WERE LOCATED INSIDE OF THIS HOME AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE KNEW. >> IS THERE A LITTLE ADRENALINE WHEN YOU'RE PULLING UP?
>> ALWAYS. YOUR BLOOD STARTS TO GET PUMPING A LITTLE BIT AND YOU START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO
PLAY OUT. >> WHAT DID YOU SEE AS YOU ENTERED THIS HOME? >> WELL, IT'S A VERY NICE HOME
IN A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. >> FAIRFAX COUNTY IS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C. IT IS AN AFFLUENT AREA OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA. IT WAS A MILLION-DOLLAR HOME. >> AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE KITCHEN, YOU ENCOUNTER A MUD
ROOM THAT CONNECTS THE KITCHEN TO THE GARAGE. IN THAT MUD ROOM WE DISCOVER PAMELA HARGAN.
>> HOW WAS SHE POSITIONED ON THE GROUND? >> SHE WAS LYING FACE DOWN AND SHE HAD A BLANKET LAID OVER HER.
>> LIKE A QUILT. HER CELL PHONE IS ACTUALLY LAYING ON TOP OF THE QUILT. >> AND THERE WAS A POOL OF BLOOD
COMING FROM THE AREA OF HER HEAD ON TO THE FLOOR. >> WHAT ELSE DO YOU FIND? >> WE GO UPSTAIRS.
AND THEN WE ENCOUNTER HELEN HARGAN INSIDE OF THE BATHROOM THAT'S IN HER BEDROOM. >> SHE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN
SITTING ON THE TOILET WHEN SHE WAS SHOT. SHE WAS FULLY CLOTHED. >> SHE HAS SOME KIND OF TRAUMA
TO HER HEAD. THERE IS A RIFLE IN BETWEEN HER LEGS. SHE HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
BLOOD IN HER MOUTH. >> FINDING TWO DECEASED PERSONS, WITH ONE WITH A GUN ON THEIR BODY MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
MURDER-SUICIDE. >> SUICIDE? POSSIBLY. >> WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?
>> THIS IS THE MAIN ROOM OF THE BASEMENT. THESE ARE PHOTO ALBUMS. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT MY VICTIMS
LOOK LIKE IN LIFE. >> PAMELA HARGAN WAS A WOMAN IN HER 60s. SHE WAS GENEROUS WITH HER MONEY.
SHE BUILT AN $8 MILLION ESTATE. SHE POURED HER LIFE INTO HER FAMILY. >> HELEN, THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER,
HAD RETURNED HOME FROM COLLEGE. >> HELEN WAS THE KIND OF DAUGHTER THAT I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD WANT.
SHE WAS LOVELY. >> SHE HAD A NUMBER OF FRIENDS. SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND. >> HELEN NEVER STRUCK ME AS
HAVING A DARK SIDE. >> MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS BUTT HEADS. I MEAN, DID HELEN AND HER MOTHER
GET ALONG PERFECTLY? I DON'T THINK SO. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
>> MAYBE HELEN HAD MURDERED HER MOTHER AND THEN SHOT HERSELF. >> SO WHAT'S YOUR GUT TELLING YOU AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE
TWO BODIES? >> WAIT. YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES IF YOU MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BEFORE YOU
ACTUALLY DO THE WORK. >> AND SO SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE WHAT TO SHOOT HERSELF IN THE HEAD THAT WAY?
>> MAGIC. SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE MAGIC. IT JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE.
CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS
>>> FRIDAY, JULY 14th, 2017. ABOUT 5:00 P.M. FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA POLICE VISIT THE NEXT OF KIN TO DELIVER
AWFUL NEWS. 63-YEAR-OLD PAM HARGAN AND 24-YEAR-OLD HELEN HARGAN ARE DEAD.
>> PAMELA WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE MUD ROOM. >> LEAD DETECTIVE BRIAN BYERSON SAYS POLICE ARE RECORDING, AND
WHISPERING TO AVOID BEING OVERHEARD WHEN THEY GIVE PAM'S EX-HUSBAND STEVE MORE PAINFUL DETAILS ABOUT HELEN.
>> SHE HAD A GUNSHOT WOUND THAT APPEARS TO BE SELF-INFLICTED. I'M REALLY SORRY. >> THERE WAS A THOUGHT THAT WENT
AROUND THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MURDER-SUICIDE. >> HARGAN SOON SUMMONS HIS OTHER TWO DAUGHTERS.
32-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY AND 34-YEAR-OLD MEGAN. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT IS -- WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THEY REACT WITH EQUAL PARTS PAIN AND PANIC. >> OH, GOD, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
JESUS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> OUR MOM TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING.
>> I JUST DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND. WE WERE AT THE FREAKING HOUSE. >> MEGAN HARGAN TELLS AUTHORITIES, SHE AND HER
8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER MOLLY HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH PAM AND HELEN WHILE HER HUSBAND IS IN THE MILITARY.
SHE SAYS SHE HAD LEFT THE HOME WITH MOLLY AT ABOUT 1:30 P.M. THAT DAY. ADDING THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN
ARGUMENT BETWEEN HER MOTHER AND HELEN, WHO HAD BEEN UPSET. >> HELEN HAS BEEN SO ANGRY, LIKE, JUST SO ANGRY ALL THE
TIME. >> AND STRUGGLING EMOTIONALLY. >> I KNEW THAT HELEN WAS DEPRESSED, BUT LIKE, TO DO THIS.
I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS. >> IS IT TRUE THAT SHE ONCE THREATENED SUICIDE?
>> I THINK THAT IS POSSIBLY TRUE, YES. >> IN FACT, ASHLEY WOULD LATER TELL AUTHORITIES, HELEN HAD
THOUGHTS ABOUT SELF-HARM. >> I KNOW MY SISTER WAS DEPRESSED. >> HAS SHE EVER TALKED ABOUT
HURTING HERSELF? >> YEAH. >> BUT MEGAN ALSO SUGGESTS HER MOTHER AND SISTER COULD HAVE
BEEN ATTACKED BY OFFERING A POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT CLUE. SOMETHING SHE REPORTS SHE HAD SEEN THE DAY BEFORE.
