1 00:00:03,336 --> 00:00:04,587 - FEMALE NARRATOR: A disappearance in a small Texas 2 00:00:05,588 --> 00:00:08,341 town leaves investigators puzzled. 3 00:00:08,717 --> 00:00:10,301 - JERRY DURAN: He wouldn't have just ran off. 4 00:00:10,343 --> 00:00:11,886 Too honorable for something like that. 5 00:00:11,928 --> 00:00:15,265 He wouldn't have made a choice like that just to run. 6 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:18,101 - NARRATOR: But when a horrific 7 00:00:18,143 --> 00:00:21,271 discovery washes ashore on a nearby lake, 8 00:00:21,312 --> 00:00:25,358 the peace of this tight knit community is shaken to its core. 9 00:00:28,445 --> 00:00:30,655 - KEVIN KETCHUM: It wasn't a rough cut like you would see 10 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:33,825 with an animal attack or an accidental dismemberment. 11 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:37,620 This was a straight, clean cut all the way through. 12 00:00:37,662 --> 00:00:40,081 - NARRATOR: As the investigation begins, 13 00:00:40,123 --> 00:00:43,335 the victim's past suggests a sinister motive. 14 00:00:49,674 --> 00:00:52,469 - NARRATOR: When the pieces fall into place, 15 00:00:52,510 --> 00:00:54,679 a grisly crime will take shape. 16 00:00:55,263 --> 00:00:57,223 - He had been shot in the head twice 17 00:00:57,265 --> 00:00:59,392 with a. 22 caliber weapon. 18 00:01:05,523 --> 00:01:08,234 - NARRATOR: Investigators are left fighting for justice 19 00:01:08,276 --> 00:01:09,861 until the very end. 20 00:01:12,572 --> 00:01:14,449 - JEFF CRILLEY: So much of the case has loose ends, 21 00:01:14,491 --> 00:01:17,869 and juries don't like loose ends. 22 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:23,333 - [theme music] 23 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:33,259 - NARRATOR: The charming town of Ennis, Texas, 24 00:01:33,301 --> 00:01:35,804 is the picture of Southern hospitality. 25 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:38,473 - JEFF: Ennis is one of those towns where the kid 26 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:41,434 winning the 4H contest can make the front page of the paper. 27 00:01:41,476 --> 00:01:43,770 I used to drive with one hand on the wheel 28 00:01:43,812 --> 00:01:46,690 because I would always be waving to people. 29 00:01:48,024 --> 00:01:52,779 - NARRATOR: But on February 18, 2008, a dark cloud hovers over 30 00:01:52,821 --> 00:01:57,659 peaceful Ennis when 41-year-old Gloria Aiken calls 911 to report 31 00:01:57,701 --> 00:02:03,123 the disappearance of her partner of ten years, George Frazier. 32 00:02:03,164 --> 00:02:05,291 - LINDY BEATY: Gloria reported him missing. 33 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:06,793 The last time she had seen him 34 00:02:06,835 --> 00:02:11,840 was the night before, which was February 17th of 2008. 35 00:02:12,424 --> 00:02:16,344 And then she just didn't see him again and had a bad feeling. 36 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:17,762 - JEFF: She called the hospitals, 37 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:21,224 checked everywhere, and he was nowhere to be found. 38 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:24,769 - NARRATOR: Dispatch quickly sends an officer 39 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:27,939 to George and Gloria's home to file an official report. 40 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:32,569 - She said he left to go see a friend and never came back. 41 00:02:32,610 --> 00:02:34,154 - NARRATOR: According to Gloria, 42 00:02:34,195 --> 00:02:38,324 George has never not returned home, especially on a day he's 43 00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:41,286 supposed to watch the couple's teenage daughter. 44 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:45,874 - Gloria called me and she asked me if I had heard from him, 45 00:02:45,915 --> 00:02:50,712 and I had said, "No, I haven't heard from him." 46 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:53,506 And then she said he didn't come home. 47 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:56,176 And then she was like, she's starting to worry. 48 00:02:56,217 --> 00:02:57,594 He would never leave his daughters, 49 00:02:57,635 --> 00:03:02,432 because he was the role of taking care of the kids. 50 00:03:02,474 --> 00:03:04,392 - LINDY: We want to look at everything 51 00:03:04,434 --> 00:03:06,603 and start looking at potential people 52 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:09,522 that could have had something to do with him being missing. 53 00:03:14,277 --> 00:03:15,570 - NARRATOR: George Frazier was 54 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:19,199 born in Brooklyn, New York in 1965. 55 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,950 Joyous and charismatic, 56 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:24,537 George quickly grew into the family comedian. 57 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:29,084 - He was a big guy, but he was more like a humble type person. 58 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:30,877 Like, "Hello, how are you doing?" 59 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,797 Never seen him mad. Never seen him angry. 60 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:37,300 George was just like a basic, everyday guy. 61 00:03:39,344 --> 00:03:41,680 - NARRATOR: Despite George's sunny outlook, 62 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:46,351 Brooklyn in the 1960s wasn't an easy place to grow up. 63 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,603 - IASIA ABERASTURI: This is just an awful, crazy time 64 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:51,731 in Brooklyn. The crack just hit the streets. 65 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:54,442 Everybody was getting strung out on this crack. 66 00:03:54,484 --> 00:03:56,528 - JEFF: George learned some street hustle. 67 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:58,738 He knew how to navigate 68 00:03:58,780 --> 00:04:02,534 the back alleys of Brooklyn in order to survive. 69 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:04,661 - I did get that impression, he didn't have to work. 70 00:04:04,703 --> 00:04:07,747 I think he might have some criminal activity that gained 71 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:10,250 him his money, and he liked his money. 72 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:12,293 He just didn't like spending it. 73 00:04:13,044 --> 00:04:15,755 - NARRATOR: George's life was forever changed 74 00:04:15,797 --> 00:04:18,091 when he laid eyes on single mother of two, 75 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:20,593 31-year-old Gloria Aiken. 76 00:04:20,635 --> 00:04:23,680 - JEFF: She's a single mom similar upbringing, 77 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:27,225 probably a challenging childhood, much like George's. 78 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:31,271 - IASIA: She did grow up poor sharing clothes with her family. 79 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:34,566 She has three brothers and two sisters. 80 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:36,693 They were not close. 81 00:04:39,154 --> 00:04:40,613 - NARRATOR: At the age of 18, 82 00:04:40,655 --> 00:04:44,617 Gloria had her first child, a little girl named Erica. 83 00:04:45,326 --> 00:04:47,996 But being a teen parent wasn't easy 84 00:04:48,038 --> 00:04:50,165 for Gloria or Erica's father. 85 00:04:50,749 --> 00:04:53,001 - IASIA My uncle's a little bit older than her. 86 00:04:53,043 --> 00:04:54,419 They had the baby and they got 87 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:57,005 an apartment and they were staying with each other 88 00:04:57,047 --> 00:05:00,550 and started to fight, and she got rid of him. 89 00:05:01,384 --> 00:05:03,011 - NARRATOR: Seven years later, 90 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:06,848 in 1992, Gloria gave birth to a second daughter and worked 91 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:10,477 around the clock to provide a stable life for her children. 92 00:05:10,518 --> 00:05:12,145 - IASIA: She did hair on the side. 93 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:15,648 She always had a job and always had a hustle going on. 94 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:19,152 And she was quite inspirational to me as a kid. 95 00:05:19,194 --> 00:05:20,487 The fact that she was able 96 00:05:20,528 --> 00:05:22,864 to create opportunities for herself. 