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The First 48 - Season 29 - Episode 02: Betrayal
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00:00:01This program documents actual homicide investigations.
00:00:05Criminal charges are often dropped or reduced,
00:00:07and all suspects shown are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
00:00:20So we are going up to this area which is very secluded, very wooded.
00:00:25You don't go out there to go hiking.
00:00:29You go out there to get rid of things.
00:00:32Common sense tells me he's dumping our body.
00:00:36Man, if you'd have told me three weeks ago
00:00:38that we'd be looking for another body after Mark's case,
00:00:40I wouldn't have believed you.
00:00:42This is super rare.
00:00:44This is one of those kind of cases that she'll never forget.
00:00:52All right, let's go see what we got.
00:00:57I hope we find her.
00:01:139-1-1, what's the address of the emergency?
00:01:16I think we're 63rd place north across the street from my house.
00:01:21There's a body laying on the porch.
00:01:25Do you know if that person has been shot?
00:01:28I don't know.
00:01:30I will go ahead and put a call in for them, okay?
00:01:38First responders arrive at the home and find a young woman on the front porch.
00:01:44shot dead.
00:01:53For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half
00:01:58if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours.
00:02:15Hey, Brandon.
00:02:17Detective Mark Kennedy will lead the investigation.
00:02:21Victims shot and killed her on her front step.
00:02:25What's her name?
00:02:27Elizabeth.
00:02:3127-year-old Elizabeth Dillard grew up in Redding, California,
00:02:35and recently moved to Tulsa with her 8- and 9-year-old sons.
00:02:39She also has a 5-year-old daughter who lives in California with her ex-partner.
00:02:45Elizabeth is survived by her parents and two younger sisters.
00:02:53This neighbor and these people said they heard gunshots 330 to 345.
00:02:58No one called them.
00:02:59Elizabeth was lying dead on her doorstep for almost four hours
00:03:03before a neighbor saw her and called 911.
00:03:06She shot three times.
00:03:08Okay.
00:03:09She was struck three times in the chest.
00:03:13Cason's right in the front yard.
00:03:14Offline.
00:03:16.40 caliber hornedies.
00:03:18.csi recovered 3 .40 caliber shell casings.
00:03:27She's not robbed her.
00:03:29She got her car keys out.
00:03:32Her purse is still intact.
00:03:34Her door keys are laid on her way.
00:03:36So she's trying to get in the house.
00:03:40our kids were at the house being watched by her sister when first responders arrived
00:03:46they found elizabeth's sons and her sister inside who seemed to know the most about her sister yeah
00:03:54okay elizabeth's sister will be taken to homicide for questioning
00:03:57while her kids stay with her sister's husband
00:04:03she's got a phone on grab that we'll take it with us
00:04:09not much to see is it no well we got some work to do yeah i think so
00:04:21one hour in you are yep ready set and they've got a camera's pointing that direction
00:04:28the team finds security cameras on the house next door to elizabeth's nathan and reggie are
00:04:34working on it they're looking at it maybe nathan can explain it to you yeah let's move here we go
00:04:43it's not it shows her coming home at like 3 46. it's dark i mean you can't really see the
00:04:52porch
00:04:53the video shows elizabeth pulling into her driveway around the same time neighbors her gunshots
00:05:00they're not sure getting out of the car no it's it's out of view but the cameras didn't capture
00:05:06the shooting we don't see any cars following her into the driveway she says ex-boyfriend's parents
00:05:13live in this yellow house right here according to the neighbor elizabeth recently broke up with a
00:05:18man whose parents live two doors down the neighbor says she thinks they broke up about three months
00:05:35ago she gives detectives the ex-boyfriend's contact information
00:05:49let's go talk to uh sister yeah let's go do that all right
00:06:06i'm sorry we're meeting under these circumstances kennedy and detective max ryden speak to elizabeth's
00:06:12sister i know this is a tough time for you and i'm really sorry to have to put you through
00:06:17this
00:06:17but we need as much information as we can get right now so you know first of all do you
00:06:26live
00:06:26there with her with your sister um yeah i just uh well i just came to visit to help out
00:06:32with things
00:06:32and okay help clean up her house and take their kids she goes to work right sure that they're not
00:06:39home alone right where does she work at lipsticks cabaret she says elizabeth worked at an adult
00:06:46entertainment club on the east side of tulsa and what does she do at the club um dance and what
00:06:54time
00:06:54does she normally get off work i think at like 2 30 she gets home maybe 3 o'clock so
00:07:02did you just
00:07:03assume she was already inside the house whenever you woke up this morning um i woke up to banging
00:07:11banging on the door was it a neighbor um officers officers okay she says she didn't know anything
00:07:19had happened to elizabeth until the police arrived i don't think you've told the kids yet about this
00:07:24have you no do they know something's happened to their mom i don't believe so but they're gonna
00:07:32never see her again and they're gonna watch it aware of the shape
00:07:38i know i'm sorry yeah i know it's almost like she was ambushed that's what it looks like
00:07:47and so that to me is somebody that we feel has a beef with her and we start looking at
00:07:55people close
00:07:55to her um she did have one boyfriend terrell okay she says elizabeth recently dated a man named
00:08:04terrell you know terrell's last name i don't terrell is a black male or white black male he had like
00:08:12a dreaded hair and he's kind of tall
00:08:19how long ago did they date like two weeks ago did he live there with her stay there he stayed
00:08:25in his truck
00:08:25he stayed in his truck just to help her okay do you know what kind of truck he had i
00:08:33don't know it had
00:08:34a bed but like no shell on it and he had like a dog that would sit in the back
00:08:39how come he didn't come
00:08:41in the house um because he would have the dog and okay she didn't want the dog against him how
00:08:48was
00:08:48their relationship was it turbulent was it it was all right he would do dishes and come in
00:08:55sometimes okay you know his number okay i want to ask you there's a house just about two houses down
00:09:05from where you live do you know even individuals in there that i know a little bit about them
00:09:11of what she told me it's um an ex-boyfriend how did they know each other facebook and then she
00:09:21moved
00:09:22in with him she moved into the house where she's at now she says about a year ago elizabeth moved
00:09:29in with the man she met online their relationship didn't work and he moved out really okay yeah
00:09:37and you know how long ago that was that the breakup occurred i want to say longer than three months
00:09:44ago
00:09:45she talked to him recently on facebook messenger and he was trying to get her to go hang out with
00:09:52him
00:09:54recently like in the last week yeah and i was telling her you know he's an extra reason
00:10:01he still owed her money or something because he broke her phones when they were in a relationship and
00:10:07never bought her a new phone okay did you say anything about how that happened um she had apps
00:10:17that he didn't want like dating apps jealous times that things that made him jealous yeah okay and he
00:10:25broke her iphone and the new one and then and then she broke up with him she broke up and
00:10:31then he had to
00:10:32move out of his own house all right okay um give us a second
00:10:50he should only leave you out i mean this is obviously a revenge i mean they don't take her car
00:10:56they
00:10:56don't take her keys they don't take her purse i got his phone number we'll see call him get him
00:11:03down
00:11:03there next
00:11:07kennedy reaches out to elizabeth's ex-boyfriend
00:11:12hello detective kennedy with tulsa police yes sir hey um man i don't know if you've heard but uh
00:11:19elizabeth my mom already told me and i'm like hell like what happened like that don't make no sense
00:11:29then the people next door got a camera facing towards the house you know what i'm saying i used to
00:11:35stay in the house sir yeah and i ain't been over there since well hey listen is there any way
00:11:44you
00:11:44could come downtown and we could talk to you real quick and give us as much information about her as
00:11:48you
00:11:48know um not right now but i can probably like a little later yeah yeah that's fine i was nowhere
00:11:58inside don't know well i'm not saying you were i'm not saying you were okay i appreciate it no problem
00:12:07bye
00:12:10he knows about the camera so he knows exactly how to freaking avoid it right he knows the camera and
00:12:15did
00:12:15you ever ask me if he was there you didn't ask him but he volunteered i wasn't there like eight
00:12:19times in that conversation
00:12:28two hours later all right well i'm detective kennedy this is detective ryden elizabeth's ex-boyfriend
00:12:37shows up at homicide appreciate you coming down well hey man tell me tell me about you and elizabeth
00:12:45i know that you two have at one point had a relationship and i understood it that it was kind
00:12:52of an internet relationship at first yeah we was chilling you know we talked after we talked she moved
00:13:00down here so she moves to tulsa she moved to tulsa way we didn't get it was like a year
00:13:08ago or probably
00:13:10so okay when did you move out of the house like october he says he moved out five months ago
00:13:18after he and elizabeth
00:13:20broke up can i describe your relationship i mean was it physical i mean did you guys get domestic violence
00:13:29type stuff anything like that i heard basically that at some point there was a disagreement and her phone
00:13:37got broken yeah i actually then we broke her phone i heard that the disagreement might have had to do
00:13:44with
00:13:44stuff that stuff that was on her phone yeah and and that's why i don't want all that you know
00:13:50and that ain't
00:13:50none of my business why did you move out i moved out because it's just like it just kept it
00:13:57kept getting too toxic
00:14:00all right so i mean what kind of relationship have you had since you guys broke up