>> TWO SUSPICIOUS MALES CASING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SHE LATER TELLS US, THOSE PARTICULAR GUYS ARE THE REASON
WHY SHE ENDS UP BRINGING THIS RIFLE UP TO THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. >> IT'S THE .22 RUGER RIFLE
FOUND THAT HELEN'S BODY AND IT BELONGS TO MEGAN'S HUSBAND. SHE SAYS HER MOTHER HAD ALLOWED HER TO STORE IT IN THE HOUSE
UNTIL THE COUPLE MOVED INTO THEIR OWN PLACE IN WEST VIRGINIA. >> MAY HUSBAND AND I LITERALLY
JUST CLOSED ON OUR NEW HOME YESTERDAY. MY MOM BOUGHT IT FOR US. >> STEVE AND PAM HARGAN DIVORCED
WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE YOUNG. PAM TOOK THEM AND MOVED AROUND BEFORE ENDING UP IN POTOMAC, MARYLAND.
NEXT DOOR TO TAMI MALLIOS. >> MEGAN WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THE DIVORCE. >> IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, TAMI
GOT TO KNOW MEGAN AND HER LITTLE SISTER HELEN, AND OFTEN SAW THEM ACROSS THE BACKYARD FENCE. >> THE GIRLS WERE OUT IN THE
YARD ALL THE TIME WITH THE DOGS, THAT SORT OF THING. >> TAMI SAID SHE ALWAYS KNEW THERE WAS A SIBLING RIVALRY.
>> MEGAN DID BRING IT UP A LOT, SAYING THAT HELEN WAS THE FAVORITE. >> BUT SHE REMEMBERS THAT FOR
THE MOST PART, THE HARGAN SISTERS SEEMED TO GET ALONG FINE. PAM WAS PROUD OF THEM.
>> SHE TALKED HIGHLY OF HER GIRLS WHENEVER I DID SPEAK WITH HER. >> PAM HARGAN POURED HER LIFE
INTO THOSE KIDS. >> MICHELLE SIGONA WORKS FOR CBS NEWS. SHE'S BEEN COVERING THIS STORY
FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS AND SAID THE OTHER LOVE PAM HARGAN'S LIFE WAS HER JOB. PAM HAD SPENT DECADES CLIMBING
THE CAREER LADDER TO BECOME A VICE PRESIDENT OF AEROSPACE GIANT LOCKHEED MARTIN. >> SHE HAD BUILT AN $8 MILLION
ESTATE. BUT SHE DIDN'T KEEP IT FOR HERSELF. SHE WAS CONSTANTLY GIVING TO
THOSE AROUND HER, ESPECIALLY HER CHILDREN. >> HELEN SEEMED TO HAVE HER MOTHER'S AMBITION, DOUBLE
MAJORING IN MATH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY IN DALLAS. THAT'S WHERE ERIN ROUGHNEED MET
HER IN 2014. >> SHE'S LIKE AN ONION. YOU HAVE TO PEOPLE THE LAYERS OFF.
AND YOU REALLY GET TO KNOW THE KIND AND GENUINE PERSON UNDERNEATH THERE. >> ROUGHNEED SAID THEY BECAME
CLOSE FRIENDS. >> IT'S BEEN SAID THAT HELEN MAY HAVE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION. DID YOU EVER SEE ANY OF THAT?
>> I DID NOT AT ALL. >> SHE SAID HER FRIEND SPENT A LOT OF TIME STUDYING, THOUGH HELEN DID HAVE A JOB AT A NEAR
BY RESTAURANT. >> SHE WAS WORKING AS A WAITRESS. >> THERE WAS A 30 SOMETHING
NAMED CARLOS GUTIERREZ WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT, TOO. THEY FELL FOR EACH OTHER IN SHORT ORDER.
>> AND THEY HAD PLANS TO MOVE IN TOGETHER. >> PAM HAD STARTED BUILDING A HOUSE FOR HELEN IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA. SO IN THE SPRING OF 2017, HELEN HAD MOVED BACK HOME FROM DALLAS. >> ACCORDING TO CARLOS, HE
HADN'T ASKED HER TO BE HIS WIFE, BUT HE WAS WORKING TOWARD THAT. >> BUT MEGAN TELLS POLICE, PAM HADN'T APPROVED OF HELEN'S
RELATIONSHIP. >> SHE BELIEVED THAT HELEN WOULD TRY TO HAVE CARLOS INTO THE HOUSE AND MY MOM DIDN'T WANT HIM
THERE. >> STILL, HELEN WAS MOVING AHEAD, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. >> IT WAS A MATTER OF FIGURING
OUT HER CAREER PATH. IT TAKES A WHILE BUT SHE IS GOING TO GET THERE. >> BUT HELEN HARGAN NEVER GOT
THERE. >> FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE AND FIRE. HOW MAY I ASSIST YOU?
>> YES. I HAVE AN EMERGENCY. >> ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, IT WAS CARLOS GUTIERREZ WHO
FIRST ALERTED AUTHORITIES THAT SOMETHING IN THE HARGAN HOUSE WAS DREADFULLY WRONG. >> I'M IN DALLAS, TEXAS AND MY
GIRLFRIEND IS IN McLEAN. >> HE SAID AND HE HENL HAD SPOKEN EARLIER THAT MORNING. NOW HE CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH
HER AND HE'S WORRIED. >> MAY GIRLFRIEND WON'T ANSWER THE PHONE. AND I'M THINKING SHE'S IN
DANGER. >> SO WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO IS CONTACT YOUR LOCAL JURISDICTION, FILE A REPORT WITH THEM AND TELL
THEM THAT FAIRFAX COUNTY REQUIRES A TELETYPE IN ORDER TO DO A WELFARE CHECK. >> I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR CARLOS
BECAUSE HE'S BOUNCED AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE JUST TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO THE FACT THAT HE THINKS HIS
GIRLFRIEND'S LAYIFE IS IN DANGE. >> I THINK THIS IS LIKE LIFE OR DEATH. I THINK SOMEONE MIGHT BE DEAD.