97 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:26,409 - NARRATOR: Though her daughters always came first, 98 00:05:26,451 --> 00:05:29,454 Gloria still found ways to treat herself. 99 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,414 - IASIA: She was glamorous to me, 100 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:33,917 and she was about her money, so to speak. 101 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:36,670 Her clothes were very, very nice. 102 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:39,964 Fur coats and big jewelry. 103 00:05:43,051 --> 00:05:45,845 - NARRATOR: Gloria's style garnered the attention of many 104 00:05:45,887 --> 00:05:49,974 young men, including 32- year-old George Frazier. 105 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:53,687 - Gloria and George, I'm not sure how they met, 106 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:59,150 but they met after my uncle and Gloria separated. 107 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,945 They're both passionate people and they're both very 108 00:06:01,986 --> 00:06:05,782 opinionated and they don't back down. 109 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:09,911 They both had the same drive to get money. 110 00:06:09,953 --> 00:06:11,204 They were good together. 111 00:06:11,246 --> 00:06:13,581 They complemented each other to me. 112 00:06:16,751 --> 00:06:19,587 - NARRATOR: In 1998, the couple started dating, 113 00:06:19,629 --> 00:06:23,008 and George took on Gloria's daughters as his own. 114 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:25,218 - LINDY: They called him dad, 115 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:28,430 and they seemed to have a pretty good relationship. 116 00:06:28,471 --> 00:06:30,098 - IASIA: I really loved George. 117 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:33,351 He accepted me like a niece right off the bat. 118 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:37,731 Gloria worked at the post office while the girls were growing up, 119 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:41,484 and George kind of stayed with the girls while she worked. 120 00:06:43,862 --> 00:06:46,823 - NARRATOR: After seven years of dating, Gloria and George 121 00:06:46,865 --> 00:06:49,743 decided to leave crime-ridden Brooklyn. 122 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:51,286 - LINDY: He and Gloria moved 123 00:06:51,327 --> 00:06:54,748 from New York down to Texas, and they just wanted to get away 124 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:57,625 and come to a completely new place and start over. 125 00:06:57,667 --> 00:06:59,669 - NARRATOR: While the family headed south, 126 00:06:59,711 --> 00:07:02,005 Gloria's oldest daughter took a different route 127 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:03,089 and joined the military. 128 00:07:04,382 --> 00:07:06,426 - George was proud of her being in the military. 129 00:07:06,468 --> 00:07:08,928 He would always say that he was proud of her. 130 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:14,601 - NARRATOR: In 2005, the couple moved with their 131 00:07:14,642 --> 00:07:17,896 12-year-old daughter to the small town of Ennis. 132 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:20,148 - DANIEL REYNA: George had family around, you know, 133 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:21,608 he's closer to his family, 134 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:23,568 and that's the reason they moved here. 135 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,403 - JERRY: This little old town, Ennis, 136 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:27,197 there's not a whole lot of entertainment. 137 00:07:27,238 --> 00:07:31,076 It's a lot more slowed down here than versus in New York. 138 00:07:33,661 --> 00:07:36,623 - NARRATOR: George immediately embraced the slowed down 139 00:07:36,664 --> 00:07:39,793 Southern lifestyle of his new hometown. 140 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:43,004 - JERRY: I met George on the job in this regional medical center. 141 00:07:43,046 --> 00:07:45,632 He was a temporary, we enjoy what we do. 142 00:07:45,674 --> 00:07:47,509 We hang pictures and we fix things 143 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:48,843 that are broke for people. 144 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:51,346 He said he liked Ennis because it was quiet. 145 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:53,932 He really enjoyed the peace, he said. 146 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:56,893 - He was just working temporary jobs here and there. 147 00:07:56,935 --> 00:07:59,521 So she seemed to be more of the breadwinner 148 00:07:59,562 --> 00:08:01,773 in the family, and he was more responsible 149 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:03,525 for taking care of the daily duties. 150 00:08:03,566 --> 00:08:05,151 She had the more stable job, 151 00:08:05,193 --> 00:08:08,113 the more long-term job working at the prison. 152 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:13,785 - NARRATOR: Off duty from her job at Hutchins State Jail, 153 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:15,453 Gloria wanted even more 154 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:19,666 for herself and continued her New York hustle mentality. 155 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:22,961 - She was working two jobs, if I'm not mistaken. 156 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:25,171 And then she was also going to school. 157 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:28,174 - She was enrolled in school in a community college around 158 00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:32,512 here, trying to better herself and move up the ladder. 159 00:08:32,554 --> 00:08:34,180 She was studying anatomy, 160 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:37,684 physiology, you know, things leading either 161 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:40,854 to a healthcare or medical background. 162 00:08:40,895 --> 00:08:43,231 - NARRATOR: By 2008, their youngest daughter, 163 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:46,401 now 15 years old, was enrolled in high school, 164 00:08:46,443 --> 00:08:49,237 and the family was thriving in Texas. 165 00:08:50,113 --> 00:08:53,533 - George wanted to be happy somewhere with Gloria, 166 00:08:53,575 --> 00:08:54,909 and that was it. 167 00:08:58,121 --> 00:09:00,874 - NARRATOR: But when George is reported missing 168 00:09:00,915 --> 00:09:05,211 on February 18th, 2008, Gloria tells police she is alarmed that 169 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:09,549 her always reliable partner has vanished without a trace. 170 00:09:09,591 --> 00:09:11,092 - LOLA ANTHONY: I don't think he took off. 171 00:09:11,134 --> 00:09:13,511 For George like not to come home or 172 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:16,056 not to be there was not like George. 173 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:17,974 - JERRY: He wouldn't have just ran off. 174 00:09:18,016 --> 00:09:19,726 Too honorable for something like that. 175 00:09:19,768 --> 00:09:22,020 He wouldn't have made a choice like that just to run 176 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:23,813 and left family. 177 00:09:23,855 --> 00:09:26,232 - So now him being gone became a bigger issue. 178 00:09:26,274 --> 00:09:28,735 And so more suspicion about 179 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:32,906 where he was and why he left became more important. 180 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,619 - NARRATOR: After responding officers take Gloria's statement 181 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:39,871 a missing persons investigation is opened 182 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:43,124 with Detective Dorinda Clark at the helm. 183 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:55,512 - NARRATOR: When her calls come up empty, 184 00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:59,432 Detective Clark goes to the home of George's partner, Gloria, 185 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:00,475 for more information. 186 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:04,270 - Normally, your closest family member or the last person to see 187 00:10:04,312 --> 00:10:06,356 someone alive is usually your first point 188 00:10:06,398 --> 00:10:09,192 of the investigation as your starting point. 