1 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:16,000 - The victim was sitting in the back seat. 2 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:17,792 The bullet hit him in the back of the head. 3 00:00:17,875 --> 00:00:19,167 [tense music] 4 00:00:19,292 --> 00:00:21,083 - Man, your friend got killed today, 5 00:00:21,208 --> 00:00:23,167 and we want to go find the person that did it. 6 00:00:23,250 --> 00:00:25,625 - I never intended for none of this to be like that. 7 00:00:28,208 --> 00:00:29,792 - Everybody was shocked by this murder. 8 00:00:29,875 --> 00:00:31,583 He had such a great heart. 9 00:00:31,667 --> 00:00:33,542 - The relationship that Blaine had with people 10 00:00:33,542 --> 00:00:35,208 in the neighborhood was motivating them 11 00:00:35,292 --> 00:00:36,750 to help us find his killer. 12 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:40,333 - He is gonna be northbound on Memorial from 27. 13 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:42,958 - As soon as the police lights come on behind him, he runs. 14 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:45,542 - Where's he at? Where'd he go? 15 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:52,500 - Well, what does that mean to you? 16 00:00:52,625 --> 00:00:55,042 - But Shane's friend did not want to testify. 17 00:00:55,208 --> 00:00:56,333 - If she refuses, we're gonna have 18 00:00:56,458 --> 00:00:58,583 a real tough time making our case. 19 00:00:58,708 --> 00:01:03,000 - And that really could put the prosecution's case on thin ice. 20 00:01:03,125 --> 00:01:06,875 narrator: For those most affected by a homicide... 21 00:01:06,875 --> 00:01:08,667 - I miss him. I do. 22 00:01:08,792 --> 00:01:10,500 I miss him a lot. 23 00:01:10,542 --> 00:01:12,833 narrator: The first 48 is just the beginning. 24 00:01:12,958 --> 00:01:14,667 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:14,750 --> 00:01:17,167 This is the story of the fight for justice 26 00:01:17,250 --> 00:01:21,208 in the weeks, months, and years 27 00:01:21,292 --> 00:01:23,958 after the first 48. 28 00:01:24,042 --> 00:01:30,833 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:34,708 --> 00:01:37,708 At a convenience store on the West Side... 30 00:01:48,125 --> 00:01:50,542 narrator: He's frantic, yelling for help. 31 00:01:54,708 --> 00:01:56,250 [siren blaring] 32 00:01:56,333 --> 00:01:59,208 narrator: First responders find a man in the back seat 33 00:01:59,333 --> 00:02:01,792 of the car shot in the head. 34 00:02:01,875 --> 00:02:07,833 ♪ ♪ 35 00:02:12,708 --> 00:02:14,333 - Victim's at the hospital. 36 00:02:14,458 --> 00:02:17,333 There's a possibility he may not survive. 37 00:02:17,458 --> 00:02:19,167 It's been seven years since this case, 38 00:02:19,250 --> 00:02:20,875 and I'm not on the police force anymore, 39 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,500 but I loved my job. 40 00:02:22,625 --> 00:02:24,083 There was a bond there that I'll never have 41 00:02:24,167 --> 00:02:25,667 with anybody else. 42 00:02:25,708 --> 00:02:28,458 That's why Tulsa solves 99%, 98% of their murders. 43 00:02:28,542 --> 00:02:30,833 It's because of that teamwork. 44 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:37,833 ♪ ♪ 45 00:02:42,208 --> 00:02:43,333 What's going on? 46 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:48,417 - Looks like the victim was sitting in the back seat. 47 00:02:48,417 --> 00:02:50,042 The bullet shattered the rear window 48 00:02:50,167 --> 00:02:52,958 and hit him in the back of the head. 49 00:02:53,042 --> 00:02:55,333 - You could go one of two ways. 50 00:02:55,458 --> 00:02:58,167 You either got a random drive-by kind of situation, 51 00:02:58,208 --> 00:03:01,667 or did our victim have some beef with somebody 52 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:03,000 and it was intentional? 53 00:03:03,125 --> 00:03:04,833 ♪ ♪ 54 00:03:04,917 --> 00:03:05,792 What's the victim's name? 55 00:03:08,125 --> 00:03:10,167 ♪ ♪ 56 00:03:10,250 --> 00:03:12,333 narrator: 23-year-old Blaine Wells 57 00:03:12,417 --> 00:03:14,333 was born and raised in Oklahoma. 58 00:03:14,417 --> 00:03:16,667 He was the oldest of four children, 59 00:03:16,750 --> 00:03:20,000 who had recently lost both their parents. 60 00:03:20,125 --> 00:03:22,000 ♪ ♪ 61 00:03:22,125 --> 00:03:23,792 - No casings here? 62 00:03:23,875 --> 00:03:27,250 - No, there's not much here other than the car. 63 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:30,250 - Jimmy Turpin is the witness. 64 00:03:30,375 --> 00:03:32,500 narrator: Jimmy, the driver, and another friend 65 00:03:32,625 --> 00:03:35,667 who was in the car, had been taken to headquarters. 66 00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:37,417 - He's saying the shooting happened about 67 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:38,833 a quarter mile down the road. 68 00:03:38,958 --> 00:03:40,667 - OK. 69 00:03:40,792 --> 00:03:44,208 ♪ ♪ 70 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:47,000 narrator: The primary crime scene is an access road 71 00:03:47,083 --> 00:03:49,125 between two car dealerships. 72 00:03:49,208 --> 00:03:52,500 - They got to have video at that entrance, dude. 73 00:03:52,583 --> 00:03:54,667 We were hoping to get the crime on video, 74 00:03:54,792 --> 00:03:56,625 or a suspect, vehicle, I mean, anything. 75 00:03:56,708 --> 00:03:58,333 What's happening? 76 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:04,917 The only thing we found was this one casing. 77 00:04:05,083 --> 00:04:08,625 ♪ ♪ 78 00:04:11,542 --> 00:04:12,625 - Uh-huh. 79 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:19,542 - I was pretty frustrated. 80 00:04:19,708 --> 00:04:21,167 There was almost no physical evidence, 81 00:04:21,292 --> 00:04:23,000 but we just started assessing 82 00:04:23,125 --> 00:04:25,083 what we need to do next, who do we need to talk to, 83 00:04:25,167 --> 00:04:27,583 and then kind of go from there. 84 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:29,208 ♪ ♪ 85 00:04:29,333 --> 00:04:31,875 - An investigation, it's fluid. 86 00:04:31,958 --> 00:04:34,000 It consistently changes. 87 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:37,208 If you've done this a lot and you're good at it, 88 00:04:37,333 --> 00:04:39,000 it's not an issue. 89 00:04:39,083 --> 00:04:40,042 You have to be able to change 90 00:04:40,208 --> 00:04:41,875 with the facts and circumstances. 91 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:45,125 narrator: Two hours in... 92 00:04:45,208 --> 00:04:46,875 - [bleep] damn. 93 00:04:46,958 --> 00:04:49,792 - Jimmy's the most important witness that we have 94 00:04:49,917 --> 00:04:54,458 because he's in the vehicle when Blaine gets killed. 95 00:04:54,542 --> 00:04:56,292 - And so we were hoping to get a lot of info, 96 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:58,667 you know, suspect description, car, 97 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:01,375 and hopefully find out some kind of motivation 98 00:05:01,458 --> 00:05:02,542 for Blaine's murder. 99 00:05:02,667 --> 00:05:04,417 ♪ ♪ 100 00:05:04,542 --> 00:05:06,500 I mean, just kind of tell me what was going on today 101 00:05:06,583 --> 00:05:09,167 prior to all this happening. 102 00:05:09,250 --> 00:05:12,000 - We had just left the casino. 103 00:05:12,042 --> 00:05:15,167 I want to say I-30, almost. 104 00:05:15,250 --> 00:05:17,333 We went back to the apartment. I grabbed... 105 00:05:17,458 --> 00:05:19,125 narrator: Jimmy says he went with Blaine 106 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:21,292 and their other friend who was in the car 107 00:05:21,375 --> 00:05:22,542 to get more money for gambling. 108 00:05:22,667 --> 00:05:24,750 - We pulled out the apartment. 109 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:29,292 When we did, I seen the car come to a stop sign. 110 00:05:29,375 --> 00:05:32,167 I don't know exactly what kind of car it was. 111 00:05:32,292 --> 00:05:34,250 - He described the car as a white car 112 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:36,375 with front-end damage. 