- Female narrator: She was a russian bombshell,
And he was an american hero.
Their whirlwind romance overseas would reunite them in the usa.
- Tatiana: He was very, very nice man.
Very respectful, very gentle man.
And she fall in love with him.
- He was in love and she was pregnant.
He was excited about becoming a father.
They bought this big house on five acres next to a winery.
- Narrator: But the life they worked so hard to build
Would end tragically.
- The body looked like it had been dragged.
The clothing was torn. It was shredded.
- We got there, and there was police all over.
- Narrator: As the mystery unfolds, secrets are exposed.
- There's now this love triangle that they have to investigate.
Don't bring your boyfriend and your husband on a cruise
At the same time.
- Narrator: The case would culminate with a sting operation
Worthy of an international spy drama.
- Katherine: It was, like, over a thousand dollars' worth
Of recording equipment that she destroyed.
Basically the world is narrowing for her.
- He could not go up against somebody like that
Because he has a conscience and she doesn't.
- [theme music]
- Narrator: On Sunday, June 30th, 2019,
In the rural town of butler, indiana,
Jon and amy oliver are preparing to attend
A family birthday party.
Amy's son, jason hamrick, and his three young boys,
Who reside four hours away in ohio,
Were also supposed to travel to indiana
To attend the family gathering.
- Amy: One of my great nieces was having a birthday party,
And it was going to be at my mother's.
And he was going to bring the boys down on Sunday.
We were just getting ready to leave the house.
I did call him on Friday, and I didn't get an answer.
And I didn't really worry about it
'cause sometimes when he was working or something like that,
You know, he just didn't have time.
Jason's boys contacted me
And wanted to know if I had seen their dad.
And I said, "well, you guys
Are supposed to be on your way up here".
And they said, well, I seen him on Friday
And his cars are here, but he's not.
- Amy, she ends up texting jason.
She says, "I'm going to call the police in five minutes
If you don't respond". Of course, he doesn't respond.
- Jon: And we just looked at each other,
And we knew right away there was a problem.
- Jon said, "do you want me to call the sheriff?"
And I said, "yes".
- Narrator: Sensing something is wrong,
Amy and jon oliver ask the sheriff in bethel, ohio
To make a welfare check on 42-year-old jason hamrick.
- Jon: These family events were pretty important for jason,
Especially a get-together with a birthday party.
His children would be able to play with a bunch of kids there,
You know, and he wouldn't miss anything like that.
And if he did, you would know.
- Katherine: Immediately alarm bells went off for them.
They picked up what they were doing, hopped in the car,
And took a four-hour drive to get out to jason's house
Because they knew something was wrong.
- Narrator: Born and raised in northern indiana,
Jason hamrick enjoyed an all-american childhood.
- Amy: On the 10th of March, 1977, jason was born,
At 8:20 in the evening.
And he was a big baby.
He grew into be a real easy kid to be around.
He was quiet, pretty shy.
He wasn't a kid that got into a lot of sports
Or anything like that.
But he did enjoy cars, and he liked to learn all about 'em.
- Narrator: Jason's passion for mechanical engineering
Led him to join the air force
After he graduated from high school in 1996.
- Jon: Jason worked as a mechanic on planes
When he first started out in the air force.
He was, you know, basically stationed all over the world.
- Amy: He loved to travel,
And that was one thing he enjoyed about the military.
He went to korea, and he was there for a year.
- Narrator: While in korea, jason found love
Where he never expected it
When he met 23-year-old russian transplant
Angelina vladimirovna.
The two had an instant chemistry,
And jason was enthralled with the blonde bombshell.
- Patricia: Angelina met jason in the air force.
Her father had a night club in south korea.
And she was a cocktail waitress out there, and she met jason.
- Narrator: Angelina was born in russia in 1986,
And she grew up in the town of vladivostok.
The coastal city borders china and north korea.
Her father found an opportunity to open a nightclub in seoul,
Which led angelina to the south korean capital.
- Beautiful girl, very tall, very fashion.