189 00:10:11,236 --> 00:10:13,780 - NARRATOR: Sitting across from Gloria, 190 00:10:13,822 --> 00:10:16,157 it's clear she is deeply concerned. 191 00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:19,911 - LINDY: His wallet was still left there at the house. 192 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:23,164 If you're going to go missing on purpose, you're going to take 193 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:25,542 your wallet and things that you need, whether it's credit cards, 194 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:29,337 your ID, things that you need to live. 195 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:40,557 - They were just trying to gather some evidence or 196 00:10:40,598 --> 00:10:43,977 information that could lead them as to where he could have gone. 197 00:10:44,019 --> 00:10:47,689 - NARRATOR: But Gloria says the phone is also a dead end. 198 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:51,484 - Gloria said that his phone wasn't working. 199 00:10:51,526 --> 00:10:53,069 - George's phone had been turned off 200 00:10:53,111 --> 00:10:55,321 shortly after his disappearance. 201 00:10:55,363 --> 00:10:56,823 Well, if you want to find 202 00:10:56,865 --> 00:10:59,576 somebody, you got to have their phone on. 203 00:10:59,617 --> 00:11:01,077 - MIKE: He didn't take a vehicle with him, 204 00:11:01,119 --> 00:11:02,704 so we didn't have a vehicle to look for. 205 00:11:02,746 --> 00:11:04,164 We couldn't track a phone. 206 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:06,291 There's all sorts of things going on 207 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:09,252 that we would normally do that we weren't able to do. 208 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:13,256 - NARRATOR: A week passes 209 00:11:13,298 --> 00:11:16,676 with few leads for the missing person's case. 210 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:18,678 - Even after seven days of just 211 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,014 hitting it hard, they have nothing. 212 00:11:21,056 --> 00:11:23,475 This was a frustrating investigation 213 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:24,768 for the Ennis Police Department. 214 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:27,354 They need to find George. 215 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,273 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 216 00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:34,402 a darker picture of George's past comes into focus. 217 00:11:34,444 --> 00:11:37,947 - I think George had bad dealings in the past. 218 00:11:37,989 --> 00:11:41,701 - It would seem that it came back to haunt him. 219 00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:43,370 - He owed somebody some money 220 00:11:43,411 --> 00:11:46,831 and he was going to meet this person and take care of that. 221 00:12:02,514 --> 00:12:04,849 - NARRATOR: February 19, 2008. 222 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:09,396 It's been 24 hours since George Frazier was reported missing, 223 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:12,732 and there is no sign of the beloved father. 224 00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:14,818 - LINDY: Ennis is a rural community. 225 00:12:14,859 --> 00:12:17,278 Was he somebody who had gone missing, 226 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,115 who wandered into the woods or went out 227 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:23,201 by the lake for some reason, fell in, drowned? 228 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:25,412 Maybe animals had gotten to him. 229 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:29,124 There was always that possibility of that happening. 230 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:33,670 - NARRATOR: After days of searching, on February 25th, 231 00:12:33,712 --> 00:12:37,382 detectives circle back to his partner of ten years, 232 00:12:37,424 --> 00:12:39,009 Gloria Aiken. 233 00:12:39,050 --> 00:12:42,470 - She says that there's been no activity on his credit cards. 234 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:46,099 - NARRATOR: When detectives ask if Gloria has any theories 235 00:12:46,141 --> 00:12:49,227 as to where George might be, she says she and her family are 236 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:53,356 beginning to fear George's past may have caught up with him. 237 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:56,359 - He was a force in the areas we grew up in. 238 00:12:56,401 --> 00:13:00,864 So, he was a respected man on the streets. 239 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:05,618 Based off of the lifestyle that George led in the past, 240 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:09,914 it would seem that it would've been something from his past 241 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:11,958 that came back to haunt him. 242 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,960 - JERRY: George was very private. 243 00:13:14,002 --> 00:13:17,088 I think George had bad dealings in the past. 244 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:21,551 He just seemed like he come from a really fast background, 245 00:13:22,719 --> 00:13:24,971 maybe something to do with drugs. 246 00:13:25,013 --> 00:13:26,222 He knew quite a bit about them, 247 00:13:26,264 --> 00:13:30,018 the sales, amounts, types, kind. 248 00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:33,438 - NARRATOR: Although the family 249 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,733 had seemingly made a fresh start in Texas, Gloria says there's 250 00:13:36,775 --> 00:13:40,695 one bit of information she had been afraid to tell police. 251 00:13:40,737 --> 00:13:42,530 - She tells detectives that he 252 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:45,742 took off that night because he owed somebody some money and he 253 00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:49,496 was going to meet this person and take care of that. 254 00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:54,250 - Gloria told the investigators that possibly he had owed some 255 00:13:54,292 --> 00:13:57,212 people money, specifically a Hispanic man 256 00:13:57,253 --> 00:13:59,255 who might have been in the Mexican mafia. 257 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:00,924 And so that's why she believes 258 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:04,135 something bad might have happened to him. 259 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:08,056 The Mexican mafia and various gangs are all over Texas. 260 00:14:08,098 --> 00:14:11,476 It's very rare to have that in our county, you know, 261 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:15,814 but we've had a few cases where gang related activity 262 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,482 ends up coming into our county. 263 00:14:21,319 --> 00:14:24,280 - NARRATOR: The potential lead sparks investigators' interest. 264 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:27,575 But during the interview, they notice an unsettling detail 265 00:14:27,617 --> 00:14:32,372 in the language Gloria is using around George's disappearance. 266 00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:35,458 - LINDY: She kept saying, he was this, he did that, 267 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,877 he had been, you know, doing this. 268 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:41,256 It wasn't anything in the present tense. 269 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:43,091 - That's definitely... 270 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:45,719 would cause for concern and kind of throw up a red flag in your 271 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,555 investigation when you've got your reporting party already 272 00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:51,558 referring to your victim in the past tense. 273 00:14:54,269 --> 00:14:56,521 - NARRATOR: Still, Gloria remains entirely 274 00:14:56,563 --> 00:15:00,900 cooperative and even consents to a search of her home. 275 00:15:00,942 --> 00:15:02,777 - JEFF: They look through the couple's cars. 276 00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:04,904 They look through the couple's home. 277 00:15:04,946 --> 00:15:08,450 There is no obvious sign of foul play. 278 00:15:08,491 --> 00:15:11,077 - NARRATOR: But as investigators make their way to the couple's 279 00:15:11,119 --> 00:15:13,997 bedroom, they notice something odd. 280 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:15,123 - MIKE: The house was clean. 