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[female narrator] in the heart
of the bible belt,
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A tip leads to a horrific
discovery.
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I'm thinking, "how terrible of a
crime do I have here
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"in garvin county?"
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They take off one of the lids
and they see body parts.
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[narrator] police land on a
suspect
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With a harrowing account.
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He said they broke into his
home.
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He just, you know, blew the
door open.
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He said he was this biker guy
that was dangerous
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And just a bad dude.
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[narrator] but with time,
investigators uncover
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The dark truth behind this
gruesome vendetta.
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More and more evil and more evil
and evil things
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Started coming up.
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She could approach a man and be
very sultry.
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She'd get quick results.
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She had him wrapped around her
little finger.
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He'll do anything that she
asked.
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She just waited and waited until
it was her time to strike.
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[music]
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[narrator] a little south of
oklahoma city,
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Garvin county is the kind of
place where folks take pride
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In their small-town values.
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Garvin county, oklahoma is the
little hole on the belt
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Of the buckle of the bible belt.
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We do our best to be
hardworking, honest,
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Handshake agreement, you know,
devout and law abiding.
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[narrator] but on August 8th,
2012, garvin county sheriff
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Larry rhodes gets a phone call
from the oklahoma bureau
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Of investigation that they have
received a disturbing tip
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From a local man, 31-year-old
van enblum.
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Van disclosed that he, um, had
seen what he thought
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Was the disposing of a murdered
body.
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[narrator] investigators with
the osbi and sheriff rhodes
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Convene in an emergency meeting
with van the sole focus.
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Van tells them that the night
before,
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His childhood best friend calle
him with a chilling request.
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[larry] van enblum said that he
was called over to help
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Dispose of a body.
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[tara] he originally thought the
friend was joking around
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Until he walked into the home
and saw the buckets,
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And saw blood running down one
of the buckets.
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He was presented with five
five-gallon buckets
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And a dog kennel, the dog kennel
was covered with a tarp.
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[narrator] van tells
investigators that
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When he realized what he was
looking at, he froze.
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It was a dismembered body.
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[narrator] in a state of shock,
van helped load the buckets
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And dog crate into his friend's
truck.
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But once he realized that he wa
now an accessory,
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He took a stand.
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Van finally says, you know, "I
can't do this.
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"you're just gonna have to take
me home,
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"you're gonna have to figure
this out on your own."
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And so he goes home.
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[narrator] once home, van
couldn't shake
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What he had just witnessed.
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It was within 24 hours that van
went to one of our local
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Defense attorneys here in garvin
county and said, you know,
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"I don't know what to do, but
here's what's happened."
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Van disclosed that he had seen
what he thought was
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The disposing of a murdered
body.
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He made the right decision that
he wanted no part of this
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And to come forward.
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So he was treated as a witness
in this case.
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[narrator] van names the killer
as 30-year-old justin hammer.
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Authorities press van for the
identity of the victim,
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And while he can't be sure, he
believes it was a man
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Named brandon duran.
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[tara] he knew that there was
bad blood
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Between justin and brandon.
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He's like, "well, justin's
finally done it,
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"he's finally killed brandon."
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So that's how it got found out
that brandon duran
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Was the potential victim.
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Brandon duran was not from
garvin county,
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He was from california.
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[narrator] investigators reach
out to brandon's friends
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And family.
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They quickly learn that no one
has heard from him
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Nor his ex-wife, amber andrews,
in five days.
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[tara] brandon and amber had
gone to oklahoma,
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They were at her parents' house.
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And so little brando was with
them too.
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[cynthia] I didn't hear
from him on the road
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When he went to oklahoma
for four or five days,
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Which was unusual
because my son always had
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His phone on him.
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[narrator] born in 1980
in san diego, california,
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Brandon duran had an adventurou
spirit from the start.
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[cynthia] brandon loved san
diego, there's lots of places
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That kids can just be kids.
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You know, there's fields and
there's horses
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And there's places they can
skateboard
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And ride their bikes.
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[narrator] brandon's parents
divorced while he was young,
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With his mom living in san dieg
and his dad in new mexico.
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However, they remained dedicate
to their son.
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We tried to give him the best of
both worlds.
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[narrator] when brandon was in
new mexico, his father shared
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His lifelong passion with his
son.
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[garrett] he started working on
motorcycles with his dad
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At a young age.
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Every time he would see his dad,
he would help him
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Work on his bike.
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His father had been a member of
the bandidos motorcycle club.
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[garrett] he wanted to be
just like his dad.
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And he was really successful at
that.
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[narrator] by the time brandon
was 25, he was successful enoug
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To make an enduring dream come
true.
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He got his own custom flyrite
chopper.
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[alfonso] it was an amazing,
beautiful motorcycle.
