1 00:00:18,251 --> 00:00:18,852 >>> TONIGHT ON "DATELINE" -- 2 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,387 >> I WANT MY HUSBAND >> HE DIDN'T MAKE IT, HONEY. 3 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:21,454 >> NO, NO. >> THE CALL CAME OUT ABOUT A 4 00:00:21,454 --> 00:00:26,159 POSSIBLE HOME INVASION AND HOMICIDE 5 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:28,261 >> MY DAD NEVER MADE IT TO THE HOSPITAL 6 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:32,432 >> THE WIFE WAS ALIVE. SHE DESCRIBED A VERY VIOLENT 7 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:35,568 ASSAULT. >> HE TIED ME UP AND HIT ME. 8 00:00:35,568 --> 00:00:37,637 >> A MASKED INTRUDER KILLED HER HUSBAND AND ROBBED THEM. 9 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:40,807 >> I COULD FEEL THE BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN MY FACE. 10 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:44,644 >> THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN THROUGH 11 00:00:44,644 --> 00:00:46,646 >> YES, SIR. >> SLOWLY THE STORY UNRAVELED. 12 00:00:46,646 --> 00:00:49,716 >> WHAT I DID WAS A HORRIBLE THING. 13 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:54,421 >> I'M THINKING, "HOW SICK IS THIS?" 14 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:56,189 >> I REACHED THE PLACE WHERE I ASKED THE DEVIL TO HELP ME 15 00:00:56,189 --> 00:01:00,460 >> Reporter: OBSESSION AND MANIPULATION 16 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:03,329 >> CORRECT THE DEPTH THAT THEY WENT TO AND 17 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:09,102 THE PLOT TWISTS. >> THE LAST THING I THOUGHT I 18 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:10,236 WOULD EVER HEAR. >> I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT 19 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:12,772 KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO END THIS WAY 20 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:16,543 >> GET READY FOR THE TWISTED TALE OF AN ANGEL, A DEVIL, AND 21 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:28,488 EVIL RIGHT OUT OF THE BIBLE. I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS 22 00:01:28,488 --> 00:01:39,499 "DATELINE. HERE'S DENNIS MURPHY WITH 23 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:44,204 "RIGHTEOUS OBSESSION." >> Reporter: IT SHOULDN'T HAVE 24 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:46,406 HAPPENED HERE, NOT IN THIS TIDY, MANICURED SUBDIVISION THAT JUST 25 00:01:46,406 --> 00:01:49,442 SEEMS TO CRY OUT, "IT'S A SAFE PLACE. 26 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:52,112 >> IT WAS SUCH A SHOCK >> I REMEMBER INSTANTLY 27 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:55,215 LOSING -- LIKE, JUST CRYING. >> Reporter: NO ONE HERE IN 28 00:01:55,215 --> 00:01:58,885 ELIZABETH CITY, A SLEEPY NORTH CAROLINA WATERFRONT 29 00:01:58,885 --> 00:02:03,623 COMMUNITY, COULD IMAGINE THAT THIS BELOVED LOCAL BUSINESSMAN 30 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:07,293 AND HIS WIFE COULD FIGURE IN SUCH A TRULY DARK TALE OF LUST, 31 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:09,062 OBSESSION, AND MANIPULATION. >> OH, THE TOWN WILL REMEMBER IT 32 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:11,297 FOREVER. >> SHE'S TELLING HIM, "IT'S ALL 33 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:13,066 IN YOUR HEAD YOU'RE JUST VERY JEALOUS." 34 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:17,771 >> Reporter: THERE WERE SHIFTING STORIES, LIES PILED UPON LIES, 35 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:19,873 AND AN ACT OF BIBLICAL BETRAYAL THAT ENDED IN MURDER 36 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:21,808 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A LIFETIME MOVIE. 37 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,577 THAT WAS MY EXACT WORDS. >> THE WHOLE STORY WAS CRAZY TO 38 00:02:24,577 --> 00:02:27,714 ME IT WAS SURREAL 39 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:29,349 >> Reporter: ONLY WHEN SECRETS CRAWLED OUT INTO THE DAYLIGHT 40 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:36,089 WAS THE FULL SCALE OF THE HORROR KNOWN. 41 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:38,191 >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ASK, "HOW DID YOU KILL HIM? 42 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:40,794 >> THE LAST TIME THAT I SAW DAD AND ANGEL, THEY CAME TO RALEIGH 43 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:43,963 AND HELPED ME MOVE INTO A NEW HOUSE. 44 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:48,134 >> Reporter: IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, CALEB SAWYER WAS A 45 00:02:48,134 --> 00:02:52,105 20-YEAR-OLD ENGINEERING STUDENT WHEN HIS DAD MILTON AND STEP-MOM 46 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:55,475 ANGEL DROVE THE 2 1/2 HOURS FROM THE FAMILY HOME IN ELIZABETH 47 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:56,576 CITY TO HELP WITH HIS MOVE HOW DID THINGS SEEM BETWEEN 48 00:02:56,576 --> 00:03:01,781 THEM >> THINGS SEEMED VERY GOOD VERY, 49 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:05,952 GIGGLY, HAPPY, LIKE, JUST LIKE A COUPLE THAT JUST GOT TOGETHER 50 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:09,089 ALMOST >> Reporter: THREE DAYS AFTER 51 00:03:09,089 --> 00:03:13,326 CALEB SAID GOOD-BYE, THAT GIDDY JOY HE REMEMBERS SENSING WAS 52 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:16,563 EXTINGUISHED MOST PEOPLE WERE SOUND ASLEEP IN 53 00:03:16,563 --> 00:03:20,100 ELIZABETH CITY AT AROUND 2:00 A.M. ON THAT SULTRY AUGUST 54 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,835 NIGHT WHEN ANGEL, BLEEDING FROM A HEAD WOUND, RACED TO GET HELP 55 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:26,906 FROM HER NEIGHBOR KARL, WHO CALLED 911 56 00:03:26,906 --> 00:03:31,611 >> 911, LOCATE YOUR EMERGENCY. >> MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR JUST 57 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:32,812 CAME AND KNOCKED ON MY DOOR. WHEN I WENT TO THE DOOR, SHE WAS 58 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:35,215 CRYING AND SHE SAID SHE THINKS HER HUSBAND IS DEAD. 59 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:38,952 >> Reporter: HER STORY WAS GHASTLY. 60 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:41,187 NOT LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT, A MASKED MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK 61 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:43,690 HAD SLIPPED INTO MILTON AND ANGEL'S HOME AND ATTACKED THEM 62 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:47,927 BOTH ANGEL, HER VOICE AUDIBLE IN THE 63 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:52,399 BACKGROUND OF THE 911 CALL, DESCRIBED BEING BRUTALLY PISTOL 64 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:53,266 WHIPPED. >> HE TIED ME UP AND HIT ME, AND 65 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:56,770 I JUST WOKE UP >> SHE SAYS THE GUY BROKE INTO 66 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,872 THE HOUSE. HE HAS A GUN 67 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:03,576 SHE'S GOT BLOOD ON HER FACE WHERE HE HIT HER WITH A GUN. 68 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:05,178 >> Reporter: IN THAT CALL FOR HELP, ANGEL SOBBED AS SHE 69 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:09,549 RELAYED DETAILS OF THE BARBAROUS ASSAULT. 70 00:04:09,549 --> 00:04:10,917 >> HE ROBBED HER HOUSE, TOOK ALL HER MONEY. 71 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:15,121 >> Reporter: ANGEL SAID SHE FEARED THE WORST FOR HER 72 00:04:15,121 --> 00:04:16,690 HUSBAND. >> SHE CAN'T GET HIM TO WAKE UP 73 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:17,791 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> NEED YOU TO RESPOND -- DARIAN 74 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:22,962 DRIVE. POSSIBLE HOMICIDE. 75 00:04:22,962 --> 00:04:25,065 >> ABOUT 2:00 THE MORNING, A CALL CAME OUT ABOUT A POSSIBLE 76 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:27,767 HOME INVASION AND HOMICIDE >> Reporter: JUST A COUPLE OF 77 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:31,371 MILES AWAY, SERGEANT JASON WHEELBARGER, THEN A PATROL 78 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,473 DEPUTY, JUMPED INTO HIS VEHICLE AND RACED TO THE SUBDIVISION 79 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:35,508 SO YOU'RE RUNNING HOT TO THIS LOCATION 80 00:04:35,508 --> 00:04:37,210 >> YES, SIR. >> Reporter: FIRST HE TALKED TO 81 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:41,081 THE NEIGHBOR WHO'D MADE THE 911 CALL 82 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,248 >> I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OKAY, WHICH HE REPLIES TO ME, "I'M 83 00:04:42,248 --> 00:04:44,951 FINE, BUT YOU NEED TO TALK TO HER. 84 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:46,786 I TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND THAT'S WHERE I SAW ANGEL SAWYER 85 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:49,155 >> Reporter: KNEW HER BY SIGHT >> CORRECT 86 00:04:49,155 --> 00:04:52,826 I KNEW MILTON, AND I KNEW ANGEL WAS HIS WIFE 87 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:54,494 >> Reporter: IN FACT, THE DEPUTY HAD SEEN ANGEL HAVING DINNER 88 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:57,097 WITH MILTON AT A LOCAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT JUST A FEW HOURS 89 00:04:57,097 --> 00:05:01,735 BEFORE DID YOU SEE THE BLOOD ON HER 90 00:05:01,735 --> 00:05:04,337 >> YES, SHE HAD BLOOD. I BELIEVE IT WAS ON HER RIGHT 91 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:09,075 TEMPLE, COMING DOWN. SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY UPSET, HAD 92 00:05:09,075 --> 00:05:11,311 BEEN CRYING, RED FACE, RED EYES. I REMEMBER SHE HAD THE DUCT TAPE 93 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:14,948 ON HER LEFT WRIST. I SAID, "ANGEL, WHERE'S MILTON?" 94 00:05:14,948 --> 00:05:19,185 AND SHE LOOKS UP TO ME AND SHE SAID, "HE'S ON THE FLOOR OF THE 95 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:21,221 BATHROOM." >> Reporter: FIRE RESCUE WAS ON 96 00:05:21,221 --> 00:05:23,256 ITS WAY AND WOULD TRANSPORT A VERY SHAKY ANGEL TO THE ER 97 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:26,359 MEANWHILE, MORE DEPUTIES ARRIVED. 98 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:29,062 AS FAR THEY WERE CONCERNED, ANGEL'S HOME WAS AN ACTIVE CRIME 99 00:05:29,062 --> 00:05:31,631 SCENE. >> EITHER MILTON WAS IN DISTRESS 100 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:33,166 AND NEEDED HELP, OR THERE COULD BE A SUSPECT IN THIS HOUSE 101 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,734 >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE GETTING YOUR SIDEARMS AVAILABLE AND 102 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:35,802 YOU'RE STEPPING CAUTIOUSLY >> CORRECT 103 00:05:35,802 --> 00:05:36,870 >> Reporter: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO? 104 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:40,573 >> CORRECT >> Reporter: WITH NO SIGN OF 105 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:43,443 FORCED ENTRY, THE DEPUTIES ENTERED THROUGH THE UNLOCKED 106 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:47,347 BACK DOOR, GUNS DRAWN, TO CLEAR THE HOUSE. 107 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:49,949 >> WE OPENED UP THE DOOR AND WE ANNOUNCED "SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 108 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:52,085 ANYBODY IN HERE, COME OUT. >> CLEAR THE HOUSE 109 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:54,754 >> Reporter: THE DEPUTY MADE HIS WAY INTO THE BEDROOM, HYPER 110 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:56,756 VIGILANT >> THE BEDROOM WAS COMPLETE 111 00:05:56,756 --> 00:05:58,558 DISARRAY >> Reporter: TRASHED 112 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:03,329 >> JUST TRASHED, DRAWERS OUT, JEWELRY EVERYWHERE 113 00:06:03,329 --> 00:06:05,665 YOU COULD BARELY FIND A SPOT ON THE CARPET TO WALK ON WITHOUT 114 00:06:05,665 --> 00:06:06,733 STEPPING ON SOMETHING. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS WHERE AN 115 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:09,836 ASSAULT OR SOMETHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED 116 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:14,074 >> Reporter: THEN HE LOOKED TOWARD THE ADJACENT BATHROOM 117 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:15,608 >> AND I CAN SEE SOMEBODY'S LEGS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. 118 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:19,045 THAT'S WHERE I FOUND MILTON WAS LAYING FACE DOWN ON THE FLOOR OF 119 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:20,680 THE BATHROOM >> Reporter: MILTON, ABOUT 120 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,050 6 FOOT TALL AND 220 POUNDS, WAS MOTIONLESS 121 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:27,120 DO YOU KNOW IF HE'S GONE >> HE WAS LAYING WITH HIS HANDS 122 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,222 BEHIND HIS BACK, DUCT TAPED, WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE DUCT 123 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:31,324 TAPE I HAD JUST SEEN ON ANGEL. SO I GO UP, AND I CHECK MILTON'S 124 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:34,294 PULSE. HE'S COLD, STIFF 125 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:39,132 THERE'S -- I CANNOT FIND A PULSE ON HIM 126 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:40,400 AND INSIDE THE BATHROOM, THERE WAS, LIKE, A STAND NEXT TO THE 127 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,302 TOILET THAT HAD BEEN KNOCKED OVER 128 00:06:42,302 --> 00:06:45,438 THERE WAS A DROP OF BLOOD NEXT TO THE TOILET. 129 00:06:45,438 --> 00:06:49,109 A STRUGGLE HAD HAPPENED. >> Reporter: HERE'S A GUY YOU 130 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:50,677 KNEW, THIS GUY AROUND TOWN YOU'D SEEN HIM, WHAT, JUST A FEW 131 00:06:50,677 --> 00:06:51,711 HOURS BEFORE >> YUP 132 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:54,347 >> Reporter: AND NOW HERE HE IS DEAD ON HIS BATHROOM FLOOR 133 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:58,084 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: AS MORE LAW 134 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:01,154 ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL DESCENDED ON THE HOUSE, MAJOR AARON WALLIO 135 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:02,355 TOOK CHARGE OF THE CRIME SCENE I GOT TO SAY IT'S A NICE TIDY 136 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:05,558 PLACE. PEOPLE HERE MUST HAVE BEEN 137 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:06,893 FREAKED OUT. >> IT IS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD WE 138 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:09,129 RESPOND TO AT ALL. EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY IN 139 00:07:09,129 --> 00:07:11,097 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON 140 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:15,802 THE HOME INVASION. IT LOOKED LIKE A HOME INVASION 141 00:07:15,802 --> 00:07:18,438 >> Reporter: MILTON SAWYER IS THAT A NAME KNOWN TO YOU? 142 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,708 >> YES, SIR, IT IS HE'S A NICE GUY. 143 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:22,709 EVERYBODY KNEW HIM >> Reporter: SO WHY MILTON, HE 144 00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:23,677 WONDERED WHY MURDER 145 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:27,847 >>> WHEN WE COME BACK -- COULD MONEY BE A MOTIVE FOR 146 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:30,950 MILTON SAWYER'S MURDER >> SHE PROBABLY HAD $50,000 TO 147 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:35,689 $100,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY. >> INVESTIGATORS DIG IN. 148 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:38,958 FIRST CLUES AND FIRST QUESTIONS. >> THE FACT THAT MILTON APPEARED 149 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:41,461 TO HAVE BEEN STRANGLED WAS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, UNUSUAL FOR A 150 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:41,928 MY EXPERIENCE, UNUSUAL FOR A HOME INVASION GONE WRONG 151 00:07:58,611 --> 00:08:03,283 EARLY HOURS OF AUGUST 2nd, 2018 WHEN MILTON'S SON CALEB, 152 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:04,851 TWO AND A HALF HOURS AWAY FROM HOME, WAS LEARNING SOMETHING BAD 153 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:08,355 HAD HAPPENED >> I GOT A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, 154 00:08:08,355 --> 00:08:12,726 OPENED THE DOOR TO FIND MY DAD'S FRIEND 155 00:08:12,726 --> 00:08:13,793 AND ALL HE TOLD ME WAS SOMETHING'S HAPPENED WITH YOUR 156 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:15,362 DAD, AND I NEED TO TAKE YOU HOME 157 00:08:15,362 --> 00:08:20,066 >> Reporter: SO, THAT HAD TO BE A BAD DRIVE? 158 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:22,669 >> I TRIED TO STAY OPTIMISTIC. >> Reporter: CALEB'S DAD WAS 159 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:27,874 MORE THAN JUST DAD HE WAS ALSO A CLOSE FRIEND 160 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:29,042 AND WITH HIS LAID-BACK VIBE, EVERYONE IN ELIZABETH CITY 161 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:30,043 SEEMED TO KNOW AND LIKE MILTON SAWYER. 162 00:08:30,043 --> 00:08:35,215 >> PEOPLE ALWAYS SAID HE SHOULD RUN FOR MAYOR. 163 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:37,784 >> Reporter: MILTON GREW UP IN ELIZABETH CITY, ON THE 164 00:08:37,784 --> 00:08:40,053 PASQUOTANK RIVER, THE GATEWAY TO THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS, 165 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:44,124 WHERE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST TOOK TO THE AIR. 166 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:47,794 HIS BROTHERS DAVID AND BILL SAW MILTON TAKE OFF HERE, TOO. 167 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:49,362 >> PERSONALITY, WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 168 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:52,499 >> BORDERLINE HAPPY-GO-LUCKY >> AND A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR 169 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:56,169 >> HE LOVED TO TELL STORIES, LOVED TO TELL JOKES. 170 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:57,737 AS HE GOT A LITTLE BIT OLDER, HE SORT OF CAME INTO HIS OWN, 171 00:08:57,737 --> 00:08:59,305 REALIZED WHAT HIS STRENGTHS WERE 172 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:03,009 >> Reporter: WHICH WERE -- WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? 173 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:05,612 >> JUST VERY, VERY SMART HE DID WELL IN SCHOOL. 174 00:09:05,612 --> 00:09:10,316 >> Reporter: AND HE WAS A HANDY BROTHER TO HAVE YOUR BACK. 175 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:12,485 >> I GOT MAYBE PICKED ON SOMEWHAT AND MILTON ALWAYS PUT 176 00:09:12,485 --> 00:09:13,453 AN END TO THAT >> Reporter: WOULD YOU CALL HIM 177 00:09:13,453 --> 00:09:16,589 A LEADER >> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. 