>> CARLOS GUTIERREZ WOULD LATER TESTIFY ABOUT WHY HE WAS SO CONCERNED. HE WOULD ALSO TELL THE A JURY HE
FELT THE AUTHORITIES WERE GIVING HIM A RUN-AROUND THAT DAY. EVEN WHEN HE CALLED BACK LATER WHEN HE HAD SOMETHING EXPLOSIVE
TO ADD. SOMETHING HELEN HAD TOLD HIM. >> EXACTLY WHAT DID YOUR GIRLFRIEND SAY TO YOU?
>>> FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE AND FIRE. HOW MAY I ASSIST YOU? >> IT'S 1:44 P.M. ON JULY 14th,
2017. CARLOS GOT A YARKSS HELEN'S BOYFRIEND IN TEXAS IS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH 911 DISPATCHERS
IN VIRGINIA. >> LIKE, I THINK SOMEONE MIGHT BE DEAD. >> RIGHT, SIR.
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL JURISDICTION, FILE THE REPORT -- >> THE CALL ENDS WITHOUT A PROMISE OF HELP.
SO 15 MINUTES LATER, CARLOS CALLS AGAIN. AND THIS TIME HE MAKES A STARTLING REVELATION ABOUT
SOMETHING HE SAYS HELEN HAD TOLD HIM ON THE PHONE THAT MORNING. >> MY GIRLFRIEND TOLD ME THAT HER SISTER KILLED HER MOM.
NOW MY GIRLFRIEND WON'T ANSWER HER PHONE. >> MEGAN HARGAN HAD MURDERED HER MOTHER, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT
CARLOS SAID HELEN HAD TOLD HIM. >> OKAY. WELL, WAS THIS OUT OF THE BLUE? YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS SITTING IN A
HOUSE WITH A DEAD WOMAN? >> YES. >> WHY WAS CARLOS, WHO WAS MORE THAN 1,000 MILES AWAY, CALLING
911? WHY DIDN'T HELEN CALL HERSELF? WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE? >> I REPORTED A MURDER EARLIER
AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE ADDRESS. NOW I HAVE THE ADDRESS. >> WHEN POLICE ARRIVE AROUND 3:00 P.M., THEY FIND PAM IS
DEAD. BUT THEY DISCOVER HELEN'S BODY, TOO. CARLOS HAD OFFERED AUTHORITIES A
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR PAM. BUT HELEN WAS A MYSTERY. MEGAN HARGAN TOLD POLICE SOMETHING INTERESTING.
HER MOTHER AND SISTER HAD BEEN ARGUING THAT DAY. >> THIS MORNING, MY MOM LET HELEN KNOW THAT SHE WAS
CANCELING THE CONTRACT ON THE THE HOUSE SHE'S BUILDING HER BECAUSE SHE TRULY BELIEVED THAT HELEN WAS GOING TO TRY TO MOVE
CARLOS INTO THE HOUSE. >> AND WHEN MIDDLE SISTER ASHLEY HEARS THAT CARLOS IS ACCUSING MEGAN OF MURDER, SHE MAKES IT
CLEAR SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE HIM. >> SHE WOULD NEVER DO THAT. NEVER, EVER. OKAY?
>> MEGAN HARGAN'S FRIEND, REBECCA WOLFE, AGREES. >> I DO NOT BELIEVE MEGAN KILLED HER MOM PAM OR HER SISTER HELEN.
NO PIECE OF ME BELIEVES THAT. >> REBECCA AND MEGAN MET IN 2015 WHEN THEY WERE BOTH VOLUNTEERING IN A PROGRAM TO FIND HOMES FOR
DOGS RESCUED FROM WAR ZONES. REBECCA SAYS THAT MEGAN ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR ANIMALS. >> SHE IS VERY COMPASSIONATE, A
GENEROUS HEART. SHE IS JUST A REALLY GOOD PERSON. >> AND REBECCA SAYS MEGAN OFTEN
TALKED ABOUT HER FAMILY. HER GENEROUS MOTHER. >> MEGAN ADMIRED PAM'S WISDOM. HER CAREER.
SHE ALWAYS SPOKE VERY LOVINGLY OF HER. >> AND HER SISTERS, ESPECIALLY THE BABY OF THE FAMILY, HELEN.
>> MEGAN TALKED ABOUT HELEN STRUGGLING WITH THINGS AND FEELING DEPRESSED. BUT I NEVER GOT THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT WAS INSURMOUNTABLE. >> REBECCA SAYS MEGAN CALLED HER ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING AND SOUNDED LIKE A WOMAN WHO HAD
LOST EVERYTHING. >> VERY DISTRAUGHT. AND SHE DID NOT GIVE ME DETAILS OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
SHE JUST SAID, WE'VE LOST MOM AND HELEN. >> BY 8:00 P.M., POLICE HAD TOLD THE MEDIA WHAT THEY HAD TOLD THE
HARGAN FAMILY. THIS LOOKED LIKE A MURDER-SUICIDE. BUT DETECTIVE BYERSON SAID THE
MORE HE SAW OF THE CRIME SCENE, THE LESS HE THOUGHT SO. AND THE MORE HE WANTED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT MEGAN HARGAN.
THAT NIGHT, HE HAD OFFICERS TEST HER HANDS FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE AND PHOTOGRAPH HER. >> DOES SHE BECOME A PERSON OF
INTEREST AT THAT MOMENT? >> SHE'S CERTAINLY A PERSON OF INTEREST BECAUSE WE KNOW SHE WAS IN THE HOUSE.