113 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:38,542 - And we pulled out. 114 00:05:38,667 --> 00:05:40,500 I'm looking in the rear view, 115 00:05:40,625 --> 00:05:42,667 and I notice that he gets behind us. 116 00:05:42,750 --> 00:05:46,250 All right, and then I come to that stop sign. 117 00:05:46,375 --> 00:05:48,042 He stops about a car length behind us. 118 00:05:48,167 --> 00:05:49,583 ♪ ♪ 119 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:51,667 So I roll down the window, and I'm thinking, 120 00:05:51,792 --> 00:05:53,167 "Who the hell is this following us?" 121 00:05:53,292 --> 00:05:54,833 ♪ ♪ 122 00:05:54,958 --> 00:05:56,875 And I stick my head out, and by the time 123 00:05:56,958 --> 00:05:58,875 I'm sticking my head out, he's getting out the car. 124 00:05:59,042 --> 00:06:00,458 - OK. 125 00:06:00,542 --> 00:06:03,500 - I seen the pistol in his hand. 126 00:06:03,583 --> 00:06:06,667 I turned around, you know, and I was gonna gun it. 127 00:06:06,750 --> 00:06:10,000 Next thing you know, it's like, bam. 128 00:06:10,083 --> 00:06:13,167 That's when the shot was fired, and I just took off, 129 00:06:13,208 --> 00:06:15,083 you know what I'm saying? 130 00:06:15,167 --> 00:06:16,833 - What did he look like? 131 00:06:16,958 --> 00:06:19,250 - I want to say he was over 6 foot, 132 00:06:19,375 --> 00:06:21,375 about shoulder-length hair. - White guy? 133 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:23,708 - White guy, parted in the middle, 134 00:06:23,792 --> 00:06:26,750 and he had on all green. He was slender. 135 00:06:26,875 --> 00:06:30,542 - And he was wearing all green? - All green. 136 00:06:30,667 --> 00:06:33,375 - Why would anybody be doing this? 137 00:06:33,542 --> 00:06:35,875 - I don't know. That's what I'm saying. 138 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,667 - You're always trying to gauge if the person 139 00:06:38,792 --> 00:06:41,167 you're interviewing is trying to hide something, 140 00:06:41,333 --> 00:06:42,500 tell the truth. 141 00:06:42,625 --> 00:06:44,875 - He was very detailed in his answers, 142 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,042 but I felt like Jimmy was holding something back. 143 00:06:48,167 --> 00:06:49,583 - Tell me about Blaine. 144 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:52,542 - All right, well, Blaine, we was real, real close. 145 00:06:52,667 --> 00:06:55,500 I really love him, man. He's a good kid. 146 00:06:55,625 --> 00:06:57,375 You know what I'm saying? 147 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,000 - When Jimmy's emotional in the interview, 148 00:06:59,125 --> 00:07:02,208 it shows that Jimmy really believes that Blaine 149 00:07:02,375 --> 00:07:04,250 is an innocent guy. 150 00:07:04,375 --> 00:07:06,583 - He been trying to stay clean. 151 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:07,958 He was actually getting ready to leave 152 00:07:08,042 --> 00:07:10,583 and go to Arizona, just getting away from this, 153 00:07:10,708 --> 00:07:13,708 you know what I'm saying? A bunch of madness. 154 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:17,583 - The drug scene in that part of town at the time, 155 00:07:17,708 --> 00:07:19,208 there was a lot of meth. 156 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:22,125 So drugs being a motive, they're always 157 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:24,583 in the back of your mind. 158 00:07:25,625 --> 00:07:28,167 - If there's anything else surrounding this, you know, 159 00:07:28,250 --> 00:07:32,333 if there's dope involved, we need to know everything, OK? 160 00:07:32,417 --> 00:07:38,250 ♪ ♪ 161 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:41,500 - Me and my little nephew Josh, 162 00:07:41,583 --> 00:07:43,167 we was doing dope. 163 00:07:43,292 --> 00:07:44,458 ♪ ♪ 164 00:07:44,542 --> 00:07:46,625 - Where did Josh come into all this? 165 00:07:46,708 --> 00:07:49,417 Did he ever leave with you guys during any of this? 166 00:07:49,542 --> 00:07:51,042 - He did leave and go... 167 00:07:51,125 --> 00:07:53,625 narrator: He says Josh went to sell some pills. 168 00:07:53,708 --> 00:07:56,042 - With a dude named Cody. 169 00:07:56,125 --> 00:07:57,833 They were supposed to meet up. 170 00:07:57,917 --> 00:08:03,708 And I don't know if Josh did him wrong, but I-- 171 00:08:03,792 --> 00:08:05,875 yeah, all right, he was gonna rip, 172 00:08:05,958 --> 00:08:08,083 I guess, Cody off. 173 00:08:08,208 --> 00:08:10,000 He was gonna rip him off. 174 00:08:10,083 --> 00:08:13,500 - So we were like, "Oh, boom." We were on the right track. 175 00:08:13,583 --> 00:08:16,500 - This drug deal goes down where this Cody kid 176 00:08:16,667 --> 00:08:19,208 gets ripped off by Josh for 100 bucks. 177 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:21,000 ♪ ♪ 178 00:08:21,125 --> 00:08:23,750 - Like, me and Blaine didn't have nothing to do with that. 179 00:08:23,875 --> 00:08:25,708 - But you know when somebody's [bleep] you. 180 00:08:25,875 --> 00:08:27,667 - A lot of times, people are so worried 181 00:08:27,792 --> 00:08:29,167 they're gonna get in trouble for the drugs, 182 00:08:29,167 --> 00:08:31,125 they kind of start to lie about the murder investigation. 183 00:08:31,208 --> 00:08:32,375 We didn't care. 184 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:33,708 We just want to solve the murder. 185 00:08:33,833 --> 00:08:34,833 - Is this your phone? - Yes. 186 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:36,125 - OK. 187 00:08:36,292 --> 00:08:37,667 You mind if I look through it at your texts and stuff? 188 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:38,958 - No, go ahead, no. 189 00:08:39,042 --> 00:08:40,417 - I don't know if he would have ever 190 00:08:40,542 --> 00:08:41,667 told us had we not found 191 00:08:41,792 --> 00:08:44,375 a bunch of text messages with Cody. 192 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:46,375 So you guys are talking, like all day. 193 00:08:46,458 --> 00:08:47,833 - Yeah. 194 00:08:47,917 --> 00:08:49,333 - And he keeps asking you about, you got this, 195 00:08:49,458 --> 00:08:54,333 you got that, right? - Yeah. 196 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:55,500 - You understand what we're saying here? 197 00:08:55,625 --> 00:08:57,500 - Yeah, you're saying that-- 198 00:08:57,542 --> 00:08:59,958 - I'm saying you [bleep] set this up. 199 00:09:00,083 --> 00:09:01,333 ♪ ♪ 200 00:09:01,458 --> 00:09:03,625 We were frustrated. We needed a lead. 201 00:09:03,708 --> 00:09:06,000 And the longer you wait, the harder it is. 202 00:09:06,083 --> 00:09:07,583 ♪ ♪ 203 00:09:07,708 --> 00:09:10,458 Man, your friend got killed today. 204 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,458 And we want to go find the person that did it. 205 00:09:12,583 --> 00:09:14,833 So quit making us sift through the [bleep] 206 00:09:14,917 --> 00:09:17,167 and just tell us the [bleep] truth. 207 00:09:17,333 --> 00:09:18,667 ♪ ♪ 208 00:09:18,750 --> 00:09:21,458 - See, Cody hit me up for pills, 209 00:09:21,542 --> 00:09:22,792 and Josh was like, 210 00:09:22,875 --> 00:09:27,000 "Well, let me rip him off," basically. 211 00:09:27,125 --> 00:09:28,375 ♪ ♪ 212 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:29,833 narrator: Jimmy admits he set up 213 00:09:29,958 --> 00:09:32,333 the drug deal between Josh and Cody. 214 00:09:32,417 --> 00:09:34,625 - I guess they met up at QT. 215 00:09:34,708 --> 00:09:36,333 And that's where the deal went down. 216 00:09:36,417 --> 00:09:38,333 ♪ ♪ 217 00:09:38,417 --> 00:09:39,708 - What did Cody look like? 218 00:09:39,833 --> 00:09:43,667 - Taller fella, I mean slender, typical white guy. 219 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,792 But it wasn't Cody. 220 00:09:45,917 --> 00:09:47,833 - Maybe there's more than one possibility 221 00:09:47,917 --> 00:09:49,833 as to why this happened, but that's pretty big. 222 00:09:49,958 --> 00:09:51,500 - Yeah. 223 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:52,917 - People getting ripped off on dope 224 00:09:53,042 --> 00:09:55,000 on the West Side, people don't like that. 225 00:09:55,125 --> 00:09:57,000 - What we're learning is that Blaine's 226 00:09:57,167 --> 00:10:00,125 just hanging out with the wrong group of people. 227 00:10:00,208 --> 00:10:02,583 - I never intended for none of this to be like that. 228 00:10:02,708 --> 00:10:04,792 - Nobody ever does, man. Nobody ever does. 229 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:07,167 But that's how we end up. 230 00:10:07,292 --> 00:10:08,500 Sit tight. 