She was little bit quiet, little bit reserve.
- Amy: Jason was infatuated with her.
She was pretty, and funny, and loved to travel.
- Tatiana: She said that he was very, very nice man.
Very respectful, very gentle man.
And she fall in love with him.
- Narrator: The couple had what could only be described
As a whirlwind romance.
But in early 2009, jason's overseas tour ended,
And so did the fun.
- They both go back to their respective country.
She goes back russia. He goes back to north carolina.
- Narrator: But the two had fallen in love.
And over the phone, jason asked angelina
To come to america to be with him, and she agreed.
- Amy: He was in love.
And as soon as he got back to the states,
He did start proceedings, you know,
To how to get her over here.
- Narrator: And what's more, angelina revealed news
That jason hadn't anticipated.
- Amy: She was pregnant.
He was excited about, uh, becoming a father.
It was kind of hard on him because he was so far away.
- Narrator: Unable to make it to the states in time
For jason to be present for the birth of their son,
Angelina delivered their first child in russia
In November of 2009.
- Amy: She came over in March.
And it wasn't long after that that they got married.
And, and then she stayed over here.
- Narrator: Once in the states,
Angelina traded in her blonde locks for her natural brown hair
As she settled into her new role as an american mom.
The military family bounced around the us
For the next several years and welcomed two more sons.
In 2015, jason was stationed
At an air force recruiting office in cincinnati.
Forty miles away, in bethel, ohio,
They found their dream home.
- Patricia: It was just beautiful.
A full deck in the backyard with a in-ground pool.
It was just a very, very pretty two-story house.
- Narrator: Despite outward appearances,
Settling in small-town ohio
Wasn't an easy transition for angelina.
- Narrator: Angelina's sense of isolation,
Paired with jason's military travel,
Caused a rift in the marriage.
That's when jason made the decision to give up the career
He'd worked so hard for to focus on his family.
- Jason was actually looking to retire
From the united states air force
And start a snap-on tools truck business.
- Narrator: In January of 2018, angelina convinced jason
That a trip could put the spark back into their marriage.
- Jon: They were having problems.
And amy and I went down to bethel to babysit the kids.
And they went on a cruise with another couple.
- Narrator: Joining the hamricks was another air force couple--
32-year-old michael "drew" clark and his wife.
Michael worked with jason as a recruiter in cincinnati,
And the two had become friends.
But when the hamricks returned from the cruise,
It was clear to both jason and angelina
That the marriage was over.
- I think it was in March of 2018, he filed for divorce.
- Narrator: The couple agreed to do
What was in the best interest of their three young boys
And decided to live under the same roof,
Albeit in separate bedrooms.
- Jon: Jason was a good father
And he was interested into helping take care of 'em.
And he really wanted the best for 'em.
- Narrator: Over the next year, the situation seemed stable.
But on June 30th, 2019, everything changed.
After being contacted by jason's mother, amy oliver,
Deputies from the clermont county sheriff's office
Soon arrive at the hamricks' home.
- Mike: Angelina hamrick allowed them to enter the home,
And, um, they expressed why they were there.
- Narrator: Having not yet spoken to jason's parents,
Angelina seems surprised to learn
That jason is feared missing.
- Bj: She said that even though
They were staying in the same house,
They both came and went as they chose.
- Katherine: Angelina told the officers
The last time she had seen him was on Friday evening.
That she took the boys out to get pizza.
When she came home, she didn't see him.
But she assumed that he was asleep in his bedroom,
Because at that point, they had separate bedrooms.
- Narrator: As deputies continue
Their conversation with angelina,
One steps away to see if jason's recruitment office
Has heard from him,
And they offer up a disturbing lead.
- Bj: Officers on scene spoke to
One of the people he worked with at his recruiting station.
And in that conversation, they were concerned
That jason may have even been suicidal.
- Narrator: Coming up--
Fears mount about the serviceman
When they discover something else missing.
- Mike: They did discover a empty gun handgun box--
A .9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun.
And the whereabouts of that gun were unknown.
