1 00:00:10,243 --> 00:00:13,446 rocks Atlanta's hottest social scene. 2 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:17,450 The adult entertainment industry was booming. 3 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:20,420 Men had a lotta cash going into these clubs. 4 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,123 He was shot execution style. 5 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:27,694 I was shocked. We actually was just so scared. 6 00:00:29,162 --> 00:00:31,164 [Narrator] Detectives search for a killer 7 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:35,235 in a world of glamour, sex, and secrets. 8 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:39,272 There were huge clubs. There were mega celebrities. 9 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:43,109 The club owners, the bouncers, the security, 10 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:44,444 they're not real excited to have 11 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:46,980 police combing through their establishment. 12 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:51,017 [Narrator] And the pressure is on as the crime spree continue. 13 00:00:51,518 --> 00:00:53,953 There's been another shooting, a third male. 14 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:57,457 The Orlando Police Department contacted our agency, 15 00:00:57,490 --> 00:01:01,261 concerning a similar incident that they were investigating. 16 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,698 [Narrator] Could a stark confession 17 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:06,299 reveal the truth? 18 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,469 This was a girl who just lays it all out. 19 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:10,937 She didn't sugarcoat it. 20 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:14,841 He made all these promises, sold her this huge pipedream. 21 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:19,279 [Narrator] Is there more to this tale than meets the eye? 22 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:23,316 She was under the control of, to some extent, of him. 23 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:26,820 This is one cold-blooded female 24 00:01:26,853 --> 00:01:28,822 that just does what she wants to do. 25 00:01:28,855 --> 00:01:31,591 I mean, I don't know if I'd ever seen anything like that. 26 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:40,633 [music] 27 00:01:44,637 --> 00:01:46,973 [music] 28 00:01:47,007 --> 00:01:51,177 [Narrator] August 15, 2002. Atlanta, Georgia. 29 00:01:51,211 --> 00:01:53,847 The height of the city's club scene. 30 00:01:55,015 --> 00:01:59,886 2002 was a time in Atlanta when the nightlife scene was 31 00:01:59,919 --> 00:02:01,721 an international destination for partying. 32 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:05,725 Like, there were huge clubs. It was a very wild time. 33 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:10,630 2002, Atlanta was lit. 34 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:13,066 It was the place to be. 35 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,669 Anytime celebrities come in town, you know, 36 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:17,871 they call us, you know, to come party. 37 00:02:18,371 --> 00:02:21,074 Everybody who was on our scene was real players, 38 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:22,742 real heavy hitters. 39 00:02:25,412 --> 00:02:27,313 [Narrator] 30 year old Atlanta resident 40 00:02:27,347 --> 00:02:29,315 and staple on the club scene, 41 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:32,352 Cariletta Knox, better known as "Smokey", 42 00:02:32,385 --> 00:02:36,089 is getting ready for a night ou with her brother, Ray. 43 00:02:36,589 --> 00:02:38,792 [Cariletta] I talked to Ray about 8:30. 44 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:41,828 He told me to come on over there and you know, we'll go hang out. 45 00:02:41,861 --> 00:02:43,697 So, I was like, "Okay, cool." He said he was cookin'. 46 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:46,099 He was grillin' some steaks for some friends. 47 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:49,502 So, my friend, me and Sam, wanted to go over there. 48 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:52,238 Her brother, Ray, was at the apartment, 49 00:02:52,572 --> 00:02:54,607 partying with his friend, Doc. 50 00:02:59,412 --> 00:03:01,414 [Narrator] Just 30 minutes later, 51 00:03:01,448 --> 00:03:03,817 Cariletta receives another phone call. 52 00:03:06,486 --> 00:03:11,324 [Cariletta] I got a call from G, one of Doc's friends. 53 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:15,195 And G was like, "Hey, you know, I was on the phone with Doc, 54 00:03:15,228 --> 00:03:16,863 and I heard gunshots." 55 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:20,066 And something like, "He couldn't breathe," 56 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,267 or something like that. 57 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:22,769 He said he did hear some female voices 58 00:03:22,802 --> 00:03:25,605 in the back saying, "Get the money, get the money." 59 00:03:28,808 --> 00:03:32,479 I kinda brushed it off, but I said, "Let me call him." 60 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:35,982 So, I kept callin' Doc, kept callin' Doc, no answer. 61 00:03:36,583 --> 00:03:38,585 I'm like, "What the hell? This strange." 62 00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:39,986 So, I kept tryin' to call Ray. 63 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:42,822 He's not picking up. She's gettin' panicky. 64 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:45,191 She's like, "Let's got over to his place." 65 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:50,096 [Narrator] Cariletta and her friend Sam 66 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:52,565 head over to Ray's apartment. 67 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:54,701 The whole ride over there is 68 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:57,604 just such a dreary, dreadful feeling. 69 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:01,307 Me and Sam got out of the car, 70 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:02,942 and we walked up. 71 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:06,479 And when we got to Ray's door, it was cracked a little bit. 72 00:04:07,347 --> 00:04:08,648 So, Sam peeped in. 73 00:04:12,519 --> 00:04:15,121 He was like, "It's not good, it's not good." 74 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:17,057 I'm like, "What, what happened? What happened?" 75 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:19,125 He's like, "They're dead, they're dead." 76 00:04:19,159 --> 00:04:21,127 I was like, "Oh my God..." 77 00:04:21,161 --> 00:04:27,300 [music] 78 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:32,872 So, I end up callin' 911. 79 00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:39,346 [Narrator] First responders 80 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:41,081 with the DeKalb County Police Department 81 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,649 arrive on the scene. 82 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:46,786 Both victims were deceased in the living room. 83 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:50,357 One close to the couch, the other on the floor. 84 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:53,727 I started documenting the crime scene as I saw it. 85 00:04:55,695 --> 00:04:58,098 They secured the crime scene, and then notified 86 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:01,568 the DeKalb County Police Major Felony Unit to respond. 87 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:04,170 [Narrator] Outside the apartment, 88 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:05,872 Cariletta is in shock. 89 00:05:06,706 --> 00:05:09,943 Finding my brother dead, that changed my life forever. 90 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:12,045 Everything was rushing through my head, 91 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:14,748 everything was rushin' through my head, who, what, when, why. 92 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:16,750 I just broke down cryin'. 93 00:05:17,117 --> 00:05:18,718 We couldn't wrap our minds around it. 94 00:05:18,752 --> 00:05:24,557 [music] 95 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:26,760 [Narrator] Born in 1968, 96 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:29,462 Raymond Goodwin was raised by his mother 97 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,631 in Birmingham, Alabama. 