231 00:10:08,583 --> 00:10:11,708 ♪ ♪ 232 00:10:11,792 --> 00:10:13,750 If you were targeted for ripping off somebody 233 00:10:13,833 --> 00:10:15,792 for dope or money, you know, and maybe 234 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:17,500 Blaine wasn't the target. Maybe you were. 235 00:10:17,542 --> 00:10:19,625 ♪ ♪ 236 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,833 ♪ ♪ 237 00:10:33,042 --> 00:10:36,292 ♪ ♪ 238 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:38,458 - So this is me and Blaine. 239 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:40,667 We were having a dance-off. 240 00:10:40,792 --> 00:10:44,000 He whooped my butt at that dance competition. 241 00:10:44,083 --> 00:10:46,000 He won hands down. 242 00:10:46,125 --> 00:10:49,500 He was so fun to be around, so cool to be around. 243 00:10:49,583 --> 00:10:51,500 Everybody loved my brother. 244 00:10:51,583 --> 00:10:53,708 It's kind of hard not to. 245 00:10:53,875 --> 00:10:55,958 He was my number one. 246 00:10:56,042 --> 00:10:59,917 I looked up to him because he was an amazing big brother. 247 00:11:00,042 --> 00:11:02,750 These photos are all the good times that we had. 248 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:05,625 We were really happy kids. 249 00:11:05,750 --> 00:11:07,667 narrator: But after both their parents passed away 250 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:11,500 from illnesses, Blaine turned to drugs. 251 00:11:11,583 --> 00:11:17,000 - I think that he took it possibly the hardest out of us, 252 00:11:17,083 --> 00:11:21,042 but he turned it around because he seen us kids struggling 253 00:11:21,125 --> 00:11:23,042 and he knew that we needed him. 254 00:11:23,208 --> 00:11:26,000 So he got clean, got him a new job. 255 00:11:26,125 --> 00:11:27,292 He was working. 256 00:11:27,375 --> 00:11:30,000 He was, you know, trying to be there for us. 257 00:11:36,167 --> 00:11:41,250 - I get joy with them because I get to see my brother again, 258 00:11:41,375 --> 00:11:43,833 but it also is kind of sad 259 00:11:43,917 --> 00:11:45,833 because I know he's no longer here, 260 00:11:45,958 --> 00:11:48,000 and I can't bring him back. 261 00:11:48,083 --> 00:11:54,958 ♪ ♪ 262 00:11:59,708 --> 00:12:01,333 narrator: Three hours into the investigation... 263 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:02,833 ♪ ♪ 264 00:12:09,292 --> 00:12:11,375 - The second witness was also in the car 265 00:12:11,542 --> 00:12:12,875 with Jimmy and Blaine. 266 00:12:13,042 --> 00:12:15,792 - And you try to use that to verify 267 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:17,208 everything that Jimmy said. 268 00:12:23,583 --> 00:12:25,833 - And what did he look like? 269 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:31,333 - OK. 270 00:12:37,208 --> 00:12:39,167 narrator: Blaine's friend also describes 271 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:41,708 the suspect as having shoulder-length hair. 272 00:12:41,833 --> 00:12:43,375 - You know a guy named Cody? 273 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,250 - Do you think that guy could have been Cody at all? 274 00:12:50,667 --> 00:12:53,000 - OK. Sit tight, OK? 275 00:12:53,083 --> 00:12:56,125 - We felt, after talking to the second witness, 276 00:12:56,250 --> 00:12:58,000 that it did corroborate a lot of Jimmy's story, 277 00:12:58,042 --> 00:13:00,167 which is good for us. 278 00:13:00,292 --> 00:13:02,667 - So this is Cody. 279 00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:04,042 - Jimmy and the second witness, 280 00:13:04,167 --> 00:13:06,292 they don't think that Cody could kill somebody, 281 00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:08,500 but that doesn't mean that Cody didn't have a friend, 282 00:13:08,542 --> 00:13:11,500 take somebody with him that would actually do the job. 283 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:14,500 ♪ ♪ 284 00:13:14,667 --> 00:13:15,583 narrator: While the warrant squad 285 00:13:15,708 --> 00:13:17,750 searches for Cody and Josh... 286 00:13:19,458 --> 00:13:21,083 - Yeah, buddy. 287 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:23,583 narrator: Frazier gets an update from the hospital. 288 00:13:23,708 --> 00:13:26,083 - All right. Yeah, bye. 289 00:13:26,167 --> 00:13:29,000 As of right now, there's no brain activity. 290 00:13:29,083 --> 00:13:31,042 You know, they're just kind of waiting to talk to the family 291 00:13:31,125 --> 00:13:32,500 before they make any decisions. 292 00:13:32,625 --> 00:13:34,000 ♪ ♪ 293 00:13:34,083 --> 00:13:36,792 - Something my dad told me years ago, 294 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:39,667 that was somebody's little kid at some point. 295 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:41,375 So you focus on the family. 296 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:42,917 ♪ ♪ 297 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,542 You just have to keep going. 298 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:51,542 ♪ ♪ 299 00:13:56,333 --> 00:13:59,667 narrator: Seven hours in, the team finds Josh 300 00:13:59,833 --> 00:14:01,333 at his grandfather's house. 301 00:14:01,417 --> 00:14:05,042 - So, man, yesterday, did Jimmy say anything 302 00:14:05,167 --> 00:14:06,542 about meeting some guy at QuikTrip 303 00:14:06,708 --> 00:14:08,042 about some pills or something? 304 00:14:08,125 --> 00:14:10,208 - Nah, I got a dude at QuikTrip. 305 00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:11,667 I got a dude. 306 00:14:11,792 --> 00:14:14,000 - And what's this guy's name? - Cody. 307 00:14:14,083 --> 00:14:17,083 Tell him just to meet me at QuikTrip, park in the back. 308 00:14:17,208 --> 00:14:19,667 - So what kind of car was he in when he was there? 309 00:14:19,708 --> 00:14:24,625 - Like a purple, dark-colored four-door. 310 00:14:24,708 --> 00:14:26,250 I just went up, and grabbed the money, 311 00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:29,125 and went in the back door, and went out front. 312 00:14:29,208 --> 00:14:33,500 - Did he start blowing you up? - Yeah. 313 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:35,167 - That's all the texts from-- - Can I look through it? 314 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:37,417 - Yeah, that's fine. - OK, OK. 315 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:40,250 - What was this, "never did you wrong, karma's a bitch"? 316 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:41,833 - Yeah, that's right after I did it. 317 00:14:41,958 --> 00:14:43,000 That's right. He was just-- 318 00:14:43,125 --> 00:14:45,500 - You know, "watch your back." - Yeah. 319 00:14:45,583 --> 00:14:49,167 He said, "you only got a few places to go." 320 00:14:49,292 --> 00:14:51,375 I ain't send nothing back to him. 321 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:53,500 ♪ ♪ 322 00:14:53,708 --> 00:14:56,167 - Wow. Sit tight, man. 323 00:14:56,250 --> 00:14:59,292 - Some of those text messages that we saw in Josh's phone 324 00:14:59,417 --> 00:15:01,125 were incriminating that Cody was 325 00:15:01,250 --> 00:15:05,000 gonna want to do some kind of harm to Josh and Jimmy. 326 00:15:05,042 --> 00:15:07,667 - The question is, is he mad enough 327 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:09,500 to want Josh or Jimmy dead? 328 00:15:09,583 --> 00:15:13,583 ♪ ♪ 329 00:15:13,667 --> 00:15:15,125 narrator: An hour later... 330 00:15:15,208 --> 00:15:17,125 - What's up, man? - Not much. 331 00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:19,708 - We find the Cody kid who we're thinking, 332 00:15:19,792 --> 00:15:21,458 "Hey, this may be our guy." 333 00:15:21,542 --> 00:15:25,000 - Hey, just kind of tell me about what happened yesterday. 334 00:15:25,083 --> 00:15:26,458 - When I got ripped off? - Yeah. 335 00:15:26,583 --> 00:15:28,458 - Josh... 336 00:15:28,542 --> 00:15:30,208 - He gives the exact same version of events, 337 00:15:30,375 --> 00:15:33,208 says, "Yeah, we just got screwed out of $100." 338 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,167 - Man, I'll be honest with you, dude. 339 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:36,875 We looked through his phone. 340 00:15:36,958 --> 00:15:39,000 Some of the text messages you sent him, man, 341 00:15:39,083 --> 00:15:40,708 were pretty-- - I know. 342 00:15:40,833 --> 00:15:42,500 I was mad at the time. 343 00:15:42,625 --> 00:15:45,292 That was $100. - Yeah. 344 00:15:45,417 --> 00:15:48,000 We thought, "We got him." Like, he's gonna break, right? 