178 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:18,692 >> Reporter: MILTON WON THE PRESTIGIOUS DRUM MAJOR SPOT ON 179 00:09:18,692 --> 00:09:21,828 THE MARCHING BAND IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHERE HE ALSO 180 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:25,465 MET HIS FUTURE WIFE. WITH DEGREES IN MATH AND 181 00:09:25,465 --> 00:09:26,633 COMPUTER SCIENCE HE GOT A JOB MANAGING DATA FOR ABOUT TWO 182 00:09:26,633 --> 00:09:30,837 YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 183 00:09:30,837 --> 00:09:32,839 BUT THE DAILY GRIND WASN'T A GOOD FIT FOR SOMEONE AS 184 00:09:32,839 --> 00:09:36,042 FREE-SPIRITED AS MILTON. NOPE 185 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:38,278 HE DID NOT WANT TO BE SITTING AT A DESK WITH A BOSS LOOKING OVER 186 00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:40,780 HIS SHOULDER, HUH? >> HE JUST THOUGHT THAT HE COULD 187 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:44,851 MAKE SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER IF HE WENT AND DID HIS OWN 188 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:45,952 THING. >> Reporter: MILTON SET UP A 189 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:49,055 BUSINESS DEALING IN SPORTS MEMORABILIA. 190 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:53,259 HE GOT MARRIED, AND WHEN CALEB WAS BORN, HIS FATHER DOTED ON 191 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:59,065 HIM. >> GIVE MAMA A SUNSHINE SMILE. 192 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:03,870 AWE YEAH HERE'S A SUNSHINE BOY >> Reporter: AND THEN ALONG CAME 193 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:06,339 CALEB'S SISTER >> THIS IS CALLED "TICKLE 194 00:10:06,339 --> 00:10:10,010 SECRETS BABY." SPONGE PAINT 195 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:13,680 >> SPONGE PAINT! >> Reporter: MILTON'S INFECTIOUS 196 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,348 JOY SPREAD THROUGHOUT HIS FAMILY, TO HIS NIECE DANIELLE. 197 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:17,450 >> HE WAS THE PERSON WHO WOULD LITERALLY GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF 198 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:23,623 HIS BACK IF IT WAS THE LAST THING HE OWNED 199 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:24,724 >> Reporter: AN AVID ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW VIEWER, MILTON 200 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:27,827 EVENTUALLY SET UP HIS OWN DOWNTOWN STORE ABOUT THREE MILES 201 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:33,066 FROM HIS HOME. A SHOP HE CALLED THE TREASURE 202 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:34,601 HUNTER, A JUMBLE OF FURNITURE, GOLD, JEWELRY AND KNICK-KNACKS 203 00:10:34,601 --> 00:10:38,271 HE REFINED THE ART OF THE HAGGLE AT COUNTLESS YARD SALES. 204 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:43,243 AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH HIM ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, 205 00:10:43,243 --> 00:10:45,078 LOOKING FOR STUFF, HUH >> PROBABLY FROM -- AS EARLY AS 206 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:51,718 I COULD WALK, FOLLOWING HIM, RIGHT BEHIND HIM 207 00:10:51,718 --> 00:10:52,786 HE LOVED MAKING DEALS. >> Reporter: BUT MILTON ALWAYS 208 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:53,987 HAD A ROVING EYE FOR A PRETTY WOMAN AS HIS FAMILY REMEMBERS 209 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:57,657 IT HE BECAME RESTLESS IN HIS HOME 210 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:00,794 LIFE AND HAD AN AFFAIR THAT RESULTED IN ANOTHER DAUGHTER, 211 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:04,464 THREE KIDS NOW HIS MARRIAGE PETERED OUT, BUT HE 212 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:09,169 REMAINED ON GOOD TERMS WITH HIS EX- WIFE, FOR THE KIDS' SAKE 213 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:10,970 THEN IN 2011, WHILE MAKING FREQUENT SCHOOL RUNS, A NEW 214 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:15,675 WOMAN CAME INTO HIS LIFE ANGEL. 215 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:20,180 >> I REMEMBER DAD WAS VERY QUICK TO PROGRESS WITH ANGEL 216 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:25,819 >> Reporter: ANGEL, TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN MILTON, WAS THE 217 00:11:25,819 --> 00:11:27,587 DAUGHTER OF A PASTOR SHE WAS SEPARATED AND RAISING 218 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:30,190 FOUR CHILDREN OF HER OWN MILTON CONFIDED IN LONG-TIME 219 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:31,191 FRIEND AND LANDLORD SAM DAVIS ABOUT ANGEL. 220 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:33,293 >> HE WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF HER. 221 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:36,429 HE WANTED TO BE THE KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR. 222 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:39,099 SHE WAS AN ATTRACTIVE LADY >> Reporter: IN LATE 2011, ANGEL 223 00:11:39,099 --> 00:11:42,168 GOT DIVORCED MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, SHE AND 224 00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:46,373 MILTON GOT MARRIED AND LIFE IN THE SAWYER HOUSEHOLD BECAME 225 00:11:46,373 --> 00:11:49,509 CHAOTICALLY BEAUTIFUL. OVER THE NEARLY SIX YEARS THAT 226 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:54,247 FOLLOWED, ANGEL STEPPED UP TO CHILD REARING DUTIES UNTIL ONE 227 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:55,815 BY ONE THE KIDS FLEW THE NEST. >> SHE DID DO A LOT FOR US, YOU 228 00:11:55,815 --> 00:12:00,053 KNOW, WITH HAVING SEVEN KIDS SHE PRETTY MUCH RAN US AROUND 229 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,121 EVERYWHERE >> Reporter: AND MILTON, STILL 230 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:04,190 LIKE A TEENAGER IN LOVE, LAVISHED HER WITH GIFTS. 231 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:08,895 HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO SEE THAT SHE HAD WHAT SHE WANTED 232 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:12,065 >> I'D SAY SHE PROBABLY HAD $50,000 TO $100,000 WORTH OF 233 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,701 JEWELRY. >> Reporter: ANGEL HELPED MILTON 234 00:12:14,701 --> 00:12:15,702 ORGANIZE THE TREASURE HUNTER STORE, TOO 235 00:12:15,702 --> 00:12:18,972 SHE WAS IN THE SHOP QUITE A BIT I THINK. 236 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:20,540 >> EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY. AND SHE WOULD STAY THERE WHEN HE 237 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:26,646 WENT OUT TO DO BUSINESS. I MEAN, SHE WAS THERE ALL THE 238 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:27,447 TIME >> Reporter: BUT AS 2018 ROLLED 239 00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:31,951 ON, THE BUSINESS WASN'T DOING WELL 240 00:12:31,951 --> 00:12:36,656 WHEN I LOOK AT THE PHOTOS OF THE OLD STORE, THE TREASURE HUNTER, 241 00:12:36,656 --> 00:12:38,758 I SEE "WE BUY GOLD, ESTATE JEWELRY" WHICH KIND OF SEEMS 242 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:43,697 IT'S ON ITS WAY TO BEING A PAWN SHOP 243 00:12:43,697 --> 00:12:44,898 >> YEAH, WELL THAT WAS LATER ON. >> HIS CLIENTELE WAS NOT THE 244 00:12:44,898 --> 00:12:49,235 BEST ALL OF THE TIME SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE 245 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,837 THAT WERE WALKING IN AND OUT BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'D SEE 246 00:12:50,837 --> 00:12:52,105 THOSE WADS OF MONEY, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ACCIDENT 247 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:57,110 WAITING TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: IN JULY 2018, 248 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,746 DESPITE THEIR BUSINESS CHALLENGES, MILTON AND ANGEL 249 00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:03,883 SEEMED AS HAPPY AS COULD BE. MILTON POSTED A MESSAGE ON 250 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:07,053 FACEBOOK THAT READ, "EVERY MAN DESERVES A REAL WOMAN THAT MAKES 251 00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:09,122 YOU FORGET EVERY OTHER WOMAN ON THE PLANET 252 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:14,861 I FOUND MINE AND SHE IS ALL THAT AND MORE 253 00:13:14,861 --> 00:13:17,497 I LOVE YOU MY ANGEL! A LITTLE OVER A WEEK LATER IT 254 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:20,166 WAS FINISHED 55-YEAR-OLD MILTON HAD BEEN 255 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:24,304 STRANGLED AND ASPHYXIATED, AS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WOULD LATER 256 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:27,073 DETERMINE. THE INTRUDER HAD MADE OFF WITH 257 00:13:27,073 --> 00:13:30,610 SOME OF ANGEL'S MOST VALUABLE JEWELRY, AND LEFT HER IN NEED OF 258 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:32,679 MEDICAL CARE >> SHE'D ALREADY BEEN 259 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,349 TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 260 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:37,584 >> Reporter: PASQUOTANK COUNTY INVESTIGATOR MAJOR AARON WALLIO 261 00:13:37,584 --> 00:13:40,553 HAD ALREADY STARTED HIS INVESTIGATION. 262 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:46,826 AND IT WAS PERSONAL. HE TOO KNEW ANGEL AND MILTON 263 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:49,462 >> MY FATHER PASSED IN 2017. MILTON TOOK NUMEROUS TIMES TO 264 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:53,133 CHECK UP ON ME, MAKE SURE I WAS OKAY 265 00:13:53,133 --> 00:13:54,334 THAT'S THE MILTON I KNOW, AND PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE WILL TELL 266 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:57,303 YOU HE'S A VERY GENUINE, VERY CARING PERSON. 267 00:13:57,303 --> 00:14:00,573 >> Reporter: HE CALLED IN STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SPECIAL 268 00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:03,610 AGENT STEVE NORMAN, AND CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS. 269 00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:05,712 >> THERE WERE NO SHELL CASINGS, NO BLOOD POOLS 270 00:14:05,712 --> 00:14:07,781 NOTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT 271 00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:11,051 TRAUMA THE FACT THAT MILTON APPEARED TO 272 00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:15,121 HAVE BEEN STRANGLED WAS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, UNUSUAL FOR A HOME 273 00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:19,292 INVASION GONE WRONG. >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATORS 274 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:21,928 WERE RELYING ON ANGEL TO RECALL CRITICAL DETAILS, AND THEY WERE 275 00:14:21,928 --> 00:14:23,196 ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL TO TRY TO TALK WITH HER, WHILE THE 276 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:28,535 HORROR STORY WAS STILL FRESH IN HER MIND 277 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:32,439 >>> COMING UP -- >> I WANT MY HUSBAND 278 00:14:32,439 --> 00:14:34,507 >> HE DIDN'T MAKE IT, HONEY. >> NO! 279 00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:38,244 >> ANGEL RECOUNTS THAT DEADLY NIGHT. 280 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:42,382 >> I COULD JUST FEEL THE BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN MY FACE. 281 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:43,516 >> AND REVEALS FRESH CLUES >> SO THE SUN IS BARELY UP AND 282 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:45,085 YOU GET SOME INTERESTING LEADS, RIGHT? 283 00:14:45,085 --> 00:15:06,840 >> YES, SIR. SO, IT'S GAME ON AT THIS POINT 284 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:08,074 >> Reporter: PASQUOTANK COUNTY INVESTIGATOR MAJOR AARON WALLIO 285 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,175 HAD ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL TO ASK ANGEL ABOUT THE HOME 286 00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:12,045 INVASION, HOPING HER FRESH MEMORY WOULD YIELD VITAL CLUES 287 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:16,116 ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S MURDER >> SHE HAD A BUMP ON THE TOP 288 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:17,350 RIGHT SIDE OF HER FOREHEAD THAT HAD KIND OF BEEN CLEANED UP AT 289 00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:20,453 THAT POINT IN TIME >> Reporter: ANGEL'S NECK WAS IN 290 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:21,621 A BRACE AND SHE NEEDED A CAT SCAN FOLLOWING THE BLOW TO HER 291 00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:24,657 HEAD BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK 292 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:26,226 IS SHE CALM AND COMPOSED >> INITIALLY, SHE'S CALM 293 00:15:26,226 --> 00:15:28,361 PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW, SHE GETS WORKED UP. 294 00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:32,132 AT THE END, IT GETS A LITTLE DICEY. 295 00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:33,533 >> HE WAS RIGHT THERE AND SCARED THE [ BLEEP ] OUT OF ME. 296 00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:37,737 >> Reporter: ANGEL TOOK THE DETECTIVE INSIDE THE SHEER 297 00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:40,874 HORROR OF THE HOME INVASION. AT ABOUT HALF PAST MIDNIGHT, SHE 298 00:15:40,874 --> 00:15:43,076 AND MILTON HAD THE HOUSE TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE TWO 299 00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:46,112 DAUGHTERS STILL LIVING AT HOME WERE ON SLEEP-OVERS. 300 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:49,816 ANGEL SPECULATED MAYBE ONE OF THEM HAD ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE 301 00:15:49,816 --> 00:15:53,486 BACK DOOR OPEN SHE AND MILTON WERE IN BED, 302 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:55,088 BINGE-WATCHING "GAME OF THRONES" WHEN SHE GOT UP TO GET A SNACK, 303 00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:58,191 AND PUSHED OPEN THE BEDROOM DOOR 304 00:15:58,191 --> 00:15:59,759 >> I PUSHED IT AND HE HAD A GUN. HE WAS JUST SCREAMING, "GIVE ME 305 00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:01,928 ALL YOUR EFFIN' MONEY. >> HE'S ASKING FOR THE JEWELRY 306 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:04,464 "WHERE'S THE GOOD STUFF AT YOU KNOW, WHERE IS IT AT 307 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:06,032 WHERE'S THE KEYS FOR THE BUSINESS?" 308 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:09,169 >> HE DID GET THE KEY? >> YEAH. 309 00:16:09,169 --> 00:16:11,237 MILTON, HE GAVE HIM THE KEY WHEN HE ASKED HIM FOR IT. 310 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:13,506 THE GUY HAD THE GUN IN HIS FACE. >> Reporter: SHE SAID THE MASKED 311 00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:18,078 INTRUDER TIED UP FIRST MILTON, THEN HER, IN THE BATHROOM. 312 00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:22,248 THEN HE CONTINUED HIS FRENZIED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, DRAGGING 313 00:16:22,248 --> 00:16:25,518 ANGEL BACK INTO THE BEDROOM. >> AND THEN HE GRABBED ME BY THE 314 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:30,123 HAIR REAL HARD AND THREW ME INTO OUR ROOM 315 00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:32,225 >> Reporter: WHILE ANGEL SAID SHE WAS ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR, 316 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:33,860 OMINOUSLY, SHE HEARD A SCUFFLE IN THE BATHROOM, WHERE MILTON 317 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:37,130 WAS. >> AND THEN I COULDN'T HEAR 318 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,131 ANYTHING ANYMORE >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE TRIED 319 00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:40,633 TO GRAB MILTON'S PHONE ON THE FLOOR. 320 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:44,270 BUT BIG MISTAKE. THE INTRUDER CAUGHT HER. 321 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:47,140 >> HE SMASHED THE PHONE. HIT ME REALLY HARD AND I COULD 322 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:50,577 JUST FEEL THE BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN MY FACE 323 00:16:50,577 --> 00:16:51,778 >> Reporter: WHEN THE MASKED ASSAILANT TOOK OFF, SHE SAID SHE 324 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:53,179 TENDED TO HER HUSBAND, JUST HELPLESS 325 00:16:53,179 --> 00:17:00,520 >> AND I COULDN'T GET MILTON TO WAKE UP. 326 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,088 I COULDN'T ROLL HIM OVER BECAUSE HE WAS TOO BIG AND HEAVY 327 00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:04,858 >> SHE DOES GET EMOTIONAL, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE STORY 328 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:08,361 >> Reporter: SHE'D WANTED TO CALL FOR HELP, SHE SAID, BUT HER 329 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:10,497 OWN PHONE WAS LOCKED IN HER CAR. THE KEY ON THE SAME KEYCHAIN 330 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:12,565 MILTON HAD GIVEN TO THE INTRUDER 331 00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:18,872 THE ONLY OPTION SHE SAW WAS TO RUN TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP. 332 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:20,106 FIRST, SHE TRIED THE SHERIFF, WHO LIVED ONLY A FEW DOORS DOWN. 333 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:22,509 HE WASN'T HOME THEN SHE TRIED SOME FRIENDS, 334 00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:27,080 ALSO NOT HOME. AND FINALLY, HER NEXT-DOOR 335 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,315 NEIGHBOR KARL WHO DID ANSWER, AND CALLED 911 336 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:30,483 SHE'S TELLING YOU A STORY ABOUT THIS AWFUL ASSAULT, BEING 337 00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:33,053 GRABBED BY THE HAIR AND THROWN AROUND 338 00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:34,921 THIS VERY SCARY FIGURE DID YOU HAVE ANY EMPATHY FOR 339 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:36,690 HER? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY 340 00:17:36,690 --> 00:17:38,358 THESE ARE PEOPLE WE KNOW >> Reporter: ANGEL WAS SAFE NOW, 341 00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:41,394 BUT INVESTIGATORS WANTED TO KNOW WHO MIGHT HAVE DONE SUCH A 342 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:44,564 THING. >> IS THERE ANYBODY YOU CAN 343 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:51,137 THINK OF THAT MIGHT'VE WANTED TO -- OR ANYONE THAT LIVES NEAR 344 00:17:51,137 --> 00:17:54,507 -- ANYTHING LATELY THAT STICKS OUT IN YOUR MIND 345 00:17:54,507 --> 00:17:55,508 >> Reporter: SHE COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE 346 00:17:55,508 --> 00:17:56,676 ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH THE TREASURE HUNTER, SHE 347 00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:57,644 SAID ONE HAD RECENTLY GOTTEN IN A 348 00:17:57,644 --> 00:17:58,812 FIGHT WITH MILTON, ACCUSING HIM OF BUYING STOLEN PROPERTY. 