- 2 weeks ago
When Ashley Pegram goes missing after meeting a man through a dating app, the race to find her focuses on her internet admirer. Detectives soon discover she is caught up in a nightmarish trap set by an online predator with murder on his mind.
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00:09a young mother seeks comfort in online dating you look killer in that outfit
00:16well thank you she was a ray of sunshine but you can tell her don't get out much
00:24but in a dangerous world
00:32no one is safe do you have any idea what have happened to her that night you name it up
00:36whatever i could do to help and everyone is a suspect it doesn't matter what i know what i
00:41think it's what can you prove
00:43so
01:06breakfast up who wants pancakes 28 year old mom ashley paygram has her hands full with three kids
01:1513 year old hayley eight-year-old caitlin and one-year-old aaron she was a great mother
01:25she really was she took real good care of her children with the rest of you soldiers we're
01:30quiet today ashley and the kids have always lived with her mom rayma can you mind helping
01:36feed air no problem honey you just concentrate on getting john out the door oh john so much
01:42love in her house ashley's had a few tough years after a messy divorce but has a new man john
01:49mitchell hey none of that in my house let him go see you later john was the love of her
01:57life
01:58don't be late for date night john's the father of ashley's little boy aaron and has fit right
02:04in with the paygram family i could see a ray of hope in her life he was a special person
02:11to her
02:12because she i mean she lit up she lit up
02:26she was all dressed up because they were going out to dinner
02:44i can't have more of these
02:47well ashley killer look on you girl well thank you i hope he likes it you know if he ever
02:54gets here
02:54i was probably just the traffic don't worry
03:00hours went by and still no word from him and she's like i i could just tell that you know
03:05this
03:06look in her eye that she was concerned
03:15and then a policeman pulled into the yard
03:33they came up and they asked her if she wanted to sit down
03:40john has been in a head-on collision with a truck
03:43and paramedics were unable to save his life
03:50she was just a mess
03:53you know he wasn't coming back
03:58it just crushed her changed her
04:12the big part of ashley died that night
04:19sunshine was gone
04:26two months later ashley is still grieving but trying to stay positive
04:32i remember that she wanted to get her life back together and be happy again
04:36all right when you subtract that what do you get
04:42five
04:44don't worry sweetheart you'll get it
04:47i don't know
04:50it was all about her kids
04:56but being a single parent is tough and ashley's battle with her grief isn't getting any easier
05:06she had been prescribed medication for depression to try to numb everything out
05:19ashley turns to dating apps to give herself a boost
05:24and she wanted to be told that she was beautiful
05:28not by her mother or by her sister but i guess by somebody else
05:34she sets up a profile to chat with local guys
05:46it's not long before she's getting messaged and meeting up for a friendly drink
05:58she would try to find someone who was willing to just take her away from the house and buy her
06:03some drinks and you know guys were always willing to do that
06:10hey i got your messages it's so great to see you
06:13um
06:16you uh liquor man
06:18i bet you can tell i don't get out much
06:22um can i have another drink
06:23it's like an escape
06:25to just get out and to drink
06:27and to take her mind off of john
06:39ashley has no shortage of online admirers
06:47you
06:57you
06:58you
06:58you
06:58you
07:18Ashley and Kyle, her latest online date, waste no time in getting into the party mood.
07:26Let's get a beer.
07:52What the hell are you doing?
07:56If you can't control your freak, it's time you left.
07:59Hey, what's your problem?
08:00I said sorry.
08:01You want to take control, you old bitch?
08:04What did you just call me?
08:06Sorry, what was that?
08:07What did you just say?
08:09Lord.
08:14Oh, so that's how it is.
08:21You're not so disrespectful now, bitch.
08:39Ashley Pagram is at a house party with a guy she met online.
08:42Sorry, what was that?
08:44What did you just say?
08:52Not so disrespectful now, bitch.
08:56Please, please.
08:58Get the hell out of here.