345 00:15:48,208 --> 00:15:49,875 And this thing's done. 346 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,333 But I want you to be honest about this. 347 00:15:51,458 --> 00:15:54,292 If you maybe called somebody and said, 348 00:15:54,375 --> 00:15:56,333 "Hey, can you go get my money back," 349 00:15:56,375 --> 00:16:00,333 now would be the time to tell me. 350 00:16:00,458 --> 00:16:01,917 You could see his heart beating out of his neck. 351 00:16:02,042 --> 00:16:04,417 He was sweating through his shirt. 352 00:16:04,542 --> 00:16:07,208 - When it happened, I tried to call Jimmy. 353 00:16:07,292 --> 00:16:09,500 No answer. I tried calling Josh back. 354 00:16:09,625 --> 00:16:10,667 No answer. 355 00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:12,333 Just ignored my text. 356 00:16:12,458 --> 00:16:13,917 ♪ ♪ 357 00:16:15,625 --> 00:16:17,167 - I went home and waited for 358 00:16:17,292 --> 00:16:19,500 my little brother to get off work. 359 00:16:19,542 --> 00:16:22,083 narrator: Cody says, after that, he went to bed. 360 00:16:25,042 --> 00:16:26,375 - I don't know more. That's the thing. 361 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:27,917 You guys are-- you're making me nervous 362 00:16:28,042 --> 00:16:29,333 because you're making me feel like I did something 363 00:16:29,417 --> 00:16:31,167 when I didn't even do anything. 364 00:16:31,292 --> 00:16:33,833 I'm not a gangster. I don't do that stuff. 365 00:16:33,958 --> 00:16:35,583 ♪ ♪ 366 00:16:35,708 --> 00:16:39,167 - Eventually, we're able to verify he has an alibi. 367 00:16:39,292 --> 00:16:41,958 He wasn't anywhere near the scene. 368 00:16:42,083 --> 00:16:45,833 At that point, we're able to eliminate him. 369 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,875 - He's good for now. 370 00:16:47,958 --> 00:16:49,458 Thank you. 371 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:52,333 At the end of all that, we were like, "Now what?" 372 00:16:52,458 --> 00:16:54,500 We had motive. Now we have nothing. 373 00:16:54,625 --> 00:16:57,333 So, yeah, we were right back to square one. 374 00:16:57,458 --> 00:17:00,958 It sucks to just go home, but it's kind of 375 00:17:01,042 --> 00:17:02,750 where we're at right now. 376 00:17:02,833 --> 00:17:09,708 ♪ ♪ 377 00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:12,000 narrator: Over the next day and a half... 378 00:17:12,083 --> 00:17:14,667 [phone rings] - This is Detective Frazier. 379 00:17:14,750 --> 00:17:18,167 narrator: The team continues to chase down leads. 380 00:17:18,292 --> 00:17:20,125 - We started getting these Crime Stoppers tips 381 00:17:20,208 --> 00:17:22,333 because the entire neighborhood wanted us 382 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,750 to find the killer, like, fast. 383 00:17:24,833 --> 00:17:26,417 Everybody that we talked to 384 00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:28,667 had nothing but good things to say about Blaine, 385 00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:30,208 and they wanted to help. 386 00:17:30,333 --> 00:17:32,500 They said, "We want to do the right thing. 387 00:17:32,583 --> 00:17:34,875 We want to be able to help you put this person in jail." 388 00:17:34,958 --> 00:17:39,000 ♪ ♪ 389 00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:40,417 narrator: Then... 390 00:17:40,542 --> 00:17:43,417 - About six hours prior to the first 48 hours, 391 00:17:43,583 --> 00:17:46,333 Blaine's family decided to take him off the life support. 392 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,458 ♪ ♪ 393 00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:51,583 - It hurts so bad when I lost him because 394 00:17:51,708 --> 00:17:54,917 when he died, I wasn't even in Oklahoma. 395 00:17:55,042 --> 00:17:57,583 And they was trying to keep him hooked up 396 00:17:57,708 --> 00:18:00,708 until I got into town so I could see him, 397 00:18:00,833 --> 00:18:03,042 and I never got that option. 398 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:10,167 ♪ ♪ 399 00:18:12,417 --> 00:18:14,542 narrator: Five days after Blaine's death... 400 00:18:14,667 --> 00:18:16,625 - Thanks, buddy. You too. 401 00:18:16,708 --> 00:18:19,208 Justin and I had gotten some information 402 00:18:19,375 --> 00:18:21,208 that there was an inmate in the Tulsa County Jail 403 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:23,000 wanting to talk about Blaine's murder. 404 00:18:23,042 --> 00:18:26,333 ♪ ♪ 405 00:18:26,458 --> 00:18:27,750 - How do you know Blaine? 406 00:18:33,542 --> 00:18:36,292 - The relationship that Blaine had with the inmate 407 00:18:36,417 --> 00:18:39,000 was motivating them to help us, which you don't see 408 00:18:39,083 --> 00:18:41,208 a lot in homicide investigations. 409 00:18:41,333 --> 00:18:43,208 OK, I mean, you care about him? 410 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:45,958 - Well, just anything you've heard 411 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:49,333 as to why this happened, we need to know. 412 00:18:49,417 --> 00:18:51,583 ♪ ♪ 413 00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:57,083 ♪ ♪ 414 00:19:04,875 --> 00:19:05,083 - Why? 415 00:19:05,417 --> 00:19:06,417 ♪ ♪ 416 00:19:07,958 --> 00:19:10,083 - The inmate was a part of the Aryan Brotherhood, 417 00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:12,708 and the Irish Mob and the Aryan Brotherhood 418 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:15,042 have this rivalry about turf and dope and women, 419 00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:17,833 and they clearly were trying to hurt each other. 420 00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:23,667 narrator: Just hours before the shooting, 421 00:19:23,792 --> 00:19:25,250 outside a car wash, 422 00:19:25,375 --> 00:19:27,833 he got into a fight with some members of the Irish Mob. 423 00:19:30,083 --> 00:19:31,458 - Yeah. 424 00:19:31,458 --> 00:19:33,583 Have you ever seen those guys in a car at all? 425 00:19:37,375 --> 00:19:39,417 Narrator: The inmate says, after the fight, 426 00:19:39,542 --> 00:19:42,167 he left with a friend in a silver car. 427 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,542 - He felt bad about Blaine and almost kind of some guilt, 428 00:19:55,667 --> 00:19:58,708 like it was his fault that Blaine ended up getting killed. 429 00:19:58,833 --> 00:20:00,708 narrator: He gives them the nickname and description 430 00:20:00,792 --> 00:20:04,000 of his friend, the one who was driving that silver car. 431 00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:06,792 - All right, man. 432 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:09,833 ♪ ♪ 433 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:11,583 The wheels were turning. 434 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:14,333 The Irish Mob, they wear green, clearly. 435 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,167 We got a suspect wearing all green. 436 00:20:17,292 --> 00:20:19,125 - There's a chance that these idiots 437 00:20:19,208 --> 00:20:21,625 just got the wrong freaking car. 438 00:20:21,750 --> 00:20:23,833 - The inmate believed it was kind of a mistaken identity. 439 00:20:23,958 --> 00:20:26,917 - We're kind of at a dead end on a lot of this stuff. 440 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,833 Let's follow this one and see where it goes. 441 00:20:28,917 --> 00:20:31,333 ♪ ♪ 442 00:20:31,458 --> 00:20:34,208 narrator: Frazier and Ritter head to the car wash 443 00:20:34,375 --> 00:20:36,500 to see if it's got surveillance cameras. 444 00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:39,167 - He said the actual physical altercation occurred 445 00:20:39,250 --> 00:20:40,833 in front of this car wash. 446 00:20:40,917 --> 00:20:42,667 ♪ ♪ 447 00:20:42,792 --> 00:20:45,333 - But then I look over to my left, 448 00:20:45,458 --> 00:20:50,333 and sure enough is the car that the inmate had described 449 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,292 and the person, whose description 450 00:20:52,375 --> 00:20:54,792 was also very unique. 451 00:20:54,917 --> 00:20:57,292 - And I'll be damned, the inmate's friend 452 00:20:57,375 --> 00:20:59,000 kind of falls in our lap at the car wash. 453 00:20:59,125 --> 00:21:01,958 ♪ ♪ 454 00:21:02,042 --> 00:21:04,542 - At that point, you're like, "You got to be kidding me. 455 00:21:04,708 --> 00:21:06,125 Maybe this is gonna pay off." 456 00:21:06,208 --> 00:21:08,333 ♪ ♪ 457 00:21:08,458 --> 00:21:10,625 - So what happened the other night? 