I love you, and I'll talk to you later.
That was the last video message that I got from him.
Bradly and I, we met at Vacation Bible School
at the church that we attended.
I was 14.
Bradly was a type of guy that never met a stranger.
He would drop whatever he's doing to come help you.
He was just amazing.
On January 28, it was a normal morning.
Bradly got up, got dressed, got his lunch,
hugged and kissed me and Oliver bye.
It's just--never thought it would happen.
narrator: A quiet apartment complex on the north side.
narrator: For homicide detectives,
their chance of solving a murder
is cut in half if they don't get a lead
within the first 48 hours.
Hey, Lawson.
10:15, we got a call that one of the vendors that does
pest control was found shot in front one of the buildings.
OK.
What's the victim's name?
- Bradly Jordan. - Bradly Jordan.
narrator: 23-year-old Bradly Jordan was the first
of his family to graduate from high school,
and work with his father in the pest control industry.
He married his high school sweetheart,
Hannah, just four months ago.
And they had a one-year-old son.
Bradly also leaves behind his parents
and three siblings.
That's a lot of blood.
Just one entry here it looks like.
- Behind his left ear? - Yes.
narrator: Bradly was shot once in the head
at close range.
We have a shell casing next to the body.
It's next to the front wheel of that black vehicle.
narrator: The casing is a 9-millimeter.
He has a can right next to him.
That's the cans that they use to spray.
My guess is he's coming down with the can.
He's coming back to his vehicle and he gets shot.
Gets executed in the back of his head.
narrator: Detectives believe the shooter walked up
behind Bradly, catching him by surprise.
His pants are tight enough to see his
wallet and his phone in the pockets.
You can get that phone in his pocket.
It was already set to never auto-lock.
narrator: The team searches Bradly's recent messages...
"To my one and only."
This morning it says, "Babe, call me, babe, call me.
Please, I love you."
It's probably his wife.
- What time was that all after? - It was all after.
narrator: And find several missed calls and texts
from family.
I don't know.
I gotta figure out why that would be executed
in a breezeway while he's at work.
OK.
narrator: Bradly's father,
who also works for the pest control company,
rushed to the scene after hearing one of his co-workers
had been shot.
Were you and him working today together?
How often does he come here?
Every week? Same day, every week?
Same time every week?
Do you want me to see if I can send a unit over there?
OK.
narrator: One hour in...
OK, if you could just tell me everything
from the beginning, as much detail as you can.
narrator: Lawson interviews one of the 911
callers in her apartment.
narrator: She says the shooter ran toward
an apartment complex across the street.
And the clothing?
Any facial hair or anything like that?
OK, did you hear anything said?
Arguing--nothing? OK.
There was no argument, he didn't rob him.
He didn't take anything from him.
He just freakin' straight out executes this guy?
That makes no sense.
I'm going to go start canvassing for cameras
to see if I see anything on apartments.
narrator: While the team searches for video
in the complex where the shooting occurred...
The female said they ran through here.
narrator: The canine unit hopes to pick up
the suspect's trail.
He's picking something up over here.
Hold on, hold on.
I don't have anything here, there.
narrator: The suspect's trail goes cold in the parking lot
of the apartment complex across the street.
When our canines were tracking them,
they traveled on this side, but this was already here.
So this is where it looks like he slid down.
And then there's some tracks that go that way.
I'm going to photograph those as I go.
narrator: Two hours in.
Let me talk to this maintenance guy.
narrator: Patrol finds a witness outside
the apartments across the street.
So what did you see this morning?
narrator: The witness saw the man
minutes before patrol arrived at the crime scene.
What color was his shirt?
His pants?
OK, so the stain itself was it
consistent with like, somebody falling?
OK.
OK, do you happen to know a make or model?
All right, thank you.
The dog tracked to that spot where they saw him
get in that van.
The dog tracked-- there's, like, a muddy trail.
And the witnesses are seeing him all muddy.
That could be our suspect vehicle.
It's possible that could be our suspect vehicle.