349 00:17:58,812 --> 00:18:00,013 YOU THOUGHT HE WAS AN UPRIGHT GUY IN GOOD STANDING IN THE 350 00:18:00,013 --> 00:18:01,247 COMMUNITY? >> I THINK HE KNEW THE BUSINESS 351 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:03,917 HE WAS IN AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE DEALT WITH. 352 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:06,486 I THINK HE WAS AN UPRIGHT GUY. >> Reporter: ANGEL ALSO RECALLED 353 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:09,622 THAT MILTON HAD RECENTLY ADVERTISED A YARD SALE AT THEIR 354 00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:12,225 HOME >> I ASKED HIM NOT TO PUT IT ON 355 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:14,327 FACEBOOK BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW 356 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:18,031 WHERE WE LIVED BECAUSE OF MY KIDS 357 00:18:18,031 --> 00:18:21,668 >> Reporter: WITH NO SOLID LEADS, THE INVESTIGATORS ASKED 358 00:18:21,668 --> 00:18:24,838 ANGEL TO RETRACE HER STEPS IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK. 359 00:18:24,838 --> 00:18:27,474 >> IT WAS JUST AFTER SIX WE WENT TO TONY'S. 360 00:18:27,474 --> 00:18:29,042 >> SHE EXPLAINS TO ME THAT THEY WENT OUT TO DINNER AT A LOCAL 361 00:18:29,042 --> 00:18:31,945 RESTAURANT THAT NIGHT. >> Reporter: THAT WAS THE 362 00:18:31,945 --> 00:18:34,347 ITALIAN RESTAURANT WHERE THE PATROL DEPUTY HAD SEEN HER WITH 363 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,815 MILTON FROM THERE, THEY WENT TO A 364 00:18:35,815 --> 00:18:41,821 BARGAIN OUTLET >> WE WENT TO OLLIE'S TO GET 365 00:18:41,821 --> 00:18:46,259 SOME STUFF FOR THE KIDS FOR SCHOOL 366 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:47,394 >> Reporter: ALONG THE WAY, MILTON HAD GOTTEN A CALL 367 00:18:47,394 --> 00:18:48,461 FROM A GUY NAMED DILLON WHO WANTED TO SELL HIM A TV. 368 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:49,963 NEVER ONE TO TURN DOWN A DEAL, MILTON ARRANGED TO MEET DILLON 369 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:53,099 IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE NEARBY FAST FOOD RESTAURANT 370 00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:54,134 >> THEY MET HIM AND BOUGHT HIS TV 371 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:55,702 >> Reporter: SO, THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. 372 00:18:55,702 --> 00:19:01,441 >> IT IS >> Reporter: ANGEL SAID SHE TOLD 373 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:06,413 MILTON SHE WAS LEERY BUT DILLON WAS A REGULAR 374 00:19:06,413 --> 00:19:07,847 CUSTOMER OF MILTON'S AND NOW THE TV WAS IN MILTON'S 375 00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:12,719 PICKUP TRUCK- AS HE AND ANGEL DROVE HOME 376 00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:14,020 >> WE GOT IN A FIGHT THE WHOLE WAY BACK, AND I TOLD HIM LIKE "I 377 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,021 DON'T KNOW WHY YOU BUY THIS [ BLEEP ] OFF PEOPLE 378 00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:16,089 HOW DO I KNOW THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO FOLLOW US BACK 379 00:19:16,089 --> 00:19:17,691 TO OUR HOUSE?" >> SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT HE 380 00:19:17,691 --> 00:19:18,758 SHOULD BE DOING THAT STUFF LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE STORE 381 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:19,693 >> Reporter: DEALING WITH SKETCHY CHARACTERS 382 00:19:19,693 --> 00:19:20,560 >> YEAH. AND THAT THEY ARGUED AND SHE HAD 383 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,196 LEFT HER PURSE AND HER PHONE IN THE TRUCK, AND KIND OF STORMED 384 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:29,035 INTO THE HOUSE >> Reporter: AS ANGEL WAS TAKEN 385 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:33,406 FOR HER CT SCAN, HER NECK BRACE WAS PINCHING 386 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:40,213 SHE MADE A LAST PLEA FOR HER MILTON, AND WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT 387 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:41,214 HER HUSBAND REALLY WAS GONE. >> I WANT MY HUSBAND 388 00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:47,520 >> HE DIDN'T MAKE IT, HONEY. >> NO! 389 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,156 >> I'M SORRY >> NO, NO, NO, NO! 390 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:51,224 OH NO! OH NO, NO! 391 00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:53,927 NO >> Reporter: AS EMOTIONAL AS SHE 392 00:19:53,927 --> 00:19:58,064 WAS, ANGEL HAD PROVIDED VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE 393 00:19:58,064 --> 00:19:59,065 INVESTIGATION. SO, THE SUN IS BARELY UP AND YOU 394 00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:00,633 GET SOME INTERESTING LEADS, RIGHT? 395 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:04,838 >> YES, SIR. SO, IT'S GAME ON AT THIS POINT 396 00:20:04,838 --> 00:20:07,874 >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS WERE DETERMINED TO FIND OUT WHO HAD 397 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,142 TORN THIS FAMILY APART THEY WANTED TO QUESTION THAT GUY 398 00:20:09,142 --> 00:20:14,247 NAMED DILLON WHAT DID HE KNOW 399 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:15,315 >>> COMING UP -- >> OKAY, SO TELL ME ABOUT 400 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:17,417 MILTON >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 401 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:18,952 MILTON >> WE KNEW HE HAD A CRIMINAL 402 00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:21,588 HISTORY. WE KNEW HE HAD COMMITTED A 403 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:23,156 COUPLE OF ROBBERIES IN THE PAST. >> NOW YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE 404 00:20:23,156 --> 00:20:49,582 * (MÚSICA) *ES TIME AS ANGEL WAS GETTING 405 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:51,184 TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, MILTON'S FAMILY WAS LEARNING THE 406 00:20:51,184 --> 00:20:52,385 IMPOSSIBLE NEWS OF HIS DEATH CALEB WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO 407 00:20:52,385 --> 00:20:58,625 ELIZABETH CITY WHEN HE GOT A CALL FROM HIS SISTER 408 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:01,761 >> MY SISTER ENDED UP HAVING TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, 409 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:04,064 WHICH WAS REALLY TOUGH ON BOTH OF US. 410 00:21:04,064 --> 00:21:04,798 >> Reporter: CALEB, YOU'RE GRIEVING 411 00:21:04,798 --> 00:21:05,598 THIS UNIMAGINABLE THING HAS HAPPENED 412 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:06,533 TELL ME ABOUT THAT >> WE NEVER REALLY THOUGHT 413 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:07,534 SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN 414 00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:12,205 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE ON TV 415 00:21:12,205 --> 00:21:21,414 >> Reporter: MILTON'S NIECE, DANIELLE, HAD BEEN FAST ASLEEP 416 00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:25,485 >> AND WOKE UP TO MY PARENTS BANGING ON MY DOOR 417 00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,387 AND ALL I SEE IS MY DAD. AND HE'S CRYING. 418 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:30,090 AND MY DAD DOESN'T CRY AND THEN I SEE MY MOM. 419 00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:32,225 AND MY MOM IS HYSTERICAL AND MY DAD IS LIKE, "SIT DOWN, I 420 00:21:32,225 --> 00:21:37,330 NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING YOUR UNCLE MILTON'S BEEN 421 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:39,399 KILLED." I REMEMBER -- I REMEMBER 422 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:41,501 INSTANTLY LOSING -- LIKE JUST CRYING 423 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:42,802 >> Reporter: WERE YOU AWARE AT THAT POINT, THAT ANGEL HAD ALSO 424 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:46,740 GONE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THE HEAD INJURIES? 425 00:21:46,740 --> 00:21:50,744 >> NOT AT THAT POINT >> Reporter: MILTON'S BROTHER, 426 00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:55,115 DAVID, WOKE UP TO MISSED CALLS AND PHONED HIS SISTER. 427 00:21:55,115 --> 00:21:57,217 >> AND WHEN SHE SAID MILTON HAS BEEN MURDERED, I HAD TO ASK HER 428 00:21:57,217 --> 00:22:04,557 TO REPEAT IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE IT REGISTERED WITH ME 429 00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:07,193 I COULD NOT EVEN BEGIN TO GRASP THE CONCEPT THAT MY BROTHER WAS 430 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:08,328 GONE >> Reporter: BILL, HOW ABOUT 431 00:22:08,328 --> 00:22:11,364 YOU? HOW DO YOU LEARN 432 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:16,603 >> KIND OF THE SAME DEAL AND YOU HEAR IT, BUT YOUR BRAIN 433 00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:21,775 JUST DOES NOT PROCESS IT IT WAS SUCH A SHOCK. 434 00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:22,909 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN EMOTIONS HIT ME, AND I STARTED 435 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:24,077 GRIEVING >> YOU GET YOUR GRIEF YOU GET TO 436 00:22:24,077 --> 00:22:26,379 DEAL WITH, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INVESTIGATION. 437 00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:27,080 >> RIGHT >> YEAH. 438 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,284 >> YEAH. MY THINKING WAS THAT MAYBE ONE 439 00:22:31,284 --> 00:22:34,421 OF THESE SKETCHY PEOPLE THAT USED TO COME IN HIS STORE 440 00:22:34,421 --> 00:22:36,990 FOLLOWED HIM HOME, THOUGHT THEY HAD CASH IN THE HOUSE. 441 00:22:36,990 --> 00:22:40,160 >> IT MADE SENSE >> Reporter: RIGHT THERE ON THE 442 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,227 WINDOWS DOWNTOWN, GOLD, MONEY, JEWELRY. 443 00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:44,297 >> RIGHT EXACTLY. 444 00:22:44,297 --> 00:22:49,102 >> Reporter: THAT WAS THE SAME THEORY PUT FORWARD BY ANGEL. 445 00:22:49,102 --> 00:22:51,705 AND AS THE SUN CAME UP, INVESTIGATORS WERE IN SYNC WITH 446 00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:54,841 MILTON'S FAMILY. THEY WERE ON IT. 447 00:22:54,841 --> 00:22:56,943 SO, BY THE TIME YOU HAD YOUR FIRST COFFEE, WHAT DID YOU HAVE 448 00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:58,111 AT THAT POINT? >> WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS 449 00:22:58,111 --> 00:23:02,182 FIRST INDIVIDUAL WHO SOLD THE TV 450 00:23:02,182 --> 00:23:08,154 >> Reporter: THE GUY WHO'D SOLD MILTON A TV A FEW HOURS EARLIER 451 00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:09,255 WAS NAMED DILLON HOSTUTLER >> WE KNEW HE HAD A CRIMINAL 452 00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:11,124 HISTORY. WE KNEW HE HAD COMMITTED A 453 00:23:11,124 --> 00:23:15,228 COUPLE OF ROBBERIES IN THE PAST. >> Reporter: SO HE'S LOOKING 454 00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:16,062 GOOD FIND THIS INDIVIDUAL, BRACE HIM, 455 00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:16,963 AND GET THE STORY. >> AND THAT'S KIND OF THE 456 00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:19,499 MINDSET, EXACTLY HE JUST SOLD HIM A TV LIKE MAYBE 457 00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:21,134 A MILE FROM MILTON'S HOUSE SO IT WAS VERY EASY THAT THIS 458 00:23:21,134 --> 00:23:24,237 GUY COULD HAVE FOLLOWED HIM HOME, YOU KNOW, FIGURED OUT 459 00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:25,271 WHERE THEY LIVED AT, AND THEN THIS ROBBERY ENSUED. 460 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:26,306 >> Reporter: IT'S RIGHT ON THE TIMELINE 461 00:23:26,306 --> 00:23:27,941 >> YES, SIR. WE'RE LIKE ALL OVER THIS LEAD. 462 00:23:27,941 --> 00:23:31,544 >> Reporter: SO, WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY ENCOUNTER THE 463 00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:34,147 INDIVIDUAL >> IT TAKES AWHILE 464 00:23:34,147 --> 00:23:35,715 HE WAS NOT FRIENDLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 465 00:23:35,715 --> 00:23:39,386 HE WASN'T COMING IN VOLUNTARILY. ULTIMATELY, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR 466 00:23:39,386 --> 00:23:42,722 POSSESSION OF DRUGS. WE GOT HIM IN OUR CUSTODY THAT 467 00:23:42,722 --> 00:23:44,124 WAY. >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATORS 468 00:23:44,124 --> 00:23:45,692 WHO INTERVIEWED DILLON GOT RIGHT TO THE POINT 469 00:23:45,692 --> 00:23:47,227 >> OKAY, SO TELL ME ABOUT MILTON 470 00:23:47,227 --> 00:23:50,397 >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MILTON 471 00:23:50,397 --> 00:23:56,002 >> Reporter: DILLON'S STORY WAS THAT HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND SOLD 472 00:23:56,002 --> 00:23:57,103 A TV TO MILTON AT AROUND 8:30 P.M. THE PREVIOUS EVENING 473 00:23:57,103 --> 00:24:00,340 AND THEN WENT TO THEIR SEPARATE HOMES. 474 00:24:00,340 --> 00:24:01,908 THE OFFICERS WERE HAVING NONE OF IT 475 00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:03,476 >> NOW YOU KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOME ROBBERIES. 476 00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:06,646 DID YOU DO THIS? >> NO. 477 00:24:06,646 --> 00:24:10,283 >> Reporter: BUT UNDER QUESTIONING, DILLON CHANGED HIS 478 00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:11,851 STORY. TURNED OUT HE DIDN'T GO STRAIGHT 479 00:24:11,851 --> 00:24:15,055 HOME AFTER HE SOLD MILTON THE TV, HE 480 00:24:15,055 --> 00:24:21,294 CONFESSED HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WENT TO BUY DRUGS FROM A DEALER, 481 00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:24,464 THEN WENT TO HIS HOME. >> SO YOU USED DOPE LAST NIGHT 482 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:25,331 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THEN, HE SAID, HIS 483 00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:27,100 GIRLFRIEND WENT BACK TO HER PLACE, AND HE CALLED HER AT 484 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,135 AROUND 4:00 A.M. >> MY EYE WAS KILLING ME, THAT'S 485 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:35,542 WHY I WOKE UP. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO IT 486 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:38,712 IT WAS A STYE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BLACK DOWN 487 00:24:38,712 --> 00:24:39,846 HERE >> IT LOOKS LIKE A G -- BLACK 488 00:24:39,846 --> 00:24:40,814 EYE, DON'T IT? I DON'T KNOW 489 00:24:40,814 --> 00:24:41,848 THAT'S WHAT IT WAS IT'S JUST A STYE 490 00:24:41,848 --> 00:24:43,450 >> SO YOU DON'T HAVE A BLACK EYE? 491 00:24:43,450 --> 00:24:45,485 >> NO. >> NOBODY PUNCHED YOU? 492 00:24:45,485 --> 00:24:48,688 >> NO. >> Reporter: DILLON SAID HE AND 493 00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:50,757 MILTON WERE FRIENDS, THAT MILTON WAS GOOD TO HIM, AND THAT HE HAD 494 00:24:50,757 --> 00:24:53,893 NO REASON TO HURT HIM. BUT HIS STORY SEEMED TO BE IN 495 00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:57,097 PIECES IT WASN'T JUST THE BLACK EYE 496 00:24:57,097 --> 00:24:59,666 THERE WAS A BLACK HOLE IN HIS ALIBI COINCIDING WITH THE TIME 497 00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:02,535 OF THE MURDER. >> YOU'RE LEAVING THE PART OUT 498 00:25:02,535 --> 00:25:04,371 FROM 12:00 TILL 4:00 IN THE MORNING. 499 00:25:04,371 --> 00:25:06,473 >> DUDE, I WAS AT HOME ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT 500 00:25:06,473 --> 00:25:08,541 >> HOW MANY TIMES DID WE SAY THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL 501 00:25:08,541 --> 00:25:12,512 THE TRUTH. THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU DID A 502 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:15,382 ROBBERY, DIDN'T WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE SAME THING 503 00:25:15,382 --> 00:25:16,950 >> YEAH. >> WHERE YOU LEAVE THE PART OUT 504 00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:18,151 WHERE DILLON MESSES UP, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT 505 00:25:18,151 --> 00:25:23,757 NOW. >> NO, I'M NOT 506 00:25:23,757 --> 00:25:29,496 >> Reporter: THEY LEFT DILLON TO STEW IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM, THEN 507 00:25:29,496 --> 00:25:34,200 CAME BACK AT HIM HARDER. >> MY PROBLEM IS WITH YOU, THAT 508 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,302 WHEN YOU SIT HERE, YOU ALWAYS TRY TO OUTSMART US, AND YOU 509 00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:37,871 TRY -- YOU TRY TO PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE COOPERATING, AND YOU'RE 510 00:25:37,871 --> 00:25:42,876 REALLY NOT SO ARE YOU DOING THAT NOW? 511 00:25:42,876 --> 00:25:43,843 >> NO, I'M NOT >> Reporter: DILLON UNDERSTANDS 512 00:25:43,843 --> 00:25:45,111 HE WAS ABOUT TO BE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND TRIED TO 513 00:25:45,111 --> 00:25:47,313 WRIGGLE HIS WAY OUT OF BEING ARRESTED 514 00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:51,518 >> I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A MURDER INVESTIGATION. 515 00:25:51,518 --> 00:25:54,120 SO HELPING YOU GET OUT OF A LITTLE COCAINE CHARGE IS THE 516 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,791 LEAST OF MY WORRIES. IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT 517 00:25:57,791 --> 00:25:58,992 MILTON, I NEED TO SPEND MY TIME ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO 518 00:25:58,992 --> 00:26:01,461 KILLED HIM >> ABSOLUTELY. 519 00:26:01,461 --> 00:26:04,597 >> Reporter: ALL THE WHILE, INVESTIGATORS WALLIO AND NORMAN 520 00:26:04,597 --> 00:26:07,734 HAD BEEN WATCHING THE INTERVIEW. SAFE TO SAY, YOU THOUGHT DILLON 521 00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:08,802 WAS A PRETTY GOOD LEAD >> YES, SIR. 522 00:26:08,802 --> 00:26:10,337 >> Reporter: LET'S FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS 523 00:26:10,337 --> 00:26:12,472 GUY, HUH >> YES, SIR. 524 00:26:12,472 --> 00:26:17,177 >> Reporter: DILLON'S SLIPPERY STORY WAS HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS, 525 00:26:17,177 --> 00:26:18,745 AND, SO, THEY COLLECTED HIS DNA. BUT THEY ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A 526 00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:25,051 CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT MILTON'S FAMILY WAS DOING THAT NIGHT. 527 00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:28,188 >>> COMING UP -- >> WE WOULD LITERALLY MAKE LOVE 528 00:26:28,188 --> 00:26:30,256 EVERY MORNING AND EVERY NIGHT. >> ANGEL GETS VERY PERSONAL. 529 00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:36,062 A PASSIONATE HUSBAND, AND A PROTECTIVE ONE 530 00:26:36,062 --> 00:26:39,165 >> HE WAS ALWAYS VERY JEALOUS. >> THERE WAS A COUPLE 531 00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:41,768 CONFRONTATIONS WHERE YOU KNOW, "STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE. 532 00:26:41,768 --> 00:26:59,786 >> Reporter: THAT'S SOMETHING TO >> Reporter: THE DAY AFTER 533 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:03,023 MILTON SAWYER WAS MURDERED, INVESTIGATORS WERE CHASING DOWN 534 00:27:03,023 --> 00:27:08,161 DILLON HOSTUTLER'S SUSPICIOUS "I DIDN'T MURDER MILTON 'CAUSE I 535 00:27:08,161 --> 00:27:09,763 WAS HOME GETTING" HIGH STORY AS THE TEAM CHECKED OUT HIS 536 00:27:09,763 --> 00:27:13,433 ALIBI, CRIME SCENE TECHS WERE RUNNING THE FORENSICS THEY'D 537 00:27:13,433 --> 00:27:17,570 GATHERED AT THE SCENE. DID THEY GET LUCKY 538 00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:19,305 YOU KNOW, THE BLOODY HANDPRINT, THE FOOTPRINT IN THE MUD 539 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:21,775 >> NOT IN THIS CASE, NO. THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS 540 00:27:21,775 --> 00:27:24,077 COLLECTED, BUT NONE WERE OF ANY VALUE. 541 00:27:24,077 --> 00:27:25,545 >> Reporter: THE PERPETRATOR CLEANED UP AFTER HIMSELF AND DID 542 00:27:25,545 --> 00:27:28,048 PRETTY GOOD JOB, HUH >> YES, AND THERE WAS A 543 00:27:28,048 --> 00:27:30,684 PILLOWCASE THAT HAD BEEN USED TO WIPE UP SOME THINGS. 