- Narrator: But a blunt admission sets the investigation
On a new course.
- [theme music]
- Narrator: Concerns are mounting in bethel, ohio,
Regarding the whereabouts of
42-year-old air force tech sergeant
Jason hamrick.
Missing for two days,
Allegations have surfaced that the serviceman may be in danger.
- Bj: Deputies on the scene spoke to jason's commander
At the air force.
Things that he said about jason's mindset,
It led me to believe that
Jason may have been suicidal at that point
Because of what was going on in the relationship.
Jason's vehicle was still at the house,
So we knew that he either got picked up by a friend
Or he left on his own, on foot.
- Katherine: Given the fact he's going through this divorce,
And his marriage is over,
Jason possibly being suicidal
Was something that the missing persons' report officers
Considered and something they looked at.
- Narrator: Jason's 33-year-old estranged wife, angelina,
Reiterates that it wasn't unusual for her
Not to see or speak to jason for days.
- Katherine: Her representations of
The relationship was we might live in the same house,
But I don't know where he goes, he doesn't know where I go.
- Narrator: While the clermont county deputies hunt for jason,
Angelina consents to a search of the home.
- Bj: She was very cooperative.
She allowed them to check the, the property.
There was no indications of any foul play.
It was well kept, it was clean.
There weren't any obvious stains.
There weren't any indications of a struggle.
- Narrator: Though jason's car is accounted for,
His phone is not.
And there's something else missing.
- Mike: They did discover a empty gun handgun box--
A .9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun.
And the whereabouts of that gun were unknown.
- Narrator: Hoping to spare the children
From the police presence,
Jason's mother and stepfather arrive from indiana.
- They were probably only at the house for 15 or 20 minutes
To pick up the boys.
At that point, they knew that something horrible had happened.
- Narrator: At 7:48 pm, the family's fears come true,
When the sheriff's office receives a 911 call
From a neighbor of the hamricks'.
- He and his wife lived about half a mile away
From the hamricks on the same road,
Swings corner point, isabel road.
- They were away, running errands,
And on their return, they looked over to the side
And observed something in the ditch line.
- After we received a 911 call, I responded to that scene.
- [siren wailing]
- The body was face up and it was clothed.
But what got our attention was
That the body was covered with grass clippings.
- Bj: Based on the size of the body,
And the deceased didn't have any hair, uh,
We were pretty confident that the physical descriptions we had
Were consistent with jason hamrick.
- Narrator: Investigators brush off the grass
To reveal the source of their victim's injuries.
- Mike: Grass clippings were placed on top of the face,
Over the torso, the legs.
There was no question in our minds that, uh,
Someone was trying to cover up or conceal the body.
We discovered what appeared to be, uh, a head wound.
We suspected it to be a gunshot.
- Bj: There was no weapon in sight.
Not seeing a weapon, that would eliminate self-harm.
I was pretty confident we had a murder on our hands.
- Narrator: Detectives find evidence that suggests
How the body got there to begin with.
- The clothing was in, uh--was torn.
It was, uh, shredded.
So we discovered that the body looked like it had been dragged.
We knew that if his body had been dragged there or shot,
That we may have a second crime scene.
- Narrator: Jason hamrick's body is taken to
The clermont county medical examiner's office,
While detectives scour the scene for trace evidence.
- Once we completed, uh, our investigation
At the body location,
We traveled up half a mile to the hamrick residence.
- They tell angelina, "hey, we'd like for you to come down
To the sheriff's office for an interview," and she agrees.
- Narrator: Once at the station, investigators notify angelina
They've found what they believe to be the body of her husband.
But her response seems strange to police.
- She refuses to identify the body.
Angelina hamrick tells the police that she's squeamish.
- Narrator: Angelina then shares her whereabouts
The night jason disappeared.
- She told me that they were outside,
And they were having a bonfire.
And then at some point, jason went inside the residence.
She told me that she last saw jason around 9 pm.
She claimed he was sleeping on the couch.
And at that point, she had taken the boys to go get pizza.
