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rocks Atlanta's hottest
social scene.
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The adult entertainment industry
was booming.
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Men had a lotta cash going into
these clubs.
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He was shot execution style.
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I was shocked.
We actually was just so scared.
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[Narrator] Detectives search
for a killer
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in a world of glamour, sex,
and secrets.
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There were huge clubs.
There were mega celebrities.
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The club owners, the bouncers,
the security,
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they're not real excited to have
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police combing through their
establishment.
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[Narrator] And the pressure is
on as the crime spree continue.
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There's been another shooting,
a third male.
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The Orlando Police Department
contacted our agency,
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concerning a similar incident
that they were investigating.
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[Narrator] Could
a stark confession
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reveal the truth?
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This was a girl who just lays it
all out.
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She didn't sugarcoat it.
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He made all these promises,
sold her this huge pipedream.
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[Narrator] Is there more to
this tale than meets the eye?
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She was under the control of,
to some extent, of him.
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This is one cold-blooded female
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that just does what
she wants to do.
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I mean, I don't know if I'd ever
seen anything like that.
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[Narrator] August 15, 2002.
Atlanta, Georgia.
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The height of the city's
club scene.
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2002 was a time in Atlanta when
the nightlife scene was
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an international destination for
partying.
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Like, there were huge clubs.
It was a very wild time.
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2002, Atlanta was lit.
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It was the place to be.
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Anytime celebrities come in
town, you know,
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they call us, you know,
to come party.
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Everybody who was on our scene
was real players,
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real heavy hitters.
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[Narrator] 30 year old
Atlanta resident
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and staple on the club scene,
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Cariletta Knox,
better known as "Smokey",
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is getting ready for a night ou
with her brother, Ray.
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[Cariletta] I talked to Ray
about 8:30.
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He told me to come on over there
and you know, we'll go hang out.
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So, I was like, "Okay, cool."
He said he was cookin'.
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He was grillin' some steaks for
some friends.
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So, my friend, me and Sam,
wanted to go over there.
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Her brother, Ray, was at
the apartment,
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partying with his friend, Doc.
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[Narrator] Just 30 minutes
later,
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Cariletta receives
another phone call.
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[Cariletta] I got a call from G,
one of Doc's friends.
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And G was like, "Hey, you know,
I was on the phone with Doc,
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and I heard gunshots."
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And something like,
"He couldn't breathe,"
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or something like that.
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He said he did hear
some female voices
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in the back saying,
"Get the money, get the money."
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I kinda brushed it off,
but I said, "Let me call him."
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So, I kept callin' Doc,
kept callin' Doc, no answer.
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I'm like, "What the hell?
This strange."
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So, I kept tryin' to call Ray.
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He's not picking up.
She's gettin' panicky.
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She's like, "Let's got over to
his place."
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[Narrator] Cariletta and
her friend Sam
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head over to Ray's apartment.
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The whole ride over there is
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just such a dreary,
dreadful feeling.
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Me and Sam got out of the car,
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and we walked up.
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And when we got to Ray's door,
it was cracked a little bit.
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So, Sam peeped in.
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He was like, "It's not good,
it's not good."
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I'm like, "What, what happened?
What happened?"
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He's like, "They're dead,
they're dead."
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I was like, "Oh my God..."
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So, I end up callin' 911.
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[Narrator] First responders
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with the DeKalb County
Police Department
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arrive on the scene.
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Both victims were deceased in
the living room.
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One close to the couch,
the other on the floor.
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I started documenting
the crime scene as I saw it.
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They secured the crime scene,
and then notified
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the DeKalb County Police Major
Felony Unit to respond.
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[Narrator] Outside
the apartment,
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Cariletta is in shock.
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Finding my brother dead,
that changed my life forever.
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Everything was rushing through
my head,
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everything was rushin' through
my head, who, what, when, why.
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I just broke down cryin'.
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We couldn't wrap our minds
around it.