544 00:27:30,684 --> 00:27:32,752 >> Reporter: BY NOW THE INVESTIGATORS HAD BEEN JOINED BY 545 00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:35,889 ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY KIM PELLINI. 546 00:27:35,889 --> 00:27:38,625 >> THE INVESTIGATORS MET ME IN MY OFFICE TO JUST GIVE ME A REAL 547 00:27:38,625 --> 00:27:41,161 QUICK BRIEFING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 548 00:27:41,161 --> 00:27:45,832 >> Reporter: SHE LIKED TO BE OUT IN FRONT ON THE BIG CASES. 549 00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:48,468 >> THEY RELAYED THAT THE WIFE WAS ALIVE, THAT A MASKED 550 00:27:48,468 --> 00:27:52,639 INTRUDER CAME IN AND KILLED HER HUSBAND AND ROBBED THEM. 551 00:27:52,639 --> 00:27:54,774 >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATORS TOLD MILTON'S FAMILY THEY WERE 552 00:27:54,774 --> 00:27:56,776 FOLLOWING EVERY LEAD DID THEY GIVE YOU THE SENSE THAT 553 00:27:56,776 --> 00:28:00,013 WE KNOW STUFF, BUT WE CAN'T SHARE IT YET 554 00:28:00,013 --> 00:28:03,683 >> THEY DEFINITELY DID THEY KIND OF SAID IT IN A WAY 555 00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:07,887 THAT THERE -- THERE'S HOPE "DON'T WORRY, WE WILL GET THIS 556 00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:10,790 FIGURED OUT FOR YOU. >> Reporter: ANGEL HERSELF WAS 557 00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:15,195 HELPING DETECTIVES TOO AFTER HER HEAD WAS PATCHED UP, 558 00:28:15,195 --> 00:28:17,764 SHE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, THEN TOOK THE INVESTIGATORS ON A 559 00:28:17,764 --> 00:28:21,034 WALK-THOUGH OF THE TREASURE HUNTER STORE WHERE NOTHING 560 00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:22,769 SEEMED TO BE MISSING BUT REMEMBER THE JEWELRY THE 561 00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:25,171 KILLER HAD TAKEN DURING THE HOME INVASION 562 00:28:25,171 --> 00:28:28,842 ANGEL SAID IT WAS POPPING UP ONLINE, EVIDENCE THAT WOULD HELP 563 00:28:28,842 --> 00:28:32,512 SOLVE THE CRIME. >> SHE'D SEEN SOME OF HER 564 00:28:32,512 --> 00:28:37,217 MISSING JEWELRY ON A FACEBOOK YARD SALE SITE OR ONE OF THESE 565 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:39,352 SALE SITES SO SHE SHOWED THE PICTURES 566 00:28:39,352 --> 00:28:41,421 THEY HAD TO CONTACT THOSE FOLKS, FIND OUT WHERE THEY GOT THE 567 00:28:41,421 --> 00:28:43,923 JEWELRY. >> Reporter: FOUR DAYS AFTER 568 00:28:43,923 --> 00:28:47,160 MILTON'S MURDER, ANGEL WAS LIVING WITH FRIENDS AND 569 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,463 INVESTIGATORS INVITED HER IN TO SEE IF SHE COULD RECALL MORE 570 00:28:50,463 --> 00:28:54,067 DETAILS. SHE ARRIVED SEEMING FRAGILE, 571 00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:57,671 CLUTCHING A TEDDY BEAR AND A PHOTO OF HER LATE HUSBAND, ALL 572 00:28:57,671 --> 00:29:01,174 THE WHILE SOBBING. >> HOW HAVE YOU BEEN COPING? 573 00:29:01,174 --> 00:29:01,775 >> CAN'T EAT CAN'T DRINK. 574 00:29:01,775 --> 00:29:06,579 CAN'T SLEEP. >> WE'RE BOTH SORRY FOR YOUR 575 00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:08,648 LOSS >> I FEEL GUILTY ABOUT BEING 576 00:29:08,648 --> 00:29:11,885 ALIVE. >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATORS 577 00:29:11,885 --> 00:29:15,021 WERE TRYING TO PAINT A MORE PRECISE PICTURE EVENTS LEADING 578 00:29:15,021 --> 00:29:18,091 UP TO THE MURDER ANGEL HAD SAID SHE WAS UPSET 579 00:29:18,091 --> 00:29:20,193 WITH MILTON AFTER THE TV DEAL WITH DILLON. 580 00:29:20,193 --> 00:29:22,796 SO WHAT HAPPENED THEN? >> SO WHEN YOU GOT HOME YOU WERE 581 00:29:22,796 --> 00:29:25,265 UPSET. UH, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY, LIKE, 582 00:29:25,265 --> 00:29:27,534 CONVERSATION TO RECTIFY? >> OH, YEAH, EVERYTHING WAS 583 00:29:27,534 --> 00:29:31,705 FINE YOU KNOW, WE WERE, YOU KNOW -- 584 00:29:31,705 --> 00:29:33,807 WE MADE LOVE WE WERE FINE 585 00:29:33,807 --> 00:29:36,409 WE WERE VERY AFFECTIONATE WITH ONE ANOTHER. 586 00:29:36,409 --> 00:29:41,114 WE WOULD LITERALLY MAKE LOVE EVERY MORNING AND NIGHT, EVERY 587 00:29:41,114 --> 00:29:42,682 DAY FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND HE'D ALWAYS MAKE THE JOKE YOU 588 00:29:42,682 --> 00:29:45,852 MUST BE GETTING TIRED OF ME. LIKE, NO, I'M NOT. 589 00:29:45,852 --> 00:29:48,054 OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS GOOD. >> Reporter: BUT SHE SAID THERE 590 00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:54,227 WERE TIMES YEARS EARLIER WHEN IT WASN'T SO GOOD 591 00:29:54,227 --> 00:29:58,932 >> I FOUND OUT LATER, AFTER WE WERE ALREADY ENGAGED, THAT HE 592 00:29:58,932 --> 00:30:02,102 HAD BEEN WITH TWO OTHER WOMEN. BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT. 593 00:30:02,102 --> 00:30:04,204 IT WAS HARD. >> Reporter: BUT WHILE ANGEL 594 00:30:04,204 --> 00:30:07,841 SAID SHE COULD GET PAST IT, IT WASN'T THE SAME FOR MILTON 595 00:30:07,841 --> 00:30:10,443 WHEN MEN TOOK AN INTEREST IN HER, HE WOULD HAVE SMOKE COMING 596 00:30:10,443 --> 00:30:16,282 OUT HIS EARS >> HE WAS ALWAYS VERY JEALOUS. 597 00:30:16,282 --> 00:30:17,784 I MEAN, IT WAS HARD FOR HIM BECAUSE, UH, HE ALWAYS SAID, 598 00:30:17,784 --> 00:30:21,054 "YOU'RE SO ATTRACTIVE. YOU COULD HAVE ANYONE YOU WANT." 599 00:30:21,054 --> 00:30:26,693 AND I WOULD ALWAYS REASSURE HIM THAT I JUST WANTED HIM 600 00:30:26,693 --> 00:30:27,861 BUT WE DEALT WITH THAT A LOT >> Reporter: SOMETIMES IT WAS 601 00:30:27,861 --> 00:30:28,995 EMBARRASSING, SHE SAID, BECAUSE WITH THEIR TEN-YEAR AGE 602 00:30:28,995 --> 00:30:36,136 DIFFERENCE, MILTON LOOKED A LOT OLDER. 603 00:30:36,136 --> 00:30:38,738 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY THINGS, CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, 604 00:30:38,738 --> 00:30:40,407 DIFFERENT THINGS MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS HIS 605 00:30:40,407 --> 00:30:46,079 DAUGHTER THAT WAS HARD. 606 00:30:46,079 --> 00:30:47,681 >> SHE ALSO PROVIDES OTHER INFORMATION THAT SHE'S AN 607 00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:48,782 ATTRACTIVE WOMAN AND THAT GENTLEMEN WILL FREQUENT THE 608 00:30:48,782 --> 00:30:49,749 TREASURE HUNTER BECAUSE SHE WORKED THERE 609 00:30:49,749 --> 00:30:50,817 >> Reporter: SO MEN CHECK HER OUT? 610 00:30:50,817 --> 00:30:55,221 >> ACCORDING TO HER, YES, SIR. SHE GAVE US EXAMPLES OF A 611 00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:56,556 INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME IN MULTIPLE TIMES AND WOULD ACTUALLY COME UP 612 00:30:56,556 --> 00:30:58,725 TO HER AND TELL HER, YOU KNOW, "I'M HERE BECAUSE YOU DREW ME 613 00:30:58,725 --> 00:31:01,795 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. 614 00:31:01,795 --> 00:31:03,063 >> Reporter: AND SHE SAID ABOUT NINE MONTHS BEFORE THE MURDER, 615 00:31:03,063 --> 00:31:07,567 MILTON BECAME ESPECIALLY JEALOUS. 616 00:31:07,567 --> 00:31:12,272 ANGEL HAD GOTTEN INTO A CAR ACCIDENT AND TOWARD THE END OF 617 00:31:12,272 --> 00:31:15,942 2017 STARTED A KIND OF PHYSICAL THERAPY CALLED "DRY NEEDLING," 618 00:31:15,942 --> 00:31:18,078 AN ACUPUNCTURE-LIKE TREATMENT FOR PAIN 619 00:31:18,078 --> 00:31:21,681 HER THERAPIST'S NAME WAS ISAAC, AND IT SET MILTON OFF WHEN HE 620 00:31:21,681 --> 00:31:25,919 DISCOVERED A MAN WAS LAYING HANDS ON HIS WIFE. 621 00:31:25,919 --> 00:31:27,487 >> HE LOOKED HIM UP ON FACEBOOK, SENT ME A SCREENSHOT OF HIS 622 00:31:27,487 --> 00:31:28,521 PICTURE, SAID, "HE'S ATTRACTIVE." 623 00:31:28,521 --> 00:31:30,090 AND I WAS LIKE, "NO, HE'S NOT. I'M ATTRACTED TO YOU 624 00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:33,159 I LOVE YOU I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS GUY." 625 00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:34,794 BUT HE WAS STILL HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT 626 00:31:34,794 --> 00:31:40,100 HE WOULD GET ANGRY EVERY TIME I WENT 627 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:42,135 >> HE BEGAN EXPRESSING JEALOUSY TO ANGEL AND, OF COURSE, SHE'S 628 00:31:42,135 --> 00:31:45,271 TELLING HIM, "THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON HERE. 629 00:31:45,271 --> 00:31:46,906 IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD. YOU'RE JUST VERY JEALOUS." 630 00:31:46,906 --> 00:31:50,744 >> AND HE KNOWS THAT I LOVE HIM. HE KNOWS THAT I WOULD NEVER 631 00:31:50,744 --> 00:31:53,680 CHEAT ON HIM IT'S JUST NOT WHO I AM 632 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,282 >> Reporter: IN THE END, SHE LAMENTED THAT PHYSICAL THERAPY 633 00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:59,419 JUST WASN'T WORTH THE HASSLE >> SO I FINALLY JUST QUIT. 634 00:31:59,419 --> 00:32:03,623 I SAID, "I'D RATHER BE IN PAIN PHYSICALLY THAN TO MAKE YOU 635 00:32:03,623 --> 00:32:07,293 SUFFER IF IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU 636 00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:10,930 THAT I NOT GO TO PHYSICAL THERAPY, I WON'T GO. 637 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:12,232 >> Reporter: BUT SMALL COMMUNITY, MILTON AND ANGEL 638 00:32:12,232 --> 00:32:14,167 WOULD RUN INTO ISAAC AROUND TOWN, LIKE AT THE LOCAL COFFEE 639 00:32:14,167 --> 00:32:18,271 SHOP AND ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE 640 00:32:18,271 --> 00:32:19,439 MURDER, ON THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, MILTON AND ANGEL WERE 641 00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:22,442 ENJOYING A DAY AT THE BEACH ON THE OUTER BANKS WHEN GUESS WHO 642 00:32:22,442 --> 00:32:28,214 SHOWED UP. ISAAC AND HIS FAMILY 643 00:32:28,214 --> 00:32:29,816 MILTON EXPLODED. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE BECAME 644 00:32:29,816 --> 00:32:31,551 REALLY ANGRY AND I DIDN'T -- I WAS LIKE, 645 00:32:31,551 --> 00:32:34,487 "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHAT'S WRONG?" 646 00:32:34,487 --> 00:32:38,158 AND HE SAID, "YOUR EFFING THERAPIST IS HERE WITH HIS 647 00:32:38,158 --> 00:32:40,260 FAMILY." AND I WAS LIKE, "SO, IT'S A 648 00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:43,930 BEACH. IT'S FULL OF PEOPLE. 649 00:32:43,930 --> 00:32:47,100 >> SO DAD CALLED ME HE WAS ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE 650 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:51,805 BEACH. AND HE WAS IN -- IN A HIZZY 651 00:32:51,805 --> 00:32:54,908 BECAUSE WHILE HE WAS AT THE BEACH, THEY HAPPEN TO RUN INTO 652 00:32:54,908 --> 00:32:58,578 ISAAC AND HIS FAMILY >> Reporter: IN FACT, SOMEONE 653 00:32:58,578 --> 00:33:00,747 PHONED IN A TIP TO INVESTIGATORS THAT MILTON WAS SO ANGERED BY 654 00:33:00,747 --> 00:33:04,884 ISAAC'S PRESENCE, HE'D CALLED ISAAC'S BOSS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT 655 00:33:04,884 --> 00:33:07,053 HIM. >> HE ACTUALLY CALLED OUT TO 656 00:33:07,053 --> 00:33:11,157 ISAAC'S EMPLOYER AND MADE A SCENE. 657 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:12,859 THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CONFRONTATIONS, NOT VIOLENT, BUT 658 00:33:12,859 --> 00:33:15,328 JUST WORDS WHERE HE, YOU KNOW, "STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE. 659 00:33:15,328 --> 00:33:18,498 >> Reporter: SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WRITE DOWN IN YOUR PAD, HUH? 660 00:33:18,498 --> 00:33:20,066 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: NOW THE 661 00:33:20,066 --> 00:33:21,167 INVESTIGATORS WERE WONDERING, "WAS ISAAC THE PHYSICAL 662 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:26,873 THERAPIST SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN MILTON'S MURDER? 663 00:33:26,873 --> 00:33:31,077 >>> COMING UP -- THE THERAPIST SUDDENLY UNDER 664 00:33:31,077 --> 00:33:33,680 SCRUTINY >> NO CRIMINAL RECORD, WIFE AND 665 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,316 KIDS, NICE JOB >> NONE OF THAT WOULD APPEAR TO 666 00:33:36,316 --> 00:33:38,918 BE CONSISTENT WITH SOMEBODY WHO WOULD KILL SOMEONE'S HUSBAND 667 00:33:38,918 --> 00:33:42,589 >> A WELL KEPT FAMILY MAN WITH A WELL KEPT SECRET 668 00:33:42,589 --> 00:34:03,510 >> HE SAID, "THIS IS BETWEEN THE >> Reporter: IN THE DAYS AFTER 669 00:34:03,510 --> 00:34:06,046 MILTON SAWYER WAS MURDERED, INVESTIGATORS HAD CHECKED OUT 670 00:34:06,046 --> 00:34:09,749 DILLON HOSTUTLER, THE GUY WHO'D SOLD MILTON THE TV, AND 671 00:34:09,749 --> 00:34:11,885 CONFIRMED HIS ALIBI. >> HE HAS FAMILY AT THE HOUSE 672 00:34:11,885 --> 00:34:13,053 THAT CAN VERIFY HE WAS HOME. >> Reporter: SO THAT HELPS HIM 673 00:34:13,053 --> 00:34:14,454 >> YES, SIR. >> Reporter: SO, THEY WERE 674 00:34:14,454 --> 00:34:19,659 FORCED TO DROP HIM AS A SUSPECT AND LOOK ELSEWHERE 675 00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:21,761 NOW THEY WERE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT A MAN NAMED ISAAC MELCHER, 676 00:34:21,761 --> 00:34:25,465 THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO HAD TREATED ANGEL. 677 00:34:25,465 --> 00:34:27,434 >> WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM. 678 00:34:27,434 --> 00:34:28,601 HE LIVED IN A PRETTY UPPER MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. 679 00:34:28,601 --> 00:34:30,136 >> Reporter: YOU RAN THE COMPUTER ON HIM, AND NOTHING 680 00:34:30,136 --> 00:34:32,339 >> YEAH. NO -- NO CRIMINAL RECORD, WIFE 681 00:34:32,339 --> 00:34:36,443 AND KIDS, UM -- NICE JOB, NICE FAMILY 682 00:34:36,443 --> 00:34:37,477 SO, WE SENT TWO INVESTIGATORS OUT TO INTERVIEW HIM 683 00:34:37,477 --> 00:34:42,215 THE INTERVIEW WENT KIND OF MINIMAL. 684 00:34:42,215 --> 00:34:45,952 HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER 685 00:34:45,952 --> 00:34:47,520 >> Reporter: ISAAC SAID HE WAS HOME THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER, 686 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,590 EXCEPT FOR RUNNING OUT LATE AT NIGHT TO BUY A NEW PHONE AT 687 00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:52,692 WALMART BECAUSE HE'D SPILLED WATER ON HIS OWN 688 00:34:52,692 --> 00:34:57,430 WHAT'S MORE, ANY CONTACT HE'D HAD WITH ANGEL WAS PURELY 689 00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:59,599 PROFESSIONAL AS THE INVESTIGATORS LOOKED 690 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:03,703 DEEPER, THEY WOULD LEARN ISAAC'S LIFE STORY WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF 691 00:35:03,703 --> 00:35:06,840 INSPIRATIONAL. HE GREW UP IN OREGON 692 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,442 >> I MET ISAAC WHILE I WAS VOLUNTEERING AS A YOUTH LEADER 693 00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:13,113 WITH THE CHURCH. >> Reporter: IN THE MID-1990s, A 694 00:35:13,113 --> 00:35:15,715 DAIRY FARMER AND YOUTH PASTOR NAMED LOUIE KAZEMIER, OUT IN 695 00:35:15,715 --> 00:35:17,417 OREGON, PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO A GROUP OF TEENAGE BOYS WITH 696 00:35:17,417 --> 00:35:22,455 ISSUES ISAAC WAS ONE OF THEM. 697 00:35:22,455 --> 00:35:24,090 >> OUR GROUP WAS CALLED THE 12 STEP GROUP, FOR LACK OF A 698 00:35:24,090 --> 00:35:27,761 BETTER TERM. THESE BOYS WERE ALL GOING 699 00:35:27,761 --> 00:35:29,362 THROUGH THEIR OWN THING. >> Reporter: WHAT ARE HIS ISSUES 700 00:35:29,362 --> 00:35:31,965 DO YOU THINK >> HIS BIGGEST THING WAS HIS 701 00:35:31,965 --> 00:35:34,067 ANGER TOWARD HIS DAD HE WOULD GET IN SCRAPES EVERY 702 00:35:34,067 --> 00:35:36,670 ONCE IN A WHILE. HE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TEMPER IN 703 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:41,374 HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM A GOOD WRESTLER 704 00:35:41,374 --> 00:35:48,181 >> Reporter: ISAAC'S FATHER WAS NOT VERY PRESENT IN HIS LIFE 705 00:35:48,181 --> 00:35:52,385 OVER TIME, LOUIE SEEMED TO FILL SOME OF THAT VOID. 706 00:35:52,385 --> 00:35:54,421 THOUGH NOT A PRIEST OR AN ORDAINED MINISTER, HE TRIED TO 707 00:35:54,421 --> 00:35:55,522 GIVE ISAAC DIRECTION THROUGH STUDY OF THE BIBLE AND BY 708 00:35:55,522 --> 00:35:56,556 GROWING HIS FAITH. SO HE BECAME A REAL PROJECT FOR 709 00:35:56,556 --> 00:35:57,157 YOU. YOU WERE HIS MENTOR. 710 00:35:57,157 --> 00:36:02,328 >> I WAS HIS MENTOR. BUT HE ARRIVED TO US WONDERING 711 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:04,497 WHERE HE WANTED TO GO. ONCE HE BECAME A BELIEVER, HE 712 00:36:04,497 --> 00:36:06,032 BECAME A SOLD-OUT BELIEVER HE WAS ALL IN. 713 00:36:06,032 --> 00:36:08,201 >> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE A MOMENT, LOUIE, WHERE YOU SAID, 714 00:36:08,201 --> 00:36:14,908 "I THINK I'M FINALLY GETTING THROUGH THIS KID?" 715 00:36:14,908 --> 00:36:16,042 >> YOU KNOW -- >> Reporter: IS THERE A LIGHT 716 00:36:16,042 --> 00:36:17,077 BULB KIND OF EPIPHANY. >> IT WASN'T AN EPIPHANY, BUT 717 00:36:17,077 --> 00:36:19,079 ISAAC WAS ALWAYS MY SUCCESS STORY. 718 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:22,248 IF I NEEDED A PICTURE OF A LIFE CHANGED, I WOULD CHOOSE ISAAC'S 719 00:36:22,248 --> 00:36:25,752 LIFE >> Reporter: AT 19, ISAAC LEFT 720 00:36:25,752 --> 00:36:28,521 OREGON FOR WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE MET HIS 721 00:36:28,521 --> 00:36:30,657 FUTURE WIFE, DARLENE LOUIE ROUNDED UP SOME OF THE 722 00:36:30,657 --> 00:36:33,760 YOUTH GROUP, AND THEY TRAVELED TO NORTH CAROLINA TO CELEBRATE 723 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,895 ISAAC'S WEDDING DAY. >> IT WAS A VERY CHRISTIAN 724 00:36:35,895 --> 00:36:40,066 WEDDING. ISAAC WAS GOING TO LEAD HIS 725 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:45,805 FAMILY IN THE WAY OF THE LORD, AND WAS GOING TO BE THE DAD THAT 726 00:36:45,805 --> 00:36:47,374 HE DIDN'T HAVE AND WAS DETERMINED 727 00:36:47,374 --> 00:36:49,976 >> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE A MOMENT OF A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE? 728 00:36:49,976 --> 00:36:51,144 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: I PUSHED HIM ALONG 729 00:36:51,144 --> 00:36:52,612 THE WAY, AND LOOK HOW IT'S WORKING OUT. 730 00:36:52,612 --> 00:36:56,249 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: AFTER LOUIE 731 00:36:56,249 --> 00:36:58,885 RETURNED TO OREGON, HE FELL OUT OF TOUCH WITH ISAAC, BUT HE AND 732 00:36:58,885 --> 00:37:03,056 HIS WIFE LORI FOLLOWED ISAAC'S PROGRESS ON FACEBOOK FROM AFAR 733 00:37:03,056 --> 00:37:07,260 IT WAS ALL GOOD NEWS ISAAC HAD THREE KIDS, PUT 734 00:37:07,260 --> 00:37:12,098 HIMSELF THROUGH COLLEGE, AND, IN 2016, BECAME A PHYSICAL 735 00:37:12,098 --> 00:37:15,101 THERAPIST WORKING OUT OF THE YMCA IN ELIZABETH CITY 736 00:37:15,101 --> 00:37:16,336 TO INVESTIGATORS GOING THROUGH HIS BIOGRAPHY, ISAAC MELCHER 737 00:37:16,336 --> 00:37:19,839 HARDLY FIT THE PROFILE OF A MURDERER 738 00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:23,043 >> HE'S A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, HE'S MARRIED, HE WAS VERY 739 00:37:23,043 --> 00:37:27,714 RELIGIOUS, NONE OF THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT WITH 740 00:37:27,714 --> 00:37:29,949 SOMEONE'S HUSBAND. >> Reporter: ANGEL AGREED. 741 00:37:29,949 --> 00:37:31,451 SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT THE MASKED INTRUDER IN THE HOUSE 742 00:37:31,451 --> 00:37:35,055 DIDN'T SEEM TO RESEMBLE HER PHYSICAL THERAPIST AT ALL. 743 00:37:35,055 --> 00:37:37,624 SO, NOTHING IS ADDING UP IN THIS CASE 744 00:37:37,624 --> 00:37:40,860 >> NO, NONE OF IT IS >> Reporter: SO INVESTIGATORS 745 00:37:40,860 --> 00:37:42,062 HAD NO SOLID EVIDENCE ISAAC, THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST, WAS 746 00:37:42,062 --> 00:37:42,962 INVOLVED YOU DON'T HAVE THAT THING TO 747 00:37:42,962 --> 00:37:46,566 GIVE TO YOUR DA, RIGHT >> YES, SIR. 748 00:37:46,566 --> 00:37:51,871 WE'RE KIND OF JUST KICKING THINGS AROUND AND WAITING FOR 749 00:37:51,871 --> 00:37:52,772 THAT MAGIC MOMENT, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS 750 00:37:52,772 --> 00:37:59,646 >> Reporter: LITTLE DID THEY KNOW IT, BUT THAT MAGIC MOMENT 751 00:37:59,646 --> 00:38:01,181 WAS ABOUT TO APPEAR -- BECAUSE A FEW DAYS AFTER 752 00:38:01,181 --> 00:38:02,182 MILTON SAWYER'S MURDER, ISAAC RETURNED TO OREGON 753 00:38:02,182 --> 00:38:04,017 HE WAS VISITING HIS SICK MOTHER, BUT HE ALSO DECIDED TO PAY A 754 00:38:04,017 --> 00:38:06,052 VISIT TO HIS ONETIME YOUTH PASTOR, LOUIE. 