08:59I don't want to see your face no more.
09:12Ashley doesn't report the gun incident to the police.
09:16She decides not to see Kyle again and cut down on her internet dating.
09:22But she can't give it up completely and begins chatting with another guy, Shane.
09:28She actually liked Shane.
09:29He was real nice, real sweet, a gentleman.
09:32There was a sense of ease.
09:33Like, okay, this guy seems okay.
09:37After a few weeks of dating, the couple try a weekend away.
09:41I said, I'll watch the kids for you the weekend.
09:44And she was so excited about going.
09:47You know, you're looking pretty good in that outerwear.
09:52Very seductive rat.
09:54Oh, I would say so, yeah.
10:08Hey, Ashley.
10:09Yeah?
10:10Have you, uh, have you seen my wallet?
10:16Uh, no.
10:17No?
10:18No.
10:19Because it was in the tent.
10:20I know exactly where it was.
10:22And you were just in there.
10:24I'm sorry.
10:25I didn't see it when I was in there.
10:27Why would you steal my wallet?
10:30Excuse me?
10:32I would not steal your wallet.
10:34I wouldn't do that.
10:35I can never trust a thief.
10:38I would not do that.
10:40You know, just let me...
10:41I can't trust you, Ashley.
10:44You know what?
10:45Let's pack this up.
10:46We're going.
10:48We've got no future, us.
10:50She was all upset when she got home.
10:52She started crying to mom.
10:54You know, mom was trying to comfort her.
10:56I don't want to be alone anymore.
11:02You're here.
11:03You're here.
11:08Mom, I, I gotta, I gotta take this.
11:11Okay.
11:12Okay.
11:20Ashley gets a message from a different online admirer.
11:50Like the new sandals, mom?
11:51Oh, they're beautiful, Ash.
11:54Oh, you look so pretty tonight.
11:58I do?
11:59You do.
12:00Well, thank you.
12:04Oh, my date's here.
12:06Okay.
12:09See you, mom.
12:10Okay.
12:11Okay.
12:11Bye.
12:12Bye.
12:13I was thinking, well, you look so pretty.
12:16You know, you look pretty tonight.
12:31The following morning, there's no sign of Ashley around the house.
12:37Hey, mom.
12:39Hey, honey.
12:40Have you seen Ashley?
12:42No.
12:42Why?
12:43She hadn't come home.
12:45She's like, you know, I just had this unsettling feeling, you know.
12:48I was like, well, I'll just come over and, you know, if she doesn't show up, you know,
12:52here soon, within a few hours, I'll just come over and I'll look through the phone
12:55and I'll see if I can find anything.
12:59Hey, Brad.
13:00It's Brandy.
13:02Have you seen Ashley?
13:05Okay, yeah.
13:07Yeah, I'm sure she's somewhere.
13:09Yeah, she'll be fine.
13:11Thanks.
13:11Call me if you see her.
13:12Okay.
13:15What about Andrew?
13:17Can you try Andrew, please?
13:20Brandy contacts all of her sister's friends.
13:27Hey, Andrew.
13:28It's Brandy.
13:30Have you seen my sister?
13:35Okay.
13:36Not since the other day.
13:37All right.
13:38Look, you'll call me if you do?
13:42Okay, thanks.
13:44Bye.
13:47But no one has seen the mother of three since she left for her latest online date.
14:09Hello, I'd like to report my sister missing.
14:15Her name's Ashley Paggum.
14:19He said that a detective would be contacting me on Monday.
14:22And I was like, oh, no, you know, we have to wait all weekend?
14:25Like, that's going to be hard.
14:27Like, he's like, well, she'll probably show up or call or something.
14:31By Sunday morning, Ashley has been missing for 36 hours.
14:37Brandy decides she is going to take matters into her own hands.
14:41Can I see your phone, Mom?
14:43Yeah.
14:43She was using it to send messages, right?
14:45Yeah, sure.