281 00:15:15,165 --> 00:15:16,833 It was very organized. 282 00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:18,084 It was just a nice place. 283 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:20,295 Go upstairs and there's this big 284 00:15:20,337 --> 00:15:22,630 walk-in closet full of trash bags. 285 00:15:22,672 --> 00:15:26,134 "What's in there?" "Oh, those are all of George's clothes. 286 00:15:26,176 --> 00:15:27,302 She said she couldn't stand 287 00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:30,847 to look at them, is what she told us. 288 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,724 - JEFF: I can imagine where 289 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:36,311 somebody would be so upset seeing this reminder that they 290 00:15:36,353 --> 00:15:38,980 would put the clothes in trash bags. 291 00:15:39,022 --> 00:15:41,608 So, it wasn't an automatic red flag. 292 00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:43,401 It just seemed odd. 293 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,740 - NARRATOR: Investigators decide to dig deeper 294 00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:50,367 into Gloria and George's home life 295 00:15:50,408 --> 00:15:52,619 by going to Ennis High School 296 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:56,373 and sitting down with the couple's 15-year-old daughter. 297 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:05,340 - LINDY: Her response to them was, "I'm a kid. 298 00:16:05,382 --> 00:16:07,509 Why are you asking me these things?" 299 00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:11,012 She never was real emotional about him being missing, 300 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:12,931 didn't seem to be super upset. 301 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,642 She figured he's probably just going to come home later. 302 00:16:15,684 --> 00:16:18,937 She said the last time she had seen George 303 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,939 was at their home, upstairs. 304 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,149 She heard him get a phone call. 305 00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:37,497 - JEFF: She remembers him leaving, 306 00:16:37,539 --> 00:16:39,624 because the house has an alarm system 307 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:42,335 that would let her know when somebody was leaving, 308 00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:44,045 and that's about it. 309 00:16:44,087 --> 00:16:47,257 - She never saw him after that. 310 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:51,219 - NARRATOR: Next, detectives ask if her parents 311 00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:54,431 ever had any problems in their relationship. 312 00:16:54,472 --> 00:16:56,891 - LINDY: She described her parents' relationship 313 00:16:56,933 --> 00:16:58,309 as being pretty happy. 314 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:01,312 She said they didn't really fight all that much. 315 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:04,315 - NARRATOR: The teen's description of a peaceful home 316 00:17:04,357 --> 00:17:07,193 draws the spotlight off Gloria. 317 00:17:07,235 --> 00:17:10,071 - It was, by all appearances, a happy home. 318 00:17:10,113 --> 00:17:11,322 That's all she could give the police 319 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,199 about George disappearing. 320 00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:19,372 - NARRATOR: Desperate for answers, on February 26, 321 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:21,791 over a week since George's disappearance, 322 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:26,087 investigators begin questioning his friends, hoping for a lead. 323 00:17:26,796 --> 00:17:29,090 - JEFF: They're talking to a friend of George 324 00:17:29,132 --> 00:17:31,176 who says that he hasn't talked to George 325 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:33,928 since Christmas, but he does remember George 326 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:36,806 talking about a guy named Daniel. 327 00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:42,645 - Daniel had a reputation at one time of being kind of a crook. 328 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:46,066 - NARRATOR: Detectives must determine if this is the man 329 00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:49,152 Gloria believes George owes money to. 330 00:17:49,194 --> 00:17:50,737 - MIKE: Any lead's worth checking out. 331 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:52,864 I'm not going to discount any lead till we follow up on it, 332 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:56,576 and it just seemed like a good place to go. 333 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:02,290 - NARRATOR: On February 29, 2008, 334 00:18:02,332 --> 00:18:05,210 12 days since George's disappearance, 335 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:08,213 detectives sit down with Daniel Hinojosa. 336 00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:11,383 Daniel and George used to work at the hospital together. 337 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:13,885 Daniel and George were friends. 338 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:17,472 - JEFF: Daniel says that he had no information about George, 339 00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:19,474 hadn't talked to him in a long time. 340 00:18:20,016 --> 00:18:22,435 - MIKE: Daniel had no knowledge of what happened to George. 341 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:24,020 He was concerned about George also. 342 00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:28,316 - NARRATOR: Daniel provides an alibi, which quickly checks out. 343 00:18:28,358 --> 00:18:31,152 And when detectives dig into Daniel's past, 344 00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:34,322 they find no ties to the Mexican mafia. 345 00:18:35,073 --> 00:18:37,158 - He did not appear to be involved 346 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:38,702 in any kind of offense at all. 347 00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:42,330 - NARRATOR: With their best lead dried up, investigators find 348 00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:44,666 themselves at a stalemate yet again. 349 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:47,210 - JEFF: Investigators are considering all possibilities. 350 00:18:47,252 --> 00:18:50,296 They want to put different storylines to rest. 351 00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:53,174 Was this a missing person? 352 00:18:53,216 --> 00:18:55,301 They had to find answers. 353 00:18:56,219 --> 00:18:58,346 - NARRATOR: March 1, 2008. 354 00:18:58,388 --> 00:18:59,597 As the investigation 355 00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:02,267 into the disappearance of George Frazier 356 00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:03,768 grinds to a halt, 357 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:07,230 a new mystery unravels three miles away 358 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:09,441 in nearby Bardwell Lake. 359 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:12,819 - A couple that was on the lake just enjoying themselves 360 00:19:12,861 --> 00:19:16,781 come around a curve and see a human leg. 361 00:19:20,535 --> 00:19:23,663 - LINDY: They had been walking along the way, 362 00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:26,833 found this leg partially wrapped up in a plastic bag, 363 00:19:26,875 --> 00:19:30,211 and then called the authorities right away when they found it. 364 00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:31,796 - KEVIN: Normally, 365 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:34,466 when you get a call that someone thinks they found human remains, 366 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:37,302 it more often than not, it turns out to be an animal bone. 367 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:38,887 So, I was a little shocked 368 00:19:38,928 --> 00:19:42,932 to find out when we got there that it was an actual human leg. 369 00:19:44,225 --> 00:19:46,561 - JEFF: There's no distinguishing marks, 370 00:19:46,603 --> 00:19:49,189 but it's a leg of an African-American. 