458 00:21:10,708 --> 00:21:12,792 narrator: The inmate's friend saw him punch a member 459 00:21:12,875 --> 00:21:14,250 of the Irish Mob, 460 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:16,250 who goes by the nickname Little Man. 461 00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:17,917 - What'd that guy look like? 462 00:21:19,208 --> 00:21:20,250 - Yeah. 463 00:21:23,417 --> 00:21:25,833 - Not what we were looking for. 464 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:27,792 We wanted, you know, long hair, parted down the middle. 465 00:21:30,583 --> 00:21:32,333 narrator: Little Man lives in an apartment 466 00:21:32,417 --> 00:21:34,833 with some other members of the Irish Mob. 467 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,292 - Who are they? 468 00:21:38,542 --> 00:21:40,042 - Shane Vanderpool? OK. 469 00:21:46,542 --> 00:21:48,583 - Do you ever see those guys in a car? 470 00:21:53,042 --> 00:21:56,625 - Everything that Jimmy and the second witness described 471 00:21:56,708 --> 00:21:59,583 was falling in line with what the person in the car wash 472 00:21:59,708 --> 00:22:01,667 was telling us about Vanderpool. 473 00:22:01,792 --> 00:22:08,667 ♪ ♪ 474 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,917 - Parted down the middle, shoulder-length hair. 475 00:22:13,042 --> 00:22:14,500 - Yeah. 476 00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:17,125 narrator: 38-year-old Shane Vanderpool grew up 477 00:22:17,208 --> 00:22:19,458 in Tulsa and earned a GED. 478 00:22:19,542 --> 00:22:23,167 He has 13 prior felony convictions for assault 479 00:22:23,250 --> 00:22:25,375 with a dangerous weapon, drugs, 480 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,750 and possession of stolen property. 481 00:22:27,875 --> 00:22:31,208 - He's got the hair. He's got the car. 482 00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:33,208 We felt pretty good about Shane. 483 00:22:33,333 --> 00:22:38,583 ♪ ♪ 484 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:40,833 Narrator: Four days later... 485 00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:43,208 - We figured out Shane's phone number, 486 00:22:43,292 --> 00:22:45,167 apply for his phone records, get 'em back, 487 00:22:45,292 --> 00:22:46,833 do some location stuff. 488 00:22:46,958 --> 00:22:49,583 6:30 on the 21st, 489 00:22:49,708 --> 00:22:53,500 this guy's hitting at a tower right here. 490 00:22:53,625 --> 00:22:57,292 And sure enough, his phone is in the area 491 00:22:57,375 --> 00:22:59,958 at the time of the murder. 492 00:23:00,042 --> 00:23:02,667 And this'll help if he says he wasn't there. 493 00:23:02,792 --> 00:23:04,500 - We learned that Shane had felony warrants 494 00:23:04,625 --> 00:23:05,875 out for his arrest, 495 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,250 and so we decided we'd pick him up. 496 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:10,833 His appearance, I think, has changed 497 00:23:10,917 --> 00:23:14,625 from his 2014 booking photo quite a bit. 498 00:23:14,708 --> 00:23:15,917 So if we book him on his warrant, 499 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,250 we can take a picture of him here 500 00:23:17,375 --> 00:23:18,625 and put that in a photo lineup. 501 00:23:18,708 --> 00:23:21,833 ♪ ♪ 502 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,875 narrator: 12 days after Blaine Wells was killed... 503 00:23:27,042 --> 00:23:29,833 - We gathered some information about an apartment 504 00:23:29,958 --> 00:23:32,333 out west that was a known hangout for Shane Vanderpool. 505 00:23:32,417 --> 00:23:36,083 ♪ ♪ 506 00:23:41,292 --> 00:23:44,125 - We end up seeing who we identified as Shane Vanderpool 507 00:23:44,208 --> 00:23:46,042 jump into a Chevy Impala. 508 00:23:46,167 --> 00:23:50,083 ♪ ♪ 509 00:23:50,208 --> 00:23:52,500 - I got eyes on him here. 510 00:23:52,583 --> 00:23:55,833 He is gonna be northbound on Memorial from 27. 511 00:23:55,917 --> 00:23:59,917 Driver we're looking for is Shane Vanderpool. 512 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:06,833 ♪ ♪ 513 00:24:10,375 --> 00:24:13,167 [sirens blaring] 514 00:24:13,292 --> 00:24:14,958 Go, man. 515 00:24:17,250 --> 00:24:19,583 - As soon as he got lit up, as soon as the police lights 516 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:21,708 come on behind him, he runs. 517 00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:25,667 ♪ ♪ 518 00:24:25,792 --> 00:24:28,458 - Where's he at? Where'd he go? 519 00:24:28,542 --> 00:24:30,875 ♪ ♪ 520 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,000 ♪ ♪ 521 00:24:38,042 --> 00:24:40,667 - I covered the murder of Blaine Wells. 522 00:24:40,708 --> 00:24:42,500 And we have covered lots of cases 523 00:24:42,583 --> 00:24:44,167 involving Irish Mob members. 524 00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:47,542 When I first came here in 1992, we were just starting 525 00:24:47,667 --> 00:24:49,500 to hear about the Irish Mob. 526 00:24:49,625 --> 00:24:51,792 And they weren't taken very seriously at first, 527 00:24:51,875 --> 00:24:55,208 but then quickly, they start becoming more organized. 528 00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:57,208 They are doing armed robberies. They're doing carjackings. 529 00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:58,958 ♪ ♪ 530 00:24:59,125 --> 00:25:01,500 - This is the apartment where we found Shane. 531 00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:03,542 In this apartment, there's a lot of drug trafficking, 532 00:25:03,625 --> 00:25:06,250 a lot of drug sales, probably some gun sales too. 533 00:25:06,375 --> 00:25:08,917 Not that they were really smart about what they did 534 00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:10,833 and how they operated. 535 00:25:10,875 --> 00:25:12,542 They do things in broad daylight. 536 00:25:12,625 --> 00:25:14,250 They do things where there's witnesses. 537 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:16,333 They're not good at getting rid of their evidence. 538 00:25:16,458 --> 00:25:20,000 They're not good at trying to get away with the crime. 539 00:25:20,042 --> 00:25:23,292 - Just last year, the feds did this huge bust, 540 00:25:23,417 --> 00:25:26,875 and they got 125 Irish Mob guys, 541 00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:30,083 and they recover hundreds and hundreds of pounds 542 00:25:30,208 --> 00:25:31,875 of meth and 200 guns. 543 00:25:32,042 --> 00:25:35,500 And hopefully it put a big dent in the Irish Mob. 544 00:25:35,625 --> 00:25:37,458 I do think there is hope that it gets better 545 00:25:37,542 --> 00:25:39,042 because the good people are fighting back 546 00:25:39,125 --> 00:25:41,458 and police are doing everything they can as well, 547 00:25:41,583 --> 00:25:43,333 but it's an ongoing battle. 548 00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:49,292 ♪ ♪ 549 00:25:57,375 --> 00:26:00,583 - It was frustrating, is the word I can use on TV, 550 00:26:00,708 --> 00:26:02,333 I think. 551 00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:10,833 - We set up a perimeter from where 552 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,583 Shane ran from, went searching through 553 00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:15,083 the area, trying to find him. 554 00:26:15,167 --> 00:26:18,000 ♪ ♪ 555 00:26:18,125 --> 00:26:22,042 Oh. Hey, I've got him over here. 556 00:26:22,167 --> 00:26:24,000 I just happened to see him walking down a sidewalk 557 00:26:24,125 --> 00:26:25,667 in the neighborhood. 558 00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:27,667 He's walking away. He's on his cell phone. 559 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:29,250 Car's parked. 560 00:26:31,708 --> 00:26:32,750 - It's definitely risky. 561 00:26:32,917 --> 00:26:34,500 I mean, we're following a murder suspect. 562 00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:36,250 - We're like, "This guy's gonna run," you know? 563 00:26:36,333 --> 00:26:40,875 ♪ ♪ 564 00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:45,458 - Oop, dogs out. 565 00:26:45,542 --> 00:26:47,250 - We ended up getting K-9. 566 00:26:47,333 --> 00:26:51,000 ♪ ♪ 567 00:26:56,833 --> 00:26:59,375 - Booyah! Boom. 568 00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:01,583 Good deal. He is in custody. 