98 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:35,735 She was a single mom, raisin' five kids by herself. 99 00:05:35,769 --> 00:05:38,772 So it wasn't, you know, all roses, 100 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,408 but she did the best that she could. 101 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:43,910 [Sherita] Ray was the middle child, 102 00:05:43,943 --> 00:05:47,514 and he was always helpin' people, always. 103 00:05:47,547 --> 00:05:49,082 I called him Captain, 104 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:52,118 'cause he was always reachin' out and helpin' people. 105 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:54,587 [Cariletta] Growin' up, Ray was just always 106 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:57,957 active into the high school band and different stuff like that. 107 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,793 He started workin' at 16 years old. 108 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:02,362 I remember, I remember he worked at McDonald's in high school. 109 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:05,031 [Narrator] Ray was close with all of his siblings, 110 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:08,201 but especially with his sister, Cariletta. 111 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,503 [Cameron] My mom and Ray, they were best friends. 112 00:06:10,537 --> 00:06:12,205 They were always together. 113 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:13,673 Them two, they were the youngest, 114 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,875 so they had a special kinda relationship. 115 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:19,546 [music] 116 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:21,047 [Narrator] By the late '90s, 117 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:24,651 Ray and most of his siblings had migrated to Atlanta. 118 00:06:25,285 --> 00:06:28,054 There, he stayed close with his family. 119 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:31,124 [Cameron] Ray was like the legendary uncle. 120 00:06:31,157 --> 00:06:32,625 He was the house to go to. 121 00:06:32,659 --> 00:06:36,062 He's gonna rent us 10, 15 games, movies. 122 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:37,397 We've got board games. 123 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:39,199 He's gonna cook the whole weekend. 124 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:41,668 It was a place to be as a kid. 125 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:46,940 He was always the comedian, always kept people laughin'. 126 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:48,174 He was full of life. 127 00:06:48,842 --> 00:06:50,276 [Narrator] After a successful stint 128 00:06:50,310 --> 00:06:51,978 as a car salesman, 129 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:57,183 at age 31, Ray changed lanes to pursue a lifelong dream. 130 00:06:57,851 --> 00:07:02,088 Photography was Ray's passion. He was always into that. 131 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:05,392 He would go into, like, the Walmarts and he would have 132 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:08,528 these booths set up to do his photography. 133 00:07:08,561 --> 00:07:10,397 He was very good at it. 134 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:15,635 [Narrator] But Ray had bigger dreams 135 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:18,138 than taking pictures in department stores. 136 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:20,306 He wanted to break into 137 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:22,709 the booming Atlanta entertainment scene. 138 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:27,247 Something by the late '90s, Cariletta had already done. 139 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:30,483 We were in the adult entertainment industry. 140 00:07:30,517 --> 00:07:33,053 I started dancing on a regular basis then, 141 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:36,790 and I just became great at what I was doin'. 142 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,959 [Nicole] She would hook Ray up with other dancers 143 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:43,296 who needed to make like, flyers or portfolios. 144 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:44,798 In order to market themselves, 145 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:47,767 Ray would take their pictures for them. 146 00:07:50,737 --> 00:07:53,106 [Cameron] He created a whole photograph company. 147 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,674 Within, like, a few months time, 148 00:07:54,708 --> 00:07:57,077 just catapulted to another level. 149 00:07:57,777 --> 00:07:59,546 [Narrator] Ray found his niche, 150 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:02,349 working with dancers at Atlanta's multitude 151 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,584 of high-end clubs. 152 00:08:05,385 --> 00:08:07,587 [Cariletta] He did a lot of my photography. 153 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,389 He made my portfolios. 154 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,825 He made portfolios for all of my girls. 155 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:15,595 [Narrator] Ray developed a huge network of friends 156 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:16,596 in the city... 157 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:20,934 Including 35-year-old Claudell Christmas, 158 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:22,602 AKA "Doc". 159 00:08:23,737 --> 00:08:27,440 Doc was very suave. He was a cool guy. 160 00:08:27,774 --> 00:08:29,776 He called himself "The Doctor". 161 00:08:30,243 --> 00:08:32,445 I met him at the club through a mutual friend. 162 00:08:32,812 --> 00:08:34,381 He liked to go to the casinos. 163 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:35,849 He just liked to, you know, 164 00:08:35,882 --> 00:08:38,184 party just like everyone else back then. 165 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:41,121 He became one of my best friends, as well. 166 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:46,126 Doc was a very giving person, very great person, great energy. 167 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:47,861 Everyone knew him, loved him. 168 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:50,864 Our whole family and friend network was very tight. 169 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,769 [Narrator] Ray found success, 170 00:08:55,802 --> 00:08:58,471 status, and popularity in Atlanta. 171 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:02,409 When he met Akasha Turner in 2001, 172 00:09:02,442 --> 00:09:04,477 he also found love. 173 00:09:05,278 --> 00:09:09,315 I met him at a dance club. He just came up to me laughing. 174 00:09:10,016 --> 00:09:13,319 Raymond, even amidst that type of environment, 175 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:14,921 he stood out differently. 176 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:18,224 He was very religious. He was very spiritual. 177 00:09:18,692 --> 00:09:21,061 I had a friend, like a best friend. 178 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:23,830 [Tanika] They had been together for a couple years. 179 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:25,699 She loved him. They were in love. 180 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,168 [Narrator] By the summer of 2002, 181 00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:30,403 Ray was at the peak of success 182 00:09:30,437 --> 00:09:33,239 in a city where the sky was the limit. 183 00:09:37,177 --> 00:09:42,048 But on August 15th, his rise to the top is cut short. 184 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:46,052 Detectives with the DeKalb County Police Department 185 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:47,687 enter Ray's apartment, 186 00:09:48,154 --> 00:09:51,891 where they find the bodies of 34-year-old Ray Goodwin 187 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:55,061 and 35-year-old Doc Christmas. 188 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,798 We'd look for any damage to the door, 189 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:00,033 which there was none. 190 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:02,335 We'd look for any broken windows, 191 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:03,636 and there was no damage 192 00:10:03,670 --> 00:10:05,171 indicating any type of forced entry. 