1 00:00:04,305 --> 00:00:07,222 Until she captured his heart. 2 00:00:07,274 --> 00:00:11,076 - Amber: He expected them to be married, to have children. 3 00:00:11,112 --> 00:00:13,946 - Laquisha: He loved her like no one had ever loved her. 4 00:00:13,981 --> 00:00:17,449 He was her knight in shining armor. 5 00:00:17,485 --> 00:00:18,683 - ♪ 6 00:00:18,703 --> 00:00:22,021 - narrator: But the couple's plans for a happily ever after 7 00:00:22,056 --> 00:00:27,092 are stopped cold one frigid February afternoon. 8 00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:31,914 - Curtis: I see him and he's laying face forward. 9 00:00:31,966 --> 00:00:34,917 He was so stiff and so cold, 10 00:00:34,969 --> 00:00:37,803 I realized he was dead in that moment. 11 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:39,371 - James: There's a great deal of blood 12 00:00:39,390 --> 00:00:41,090 on the front of his t-shirt. 13 00:00:41,142 --> 00:00:43,559 - Narrator: The ensuing investigation uncovers 14 00:00:43,594 --> 00:00:46,929 a web of potential suspects. 15 00:00:46,981 --> 00:00:49,398 - Curtis: The only drama that was ever really 16 00:00:49,433 --> 00:00:52,851 surrounding loren was with women. 17 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:56,054 - Narrator: But it's the tangle of one woman's lies 18 00:00:56,073 --> 00:00:59,858 that detectives must ultimately unravel. 19 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:04,797 - Amber: She was an extremely jealous woman. 20 00:01:04,832 --> 00:01:08,117 - Suzette: She started to do one thing after another, 21 00:01:08,169 --> 00:01:11,587 and it would get crazier and crazier every time. 22 00:01:11,622 --> 00:01:14,072 - Grant: Her entire version of events was a lie. 23 00:01:14,091 --> 00:01:15,574 - Kariba: I love you to death. 24 00:01:15,593 --> 00:01:18,293 If I can't have you, no one can. 25 00:01:21,515 --> 00:01:28,020 - ♪ 26 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,889 ♪♪ 27 00:01:32,977 --> 00:01:35,994 - narrator: February 5th, 2017. 28 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:39,164 It's super bowl Sunday in milwaukee, wisconsin, 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,317 and curtis peterson has plans to watch the big game 30 00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:48,107 with his lifelong friend, 28-year-old loren high. 31 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:50,626 - Curtis: His phone is going straight to voice mail, 32 00:01:50,661 --> 00:01:53,295 and that never happens. 33 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,998 Loren's one of the few people that if I called him, 34 00:01:56,050 --> 00:01:57,549 he answered, and if he didn't answer, 35 00:01:57,585 --> 00:01:59,918 he would text you. 36 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,420 - James: He went to check on loren. 37 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:06,325 He took it upon himself that day to go to the home. 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,927 - Curtis: It's, like, two in the afternoon. 39 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:11,463 I knock on his door. 40 00:02:11,482 --> 00:02:15,651 Nothing, the lights are out, nobody answers. 41 00:02:15,686 --> 00:02:17,986 I go to the back door, 42 00:02:18,022 --> 00:02:21,973 I knock, I knock, and nothing. 43 00:02:21,992 --> 00:02:23,992 - Nathan: He ended up going back to the front door 44 00:02:24,028 --> 00:02:25,994 and somehow manipulated the screen on 45 00:02:26,030 --> 00:02:29,031 the front security door and was able to reach around 46 00:02:29,083 --> 00:02:32,317 and gain access into loren's house. 47 00:02:32,336 --> 00:02:34,253 - Curtis: I don't wanna break into my boy house, 48 00:02:34,288 --> 00:02:37,089 but this is a wellness call, basically, I'm gonna check. 49 00:02:37,124 --> 00:02:40,825 So I was able to let myself in. 50 00:02:40,845 --> 00:02:43,161 It's completely black and it's very cold, 51 00:02:43,180 --> 00:02:45,214 and so I'm calling his name. 52 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:48,884 I go into the kitchen and I'm just looking around, 53 00:02:48,936 --> 00:02:54,273 and so I see him, and he's laying face forward. 54 00:02:57,394 --> 00:03:00,979 He looks as if he could just be knocked out on the floor drunk, 55 00:03:01,015 --> 00:03:03,715 so it was a sigh of relief, like, "dude, alright, bed." 56 00:03:03,751 --> 00:03:06,351 I walk up, I call his name twice, nothing, 57 00:03:06,387 --> 00:03:11,390 and then I grabbed his ankle and tried to shake it, 58 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:17,079 and the way it felt, he was so stiff and so cold, 59 00:03:17,131 --> 00:03:19,698 I realized he was dead in that moment. 60 00:03:19,717 --> 00:03:21,550 - ♪ 61 00:03:21,585 --> 00:03:25,053 - nathan: After he realized that loren was cold to the touch, 62 00:03:25,089 --> 00:03:28,557 curtis called 911 at that time. 63 00:03:28,592 --> 00:03:30,926 - Curtis: He had been really depressed recently. 64 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:33,729 He was just really living in his head a lot. 65 00:03:33,764 --> 00:03:36,648 So when I saw the body and I saw him, um, 66 00:03:36,684 --> 00:03:39,318 I thought he killed his self. 67 00:03:39,353 --> 00:03:43,322 I went outside and, like, I started panicking. 68 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:45,691 I'm like, "yo, I think my friend just killed his self." 69 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:50,729 - ♪ 70 00:03:50,748 --> 00:03:54,466 - curtis: I first met loren when I was about 10 years old. 71 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:56,168 We introduced ourselves, 72 00:03:56,203 --> 00:04:00,455 and we were thick as thieves pretty much from that moment on. 73 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:04,209 - Narrator: Loren high was born on April 20th, 1988, 74 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:07,045 in milwaukee, and raised an only child 75 00:04:07,081 --> 00:04:09,548 by his mother and grandmother. 76 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:12,751 - Curtis: His mother and grandmother, very smart, 77 00:04:12,770 --> 00:04:14,686 very hard-working black women. 78 00:04:14,722 --> 00:04:17,022 Self-sufficient, homeowners. 79 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:19,107 They had very high expectations of loren. 80 00:04:19,143 --> 00:04:20,258 He was raised a certain way 81 00:04:20,277 --> 00:04:23,645 with certain principles and morals. 82 00:04:23,697 --> 00:04:27,932 - Narrator: When loren was 18, his world was turned upside down 83 00:04:27,952 --> 00:04:32,638 when his mother died suddenly from a heart attack. 84 00:04:32,673 --> 00:04:36,291 - Curtis: It was absolutely the most heartbreaking reaction 85 00:04:36,327 --> 00:04:39,328 to something that I had ever seen, 86 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:43,215 and he was absolutely never the same after that. 87 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:44,416 - Suzette: After his mother died, 88 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:48,220 I felt like a piece of him just left. 89 00:04:48,255 --> 00:04:51,056 He just didn't know how to fill that void. 90 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:53,308 So, he was just, you know, looking for love 91 00:04:53,344 --> 00:04:57,512 in a lot of places that it was improper. 92 00:04:57,564 --> 00:04:59,631 - ♪ 93 00:04:59,650 --> 00:05:02,300 - narrator: An attractive and charming young man, 94 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:06,521 loren dated plenty of women, but he didn't find love 95 00:05:06,573 --> 00:05:09,825 until he met natasia bent. 96 00:05:09,860 --> 00:05:11,493 - Curtis: Natasia was cool. 97 00:05:11,528 --> 00:05:15,364 Very, very, very polite young lady, very respectful. 98 00:05:15,416 --> 00:05:19,751 Um, she was nothing but a good influence on him. 99 00:05:19,787 --> 00:05:21,253 - Narrator: By his mid-20's, 100 00:05:21,288 --> 00:05:24,790 loren had two daughters with natasia. 101 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:25,924 - Kariba: He was a great father. 102 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:29,845 He read them books, he would tuck them in at night. 103 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,547 He prayed with them. 104 00:05:32,599 --> 00:05:35,384 - Amber: The values that his mother instilled in him, 105 00:05:35,436 --> 00:05:39,938 he was really putting that into his girls, too. 106 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:44,476 - Narrator: Though loren was dedicated to his kids, 107 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:47,029 he found it more difficult to maintain 108 00:05:47,064 --> 00:05:49,698 a commitment to natasia. 109 00:05:49,733 --> 00:05:52,617 - Curtis: Loren's young, living like a bachelor, 110 00:05:52,653 --> 00:05:55,520 and I think that that was, uh, a lot of the issues 111 00:05:55,539 --> 00:05:57,456 in their relationship. 