1 00:00:02,168 --> 00:00:03,044 - FEMALE NARRATOR: Two couples form 2 00:00:04,129 --> 00:00:05,964 the unbreakable bond of friendship. 3 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,925 - The four of them started cycling together. 4 00:00:08,967 --> 00:00:11,219 They were all really great friends. 5 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:14,389 - NARRATOR: But when one of them goes missing, 6 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:17,350 their friendships are put to the test. 7 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:21,021 - We tried calling her and uh she- she didn't answer. 8 00:00:21,062 --> 00:00:23,440 - Her roommate was so scared and- and worried 9 00:00:23,481 --> 00:00:25,275 that something may have happened to her. 10 00:00:25,316 --> 00:00:27,235 - NARRATOR: A cryptic dream could hold the key 11 00:00:27,277 --> 00:00:29,404 to solving the mystery. 12 00:00:32,782 --> 00:00:35,660 - It was kind of strange. She wouldn't get out of bed. 13 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:38,204 - She's had this dream where someone may have hurt 14 00:00:38,246 --> 00:00:40,165 or someone may have killed. 15 00:00:41,332 --> 00:00:43,376 - NARRATOR: The intensive investigation will expose 16 00:00:43,418 --> 00:00:46,671 a series of brutal betrayals. 17 00:00:46,713 --> 00:00:50,592 - He was upset, he found out that the woman he loved 18 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:52,093 was with another man. 19 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:55,430 - All of the sudden, both marriages fall apart. 20 00:00:59,684 --> 00:01:02,228 - NARRATOR: As detectives get closer to the truth, 21 00:01:02,270 --> 00:01:04,981 they discover what started as a dream 22 00:01:05,023 --> 00:01:07,942 soon unfolds into a nightmare. 23 00:01:07,984 --> 00:01:11,696 - She was beaten until the person couldn't beat anymore. 24 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,199 - I think that's when people say somebody's evil, 25 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,409 that's what evil is. 26 00:01:18,620 --> 00:01:28,463 - * 27 00:01:30,215 --> 00:01:34,844 - NARRATOR: February 15th, 2010. Indiatlantic, Florida. 28 00:01:34,886 --> 00:01:36,971 It's just after 9 PM 29 00:01:37,013 --> 00:01:40,684 as personal trainer Mark Knopf anxiously waits for his client, 30 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:42,644 Kelly Brennan. 31 00:01:44,145 --> 00:01:46,439 - Kelly had an appointment in the evening, 32 00:01:46,481 --> 00:01:49,984 uh, with a personal trainer and then she didn't show up. 33 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:51,736 She had never not shown up. 34 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:54,572 That would be very out of character for Kelly. 35 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:56,366 - Mark went out to check the parking lot 36 00:01:56,408 --> 00:01:59,202 to see if her car was there, and couldn't find it. 37 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:01,162 He said, "Hey, this is totally unlike her, 38 00:02:01,204 --> 00:02:02,997 she's always early." 39 00:02:03,039 --> 00:02:04,666 - NARRATOR: Worried, Mark begins calling 40 00:02:04,708 --> 00:02:06,584 to track Kelly down. 41 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:09,212 It's not long before the news reaches her roommate, 42 00:02:09,254 --> 00:02:11,214 Stephanie Griffith. 43 00:02:11,256 --> 00:02:13,633 - Stephanie Griffith, she last saw Kelly Brennan 44 00:02:13,675 --> 00:02:17,762 that morning at 6 a.m., um, when Kelly was leaving for work. 45 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:20,056 She hadn't spoken with her throughout the day. 46 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:22,642 She was concerned because with Kelly, 47 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:25,353 she always kept a regular schedule. 48 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:29,357 - No one's heard from her, and they get very worried 49 00:02:29,399 --> 00:02:33,695 at that point, because she always answers her phone. 50 00:02:34,779 --> 00:02:37,323 - A little after 11 o'clock, um, Stephanie Griffith um 51 00:02:37,365 --> 00:02:39,784 decided to call 911 to report her friend, 52 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:41,369 Kelly Brennan, is missing. 53 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:44,622 - NARRATOR: Deputies from 54 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,499 the Brevard County Sheriff's Office arrive 55 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:49,544 at Stephanie and Kelly's apartment at 11:21 PM, 56 00:02:49,586 --> 00:02:51,588 hoping to get more information 57 00:02:51,629 --> 00:02:54,674 for their missing person's report. 58 00:02:54,716 --> 00:02:58,636 - When Stephanie arrived home after getting off of work 59 00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:01,056 at 9:30 that night, she did see that Kelly 60 00:03:01,097 --> 00:03:02,766 had taken her bicycle. 61 00:03:02,807 --> 00:03:05,352 Her scrubs that she had worn to work were in a hamper. 62 00:03:05,393 --> 00:03:08,563 So, she knew she had come home to leave for the gym. 63 00:03:09,814 --> 00:03:11,691 - TOD GOODYEAR: Stephanie seemed to believe that 64 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:14,027 this was extremely out of character, and distressing, 65 00:03:14,069 --> 00:03:16,237 because she was so punctual. 66 00:03:16,279 --> 00:03:18,865 So, we get to the background to help us determine 67 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:20,367 their activities, 68 00:03:20,408 --> 00:03:22,327 the people they may have been in contact with. 69 00:03:22,369 --> 00:03:24,788 Where do they work? Do they have any medical issues? 70 00:03:24,829 --> 00:03:27,832 Those are the types of things we're looking for. 71 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:30,835 - We were very on edge, wondering what happened to her. 72 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,420 We were very worried about it. 73 00:03:36,925 --> 00:03:38,760 - NARRATOR: Born in 1963, 74 00:03:38,802 --> 00:03:41,554 Kelly Brennan grew up in New Jersey. 75 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:44,891 With four sisters, Kelly had plenty of experience 76 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:47,560 getting along with others. 77 00:03:47,602 --> 00:03:51,731 - She had just a cute smile, and she was always pleasant, 78 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:55,402 and people did, people loved Kelly. Absolutely. 79 00:03:56,945 --> 00:03:58,488 - LUIGI IERVASI JR.: Kelly had a lot of friends. 80 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:00,490 Everybody that knew her, you know, 81 00:04:00,532 --> 00:04:02,784 would eventually become a friend. 82 00:04:02,826 --> 00:04:04,577 - NARRATOR: After graduating high school, 83 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:07,330 Kelly dreamed of attending nursing school, 84 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:09,791 and took a job at a local seafood restaurant 85 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:12,168 to pay her own way. 86 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:13,586 - KIM MERIEDETH: She was a very hard worker, 87 00:04:13,628 --> 00:04:15,547 and she worked a couple jobs. 88 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:18,967 We worked the four til midnight shift most of the time. 89 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:23,596 - NARRATOR: After nursing school, Kelly set her sights 90 00:04:23,638 --> 00:04:26,641 on establishing a successful career. 91 00:04:26,683 --> 00:04:29,310 - She worked as a nurse at the hospital, 92 00:04:29,352 --> 00:04:31,521 so had a job that was very physical, 93 00:04:31,563 --> 00:04:34,107 and had a great compassion for people. 94 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:37,110 - LUIGI: Around the hospital, Kelly was known as a Sarge, 95 00:04:37,152 --> 00:04:39,320 because of her work ethic. 96 00:04:39,362 --> 00:04:42,824 She would always push and strive to do better, 97 00:04:42,866 --> 00:04:46,953 and she would push others around her to do better. 98 00:04:48,913 --> 00:04:51,833 - NARRATOR: Outside of work, Kelly longed for love. 99 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:55,253 And in 2003, she found it with an old friend 100 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:57,797 named Gino Rallo. 101 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,842 - Kelly Brennan and Gino met while working at the restaurant. 