193 00:10:05,205 --> 00:10:06,673 There was none. 194 00:10:06,706 --> 00:10:09,075 There was no immediate signs of any type of struggle, 195 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:12,412 nobody had any other injuries besides the gunshot wounds. 196 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:15,315 Doc received one gunshot wound to the head. 197 00:10:15,882 --> 00:10:18,018 Ray received a gunshot wound to the head, 198 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,887 along with other gunshot wounds to his torso. 199 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,860 [Narrator] When asked why anyone would 200 00:10:26,893 --> 00:10:28,461 want to hurt her brother, 201 00:10:28,495 --> 00:10:30,497 Cariletta says she believes 202 00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:32,866 burglary may have been the motive. 203 00:10:34,034 --> 00:10:36,803 [Nicole] He kept very expensive photography equipment. 204 00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:40,273 Both of these victims, Doc and Ray, 205 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:42,475 were known to carry a large amount of cash. 206 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,211 Especially bein' around the entertainment industry. 207 00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:50,417 They would go to the clubs with wads of cash and just, you know, 208 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:52,085 spend all kinds of crazy money. 209 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:55,422 My brother, he bought major equipment. 210 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:57,757 I mean, he had so much stuff. 211 00:10:58,224 --> 00:11:00,727 Doc, he was a little flashy too, you know, 212 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,395 and I thought they probably was like, 213 00:11:02,429 --> 00:11:04,130 "Shoot, we gonna rob him, too." 214 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:08,401 [Narrator] Cariletta also tells investigators 215 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:12,238 of the bizarre call between Doc and her friend G, 216 00:11:12,272 --> 00:11:13,506 that led her and Sam 217 00:11:13,540 --> 00:11:15,608 to the apartment in the first place. 218 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,746 [Nicole] While Doc was speaking with this individual, 219 00:11:19,779 --> 00:11:21,281 gunshots rang out. 220 00:11:22,082 --> 00:11:24,884 He actually heard a female voice say, 221 00:11:24,918 --> 00:11:26,953 "Get the money, get the money." 222 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:30,256 [Narrator] Investigators wonder if Ray and Doc 223 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:34,127 fell victim to Atlanta's growing crime wave. 224 00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:37,564 [Nicole] During this timeframe, 225 00:11:37,597 --> 00:11:41,334 the adult entertainment industry was booming. 226 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:42,869 People would wanna rob the men, 227 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:45,271 knowing they had a lotta cash going into these clubs. 228 00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:48,708 They started to have a lot more robberies within our city, 229 00:11:49,109 --> 00:11:52,245 and they were being committed by females. 230 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:57,417 [Narrator] Coming up. 231 00:11:57,784 --> 00:12:00,286 A pair of suspects emerge... 232 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:03,523 Whoever this voice was on the phone saying, 233 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:05,392 "Get the money," was somebody they knew. 234 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:08,228 [Narrator] And the discovery of another body 235 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:11,364 strikes fear in this close-knit community. 236 00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:13,633 He suffered multiple gunshot wounds. 237 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:16,936 [Cariletta] We actually was just so scared and everything. 238 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,938 We got a serial killer out here? 239 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,978 [music] 240 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,756 [Narrator] DeKalb County detectives are investigating 241 00:12:36,790 --> 00:12:39,993 the murders of 34-year-old Ray Goodwin 242 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:45,098 and his friend, 35-year-old Claudell "Doc" Christmas. 243 00:12:45,632 --> 00:12:47,567 Raymond had been shot five or six times. 244 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,936 Doc had been shot one time to the head. 245 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:53,907 [Nicole] Robbery could've been a motive. 246 00:12:54,341 --> 00:12:57,811 Ray and his business had a lot of very, very expensive, 247 00:12:57,844 --> 00:12:59,612 high-end photography equipment. 248 00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:01,147 Carried a lot of cash, 249 00:13:01,181 --> 00:13:04,317 and the money from their wallets was missing. 250 00:13:08,054 --> 00:13:09,856 [Narrator] Inside Ray's apartment, 251 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:12,225 detectives search for clues. 252 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,595 [Nicole] In this particular case, 253 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,063 it appears that they were havin' a party, 254 00:13:17,063 --> 00:13:18,865 getting ready to go out for the evening. 255 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:22,302 There were drink glasses and they were about to cook out. 256 00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:25,638 So, it appeared initially at first glance 257 00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:31,211 that the victims knew and let the killers in willingly. 258 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,948 There was no tables turned over, 259 00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:39,252 there was no damage to any of the other property inside. 260 00:13:39,886 --> 00:13:42,489 I would have to say the incident appeared to 261 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:44,090 have been almost by surprise. 262 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:53,099 [Nicole] Doc was shot execution style in the head. 263 00:13:54,134 --> 00:13:56,970 That tells us that he was probably shot first. 264 00:13:57,470 --> 00:14:01,074 It appeared that once Ray saw what happened, he tried to flee, 265 00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:03,710 and they just unloaded on Ray. 266 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:06,846 And that's why Ray has a lot more gunshot wounds 267 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,448 than, than Doc had. 268 00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:12,419 Ray and Doc were obviously very comfortable with 269 00:14:12,452 --> 00:14:14,621 the people that were in the house with them, 270 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:16,056 because they were drinking. 271 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:18,858 Whoever this voice was on the phone saying, 272 00:14:18,892 --> 00:14:21,127 "Get the money," was somebody they knew. 273 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:25,165 Based on the information they heard about this phone call, 274 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:28,468 detectives thought we had at least two perpetrators. 275 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,837 [Tom] They were invited in, 276 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:33,907 and that means you can focus your attention on 277 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:37,377 people who might have had access to the apartment. 278 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:41,314 [Todd] Two cell phones were recovered from the crime scene. 279 00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:44,551 One being Doc's and the other being Ray's. 280 00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,154 I sent out subpoenas for the phone carriers 281 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:51,157 to find out who they had been communicating with. 282 00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:55,862 [Narrator] Investigators discover 283 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:59,199 one more potentially important clue... 284 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:02,268 [Todd] There were seven bullets fired. 