371 00:19:49,939 --> 00:19:52,692 - KEVIN: The wound itself appeared to have been cut 372 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:55,904 with some sort of saw or a bladed instrument. 373 00:19:55,945 --> 00:20:00,408 It wasn't a rough cut like you would see with an animal attack 374 00:20:00,450 --> 00:20:04,329 or an accidental dismemberment, something like that. 375 00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:07,832 This was a straight, clean cut all the way through. 376 00:20:11,961 --> 00:20:13,088 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 377 00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:15,590 a possible crime scene is uncovered. 378 00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:16,925 - LINDY: In most of the places, 379 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:20,804 there were very small, like droplets of blood. 380 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:23,431 - NARRATOR: And as investigators dig more 381 00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:25,725 into George and Gloria's relationship, 382 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:27,727 a stunning secret comes to light. 383 00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:29,854 - He admitted they had an affair. 384 00:20:44,369 --> 00:20:46,663 - NARRATOR: On March 1, 2008, 385 00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:49,833 investigators with the Ellis County Sheriff's Office 386 00:20:49,874 --> 00:20:53,253 are processing the scene where a human leg has just been 387 00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,922 recovered on the edge of Lake Bardwell. 388 00:20:55,964 --> 00:21:00,343 - We felt we needed to search the area looking for 389 00:21:00,385 --> 00:21:05,056 the rest of the victim's body or more parts. 390 00:21:05,974 --> 00:21:08,518 We didn't find any blood at the scene. 391 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,979 We didn't find any other physical evidence. 392 00:21:11,021 --> 00:21:12,439 Everything appeared to be 393 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,817 that the location at the lake was strictly a dump site. 394 00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:21,781 - NARRATOR: With a likely homicide on their hands, 395 00:21:21,823 --> 00:21:25,035 detectives immediately send the severed limb to the coroner 396 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:28,705 for analysis and search the missing person's database. 397 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,373 - JEFF: As they're looking 398 00:21:30,415 --> 00:21:32,334 through all of these missing persons cases, 399 00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:38,089 they land on George Frazier missing since February 18th. 400 00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:40,967 - KEVIN: We learned that the Ennis Police Department, 401 00:21:41,009 --> 00:21:43,595 which was near our location, actually did have 402 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:46,681 an open missing person case for a George Frazier. 403 00:21:46,723 --> 00:21:48,725 Since both of the cases were 404 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:51,770 in this close proximity, the description matched, 405 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:53,188 we had a pretty good suspicion 406 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:57,984 that this leg was probably that of Mr. Frazier. 407 00:21:59,110 --> 00:22:02,447 - LINDY: We were able to get from his sister some DNA items. 408 00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:05,075 Additionally from Gloria, they got a toothbrush, 409 00:22:05,116 --> 00:22:07,535 and so they were able to compare the DNA. 410 00:22:07,577 --> 00:22:09,913 And it was George's leg. 411 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:15,919 - NARRATOR: Detectives head to the home George shared 412 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:20,006 with his partner Gloria to deliver the tragic news. 413 00:22:20,632 --> 00:22:21,841 - LINDY: When the investigators 414 00:22:21,883 --> 00:22:26,596 went to tell Gloria that George was deceased, 415 00:22:26,638 --> 00:22:29,724 she was not overly emotional in terms of crying 416 00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:31,351 and things like that. 417 00:22:31,393 --> 00:22:34,979 So that caught the investigators off guard when that happened. 418 00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:37,440 So now, we're going to hit Gloria Aiken 419 00:22:37,482 --> 00:22:38,942 much harder than before. 420 00:22:40,819 --> 00:22:43,905 - NARRATOR: On March 3rd, Gloria agrees to sit down 421 00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:47,200 with investigators for a polygraph examination. 422 00:22:47,951 --> 00:22:49,953 - MIKE: I believe the questions in the polygraph were, 423 00:22:49,994 --> 00:22:52,122 "Did you have any knowledge of Georgia's disappearance? 424 00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:55,542 Were you involved in any way in Georgia's disappearance?" 425 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:57,585 There weren't but two or three questions. 426 00:22:57,627 --> 00:23:00,213 - JEFF: She continues to maintain her innocence. 427 00:23:00,255 --> 00:23:01,840 She continues to maintain 428 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:05,719 she knows nothing about George's disappearance. 429 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,555 - NARRATOR: Though Gloria is adamant of her innocence, 430 00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:11,725 the test suggests otherwise. 431 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,147 - LINDY: The part that Gloria failed 432 00:23:17,188 --> 00:23:20,233 was the question asking about whether she participated 433 00:23:20,275 --> 00:23:24,362 in George's being missing or in his dismemberment. 434 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:27,991 So that was very important to investigators at the time. 435 00:23:30,702 --> 00:23:33,997 - JEFF: The detectives inform Gloria that she's failed, 436 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:36,583 and at this point, she clams up. 437 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:40,211 - NARRATOR: Detectives press Gloria by showing her a photo 438 00:23:40,253 --> 00:23:43,965 of the leg found on the shore of Lake Bardwell. 439 00:23:44,007 --> 00:23:45,508 - MIKE: That's when she started tearing up. 440 00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:47,552 She knew whose leg it was. 441 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:49,387 She knew exactly whose leg it was. 442 00:23:49,429 --> 00:23:52,390 She stood up, said, "I got to go." 443 00:23:53,016 --> 00:23:55,393 And I said, "It's your last chance to talk to us." 444 00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:58,980 And she said, "I got to go," and left. 445 00:23:59,022 --> 00:24:01,399 The next day, we got a call from an attorney 446 00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,026 that was representing her 447 00:24:03,068 --> 00:24:04,986 and said that he did not want us talking to his client. 448 00:24:05,028 --> 00:24:06,905 - JEFF: Since Gloria is no longer talking, 449 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:09,824 since she's lawyered up, they're going to have to play tough. 450 00:24:09,866 --> 00:24:11,159 - LINDY: We had the polygraph examinations, 451 00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:13,453 but those aren't admissible in Texas. 452 00:24:13,495 --> 00:24:17,582 They thought it would have been more evidence found at the home. 453 00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:19,501 - So they get a search warrant 454 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:22,003 to search this house and the cars again. 455 00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:26,007 - NARRATOR: On March 11, 2008, 456 00:24:26,049 --> 00:24:28,551 detectives arrived at Gloria's home 457 00:24:28,593 --> 00:24:30,595 for a more comprehensive search. 458 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:32,389 - LINDY: This time, they also went in 459 00:24:32,430 --> 00:24:35,684 with crime scene technicians from the DPS crime lab. 460 00:24:35,725 --> 00:24:37,352 - MIKE: We took a computer. 461 00:24:37,394 --> 00:24:40,438 There was a 9 mm pistol we seized. 