So right now that's a vehicle we're gonna go look into.
Are you able to upload the video?
Yeah, the actual video is right here.
narrator: The team finds a doorbell camera
next door to where Bradly was murdered.
Right there. Ford Aerostar van.
See the van. - So at 10:03,
we got him coming down through here on this camera.
narrator: A green Aerostar drove to the complex
ten minutes before Bradly was murdered.
That same van was seen parked at a complex next to here.
And a dog did track all the way to where he was parked.
The van is missing a hubcap.
narrator: Detectives are unable to make out
the tag number.
They don't have cameras at the front entrance coming in,
correct? - They're not working.
narrator: The sheriff's office will
search for the green Aerostar on cameras located
at major intersections throughout Gwinnett County.
The property manager saw the vehicle
yesterday between one and three.
narrator: The property manager gave a description
of the driver.
Black man with glasses, he said there's prescription.
Black frames.
That's the second time they've seen this man.
That van came in here yesterday.
So he's obviously canvassing this place...
- For some reason. - For some reason.
Otherwise, this would be really random just to--
him to get shot out here while he's doing
his pest control work.
narrator: Just three hours in, the team gets a break.
On a Flock camera.
narrator: 45 minutes before the murder,
A green Aerostar was captured on camera
two miles from the crime scene.
It's a green Astro van that's missing a hubcap.
Same hubcap that's missing in this video.
And they have a tag for it and the registered owner
and it's a Black male. - OK.
narrator: The owner of the van,
26-year-old Roceam Wilson,
grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina,
and works as a cook at a local restaurant.
Just because the car was riding through here,
does not mean-- - That he killed him, no.
- That he killed this guy. - I agree with that.
Let's take a deep breath.
We got a pretty strong linkage.
The dog tracking from here to over there.
And that helps because now you have the people saying
he was covered in mud.
We have that vehicle description,
they see this guy get in.
Our victim, unfortunately, you know,
he was just here for work doing pest control.
So it's weird that this has happened.
I definitely think it's personal.
Because it was one shot to the head,
there's nothing taken off the body.
Hopefully we can figure out some kind of connection or why
somebody would wanna do something like this.
narrator: Minutes later, the case takes a turn.
Gang unit officers spot the green van
ten miles from the scene.
- Where at? - Pleasant Hill,
down that area? - Yeah.
narrator: And find Roceam Wilson
behind the wheel.
narrator: He agrees to talk at Homicide.
narrator: And his van is brought down to headquarters.
Nobody saw him shoot anybody.
I'm worried about the fact he didn't get in the van here.
He got in a van across the street at the other complex.
They didn't see him leave from here.
They didn't see him come from this complex.
No, no.
Right. Right. So that's my problem.
Unfortunately, I think this is one of those things
where you have to play the hand that you're dealt.
Yep.
narrator: Lawson heads back to Homicide
to interview Roceam Wilson.
We'll go up there, we'll go do our thing.
When you deal with a homicide,
when you can't find an obvious
or even an underlining motive, it is scary.
At the end of the day, we want to find justice
for the Jordan family and for the son as he goes on
and does his journey without his dad.
I can relate to that.
You know, I lost my father at a young age,
I was six at the time that he died.
He was involved in a car accident where it was suspected
that the other driver was intoxicated.
And so knowing that Jordan's son is gonna grow up
without his father, that's a sobering thought.
He will have a lot of resentment and anger,
just like I had, but you can't hang on to that.
You got to deal with it and--and move on
to be productive.
All I can do is be the best that I can be
and hopefully he looks down and he's proud.
Right now, we're trying to establish PC
for our homicide.
We have no physical evidence against him that suggest
that he is the suspect in this case, except for the van.
So any point, if he decides to leave,
we have to let him walk out the door.
It's going to take us a few hours to search the van.
It's important for us to keep him talking,
occupied, so he does not leave.
Clock's on.
- What was his demeanor? - He was calm.
He didn't even ask really why I was doing what I was doing.