>> POLICE KNEW THE HOUSE PROBABLY HELD ANSWERS. CRIME SCENE DETECTIVE JULIA ELLIOTT WHO HAD JOINED DETECTIVE
BYERSON AT THE SCENE SPENT THE EVENING COMBING FOR EVIDENCE. >> I WAS SHOWN PAMELA'S BODY FIRST.
>> ONE THING THAT CAUGHT HER ATTENTION WAS PAM HARGAN'S CELL PHONE. >> IT IS LAYING ON TOP OF THE
POOL OF BLOOD AND THE BLANKET. >> WAS THIS UNUSUAL TO SEE A CELL PHONE IN THIS POSITION? >> YES.
IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T FALL ON TOP OF THE BLANKET AND ON TOP OF THE BLANKET ONCE YOU ARE COVERED UP.
>> AND WHAT DOES IT SUGGEST? >> IT SUGGESTS TO ME THAT IT WAS PLACED THERE BY SOMEONE. >> ELLIOTT SAYS THE HELEN HARGAN
SHOOTING SCENE WAS NEXT. >> SHE HAD A LOT OF BLOOD ON HER FACE. >> SO MUCH BLOOD THAT IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AN ENTRY WOUND. AND THERE WAS MORE ON THE FLOOR. BUT THERE WAS A LACK OF BLOOD
WHERE INVESTIGATORS EXPECTED TO SEE IT. >> THE RIFLE ITSELF HAD VERY LITTLE BLOOD ON IT.
>> THE RIFLE WAS LEANING AGAINST HELEN'S BODY. THE BUTT WAS ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN HER LEGS.
THE BARREL WAS POINTED UP TOWARD THE CEILING. >> YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT IF THE RIFLE HAD BEEN SITTING THERE AS
SHE BLED SO HEAVILY, IT WOULD ALSO HAVE BLOOD ON IT. >> AND WAS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS GUN FROM MEGAN?
>> NO. >> WHAT ABOUT FINGERPRINTS ON THIS RIFLE? >> NONE THAT WERE USABLE.
>> THERE WAS DNA FOUND ON THE TRIGGER, BUT WASN'T MEGAN OR HELEN'S. >> IS TRY IT THAT HELEN'S DNA
WAS FOUND ON THE RIFLE CASE? >> YES, THAT IS TRUE. >> BUT BYERSON SAYS ONLY ON THE TIP OF THE CASE.
MEGAN'S DNA WAS ON THE CASE HANDLES. IT IS PART OF THE REASON POLICE BELIEVE HELEN HARGAN NEVER
TOUCHED THE GUN THAT DAY. >> AS SHE DIED, SOMEONE ELSE WAS THERE TO PLACE IT ON HER. >> SHE SAID HELEN'S PHONE WAS
TELLING AS WELL. THERE WAS ALMOST NO BLOOD ON IT. AND ALTHOUGH HELEN HAD USED IT THAT DAY TO TALK AND TEXT WITH
CARLOS, THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINTS EITHER. >> WHAT WE FOUND WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE SWIPE MARKS.
AS IF SOMEONE HAD TAKEN THEIR HAND AND WIPED OFF THE FRONT OF THE SCREEN. >> THOUGH IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO
LEARN EXACTLY HOW THE HARGAN WOMEN DIED, IN THE BASEMENT, DETECTIVE ELLIOTT SAW AN IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
HOW THEY HAD LIVED. >> I GOT A LITTLE NOSEY. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT MY VICTIMS MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN LIFE.
SO I PULLED OUT ONE OF THE CENTER PHOTO ALBUMS TO LOOK AT IT AND OPEN IT UP. >> TUCKED AWAY IN THAT ALBUM OF
FAMILY PHOTOS WAS SOMETHING THAT SEEMED OUT OF PLACE. DOCUMENTS. MEGAN'S BANK STATEMENT.
PAM'S, TOO, AND A SPREAD SHEET FULL OF PASSWORDS AND SECURITY VERIFICATION DETAILS. TO UNLOCK ALL OF PAM HARGAN'S
ACCOUNTS. >> WELL, THAT'S INTERESTED. WERE YOU ABLE TO ANALYZE THE PAPER?
>> SO AT THE TIME OF US LOCATING THAT, FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS WERE NOT ON OUR SEARCH WARRANT. >> SO DETECTIVE ELLIOTT
PHOTOGRAPHED THE DOCUMENTS AND LEFT THEM IN THE HOUSE. WHEN SHE ENTERED WITH THE PROPER SEARCH WARRANT DAYS LATER --
>> THEY WERE NOT THERE. >> THEY WERE NOT THERE. >> THEY WERE NOT. >> THE HOUSE HAD BEEN RETURNED
TO THE HARGAN FAMILY'S CUSTODY THE DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING. AND SOMETHING ELSE HAD HAPPENED THAT DAY.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DELIVERED HER REPORT ON HELEN HARGAN'S AUTOPSY. CASTING DOUBT ON THE
MURDER-SUICIDE THEORY. >> IT TELLS US THAT SOMEONE ELSE PULLED THE TRIGGER.
>>> A POLICE SPOKESMAN WAS CALLING THE HARGAN SHOOTINGS A MURDER-SUICIDE. BUT THE NEXT DAY WHEN DETECTIVE
BRIAN BYERSON SAW HELEN'S AUTOPSY REPORT, HE WAS CERTAIN IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. >> THE GUNSHOT WOUND ON HELEN
HARGAN WAS IN THE TOP OF HER HEAD. >> THE RIFLE BULLET HAD TRAVELED DOWNWARD INTO HER NECK.