00:14:05anybody talking all right let's do this let's start off yesterday and let's talk about your day what
00:14:13were you doing i wasn't at that house yesterday i didn't say that i said where were you at
00:14:37where were you at out of town where'd you go out of town to i was like out in kansas
00:14:51where at in kansas
00:14:56uh um um i forgot the name of it okay when did you get back from kansas today like seven
00:15:11he claims he arrived back in town about three hours after elizabeth's murder so you got back
00:15:18in town from kansas and you don't know what the name of the town is how'd you even know how
00:15:25to get
00:15:25there gps did you use your phone for the gps that you put in your phone no i don't have
00:15:34it
00:15:36like i don't know what else to say like i didn't do nothing wrong so your phone will show you
00:15:43were in
00:15:43kansas yeah okay well let's just make this simple i have a guy here right now that can download your
00:15:50phone and if you can show you're in kansas hell we'll end this right now
00:15:55makes sense all right okay all right thank you
00:16:08nathan can you dump this we're hoping the gps in there will show what's going on here this story sucks
00:16:22a half hour later well we'll see if he's telling the truth detectives get a look at the ex-boyfriend's
00:16:29gps records there's a gps here right there
00:16:36he's freaking in is it blackwell yeah at 4 40 in the morning no way he got from four o
00:16:43'clock in the
00:16:44morning from if that's right well 4 40 it takes too long to get there that's an hour and a
00:16:49half drive
00:16:51elizabeth's ex-boyfriend was over 100 miles from tulsa at the time of the murder
00:16:56i think he's not a guy i think you're right
00:17:01we may need to start looking another direction
00:17:10phone back we're gonna give you a ride home we're out of here
00:17:15i'm gonna go call the lipstick cabaret and try to just get whatever they've got all right
00:17:25a little guy
00:17:2712 hours in she was at lipstick cabaret at work last night elizabeth's manager said she left the club
00:17:36about an hour before she was murdered she did say that she gave a ride to another girl last night
00:17:44when they left the video at the strip club shows her and the girl both leaving
00:17:51getting in the car nobody follows them out nobody follows the car they're by themselves
00:17:57her phone number yes kennedy calls elizabeth's co-worker
00:18:06this is detective mark kennedy i work for the tulsa police department
00:18:10if you could give me a call back i'd appreciate it thank you
00:18:16she's not answering we'll buy her and talk to her see what she knows
00:18:34the next afternoon we're going to go talk to a young lady that was
00:18:39given a ride by our victim as they left work at the lipstick cabaret elizabeth's co-worker gets
00:18:46back to kennedy and agrees to meet
00:18:48a couple questions i want to ask you
00:18:54so you left the club and then you came straight here yes exactly
00:18:58she confirms elizabeth gave her a ride home after work
00:19:02you didn't see her pick up anybody else no
00:19:07when you are working at the club is there one particular guy that always would hang out with
00:19:13elizabeth
00:19:14there was a guy that she was talking to it was a guy named t-real but i don't know
00:19:19his name
00:19:22how long ago did you see you last seen terrell um probably about a month ago
00:19:27i do have a number though because he tried to talk to me before too
00:19:31can i get that number yes
00:19:34she gives them terrell's phone number and you haven't seen him for a month no maybe a month or two
00:19:41honestly
00:19:44well if you hear anything in the club you gotta remember
00:19:5736 hours in i'm going to try to get a hold of terrell
00:20:08the text now subscribers you are trying to reach is not available
00:20:12please leave your minute does that mean i have to text him i don't know how text now works
00:20:18he's calling from an app on his phone
00:20:20which is generating that phone number which is a fake number which is hard to get who that is
00:20:28they're all texting
00:20:29kennedy sends a message to the text now number asking terrell to get in touch
00:20:34at this point i think it's a little bit thin to get a search warrant for that number
00:20:40so we'll continue trying to figure out who he is hopefully he'll give me a call back
00:21:03in the first 48 tulsa homicide responded to the murder of 27 year old elizabeth dillard
00:21:10gunned down on her doorstep talked to her sister who said elizabeth recently broke up with two men
00:21:17interviewed one of the men but cleared him when his gps showed he was 100 miles from tulsa
00:21:23at the time of the murder and got a phone number for the other man known only as terrell
00:21:29but had been unable to reach him
00:21:34eight days later
00:21:37right now we don't have a lot to go on kennedy still hasn't heard back from terrell
00:21:43i've taken elizabeth's phone to our special investigations division and we're hoping that
00:21:48maybe there's something in that phone somewhere that will list terrell and we can figure out who he is
00:21:56i'm gonna have to go shake the idol over here a little bit on this one
00:22:00it's just kind of an ongoing joke that when we're up for a murder we shake the skull and
00:22:05hope for the best on our investigation we need a little bit of luck here
00:22:11she was ambushed and she was murdered in cold blood and and um it's it's something that we've got to
00:22:17solve
00:22:3110 days in as the investigation into elizabeth's murder threatens to go cold
00:22:38police police yes i need somebody to come do a welfare check at 30th and sheridan
00:22:44a woman asks police to check on her neighbor her keys were left to her door her purse was left
00:22:49outside and when was the last time you saw her days ago and have you knocked on her door we
00:22:56have
00:22:56beat on her door we will get officers out there as soon as we can
00:23:06officers arrive what's going on man i don't know if she's in there or not in her you know what
00:23:12i'm
00:23:34okay
00:23:34miss dancers don't please the bar we're coming in to check on you
00:23:44miss dancer
00:23:48They find the woman in her bedroom.
00:23:50Miss Dancer?
00:23:52How's she going?
00:23:54Shot dead.
00:24:07How long has she been dead?
00:24:09She is starting to decomp, so it's probably been a day or two.
00:24:12Okay.
00:24:13Detective Lacey Lansdowne joined homicide eight months ago.
00:24:17She will leave the investigation.
00:24:20Odd thing was her keys were still on the door.
00:24:23Okay.
00:24:24So there's no forced entry.
00:24:26Okay.
00:24:28The neighbors next door found the victim's purse outside the front door, right about here.
00:24:36The victim's name is Rainbow Dancer.
00:24:4169-year-old Rainbow Star Dancer was born Rhonda Ruth Harbolt, but changed her name soon after she left the
00:24:48U.S. Army.
00:24:48She supported local unhoused people by hiring them for small jobs around her apartment.
00:24:55Rainbow leaves behind her brother and a cousin in her home state of Minnesota.
00:25:13She was on her back.
00:25:15She was covered with the doctor.
00:25:18Somebody covered her up.
00:25:20Yes.
00:25:21And then when I rolled her over, she's got the bullets still in her hand.
00:25:25Okay.
00:25:30She's probably been shot four or five times.
00:25:32At least.
00:25:34Rainbow was shot four times in the head and once in her back in hand.
00:25:41She's got another casing.
00:25:44CSI collects six casings from a .40 caliber.
00:25:48Damn.
00:25:49Andy was using expensive rounds of a Hornaday.
00:25:51Really?
00:25:53Wow.
00:25:55They're like $2 a round.
00:25:57This is screaming domestic.
00:26:00To cover somebody up like that.
00:26:02This is personal, yeah.
00:26:05Don't turn her phone in.
00:26:06Just give that directly to me.
00:26:08Swab it, though, first.
00:26:19Hey, Lacey.
00:26:20Yep.
00:26:21One hour in.
00:26:22He says he probably saw her the last time on Thursday.
00:26:25Okay.
00:26:26Didn't really talk to her very much that day.
00:26:29A neighbor says he saw Rainbow hanging out with a new man.
00:26:33About four days ago.
00:26:34Okay.
00:26:36Hang on just a minute, sir.
00:26:38We need to bring him down and formally interview him.
00:26:41Yeah.
00:26:42The neighbor agrees to talk back at Homicide.
00:26:46I'm really hoping he's going to be able to shed some light on who she was friends with,
00:26:51who she was hanging out with.
00:27:02Doesn't look like anything's stolen.
00:27:04There's no force entry.
00:27:07Somebody killed her, but then covered her up.
00:27:09That's personal.
00:27:12Now, this is a horrible way to go.
00:27:16It's just a straight-up execution.
00:27:31Before speaking to the neighbor.
00:27:33We're going to call, try to get a hold of a family member,
00:27:36and unfortunately tell him some really bad news.
00:27:40Lansdowne makes the call to Rainbow's next of kin.
00:27:45Hello?
00:27:46Hi, this is Detective Lacey Lansdowne with the Tulsa Police Department.
00:27:50Okay.
00:27:51Ma'am, are you related to a rainbow dancer or star dancer?
00:27:57Rainbow star dancer, yep.
00:27:58I'm so done.
00:28:00Okay, ma'am, I'm so sorry to tell you this,
00:28:03but she was murdered here in Tulsa within the last couple of days.
00:28:11Oh, okay.
00:28:14Do we know how?
00:28:16Um, she, she was shot.
00:28:20Okay, okay.
00:28:23But I will tell you that I'm going to do everything I can to solve this
00:28:27and get, get justice for you guys.
00:28:30All right, I appreciate your calling.
00:28:32Yes, I'm so sorry.
00:28:35Okay, bye-bye.
00:28:36Bye-bye.
00:28:38Hopefully we can get some answers for her
00:28:42because the star didn't deserve this.
00:28:52Five hours in.
00:28:55Okay.
00:28:56So I'm Lacey.
00:28:58I'm the lead detective on this.
00:29:02So how do you know Rainbow?
00:29:04Um, she lives in the complex.
00:29:06She's very extroverted, so she just speaks to everyone.
00:29:09Okay.
00:29:11Tuesday, I noticed that there was a gentleman there with her.
00:29:15He was dressed in red.
00:29:16He kind of looked younger.
00:29:17He had dreads.
00:29:18Okay.
00:29:19You know, so I just walked up.
00:29:20I'm a nosy person.
00:29:21How are you doing?
00:29:22How are things going?
00:29:24And he didn't give me any eye contact,
00:29:26which, you know, that was kind of different.
00:29:27Uh-huh.
00:29:28Did you ask who he was?
00:29:30No, I didn't.
00:29:31What was his race?
00:29:33Black.
00:29:34I think he was in his early 30s.
00:29:36Did she say anything about him?
00:29:38That day, no.