He wasn't like, agitated.
Kept saying that he was gonna go clean his car out.
It looks like he lives in his car,
he's got a toothbrush, toothpaste.
But we're trying to build a rapport with this guy.
Smith's gonna do the search warrant on the vehicle.
We're gonna have to speed up this whole process.
All right, you ready?
Let's knock it out of the park.
A lot's riding on this interview.
- Mr. Wilson? - Yeah, how you doing?
Excellent. Sit right here for me, sir.
Thank you.
So we're just going to talk to you, get some information.
Just trying to figure out why I'm here.
Your vehicle is unique.
And so we have interest in your vehicle.
That's part of the reason that you're in this room right now.
OK, I was just leaving the gym and I had to clean out
my car because I'd been sleeping in my car.
I work right there, I work at Hooter's,
and I work at the Margot's, I make pizzas.
Which gym do you work out in?
LA Fitness off Pleasant Hill.
So I mean I didn't do anything out of the ordinary.
OK, um, what time did you go to LA Fitness to work out?
It was maybe, like, 10:00.
At 10:03, we've got him coming
down through here on this camera.
LA Fitness at Pleasant Hill in Sweetwater.
See if this guy has a gym membership.
- OK. - And see if he scanned
to go in this morning.
Well, that's what we're trying to verify.
narrator: Detective Brian Dorminy
heads to Roceam's gym to check out his alibi.
What am I here for?
You know, I know it's not illegal
to sleep in your car, but...
I didn't do nothing.
We've had a real big rash of HVAC systems
that are being stolen.
narrator: Dunning tells Roceam they're investigating
the theft of several air conditioning systems.
- And damage and people are-- - No.
I'm homeless.
So I ain't out here stealing nothing or nothing.
There's no stolen property in my car.
I work. I get money.
I did nothing. I'm a law abiding citizen.
He's not been anything like anybody would normally be.
No. Very calm,
but he's not saying, "Hey, get me out of here."
I'm sure you know, everywhere you drive, there are cameras.
OK?
You're in an apartment complex, at the same time that you say
you're at LA Fitness working out.
You've already decided you want to lie to us about
where you were, and so that's why I'm asking you about--
Wait, What?
Am I a suspect in something--why--
So the cops pulled me over--what--
what happened, like, why am I here exactly?
I just got pulled over out of nowhere.
Did you go to the Walmart today?
narrator: Dunning asks him about the location
where his van was seen on Flock cameras,
45 minutes before the murder.
Uh, OK, yeah, uh--
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I went to the Walmart-- so what time is it now?
So I went to Walmart before I went to the gym.
Yeah.
And I probably took some back roads back.
I probably made a U-turn in, uh, Sugar Mill apartments.
narrator: Roceam admits to driving through
the apartments where Bradly was murdered.
Is that the first time you've been in Sugar Mill apartments?
Why would you say, specifically, yesterday?
Y'all are looking for something
that happened yesterday.
I'm not.
You got any tools or anything like that?
Any wrenches, screwdrivers, blow torches,
anything that would assist in removing an HVAC system
or anything like that from behind a business?
Oh, no, no, you ain't gonna find
nothing strange in my car.
narrator: While Lawson and Dunning
try to keep Roceam talking...
narrator: Smith and CSI have a warrant
to search the Aerostar.
Khaki pants, a white shirt, and the muddy shoes
are something we're looking for, too.
The gun is the most important for right now.
9-millimeter.
He does have a notebook in here.
He's, like, suing everybody on conspiracy theories, like,
he's suing Homeland Security, he's suing the government.
They muddy?
I feel like he went somewhere and washed the clothes
'cause those pants look like they were wet.
I need a picture of 'em.
They look like Crocs.
Yeah, those shoes, they look like slip-ons.
- Yeah. - And they're muddy.
- Yeah. - Yeah, mud all over 'em.
9-millimeter.
Take a picture of the gun. Just put--
so I can send it to Pat.