14:45She used it on Friday night just before she went out.
14:48Okay.
14:49Yeah.
14:51Brandy knows Ashley went to a local party with a guy she met online.
14:57So I was kind of playing detective that weekend.
15:01Brandy discovers Ashley's date goes by the name E-Money Bond.
15:06And I saw where they had had a conversation.
15:09He said, I'm sorry that I left you at a gas station.
15:12I hope you made it home okay.
15:13So when I saw that, I was like, oh, my gosh, this guy left her at a gas station somewhere.
15:17She hasn't been home since.
15:18I was really concerned that maybe she had gotten to a car with someone else.
15:23Or maybe she got ran over by a car.
15:27Or maybe someone, like, abducted her.
15:29Or maybe she had gotten to a car with someone else.
15:55Hello?
15:55Hello?
15:56Like, where's my sister at?
15:57What happened?
15:59Do you have any idea what would have happened to her that night?
16:02Oh, to be honest, I'm really, really sorry.
16:05I mean, she was getting very difficult, so I had to kick her out.
16:08And he said, I tried to ask her where her address was,
16:12and she just would not give me a solid answer of where to go.
16:15So at that point, I was just, I had had enough, and I had just put her out.
16:19You need to tell me every bit of information you know.
16:22Of course, anything you want.
16:24You name it up, whatever I could do to help.
16:26He seemed very polite on the phone.
16:29And I was like, okay, you just described to me exactly where you left her.
16:33So I can drive there, maybe see if I can find a shoe or anything.
16:40Okay, I'm driving towards the Sunoco station.
16:43There's on the left-hand side?
16:45Just keep heading towards the Sunoco station.
16:50Okay, I'm pulling in right now.
16:56Okay, I'm at the Sunoco station.
16:59That's where I left her.
17:01Where now?
17:02I was like, was she headed to the right, the left?
17:05What was she doing?
17:06He said she was just sort of standing here.
17:22Listen, Edward, I really appreciate it.
17:24We've got to stay in contact, okay?
17:26You're the last one that saw her.
17:28Okay, we'll talk soon.
17:29I'm happy to help.
17:30Okay.
17:32Okay.
17:32Okay.
17:45On Sunday evening, Brandy spends the night at her mom's house, hoping to be there when Ashley comes home.
17:52She's going to come back.
17:53I know.
17:57Ashley.
17:58Ashley.
17:59Ashley.
18:00Ashley.
18:00Ashley.
18:02And she flew out the door.
18:04And then I was waiting to hear it was Ashley.
18:06And I ran out there and I was like, Ashley?
18:08I think Ashley's home.
18:21Breakfast up!
18:22Ashley Pagram, 28-year-old mother of three.
18:25Ah, Haley, stop hogging the syrup.
18:28Has been missing for two days.
18:30Oh, you look so pretty tonight.
18:32I do?
18:33Since she was dropped off by her date at a gas station after a party.
18:38At last, it looks like she's home.
18:41Ashley.
18:43I ran out to the car.
18:45And then I saw in the car, it was just Shane in the car.
18:50What's going on?
18:52I, uh, I came to apologize to Ashley.
18:56I found my wallet.
18:59So you haven't heard from Ashley?
19:02No.
19:04I came to say sorry.
19:07We haven't seen her in two days.
19:13I, uh, I haven't seen her since camping.
19:17But the family knows someone isn't telling the truth.
19:24Dorchester County Sheriff's Office assigns the case to Detective Andy Martin.
19:28Thank you for coming in.
19:30Has Ashley ever done anything like this before?
19:32I mean, disappeared?
19:34No, sir.
19:36They were solid individuals.
19:37And so, when they were concerned,
19:40he felt there probably was a reason to be concerned.
19:44She went out, she was on a date with Edward Bonilla?
19:47That's right.
19:48Okay.
19:50Have you spoken to him?
19:51Sure.
19:52He's been real helpful.
19:54Talked us through dropping her off and everything.