112 00:05:57,491 --> 00:05:59,875 - Kariba: Loren and natasia remained cordial 113 00:05:59,910 --> 00:06:01,877 after they split ways. 114 00:06:01,912 --> 00:06:04,579 I don't think that it affected them 115 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:08,216 too much negatively because they were able to communicate 116 00:06:08,252 --> 00:06:11,136 for the children's sake. 117 00:06:12,890 --> 00:06:14,890 - Narrator: Unfettered by a relationship, 118 00:06:14,925 --> 00:06:18,560 loren enjoyed a bachelor lifestyle. 119 00:06:18,595 --> 00:06:22,064 - Kc: Loren was a little bit of a ladies' man. 120 00:06:22,099 --> 00:06:23,598 He was very charming. 121 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:28,186 Loren was very sweet, and he was very easy to like. 122 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:31,490 Very easy to love. 123 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:36,194 - Narrator: Loren finally found a reason to settle down in 2015 124 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:39,297 when he began dating porsche humphery. 125 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:41,099 - Kariba: Porsche had the gift of gab. 126 00:06:41,135 --> 00:06:43,452 She was a smooth talker. 127 00:06:43,504 --> 00:06:48,607 She definitely could adapt to any surrounding. 128 00:06:48,642 --> 00:06:51,643 - Narrator: Porsche came across as poised and put together, 129 00:06:51,678 --> 00:06:53,145 but like loren, 130 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:58,183 her childhood in milwaukee was shaped by tragedy. 131 00:06:58,218 --> 00:07:00,952 - Laquisha: Her mom had killed her dad in front of her 132 00:07:00,988 --> 00:07:03,522 when she was younger. 133 00:07:03,557 --> 00:07:08,960 Her mom was in prison. She was put into the system. 134 00:07:08,996 --> 00:07:11,496 She turned to men 135 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:13,832 to fill the gap that she felt like 136 00:07:13,867 --> 00:07:17,536 she didn't get from anybody else. 137 00:07:17,571 --> 00:07:20,472 - Narrator: Still in her teens, porsche began a relationship 138 00:07:20,507 --> 00:07:23,675 that ultimately resulted in four children, 139 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:25,677 but it didn't last. 140 00:07:25,712 --> 00:07:27,662 - ♪ 141 00:07:27,714 --> 00:07:30,916 - narrator: When 29-year-old porsche started dating loren, 142 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:34,553 they both fell hard and fast. 143 00:07:34,588 --> 00:07:37,556 - Laquisha: He loved her like one had ever loved her. 144 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:41,510 She felt like he was her knight in shining armor, 145 00:07:41,562 --> 00:07:45,297 and she felt like she was gonna be with him forever. 146 00:07:45,332 --> 00:07:48,200 - Narrator: Loren felt that porsche shared the values 147 00:07:48,235 --> 00:07:50,986 that had been instilled in him by his mother. 148 00:07:51,021 --> 00:07:52,637 - Amber: She had a nice home. 149 00:07:52,673 --> 00:07:55,306 Her kids were really well taken care of. 150 00:07:55,325 --> 00:07:57,325 She did a good job being a mommy. 151 00:07:57,361 --> 00:07:59,244 He genuinely loved porsche. 152 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:02,948 He expected them to be married, to have children. 153 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:04,649 - ♪ 154 00:08:04,668 --> 00:08:07,318 - narrator: But after almost a year and a half, 155 00:08:07,337 --> 00:08:11,006 tensions began to surface in the relationship. 156 00:08:11,041 --> 00:08:11,957 - Laquisha: Porsche talked about 157 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:14,209 a couple fights she had with loren. 158 00:08:14,261 --> 00:08:16,327 Um, each time it was either about money, 159 00:08:16,346 --> 00:08:19,881 or she--she went through his phone while he was in the tub, 160 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:24,352 or he's texting this girl. She just didn't trust him. 161 00:08:24,388 --> 00:08:29,224 - Amber: She was an extremely jealous woman. 162 00:08:29,276 --> 00:08:33,562 He had liked somebody's posts on facebook, 163 00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:37,682 and they had a full-fledged argument about that, 164 00:08:37,701 --> 00:08:39,284 so they had broken up. 165 00:08:39,319 --> 00:08:41,686 He was just done with all the drama. 166 00:08:41,705 --> 00:08:44,656 He was done with all the unnecessary bickering. 167 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:47,375 - ♪ 168 00:08:47,411 --> 00:08:50,412 - narrator: As loren and porsche moved on from the relationship, 169 00:08:50,464 --> 00:08:52,864 they intended to maintain a friendship, 170 00:08:52,883 --> 00:08:56,635 and both found new things to be excited about. 171 00:08:56,670 --> 00:08:59,054 - Laquisha: I honestly believe porsche was on the track 172 00:08:59,089 --> 00:09:00,555 getting her life together. 173 00:09:00,591 --> 00:09:02,874 She had got two jobs, she had a nice apartment. 174 00:09:02,893 --> 00:09:05,243 She had a new guy. 175 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:07,512 - Narrator: In 2017, 176 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:10,282 loren started a long-distance relationship 177 00:09:10,317 --> 00:09:14,085 with an old friend, suzette bourgeois. 178 00:09:14,121 --> 00:09:16,387 - Suzette: Loren and I, we were, like, 179 00:09:16,406 --> 00:09:17,489 best friends, really close. 180 00:09:17,524 --> 00:09:21,576 We didn't go a day without speaking to each other, 181 00:09:21,612 --> 00:09:22,444 and if we did, 182 00:09:22,496 --> 00:09:24,779 then there was something seriously wrong. 183 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:29,334 - ♪ 184 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:32,504 - narrator: And on February 5th, 2017, 185 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:37,509 it becomes clear something is seriously wrong. 186 00:09:37,544 --> 00:09:40,762 Responding to a report of a potential suicide, 187 00:09:40,797 --> 00:09:43,765 milwaukee police detective james hutchinson 188 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,917 arrives on the scene. 189 00:09:45,936 --> 00:09:48,019 - James: I see that there's a great deal of blood 190 00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:49,938 on the front of his t-shirt. 191 00:09:49,973 --> 00:09:55,126 There's also a gunshot wound found in his chest. 192 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,427 - Nathan: We didn't find any firearm 193 00:09:56,446 --> 00:09:57,779 that may have been used. 194 00:09:57,814 --> 00:09:59,648 There's things that were missing that should've 195 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:01,800 been there if loren killed himself. 196 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:05,103 - Grant: All the detectives have is a dead body and no gun. 197 00:10:05,138 --> 00:10:07,372 So they've got to find any way possible 198 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:08,823 to get information. 199 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:10,959 Whether or not it's the killer or a witness, 200 00:10:10,994 --> 00:10:13,044 they're looking for information. 201 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,747 - ♪ 202 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:17,048 - narrator: Coming up, 203 00:10:17,084 --> 00:10:21,586 the crime scene tells a story about loren's final moments. 204 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:24,288 - On that piece of glass there was, uh, some white powder. 205 00:10:24,308 --> 00:10:26,925 We believed that to be some sort of drug use. 206 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,343 - Grant: It appears as though 207 00:10:28,395 --> 00:10:30,461 loren may have been shot with his own weapon. 208 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,148 - Narrator: And details of personal entanglements 209 00:10:33,183 --> 00:10:36,467 unearth a wellspring of suspects. 210 00:10:36,486 --> 00:10:39,487 - James: Loren had a lot of friends and female acquaintances 211 00:10:39,523 --> 00:10:43,658 that he was dating and seeing. 212 00:10:45,646 --> 00:10:49,414 - ♪ 213 00:10:56,006 --> 00:10:58,957 - narrator: On February 5th, 2017, 214 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:01,676 milwaukee police detectives are at the home of 215 00:11:01,712 --> 00:11:05,830 28-year-old loren high, who was found deceased 216 00:11:05,866 --> 00:11:08,400 on his living room floor. 217 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:09,851 - All we could tell at the scene was that 218 00:11:09,886 --> 00:11:12,671 he had a gunshot wound in the center of his chest. 219 00:11:12,706 --> 00:11:15,240 - ♪ 220 00:11:15,275 --> 00:11:16,608 - nathan: As we started to look around, 221 00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:19,144 we noticed there was an ambient temperature 222 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,896 within the house of only 47 degrees. 