- Narrator: After that, angelina claims
She didn't bother to check on him
And reaffirms she had no idea he was missing.
- Bj: She was cooperative. When we asked her for things,
Such as her credit card to verify
That she had made a pizza purchase,
She offered up that information readily.
She even provided a receipt.
- Narrator: Then, out of nowhere,
Angelina drops a bombshell.
- Katherine: Angelina and michael clark,
Whom she refers to as drew,
Began their affair in October of 2017.
They basically meet at one of jason's work functions,
They get drunk, and they have sex.
And their relationship starts from there.
- Narrator: Angelina admits they continued their affair
Ever since that initial encounter.
- Narrator: Detectives now consider the theory that,
Even though michael "drew" clark was technically still married,
He may have had a jealous motive to commit murder.
Detectives let angelina go
And shift focus to their new person of interest,
Michael "drew" clark.
- Bj: Once she mentions that she's having an affair,
That's important information
Because that would give someone else a motive, uh,
To commit this crime or to hurt jason.
- Narrator: Coming up--
Detectives find evidence
That puts jason's murder close to home.
- Mike: When we took the tarp and we--we spread it out,
There had been a large void cut out of this tarp.
Large enough for a body to be placed in.
- Narrator: And a mother's desperation
May have led to madness.
- Patricia: She said to me that night,
"the courts are really giving me no choice
"but to either take the kids and go back to russia
Or to kill him."
- [theme music]
- Narrator: Hours after a body is found
That's presumed to be that of air force officer jason hamrick,
Dental records prove what the family had feared.
- They actually do confirm that it's jason's body.
- Narrator: They also discover that the bullet that entered
The top of his head lodged in his jaw
And was a .9-millimeter,
The same caliber as the gun missing from the hamrick home.
Investigators begin to look into
Angelina hamrick's confessed lover.
- Bj: She admitted to me that she was having an affair
With one of jason's former co-workers,
A man named michael andrew clark.
Immediately after, we put out a bolo.
- Narrator: While police search for michael,
Who now lives in texas,
Authorities call jason's family in butler, indiana
To give them the tragic news.
- Amy: This kind of sounds awful.
It was a relief.
I was so afraid we would never know what happened to him.
- Narrator: The following morning,
Investigators make the four-hour drive to speak with
Jason hamrick's mother, stepfather,
And three children in person.
Detectives ask the olivers about the affair
Between angelina and michael "drew" clark.
- Amy: He told my mother that he thought
She was having an affair.
And actually my mother is the one that told me.
- Narrator: The olivers share that jason believed
The affair began in 2017, before the couple had separated.
And apparently, even though michael had been re-stationed
In texas, angelina devised a plan to keep their affair going.
- Katherine: In January of 2018, angelina and michael
Decide it's a great idea to go on a cruise
With their two spouses and each other.
So all four of them go on a cruise together.
- Amy: And they weren't gone very long,
And jason called and said, "I'm coming home.
Can you pick me up at the airport?"
And I believe that's when he found out
She was having the affair.
- Don't bring your boyfriend and your husband on a cruise
At the same time.
- Amy: In March of 2018,
He, uh, filed for divorce.
And then that's when things really got wicked.
At the beginning, they both were allowed to live in the house.
But she went to the courts and said he was disruptive,
And so they made him leave.
- Narrator: Jason was forced to move out.
And for the next year, he agonized over not being able to
Be with his boys every day.
- She had custody of the children
And was living in the house.
So then he was kind of living in small apartments,
Hotel rooms, whatever.
- Narrator: At the same time, jason was ordered
To pay angelina $1700 a month
For child support.
- They had all this money set back and ready for retirement.
And it all went to the divorce.
So he was just emotionally a wreck.
- Narrator: But things changed in February of 2019,
When jason learned from his young children
They were often alone for hours at a time.
- Angelina would uber at nights,
And she would leave her children alone
While she was out "uber-ing".
- Katherine: That became an issue in the divorce
And is actually the main reason why
The custody switched back to jason,
And jason got residency of the marital residence again.
