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[soldiers chanting cadence]

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[crow cawing]

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BEN WEATHERS: The reaction
from the community

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was a mix of emotions--

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shock certainly, disbelief.

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SUSAN GARCIARAMIREZ: I heard
a rustling outside my window,

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and I see these soldiers.

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When there's three
or four soldiers

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at your front doorstep,
you know what it means.

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Investigators asked her
if she owned any weapons,

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and she played it off like
she didn't know much about guns.

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BEN: There was anger.

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How could someone do this
to this young mother?

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How could someone
do this to this young child?

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LEROY MCDANIELS: The world
is missing a beautiful person

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with a big heart.

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[clicking tongue]

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All right.
[clears throat]

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NARRATOR: Halfway between
Baltimore and Washington D.C.

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is Severn, Maryland,
a small city

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known for its old-world charm
and family-friendly environment.

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Severn is just a typical
suburban community.

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Every morning,
people going to work,

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kids ride their bikes to school
up and down the sidewalks.

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People walk their dogs.

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Very safe community.

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NARRATOR:
This 18-square-mile area

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got put on the map
during World War I,

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when the U.S. military set up
a sprawling Army base

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just outside of town.

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Between 1914 and 1918,

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the eight-square-mile fortress
known as Fort Meade

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saw more than 400,000 soldiers
pass through.

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NEWS ANNOUNCER: They maneuver
into battle, sham battle.

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Fort Meade, Maryland,
and tactics for tanks.

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[plane zooming]

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[bell ringing]

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NARRATOR: During that time,
it became the military's

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key communication hub,
home to the Hello Girls,

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a handpicked group of 223
bilingual switchboard operators

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who were integral
in relaying messages

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to U.S. troops
fighting in Europe.

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When the war ended,
the government

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recognized the importance
of the fort's contribution

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to high-tech communications,
so they built on its reputation.

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Soon, it was at the forefront
of code-cracking.

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[gunfire]

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And by the start
of World War II,

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the base's newly formed
Signal Corps

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had developed
much of the equipment

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used to communicate in battle,
like the game-changing

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FM backpack radio
that provided troops

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with reliable static-free
transmissions.

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Nearly a century later,
Fort Meade is considered

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the epicenter of America's
intelligence community.

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They house the National
Security Agency.

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They house the Defense
Information Systems Agency.

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These are agencies
that are responsible

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for foreign surveillance
and, you know,

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making sure that
different communication systems

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between the military can
communicate with each other.

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NARRATOR: And many
of the 57,000 residents

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who live in Severn are some
of the best code crackers

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and surveillance experts
in the world.

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So, in the summer of 2015,
everyone was stunned

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when a tragedy no one saw coming
showed up on their doorstep.

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It's just before 8:00 a.m.
on Tuesday, August 25th,

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when a call comes in
to the Anne Arundel County

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Police Department.

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A maintenance worker
at a townhome community

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two and a half miles
from Fort Meade

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says he was making his rounds

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when he saw the sliding
glass door to a unit

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hanging wide open.

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[police radio chatter]

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The Anne Arundel County
police responded to the call,

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and they entered the house
on the ground floor

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of the residence.

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They didn't see anybody.

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NARRATOR:
But when they go upstairs,

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on the master bedroom floor
is a chilling scene.

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A baby is being held by a woman
covered in blood

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who appears to be
in her mid-20s.

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She had been shot several times
in her chest,

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and clearly had been killed
as a result of those gunshots.

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Someone had taken her pants off,

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and her underpants
were pulled down.

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The initial officer described
being particularly horrified

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by the scene,
because he initially thought

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that the child
had been killed too.

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Thankfully, when he took
a closer look,

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he realized
the child was moving,

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and the baby was taken
from the scene to the hospital

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to get checked out and make sure
that the baby was okay.

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NARRATOR: Homicide detectives
begin scouring the scene

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for any clues.

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They quickly find
the victim's wallet

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which identifies her
as 24-year-old Karlyn Ramirez,

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a private first class
at Fort Meade.

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Because she's a soldier,

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cops call in the Army's
Criminal Investigation Division.

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LARRY HEINZ: We toured
the inside of the townhome,

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and yeah, there was nothing
that was out of sorts

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other than the room
where she was found.

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The top three drawers
of the dresser were opened,

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and a lot of the contents
were thrown on the floor,

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like somebody was rifling
through the dresser.

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NARRATOR: Beneath the victim
are three gunshot holes.

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This tells cops
that she was lying down

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when she was shot.

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They recover one bullet
lodged in the floor

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and follow
the most likely trajectory

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of the others downstairs.

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There was two fully encased
bullet slugs that were found,

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one being in the foyer--
on the foyer floor

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just inside the front door,

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and another slug
on the living room carpet.

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NARRATOR: The bullets
are in good condition,

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and can easily be matched
if cops can find the gun.

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Unfortunately,
there's no murder weapon

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or even a shell casing
to be found.

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That told us the shooter...

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picked up the spent casings
and removed them from the house,

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or that it was not
a semiautomatic weapon,

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that it was in fact a revolver
where the shell casings

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remain inside the weapon
after the weapon is discharged.

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NARRATOR: Karlyn's body
is sent to the coroner

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while cops scour the place
looking for additional clues

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that might lead to the killer.

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You don't know what you have,

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and you're looking
for trace evidence,

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so you're taking the sheets
off the bed.

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You're looking for items
that may have been touched.

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NARRATOR: Forensic teams
work the crime scene

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while detectives
shift their focus

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to the infant found
in Karlyn Ramirez's arms.

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Military records
suggest the baby

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is Karlyn's four-month-old
daughter Vale.

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And according to doctors
at the hospital,

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the baby isn't injured,

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but they do find
a tiny bit of blood

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on one of her hands.

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It's Karlyn's.

