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A peaceful midwestern community
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Is rocked by a tragic murder.
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There was a gunshot wound
to the head.
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I just remember laying down
and crying.
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[heather] my heart had been
ripped out.
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I couldn't believe that
this was happening.
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Who would want to hurt him?
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[narrator] as authorities
search for a suspect,
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The investigation descends into
the dangers of online dating.
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You don't know who
you're meeting up with.
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It was a big fear.
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Was this a date that went bad?
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Was this a setup date
as a robbery?
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Lots of questions.
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[narrator] the investigation
will take a sharp turn
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As rumors of a toxic romance
come into focus...
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Leading to the discovery of
a disturbing betrayal
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Fueled by desperation.
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They punished him to protect
themselves.
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They needed each other
to survive.
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[gabrielle] I still cannot wrap
my mind around
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How you can be so
close to somebody
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And do something so horrific.
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[narrator] a quiet community
south of indianapolis,
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Morgan county, indiana
may best be known
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For its family-friendly living.
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[peter] morgan county's
a small, rural area
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About 30 minutes
south of indianapolis.
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It's a peaceful,
quaint community
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With not a lotta crime.
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[narrator] but at 3 p.M. On
September 13, 2019,
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A local resident calls
911 in a panic.
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[narrator] the caller reports
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The victim is lying along
a fence adjoining her property.
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[narrator] investigators with
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The morgan county
sheriff's office
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Are immediately dispatched
to the scene.
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[mark] I was on call,
so I proceeded to the location.
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This particular area was,
was isolated.
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It had one residence
right off the road...
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And the area was shaded by trees
and thick brush.
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The deceased person was in
late stages of decomposition.
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When we looked at the body,
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It was difficult to even tell if
it was a male or a female.
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There was a gunshot wound
to the head.
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And I noticed that
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The deceased's right pocket
was pulled out.
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So that automatically had us
leadin' to believe
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A possible robbery.
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[steve] most people
carry cell phones.
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Most people have some kind of
I.D. Or credit card or money.
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So, the fact that there was
really nothing there...
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Led police to believe that,
that maybe that was intended.
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[mark] as we started
lookin' at the scene,
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We found seven .9 millimeter
shell casings.
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[camera snapping]
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[mark] we determined that it was
an automatic handgun
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And possibly a glock,
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Due to the indentions
on the shell casings.
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There was some blood
found coming from
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The top of the
fence to the bottom.
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There was some blood found on
the rocks below the fence.
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It was the hypothesis or
assumption at the time
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That the victim was going over
the fence and then was shot.
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[narrator] when investigators
speak with the 911 caller,
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She says she hadn't
seen anything suspicious...
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But she had heard something
four days earlier.
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She had gone to sleep on
September 9th at 4:30,
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And heard several gunshots.
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But it was a rural area,
so there's a lot of...
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Target practicing and hunting,
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Different people in that area
shooting guns off,
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So it wasn't uncommon.
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[narrator] with no
clear evidence
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Pointing to who might be
responsible,
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Investigators focus on
identifying their victim.
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The body was transported to
our morgan county morgue,
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And then forensic pathologist
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Did a autopsy on
the deceased the next day.
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The forensic pathologist
determined that it was a male,
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Probably in their twenties.
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Approximately six two,
six three.
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[narrator] the pathologist
confirms the victim died
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From a single gunshot wound
to the head.
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[mark] they couldn't say
exactly when,
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But they just know the body had
been out there for a few days.
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We also were able to get
fingerprints from the deceased
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At the autopsy,
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And those were put into
what's called "afis".
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We got a hit on the fingerprint
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For a male out of
jacksonville, illinois
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Named alexander jackson.
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[peter] the morgan county
sheriff's office,
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They were asking themselves
questions like,
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"what was this guy
doin' out here,
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And why was he killed?"
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[narrator] born in illinois
in 1996,
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Alexander jackson had always
been bright and brainy.
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[lalonna] alex was born and
raised in jacksonville.
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He was a good kid,
and he was really, really smart.
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[gabrielle] alex was very
outgoing, caring, bubbly.
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I mean, when you think of
somebody that would
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Literally give you
the shirt off their back,
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I mean, that is him to a tee.
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[jaylon] he loved science.
Everything with plants, trees.
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He would always hate
seeing people
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Cut trees down and everything.
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He always just wanted to do
what he could
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To help the environment.
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We called him "sid",
"sid the science kid",
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'cause he would have
all these...
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Like, facts that no one like...
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What, why do you know that?
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You know?
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[heather] when he graduated
high school,
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He then decided to go to
western university in illinois
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To study environmental science.
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[lalonna] one day his sophomore
year of college there,
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I guess there's
a coming out day.
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He had posted this, this post.
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And said that, "I was gay."
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[heather] he just really figured
out who he wanted to be,
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What he wanted to do,
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And we were all just
really proud of that.