462 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,816 They found blood in a Jeep. 463 00:24:42,857 --> 00:24:44,984 They found blood in a bathroom. 464 00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:49,072 And Dorinda Clark found a large amount of blood on a chair 465 00:24:49,114 --> 00:24:51,866 in an ottoman and the wall in the living room. 466 00:24:51,908 --> 00:24:54,077 And it appeared somebody tried to clean it up at some point. 467 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,246 And they didn't do a very good job. 468 00:24:56,287 --> 00:24:57,914 - They find a baseball bat 469 00:24:57,956 --> 00:25:02,043 that has bloodstains and pieces of hair on it. 470 00:25:07,799 --> 00:25:09,509 - NARRATOR: Despite the evidence, 471 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:12,470 some details of the crime aren't adding up 472 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:14,222 with the supposed crime scene. 473 00:25:14,723 --> 00:25:16,057 - LINDY: In most of the places, 474 00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:19,894 there were very small, like droplets of blood. 475 00:25:20,478 --> 00:25:23,356 I think the theory was he was killed in the home, 476 00:25:23,398 --> 00:25:24,941 taken to some other location 477 00:25:24,983 --> 00:25:26,818 for dismemberment, and then his body parts, 478 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:30,488 you know, thrown out in different locations. 479 00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:33,575 - NARRATOR: Convinced that George was killed in his home, 480 00:25:33,616 --> 00:25:35,493 detectives do a neighborhood canvas. 481 00:25:36,494 --> 00:25:39,789 - JEFF: What emerges from this is that George was really 482 00:25:39,831 --> 00:25:41,458 well thought of by the neighbors, 483 00:25:41,499 --> 00:25:43,001 but Gloria, not so much. 484 00:25:43,043 --> 00:25:44,627 - DANIEL: We were all pretty good friends. 485 00:25:44,669 --> 00:25:46,087 She would get onto him all the time. 486 00:25:46,129 --> 00:25:48,131 Just anything, anything he did. 487 00:25:48,173 --> 00:25:50,800 - It seemed like every time I went to the house to pick him up 488 00:25:50,842 --> 00:25:53,219 there was something, fighting about something. 489 00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:54,804 We would leave, and then he would make 490 00:25:54,846 --> 00:25:56,806 the comment, "She's all about money." 491 00:25:56,848 --> 00:25:58,975 - NARRATOR: Neighbors say that money 492 00:25:59,017 --> 00:26:01,061 wasn't the couple's only problem. 493 00:26:01,102 --> 00:26:03,938 - George thought she was having an affair. 494 00:26:05,565 --> 00:26:07,484 - NARRATOR: With this new information, 495 00:26:07,525 --> 00:26:11,488 investigators must consider if Gloria's alleged lover 496 00:26:11,529 --> 00:26:13,907 had anything to do with the crime. 497 00:26:13,948 --> 00:26:15,825 - MIKE: I want to know if he's got any knowledge 498 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:17,118 about any potential homicide, 499 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,120 or if he was involved in the disappearance or 500 00:26:19,162 --> 00:26:21,498 the dismemberment of George Frazier. 501 00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:22,791 - LINDY: If he does know something 502 00:26:22,832 --> 00:26:24,376 and didn't give information, 503 00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:27,170 he could potentially be charged with some criminal activity 504 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:31,049 himself or if he participated in some way in helping Gloria. 505 00:26:32,634 --> 00:26:36,971 - NARRATOR: On March 12, 2008, Detectives subpoena Gloria's 506 00:26:37,013 --> 00:26:41,851 phone records, hoping to uncover the name of her alleged lover. 507 00:26:41,893 --> 00:26:44,938 - LINDY: When they got her phone records, they could tell 508 00:26:44,979 --> 00:26:47,190 who was calling and what time they were calling. 509 00:26:47,232 --> 00:26:49,693 They saw that there was one particular number 510 00:26:49,734 --> 00:26:51,319 that she called very often. 511 00:26:51,361 --> 00:26:55,490 That person ended up being Mr. Odetola, 512 00:26:55,532 --> 00:26:59,077 a person who also worked with her at the prison. 513 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:03,915 - Phone records pointed to him as being the most called person. 514 00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:08,336 - NARRATOR: On March 21st, 515 00:27:08,378 --> 00:27:10,964 investigators head to Hutchins State Jail 516 00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:15,802 to interview the man on the call log: Olatunbosun Odetola. 517 00:27:16,428 --> 00:27:17,846 - MIKE: He admitted he'd been dating her 518 00:27:17,887 --> 00:27:20,515 since like August of '07. 519 00:27:20,557 --> 00:27:23,309 She had told him that she wasn't married, that she was living 520 00:27:23,351 --> 00:27:26,396 with two old aunts that were rich and would cut her off 521 00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:28,773 if they knew that she was seeing anybody. 522 00:27:29,274 --> 00:27:30,942 - JEFF: They saw each other regularly. 523 00:27:30,984 --> 00:27:33,069 He would rent a hotel room 524 00:27:33,111 --> 00:27:36,531 in Corsicana, which is about 30 minutes down the road. 525 00:27:37,032 --> 00:27:39,200 - NARRATOR: When detectives break the news 526 00:27:39,242 --> 00:27:41,828 that Gloria did, in fact, have a partner 527 00:27:41,870 --> 00:27:46,082 of ten years, Olatunbosun appears genuinely shocked. 528 00:27:46,624 --> 00:27:50,086 - He says that he had no idea who George was, didn't even know 529 00:27:50,128 --> 00:27:53,006 that Gloria was in a relationship with anyone. 530 00:27:54,090 --> 00:27:56,176 He confesses that he had been 531 00:27:56,217 --> 00:28:00,472 in the home, but had no idea that George even existed. 532 00:28:01,056 --> 00:28:04,309 - NARRATOR: Olatunbosun says that within the past three weeks 533 00:28:04,351 --> 00:28:06,978 Gloria had asked him to move in with her. 534 00:28:15,403 --> 00:28:18,281 - NARRATOR: Coming up, more gruesome evidence 535 00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:21,951 is recovered from the depths of another Texas lake. 536 00:28:21,993 --> 00:28:23,286 - MIKE: The arms had been removed, 537 00:28:23,328 --> 00:28:25,663 and the body had been cut just below the chest. 538 00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:29,876 - NARRATOR: And detectives set a trap for their prime suspect. 539 00:28:29,918 --> 00:28:32,003 - We asked him, you wanna be a witness or suspect? 540 00:28:53,108 --> 00:28:55,318 - NARRATOR: April 2008. 541 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,363 Six weeks after the disappearance of George Frazier, 542 00:28:58,405 --> 00:29:02,200 Ennis police are speaking with Olatunbosun Odetola, 543 00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:06,037 the lover of George's partner, Gloria Aiken. 544 00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:07,205 - LINDY: They were looking at Gloria. 545 00:29:07,247 --> 00:29:08,373 So now, they're also trying 546 00:29:08,415 --> 00:29:10,458 to figure out what is the motive, right? 547 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:13,712 Can we prove that Gloria had a motive to kill George? 548 00:29:13,753 --> 00:29:15,588 Why would she want him dead? 549 00:29:15,630 --> 00:29:17,465 Once this evidence of an affair 550 00:29:17,507 --> 00:29:20,176 was discovered, he then became a person 551 00:29:20,218 --> 00:29:23,555 of interest in that did he help her do this? 552 00:29:24,556 --> 00:29:27,642 - NARRATOR: With nothing to hold Olatunbosun on, 553 00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:29,728 investigators let him go for now 554 00:29:29,769 --> 00:29:33,815 and begin digging deeper for Gloria's potential motive, 555 00:29:33,857 --> 00:29:36,234 starting with the couple's finances. 556 00:29:36,276 --> 00:29:39,070 - She was trying to pay all the bills, and he wasn't really 557 00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:41,031 contributing a whole lot at that point. 558 00:29:41,072 --> 00:29:42,407 - NARRATOR: But detectives soon 559 00:29:42,449 --> 00:29:46,077 uncover one way Gloria could get money from George. 560 00:29:46,119 --> 00:29:49,581 - There's a $250,000 life insurance policy on George. 