755 00:38:06,052 --> 00:38:07,587 >> Reporter: DOES THE EXPRESSION "OUT OF THE BLUE" APPLY HERE TO 756 00:38:07,587 --> 00:38:15,328 HIM GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOU? >> OH, BOY, YES. 757 00:38:15,328 --> 00:38:16,496 >> Reporter: LOUIE HADN'T SEEN ISAAC IN MORE THAN TEN YEARS 758 00:38:16,496 --> 00:38:18,465 >> IT WAS A PHONE CALL AND SAID, "I AM GOING TO BE IN OREGON. 759 00:38:18,465 --> 00:38:19,632 CAN I COME BY AND SEE YOU? >> Reporter: AND YOU KNEW RIGHT 760 00:38:19,632 --> 00:38:22,702 AWAY WHO IT WAS? >> I KNEW WHO IT WAS 761 00:38:22,702 --> 00:38:24,237 I COULDN'T WAIT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH HIM AND FIND OUT HOW 762 00:38:24,237 --> 00:38:31,244 HE WAS DOING WITH HIS FAMILY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 763 00:38:31,244 --> 00:38:32,379 >> Reporter: BUT WHEN ISAAC SHOWED UP ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 764 00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:35,248 AUGUST DAY IN THE NORTHWEST, LOUIE HAD A BAD FEELING. 765 00:38:35,248 --> 00:38:36,883 >> I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG THE MINUTE HE WALKED OUT 766 00:38:36,883 --> 00:38:37,717 OF THE CAR >> Reporter: SO, THERE WAS A 767 00:38:37,717 --> 00:38:38,451 CHILL ON YOUR REUNION RIGHT AWAY 768 00:38:38,451 --> 00:38:40,453 >> YES >> Reporter: HOW DID HE APPEAR 769 00:38:40,453 --> 00:38:44,157 TO YOU >> HIS SHOULDERS WERE SLUMPED. 770 00:38:44,157 --> 00:38:46,292 HE SEEMED BROKEN >> Reporter: LOUIE SAT ISAAC 771 00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:47,894 DOWN IN HIS BACKYARD, BECAUSE ISAAC SAID HE WANTED COMPLETE 772 00:38:47,894 --> 00:38:52,665 PRIVACY FOR WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO REVEAL 773 00:38:52,665 --> 00:38:54,334 DOES HE SAY TO YOU SOMETHING LIKE, "REMEMBER, I'M TALKING TO 774 00:38:54,334 --> 00:38:55,669 YOU AS THOUGH YOU'RE MY SPIRITUAL -- 775 00:38:55,669 --> 00:39:00,373 >> YES, HE DID >> Reporter: -- "MENTOR HERE 776 00:39:00,373 --> 00:39:03,009 AND IT'S STAYING BETWEEN US, IN THE SENSE OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST 777 00:39:03,009 --> 00:39:05,812 IN CONFESSION, AS SOMETHING YOU DON'T ALLOW THE CONFESSION TO 778 00:39:05,812 --> 00:39:11,384 EVER BE REVEALED?" >> IN FACT, THAT'S HOW HE 779 00:39:11,384 --> 00:39:14,020 STARTED THE CONVERSATION "YOU KNOW, I CONSIDER YOU MY 780 00:39:14,020 --> 00:39:15,655 PASTOR THIS IS BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, 781 00:39:15,655 --> 00:39:18,725 BECAUSE YOU'RE MY SPIRITUAL ADVISER. 782 00:39:18,725 --> 00:39:21,327 >> Reporter: HE'S INVOKING THE SANCTITY OF THE CONFESSIONAL 783 00:39:21,327 --> 00:39:24,030 >> YEAH. I TOLD HIM THEN I DIDN'T AGREE 784 00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:29,169 WITH THAT, NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO TELL ME. 785 00:39:29,169 --> 00:39:31,304 >> Reporter: THE STORY ISAAC WAS ABOUT TO TELL WAS A TORTURED ONE 786 00:39:31,304 --> 00:39:35,041 THAT WOULD END UP CHANGING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO 787 00:39:35,041 --> 00:39:38,645 MILTON SAWYER'S MURDER, AND OPEN UP AN INVESTIGATION INTO ANOTHER 788 00:39:38,645 --> 00:39:41,815 SUSPECT ALTOGETHER >>> COMING UP -- 789 00:39:41,815 --> 00:39:43,883 >> HE WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC IN WHAT HAPPENED, AND I WAS 790 00:39:43,883 --> 00:39:47,554 STUNNED. >> ISAAC WEAVES A DEADLY, 791 00:39:47,554 --> 00:39:50,190 JAW-DROPPING TALE. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST 792 00:39:50,190 --> 00:40:09,409 THING THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER HEAR. 793 00:40:09,409 --> 00:40:11,511 >> Reporter: MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER MILTON SAWYER'S MURDER, 794 00:40:11,511 --> 00:40:14,147 ISAAC MELCHER HAD RETURNED TO HIS BIRTHPLACE IN OREGON AND WAS 795 00:40:14,147 --> 00:40:19,919 ABOUT TO CONFIDE IN HIS FORMER YOUTH PASTOR LOUIE KAZEMIER. 796 00:40:19,919 --> 00:40:23,523 >> HE JUST SAYS, "WELL, I'VE MADE SOME REALLY STUPID CHOICES, 797 00:40:23,523 --> 00:40:31,898 AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE MY FAMILY. 798 00:40:31,898 --> 00:40:36,102 AND SO THAT GOT MY ATTENTION, AND I MOVED FORWARD AND JUST 799 00:40:36,102 --> 00:40:39,239 SAID, "WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Reporter: ISAAC TOLD LOUIE 800 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:45,612 THAT A PATIENT OF HIS NAMED ANGEL HAD BEEN IN DEEP TROUBLE 801 00:40:45,612 --> 00:40:46,813 HER HUSBAND WAS A JEALOUS MAN, KEPT A TIGHT REIN ON HER, AND 802 00:40:46,813 --> 00:40:49,182 THREATENED HER >> HE WAS CONVINCED THAT THIS 803 00:40:49,182 --> 00:40:55,388 HUSBAND WAS GOING TO HURT THIS LADY 804 00:40:55,388 --> 00:40:57,023 >> Reporter: HE GOT IN HIS MIND THAT THAT HUSBAND WAS ABUSING 805 00:40:57,023 --> 00:40:58,091 HER. >> YEAH. 806 00:40:58,091 --> 00:40:59,659 HE INDICATED THAT HE NEEDED TO PROTECT ANGEL. 807 00:40:59,659 --> 00:41:00,860 >> Reporter: "SHE'S IN TROUBLE AND IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME TO 808 00:41:00,860 --> 00:41:03,830 BE HER PROTECTOR"? >> HE'S GOING TO BE THE HERO, 809 00:41:03,830 --> 00:41:05,565 YEAH >> Reporter: SO GET HIM OUT OF 810 00:41:05,565 --> 00:41:06,466 THE PICTURE. SHE'LL BE HAPPIER? 811 00:41:06,466 --> 00:41:09,602 SHE'LL BE SAFE >> YUP 812 00:41:09,602 --> 00:41:14,841 >> Reporter: FOR ISAAC, PROTECTING ANGEL BECAME A 813 00:41:14,841 --> 00:41:15,909 RIGHTEOUS OBSESSION. ONE OF THE WORDS THAT JUST 814 00:41:15,909 --> 00:41:24,084 DOESN'T GET AWAY FROM THIS CASE IS THIS CONCEPT OF OBSESSION 815 00:41:24,084 --> 00:41:25,318 >> WELL, IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT HE OBVIOUSLY WAS OBSESSED 816 00:41:25,318 --> 00:41:26,119 WITH HER IN ALL THROUGHOUT THE TIME I 817 00:41:26,119 --> 00:41:27,187 KNEW ISAAC, HE WOULD GO FROM ONE OBSESSION TO ANOTHER 818 00:41:27,187 --> 00:41:28,988 >> Reporter: SO THIS WAS NOT UNUSUAL? 819 00:41:28,988 --> 00:41:36,863 >> THIS WAS NOT UNUSUAL. BUT THIS WAS A -- THIS WAS A 820 00:41:36,863 --> 00:41:37,897 WHOLE NEW LEVEL. >> Reporter: AND THE MORAL 821 00:41:37,897 --> 00:41:42,102 MACHINERY GOT TOGGLED OFF? >> YEAH. 822 00:41:42,102 --> 00:41:43,203 SOMEHOW HIS BRAIN GOT SHORT CIRCUITED IN A BIG WAY 823 00:41:43,203 --> 00:41:46,806 >> Reporter: IS HE TELLING YOU THE STORY IN LAYERS? 824 00:41:46,806 --> 00:41:48,475 >> IT WAS LAYERS I HAD TO PULL A LOT OF THIS OUT 825 00:41:48,475 --> 00:41:52,545 OF HIM >> Reporter: SITTING IN LOUIE'S 826 00:41:52,545 --> 00:41:55,782 BACKYARD, ISAAC CONFESSED TO MURDERING MILTON SAWYER. 827 00:41:55,782 --> 00:41:57,784 HOW DOES HE SAY IT >> "I MURDERED A GUY." 828 00:41:57,784 --> 00:42:08,762 AND OF COURSE I'M ASKING QUESTIONS I NEVER THOUGHT I 829 00:42:08,762 --> 00:42:09,829 WOULD ASK OF A YOUNG MAN YOU KNOW, "HOW DID YOU KILL 830 00:42:09,829 --> 00:42:10,930 HIM? >> Reporter: DOES HE GIVE YOU 831 00:42:10,930 --> 00:42:12,499 ANY DETAILS ABOUT HOW HE DID IT, THE MECHANICS OF THE KILLING 832 00:42:12,499 --> 00:42:13,566 >> YEAH. HE WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC IN WHAT 833 00:42:13,566 --> 00:42:14,734 HAPPENED, AND I WAS STUNNED. >> Reporter: HE'D BROKEN INTO 834 00:42:14,734 --> 00:42:17,671 THIS HOUSE >> YEAH. 835 00:42:17,671 --> 00:42:20,306 AND, UM, HE ESSENTIALLY STRANGLED HIM. 836 00:42:20,306 --> 00:42:22,409 >> Reporter: PUTTING THIS GUY INTO A CHOKEHOLD 837 00:42:22,409 --> 00:42:26,613 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN 838 00:42:26,613 --> 00:42:29,215 REALLY HARD TO HEAR. >> IT WAS. 839 00:42:29,215 --> 00:42:32,352 >> Reporter: LOUIE WAS BESIDE HIMSELF WITH DISBELIEF 840 00:42:32,352 --> 00:42:37,090 >> THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS HOW FAR AWAY FROM GOD HE 841 00:42:37,090 --> 00:42:39,693 WAS TO BE ABLE TO CHOKE THE LIFE OUT OF A GUY 842 00:42:39,693 --> 00:42:42,095 >> Reporter: HERE'S YOUR SUCCESSFUL PROTEGE - 843 00:42:42,095 --> 00:42:43,430 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: -- FROM THE YOUTH 844 00:42:43,430 --> 00:42:47,000 GROUP, TELLING YOU THE MOST AWFUL STORY. 845 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,704 >> HE JUST COME AND HE JUST DUMPED A LOAD. 846 00:42:50,704 --> 00:42:52,772 >> Reporter: LOUIE, IF HE STARTS OFF BROKEN THE FIRST TIME, 847 00:42:52,772 --> 00:42:57,477 YOU'RE SEEING HIM AND THEN THE STORY GETS WORSE 848 00:42:57,477 --> 00:43:00,113 WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN HIM >> HE'S MORE AND MORE BROKEN 849 00:43:00,113 --> 00:43:02,215 >> Reporter: AND WHAT WAS YOUR ADVICE TO HIM? 850 00:43:02,215 --> 00:43:05,352 >> "ISAAC, YOU NEED TO TURN YOURSELF IN. 851 00:43:05,352 --> 00:43:08,488 YOU MADE A HELL OF A MISTAKE THERE'S GOING TO BE 852 00:43:08,488 --> 00:43:09,522 CONSEQUENCES, BUT YOU GOT TO MAN UP." 853 00:43:09,522 --> 00:43:11,624 >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE NOT SUGARCOATING IT? 854 00:43:11,624 --> 00:43:14,260 >> I DIDN'T TRY TO >> Reporter: BUT ISAAC SAID HE 855 00:43:14,260 --> 00:43:16,329 WASN'T GOING TO TURN HIMSELF IN. HE WAS IN DENIAL 856 00:43:16,329 --> 00:43:20,066 OR WHAT DO YOU THINK >> YEAH, PROBABLY. 857 00:43:20,066 --> 00:43:22,102 >> Reporter: AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, ISAAC LEFT AND RETURNED TO 858 00:43:22,102 --> 00:43:25,772 NORTH CAROLINA, LEAVING LOUIE TO SHARE THE WHOLE HORRIFIC STORY 859 00:43:25,772 --> 00:43:29,976 WITH HIS WIFE LORI >> I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED. 860 00:43:29,976 --> 00:43:32,612 IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE LAST THING THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER 861 00:43:32,612 --> 00:43:37,317 HEAR IT WASN'T WHO WE KNEW HIM TO BE. 862 00:43:37,317 --> 00:43:42,122 >> Reporter: LOUIE CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE REALLY 863 00:43:42,122 --> 00:43:43,590 HAD BEEN A MURDER IN ELIZABETH CITY 864 00:43:43,590 --> 00:43:47,794 THE AWFULNESS OF THE REVELATION BOILED AWAY INSIDE HIM 865 00:43:47,794 --> 00:43:49,729 >> HE DIDN'T SLEEP MUCH. HE WAS HAVING NIGHTMARES 866 00:43:49,729 --> 00:43:51,998 SO I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT 867 00:43:51,998 --> 00:43:54,601 I KNEW THE TRAUMA HAD REALLY AFFECTED HIM 868 00:43:54,601 --> 00:43:58,805 WHAT HAD HE PUT ON YOUR SHOULDERS, LOUIE 869 00:43:58,805 --> 00:44:02,475 >> HE PUT ON ME THE BIGGEST DOUBLE BIND I'VE EVER BEEN IN. 870 00:44:02,475 --> 00:44:06,646 >> Reporter: HOW SO? >> WAS DAMNED IF I DO AND DAMNED 871 00:44:06,646 --> 00:44:09,382 IF I DON'T IF I GO TO THE POLICE, I'M GOING 872 00:44:09,382 --> 00:44:13,053 TO HURT THE KID I LIKE AND I'VE GROWN TO LOVE. 873 00:44:13,053 --> 00:44:14,454 IF I KEEP THIS IN ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD DO. 874 00:44:14,454 --> 00:44:16,623 >> Reporter: WHAT IT WOULD DO TO YOU, HUH 875 00:44:16,623 --> 00:44:20,927 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD DO TO ME AND MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY. 876 00:44:20,927 --> 00:44:22,529 >> HE HAD SUCH A WEIGHT ON HIS SHOULDERS. 877 00:44:22,529 --> 00:44:27,600 I DIDN'T WANNA TELL HIM WHAT TO DO 878 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,537 IT WAS VERY HARD TO SEE HIM STRUGGLE LIKE HE WAS 879 00:44:30,537 --> 00:44:36,076 >> Reporter: LOUIE HAD A DECISION TO MAKE, MAYBE THE 880 00:44:36,076 --> 00:44:38,645 BIGGEST OF HIS LIFE. >> I KNEW IT HAD TO BE HIS 881 00:44:38,645 --> 00:44:40,313 DECISION BECAUSE HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT DECISION. 882 00:44:40,313 --> 00:44:41,448 >> Reporter: AND I JUST REMEMBERED TAKING A DEEP BREATH 883 00:44:41,448 --> 00:44:45,985 AND SAYING, "LORD, HELP ME WITH THIS." 884 00:44:45,985 --> 00:44:50,156 >> Reporter: AS LOUIE WRESTLED WITH HIS CONSCIENCE, HE HAD NO 885 00:44:50,156 --> 00:44:52,292 IDEA WHERE HIS ACTIONS MIGHT LEAD BECAUSE SO MUCH OF ISAAC'S 886 00:44:52,292 --> 00:44:56,730 STORY WAS YET TO COME OUT. THERE WAS MORE 887 00:44:56,730 --> 00:44:59,099 OH, YES. >>> COMING UP -- 888 00:44:59,099 --> 00:45:02,702 LOUIE WAS IN FOR ANOTHER STUNNING CONVERSATION: 889 00:45:02,702 --> 00:45:06,940 HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE KEEPING ISAAC'S SECRET 890 00:45:06,940 --> 00:45:10,076 >> ISAAC CALLED ME THE DAY THAT IT HAPPENED TO TELL ME THAT IT 891 00:45:10,076 --> 00:45:11,778 HAD HAPPENED >> Reporter: THIS IS HIS WIFE. 892 00:45:11,778 --> 00:45:15,515 AND SHE IS LISTENING TO HIM TALK ABOUT A MURDER 893 00:45:15,515 --> 00:45:15,782 ABOUT A MURDER >> YES, SIR. 894 00:45:32,699 --> 00:45:36,803 CONFESSED TO HIS FORMER YOUTH PASTOR LOUIE KAZEMIER THAT HE 895 00:45:36,803 --> 00:45:44,678 HAD MURDERED MILTON SAWYER AND HOPED LOUIE WOULD KEEP HIS 896 00:45:44,678 --> 00:45:46,579 CONFESSION CONFIDENTIAL. NOW LOUIE HAD TO DECIDE. 897 00:45:46,579 --> 00:45:47,847 SHOULD HE KEEP THAT DARK SECRET, OR SHOULD HE TURN IN THE MAN HE 898 00:45:47,847 --> 00:45:48,915 REGARDED ALMOST AS A SON SO HOW DO YOU WORK YOUR WAY 899 00:45:48,915 --> 00:45:49,849 THROUGH THIS IT'S GOT TO BE A HUGE CRISIS OF 900 00:45:49,849 --> 00:45:54,120 CONSCIENCE FOR YOU >> YEAH. 901 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:57,257 >> Reporter: AFTER HE SPOKE WITH HIS OWN PASTOR, LOUIE WAS NO 902 00:45:57,257 --> 00:46:00,894 NEARER TO A DECISION SO HE ASKED A CLOSE FRIEND FOR 903 00:46:00,894 --> 00:46:03,530 GUIDANCE >> AND HE DIDN'T PULL ANY 904 00:46:03,530 --> 00:46:06,132 PUNCHES. IT WAS JUST, "THIS IS WHAT YOU 905 00:46:06,132 --> 00:46:10,437 NEED TO DO." >> Reporter: BUT HE CONTINUED TO 906 00:46:10,437 --> 00:46:13,440 STRUGGLE LOUIE, BETRAYAL, IS THAT 907 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,041 SOMETHING YOU WORRIED ABOUT? >> I DID 908 00:46:15,041 --> 00:46:18,712 WE KNOW CHRIST WAS BETRAYED, YOU KNOW, BY JUDAS 909 00:46:18,712 --> 00:46:20,680 BUT I KNEW I HAD TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 910 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,916 >> Reporter: AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT 911 00:46:22,916 --> 00:46:26,586 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR OWN CATEGORY OF SIN? 912 00:46:26,586 --> 00:46:28,355 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: BUT LOUIE ALSO KNEW 913 00:46:28,355 --> 00:46:29,456 NORTH CAROLINA WAS A DEATH PENALTY STATE, AND THE BIBLE 914 00:46:29,456 --> 00:46:38,631 INSTRUCTS, "THOU SHALT NOT KILL." 915 00:46:38,631 --> 00:46:40,166 SO WOULD CALLING TO TURN ISAAC IN BE AN EVEN WORSE SIN? 916 00:46:40,166 --> 00:46:42,268 >> I JUST REMEMBER THINKING THIS COULD KILL ISAAC 917 00:46:42,268 --> 00:46:47,507 >> Reporter: IF I PUNCH IN THIS NUMBER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, 918 00:46:47,507 --> 00:46:51,177 I MAY BE KILLING ISAAC >> I MAY BE. 919 00:46:51,177 --> 00:46:52,412 >> Reporter: THREE DAYS AFTER ISAAC MADE HIS CONFESSION, LOUIE 920 00:46:52,412 --> 00:46:53,446 MADE HIS DECISION. HE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND 921 00:46:53,446 --> 00:46:54,381 CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN ELIZABETH CITY 922 00:46:54,381 --> 00:46:57,083 IT WAS A CALL INVESTIGATORS NEVER IMAGINED THEY WOULD GET, 923 00:46:57,083 --> 00:47:03,223 BUT ONE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE WHOLE CASE. 924 00:47:03,223 --> 00:47:05,859 >> IT'S A REALLY SHORT PHONE CALL 925 00:47:05,859 --> 00:47:07,027 HE'S VERY HESITANT TO TALK HE KIND OF GIVES US HIS OWN KIND 926 00:47:07,027 --> 00:47:09,029 OF BRIEF RUNDOWN THAT ISAAC CAME TO VISIT HIM AND BASICALLY 927 00:47:09,029 --> 00:47:11,097 CONFESSED TO MURDER TO HIM >> Reporter: "THIS GUY THAT 928 00:47:11,097 --> 00:47:13,733 YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, I KNEW AS A BOY. 929 00:47:13,733 --> 00:47:15,368 HE CONFESSED TO ME." AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO 930 00:47:15,368 --> 00:47:22,609 DO SOMETHING WITH IT, MAYBE A WHOLE LOT. 931 00:47:22,609 --> 00:47:24,144 >> WE ENDED UP BOOKING A FLIGHT AND FLEW OUT TO OREGON TO SEE 932 00:47:24,144 --> 00:47:25,245 LOUIE THE NEXT DAY >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATORS 933 00:47:25,245 --> 00:47:27,414 MADE UP A STORY ABOUT HAVING TO LEAVE TOWN, NOT WANTING TO TIP 934 00:47:27,414 --> 00:47:28,915 THEIR HAND ABOUT A POSSIBLE BREAK IN THE CASE. 935 00:47:28,915 --> 00:47:31,518 ARE THE POLICE SHARING ANYTHING WITH YOU 936 00:47:31,518 --> 00:47:34,154 >> WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THEY COULDN'T 937 00:47:34,154 --> 00:47:36,790 DIVULGE TO US. SO THE POLICE DID NOT LET US 938 00:47:36,790 --> 00:47:42,529 KNOW ABOUT LOUIE OR GOING TO OREGON 939 00:47:42,529 --> 00:47:44,631 >> Reporter: BUT HERE, 3,000 MILES AWAY FROM 940 00:47:44,631 --> 00:47:46,733 ELIZABETH CITY, THE INVESTIGATORS WERE ON THEIR WAY 941 00:47:46,733 --> 00:47:50,403 TO LOUIE'S FARM HOPING TO SOLVE THE MURDER OF MILTON SAWYER. 942 00:47:50,403 --> 00:47:53,540 >> SO WE PULL UP TO THE DAIRY. YOU KNOW, IT'S WEIRD 943 00:47:53,540 --> 00:47:54,741 I THINK OUR NERVES ARE KIND OF WORKED UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE 944 00:47:54,741 --> 00:47:56,142 WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE COMING TO GET. 945 00:47:56,142 --> 00:47:58,244 WE'VE NEVER SEEN LOUIE IN PERSON YET. 946 00:47:58,244 --> 00:47:59,212 >> Reporter: YOU'RE NOT IN UNIFORM OR ANYTHING? 947 00:47:59,212 --> 00:48:02,215 >> NO, SIR JUST PLAIN CLOTHES 948 00:48:02,215 --> 00:48:03,516 AND, YOU KNOW, HE PROCEEDS TO TELL US THE STORY OF ISAAC 949 00:48:03,516 --> 00:48:07,153 COMING TO VISIT HIM IN HIS HOUSE. 950 00:48:07,153 --> 00:48:10,423 >> Reporter: THE STORY LOUIE TOLD THEM WAS ALL WELL AND GOOD. 951 00:48:10,423 --> 00:48:12,459 BUT TO MAKE A STRONG CASE EVEN STRONGER, THEY NEEDED DIRECT 952 00:48:12,459 --> 00:48:14,494 EVIDENCE OF ISAAC TALKING ABOUT THE MURDER 953 00:48:14,494 --> 00:48:18,665 SO THE INVESTIGATORS WENT ONE STEP FURTHER 954 00:48:18,665 --> 00:48:22,869 THEY ASKED LOUIE IN EFFECT TO WEAR A WIRE, TO MAKE A CALL TO 955 00:48:22,869 --> 00:48:25,505 ISAAC IN ELIZABETH CITY, ONE THEY COULD RECORD AND USE 956 00:48:25,505 --> 00:48:31,277 AGAINST HIM. >> WHEN DETECTIVE AARON ASKED ME 957 00:48:31,277 --> 00:48:35,448 TO MAKE THE PHONE CALL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO PUNCH HIM OR 958 00:48:35,448 --> 00:48:36,616 TURN AROUND AND WALK AWAY BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I HAD GIVEN 959 00:48:36,616 --> 00:48:40,687 THEM EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO GIVE THEM 960 00:48:40,687 --> 00:48:42,389 >> Reporter: WERE YOU THINKING, "WE'RE DONE HERE, FELLOWS -- 961 00:48:42,389 --> 00:48:43,857 THAT'S AS MUCH AS I CAN GIVE YA"? 