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[Narrator] Born in 1968,
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Raymond Goodwin was raised by
his mother
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in Birmingham, Alabama.
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She was a single mom,
raisin' five kids by herself.
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So it wasn't, you know,
all roses,
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but she did the best
that she could.
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[Sherita] Ray was
the middle child,
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and he was always helpin'
people, always.
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I called him Captain,
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'cause he was always reachin'
out and helpin' people.
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[Cariletta] Growin' up,
Ray was just always
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active into the high school band
and different stuff like that.
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He started workin' at
16 years old.
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I remember, I remember he worked
at McDonald's in high school.
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[Narrator] Ray was close with
all of his siblings,
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but especially with
his sister, Cariletta.
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[Cameron] My mom and Ray,
they were best friends.
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They were always together.
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Them two,
they were the youngest,
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so they had a special kinda
relationship.
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[Narrator] By the late '90s,
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Ray and most of his siblings
had migrated to Atlanta.
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There, he stayed close
with his family.
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[Cameron] Ray was like
the legendary uncle.
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He was the house to go to.
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He's gonna rent us
10, 15 games, movies.
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We've got board games.
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He's gonna cook
the whole weekend.
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It was a place to be as a kid.
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He was always the comedian,
always kept people laughin'.
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He was full of life.
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[Narrator] After
a successful stint
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as a car salesman,
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at age 31, Ray changed lanes
to pursue a lifelong dream.
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Photography was Ray's passion.
He was always into that.
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He would go into, like,
the Walmarts and he would have
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these booths set up to do
his photography.
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He was very good at it.
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[Narrator] But Ray had
bigger dreams
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than taking pictures in
department stores.
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He wanted to break into
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the booming Atlanta
entertainment scene.
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Something by the late '90s,
Cariletta had already done.
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We were in the adult
entertainment industry.
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I started dancing on
a regular basis then,
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and I just became great at what
I was doin'.
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[Nicole] She would hook Ray up
with other dancers
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who needed to make like,
flyers or portfolios.
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In order to market themselves,
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Ray would take their pictures
for them.
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[Cameron] He created a whole
photograph company.
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Within, like, a few months time,
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just catapulted to
another level.
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[Narrator] Ray found his niche,
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working with dancers at
Atlanta's multitude
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of high-end clubs.
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[Cariletta] He did a lot of
my photography.
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He made my portfolios.
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He made portfolios for all of
my girls.
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[Narrator] Ray developed
a huge network of friends
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in the city...
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Including 35-year-old
Claudell Christmas,
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AKA "Doc".
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Doc was very suave.
He was a cool guy.
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He called himself "The Doctor".
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I met him at the club through
a mutual friend.
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He liked to go to the casinos.
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He just liked to, you know,
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party just like everyone else
back then.
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He became one of
my best friends, as well.
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Doc was a very giving person,
very great person, great energy.
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Everyone knew him, loved him.
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Our whole family and
friend network was very tight.
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[Narrator] Ray found success,
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status, and popularity in
Atlanta.
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When he met Akasha Turner
in 2001,
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he also found love.
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I met him at a dance club.
He just came up to me laughing.
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Raymond, even amidst
that type of environment,
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he stood out differently.
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He was very religious.
He was very spiritual.
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I had a friend,
like a best friend.
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[Tanika] They had been together
for a couple years.
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She loved him.
They were in love.
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[Narrator] By the summer
of 2002,
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Ray was at the peak of success
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in a city where the sky
was the limit.
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But on August 15th, his rise
to the top is cut short.
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Detectives with the DeKalb
County Police Department
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enter Ray's apartment,
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where they find the bodies
of 34-year-old Ray Goodwin
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and 35-year-old Doc Christmas.
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We'd look for any damage
to the door,
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which there was none.
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We'd look for any
broken windows,
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and there was no damage
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indicating any type
of forced entry.
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There was none.
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There was no immediate signs of
any type of struggle,
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nobody had any other injuries
besides the gunshot wounds.
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Doc received one gunshot wound
to the head.