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LARRY: My impression was that
whoever killed the victim

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had put the child
in the arms of the victim.

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Maybe the child was screaming,
and the subject

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had put the baby
down by the victim, the mother,

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to soothe the baby.

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NARRATOR: But there's
no question,

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Karlyn's murder
was a targeted attack.

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And in a military town
filled with people

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trained not to miss
a single beat,

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a killer knew how to slip in
and stay under the radar.

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That means
either they got lucky,

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or police are on the hunt for
a very sophisticated monster.

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[police radio chatter]

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NARRATOR: In Severn, Maryland,
news of Karlyn Ramirez's death

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travels across the area
like a transmission

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from one of Fort Meade's
battlefield radios.

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BEN: The reaction from
the community was--

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was kind of a mix of emotions.

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I mean, I think that there
was shock certainly, disbelief.

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I do think that
there was also an eagerness

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to try to find out
what had happened here.

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How could someone do this
to this young mother?

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How could someone
do this to this young child?

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LEROY: Karlyn worked
directly for me.

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She was a very, very
beautiful person.

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Her personality was amazing.
She always smiled.

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She's always ready
to make things happen,

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and people just loved
being around her.

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You were kinda drawn to her

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because of the way
she talked to people

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and the way she cared
for people.

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[clicking tongue]

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All right.
[clears throat]

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So, yeah, dealing with
a situation like this

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with any soldier is hard.

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But with a soldier like her
that so many people

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are close to,
you know it's gonna be a lot.

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SUSAN: I'm sitting
in my bedroom,

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and I heard a rustling
outside my window,

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and I peeked out,
and I see these soldiers.

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If you've ever watched
a single television show,

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you know that when
there's three or four soldiers

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at your front doorstep,
you know what it means.

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I got up,
and I walked out of the room,

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and I yelled at my husband,

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"Chuey, something happened
to Karlyn!"

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He opened the door, and I just
saw them standing there.

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He said,
"What happened to her?"

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And... they just told me

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that they regretted
to inform me

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that my daughter
had passed away.

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And that's all they told us,

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that they didn't have
any specifics,

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that they didn't
have any-- anything.

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NARRATOR: Police learn
24-year-old Karlyn

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was born and raised in Texas.

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SUSAN: I was a single mom at 24.

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She was a mommy's girl
in the sense

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that she wanted
to go everywhere with me.

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We didn't have any family,
so it was us.

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We had each other.

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NARRATOR: When Karlyn was five,

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her mother met
and married Chuey.

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He had two kids, and suddenly,

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Karlyn had a stepfather
and siblings.

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They soon became one big
happy blended family.

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As Karlyn grew,
she went from being a shy girl

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to a confident teenager
who got a part-time job

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at the commissary
of a local Air Force base.

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SUSAN: Karlyn had no idea what
she wanted to do with her life.

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She went to college, and she
was studying criminal justice.

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And then one day,
she just told me,

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"School's not for me,
and I'm going into the Army."

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And I was like, why?

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It was so unexpected.

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I was-- I asked her,
I said, "Karlyn, what--

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what has gotten into you?"
[laughing]

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And she said, "Mom,
this is what I want to do."

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She signed up for intel,
military intelligence.

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NARRATOR: In 2014
Karlyn was shipped to Korea

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for her first tour of duty.

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But just nine months later,
her life changed course.

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SUSAN: She calls me, she says,
"I have something to tell you."

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And I said, "What did you do?"

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And then she says,
"Well, I'm pregnant."

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And I'm like, what?
[laughing]

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You know, no one really wants
single parenthood

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for their children,
especially when you've lived it.

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But she says,
"It's okay, Mom, it's okay.

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You know, I'm gonna be okay."

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NARRATOR: Karlyn told her mom
her new boyfriend

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was 35-year-old Sergeant
First Class Maliek Kearney,

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an Iraq war vet
from Philadelphia

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with 17 years of military
experience under his belt.

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He had a lot of responsibilities
and a lot of awards,

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he was very decorated.

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Chain of command loved him,

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superiors loved him,
soldiers loved him.

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SUSAN: She said that he made her
feel like a princess,

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he made her feel like, you know,

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she was the most important
person in the world,

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and that she loved him.

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NARRATOR: The couple
quickly became engaged

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and began planning their
wedding.

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But when it came time
to return to the States,

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the military threw a wrench
into their plans.

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Maliek was transferred
to Fort Jackson

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in South Carolina, while Karlyn
was sent to Fort Meade.

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Over the next few months,
the two successfully maintained

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a long-distance relationship.

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Then, in April of 2015,
Vale was born.

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Maliek was by his family's side.

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And when it was time to return
to his base, all was well.

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Karlyn was happy,
and she had her baby,

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and she was, you know,
where she wanted to be.

259
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And to me,
that's all that mattered.

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NARRATOR: But in just
a couple months,

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raising in infant with
an out-of-town fiancé

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seemed to get to Karlyn.

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That's when she had an affair
with someone

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she thought could relate--
a married soldier at Fort Meade

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whose wife was living
thousands of miles away.

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SUSAN: And I got a phone call
from Maliek,

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crying because he found out
that Karlyn

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had gone out
with another man.

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What she did was wrong.

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I said, if this is an issue now
and you're not even married yet,

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maybe you should reconsider
getting married.

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And he says, "Well, no,
I'm gonna forgive her

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because I love her."

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NARRATOR:
Then, on July 15th, 2015,

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Karlyn and Maliek married.

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From the outside, it appeared
their troubles were behind them.

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They were like
many military families--

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spouses devoted to each other
and their country

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while living
on separate bases.

280
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But Maliek wasn't exactly a
forgive-and-forget kind of guy,

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and shortly after the wedding,
he insisted Karlyn pay a price

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to both him and the Army

283
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for having strayed
with her married coworker.