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He had his leather seat with hi
name stitched on it.
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He had this big trailer he
would, you know, cart around
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His motorcycle.
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He wouldn't leave his motorcycl
anywhere.
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[narrator] but in April of 2005,
tragedy struck
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When 25-year-old brandon lost
his father.
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[garrett] his dad went in
for a liver biopsy
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And he just didn't make it.
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[cynthia] it was very difficult
for brandon to lose his father.
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They were very close,
and it was devastating for him.
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[narrator] still reeling and in
need of a fresh start,
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Brandon loaded up his bike and
moved to vegas.
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There he started spending time
with the local chapter
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Of the bandidos.
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[man laughing]
[man] brando, lift 'em up.
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It broke him, definitely,
'cause his dad was his hero.
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[garrett] my brother wasn't a
member of
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The bandidos motorcycle club,
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But the club saw how it
devastated my brother.
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I think that's why they had a
soft spot,
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Besides the fact that he was a
legacy,
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That they allowed him to hang
out with them.
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[narrator] less than a year
after his dad's death,
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Brandon found a distraction fro
his grief when he met
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24-year-old tattoo artist amber
andrews.
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Brandon had met amber on a
motorcycle run to red river.
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Brandon really was smitten with
amber because she was beautiful
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She was attractive,
tattoos, the way she dressed.
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It was just right up brandon's
alley.
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[narrator] within a few months,
the two married in las vegas
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And the wedding was fashioned
after their own
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Rebellious tastes, complete wit
the date of June 6th, 2006,
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6-6-6.
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As a local minister, and the
authority given to me
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By the state of nevada, it is my
honor and privilege
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To announce to you as husband
and wife.
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Brandon, you may now kiss your
beautiful bride.
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-Congratulations.
-[people cheering and clapping]
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[narrator] soon after, on
December 15th, 2006,
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Their son brando was born in th
heart of sin city.
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[cynthia] brandon got it.
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He knew the most important
things as to being a father.
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[narrator] but four years into
their marriage,
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It became clear that while
brandon embraced family life,
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Amber struggled to settle down.
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She would go out at all hours of
the night
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And that ultimately led to thei
divorce.
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[garrett] brandon is granted
full custody.
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The reason my brother got
custody is because
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He was a responsible person.
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He had a full-time job,
well paid, he had a vehicle,
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He had all his ducks in a row.
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[narrator] following the
divorce, in 2010,
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Amber moved back to her hometow
of meeker, oklahoma.
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Brandon also decided to leave
vegas.
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And that's when he came back to
san diego.
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I think he was at first living
with cindy, brandon's mom.
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[narrator] in the summer of
2012, after being apart
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From brando and brandon for a
year, amber showed up
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In san diego hoping to put the
past behind them.
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[alfonso]
she said, "I want you back.
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"I just, I want that life that
we initially had."
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He loved his wife and he wanted
his family unit together.
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[narrator] the couple decided to
make their fresh start
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In san diego, but amber asked
for one favor
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Before their son started school
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She was like, "can we just take
brando back to oklahoma
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"to see my family before he
starts kindergarten?"
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[narrator] brandon agreed.
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He had this trailer that he
pulled his motorcycle in
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And loaded up and was on his wa
to oklahoma.
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They were only supposed to be
gone for a week.
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And they went, and my son never
came back.
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[narrator] now, nearly a week
after the young family
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Left california, a man named
van enblem sits before police
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Claiming his friend justin
hammer may have killed brandon.
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Van enblem didn't believe that
happened until he saw it
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With his own eyes, and that's
when he freaked out.
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With the passage of time
and the potential for someone
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To be altering a crime scene,
that was very important to us
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To act quickly.
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[narrator] with such an
extraordinarily violent crime
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Being reported, investigators
prioritize
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Finding justin hammer.
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[tara] they wanted to get him in
custody.
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He's obviously a danger to the
community.
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[narrator] coming up,
authorities get one side
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Of the story.
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He had stated that brandon broke
into his home.
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[narrator] and learn of a love
triangle with a dangerous twist
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[tara] he said that brandon had
made threats that he would
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Essentially have the bandidos
take care of him.
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[music]
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[narrator] August 8th, 2012.
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Acting on a tip from van enblem
garvin county investigators
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Believe 30-year-old justin
hammer may have committed
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A grisly murder.
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Investigators ask van to help
them bring justin in.
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They had van call him as a ruse
to set up a time to get together
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So that they could hang out.
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And while they were doing that,
the police were following him,
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And when he got to a stop sign,
they surrounded him.
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[larry] when we pulled him over
that night at 1:30 am
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Justin was very quiet.
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Strangely enough, you know,
it's almost like, I felt like
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Justin thought, "I'm caught."