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Ray received a gunshot wound to
the head,
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along with other gunshot wounds
to his torso.
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[Narrator] When asked why
anyone would
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want to hurt her brother,
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Cariletta says she believes
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burglary may have been
the motive.
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[Nicole] He kept very expensive
photography equipment.
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Both of these victims,
Doc and Ray,
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were known to carry
a large amount of cash.
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Especially bein' around
the entertainment industry.
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They would go to the clubs with
wads of cash and just, you know,
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spend all kinds of crazy money.
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My brother, he bought
major equipment.
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I mean, he had so much stuff.
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Doc, he was a little flashy too,
you know,
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and I thought they probably
was like,
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"Shoot, we gonna rob him, too."
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[Narrator] Cariletta also tells
investigators
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of the bizarre call between
Doc and her friend G,
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that led her and Sam
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to the apartment in
the first place.
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[Nicole] While Doc was speaking
with this individual,
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gunshots rang out.
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He actually heard
a female voice say,
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"Get the money, get the money."
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[Narrator] Investigators wonder
if Ray and Doc
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fell victim to Atlanta's
growing crime wave.
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[Nicole] During this timeframe,
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the adult entertainment industry
was booming.
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People would wanna rob the men,
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knowing they had a lotta cash
going into these clubs.
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They started to have a lot
more robberies within our city,
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and they were being committed
by females.
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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A pair of suspects emerge...
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Whoever this voice was on
the phone saying,
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"Get the money,"
was somebody they knew.
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[Narrator] And the discovery
of another body
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strikes fear in
this close-knit community.
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He suffered multiple
gunshot wounds.
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[Cariletta] We actually was just
so scared and everything.
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We got a serial killer out here?
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[Narrator] DeKalb County
detectives are investigating
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the murders of 34-year-old
Ray Goodwin
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and his friend, 35-year-old
Claudell "Doc" Christmas.
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Raymond had been shot five or
six times.
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Doc had been shot one time
to the head.
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[Nicole] Robbery could've been
a motive.
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Ray and his business had a lot
of very, very expensive,
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high-end photography equipment.
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Carried a lot of cash,
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and the money from their wallets
was missing.
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[Narrator] Inside Ray's
apartment,
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detectives search for clues.
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[Nicole] In this
particular case,
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it appears that they
were havin' a party,
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getting ready to go out
for the evening.
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There were drink glasses
and they were about to cook out.
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So, it appeared initially at
first glance
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that the victims knew and let
the killers in willingly.
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There was no tables turned over,
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there was no damage to any of
the other property inside.
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I would have to say
the incident appeared to
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have been almost by surprise.
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[Nicole] Doc was shot execution
style in the head.
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That tells us that he was
probably shot first.
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It appeared that once Ray saw
what happened, he tried to flee,
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and they just unloaded on Ray.
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And that's why Ray has a lot
more gunshot wounds
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than, than Doc had.
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Ray and Doc were obviously
very comfortable with
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the people that were in
the house with them,
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because they were drinking.
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Whoever this voice was on
the phone saying,
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"Get the money,"
was somebody they knew.
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Based on the information they
heard about this phone call,
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detectives thought we had
at least two perpetrators.
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[Tom] They were invited in,
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and that means you
can focus your attention on
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people who might have had access
to the apartment.
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[Todd] Two cell phones were
recovered from the crime scene.
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One being Doc's and the other
being Ray's.
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I sent out subpoenas for
the phone carriers
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to find out who they had been
communicating with.
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[Narrator] Investigators
discover
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one more potentially
important clue...
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[Todd] There were seven bullets
fired.
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All of the shell casings located
were .32 caliber bullets.
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[Nicole] .32 caliber,
it's a very small gun.
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And you know, with a small gun,
who carries small guns?
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Typically females.
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Because we
have a female voice say,
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"Get the money.
Get the money."
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The suspect in this case is
most likely be a female.
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[Narrator] Detectives head back
outside,
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where Ray's sister Cariletta
is waiting.