962 00:48:43,857 --> 00:48:44,958 >> I'M DONE. THEY WANTED ME TO GET ISAAC ON 963 00:48:44,958 --> 00:48:48,061 THE PHONE. THEY WANTED TO RECORD IT 964 00:48:48,061 --> 00:48:51,698 I FELT LIKE THAT HAD PUSHED IT TOO FAR. 965 00:48:51,698 --> 00:48:54,134 >> Reporter: BUT THE INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO 966 00:48:54,134 --> 00:48:56,403 CONVINCE LOUIE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THEY WERE ASKING HIM TO 967 00:48:56,403 --> 00:48:58,471 DO MILTON'S FAMILY DESERVED 968 00:48:58,471 --> 00:49:02,676 JUSTICE, THEY TOLD HIM AND LOUIE RELENTED 969 00:49:02,676 --> 00:49:04,010 HE'S NOT ONLY SPILLED THE BEANS THAT THIS GUY'S CONFESSED TO ME. 970 00:49:04,010 --> 00:49:05,311 HE'S NOW GOING TO GO - >> YES 971 00:49:05,311 --> 00:49:06,346 >> Reporter: -- TO THE NEXT STEP AND HELP - 972 00:49:06,346 --> 00:49:07,514 >> YES >> Reporter: -- BRING ABOUT HIS 973 00:49:07,514 --> 00:49:09,015 ARREST >> YES 974 00:49:09,015 --> 00:49:12,118 >> Reporter: WHAT'S THE NARROW GOAL OF RECORDING ISAAC ON THE 975 00:49:12,118 --> 00:49:14,254 PHONE? >> OBVIOUSLY WE WANT -- WE WANT 976 00:49:14,254 --> 00:49:16,423 ISAAC TO INCRIMINATE HIMSELF >> Reporter: WITH INVESTIGATORS 977 00:49:16,423 --> 00:49:20,026 SITTING BESIDE HIM, LOUIE DIALED ISAAC. 978 00:49:20,026 --> 00:49:22,595 >> I HAD THIS PHONE NUMBER ON MY PHONE, AND I JUST PUT MY PHONE 979 00:49:22,595 --> 00:49:24,664 ON SPEAKER AND SET IT DOWN >> Reporter: AND THEY SAT THERE? 980 00:49:24,664 --> 00:49:26,800 >> THEY SAT AND LISTENED >> HAVE THE POLICE BEEN BACK 981 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,603 HAVE THEY DONE ANY MORE INVESTIGATING? 982 00:49:30,603 --> 00:49:31,705 >> I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU I'M NOT ENTIRELY COMFORTABLE 983 00:49:31,705 --> 00:49:36,042 SPEAKING ABOUT THAT OVER THE PHONE. 984 00:49:36,042 --> 00:49:37,777 >> ISAAC MELCHER WAS SMARTER THAN MOST AVERAGE PEOPLE 985 00:49:37,777 --> 00:49:41,448 HE DID NOT WANT TO TALK ON THE REGULAR LINE 986 00:49:41,448 --> 00:49:45,118 I THINK HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IT MAY BE TAPPED. 987 00:49:45,118 --> 00:49:50,357 >> Reporter: ISAAC TOLD LOUIE HE WOULD SPEAK ONLY ON A SECURE 988 00:49:50,357 --> 00:49:55,261 PHONE LINE OVER THE ENCRYPTED SMARTPHONE APP CALLED SIGNAL 989 00:49:55,261 --> 00:49:57,163 >> SO HE SENT ME THROUGH TEXT MESSAGE AN APP THAT I PUT ON MY 990 00:49:57,163 --> 00:50:01,868 PHONE. AND THEN HE FELT COMFORTABLE 991 00:50:01,868 --> 00:50:06,039 ENOUGH TO TALK >> IT -- IT IS SECURE. 992 00:50:06,039 --> 00:50:09,709 IT CANNOT BE ACCESSED FROM THE OUTSIDE. 993 00:50:09,709 --> 00:50:11,878 >> Reporter: BUT IF ISAAC THOUGHT HE HAD OUTSMARTED THE 994 00:50:11,878 --> 00:50:15,482 POLICE BY SPEAKING WITH LOUIE VIA AN ENCRYPTED APP, HE WAS 995 00:50:15,482 --> 00:50:17,317 WRONG. THE NORTH CAROLINA INVESTIGATORS 996 00:50:17,317 --> 00:50:19,753 SIMPLY PLACED THEIR VOICE RECORDER NEXT TO LOUIE'S PHONE 997 00:50:19,753 --> 00:50:22,822 THAT WAS ON SPEAKER AND HIT RECORD 998 00:50:22,822 --> 00:50:26,459 IT'S KIND OF LOW TECH. >> YEAH. 999 00:50:26,459 --> 00:50:29,629 THAT'S HOW WE ROLL HERE. WE'RE GOOD AT DOING A LOT WITH A 1000 00:50:29,629 --> 00:50:31,197 LITTLE >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE HEARING 1001 00:50:31,197 --> 00:50:34,401 THE CONVERSATION REAL TIME >> YES, SIR. 1002 00:50:34,401 --> 00:50:36,436 >> Reporter: BUT WOULD ISAAC REPEAT THE SAME STORY HE'D 1003 00:50:36,436 --> 00:50:38,505 ALREADY TOLD LOUIE >> HEY, LOUIE, HOW ARE YOU 1004 00:50:38,505 --> 00:50:41,141 DOING? >> GOOD, ISAAC 1005 00:50:41,141 --> 00:50:44,811 HOW ARE YOU? >> Reporter: LOUIE AND THE 1006 00:50:44,811 --> 00:50:47,447 INVESTIGATORS LISTENING IN WERE STUNNED WHEN THEY HEARD ANOTHER 1007 00:50:47,447 --> 00:50:49,516 VOICE ON THE LINE. IT WAS ISAAC'S WIFE, DARLENE 1008 00:50:49,516 --> 00:50:53,720 >> HI, LOUIE >> HI, DARLENE 1009 00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:55,822 HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I'M WELL. 1010 00:50:55,822 --> 00:50:58,758 WE GOT TO CELEBRATE OUR SON'S BIRTHDAY, SO I'M VERY THANKFUL 1011 00:50:58,758 --> 00:51:01,628 >> Reporter: WHAT WAS GOING ON DARLENE SOUNDED PERFECTLY 1012 00:51:01,628 --> 00:51:04,764 NORMAL WITH HIS WIFE ON THE LINE, 1013 00:51:04,764 --> 00:51:10,070 SURELY ISAAC WASN'T GOING TO CONFESS TO KILLING SOMEONE 1014 00:51:10,070 --> 00:51:12,972 AS THE CONVERSATION GOT GOING, LOUIE STEERED ISAAC INTO TALKING 1015 00:51:12,972 --> 00:51:14,140 ABOUT THE MURDER HE SAID HE'D CARRIED OUT TO PROTECT ANGEL 1016 00:51:14,140 --> 00:51:17,310 WHY, HE ASKED, DIDN'T ANGEL JUST DIVORCE MILTON 1017 00:51:17,310 --> 00:51:20,980 >> THE PLAN WAS FOR HER TO LEAVE HIM. 1018 00:51:20,980 --> 00:51:28,321 >> OKAY. >> AND SOMETHING CHANGED 1019 00:51:28,321 --> 00:51:31,991 SHE DID NOT THINK THAT HE WOULD LET HER GO OR THAT HE WOULD 1020 00:51:31,991 --> 00:51:36,196 PROBABLY KILL HER IF SHE TRIED TO LEAVE HIM 1021 00:51:36,196 --> 00:51:37,797 >> Reporter: ISAAC SAID AS HE PREPARED TO KILL MILTON, HE 1022 00:51:37,797 --> 00:51:41,434 RELIED ON THE DARKEST OF FORCES IN HIS UNDERSTANDING 1023 00:51:41,434 --> 00:51:50,844 >> I REACHED THE PLACE WHERE I ASKED THE DEVIL TO HELP ME - 1024 00:51:50,844 --> 00:51:56,583 >> YEAH. >> BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I HAD TO 1025 00:51:56,583 --> 00:51:57,650 SO FULLY TURN MY BACK ON GOD TO DO THIS. 1026 00:51:57,650 --> 00:52:03,156 >> Reporter: WITH ISAAC'S WIFE DARLENE STILL ON THE CALL, LOUIE 1027 00:52:03,156 --> 00:52:04,958 POKED ABOUT FOR WHAT SHE KNEW. THIS IS HIS WIFE 1028 00:52:04,958 --> 00:52:08,128 AND SHE IS LISTENING TO HIM TALK ABOUT A MURDER HE PULLED OFF 1029 00:52:08,128 --> 00:52:10,463 >> YES, SIR. AND SHE IS ODDLY VERY SUPPORTIVE 1030 00:52:10,463 --> 00:52:10,730 OF HIM 1031 00:52:10,730 --> 00:52:14,668 >> ISAAC CALLED ME THE DAY THAT IT HAPPENED TO TELL ME THAT IT 1032 00:52:14,668 --> 00:52:17,804 HAD HAPPENED >> NOW, WHEN YOU SAY WHAT -- 1033 00:52:17,804 --> 00:52:20,440 WHEN IT HAD HAPPENED - >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MURDER. 1034 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:26,680 >> Reporter: "THE MURDER," SHE SAID 1035 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:27,914 AND ISAAC SEEMED TO CONFIRM HIS INVOLVEMENT, ADDING HE DIDN'T 1036 00:52:27,914 --> 00:52:29,082 STAND A CHANCE WITH THE AUTHORITIES IF HE TURNED HIMSELF 1037 00:52:29,082 --> 00:52:38,892 IN >> BECAUSE THERE IS 1038 00:52:38,892 --> 00:52:40,160 PREMEDITATION AND I WILL EITHER BE ALIVE AND IN PRISON OR I WILL 1039 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,463 GET THE DEATH PENALTY. WHAT I DID WAS A HORRIBLE THING. 1040 00:52:43,463 --> 00:52:47,100 I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T EVEN DO IT JUSTICE. 1041 00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:52,872 >> Reporter: THERE IT WAS -- AN ADMISSION OF GUILT 1042 00:52:52,872 --> 00:52:54,507 >> HE GIVES HIMSELF UP PRETTY EARLY ON AND GOES THROUGH THE 1043 00:52:54,507 --> 00:52:56,643 MOTIVATION BEHIND IT >> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE ENOUGH 1044 00:52:56,643 --> 00:52:58,645 TO GET ARREST WARRANT AT THAT POINT? 1045 00:52:58,645 --> 00:53:03,350 >> WE DID. WE STILL HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS 1046 00:53:03,350 --> 00:53:08,054 WE WANTED TO BUTTON UP >> Reporter: BUTTON UP BECAUSE 1047 00:53:08,054 --> 00:53:10,056 DARLENE SAID SOMETHING ELSE ON THE CALL THAT PIQUED THE 1048 00:53:10,056 --> 00:53:13,860 INVESTIGATORS' INTEREST. SHE MENTIONED AN AFFAIR. 1049 00:53:13,860 --> 00:53:18,832 >>> COMING UP -- >> IT REACHED WAY WAY BEYOND, 1050 00:53:18,832 --> 00:53:21,701 YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY I WAS JUST HAVING SEX WITH. 1051 00:53:21,701 --> 00:53:25,905 >> ISAAC'S AFFAIR. ANOTHER SECRET HE WAS KEEPING 1052 00:53:25,905 --> 00:53:28,441 FROM EVERYONE. WELL, ALMOST EVERYONE. 1053 00:53:28,441 --> 00:53:53,433 >> I FORGIVE YOU AND I AM GOING TO BE WITH YOU 1054 00:53:53,433 --> 00:53:55,001 >>> IF BY SOME CHANCE I WERE NOT ARRESTED - 1055 00:53:55,001 --> 00:53:57,103 >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS WERE RECORDING A PHONE CALL BETWEEN 1056 00:53:57,103 --> 00:54:00,240 ISAAC MELCHER AND HIS WIFE, DARLENE, IN ELIZABETH CITY, 1057 00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:07,580 NORTH CAROLINA, AND FORMER YOUTH PASTOR, LOUIE KAZEMIER IN 1058 00:54:07,580 --> 00:54:12,886 OREGON ON THE CALL, ISAAC HAD ALREADY 1059 00:54:12,886 --> 00:54:14,054 CONFESSED TO MURDERING MILTON SAWYER, EVIDENCE 1060 00:54:14,054 --> 00:54:14,921 INVESTIGATORS COULD USE TO CHARGE HIM 1061 00:54:14,921 --> 00:54:16,156 BUT AS THE CALL CONTINUED, IT WAS CLEAR THERE WAS MORE TO THE 1062 00:54:16,156 --> 00:54:17,090 STORY. ISAAC'S WIFE DARLENE MENTIONED 1063 00:54:17,090 --> 00:54:21,294 AN AFFAIR. >> THE AFFAIR, I DID NOT KNOW 1064 00:54:21,294 --> 00:54:24,364 ABOUT IT AT ALL UNTIL THE NIGHT HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT. 1065 00:54:24,364 --> 00:54:28,068 >> Reporter: SURE, ISAAC WAS OBSESSED WITH ANGEL. 1066 00:54:28,068 --> 00:54:31,671 BUT IT WASN'T ONE-SIDED. HE AND ANGEL WERE BOTH INVOLVED 1067 00:54:31,671 --> 00:54:36,409 IN A FULL-BLOWN AFFAIR HE TOLD THE STORY. 1068 00:54:36,409 --> 00:54:41,114 >> I'VE KNOWN ANGEL NOW FOR NOT QUITE A YEAR 1069 00:54:41,114 --> 00:54:45,318 BUT IT REACHED A PLACE WITH ANGEL THAT IT MOVED WAY, WAY, 1070 00:54:45,318 --> 00:54:48,455 WAY BEYOND, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMEBODY THAT I WAS HAVING SEX 1071 00:54:48,455 --> 00:54:51,091 WITH >> Reporter: SO MILTON HAD BEEN 1072 00:54:51,091 --> 00:54:54,294 RIGHT ALL ALONG TO HAVE BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF ANGEL AND ISAAC. 1073 00:54:54,294 --> 00:55:00,033 THEN THE STORY TOOK ANOTHER BIZARRE TURN 1074 00:55:00,033 --> 00:55:05,939 WITH HIS WIFE, DARLENE, ON THE CALL, ISAAC REVEALED HE AND 1075 00:55:05,939 --> 00:55:08,108 ANGEL HAD BIGGER PLANS >> IF SOMEHOW I DON'T GET 1076 00:55:08,108 --> 00:55:11,478 ARRESTED, THERE IS STILL A DESIRE IN MY HEART TO BE WITH 1077 00:55:11,478 --> 00:55:15,815 ANGEL. AND AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, DARLENE IS 1078 00:55:15,815 --> 00:55:18,818 STILL WILLING TO WALK THROUGH THIS WITH ME 1079 00:55:18,818 --> 00:55:19,953 >> IT'S VERY CLEAR, FROM THE BEGINNING, HE'S IN LOVE WITH 1080 00:55:19,953 --> 00:55:23,556 HER. HE IS TRYING TO RUN AWAY WITH 1081 00:55:23,556 --> 00:55:24,724 HER. >> Reporter: THAT'S NOT EVEN THE 1082 00:55:24,724 --> 00:55:26,693 STRANGEST PART OF IT, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, HE SEEMS TO BE 1083 00:55:26,693 --> 00:55:28,928 SAYING, "I REALLY WANT TO BE WITH ANGEL STILL. 1084 00:55:28,928 --> 00:55:31,398 AND DARLENE, MY WIFE, YOU'RE AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THIS PLAN IN 1085 00:55:31,398 --> 00:55:35,101 MY LIFE. >> IT'S DEFINITELY VERY BIZARRE 1086 00:55:35,101 --> 00:55:38,204 FOR A GENTLEMAN TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LOVE HE WANTS TO BE 1087 00:55:38,204 --> 00:55:43,476 WITH, WHILE SITTING NEXT TO HIS CURRENT WIFE 1088 00:55:43,476 --> 00:55:46,079 >> Reporter: BUT DARLENE SEEMED STRANGELY MAGNANIMOUS. 1089 00:55:46,079 --> 00:55:48,181 >> I -- I FORGIVE YOU, AND I HAVE COMPASSION ON YOU 1090 00:55:48,181 --> 00:55:50,817 AND I AM GOING TO BE WITH YOU AS HARD AS IT IS. 1091 00:55:50,817 --> 00:55:53,420 >> Reporter: LOUIE NOTED HIS OWN WIFE WOULD NOT BE SO 1092 00:55:53,420 --> 00:55:56,089 UNDERSTANDING. >> YOU'RE A BIGGER LADY THAN 1093 00:55:56,089 --> 00:55:58,658 LORI IS, THAT'S FOR SURE >> Reporter: DARLENE IS 1094 00:55:58,658 --> 00:56:02,862 PARTICIPATING IN THE CALL. SHE'S HEARING IT 1095 00:56:02,862 --> 00:56:05,031 >> AND IT WAS ABSURD >> Reporter: AND IT SEEMED 1096 00:56:05,031 --> 00:56:07,334 DARLENE'S LOYALTY TO HER HUSBAND HAD ALREADY BEEN TESTED. 1097 00:56:07,334 --> 00:56:11,237 >> THE POLICE CAME TO QUESTION ME WHILE ISAAC WAS OUT OF TOWN, 1098 00:56:11,237 --> 00:56:15,442 AND I JUST TOLD THEM THAT I CAN'T BE COMPELLED TO TESTIFY 1099 00:56:15,442 --> 00:56:16,643 ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME IN CONFIDENCE WITH MY 1100 00:56:16,643 --> 00:56:19,079 SPOUSE >> Reporter: AS THE PHONE CALL 1101 00:56:19,079 --> 00:56:23,817 CONTINUED, THE EVIDENCE ONLY SEEMED TO GROW 1102 00:56:23,817 --> 00:56:26,953 IF ISAAC COULD BE BELIEVED, HIS STORY WAS BIGGER THAN AN AFFAIR 1103 00:56:26,953 --> 00:56:31,157 THAT LED TO MURDER ACCORDING TO ISAAC, ANGEL KNEW 1104 00:56:31,157 --> 00:56:34,427 MUCH MORE THAN SHE WAS SAYING. >> THE ONLY REASON THAT SHE HAS 1105 00:56:34,427 --> 00:56:38,498 TO NOT SAY ANYTHING IS BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT SHE 1106 00:56:38,498 --> 00:56:47,907 WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IMPLICATED AND ARRESTED AND GO TO JAIL ALSO 1107 00:56:47,907 --> 00:56:49,175 FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER. >> HE MENTIONS THAT SHE KNEW IT 1108 00:56:49,175 --> 00:56:50,777 WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE DID NOT GIVE ALL THE DETAILS 1109 00:56:50,777 --> 00:56:53,680 AT THAT MOMENT, BUT WE DEFINITELY, AT THIS POINT, KNOW 1110 00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:58,118 THAT SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR, THAT SHE KNEW THAT HE WAS THE 1111 00:56:58,118 --> 00:56:58,952 KILLER >> Reporter: WHAT'S MORE, ISAAC 1112 00:56:58,952 --> 00:57:02,088 SAID HE AND ANGEL WERE STILL IN TOUCH. 1113 00:57:02,088 --> 00:57:05,725 >> HAS ANGEL BEEN QUESTIONED AT ALL? 1114 00:57:05,725 --> 00:57:08,895 >> OH, I'M SURE SHE HAS, YEAH. UM, WHEN I SPOKE WITH HER, SHE 1115 00:57:08,895 --> 00:57:14,634 WAS PRETTY SURE THAT HER PHONE WAS PROBABLY BEING BUGGED. 1116 00:57:14,634 --> 00:57:17,771 >> WOW >> Reporter: BUT HE SAID SHE WAS 1117 00:57:17,771 --> 00:57:21,441 PLAYING DUMB TO INVESTIGATORS. >> SHE IS STICKING TO HER STORY. 1118 00:57:21,441 --> 00:57:24,077 SHE'S DENYING EVERYTHING >> Reporter: AS THE PHONE 1119 00:57:24,077 --> 00:57:25,245 CONVERSATION WOUND DOWN -- >> ALL RIGHT, LOUIE, HAVE A GOOD 1120 00:57:25,245 --> 00:57:26,179 NIGHT. >> GOOD NIGHT. 1121 00:57:26,179 --> 00:57:30,383 >> Reporter: LOUIE WAS SPENT HE'D HELPED INVESTIGATORS NAIL 1122 00:57:30,383 --> 00:57:36,122 THE VERY MAN HE CALLED HIS GREAT PASTORAL SUCCESS STORY, ISAAC. 1123 00:57:36,122 --> 00:57:41,394 >> I REMEMBER WHEN THE DETECTIVES LEFT, I SAT DOWN AND 1124 00:57:41,394 --> 00:57:42,962 CRIED. THOSE WERE TEARS OF, NOT WHAT 1125 00:57:42,962 --> 00:57:45,565 DID I DO, TEARS OF REALIZATION THAT SOMEBODY'S LIFE IS ABOUT TO 1126 00:57:45,565 --> 00:57:48,201 CHANGE BIG TIME. >> Reporter: A LOT OF WHEELS 1127 00:57:48,201 --> 00:57:49,302 STARTED TURNING AND SET IN MOTION BECAUSE YOU MADE THAT 1128 00:57:49,302 --> 00:57:50,804 CALL >> RIGHT 1129 00:57:50,804 --> 00:57:56,076 THERE WAS SOME GUILT AND SHAME ON MY PART, YEAH 1130 00:57:56,076 --> 00:57:57,610 I BEAT MYSELF UP PRETTY GOOD >> Reporter: LOUIE DIDN'T WANT 1131 00:57:57,610 --> 00:57:58,645 ANY FURTHER PART IN THE INVESTIGATION. 1132 00:57:58,645 --> 00:58:03,350 >> I DIDN'T WANT TO GET SUBPOENAED TO COME TO COURT. 1133 00:58:03,350 --> 00:58:06,019 I DID NOT WANT TO FACE ISAAC AND HAVE HIM SAY, "NO, I NEVER SAID 1134 00:58:06,019 --> 00:58:07,554 THAT." AND I HAVE TO LOOK HIM IN THE 1135 00:58:07,554 --> 00:58:12,292 EYE AND SAY, "BUT ISAAC, YOU DID. 1136 00:58:12,292 --> 00:58:14,894 >> Reporter: IF ANY MORE EVIDENCE WERE NEEDED, BY NOW 1137 00:58:14,894 --> 00:58:17,097 INVESTIGATORS HAD CHECKED OUT ISAAC'S ALIBI ABOUT BUYING A NEW 1138 00:58:17,097 --> 00:58:21,701 CELLPHONE AT WALMART THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER. 1139 00:58:21,701 --> 00:58:25,505 SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE AND RECEIPTS SHOWED HE'D BEEN LYING. 1140 00:58:25,505 --> 00:58:28,508 THREE WEEKS AFTER MILTON SAWYER WAS MURDERED, THEY ARRESTED 1141 00:58:28,508 --> 00:58:29,676 ISAAC. >> YOU'RE GONNA BE CHARGED TODAY 1142 00:58:29,676 --> 00:58:32,178 WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER, AND MURDER 1143 00:58:32,178 --> 00:58:35,315 >> Reporter: SO, THE CASE WAS ROCK SOLID AGAINST ISAAC 1144 00:58:35,315 --> 00:58:40,086 >> YES >> HE DID HIMSELF IN 1145 00:58:40,086 --> 00:58:42,155 ANGEL WAS MORE COMPLICATED WHAT WE HAVE IS A WOMAN WHO IS 1146 00:58:42,155 --> 00:58:44,791 LYING TO INVESTIGATORS AND HAVING AN AFFAIR, WHICH DOES NOT 1147 00:58:44,791 --> 00:58:47,727 EQUAL MURDER >> Reporter: MILTON'S FAMILY HAD 1148 00:58:47,727 --> 00:58:50,063 NO IDEA WHAT ISAAC HAD TOLD INVESTIGATORS. 1149 00:58:50,063 --> 00:58:54,734 BUT TO THEM, ANGEL HAD ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OFF 1150 00:58:54,734 --> 00:58:57,871 SURE, SHE'D BEEN A RELIABLE MOM WHO HELPED RAISE SEVEN CHILDREN. 1151 00:58:57,871 --> 00:59:01,007 BUT SHE ALSO SEEMED SO FULL OF HERSELF. 1152 00:59:01,007 --> 00:59:02,208 >> SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON IN THE ROOM 1153 00:59:02,208 --> 00:59:04,644 >> Reporter: SHE WOULD RADIATE THAT OR SAY IT - 1154 00:59:04,644 --> 00:59:07,280 >> OH, SHE WOULD TELL YOU. SHE WOULD SAY SHE IS THE MOST 1155 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:08,448 BEAUTIFUL PERSON >> Reporter: SHE WOULD SAY I'M A 1156 00:59:08,448 --> 00:59:09,716 BABE, EVERYBODY LOVES ME >> OH YES. 1157 00:59:09,716 --> 00:59:10,850 SHE WAS -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO DENY THAT SHE WAS A 1158 00:59:10,850 --> 00:59:14,688 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. >> Reporter: AND THEY REGARDED 1159 00:59:14,688 --> 00:59:17,791 ANGEL AS A BLACK BELT IN MENTAL JIU JITSU. 1160 00:59:17,791 --> 00:59:19,359 SOMEBODY SAID IF SHE GOT IN HER MIND, SHE COULD PUT ONE PERSON 1161 00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:20,393 AGAINST THE OTHER. >> EXACTLY 1162 00:59:20,393 --> 00:59:22,495 >> Reporter: DID YOU GET THAT FEELING TOO? 1163 00:59:22,495 --> 00:59:26,666 THAT SHE MANIPULATED PEOPLE? >> YES, YES. 1164 00:59:26,666 --> 00:59:28,702 >> Reporter: AND WHILE ANGEL AND MILTON APPEARED TO BE A HAPPY 1165 00:59:28,702 --> 00:59:31,905 COUPLE, HIS FAMILY KNEW THE MARRIAGE WAS ROCKY 1166 00:59:31,905 --> 00:59:33,073 ALMOST FROM THE GET-GO, THEY QUESTIONED ANGEL'S STORY ABOUT 1167 00:59:33,073 --> 00:59:35,041 WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER 1168 00:59:35,041 --> 00:59:39,245 >> WE ALL HAD OUR OWN SUSPICIONS 1169 00:59:39,245 --> 00:59:42,382 >> Reporter: AT MILTON'S FUNERAL, NINE DAYS AFTER HIS 1170 00:59:42,382 --> 00:59:46,052 MURDER, HIS FAMILY THOUGHT ANGEL WAS SOMEHOW PLAYING THE PART OF 1171 00:59:46,052 --> 00:59:47,620 THE GRIEVING WIDOW >> SHE WAS WAILING AND CRYING 1172 00:59:47,620 --> 00:59:49,389 THE WHOLE TIME >> SHE AND I HAD WORDS AT THE 1173 00:59:49,389 --> 00:59:53,927 FUNERAL. I HAD SAVED A SEAT FOR MY 1174 00:59:53,927 --> 00:59:56,529 HUSBAND, AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE THAT I HAD SAVED A SEAT, AND 1175 00:59:56,529 --> 00:59:57,731 INFORMED ME THAT THAT WAS WHERE HER SUPPORT SYSTEM WOULD BE 1176 00:59:57,731 --> 00:59:59,666 SITTING, AND THAT I NEEDED TO MOVE 1177 00:59:59,666 --> 01:00:01,334 >> Reporter: LOT OF PEOPLE REMEMBER HER WEEPING AND WAILING 1178 01:00:01,334 --> 01:00:04,404 IN DRAMATIC FASHION. >> NOT UNTIL THE CURTAIN OPENED. 1179 01:00:04,404 --> 01:00:05,438 >> Reporter: IS THAT SHOWTIME? >> SHOWTIME. 1180 01:00:05,438 --> 01:00:08,041 ANGEL TIME SHE WANTED TO BE THE CENTER OF 1181 01:00:08,041 --> 01:00:10,243 ATTENTION. SHE'S LOST THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. 1182 01:00:10,243 --> 01:00:15,382 >> Reporter: NO QUESTION SHE WAS PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR EVERYBODY. 1183 01:00:15,382 --> 01:00:20,086 >> MOST DEFINITELY >> Reporter: ANGEL'S OUTPOURING 1184 01:00:20,086 --> 01:00:21,788 OF EMOTION TURNED UP TO ELEVEN FUELED THE SUSPICIONS HER FAMILY 1185 01:00:21,788 --> 01:00:25,358 HAD ABOUT HER POSSIBLE ROLE IN MILTON'S MURDER. 