- Bj: She didn't have a steady job.
She wasn't able to make it without getting some kind of
Financial support from jason.
- She was sleeping in her car.
And jason said, "I ca-- I can't let her do that.
I just can't let that go on".
- Narrator: Despite the rocky custody battle,
Jason was determined to create a stable home for his boys,
Ages 10, 7, and 2.
- Amy: Jason went ahead and let her come back.
And there was an extra room in the house anyway.
- Narrator: Investigators next speak to
The two eldest hamrick boys.
They recall sitting around the bonfire at 9:30 pm
And hearing a loud noise when their parents were inside.
But with it being so close to the 4th of July,
They assumed it was a firecracker.
- Brett: The middle child, who was seven at the time,
He was thirsty.
They were sitting at the bonfire for, like,
An hour or two at that point,
And he wanted to go get some water.
So he goes up toward the sliding glass door of the house.
- Robert: What he sees in that moment
Is his father laying on the couch, seemingly asleep,
With a blanket or a pillow covering up his face.
- His mom wouldn't let him go inside
To get that glass of water.
She told him she would get it.
- So he saw it.
I think he just didn't realize it until, you know,
When he put it all together
That he was probably dead at that time.
- Narrator: The boys say after their mom
Took them to get pizza,
They came home, ate, and went to bed.
They never went downstairs to check on their dad
And never saw him again.
Could jason have been killed
While the boys were right outside the house?
Back in bethel, ohio, a warranted search is underway
At the hamricks' home to find proof.
- Mike: As we were walking around the rear of the deck, uh,
Behind the pool,
There was a large, uh, pool covering--
A tarp, if you will--
Just bundled up, rolled up behind the decking.
When we took the tarp and we spread it out,
There had been a large void cut out of this tarp.
Large enough for a body to be placed in.
We never did find the missing tarp.
But as we continued combing through grass
Along the roadway,
We discovered more, uh, fabric of what we suspected to be, uh,
Tarp fragments.
Not only that, we discovered blue jean material.
- Narrator: The fragments of fabric are found on the road
Exiting the hamrick property.
- Robert: Because of where the fragments were located,
That gave the investigators an idea
That there may have been some sort of mechanism used
To drag the body down the roadway.
- Narrator: The evidence outside suggests the murder
Was committed inside.
- One would think that, you know,
Somebody shot in the head
Would create and produce a lot of blood.
When we were at the scene, we didn't see that.
- Narrator: But the naked eye can only see so much.
Police call in a forensics team to search for blood residue,
But are forced to wait until a team can be dispatched
From cincinnati.
During their canvass of the area,
Police question neighbor and winery owner pat hornak.
And she shares a chilling last encounter with angelina
On the evening of June 28th.
- Patricia: It was a Friday evening, a busy evening.
And angelina came over and went up to the tasting bar.
I had gone over to her and said,
"you look really sad. What's going on?"
And she started about how he has the courts on his side.
- Narrator: Pat's story paints a picture of a woman embroiled
In a bitter custody dispute.
- Patricia: She said to me that night,
"the courts are really giving me no choice
"but to either take the kids and go back to russia
Or to kill him".
And I remember my immediate response was,
"angelina, that's not the answer."
Then she left after that.
It was probably 8 o'clock.
- Narrator: Coming up--
A person of interest becomes a potential ally
For law enforcement.
- Narrator: And detectives shine a new light
On the evidence.
- Mike: It literally lit up like a christmas tree.
Right then and there, we knew
Where jason hamrick had been murdered.
- [theme music]
- Narrator: On July 1st, 2019,
Two days after the body of jason hamrick is found,
Bethel law enforcement suspect his estranged wife,
Angelina, committed the crime.
On the same day, investigators make contact
With air force tech sergeant michael "drew" clark
To inform him of his former coworker's death.
- Katherine: He lives in texas,
So the officers called michael clark.
He answers the phone and talks to sergeant boerger
And immediately confirms, yes,
Angelina and I are having this affair.