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[narrator] under questioning,
police press justin
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For the name of his victim.
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Justin quickly admits it was
brandon duran,
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Just as van had suspected.
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But he says he didn't want to
kill brandon, he was forced to.
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[narrator] justin says around
6 pm the day before,
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Brandon showed up to his house
to deliver a message.
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[narrator] when detectives ask
what motivated brandon's threat
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Justin reveals a mutual
connection between them.
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[larry] brandon duran is the
ex-husband of amber andrews.
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After their breakup, amber and
justin hammer began
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A relationship.
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He had stated that when brandon
broke into his home,
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Brandon said, "amber is with me
she's gonna be with me,
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"we're gonna be a family and,
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"you know, you're basically
done."
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[narrator] justin claims he and
amber have seen each other
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On and off for the past couple
of months,
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And brandon was insanely
jealous.
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Justin said brandon had made
threats to him
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That if he didn't leave him and
amber alone,
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That he would essentially have
the bandidos motorcycle club
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Take care of him.
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[narrator] he says that when
brandon showed up threatening
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To sic a notorious biker gang
on him, he panicked.
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[narrator] justin claims once he
realized what he had done,
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The fear of retribution from th
bandidos forced him
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To conceal the shooting.
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[shannon] the bandidos are
a one-percenter gang.
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They're considered from the
american motorcycle association
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The one percent that is the
criminal element.
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Justin hammer had told the osbi
investigator
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He feared brandon duran.
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Justin said he was using what
they call a saws-all blade
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To cut his body into pieces and
put into the paint buckets
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And dog crate.
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[narrator] according to justin,
van helped him load the remains
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Into his truck, but that's when
van panicked and left.
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Justin then drove to a pond on
the backside of his property,
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Where he dumped the buckets and
dog crate.
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He put him in concrete in the
buckets, hoping
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That the concrete would set up
and just completely sink
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The buckets to the bottom of th
pond.
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[narrator] he also got rid of
brandon's beloved motorcycle.
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He had contacted a family
member of his
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And asked him if he wanted the
parts to a motorcycle.
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And the family member came and
got the motorcycle.
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[narrator] justin is placed in
lock-up as a team is dispatched
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To his property to recover the
remains of brandon duran.
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As for the source of the men's
rivalry,
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Another team of officers find
amber andrews and her son
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Safe at her mother's house in
meeker, oklahoma,
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99 miles from where brandon was
killed.
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Amber is visibly shocked to
learn
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That the father of her child is
dead.
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She said that she had, um, been
with him,
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That they were contemplating
getting back together
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And that she was upset.
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[narrator] amber admits that the
reconciliation had been bumpy
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Because she hadn't completely
cut ties
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With her on-and-off boyfriend,
justin.
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In fact, only a few days into
the oklahoma trip with brandon,
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Amber claims that they had
gotten into a heated argument
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About justin.
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[tara] the day before, she'd had
to go to a doctor's appointment
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And she claims that once they
got down to garvin county,
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He got mad at her, took his
motorcycle off the back
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Of the truck and just drove off
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She claimed that he left in a
rage to confront her boyfriend
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To tell him to back off.
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[narrator] after the argument,
amber says she went back
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To her mother's house to meet a
friend.
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Erin smith was a friend of
amber's.
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She'd gone over to amber's
mother's home to have amber
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Work on a tattoo.
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[narrator] investigators leave
amber to grieve
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And meet the other team of
officers at the home
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Of justin hammer.
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During the search of the house,
they quickly find evidence
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That seems to contradict
justin's version of events,
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Starting with the claim "brando
kicked the door in."
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They could tell from the way the
door had been kicked,
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That it had actually been kicked
from the inside,
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Not from the outside.
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[narrator] there is a distinct
shoe print on the door.
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Sure enough, we find a pair of
nike shoes
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In justin hammer's home that had
that exact same pattern on them.
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[narrator] investigators also
locate a gun safe.
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There was a 4-10 shotgun there.
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And justin admitted to using a
4-10 shotgun.
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Inside the gun safe,
they found the pistol.
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That was our first indication
that two different weapons
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May have been used.
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[narrator] then, investigators
find something in the safe
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That further pokes holes in
justin's story.
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Right next to that pistol was a
list of all of the things
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They needed to buy to dismember
brandon's body.
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The buckets, the saw blades,
the materials and cleaners
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To clean up the crime scene.
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[narrator] between the two guns,
the staged break-in,
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And now the shopping list,
justin's self-defense claim
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Is quickly falling apart.
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This crime was not perpetrated
by someone who,
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Who did it on spur of the
moment.
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[narrator] investigators collect
both guns for dna
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And fingerprint testing.
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Then they shift their focus to
the pond behind justin's house.