>> SHE WOULD HAVE TO HOLD IT STRAIGHT UP AND BE ABLE TO REACH THE TRIGGER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE AND
I'VE WORKED A LOT OF MURDERS. >> WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU WHEN YOU LEARN THAT INFORMATION? >> IT TELLS US THAT SOMEONE ELSE
PULLED THE TRIGGER. >> AS DETECTIVE BYERSON ARRIVED TO WORK TWO DAYS LATER ON MONDAY, JULY 17th --
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR CALLING CAPITAL ONE BANK. >> THERE WAS A CLUE WAITING FOR
HIM. A CLUE THAT BYERSON WAS ABLE TO TAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. >> THAT MONDAY MORNING I HAVE A
MESSAGE ON MY DESK PHONE FROM CAPITAL ONE. >> THE BANK HAD SOME STARTLING NEWS.
BANK EMPLOYEES HAD SEEN REPORTS OF PAM HARGAN'S DEATH, AND WANTED HIM TO KNOW ABOUT SOME STRANGE ACTIVITY ON HER ACCOUNT.
>> COULD YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME, PLEASE? >> PAMELA HANSEN HARGAN. >> SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE PAM
HARGAN HAD CALLED THE BANK THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING WITH A REQUEST. >> WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY
IN. >> I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD DO A WIRE TRANSFER. >> WHOEVER IT WAS WAS TRYING TO
TRANSFER MONEY. MORE THAN $400,000 OUT OF PAM'S ACCOUNT TO A REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT COMPANY IN WEST
VIRGINIA. >> YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A HOUSE? >> FOR MY DAUGHTER, YES. >> THE CALLER WAS ABLE TO
SUCCESSFULLY ANSWER PAM'S SECURITY QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU ACED THE VERIFICATION.
GREAT JOB. >> DETECTIVE BYERSON DISCOVERED THE TRANSACTION HADN'T GONE HROUGH.
SO THE CALLER HAD TRIED AGAIN ON THE MORNING OF PAM'S MURDER. >> YES. WE ATTEMPTED TO YESTERDAY AND
THERE WAS A BIT OF A MIX-UP SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN NOW. THEY NEED IT TODAY.
>> SOMEBODY IS PERHAPS TRYING TO STEAL PAM'S MONEY. >> YES. >> AND BYERSON BELIEVED HE KNEW
WHO THAT SOMEBODY WAS. >> THAT IS MEGAN HARGAN, PRETENDING TO BE HER MOTHER. >> PRETENDING.
>> HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GET MEGAN ON THE PHONE. >> HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP IN.
>> I AM REALLY NOT OKAY. >> MEGAN CLAIMED THE ATTEMPTED WIRE TRANSFERS WERE JUST AN INNOCENT MIX-UP AT THE BANK.
BUT BY NOW, BYERSON WAS SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYTHING SHE SAID. HE BEGAN TO THINK MEGAN HARGAN
HAD BEEN TRYING TO CONFUSE POLICE ALL ALONG. >> I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION HERE.
>> MEGAN HAD STRESSED HELEN'S DEPRESSION AND ANGER ISSUES WITH INVESTIGATORS. >> HELEN HAS BEEN SO ANGRY.
JUST SO ANGRY ALL THE TIME OVER EVERYTHING. >> BUT MEGAN TOLD BYERSON HER SISTER NEVER WOULD HAVE KILLED
HERSELF OR HER MOM. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE MY OWN BABY SISTER DOING THAT AT ALL. >> SHE REPEATED HER STORY ABOUT
TWO STRANGE MEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE ABOUT THESE TWO GUYS.
OTHER PEOPLE HAD CALLED THEM, APPARENTLY. >> BUT BYERSON THAT TIP WENT NOWHERE.
>> THE ONLY CALL THAT'S MADE ABOUT THESE GUYS IS FROM MEGAN HARGAN. >> HE HAD RUN DOWN EVERY LEAD.
EVERY ALTERNATIVE THEORY. THERE WERE NO OTHER SUSPECTS. BUT THERE WAS A MOTIVE. THE MONEY.
AND THE PERSON WHO NEEDED IT COULDN'T STOP TALKING. >> SHE DEMANDED TO COME IN AND GET AN UPDATE ON THE CASE.
>> SO ON JULY 19th, FIVE DAYS AFTER PAM AND HELEN'S DEATHS, DETECTIVE BYERSON BROUGHT MEGAN IN.
HE SAID ONCE MEGAN STARTED -- >> UNIMAGINABLE -- >> SHE WOULDN'T STOP. >> I COULD ASK HER FOR ANYTHING.
>> WE JUST CAN'T GET HER TO LEAVE. >> THIS IS YOU. >> SHE STAYED FOR MORE THAN FOUR
HOURS. >> WE WOULD ASK HER QUESTIONS THAT SHE KNEW THE ANSWER TO AND SHE WOULD PIVOT TO SOMETHING
ELSE OR OUTRIGHT NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY.
>> WE WANT YOU TO TELL THE TRUTHFUL JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> AT FIRST, MEGAN INSISTED IT
WAS HER MOM WHO HAD MADE THOSE CALL TO THE BANK. WHEN BYERSON PLAYED THE TAPES FOR HER --
>> POOFS THAT ON THE PHONE? THAT'S YOU, RIGHT? >> DETECTIVE BYERSON SAID SHE FINALLY ADMITTED TO LYING TO HIM
ABOUT THE WIRE TRANSFER. >> WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO THAT? >> BECAUSE -- BECAUSE I KNEW HOW
IT WOULD LOOK. >> NO, NO. IT'S NOT HOW IT WOULD LOOFBLGT YOU KNEW THAT IF WE KNEW ABOUT
THIS, THAT WOULD SHINE A WHOLE NEW LIGHT ON YOU. >> STILL, SHE WAS ADAMANT THAT SHE HADN'T SHOT ANYONE.
SO IT WAS TRULY BIZARRE WHEN HALFWAY INTO THE INTERVIEW -- >> JUST BLAME ME. JUST BLAME ME.