- Bj: He was very forthcoming,
And he even went on to tell me that he and angelina
Had discussed killing jason numerous times.
- She discussed shooting him. She discussed stabbing him.
She discussed poisoning him.
- Narrator: Michael claims he didn't think
Angelina was serious, so he played along.
And he is adamant he was nowhere near the hamrick house
The weekend of jason's death.
He says the last time he visited ohio was two weeks earlier.
Based on cell phone records, police believe him.
- His whereabouts, we confirmed, were in the state of texas
At the time of jason hamrick's murder.
- I asked if he'd be willing to
Record conversations with angelina to get any information.
And he said he was willing to do so.
- Narrator: Michael's desire to further prove his innocence
Leads detectives to get a wire tap up and running
And record the couple's call.
- Katherine: What you hear in those conversations is that
She has no concern about jason.
She doesn't care, and in fact, her comments are,
Well, I don't know what the divorce court's doing
Because now the other parent's dead,
So I should just have custody.
- Narrator: The recorded conversations fail to capture
Angelina confessing to jason's murder,
But something she says gives investigators an idea.
- Angelina had been asking drew to come to ohio to be with her.
It was decided that we would get a rental car, recording devices,
And rent a hotel room for drew
So that he could have some privacy with angelina
In hopes that we could get statements from her recorded.
- Katherine: So July 4th, michael clark
Flies into cincinnati to assist with this sting operation.
The plan was for them to go out to dinner
And then go to a hotel room in the area.
- There were several detectives that were on scene at the hotel
To be close by in case something happened.
- But as soon as angelina saw michael drew clark,
She started touching his body everywhere
To see if he had bugs on him, like wires.
- She is acting suspicious of him basically right away.
- Narrator: When the couple arrives at the hotel,
The sting operation implodes.
- Katherine: After about an hour or so, michael freaks out,
Leaves the room, says, "I'm not doing it anymore".
- Bj: While he was out of the room,
Angelina actually destroyed two of the cameras.
- Katherine: It was, like, over a thousand dollars' worth
Of recording equipment that she destroyed
And, you know, wrote a lovely little letter.
- They came across a note left behind that said
"all americans are [bleep]."
- Narrator: With the sting a bust,
Detectives confront michael "drew" clark.
- Bj: It was pretty evident to me that he had told angelina
That they were being recorded,
That we had set this up, even though he denied it.
- [siren wailing]
- Katherine: They take him back to the sheriff's office.
He agrees at that point to take a polygraph examination.
While they're there doing that,
Angelina shows up at the sheriff's office.
- Mike: I didn't have an interview room,
Since mr. Clark was in our interview room.
So I chose to speak with her in the lobby.
I simply put a voice recorder in my pocket
And just began talking with her.
- Narrator: Angelina is allowed to leave as her lover,
Michael "drew" clark, agrees to a polygraph test.
- Bj: During the polygraph examination, drew was asked,
"do you know for sure who killed jason hamrick?"
And he responded, "no".
And the result was that he was not telling the truth.
- They confront him with the fact
That he failed the polygraph, and he just sort of collapses.
- Bj: He then admitted that he received a phone call
From angelina Friday night, and she told him, "I did it".
- Narrator: According to michael,
Angelina said she had found the key to the safe
Where jason kept his .9-millimeter handgun.
- Bj: Angelina told him that she had done it
While jason was sleeping on the couch,
And that there was a large mess.
- Katherine: He tells her to get rid of the body.
She tells him, I'm gonna go take the boys to get pizza,
And then I'm gonna take care of this.
- Bj: Michael clark was taken into custody
After taking the polygraph.
At that point, it was evident that he had lied to us
About his knowledge about the murder.
And we did charge drew with
Conspiracy to commit aggravated murder.
- Narrator: The next morning, police arrive
At the hamrick home and place angelina under arrest.
- Katherine: Angelina was charged the next morning
On July 6th, 2019, for aggravated murder.
- Narrator: As angelina sits behind bars,
Detectives get word
That the forensics team has made a startling discovery.