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Under the cover of night,
the team is able to recover
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The first bucket.
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They take off one of the lids
and they see body parts.
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[narrator] in total, they pull
five sealed buckets
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From the pond.
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As csi assess the buckets,
they find one includes more
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Than just body parts.
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The blades that were used to
dismember brandon were found
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In the buckets.
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[narrator] they also locate the
dog crate and a nearly
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Indescribable scene.
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The dog crate, we believe,
came from hammer's property,
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And that was what brandon's
torso was in.
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A lot more happened at that
house than just a tragic act
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Of self-defense.
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[narrator] back at the station,
officers charge justin
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With first-degree murder.
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The medical examiner's office
took the buckets,
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Took the dog kennel with the
body inside,
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So that we could do an autopsy.
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[narrator] coming up, the
autopsy points to a stunning
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New theory.
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Someone else may have been
involved in the murder.
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[narrator] and investigators
learn disturbing details
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Of a romance gone off the rails
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He was telling me that she just
goes off and hits him
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And hits him and won't stop.
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[music]
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[narrator] it's been 72 hours
since justin hammer shot
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His romantic rival brandon dura
and dumped his dismembered
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Body parts in a pond behind his
house.
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After investigators recover the
remains,
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The medical examiner begins the
daunting task of an autopsy.
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She said that the body was
cut up,
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I believe, into 25 pieces.
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He was using a saws-all blade t
do that,
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To cut his body.
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His head, his arms, his legs,
were cut into pieces.
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[narrator] the autopsy reveals
brandon was gunned down
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Not by one weapon, but two.
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There were two different
calibers, uh, used to kill
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Brandon duran.
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[tara]
they found four bullet holes.
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Three of them are from the
pistol,
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One of them's from a shotgun.
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[shannon] according to the
medical examiner's office,
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The .22 bullets entered
the top right of his head
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Over in this area.
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And then, when he was
in a side-recumbent position,
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He was already down,
and somebody stood over him
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Bonnie and clyde style
and shot him in the face
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With a 4-10 shotgun.
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[narrator] investigators find it
unlikely that justin
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Took the time to switch weapons
after the first three shots.
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That leaves them with a new
working theory.
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There was the potential that
someone else
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May have been involved in the
murder of brandon duran.
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[narrator] was justin covering
for someone?
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He'd made it clear that van
enblem was not an accomplice.
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There was no reason not to
believe van enblem
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And what he told us that he
witnessed.
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He gave details that were
believable,
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But it was still unbelievable
that he acted alone.
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[narrator] with more questions
than answers,
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Investigators dig deeper into
brandon's personal life.
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They start by reaching out to
brandon's family in san diego
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To deliver the tragic news.
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I was writhing on the floor.
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I was...
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My whole world ended.
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My children are my everything.
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[garrett] my mom got the call.
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She was hysterically saying,
"he's dead, they killed him."
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And I'm like, "what are you
talking about?"
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And she had to reiterate,
"your brother is dead."
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[narrator] investigators ask
brandon's family
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About his affiliation with the
bandidos.
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Justin hammer portrayed brandon
duran as just a bad dude.
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Brandon duran wasn't that.
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He was a motorcycle enthusiast.
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[garrett] my brother wasn't a
member of the bandidos at all.
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He was a, he wasn't even a
prospect,
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He was just a supporter.
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The reason he was allowed to
hang out with them
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Is because he was his dad's
legacy.
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[narrator] they tell
investigators that
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The only person brandon had eve
had issues with
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Was his ex-wife, amber.
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According to his family,
brandon's relationship
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00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:34,025
With amber had been marred by
violence and infidelity
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From the start.
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When he was in las vegas,
he would call me quite a bit.
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00:26:40,366 --> 00:26:44,368
And the phone calls were always,
"I don't know what to do
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00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:46,169
"with this woman."
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She would purposely start a
fight so that she could go
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And leave and do what she wanted
to do.
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00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:58,248
When she would come home,
she would have smeared makeup
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00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:02,185
And her hair would be messed up
and she'd still be wasted.
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00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:06,456
He was telling me that "she just
goes off and hits me
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"and hits me and won't stop."
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[narrator] brandon divorced
amber in 2010
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And was awarded full custody of
their son.
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Him gaining full custody of
brando obviously shows
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That he was not the aggressor.
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[cynthia] we didn't hear
from her for a while
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And we were so grateful.
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00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:30,013
And I kind of was afraid to ask,
"have you heard from her?"
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'cause I didn't want her to be
around.
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00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:39,157
[narrator] but in July 2012,
over a year after their divorce
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Was final, relatives say amber
came back into brandon's life
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00:27:43,730 --> 00:27:46,898
Begging for one last chance.