223 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:23,948 - James: It doesn't take very long for a human body 224 00:11:23,984 --> 00:11:27,452 to start to decay, and one of the early signs 225 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:30,488 of that is the odor that's emanated from the body, 226 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:33,524 some discoloration, things of that nature. 227 00:11:33,543 --> 00:11:36,578 Those weren't readily evident in this case, um, 228 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:41,299 because his residence was almost a refrigerator temperature. 229 00:11:41,334 --> 00:11:44,636 - Grant: Time of death is hard to do to begin with, 230 00:11:44,671 --> 00:11:49,724 um, but in a room that was close to being a freezer, 231 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,010 that doesn't allow a lot of decay 232 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:55,480 that might give you a better idea as to, to time of death. 233 00:11:55,515 --> 00:11:58,349 - ♪ 234 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:00,735 - narrator: As detectives take a look around the home, 235 00:12:00,771 --> 00:12:04,589 nothing seems obviously out of place. 236 00:12:04,624 --> 00:12:06,724 - James: Valuable things or things that were worth money 237 00:12:06,743 --> 00:12:08,760 were still present within the residence, 238 00:12:08,795 --> 00:12:11,746 so it didn't appear to be a burglary. 239 00:12:11,782 --> 00:12:13,748 - Grant: When you see no signs of forced entry, 240 00:12:13,784 --> 00:12:15,917 it leads you to one of two conclusions. 241 00:12:15,952 --> 00:12:19,771 Either a, someone came in the same way curtis came in, 242 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:25,376 or b, the victim let his killer in. 243 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:26,678 - Narrator: In the living room, 244 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:29,214 investigators find a piece of evidence 245 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:34,418 that could be crucial to solving the case. 246 00:12:34,438 --> 00:12:36,354 - James: We see a cell phone near his body. 247 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:39,590 We find that that's an item that we need to get 248 00:12:39,609 --> 00:12:41,776 as much information from as we can. 249 00:12:41,812 --> 00:12:43,995 We can't access it right away because 250 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:46,281 there's a password on it. 251 00:12:46,316 --> 00:12:48,366 - Grant: That evidence was transported back to 252 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:49,600 the milwaukee police department headquarters 253 00:12:49,619 --> 00:12:51,936 and it's processed there. 254 00:12:51,955 --> 00:12:55,774 - Narrator: Detective hutchinson also spots a piece of glass 255 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:57,475 on loren's couch. 256 00:12:57,511 --> 00:12:58,743 - Nathan: And on that piece of glass, 257 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,578 there was, uh, some white powder, 258 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,665 a, uh, clear ziploc bag, uh, 259 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:06,251 as well as a razor blade, so, uh, right away, 260 00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,803 we believed that to be some sort of drug use. 261 00:13:08,839 --> 00:13:09,787 - Narrator: On the glass, 262 00:13:09,806 --> 00:13:13,475 detectives find a single fingerprint. 263 00:13:13,510 --> 00:13:15,593 - Grant: That latent print is recovered and then sent to 264 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,263 the latent print division to see if they can identify 265 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:23,067 whose print it is. That'll take some time. 266 00:13:23,103 --> 00:13:25,820 - Narrator: Detectives step out to speak with the man 267 00:13:25,856 --> 00:13:29,824 who found loren's body, curtis peterson. 268 00:13:29,860 --> 00:13:31,826 - Nathan: He was a long-time friend of loren, 269 00:13:31,862 --> 00:13:33,444 obviously upset that he found his friend dead 270 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,412 on the living room floor. 271 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:37,365 However, curtis did shed some light onto, uh, 272 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:39,617 what was going on in loren's life. 273 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:40,818 - Curtis: The police was asking me 274 00:13:40,837 --> 00:13:43,288 what kind of people did he hang around. 275 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:48,343 Um, "do you know of any, uh, anybody that would hurt loren?" 276 00:13:48,378 --> 00:13:50,345 "did you know that loren does cocaine?" 277 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:51,796 "did he owe anyone money?" 278 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:54,165 and I could, like, absolutely answer no 279 00:13:54,184 --> 00:13:55,666 to all of those questions. 280 00:13:55,685 --> 00:13:57,168 - James: Curtis says that loren does use 281 00:13:57,187 --> 00:14:00,171 a little bit of marijuana, that he's not a drug dealer, 282 00:14:00,190 --> 00:14:02,273 just s small drug user. 283 00:14:02,309 --> 00:14:03,858 Frankly, other than the white powder 284 00:14:03,894 --> 00:14:07,362 in the residence, there was no evidence that 285 00:14:07,397 --> 00:14:10,899 there was anything but marijuana usage. 286 00:14:10,951 --> 00:14:13,618 - Narrator: Curtis tells detectives that loren generally 287 00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:18,623 steered clear of trouble, with only one exception. 288 00:14:18,658 --> 00:14:22,076 - James: Loren had a lot of friends and female acquaintances 289 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:25,496 that he was dating and seeing. 290 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,698 - Curtis: The only drama that was ever really 291 00:14:27,717 --> 00:14:30,368 surrounding loren was with women. 292 00:14:30,387 --> 00:14:32,720 - ♪ 293 00:14:32,756 --> 00:14:35,039 - narrator: Curtis tells them that he began to worry about 294 00:14:35,058 --> 00:14:37,508 his friend when he wasn't returning his calls 295 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:40,061 earlier that day. 296 00:14:40,096 --> 00:14:43,648 His worry only grew when loren's girlfriend, 297 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:46,067 suzette bourgeois, contacted him, 298 00:14:46,102 --> 00:14:49,404 expressing concern for loren. 299 00:14:49,439 --> 00:14:51,406 - Grant: Around one o'clock that day, 300 00:14:51,441 --> 00:14:55,577 suzette and curtis are talking about how 301 00:14:55,612 --> 00:14:59,080 the victim had seemed a little depressed, uh, 302 00:14:59,115 --> 00:15:02,166 that he gets down around the time of his mother's death, 303 00:15:02,202 --> 00:15:05,403 which was around this time. - Curtis: She's like, 304 00:15:05,422 --> 00:15:07,455 "hey, could you please go and check on loren? 305 00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:08,923 "I haven't heard from him. 306 00:15:08,959 --> 00:15:11,459 "uh, we talk every day, like, literally, 307 00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:13,595 "and his phone is never off, 308 00:15:13,630 --> 00:15:16,047 and his phone has been off for three days." 309 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:17,749 - ♪ 310 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:20,251 - narrator: Curtis says when he found loren dead, 311 00:15:20,287 --> 00:15:22,353 it wasn't just suzette's comments 312 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:25,890 that led him to first suspect suicide. 313 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,259 - Nathan: Curtis did tell us that loren did in fact 314 00:15:28,278 --> 00:15:33,948 have a, ah, 40-caliber glock firearm at his house. 315 00:15:33,984 --> 00:15:36,951 - Curtis: I knew he owned one and he always had it out. 316 00:15:36,987 --> 00:15:39,954 - Narrator: Though they've ruled out the possibility of suicide, 317 00:15:39,990 --> 00:15:42,957 detectives are interested in loren's gun, 318 00:15:42,993 --> 00:15:47,578 which was not located during their search of the home. 319 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:50,281 - Grant: The 40-caliber firearm that curtis told us 320 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:53,117 that loren had, it was missing. 321 00:15:53,136 --> 00:15:55,970 It appears as though loren may have been shot 322 00:15:56,006 --> 00:15:57,805 with his own weapon. 323 00:15:57,841 --> 00:15:59,590 - ♪ 324 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:00,792 - narrator: After speaking with curtis, 325 00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,644 investigators are eager to 326 00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:06,481 talk with loren's long-distance girlfriend, suzette. 327 00:16:06,516 --> 00:16:10,652 They reach her by phone at her home in atlanta. 