102 00:05:00,884 --> 00:05:03,470 Gino was the manager of the restaurant she was working at 103 00:05:03,511 --> 00:05:05,513 to put herself through school. 104 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:07,807 - LUIGI: He was always a nice guy, easy to talk to. 105 00:05:07,849 --> 00:05:09,809 Very, very awesome host. 106 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:12,062 - They started to grow intimate the more time 107 00:05:12,103 --> 00:05:13,521 they spent together. 108 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:16,608 They started a relationship, eventually got married. 109 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:18,651 - LUIGI: Kelly and Gino seemed very happy. 110 00:05:18,693 --> 00:05:21,446 They would have little get-togethers at their house, 111 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:23,323 and it was always a good time 112 00:05:23,365 --> 00:05:26,117 and very happy, upbeat atmosphere. 113 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:31,539 - NARRATOR: But a diagnosis Kelly had received 114 00:05:31,581 --> 00:05:35,210 in her early thirties sometimes took a toll. 115 00:05:35,251 --> 00:05:38,672 - LUIGI: Kelly had M.S. It affected her nervous system. 116 00:05:38,713 --> 00:05:41,800 And some days, she'd be a little slow. 117 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:45,512 She would move with difficulty and, a little weak. 118 00:05:45,553 --> 00:05:47,722 - KIM: She always looked very healthy, very fit. 119 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:50,725 When I was told she had M.S., I- I was shocked. 120 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:55,772 - NARRATOR: Kelly refused to let the diagnosis control her life. 121 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:57,774 - LUIGI: When Kelly had the flare-ups, 122 00:05:57,816 --> 00:06:00,151 she would power through and keep going. 123 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,569 She wasn't a quitter. 124 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:04,406 That was something that was very inspiring. 125 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:06,574 - Kelly was a real advocate for M.S. 126 00:06:06,616 --> 00:06:09,369 She would do bike rides for fundraisers 127 00:06:09,411 --> 00:06:11,621 to help raise money and awareness. 128 00:06:12,747 --> 00:06:14,249 - NARRATOR: Kelly also kept herself busy 129 00:06:14,290 --> 00:06:18,003 with friends who shared her passion for staying active. 130 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:22,799 Including 38-year-old Sheila Graham-Trott. 131 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:24,843 - TOD: She moved here from Canada 132 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:26,803 and was drawn here by the coastline 133 00:06:26,845 --> 00:06:28,513 and the surf and the water that we have. 134 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:29,973 She was a diving instructor, 135 00:06:30,015 --> 00:06:32,684 and Brevard County's a great place for that. 136 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,602 - KIM: She was good enough to teach diving. 137 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:36,688 She was very smart. 138 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:39,733 I met both Kelly and Sheila at the same time. 139 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:42,318 Kelly Brennan, and Sheila, and myself, 140 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,280 we were all servers together in a restaurant. 141 00:06:45,321 --> 00:06:49,743 We closed together every night, and we were a tight-knit bunch. 142 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:51,953 We became great friends, and stayed friends. 143 00:06:53,621 --> 00:06:55,749 - NARRATOR: The restaurant industry also helped Sheila 144 00:06:55,790 --> 00:06:59,127 find the love of her life, Dan Trott. 145 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:03,381 - KIM: He's attractive, he's funny, and he's charming, 146 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:08,178 and it's not hard to see why he, you know, could pick up girls. 147 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:12,932 - NARRATOR: Dan dreamed of becoming a pilot, 148 00:07:12,974 --> 00:07:16,895 and when the couple married on August 26th, 1989, 149 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,522 Sheila worked nights and weekends to pay 150 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:21,524 for Dan to go to flight school. 151 00:07:22,859 --> 00:07:25,695 - I think that she looked at it like, "I'm a good wife 152 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:28,656 and I'm supporting my husband in everything he does." 153 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:34,704 - NARRATOR: Eventually, Sheila's hard work paid off. 154 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:38,625 Dan became a pilot, and the couple started a family. 155 00:07:38,667 --> 00:07:41,503 - They had two kids, Graham and Creighton. 156 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:43,505 - KIM: She always took good care of the kids. 157 00:07:43,546 --> 00:07:45,256 Made sure they had what they needed. 158 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:46,841 And she was a good wife. 159 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:49,886 She, you know, made dinner and poured a cocktail 160 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:51,971 when Dan walked through the door. 161 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:54,849 - MARLON BUGGS: She worked in the restaurant business, 162 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:56,768 and she also did real estate. 163 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,979 At some point, Dan had actually became involved 164 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:03,024 in city politics and became the mayor of Indiatlantic. 165 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:06,361 - KIM: I voted for him, because I felt like 166 00:08:06,403 --> 00:08:08,029 I was voting for Sheila. 167 00:08:08,071 --> 00:08:09,656 Because Sheila was on top of everything. 168 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:11,991 She knew everything going on in Indiatlantic. 169 00:08:14,244 --> 00:08:17,163 - NARRATOR: While Sheila and Dan rose to prominence, 170 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:20,041 they kept in touch with their old friends Kelly and Gino 171 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:21,960 as much as possible. 172 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:24,713 - Kelly got into biking and wanted to be a triathlete. 173 00:08:24,754 --> 00:08:26,506 Sheila was into biking. 174 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:29,009 And then both of their husbands got involved. 175 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:32,345 - The four of them started cycling together. 176 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:34,556 They were all really great friends. 177 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:40,478 - NARRATOR: But in 2009, one half of the cycling group 178 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,564 hit a speed bump. 179 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:44,858 - Dan was cheating on Sheila. 180 00:08:44,899 --> 00:08:48,570 I'm sure that Sheila's heart was probably breaking, 181 00:08:48,611 --> 00:08:52,449 but she didn't make like it was. 182 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:54,701 Sheila was, you know, she was loyal. 183 00:08:54,743 --> 00:08:56,995 She was a loyal wife, 184 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:59,789 and wanted to hold her marriage together, 185 00:08:59,831 --> 00:09:03,752 so she tried everything, but that didn't work for her. 186 00:09:04,919 --> 00:09:07,464 - NARRATOR: Finally, in March, 2009, 187 00:09:07,505 --> 00:09:09,716 the couple started talking divorce, 188 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:12,969 and Dan moved out of the family home. 189 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,891 - I do know the struggles that he put into Sheila's life. 190 00:09:17,932 --> 00:09:21,144 I know he did, he made her crazy, 191 00:09:21,186 --> 00:09:22,937 because he did cheat on her. 192 00:09:25,106 --> 00:09:27,525 - NARRATOR: But Sheila and Dan weren't the only ones 193 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:30,695 whose marriage had hit a breaking point. 