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[narrator] after sophomore year,
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Alex decided to join his aunt
in indianapolis.
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[heather] alex moved in with me
January of 2017.
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He wanted to come here
to spread his wings.
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I was the person who just kinda
introduced him to the scene.
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The gay scene, you know,
on mass ave.
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[jaylon] he did drag
and things like that.
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He was havin'
a lotta fun with that.
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In July 2017,
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He decided he wanted to get
his own apartment.
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And I was kinda sad when
he decided to leave,
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'cause I really enjoyed
having him around,
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But I was happy that
he was findin' his way in life.
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[narrator] but alex's plans
for the future
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Could come to a tragic end
on an isolated stretch of road
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Nearly 20 miles from home
in indianapolis.
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Once they got alex identified,
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Then the detective would
reach out to the family.
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I was able to get in contact
with alex's mother,
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Lalonna jackson.
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[lalonna] I remember them
telling me that
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They had found him.
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It's...
That moment is kind of a blur.
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Because I was there by myself,
I just remember...
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Laying down and crying.
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[heather] I think
I dropped to the floor.
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Felt like...
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A part of my soul,
my heart had been ripped out.
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I couldn't believe that
this was happening.
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Who would want to hurt him?
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I learned that alex had
moved to indianapolis
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To live with his aunt, heather.
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He was taking classes there
and working a job,
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And doin' really good
for the most part.
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[narrator] alex's mother says
her son's life
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Had taken an unexpected turn
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After he moved out of
his aunt's home
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In July of 2017.
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He lived in an apartment complex
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And somethin' had
happened above him,
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And so, water had leaked into
his apartment,
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And he ended up
needin' to leave.
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[mark] talkin' to lalonna,
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He was actually
stayin' with friends
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At different places and hotels,
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And I think that kinda got him
in a situation where
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He was gettin' with
the wrong people.
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He had quit his job,
and had quit school,
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And had started to
hang around some people
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That were partyin'
a little too hard.
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Alex called me and voiced some
concern about the people
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That he had been
hanging out with,
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And that he had
been doing things
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That maybe he shouldn't
have been.
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He knew he needed to stop.
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It was quite a shock.
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[narrator] coming up.
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A chilling discovery leads
investigators to uncover
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A bitter conflict
between friends.
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He made a cryptic
facebook post in which
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He tagged alex and said,
"robbing the dead."
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That post sounded very awful,
especially the timing.
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[narrator] but a deeper look
at alex's dating life
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Suggests a more sinister motive
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Any time you're dealing
with one of these dating apps,
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There's a concern that
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You don't know
who you're dealing with,
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And unfortunately, there could
be predators out there.
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[narrator] investigators
have identified
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23-year-old alex jackson
as the murder victim
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Found off a rural road in
morgan county, indiana...
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And law enforcement has
learned that alex's family
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Had become concerned about him
in recent months.
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[lalonna] there was about
a month or two there
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That I'm not sure
exactly what happened,
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But things went downhill.
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Quickly.
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You know, the people
he hung out with,
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I didn't know them.
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I knew his friends before,
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And all of a sudden,
things changed.
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[heather] these people...
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I had no clue who they were.
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No clue.
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[narrator] while alex's family
is unable to name
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Any of alex's new friends,
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They can offer investigators
helpful insight.
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[heather] alex's car actually
was in the shop,
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So he needed a rental car.
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And this family friend
offered to get him
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A rental car for four days.
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And after that four days,
they're like,
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"well, why wasn't
the rental car returned?"
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[steve] it was
a short-term rental.
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That would've been on
September 6th.
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On the 10th, that rental car
was not returned.
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They didn't know
where the car was.
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[narrator] investigators
immediately begin
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The search for the vehicle,
a 2018 hyundai elantra.
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They also issue a press release
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Hoping to identify alex's
new friends in the city.
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It's important to know who
was the last person
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To talk to him or had seen him.
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We were tryin' to locate names,
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As far as who he hung out with
and where he might've been.
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And with the press release,
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We had gotten a call from
one of alex's friends
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Who gave us some information on
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Who he had been hangin' out with
at the time.
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One of the names mentioned
was chad.
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[narrator] according to
the tipster,
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Chad had made an alarming post
on social media
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On September 6th,
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Three days before authorities
believe alex was killed.
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On September 6th,
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Chad made a cryptic
facebook post
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In which he tagged alex and
said something to the effect of
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"robbing the dead."
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They were concerned
about the post,
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Due to the fact that
alex was deceased.
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That post sounded very awful,
especially the timing.
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So at that time, we locate chad.
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And we went and spoke with him.
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[narrator] when investigators
confront chad about
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The social media post,
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He alleges that alex was
the thief in question, not him.
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[mark] chad said that him and
alex were friends,
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And that alex had actually
stayed with him for a while.
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And that him and alex
had a falling out
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Due to the fact that
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Alex might've taken
some items from him.