00:29:40Um, so the following day,
00:29:42I noticed that his truck was parked there overnight.
00:29:46I thought that was strange.
00:29:49So I went upstairs and I heard her voice yelling at someone.
00:29:56I couldn't tell what she was yelling.
00:29:59I didn't think too much about it.
00:30:01But the following day, Thursday, she was very upset.
00:30:05She told me that he shoved her into a wall
00:30:10and he took her phone.
00:30:14She said, I slashed his tires
00:30:16because he stole money from me and my phone.
00:30:21I was like, he stole money.
00:30:23She's like, $200.
00:30:26So we're talking Wednesday.
00:30:28Should you talk to her Thursday?
00:30:30Yes.
00:30:31Did you have any conversations with her after Thursday?
00:30:42Describe what his truck looked like.
00:30:43So his truck is gray.
00:30:45It's a primer gray, so there's no shine.
00:30:49Was it like a Chevy, a Dodge?
00:30:51I don't remember if it's a Chevy or Dodge,
00:30:53or it's not a Ford.
00:30:55Did she ever tell you what his name was
00:30:57or a nickname or anything like that?
00:30:59No.
00:31:00Or what did she tell you?
00:31:01Everything you can remember that she told you about him?
00:31:05She said that his dog had some issue.
00:31:08I don't remember what the issue was.
00:31:09I didn't need to ask.
00:31:12Okay.
00:31:13You've been very, very helpful.
00:31:20We've got to figure out who this Dreds guy is.
00:31:23He had motives.
00:31:24She slashed his tires.
00:31:25They got into it.
00:31:26He'd stolen a phone from her.
00:31:27He'd stolen money from her.
00:31:30We've, at the very least,
00:31:31needed to identify him and talk to him.
00:31:44Ten days after Elizabeth was found murdered
00:31:47on her front steps.
00:31:48For those of you who don't know,
00:31:51Lacey got murdered.
00:31:53Lieutenant Brandon Watkins briefs the rest of the team
00:31:56on Rainbow's murder.
00:31:58She was found shot multiple times in her bed.
00:32:01A man had been staying with her.
00:32:04It was a black male with Dreds.
00:32:06Drives a pickup that's got, like, primered and beat up.
00:32:11Captain, hold on. Hold on.
00:32:13My victim, Elizabeth Dillard,
00:32:17had a boyfriend, black male with Dreds.
00:32:19Drives a pickup.
00:32:21A guy by the name of Terrell.
00:32:26I mean, look at everything that's matching up here.
00:32:31She had her keys still in the door,
00:32:33and her purse was left outside,
00:32:36which is a very similar M.O.
00:32:40He had a dog.
00:32:42Okay.
00:32:43My guy has a dog.
00:32:45And then, the biggest thing is,
00:32:47your casings are 40 Harnaday's,
00:32:49so are mine.
00:32:51What are the dogs here, dude?
00:32:52It's weird.
00:32:53Wow.
00:32:55Just save God.
00:32:58Mark?
00:32:59Just too coincidental.
00:33:02We need to have those compared.
00:33:04Yeah.
00:33:04Like, ASAP.
00:33:21Hey, Mark.
00:33:22Hi, Joy.
00:33:23So, I've got a scene
00:33:24where we recovered casings.
00:33:27Kennedy asks the ballistics lab
00:33:29to compare the casings
00:33:30found at Elizabeth
00:33:31and Rainbow's crime scenes.
00:33:33Okay, sounds good.
00:33:35All right, thank you.
00:33:38The lab is working on it.
00:33:39Okay.
00:33:40We'll see if they're the same gun.
00:33:42If they are,
00:33:43we probably got the same suspect
00:33:44on both murders.
00:33:45Okay.
00:33:54Hold on.
00:33:56Two hours later.
00:33:57So, Joy, you're telling me
00:33:58the ones from my scene
00:34:00and the ones from the other scene
00:34:02all match?
00:34:03Correct.
00:34:05All right.
00:34:06You're awesome.
00:34:08Appreciate it.
00:34:14All right.
00:34:16All the casings match.
00:34:19It's the same guy.
00:34:49This is not good.
00:34:51I'll see if that phone number
00:34:53pops up in her phone at all.
00:34:55Jeremy took it to cybercrimes.
00:34:57And the Special Investigation Division
00:34:58will search Rainbow and Elizabeth's phones
00:35:00to see if they share a contact number
00:35:03for Terrell.
00:35:05I think everything just needs to go
00:35:06towards figuring out
00:35:07who the hell Terrell is.
00:35:1521 hours since Rainbow
00:35:17was found murdered.
00:35:19I just got some new info.
00:35:21Your victim had that text now
00:35:23phone number in her phone
00:35:24under Brooks Terrell,
00:35:26T-E-R-R-Y-L.
00:35:29So, maybe Terrell Brooks?
00:35:31The Special Investigation Division
00:35:33finds a lead
00:35:34in Elizabeth Dillard's phone.
00:35:36Well, somebody got traces up?
00:35:38I've got traces up.
00:35:39I'll pull it up.
00:35:40Okay.
00:35:44I got him.
00:35:45Got him?
00:35:47Yep.
00:35:50Terrell Rayshon Brooks.
00:35:5422-year-old Terrell Brooks
00:35:57has two convictions
00:35:58for robbery
00:35:58in North Carolina.
00:36:00Damn.
00:36:03He had a ticket
00:36:05in 2019.
00:36:06He got stopped
00:36:07in a silver
00:36:09Chevy
00:36:101989
00:36:11pickup truck.
00:36:12Boom.
00:36:14He had a .40 caliber gun on him.
00:36:17And they gave it to him?
00:36:19Yep.
00:36:20Says they gave it back to him.
00:36:21Doesn't look like
00:36:22he had any reason to keep it.
00:36:25Detective Jason White
00:36:27pulls up body cam stills
00:36:28from the traffic stop.
00:36:31That's the vehicle right there.
00:36:32Yeah, that's it right there.
00:36:34That's really good.
00:36:36Post that on there.
00:36:38The team puts out a bolo
00:36:39for Terrell's truck.
00:36:41Find the truck.
00:36:42Find that truck.
00:36:43Find that truck.
00:36:50While patrol searches
00:36:51for Terrell's
00:36:52Chevy pickup.
00:36:55The casings,
00:36:56that's the only thing
00:36:56we got connected
00:36:57other than the similarities.
00:37:00I mean,
00:37:00is he PCable yet?
00:37:02PCable?
00:37:03I think
00:37:04if that photo's picked,
00:37:06yes.
00:37:07Detectives
00:37:07will reach out to witnesses
00:37:08hoping to secure
00:37:10a positive ID
00:37:10on Terrell.
00:37:11I want to send you
00:37:13a picture real quick
00:37:14and you kind of let me
00:37:15know what you think.
00:37:16Kennedy reaches out
00:37:17to Elizabeth's sister.
00:37:19Okay,
00:37:20thank you very much.
00:37:21All right,
00:37:22sister just confirmed
00:37:23that is Terrell.
00:37:25All right.
00:37:28Back at Rainbow's
00:37:30apartment complex,
00:37:32Lansdowne
00:37:32meets with her neighbor.
00:37:33Did you say
00:37:34that one of these guys
00:37:35looks familiar?
00:37:37Okay.
00:37:38Can you sign
00:37:39and date that, please?
00:37:45So we have
00:37:45a positive ID.
00:37:47That means
00:37:48we have two IDs.
00:37:49The team
00:37:50now has enough
00:37:51probable cause
00:37:52to get an arrest warrant
00:37:54for Terrell Brooks.
00:37:55It's coming together
00:37:57quickly,
00:37:57which I'm really happy about
00:37:59because this guy's dangerous.
00:38:01Hopefully,
00:38:01a few of the warrants
00:38:02can find him
00:38:02sometime soon.
00:38:08We got everybody
00:38:10in our unit
00:38:11and the warrants
00:38:11units I was looking.
00:38:16If he's killed
00:38:17two people,
00:38:18there wouldn't be
00:38:19any reason why
00:38:19he wouldn't try
00:38:20to kill a third.
00:38:21So hopefully,
00:38:22we'll come up
00:38:24with something
00:38:24rather quickly.
00:38:26If this was
00:38:27a baseball field,
00:38:28first base
00:38:28is what you think,
00:38:29second base
00:38:30is what you know,
00:38:31and third base
00:38:31is what you can prove.
00:38:32Right now,
00:38:33we're on second base.
00:38:34We know
00:38:35it's probably
00:38:35going to be him.
00:38:36It's just trying
00:38:37to get enough proof
00:38:38of him,
00:38:38which is how
00:38:39you get to home.
00:38:48Six hours later,
00:38:50Highway Patrol
00:38:51spotted this vehicle
00:38:52pulling out
00:38:53of a quick trip,
00:38:54I believe.
00:38:56Our unit's
00:38:57got him in custody,
00:38:57and now he's
00:38:58down here.
00:39:01Terrell Brooks
00:39:02is brought into
00:39:03homicide for questioning.
00:39:05Probable cause
00:39:06allows us to
00:39:07arrest him
00:39:08without a warrant.
00:39:09I think he's
00:39:10our guy, definitely.
00:39:11He is connected
00:39:13to both of the victims.
00:39:15The gun matches
00:39:16at both scenes.
00:39:18The danger
00:39:19with a probable cause
00:39:20arrest is that
00:39:21he could go
00:39:22before a judge,
00:39:22and the judge
00:39:23decides
00:39:24that we don't
00:39:24have enough
00:39:25probable cause,
00:39:26and then he's
00:39:26back out on the streets.
00:39:28Of course,
00:39:29if he talks
00:39:29and he confesses,
00:39:30that just helps
00:39:30our case out,
00:39:31and, you know,
00:39:32it takes away
00:39:32any argument
00:39:33that we don't
00:39:33have the right man.