561 00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:54,044 - LINDY: This $250,000 life insurance policy became a real 562 00:29:54,085 --> 00:29:56,046 legitimate motive for why she would want him, 563 00:29:56,087 --> 00:29:57,380 you know, dead. 564 00:29:57,422 --> 00:30:01,009 She could gain a hefty life insurance policy 565 00:30:01,051 --> 00:30:03,428 to live the life that she wanted to lead. 566 00:30:05,722 --> 00:30:06,973 - NARRATOR: While investigators 567 00:30:07,015 --> 00:30:10,393 continue looking into a possible financial motive, 568 00:30:10,435 --> 00:30:13,480 another clue washes ashore on a nearby lake 569 00:30:13,521 --> 00:30:14,731 on April 5th, 2008-- 570 00:30:14,773 --> 00:30:19,778 five weeks after the discovery of George's leg. 571 00:30:19,819 --> 00:30:23,114 - There was a person around Richland Chambers Lake that was 572 00:30:23,156 --> 00:30:26,284 doing some sort of landscaping or yard work. 573 00:30:26,326 --> 00:30:27,869 - MIKE: He thought it was, you know, somebody 574 00:30:27,911 --> 00:30:30,580 cleaned some fish and threw the guts in the bag, dumped it, 575 00:30:30,622 --> 00:30:32,749 you know? It's flies and stuff around it. 576 00:30:32,791 --> 00:30:37,587 He goes to look at it and finds a head and torso in the bag. 577 00:30:39,547 --> 00:30:42,092 - NARRATOR: The Freestone County Sheriff's Department 578 00:30:42,133 --> 00:30:43,677 quickly responds to the scene. 579 00:30:44,761 --> 00:30:47,097 - MIKE: There was quite a bit of decomposition. 580 00:30:47,138 --> 00:30:49,057 The arms had been removed, 581 00:30:49,099 --> 00:30:51,976 and the body had been cut just below the chest. 582 00:30:52,018 --> 00:30:53,478 - JEFF: It happens to be 583 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,607 an African-American male, they believe between 25 and 50. 584 00:30:57,649 --> 00:30:59,943 - LINDY: Everybody's just kind of assuming the torso 585 00:30:59,984 --> 00:31:02,987 and the head probably belongs to George. 586 00:31:03,446 --> 00:31:04,781 - NARRATOR: The body parts are 587 00:31:04,823 --> 00:31:08,118 immediately sent to the crime lab for analysis. 588 00:31:20,547 --> 00:31:23,508 - NARRATOR: On April 6th, the autopsy report lands 589 00:31:23,550 --> 00:31:27,846 on the desk of Ennis police detective Dorinda Clark. 590 00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:29,931 - MIKE FRAZIER: He had been shot twice in the head. 591 00:31:29,973 --> 00:31:32,183 It was a .22 caliber pistol. 592 00:31:32,225 --> 00:31:35,353 - NARRATOR: Detective Clark also receives the DNA results 593 00:31:35,395 --> 00:31:40,025 from the blood found inside Gloria and George's home. 594 00:31:40,066 --> 00:31:41,484 - LINDY: DNA confirmed that all 595 00:31:41,526 --> 00:31:44,529 of the blood that was found on the ottoman, the couch, 596 00:31:44,571 --> 00:31:48,491 the TV, the baseball bat, the wall, 597 00:31:48,533 --> 00:31:52,078 and the master bathroom all belonged to George. 598 00:31:59,419 --> 00:32:01,755 - LOLA: She used to always say, "We're gonna get her." 599 00:32:01,796 --> 00:32:04,341 She wasn't going to let it rest. 600 00:32:04,382 --> 00:32:07,135 She was determined not to let it rest. 601 00:32:08,386 --> 00:32:10,722 - NARRATOR: But just as the pieces are coming together, 602 00:32:10,764 --> 00:32:14,476 Detective Clark gets a devastating setback. 603 00:32:14,517 --> 00:32:17,687 - We were looking for a small caliber gun, like a. 22. 604 00:32:17,729 --> 00:32:20,899 I believe she had a .9 millimeter in her house, 605 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,150 so it did not match. 606 00:32:22,192 --> 00:32:23,610 - MIKE: The weapon we see from the house 607 00:32:23,651 --> 00:32:25,362 was not the weapon that shot him. 608 00:32:25,403 --> 00:32:28,782 There was a lot of evidence, but it was all circumstantial. 609 00:32:30,450 --> 00:32:33,078 - NARRATOR: Determined to connect Gloria to the crime, 610 00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:36,915 Detective Clark turns to the one person who may have been more 611 00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:39,084 involved than they're letting on. 612 00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:40,460 - KEVIN: I had a doubt that she 613 00:32:40,502 --> 00:32:43,922 was the one that did the cutting, you know? 614 00:32:43,963 --> 00:32:45,799 I thought that was a little 615 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:49,886 extreme for a spouse to dismember a human body. 616 00:32:50,261 --> 00:32:51,513 - It would have been really 617 00:32:51,554 --> 00:32:54,307 tough for Gloria to do this all on her own. 618 00:32:54,349 --> 00:32:56,434 And so now they're wanting to know, 619 00:32:56,476 --> 00:32:58,770 did the boyfriend have something to do with this? 620 00:33:01,856 --> 00:33:04,359 - NARRATOR: On April 24, 2008, 621 00:33:04,401 --> 00:33:08,446 detectives ask Gloria's boyfriend, Olatunbosun Odetola, 622 00:33:08,488 --> 00:33:10,782 to come in for a polygraph exam. 623 00:33:10,824 --> 00:33:12,909 - MIKE: He passed the part of the polygraph 624 00:33:12,951 --> 00:33:14,661 that asked about participation 625 00:33:14,703 --> 00:33:18,540 in the offense, in the dismemberment or the homicide. 626 00:33:19,499 --> 00:33:22,627 He failed the part about the knowledge of the offense. 627 00:33:23,378 --> 00:33:25,797 He just denied that he had any knowledge of it. 628 00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:29,676 He just was not really cooperative at first 629 00:33:29,718 --> 00:33:31,136 until we asked him, 630 00:33:31,177 --> 00:33:34,431 "You want to be a witness or a suspect?" He chose witness. 631 00:33:34,472 --> 00:33:38,768 He would do anything he could do to clear his name at that point. 632 00:33:42,689 --> 00:33:46,192 - NARRATOR: On April 25th, Olatunbosun agrees to wear 633 00:33:46,234 --> 00:33:49,529 a wire during a conversation with Gloria. 634 00:34:20,727 --> 00:34:23,063 - The boyfriend is putting a lot of pressure on her. 635 00:34:23,104 --> 00:34:24,898 He's accusing her. 636 00:34:41,289 --> 00:34:44,834 - The conversation with him and Gloria, it got pretty heated. 637 00:34:50,173 --> 00:34:52,717 - Suddenly she becomes very combative, 638 00:34:52,759 --> 00:34:55,387 and that's when their voices get raised. 639 00:35:11,319 --> 00:35:13,405 - MIKE: It gets so heated that the management 640 00:35:13,446 --> 00:35:15,156 from Jack in the Box called the Hutchins Police, 641 00:35:15,198 --> 00:35:16,533 "Hey, there's a disturbance out here. 642 00:35:16,574 --> 00:35:17,951 This man and this woman are arguing." 643 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,136 - NARRATOR: The officers' presence puts an end 644 00:35:36,177 --> 00:35:39,973 to the argument and any chance of Gloria incriminating herself 645 00:35:40,015 --> 00:35:40,974 on the wire. 646 00:35:47,814 --> 00:35:50,442 - NARRATOR: Without a confession from Gloria, 647 00:35:50,483 --> 00:35:52,610 the case quickly loses momentum. 648 00:35:53,611 --> 00:35:55,113 - MIKE: I would have wanted a confession, 649 00:35:55,155 --> 00:35:56,489 because it was all circumstantial. 650 00:35:56,531 --> 00:35:58,241 We took what we had to the DA's office. 651 00:35:58,283 --> 00:36:00,660 The chief felony prosecutor reviewed it, felt like it was 652 00:36:00,702 --> 00:36:03,288 enough to arrest, but not enough to prosecute. 653 00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:06,166 - JEFF: So much of the case has loose ends, 654 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:08,543 and juries don't like loose ends. 655 00:36:08,585 --> 00:36:11,087 Everything needs to be tightened up. 656 00:36:11,129 --> 00:36:13,798 - LINDY: There weren't any post-polygraph admissions 657 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,218 that were made by either Mr. Odetola or Gloria 658 00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:18,553 that we could use. 659 00:36:18,595 --> 00:36:21,348 I don't think anybody realistically believed 660 00:36:21,389 --> 00:36:23,892 that Mr. Odetola did any of this. 661 00:36:23,933 --> 00:36:26,478 We still had to prove that she intentionally 662 00:36:26,519 --> 00:36:29,647 and knowingly, you know, caused his death. 663 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:33,902 - And so it kind of just dropped off at that point, 664 00:36:33,943 --> 00:36:35,111 it became a cold case. 665 00:36:38,698 --> 00:36:41,493 - NARRATOR: Though investigators try to build a case, 666 00:36:41,534 --> 00:36:44,704 five years pass with no developments. 667 00:36:45,789 --> 00:36:47,999 Then the investigation hits 668 00:36:48,041 --> 00:36:51,503 another roadblock when lead detective Dorinda Clark is 669 00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:55,674 diagnosed with leukemia in March of 2013. 