194 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:35,200 - Things got bad with Gino and Kelly. 195 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,744 - TOD: All of a sudden, both marriages fall apart. 196 00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:39,621 It's an interesting little twist 197 00:09:39,662 --> 00:09:41,915 of people that were close friends. 198 00:09:41,956 --> 00:09:45,710 There had been some problems between Gino and her. 199 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:48,672 Gino wanted to reconcile, but Kelly was pretty set 200 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:51,424 on the fact that she wanted out of that relationship 201 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:53,426 and to move on with her life. 202 00:09:53,468 --> 00:09:55,428 - KIM: Kelly moved in with Stephanie. 203 00:09:55,470 --> 00:09:57,639 They were, you know, close people. 204 00:09:57,681 --> 00:09:59,683 And Kelly needed a place to go, 205 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:01,893 and Stephanie had a- a place for her. 206 00:10:04,979 --> 00:10:07,232 - NARRATOR: But now, less than a year later, 207 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:12,779 on February 15th, 2010, Kelly mysteriously goes missing. 208 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:16,908 And investigators hope Stephanie can help them find her. 209 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:19,202 - She knows Kelly's activities pretty well 210 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:20,537 on a day-to-day basis. 211 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:22,163 She knows that Kelly left for work, 212 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:25,333 but she hasn't seen her since, in person. 213 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:27,460 - MARLON: Kelly suffered from multiple sclerosis, 214 00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:31,965 and it is a disease that affects the central nervous system. 215 00:10:32,007 --> 00:10:33,967 - LUIGI: We were worried with the history of the M.S. 216 00:10:34,009 --> 00:10:36,094 that she maybe had a flare up 217 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,388 and she could have lost control of the car 218 00:10:38,430 --> 00:10:44,310 because of either weakness or a seizure or something like that. 219 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,479 So, we worried about that. 220 00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:49,149 - Stephanie was so scared and worried 221 00:10:49,190 --> 00:10:51,109 that something may have happened to her. 222 00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:52,986 - We were determined to find Kelly, 223 00:10:53,028 --> 00:10:55,363 and hopefully to find her alive. 224 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:00,285 - NARRATOR: Coming up: an unprecedented curve ball 225 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:04,080 throws investigators down a strange path. 226 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:18,178 - TOD: She's seeing someone may have hurt, 227 00:11:18,219 --> 00:11:20,764 or someone may have killed during an argument. 228 00:11:35,779 --> 00:11:39,366 - NARRATOR: Just before midnight on February 15th, 2010, 229 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:42,369 investigators with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office 230 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:43,995 are on a desperate search 231 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:46,373 for 46-year-old Kelly Brennan, 232 00:11:46,414 --> 00:11:49,042 who suffers from M.S. 233 00:11:49,084 --> 00:11:51,086 - TOD: We begin investigating that night 234 00:11:51,127 --> 00:11:53,630 because of the fact of she could be an endangered person 235 00:11:53,672 --> 00:11:55,715 because of her medical condition. 236 00:11:55,757 --> 00:11:57,509 - MARLON: She may have had an episode 237 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:59,761 while driving to her gym appointment, 238 00:11:59,803 --> 00:12:01,930 maybe was involved in a car crash. 239 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:04,349 Maybe was transported to a hospital. 240 00:12:04,391 --> 00:12:07,435 - At that point in time, you just check local hospitals. 241 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:10,855 "Hey, has somebody come into your emergency room like that?" 242 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,191 - MARLON: We sent a BOLO out, be on the lookout, 243 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:16,027 to other agencies, with the tag information 244 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,113 in an attempt to locate the vehicle. 245 00:12:21,157 --> 00:12:23,618 - NARRATOR: After having no luck locating Kelly, 246 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:27,205 deputies head to her gym to speak with her personal trainer, 247 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,581 Mark Knopf. 248 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,210 Mark says that although Kelly never showed up, 249 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:34,421 someone else did. 250 00:12:34,462 --> 00:12:38,383 - It was probably about 9:30, he actually saw Dan Trott arrive. 251 00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:42,262 And Dan was also concerned when personal trainer 252 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:45,181 said that she hadn't arrived for the gym. 253 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:49,102 - Mark does tell us that originally Kelly worked out 254 00:12:49,144 --> 00:12:50,979 with her soon to be ex-husband, Gino. 255 00:12:51,021 --> 00:12:53,314 And recently he had noticed that she was working out 256 00:12:53,356 --> 00:12:54,858 with Dan all the time. 257 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,776 So his thought process on that was that 258 00:12:56,818 --> 00:12:58,319 there must be some kind of, 259 00:12:58,361 --> 00:13:00,280 a little more than a friend relationship going on. 260 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:06,953 - NARRATOR: As the sun rises on February 16th, 261 00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:09,706 detectives fan out in search of Dan. 262 00:13:09,748 --> 00:13:11,458 But before they track him down, 263 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:16,171 dispatch receives an odd call from his mother-in-law. 264 00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:18,256 - TOD: About seven-thirty the next morning, 265 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:21,009 Indiatlantic Police Department gets a 911 call 266 00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:25,305 from Margret Byers, who is the mother of Sheila Trott, 267 00:13:25,347 --> 00:13:27,390 and calls in and says, "You need to come out here." 268 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:38,318 - NARRATOR: Margret says her daughter can't stop 269 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,529 rambling on about one of her friends. 270 00:13:41,571 --> 00:13:44,657 - MARLON: She was calling out that she sees Kelly's face, 271 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,368 Kelly's been hurt. She provides them 272 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:49,204 with the name of the person, Kelly Brennan. 273 00:13:52,332 --> 00:13:54,209 - NARRATOR: Fearing their missing person's case 274 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,379 may be turning into something more sinister, 275 00:13:57,420 --> 00:14:00,548 the Brevard County Sheriff's Office immediately responds 276 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:02,384 to Sheila's home. 277 00:14:02,425 --> 00:14:05,387 - She doesn't know that we have a missing person report. 278 00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:08,181 It's not been broadcast to the news. 279 00:14:08,223 --> 00:14:11,059 As we respond, we're looking at the fact that 280 00:14:11,101 --> 00:14:14,062 Sheila's Dan's soon to be ex-wife. 281 00:14:14,104 --> 00:14:18,483 Dan may be, Kelly Brennan, our missing person's boyfriend. 282 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,193 - We start to treat it as, 283 00:14:20,235 --> 00:14:22,153 okay, with this, we need to get serious now. 284 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:23,988 We need to look deeper into this. 285 00:14:25,281 --> 00:14:26,950 - NARRATOR: When officers arrive at the home, 286 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,828 Sheila's mother Margret and teenage sons, 287 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:32,080 Graham and Creighton, confront them 288 00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:35,417 with a bizarre story about the previous evening. 