00:39:36How's he acting?
00:39:37Pretty relaxed.
00:39:39Did you guys
00:39:40search the car
00:39:40any whatsoever,
00:39:41just tow it?
00:39:42We did a no-touch hole.
00:39:44Terrell's truck
00:39:45will be towed
00:39:45to the crime lab
00:39:46and processed
00:39:47and processed
00:39:47for evidence.
00:39:49Didn't happen
00:39:50to see a gun
00:39:50or anything,
00:39:51did you?
00:39:52No.
00:39:54There's one phone
00:39:55in the floorboard
00:39:55of the driver's seat
00:39:56and then one phone
00:39:57in the passenger seat.
00:39:58Okay.
00:39:59We'll get those later.
00:40:01How's this dog?
00:40:02Sweet and friendly.
00:40:03Dad came to pick
00:40:04the dog up.
00:40:06Terrell's father,
00:40:06who lives in Tulsa,
00:40:08took custody
00:40:09of his dog
00:40:09before the truck
00:40:10was towed.
00:40:11Okay.
00:40:12Well,
00:40:13I'm hoping he talks
00:40:14to us
00:40:14and we get a confession.
00:40:16Let's see what happens.
00:40:17Yeah.
00:40:18All right.
00:40:28All right, buddy.
00:40:30Terrell,
00:40:30I'm Detective Kennedy.
00:40:31This is Detective Lansdowne,
00:40:33okay?
00:40:33We'll Tulsa, please.
00:40:35Probably got a lot
00:40:35of questions right now.
00:40:37Yeah, I do.
00:40:38Okay.
00:40:39I just want to know
00:40:40why you're having me here.
00:40:42You're under arrest,
00:40:43okay,
00:40:44for a first-degree murder.
00:40:46This lady,
00:40:47right here,
00:40:50okay?
00:40:51And this young lady,
00:40:53right here.
00:40:55That's what you're
00:40:55in here for.
00:40:57Do you want to explain this?
00:40:59Why it happened?
00:41:00How it happened?
00:41:02How it happened?
00:41:15I don't talk to those ladies anymore.
00:41:24I was with her
00:41:25for a couple days,
00:41:26like for a week.
00:41:29She let me come stay
00:41:30at her house
00:41:30and she didn't want me
00:41:31there no more.
00:41:32I left her house
00:41:34and her.
00:41:35I had work for her
00:41:37and she took me up
00:41:38to the vet
00:41:39and tried to take my dog
00:41:40and say that
00:41:41my dog was her dog.
00:41:44Okay.
00:41:45Well,
00:41:46this one,
00:41:47so you know her.
00:41:48What do you know her by?
00:41:50What's her name?
00:41:52Elizabeth.
00:41:53I was with her
00:41:54for a little while.
00:41:55Where'd you meet her at?
00:41:57I met at the strip club.
00:41:59Lipstick?
00:42:00Cabaret?
00:42:02So,
00:42:02how did you end up
00:42:03staying with her
00:42:04for a while?
00:42:05Because I'm homeless.
00:42:06She was like,
00:42:07it's cold outside,
00:42:09stay with her
00:42:10and she ended up
00:42:11being my girlfriend.
00:42:13Right.
00:42:15What ended up
00:42:15happening with that
00:42:16arrangement?
00:42:17She just said,
00:42:18she said she didn't
00:42:19want to be
00:42:19in a relationship.
00:42:21You like dancing
00:42:22and being free.
00:42:23Yeah.
00:42:24Did she kind of
00:42:25kick you out?
00:42:26Yeah, she kicked me out.
00:42:27She said she didn't
00:42:28want me living.
00:42:30She said we can be
00:42:31friends and everything
00:42:32and that she still
00:42:34likes me and everything,
00:42:35but she never
00:42:36contacted me.
00:42:37She never talked
00:42:38to me or nothing.
00:42:39Right.
00:42:41Okay.
00:42:42This lady right here,
00:42:43what do you know her by?
00:42:44What's her name?
00:42:46I don't even know
00:42:47her name.
00:42:48How'd you meet her?
00:42:50I just ride
00:42:50through the apartments.
00:42:52I sleep at apartments.
00:42:54Right.
00:42:55I sleep in the parking
00:42:56spot and I just pull up.
00:42:58But I asked her if she
00:43:00wanted to buy my dog.
00:43:01If she wanted to buy
00:43:02your dog?
00:43:03Well, my dog just
00:43:05ran away from me,
00:43:06not wanting to come to me.
00:43:07Mm-hmm.
00:43:07He learned that from
00:43:08being around females.
00:43:11Then kind of sweet talk
00:43:13him, stuff like that.
00:43:17Right before she was about
00:43:18to buy him, he barked.
00:43:20So it brought back
00:43:21back to my senses like,
00:43:23hey, you know,
00:43:24that dog might be
00:43:25a good protective dog.
00:43:26Mm-hmm.
00:43:27So I decided
00:43:28you wanted to keep him.
00:43:28I decided I wanted
00:43:29to keep him.
00:43:30And she was like,
00:43:31you can come in.
00:43:32You can stay with me.
00:43:34You know?
00:43:35And I went over there.
00:43:36I stayed over there
00:43:37and cleaned her house.
00:43:38She started paying me.
00:43:40Okay.
00:43:42So when's the last time
00:43:43you saw her?
00:43:45It was probably
00:43:45like a week ago.
00:43:47Okay.
00:43:48Anything happen there?
00:43:50No, I just told her
00:43:51that she wasn't
00:43:52going to keep my dog.
00:43:54She was like,
00:43:54I got half the ownership
00:43:56of the dog
00:43:57since I paid it to vet.
00:43:58Mm.
00:44:00I just said,
00:44:01don't, you're not
00:44:02taking my dog.
00:44:03And she said,
00:44:03I'm not going to deal
00:44:04with a mousy-ass bitch
00:44:05and put me out.
00:44:07Right.
00:44:09Here's the thing.
00:44:11Some bad things
00:44:12happen to these women,
00:44:13okay?
00:44:14They have families.
00:44:16They deserve closure.
00:44:17Okay?
00:44:18What's going on?
00:44:19She's dead
00:44:20and she's dead.
00:44:22And I think
00:44:23you know that already.
00:44:25These women
00:44:26don't know each other.
00:44:27The only connection
00:44:29between these women
00:44:30are you.
00:44:31Okay?
00:44:33You seem like
00:44:34a pretty good guy.
00:44:35All right?
00:44:37I think there's
00:44:38some stuff weighing
00:44:39really heavy
00:44:39on your heart
00:44:40right now
00:44:40that I think
00:44:41can tell
00:44:42you're a little bit
00:44:43scared
00:44:43to get it
00:44:44out there.
00:44:45But I promise you,
00:44:46you're going to feel
00:44:47better by telling
00:44:48the truth.
00:44:49Okay?
00:44:50The truth
00:44:51does already know
00:44:52that I'm not
00:44:53with them anymore.
00:44:54I know you're not
00:44:55with them.
00:44:56I'm not going
00:44:57to argue that.
00:44:58But I do know
00:44:59that you know
00:44:59what happened.
00:45:00Okay?
00:45:03This is your
00:45:03opportunity,
00:45:05Terrell,
00:45:06to tell us
00:45:07what happened.
00:45:08I think maybe
00:45:09your emotions
00:45:10got a hold of you.
00:45:10I know she cut
00:45:11your tire.
00:45:12I know she probably
00:45:13broke your heart.
00:45:14I know you're from here.
00:45:16Okay.
00:45:17Okay.
00:45:19Well,
00:45:19we'll get that
00:45:20lawyer for you.
00:45:20All right?
00:45:22You're being arrested
00:45:23for two counts
00:45:23of first-degree murder
00:45:24for the murder
00:45:25of Elizabeth Dillard
00:45:27and Star
00:45:28were able to answer you.
00:45:30You'll be booked
00:45:31into Tulsa County
00:45:32Jail, okay?
00:45:34And you'll have
00:45:34your day in court.
00:45:36Sound good?
00:45:37All right.
00:45:38We'll talk to you later.
00:45:46We got a little
00:45:47out of him.
00:45:48We got him
00:45:49connected with both
00:45:50victims.
00:45:52So,
00:45:53better than nothing.
00:45:55I mean,
00:45:56he puts himself
00:45:56at both scenes
00:45:57and the odds
00:45:58of him randomly
00:45:59knowing both
00:46:00of these women,
00:46:01that's...
00:46:02Certainly none.
00:46:04Obviously,
00:46:05he's got some
00:46:06issues with women
00:46:07and anger.
00:46:08Elizabeth was ambushed
00:46:10at her front door.
00:46:11So was Rainbow Star.
00:46:13So that seems
00:46:14to be his motive
00:46:14on how he gets back
00:46:16at the women
00:46:16he doesn't like.
00:46:1832 hours
00:46:19after Rainbow
00:46:20was found dead
00:46:21and 10 days
00:46:22after Elizabeth
00:46:22was shot
00:46:23on her doorstep,
00:46:25Terrell Brooks
00:46:25is charged
00:46:26with their murders.
00:46:36He's in custody,
00:46:37but we've got
00:46:38a lot more
00:46:39investigation to do.
00:46:40We've seized his truck.
00:46:41We hope we find
00:46:42some more evidence
00:46:43in that.
00:46:44We've met
00:46:45the threshold
00:46:46of probable cause,
00:46:47but as far as proving
00:46:48it beyond a reasonable doubt,
00:46:50that's an ongoing effort.
00:46:52There's still
00:46:53a lot of work to do.