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00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:51,035
My brother, being the
responsible, loving father
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00:27:51,103 --> 00:27:53,970
And husband that he was, said,
"yeah, let's do this.
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00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:56,740
"I don't want my son to have a
broken home."
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[narrator] having reconciled,
amber wanted to take their son
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To oklahoma to visit her family
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[cynthia] when they were leaving
here in san diego,
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He put his motorcycle in the
back of his truck
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00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:15,192
And strapped it down, and that's
how it got out there.
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00:28:15,261 --> 00:28:17,394
[narrator] the family tells
police brandon planned
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To work on the bike once he got
to oklahoma.
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It wasn't working, I'm not sure
what was wrong with it.
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00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:27,138
But it wasn't a quick fix kind
of thing.
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[narrator] to authorities, the
fact that brandon's motorcycle
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Wasn't running raises an
immediate red flag.
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[tara]
that negated amber's story,
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00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:42,486
That "oh, the last I knew is
that he rode off
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00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,155
"on the motorcycle because he
was mad."
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00:28:45,157 --> 00:28:47,958
It also negates what justin
said,
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00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,427
He didn't drive up in the
motorcycle to justin's house
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00:28:50,496 --> 00:28:52,129
If it's not working.
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00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:57,968
[narrator] if brandon didn't
ride off on his motorcycle
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00:28:58,036 --> 00:29:01,271
To confront justin, what
happened to him?
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00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:06,176
Amber told investigators that
after brandon left
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00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:09,312
She went to a doctor's
appointment.
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00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:11,548
We called the doctor's office
and confirmed
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00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:13,851
That she never made it there.
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00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:23,326
We now had another party, amber
andrews, in this equation.
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00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:25,863
We knew that she may have been
involved.
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00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:28,132
We felt like there was more to
the story.
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00:29:31,537 --> 00:29:34,204
[narrator] authorities reach out
to erin smith,
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Amber's alibi for the night of
the murder.
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Erin tells police that when she
arrived
472
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:43,648
At amber's mother's house that
day, both amber and brandon
473
00:29:43,715 --> 00:29:46,217
Were there.
474
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:51,621
During the tattoo, erin says
that amber gets a ding
475
00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,825
On her cellphone, gets a text
message.
476
00:29:53,892 --> 00:29:55,560
And she goes and looks at the
phone.
477
00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:58,028
She goes, "oh, we've got to go.
478
00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:01,032
[narrator] erin agreed to watch
the couple's son.
479
00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:04,034
Amber hurried brandon out the
door for what she said
480
00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:08,038
Was a doctor's appointment
around 3 pm.
481
00:30:08,106 --> 00:30:10,508
Erin realized as soon as the
couple left,
482
00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:14,578
That amber took erin's phone by
mistake and left her own phone
483
00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:16,380
At her mom's with erin.
484
00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:21,719
Erin was calling her own phone
with amber's phone
485
00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:24,655
And the phone itself was
completely turned off.
486
00:30:24,723 --> 00:30:28,259
It was not normal that her phone
would be off
487
00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:31,395
And not be active for, you know
eight to nine hours.
488
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,634
[narrator] coming up, erin's
interview leads
489
00:30:37,703 --> 00:30:41,138
To a disturbing conclusion.
490
00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:42,939
[tara] erin said that she looked
disheveled,
491
00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:46,610
She looked exhausted, that her
hair was all messed up.
492
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:50,848
She really had no alibi when the
homicide was taking place.
493
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:57,221
[music]
494
00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:11,168
[narrator] authorities in garvin
county, oklahoma are honing in
495
00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:14,905
On amber andrews as a possible
accomplice in the murder
496
00:31:14,973 --> 00:31:16,440
Of her ex-husband.
497
00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:21,678
Amber's alibi for the night, he
friend erin,
498
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,314
Says amber showed back up at
her mother's house
499
00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:28,319
Around 11 pm after leaving erin
to babysit her son
500
00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:32,155
For nearly eight hours with no
explanation.
501
00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:38,329
[larry] it just struck me odd
that she shows back up at home
502
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:43,935
In the pickup, absent brandon,
and absent the motorcycle.
503
00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:45,937
[tara] erin said that
she looked disheveled.
504
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:47,939
And erin inquired, "well where's
brandon?"
505
00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,941
And she said, "well, we got into
a fight
506
00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:52,076
"and he got on his motorcycle
and left."
507
00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:59,150
[narrator] then amber made a
strange request.
508
00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:02,086
[tara] she's like, "oh, by
the way, do you have a receipt?
509
00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:03,486
"did you go out tonight?"
510
00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:05,722
She goes, "I'm really
needing a receipt to show
511
00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:07,223
"that I was up here."
512
00:32:07,292 --> 00:32:10,293
She just thought, "well no, I
don't have a receipt.