289 00:14:57,313 --> 00:15:00,108 - NARRATOR: Sheila's son says the event was so alarming 290 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:04,404 he had actually called 911 himself at 11:07 PM 291 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:09,200 on February 15th, the same night Kelly went missing. 292 00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:25,175 - She goes to the hospital. They run a series of tests. 293 00:15:25,216 --> 00:15:27,844 They find nothing medically wrong at that point 294 00:15:27,886 --> 00:15:31,014 and so she's released to come home. 295 00:15:52,243 --> 00:15:54,829 - At that point, the kids called grandmother 296 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:56,748 to get some assistance. 297 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:08,051 - MARLON: The grandmother had concern enough 298 00:16:08,093 --> 00:16:10,637 that she actually called 911 to report that 299 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:12,222 Kelly was possibly hurt. 300 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,685 - NARRATOR: After speaking with her family, 301 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:20,605 the officer heads upstairs to talk with Sheila. 302 00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:22,649 - MARLON: So, when we're in the room talking to her, 303 00:16:22,691 --> 00:16:25,610 obviously it was kind of, you know, strange. 304 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:28,196 She was in bed. She wouldn't get out of bed. 305 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:47,298 - TOD: She seems to have had some type of mental break, 306 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:51,386 and yet she's had this dream where she's seeing a face 307 00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:55,181 that's of a person named Kelly that either she may have hurt, 308 00:16:55,223 --> 00:16:57,976 or someone may have hurt, or someone may have killed 309 00:16:58,018 --> 00:16:59,477 during an argument. 310 00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:02,647 - NARRATOR: Sheila insists her friend Kelly Brennan 311 00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:07,485 is in danger, and she soon reveals a clue as to where. 312 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:09,529 - She kept saying, "I see Marks Landing. 313 00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:11,948 She's hurt. She's at Marks Landing." 314 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:17,203 Marks Landing is pretty much like a residential area, um, 315 00:17:17,245 --> 00:17:22,250 of homes located, um, pretty far down in the south end 316 00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:24,002 of Melbourne Beach. 317 00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:27,672 And unless you live in Brevard County, um, 318 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:29,799 you're probably not likely to come across it. 319 00:17:29,841 --> 00:17:32,969 There's very few houses that are actually on the beach, 320 00:17:33,011 --> 00:17:35,180 because of the way the dune lines. 321 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:36,931 - TOD: The first reaction that we have when we hear 322 00:17:36,973 --> 00:17:40,185 some of these things is we need to send people to Marks Landing. 323 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,354 I would give it probably a zero percent 324 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,397 that she can come up with those specifics out of a dream 325 00:17:44,439 --> 00:17:47,609 and not be involved in some form or fashion. 326 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:50,362 It's not out in the papers, this is the next morning. 327 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:53,698 This is overnight. So, she wouldn't know it officially. 328 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,787 - NARRATOR: Investigators quickly dispatch a team 329 00:17:58,828 --> 00:18:00,330 to Marks Landing, 330 00:18:00,372 --> 00:18:04,668 the location where Sheila believes Kelly may be in danger. 331 00:18:04,709 --> 00:18:07,462 - MARLON: She didn't give a particular location 332 00:18:07,504 --> 00:18:08,922 of exactly where we could find Kelly. 333 00:18:08,963 --> 00:18:11,800 We sent several units to do a search of the area, 334 00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:13,718 both in cars and on foot. 335 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,471 During that search, they determined that the dunes 336 00:18:16,513 --> 00:18:20,016 themselves were heavily vegetated. 337 00:18:20,058 --> 00:18:22,394 - When the police initially went there, 338 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,729 they initially couldn't find her. 339 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:27,065 - MARLON: So at that point, we requested a helicopter 340 00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:30,026 to give us a better aerial search view. 341 00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:33,863 Almost immediately upon arrival of our star helicopter, 342 00:18:33,905 --> 00:18:36,491 the pilots noticed a body. 343 00:18:40,787 --> 00:18:42,956 - Once our crime scene investigators and everything 344 00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:45,000 get there and take a closer look, 345 00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:47,419 she's wearing athletic attire. 346 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:50,255 The first officer, based on the clothing description, 347 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:53,174 and the pictures that he has, he's confident 348 00:18:53,216 --> 00:18:54,759 that this is Kelly Brennan. 349 00:18:56,553 --> 00:19:00,849 - NARRATOR: Coming up: a deadly nightmare becomes reality. 350 00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:03,518 - You could tell she had a lot of blunt force trauma. 351 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,520 It was kind of a gruesome scene. 352 00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:08,440 You could tell by looking at the injuries, this was personal. 353 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:11,985 - NARRATOR: And new suspects emerge. 354 00:19:12,027 --> 00:19:14,404 - He had made threats against her. 355 00:19:35,216 --> 00:19:37,927 - NARRATOR: February 16th, 2010. 356 00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:41,431 Detectives investigating the disappearance of Kelly Brennan 357 00:19:41,473 --> 00:19:44,851 have just located her body in Marks Landing, 358 00:19:44,893 --> 00:19:47,937 the area where her friend, Sheila Graham-Trott, 359 00:19:47,979 --> 00:19:50,398 thought she might be hurt. 360 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,192 - MARLON: You could tell she had a lot 361 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:54,527 of blunt force trauma to the head area. 362 00:19:54,569 --> 00:19:58,239 Her hair was kind of matted and covering her face, 363 00:19:58,281 --> 00:20:00,450 from the blood. 364 00:20:00,492 --> 00:20:02,369 It was kind of a gruesome scene. 365 00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:04,496 - TOD: It didn't look like she had been there 366 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,248 a very long time, but possibly had been there overnight. 367 00:20:07,290 --> 00:20:09,417 It did not look like there was a spree attack 368 00:20:09,459 --> 00:20:11,461 or some kind of blitz attack that occurred right there. 369 00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:13,505 There would have been a tremendous amount of blood 370 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,049 on the scene. There would be evidence of a large struggle 371 00:20:16,091 --> 00:20:19,803 And those types of things, they weren't present. 372 00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:23,640 - There appeared to be some type of a drag mark 373 00:20:23,682 --> 00:20:27,602 through the sand, leading up into that area 374 00:20:27,644 --> 00:20:29,688 where we finally located her body. 375 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:32,315 That was a telltale sign that this happened somewhere else, 376 00:20:32,357 --> 00:20:34,109 somebody brought her to this location. 