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Karlyn being the type
of person that she was,

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was very apologetic, and...

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was willing to do anything
to get his forgiveness.

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Maliek forced Karlyn
to report this--

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adultery, is what we call it
in the military--

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to her chain of command.

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LEROY: Within the Uniform Code
of Military Justice,

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adultery is not allowed, period.

292
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You cannot have sex with anybody
but your spouse, period.

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If it's found out,
you get punished,

294
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because if you're married
and you're stepping out,

295
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then how can you be trusted?

296
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I can't trust you to maintain
things in your own household,

297
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how can I trust you with,
you know, military secrets?

298
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So, both soldiers that
were involved in this affair

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were reduced in rank,
money was taken.

300
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I had never seen
Ramirez get mad.

301
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Like, she's always bubbly,

302
00:16:57,792 --> 00:16:59,916
she always has
a very good personality,

303
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always with a smile on her face.

304
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She had a plan,
she had a timeline

305
00:17:03,042 --> 00:17:04,541
that she wanted to meet.

306
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That demotion slowed
that progress down,

307
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so she was upset.

308
00:17:10,333 --> 00:17:12,666
NARRATOR: But Karlyn
pulled up her bootstraps

309
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and made the decision
to dedicate herself

310
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to her baby and Maliek.

311
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Just days later,
the marriage blew up.

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Turns out Karlyn wasn't
the only one keeping secrets.

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NARRATOR: Police in Severn,
Maryland,

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are just 24 hours
into investigating

315
00:17:41,958 --> 00:17:45,457
Karlyn Ramirez's murder case
when they learn

316
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that the honeymoon period
in her short marriage

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had ended as fast as it began.

318
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Karlyn had put
her military intel skills to use

319
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to check up on her new husband.

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That's when she discovered

321
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she wasn't the only one
making mistakes.

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LEROY: Karlyn came to me
a couple days

323
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after their honeymoon.

324
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She had spent some time
with Maliek.

325
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She said she was laying in bed,

326
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and Maliek had gone
in the kitchen,

327
00:18:12,208 --> 00:18:14,874
took his phone,
but he left his iPad.

328
00:18:14,875 --> 00:18:16,500
He was texting
another young lady.

329
00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:21,582
IPad and phone are linked,
so she was seeing the messages.

330
00:18:21,583 --> 00:18:25,666
So, that's when she found out
that he was cheating on her.

331
00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:28,082
And she was like,
"I don't know what to do."

332
00:18:28,083 --> 00:18:30,166
And just kinda calmed her down

333
00:18:30,167 --> 00:18:32,124
and, "Hey, you gotta do
what's best for you,

334
00:18:32,125 --> 00:18:33,458
do what's best
for your daughter."

335
00:18:35,042 --> 00:18:37,374
NARRATOR: Days later,
Karlyn told Maliek

336
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their marriage was over.

337
00:18:42,583 --> 00:18:45,041
LARRY: And of course,
reality hit him hard.

338
00:18:45,042 --> 00:18:48,499
Karlyn was a beautiful,
beautiful lady.

339
00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:51,166
And you know,
he had his trophy wife,

340
00:18:51,167 --> 00:18:52,874
he didn't wanna lose it.

341
00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:55,249
He was crying, he was begging,

342
00:18:55,250 --> 00:18:57,207
you know, that he was sorry,

343
00:18:57,208 --> 00:18:59,207
that you know,
that he wanted them

344
00:18:59,208 --> 00:19:01,249
to work it out,
and this and that.

345
00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:04,249
But you know, she had already
made her decision

346
00:19:04,250 --> 00:19:06,832
that she was moving on.

347
00:19:06,833 --> 00:19:10,874
LEROY: So, he would do his best
to stay talking to her.

348
00:19:10,875 --> 00:19:13,374
He said, "Don't leave me,
don't leave me, don't leave me."

349
00:19:13,375 --> 00:19:15,041
Was calling all the time.

350
00:19:15,042 --> 00:19:16,582
If she wouldn't answer his call,

351
00:19:16,583 --> 00:19:17,875
he was getting somebody else
to call.

352
00:19:19,042 --> 00:19:20,667
He was blowing her phone up.

353
00:19:21,708 --> 00:19:24,624
It got to the point where
she had to put in

354
00:19:24,625 --> 00:19:26,542
a restraining order
to keep him away from her.

355
00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:31,582
NARRATOR: For cops,
a clearer picture of Maliek

356
00:19:31,583 --> 00:19:36,250
starts to emerge--
one of a very jealous husband.

357
00:19:38,375 --> 00:19:41,041
But before they can sit him
in an interview chair,

358
00:19:41,042 --> 00:19:43,250
the medical examiner's report
comes in.

359
00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:46,916
LARRY: It was apparent
that she was shot

360
00:19:46,917 --> 00:19:48,707
two times in the chest

361
00:19:48,708 --> 00:19:52,541
and one time in the right side
of the torso

362
00:19:52,542 --> 00:19:54,999
which exited out the left side.

363
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,374
The ballistics
on all three slugs

364
00:19:57,375 --> 00:20:02,124
came back to a .38
or a .357 caliber slug,

365
00:20:02,125 --> 00:20:05,167
and they were all fired
from the same weapon.

366
00:20:06,417 --> 00:20:08,957
Revolvers haven't been used
in the military

367
00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,791
for many, many years.

368
00:20:10,792 --> 00:20:14,708
So, we definitely knew
it was not a military weapon.

369
00:20:17,208 --> 00:20:19,499
JAMES: Investigators
were able to determine

370
00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:22,374
a window for the killing

371
00:20:22,375 --> 00:20:25,582
based on the temperature
of her body,

372
00:20:25,583 --> 00:20:27,999
the last use of her telephone,

373
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,582
and the window was approximately
10 p.m. to midnight

374
00:20:32,583 --> 00:20:34,833
the night before,
which was August 24th.