513
00:32:10,362 --> 00:32:12,230
"why in the world do you need a
receipt
514
00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:15,132
"if you haven't done anything
that you need to conceal?"
515
00:32:18,704 --> 00:32:21,171
[narrator] police secure phone
records for both erin
516
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,973
And amber's phones.
517
00:32:24,043 --> 00:32:27,979
It's clear from the records tha
amber turned erin's phone off
518
00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:31,214
When she left her mom's house a
around 3 pm,
519
00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:34,584
And it wasn't turned back on
until an hour before
520
00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:37,054
She returned.
521
00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:41,925
So amber had a period that
she really had no alibi for.
522
00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:45,863
And we know now that that's whe
the homicide was taking place.
523
00:32:48,734 --> 00:32:51,335
[narrator] on amber's phone,
investigators find
524
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:56,206
A single text message from
justin at 3 pm, the exact time
525
00:32:56,274 --> 00:32:58,341
Amber rushed brandon out the
door
526
00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:01,545
For the alleged doctor's
appointment.
527
00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:04,081
The text message was a text
message from justin hammer
528
00:33:04,083 --> 00:33:06,684
That said "the ink is ready".
529
00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:09,686
We think that was code for
"everything's ready
530
00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:11,588
"get brandon down here so we ca
murder him."
531
00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:17,160
[narrator] while erin's
statement and the text message
532
00:33:17,229 --> 00:33:20,698
All point to amber's
involvement, authorities still
533
00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:23,566
Can't place her at the crime
scene.
534
00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:27,538
And calls to amber's friends
reveal that her reconciliation
535
00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:29,573
With brandon was fake.
536
00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:35,111
It was in fact a ruse and not to
get her family back together,
537
00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:37,981
But so that they could kill him
538
00:33:37,983 --> 00:33:41,451
One thing that the friends that
were interviewed had always sai
539
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,989
Is amber would work up justin
and really badmouth brandon
540
00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:47,657
And it would get him fired up.
541
00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:50,393
And he'd start saying, you know
"I'm gonna kill that mf'er."
542
00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:52,662
And then amber would chime in,
"yeah, we're gonna kill him."
543
00:33:52,664 --> 00:33:55,999
You know, and he even said, "I'm
gonna shoot that [bleep]
544
00:33:56,001 --> 00:33:57,401
In the face."
545
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:04,208
[larry] we knew that
she may have been involved,
546
00:34:04,276 --> 00:34:08,011
But we did not have any evidence
to, uh, to make an arrest
547
00:34:08,013 --> 00:34:10,081
Of amber in this case.
548
00:34:13,685 --> 00:34:16,019
[narrator] investigators
revisit the evidence
549
00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:19,356
Collected during the search of
justin's home.
550
00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:22,159
They hone in on the macabre
shopping list
551
00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:24,362
Found in the gun safe.
552
00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:26,629
Investigators compare the
handwriting
553
00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:31,501
To a signed document amber had
left in justin's home.
554
00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,170
[shannon] they did
handwriting analysis.
555
00:34:33,238 --> 00:34:34,971
They compared and they were
similar.
556
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,407
And it was her handwriting on
both.
557
00:34:40,846 --> 00:34:43,713
[narrator] further proof comes
when investigators contact
558
00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:47,318
The local hardware store.
They find justin hammer
559
00:34:47,385 --> 00:34:50,386
On surveillance footage
the night before the murder
560
00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:53,156
Purchasing the items from
amber's list.
561
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:58,195
Justin hammer was on video
buying the buckets,
562
00:34:58,197 --> 00:35:00,998
Buying reciprocating saw blades
of several kinds.
563
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:03,633
[larry] he was driving his
pickup,
564
00:35:03,635 --> 00:35:05,602
And that evidence
at ace hardware
565
00:35:05,671 --> 00:35:08,071
And the video at ace hardware
really solidified
566
00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:13,176
This was a very deliberate and
planned murder of brandon duran.
567
00:35:17,149 --> 00:35:19,416
[narrator] with only
circumstantial evidence
568
00:35:19,418 --> 00:35:24,020
Against amber, prosecutors firs
focus on justin's trial
569
00:35:24,089 --> 00:35:26,356
And conviction.
570
00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:28,291
[tara] he really wanted us to
focus on justin's trial
571
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,425
And to get justin hammer's case
through
572
00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:32,029
The criminal justice process so
that we can then focus
573
00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:33,597
Solely on amber.
574
00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:38,836
[narrator] for two years,
prosecutors prepare
575
00:35:38,904 --> 00:35:44,707
For justin's trial while amber
remains a free woman.