328 00:16:10,687 --> 00:16:12,803 - Nathan: When we first spoke to suzette, 329 00:16:12,822 --> 00:16:15,306 we wanted to verify the things curtis was telling us, 330 00:16:15,325 --> 00:16:18,493 and we wanted to make sure that, uh, she was actually in georgia 331 00:16:18,528 --> 00:16:21,446 during the time frame of loren's murder. 332 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:24,415 - Suzette: I told detectives loren and I spoke 333 00:16:24,451 --> 00:16:27,168 every single day, whether it was sending, 334 00:16:27,203 --> 00:16:32,823 you know, memes on social media, or texting or facetiming. 335 00:16:32,842 --> 00:16:34,842 - Narrator: She says that four days ago, 336 00:16:34,878 --> 00:16:40,831 the constant communication came to an abrupt halt. 337 00:16:40,850 --> 00:16:42,666 - James: Last time she had any contact with him 338 00:16:42,686 --> 00:16:46,020 was around the evening hours, 6 or 7 p.M., 339 00:16:46,056 --> 00:16:49,023 on February 1st, 2017. 340 00:16:49,059 --> 00:16:51,025 - ♪ 341 00:16:51,061 --> 00:16:53,227 - narrator: Suzette confirms she asked curtis 342 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:56,614 to check on loren, and the next thing she knew, 343 00:16:56,649 --> 00:17:00,368 curtis delivered devastating news. 344 00:17:00,403 --> 00:17:02,954 - Suzette: I just fell to the ground 345 00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:05,856 with my phone in my hand, listening to curtis, 346 00:17:05,875 --> 00:17:10,745 and he just kept saying, "he's dead, he's dead." 347 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:13,030 - ♪ 348 00:17:13,049 --> 00:17:14,698 - grant: The last time she had talked to him, 349 00:17:14,718 --> 00:17:17,702 loren had indicated that he was depressed 350 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:19,871 and having problems with porsche. 351 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:21,539 - Narrator: Suzette explains 352 00:17:21,574 --> 00:17:23,641 that 30-year-old porsche humphery 353 00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:27,678 was an ex-girlfriend loren couldn't seem to shake. 354 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:31,099 - Every single time he mentioned porsche, 355 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:36,720 it was something just either manipulative, 356 00:17:36,740 --> 00:17:39,824 mean or cruel that she had done. 357 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:45,747 There was just something very disrupting about porsche. 358 00:17:45,782 --> 00:17:48,065 - Narrator: Just days before the murder, 359 00:17:48,084 --> 00:17:51,335 suzette witnessed their volatile relationship 360 00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:56,090 first hand during a video call. 361 00:17:56,126 --> 00:17:58,793 - Suzette: Porsche showed up to his house maybe a week or so 362 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:00,378 before he was murdered. 363 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:02,296 She just kept banging on the door, 364 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:03,965 and finally they opened the door, 365 00:18:04,017 --> 00:18:08,352 and she was like, "I need to use the bathroom." 366 00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:12,923 from what I saw and heard, she went to the bathroom 367 00:18:12,942 --> 00:18:16,894 and she came out naked and lay across the couch. 368 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:20,114 She started to do one thing after another, 369 00:18:20,150 --> 00:18:23,651 and it would get crazier and crazier every time. 370 00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:29,440 That's when he was, like, completely done with her. 371 00:18:29,459 --> 00:18:30,792 - Narrator: Based on her statement, 372 00:18:30,827 --> 00:18:35,129 investigators find it unlikely that suzette had anything to do 373 00:18:35,165 --> 00:18:39,083 with the murder, and her alibi is solid. 374 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,469 - Nathan: We did verify that she was in georgia 375 00:18:41,504 --> 00:18:43,287 at the time of loren's death. 376 00:18:43,306 --> 00:18:46,057 She didn't have anything to do with what had happened. 377 00:18:46,092 --> 00:18:47,825 - ♪ 378 00:18:47,861 --> 00:18:49,427 - narrator: After speaking with suzette, 379 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:54,148 investigators fan out to talk with loren's neighbors. 380 00:18:54,184 --> 00:18:55,966 - Nathan: One of the neighbors that lived near loren 381 00:18:55,985 --> 00:18:57,235 did tell us he had seen loren 382 00:18:57,270 --> 00:19:01,138 just a couple of days prior, uh, to February 5th in passing. 383 00:19:01,157 --> 00:19:04,041 They kind of said hello to each other, and that was it. 384 00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:07,111 - James: He was alive and well when he was seen 385 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:10,481 by that neighbor that day, uh, so that closed the window 386 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:14,919 from February 3rd to February 5th. 387 00:19:14,954 --> 00:19:17,421 - Narrator: With loren's complicated personal life 388 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:20,791 emerging as a possible factor in his death, 389 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:24,512 investigators are eager to track down porsche. 390 00:19:24,547 --> 00:19:25,847 - ♪ 391 00:19:25,882 --> 00:19:29,667 - narrator: But before they can, they get word that another woman 392 00:19:29,686 --> 00:19:32,887 has just shown up at the crime scene. 393 00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:35,339 - Shannon: A woman by the name of kc spencer 394 00:19:35,358 --> 00:19:38,526 comes up to an officer who's on the perimeter 395 00:19:38,561 --> 00:19:40,811 and asks about loren. 396 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:42,780 - James: She's close to the victim, 397 00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:44,949 and immediately we want to get as much information 398 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,985 from that person as possible, and at that point, frankly, 399 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,187 we don't rule out anyone. 400 00:19:50,206 --> 00:19:52,957 - Shannon: Especially after a crime of passion, 401 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:55,710 it's not unusual for the murderer 402 00:19:55,745 --> 00:19:58,496 to return to the crime scene once police arrive. 403 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,215 - ♪ 404 00:20:01,251 --> 00:20:02,383 - narrator: Coming up, 405 00:20:02,418 --> 00:20:07,138 startling new information shifts the investigators' focus. 406 00:20:07,173 --> 00:20:09,707 - Kc: I was able to let the police know that 407 00:20:09,726 --> 00:20:13,644 loren had started seeing another young lady. 408 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,680 - Narrator: And a routine interview ends 409 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:18,149 with an unexpected arrest. 410 00:20:18,184 --> 00:20:19,233 - James: We believe there's a reason 411 00:20:19,269 --> 00:20:21,402 she's obstructing the case and we need to find out 412 00:20:21,437 --> 00:20:23,721 what that is. - Grant: She had information 413 00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:27,241 that no one else in the entire world had. 414 00:20:27,277 --> 00:20:31,245 - ♪ 415 00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:40,338 - narrator: Investigators in milwaukee, wisconsin 416 00:20:40,373 --> 00:20:42,873 are looking into the shooting death of 417 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:46,043 28-year-old loren high. 418 00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:49,046 When kc spencer shows up at the crime scene, 419 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:51,983 investigators immediately question whether 420 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:55,185 she might have been involved. 421 00:20:55,204 --> 00:20:56,871 - Shannon: She says she heard about loren 422 00:20:56,906 --> 00:20:59,523 from a friend down the block, but her appearance 423 00:20:59,542 --> 00:21:03,494 on the crime scene has detectives suspicious. 424 00:21:03,529 --> 00:21:05,379 - ♪ 425 00:21:05,415 --> 00:21:07,031 - kc: My friend said that 426 00:21:07,050 --> 00:21:09,767 his family lived next door to loren, 427 00:21:09,802 --> 00:21:13,054 and they saw all the police officers there. 428 00:21:13,089 --> 00:21:16,057 They were able to say that there was a deceased person 429 00:21:16,092 --> 00:21:18,342 in the lower unit of the duplex, 430 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:20,928 and that was the unit that loren lived in. 431 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:24,215 So I drove down to the residence, 432 00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:29,070 and I was just so confused, and I was crying. 433 00:21:29,105 --> 00:21:31,572 - Narrator: Kc tells police that she and loren 434 00:21:31,607 --> 00:21:33,074 are just friends. 