00:46:54Mark and I have
00:46:55a lot of follow-up
00:46:57that we have to do
00:46:58to make sure
00:46:59that he gets convicted
00:47:00and put away
00:47:00because he does not
00:47:01need to be on the streets.
00:47:04It was only a matter of time
00:47:05before he found
00:47:06another vulnerable woman
00:47:07that he could do
00:47:08the same thing to.
00:47:09To kill two women
00:47:11senselessly
00:47:12within a week
00:47:13of each other,
00:47:14there's no telling
00:47:15how this would have escalated
00:47:16or how this would have ended.
00:47:19I don't even have
00:47:20a year in the unit
00:47:21and I have someone
00:47:22who could potentially
00:47:23have turned
00:47:23into a serial killer.
00:47:39The next morning,
00:47:41while Kennedy and Lansdowne
00:47:43continue to build
00:47:43their keeses
00:47:44against Terrell...
00:47:45Is that the last time
00:47:46you saw her?
00:47:47Ryden fields a call
00:47:48from a woman
00:47:49who reported
00:47:50her daughter missing
00:47:50two months ago.
00:47:52And what kind of vehicle
00:47:54did she leave in with him?
00:47:56The woman says
00:47:56she saw a news report
00:47:58about Terrell's arrest
00:47:59and recognized him
00:48:00as the last person
00:48:02seen with her daughter.
00:48:04How about we talk
00:48:05in person?
00:48:08Bye-bye.
00:48:12She said the last person
00:48:13she's 100% positive
00:48:14that saw her daughter alive
00:48:15was driving
00:48:16an older Chevy
00:48:17primary gray truck
00:48:18and she's never been
00:48:19seen from since.
00:48:22She said,
00:48:22that's the boy
00:48:23that picked my daughter
00:48:23up.
00:48:25Do it, please.
00:48:27Wow.
00:48:29That's not good.
00:48:31We got a possible
00:48:32third victim.
00:48:47The last person
00:48:48that she's ever seen
00:48:49alive with
00:48:49was Mr. Brooks.
00:48:51Basically,
00:48:52mom says,
00:48:53I went to the family
00:48:53dollar to pick her up
00:48:54from work
00:48:55and she had a choice
00:48:56to get in my car
00:48:57or her boyfriend's truck
00:48:58and she chose the truck.
00:49:00Who was Terrell's name?
00:49:02Tyra Whitaker.
00:49:0524-year-old Tyra Whitaker
00:49:07was reported missing
00:49:09by her family
00:49:10two months ago.
00:49:11She was born
00:49:12and raised in Tulsa
00:49:13and had been working
00:49:14several jobs
00:49:15to support
00:49:16her four-year-old son.
00:49:26The missing persons unit
00:49:27investigated Tyra's
00:49:28disappearance
00:49:29for over a month
00:49:30but were unable
00:49:31to find any leads.
00:49:33There's a decent chance
00:49:34she's been killed.
00:49:38Without a body,
00:49:39we're not able
00:49:39to prove a whole bunch.
00:49:41The team will start
00:49:42working Tyra's case
00:49:44as a possible homicide.
00:49:46We really need
00:49:47a good workup
00:49:48on that truck.
00:49:49Crime scene detectives
00:49:50are processing
00:49:51Terrell Brooks' truck
00:49:52for evidence.
00:49:54We're going to search it.
00:49:55I think there's two phones
00:49:56in the truck
00:49:57so we'll have to get lost.
00:49:59The team will get
00:50:00phone records
00:50:01for the cell phones
00:50:02in Terrell's truck.
00:50:06This is starting out
00:50:07not very promising
00:50:08on finding her alive.
00:50:10It's hard to do
00:50:11a no-body conviction
00:50:13in Oklahoma
00:50:14so she'll be
00:50:15a missing person
00:50:16until we can find
00:50:17a body.
00:50:18Me and Sergeant Stiles
00:50:20are going to go talk
00:50:20to the victim's family
00:50:21and get a little more
00:50:22intel.
00:50:24We'll go from there.
00:50:28I'm going to shake the
00:50:29glove.
00:50:30Take that sucker up.
00:50:39Two hours in.
00:50:44Hi, is LaDonna home?
00:50:46Detective Ryden
00:50:47and Sergeant Jeremy Stiles
00:50:48speak with Tyra's family
00:50:50at her mother's house.
00:50:52So the last time
00:50:53you saw her
00:50:53was on the 19th?
00:50:54Is that right?
00:50:55Yeah.
00:50:57She had called
00:50:58and asked me
00:50:58to pick her up
00:50:59from work.
00:51:00She comes out
00:51:02and she gets in the car
00:51:03and she calls
00:51:05this guy
00:51:06on the telephone
00:51:07to tell him
00:51:08don't come and get her.
00:51:09Okay.
00:51:09I'm there.
00:51:10So he was like,
00:51:11oh, I'm just
00:51:12around the corner.
00:51:13Did he arrive
00:51:14in a vehicle?
00:51:15Yes.
00:51:16It's an older model truck.
00:51:20And when you
00:51:21priming a car
00:51:22to paint it,
00:51:23it's that gray.
00:51:27Tyra gets her stuff
00:51:29and they leave.
00:51:30Okay.
00:51:32On the original report,
00:51:33you listed this
00:51:34as her phone number.
00:51:35Was that the phone number
00:51:35you had for it
00:51:37at that time?
00:51:37Yes.
00:51:38Okay.
00:51:39Here's the deal.
00:51:40We're going to see
00:51:40if we can figure out
00:51:41it'll lead to follow
00:51:42and if we find it,
00:51:43we'll definitely
00:51:44give you a shout out of the way.
00:51:45Okay?
00:51:45Thanks, guys.
00:51:54We haven't found her yet.
00:52:04Later that afternoon...
00:52:06So we just got done
00:52:07processing the truck.
00:52:09No gun, no ammo,
00:52:11no ammo boxes,
00:52:12no gun boxes,
00:52:12no nothing like that.
00:52:14We blew started
00:52:16and there was a reaction
00:52:17in the passenger seat
00:52:19and where his shoulder
00:52:21would be if he's driving
00:52:22all right up in there.
00:52:25It's going to get
00:52:25sent over to the lab.
00:52:26The swabs will be sent
00:52:27to the crime lab
00:52:28to see if the substance
00:52:29found on the seats
00:52:30in Terrell's truck
00:52:31is blood.
00:52:34If it actually is blood,
00:52:35then we're going to start
00:52:36comparing it to our victim's blood
00:52:37to see if it's theirs.
00:52:40We'll just have to
00:52:41send this stuff off
00:52:42and time will tell.
00:52:43Yep.
00:52:53The next day,
00:52:56detectives turn back
00:52:57to Terrell.
00:52:59Me and Ronnie went to jail
00:53:00and picked up Mr. Brooks
00:53:02and we brought him down here
00:53:03and we're going to see
00:53:04if he wants to have a conversation
00:53:05about Tyra.
00:53:06Legally, we can still do that.
00:53:08We won't ask him any questions
00:53:10about Mark or Deggsy's case.
00:53:12This is a brand new case
00:53:14we just learned about,
00:53:14so we'll see what he has to say.
00:53:24Okay, Tyra.
00:53:25I'm Detective Ryden,
00:53:26Detective Lezman.
00:53:27You're in jail for other things
00:53:29and I'm not going to ask you
00:53:29questions about those at all.
00:53:32I'm investigating a missing person.
00:53:37Who is that?
00:53:40Tyra.
00:53:43And how do you know Tyra?
00:53:45We met at the bus stop.
00:53:47I kind of took her in
00:53:48under my wing
00:53:50and anytime she needed
00:53:52a ride to work
00:53:52or a ride home,
00:53:54she knew who to call.
00:53:56And where was she working?
00:53:58She worked at Dollar General
00:53:59for like two weeks
00:54:02before she died.
00:54:04Okay.
00:54:06Was she a girlfriend?
00:54:08Just a green...
00:54:09Or wherever she's at.
00:54:11I understand.
00:54:12So, was she your girlfriend?
00:54:14No.
00:54:16Okay.
00:54:17And mom says
00:54:18that she was at the store
00:54:20going to pick her up
00:54:21and that Tyra called you
00:54:23and that you arrived
00:54:24and the way I understand it,
00:54:26Tyra got in your truck.
00:54:27Yes, sir.
00:54:28Okay.
00:54:29So, where did you guys
00:54:30go that night?
00:54:32She stayed with me
00:54:33in my truck.
00:54:34Okay.
00:54:35Whenever we split,
00:54:36she couldn't stay with me.
00:54:38How many days,
00:54:39weeks, or months
00:54:39did you guys split up
00:54:41after you talked to the mom
00:54:42at the family dollar?
00:54:43It was probably like a week.
00:54:46We split up
00:54:47because I woke up one day
00:54:48and I was sleeping
00:54:49on my back
00:54:50and she had slid her leg
00:54:51up under my leg
00:54:53and it was like
00:54:54right close to my butt
00:54:56and I was like,
00:54:57don't ever do that again,
00:54:58you know?
00:54:59You know,
00:55:00that's uncomfortable.
00:55:01I've already been molested
00:55:02while I'm asleep.
00:55:03Tyrell says that
00:55:04three years ago,
00:55:05he was sexually abused
00:55:07while he was sleeping.
00:55:09So, then you said
00:55:10you confronted her.
00:55:11Yeah, I told her
00:55:11never not to do that again.
00:55:14After that,
00:55:14she was just like,
00:55:15oh, I was just
00:55:17getting comfortable with you.
00:55:18I said, no,
00:55:19that's not how it goes.
00:55:20Don't do that.
00:55:23So, after that,
00:55:24me and her relationship
00:55:25was not cool at all.
00:55:27I told her,
00:55:28me and you,
00:55:29we can't be together.