576
00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:47,444
The department of human services
had taken custody of brando
577
00:35:47,446 --> 00:35:50,581
When this happened, because whe
it happened, of course,
578
00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:55,118
His father's murdered and his
mother was being questioned
579
00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:56,720
By police.
580
00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:02,926
[narrator] in July of 2014,
justin hammer's trial
581
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,928
Gets underway.
582
00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:08,598
Even though a mountain of
evidence says otherwise,
583
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,634
Justin takes the stand and
continues to claim
584
00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:16,205
That he acted alone and out of
self-defense.
585
00:36:16,275 --> 00:36:19,942
Justin, um, never ever threw
amber under the bus.
586
00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:21,778
Never implicated amber at all.
587
00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:27,484
[narrator] he attempts to
explain the two different guns
588
00:36:27,486 --> 00:36:29,886
Used to kill brandon.
589
00:36:29,955 --> 00:36:32,889
Justin hammer did say that he
had used two weapons,
590
00:36:32,958 --> 00:36:34,958
One in each hand.
591
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:38,561
Kind of strange that, you know,
someone acting in self-defense
592
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:42,966
Would get two different type
weapons, that was odd in itself
593
00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:45,502
[narrator] when confronted with
the footprint evidence,
594
00:36:45,504 --> 00:36:49,372
Justin has a new explanation fo
what happened.
595
00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:52,308
He tried to then say that
brandon forced the door open
596
00:36:52,377 --> 00:36:54,378
With his shoulder.
597
00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:57,047
[narrator] justin also claims
that the items on the list,
598
00:36:57,115 --> 00:37:01,784
Written by amber, were intended
for a home improvement project,
599
00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:04,788
Not to cover up a murder.
600
00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:07,791
He just so happens to buy these
things right before
601
00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:10,526
He kills brandon.
602
00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:12,762
We didn't think that that was
very credible.
603
00:37:16,534 --> 00:37:19,936
[narrator] in the end, the jury
agrees.
604
00:37:20,005 --> 00:37:23,140
They find him guilty of murder
in the first degree.
605
00:37:24,809 --> 00:37:28,144
He was sentenced to life
imprisonment
606
00:37:28,213 --> 00:37:30,413
Without the possibility of
parole.
607
00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:33,484
We really felt like justice was
served with that sentence.
608
00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:38,956
[narrator] but investigators and
brandon's family worry
609
00:37:39,024 --> 00:37:43,693
That justice won't be served
when it comes to amber.
610
00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:46,095
[cynthia] I was very worried
that she would get off.
611
00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:48,898
A lot of times women do 'cause
they just don't believe
612
00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:51,568
That a woman could be capable of
this kind of thing.
613
00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:53,803
But I was not gonna stop.
614
00:37:56,641 --> 00:38:00,177
[narrator] coming up,
investigators and prosecutors
615
00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:03,713
Fight for the chance to see
amber in court.
616
00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:05,783
She orchestrated this whole
thing.
617
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:09,252
She was very good at
manipulating men--
618
00:38:09,254 --> 00:38:11,721
A master of it, in fact.
619
00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:14,458
I don't think there was any
stopping amber andrews.
620
00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:20,196
[music]
621
00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:32,476
[narrator] October, 2014.
622
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:36,746
After justin hammer is convicte
of the 2012 murder
623
00:38:36,816 --> 00:38:40,750
And dismembering of brandon
duran, authorities remain
624
00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:44,821
Determined to see his alleged
co-conspirator amber andrews
625
00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:46,956
Behind bars.
626
00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:48,958
There's no physical evidence
against amber,
627
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,227
We didn't know if that would
happen.
628
00:38:51,296 --> 00:38:54,697
[narrator] prosecutors take
amber's case to a multi-county
629
00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:56,566
Grand jury.
630
00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:59,169
[tara] that grand jury heard the
evidence against her
631
00:38:59,237 --> 00:39:02,972
And rendered an indictment for
murder in the first degree,
632
00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:07,510
Felony desecration of a corpse,
and felony conspiracy.
633
00:39:07,579 --> 00:39:11,380
[narrator] in April of 2015,
nearly three years
634
00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:15,853
After brandon's murder, amber I
arrested at her mother's home.
635
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:21,691
[music]
636
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:24,327
[shannon] after they arrested
her, prosecutors spent
637
00:39:24,396 --> 00:39:26,930
Almost two years building this
case.
638
00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:29,532
They were able to basically,
very patiently,
639
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,667
Cross all their t's and dot
their I's to make sure
640
00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:34,471
They had the goods on her.
641
00:39:34,473 --> 00:39:37,941
[narrator] in the spring of
2017, amber's trial
642
00:39:37,943 --> 00:39:40,076
Is finally underway.
643
00:39:40,145 --> 00:39:41,578
[tara] she pled not guilty.