435 00:21:33,109 --> 00:21:36,060 Like curtis and suzette did before her, 436 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:40,081 she paints loren's love life as a complicated web. 437 00:21:40,116 --> 00:21:41,666 - Kc: I was able to tell the police 438 00:21:41,701 --> 00:21:42,917 that he was involved with porsche. 439 00:21:42,952 --> 00:21:46,921 I was able to let the police know that loren had started 440 00:21:46,956 --> 00:21:50,508 seeing another young lady during that time. 441 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:53,094 - ♪ 442 00:21:53,129 --> 00:21:55,963 - narrator: Kc says the new woman in loren's life 443 00:21:56,015 --> 00:22:01,085 isn't suzette or porsche, but that's all she knows. 444 00:22:01,104 --> 00:22:02,687 - Kc: I never knew the young lady's name. 445 00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:04,555 Loren never gave me her name. 446 00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:08,125 But I was able to let them know that porsche had been in 447 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:11,629 his life recently and that there had been 448 00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:16,334 some issues between loren and porsche at that time. 449 00:22:16,369 --> 00:22:22,123 Loren was into marijuana, but I never knew loren 450 00:22:22,158 --> 00:22:24,241 to be into anything hard. 451 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:28,045 Loren did let me know that porsche could've possibly 452 00:22:28,081 --> 00:22:31,082 been into hard drugs, and there was word that 453 00:22:31,117 --> 00:22:33,784 loren had experimented with it. 454 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:37,138 - ♪ 455 00:22:37,173 --> 00:22:39,640 - narrator: Had porsche brought the mysterious glass 456 00:22:39,675 --> 00:22:43,594 and white substance into loren's apartment? 457 00:22:43,629 --> 00:22:47,031 To find out, investigators track down porsche 458 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:49,867 and bring her in for an interview. 459 00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:52,169 - Grant: We don't have the fingerprint evidence back yet. 460 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:55,539 We don't have the cell phone information back yet. 461 00:22:55,575 --> 00:22:57,174 That's all in the process. 462 00:22:57,210 --> 00:23:00,161 That was why they contacted her and asked her to come down 463 00:23:00,196 --> 00:23:02,980 to speak to them, was simply an attempt 464 00:23:02,999 --> 00:23:06,784 to put together a timeline of the last moments 465 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:09,120 of the victim's life. 466 00:23:09,155 --> 00:23:11,455 - Narrator: Porsche acknowledges that she and loren 467 00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:14,458 hadn't been successful in making a clean break 468 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,493 when they ended their relationship, 469 00:23:16,512 --> 00:23:20,497 but insists they were on good terms. 470 00:23:20,516 --> 00:23:22,099 - James: She says that they have a relationship 471 00:23:22,135 --> 00:23:24,185 that's kind of an on-again, off-again, 472 00:23:24,220 --> 00:23:28,389 that they had broken up, but that they were fine. 473 00:23:28,441 --> 00:23:31,108 - Narrator: Investigators ask porsche to help establish 474 00:23:31,144 --> 00:23:34,545 a timeline for loren's last days. 475 00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:37,148 - Grant: The information that the detectives had 476 00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:41,869 was that loren's body was found on February 5th. 477 00:23:41,904 --> 00:23:46,207 A neighbor had indicated that the victim had possibly been 478 00:23:46,242 --> 00:23:48,926 seen alive on February 3rd. 479 00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:51,078 So they're just trying to figure out when 480 00:23:51,130 --> 00:23:53,664 the last time she may have seen him alive. 481 00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:56,417 - Narrator: But before detectives can ask porsche 482 00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:59,386 about February 3rd, she presents them with 483 00:23:59,422 --> 00:24:03,974 a detailed account of where she was on February 1st, 484 00:24:04,010 --> 00:24:07,478 two days before loren was allegedly seen alive 485 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:09,480 by his neighbor. 486 00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:12,216 - Grant: She comes in with a lot of paperwork, 487 00:24:12,235 --> 00:24:15,736 and it's paperwork that she says is gonna show where she was 488 00:24:15,771 --> 00:24:19,223 on the day that she believes the detectives are gonna 489 00:24:19,242 --> 00:24:21,775 talk to her about, which is February 1st. 490 00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:24,778 - James: It was unusual to detectives at that time 491 00:24:24,831 --> 00:24:27,198 that's she's providing this very detailed accounting 492 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:31,252 of events on February 1st when we thought at that point 493 00:24:31,287 --> 00:24:34,171 that loren hadn't been killed 'til February 3rd. 494 00:24:34,207 --> 00:24:36,273 So that became very suspicious. 495 00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:38,709 - ♪ 496 00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:41,178 - narrator: Investigators ask porsche if she knows 497 00:24:41,214 --> 00:24:44,048 anything about the glass and white powder 498 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:46,750 found on loren's couch. 499 00:24:46,769 --> 00:24:50,054 - They asked her if she'd ever touch that glass. 500 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,439 She stated she never touched it. 501 00:24:52,475 --> 00:24:55,726 - James: Porsche said she hadn't been there in weeks. 502 00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:57,978 - Narrator: Detectives ask the same question 503 00:24:58,030 --> 00:24:59,930 about loren's gun. 504 00:24:59,949 --> 00:25:02,616 At first, porsche says she had handled 505 00:25:02,652 --> 00:25:07,104 his gun in the past, then she changes her mind. 506 00:25:07,123 --> 00:25:08,605 - James: As she's communicated to 507 00:25:08,624 --> 00:25:10,207 during the rest of the interview, 508 00:25:10,243 --> 00:25:13,827 she then says, "no, I never touched loren's gun," uh, 509 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,212 and that became suspicious. 510 00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:18,048 Well, why did you say that you had it, 511 00:25:18,084 --> 00:25:19,967 and then later say you never touched it? 512 00:25:20,002 --> 00:25:22,970 She contradicted herself in the interview. 513 00:25:23,005 --> 00:25:26,223 - Narrator: Catching porsche in a lie gives investigators 514 00:25:26,259 --> 00:25:31,512 legal grounds for an arrest. 515 00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:33,297 - Shannon: When porsche is placed under arrest, 516 00:25:33,316 --> 00:25:35,983 detectives take possession of her purse, 517 00:25:36,018 --> 00:25:38,319 which she brought with her. 518 00:25:38,354 --> 00:25:40,020 - James: She was arrested for obstructing, 519 00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:42,656 but we believe there's a reason she's obstructing the case, 520 00:25:42,692 --> 00:25:44,575 and we need to find out what that is. 521 00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:46,327 That includes obtaining a search warrant 522 00:25:46,362 --> 00:25:48,862 for her apartment in waukesha. 523 00:25:48,915 --> 00:25:51,365 - ♪ 524 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:52,482 - narrator: The next day, 525 00:25:52,501 --> 00:25:54,618 investigators take a search warrant 526 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:58,339 to porsche's house and are met there by her sister, 527 00:25:58,374 --> 00:26:01,125 who tells detectives she'd seen portia 528 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,160 on February 2nd, 529 00:26:03,179 --> 00:26:06,847 three days before loren's body was found. 530 00:26:06,882 --> 00:26:08,048 - James: She said that 531 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,184 porsche was acting very depressed that day, 532 00:26:10,219 --> 00:26:13,103 was upset about something, and that she said that 533 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:16,357 she had been contacted by someone who said that 534 00:26:16,392 --> 00:26:19,059 loren had been shot and he's in the hospital. 535 00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:21,895 - ♪ 536 00:26:21,948 --> 00:26:26,150 - grant: So, on February 2nd, porsche's telling her sister 537 00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:28,152 that loren had been shot. 538 00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:30,854 No one knew that loren had been shot. 539 00:26:30,873 --> 00:26:33,357 No one knew anything about this. 540 00:26:33,376 --> 00:26:36,160 That means that porsche had information 541 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:39,747 that no one else in the entire world had. 542 00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:42,366 - James: She is now a suspect in this homicide. 