377 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,490 - NARRATOR: While Kelly's body is transferred for an autopsy, 378 00:20:40,532 --> 00:20:43,827 detectives are left with a pressing question: 379 00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:47,497 How did Sheila know that Kelly's body was on the beach? 380 00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:51,668 - I've worked cases when I was in special victims 381 00:20:51,710 --> 00:20:54,504 where we've had psychics call us and tell us about, 382 00:20:54,546 --> 00:20:57,424 you know, visions they've seen. 383 00:20:57,465 --> 00:21:00,010 But here was a woman telling us about a dream 384 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:02,512 about a particular friend and a particular incident 385 00:21:02,554 --> 00:21:04,514 in a particular location. 386 00:21:04,556 --> 00:21:06,307 It doesn't seem plausible at all. 387 00:21:06,349 --> 00:21:09,853 The fact that she's seeing Kelly's face 388 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:13,940 tells me that, you know, she was there when it happened. 389 00:21:15,525 --> 00:21:17,235 - The only way someone would know where the body was, 390 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:18,945 if they put it there. 391 00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:21,281 - If she didn't do it, she was there when it was done 392 00:21:21,322 --> 00:21:23,450 or knows a lot about it. 393 00:21:24,993 --> 00:21:27,203 - NARRATOR: Detectives return to Sheila's home, 394 00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:29,748 and turn their attention to Dan Trott, 395 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,042 Sheila's soon to be ex-husband, 396 00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:34,919 and Kelly's possible boyfriend. 397 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:37,922 - MARLON: Once we found Kelly Brennan's body, 398 00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:41,551 Dan Trott had responded to Sheila's house, 399 00:21:41,593 --> 00:21:44,471 and while he was there is when he was interviewed 400 00:21:44,512 --> 00:21:47,140 by one of the agents from the homicide unit. 401 00:21:47,182 --> 00:21:50,560 - NARRATOR: Detectives question Dan about his contact with Kelly 402 00:21:50,602 --> 00:21:53,521 the evening she was reported missing. 403 00:22:18,797 --> 00:22:21,341 - MARLON: Dan Trott and his wife had been separated 404 00:22:21,383 --> 00:22:23,426 for almost a year during this time. 405 00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:25,929 And during their separation, he developed 406 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:28,264 this relationship with Kelly Brennan. 407 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:30,642 Their relationship got more intimate, 408 00:22:30,684 --> 00:22:34,020 and this relationship she has with Dan Trott is growing. 409 00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:38,483 - NARRATOR: Dan says that in early 2009, 410 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:42,278 he and Sheila filed for divorce. 411 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,407 - He did not live at home with his soon to be ex-wife, 412 00:22:45,448 --> 00:22:47,158 he actually had a residence somewhere else, 413 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,453 and he had started in a relationship with Kelly. 414 00:22:50,495 --> 00:22:51,788 - NARRATOR: According to Dan, 415 00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:55,750 the relationship wasn't well received by his ex. 416 00:23:03,216 --> 00:23:04,801 - NARRATOR: Dan claims Sheila 417 00:23:04,843 --> 00:23:08,346 wasn't the only jealous spouse in the mix. 418 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:10,223 - Kelly had been married to Gino. 419 00:23:10,265 --> 00:23:11,683 They were still legally married, 420 00:23:11,725 --> 00:23:14,102 but she had moved on and was now seeing Dan. 421 00:23:14,144 --> 00:23:16,104 Gino I don't think knew that. 422 00:23:16,146 --> 00:23:19,774 - NARRATOR: But, Dan says, on Christmas Eve 2009, 423 00:23:19,816 --> 00:23:23,820 Gino somehow found out about Kelly's new flame. 424 00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:27,032 - MARLON: Gino burst into the residence. 425 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:30,201 Obviously, he was upset, and he had a blunt object 426 00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:35,123 that he was able to use and hit Dan Trott about the head. 427 00:23:38,585 --> 00:23:40,879 - Kelly is begging him to stop, you know, 428 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,756 telling him to quit, to leave. 429 00:23:42,797 --> 00:23:44,924 And at some point, she says she's calling the police, 430 00:23:44,966 --> 00:23:47,552 or they actually dial 911. Gino runs off 431 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:49,262 and hides from the police response. 432 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:56,144 - NARRATOR: Dan says after Gino left him bruised on the floor, 433 00:23:56,186 --> 00:24:00,482 he thought everything was over, but he was wrong. 434 00:24:00,523 --> 00:24:02,400 - Kelly went back to the house that night, 435 00:24:02,442 --> 00:24:04,194 she went back to Gino's house. 436 00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:06,071 - MARLON: She confronts Gino about the incident 437 00:24:06,112 --> 00:24:08,990 that happened with Dan. They get into an argument. 438 00:24:09,032 --> 00:24:13,036 Gino's upset. He ends up putting his hands on Kelly. 439 00:24:13,078 --> 00:24:17,082 She ends up calling 911. Law enforcement arrives, 440 00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:20,710 but no one was arrested, and Kelly left. 441 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:23,838 - NARRATOR: Dan claims that 442 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,674 when Kelly quickly filed for divorce, 443 00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:29,094 Gino felt Dan was stealing his wife. 444 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:32,222 - He was calling Dan, just leaving messages, 445 00:24:32,263 --> 00:24:35,141 um, threatening him about the whole incident. 446 00:24:52,617 --> 00:24:53,952 - NARRATOR: While Dan's insight 447 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:56,246 casts heavy suspicion on Gino, 448 00:24:56,287 --> 00:25:00,125 detectives must clear Dan as a suspect first. 449 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:02,419 - MARLON: Dan Trott was an airline pilot 450 00:25:02,460 --> 00:25:04,254 for one of the local airlines, 451 00:25:04,295 --> 00:25:06,172 and he was on duty that day. 452 00:25:06,214 --> 00:25:09,676 Dan had spoke with Kelly at six-thirty, 453 00:25:09,718 --> 00:25:13,596 and he still had not flown into, um, or arrived, 454 00:25:13,638 --> 00:25:15,098 in Brevard County. 455 00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:18,059 The timeline of him between that time 456 00:25:18,101 --> 00:25:22,105 and actually arriving at the gym at nine-thirty 457 00:25:22,147 --> 00:25:27,444 didn't give him the ability to come back to Melbourne, 458 00:25:27,485 --> 00:25:31,364 commit this crime, be able to drive 459 00:25:31,406 --> 00:25:34,117 all the way down to Marks Landing. 460 00:25:34,159 --> 00:25:36,494 - TOD: It would be at least 45 minutes from the gym 461 00:25:36,536 --> 00:25:38,121 to get down there to Marks Landing. 462 00:25:38,163 --> 00:25:40,040 We were able to confirm actual times 463 00:25:40,081 --> 00:25:44,878 and- and lock in his timeframe of alibi to, uh, to show that 464 00:25:44,919 --> 00:25:47,547 he wasn't able to commit this crime. 465 00:25:47,589 --> 00:25:51,134 - NARRATOR: After clearing Dan, investigators set their sights 466 00:25:51,176 --> 00:25:53,094 on Gino Rallo. 467 00:25:53,136 --> 00:25:55,805 - There's plenty of reasons to look at Gino, 468 00:25:55,847 --> 00:25:58,099 as far as being a person that could possibly hurt her. 469 00:25:58,141 --> 00:26:00,852 And so we have to take that seriously and look at him. 470 00:26:04,147 --> 00:26:06,983 - NARRATOR: Detectives become even more focused on Gino 471 00:26:07,025 --> 00:26:09,444 when the medical examiner reveals the results 472 00:26:09,486 --> 00:26:11,821 of Kelly's autopsy. 