1186 01:00:25,358 --> 01:00:29,529 YOUR FAMILY BELIEVES, TO A PERSON, I THINK, THAT SHE'S 1187 01:00:29,529 --> 01:00:30,530 INVOLVED IN THIS IN SOME WAY >> IN SOME WAY, YES. 1188 01:00:30,530 --> 01:00:33,867 >> Reporter: NOBODY COULD PUT THE PICTURE TOGETHER EXACTLY 1189 01:00:33,867 --> 01:00:35,802 >> NO. >> Reporter: WITH EVERYTHING 1190 01:00:35,802 --> 01:00:37,003 THEY WERE HEARING FROM MILTON'S FAMILY, AND FROM ISAAC, THE 1191 01:00:37,003 --> 01:00:42,108 INVESTIGATORS WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ANGEL AGAIN 1192 01:00:42,108 --> 01:00:44,711 >>> COMING UP -- >> I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT 1193 01:00:44,711 --> 01:00:46,713 HAPPENED IT WAS A PLAN, AND HE'S ALREADY 1194 01:00:46,713 --> 01:00:49,949 TOLD US IT WAS A PLAN. YOU KNOW HE DID IT 1195 01:00:49,949 --> 01:00:53,086 >> ANGEL, BACK IN THE INTERROGATION ROOM WITH A VERY 1196 01:00:53,086 --> 01:00:54,788 DIFFERENT VERSION OF EVENTS. >> I SAID, I WILL NEVER BE WITH 1197 01:00:54,788 --> 01:00:57,023 YOU. I WILL NEVER BE WITH YOU 1198 01:00:57,023 --> 01:00:59,626 YOU'RE TERRIFYING ME I HATE YOU 1199 01:01:17,410 --> 01:01:18,645 >> Reporter: THREE WEEKS AFTER MILTON SAWYER WAS FOUND DEAD IN 1200 01:01:18,645 --> 01:01:21,848 HIS HOME, ISAAC MELCHER HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH HIS 1201 01:01:21,848 --> 01:01:23,750 MURDER ANGEL HAD NO IDEA, AND SEEMED 1202 01:01:23,750 --> 01:01:27,887 ONLY TOO HAPPY TO SHOW UP AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN 1203 01:01:27,887 --> 01:01:30,523 INVESTIGATORS OFFERED TO UPDATE HER ON HER STOLEN JEWELRY. 1204 01:01:30,523 --> 01:01:33,626 SHE NOT REALIZING THAT WAS ALL A PLOY 1205 01:01:33,626 --> 01:01:35,962 >> ORIGINALLY, I WANTED SOME JEWELRY STUFF I WANTED TO SHOW 1206 01:01:35,962 --> 01:01:39,933 YOU TODAY, AND THEN A TURN OF EVENTS THIS MORNING. 1207 01:01:39,933 --> 01:01:44,104 ISAAC HAS BEEN UNDER ARREST, HE'S COMING IN THIS MORNING. 1208 01:01:44,104 --> 01:01:46,272 >> GOOD. >> SHE SAYS, "GOOD," AND SHE 1209 01:01:46,272 --> 01:01:47,807 JUST KIND OF NODS HER HEAD >> Reporter: GOOD? 1210 01:01:47,807 --> 01:01:48,608 >> GOOD. >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU READ 1211 01:01:48,608 --> 01:01:50,377 THAT >> THAT SHE KNEW 1212 01:01:50,377 --> 01:01:53,513 >> WELL, HE'S SAID A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT YOU. 1213 01:01:53,513 --> 01:01:56,116 >> ABOUT ME? WHAT 1214 01:01:56,116 --> 01:01:57,183 >> WELL THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT 1215 01:01:57,183 --> 01:02:00,687 HE TOLD US STUFF ABOUT THE AFFAIR 1216 01:02:00,687 --> 01:02:02,422 >> I THINK THAT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT IF HE WAS OBSESSED 1217 01:02:02,422 --> 01:02:05,592 WITH HER, IT WAS -- IT WAS RECIPROCATED 1218 01:02:05,592 --> 01:02:07,660 >> OKAY, BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP 1219 01:02:07,660 --> 01:02:09,763 THERE'S MORE -- Y'ALL DID MORE THAN TALK, IT WAS SEXUAL, 1220 01:02:09,763 --> 01:02:13,867 CORRECT? >> THERE WERE TWO TIMES. 1221 01:02:13,867 --> 01:02:19,205 >> THERE WERE TWO TIMES, OKAY. >> WHERE DID THAT HAPPEN 1222 01:02:19,205 --> 01:02:23,943 >> UM, AT THE CLINIC AND BEHIND COA. 1223 01:02:23,943 --> 01:02:29,716 IT WAS ACTUALLY THREE TIMES. THERE WAS A PARKING SPOT ON THE 1224 01:02:29,716 --> 01:02:31,351 HIGHWAY ON 17. >> WHEN YOU WATCH IT AS A BIG 1225 01:02:31,351 --> 01:02:32,719 PICTURE, YOU'VE GOT HER LITERALLY WITH SINCERITY SAYING, 1226 01:02:32,719 --> 01:02:35,455 "I WOULD NEVER CHEAT ON MY HUSBAND. 1227 01:02:35,455 --> 01:02:36,589 AND THEN YOU KNOW A SHORT TIME LATER, "WELL, YEAH, I DID. 1228 01:02:36,589 --> 01:02:41,728 BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES. 1229 01:02:41,728 --> 01:02:44,864 >> Reporter: SHE REPEATED THAT ISAAC WAS OBSESSED WITH HER AND 1230 01:02:44,864 --> 01:02:46,132 CRAZY, LIKE ON THAT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WHEN HE SHOWED UP AT THE 1231 01:02:46,132 --> 01:02:49,602 BEACH. >> THAT'S WHY HE KEPT -- TO 1232 01:02:49,602 --> 01:02:51,838 QUOTE MILTON -- STALKING US, I WAS JUST AS FREAKED OUT AS 1233 01:02:51,838 --> 01:02:53,807 MILTON WAS >> Reporter: SHE INSISTED SHE 1234 01:02:53,807 --> 01:03:00,080 WAS ALWAYS GOING TO STAY WITH MILTON 1235 01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:02,182 >> I SAID, "BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT WOMAN WHO'S DIVORCED 1236 01:03:02,182 --> 01:03:05,318 TWICE. AND THEN HE STARTED MESSAGING 1237 01:03:05,318 --> 01:03:09,055 LIKE, "WELL, WHAT IF HE WERE DEAD 1238 01:03:09,055 --> 01:03:10,056 I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT FOR YOU. 1239 01:03:10,056 --> 01:03:13,693 AND I SAID, "I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT. 1240 01:03:13,693 --> 01:03:14,894 >> BUT MY POINT IS, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED 1241 01:03:14,894 --> 01:03:16,262 YOU WERE THERE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED 1242 01:03:16,262 --> 01:03:19,466 IT WAS A PLAN, AND HE'S ALREADY TOLD US IT WAS A PLAN. 1243 01:03:19,466 --> 01:03:21,134 YOU KNOW HE DID IT, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY TO ME THAT'S 1244 01:03:21,134 --> 01:03:24,704 GONNA MAKE ME BELIEVE ANYTHING ELSE 1245 01:03:24,704 --> 01:03:27,374 >> Reporter: ANGEL PUSHED BACK, CLAIMING SHE HAD NO IDEA THE 1246 01:03:27,374 --> 01:03:31,811 MASKED ASSAILANT DRESSED HEAD-TO-TOE IN BLACK WAS ISAAC 1247 01:03:31,811 --> 01:03:38,852 >> WHEN HE CAME IN, IT DID NOT CLICK WITH ME, HONESTLY, WHO IT 1248 01:03:38,852 --> 01:03:40,954 WAS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO FAST, UNTIL HE WAS ON TOP OF MILTON, 1249 01:03:40,954 --> 01:03:45,125 AND I WAS BEGGING HIM TO PLEASE STOP 1250 01:03:45,125 --> 01:03:46,192 AND I SAID, I WILL NEVER BE WITH YOU. 1251 01:03:46,192 --> 01:03:47,260 I WILL NEVER BE WITH YOU YOU'RE TERRIFYING ME, I HATE 1252 01:03:47,260 --> 01:03:49,329 YOU. >> WELL THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S 1253 01:03:49,329 --> 01:03:52,432 SAYING HE'S SAYING, I'M TELLING YOU, 1254 01:03:52,432 --> 01:03:54,100 THIS WAS ALL PRE-PLANNED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU 1255 01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:56,670 >> AND THEN SHE DOES ACKNOWLEDGE DISCUSSING ISAAC MURDERING HER 1256 01:03:56,670 --> 01:04:00,840 HUSBAND, BUT THAT SHE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN 1257 01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:03,209 >> Reporter: IF IT WAS NOT ALL PRE-PLANNED, THEN WHY DIDN'T 1258 01:04:03,209 --> 01:04:07,113 ANGEL CALL THE POLICE TO REPORT ISAAC MELCHER ONCE SHE REALIZED 1259 01:04:07,113 --> 01:04:09,749 IT WAS HIM AND WHY, THEY ASKED, DID SHE 1260 01:04:09,749 --> 01:04:13,920 MAKE UP A STORY ABOUT A HOME INVASION 1261 01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:17,157 >> HE TOLD ME, "IF YOU DON'T STICK TO THE STORY THAT YOU WERE 1262 01:04:17,157 --> 01:04:21,761 BROKEN IN, I WILL FIND YOU AND I WILL KILL YOU. 1263 01:04:21,761 --> 01:04:22,796 >> WHY DID YOU STEER US AWAY FROM HIM 1264 01:04:22,796 --> 01:04:23,963 WHY DID YOU CLAIM THAT YOU HAD SEEN JEWELRY YOU THOUGHT WAS 1265 01:04:23,963 --> 01:04:25,065 YOURS? >> BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS GONNA 1266 01:04:25,065 --> 01:04:28,568 KILL ME AND MY KIDS IF I DIDN'T. >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATORS 1267 01:04:28,568 --> 01:04:33,273 SAID ANGEL HAD LIED ABOUT THE AFFAIR, LIED ABOUT PLANNING TO 1268 01:04:33,273 --> 01:04:35,909 MURDER MILTON, AND SPRINKLED FALSE LEADS -- SUCH AS POINTING 1269 01:04:35,909 --> 01:04:39,179 THE FINGER AT SKETCHY TREASURE HUNTER CUSTOMERS AS SUSPECTS -- 1270 01:04:39,179 --> 01:04:41,681 LEADS THAT LED AWAY FROM ISAAC MELCHER. 1271 01:04:41,681 --> 01:04:46,152 >> SO WE STARTED TO ASK HER ABOUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION 1272 01:04:46,152 --> 01:04:48,488 AND FALSE LEADS SHE GIVES US AND SHE DOES COME CLEAN TO SOME 1273 01:04:48,488 --> 01:04:51,124 DEGREE >> JUST THE PERCEPTION - 1274 01:04:51,124 --> 01:04:56,329 >> I UNDERSTAND -- >> -- IS THAT YOU'VE LIED TO US 1275 01:04:56,329 --> 01:04:58,598 FROM THE BEGINNING >> I UNDERSTAND. 1276 01:04:58,598 --> 01:04:59,666 >> WHICH YOU HAVE. >> I UNDERSTAND. 1277 01:04:59,666 --> 01:05:03,870 I KNOW >> SO WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU, 1278 01:05:03,870 --> 01:05:07,040 WHO'S -- WHO'S TOLD US AT LEAST TWO OR THREE SETS OF LIES. 1279 01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:10,143 >> I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR NOT BELIEVING ME 1280 01:05:10,143 --> 01:05:11,311 >> EVENTUALLY, WE KIND OF CONFRONTED WITH THE -- YOU KNOW, 1281 01:05:11,311 --> 01:05:14,414 ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT YOU'VE DONE THESE THINGS, 1282 01:05:14,414 --> 01:05:15,582 CREATING THINGS FOR US TO DO THAT YOU KNOW WEREN'T TRUE WAS 1283 01:05:15,582 --> 01:05:18,151 MANIPULATIVE AND SHE SAYS, "YES." 1284 01:05:18,151 --> 01:05:22,188 >> AND I'M SORRY FOR NOT COMING FORWARD. 1285 01:05:22,188 --> 01:05:25,859 I UNDERSTAND HOW IT LOOKS. >> Reporter: BUT IT WAS TOO LATE 1286 01:05:25,859 --> 01:05:27,060 TO BARGAIN >> UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE HAVE A 1287 01:05:27,060 --> 01:05:30,630 WARRANT FOR YOU. >> I UNDERSTAND. 1288 01:05:30,630 --> 01:05:34,234 >> SO UM -- WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SERVE THAT AND FROM NOW FORWARD, 1289 01:05:34,234 --> 01:05:37,370 YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. >> Reporter: ANGEL AND ISAAC 1290 01:05:37,370 --> 01:05:41,708 WERE NOW BOTH UNDER ARREST, BOTH CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE 1291 01:05:41,708 --> 01:05:43,176 MURDER >> I REMEMBER GETTING A CALL 1292 01:05:43,176 --> 01:05:48,882 THAT THEY WERE ARRESTED, AND IT WAS LIKE A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF MY 1293 01:05:48,882 --> 01:05:50,083 SHOULDERS. >> IT'S NOT A HIGH FIVE MOMENT 1294 01:05:50,083 --> 01:05:52,352 BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE -- THE KILLING OF YOUR DAD 1295 01:05:52,352 --> 01:05:57,791 BUT THERE IS SOMETHING OF THAT >> YEAH, THERE'S SOME SORT OF 1296 01:05:57,791 --> 01:06:04,030 SATISFACTION, BUT IN THE END, MY DAD WAS STILL GONE, YES. 1297 01:06:04,030 --> 01:06:06,700 >> Reporter: ANGEL AND ISAAC WERE IN JAIL, AWAITING TRIAL, 1298 01:06:06,700 --> 01:06:07,934 ISAAC HAVING FULLY IMPLICATED HIMSELF ON THE CALLS WITH LOUIE. 1299 01:06:07,934 --> 01:06:11,404 SO ISAAC LEGALLY IS DONE >> HE'S DONE 1300 01:06:11,404 --> 01:06:13,606 >> Reporter: BUT IN ANGEL'S CASE, WHAT ISAAC HAD SAID ABOUT 1301 01:06:13,606 --> 01:06:20,880 HER IN THOSE RECORDED CALLS WITH LOUIE COULD NOT BE USED AGAINST 1302 01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:22,048 HER IN COURT AND ISAAC -- STILL OBSESSED WITH 1303 01:06:22,048 --> 01:06:23,483 ANGEL -- WANTED TO SHIELD HER FROM PROSECUTION 1304 01:06:23,483 --> 01:06:28,188 >> Reporter: YOU'RE THINKING IS HOW DO WE USE THIS GUY ISAAC TO 1305 01:06:28,188 --> 01:06:29,222 GET HER? >> YES 1306 01:06:29,222 --> 01:06:30,357 >> Reporter: TO GET ANGEL, THE PROSECUTOR NEEDED ISAAC'S 1307 01:06:30,357 --> 01:06:31,424 TESTIMONY IN COURT AND THAT MIGHT MEAN MAKING A 1308 01:06:31,424 --> 01:06:33,426 DEAL WITH HIM FOR A LESSER SENTENCE 1309 01:06:33,426 --> 01:06:37,630 SO YOU AS A FAMILY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION 1310 01:06:37,630 --> 01:06:41,301 THE PROSECUTOR SAYS, LOOK, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR JUSTICE 1311 01:06:41,301 --> 01:06:42,936 HERE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GO EASIER ON ISAAC SO WE CAN GET 1312 01:06:42,936 --> 01:06:44,104 HER. >> YES 1313 01:06:44,104 --> 01:06:47,607 >> Reporter: THAT'S A TERRIBLE CHOICE 1314 01:06:47,607 --> 01:06:50,210 >> A VERY VERY HARD CHOICE >> DO WE RISK HER GETTING A SLAP 1315 01:06:50,210 --> 01:06:55,315 ON THE WRIST AND HIM GETTING LIFE, OR DO WE REALLY KIND OF 1316 01:06:55,315 --> 01:06:56,282 TURN THE TABLES? >> Reporter: BUT HE, ISAAC, IS 1317 01:06:56,282 --> 01:06:59,786 THE HANDS-ON KILLER. >> YES 1318 01:06:59,786 --> 01:07:01,721 WE SAT DOWN ALL TOGETHER AND TALKED AS A FAMILY 1319 01:07:01,721 --> 01:07:06,426 WHAT MATTERS MORE AT THE END OF THE DAY TO US? 1320 01:07:06,426 --> 01:07:08,028 AND I MEAN, IT WAS UNANIMOUS EVERYONE KNEW WHAT NEEDED TO BE 1321 01:07:08,028 --> 01:07:13,266 DONE >> Reporter: GO FOR ANGEL. 1322 01:07:13,266 --> 01:07:14,334 >> MM-HMM. >> Reporter: MILTON'S FAMILY 1323 01:07:14,334 --> 01:07:18,038 TOLD THE PROSECUTOR IF SHE HAD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH ISAAC TO GET 1324 01:07:18,038 --> 01:07:20,073 ANGEL, SHE SHOULD DO IT. AS IT HAPPENED, ISAAC AND ANGEL 1325 01:07:20,073 --> 01:07:23,209 WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN JAIL 1326 01:07:23,209 --> 01:07:27,414 BREAKING JAIL RULES, USING A THIRD PARTY TO MERGE THEIR 1327 01:07:27,414 --> 01:07:31,084 CALLS, THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK -- CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE 1328 01:07:31,084 --> 01:07:36,890 RECORDED ADA KIM PELLINI LISTENED IN. 1329 01:07:36,890 --> 01:07:38,124 >> AND HE STARTS APOLOGIZING FOR NOT LOVING HER WELL ENOUGH AND 1330 01:07:38,124 --> 01:07:41,661 ANGEL ASKED ISAAC TO GET A PENCIL AND SHE STARTS GIVING HIM 1331 01:07:41,661 --> 01:07:45,732 SCRIPTURES TO LOOK UP. >> OKAY, CAN YOU WRITE DOWN 1332 01:07:45,732 --> 01:07:50,403 JOHN 15, VERSES 12 AND 13. >> JOHN 15, 12 AND 13? 1333 01:07:50,403 --> 01:07:52,572 >> MM-HMM. >> SO, I'M OF COURSE BREAKING 1334 01:07:52,572 --> 01:07:55,175 OUT THE BIBLE APP, SO I CAN LOOK UP THESE SCRIPTURES AS SHE 1335 01:07:55,175 --> 01:07:56,309 QUOTES THEM. AND ONE OF THEM WAS THERE'S NO 1336 01:07:56,309 --> 01:07:58,278 GREATER LOVE THAN TO LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN FOR ANOTHER. 1337 01:07:58,278 --> 01:08:00,480 LIKE IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME, YOU'RE GOING TO LAY YOUR LIFE 1338 01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:01,581 DOWN FOR ME. >> Reporter: THE RIGHT THING IS 1339 01:08:01,581 --> 01:08:06,686 FOR YOU TO TAKE THE FALL HERE. >> RIGHT 1340 01:08:06,686 --> 01:08:08,655 THAT MESSAGE JUST FLOORED ME AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, SHE'S 1341 01:08:08,655 --> 01:08:10,890 STILL AT LEAST PORTRAYING HERSELF AS BEING A VICTIM AND 1342 01:08:10,890 --> 01:08:12,492 INNOCENT >> Reporter: AND WHILE ISAAC 1343 01:08:12,492 --> 01:08:15,628 SEEMED TO STILL BE A GUY IN LOVE, IT WASN'T THE SAME FOR 1344 01:08:15,628 --> 01:08:18,198 ANGEL. >> I'M VERY SORRY FOR EVERYTHING 1345 01:08:18,198 --> 01:08:22,402 THAT'S HAPPENED. ANGEL? 1346 01:08:22,402 --> 01:08:27,640 ARE YOU THERE? WHAT THE [ BLEEP ] 1347 01:08:27,640 --> 01:08:28,775 >> THE CALLER HAS HUNG UP. >> Reporter: WHO KNOWS IF THE 1348 01:08:28,775 --> 01:08:30,844 SUDDEN END TO THEIR CALL WAS THE MOMENT THEIR RELATIONSHIP FELL 1349 01:08:30,844 --> 01:08:32,946 APART. BUT AS ANGEL'S CASE HEADED TO 1350 01:08:32,946 --> 01:08:35,782 TRIAL, ISAAC HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. 1351 01:08:35,782 --> 01:08:40,186 HE DECIDED TO TESTIFY AGAINST HER. 1352 01:08:40,186 --> 01:08:42,322 >> COMING UP - >> I SLID MY ARM AROUND HIS 1353 01:08:42,322 --> 01:08:49,629 NECK >> ISAAC POURS OUT HIS STORY, 1354 01:08:49,629 --> 01:08:50,730 DETAIL BY DEADLY DETAIL. >> SHE WANTED ME TO HIT HER TO 1355 01:08:50,730 --> 01:08:55,068 MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MORE REALISTIC. 1356 01:08:55,068 --> 01:09:17,791 >> SHE WAS THE IMPETUS, SHE WAS THE MOTIVATION AND SHE WAS A 1357 01:09:17,791 --> 01:09:19,059 >> Reporter: IN SEPTEMBER 2021, THREE YEARS AFTER MILTON SAWYER 1358 01:09:19,059 --> 01:09:21,461 WAS FOUND STRANGLED IN HIS HOME, HIS WIFE ANGEL WENT ON TRIAL, 1359 01:09:21,461 --> 01:09:24,597 CHARGED WITH HIS FIRST-DEGREE MURDER 1360 01:09:24,597 --> 01:09:27,467 MEANWHILE, ISAAC MELCHER REMAINED IN JAIL AWAITING HIS 1361 01:09:27,467 --> 01:09:30,937 OWN TRIAL. AFTER HE APPARENTLY FELL OUT OF 1362 01:09:30,937 --> 01:09:35,608 LOVE WITH ANGEL, PROSECUTOR KIM PELLINI PLANNED TO USE HIM 1363 01:09:35,608 --> 01:09:37,911 IN COURT TO ARGUE ANGEL WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE MURDER. 1364 01:09:37,911 --> 01:09:39,079 IN THE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES, THE JURY MIGHT FIND HER NOT 1365 01:09:39,079 --> 01:09:41,915 GUILTY - >> ABSOLUTELY. 1366 01:09:41,915 --> 01:09:44,517 THAT WAS ALWAYS A RISK AND I EXPLAINED THAT TO THE 1367 01:09:44,517 --> 01:09:45,685 FAMILY YOU ARE GAMBLING WHEN YOU GO TO 1368 01:09:45,685 --> 01:09:46,820 TRIAL. >> Reporter: YOUR STAR WITNESS 1369 01:09:46,820 --> 01:09:47,620 IS A SELF-ACKNOWLEDGED KILLER. >> YES 1370 01:09:47,620 --> 01:09:50,290 HE MAY NOT BE BELIEVABLE SO, THEY STILL WANTED TO GO FOR 1371 01:09:50,290 --> 01:09:53,526 IT >> Reporter: THERE WERE NO 1372 01:09:53,526 --> 01:09:56,062 CAMERAS IN THE COURT TO SHOW ANGEL AS SHE WAS LED IN. 1373 01:09:56,062 --> 01:09:58,131 HOW DID THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF 1374 01:09:58,131 --> 01:10:01,334 ELIZABETH CITY LOOK IN COURT >> AFTER YOU SPENT ABOUT TWO 1375 01:10:01,334 --> 01:10:04,971 YEARS IN JAIL, PRETRIAL, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK ROUGH. 1376 01:10:04,971 --> 01:10:09,609 SO, SHE LOOKED PRETTY SEVERE >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR 1377 01:10:09,609 --> 01:10:11,244 PLANNED TO ARGUE ANGEL HAD MANIPULATED ISAAC INTO MURDERING 1378 01:10:11,244 --> 01:10:15,982 HER HUSBAND, THAT SHE HAD PLANNED THE KILLING, 1379 01:10:15,982 --> 01:10:17,550 PARTICIPATED IN IT, AND TRIED TO COVER IT UP. 1380 01:10:17,550 --> 01:10:20,153 CALEB TESTIFIED. HE TOLD THE COURT HIS DAD HAD 1381 01:10:20,153 --> 01:10:23,323 CONFIDED IN HIM HE WAS DEPRESSED BECAUSE HE BELIEVED ANGEL WAS 1382 01:10:23,323 --> 01:10:26,459 HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH ISAAC MELCHER. 1383 01:10:26,459 --> 01:10:29,062 WHEN YOU WERE ON THE STAND, DID YOU EVER TRY AND LOOK AT HER IN 1384 01:10:29,062 --> 01:10:33,366 THE EYE? >> I TRIED TO LOOK AT HER IN THE 1385 01:10:33,366 --> 01:10:34,434 EYE AS MUCH AS I COULD >> Reporter: IS SHE RETURNING 1386 01:10:34,434 --> 01:10:36,403 YOUR GAZE? >> SHE AVOIDED IT AS MUCH AS 1387 01:10:36,403 --> 01:10:41,641 POSSIBLE >> Reporter: THEN IT WAS 1388 01:10:41,641 --> 01:10:43,243 ISAAC MELCHER'S TURN TO TESTIFY. >> I JUST WANTED TO BE THE GOOD 1389 01:10:43,243 --> 01:10:45,311 GUY. YOU WANNA BE THE PERSON THAT 1390 01:10:45,311 --> 01:10:47,414 PROTECTS >> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THERE WERE 1391 01:10:47,414 --> 01:10:52,118 NO CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM, THIS IS VIDEO OF ISAAC, WITH HIS 1392 01:10:52,118 --> 01:10:56,289 BEARD GROWN OUT, TELLING INVESTIGATORS THE SAME BASIC 1393 01:10:56,289 --> 01:10:58,491 STORY HE WOULD TELL THE JURY HE CAME FORWARD BEFORE ANGEL'S 1394 01:10:58,491 --> 01:11:02,095 TRIAL, MAYBE TO TRY TO GET LENIENCY IN HIS OWN CASE 1395 01:11:02,095 --> 01:11:07,100 THE PROSECUTOR ARGUED ANGEL HAD GASLIGHTED HIM INTO MURDER 1396 01:11:07,100 --> 01:11:08,368 >> ONCE THE FACTS STARTED COMING OUT, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT HE WAS 1397 01:11:08,368 --> 01:11:11,071 USED AND THROWN AWAY >> Reporter: DID HE EVER GET IT 1398 01:11:11,071 --> 01:11:14,674 THAT SHE WAS USING HIM >> OH YES. 1399 01:11:14,674 --> 01:11:17,277 >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR SAID ANGEL'S MANIPULATION OF ISAAC 1400 01:11:17,277 --> 01:11:21,981 STARTED DURING THE PT SESSIONS, AS SHE PLAYED THE VICTIM OF 1401 01:11:21,981 --> 01:11:24,184 SPOUSAL ABUSE. >> SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN 1402 01:11:24,184 --> 01:11:28,254 THEY WOULD ARGUE, IT WOULD -- JUST BE VERY ABUSIVE 1403 01:11:28,254 --> 01:11:31,925 >> Reporter: AS THEIR FRIENDSHIP GREW, THEY FLIRTED, HE 1404 01:11:31,925 --> 01:11:37,697 TESTIFIED, AND ANGEL MADE SUGGESTIVE SEXUAL COMMENTS 1405 01:11:37,697 --> 01:11:38,865 >> SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT VERY PERSONAL THINGS SUCH AS I LAY 1406 01:11:38,865 --> 01:11:42,502 NEXT TO HIM NAKED ALL NIGHT LONG AND HE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK AT ME 1407 01:11:42,502 --> 01:11:46,606 >> THE PROSECUTOR SAID IT WAS IN DECEMBER 2017 WHEN ANGEL MADE 1408 01:11:46,606 --> 01:11:50,810 HER MOVE >> SHE BROUGHT UP, AGAIN, "OH 1409 01:11:50,810 --> 01:11:53,947 YOU KNOW, I'M OUT IN THE HOT TUB NAKED. 