375
00:20:37,250 --> 00:20:38,874
NARRATOR: And according
to the M.E.,

376
00:20:38,875 --> 00:20:41,458
there was no evidence
Karlyn had been raped.

377
00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:44,541
So, the fact that
her pants were removed,

378
00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:46,332
her underwear was pulled down

379
00:20:46,333 --> 00:20:48,707
indicated that whoever did this

380
00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:51,249
may have wanted to make it look
like there was a sexual assault

381
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,625
associated with the crime.

382
00:20:53,708 --> 00:20:55,249
JAMES: And then,
you have the child

383
00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:57,249
placed in the mother's arm.

384
00:20:57,250 --> 00:20:58,999
That's kind of inconsistent

385
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,166
with your typical
sexual assault.

386
00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:04,500
It was more consistent with a...

387
00:21:06,042 --> 00:21:08,541
premeditated act.

388
00:21:08,542 --> 00:21:12,458
And therefore, you'd look
at the husband immediately.

389
00:21:24,875 --> 00:21:27,458
[Maliek sobbing]

390
00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:52,541
DETECTIVE: Okay?
Unless it's, you know...

391
00:21:52,542 --> 00:21:54,624
NARRATOR: Detectives let Maliek
know they're well aware

392
00:21:54,625 --> 00:21:57,374
of their marital split
and the restraining order

393
00:21:57,375 --> 00:21:59,292
Karlyn filed against him.

394
00:22:29,792 --> 00:22:33,582
NARRATOR: Detectives ask Maliek
where he was on August 24th,

395
00:22:33,583 --> 00:22:35,583
the night Karlyn was killed.

396
00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:39,916
Maliek told detectives
that he got off work

397
00:22:39,917 --> 00:22:42,249
at around 2:00 p.m.,

398
00:22:42,250 --> 00:22:46,374
went back to his apartment
off post,

399
00:22:46,375 --> 00:22:47,916
just hung out at his house,

400
00:22:47,917 --> 00:22:50,082
watched movies,
surfed the internet,

401
00:22:50,083 --> 00:22:51,875
then later on went to sleep.

402
00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:16,541
MALIEK: I have not been
to Maryland since...

403
00:23:16,542 --> 00:23:18,374
NARRATOR: Police take Maliek up
on his offer

404
00:23:18,375 --> 00:23:20,874
and download the data
from his vehicle.

405
00:23:20,875 --> 00:23:23,874
They also copy everything
on his cell phone.

406
00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:26,041
They send the material
to the forensic team

407
00:23:26,042 --> 00:23:27,916
at Fort Meade for analysis.

408
00:23:27,917 --> 00:23:30,624
It'll take a few days
to get results,

409
00:23:30,625 --> 00:23:34,499
so for now, cops focus on
their other potential suspect,

410
00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:37,249
Karlyn's married soldier/lover.

411
00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:40,332
After all,
he was publicly reprimanded

412
00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:43,291
and punished with a costly
demotion in rank.

413
00:23:43,292 --> 00:23:46,332
And maybe in place
of all that was lost,

414
00:23:46,333 --> 00:23:48,500
he gained a motive for murder.

415
00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:56,042
[birdsong]

416
00:23:59,792 --> 00:24:01,707
NARRATOR: Police in Severn,
Maryland,

417
00:24:01,708 --> 00:24:04,749
zero in on Karlyn Ramirez's
former lover,

418
00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:07,541
fellow soldier and potential
person-of-interest

419
00:24:07,542 --> 00:24:08,958
in her murder case.

420
00:24:10,542 --> 00:24:13,666
LARRY: We had him come down
to the CID office,

421
00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:16,833
and he was in disbelief.

422
00:24:18,042 --> 00:24:22,374
Even though their relationship
had ended,

423
00:24:22,375 --> 00:24:23,833
they still were friends.

424
00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:29,374
But he was--
he was very, very upset

425
00:24:29,375 --> 00:24:33,083
that Karlyn was killed,
and it seemed genuine.

426
00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:38,749
He told us that he was home
the night of the murder,

427
00:24:38,750 --> 00:24:40,958
however no one
could corroborate it.

428
00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:45,207
NARRATOR: He agrees
to let police

429
00:24:45,208 --> 00:24:48,416
track his whereabouts
that night through his cell,

430
00:24:48,417 --> 00:24:51,082
so they take his phone
like they did Maliek's

431
00:24:51,083 --> 00:24:53,958
and send the data to Fort Meade
for analysis.

432
00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:01,707
Meanwhile, the Army preps
the remains of Karlyn Ramirez

433
00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:04,542
for transport back
to her home town in Texas.

434
00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:10,541
A friend of mine actually
was tasked

435
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,374
with taking her body to Del Rio.

436
00:25:13,375 --> 00:25:14,916
So, he comes to see me
in my office,

437
00:25:14,917 --> 00:25:17,832
he said, "Hey, I have to go
and identify her body.

438
00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:19,583
Do you wanna go with me?"

439
00:25:20,917 --> 00:25:22,666
So, we go over
to the funeral home,

440
00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:24,749
we go to the back
where they have her at,

441
00:25:24,750 --> 00:25:27,916
and she's laying in a casket.

442
00:25:27,917 --> 00:25:29,875
And to me,
it didn't look like her.

443
00:25:31,250 --> 00:25:34,999
It was-- it was, like, wow.

444
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,874
Like, my soldier's
laying in this box dead

445
00:25:36,875 --> 00:25:39,916
because somebody decided
to take her life.

446
00:25:39,917 --> 00:25:41,167
Like, why?

447
00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:44,167
Why?
Like, what the...

448
00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:47,166
So, I had to--
yeah, I walked out.

449
00:25:47,167 --> 00:25:49,000
Got-- I was like,
"I'll be in the car."