569 00:27:01,583 --> 00:27:06,917 ♪ ♪ 570 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,208 We're excited, 571 00:27:08,292 --> 00:27:10,500 and when we finally put our hands on him. 572 00:27:10,542 --> 00:27:12,292 We were like, "Oh, my gosh, this-- 573 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:14,250 you know, this got to be the guy." 574 00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:17,875 At that point, we were gonna go directly to our witnesses, 575 00:27:17,958 --> 00:27:20,375 Jimmy and the second witness, in hopes to get 576 00:27:20,542 --> 00:27:21,333 a positive identification. 577 00:27:21,458 --> 00:27:25,875 ♪ ♪ 578 00:27:25,958 --> 00:27:28,500 There's a lot of circumstantial stuff, you know, 579 00:27:28,583 --> 00:27:30,000 his description, the phone records, 580 00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:33,250 but that's not gonna be enough to be able to charge him. 581 00:27:33,333 --> 00:27:35,833 - If you've got a victim that looks at the pictures 582 00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:38,667 and is like, "That's the dude that did it," 583 00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:40,917 it's pretty good. 584 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,750 - Jimmy, I got some pictures to show you. 585 00:27:42,875 --> 00:27:45,625 See if you recognize anybody out of these photos, OK? 586 00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:49,667 ♪ ♪ 587 00:27:49,708 --> 00:27:51,542 - Man, looks like him. 588 00:27:51,625 --> 00:27:54,333 - That looks like him? 589 00:27:54,417 --> 00:27:55,667 - Right. 590 00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:58,000 It seemed like he was younger. 591 00:27:58,083 --> 00:28:00,167 - It looks most similar to that guy? 592 00:28:00,250 --> 00:28:02,542 - Yeah. - OK. 593 00:28:02,625 --> 00:28:05,083 Jimmy's ID of Shane Vanderpool was good, 594 00:28:05,167 --> 00:28:09,208 but was it immediately, "This is him"? No. 595 00:28:09,292 --> 00:28:11,792 - He picks this guy out of six people, 596 00:28:11,917 --> 00:28:14,042 but he doesn't want to say 100% for whatever reason. 597 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:16,542 - If I'm a defense attorney, that's one of the things 598 00:28:16,667 --> 00:28:18,167 I would jump all over. 599 00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:20,458 - On a murder charge, well, you better have 600 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:21,750 something else to back it up. 601 00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:23,500 - I'ma head to her now. 602 00:28:23,625 --> 00:28:25,000 narrator: The case now hinges 603 00:28:25,083 --> 00:28:27,208 on the second witness IDing Shane 604 00:28:27,333 --> 00:28:29,208 as the shooter. 605 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:33,167 - We'll see. Here we go, moment of truth. 606 00:28:33,292 --> 00:28:40,250 ♪ ♪ 607 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,167 Good ID on Mr. Vanderpool. 608 00:28:49,208 --> 00:28:51,500 - Once we get those positive identifications, 609 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:52,708 do we have enough to charge him? 610 00:28:52,833 --> 00:28:54,958 Absolutely, but we did not have enough 611 00:28:54,958 --> 00:28:56,875 to prove that he's guilty of murder 612 00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:58,792 beyond a reasonable doubt. 613 00:28:58,875 --> 00:29:00,500 So we're gonna go interview him, 614 00:29:00,625 --> 00:29:02,542 and hopefully we can get a confession. 615 00:29:02,667 --> 00:29:07,458 ♪ ♪ 616 00:29:07,542 --> 00:29:09,750 Shane, man, wake up, buddy. 617 00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:10,833 We walk into the interview room, 618 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,375 and he's dead asleep. 619 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:13,917 Have a seat, bud. 620 00:29:14,083 --> 00:29:15,333 You know, there's that old saying, too, 621 00:29:15,417 --> 00:29:17,875 the guilty sleep. 622 00:29:18,042 --> 00:29:20,542 Well, man, we're investigating a shooting. 623 00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:23,250 ♪ ♪ 624 00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:24,417 Do you know what shooting I'm talking about? 625 00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:28,125 - No idea? 626 00:29:28,208 --> 00:29:32,167 - It happened the morning of February 21. 627 00:29:33,042 --> 00:29:35,042 Do you remember what you did that day? 628 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,042 - What motel did you go to? 629 00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:42,375 - Yeah? 630 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:43,625 He said he was at some hotel 631 00:29:43,708 --> 00:29:45,125 on the other side of town out east. 632 00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:47,042 We had a lot of information, cell phone towers, 633 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:50,667 witnesses putting him out west, so it was-- 634 00:29:50,792 --> 00:29:53,000 you know, he lied. 635 00:29:53,167 --> 00:29:55,167 OK. What kind of car were you in? 636 00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:57,792 ♪ ♪ 637 00:29:57,875 --> 00:29:59,167 - That's what the second witness 638 00:29:59,208 --> 00:30:02,000 and Jimmy described. It was a white car. 639 00:30:02,083 --> 00:30:04,750 What if I told you that people 640 00:30:04,875 --> 00:30:07,083 saw you in a different place Sunday morning? 641 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:12,417 - I agree. 642 00:30:12,583 --> 00:30:17,083 Man, I know you weren't at the motel on Sunday morning. 643 00:30:19,792 --> 00:30:21,208 - I'm asking you. 644 00:30:23,875 --> 00:30:25,958 - I'm telling you, you weren't. 645 00:30:26,042 --> 00:30:27,208 I know you weren't. 646 00:30:31,792 --> 00:30:32,833 - No, I'm not gonna argue with you. 647 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:36,750 - OK, Shane. 648 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:43,833 ♪ ♪ 649 00:30:43,958 --> 00:30:45,875 We got him locked into a story. 650 00:30:45,958 --> 00:30:48,000 He was in 31st and Memorial, 651 00:30:48,167 --> 00:30:49,500 and his phone records say different. 652 00:30:49,625 --> 00:30:51,042 He was at 51st and Union. 653 00:30:51,167 --> 00:30:53,917 Sometimes a lie is just as good as a confession, 654 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,667 so, man, we're gonna book him for murder. 655 00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:00,083 ♪ ♪ 656 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:01,917 - Always kind of look at these as phases. 657 00:31:02,042 --> 00:31:03,792 Like, you get your probable cause, 658 00:31:03,917 --> 00:31:05,792 and you know he's your guy, but then 659 00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:07,333 you have to think about all the other stuff 660 00:31:07,417 --> 00:31:09,500 you got to do to get ready for court. 661 00:31:09,583 --> 00:31:11,208 ♪ ♪ 662 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:14,250 - Thank you, guys. - Thank you. 663 00:31:14,375 --> 00:31:17,042 - There are a number of things that are on a prosecutor's 664 00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:20,208 dream checklist that we were missing. 665 00:31:20,375 --> 00:31:25,292 Juries like to have things to hold and see and feel. 666 00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:28,875 We needed something more than just a guy with long hair. 667 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000 We needed something a little extra, 668 00:31:31,083 --> 00:31:33,583 or else we're gonna be in a world of hurt. 669 00:31:33,750 --> 00:31:35,167 ♪ ♪ 670 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:43,500 ♪ ♪ 671 00:31:43,625 --> 00:31:44,792 - She's kind of pissed off 672 00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:47,333 'cause he's kind of ignoring her. 673 00:31:47,417 --> 00:31:48,917 narrator: Before handing the case off 674 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,500 to the district attorney... 675 00:31:50,583 --> 00:31:53,000 - We searched Shane's phone following his arrest, 676 00:31:53,125 --> 00:31:56,000 and we found a lot of great stuff. 677 00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:57,500 It shows a picture of this shirt, 678 00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:58,833 a green shirt. 