644
00:39:43,415 --> 00:39:45,682
The defense was simply
that she was not there,
645
00:39:45,684 --> 00:39:47,950
She did not do it,
and she had no prior knowledge
646
00:39:48,019 --> 00:39:49,419
That it was going to occur.
647
00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:51,321
That justin hammer acted of his
own volition.
648
00:39:54,025 --> 00:39:57,026
[narrator] prosecutors counter
by painting amber not only
649
00:39:57,095 --> 00:40:01,364
As an accomplice, but the
mastermind.
650
00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:05,568
[tara] amber is a woman
who was very good
651
00:40:05,637 --> 00:40:07,905
At manipulating men to get what
she wants--
652
00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:11,174
A master of it in fact.
653
00:40:11,176 --> 00:40:13,576
She just used this justin hammer
guy
654
00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:15,812
To do her dirty work for her.
655
00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,083
[narrator] it was amber,
prosecutors allege,
656
00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:25,955
Who lured brandon to his death
on August 7th, 2012.
657
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:32,461
I believe amber andrews
convinced brandon to
658
00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:35,998
"go to justin hammer's with
me, I'm done with him.
659
00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:40,136
"I have belongings there, let's
go get my belongings."
660
00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:44,108
And I think that's how she lure
brandon to justin's,
661
00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:47,844
Where actually justin was lying
in wait for brandon
662
00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:49,345
To murder him.
663
00:40:49,414 --> 00:40:55,351
Where he's then shot by, we
believe, justin,
664
00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:59,021
With amber shooting him as well
665
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:03,026
And then they together helped
dismember the body.
666
00:41:07,232 --> 00:41:10,166
[narrator] the fact that amber's
fingerprints weren't on the gun
667
00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:14,770
Doesn't diminish her guilt in
the eyes of the law.
668
00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:16,906
[shannon] they never proved
whether amber's the one
669
00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:19,976
That fired the .22 pistol or th
shotgun.
670
00:41:20,045 --> 00:41:22,712
They didn't have to place her a
one of the gunmen.
671
00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,982
If you aid and abet in
premeditated homicide
672
00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:27,650
With malice and forethought,
in the commission of a crime
673
00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:29,720
With a firearm, it's
first-degree murder.
674
00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:34,056
[narrator] when it comes to
amber's motive,
675
00:41:34,125 --> 00:41:39,596
Prosecutors allege it's nothing
less than pure evil.
676
00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:43,666
I think she was resentful that
brandon was a better parent
677
00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:47,670
Then she was, he was more
stable, provided a better life
678
00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:49,405
For little brando.
679
00:41:49,474 --> 00:41:54,545
And I think she wanted brando a
all costs.
680
00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:57,680
[alfonso] she killed him
because he had full custody.
681
00:41:57,682 --> 00:42:01,551
She couldn't win anymore through
the courts or any other way,
682
00:42:01,619 --> 00:42:05,355
So she killed him to get brando
683
00:42:05,423 --> 00:42:08,324
She wanted to have him, a
possession.
684
00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:12,628
"I win, I get brando, you lose."
685
00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:16,033
I don't think there was any
stopping amber andrews.
686
00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:23,206
[narrator] in the end, the jury
sides with the prosecution.
687
00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:27,310
[cynthia] I was very pleased
that she was found guilty
688
00:42:27,312 --> 00:42:32,181
And they saw past all the
charade that she was putting up.
689
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:33,983
[tara] on murder in the first
degree, she got
690
00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:37,320
A life without parole sentence,
on desecration of a corpse,
691
00:42:37,322 --> 00:42:42,192
She got seven years, on
conspiracy, she got 10 years.
692
00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:44,494
So amber will die in prison.
693
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:50,933
[narrator] while amber's
conviction was a long-awaited
694
00:42:50,935 --> 00:42:54,537
Victory for brandon's family,
the real triumph lies
695
00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:57,874
In how they've chosen to move
forward.
696
00:42:57,876 --> 00:43:00,142
She might have taken my best
friend,
697
00:43:00,211 --> 00:43:03,346
But he lives through brando
every single day.
698
00:43:03,348 --> 00:43:05,949
And this kid is amazing.
699
00:43:06,017 --> 00:43:07,750
[cynthia]
he's so much like his dad.
700
00:43:07,819 --> 00:43:11,354
He has this quiet confidence,
that humility.
701
00:43:11,356 --> 00:43:16,359
He, um, is always looking out
for the other guy.
702
00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:20,763
He is a leader beyond compare.
703
00:43:20,832 --> 00:43:23,366
[alfonso] I try to live as good
a life as I can.
704
00:43:23,368 --> 00:43:25,368
Live my life for him.
705
00:43:25,437 --> 00:43:27,237
I know his family does the same
706
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