450
00:25:50,708 --> 00:25:52,541
So yeah, that's when
it really sunk in

451
00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:53,917
that she was gone.

452
00:26:00,250 --> 00:26:02,582
SUSAN: I can honestly tell you
that I really--

453
00:26:02,583 --> 00:26:04,207
I don't think
I've ever sat down

454
00:26:04,208 --> 00:26:06,832
and just cried.

455
00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:10,207
I'm-- I'm a woman
of great faith,

456
00:26:10,208 --> 00:26:12,792
so I don't question...

457
00:26:13,875 --> 00:26:15,749
you know, whether I'll see
my daughter again.

458
00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:17,207
I'll see
my daughter again one day,

459
00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:18,542
I have faith that I will.

460
00:26:19,875 --> 00:26:22,291
My faith
gives me strength.

461
00:26:22,292 --> 00:26:24,083
My family gives me strength.

462
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,083
My little girl
gives me strength.

463
00:26:28,792 --> 00:26:32,208
That's what I do.
You do what you have to do.

464
00:26:39,125 --> 00:26:42,041
NARRATOR: On August 28th,
police finally get back

465
00:26:42,042 --> 00:26:44,707
the phone and GPS analysis
from Fort Meade

466
00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:46,792
on their two potential suspects.

467
00:26:49,125 --> 00:26:52,791
According to the data,
Karlyn's lover was at home

468
00:26:52,792 --> 00:26:55,833
in Severn just like he said
he was when Karlyn was killed.

469
00:26:57,542 --> 00:27:00,957
LARRY: We actually confirmed
that he was telling us the truth

470
00:27:00,958 --> 00:27:05,791
through cellphone records
and what we call tower pings.

471
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:10,000
And it located his phone
at his residence.

472
00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:14,708
And Maliek Kearney
appears to be another dead end.

473
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,957
According to the report,
his phone and car

474
00:27:18,958 --> 00:27:21,291
were 500 miles away
in South Carolina

475
00:27:21,292 --> 00:27:22,833
the night of the murder.

476
00:27:24,458 --> 00:27:29,582
LARRY: He was driving a Jaguar
which has the internal GPS.

477
00:27:29,583 --> 00:27:33,249
And the detectives
confirmed that that Jaguar

478
00:27:33,250 --> 00:27:35,207
was there that night.

479
00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:37,541
So was his phone.

480
00:27:37,542 --> 00:27:39,041
NARRATOR: The phone
also confirms

481
00:27:39,042 --> 00:27:42,000
he made several online purchases
from his home that night.

482
00:27:43,917 --> 00:27:46,874
And while some investigators
might have just crossed Maliek

483
00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:49,374
right off the suspect list,

484
00:27:49,375 --> 00:27:52,291
they know there was trouble
in this marriage,

485
00:27:52,292 --> 00:27:53,917
and this is Fort Meade.

486
00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:57,707
These people are in a whole
different class

487
00:27:57,708 --> 00:28:00,042
when it comes
to unscrambling information.

488
00:28:01,292 --> 00:28:03,249
And after working their magic,

489
00:28:03,250 --> 00:28:05,707
they found another
hidden layer of data

490
00:28:05,708 --> 00:28:08,292
Maliek never mentioned
to police.

491
00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:14,207
JAMES: A wiping application
had been activated,

492
00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:17,874
so the phone was essentially
being wiped of its data.

493
00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:21,875
And it caused
investigators to...

494
00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:26,208
to look very closely
at all aspects of the alibi.

495
00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:29,332
NARRATOR: Detectives ask
the phone company

496
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,249
for a complete copy
of Maliek's cell records.

497
00:28:32,250 --> 00:28:34,749
And when they get them,
they realize Maliek

498
00:28:34,750 --> 00:28:37,624
was very busy the night
Karlyn was murdered--

499
00:28:37,625 --> 00:28:42,917
shopping, surfing the net,
and texting a mystery number.

500
00:28:50,917 --> 00:28:53,832
NARRATOR: Five months after
Karlyn Ramirez's murder,

501
00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:56,291
police discover
the night she was killed,

502
00:28:56,292 --> 00:28:58,707
her husband Maliek
was firing off texts

503
00:28:58,708 --> 00:29:01,624
to a 30-year-old nursing student
living in Florida

504
00:29:01,625 --> 00:29:03,375
named Dolores Delgado.

505
00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:08,666
JAMES: Investigators determined
that Dolores Delgado

506
00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:10,124
had been a soldier.

507
00:29:10,125 --> 00:29:14,624
She had... been stationed
with Maliek Kearney

508
00:29:14,625 --> 00:29:16,833
in Iraq and in Texas.

509
00:29:17,917 --> 00:29:19,499
KEN: It appeared that she was in

510
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:23,082
a sort of on-again, off-again
relationship with Maliek Kearney

511
00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:26,000
that had lasted since they were
both stationed together in Iraq.

512
00:29:28,042 --> 00:29:31,082
JAMES: Investigators check
Dolores Delgado's phone.

513
00:29:31,083 --> 00:29:35,291
They wanted to see where
the geolocation information

514
00:29:35,292 --> 00:29:36,749
would place that phone.

515
00:29:36,750 --> 00:29:38,541
And on the night of the murder,

516
00:29:38,542 --> 00:29:42,374
that phone
was in the same location

517
00:29:42,375 --> 00:29:43,958
as Maliek Kearney's phone.

518
00:29:45,167 --> 00:29:47,707
So, they concluded
that Maliek Kearney

519
00:29:47,708 --> 00:29:49,417
was probably not telling
the truth...

520
00:29:50,708 --> 00:29:52,666
when he said
he was alone at home,

521
00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:55,041
because Dolores Delgado's phone

522
00:29:55,042 --> 00:29:58,125
was hitting off
the same cell towers.