1410 01:11:53,947 --> 01:11:57,617 AND THAT TURNED INTO HER SENDING ME A PICTURE 1411 01:11:57,617 --> 01:12:01,254 >> Reporter: IF A NAKED PICTURE WASN'T FAR ENOUGH, ISAAC SAID 1412 01:12:01,254 --> 01:12:03,423 ANGEL SHOCKED HIM IN A PT SESSION WHEN HE ASKED HER TO 1413 01:12:03,423 --> 01:12:07,560 CHANGE INTO A ROBE AND HE STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM. 1414 01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:14,367 >> AND I CAME BACK IN AND SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH ALMOST NAKED 1415 01:12:14,367 --> 01:12:16,569 ISAAC SAID THAT WAS IT MY ABILITY TO STEP AWAY AT THAT 1416 01:12:16,569 --> 01:12:20,140 POINT WAS GONE WHICH STARTED INTO A 1417 01:12:20,140 --> 01:12:21,808 RELATIONSHIP >> YOU'RE KIND OF HOOKED AT THAT 1418 01:12:21,808 --> 01:12:22,709 POINT? >> YES 1419 01:12:22,709 --> 01:12:23,543 >> HE BOUGHT IT HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER 1420 01:12:23,543 --> 01:12:25,879 >> Reporter: THERE WAS SEX LOTS OF IT, HE TESTIFIED 1421 01:12:25,879 --> 01:12:30,717 NOT THE THREE TIMES ANGEL HAD FESSED UP TO 1422 01:12:30,717 --> 01:12:35,855 >> AND THEN IT WAS A MATTER OF FINDING TIME AND PLACES TO DO 1423 01:12:35,855 --> 01:12:37,424 IT >> MY GOAL WAS TO BASICALLY BURY 1424 01:12:37,424 --> 01:12:41,094 HER IN THE LIES THAT SHE HAD TOLD BECAUSE NONE OF IT WAS 1425 01:12:41,094 --> 01:12:42,696 CONSISTENT WITH INNOCENCE. >> ISAAC CLAIMED HE TRIED TO 1426 01:12:42,696 --> 01:12:45,265 BREAK OFF THE AFFAIR BUT ANGEL TOLD HIM SHE COULDN'T LIVE 1427 01:12:45,265 --> 01:12:47,901 WITHOUT HIM. AND, EVEN THOUGH MILTON WAS 1428 01:12:47,901 --> 01:12:51,004 SUSPICIOUS SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, ISAAC AND ANGEL USED 1429 01:12:51,004 --> 01:12:53,640 FACEBOOK ENCRYPTED MESSAGING TO KEEP HIM IN THE DARK 1430 01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:55,241 AND AS FOR THAT CHANCE MEETING AT THE BEACH ON MEMORIAL DAY 1431 01:12:55,241 --> 01:12:58,778 WEEKEND? IT WASN'T A CHANCE MEETING AT 1432 01:12:58,778 --> 01:13:03,083 ALL. ANGEL ENGINEERED IT, ISAAC 1433 01:13:03,083 --> 01:13:07,287 TESTIFIED. >> SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO 1434 01:13:07,287 --> 01:13:14,627 ALSO GO TO JENNETTE'S PIER WITH HER HUSBAND. 1435 01:13:14,627 --> 01:13:16,696 AND HE SAW ME THERE, FREAKED OUT. 1436 01:13:16,696 --> 01:13:19,833 >> Reporter: ONCE ANGEL HAD HER HOOKS FIRMLY IN, THE PROSECUTOR 1437 01:13:19,833 --> 01:13:29,275 ARGUED, ISAAC SAID THEY TALKED ABOUT BEING TOGETHER 1438 01:13:29,275 --> 01:13:31,878 >> ONE DAY, SHE CONTACTED ME AND SAID I CAN'T LEAVE BECAUSE IF I 1439 01:13:31,878 --> 01:13:33,546 DO, "HE'LL KILL ME THE ONLY WAY THAT I WILL EVER BE 1440 01:13:33,546 --> 01:13:40,086 ABLE TO LEAVE IS IF HE DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES." 1441 01:13:40,086 --> 01:13:42,889 >> Reporter: THAT BECAME THE STARTING POINT OF A MURDER PLOT, 1442 01:13:42,889 --> 01:13:44,457 HE TESTIFIED SO, THE MURDER TRAIN IS LEAVING 1443 01:13:44,457 --> 01:13:47,093 THE STATION HERE >> YES 1444 01:13:47,093 --> 01:13:49,696 HE BECAME CONVINCED THAT MILTON WAS NOT GOING TO LET ANGEL 1445 01:13:49,696 --> 01:13:55,568 LEAVE. >> Reporter: SHE CLAIMED THAT HE 1446 01:13:55,568 --> 01:13:59,673 WOULD TRACK HER DOWN AND EITHER BRING HER BACK OR KILL US BOTH 1447 01:13:59,673 --> 01:14:03,276 >> Reporter: HE TOLD THE COURT THE FIRST IDEA, BEFORE THE 1448 01:14:03,276 --> 01:14:08,048 HOME-INVASION PLAN, WAS TO KILL MILTON WITH DRUGS. 1449 01:14:08,048 --> 01:14:09,683 >> MELCHER'S PREFERENCE WAS TO DRUG MILTON, YOU KNOW, PUT PAIN 1450 01:14:09,683 --> 01:14:12,485 MEDICATIONS IN HIS ALCOHOL OR BEER 1451 01:14:12,485 --> 01:14:16,890 >> Reporter: AND ANGEL WOULD BE THE BARTENDER. 1452 01:14:16,890 --> 01:14:18,058 >> YES >> Reporter: HE TESTIFIED ANGEL 1453 01:14:18,058 --> 01:14:19,225 EVEN DID A DRY RUN, PUTTING PILLS INTO MILTON'S DRINK, AND 1454 01:14:19,225 --> 01:14:25,799 NOTHING. MILTON SLEPT THROUGH MOST OF THE 1455 01:14:25,799 --> 01:14:27,901 FOLLOWING DAY. >> HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT ANGEL 1456 01:14:27,901 --> 01:14:30,503 REALLY PREFERRED THE IDEA OF DOING SOME STAGED HOME INVASION. 1457 01:14:30,503 --> 01:14:33,139 MELCHER DIDN'T LOVE THAT IDEA BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO'S GOING 1458 01:14:33,139 --> 01:14:37,310 TO HAVE TO DO THE HANDS-ON SO, PUTTING HIM AT MORE RISK 1459 01:14:37,310 --> 01:14:40,480 >> Reporter: ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER, ISAAC DROVE TO A CHURCH 1460 01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:44,651 AT THE BACK OF MILTON'S HOME, STOLE THROUGH A WOODED AREA AND 1461 01:14:44,651 --> 01:14:46,886 ACROSS THE BACK YARD HE SAID HE PUT ON HIS MASK, USED 1462 01:14:46,886 --> 01:14:53,626 THE BACK-DOOR KEY ANGEL HAD TOLD HIM WAS THERE, AND WENT INSIDE 1463 01:14:53,626 --> 01:14:59,899 THEN HE DESCRIBED THE MOMENT HE KILLED MILTON. 1464 01:14:59,899 --> 01:15:01,434 >> I SLID MY ARM AROUND HIS NECK AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT HIM INTO A 1465 01:15:01,434 --> 01:15:04,604 REAR NAKED CHOKEHOLD >> THAT WAS PROBABLY THE 1466 01:15:04,604 --> 01:15:09,209 TOUGHEST PART. JUST HEARING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, 1467 01:15:09,209 --> 01:15:12,045 YOU KNOW, DAD BEING ON THE FLOOR AND TIED UP AND NOT BEING ABLE 1468 01:15:12,045 --> 01:15:14,047 TO DO ANYTHING AND JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT DAD 1469 01:15:14,047 --> 01:15:24,491 WOULD BE THINKING IN THAT MOMENT 1470 01:15:24,491 --> 01:15:27,627 >> HE DIDN'T HAVE A PULSE. SO, I KIND OF SLUMPED OVER TO 1471 01:15:27,627 --> 01:15:31,297 THE SIDE PULLED MY MASK OFF 1472 01:15:31,297 --> 01:15:34,734 >> Reporter: ANGEL WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE BATHROOM, HE SAID 1473 01:15:34,734 --> 01:15:36,636 >> I WAS VERY AFRAID THAT THE JURY WOULD GET CAUGHT UP IN THE 1474 01:15:36,636 --> 01:15:40,173 FACT THAT SHE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HURT MILTON, LIKE HER 1475 01:15:40,173 --> 01:15:42,275 HANDS WERE NOT ON HIM. I ARGUED THE ARM AROUND HIS 1476 01:15:42,275 --> 01:15:46,479 THROAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN HERS, BUT SHE PUT IT THERE, LIKE SHE 1477 01:15:46,479 --> 01:15:49,582 WAS THE IMPETUS. SHE WAS THE MOTIVATION 1478 01:15:49,582 --> 01:15:52,252 AND SHE WAS A PARTICIPANT. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR 1479 01:15:52,252 --> 01:15:59,092 ARGUED ANGEL WAS AN ACCOMPLICE WHO'D PLANNED THE MURDER AND 1480 01:15:59,092 --> 01:16:03,096 ALSO HELPED COVER IT UP. THAT HEAD WOUND WAS JUST A PART 1481 01:16:03,096 --> 01:16:05,265 OF THE STAGED HOME INVASION. ISAAC TOLD THE STORY 1482 01:16:05,265 --> 01:16:08,068 >> SHE WANTED ME TO HIT HER TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MORE 1483 01:16:08,068 --> 01:16:12,138 REALISTIC, I GUESS SO, THE FIRST TIME WAS NOT 1484 01:16:12,138 --> 01:16:17,410 ENOUGH THEN SHE KNELT DOWN AND 1485 01:16:17,410 --> 01:16:21,581 BASICALLY SMACKED HER FOREHEAD AGAINST THE CORNER OF ONE OF THE 1486 01:16:21,581 --> 01:16:22,716 DRAWERS THAT WE'D PULLED OUT >> SHE GETS MAD AT ISAAC AND 1487 01:16:22,716 --> 01:16:27,354 SAYS, "YOU DIDN'T HIT ME HARD ENOUGH." 1488 01:16:27,354 --> 01:16:30,590 SO, THEN SHE ACTUALLY KIND OF PUSHES ISAAC OUT OF THE WAY AND 1489 01:16:30,590 --> 01:16:31,491 SHE HITS HER OWN HEAD TO CREATE HER INJURY 1490 01:16:31,491 --> 01:16:34,661 >> Reporter: THAT'S HOW SHE GETS BLOODIED UP? 1491 01:16:34,661 --> 01:16:35,795 >> YES SHE WAS MAD AT ISAAC THAT THE 1492 01:16:35,795 --> 01:16:41,101 HIT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH, THAT THIS INJURY WOULD NEVER BE 1493 01:16:41,101 --> 01:16:44,637 BELIEVABLE FOR THE STORY >> Reporter: ALL THE WHILE, 1494 01:16:44,637 --> 01:16:47,240 ANGEL, HER GROWN CHILDREN IN COURT TO SUPPORT HER, WAS 1495 01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:48,308 LISTENING TO ISAAC TESTIFY AGAINST HER. 1496 01:16:48,308 --> 01:16:49,876 DID SHE DO EYE VOODOO ON HIM OR PULL OUT THE WATERWORKS? 1497 01:16:49,876 --> 01:16:50,877 >> SHE DID NOT CRY AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED ABOUT 1498 01:16:50,877 --> 01:16:55,615 THAT I REALLY ANTICIPATED A BIT MORE 1499 01:16:55,615 --> 01:16:57,183 DRAMA. >> Reporter: ISAAC SEEMED TO 1500 01:16:57,183 --> 01:16:58,251 HAVE DELIVERED FOR THE PROSECUTION. 1501 01:16:58,251 --> 01:17:02,422 AND HE PUTS HER UNDER THE BUS, BUT GOOD 1502 01:17:02,422 --> 01:17:05,558 >> YES FOR SOMEONE THAT I HAVE SUCH A DISDAIN HATE FOR, HE DID 1503 01:17:05,558 --> 01:17:10,797 SO WELL IN COURT >> Reporter: THEN IT WAS ANGEL'S 1504 01:17:10,797 --> 01:17:13,933 TURN SHE CHOSE NOT TO TESTIFY 1505 01:17:13,933 --> 01:17:15,568 BUT HER TRIAL STRATEGY WAS TO DISCREDIT ISAAC MELCHER AS AN 1506 01:17:15,568 --> 01:17:20,206 UNRELIABLE WITNESS WHO'D TESTIFIED AGAINST HER ONLY TO 1507 01:17:20,206 --> 01:17:21,908 GET A LESSER SENTENCE. HER ATTORNEY SAID ISAAC ADMITTED 1508 01:17:21,908 --> 01:17:25,478 BEING OBSESSED WITH HER, THAT ANGEL NEVER WANTED HER HUSBAND 1509 01:17:25,478 --> 01:17:28,081 DEAD AND AS FOR THE IDEA OF DRUGGING 1510 01:17:28,081 --> 01:17:30,784 MILTON TO DEATH, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE, ARGUED HER ATTORNEY, 1511 01:17:30,784 --> 01:17:35,121 THAT SHE'D DONE A DRY RUN. WHAT'S MORE, ISAAC MELCHER HAD 1512 01:17:35,121 --> 01:17:37,057 ADMITTED THAT HE HAD STRANGLED MILTON 1513 01:17:37,057 --> 01:17:38,658 IT WASN'T ANGEL, SAID THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, WHO MURDERED 1514 01:17:38,658 --> 01:17:45,398 HER HUSBAND. THAT WAS ANGEL'S DEFENSE 1515 01:17:45,398 --> 01:17:48,068 NOW IT WAS UP TO THE JURY. >>> COMING UP -- 1516 01:17:48,068 --> 01:17:49,069 >> ALL OF MY EMOTIONS CAME TO A HEAD 1517 01:17:49,069 --> 01:17:51,171 >> WE ARE LITERALLY ALL HOLDING HANDS, IN TEARS. 1518 01:17:51,171 --> 01:17:54,307 >> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 1519 01:17:54,307 --> 01:17:59,546 >> WHAT WOULD THE VERDICT BE >> MAN, THIS WOULD BE A BAD CASE 1520 01:17:59,546 --> 01:18:15,462 TO LOSE. >> Y 1521 01:18:15,462 --> 01:18:18,598 >> Reporter: AT THE PASQUOTANK COUNTY COURT, THE JURY WAS 1522 01:18:18,598 --> 01:18:24,037 DECIDING IF ANGEL SAWYER WAS GUILTY OF HER HUSBAND'S MURDER 1523 01:18:24,037 --> 01:18:25,538 WOULD THE JURY BELIEVE THE MAN WHO ADMITTED BEING THE KILLER OR 1524 01:18:25,538 --> 01:18:28,541 THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF MANIPULATING HIM INTO MURDER 1525 01:18:28,541 --> 01:18:31,177 >> YOU JUST WAIT IT IS PRETTY AWFUL 1526 01:18:31,177 --> 01:18:32,746 YOU SIT THERE AND YOU TRY TO ENTERTAIN YOURSELF 1527 01:18:32,746 --> 01:18:37,450 IT IS THE WORST TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 1528 01:18:37,450 --> 01:18:39,652 HAPPEN AND YOU HAVE NO CONTROL AND YOU SECOND GUESS YOURSELF 1529 01:18:39,652 --> 01:18:41,654 THE ENTIRE TIME. >> Reporter: BUT MAN, THIS WOULD 1530 01:18:41,654 --> 01:18:42,756 BE A BAD CASE TO LOSE. IF SHE WALKED, YOU WERE THE ONE 1531 01:18:42,756 --> 01:18:46,292 THAT DIDN'T GET HER. >> YES 1532 01:18:46,292 --> 01:18:47,927 I WAS VERY WORRIED YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY WAS SO 1533 01:18:47,927 --> 01:18:51,598 NICE >> Reporter: THE MINUTES TICKED 1534 01:18:51,598 --> 01:18:54,234 BY SO THE JURY IS NOT VERY LONG 1535 01:18:54,234 --> 01:18:55,802 >> NO. THE LONGEST 20 MINUTES OF MY 1536 01:18:55,802 --> 01:18:56,970 LIFE >> Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT "ALL 1537 01:18:56,970 --> 01:19:00,006 RISE." HERE THEY COME 1538 01:19:00,006 --> 01:19:04,744 >> IT'S BEEN 20 MINUTES. IS THAT A GREAT THING OR IS THAT 1539 01:19:04,744 --> 01:19:06,279 AN AWFUL THING DO THEY GO IN THERE AND SAY 1540 01:19:06,279 --> 01:19:10,250 THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND HER GUILTY OF FIRST 1541 01:19:10,250 --> 01:19:13,019 DEGREE I MEAN, WE ARE LITERALLY ALL 1542 01:19:13,019 --> 01:19:16,289 HOLDING HANDS IN TEARS >> THAT WAS WHERE ALL OF MY 1543 01:19:16,289 --> 01:19:17,891 EMOTION CAME TO THE HEAD I TRIED TO BE THE GUY AND THE 1544 01:19:17,891 --> 01:19:23,063 HEAD OF THE FAMILY FOR MY SISTERS. 1545 01:19:23,063 --> 01:19:26,199 SO, UM, DISGUISED MY EMOTIONS. BUT AT THAT POINT, I COULDN'T 1546 01:19:26,199 --> 01:19:28,902 HOLD IT BACK >> Reporter: HERE IT WAS, THE 1547 01:19:28,902 --> 01:19:31,938 VERDICT. >> WHEN THEY SAID "GUILTY," I 1548 01:19:31,938 --> 01:19:33,573 WAS THRILLED FOR THE FAMILY. >> Reporter: ANGEL WAS FOUND 1549 01:19:33,573 --> 01:19:37,844 GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER. 1550 01:19:37,844 --> 01:19:40,880 >> WE BURST INTO TEARS >> VERY HAPPY. 1551 01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:43,049 I THINK THE RESULT WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST WE COULD HAVE 1552 01:19:43,049 --> 01:19:45,552 HOPED FOR. >> YEAH. 1553 01:19:45,552 --> 01:19:48,221 >> Reporter: DANIELLE LOOKED AT ANGEL ACROSS THE COURTROOM 1554 01:19:48,221 --> 01:19:50,857 HOW DID SHE TAKE THE NEWS? >> SHE NEVER LOOKED UP, NEVER 1555 01:19:50,857 --> 01:19:54,060 LOOKED AT US SHE LOOKED AT HER CHILDREN THAT 1556 01:19:54,060 --> 01:19:55,562 WERE THERE >> Reporter: SO WHO WAS THIS 1557 01:19:55,562 --> 01:19:58,198 WOMAN, DANIELLE? >> SHE DOES -- SURE DOESN'T 1558 01:19:58,198 --> 01:20:01,801 FOLLOW HER NAME. SURE WAS NOT AN ANGEL. 1559 01:20:01,801 --> 01:20:06,573 >> Reporter: BUT HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL? 1560 01:20:06,573 --> 01:20:08,675 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CRIMES LIKE THIS, YOU'RE USUALLY 1561 01:20:08,675 --> 01:20:10,810 TALKING ABOUT MONEY AND SOME KIND OF GRUBBY CIRCUMSTANCE. 1562 01:20:10,810 --> 01:20:12,345 YOU HAVE THE STORY OF HIS OBSESSION, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T 1563 01:20:12,345 --> 01:20:15,482 QUITE ADD UP DO YOU FEEL THAT SAME WAY? 1564 01:20:15,482 --> 01:20:18,618 >> WELL, I THINK THE MONEY DID HAVE SOME PLAY IN THE STORY. 1565 01:20:18,618 --> 01:20:23,857 SHE BELIEVED THAT ISAAC WAS A VERY WELL-TO-DO THERAPIST. 1566 01:20:23,857 --> 01:20:26,993 SHE ASKED HIM IF HE COULD BUY A HOUSE AT THE BEACH, IF HE COULD 1567 01:20:26,993 --> 01:20:29,362 SUPPORT HER FOUR KIDS. SO I BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS MOVING 1568 01:20:29,362 --> 01:20:32,766 FROM DAD - >> MOVING ON DOWN THE LINE 1569 01:20:32,766 --> 01:20:36,436 >> -- JUST TO A BIGGER AND BETTER -- SOMEONE WHO COULD MAKE 1570 01:20:36,436 --> 01:20:38,538 MORE MONEY AND SHE COULD KEEP LIVING THE SAME LIFESTYLE 1571 01:20:38,538 --> 01:20:39,806 WITHOUT BEING A TWICE DIVORCED LADY 1572 01:20:39,806 --> 01:20:42,208 >> Reporter: "THANKS, MILTON, BUT IT'S OVER. 1573 01:20:42,208 --> 01:20:45,345 NEXT." >> EXACTLY 1574 01:20:45,345 --> 01:20:50,583 >> Reporter: FOR MILTON'S BROTHERS, IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. 1575 01:20:50,583 --> 01:20:51,584 WHAT MAKES HER TICK? >> NARCISSISM, CONTROL 1576 01:20:51,584 --> 01:20:54,754 >> I'M THE HOTTEST GIRL IN THE ROOM 1577 01:20:54,754 --> 01:20:57,390 >> Reporter: ANGEL WAS SENTENCED THE SAME DAY 1578 01:20:57,390 --> 01:20:58,925 THE JUDGE GAVE HER LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. 1579 01:20:58,925 --> 01:21:02,128 ANGEL IS APPEALING HER CONVICTION 1580 01:21:02,128 --> 01:21:06,299 SHE DID NOT WANT TO TALK WITH US ABOUT HER CASE 1581 01:21:06,299 --> 01:21:10,503 AS FOR ISAAC, HE'D ROLLED THE DICE BY COMING FORWARD AND 1582 01:21:10,503 --> 01:21:14,674 TESTIFYING IN ANGEL'S TRIAL. HIS GAMBLE PAID OFF. 1583 01:21:14,674 --> 01:21:17,844 AFTER ANGEL WAS CONVICTED, HE MADE A DEAL WITH THE PROSECUTOR 1584 01:21:17,844 --> 01:21:20,447 FOR A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER PLEA. HE GOT A 20 TO 25-YEAR PRISON 1585 01:21:20,447 --> 01:21:23,817 SENTENCE HIS WIFE DARLENE, WHO'D 1586 01:21:23,817 --> 01:21:27,253 SUPPORTED HIM ON THAT CALL WITH LOUIE, DIVORCED HIM. 1587 01:21:27,253 --> 01:21:30,423 >> AND WE, AS A FAMILY, KNEW DEEP DOWN INSIDE THAT HE WAS 1588 01:21:30,423 --> 01:21:32,492 MANIPULATED BY ANGEL >> I THINK THEY SHOULD BOTH 1589 01:21:32,492 --> 01:21:35,128 SERVE LIFE BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE JUSTICE 1590 01:21:35,128 --> 01:21:36,196 SYSTEM WORKS >> Reporter: AND THERE MIGHT 1591 01:21:36,196 --> 01:21:40,367 HAVE BEEN NO JUSTICE AT ALL IF NOT FOR LOUIE. 1592 01:21:40,367 --> 01:21:42,936 IF YOU TAKE LOUIE OUT OF THE INVESTIGATIVE EQUATION 1593 01:21:42,936 --> 01:21:45,605 ALTOGETHER AND HE NEVER DOES WHAT HE DOES, WOULD YOU BE IN A 1594 01:21:45,605 --> 01:21:46,606 DIFFERENT PLACE NOW ALTOGETHER >> VERY DIFFERENT. 1595 01:21:46,606 --> 01:21:51,378 >> YEAH. >> YEAH. 1596 01:21:51,378 --> 01:21:56,649 >> Reporter: IN AUGUST, LOUIE AND HIS WIFE LORI TRAVELED TO 1597 01:21:56,649 --> 01:21:57,684 ELIZABETH CITY AND MET WITH YO 1598 01:21:57,684 --> 01:22:01,888 MILTON'S FAMILY. >> MILTON'S KIDS HAD A HUGE 1599 01:22:01,888 --> 01:22:06,092 IMPACT ON ME BIG IMPACT 1600 01:22:06,092 --> 01:22:08,695 AND I COULD SEE THEIR PAIN IT HURT. 1601 01:22:08,695 --> 01:22:13,933 IT REALLY HURT AND MEETING WITH THEM WAS THE 1602 01:22:13,933 --> 01:22:16,102 CLOSURE THAT I NEEDED. >> Reporter: WHILE IN 1603 01:22:16,102 --> 01:22:19,139 ELIZABETH CITY, LOUIE ALSO VISITED ISAAC IN PRISON. 1604 01:22:19,139 --> 01:22:24,444 >> THE GOOD THING IS -- IS ISAAC KNOWS THAT I MADE THE RIGHT 1605 01:22:24,444 --> 01:22:26,079 DECISION TOO >> Reporter: HE SAYS ISAAC HAS 1606 01:22:26,079 --> 01:22:27,947 FORGIVEN HIM FOR TURNING HIM IN. ISAAC IS IN YOUR LIFE TO STAY? 1607 01:22:27,947 --> 01:22:31,918 >> I BELIEVE SO. YEAH 1608 01:22:31,918 --> 01:22:37,090 >> Reporter: MILTON'S SON CALEB IS GETTING ON WITH HIS LIFE. 1609 01:22:37,090 --> 01:22:38,658 HE'S AN ENGINEER IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF THE STATE, 1610 01:22:38,658 --> 01:22:41,728 BUT HASN'T RULED OUT CREATING HIS OWN BUSINESS LIKE HIS DAD. 1611 01:22:41,728 --> 01:22:45,899 WHEN DO YOU MISS YOUR DAD THE MOST, CALEB? 1612 01:22:45,899 --> 01:22:50,103 >> I THINK ABOUT HIM EVERY DAY I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND ASK 1613 01:22:50,103 --> 01:22:55,208 HIM QUESTIONS AND DO THINGS THAT I NEVER HAD TIME TO DO 1614 01:22:55,208 --> 01:23:00,046 >> Reporter: BUT HE TAKES COMFORT FROM THE VIDEO MEMORIES 1615 01:23:00,046 --> 01:23:03,950 CAPTURED BY HIS MOM. THE EARLY DAYS OF HAPPINESS. 1616 01:23:03,950 --> 01:23:07,354 >> WE LOOK AT THEM PRETTY OFTEN, AND MY SISTERS WILL COME OVER, 1617 01:23:07,354 --> 01:23:10,490 AND WE'LL REWATCH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, CHRISTMAS VIDEOS. 1618 01:23:10,490 --> 01:23:13,626 >> Reporter: IS IT TOUGH TO SEE IMAGES OF YOUR DAD STILL ALIVE 1619 01:23:13,626 --> 01:23:17,297 >> OH, I LOVE -- I LOVE TALKING ABOUT DAD. 1620 01:23:17,297 --> 01:23:27,640 I LOVE SEEING PICTURES, VIDEOS THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO ME 1621 01:23:27,640 --> 01:23:30,377 >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE." 1622 01:23:30,377 --> 01:23:34,080 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY AT 10:00, 9:00 1623 01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:39,252 AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY 1624 01:23:39,252 --> 01:23:41,254 NEWS." I'M LESTER HOLT.