay.
26:47He expressed interest.
26:49We traded pictures.
26:51It's interesting
26:52to see this guy
26:54had met Sobronte Rhodes
26:55on a dating app
26:55just like Johnny Sokes did.
26:58We asked Connor Moretti
26:59if he knew Johnny Sokes.
27:01Does that guy look familiar
27:03to you at all?
27:05He messaged me one time
27:06and I didn't respond.
27:07He's from Venezuela?
27:08I don't know his name.
27:10Would it still be in your phone?
27:12No.
27:12How do you know he messaged you?
27:14I remember that face.
27:16That's just one of those cases
27:17he'll wear any mask.
27:18You never messaged him back?
27:20Just sign it.
27:21Not entirely.
27:23After a search
27:24of Connor Moretti's cell phone,
27:26we observed there was
27:27no communication
27:27between him and Johnny Sokes
27:29on the night of the murder.
27:31This gentleman
27:32had no involvement
27:34in the murder
27:35of Johnny Sokes.
27:38so we was able
27:39to mark him
27:41off the suspect list.
27:43Next,
27:44investigators interview
27:45Sobronte's girlfriend,
27:47Kenzie Fisher.
27:50We asked her
27:51where she was
27:52on the night of
27:53October 24th.
27:55She said she was
27:56home at her apartment.
28:08She'd woken up
28:09around 2 a.m.
28:10and realized
28:11Sobronte was gone.
28:21She texted him
28:22at the time
28:23to see where he was.
28:24He was on my way.
28:25This is at 221.
28:28Some time lapse
28:29and he was still out.
28:32At 3.53 a.m.,
28:33she texts Sobronte again.
28:35So when you sent
28:36this message
28:36at 3.53,
28:37he's not home yet?
28:38Mm-hmm.
28:40I asked her
28:41if she suspected him
28:42of messing around
28:44outside their relationship.
28:45I do.
28:46What's your
28:47suspections of that?
28:48I'm having
28:48a different female.
28:50Why do you think that?
28:51Because he disappears
28:52in the middle of the night.
28:54I asked her
28:55if Sobronte
28:56was seeing men
28:56outside of their relationship.
28:58I've never...
28:59Never suspected him
29:01of being like that.
29:03Never give him
29:03you and me
29:04in the nations.
29:04that he would
29:05be sexually attracted
29:06to another male.
29:07Mm-hmm.
29:08Okay.
29:09She was quite surprised.
29:11So I showed her
29:12the surveillance footage
29:13from the ATM.
29:15Just tell us
29:15if you recognize
29:16the person in that picture
29:18what his name is.
29:20It looks like Sobronte,
29:22but I can't make it out.
29:23Yeah.
29:24See the vehicle?
29:25Yeah, I do see the vehicle
29:26and that does look
29:26like my vehicle.
29:29I felt that she was up front
29:31about her story
29:32and where she was that night.
29:34She showed us the messages
29:35that she was sending
29:36Sobronte that night
29:37asking his whereabouts.
29:39So that confirmed her alibi.
29:41Her messages also confirmed
29:43that Sobronte Rhodes
29:44was not home
29:45on the night of the murder.
29:47Investigators release
29:48Sobronte's girlfriend
29:49without charge.
29:53Later that day,
29:54I interviewed Sobronte Rhodes.
30:08We confirmed Sobronte
30:09about these dating apps.
30:11At first,
30:12he was standoffish.
30:36Sobronte told us
30:37that he had picked
30:38Johnny up from his house.
30:41Where'd you meet him at?
30:42I met him at his house.
30:44Okay.
30:44Did you take him anywhere?
30:46I took him to the ATM machine.
30:47What ATMs I go to?
30:48On Shillingham, Fargo.
30:50Wells Fargo?
30:51I took him right back home.
30:53I wasn't gone
30:54away from my girl.
30:56No time.
30:57So I asked Sobronte
30:58the route that they had taken.
31:00When I went home,
31:02I went back up airport
31:03and I walked away off Shillingham.
31:04All the way down Shillingham?
31:05Shillingham.
31:06You ain't got nowhere else?
31:06Nowhere else.
31:07You should have been back home
31:09around 3.30, you're saying?
31:10Yeah.
31:11We knew that Sobronte
31:13was not telling the truth
31:15because we had got
31:16video surveillance
31:17from Johnny's neighbor
31:19that shows Sobronte
31:21picking Johnny up
31:22but never bringing Johnny back home.
31:24So we confronted him with that.
31:26Let me tell you this, okay?
31:28We've got you on video
31:29going to get Johnny.
31:31Got you on video
31:32at the ATM with Johnny.
31:34Got you on the video
31:35leaving the ATM.
31:37With Johnny.
31:38Y'all didn't go directly
31:39to that phone.
31:40Y'all went down Dolls Road.