285 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:06,873 All of the shell casings located were .32 caliber bullets. 286 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:10,043 [Nicole] .32 caliber, it's a very small gun. 287 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:13,947 And you know, with a small gun, who carries small guns? 288 00:15:14,047 --> 00:15:15,348 Typically females. 289 00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:18,752 Because we have a female voice say, 290 00:15:18,785 --> 00:15:19,886 "Get the money. Get the money." 291 00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:23,323 The suspect in this case is most likely be a female. 292 00:15:27,527 --> 00:15:29,496 [Narrator] Detectives head back outside, 293 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:32,232 where Ray's sister Cariletta is waiting. 294 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:36,569 She says she's just gotten off the phone with Ray's girlfriend 295 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:40,774 [Nicole] Cariletta found out that on this particular day, 296 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:43,443 two individuals might've been at the apartment, 297 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:45,211 partying with these guys. 298 00:15:46,212 --> 00:15:48,682 [Akasha] He had people around, like per usual. 299 00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:50,183 He naturally does. 300 00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:52,118 Tells me what he's doing, who he's with. 301 00:15:52,152 --> 00:15:56,890 He said the names of who he was with, it was a nickname. 302 00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:01,628 Ray and Doc were hanging out with two dancers from the area, 303 00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:04,564 and she identified them as Peaches and Snow. 304 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:11,304 [Narrator] Cariletta tells them she thinks she met 305 00:16:11,338 --> 00:16:14,941 Peaches and Snow a few weeks earlier. 306 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:17,510 A light bulb immediately went off. 307 00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:20,680 "Ding, it's gotta be them girls, it's gotta be them girls." 308 00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:23,216 I didn't know Peaches and Snow. 309 00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:25,051 I didn't know their names at the time, 310 00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:28,388 but three weeks before this incident had happened, 311 00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:30,857 I had a yacht party at Lake Lanier. 312 00:16:31,358 --> 00:16:34,627 My brother, we was supposed to have a, a photo shoot there. 313 00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:37,397 So, he set up everything for the girls... 314 00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:39,799 And invited them to the photo shoot. 315 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:44,704 These girls were dancers at, you know, less popular clubs. 316 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:47,073 One stood out to me. 317 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:50,810 She was tall, she was like 5'7" or 5'9", 318 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:51,945 or something like that. 319 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:55,949 When I first met them, I got a bad vibe from her. 320 00:16:57,083 --> 00:16:58,985 I said, "Man, Ray, I don't like these girls." 321 00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:01,087 I mean something came over me immediately, 322 00:17:01,121 --> 00:17:03,023 and I was just like, "No, sir, not them." 323 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:09,429 [Narrator] Investigators turn to the only other detail 324 00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:12,465 they know about Peaches and Snow... 325 00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:17,037 Detectives went to some of the strip clubs 326 00:17:17,070 --> 00:17:18,672 in the Atlanta area. 327 00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:22,208 Dealing with the clubs was difficult, you know? 328 00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:24,577 You couldn't even get past the door. 329 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:29,049 The club owners, the, the bouncers, the security, 330 00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:32,385 they're not real excited to have police, you know, 331 00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:34,521 combing through their establishment. 332 00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:40,894 [Narrator] Two days after the murders, 333 00:17:40,927 --> 00:17:43,063 on August 17, 2002, 334 00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:45,865 DeKalb County detectives are called to the scene 335 00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:48,168 of another homicide. 336 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:53,473 There's been another shooting, and it's just across town. 337 00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:55,742 A third male murdered. 338 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:58,411 [Narrator] At the crime scene, 339 00:17:58,445 --> 00:18:02,916 detectives find 29-year-old Lemeitrice "Mechi" Twitty 340 00:18:03,016 --> 00:18:05,018 dead on his living room floor. 341 00:18:06,186 --> 00:18:07,921 [Todd] It appeared he had suffered 342 00:18:08,021 --> 00:18:09,356 multiple gunshot wounds, 343 00:18:09,389 --> 00:18:12,292 including to the head, back, abdomen area. 344 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:15,095 And that they were in intermediate range, 345 00:18:15,128 --> 00:18:16,863 probably five to six feet. 346 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:20,200 [Narrator] It doesn't take long for detectives to notice 347 00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:24,170 eerie similarities between the two crime scenes. 348 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:27,374 These murders, they're in close proximity. 349 00:18:27,407 --> 00:18:29,609 Both occurring in the same county. 350 00:18:29,642 --> 00:18:31,878 You got a deceased guy in his apartment. 351 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:34,180 He, too, has been executed. 352 00:18:34,214 --> 00:18:36,449 Neither one of them has a forced entry. 353 00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:39,786 [Nicole] And then while going over the scene, 354 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:42,722 they found the same .32 caliber shell casing 355 00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:45,658 that they did on the scene with Ray and Doc. 356 00:18:46,926 --> 00:18:49,195 The fact that the same caliber, 357 00:18:49,229 --> 00:18:51,431 which was an unusual caliber, was used. 358 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:53,600 It would not be far from saying 359 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:57,437 that the same individual committed all three murders. 360 00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:04,277 [Narrator] Detectives on the scene step outside, 361 00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:08,214 where they find Mechi's friend, Marchetti Townsend. 362 00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:12,018 He said Mechi didn't show up for work that day, 363 00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:13,720 and he was concerned. 364 00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:18,625 [Todd] Mechi and Mr. Townsend worked together as barbers. 365 00:19:18,925 --> 00:19:20,527 Mr. Townsend had tried to 366 00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:25,031 He went to the apartment. 367 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:27,667 At that point, he found Mechi dead. 368 00:19:32,472 --> 00:19:34,040 [Narrator] Distraught, 369 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,143 Marchetti explains that Mechi was a beloved figure 370 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:39,245 in their tight social circle. 371 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:43,550 [Nicole] Mechi was very popular as being a master barber, 372 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:45,685 and he cut a lot of people's hair. 373 00:19:45,719 --> 00:19:47,921 He was high in demand. 