So now I'm gonna take this gun over
to the range, and we are going to have it test fired
so we can get that round back over here
and immediately try to compare it to the round from the scene.
Will you text them, Matt? - Yeah.
Anything else that would be of importance
in your car that we should know about?
Nothing strange at all? Outside of the trash,
clothing, tools, weapons? - Nope, nope, nothing.
Anything at all? I don't know.
- I have a weapon in my car. - OK.
That I recently bought.
It's a Ruger 9-millimeter.
I just bought that gun
because I was sleeping in my car.
Somebody tried to, like, wiggle my doorknob and get
into my car one night, and I was, like,
mad paranoid after that.
Far as what you remember, you're working out today.
I was at the gym this morning.
You could check my movements, everything.
I went nowhere doing nothing with nobody.
OK.
Well, I'll just follow up on some things and see if we
can get you out of here as quickly as possible.
- That's fine. - All right.
narrator: One hour into the interview with Roceam...
Here's the thing-- we're getting to the point
where we're stretching out how long we're gonna be able to.
Gun needs to be test fired,
that could take two to three hours.
We have to keep him talking
while this whole process takes place.
- OK. - I was trying to stall this
as much as we can.
He keeps asking, "Why am I here?
Why am I here? Why am I here?"
I would just start putting the things out
that we already know. - OK.
When you said Walmart, "Oh, yeah, I did go there."
And then he kept talking,
and then did you go anywhere else?
"No, no, no, no."
And then somebody said something about
the apartment complex.
You go in the apartment? "Oh, yeah, I did.
I made a U-turn in the apartment complex."
Every time we start to confirm with him--
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah."
He will backtrack.
So we're gonna have to give him stuff.
You want to hit him with the muddy clothing first
before you confront him with the other stuff.
Because if he starts getting on the defensive,
he may shut down.
OK.
- Good with that? - Yeah.
Go back in and continue talking to him.
All right.
Detective Lawson wanted to discuss
something else real quick.
We're in your vehicle right now.
OK?
And so one thing that I'm curious about is
the muddy clothes that are in the front
of the vehicle, which is fresh mud.
How did that occur?
Why would--what does the mud have to do with this?
Did you go into another apartment complex
outside of Sugar Mills today?
No, I did a couple U-turns.
I was just joyriding, minding my business.
So is there a possibility that you did
another U-turn in another complex?
Because here's the thing, I have witnesses
that describe you.
- No, sir. - Yes, yes.
- And they saw the pants. - Yeah.
The light-colored pants with mud all over them.
Which are in your vehicle right now.
That's why we're asking about this.
No, no, no, no, no...
So what is-- make us understand it.
No, sir. No, nope.
I--nah, nah.
I don't know what y'all talking about.
Is he looking for this guy?
To park all the way over there and walk,
that's premeditated.
So I don't know if there's some kind
of connection with him or that guy.
At this point, it just doesn't make any sense.
That gun's gonna tell it all, we're gonna know it soon.
We're in your car. You've got a gun in your car.
I have a gun for my protection.
I need this weapon test-fired.
It's a Ruger 9-millimeter.
We're just in a time crunch holding this guy.
We don't have much to hold him on so...
Everything's just trying to go as fast as we can right now.
There we go.
Wonderful.
I'll let you know if it matches.
All right.
narrator: Detective Smith will have the test fired casing
compared to the shell casing found near Bradly's body.
The dad of the victim said that he's a good kid.
He goes to church all the time.
He's got a new wife and they have a kid.
As far as this potential suspect, right now the motive
is the thing that's really bothering us.
What transpired for him to want to shoot this guy if he did?
OK, well, here's the thing.
At the apartment complex that you drove in at 10:03,
ten minutes later, a person is killed.
OK? And your description--
You got me in here for murder?
Who got killed?
It was a guy from pest control.
Laying in the parking lot.
Your description is given by--by witnesses.
Dude, I don't know what type of stuff y'all doing,
but that don't have nothing to do with me.
I ain't killed nobody, like I said, my stuff checks out.
None of your stuff checks out.