670 00:36:56,716 --> 00:36:58,677 - That does have an effect on the case, 671 00:36:58,718 --> 00:37:00,929 because as a lead investigator, you've got a lot 672 00:37:00,970 --> 00:37:02,347 of things in your head 673 00:37:02,389 --> 00:37:04,349 that may not necessarily be written down somewhere. 674 00:37:05,058 --> 00:37:07,060 - Ennis is a small police department. 675 00:37:07,102 --> 00:37:10,146 She had institutional knowledge in her brain. 676 00:37:11,231 --> 00:37:12,857 - NARRATOR: As Dorinda endures 677 00:37:12,899 --> 00:37:17,946 grueling rounds of chemotherapy, Gloria moves on with her life. 678 00:37:17,987 --> 00:37:22,242 - JEFF: Gloria cashed in that $250,000 life insurance policy. 679 00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:23,993 Another setback for the cops is 680 00:37:24,035 --> 00:37:28,331 Gloria decides to remake her life in South Carolina. 681 00:37:28,373 --> 00:37:31,418 So now, she's a thousand miles away. 682 00:37:33,336 --> 00:37:37,382 - NARRATOR: Coming up, will Gloria get away with murder? 683 00:37:37,424 --> 00:37:38,925 - There's a lot of witnesses 684 00:37:38,967 --> 00:37:41,761 and testimony that was lost forever. 685 00:37:41,803 --> 00:37:44,806 - It's not required for us to prove motive in Texas, 686 00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:47,100 but everybody always wants to know. 687 00:38:01,489 --> 00:38:02,949 - NARRATOR: By 2013, 688 00:38:02,991 --> 00:38:06,536 the murder case against Gloria Aiken has been on hold 689 00:38:06,578 --> 00:38:09,956 for five years after facing several hurdles. 690 00:38:10,915 --> 00:38:14,794 - Unfortunately, time is not a friend of this investigation 691 00:38:14,836 --> 00:38:17,547 because during those years when the case was 692 00:38:17,589 --> 00:38:21,092 dormant, several key family members die. 693 00:38:21,134 --> 00:38:22,635 There's a lot of witnesses 694 00:38:22,677 --> 00:38:25,180 and testimony that was lost forever. 695 00:38:27,724 --> 00:38:30,143 - NARRATOR: While the investigation has setbacks, 696 00:38:30,185 --> 00:38:33,521 lead Detective dorinda Clark receives promising news 697 00:38:33,563 --> 00:38:36,941 following her leukemia diagnosis. 698 00:38:36,983 --> 00:38:39,986 - She went into remission and came back to work. 699 00:38:40,028 --> 00:38:42,155 - JEFF: She is doggedly determined. 700 00:38:42,197 --> 00:38:46,368 She needs answers. She wants to get Gloria. 701 00:38:47,035 --> 00:38:50,538 - Dorinda came back to work, and man, she got fired up. 702 00:39:09,641 --> 00:39:11,643 - NARRATOR: In April 2014, 703 00:39:11,685 --> 00:39:14,437 the Ellis County District Attorney's Office presents 704 00:39:14,479 --> 00:39:17,023 the evidence to a grand jury. 705 00:39:17,065 --> 00:39:21,695 Prosecutors argue that Gloria was tired of supporting George. 706 00:39:21,736 --> 00:39:23,947 - JERRY: I think Gloria 707 00:39:23,988 --> 00:39:26,032 got a little greedy and wanted money, and she's found another 708 00:39:26,074 --> 00:39:29,703 way to get her hands on money: life insurance. 709 00:39:30,245 --> 00:39:33,873 - She had like a $250,000 insurance policy on him. 710 00:39:33,915 --> 00:39:36,251 The insurance policy would be a big motivator. 711 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:41,297 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors argue that on February 17, 2008, 712 00:39:41,339 --> 00:39:45,844 George had settled into his favorite chair for the evening. 713 00:39:45,885 --> 00:39:51,516 - All signs point to George is either asleep or watching TV, 714 00:39:51,558 --> 00:39:55,687 that Gloria takes a baseball bat, hits him over the head. 715 00:39:55,729 --> 00:39:57,355 Just based on what they found, 716 00:39:57,397 --> 00:40:01,651 I mean, a baseball bat with blood stains and pieces of hair. 717 00:40:01,693 --> 00:40:04,571 He clearly was beat up. 718 00:40:04,988 --> 00:40:06,906 - I think, to disable him, 719 00:40:06,948 --> 00:40:10,994 to knock him out and then finish him off with the pistol. 720 00:40:15,123 --> 00:40:16,583 I think she hauled him in that Jeep, 721 00:40:16,624 --> 00:40:18,418 how that blood got in there, 722 00:40:18,918 --> 00:40:22,255 cut him up with a battery- operated saw of some type. 723 00:40:23,173 --> 00:40:25,467 Put him in bags and took him to the lake. 724 00:40:25,508 --> 00:40:26,843 - KEVIN: You know, I always thought 725 00:40:26,885 --> 00:40:29,596 that there might have been another party involved 726 00:40:29,637 --> 00:40:31,014 that might have been an accomplice, 727 00:40:31,056 --> 00:40:34,267 but we just didn't have the evidence. 728 00:40:37,645 --> 00:40:39,272 - LINDY: All of the facts 729 00:40:39,314 --> 00:40:41,649 and circumstances were brought out to the grand jury and they 730 00:40:41,691 --> 00:40:44,944 ultimately decided to indict her for a murder. 731 00:40:44,986 --> 00:40:47,947 After the arrest warrant comes out, 732 00:40:47,989 --> 00:40:49,991 she's found in South Carolina. 733 00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:51,618 She was ultimately arrested 734 00:40:51,659 --> 00:40:55,747 and then waived extradition back to Texas to stand charges here. 735 00:40:55,789 --> 00:40:58,291 - MIKE: We had her transported back to Ellis County. 736 00:40:58,333 --> 00:41:00,377 We tried to interview at the Ellis County jail. 737 00:41:00,418 --> 00:41:04,005 She didn't want to talk to us and she started crying. 738 00:41:06,925 --> 00:41:10,470 - NARRATOR: In 2016, while Gloria awaits trial, 739 00:41:10,512 --> 00:41:15,642 the case is dealt a final blow when Dorinda's cancer returns. 740 00:41:15,684 --> 00:41:16,810 - LINDY: She had ups and down. 741 00:41:16,851 --> 00:41:18,645 We thought she was going to make it, 742 00:41:18,687 --> 00:41:20,188 she was doing great, and then she crashed. 743 00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:25,443 - NARRATOR: On July 8, 2016, after decades in law enforcement 744 00:41:25,485 --> 00:41:28,071 Dorinda dies at the age of 54. 745 00:41:29,614 --> 00:41:31,366 - MIKE: Dorinda got sick again, 746 00:41:31,408 --> 00:41:36,871 and when she got sick again 747 00:41:36,913 --> 00:41:39,165 and died, you know, 748 00:41:39,207 --> 00:41:42,961 you lost your lead investigator at that point. 749 00:41:43,003 --> 00:41:45,005 - Essentially what we had was 750 00:41:45,046 --> 00:41:47,716 a crime scene being in this house. 751 00:41:47,757 --> 00:41:49,384 That's where Gloria lived. 752 00:41:49,426 --> 00:41:52,053 It's not required for us to prove motive in Texas. 753 00:41:52,095 --> 00:41:53,805 We, you know, really realized 754 00:41:53,847 --> 00:41:55,682 that we were not going to be able to do this trial 755 00:41:55,724 --> 00:41:58,977 because of Dorinda Clark not being available. 756 00:41:59,019 --> 00:42:00,103 We decided we needed to 757 00:42:00,145 --> 00:42:03,314 plea this out and get the best option 758 00:42:03,356 --> 00:42:04,733 we could in the end. 759 00:42:07,318 --> 00:42:11,865 - NARRATOR: On May 19, 2017, prosecutors offered Gloria 760 00:42:11,906 --> 00:42:16,327 a plea deal, reducing her murder charge to manslaughter. 761 00:42:16,745 --> 00:42:18,872 - She plead guilty, took twelve years. 762 00:42:18,913 --> 00:42:20,832 I was pretty upset about it. 763 00:42:20,874 --> 00:42:23,043 Twelve years wasn't enough. 764 00:42:23,084 --> 00:42:25,128 You shoot a guy and cut him up 765 00:42:25,170 --> 00:42:26,421 and put him in two different lakes, that's-- 766 00:42:26,463 --> 00:42:29,174 I believe that's worth more than twelve years. 767 00:42:30,425 --> 00:42:33,053 - She took his life and all the people he's gonna to touch 768 00:42:33,094 --> 00:42:35,472 and all the people he has touched 769 00:42:35,513 --> 00:42:36,723 and she got twelve years. 770 00:42:36,765 --> 00:42:38,433 That's not justice. 771 00:42:39,059 --> 00:42:41,436 That's a crime in itself. 772 00:42:44,147 --> 00:42:49,444 - IASIA: Gloria isn't a bad person, not even at all. 773 00:42:49,486 --> 00:42:51,446 She's not, to me. 774 00:42:51,488 --> 00:42:56,034 And I just can't imagine how she 775 00:42:56,076 --> 00:42:58,703 could do these things that she's 776 00:42:58,745 --> 00:43:01,790 accused of and that she pled guilty to. 777 00:43:02,791 --> 00:43:04,501 - JERRY: It was just a waste 778 00:43:04,542 --> 00:43:08,296 to take a man's life like that in such a manner. 779 00:43:08,338 --> 00:43:11,633 It's just horrible. Just horrible. 780 00:43:12,425 --> 00:43:16,096 And the world is not a better place. 781 00:43:16,137 --> 00:43:18,223 It's a lesser place without George in it. 782 00:43:22,769 --> 00:43:34,948 - *