374 00:19:47,954 --> 00:19:49,189 People would pay in cash, 375 00:19:49,222 --> 00:19:51,291 so he always had a lot of money on him. 376 00:19:54,728 --> 00:19:56,930 [Narrator] But there is no cash to be found 377 00:19:56,963 --> 00:19:58,598 in Mechi's apartment. 378 00:19:59,499 --> 00:20:02,635 And that's not the only thing that's missing... 379 00:20:03,837 --> 00:20:07,307 [Todd] Mechi had been renting a gold Nissan Maxima. 380 00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:10,243 That car was missing from the scene. 381 00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:16,249 [Narrator] As detectives search for the gold Nissan, 382 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:19,886 news of Mechi's death reaches his friends. 383 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:22,622 [Cariletta] I knew Mechi, and you know, 384 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:24,157 we always just on the same scene. 385 00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:26,292 Ray knew Mechi, as well. 386 00:20:26,326 --> 00:20:28,428 We heard he got killed, so we like, 387 00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:30,997 "What the hell, you know, what the heck is goin' on?" 388 00:20:31,498 --> 00:20:34,868 I was shocked. I could not believe it. 389 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:38,004 [Narrator] Still reeling from her brother's murder, 390 00:20:38,038 --> 00:20:40,373 Cariletta fears the worst. 391 00:20:40,774 --> 00:20:44,944 We actually was just so scared. You know what I mean? 392 00:20:44,978 --> 00:20:46,579 We got a serial killer out here? 393 00:20:48,281 --> 00:20:49,249 [Narrator] Coming up. 394 00:20:50,283 --> 00:20:53,153 Investigators enlist help to stop a killer... 395 00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:56,022 [Cariletta] Nobody wanna talk to the police. 396 00:20:56,056 --> 00:20:58,124 So, that's where I came in at. 397 00:20:58,858 --> 00:21:01,728 [Narrator] And they make an important discovery. 398 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:05,532 Two handguns were located in the toilet tank. 399 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:11,237 It was the same caliber handgun used at both crime scenes. 400 00:21:12,906 --> 00:21:16,910 [music] 401 00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:28,288 [Narrator] After a string of three murders, 402 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:32,492 DeKalb County detectives are urgently trying to track down 403 00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:34,694 their only possible suspects: 404 00:21:35,095 --> 00:21:38,498 Two dancers named Peaches and Snow. 405 00:21:40,834 --> 00:21:42,268 I'm asking the police, 406 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:44,004 "Hey, you know, you guys hear anything?" 407 00:21:44,104 --> 00:21:46,439 "You guys hear anything?" "Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope." 408 00:21:46,473 --> 00:21:48,441 A week went by, they was like, "Ma'am, we don't have any leads, 409 00:21:48,475 --> 00:21:49,776 we don't have anything, yet." 410 00:21:54,014 --> 00:21:57,384 [Narrator] Unwilling to let the murders go unsolved, 411 00:21:57,417 --> 00:22:00,520 Cariletta takes matters into her own hands. 412 00:22:02,522 --> 00:22:04,791 [Cariletta] I wasn't just gonna sit there 413 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,093 and, you know, be scared. 414 00:22:07,127 --> 00:22:08,895 Nobody wanna talk to the police. 415 00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:11,598 So, that's where I came in at. 416 00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:14,067 [Narrator] Cariletta hits the streets, 417 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:17,570 trying to uncover anything she can on the two dancers 418 00:22:17,604 --> 00:22:20,240 who were allegedly at her brother's apartment 419 00:22:20,273 --> 00:22:22,909 the night of the first murders. 420 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:25,712 [Cariletta] I reached out to everybody. 421 00:22:25,745 --> 00:22:27,981 I went to about three, four strip clubs. 422 00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:30,083 They're not supposed to let you do this, 423 00:22:30,116 --> 00:22:31,484 but because of my status, 424 00:22:31,518 --> 00:22:35,488 they allowed me to go and look at the permit books. 425 00:22:37,090 --> 00:22:38,391 [Nicole] Because she was a dancer 426 00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:39,526 and she wasn't law enforcement, 427 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:42,996 They let Cariletta sift through these permit books. 428 00:22:43,096 --> 00:22:44,597 It'll tell your name, your age, 429 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:46,766 you know, all the basic information. 430 00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:49,602 And she was able to identify Peaches. 431 00:22:51,805 --> 00:22:55,141 I came across this one permit of Falicia Blakely, 432 00:22:55,442 --> 00:22:57,711 and her height and weight stood out. 433 00:22:58,845 --> 00:23:00,480 She was tall and skinny. 434 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:03,616 She was like 5' something and 114 pounds. 435 00:23:03,650 --> 00:23:05,685 I say, "You know what? That look like her." 436 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:08,822 I called the detective and I told him what I had found, 437 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:12,292 and he was like, "Okay, meet me and I'll run everything." 438 00:23:16,096 --> 00:23:19,466 [Narrator] Falicia Blakely was born in 1983, 439 00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:22,635 to a single mother in Jacksonville, Florida. 440 00:23:24,471 --> 00:23:27,707 Falicia had an absent father. 441 00:23:27,741 --> 00:23:32,479 She was bounced between her mother and her grandmother 442 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:34,948 in Jacksonville her whole childhood. 443 00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:40,720 [Narrator] In 1998, at the age of 15, 444 00:23:40,754 --> 00:23:43,823 Falicia moved with her mother to Atlanta. 445 00:23:45,125 --> 00:23:48,495 [Mara] The mother had been transferred to Atlanta 446 00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:51,464 with some kind of warehouse job. 447 00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:55,168 [Narrator] Falicia's already tense relationship 448 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:56,569 with her mother 449 00:23:56,603 --> 00:23:59,406 became even more difficult after the move. 450 00:24:01,074 --> 00:24:02,042 [Nicole] She had a lotta anger. 451 00:24:02,075 --> 00:24:04,644 Her relationship with her mom was so strained, 452 00:24:04,678 --> 00:24:06,746 she had to find a way to support herself. 453 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:12,352 So, she got a fake permit or ID to make herself look older, 454 00:24:12,385 --> 00:24:14,788 and she began dancing in these clubs. 455 00:24:15,088 --> 00:24:16,823 It was very lucrative for her. 456 00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:21,961 [Narrator] Falicia left home at age 17. 457 00:24:22,062 --> 00:24:23,329 Young and beautiful, 458 00:24:23,363 --> 00:24:26,232 she made enough money dancing to get by. 459 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:30,904 [After Falicia was dancing in these clubs, 460 00:24:31,237 --> 00:24:33,206 she was dating a guy. 461 00:24:33,239 --> 00:24:34,708 She got pregnant, 462 00:24:34,741 --> 00:24:36,576 but she didn't wanna have anything to do with the guy. 463 00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:40,747 So, she was just gonna raise the baby on her own, 464 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:44,684 but she couldn't dance as she got bigger in the pregnancy. 465 00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:47,721 So, there was one particular night that she was dancing, 466 00:24:47,754 --> 00:24:49,556 and she was showing quite a bit, 467 00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:52,258 and she wasn't making very much money. 468 00:24:52,292 --> 00:24:54,861 And a guy in the audience approached her. 469 00:24:55,729 --> 00:24:57,664 Falicia described him as good looking, 470 00:24:57,697 --> 00:24:59,232 you know, charismatic. 471 00:24:59,833 --> 00:25:02,102 He approached her and gave her a big wad of cash. 472 00:25:04,304 --> 00:25:05,605 [Narrator] At the end of the night, 473 00:25:05,638 --> 00:25:09,042 the man introduced himself as Mike Berry. 474 00:25:11,044 --> 00:25:12,879 [Tanika] Made her feel like she was on top of the world 475 00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:14,347 and she could have everything. 