19:56He said that he had dropped her off,
19:58that she was drunk and hard to handle,
20:00and he just got her out of the car and left her.
20:03So, that was the first bit of information.
20:07Besides Edward Bonilla,
20:09has there been anyone else in Ashley's life?
20:12Well, she was seeing a guy called Shane,
20:14but they had a big fight.
20:16Yeah, and he called her a thief.
20:18At the end of that, they were done talking,
20:19and she was real upset.
20:21But then he showed up last night,
20:23just completely out of the blue,
20:25wondering where she was and all.
20:26Mm-hmm.
20:27Seems strange.
20:29They had gotten into an argument,
20:30so there's a lot of information there to be gathered.
20:37This is Detective Andy Martin,
20:39Dorchester County Sheriff's Office.
20:41I'm investigating the disappearance of Ashley Pegram.
20:45So, Shane,
20:47you and Ashley were not getting along?
20:50Yeah, we argued before she disappeared.
20:53I called things off.
20:54I was upset.
20:57And the last time you saw her
20:59was when you dropped her off,
21:00is that correct?
21:01Right.
21:04So, where were you on the night of April 3rd?
21:08Working.
21:10Do you have someone that can verify that?
21:12Sure.
21:13Sure.
21:14Yeah, anything I can do to help,
21:16I'm happy to do so.
21:19Until Shane's alibi checks out,
21:22he'll remain on the detective's radar.
21:25Somebody's going to tell me,
21:26you're at work, son.
21:27You check it and you move on.
21:29Check a lot of places.
21:30Check a lot of boxes.
21:32Ashley has now been missing for five days.
21:38Detective Martin needs to speak with Edward Bonilla,
21:41the last person seen with her
21:43before she disappeared.
21:44What's your relationship with Ashley?
21:46Me and Ashley,
21:47we started talking about two weeks ago
21:49on a dating app,
21:50and we met up for the first time
21:52on Friday night.
21:53Okay.
21:54And where did you go?
21:56Our brother,
21:56he was having a party over at Goose Creek,
21:58and we went together.
21:59Edward Bonilla repeats what he told Brandy.
22:02He and Ashley went to a party together,
22:04and he'd left her at the gas station
22:06alive and well.
22:08What do you do for work?
22:09I mean, how do you get by?
22:11He is so helpful and conversive
22:18and just wanted to give a lot of information.
22:25Detective Martin asks Edward
22:27to show him exactly where he left Ashley.
22:30Okay, so this is where you dropped her off?
22:33Yes, sir.
22:33So we stopped right here,
22:36and this is where she got back in the vehicle.
22:39Yeah.
22:39But if you keep driving that way,
22:41I can show you exactly where I put her out.
22:44Okay.
22:48We turned left on Maple Road.
22:50He goes down.
22:51He goes, I put her out here.
22:52Stop.
22:53Stop right here.
22:58At the entrance of another residential area
23:01where people live.
23:02This is where I dropped her off.
23:04I wanted to take her home,
23:05but she wasn't making no sense.
23:07Okay.
23:08I mean, Edward, this is really important.
23:10Are you sure?
23:12Yes, I'm sure.
23:15Okay.
23:17In the beginning,
23:19and his correspondence was he left her
23:21at the gas station,
23:21the Sunoco,
23:22at 26th and College Park.
23:25So, his story had changed.
23:29With no sign of Ashley for six days,
23:32her family searches the fields
23:34close to where she was dropped off.
23:38Ashley!
23:40I remember standing on top of my explorer
23:43so I could look out into this field
23:44and actually see more.
23:48Ashley!
23:50We was looking for something of hers.
23:52Something, a shoe maybe.
23:53Okay, you guys look over here.
23:55Okay.
23:56Anything that was hers.
23:57Ashley!
24:05Ashley!
24:07Ash!
24:10Mom, you smell something?
24:14It smells bad.
24:17Haley, stay back.