00:55:31So, she had her friend
00:55:32come and pick her up.
00:55:34Did you see the friend?
00:55:36No.
00:55:36Okay.
00:55:38Have you had any contact
00:55:39with her since that day?
00:55:42No.
00:55:43You said something
00:55:44in this interview
00:55:45that I know
00:55:45Detective Ledman caught
00:55:46and I caught too.
00:55:49You said she was dead.
00:55:52I said I'm investigating
00:55:53a missing person
00:55:54but you said she's dead.
00:55:55I agree with you,
00:55:57she is dead.
00:55:58I think you know
00:55:58exactly what happened.
00:56:17I think you have some issues
00:56:19and I think she did something
00:56:21to set you off
00:56:22and I think when you get set off,
00:56:23you do some stuff
00:56:24that you regret.
00:56:30did you and her
00:56:31get in a fire
00:56:31at any point
00:56:32and something happened?
00:56:35You sure?
00:56:36Yes, sir.
00:56:40I just don't like betrayal.
00:56:44I understand that.
00:56:46What she did,
00:56:47I mean, yeah,
00:56:48it made me mad
00:56:48and everything
00:56:49but I wouldn't,
00:56:50I wouldn't hurt her.
00:56:54One of the issues
00:56:55I see, Trill,
00:56:56is that
00:56:56the last person
00:56:57we can confirm
00:56:59that she's been seen with
00:57:00was you.
00:57:01The thing that makes sense
00:57:03to me
00:57:04is that
00:57:05all this stuff
00:57:06you've talked about
00:57:06that bothers you
00:57:08and then she starts
00:57:09doing some of those things
00:57:11and that you did something.
00:57:14Where is she at?
00:57:15I told you everything
00:57:17that I wanted to talk about.
00:57:22Coming with me
00:57:23with some evidence
00:57:23is just hearsay
00:57:25like
00:57:26just like the other
00:57:27two women
00:57:29just because I knew them,
00:57:30just because I know her
00:57:31don't mean that
00:57:32I'm responsible for that.
00:57:35For what?
00:57:36For her death.
00:57:39I know these people
00:57:40betrayed me
00:57:41and we split up
00:57:42and everything.
00:57:43Did y'all kids
00:57:44just tell me,
00:57:45oh yeah,
00:57:45you were the last person
00:57:46seen with her
00:57:47so you did it.
00:57:50It makes no sense
00:57:51that it's anyone else.
00:57:53You're the last one
00:57:54that she's been seen with.
00:57:55She hasn't went to work
00:57:56since then.
00:57:57She hasn't talked
00:57:58to family and friends
00:57:59since then.
00:58:01She left.
00:58:03That's the last time
00:58:03I've seen her.
00:58:06That's,
00:58:06that's the end of it.
00:58:10Okay.
00:58:11Okay.
00:58:12What's it take?
00:58:15Did he do it?
00:58:16Definitely take.
00:58:17If he did it.
00:58:18Yeah.
00:58:20He said all three
00:58:21of them betrayed me.
00:58:22Right.
00:58:23Yeah.
00:58:23That's his whole thing.
00:58:25It's betrayal.
00:58:26And the first thing
00:58:27he said when they sat down
00:58:28was,
00:58:30she's dead.
00:58:32Did your heart rate
00:58:33go up a little like mine?
00:58:33Yeah.
00:58:34The first five minutes
00:58:34he goes, yeah, she's dead.
00:58:35And I was like, oh crap,
00:58:36he doesn't admit it.
00:58:37She's dead.
00:58:37He's going to confess.
00:58:38And he got close,
00:58:39but he said she's dead.
00:58:44What's the next dad?
00:58:45Do we get her his phone
00:58:46records and see
00:58:47where her phone
00:58:48might have gone?
00:58:49Yes.
00:58:50The team will get a warrant
00:58:51for Tyra's cell phone records,
00:58:53hoping to get location data
00:58:54from the day she disappeared.
00:58:57Hopefully some phone stuff
00:58:58will help out,
00:58:58but the problem is
00:58:59we don't have anybody
00:59:00saying he did it.
00:59:02There's no gun.
00:59:03There's a lot of
00:59:04common denominators,
00:59:05same casings.
00:59:07That's the best thing.
00:59:09Yeah.
00:59:10I've got a lot of work to do.
00:59:12We all got a lot of work.
00:59:14There's a lot of work
00:59:16to do on all three
00:59:16of these cases.
00:59:19We find a body,
00:59:20find physical evidence,
00:59:21a witness.
00:59:22There's lots of things
00:59:23that can go right,
00:59:24and just patience
00:59:24is on our side.
00:59:25So, we'll see.
00:59:38Two weeks later...
00:59:41This data is super accurate.
00:59:45Detective Lansdowne
00:59:46takes over the case
00:59:47and gets the location data
00:59:49from Tyra's phone.
00:59:50It's basically showing
00:59:52which towers
00:59:53the device
00:59:54that the device
00:59:54was connected to.
00:59:56Where these two arcs overlap
00:59:59is a pretty good indication
01:00:01that that device
01:00:02was in that area
01:00:03at that time.
01:00:05We know where her phone
01:00:07was at January 19th,
01:00:08which is in North Nogales.
01:00:10Tyra's phone
01:00:11was tracked
01:00:11to a house
01:00:12in West Tulsa
01:00:13the night
01:00:14before she disappeared.
01:00:176.33 a.m.
01:00:19on December 20th,
01:00:20her phone
01:00:21goes all the way
01:00:22out east.
01:00:24Early the next morning,
01:00:25her phone moves
01:00:26to a wooded area
01:00:2720 miles east.
01:00:31And then after this,
01:00:33it goes off.
01:00:36There's a very good possibility
01:00:38maybe she could be there.
01:00:40We need a check.
01:00:47So we are going up
01:00:48to this area
01:00:49which is very secluded,
01:00:51very wooded.
01:00:52Detectives
01:00:53head out to the last location
01:00:54where Tyra's phone hit
01:00:55to search for her body.
01:00:57You don't go out there
01:00:59to go hiking.
01:01:00You go out there
01:01:01to get rid of things.
01:01:04Common sense tells me
01:01:05he's dumping her body.
01:01:06Right.
01:01:15All right.
01:01:16Let's go see
01:01:17what we're doing.
01:01:21So you think
01:01:21he drove back
01:01:22in here then?
01:01:24Check it out.
01:01:24I think it's worth a shot.
01:01:25All right.
01:01:27I hope we find her.
01:01:49After searching
01:01:50for two hours...
01:01:51It's just
01:01:52so wooded back here.
01:01:56You think a dog
01:01:57would help?
01:01:58They decide
01:01:59to come back
01:01:59in the morning
01:02:00with the canine team.
01:02:04It's just
01:02:05such a big area
01:02:06that she could be anywhere.
01:02:08Tomorrow we'll be out there
01:02:10with the cadaver dogs.
01:02:12I know she's dead
01:02:13and so now
01:02:14the next best thing
01:02:15is to be able
01:02:16to find her.
01:02:17These two cases
01:02:18we have right now
01:02:19are circumstantial
01:02:20and we have to get
01:02:21something solid
01:02:22for this third case.
01:02:24The more we can do
01:02:25on any one of these cases
01:02:27is to strengthen it.
01:02:28It's going to strengthen
01:02:28all three of them.
01:02:42The next afternoon...
01:02:44What's up, girl?
01:02:46Canine officer
01:02:46Robin Mendenhall
01:02:47makes a discovery.
01:02:49It's right
01:02:50in the arcs
01:02:52where Lance showed me.
01:02:53Okay.
01:02:54I have to go down here
01:02:56and find out
01:02:57along this creek
01:02:58and it's kind of
01:02:59like ponds.
01:02:59Okay.
01:03:00I mean,
01:03:01all we can do
01:03:01is look.
01:03:14I came up here
01:03:15just to get a layout
01:03:16of the area
01:03:17and when I was
01:03:18walking through
01:03:18I saw the red
01:03:20and I just came down
01:03:21and checked it out.
01:03:23Looks like a female's
01:03:25jacket to me.
01:03:25It does look like
01:03:26a female's jacket.
01:03:28That looks like tissue.
01:03:31That definitely
01:03:32smells like a body.
01:03:33Yes, it stinks.
01:03:36You might have found her.
01:03:51Those are for sure jeans.
01:03:53Oh, undoubtable.
01:03:54Yeah, no doubt.
01:03:55Those are jeans.
01:03:59You've got
01:04:00the anthropologist
01:04:01coming in?
01:04:02She'll be here
01:04:02in 10 minutes.
01:04:0210 minutes, okay.
01:04:05Think you tried to
01:04:05bury her?
01:04:06Yeah,
01:04:06and when you look
01:04:07at this specific area
01:04:08all of this
01:04:09is freshly overturned
01:04:10and it is
01:04:11right where
01:04:12her phone was.
01:04:27forensic anthropologist
01:04:28Dr. Angela Berg
01:04:29will determine
01:04:30if the remains
01:04:31are human.
01:04:35I'm trying to figure out
01:04:36what this thing is
01:04:37right here.
01:04:37I feel.
01:04:39Is that part
01:04:40of the pelvis?
01:04:42This is the ischium.
01:04:44This is the greater
01:04:46trochanter of a femur.
01:04:47So you've got pelvis.
01:04:48That's what I was thinking.
01:04:49And you've got a femur.
01:04:53This is definitely human.
01:04:59You didn't expose this,
01:05:00did you?
01:05:00No, it was like that.
01:05:01I think an animal
01:05:02was probably just kind of
01:05:03wrapped around in here.
01:05:07We have a storm coming,
01:05:08so I don't think
01:05:09we should address this
01:05:10right now
01:05:10if we can wait.