473 00:26:11,863 --> 00:26:13,782 - GARY BEATTY: There was multiple, multiple 474 00:26:13,823 --> 00:26:16,284 blows to the head. 475 00:26:16,326 --> 00:26:19,120 No observable defensive wounds whatsoever, 476 00:26:19,162 --> 00:26:22,457 which suggests that the initial blow 477 00:26:22,499 --> 00:26:26,002 came from behind and incapacitated her. 478 00:26:26,044 --> 00:26:27,629 - TOD: It was blunt force trauma. 479 00:26:27,671 --> 00:26:31,132 And their most likely object was that it was possibly a hammer. 480 00:26:31,174 --> 00:26:34,344 They did say tire iron as a possibility. 481 00:26:34,386 --> 00:26:37,138 - MARLON: Someone was so brutal and with force 482 00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:39,182 that it completely cracked the skull 483 00:26:39,224 --> 00:26:42,185 and left actual holes in the skull. 484 00:26:42,227 --> 00:26:45,814 You could tell by looking at injuries, this was personal. 485 00:26:45,855 --> 00:26:48,858 She was beaten until the person couldn't beat anymore. 486 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,320 - NARRATOR: Detectives can't help but notice 487 00:26:52,362 --> 00:26:55,240 the similarities between Kelly's cause of death 488 00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:59,786 and Gino's attack on Dan a few weeks earlier. 489 00:26:59,828 --> 00:27:03,707 - My first thought was Gino must have killed Kelly. 490 00:27:03,748 --> 00:27:05,250 That was my first thought. 491 00:27:07,210 --> 00:27:09,045 - NARRATOR: Detectives rush to meet Gino 492 00:27:09,087 --> 00:27:12,298 at the home he used to share with Kelly. 493 00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:15,051 - TOD: He was very cautiously cooperative. 494 00:27:15,093 --> 00:27:17,679 I think partly due to he probably figured 495 00:27:17,721 --> 00:27:19,055 he was a suspect. 496 00:27:19,097 --> 00:27:20,640 Of course, that makes you very apprehensive 497 00:27:20,682 --> 00:27:22,934 talking to the police, not wanting to say the wrong thing. 498 00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:37,741 - NARRATOR: Gino says he initially found out about 499 00:27:37,782 --> 00:27:40,201 his wife's infidelity from a friend, 500 00:27:40,243 --> 00:27:44,414 who's name is all too familiar to investigators... 501 00:27:44,456 --> 00:27:46,958 - Gino told us that he had been receiving information 502 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,586 from Sheila Trott about his wife's relationship 503 00:27:49,627 --> 00:27:51,379 with Dan Trott. 504 00:27:51,421 --> 00:27:53,798 - KIM: She had written a lot of letters, you know, 505 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,344 "Gino, Kelly's cheating on you with Dan." 506 00:27:57,385 --> 00:28:01,056 And like, I remember one letter Gino even writing back, 507 00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:04,100 "You're crazy, leave me alone." 508 00:28:04,142 --> 00:28:06,436 - He never really looked into 509 00:28:06,478 --> 00:28:09,314 or tried to find out if there was this relationship. 510 00:28:10,607 --> 00:28:12,901 - NARRATOR: According to Gino, he refused to believe 511 00:28:12,942 --> 00:28:15,195 the rumor about his wife and Dan, 512 00:28:15,236 --> 00:28:19,407 until one night in December of 2009. 513 00:28:19,449 --> 00:28:23,912 - Sheila gave information to Gino and just kind 514 00:28:23,953 --> 00:28:27,540 left it as, "If you don't believe me, check for yourself." 515 00:28:27,582 --> 00:28:30,043 Gino was overcome with curiosity, 516 00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:32,170 so he drove to the residence. 517 00:28:38,593 --> 00:28:41,221 - MARLON: Gino, um, found out about the relationship. 518 00:28:41,262 --> 00:28:43,139 And it was shortly after this incident, 519 00:28:43,181 --> 00:28:47,018 Kelly decided to move out of the residence, um, 520 00:28:47,060 --> 00:28:49,771 and she moved in with Stephanie. 521 00:28:49,813 --> 00:28:51,398 - NARRATOR: Gino says that though his jealousy 522 00:28:51,439 --> 00:28:54,651 got the best of him then, he is not responsible 523 00:28:54,693 --> 00:28:57,904 for Kelly's death, and he can prove it. 524 00:29:06,037 --> 00:29:08,164 - TOD: Coming back to town, 525 00:29:08,206 --> 00:29:10,500 he stopped at a couple of different businesses 526 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:12,335 that we could time date-stamp. 527 00:29:18,967 --> 00:29:21,052 - The last time she was known to be alive 528 00:29:21,094 --> 00:29:23,430 was when she talked with her estranged husband Gino 529 00:29:23,471 --> 00:29:25,557 at about 7 o'clock. 530 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:28,435 She was supposed to have been meeting her trainer 531 00:29:28,476 --> 00:29:30,854 at approximately 9 o'clock. 532 00:29:30,895 --> 00:29:34,691 So, it's very likely that the murder occurred 533 00:29:34,733 --> 00:29:37,277 sometime between those points in time. 534 00:29:37,318 --> 00:29:40,196 Police were able to go to that drugstore 535 00:29:40,238 --> 00:29:43,742 and find him on the store surveillance camera 536 00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:45,910 at the time he claimed to have been there. 537 00:29:45,952 --> 00:29:48,830 That store video was the conclusive evidence 538 00:29:48,872 --> 00:29:50,331 that he couldn't have done it. 539 00:29:51,499 --> 00:29:54,044 - NARRATOR: With Kelly's current and former lovers 540 00:29:54,085 --> 00:29:58,548 seemingly in the clear, one suspect remains. 541 00:29:58,590 --> 00:30:01,968 - And now we've got Sheila. Number one on the list. 542 00:30:04,095 --> 00:30:06,181 - NARRATOR: Coming up: a pair of witnesses 543 00:30:06,222 --> 00:30:09,642 finally reveal a gruesome secret. 544 00:30:09,684 --> 00:30:11,728 - KIM: She said she killed Kelly. 545 00:30:11,770 --> 00:30:14,314 They said, "Fine, then let's go, show us.' 546 00:30:14,356 --> 00:30:16,274 - They drove down to Marks Landing, 547 00:30:16,316 --> 00:30:18,693 and she showed them Kelly's body. 548 00:30:33,458 --> 00:30:35,001 - NARRATOR: Detectives investigating 549 00:30:35,043 --> 00:30:37,379 the brutal murder of Kelly Brennan 550 00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:41,049 have zeroed in on her friend Sheila Graham-Trott 551 00:30:41,091 --> 00:30:43,677 as their prime suspect. 552 00:30:45,095 --> 00:30:48,848 - We did try to re-establish contact with- 553 00:30:48,890 --> 00:30:50,141 with Sheila and her boys 554 00:30:50,183 --> 00:30:52,143 to conduct additional interviews, 555 00:30:52,185 --> 00:30:54,354 but at that point they were no longer willing 556 00:30:54,396 --> 00:30:55,563 to speak with us. 557 00:30:57,357 --> 00:30:59,484 - NARRATOR: With Sheila no longer cooperating, 558 00:30:59,526 --> 00:31:02,862 investigators now shift focus to where Kelly 559 00:31:02,904 --> 00:31:04,781 was actually killed. 560 00:31:04,823 --> 00:31:07,409 - The last place that we can figure she must have been, 561 00:31:07,450 --> 00:31:09,411 uh, would have been at Stephanie's house. 562 00:31:09,452 --> 00:31:12,330 Investigators go back to the house again to take a look. 563 00:31:12,372 --> 00:31:16,042 - Stephanie's house, it's several miles from the dumpsite. 564 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:20,046 She has trees that border her front yard 565 00:31:20,088 --> 00:31:21,506 along the roadway. 566 00:31:21,548 --> 00:31:24,134 Right off the bat, we noticed there was tire marks 567 00:31:24,175 --> 00:31:25,885 leading into the grass. 568 00:31:25,927 --> 00:31:27,679 There was like a matted area of the grass, 569 00:31:27,721 --> 00:31:31,182 where it looked like somebody had sprayed a bunch of water. 570 00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:34,561 There were divots in the ground from where 571 00:31:34,602 --> 00:31:37,188 it appeared to be like a hammer striking 572 00:31:37,230 --> 00:31:40,400 and hitting into the dirt. 573 00:31:40,442 --> 00:31:42,527 - That would strongly suggest 574 00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:44,571 that this is where the crime occurred. 575 00:31:45,822 --> 00:31:48,491 Hard to come up with another reasonable explanation of that. 576 00:31:50,493 --> 00:31:52,787 - NARRATOR: Down the street, patrol officers 577 00:31:52,829 --> 00:31:55,123 make another discovery. 578 00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:58,418 - GARY: Kelly's car was found abandoned 579 00:31:58,460 --> 00:32:03,673 in a parking lot of a, uh, condo complex a few miles away. 580 00:32:03,715 --> 00:32:05,550 - MARLON: There was a large amount of blood 581 00:32:05,592 --> 00:32:08,636 in the passenger's side floorboard of the vehicle. 