476 00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:16,649 There was no guidance in her life. 477 00:25:17,317 --> 00:25:20,053 You know, you're gonna latch onto the first person 478 00:25:20,053 --> 00:25:21,187 that shows you any type of 479 00:25:21,221 --> 00:25:23,256 affection and love and stability. 480 00:25:23,757 --> 00:25:25,825 [Narrator] Quickly, the two began dating, 481 00:25:25,859 --> 00:25:29,596 and Mike offered Falicia dreams of a better life. 482 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:33,233 This was, everything she probably ever wanted 483 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:34,901 was what she saw in Mike Berry. 484 00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:37,871 He was giving her love, spending time with her, 485 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:40,940 buying her things; fur coats and cars, 486 00:25:40,974 --> 00:25:44,611 and offering to, like, take the role of being 487 00:25:44,644 --> 00:25:46,112 this baby's father. 488 00:25:48,081 --> 00:25:50,550 [Narrator] However, Falicia's relationship with Mike 489 00:25:50,583 --> 00:25:52,986 didn't turn out as she hoped. 490 00:25:53,553 --> 00:25:56,423 When you have a, a master manipulator, 491 00:25:56,456 --> 00:25:57,590 they know who to target. 492 00:25:58,892 --> 00:26:01,327 They're not gonna target the flamboyant chick in the club. 493 00:26:01,361 --> 00:26:03,430 You know, they're gonna target the one that they think 494 00:26:03,463 --> 00:26:04,898 that's very insecure. 495 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:07,567 [Nicole] He was much older than her. 496 00:26:08,468 --> 00:26:10,270 He made all these promises to her. 497 00:26:10,303 --> 00:26:12,806 "We're gonna get out of Atlanta. We're gonna have a better life." 498 00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:15,342 He just sold her this huge pipedream, 499 00:26:15,742 --> 00:26:17,210 and Falicia bought into it. 500 00:26:17,844 --> 00:26:20,246 [Narrator] But in the end, none of that happened. 501 00:26:21,081 --> 00:26:25,352 [Nicole] Falicia's transient, she's has no real known address. 502 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:28,221 She would drop the baby off at day care 503 00:26:28,588 --> 00:26:30,357 and then just not pick the baby up. 504 00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:33,293 And so, Falicia's mom got the baby. 505 00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:34,761 Falicia tried to fight her on that, 506 00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:38,164 but the mom ended up getting the custody. 507 00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:42,702 And Falicia went back to dancing in these clubs. 508 00:26:47,674 --> 00:26:50,510 [Narrator] Now in August of 2002, 509 00:26:50,844 --> 00:26:52,679 Falicia's name is at the center 510 00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:54,881 of a triple homicide investigation. 511 00:26:56,416 --> 00:27:00,754 You're dealing with a suspect who dances at different clubs 512 00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:02,789 in different areas of the city. 513 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:06,026 So, trying to hunt and find her location, 514 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,028 you're losing a lot of time. 515 00:27:12,665 --> 00:27:14,167 [Narrator] Meanwhile, 516 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,504 just a few miles away inside the Atlanta city limits, 517 00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:20,273 a call comes in to 911. 518 00:27:21,775 --> 00:27:23,209 [Todd] On August 25th, 519 00:27:23,243 --> 00:27:25,712 City of Atlanta police were contacted regarding 520 00:27:25,745 --> 00:27:27,080 some suspicious individuals 521 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:30,150 in the lobby of a Mrs. Winners restaurant. 522 00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:33,153 There had been a series of robberies, 523 00:27:33,186 --> 00:27:36,423 armed robberies at a fast food fried chicken restaurant 524 00:27:36,456 --> 00:27:38,091 all over the Atlanta area. 525 00:27:38,124 --> 00:27:40,393 And the perpetrators were female. 526 00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:42,696 As such, the word got out among 527 00:27:42,729 --> 00:27:44,664 the various franchises of the restaurant, 528 00:27:45,165 --> 00:27:48,568 "Be on the lookout for women who are acting suspicious." 529 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:55,141 [Narrator] The manager reports there are three women 530 00:27:55,175 --> 00:27:57,577 in the dining room who match the description 531 00:27:57,610 --> 00:27:59,779 of the suspects at large. 532 00:28:01,014 --> 00:28:02,749 [Todd] When Atlanta police get there, 533 00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:05,185 the females are seen running into the bathroom. 534 00:28:05,785 --> 00:28:09,389 Atlanta police order the females out of the bathroom. 535 00:28:10,724 --> 00:28:13,193 [Narrator] The women are placed in the back of a squad car 536 00:28:13,226 --> 00:28:17,030 and hand over the keys to the vehicle they arrived in. 537 00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:22,035 City of Atlanta ran the tag on 538 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:24,237 the gold Nissan Maxima that was in the parking lot 539 00:28:24,270 --> 00:28:25,839 that the females arrived in. 540 00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:27,273 When they did that, 541 00:28:27,307 --> 00:28:29,809 they learned that it had been taken in a homicide 542 00:28:29,843 --> 00:28:33,213 in DeKalb County, which was Mechi's homicide. 543 00:28:34,047 --> 00:28:35,815 [Nicole] In Mechi's crime scene, 544 00:28:35,849 --> 00:28:39,486 the one thing that was taken was a car that Mechi had rented. 545 00:28:39,519 --> 00:28:42,055 It was a gold Nissan. 546 00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:48,328 [Narrator] They also discover the women had attempted 547 00:28:48,361 --> 00:28:51,731 to ditch something in the restaurant bathroom... 548 00:28:53,066 --> 00:28:56,403 Two handguns were located in the toilet tank within the bathroom. 549 00:28:58,238 --> 00:29:02,642 One of 'em was a .32 caliber automatic handgun. 550 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:08,114 It was the same caliber handgun used at both homicides. 551 00:29:09,516 --> 00:29:13,386 [Narrator] Outside, officers ask the women for identification. 552 00:29:15,088 --> 00:29:16,389 The women that were arrested by 553 00:29:16,423 --> 00:29:18,692 the City of Atlanta Police at Mrs. Winners were 554 00:29:18,725 --> 00:29:21,728 Ameshia Ervin and Falicia Blakely. 555 00:29:24,664 --> 00:29:26,132 [Narrator] Coming up. 556 00:29:26,166 --> 00:29:29,269 Detectives learn of another potential victim. 557 00:29:30,136 --> 00:29:34,341 The Orlando Police Department contacted our agency concerning 558 00:29:34,374 --> 00:29:37,110 a similar incident that they were investigating. 559 00:29:38,278 --> 00:29:42,315 Detectives think she's done more murder than we've discovered. 560 00:29:45,719 --> 00:29:49,789 [music] 561 00:29:59,198 --> 00:30:01,934 [Narrator] It's been ten days since the murders of 562 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:05,537 Raymond Goodwin, Doc Christmas, and Mechi Twitty, 563 00:30:06,372 --> 00:30:10,009 and Atlanta authorities have just arrested their suspects: 564 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:14,913 18-year-old Falicia Blakely and 20-year-old Ameshia Ervin. 565 00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:17,216 [Nicole] We've been on the hunt for Falicia Blakely, 566 00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:20,753 and here we have Falicia in Mechi's vehicle 567 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:23,789 with a .32 caliber handgun. 568 00:30:27,026 --> 00:30:29,061 [Narrator] Detectives begin their interviews 569 00:30:29,094 --> 00:30:31,096 with 18-year-old Falicia, 570 00:30:31,130 --> 00:30:34,733 while taking note of her unusual necklace. 571 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:39,171 It was a, a chain with a padlock on it. 572 00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:41,040 It was odd. 573 00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:44,743 When detectives got to interview Falicia, 574 00:30:45,077 --> 00:30:48,313 she admitted without too much trouble that 575 00:30:48,747 --> 00:30:52,317 they killed Mechi, and Ray, and Doc. 576 00:30:54,253 --> 00:30:57,289 She knew we had the gun, we had the car... 577 00:30:57,823 --> 00:31:00,059 I mean, how do you lie about that? 578 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:01,593 [Tom] With Miss. Blakely, 579 00:31:01,627 --> 00:31:04,229 her statement was remarkably candid. 