523
00:30:01,708 --> 00:30:03,207
NARRATOR:
Detectives fly to Florida

524
00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:07,167
to talk to Dolores,
hoping she can clear things up.

525
00:30:08,542 --> 00:30:12,958
She was very cooperative,
very forthcoming.

526
00:30:14,042 --> 00:30:18,624
And she admitted that
she was at Maliek's apartment

527
00:30:18,625 --> 00:30:22,792
all night long, and that Maliek
never left the apartment.

528
00:30:24,542 --> 00:30:26,541
NARRATOR: That would mean
both of them were together

529
00:30:26,542 --> 00:30:29,042
in South Carolina at the time
of Karlyn's murder.

530
00:30:30,250 --> 00:30:33,374
And their phones
give them a solid alibi.

531
00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:37,457
So, cops wonder why Maliek
didn't just tell them the truth.

532
00:30:37,458 --> 00:30:39,874
LARRY: First thing
that came to mind is,

533
00:30:39,875 --> 00:30:42,166
the severity of his wife
being murdered

534
00:30:42,167 --> 00:30:46,124
versus being caught
in an extramarital affair,

535
00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:49,374
you would think one would just
come clean about it.

536
00:30:49,375 --> 00:30:50,333
But he didn't.

537
00:30:52,125 --> 00:30:55,416
NARRATOR: Cops press Dolores
to see what else she might know.

538
00:30:55,417 --> 00:30:58,374
LARRY: Investigators asked her
if she owned any weapons,

539
00:30:58,375 --> 00:31:03,124
and she played it off like
she didn't know much about guns.

540
00:31:03,125 --> 00:31:06,332
NARRATOR: For police,
her answer is another flag.

541
00:31:06,333 --> 00:31:08,874
Here's a former soldier
who spent five years

542
00:31:08,875 --> 00:31:11,416
in the military, and was even
deployed to Iraq,

543
00:31:11,417 --> 00:31:14,250
but she says
she's not familiar with guns?

544
00:31:15,542 --> 00:31:19,457
Cops ask if they can copy
the contents of her cell.

545
00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:21,249
She agrees.

546
00:31:21,250 --> 00:31:23,166
And when they look at the data,

547
00:31:23,167 --> 00:31:25,457
it doesn't take a high-tech
sleuth from Fort Meade

548
00:31:25,458 --> 00:31:28,833
to figure out that Maliek
and her were plotting something.

549
00:31:30,583 --> 00:31:32,707
KEN: They saw Maliek
and Dolores

550
00:31:32,708 --> 00:31:35,374
talking about how many miles
could be gotten out of her car,

551
00:31:35,375 --> 00:31:38,957
and how to ensure that
there was plenty of gas

552
00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:41,416
to make a long trip
without stopping.

553
00:31:41,417 --> 00:31:46,999
So, we looked into Delgado's
financial bank accounts and all.

554
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,832
We found that she made
a purchase

555
00:31:48,833 --> 00:31:51,082
at a local Home Depot
where she bought

556
00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:55,125
two gas containers
and a Twinkie.

557
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:59,249
NARRATOR: And it turns out,
detectives' hunch that Dolores

558
00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:00,582
might have been downplaying

559
00:32:00,583 --> 00:32:02,374
her familiarity with guns

560
00:32:02,375 --> 00:32:03,875
is right on target.

561
00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,124
KEN: They were able to see that

562
00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:09,332
in the not-too-distant past,

563
00:32:09,333 --> 00:32:14,541
she had been on social media
trying to sell ammunition

564
00:32:14,542 --> 00:32:16,666
for a firearm.

565
00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:19,624
NARRATOR: The ammunition
for the same type of weapon

566
00:32:19,625 --> 00:32:22,416
used to kill Karlyn Ramirez.

567
00:32:22,417 --> 00:32:26,957
LARRY: There was a price tag
on the box of ammo,

568
00:32:26,958 --> 00:32:29,707
and on that price tag
was the name of the store

569
00:32:29,708 --> 00:32:32,416
that she purchased it from.

570
00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:38,332
And we were able to ascertain
from the shop

571
00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:41,707
that they did in fact
sell this ammunition

572
00:32:41,708 --> 00:32:46,166
to Dolores Delgado
earlier in 2014.

573
00:32:46,167 --> 00:32:49,207
We also asked
if there was any other items

574
00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:52,374
that she may have purchased,
and they confirmed

575
00:32:52,375 --> 00:32:57,749
that she bought
a .357 Magnum Taurus revolver

576
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:59,333
from that same store.

577
00:33:01,083 --> 00:33:03,666
NARRATOR: And judging
by the recovered cell data

578
00:33:03,667 --> 00:33:04,874
from Maliek's phone,

579
00:33:04,875 --> 00:33:06,082
it looks like the weapon

580
00:33:06,083 --> 00:33:07,458
ended up with him.

581
00:33:08,750 --> 00:33:10,582
KEN: There was actually
a text message

582
00:33:10,583 --> 00:33:14,291
that Maliek sent her
saying, "This gun's loud,"

583
00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:17,707
and he appeared to be
shooting the gun

584
00:33:17,708 --> 00:33:19,166
and telling her about it.

585
00:33:19,167 --> 00:33:23,082
LARRY: So, all the information
that we were finding

586
00:33:23,083 --> 00:33:27,457
through Dolores Delgado's
social media and her phone,

587
00:33:27,458 --> 00:33:30,083
and what we were finding
with Maliek, it was...

588
00:33:31,792 --> 00:33:34,041
The arrows were pointing
to both of 'em

589
00:33:34,042 --> 00:33:38,958
being-- being in cahoots
on this whole murder.