01:05:12We can put a tarp on it
01:05:13and put an officer here.
01:05:14Yeah, let's do that.
01:05:18We've got a storm
01:05:19coming in this evening.
01:05:20Heavy hail,
01:05:21heavy rain.
01:05:22And so what we're going
01:05:23to do is we're going
01:05:24to tarp this over
01:05:24and then we'll have
01:05:26to have an officer
01:05:26sit here all night.
01:05:28And then we'll start
01:05:29an excavation tomorrow.
01:05:39We're going to go
01:05:40talk to LaDonna Whitaker
01:05:41and just tell her
01:05:42that we have found a body.
01:05:45Lansdowne and White
01:05:46head out to meet
01:05:47with Tyra's mother.
01:05:49We don't know
01:05:49that it's Tyra yet,
01:05:51but we wanted to let her know
01:05:53just so that they can
01:05:54start preparing
01:05:55for the possibility.
01:06:14Hello.
01:06:15Hi, are you LaDonna?
01:06:16Yes.
01:06:17LaDonna, hi.
01:06:17I'm Detective Lansdowne,
01:06:18that's Detective White.
01:06:20I want to tell you something,
01:06:22and I can't say this
01:06:23within a definitive
01:06:24100% positive,
01:06:25but we have found
01:06:27remains of someone.
01:06:34And I want to prepare you.
01:06:39Before this hits the news
01:06:41and everything,
01:06:42I just want to let you know.
01:06:44I will tell you
01:06:45that there's a very
01:06:46good chance of it.
01:06:50I want to sit down, baby.
01:06:51Yeah, yeah.
01:06:52Have a seat.
01:06:54We don't like to do,
01:06:56you know,
01:06:57notifications and stuff
01:06:58until we're positive,
01:06:59but I feel strongly enough
01:07:02that this is Tyra
01:07:03that we came
01:07:03to talk to you guys.
01:07:06I'm glad, y'all.
01:07:07I'm glad.
01:07:07I was just,
01:07:09we just talked about
01:07:10I want,
01:07:10I want to feel
01:07:11she was a good person.
01:07:16She, she had a good heart.
01:07:18Believe me,
01:07:19we're feeling for you.
01:07:21We will let you know
01:07:22in the moment
01:07:22we know
01:07:23with 100% certainty.
01:07:26Do you just want
01:07:27a phone call from me?
01:07:28Or do you want me
01:07:29to come in person?
01:07:30Call Rene?
01:07:32Okay.
01:07:33We'll be in touch
01:07:34very soon.
01:07:36All right, guys.
01:07:36You're welcome.
01:07:50The next morning...
01:07:51Now we're going to get out there
01:07:52and recover the body.
01:07:57I like to get like
01:07:58a circle of people
01:07:59around lifting
01:08:00the soil out.
01:08:01Once we have
01:08:02that soil out,
01:08:03then we'll start
01:08:03actually on the recovery.
01:08:05So we'll be working
01:08:06around where we think
01:08:07the body is buried
01:08:08and working our way
01:08:09down to her.
01:08:11Anything else?
01:08:13That's all good.
01:08:32After an hour of digging...
01:08:34Is that plastic?
01:08:38It feels like
01:08:39a trash bag plastic.
01:08:41I think he might have
01:08:43put her in a trash bag.
01:08:45Yeah, that's sad, man.
01:08:48This poor girl
01:08:50threw away
01:08:51like a piece of trash.
01:08:54Trying to keep it intact
01:08:56as much as we can.
01:09:06Just pull it back
01:09:07and then...
01:09:11We've got her out.
01:09:17Good job, guys.
01:09:23She's going to get
01:09:24taken down
01:09:24to the medical examiner's office.
01:09:26Hopefully, we'll
01:09:27get her positively identified.
01:09:38The next day...
01:09:43Hi, Lacey.
01:09:44Hey, Angela.
01:09:45Lansdowne reaches out
01:09:46to Dr. Burr.
01:09:47Just calling to see
01:09:49about an update
01:09:50on the body
01:09:51that we found.
01:10:05Okay, so we have
01:10:07positive ID
01:10:09to your fingerprints
01:10:11as Tyra Whittaker.
01:10:13Okay.
01:10:18She has sharp force trauma
01:10:20to her head
01:10:21and neck
01:10:23with cut marks
01:10:25into the bone
01:10:25also.
01:10:27Wow.
01:10:28The autopsy revealed
01:10:29that Tyra was stabbed
01:10:3020 to 30 times
01:10:31in the head,
01:10:32face,
01:10:33and neck.
01:10:35She also has
01:10:36what appears to be
01:10:37maybe blood force trauma
01:10:38to her mouth
01:10:39and she has
01:10:41three chipped teeth.
01:10:42Okay.
01:10:44Okay.
01:10:45Thank you so much, Angela.
01:10:47All right.
01:10:47Take care.
01:10:48Bye-bye.
01:10:48You too.
01:10:48Bye.
01:10:50This girl suffered
01:10:51a very painful death.
01:10:54I'm going to call
01:10:56Renee,
01:10:56which is Tyra's aunt,
01:10:58and let her know
01:10:59the really bad news.
01:11:04Hello?
01:11:05Renee?
01:11:06Yes?
01:11:07Hey, it's
01:11:07Detective Lansdowne.
01:11:09Well, I have
01:11:10some bad news.
01:11:11We did get a positive
01:11:12ID,
01:11:12and the body
01:11:13that we found
01:11:13was Tyra.
01:11:19Yeah, I'm sorry,
01:11:20Renee.
01:11:20I really am.
01:11:35Well, I can promise
01:11:36you that everybody
01:11:37here in the office
01:11:38is doing everything
01:11:39to make sure
01:11:39that there is
01:11:40justice for her.
01:11:43Yeah, you're welcome.
01:11:44You're welcome.
01:11:45Bye-bye.
01:11:46Okay, bye.
01:11:52Later that day,
01:11:58the team decides
01:11:59to confront
01:11:59Terrell
01:12:00with the new evidence.
01:12:01All right, buddy.
01:12:02That far chair,
01:12:03I'll be right back
01:12:03with you.
01:12:04All right.
01:12:06Ronnie and I went
01:12:06to the jail
01:12:07to bring him
01:12:07over here
01:12:08before he had
01:12:09wanted to see
01:12:10some evidence.
01:12:10And before we
01:12:11transported him over,
01:12:13Ronnie showed him
01:12:13the picture of the coat,
01:12:15and he acknowledged
01:12:17the picture.
01:12:18And I'm sure
01:12:19that he's sitting
01:12:19over there
01:12:20and it's driving him
01:12:21crazy.
01:12:23There's a possibility
01:12:24we may get something
01:12:25here, but we'll see.
01:12:33Okay.
01:12:47I can't imagine that, man.
01:13:02I really can't.
01:13:03That's got to be tough
01:13:04that you went
01:13:05through that.
01:13:06It's definitely stuff
01:13:07that we will document
01:13:08and that will be
01:13:10presented to attorneys,
01:13:12to counselors,
01:13:13and all that stuff.
01:13:14Okay?
01:13:16So, that being said,
01:13:18as we came to the jail
01:13:19earlier today,
01:13:20I showed you that picture.
01:13:21Do you remember that?
01:13:22What was that picture of?
01:13:24That picture was
01:13:26of Tyra Jackie.
01:13:28Okay.
01:13:29So, we've found
01:13:30that jacket.
01:13:32Okay?
01:13:33Where do you think
01:13:34we found it at?
01:13:36Wherever she was buried.
01:13:38Okay.
01:13:39Where was she buried at?
01:13:43I don't want to answer
01:13:44that question.
01:13:50He just feels like
01:13:51I'm traumatized
01:13:53for what happened
01:13:53to me before.
01:13:55If I found guilty,
01:13:57I want to know
01:13:58I wasn't guilty.
01:13:59You know what I'm saying?
01:13:59I understand.
01:14:00I really do.
01:14:00I understand that.
01:14:01And I promise you
01:14:02that's stuff that is
01:14:03going to be documented
01:14:04without a doubt.
01:14:05But I think you're
01:14:06going to feel
01:14:06a little bit better
01:14:07if you're honest
01:14:08and tell me
01:14:09some more of these details.
01:14:12And...
01:14:12I'm not,
01:14:13because I know
01:14:13I got a problem.
01:14:14I know that...
01:14:17Everybody in my corner
01:14:18is telling me,
01:14:19you need help.
01:14:19You need help.
01:14:20You need help.
01:14:20You do.
01:14:22I think you do.
01:14:23I really do.
01:14:24And you're saying
01:14:25you want to get help.
01:14:26Which is good.
01:14:27But in order to do that,
01:14:29in my opinion,
01:14:29you've got to
01:14:30take responsibility
01:14:31for stuff you've done
01:14:32in the past also.
01:14:35I want you to be
01:14:36straight up with me
01:14:37and tell me more
01:14:37of these details
01:14:38about Tyra.
01:14:40What happened to her?
01:14:41What you did to her?
01:14:43Where you buried her?
01:14:46Let's start right here.
01:14:48Take the first step.
01:14:50But I can't do that.
01:14:53Why?
01:14:54Why is that?
01:14:54Why?
01:14:55Why can't?
01:14:56Because you haven't
01:14:57came to me with evidence.
01:15:00Showed me, like,
01:15:02Tyra,
01:15:03this is what we have.
01:15:04We know what you did.
01:15:05You know what I'm saying?
01:15:07I can't tell you
01:15:08everything we know.
01:15:09I showed you the code.
01:15:11You already said
01:15:12she was buried.
01:15:12And I've confirmed for you.
01:15:13Yeah, she was buried.
01:15:15I know how she was killed.
01:15:18Okay?
01:15:19You're right.