Your [bleep] ain't checking out.
So, listen, y'all need to calm down
when y'all talking to me, I'm not a killer.
Well, right now it looks like you are.
I don't do these conversations.
I don't know what y'all talking about.
- He's flustered now. - Yeah, he is.
He doesn't know what to do.
He gonna rub his head or his belly?
Both.
He gets uncomfortable he starts rubbing his head, his belly.
I was working out. All I did today was work out.
I didn't do nothing, talking about killing people.
Maybe perhaps you worked out--
Perhaps, I didn't kill anybody.
Well, ten minutes before the killing
you're in Sugar Mills apartments.
And that's on video.
Doing a U-turn.
- So you say. - You can't--
I think you were doing a murder.
Bruh, it wasn't me, bruh.
And don't be in here talking to me like you crazy
'cause I ain't killed nobody.
I'm not a killer.
I'm out here working hard, going to work, that's it.
I got in trouble a while back for a burglary charge.
I worked real hard to get off probation for that.
You're not here just randomly.
You have to call LA Fitness
because I was at LA Fitness-- - OK.
And we've got somebody working on that.
narrator: A half hour later,
Dorminy gets video from Roceam's gym.
So Roceam Wilson's right here.
11:17, so it's an hour after the 911 call.
narrator: Roceam arrived at the gym
an hour after Bradly was shot.
Basically in the middle of this workout area,
doing a little bit of a press.
I have a hard time believing that someone is that cold
that they can go pump iron after taking somebody's life.
I'd probably be freaking out and driving
as far as I could, but that's not normal behavior.
We have to see what that firearm suggests.
A lot's riding on the gun that's in the car.
narrator: Then...
- In the mud? - Yeah.
The shoe that's in his car matches the tread
that's on the scene.
I'll give you another little fact.
The shoes that are in your car,
the shoe print, matches the track.
- Dude-- - And I have--we have proof.
I worked out, I did my regular--
Did you go to the gym after you killed that man?
And take a shower?
Did you go to the gym after you killed
that man in that apartment complex?
I didn't kill no man, bro.
You trying to put this on me.
Oh, we got so lucky this guy was in the area.
No. I didn't kill that man, bro.
We've got your black Crocs with the mud on them.
It's still wet to the touch.
Matching the shoe prints on scene.
I don't care about--I don't want to focus on the mud.
Everybody probably got mud on their shoes right now.
Everybody probably got a 9-millimeter in their house,
and why you not knocking on doors
to see who killed that man?
Whoever he was pest controlling,
probably killed him.
I've never been in no--no "First 48" office talking about
murders--no gang activity, none of that crazy stuff.
That gun does not even leave the car.
We're just all gonna stand over Britney's shoulder.
This is the casing from the scene.
We take a picture of the headstamp to see,
like, what type of characteristics could be
a potential case linked to the other casings.
It's submitted so I just have to wait for an email for them.
narrator: A firearms examiner
will compare the markings on the two fired casings.
How long does it normally take her
to look at them and compare?
Not long.
Like, within an hour.
If they match, he's done.
We're gonna test fire that gun. OK?
And we're gonna see if that shell casing from the test fire
matches the shell casing that's next to the body.
It's not that gun that killed that man.
And that's the only gun you've ever had?
That's the only gun I ever had--weapon, I ever had.
My gun didn't kill that man.
- Anything Brittany? - Not yet.
narrator: The firearms examiner is looking for tiny
striations or grooves that appear in both casings.
OK. No, we're still waiting.
I mean, she's supposed to expedite it,
but, no, we don't have it.
They don't have patience.
All right, got it.
Ha!
Go ahead.
Hey, the shell casings match.
Yes! It matched.
- All right. - It matched.
We're gonna finish the search warrant on the car.
- All right, appreciate it. - All right, bye. No problem.
Was that Shelly that went, "Yeah!"?
I've never heard him that happy.
I didn't either. It's the best physical evidence
we can have.
OK. All right.
So guess what?