590
00:33:42,708 --> 00:33:44,207
NARRATOR: But even with
a mountain

591
00:33:44,208 --> 00:33:47,541
of incriminating texts,
posts, and receipts,

592
00:33:47,542 --> 00:33:50,166
police can't put
either Dolores or Maliek

593
00:33:50,167 --> 00:33:52,083
at the crime scene in Severn.

594
00:33:57,458 --> 00:34:00,041
They spend the next few months
looking for anything

595
00:34:00,042 --> 00:34:02,582
that might make
their case airtight.

596
00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:04,582
They find nothing.

597
00:34:04,583 --> 00:34:06,667
So, they make a bold move.

598
00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:11,542
The phone rings,
it said "U.S. Government."

599
00:34:13,625 --> 00:34:15,416
And I took the call,

600
00:34:15,417 --> 00:34:18,499
and he said, "Mrs. Ramirez,

601
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,374
"I'm with the U.S.
District Attorney's office.

602
00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:24,749
"And I'm calling to inform you
there has been an arrest made

603
00:34:24,750 --> 00:34:26,624
in your daughter's case."

604
00:34:26,625 --> 00:34:30,457
And I was like, what?

605
00:34:30,458 --> 00:34:34,207
And I said,
"Who did y'all arrest?"

606
00:34:34,208 --> 00:34:37,167
And he said Maliek Kearney.

607
00:34:41,375 --> 00:34:46,124
And I was like, "And so,
you're sure that he did it?"

608
00:34:46,125 --> 00:34:49,458
And they're like,
"We have evidence."

609
00:34:52,125 --> 00:34:55,708
It was-- it was just crazy, I...

610
00:34:57,708 --> 00:35:00,208
It-- it just blindsided me.

611
00:35:02,125 --> 00:35:04,749
And there was a lot of anger--

612
00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:09,374
anger in the fact
that I opened my door to you,

613
00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:13,417
and all along, you knew
what you had done.

614
00:35:18,542 --> 00:35:20,166
LEROY: With this situation
with Maliek,

615
00:35:20,167 --> 00:35:22,957
honestly, even though
I had my feelings about him,

616
00:35:22,958 --> 00:35:26,041
I didn't see murder in him.

617
00:35:26,042 --> 00:35:27,624
I didn't--
especially murdering his wife.

618
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:31,582
I mean, again,
he's a decorated soldier,

619
00:35:31,583 --> 00:35:32,916
outstanding career.

620
00:35:32,917 --> 00:35:34,666
His chain of command
loved who he was,

621
00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:35,750
and they loved him.

622
00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:39,999
NARRATOR: While the community
of Severn absorbs the shock

623
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,541
of the soldier-on-soldier
murder,

624
00:35:42,542 --> 00:35:45,874
Maliek's on-again, off-again
girlfriend Dolores Delgado

625
00:35:45,875 --> 00:35:48,166
is arrested too.

626
00:35:48,167 --> 00:35:50,167
Both are transported
to Maryland.

627
00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:53,707
JAMES: We gave instructions
to the Marshal Service

628
00:35:53,708 --> 00:35:57,082
that Delgado and Kearney
were to be separated

629
00:35:57,083 --> 00:36:00,707
so that they can't get
their story straight,

630
00:36:00,708 --> 00:36:04,541
and to also create
an uncertainty in their minds

631
00:36:04,542 --> 00:36:07,375
as to what their codefendant
may be doing or not doing.

632
00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:12,249
NARRATOR: As soon as Dolores
lands in Maryland,

633
00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:16,124
detectives meet with her,
hoping they can get her talking.

634
00:36:16,125 --> 00:36:18,999
But she immediately lawyers up.

635
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,749
JAMES: We told her
not to say anything,

636
00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:23,041
but just to listen,
and we showed her

637
00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:25,957
the receipts for the purchase
of the gas cans from Home Depot.

638
00:36:25,958 --> 00:36:28,916
We showed her the images
from her phone

639
00:36:28,917 --> 00:36:31,874
about the gas mileage
on her car,

640
00:36:31,875 --> 00:36:35,416
and the text messages
relating to "Bring that gun.

641
00:36:35,417 --> 00:36:37,916
That gun is so damn loud."

642
00:36:37,917 --> 00:36:39,417
And we laid that
all out for her.

643
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:43,457
NARRATOR: Cops hope as Dolores
stares down

644
00:36:43,458 --> 00:36:45,791
the long barrel
of a prison sentence,

645
00:36:45,792 --> 00:36:48,583
she'll reconsider telling police
what she knows.

646
00:36:50,792 --> 00:36:55,292
But three days pass,
and there's still radio silence.

647
00:36:56,333 --> 00:36:58,374
Then, the phone rings.

648
00:36:58,375 --> 00:37:01,167
Looks like someone else
wants to talk.

649
00:37:10,833 --> 00:37:12,999
NARRATOR: Three days
after Maliek Kearney

650
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,666
and Dolores Delgado
are arrested

651
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,249
for the murder
of Karlyn Ramirez,

652
00:37:17,250 --> 00:37:19,874
police get a call
from a Florida man.

653
00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:23,374
He says his son is Dolores
Delgado's former boyfriend,

654
00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:25,458
and he has some information
on the case.

655
00:37:26,958 --> 00:37:29,999
He told me that his son

656
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,333
saw the news clip
about Dolores being arrested.

657
00:37:35,458 --> 00:37:37,582
He said his son
was very upset,

658
00:37:37,583 --> 00:37:41,916
and that in August of 2015,
Dolores called him

659
00:37:41,917 --> 00:37:47,207
and asked if he would help her
to get rid of some things.

660
00:37:47,208 --> 00:37:50,957
And so, they met up
late one night

661
00:37:50,958 --> 00:37:55,957
shortly after the murder,
and they disposed of a gun

662
00:37:55,958 --> 00:37:57,875
and some clothing.