01:15:21Tyra deserves justice.
01:15:22Her family deserves
01:15:23some answers.
01:15:24And you're the one
01:15:25holding those.
01:15:28I told you everything.
01:15:30No, you didn't.
01:15:32I told you the problems
01:15:34I had.
01:15:34I know that.
01:15:35But you didn't tell me
01:15:36how you killed her.
01:15:38You didn't tell me
01:15:39where you buried her.
01:15:41How did you kill Tyra?
01:16:00I can't answer that question.
01:16:04Do you not remember?
01:16:06Or do you just
01:16:07not want to tell me?
01:16:10I don't know
01:16:10anybody that killed someone.
01:16:14You know what I'm saying?
01:16:15They don't tell anybody
01:16:16how they did anything.
01:16:17They don't tell anybody.
01:16:21I need the evidence.
01:16:22I've told you the evidence
01:16:23that I can tell you
01:16:24up to this point.
01:16:25If you answer my questions
01:16:27and are truthful,
01:16:28I will give you more.
01:16:30But you're not giving me anything.
01:16:33Well, I'm going to wait
01:16:34until I talk to my lawyer.
01:16:39My lawyer,
01:16:40he's going to be the one
01:16:41to tell me what y'all have.
01:16:43All right.
01:16:44Well, then we're done.
01:16:57I have no doubt
01:16:58he killed all three
01:16:59of those women.
01:17:00But I just,
01:17:01I don't think he's ever
01:17:02going to tell us.
01:17:04He's admitting to things.
01:17:05He's not giving the details,
01:17:07but he's admitting.
01:17:08Something bad happened.
01:17:09I just don't want
01:17:10to talk about it.
01:17:12Because he knows
01:17:13that if he tells us,
01:17:13he's going to end up
01:17:14going to prison forever.
01:17:26Two days later.
01:17:29Tyrell has made some comments
01:17:30on his jail calls
01:17:32about people snitching on him,
01:17:34people knowing what's up.
01:17:35On a recorded jail call,
01:17:37Tyrell mentioned
01:17:38the name of a friend
01:17:39who he thinks may have
01:17:40talked to police
01:17:41about Tyra's murder.
01:17:43He was like,
01:17:44I know he's talking
01:17:45because of the questions
01:17:46they were asking me.
01:17:49They were at his house
01:17:51the night before Tyra
01:17:52was murdered.
01:17:54We know that her phone
01:17:55was over at his house
01:17:56because we looked
01:17:57at her phone records.
01:17:59Detectives discovered
01:18:00the friend lives
01:18:00at the house
01:18:01where Tyra's phone hit
01:18:02on the night she disappeared.
01:18:05He got arrested this weekend.
01:18:07Just some traffic tickets
01:18:10and he's in city jail.
01:18:11So we'll go grab him
01:18:12and see what he has to say.
01:18:16Yeah.
01:18:1930 minutes later.
01:18:22I got you a prize.
01:18:26That's all we had.
01:18:28We are scraping
01:18:29the bottom for candy.
01:18:33All right.
01:18:33You already know
01:18:34why we're here.
01:18:35So I'm going to let you
01:18:36take the floor, okay?
01:18:37This is about Tyrell.
01:18:40Just tell me everything
01:18:41that you know.
01:18:43I really can't tell you
01:18:44too much about him.
01:18:45I would stop calling him.
01:18:47Stop talking to him
01:18:48because I really don't like
01:18:49the type of that he does.
01:18:52Just weird as s***.
01:18:54So what would be weird
01:18:56in your world?
01:19:00Okay.
01:19:03He had a girlfriend, right?
01:19:05Uh-huh.
01:19:06And then he would just say
01:19:08weird as s***.
01:19:09Like, the girl would be
01:19:11doing something
01:19:11to him when he'd sleep
01:19:12or something like that.
01:19:14And I'd be like, bro,
01:19:15like, yeah, I'm like,
01:19:17nah, bro.
01:19:19He really just made me
01:19:20distance myself,
01:19:21like, away from me.
01:19:22Let me ask you this.
01:19:23Who was his girlfriend
01:19:24at the time?
01:19:25I don't even remember
01:19:26her name.
01:19:28We showed you a picture.
01:19:29You'd know her.
01:19:30Hell yeah.
01:19:33Lansdowne shows him
01:19:34a photo of Tyra.
01:19:37That's her.
01:19:37Okay.
01:19:40What do you know
01:19:41about her?
01:19:42Nice person.
01:19:43Wonderful woman, man.
01:19:44Wonderful.
01:19:47I'm gonna be real with you.
01:19:49We found her
01:19:50in a hole in the ground.
01:19:52Buried.
01:19:52Buried.
01:19:56Buried.
01:19:57It's a lot.
01:20:01Tyra
01:20:01deserved better.
01:20:08Did he ever tell you
01:20:10that he did anything
01:20:11to her?
01:20:13He said he dumped
01:20:14her bodies.
01:20:17Did he give you
01:20:18a clue as to where?
01:20:20Nah.
01:20:21Can you say that?
01:20:23But he did say
01:20:24he dumped her somewhere.
01:20:27When did he tell you
01:20:28all this stuff?
01:20:29Like, two months ago.
01:20:31How did you know
01:20:32that he met Tyra?
01:20:35You really want to know?
01:20:36Yeah.
01:20:36He told me he was
01:20:37going to do it
01:20:37before it happened.
01:20:42Okay.
01:20:42Tell him, share with me that.
01:20:44What did he say
01:20:44he was going to do?
01:20:46He was going to kill her.
01:20:48Did he tell you
01:20:49why he wanted to kill her?
01:20:51Tell me about some
01:20:52when I'm sleeping
01:20:53or some
01:20:56I told him
01:20:56leave that girl alone.
01:20:57All right.
01:20:58Don't do nothing
01:20:58to that girl.
01:20:59Let that girl be.
01:21:02So when he tells you
01:21:03that he did do it,
01:21:04what did he say
01:21:05exactly again?
01:21:07What I got rid of him.
01:21:09You know,
01:21:10if I were to do,
01:21:10I brought her body somewhere.
01:21:14I'm like,
01:21:16wow.
01:21:19That's crazy.
01:21:22All right.
01:21:23Sit tight.
01:21:24We do appreciate it.
01:21:26Yeah, thank you.
01:21:37This is huge.
01:21:38This puts this case
01:21:38over the top now.
01:21:40It's went from circumstantial
01:21:42to actual witness
01:21:43who's talked to Terrell
01:21:44that said this.
01:21:46I'm super stoked about it.
01:21:48This is our strongest case now.
01:21:51I think it's pushed it
01:21:52to the point
01:21:53that without question
01:21:54we could go ahead
01:21:55and do an add-on charge
01:21:57for Tyra's murder.
01:21:59I think he killed
01:22:00these three women
01:22:01and didn't give it
01:22:02a second thought.
01:22:03We're extremely lucky
01:22:04that we got him
01:22:05when we did.
01:22:06I have no question
01:22:07that there would have been more.
01:22:10Yeah.
01:22:11Yeah.
01:22:44This whole case
01:22:45is really sad
01:22:46from Tyra
01:22:47to Elizabeth
01:22:48to Rainbow.
01:22:49I used to work
01:22:51in domestic violence
01:22:52before I came over
01:22:53to homicide
01:22:54and I know
01:22:55that the most dangerous
01:22:56time for victims
01:22:57is when they're trying
01:22:58to leave the relationship.
01:23:00Elizabeth tried to leave.
01:23:02She did leave
01:23:02and he killed her
01:23:03a short time later.
01:23:05He knew Rainbow
01:23:06all of three days.
01:23:07She was nice enough
01:23:08to give him a place
01:23:09to stay
01:23:10and the day
01:23:11that she had kicked him out,
01:23:13I believe he came back
01:23:14and killed her that night.
01:23:16I don't know
01:23:16what happened with Tyra.
01:23:18She very well
01:23:18could have tried
01:23:19to leave him as well.
01:23:21If anyone,
01:23:22male or female,
01:23:23is in a domestic violence situation,
01:23:25there's things
01:23:27that you can do
01:23:27to protect yourself
01:23:29to get out
01:23:29out of this situation.
01:23:31There's 24-hour hotlines
01:23:33that you can call.
01:23:34You can get
01:23:34a protective order.
01:23:36There is help available.
01:23:38Domestic violence
01:23:39is very common
01:23:39and it affects everyone.
01:23:42It doesn't matter
01:23:42who you are,
01:23:43it can affect you.
01:23:5216 months
01:23:53after Tyra's body
01:23:55was discovered.
01:23:57Her big old smile.
01:23:59You couldn't be around Tyra
01:24:02without being happy.
01:24:06She was a very happy person.
01:24:12She enjoyed life
01:24:15while she was living.
01:24:16Yeah.
01:24:18It was very difficult
01:24:20to hear
01:24:21that my child
01:24:23was deceased.
01:24:27Having to tell her child
01:24:30that he won't be able
01:24:32to see or hear
01:24:34from his mother
01:24:35is difficult.
01:24:38She won't be
01:24:39at her son's graduation.
01:24:42She won't have
01:24:44a first dance with him.
01:24:46at his wedding.
01:24:48People have to
01:24:49still live with
01:24:52what somebody else did.
01:24:55Yeah, he's going to have
01:24:57to answer to the things
01:24:58that he did,
01:24:59but we all have to suffer.
01:25:02And so do the other victims,
01:25:05families and friends,
01:25:07their children.
01:25:09He can be sentenced
01:25:11to the maximum sentence
01:25:13and it wouldn't be
01:25:15good enough for me.
01:25:16He took away
01:25:19something
01:25:20that never can
01:25:22be given back.
01:25:25He took away
01:25:31He takes away from his
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