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She says she's just gotten off
the phone with Ray's girlfriend
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[Nicole] Cariletta found out
that on this particular day,
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two individuals might've been at
the apartment,
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partying with these guys.
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[Akasha] He had people around,
like per usual.
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He naturally does.
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Tells me what he's doing,
who he's with.
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He said the names of who
he was with, it was a nickname.
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Ray and Doc were hanging out
with two dancers from the area,
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and she identified
them as Peaches and Snow.
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[Narrator] Cariletta tells them
she thinks she met
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Peaches and Snow
a few weeks earlier.
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A light bulb immediately
went off.
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"Ding, it's gotta be them girls,
it's gotta be them girls."
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I didn't know Peaches and Snow.
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I didn't know their names
at the time,
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but three weeks before this
incident had happened,
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I had a yacht party at
Lake Lanier.
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My brother, we was supposed to
have a, a photo shoot there.
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So, he set up everything for
the girls...
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And invited them to
the photo shoot.
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These girls were dancers at,
you know, less popular clubs.
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One stood out to me.
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She was tall, she was like 5'7"
or 5'9",
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or something like that.
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When I first met them,
I got a bad vibe from her.
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I said, "Man, Ray, I don't like
these girls."
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I mean something came over me
immediately,
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and I was just like,
"No, sir, not them."
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[Narrator] Investigators turn
to the only other detail
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they know about Peaches and
Snow...
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Detectives went to some of
the strip clubs
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in the Atlanta area.
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Dealing with the clubs was
difficult, you know?
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You couldn't even get past
the door.
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The club owners, the,
the bouncers, the security,
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they're not real excited to have
police, you know,
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combing through their
establishment.
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[Narrator] Two days after
the murders,
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on August 17, 2002,
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DeKalb County detectives are
called to the scene
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of another homicide.
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There's been another shooting,
and it's just across town.
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A third male murdered.
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[Narrator] At the crime scene,
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detectives find 29-year-old
Lemeitrice "Mechi" Twitty
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dead on his living room floor.
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[Todd] It appeared he had
suffered
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multiple gunshot wounds,
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including to the head, back,
abdomen area.
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And that they were
in intermediate range,
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probably five to six feet.
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[Narrator] It doesn't take long
for detectives to notice
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eerie similarities between
the two crime scenes.
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These murders, they're in
close proximity.
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Both occurring in
the same county.
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You got a deceased guy
in his apartment.
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He, too, has been executed.
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Neither one of
them has a forced entry.
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[Nicole] And then while going
over the scene,
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they found the same .32 caliber
shell casing
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that they did on the scene
with Ray and Doc.
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The fact that the same caliber,
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which was an unusual caliber,
was used.
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It would not be far from saying
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that the same individual
committed all three murders.
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[Narrator] Detectives on
the scene step outside,
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where they find Mechi's friend,
Marchetti Townsend.
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He said Mechi didn't show up for
work that day,
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and he was concerned.
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[Todd] Mechi and Mr. Townsend
worked together as barbers.
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Mr. Townsend had tried to
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He went to the apartment.
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At that point,
he found Mechi dead.
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[Narrator] Distraught,
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Marchetti explains that Mechi
was a beloved figure
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in their tight social circle.
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[Nicole] Mechi was very popular
as being a master barber,
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and he cut a lot of
people's hair.
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He was high in demand.
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People would pay in cash,
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so he always had a lot of money
on him.
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[Narrator] But there is no cash
to be found
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in Mechi's apartment.
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And that's not the only thing
that's missing...
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[Todd] Mechi had been renting
a gold Nissan Maxima.
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That car was missing
from the scene.
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[Narrator] As detectives search
for the gold Nissan,
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news of Mechi's death
reaches his friends.
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[Cariletta] I knew Mechi,
and you know,
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we always just on
the same scene.
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Ray knew Mechi, as well.
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We heard he got killed,
so we like,
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"What the hell, you know,
what the heck is goin' on?"