679 00:31:58,875 --> 00:32:00,042 narrator: Days after the murder, 680 00:32:00,167 --> 00:32:02,667 one of Shane's friends texted him. 681 00:32:02,792 --> 00:32:04,375 - And it says, "Look, this is the shirt 682 00:32:04,458 --> 00:32:07,208 you wore that one morning you popped old dude off." 683 00:32:07,333 --> 00:32:10,083 Working murders, you hope and pray 684 00:32:10,167 --> 00:32:12,250 and keep your fingers crossed for those little gifts 685 00:32:12,375 --> 00:32:13,833 that you get every now and then. 686 00:32:13,958 --> 00:32:15,542 That's pretty good stuff. 687 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,083 It's awesome. 688 00:32:17,167 --> 00:32:19,500 This is where the case really blew up for us. 689 00:32:19,667 --> 00:32:26,583 ♪ ♪ 690 00:32:39,083 --> 00:32:41,042 These are pictures from Shane Vanderpool's phone 691 00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:43,417 hours before he shoots Blaine Wells. 692 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,167 ♪ ♪ 693 00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:48,250 You can see Shane Vanderpool in his green shirt, 694 00:32:48,375 --> 00:32:50,000 which matches the description of the suspect 695 00:32:50,125 --> 00:32:53,833 given by the witnesses at the scene of the murder. 696 00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:56,167 And this is the screenshot we recovered 697 00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:59,083 February 21 of the News On 6 story 698 00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:01,042 of Blaine Wells' murder. 699 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:03,958 - When they are looking 700 00:33:04,042 --> 00:33:05,458 through Shane Vanderpool's phone, 701 00:33:05,542 --> 00:33:08,000 they see that he has gone to our website 702 00:33:08,083 --> 00:33:09,542 to see what information we're reporting 703 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:11,333 about that murder. 704 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,833 - Shane was texting this picture to his friend, 705 00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:15,500 insinuating that he had done this. 706 00:33:15,583 --> 00:33:19,833 - It's like click, picture, here's where I've been. 707 00:33:19,958 --> 00:33:21,708 In my opinion, he's bragging about it. 708 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,125 Why else would you send that? 709 00:33:23,208 --> 00:33:26,167 So has Shane confessed to this person, 710 00:33:26,208 --> 00:33:27,667 told him that he did it? 711 00:33:27,792 --> 00:33:29,833 - So finding the person that sent the text message 712 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,792 about the shirt and talking to them 713 00:33:31,958 --> 00:33:34,292 about being a witness is essential. 714 00:33:34,417 --> 00:33:41,375 ♪ ♪ 715 00:33:48,208 --> 00:33:50,167 narrator: Two weeks after Blaine's murder... 716 00:33:50,250 --> 00:33:53,000 - Let me get some info from you first, OK? 717 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,000 narrator: The friend who Shane was texting 718 00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:56,333 agrees to be interviewed. 719 00:33:56,417 --> 00:33:57,583 - Who got the room for you? 720 00:33:58,417 --> 00:34:00,333 - He had gotten her a hotel room 721 00:34:00,417 --> 00:34:02,292 right around the time of the murder. 722 00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:06,083 - OK. 723 00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:15,292 - Right. 724 00:34:16,417 --> 00:34:18,833 narrator: When the friend woke in the morning, 725 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:21,375 Shane still wasn't back. 726 00:34:21,542 --> 00:34:23,708 - So she texted him, wondering where he's at. 727 00:34:26,833 --> 00:34:28,167 He got one. 728 00:34:30,542 --> 00:34:32,333 - And what does that mean to you? 729 00:34:36,125 --> 00:34:37,458 - Well, what does that mean to you? 730 00:34:39,417 --> 00:34:41,708 [sobbing] 731 00:34:50,875 --> 00:34:53,083 - You're doing the right thing. 732 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:55,833 I'll be right back. 733 00:34:55,958 --> 00:34:57,500 ♪ ♪ 734 00:34:57,583 --> 00:35:00,167 After this interview with her, 735 00:35:00,292 --> 00:35:02,250 we were ready to move forward with wrapping it all up 736 00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:04,458 and giving it to the DA's office. 737 00:35:04,542 --> 00:35:06,500 ♪ ♪ 738 00:35:06,583 --> 00:35:09,500 - Shane Vanderpool was pretty well known as somebody 739 00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:12,167 who was high ranking in the Irish Mob. 740 00:35:12,208 --> 00:35:16,208 And once we had the packet from Detective Frazier, 741 00:35:16,333 --> 00:35:18,875 I thought the case was incredibly strong. 742 00:35:19,042 --> 00:35:22,417 What Shane's friend gave us, essentially, was a confession. 743 00:35:22,542 --> 00:35:24,583 "I'm the guy who did it." 744 00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:26,250 But the problem was Shane's friend 745 00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:27,500 didn't want anything to do with us, 746 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:29,375 didn't want anything to do with our case, 747 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:31,167 but we needed her testimony. 748 00:35:31,208 --> 00:35:33,542 We needed her to stand up for her community 749 00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:35,167 and do the right thing. 750 00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:42,208 ♪ ♪ 751 00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:44,667 narrator: One year later, 752 00:35:44,708 --> 00:35:48,292 the trial of Shane Vanderpool begins. 753 00:35:48,417 --> 00:35:52,583 - This was the first case that I had ever had jury duty for, 754 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:56,000 so I took it very seriously because, you know, 755 00:35:56,083 --> 00:35:58,750 someone's life is in your hands. 756 00:35:58,833 --> 00:36:00,500 ♪ ♪ 757 00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:03,708 narrator: The state calls its first witness. 758 00:36:03,833 --> 00:36:06,208 - Jimmy's testimony was critical to the case 759 00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:08,833 because it lays out for the jury 760 00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:13,250 what some of those last moments were like for the victim. 761 00:36:13,375 --> 00:36:16,333 And the emotion that Jimmy demonstrated for the jury 762 00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:17,667 about how much he loved his friend, 763 00:36:17,792 --> 00:36:19,500 how much he cared for his friend was, 764 00:36:19,625 --> 00:36:21,417 frankly, heartbreaking to see. 765 00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,042 narrator: But on cross-examination... 766 00:36:24,167 --> 00:36:27,042 - The defense really attacked his memory 767 00:36:27,167 --> 00:36:29,708 of what had happened. 768 00:36:29,792 --> 00:36:32,333 - Did you really see what you say you saw? 769 00:36:32,417 --> 00:36:34,292 Were you able to identify particular features 770 00:36:34,375 --> 00:36:36,125 of the car? Was the bumper damaged? 771 00:36:36,250 --> 00:36:37,583 Was it not? 772 00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:40,708 And Jimmy struggled a little bit. 773 00:36:40,708 --> 00:36:43,000 - Well, if he's not certain about the car, 774 00:36:43,125 --> 00:36:46,500 what else is he not certain about? 775 00:36:46,583 --> 00:36:49,292 I felt bad for Jimmy because you could tell 776 00:36:49,375 --> 00:36:52,208 he wanted to help his friend. 777 00:36:52,292 --> 00:36:54,333 He wanted to say the right thing, 778 00:36:54,417 --> 00:36:58,083 but you don't know, you don't know. 779 00:36:58,208 --> 00:37:01,250 When Jimmy's not sure about the car, 780 00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:04,500 it might have introduced some reasonable doubt. 781 00:37:04,625 --> 00:37:07,333 - After Jimmy's testimony, Shane's friend was gonna be 782 00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:09,833 incredibly important. 783 00:37:09,958 --> 00:37:12,333 - But Shane's friend did not want to testify. 784 00:37:12,375 --> 00:37:14,417 - If Shane's friend refuses to testify, 785 00:37:14,583 --> 00:37:17,000 we're gonna have a real tough time making our case. 786 00:37:17,042 --> 00:37:19,500 We're gonna have a real tough time convincing the jury 787 00:37:19,583 --> 00:37:22,292 that that particular long-haired guy was the guy 788 00:37:22,375 --> 00:37:23,625 who pulled the trigger. 