MY FAMILIAR'S BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH. JUST BLAME ME SO WE CAN MOVE ON
FROM THIS, OKAY? >> IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE KNEW THAT SHE DID IT WITHOUT OPENLY GIVING
US A DETAILED CONFESSION. >> THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. >> THOUGH INADMISSIBLE IN COURT, SHE READILY AGREED TO TAKE A
POLYGRAPH. >> SHE FAILED THREE TIMES. >> BYERSON SAID IT WAS ALL ADDING UP.
HE WAS SITTING ACROSS FROM A KILLER. >> IT BECOMES VERY OBVIOUS TO US.
IT'S EXACTLY WHO WE THINK IT IS AND IT'S MEGAN HARGAN. >> BUT DESPITE EVERYTHING, POLICE LET MEGAN LEAVE THAT DAY.
>> SO MURDER INVESTIGATIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY COMPLEX. YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO BE SURE. YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT.
AND THAT DECISION IS NOT JUST, IT DOES NOT JUST REST ON ME. I HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE. SO IN CONSULTATION WITH THEM, WE DECIDED TO WAIT. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY NOT HAVE
MOVED, BUT MEGAN HARGAN DID. THOUGH SHE NEVER GOT PAM'S MONEY, SHE AND HER HUSBAND USED A V.A. LOAN TO BUY A DIFFERENT
HOUSE IN VIRGINIA. >> WE KEPT AN EYE ON HER. WE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS. >> BYERSON METHODICALLY KEPT
BUILDING HIS CASE. EVIDENCE KEPT TRICKLING IN, INCLUDING THE RESULTS OF MEG DLANG'S GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST
WHICH SHOWED SHE HAD IT ON BOTH HANDS. AND ON NOVEMBER 9th, 2018, ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER
THE DEATHS OF PAM AND HELEN HARGAN -- >> THIS MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 A.M., DETECTIVES FROM OUR
MAJOR CRIMES BUREAU STOPPED AND ARRESTED MEGAN HARGAN NEAR HER HOME IN WEST VIRGINIA. >> AS DETECTIVE BYERSON TAKES
MEGAN HARGAN IN, INVESTIGATORS SEARCH HER HOME AND FIND ANOTHER YET IMPORTANT CLUE. THAT MISSING PASSWORD SHEET TO
PAM HARGAN'S ACCOUNTS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT MEGAN WAS THE PERSON WHO PULLED THAT TRIGGER?
>> I HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL. >> WHAT DID THE DEFENSE WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE IS DOUBT ALL OVER THIS CASE.
>> MEGAN HARGAN'S DEFENSE WILL INCLUDE A SPECIFIC THEORY OF HOW HELEN COULD HAVE KILLED HERSELF. >> SHE PUTS HER HEAD DOWN AND
THEN SHE'S ABLE TO UTILIZE THE TRIGGER. PROBABLY WITH HER TOE, TO BE ABLE TO DISCHARGE THE WEAPON.
>> BUT WILL THE JURY AGREE? >> EVEN THE EXPERTS SAID, IT'S POSSIBLE.
>>> WHAT DID YOU SEE IN HER EYES? >> NOTHING. I DON'T SEE MUCH BEHIND THOSE
EYES. >> MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE ARREST OF HER MURDERS OF HER MOTHER AND SISTER, MEGAN HARGAN
IS GOING ON TRIAL. >> I THINK SHE'S PURE EVIL. >> WHITNEY GREGORY AND TYLER BEZILLA ARE PROSECUTING THE
CASE. >> SHE'S A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR. >> THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OPEN BY ARGUING MEGAN TRIED TO
STEAL MORE THAN $400,000 FROM PAM FOR THIS NEW HOUSE AND GOT SO DESPERATE FOR THE CASH THAT SHE KILLED HER.
THEN SHE KILLED HELEN TO KEEP HER QUIET AND STAGED THE SCENE AS A MURDER-SUICIDE. >> SHE MURDERED TWO OF HER
CLOSEST FAMILY MEMBERS FOR MONEY. >> THE DEFENSE ARGUES HELEN WAS THE KILLER.
MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND FURIOUS AT HER MOTHER WHO HAD OFFERED HER A NEW HOUSE. BUT THE MORNING OF THE SHOOTING
ANNOUNCED THERE WERE ONE DEVASTATING CONDITION. HELEN HAD TO BREAK UP WITH THE MAN SHE HAD HOPED TO MARRY.
CARLOS GUTIERREZ. >> WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST CHALLENGE WITH THIS JURY? >> APPROVING IT WASN'T A
SUICIDE. >> TO DO THAT THEY BEGIN BY CALLING CARLOS AND HELEN'S SISTER ASHLEY, WHO TESTIFY ON
THE DAY SHE DIED HELEN SEEMED NORMAL AND FINE. DID HELEN HAVE A DAG NOTES IT IS OF DEPRESSION?
>> NO. >> AND SHE DIDN'T TAKE HER OWN LIFE, SAYS DETECTIVE JULIA ELLIOTT.
>> IT'S A HOMICIDE. >> WHO TELLS THE JURY ABOUT THE BLOOD STAINS AND POSITION OF THE RIFLE.
>> SHE DID NOT HAVE AN ARM SPAN LONG ENOUGH TO PULL THE TRIGGER. >> HER FINGERS ARE NOT REACHING THE TRIGGER.
>> CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTIONIST IRIS GRAFF AGREES. >> THIS IS A VIRTUAL MODEL. >> PROSECUTORS USED PHOTOS AND
MEASUREMENTS TO CREATE THIS DIGITAL MODEL. >> SHE CAN'T REACH THAT TRIGGER. >> WE STILL NEED ANOTHER FIVE
INCHES. >> SO BASED ON YOUR SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, WAS THE WOUND THAT KILLED HELEN SELF-INFLICTED?
>> WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS SCENE, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE THAT THAT SHE CAN SELF-INFLICT THAT WOUND.