543 00:26:42,385 --> 00:26:45,803 Nobody else knew that. 544 00:26:45,838 --> 00:26:47,638 - Narrator: Porsche's sister tells police that 545 00:26:47,673 --> 00:26:50,891 later that day, she noticed something odd 546 00:26:50,926 --> 00:26:53,260 at porsche's apartment. 547 00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:54,678 - Grant: She told police that 548 00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:57,431 when she went to go take a shower, 549 00:26:57,483 --> 00:27:01,018 she saw a bag of clothing, including a maroon jacket 550 00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:04,888 and other items, in the tub. 551 00:27:04,907 --> 00:27:07,124 - Narrator: As detectives conduct the search 552 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:09,576 of porsche's home, they find the clothes 553 00:27:09,612 --> 00:27:12,630 her sister described in the bathroom. 554 00:27:12,665 --> 00:27:13,614 - Grant: During the search warrant, 555 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:17,418 the police find the coat, they find the boots, 556 00:27:17,453 --> 00:27:19,953 they find the scarf. 557 00:27:20,006 --> 00:27:24,425 They appeared to be wet and they smelled of cleaner. 558 00:27:24,460 --> 00:27:26,427 - Nathan: Those items of clothing were taken by us 559 00:27:26,462 --> 00:27:29,346 and inventoried for some further analysis. 560 00:27:29,382 --> 00:27:30,464 - Narrator: The rest of the search 561 00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:34,385 fails to yield additional evidence. 562 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:36,253 - Grant: We did not find the weapon. 563 00:27:36,272 --> 00:27:40,057 We did not find anything other than the clothes. 564 00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:43,227 - Nathan: Porsche was released from custody after a short time, 565 00:27:43,262 --> 00:27:45,929 and, um, the investigation continued 566 00:27:45,948 --> 00:27:47,398 with her not in custody. 567 00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:53,270 - Narrator: Another potential source of evidence 568 00:27:53,305 --> 00:27:56,040 becomes available when investigators learn 569 00:27:56,075 --> 00:27:59,326 loren's phone has been unlocked. 570 00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:02,162 - Grant: There is no signs of life on his phone 571 00:28:02,214 --> 00:28:03,914 after February 1st. 572 00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:07,251 We are now realizing, hey, this idea that 573 00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:10,120 he was seen on February 3rd, that's wrong. 574 00:28:10,139 --> 00:28:11,472 That timeline is off. 575 00:28:11,507 --> 00:28:13,474 The neighbor was mistaken as to the day 576 00:28:13,509 --> 00:28:15,809 he saw the victim alive. 577 00:28:15,845 --> 00:28:17,761 - Narrator: With his phone indicating that 578 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:21,148 loren possibly died on February 1st, 579 00:28:21,183 --> 00:28:23,317 investigators try to make sense of 580 00:28:23,352 --> 00:28:27,738 porsche's odd behavior during her interview. 581 00:28:27,773 --> 00:28:30,774 - James: Her behavior was more like she's trying 582 00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:32,609 to cover her tracks and less like 583 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:36,080 she's trying to cooperate in the investigation 584 00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:38,082 like the other witnesses were. 585 00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:41,685 - Narrator: Detectives also find that loren and porsche exchanged 586 00:28:41,721 --> 00:28:44,505 multiple messages that day. 587 00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:47,508 - Grant: There were a number of text messages between 588 00:28:47,543 --> 00:28:49,710 the victim and porsche. 589 00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:53,997 It was very clear that there was a decision made 590 00:28:54,016 --> 00:28:56,767 that they were gonna have a kind of a conversation 591 00:28:56,802 --> 00:29:00,771 to air their grievances, maybe put it all behind them. 592 00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:04,942 Porsche texts the victim, asks if he's home. 593 00:29:04,977 --> 00:29:10,814 The victim indicates that he is. She says, okay. 594 00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:13,317 - Narrator: However, just after midnight, 595 00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:15,852 porsche texts loren back. 596 00:29:15,871 --> 00:29:17,955 - Nathan: It sounds like they had plans, uh, 597 00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:20,557 porsche wasn't able to make it, and then was apologizing 598 00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:22,226 to loren for not coming over. 599 00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:23,527 - ♪ 600 00:29:23,546 --> 00:29:26,547 - narrator: The exchange between porsche and loren indicates 601 00:29:26,582 --> 00:29:29,917 more reconciliation than strife. 602 00:29:29,969 --> 00:29:32,553 - James: Porsche's messages in and of themselves 603 00:29:32,588 --> 00:29:36,873 were not immediately suspicious that she's the one 604 00:29:36,892 --> 00:29:38,675 that killed loren. 605 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:42,146 - Narrator: If porsche didn't go to loren's home that night, 606 00:29:42,181 --> 00:29:44,314 who did? 607 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:46,850 As detectives comb through the messages, 608 00:29:46,886 --> 00:29:50,187 they find that loren communicated with another woman 609 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:52,189 on February 1st. 610 00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:54,441 - James: We also see that he's having some communication 611 00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:57,027 with his new girlfriend, dashanell. 612 00:29:57,062 --> 00:29:59,580 - Narrator: Detectives consider the possibility 613 00:29:59,615 --> 00:30:02,933 that dashanell might be the mystery girlfriend 614 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:05,169 kc referred to. 615 00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:07,571 - James: This is the first time we had heard this name 616 00:30:07,590 --> 00:30:10,090 through the investigation. We see this in his phone. 617 00:30:10,125 --> 00:30:14,545 We see this text exchange going on between her and him 618 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:18,248 and on the evening of the date that we believe that 619 00:30:18,267 --> 00:30:19,883 loren was killed. 620 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:22,419 She becomes somebody that we have to talk to, 621 00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:24,605 somebody very significant at that point. 622 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,623 - ♪ 623 00:30:26,659 --> 00:30:31,144 - narrator: Coming up, detectives interview dashanell. 624 00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:34,481 - James: She immediately recognized that piece of glass 625 00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:36,817 with the powdery substance on it. 626 00:30:36,869 --> 00:30:39,786 - Narrator: And a major break reveals a killer. 627 00:30:39,822 --> 00:30:42,489 - It's just pinging, boom, one after another. 628 00:30:42,541 --> 00:30:45,909 Just constantly hitting at the victim's residence. 629 00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:51,415 - ♪ 630 00:30:58,924 --> 00:31:01,291 - narrator: After combing through the phone records 631 00:31:01,310 --> 00:31:04,761 of 28-year-old murder victim loren high, 632 00:31:04,797 --> 00:31:08,031 milwaukee police have discovered that loren was texting 633 00:31:08,067 --> 00:31:11,184 a new love interest in the hours before 634 00:31:11,237 --> 00:31:14,137 police believe he was killed. 635 00:31:14,156 --> 00:31:16,607 - James: When we look at loren's phone records. 636 00:31:16,642 --> 00:31:19,076 Dashanell was somebody that was communicating with him, 637 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:20,327 and that became significant, 638 00:31:20,362 --> 00:31:23,647 so she was somebody that we had to talk to. 639 00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:25,349 - Narrator: On February 11th, 640 00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:28,752 detectives interview dashanell harris. 641 00:31:28,787 --> 00:31:32,089 She is troubled by the news of loren's murder. 642 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:34,541 - We're here to talk to you about a homicide. 643 00:31:34,593 --> 00:31:38,011 She says, "it's not loren, is it?" 644 00:31:38,047 --> 00:31:41,348 - ♪ 645 00:31:41,383 --> 00:31:43,767 - grant: She indicated that she had not heard 646 00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:47,054 that the victim was dead, but that she hadn't heard 647 00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:49,856 from him since February 1st, 648 00:31:49,892 --> 00:31:53,226 when she had seen him in person in the morning. 