24:18Okay.
24:19All right.
24:20Something smells like it's been killed.
24:22It's like, oh no,
24:22thinking in my head,
24:23like, what if that's her?
24:41It's just a deer.
24:43If we don't find anything,
24:45she's okay, you know?
24:48I mean, then you bring Becky hope.
24:52Hope's there.
24:53Hope's alive.
25:01It's been ten days
25:03since Ashley was last seen.
25:11Detective Martin takes his search
25:14back to where Edward Bonilla
25:15originally said he dropped Ashley off,
25:18the gas station.
25:20Very easy to confirm.
25:21You know,
25:22they've got cameras.
25:24Martin hunts through the surveillance footage
25:26for any sign of Ashley.
25:28He hits pay dirt
25:30when he sees Ashley walking into the gas station
25:32at just after midnight
25:33on the 4th of April.
25:35I was so happy.
25:37I know where you're at.
25:38This is my last known fix of you.
25:42So we have a starting point.
25:46Bonilla stays in the vehicle
25:47and she walks unaided
25:49into the business.
25:53She goes down
25:54the little passageway
25:56to where the ladies' restroom is.
26:00She goes back out,
26:07enters the vehicle
26:08and they drive off.
26:10At 12.12 a.m.,
26:12Ashley and Edward
26:13leave the gas station.
26:15The footage seems to confirm
26:18Edward's revised account.
26:29The focus returns
26:30to Ashley's ex-boyfriend, Shane.
26:34I have some questions
26:35about Shane York.
26:38Was he at work
26:39on Friday, April the 3rd?
26:43He was.
26:45You've been a great help.
26:47Have a good evening.
26:50And I truly was done
26:52with that point.
26:56Someone must know
26:57what has happened
26:58to the missing mom.
27:08Detective Martin retraces
27:09Ashley's steps
27:10on the night she went missing,
27:12starting with the hosts
27:13of the party.
27:14I'm here investigating
27:16the missing persons
27:17of Ashley Pegram.
27:18Do you recognize her?
27:20Yeah, she was here
27:21with Edward.
27:22She confirmed
27:23that Ashley was there
27:23and that they'd played
27:25ping pong in the garage.
27:27She confirmed
27:28the time that they left.
27:30And how do you know
27:31Edward Vanilla?
27:32He's my boyfriend's
27:33stepbrother.
27:34They work together.
27:36They work together?
27:37They work together
27:38at Calder Flooring.
27:39They do a lot of
27:41kitchen refits.
27:43The alarm bells
27:44go off for Detective Martin
27:46as he recalls
27:47his earlier interview
27:48with Edward.
27:49What do you do for work?
27:50I twisted my ankle.
27:51I haven't been able
27:52to work for a while now.
27:54Okay.
27:55Why would you know
27:56a lot about your
27:56employment status
27:58unless you had access
27:59to something
27:59you didn't want me
27:59to know about?
28:00Thank you very much.
28:02You've been most helpful.
28:04Have a good day.
28:07Martin chases up
28:08the new lead
28:09with a call
28:09to Edward's employers.
28:12This is Detective Andy Martin
28:13of Dorchester County
28:14Sheriff's Office.
28:16Can you confirm
28:17you have an Edward Bonilla
28:19who works for you?
28:20Sure, we have
28:21an Edward Bonilla
28:22working for us.
28:24And has he been off
28:25of work with an injury?
28:27Some sort of
28:28an ankle injury?
28:29No.
28:30He's been studying.
28:31No injuries.
28:32I understand he works
28:33for his brother.
28:34In what capacity, sir?
28:37They remove old flooring
28:39and they'll haul in
28:40the new stuff
28:40in our van
28:41and lay it.
28:43So he has a work van
28:45to haul materials.
28:48And where is
28:49that vehicle now, sir?