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I was shocked.
I could not believe it.
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[Narrator] Still reeling from
her brother's murder,
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Cariletta fears the worst.
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We actually was just so scared.
You know what I mean?
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We got a serial killer out here?
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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Investigators enlist help to
stop a killer...
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[Cariletta] Nobody wanna talk to
the police.
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So, that's where I came in at.
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[Narrator] And they make
an important discovery.
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Two handguns were located in
the toilet tank.
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It was the same caliber handgun
used at both crime scenes.
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[music]
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[Narrator] After a string
of three murders,
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DeKalb County detectives are
urgently trying to track down
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their only possible suspects:
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Two dancers named Peaches
and Snow.
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I'm asking the police,
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"Hey, you know, you guys
hear anything?"
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"You guys hear anything?"
"Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope."
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A week went by, they was like,
"Ma'am, we don't have any leads,
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we don't have anything, yet."
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[Narrator] Unwilling to let
the murders go unsolved,
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Cariletta takes matters into
her own hands.
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[Cariletta] I wasn't just gonna
sit there
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and, you know, be scared.
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Nobody wanna talk to the police.
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So, that's where I came in at.
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[Narrator] Cariletta hits
the streets,
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trying to uncover anything she
can on the two dancers
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who were allegedly at
her brother's apartment
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the night of the first murders.
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[Cariletta] I reached out to
everybody.
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I went to about
three, four strip clubs.
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They're not supposed to let you
do this,
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but because of my status,
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they allowed me to go and look
at the permit books.
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[Nicole] Because she was
a dancer
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and she wasn't law enforcement,
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They let Cariletta sift
through these permit books.
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It'll tell your name, your age,
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you know,
all the basic information.
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And she was able to identify
Peaches.
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I came across this one permit of
Falicia Blakely,
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and her height and weight
stood out.
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She was tall and skinny.
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She was like 5' something and
114 pounds.
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I say, "You know what?
That look like her."
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I called the detective
and I told him what I had found,
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and he was like, "Okay, meet me
and I'll run everything."
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[Narrator] Falicia Blakely
was born in 1983,
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to a single mother in
Jacksonville, Florida.
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Falicia had an absent father.
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She was bounced between her
mother and her grandmother
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in Jacksonville
her whole childhood.
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[Narrator] In 1998,
at the age of 15,
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Falicia moved with
her mother to Atlanta.
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[Mara] The mother had been
transferred to Atlanta
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with some kind of warehouse job.
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[Narrator] Falicia's already
tense relationship
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with her mother
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became even more difficult
after the move.
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[Nicole] She had a lotta anger.
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Her relationship with her mom
was so strained,
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she had to find
a way to support herself.
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So, she got a fake permit or ID
to make herself look older,
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and she began dancing in
these clubs.
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It was very lucrative for her.
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[Narrator] Falicia left home
at age 17.
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Young and beautiful,
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she made enough money dancing
to get by.
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[After Falicia was dancing in
these clubs,
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she was dating a guy.
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She got pregnant,
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but she didn't wanna have
anything to do with the guy.
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So, she was just gonna
raise the baby on her own,
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but she couldn't dance as she
got bigger in the pregnancy.
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So, there was one particular
night that she was dancing,
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and she was showing quite a bit,
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and she wasn't making
very much money.
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And a guy in the audience
approached her.
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Falicia described him as
good looking,
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you know, charismatic.
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He approached her and gave
her a big wad of cash.
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[Narrator] At the end of
the night,
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the man introduced himself
as Mike Berry.
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[Tanika] Made her feel like she
was on top of the world
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and she could have everything.
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There was no guidance
in her life.
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You know, you're gonna latch
onto the first person
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that shows you any type of
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affection and love and
stability.
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[Narrator] Quickly,
the two began dating,
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and Mike offered Falicia dreams
of a better life.
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This was, everything
she probably ever wanted
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was what she saw in Mike Berry.
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He was giving her love,
spending time with her,
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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]