649 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:56,780 - James: Dashanell had actually spent the night with him 650 00:31:56,815 --> 00:31:59,816 on the 31st of January into the 1st of February. 651 00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:02,786 She says that she left that day, 652 00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:05,956 and that was the last time she had seen him. 653 00:32:05,991 --> 00:32:09,859 She then relays also that she had a text exchange 654 00:32:09,878 --> 00:32:13,080 with loren the evening of the 1st of February. 655 00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:17,884 That exchange was a conversation where loren was saying that 656 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,038 he's having a much-needed conversation with an ex, 657 00:32:22,057 --> 00:32:25,559 and asked dashanell to wish him luck. 658 00:32:25,594 --> 00:32:27,260 - Narrator: When dashanell checked in with him 659 00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:29,646 later that night to see how it went, 660 00:32:29,682 --> 00:32:34,067 loren never responded. 661 00:32:34,103 --> 00:32:36,820 - James: About 11:25, she sent him another text, 662 00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:39,856 saying, "well, I guess that conversation's still going" 663 00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:43,059 or words to that effect, and dashanell had a feature 664 00:32:43,078 --> 00:32:46,413 on her phone that she showed the detectives that showed 665 00:32:46,448 --> 00:32:49,950 when a text message was read and when it hadn't been read. 666 00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:53,737 The first text exchange obviously with loren was read 667 00:32:53,756 --> 00:32:55,756 because he texted back to her, 668 00:32:55,791 --> 00:32:59,042 uh, but the second one at 11:25 p.M. 669 00:32:59,078 --> 00:33:03,246 That evening on the first was not read by loren. 670 00:33:03,282 --> 00:33:06,450 - Narrator: The unread texts helps detectives narrow down 671 00:33:06,485 --> 00:33:09,853 their murder time frame even further. 672 00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:11,922 - James: The fact that it was not read 673 00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:15,892 also became very significant for the fact that 674 00:33:15,927 --> 00:33:19,312 we believe that loren was killed now sometime between 675 00:33:19,365 --> 00:33:25,152 the hours of 10 p.M. And 11:25 p.M. On February 1st. 676 00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:27,788 - Narrator: Based on their interview with dashanell, 677 00:33:27,823 --> 00:33:31,158 investigators find no indication that she was involved 678 00:33:31,210 --> 00:33:33,160 in the murder. 679 00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:36,279 - Shannon: Between her job and her roommates, 680 00:33:36,298 --> 00:33:39,049 dashanell is able to give a pretty tight alibi 681 00:33:39,084 --> 00:33:41,418 of where she's been the past week. 682 00:33:41,453 --> 00:33:42,552 - Narrator: Before they leave, 683 00:33:42,588 --> 00:33:47,174 investigators have one final exercise for dashanell. 684 00:33:47,226 --> 00:33:50,260 - James: She's shown pictures from the scene and asked, 685 00:33:50,295 --> 00:33:52,195 "is anything out of place or different from when 686 00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,930 you were there that day?" 687 00:33:53,966 --> 00:33:55,965 - nathan: Dashanell was able to point to the couch 688 00:33:55,984 --> 00:33:58,902 and say that this piece of glass with the drug residue on it 689 00:33:58,937 --> 00:34:01,138 was in fact not there when she left the morning 690 00:34:01,173 --> 00:34:02,506 of February 1st. 691 00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:05,208 - ♪ 692 00:34:05,244 --> 00:34:08,111 - narrator: Detectives then get word that the piece of glass 693 00:34:08,147 --> 00:34:11,281 has been processed by the crime lab. 694 00:34:11,316 --> 00:34:15,419 - James: The drugs were mdma, or ecstasy, 695 00:34:15,454 --> 00:34:18,839 and there was a fingerprint present on this glass, 696 00:34:18,874 --> 00:34:23,326 a fingerprint belonging to porsche humphery. 697 00:34:23,345 --> 00:34:24,511 Porsche was saying that 698 00:34:24,546 --> 00:34:26,830 she never went to loren's house that day, 699 00:34:26,849 --> 00:34:30,383 and now we have her fingerprint on this piece of glass 700 00:34:30,436 --> 00:34:31,768 that was in fact not there 701 00:34:31,804 --> 00:34:35,005 when dashanell left the morning of February 1st. 702 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,540 - ♪ 703 00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:38,875 - narrator: To further strengthen their case, 704 00:34:38,911 --> 00:34:42,679 investigators comb back through items collected from porsche 705 00:34:42,698 --> 00:34:45,282 after her first interview. 706 00:34:45,317 --> 00:34:47,534 - Shannon: They find a bus pass in her wallet. 707 00:34:47,569 --> 00:34:50,320 Mcts bus passes can be tracked, 708 00:34:50,355 --> 00:34:53,240 and buses are equipped with security cameras. 709 00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:56,159 - Grant: They're able to get the bus records to let us know 710 00:34:56,194 --> 00:34:58,528 what times that day on February 1st 711 00:34:58,547 --> 00:34:59,663 she used the bus. 712 00:34:59,698 --> 00:35:03,867 That security video, ah, shows us exactly what clothes 713 00:35:03,886 --> 00:35:08,204 that she's wearing. 714 00:35:08,223 --> 00:35:13,310 - James: We're able to see that porsche's in possession of a bag 715 00:35:13,345 --> 00:35:19,149 and also that she's wearing a burgundy coat, a scarf, 716 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:22,886 and some type of hat or beret on her head. 717 00:35:22,905 --> 00:35:25,822 - Narrator: The clothes match the ones detectives recovered 718 00:35:25,858 --> 00:35:29,459 from porsche's bathtub. 719 00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:31,228 - Grant: She washed the clothes. 720 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:33,363 Porsche was attempting to get rid of 721 00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:36,399 whatever trace evidence or dna evidence she thought 722 00:35:36,418 --> 00:35:38,335 may be on her clothes. 723 00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:41,121 - Narrator: As for the bag, investigators suspect 724 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:45,709 it might have contained loren's .40 glock. 725 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:48,145 - James: She somehow got rid of that gun. 726 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:53,266 We believe that she took it from loren's apartment 727 00:35:53,302 --> 00:35:57,387 and somewhere got rid of it, but didn't take it back 728 00:35:57,422 --> 00:35:59,272 to her house. 729 00:35:59,308 --> 00:36:00,807 - ♪ 730 00:36:00,859 --> 00:36:03,443 - narrator: Sensing they are closing in on porsche, 731 00:36:03,478 --> 00:36:08,765 milwaukee detectives continue the push for more evidence. 732 00:36:08,784 --> 00:36:10,617 - Grant: We're gonna need information 733 00:36:10,652 --> 00:36:13,102 that would let us know whether or not 734 00:36:13,121 --> 00:36:16,206 porsche was at the victim's residence 735 00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:17,457 on February 1st. 736 00:36:17,492 --> 00:36:20,076 That's the last piece of the puzzle we were looking for. 737 00:36:20,112 --> 00:36:23,380 - ♪ 738 00:36:23,415 --> 00:36:27,417 - narrator: Finally, in March, porsche's phone records come in, 739 00:36:27,452 --> 00:36:31,655 and detectives land the break they've been looking for. 740 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:35,508 - What was important was that phone showed 741 00:36:35,561 --> 00:36:40,296 a series, if I'm not mistaken, of over a hundred hits 742 00:36:40,315 --> 00:36:43,650 between 7:30 and 11:30 743 00:36:43,685 --> 00:36:47,854 hitting at the victim's residence. 744 00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:50,857 It's just pinging, boom, one after another, 745 00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,325 sometimes within 10 feet, 746 00:36:52,361 --> 00:36:54,527 sometimes a little farther than that, 747 00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:58,949 constantly, regularly hitting at the victim's residence. 748 00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:00,584 - James: She was in loren high's house 749 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,986 for about four hours that evening, 750 00:37:03,005 --> 00:37:05,488 and her phone put her there the entire time. 751 00:37:05,507 --> 00:37:08,208 - ♪ 752 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:10,677 - narrator: Prosecutors are now ready to upgrade 753 00:37:10,712 --> 00:37:13,213 the charges against porsche. 