- In this particular case,
They utilized what's called bluestar.
It's a chemical reactive agent
That can react to hemoglobin in blood,
Whether that's active blood or blood that has been cleaned up.
- Mike: In the area of where we believe jason hamrick was shot
As he laid on the couch, we sprayed the floor,
And it literally lit up like a christmas tree.
Right then and there, we confirmed
Where jason hamrick had been murdered.
- Narrator: Coming up--
Angelina's premeditation is on full display.
- Katherine: Eleven days before the murder,
She was googling about poison.
Doing a string of searches
About how to illegally get children over to russia.
- She either had to take the kids and flee
Without him knowing and without his permission, or kill him.
- [gunshot]
- [theme music]
- Narrator: On July 6th, 2019,
Angelina hamrick and her lover, michael "drew" clark,
Both sit in jail for the murder of jason hamrick,
With angelina believed to be the shooter.
- Bj: Michael clark lied to us about his knowledge
About the murder and his prior discussions with angelina.
But we were pretty confident
That he wasn't physically in ohio to help commit the murder.
- Narrator: For her part,
A search of angelina's internet activity
In the weeks leading up to the murder
Showed a clear level of premeditation.
- On June 17th, 2019, so 11 days before the murder,
She was googling about poison.
Then actually, the day of the murder, June 28th, 2019,
She is on her phone doing a string of searches
About how to illegally get children over to russia.
They've got a divorce hearing in a few days,
And basically the world is narrowing for her.
- She either had to take the kids and flee
Without him knowing and without his permission, or kill him.
- Narrator: Investigators believe angelina
Put her plan into motion on the night of June 28th.
- She leaves the winery around 8 pm.
She starts a bonfire in the backyard with her sons,
And jason goes inside the house.
She left th--the bonfire at some point that night
And goes inside the house.
She goes upstairs, she gets the gun,
And she comes downstairs.
And she shot him in the head
While he was laying on the couch.
- [gunshot]
- Katherine: She basically covered him up temporarily
With some blankets and pillows.
She takes the boys out to get pizza.
She picks up the pizza, they go home, they eat.
She puts the boys to bed like nothing happened.
- Narrator: Michael "drew" clark's confession
Helps authorities theorize what happened next.
- Katherine: She cuts out a section of the pool tarp.
She rolls his body onto the pool tarp,
Attached his body to the back of the van,
Drove him down the road,
Either as far as she could get him
Or as far as she dared.
- I believe she used the grass clippings
To try to conceal his body.
And then angelina had taken several hours
To clean up as best she could.
- Narrator: Prosecutors also assume jason's phone and the gun
Were disposed of under the cover of night.
- They don't have the murder weapon.
But you can paint this picture that that living room
Was filled with blood, somebody cleaned it,
And she was the only one there.
- Narrator: In July of 2019, an ohio grand jury
Hears the charges against angelina hamrick
And michael "drew" clark.
And michael catches a break.
- Katherine: We did present conspiracy
To commit aggravated murder.
They declined to indict michael clark for those charges
And instead indicted him on obstructing justice.
And that was based on his lies to law enforcement.
- Narrator: In exchange for his testimony against angelina,
Michael "drew" clark is sentenced to six months in jail.
Angelina is indicted for first degree murder,
With michael as the state's star witness.
After several covid-related delays,
Angelina's trial concludes on April 29th, 2021.
It takes a jury less than two hours to reach a verdict.
- Angelina hamrick was sentenced
By the court of common pleas to a 30-year to life sentence.
- Amy: It was such relief.
You know, the satisfaction is...
Is the justice that was done.
- Narrator: But for a family that has lost so much,
The verdict comes as cold comfort.
- It's a sad, sad situation, the whole thing.
And the kids are the ones that are gonna be suffering for it.
- Amy: I would want him to know how proud I was of him.
I don't know if there was anything he could have done
Differently when it came to her.
He could not go up against somebody like that,
Because he has a conscience.
And--and she doesn't.
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