789 00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:27,250 ♪ ♪ 790 00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:33,417 ♪ ♪ 791 00:37:33,625 --> 00:37:34,667 - The thing I hoped to get out of Shane's friend 792 00:37:35,042 --> 00:37:37,417 was a confession straight from Shane Vanderpool's mouth. 793 00:37:37,542 --> 00:37:40,833 And coming from somebody who's his friend, 794 00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:43,333 that would be pretty powerful. 795 00:37:43,417 --> 00:37:45,250 - But we were very worried that Shane's friend 796 00:37:45,250 --> 00:37:47,458 wasn't gonna show up to testify. 797 00:37:47,542 --> 00:37:49,500 - Getting somebody like her to take the stand 798 00:37:49,708 --> 00:37:51,708 and doing it in front of the defendant 799 00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:55,458 is an incredible act of courage. 800 00:37:55,625 --> 00:37:59,083 So seeing her there was an enormous relief. 801 00:37:59,208 --> 00:38:01,833 But getting her in that room was step one. 802 00:38:01,917 --> 00:38:05,792 Getting her story out was gonna be an enormous step two, 803 00:38:05,875 --> 00:38:08,667 and I wasn't entirely sure how that was gonna go. 804 00:38:08,750 --> 00:38:12,667 ♪ ♪ 805 00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:14,458 - Shane's friend testified that Shane 806 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:17,542 told her kind of the whole story on how it happened. 807 00:38:17,625 --> 00:38:20,708 Shane Vanderpool is coming from the apartment over here, 808 00:38:20,833 --> 00:38:24,167 sees the victim's vehicle with Jimmy 809 00:38:24,208 --> 00:38:27,042 and Blaine and the second witness leaving 810 00:38:27,125 --> 00:38:28,833 their-- their apartment. 811 00:38:28,958 --> 00:38:32,417 And unfortunately, I think, it was kind of a coincidence. 812 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:34,083 They're almost neighbors, right? 813 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,042 And they come out, and Vanderpool 814 00:38:36,125 --> 00:38:37,667 thinks he sees, you know, 815 00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:39,500 a possible Aryan Brotherhood gang member. 816 00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:41,625 And as they're stopped at the stop sign, 817 00:38:41,750 --> 00:38:42,875 that's when Shane Vanderpool 818 00:38:42,958 --> 00:38:44,292 gets out of the car, points the gun, 819 00:38:44,375 --> 00:38:45,792 pulls the trigger, you know, 820 00:38:45,792 --> 00:38:48,375 striking Blaine Wells in the head. 821 00:38:48,542 --> 00:38:51,667 Her testimony corroborated everything 822 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:53,208 that happened in that murder. 823 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:54,917 The only person besides the two eyewitnesses 824 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:58,375 that would know that information is the killer. 825 00:38:58,542 --> 00:39:00,500 narrator: But on cross-examination... 826 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:02,792 - The point the defense tried to raise 827 00:39:02,958 --> 00:39:06,375 was that Shane's friend and Shane had only met 828 00:39:06,375 --> 00:39:10,333 two days prior to the murder. 829 00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:13,083 - And he tried to question whether or not 830 00:39:13,167 --> 00:39:14,833 his client really would have made 831 00:39:14,958 --> 00:39:16,958 the kind of heartfelt confession 832 00:39:17,042 --> 00:39:19,833 that she testified to the jury that he had made. 833 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,625 ♪ ♪ 834 00:39:21,708 --> 00:39:23,542 - You want this jury to believe that a man 835 00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:26,167 that you've known for less than 72 hours 836 00:39:26,208 --> 00:39:28,583 confessed all of this stuff to you? 837 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,500 Yes, I do want them to believe that. 838 00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:33,458 It is the truth. 839 00:39:33,583 --> 00:39:38,292 - It comes across as incredibly strong, believable, 840 00:39:38,417 --> 00:39:40,500 and I think should send a message 841 00:39:40,625 --> 00:39:42,667 to the jury about the strength of her testimony. 842 00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:45,625 - But the defense isn't finished yet. 843 00:39:45,708 --> 00:39:48,583 narrator: Shane's attorney questions Detective Ritter. 844 00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:50,833 - When we made contact with Shane's friend, 845 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,208 we found a small amount of methamphetamine 846 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:56,083 in Shane's friend's purse. 847 00:39:56,167 --> 00:39:59,542 So the defense started hitting on why Shane's friend 848 00:39:59,625 --> 00:40:01,958 wasn't arrested for this meth. 849 00:40:02,042 --> 00:40:03,333 So you didn't arrest her 850 00:40:03,458 --> 00:40:05,042 because she was giving you information. 851 00:40:05,125 --> 00:40:07,500 - We had not made any deals with Shane's friend 852 00:40:07,625 --> 00:40:09,500 at all whatsoever in exchange for her testimony. 853 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:12,333 - But they're trying to imply, maybe Shane's friend 854 00:40:12,542 --> 00:40:14,000 might be willing to do this because they're just 855 00:40:14,125 --> 00:40:16,583 trying to save their own skin. 856 00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:19,208 - So at this point, I think all of the jurors 857 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,208 were questioning a little bit. 858 00:40:21,292 --> 00:40:24,167 Well, maybe the defense is right. 859 00:40:24,250 --> 00:40:28,917 And that really could put the prosecution's case on thin ice. 860 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,500 ♪ ♪ 861 00:40:34,542 --> 00:40:37,167 - I have never once felt like I knew 110% 862 00:40:37,250 --> 00:40:41,083 what a jury was gonna do, and this case was no different. 863 00:40:41,167 --> 00:40:42,500 ♪ ♪ 864 00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:47,333 - Shane behaved to me very, like, nonchalant. 865 00:40:47,458 --> 00:40:51,000 He didn't seem remotely remorseful. 866 00:40:51,042 --> 00:40:52,708 ♪ ♪ 867 00:40:52,792 --> 00:40:54,500 - When the jury came back, 868 00:40:54,542 --> 00:40:57,708 they told us that their verdict was guilty. 869 00:40:57,792 --> 00:41:04,667 ♪ ♪ 870 00:41:06,458 --> 00:41:08,625 For somebody who had the number of convictions 871 00:41:08,708 --> 00:41:10,667 he had for some pretty serious offenses, 872 00:41:10,750 --> 00:41:13,333 and because of the absolute senseless nature 873 00:41:13,458 --> 00:41:16,042 of this murder, I felt life without parole 874 00:41:16,167 --> 00:41:19,750 was absolutely appropriate for Mr. Vanderpool. 875 00:41:19,833 --> 00:41:21,958 - Blaine had a lot of friends, 876 00:41:22,042 --> 00:41:23,750 and all the things that he had either done 877 00:41:23,875 --> 00:41:25,042 for people or the relationships 878 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:28,750 he had with people resulted in a successful conviction. 879 00:41:28,833 --> 00:41:30,625 You know, maybe that was Blaine kind of looking down 880 00:41:30,750 --> 00:41:32,167 and helping out from afar. 881 00:41:32,208 --> 00:41:39,167 ♪ ♪ 882 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:45,000 narrator: Eight years after Blaine's death... 883 00:41:45,083 --> 00:41:48,083 - I miss him. I do. 884 00:41:48,208 --> 00:41:51,125 I miss him a lot. 885 00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:54,750 It don't help in any way, knowing that, you know, 886 00:41:54,875 --> 00:41:57,833 he was mistaken identity because, 887 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,250 at the end of the day, it still happened. 888 00:42:01,375 --> 00:42:04,875 But my brother is not gonna want me crying over him. 889 00:42:05,042 --> 00:42:07,333 He wants me to live to the fullest, 890 00:42:07,542 --> 00:42:10,417 and I know he does. 891 00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:12,833 So I'm trying to hold up to that 892 00:42:12,917 --> 00:42:15,833 and be that way because I think, 893 00:42:15,958 --> 00:42:19,750 in the long run, it will help my siblings. 894 00:42:19,875 --> 00:42:25,042 And I definitely don't want his memory to go faded away. 895 00:42:25,208 --> 00:42:28,083 ♪ ♪