>> GREGORY SAYS THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE. >> DID THE TOOTH FAIRY PUT THE GUN HOLE HERE?
>> HELEN'S WOUND ISN'T THE ONLY EVIDENCE POINTING AT MEGAN. MEGAN'S CONDUCT IN HER POLICE INTERVIEW IS DAMNING TOO.
AND SO ARE THE PHONE CALL TO THE BANK. >> TELL ME YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> INDIANA YOU WANT TO COMPLETE
A WIRE TRANSFER WITH US TODAY? >> YES. THEY NEED IT TODAY. >> MEGAN IS PANICKING.
SHE STILL OWES THAT MONEY ON THE HOUSE. >> PROSECUTORS REVEAL MEGAN LIED TO POLICE ABOUT PAM BUYING HER A
HOUSE, SAYING THE REALITY IS THAT MEGAN WAS TRYING TO BUY THAT WEST VIRGINIA PROPERTY WITH HER MOTHER'S MONEY.
TURNS OUT, MEGAN STILL OWED MORE THAN $400,000, DUE THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING. THE PROSECUTION CONTENDS SHE HAD
SECRETLY SUBSTITUTED HER NAME ON TO PAM'S BANK STATEMENT AS PROOF OF FUNDS. PAM WAS APPARENTLY TOTALLY IN
THE DARK UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING WHEN THE BANK CALLED THE REAL PAM. >> WHO AM I SPEAKING TO?
MAY NAME IS JEFF WITH CAPITAL ONE. >> OKAY. THIS IS PAMELA HARGAN.
>> A BANK OFFICER HAD CALLED HER TO AUTHENTICATE THE ATTEMPTED WIRE TRANSFER. >> SOMEONE TRIED TO DO A WIRE
OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT FOR $400,000. >> WHAT? I DID NOT DO THAT.
>> THE DEFENSE WOULD SAY THERE IS DOUBT ALL OVER THIS CASE. >> THE DEFENSE DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED, SO WE ASKED MATT
TROIANO, AN ATTORNEY WITH DECADES IN COURT. HE DIDN'T TRY THIS CASE BUT WE HIRED HIM TO REVIEW THE FILE.
TO HELP PROVE REASONABLE DOUBT, HE SAYS THE DEFENSE CONTENDS HELEN WAS THE SUSPICIOUS ONE THAT DAY.
>> HELEN DOESN'T CALL 911. SHE DOESN'T RUN OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR SAFETY. SHE TELLS HER BOYFRIEND, DORN
CALL FOR HELP. >> WHY DIDN'T HELEN CALL 911? >> THAT'S A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WE DON'T HAVE.
WHY DIDN'T SHE CALL 911? WE DON'T KNOW. >> THERE IS A LOT AUTHORITIES MAY NEVER KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT
THE ROUGHLY TWO HOURS THEY SAY LAPSED BETWEEN PAM'S AND HELEN'S DEATHS. IF MEGAN KILLED PAM, WHY DID SHE
WAIT SO LONG TO KILL HELEN? AND WHY ON EARTH HADN'T HELEN MADE A RUN FOR IT? TESTIMONY SUGGESTS SHE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT 8-YEAR-OLD MOLLY, WHO WAS HOME AT THE TIME. GOOD A GOOD ENOUGH EXPLANATION SAYS TROIANO.
>> FOR HOURS, PETER, SHE ALLOWED WHAT IS CLAIMED TO BE A MURDERER RUN LOOSE IN A HOME WITH A RIFLE WITHOUT SEEKING HELP, WITHOUT
BARRICADING HER INTO A ROOM. >> HE SAYS HELEN'S BODY SHOWED NO DEFINITIVE SIGNS OF A LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE.
>> WHY WOULDN'T SHE HAVE FOUGHT BACK? >> AND HOW INCREDIBLE ARE THE WITNESSES AGAINST MEGAN HARGAN?
TROIANO SAYS THE DEFENSE WANTS THE JURY TO BELIEVE ONE MAY NOT BE CREDIBLE AT ALL. HER SISTER ASHLEY.
>> HER STORY HAS CHANGED. >> WHEN SHE HAD SPOKEN TO INVESTIGATORS SOON AFTER THE SHOOTING, ASHLEY TOLD THEM HELEN
HAD ONCE BEEN IN EMOTIONAL TURMOIL. >> I KNOW MY SISTER WAS DEPRESSED.
HAD SHE EVER TALKED ABOUT HURTING HERSELF? >> YEAH. >> BUT ONCE ON THE STAND, ASHLEY
TESTIFIED SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER EVER SAYING THAT. >> SHE SAYS 150 TIMES THEREABOUTS THAT SHE DOESN'T
REMEMBER CERTAIN THINGS. TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT THAT. NUMBER ONE, SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER, RIGHT?
NUMBER TWO IS THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE NOT HELPFUL FOR THE PROSECUTION. >> ASHLEY TESTIFIED THAT SHE
COULDN'T RECALL MORE THAN 150 TIMES. WHY WAS THAT? >> ANY TIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH
A VICTIM OF TRAUMA, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ASPECTS THAT SHE CAN'T RECALL. >> WHATEVER THE JURY THINKS OF
ASHLEY, THE DEFENSE WANTS TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW HELEN COULD HAVE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON THAT RIFLE.
AND THEY HAVE A THEORY. WITH HER TOE. >> SHE PUTS HER HEAD DOWN AND THEN SHE'S ABLE TO UTILIZE THE
TRIGGER, PROBABLY WITH HER TOE, TO DISCHARGE THE WEAPON. >> HER TOE? >> SHE HAS TO FIGURE OUT SOME
WAY. THE CRITICAL QUESTION IS, COULD IT HAVE BEEN DONE? >> EVEN THE PROSECUTION'S EXPERT
WITNESS CONCEDES, WHILE VERY UNLIKELY, IT IS POSSIBLE. >> CAN HER TOE REACH THE TRIGGER?