580 00:31:04,797 --> 00:31:07,066 This was a girl who is being charged with 581 00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:08,500 three different murders, 582 00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:10,869 and just lays it all out. 583 00:31:10,903 --> 00:31:12,938 She didn't sugarcoat it. 584 00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:19,078 [Narrator] Falicia tells them that she met Ray through 585 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:23,649 her friend and fellow dancer Ameshia, also known as "Snow". 586 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,318 Ameshia knew Ray as a photographer. 587 00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:29,188 He had given her his business card 588 00:31:29,655 --> 00:31:31,523 to have photos taken. 589 00:31:32,691 --> 00:31:35,627 [Narrator] She says the women had socialized with Ray 590 00:31:35,661 --> 00:31:37,162 a few times, 591 00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:38,997 and on August 15th, 592 00:31:39,098 --> 00:31:42,167 she and Ameshia went to Ray's house to party 593 00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:44,136 before heading out to the club. 594 00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:48,273 While she'd hung out with Ray before, 595 00:31:48,674 --> 00:31:50,476 this day was different. 596 00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:54,313 Falicia believed that Ray possibly had money, 597 00:31:54,346 --> 00:31:57,116 and that's why she was there, to actually rob him. 598 00:31:58,183 --> 00:31:59,852 [Narrator] Desperate for money, 599 00:31:59,885 --> 00:32:03,188 Falicia says she decided to make her move. 600 00:32:04,857 --> 00:32:08,761 When Falicia went to hang out with Doc and Ray 601 00:32:08,794 --> 00:32:10,162 this particular day, 602 00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:11,697 she had her gun with her. 603 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:15,067 [Narrator] Falicia confesses to investigators 604 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,836 she purchased the gun illegally 605 00:32:19,071 --> 00:32:22,074 [Mara] Doc is on his own phone with somebody. 606 00:32:22,074 --> 00:32:23,375 She walks up behind Doc. 607 00:32:24,576 --> 00:32:27,212 He turns just in enough time to see her with the gun. 608 00:32:27,513 --> 00:32:28,914 She pulls the trigger. 609 00:32:33,185 --> 00:32:37,089 Ray tries to leave, and she shoots him. 610 00:32:40,726 --> 00:32:44,096 Falicia disclosed that Ray had withdrew 611 00:32:44,096 --> 00:32:46,098 about a thousand dollars that day, 612 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:49,201 so about a thousand dollars was taken from Ray. 613 00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:52,304 [Narrator] As had been the plan all along, 614 00:32:52,338 --> 00:32:56,175 Falicia says she and Ameshia hit the clubs. 615 00:32:57,109 --> 00:33:00,546 Shortly after the robbery of Ray and Doc, 616 00:33:00,913 --> 00:33:02,748 they had gone partying in Buckhead. 617 00:33:03,549 --> 00:33:05,617 [Narrator] Falicia tells investigators 618 00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:07,953 while riding high from success, 619 00:33:08,053 --> 00:33:11,357 the women spotted another potential victim. 620 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,429 They had met Mechi while out partying, 621 00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:19,832 and Falicia believed he had money. 622 00:33:20,566 --> 00:33:22,868 [Cariletta] Mechi, he used to come to the club all the time, 623 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:24,069 he was a flashy guy. 624 00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:26,705 He loved big, bulky jewelry. 625 00:33:26,739 --> 00:33:28,207 And you know, he was a flashy guy, 626 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,075 so I think that's why they targeted him. 627 00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:33,912 Mechi wants to party with these pretty girls 628 00:33:33,946 --> 00:33:36,949 and invites them back to his house. 629 00:33:36,982 --> 00:33:39,852 They're partying, hanging out. 630 00:33:40,452 --> 00:33:44,490 I believe he dozes off and wakes up to the gun. 631 00:33:45,324 --> 00:33:48,093 Falicia shot him several times. 632 00:33:54,099 --> 00:33:58,103 Got $650 in cash, and they left in his car. 633 00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:01,607 [Narrator] Falicia confesses to investigators 634 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,308 that over the next few days, 635 00:34:03,342 --> 00:34:06,478 she and Ameshia continued their crime spree, 636 00:34:06,512 --> 00:34:09,148 hitting numerous fast food restaurants. 637 00:34:09,782 --> 00:34:14,053 They start gettin' thirsty, you know, to do more robberies, 638 00:34:14,053 --> 00:34:16,755 because these men were just easy to lure in. 639 00:34:16,789 --> 00:34:19,058 They're at these clubs. They're spendin' money. 640 00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:21,393 They're tryin' to have a good time, and they... 641 00:34:21,427 --> 00:34:23,128 They meet these pretty ladies, 642 00:34:23,162 --> 00:34:25,497 and so, that's what happened with Mechi. 643 00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:30,169 [Narrator] Investigators are taken aback 644 00:34:30,202 --> 00:34:33,305 by Falicia's matter-of-fact confession. 645 00:34:34,807 --> 00:34:37,643 This is one cold-blooded female 646 00:34:38,177 --> 00:34:41,613 that just does what she needs to do, 647 00:34:42,081 --> 00:34:43,615 and does what she wants to do. 648 00:34:43,649 --> 00:34:47,086 I mean, I, I don't know if I'd ever seen anything like that. 649 00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:50,689 [Narrator] Next, detectives turn their attention to 650 00:34:50,723 --> 00:34:55,627 21-year-old Ameshia Ervin, AKA "Snow". 651 00:34:56,295 --> 00:34:59,131 [Todd] Her statement matched up pretty well. 652 00:34:59,164 --> 00:35:03,635 She goes into some details about how they took some money, 653 00:35:04,036 --> 00:35:06,939 and how Falicia did all the shooting. 654 00:35:07,539 --> 00:35:10,309 [Nicole] When Falicia starts firing during these murders, 655 00:35:10,342 --> 00:35:12,544 Ameshia hits the ground. 656 00:35:12,578 --> 00:35:15,681 And then Falicia kept screaming, "Get the money, get the money." 657 00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:17,049 You know, like, "Let's get outta here." 658 00:35:17,049 --> 00:35:18,717 She helped take the money. 659 00:35:22,388 --> 00:35:24,289 [Narrator] After both confessions, 660 00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:28,060 Falicia and Ameshia are charged with three counts of 661 00:35:28,093 --> 00:35:31,730 malice murder, armed robbery, felony murder, 662 00:35:31,764 --> 00:35:33,666 and theft by taking. 663 00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:35,834 [Cariletta] Once I got the news, I was like, 664 00:35:35,868 --> 00:35:37,836 "Oh my God, thank you, Lord Jesus." 665 00:35:38,604 --> 00:35:41,306 And I immediately felt a little bit more safe 666 00:35:41,340 --> 00:35:43,676 because someone was in custody. 667 00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:47,913 Ray didn't deserve that, he did not deserve that at all. 668 00:35:48,681 --> 00:35:51,583 Doc didn't deserve it either, they both were good guys. 669 00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:57,089 [Narrator] As prosecutors prepare for trial 670 00:35:57,122 --> 00:36:00,025 and news of Falicia's arrest hits the media, 671 00:36:00,426 --> 00:36:03,929 DeKalb County investigators get an unexpected call... 672 00:36:04,263 --> 00:36:06,498 From detectives in Florida. 673 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,036 [Todd] After the arrest of Falicia and Ameshia, 674 00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:16,208 the Orlando Police Department contacted our agency concerning 675 00:36:16,809 --> 00:36:19,845 a similar incident that they were investigating 676 00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:21,280 in their jurisdiction. 677 00:36:22,314 --> 00:36:24,249 [Narrator] Four months before their arrests 678 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:28,053 on the night of April 17, 2002, 679 00:36:28,087 --> 00:36:30,456 an Orlando man invited a young woman 680 00:36:30,489 --> 00:36:33,158 back to his motel room to part. 681 00:36:33,192 --> 00:36:35,861 Instead, he was attacked. 682 00:36:36,962 --> 00:36:40,265 That individual was robbed and shot in the head. 683 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,235 However, he was still alive, 684 00:36:43,268 --> 00:36:45,204 and the caliber of weapon used was 685 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:47,272 a .32 caliber automatic handgun. 