Shell casing on scene matches your gun.
No way.
Your gun that is in your car matches the shell casing
that is found next to his body.
Period. Period. - I told you that was--
- Do you want to just let-- - This man was killed
with a 9-millimeter-- - With your gun, with your gun.
He was killed with your gun.
No denying that.
Tests do not lie.
When it fires a shell, a round goes out,
the shell casing has marks on it.
That shell casing next to this dead body comes from your gun.
We've given you all the opportunity in the world
to try to explain what happened today.
I'm not a murderer, bro.
Stop talking to me crazy in here.
Y'all need to investigate this. I didn't do it.
We already found out who did it.
It's you.
You're being charged with murder.
No ifs, ands or buts.
Your gun was used in the murder.
You're gonna have to prove that in court,
'cause I didn't kill anybody.
And especially no pest control dude.
I'm trying to find out why he died for no reason.
That's what I don't understand.
It's a life. It's a--it's a son.
Why did he have to die?
Look, this dude is not connected to me in any way.
Like, I don't know what you're saying about--
That's--that's the sad part of it.
That is the sad part of it.
We're done.
OK.
This was definitely not an easy case.
That was the most uncomfortable interview that I've done,
and I've been doing interviews for a while.
narrator: Just ten hours into the first 48,
Roceam Wilson is charged with the murder
of Bradly Jordan.
He didn't want to admit to anything.
The family obviously doesn't have
any reason for this, and I don't either.
Now that's kinda hard.
I don't have anything that showed that this victim had
put himself in a situation other than going to work
that day to be a victim of a homicide.
We're trying to get to a motive.
narrator: Lawson gets a lead on a possible motive
from the notebook recovered in Roceam's van.
"Everyone there has the same license plate
"starting with the letter R.
"I did not realize I'd been targeted and they
"obviously tapped my Internet network
and control the search results."
narrator: Roceam's writings suggest he believed
he was being followed by government officials,
and that all of their license plates contain the letter R.
That has an R in it. R.
narrator: In Roceam's phone, Lawson finds several photos
of license plates with the letter R.
Every single car that he comes across.
He takes a picture while he's operating his vehicle.
All of these people are potential victims.
It's crazy.
Just timing, circumstances.
It just happens to be that the vehicle that belonged
to your victim had a license plate that starts with R.
He takes pictures of our victim at 10:01,
inside the Sugar Mill apartments.
So he's already focused on, "Oh, here's another person
that's following me or is controlled by the government."
The tag displayed on his vehicle just happened
to contain a letter that set Mr. Wilson off.
Moving forward, is he competent enough
to stand a trial? - Yeah.
He's seen on video ten minutes before
near that building, but he had the wherewithal
to park in another complex nearby.
And that's rational thinking.
Yes, it's twisted thinking,
but that is of somebody that's competent
to reasonably fake out a plan to make somebody their victim.
I have a strong feeling it would not have been his last.
This was the first year he coached me.
He made everyone feel like they were important
on the team, that everyone had a place.
And he would run the bases with a superhero cape on
just to be silly, to make someone laugh, to, you know...
'Cause that's the-- that's the person he was.
He taught me to show people love that even didn't
show us love, make everybody feel family.
I just wish this guy would have known Bradly.
You know, to know that you took someone
that would have been there for you.
I'm gonna miss most is the looks that he gave Oliver.
Like, when Brad looked at Oliver, you could see the love.
He loved being that father.
But you know, it really breaks my heart.
Oliver doesn't get to experience
the great dad that he was gonna be.
Mama, bird.
Probably the top thing that I miss
about Bradly is sitting here with Oliver.
Bradly was probably the best father I knew.
When he would come home from work, Oliver,
he would run to Bradly, and he would be so excited.
Oliver probably knows that he's gone, but he just,
he's too little to actually understand.
I'll just tell him, "Oh, your dad passed away when you were
a year and a half," not go into the details.
I don't think I could tell my kid that.
'Cause then I wouldn't have a reason why,
I don't have a reason why.