663
00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:03,916
He relayed to investigators

664
00:38:03,917 --> 00:38:06,666
that he disassembled the weapon

665
00:38:06,667 --> 00:38:10,374
and threw the pieces of the gun

666
00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:12,666
in the water

667
00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:15,707
near Merritt Island, Florida.

668
00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:20,374
The FBI dive team from Miami
conducted a search of the water,

669
00:38:20,375 --> 00:38:22,249
and they recovered
parts and pieces

670
00:38:22,250 --> 00:38:24,667
of a .357 Taurus revolver.

671
00:38:26,417 --> 00:38:30,041
It's brackish water,
so things corrode

672
00:38:30,042 --> 00:38:32,416
and decay quickly.

673
00:38:32,417 --> 00:38:35,792
The gun parts appeared
to be in pretty bad shape.

674
00:38:37,042 --> 00:38:40,124
NARRATOR: Fortunately,
experts at the FBI lab

675
00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:43,541
in Quantico are able to restore
the revolver's barrel,

676
00:38:43,542 --> 00:38:46,041
attach it to the body
of an identical model,

677
00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:47,667
and do a test fire.

678
00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:52,874
Which led them to find that
that gun had been the very one

679
00:38:52,875 --> 00:38:55,542
that had shot the bullets
that killed Karlyn Ramirez.

680
00:38:58,042 --> 00:39:00,457
NARRATOR: When investigators
let Dolores' attorney

681
00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:02,166
know what they've found,

682
00:39:02,167 --> 00:39:04,249
clearly, they've cracked
the code,

683
00:39:04,250 --> 00:39:06,624
because suddenly
Dolores steps up

684
00:39:06,625 --> 00:39:09,792
and gives a chilling
play-by-play of what happened.

685
00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:15,124
JAMES: She said Kearney
was angry with Ramirez

686
00:39:15,125 --> 00:39:18,082
for wanting to end the marriage.

687
00:39:18,083 --> 00:39:19,916
In terms of the reconciliation,

688
00:39:19,917 --> 00:39:22,124
Kearney would tell Delgado

689
00:39:22,125 --> 00:39:24,749
she has three weeks
to reconcile.

690
00:39:24,750 --> 00:39:27,207
Then it was
two weeks to reconcile.

691
00:39:27,208 --> 00:39:29,083
"She has one week to reconcile."

692
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:32,417
So, he was counting down.

693
00:39:33,625 --> 00:39:36,082
And while he was counting down,

694
00:39:36,083 --> 00:39:38,374
she was bringing the gun
up to him.

695
00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:40,874
He was test firing the gun.

696
00:39:40,875 --> 00:39:43,625
He was putting all the things
in place for his alibi.

697
00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:48,416
KEN: Because Dolores
was in South Carolina

698
00:39:48,417 --> 00:39:49,874
at the time of the murder,
she didn't actually

699
00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:53,124
get to witness what happened
in the house in Severn.

700
00:39:53,125 --> 00:39:58,542
But after Maliek got back,
he explained to her...

701
00:39:59,583 --> 00:40:03,749
that he went into the house,
he had the gun.

702
00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:07,207
Karlyn came down the stairs
holding the baby.

703
00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:11,457
They argued there, and then
went upstairs to her room,

704
00:40:11,458 --> 00:40:14,332
where he told her to put
the baby down in the crib,

705
00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:16,374
which she did.

706
00:40:16,375 --> 00:40:19,749
As they were talking,
she explained to Maliek

707
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,792
that she wanted to go forward
with the divorce.

708
00:40:23,833 --> 00:40:26,374
Kearney took Karlyn
down to the ground

709
00:40:26,375 --> 00:40:28,750
and shot her three times,
killing her.

710
00:40:42,917 --> 00:40:45,082
NARRATOR: It takes the jury
just four hours

711
00:40:45,083 --> 00:40:46,541
to find Maliek Kearney guilty

712
00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:48,792
for the death
of Karlyn Ramirez.

713
00:40:50,250 --> 00:40:52,499
He is sentenced to life
without parole,

714
00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:56,082
plus 10 years
for the firearms charge.

715
00:40:56,083 --> 00:40:58,041
Dolores Delgado pleads guilty

716
00:40:58,042 --> 00:41:00,457
to the federal crime
of crossing state lines

717
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:03,916
to commit domestic violence
resulting in death,

718
00:41:03,917 --> 00:41:06,708
and is sentenced
to 17 years in prison.

719
00:41:12,375 --> 00:41:14,707
Today, there are few people
in Severn

720
00:41:14,708 --> 00:41:18,207
who were there when
Karlyn Ramirez was murdered,

721
00:41:18,208 --> 00:41:19,791
but the tragedy's remembered

722
00:41:19,792 --> 00:41:23,957
as a different kind
of war story-- the worst kind,

723
00:41:23,958 --> 00:41:26,707
where the real danger
came from within,

724
00:41:26,708 --> 00:41:29,541
and no one at the nation's
premiere communications hub

725
00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:31,083
saw it coming.

726
00:41:35,667 --> 00:41:38,582
LEROY: The world is missing
a beautiful person

727
00:41:38,583 --> 00:41:40,374
with a big heart.

728
00:41:40,375 --> 00:41:42,124
Karlyn was very, very loved
by everybody

729
00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:43,832
that she came in contact with.

730
00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:46,374
And given the chance,
she would have done

731
00:41:46,375 --> 00:41:48,000
amazing things in this world.

732
00:41:51,167 --> 00:41:53,374
SUSAN: I couldn't have asked
for a better daughter.

733
00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:55,707
She was a beautiful mother,

734
00:41:55,708 --> 00:41:57,707
a great mother
for the four months,

735
00:41:57,708 --> 00:42:01,458
she gave her all to that child,
to her baby.

736
00:42:02,583 --> 00:42:04,625
And she was mine.

737
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And I miss her every day.

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[Vale cooing]