754 00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:14,547 - Nathan: Porsche was initially arrested for 755 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,099 obstructing an officer. 756 00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:19,686 However, she was released from custody after a short time. 757 00:37:19,721 --> 00:37:22,706 Detectives now had reason to arrest her again. 758 00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:24,024 - Grant: I'm now convinced we have enough 759 00:37:24,059 --> 00:37:25,942 to charge her with homicide. 760 00:37:25,978 --> 00:37:29,112 We now know that her entire version of events was a lie. 761 00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:31,281 We now know that she was present, 762 00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:33,450 uh, with the victim on the day he died. 763 00:37:33,485 --> 00:37:37,454 That disproved her story, and in my opinion, 764 00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:39,456 showed that we could prove beyond unreasonable doubt 765 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:42,025 that she killed the victim. 766 00:37:42,044 --> 00:37:44,577 We charged her with first-degree reckless homicide. 767 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:46,579 - ♪ 768 00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:47,664 - narrator: Coming up, 769 00:37:47,699 --> 00:37:52,052 detectives press porsche for her side of the story. 770 00:37:57,342 --> 00:38:00,560 - Narrator: And one big question remains. 771 00:38:00,595 --> 00:38:02,762 - Grant: We don't know what happened in that room. 772 00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:04,314 - [gunshot] 773 00:38:04,349 --> 00:38:08,234 - ♪ 774 00:38:15,077 --> 00:38:17,510 - narrator: By March 2017, 775 00:38:17,546 --> 00:38:21,514 investigators in milwaukee, wisconsin have just charged 776 00:38:21,550 --> 00:38:26,036 30-year-old porsche humphery with first-degree murder 777 00:38:26,088 --> 00:38:29,589 in the death of her ex-boyfriend, loren high. 778 00:38:46,508 --> 00:38:48,892 - James: Porsche gets arrested, does not provide us 779 00:38:48,944 --> 00:38:52,312 any more details about what happened. 780 00:38:52,347 --> 00:38:57,050 She essentially requests an attorney, and that's it. 781 00:38:57,085 --> 00:38:59,119 - Curtis: I just assumed it would go unsolved 782 00:38:59,154 --> 00:39:03,957 like a, a thousand other murders do in milwaukee, um, 783 00:39:03,992 --> 00:39:06,409 which hurt more because there was no closure. 784 00:39:06,461 --> 00:39:09,079 But then when we found out it was porsche, 785 00:39:09,131 --> 00:39:10,580 everything made sense. 786 00:39:10,632 --> 00:39:14,467 Like, the lead-up to that happening made sense. 787 00:39:14,503 --> 00:39:17,370 Her reaction when I told her made sense. 788 00:39:17,389 --> 00:39:19,556 - ♪ 789 00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:22,042 - narrator: Just before her trial is set to take place 790 00:39:22,077 --> 00:39:24,944 in January 2018, 791 00:39:24,980 --> 00:39:29,215 porsche reaches an agreement with prosecutors. 792 00:39:29,251 --> 00:39:32,252 - Grant: The defense indicated that porsche might be willing 793 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:35,905 to plead guilty, and we offered 794 00:39:35,941 --> 00:39:38,575 a second-degree reckless homicide. 795 00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:41,111 The important factors was we wanted to make certain 796 00:39:41,163 --> 00:39:43,062 that she was convicted of homicide because 797 00:39:43,081 --> 00:39:45,365 she had killed the victim. 798 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,501 But one of the factors that came into our decision 799 00:39:48,537 --> 00:39:51,588 was we don't know what she was going to say 800 00:39:51,623 --> 00:39:53,206 if this went to trial. 801 00:39:53,241 --> 00:39:56,926 It only made sense to accept the plea deal. 802 00:39:56,962 --> 00:39:58,294 - ♪ 803 00:39:58,346 --> 00:40:00,296 - narrator: At her sentencing in March, 804 00:40:00,348 --> 00:40:03,183 prosecutors assert that the evidence proves 805 00:40:03,218 --> 00:40:06,970 porsche took loren's life. 806 00:40:07,022 --> 00:40:11,775 - Grant: Her cell phone records clearly show that she was there. 807 00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:14,811 The fingerprint evidence that shows that she's there. 808 00:40:14,863 --> 00:40:18,615 The fact that she attempted to manufacture an alibi 809 00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:22,368 to police showing up with all sorts of information 810 00:40:22,404 --> 00:40:27,240 when they didn't even know what day the victim died. 811 00:40:27,275 --> 00:40:30,577 - Narrator: Prosecutors cannot hide the lingering questions 812 00:40:30,612 --> 00:40:35,331 around what actually happened inside loren's home that night. 813 00:40:35,383 --> 00:40:37,217 - Grant: We don't know what happened in that room. 814 00:40:37,252 --> 00:40:41,971 I--I can't point to a single fact as to what happened. 815 00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:44,140 There's no fight that anybody heard. 816 00:40:44,176 --> 00:40:46,643 There's no defensive wounds that we can see. 817 00:40:46,678 --> 00:40:49,679 We're left with a gigantic question mark. 818 00:40:49,731 --> 00:40:52,632 - James: No one else was present besides loren and porsche. 819 00:40:52,651 --> 00:40:55,068 We don't know exactly how this went down, 820 00:40:55,103 --> 00:40:57,487 why it went down, and, really, the only person 821 00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:59,606 that can answer that is porsche. 822 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,443 - Narrator: Defense attorneys 823 00:41:03,478 --> 00:41:07,046 finally present porsche's version of what took place 824 00:41:07,082 --> 00:41:12,685 on the night of February 1st, 2017. 825 00:41:12,721 --> 00:41:13,853 - Grant: The defense attorney 826 00:41:13,889 --> 00:41:18,541 indicated that porsche had gone over to the residence, 827 00:41:18,593 --> 00:41:20,844 that the two of them had been intoxicated, 828 00:41:20,879 --> 00:41:25,682 that the victim and porsche had had some discussions about 829 00:41:25,717 --> 00:41:28,134 how to handle a firearm. 830 00:41:28,169 --> 00:41:29,686 - Narrator: According to the defense, 831 00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:33,556 loren pulled out his gun, offering to show porsche 832 00:41:33,608 --> 00:41:35,475 how to use it. 833 00:41:35,510 --> 00:41:38,177 - Grant: She mishandled it, pulled the trigger, 834 00:41:38,196 --> 00:41:42,398 and shot him in the chest. 835 00:41:42,450 --> 00:41:44,901 - Narrator: Loren's friends find porsche's story 836 00:41:44,953 --> 00:41:47,704 hard to swallow. 837 00:41:47,739 --> 00:41:52,575 - Curtis: I do not think that she accidentally shot him. 838 00:41:52,627 --> 00:41:57,196 That's complete hogwash. I don't believe any of it. 839 00:41:57,215 --> 00:42:00,300 - Kc: Porsche knew exactly what her intentions were 840 00:42:00,335 --> 00:42:01,968 when she went over there, 841 00:42:02,003 --> 00:42:05,388 and it wasn't to play with a gun. It was to kill loren. 842 00:42:05,423 --> 00:42:08,374 - ♪ 843 00:42:08,410 --> 00:42:09,609 - narrator: In March, 844 00:42:09,644 --> 00:42:12,745 a judge hands down porsche's sentence. 845 00:42:12,781 --> 00:42:15,732 - Shannon: She pleads guilty to second-degree reckless homicide 846 00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:19,052 and is sentenced to nine years in prison. 847 00:42:19,087 --> 00:42:20,904 - Amber: She only got nine years inside 848 00:42:20,956 --> 00:42:22,238 for what she did, 849 00:42:22,290 --> 00:42:25,191 and where was the justice in that? 850 00:42:25,227 --> 00:42:28,661 - Curtis: Because of the level of pain I feel 851 00:42:28,697 --> 00:42:32,231 when I have to recount seeing his body lay there, 852 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,667 um, knowing the person that did this, 853 00:42:34,703 --> 00:42:37,770 and knowing that justice will not be served, 854 00:42:37,806 --> 00:42:40,623 this is a total mockery of this man's life. 855 00:42:40,675 --> 00:42:43,543 Like, I can't believe you can kill someone 856 00:42:43,578 --> 00:42:47,213 and get nine years in prison for it. 857 00:42:47,248 --> 00:42:49,182 - Narrator: Exactly what took place 858 00:42:49,217 --> 00:42:53,253 inside loren's home that night remains a mystery, 859 00:42:53,288 --> 00:42:55,471 but for those who knew the couple, 860 00:42:55,523 --> 00:42:59,309 porsche's motive is crystal clear. 861 00:42:59,361 --> 00:43:03,363 - Kariba: I honestly don't think that she ever had any man 862 00:43:03,398 --> 00:43:06,466 to love her the way that loren loved her, 863 00:43:06,501 --> 00:43:09,235 so once she found that, 864 00:43:09,270 --> 00:43:11,404 she didn't wanna share it with anybody. 865 00:43:11,439 --> 00:43:13,489 I love you to death, no one can have you. 866 00:43:13,541 --> 00:43:16,476 If I can't have you, no one can. 867 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:24,417 - ♪