28:50And he goes,
28:51that's kind of funny
28:53you ask me that
28:54because it's a van
28:56he keeps at his house
28:56and drives to work sites
28:58but for some reason
28:59he brought it back here
29:00the other night
29:01and locked it
29:01behind the gate.
29:04Why would you do that?
29:07So I asked the business owner,
29:09I said,
29:09would you please
29:10secure that vehicle?
29:12No one is to touch it
29:14but me.
29:14He said,
29:15well,
29:16Edward called
29:17and said he left
29:17something inside the van
29:18and he needed to get it.
29:19I said, no.
29:20I said, no.
29:21I need to get a unit
29:23out to cobble flooring now.
29:24Edward Bonilla
29:25must not go near
29:26that vehicle.
29:28Edward Bonilla's van
29:30could lead police
29:31straight to Ashley Pagram.
29:33Up to this point,
29:34I know he's my suspect.
29:36He is lying.
29:37But that's,
29:38that's nothing
29:39until
29:40I have the van.
29:54There's been no sign
29:55of missing mom,
29:56Ashley Pagram,
29:57for 12 days.
30:00Police now have reason
30:01to search a van
30:02driven by the man
30:03she was last seen with,
30:05Edward Bonilla.
30:06But for some reason
30:07he brought it back here
30:08the other night
30:09and locked it
30:09behind the gate.
30:10Why would you do that?
30:14A police unit
30:15has been dispatched
30:16to the van's location.
30:19They had secured
30:21road access,
30:22they secured the gate.
30:23No one was touching
30:24that van.
30:25Gentlemen,
30:27look,
30:27I need to get inside.
30:28I need to get my phone.
30:30Shit.
30:31Come on.
30:37I get there.
30:38Bonilla is sitting
30:39in a large SUV.
30:41Good afternoon.
30:43Mr. Bonilla,
30:43how are you doing today?
30:44Good, detective.
30:45How are you doing?
30:46Good.
30:48You told me you didn't work.
30:50He said,
30:51I just got this job yesterday.
30:54I looked over
30:55at the business owner.
30:57Is that correct?
30:59No.
30:59Edward's been with us
31:00for eight or nine months now.
31:02Come on.
31:02He's kidding.
31:03You're free to leave
31:04in your vehicle?
31:05Just letting you know
31:06you're not going
31:06anywhere in that van.
31:10Without any hard evidence,
31:13Detective Martin
31:13lets Edward Bonilla go.
31:18They need to take
31:20a closer look
31:20at what Bonilla
31:21was so desperate
31:22to hide inside the van.
31:24Hopefully,
31:25we were the first ones
31:25that were there.
31:27We were able to just
31:27barely look into it
31:29through the windows.
31:31I went to the side door
31:32because that's where
31:33I would load a body through.
31:40Adam,
31:40what's that look like?
31:43We did see some kind of
31:44like splatter
31:45inside the van.
31:52I don't have any chemicals
31:53to put on the floor
31:54or anything.
31:56It just,
31:56it looked like blood.
32:03Detective Martin
32:04will have to wait
32:05for forensic confirmation.
32:06But with the discovery
32:07of what he thinks
32:08is blood,
32:09it's time to arrest Bonilla.
32:12As soon as I pull up,
32:14he is dragging
32:16a suitcase on wheels
32:17down the sidewalk.
32:22Mr. Bonilla!
32:24Mr. Bonilla!
32:26What can I do for you?
32:26Have a word with you?
32:28What's going on?
32:30Turn around
32:30and put your hands
32:31behind your back.
32:32Turn around
32:32and do a hands-wise.
32:33I arrest Mr. Bonilla
32:36locked him up
32:37so I would know
32:38where he was at.
32:46Crime scene technicians
32:47analyzed the red stains
32:49found in Bonilla's work van
32:53using chemicals
32:54that illuminate
32:55blood traces
32:56under ultraviolet light.
33:05It lit up
33:06with blood.
33:09A sample of the blood
33:10is sent to the labs
33:12for DNA analysis.