>> YES. HER LEGS ARE LONG ENOUGH THAT HER TOE COULD REACH THE TRIGGER. >> EITHER WAY, THE JUDGE THINKS
IRIS GRAFF'S DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION ISN'T NECESSARY SO HE PREVENTS THE JURY FROM SEEING IT.
THOUGH MEGAN HARGAN NEVER TESTIFIES -- >> EVERY SHRED OF EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT MEGAN HARGAN WAS THE ONE
WHO COMMITTED THESE MURDERS. >> IN CLOSINGS, THE PROSECUTOR ARGUES THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT PAM HARGAN WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO
CANCEL THE CONTRACT ON HELEN'S NEW HOUSE. AND HE URGES THE JURY TO COMPARE HELEN'S BEHAVIOR AROUND THE TIME
OF THE SHOOTING TO MEGAN'S. HE SAYS MEG DLANG'S ACTIONS THAT HE FOR THEMSELVES. >> SHE'S DOING ALL THE THINGS A
MURDERER WOULD DO. >> THE DEFENSE INSISTS, THERE IS REASONABLE DOUBT IN THIS CASE. THEY ARGUE THE INCONCLUSIVE.
AND THE TOE ON THE TRIGGER THEORY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. >> IT'S POSSIBLE. IF IT'S POSSIBLE, THAT THEN
LENDS ITSELF TO DOUBT. >> MEGAN HARGAN IS INNOCENT. >> MEG DLANG'S FRIEND REBECCA WOLFE SPENT ABOUT FIVE YEARS
WORKING FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. SHE KNOWS HER WAY AROUND A CRIMINAL TRIAL AND HAS BEEN AT
THIS ONE ALMOST EVERY DAY. >> I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE SENDING SOMEONE TO PRISON FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE WITHOUT
KNOWING BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THEY DID IT. >> ON MARCH 24th, 2022, ALMOST
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE SHOOTINGS, THE JURY GETS THE CASE. >> BASED ON YOUR REVIEW OF THIS CASE, AS THE JURY IS HEADING
INTO DLB RAGS, COULD THIS GO EITHER WAY? >> SURE.
>>> AS THE JURORS COME BACK IN THE ROOM. THEY HAVE A DECISION. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THEIR FACES?
>> YES. >> AFTER A THREE-WEEK TRIAL, IT TAKES THE JURY LESS THAN TWO DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS TO REACH A
VERDICT. >> I THOUGHT MY LEGS WOULD GO WEAK. WE WERE STANDING UP AND THIS WAS
MONTHS OF OUR LIVES. >> MEGAN HARGAN IS GUILTY. TWO COUNTS OF MURDER FOR KILLING HER MOTHER AND SISTER PAM.
>> HOW DID MEGAN REACT TO THE VERDICT? >> FOR ME, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE TABLE.
I'M JUST TRYING NOT TO PASS OUT. >> I THINK WEIGHT LIFTED OFF EVERYBODY. >> IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL
MOMENT. >> THE INJURE RECOMMENDS THE SENTENCE TO THE JUDGE OF LIFE IN PRISON ON EACH MURDER COUNT.
HE WILL RULE ON THAT THIS FALL. > I THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT I WOULD BE GETTING A PHONE CALL AND COMING TO PICK HER UP.
100%. >> MEGAN'S FRIEND REBECCA WOLFE THINKS THIS JURY WAS SHORT-SIGHTED.
>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO SEE THROUGH ALL OF THIS. THEY WOULD LOOK AT ALL THE EVIDENCE.
THEY WERE GOING TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THEY WERE GOING TAD THEIR JOB. >> THIS JOB IS DIFFICULT.
>> DETECTIVE BYERSON THINKS THERE ARE PARTS OF THE AUTHORITIES' CONDUCT IN THIS CASE THAT HE WOULD HAVE CHANGED
IF HE COULD. HOW 911 DISPATCHERS RESPONDED TO CARLOS GUTIERREZ AND HOW QUICKLY THE FAIRFAX COUNTY PD WENT
PUBLIC WITH THE MURDER-SUICIDE THEIRY. >> I DON'T FIND IT HELPFUL TO MAKE A BLANKET STATEMENT ABOUT
WHAT WE THINK IT IS. IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT IT TURNS OUT TO BE. >> WAS JUSTICE SERVED IN THIS
CASE? >> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT JUSTICE IS, RIGHT? YOU'RE NEVER BRINGING BACK THE
TWO LIVES THAT WERE LOST. >> THE DOMINO EFFECT OF TRAGEDY FROM WHAT HAPPENED IS IMMEASURABLE.
>> THOUGH THE TRIAL IS FINALLY FINISHED, WAVES OF GRIEF STILL WASH OVER THE SURVIVING HARGAN FAMILY.
>> IT'S JUST IMMEASURABLE GRIEF. >> AND RIPPLES STILL REVERBERATE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THEY TOUCHED.
LIKE PAM'S FORMER NEIGHBOR, TAMI. >> I WAS JUST, JUST DEVASTATED. I MAY NOT, JUST -- I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY WORDS. IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. >> AND HELEN'S FRIEND ERIN. >> I WAS IN SHOCK.
>> WHO HAD MOVED ABROAD AFTER GRADUATION AND HAD TO HEAR ABOUT HER DEATH FROM US. >> I HAD NO IDEA THAT HAPPENED
TO HER. >> YOU'RE CONVINCED IF HELEN WERE ALIVE TODAY, SHE'D BE ON THE ROAD TO SOME GREAT SUCCESS,
SOME GREAT CAREER? >> ABSOLUTELY. SHE'D BE A TRAIL BLAZER. >> HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIEND
HELEN TO BE REMEMBERED? >> FOR BEING KIND AND COMPASSIONATE, DRIVEN AND CARING.
JUST A VERY CARING PERSON.