582 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,183 - NARRATOR: With the discovery of Kelly's vehicle, 583 00:32:13,224 --> 00:32:16,144 detectives finally have a theory about what happened 584 00:32:16,186 --> 00:32:19,064 on February 15th. 585 00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:20,940 - MARLON: I believe she made it home from work, 586 00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:22,650 I believe she changed. 587 00:32:22,692 --> 00:32:25,445 She loaded her bicycle in the back of her vehicle. 588 00:32:25,487 --> 00:32:27,947 I think at some point, she was walking back in the house 589 00:32:27,989 --> 00:32:29,699 and her attacker came up from behind her. 590 00:32:31,451 --> 00:32:33,661 Struck her with the first blow, which put her down, 591 00:32:33,703 --> 00:32:35,580 and she didn't have a fighting chance. 592 00:32:37,749 --> 00:32:40,502 The tire tracks at that point assumed to be 593 00:32:40,543 --> 00:32:42,754 Kelly's vehicle being pulled into the yard 594 00:32:42,796 --> 00:32:47,217 so that the attacker could place her into the vehicle. 595 00:32:47,258 --> 00:32:49,135 - This isn't just an accidental shooting 596 00:32:49,177 --> 00:32:50,720 or anything like that, 597 00:32:50,762 --> 00:32:53,890 this was a brutal personal attack on another human being. 598 00:32:56,309 --> 00:32:58,436 - NARRATOR: Detectives canvass the neighborhood 599 00:32:58,478 --> 00:33:00,689 and find one neighbor who remembers 600 00:33:00,730 --> 00:33:04,734 seeing something unusual on February 15th. 601 00:33:04,776 --> 00:33:08,405 - About eight-thirty that night, he described a light-colored 602 00:33:08,446 --> 00:33:12,909 or white vehicle. And Sheila has a white vehicle. 603 00:33:12,951 --> 00:33:14,285 - NARRATOR: According to the neighbor, 604 00:33:14,327 --> 00:33:17,622 he also saw a woman standing in the yard. 605 00:33:17,664 --> 00:33:21,626 - The neighbor who saw someone out in the front yard 606 00:33:21,668 --> 00:33:25,755 at approximately 8:30 described that person 607 00:33:25,797 --> 00:33:30,427 as having blonde hair, which Ms. Graham-Trott does, 608 00:33:30,468 --> 00:33:33,096 and then you have her story to the police, 609 00:33:33,138 --> 00:33:34,848 "I had a dream about all this." 610 00:33:36,516 --> 00:33:38,852 - MARLON: We did a search warrant at Sheila's residence. 611 00:33:38,893 --> 00:33:42,647 We seized her vehicle and one of the pieces of evidence 612 00:33:42,689 --> 00:33:46,484 that we recovered from the vehicle was blood splatter 613 00:33:46,526 --> 00:33:50,572 that was found on the passenger side of her vehicle. 614 00:33:50,613 --> 00:33:53,575 That piece of evidence happened to be the blood 615 00:33:53,616 --> 00:33:55,368 of Kelly Brennan. 616 00:33:56,536 --> 00:33:59,247 Overall, the evidence that we had, 617 00:33:59,289 --> 00:34:00,915 everything led to Sheila. 618 00:34:03,126 --> 00:34:05,795 - NARRATOR: On February 17th, 2010, 619 00:34:05,837 --> 00:34:08,631 a judge issues a warrant for Sheila's arrest 620 00:34:08,673 --> 00:34:11,760 on the charges of 1st degree murder. 621 00:34:14,346 --> 00:34:15,889 - They, like, got her at a corner 622 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:20,226 and came from all directions, and- and pulled the car over. 623 00:34:20,268 --> 00:34:22,395 - MARLON: At that point, she had nothing to say to us. 624 00:34:22,437 --> 00:34:24,105 She didn't ask any questions. 625 00:34:24,147 --> 00:34:27,067 She didn't ask why we were arresting her. 626 00:34:27,108 --> 00:34:28,568 Um, she just remained quiet. 627 00:34:32,655 --> 00:34:34,449 - NARRATOR: As the trial approaches, 628 00:34:34,491 --> 00:34:36,743 prosecutors make one final attempt 629 00:34:36,785 --> 00:34:40,455 to extract information from Sheila's sons. 630 00:34:40,497 --> 00:34:42,165 - MARLON: For a couple of years there- 631 00:34:42,207 --> 00:34:44,167 there was really not much to do but wait 632 00:34:44,209 --> 00:34:46,544 and be prepared for trial. 633 00:34:46,586 --> 00:34:48,672 But at some point prior to the trial, 634 00:34:48,713 --> 00:34:51,716 the state attorney's office subpoenaed the two boys, 635 00:34:51,758 --> 00:34:53,093 Sheila's sons. 636 00:34:53,134 --> 00:34:55,553 And although they were represented by an attorney, 637 00:34:55,595 --> 00:34:57,430 they were given the opportunity 638 00:34:57,472 --> 00:34:59,683 to provide depositions to the state. 639 00:34:59,724 --> 00:35:03,561 - NARRATOR: The boys' lawyer agrees on one condition. 640 00:35:03,603 --> 00:35:05,980 - I was not going to allow them to testify 641 00:35:06,022 --> 00:35:09,943 unless there was immunity given. 642 00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:12,028 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors agree to grant Sheila's sons 643 00:35:12,070 --> 00:35:14,322 full immunity. 644 00:35:14,364 --> 00:35:18,702 On August 26th, 2014, four and a half years 645 00:35:18,743 --> 00:35:20,870 since the murder of Kelly Brennan, 646 00:35:20,912 --> 00:35:25,583 the boys, now aged 21 and 23, finally open up 647 00:35:25,625 --> 00:35:29,129 about their home life and mother. 648 00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:30,797 - During those depositions, 649 00:35:30,839 --> 00:35:33,258 they provided information that Dan is the one 650 00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:34,968 pushing for the divorce. 651 00:35:35,010 --> 00:35:37,679 And although they were going through the divorce, 652 00:35:37,721 --> 00:35:40,765 I don't think she really wanted the divorce. 653 00:35:40,807 --> 00:35:42,350 - BRYNN BRITO: I believe that the boys 654 00:35:42,392 --> 00:35:43,893 had to take care of their mother a lot. 655 00:35:43,935 --> 00:35:45,895 I'm sure that there were a lot of episodes 656 00:35:45,937 --> 00:35:48,398 where the mother was hysterical and crying 657 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,275 over this divorce. 658 00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:51,735 - NARRATOR: The boys tell prosecutors 659 00:35:51,776 --> 00:35:54,446 that once their father began dating Kelly, 660 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:57,323 their mother's behavior became more erratic. 661 00:35:58,366 --> 00:36:00,744 - Deep down, I think she still loved Dan, 662 00:36:00,785 --> 00:36:03,955 and she blamed Kelly for taking Dan away from her. 663 00:36:05,498 --> 00:36:08,168 - KIM: I had been getting weird texts from her. 664 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:09,836 So, she wasn't herself. 665 00:36:13,465 --> 00:36:16,634 - NARRATOR: On the night of February 15th, 2010, 666 00:36:16,676 --> 00:36:19,220 the boys say their mother had spent the day 667 00:36:19,262 --> 00:36:21,931 repainting their home, when she suddenly said 668 00:36:21,973 --> 00:36:23,558 she had to go to Walmart, 669 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,853 and didn't return home until 11 PM. 670 00:36:26,895 --> 00:36:29,022 - TOD: We have now these four and a half hours 671 00:36:29,064 --> 00:36:31,649 that fit into that timeframe of would she be able 672 00:36:31,691 --> 00:36:33,860 to commit a murder, take someone to Marks Landing, 673 00:36:33,902 --> 00:36:36,821 and come back home. She has the time to do it. 674 00:36:36,863 --> 00:36:39,366 - MARLON: She returns home pretty much empty-handed. 675 00:36:39,407 --> 00:36:41,659 She's wearing different clothing. 676 00:36:41,701 --> 00:36:45,997 - BRYNN: The mother was acting completely unhinged 677 00:36:46,039 --> 00:36:48,333 and unmanageable. 678 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:49,959 - KIM: She did tell the boys 679 00:36:50,001 --> 00:36:54,214 that she thought that- that she killed Kelly. 680 00:36:54,255 --> 00:36:57,300 And Graham said to her, "That's crazy, 681 00:36:57,342 --> 00:36:59,010 you didn't kill Kelly." 682 00:36:59,052 --> 00:37:01,179 And she said, "No, I did." 683 00:37:01,221 --> 00:37:03,348 He said, "Then where's the body?" 684 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:05,558 And she told them, "Marks Landing." 685 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,894 So, I don't know which one of the kids it was, 686 00:37:07,936 --> 00:37:11,064 but they said, "Fine, then let's go, show us." 687 00:37:13,483 --> 00:37:15,443 - So, they drove down to Marks Landing 688 00:37:15,485 --> 00:37:19,072 and Sheila showed them Kelly's body. 689 00:37:19,114 --> 00:37:21,533 - GARY: What the sons were confronted with now is, 690 00:37:21,574 --> 00:37:24,452 Mom says this was a dream, but guess what? 691 00:37:24,494 --> 00:37:26,579 It isn't a dream. 692 00:37:26,621 --> 00:37:31,543 - KIM: The thought that the kids saw that up and in real life, 693 00:37:31,584 --> 00:37:33,628 makes me sick to my stomach. 