686 00:36:47,773 --> 00:36:50,442 According to the victim from the city of Orlando, 687 00:36:50,476 --> 00:36:53,445 the female was described as a black female. 688 00:36:53,812 --> 00:36:57,316 He mentioned that she was wearing a necklace 689 00:36:57,783 --> 00:36:59,451 with a padlock on it. 690 00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:02,321 Falicia Blakely, when she was arrested, 691 00:37:02,354 --> 00:37:04,823 she also had a necklace with a padlock on it. 692 00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:11,230 [Narrator] Did Falicia commit this attempted murder 693 00:37:11,263 --> 00:37:12,731 from across state lines? 694 00:37:12,765 --> 00:37:17,036 And if so, how much blood is on her hands? 695 00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:20,906 Knowing that Falicia had attempted to kill somebody 696 00:37:21,173 --> 00:37:22,941 before these three victims, 697 00:37:23,042 --> 00:37:26,812 it, it raised suspicion for detectives that possibly 698 00:37:26,845 --> 00:37:30,315 she's done more murder than we've discovered. 699 00:37:33,052 --> 00:37:34,486 [Narrator] Coming up. 700 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,890 A courtroom revelation no one sees coming... 701 00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:42,094 The necklace represented that she was his property. 702 00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:44,763 [Narrator] Is Falicia a cold blooded killer, 703 00:37:44,797 --> 00:37:48,901 or is someone manipulating her every move? 704 00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:51,470 He knew how to pick his prey. 705 00:37:51,503 --> 00:37:56,375 [music] 706 00:38:03,516 --> 00:38:05,452 [music] 707 00:38:05,485 --> 00:38:08,254 [Narrator] After a killing spree that left three dead 708 00:38:08,288 --> 00:38:10,357 in less than 24 hours, 709 00:38:10,390 --> 00:38:12,792 Falicia Blakely and her accomplice, 710 00:38:12,826 --> 00:38:16,529 Ameshia Ervin, are in jail awaiting trial. 711 00:38:18,264 --> 00:38:19,799 [Nicole] At the initial interview, 712 00:38:19,833 --> 00:38:21,601 even though Falicia was being truthful, 713 00:38:21,634 --> 00:38:24,938 they just still had this sense that maybe there was 714 00:38:25,038 --> 00:38:27,707 more information that she wasn't telling. 715 00:38:27,741 --> 00:38:29,376 But they just couldn't' figure out exactly 716 00:38:29,409 --> 00:38:30,810 what that piece was. 717 00:38:30,844 --> 00:38:35,348 So, Falicia was interviewed later after her arrest. 718 00:38:38,318 --> 00:38:40,186 [Narrator] During her second interview, 719 00:38:40,220 --> 00:38:43,323 Falicia makes a stunning allegation... 720 00:38:43,356 --> 00:38:46,926 [Nicole] Falicia explained Mike Berry was her pimp, 721 00:38:47,394 --> 00:38:50,797 she was forced to do it due to Mike Berry. 722 00:38:53,366 --> 00:38:56,202 And that he was the one that really wanted the money, 723 00:38:56,236 --> 00:38:58,838 and put her and Ameshia up to these crimes. 724 00:39:00,006 --> 00:39:02,142 Mike Berry knew how to pick his prey. 725 00:39:02,509 --> 00:39:05,011 He knew exactly who his target would be. 726 00:39:05,345 --> 00:39:08,548 And he selected his girls carefully. 727 00:39:08,581 --> 00:39:14,554 [music] 728 00:39:14,587 --> 00:39:18,258 [Nicole] Falicia had a necklace with a padlock on it, 729 00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,694 and she had disclosed that the only person 730 00:39:20,727 --> 00:39:23,229 that had the key to that padlock was Mike. 731 00:39:24,064 --> 00:39:27,600 The necklace represented that she was his property. 732 00:39:30,303 --> 00:39:32,739 [Narrator] According to Falicia, Mike believed 733 00:39:32,772 --> 00:39:35,909 the successful photographer would have cash on hand, 734 00:39:36,343 --> 00:39:39,045 and he ordered Falicia to rob Ray. 735 00:39:39,679 --> 00:39:43,817 According to her, Mike Berry had been ordering her to collect 736 00:39:43,850 --> 00:39:44,651 more and more money, 737 00:39:44,684 --> 00:39:46,119 that there was all of this pressure. 738 00:39:47,454 --> 00:39:50,457 [Narrator] Mike enlisted Ameshia to be her accomplice. 739 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:58,264 When she and Ameshia arrived at Ray's that afternoon to party, 740 00:39:58,631 --> 00:40:01,267 Falicia says she had a hard time building up 741 00:40:01,301 --> 00:40:03,737 enough nerve to pull out the gun. 742 00:40:04,304 --> 00:40:06,806 But Mike wasn't letting it go. 743 00:40:08,475 --> 00:40:10,243 Falicia says he keeps calling her 744 00:40:10,276 --> 00:40:11,578 while she's there and saying, 745 00:40:11,611 --> 00:40:13,213 "When are you gonna do this?" 746 00:40:13,646 --> 00:40:16,383 Finally, she calls him back, leaves the phone, 747 00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:20,320 like, sitting on the couch so he can hear what's happening. 748 00:40:20,954 --> 00:40:23,590 He was on the line, and he heard the whole murder. 749 00:40:30,830 --> 00:40:33,533 [Narrator] Falicia says once the deed was done, 750 00:40:33,566 --> 00:40:36,536 Mike insisted she kill again. 751 00:40:37,871 --> 00:40:41,908 And within hours, Mechi was also dead. 752 00:40:47,681 --> 00:40:52,118 Her defense attorney attempts to use Mike, 753 00:40:52,152 --> 00:40:54,587 her pimp, I guess at some extent, 754 00:40:54,621 --> 00:40:57,023 as being the catalyst of this. 755 00:40:57,691 --> 00:40:59,693 They also went and interviewed Mike, 756 00:40:59,726 --> 00:41:01,661 and he didn't admit to anything. 757 00:41:01,695 --> 00:41:05,198 There's really no evidence on our end involving Mike. 758 00:41:05,699 --> 00:41:08,735 I think if Ameshia had come forward and corroborated 759 00:41:08,768 --> 00:41:10,503 some of Falicia's information, 760 00:41:10,537 --> 00:41:12,572 detectives could've built a case on Mike, 761 00:41:12,605 --> 00:41:14,074 but that just wasn't the case. 762 00:41:15,141 --> 00:41:18,545 [Narrator] Regardless, the 20-year-old does not deny 763 00:41:18,578 --> 00:41:22,916 that she was the one to take the lives of three men. 764 00:41:24,184 --> 00:41:28,888 She was really clear about her own level of responsibility, 765 00:41:28,922 --> 00:41:31,157 even though she was under the control of, 766 00:41:31,191 --> 00:41:32,892 to some extent, of him. 767 00:41:33,927 --> 00:41:36,529 We started out seeking the death penalty, absolutely. 768 00:41:37,197 --> 00:41:40,700 At the time, you could not get a life without parole sentence 769 00:41:40,734 --> 00:41:43,603 unless, in fact, you were seeking the death penalty. 770 00:41:46,740 --> 00:41:50,377 [Narrator] In 2004, Falicia accepts a plea deal. 771 00:41:51,177 --> 00:41:55,682 Falicia and her lawyers made the decision to plead guilty 772 00:41:55,715 --> 00:41:58,585 and avoid that trial and serve life in prison, 773 00:41:58,618 --> 00:42:01,921 rather than be considered for the death penalty. 774 00:42:03,123 --> 00:42:05,959 [Narrator] Falicia is spared the death penalty. 775 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,563 Instead, she receives three consecutive life sentences 776 00:42:10,597 --> 00:42:12,966 without the possibility of parole. 777 00:42:14,601 --> 00:42:16,936 I was like, "Thank you God, there is a God. 778 00:42:16,970 --> 00:42:18,171 Thank you so much, Lord, 779 00:42:18,204 --> 00:42:19,806 that this girl is off the street, 780 00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:21,941 and she can no longer hurt anybody else." 781 00:42:25,078 --> 00:42:27,414 [Narrator] Ameshia also pleads guilty. 782 00:42:28,081 --> 00:42:30,483 She receives concurrent life sentences 783 00:42:30,517 --> 00:42:32,786 with the possibility of parole. 784 00:42:35,922 --> 00:42:39,492 The Florida case was never pursued just because 785 00:42:39,959 --> 00:42:43,563 the court system believed that Falicia was 786 00:42:43,596 --> 00:42:46,332 never gonna be out of prison for these three murders. 787 00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:49,669 [Narrator] For those who lost loved ones during 788 00:42:49,703 --> 00:42:52,339 Falicia's 24 hours of bloodshed 789 00:42:52,806 --> 00:42:56,776 her claims at sentencing bring mixed emotions. 790 00:42:57,877 --> 00:43:00,347 [Cariletta] Falicia could've made difference choices. 791 00:43:00,380 --> 00:43:02,048 You did what you did because 792 00:43:02,082 --> 00:43:05,852 that was the person you are on the inside. 793 00:43:07,153 --> 00:43:10,490 It doesn't make me feel better about what happened, you know? 794 00:43:11,057 --> 00:43:14,294 It's very, very, very small amount of relief. 795 00:43:14,894 --> 00:43:17,197 I miss him. I miss him a lot. 796 00:43:17,230 --> 00:43:23,169 [music]