31:42No.
31:43I've got you on video.
31:44We've got you on video.
31:46I ain't killed nobody, man.
31:47I swear to God.
31:48Did Johnny kill him?
31:48Let me ask you.
31:49Did Johnny kill himself?
31:50I don't...
31:51I did not kill nobody, man.
31:54I did not take that man nowhere.
31:56Oh, God.
31:57No, I want a lawyer, man.
31:59So Sobronte Rhodes at that point
32:01asked for a lawyer
32:03and then we ceased the interview.
32:07So at this point,
32:08the interview has stopped.
32:10The investigators have enough.
32:12At which point,
32:13our office did approve
32:14a murder charge
32:15for Sobronte Rhodes.
32:21Investigators inform the family
32:23of their progress.
32:30Hi.
32:32The investigators called me
32:34and told me that
32:36they found a suspect,
32:37the suspect that was driving
32:39the car that night.
32:41What's his name?
32:42I had never heard
32:44of Sobronte before.
32:47I feel like it was relief
33:01for Donnie
33:04and her mom
33:05and grandmother.
33:11It was a sigh of relief
33:13to know that this individual
33:14was off the streets.
33:16But there's still
33:16a lot of work to do.
33:18We knew Johnny died
33:19from a single gunshot wound
33:21to the head
33:21from the .44 Magnum.
33:23Ideally,
33:23you'd have the murder weapon.
33:25You'd have anything
33:27that caused the death.
33:28We didn't have a murder weapon
33:29in this case.
33:31Finding this weapon
33:32was going to be crucial
33:33to Chloe in this case.
33:37Sobronte Rhodes
33:38is now in jail
33:39and he's communicating
33:41via email
33:42with his girlfriend.
33:44He starts talking
33:45about the gun
33:47that was used
33:48in Johnny's murder
33:49and saying
33:50that it is in the possession
33:51of someone else.
33:53I swear I didn't kill this man.
33:56When I left him,
33:57he was alive.
33:58I bet if they run the gun
34:00from that 20-year-old kid
34:02that did the shooting
34:03at Exxon Mobil
34:04in Theodore Gas Station
34:06the other day,
34:07it be a match.
34:09I don't run with this kid,
34:11but I seriously think
34:12he killed the man
34:13I'm charged with killing.
34:16I need to see someone.
34:17They got me so wrong.
34:19Sobronte Rhodes
34:20is saying
34:21that someone else
34:22was involved in this
34:24and that he did not do it.
34:29Investigators review
34:30the case file
34:31for the shooting
34:31that Sobronte describes
34:33in his email.
34:35They discover
34:36that Mobile Police Department
34:37arrested 20-year-old
34:38Cameron Sullivan
34:39for an armed assault
34:41at an Exxon gas station
34:44eight days
34:45after the murder
34:46of Johnny Sokes.
34:49I contacted the case agent
34:51working the case
34:52and he gave me the details
34:54and told me
34:55that they collected
34:55a .44 Magnum
34:56from the shooting.
34:59The gun
35:00was then sent
35:01to the Alabama Department
35:02of Forensic Sciences
35:03and tested
35:04against the bullet
35:05that was recovered
35:06from Johnny Sokes.
35:09It turned out
35:10that it was a match
35:11and that was the gun
35:12that was used
35:13to kill Johnny Sokes.
35:16Is Sobronte
35:16the person
35:17that killed Johnny
35:18or could Cameron Sullivan
35:19be Johnny's killer?
35:25We interviewed
35:26Cameron Sullivan.
35:29We asked him
35:30about the .44 Magnum.
35:32Cameron Sullivan
35:34tells detectives
35:35that he purchased
35:35the gun
35:36recovered from
35:36the gas station shooting
35:37for $100
35:38on October 26th,
35:40the day after
35:42Johnny's murder.
35:43He then indicated
35:45that he had purchased
35:46the gun.
35:48from Sobronte Road.
35:52Cameron Sullivan
35:53told us
35:53that he was
35:54an associate
35:54to Sobronte.
35:57We was able
35:58to ascertain
35:59a phone communication
36:01between Cameron Sullivan
36:02and Sobronte
36:03the day after
36:04Johnny Sokes' murder.
36:06Have you run
36:06his phone GPS?
36:07The cell phone analysis
36:09of Cameron Sullivan's phone
36:10showed that he was
36:11out of state
36:12on the morning
36:13of the murder.
36:14Thanks.
36:16And so we knew
36:17he was not
36:18the one
36:18that killed
36:19Johnny Sokes.
36:20Cameron Sullivan
36:21is uninvolved
36:22in Johnny's murder.
36:24Investigators charge
36:25him with no crimes
36:27in relation
36:27to the killing.
36:31Sobronte Rhodes
36:32is trying to
36:33evade responsibility
36:34for Johnny's death.