33:1628-year-old Ashley Pagram
33:18has now been missing
33:19for two weeks,
33:20but her family
33:21is still holding on to hope.
33:23These carnations
33:24are so pretty
33:24and I know Ashley
33:25will love them.
33:26They look beautiful, Mom.
33:28What if there's
33:29some kind of little twist
33:30to this
33:30and she's going to come home
33:32and we're going to find her
33:33and everything's going to be
33:34back to normal
33:35and it'll just all be
33:36a bad dream.
33:37She's going to love this
33:38when she comes home.
33:39You've got to just
33:40get through the day
33:42as best you can
33:43and at night
33:45when it really comes around
33:47to bother you,
33:49you cry your way through it.
33:52You know?
33:59With Edward Bonilla
34:00in custody,
34:01the blue sonata
34:02that he drove Ashley
34:03to the gas station in
34:04is impounded.
34:12It's not long
34:13before the forensic team
34:14discovered traces
34:15of blood in the trunk.
34:19Okay, let's search
34:20for the sonata
34:21and the white work van.
34:23Now detectives
34:24must find the connection
34:25between this car
34:26and the white work van
34:30and how Bonilla
34:31used them
34:32on the night
34:32Ashley disappeared.
34:34We had the camera footage
34:36that was showing
34:36its whereabouts
34:37throughout the night.
34:39Bonilla is seen
34:39leaving the gas station
34:41with Ashley
34:41at just after midnight.
34:45Over an hour later
34:46at 1.21 a.m.,
34:48but only six miles
34:49from the gas station,
34:51a license plate reader
34:52photographs Bonilla's car
34:53heading towards his house.
34:58At 2.35 a.m.,
35:01Bonilla's white work van
35:02is captured heading
35:03in the opposite direction,
35:05away from his home.
35:07Okay, where the hell
35:07is he going?
35:08I know that he changed vehicles.
35:10For some reason,
35:11has dropped off his sonata
35:14and moved over
35:15into his work van.
35:16It's still dark
35:17at 6.12 a.m.
35:19when the same surveillance camera
35:20records Bonilla's white work van
35:22returning home.
35:25There is a four-hour gap
35:26in Bonilla's timeline
35:27that is unaccounted for.
35:29At this time here,
35:31I really feel
35:32that he killed a child,
35:33but I needed something.
35:35I needed a body.
35:36I needed evidence.
35:43The DNA results
35:44that could forensically prove
35:46that Ashley was in both vehicles
35:47are finally in.
35:49How's it going, guys?
35:50This is it.
35:51This is a pivotal moment.
35:52This is her blood.
35:54You know,
35:54now we know
35:54we're dealing
35:55with a homicide.
35:59It doesn't matter
36:00what I know
36:00or what I think.
36:01It's what can you prove.
36:15Ashley Pagram,
36:16a missing mother of three,
36:17may have met
36:18an untimely end
36:19at the hands
36:19of an online suitor,
36:21Edward Bonilla.
36:26How's it going, guys?
36:27Detectives are set
36:28to discover
36:28if blood found in his van
36:30and car is hers.
36:32Look at that.
36:33Captain.
36:34DNA match.
36:36On both vehicles.
36:37I know my victim
36:39has been in two places.
36:40That car,
36:41this van.
36:45Investigators build a case
36:47against Bonilla,
36:48but there's a problem.
36:50This is my first case
36:51ever having no body.
36:54And there was so much evidence
36:56that probable cause exist.
36:59You're way past
37:00reasonable suspicion
37:00that something happened here.
37:05We went forward
37:06with the homicide charge
37:07because there was
37:08overwhelming evidence.
37:10Now,
37:11do I need the body?
37:13No,
37:14but do I want the body?
37:15Yes.
37:20Again,
37:21here we are.
37:23I said,
37:23you did this.
37:24I know you did this.
37:25You know you did this.
37:27I said,
37:27you will be convicted.