694 00:37:36,339 --> 00:37:37,716 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 695 00:37:37,757 --> 00:37:40,343 just when investigators think the case is closed, 696 00:37:40,385 --> 00:37:44,723 their prime suspect has one final story to tell. 697 00:37:44,764 --> 00:37:47,058 - GARY: While she was sitting in the county jail, 698 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:50,103 she wrote an extensive letter. 699 00:37:50,145 --> 00:37:52,522 And in that letter, she said, 700 00:37:52,564 --> 00:37:55,734 "Oh, my memory has come back to me." 701 00:37:55,775 --> 00:37:57,652 - KIM: She said, "I saw somebody 702 00:37:57,694 --> 00:37:59,904 having a confrontation with her." 703 00:37:59,946 --> 00:38:02,991 - She said, "I saw her get killed out in her front yard." 704 00:38:19,382 --> 00:38:21,926 - NARRATOR: In September of 2014, 705 00:38:21,968 --> 00:38:24,721 Sheila Graham-Trott is given a choice: 706 00:38:24,763 --> 00:38:28,558 force her two sons to endure testifying against her, 707 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,144 or take a plea bargain. 708 00:38:31,186 --> 00:38:33,313 - That plea bargain would have avoided her children 709 00:38:33,355 --> 00:38:35,065 having to testify. 710 00:38:35,106 --> 00:38:38,485 So, if anyone's ever testified in court, 711 00:38:38,526 --> 00:38:40,362 that's pretty traumatic. 712 00:38:40,403 --> 00:38:44,407 And so Ms. Trott could have avoided that for her children, 713 00:38:44,449 --> 00:38:46,618 and she chose not to. 714 00:38:46,659 --> 00:38:48,745 - KIM: Sheila shouldn't have put her kids through all this. 715 00:38:48,787 --> 00:38:50,246 She should've stepped up to the plate, 716 00:38:50,288 --> 00:38:52,123 and she should've told the truth. 717 00:38:56,127 --> 00:38:59,839 - NARRATOR: Instead, Sheila doubles down on her innocence. 718 00:38:59,881 --> 00:39:04,386 On September 3rd, 2014, prosecutors receive a letter 719 00:39:04,427 --> 00:39:07,806 Sheila wrote to her friend, Kim Meriedeth. 720 00:39:07,847 --> 00:39:09,641 - GARY: While she was sitting in the county jail, 721 00:39:09,683 --> 00:39:13,561 she wrote an extensive letter. 722 00:39:13,603 --> 00:39:17,273 And in that letter, she said, 723 00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:20,026 "Oh, my memory has come back to me. 724 00:39:20,068 --> 00:39:22,987 "It turns out that this was not a dream, 725 00:39:23,029 --> 00:39:25,740 that I actually saw Kelly get murdered." 726 00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:31,454 - NARRATOR: In the letter, Sheila claims 727 00:39:31,496 --> 00:39:33,540 she had gone over to Kelly's house that night 728 00:39:33,581 --> 00:39:35,875 to talk to her about Dan. 729 00:39:35,917 --> 00:39:37,502 - She was the kind of person that's like, 730 00:39:37,544 --> 00:39:40,672 "I'm gonna go confront her, I'm going- I'm gonna talk to her." 731 00:39:40,714 --> 00:39:42,716 She said, "I parked around the corner, 732 00:39:42,757 --> 00:39:45,969 "and I walked around and I saw somebody 733 00:39:46,011 --> 00:39:48,096 having a confrontation with her." 734 00:39:49,764 --> 00:39:51,391 - NARRATOR: Sheila claims it was too dark 735 00:39:51,433 --> 00:39:53,727 to see who the other person was, 736 00:39:53,768 --> 00:39:57,313 but she could tell when the man attacked Kelly. 737 00:39:57,355 --> 00:39:59,274 - It had every blow to the head, 738 00:39:59,315 --> 00:40:01,276 it had all this description. 739 00:40:02,444 --> 00:40:05,989 - GARY: She said, "I saw her get killed out in her front yard, 740 00:40:06,031 --> 00:40:11,578 "and then I saw the killer load her body into her vehicle 741 00:40:11,619 --> 00:40:13,329 "and drive her to where it was found, 742 00:40:13,371 --> 00:40:15,040 and I followed them there." 743 00:40:17,167 --> 00:40:19,085 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors believe that Sheila 744 00:40:19,127 --> 00:40:24,174 is actually describing how she carried out Kelly's murder. 745 00:40:24,215 --> 00:40:26,051 - TOD: My view of the letter that Sheila wrote, 746 00:40:26,092 --> 00:40:29,804 when I read it, is it's a confession. 747 00:40:29,846 --> 00:40:33,933 It has so much detail, uh, as far as actions that were taken. 748 00:40:33,975 --> 00:40:36,603 It doesn't make sense that you would watch a crime like this 749 00:40:36,644 --> 00:40:38,688 be committed and then follow the person around 750 00:40:38,730 --> 00:40:40,148 and not call the police. 751 00:40:42,817 --> 00:40:44,778 - NARRATOR: Undeterred by Sheila's letter, 752 00:40:44,819 --> 00:40:49,240 the trial begins in September of 2014. 753 00:40:49,282 --> 00:40:52,452 In their opening arguments, prosecutors tell the jury 754 00:40:52,494 --> 00:40:56,247 they believe Sheila first tried to get Kelly's husband Gino 755 00:40:56,289 --> 00:40:58,708 to end the affair for her. 756 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:01,836 - Sheila figured since she wasn't reaching Dan, 757 00:41:01,878 --> 00:41:05,382 that by letting Gino know of this relationship, 758 00:41:05,423 --> 00:41:08,218 it would cause a disturbance on that side of the relationship 759 00:41:08,259 --> 00:41:12,847 that might be able to pull Kelly away from Dan. 760 00:41:15,016 --> 00:41:17,644 - NARRATOR: When that failed, prosecutors insist 761 00:41:17,686 --> 00:41:21,564 Sheila took matters into her own hands. 762 00:41:21,606 --> 00:41:23,525 - MARLON: So my belief is that originally 763 00:41:23,566 --> 00:41:24,984 she probably went there to confront her, 764 00:41:25,026 --> 00:41:27,821 and I think with all the anger that she had built up, 765 00:41:27,862 --> 00:41:30,824 that it was a crime of opportunity. 766 00:41:30,865 --> 00:41:34,160 Sheila came up behind her, put her down, 767 00:41:34,202 --> 00:41:36,955 and just continued to beat her out of anger. 768 00:41:36,996 --> 00:41:41,251 - She then loaded Kelly's body into Kelly's car, 769 00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:43,003 drove her to where she disposed the body, 770 00:41:43,044 --> 00:41:45,296 then disposed of her, then abandoned Kelly's car. 771 00:41:47,716 --> 00:41:51,678 - LUIGI: Sheila was a classic example of someone 772 00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:56,016 that let jealousy control her and her-- 773 00:41:56,057 --> 00:41:58,810 and she just, uh, just snapped. 774 00:42:01,312 --> 00:42:03,481 - NARRATOR: While prosecutors rely on the testimony 775 00:42:03,523 --> 00:42:06,234 of Sheila's sons to secure their case, 776 00:42:06,276 --> 00:42:09,320 Sheila's defense insists there are other people 777 00:42:09,362 --> 00:42:11,698 who wanted Kelly dead. 778 00:42:11,740 --> 00:42:13,950 - Her attorneys were trying to lean in 779 00:42:13,992 --> 00:42:16,036 to create that reasonable doubt 780 00:42:16,077 --> 00:42:19,581 by presenting as much as they could about Gino. 781 00:42:19,622 --> 00:42:22,542 - NARRATOR: But will the jury believe it? 782 00:42:22,584 --> 00:42:24,586 - GARY: This is a straightforward case. 783 00:42:24,627 --> 00:42:26,880 The verdict came back guilty. 784 00:42:26,921 --> 00:42:29,174 - KIM: There was just too much evidence. 785 00:42:29,215 --> 00:42:31,718 She looked at me a couple times, no emotion. 786 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,929 She didn't cry, she- she- there was no emotion. 787 00:42:37,098 --> 00:42:39,934 - NARRATOR: On September 16th, 2014, 788 00:42:39,976 --> 00:42:42,729 Sheila is sentenced to life in prison 789 00:42:42,771 --> 00:42:45,440 for first-degree premeditated murder. 790 00:42:46,941 --> 00:42:48,568 - GARY: I think she's clearly where she belongs. 791 00:42:48,610 --> 00:42:50,153 She killed somebody. 792 00:42:50,195 --> 00:42:52,781 Um, she did it in a very brutal fashion. 793 00:42:52,822 --> 00:42:55,116 - I believe that when you behave in a manner 794 00:42:55,158 --> 00:42:57,869 that Sheila Trott did that the only answer is life in prison. 795 00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:00,830 - NARRATOR: To those close to the case, 796 00:43:00,872 --> 00:43:05,210 it's a reminder of just how consuming jealousy can be. 797 00:43:06,836 --> 00:43:08,713 - She thought Kelly absolutely betrayed her, 798 00:43:08,755 --> 00:43:10,131 and Kelly did betray her. 799 00:43:10,173 --> 00:43:12,008 But, she didn't deserve to die. 800 00:43:12,050 --> 00:43:13,760 - BRYNN: Something like this 801 00:43:13,802 --> 00:43:18,848 is pure anger and revenge. 802 00:43:18,890 --> 00:43:21,017 And that is the brutality of it all. 803 00:43:21,059 --> 00:43:23,603 And I think that's when people say somebody's evil, 804 00:43:23,645 --> 00:43:25,397 that's what evil is. 805 00:43:28,525 --> 00:43:38,868 - *