36:36He clearly knows
36:37what happened.
36:38He's talking about
36:39the gun that was
36:39used in the murder.
36:40but now he's
36:42trying to put
36:42the gun
36:43and the shooting
36:44of Johnny
36:44on someone else.
36:48Sobronte Rhodes'
36:49murder trial
36:49begins on May 15th,
36:512023.
36:54He pleads
36:55not guilty.
36:59Prosecutor
37:00Lauren Walsh
37:01sets out
37:02the chain of events
37:03that led
37:03to Johnny's murder.
37:08I think Sobronte Rhodes
37:09was living
37:10a double
37:11if not a triple life.
37:13He had a girlfriend
37:14who did not know
37:15where he was
37:16a lot of the time.
37:18He was with
37:19all kinds of other people
37:20she didn't know about.
37:25We know
37:26that Johnny
37:27and Sobronte
37:28were meeting up
37:29in the early morning
37:30hours of October
37:3125th of 2019.
37:39We know
37:39that they went
37:40to the Wells Fargo
37:41ATM together
37:43where they were
37:44seen on surveillance
37:45and where we know
37:46Johnny Sokey
37:47withdrew cash.
37:50Sobronte Rhodes
37:51did not take
37:52Johnny home
37:52after that.
38:08I believe
38:09that he robbed him.
38:12I believe
38:13that he
38:14stole from him
38:21and executed him.
38:26Sobronte killed
38:27Johnny Sokey
38:28for no
38:29no reason at all.
38:33We believe
38:34Sobronte Rhodes
38:34chose Linda Court
38:35to dump
38:36Johnny's body
38:37because it was quiet
38:38and secluded
38:38with no witnesses.
38:41We know
38:41his pockets
38:42were empty.
38:43We know
38:44his phone
38:45and his wallet
38:45were taken.
38:47We know
38:48that Johnny Sokey's
38:49phone
38:50and ultimately
38:51last connected
38:52where Sobronte Rhodes
38:54lived.
38:57Johnny's cell phone
38:58and wallet
38:59was never recovered.
39:02We believe
39:03when we
39:04detained Sobronte
39:05and Conorati
39:06that day
39:07Conorati
39:08could very well
39:09have been
39:09his next victim.
39:11On May 17th
39:132023
39:13the jury
39:15finds Sobronte Rhodes
39:16guilty
39:17of intentional murder.
39:20The judge
39:21sentences him
39:22to life
39:23without parole.
39:26When we got
39:27the verdict
39:27I felt
39:28immense
39:28gratification
39:29and relief
39:30that we were
39:31able to
39:32secure that
39:33conviction
39:33and get justice
39:34as well as
39:35ensure safety
39:37for our community
39:37so that
39:38the public
39:39never has to
39:39worry about
39:40Sobronte Rhodes
39:41offending
39:42like that
39:42again.
39:43He's a very
39:44violent person
39:45and he's
39:47right where
39:47he belongs.
39:50The surveillance
39:51footage was
39:52immensely important
39:53in investigating
39:54this case
39:55and ultimately
39:55securing the
39:56conviction
39:57of Sobronte
39:57Rhodes.
39:59It led us
40:00to understand
40:01where Johnny Sokey's
40:03was,
40:03what vehicle
40:04he was in
40:05and ultimately
40:06who he was
40:07with.
40:11I can't
40:12understand
40:13why
40:15why this
40:16happened
40:16to him.
40:18No
40:18verlo
40:19en la casa
40:20mirar
40:21alrededor
40:22y no
40:22ver
40:22sus risas
40:24sus abrazos
40:25sus besos
40:27todos los días
40:29de mi vida
40:29lo extraño.
40:32Shortly
40:33after
40:33this
40:33tragedy
40:34there
40:35was
40:35actually
40:35some
40:36good
40:36news
40:37my
40:38wife
40:38and I
40:39found out
40:40we were
40:40pregnant
40:41too
40:44but
40:48we weren't
40:48ever able
40:49to share
40:49that
40:50with Johnny.
40:52He was
40:53a great
40:54person
40:54and he
40:55did not
40:55deserve
40:55that
40:56at all
40:58and we
40:59miss him
41:00very much.
41:10next time
41:11on
41:12CINO
41:12EVEN
41:12Kansas City
41:139-1-1
41:14someone got stuck
41:15to your car
41:16please
41:16this is a
41:17personal thing
41:18I shot
41:18in white
41:19and it
41:19said
41:20remember me
41:20bitch
41:21they go
41:21inside
41:22we will
41:22have them
41:23at that
41:23point
41:24it's
41:24the biggest
41:25nightmare
41:25I've ever
41:26had
41:27in my life
41:27I
41:28I
41:28I
41:29I
41:29I
41:29I
41:30I
41:31I
41:31I
41:31I
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