37:29And Mother's Day
37:30is coming up.
37:33And if just out of spite
37:35you don't let me know
37:36where that child is
37:39so that I can return her
37:40by Mother's Day,
37:43that jury will give you
37:44the death penalty.
37:45You'll get the death penalty,
37:47Edward.
37:48As sure as hell.
37:50I promise you that.
37:55Stunning detectives.
37:56A week later,
37:57Bonilla's attorney
37:58reveals an approximate location
38:00for Ashley's body.
38:08Bonilla describes a remote area
38:10in Harleyville,
38:1230 miles from Ashley's home.
38:25And right there in front of me
38:26was what I believe
38:27to be a human skeleton
38:28was sticking above
38:30the soil.
38:32I think we found Ashley.
38:37I need all the units out here,
38:39forensics,
38:40everything.
38:42The decayed body's wrists
38:44and ankles are bound
38:45and a bra is twisted
38:47around the neck.
38:52Dental records later confirm
38:54it is Ashley Pagram.
38:57I,
38:59when I knew the identity,
39:02when I had the identification,
39:04I,
39:06I went home
39:08and I got my wife
39:10and we went by a flower shop
39:12and I bought some lilies
39:15and I took them
39:16to Miss Ramachance.
39:19He telleth the number
39:20of the stars.
39:21He calleth them
39:22all by their names.
39:24The Lord
39:25lifteth up the meek.
39:28He casteth the wicked
39:30down onto the ground.
39:40Have you found her then?
39:42I think so, ma'am.
39:50And I told her
39:52she's no longer
39:52in the woods,
39:53unloved and long.
39:58I mean,
39:59you've heard of hard eggs.
40:01But I've experienced
40:03a heartache.
40:05And it's honest
40:06to God,
40:07ache.
40:09My whole world
40:10did a flip-flop.
40:12All of us.
40:14Because, you know,
40:15that's my little sister.
40:19When the forensic evidence
40:21from the autopsy
40:22show neck fractures
40:23and head trauma,
40:24it proves Ashley
40:25was a victim
40:26of a sustained attack.
40:28So here's what
40:29I believe happened.
40:30They're in the sonata.
40:32They stopped somewhere.
40:34And I believe
40:34at that point
40:35he safely assaulted her.
40:42He hurts her
40:43because there's blood
40:44in the trunk.
40:46Bonilla forces
40:47a still-breathing Ashley
40:49into the trunk
40:50of his blue sonata
40:53and drives to a back street
40:54near the gas station.
41:03He took her out
41:04of the trunk of the car,
41:05laid her on the side
41:06of the frontage road,
41:08and went home
41:09to get his work van
41:10because the work van
41:11had more gas.
41:18He goes back
41:21in his work van.
41:22He loads her
41:22into his work van.
41:32I believe they were
41:33driving down the road
41:34and she moaned.
41:39It's too late now
41:40for me to let you go.
41:41I've already
41:42sexed this all of you.
41:43I've already hurt you
41:44and thought you were dead.
41:46I've already picked you up
41:47and put you
41:47in the trunk of a car.
42:03Now she's dead
42:04and he took her body
42:07out into the woods
42:09and that's how
42:09he got rid of her.
42:11Edward Bonilla
42:12is convicted
42:13of first-degree murder,
42:14but it's no consolation
42:16to Ashley's family.
42:18I can't tell you
42:19how you work
42:20your way through it
42:21because I haven't
42:22learned to do that yet.
42:24I mean,
42:25he not only threw away
42:26her life,
42:27he threw away
42:28my life with her.
42:30He threw away
42:32the children's mother.
42:35Growing up,
42:36you know,
42:37she was really
42:37all I had.
42:38My best friend,
42:41you know,
42:41someone I'm supposed
42:42to grow old with,
42:43watch our kids grow up.
42:45How would anybody
42:46feel,
42:46you know,
42:49it's just heartbreaking.
42:50It's just heartbreaking.
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