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[narrator] chad claims that
the alleged theft occurred
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After the two friends partied
together on September 6th.
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Chad had bought some drugs,
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And had used the drugs and,
and nearly overdosed.
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When he woke up
his money was gone,
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And he blamed alex
for takin' it.
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So, he stated that he posted
that due to the fact
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That he was robbin' him while
he was almost dyin'.
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So, that was his explanation
for the post.
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[narrator] the situation had
bothered chad,
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But he's emphatic that
he didn't kill alex.
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We have a software that we use
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That actually can show
which towers in an area
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That cell phones had
sent data to.
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And when our evidence tech ran
those numbers through,
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We found that chad's number,
at the morning of the homicide,
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Was far away from
the crime scene.
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[narrator] cleared of
any connection
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To alex's death,
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Chad suggests they talk to
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Alex's closest friend
in indianapolis.
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He advised that there was
another person
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That alex hung around with on
a regular basis,
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Named britney overton.
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[steve] alex really
trusted britney.
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And kinda looked at her as a,
maybe a big sister.
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She was older,
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And looked up to her for
guidance, protection, stability.
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Britney's name came up,
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And that eventually led
the investigators
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To pay a visit on britney.
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[mark] we proceeded to
her grandmother's house,
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And we talked to britney.
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She said she had been friends
with alex for a year or so.
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Ran around with him on occasions
and partied with him.
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[narrator] according to britney,
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The last time she saw alex
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Was the evening of
September 8, 2019.
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[mark] she said they were
drivin' around
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In a blue rental car
that alex had.
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They had gone to a couple of
stores during the day,
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And that at 11 o'clock
that night,
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He had dropped her off
at her house.
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[steve] britney puts herself
with alex together at her house,
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In the blue rental car.
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Alex leaves at 11:00 p.M.
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Was supposed to come back,
he never came back.
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So now, we're gettin' a lot
closer to what happened to alex
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The morning of the 9th,
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When the neighbors heard
gunshots at 4:30 a.M.
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Grindr is an app where men can
meet other men.
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I was concerned maybe he met up
with somebody on grindr,
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And that something that
happened.
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And that we really
wanted to find out
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Who he met up with at that time.
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[steve] was this a date
that went bad?
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Was this a setup date
as a robbery?
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Lots of questions.
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E week after
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The body of alex jackson
was discovered,
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His friend britney overton
has just told investigators
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That alex planned to meet up
with a grindr date
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The night of September 8th...
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The last time anyone
saw alex alive.
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[steve] britney said that he was
meeting or talking to
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A male on a dating app.
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If it's true,
alex was with britney
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At 11:00 p.M. The night
before he was killed,
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And he went on a grindr date.
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How did this person
come into play?
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Any time you're dealing
with one of these dating apps,
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00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:53,597
There's a concern that
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You don't know
who you're dealing with.
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00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:58,702
And unfortunately, there could
be predators out there.
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[music]
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[narrator] detective
mark anderson
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00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:09,179
Immediately obtains
a search warrant
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00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:11,582
For alex's personal
grindr account.
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[mark] when I got
the information back
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00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,553
From the dating app,
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It just gave me the username
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And when they would log in
or log off.
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It didn't give me any names
who they talked to,
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00:19:25,298 --> 00:19:27,698
It didn't give me any names
that they hooked up with
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00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:29,066
Or anything like that.
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[steve] that reached a dead end.
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A lot of these dating sites are
very discreet
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For the obvious reason.
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[narrator] but just as
the investigation
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Hits a road block,
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00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:41,812
Authorities receive
crucial information
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00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:44,948
That breathes new life
into the case.
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00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:50,487
Alex's rental car was found by
indianapolis police, abandoned.
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00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,489
[steve] the rental car was found
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00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,758
Wrecked on a road in
indianapolis.
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00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:58,929
The theory then is the people
that killed alex
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00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:00,197
May have been the same people
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00:20:00,266 --> 00:20:02,333
In the rental car
when it was wrecked.
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00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:04,935
So, we did search warrants on
the rental car.
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00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:07,404
[mark] when we got
the vehicle back,
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We noticed that in
the passenger seat
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There was a set of keys.
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00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:16,647
And we realized there was
a car key to a buick.
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00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:18,950
[peter] the keys to
the rental car were there,
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00:20:19,018 --> 00:20:22,886
But this extra set of keys was
significant to investigators,
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00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:26,591
Because it led them to wonder,
"who did these belong to?"
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[steve] also interestingly about
the rental car,
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The front plate of
the radio was removed.
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And the radio was actually
pulled out.
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And we were able to recover some
very good fingerprints
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00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:42,840
Of the right hand
of a individual
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00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,642
On top of the radio.
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Detectives, evidence technicians
processed for evidence.
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And of course, it doesn't come
back right away.
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00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:55,253
So, we're waiting on dna,
we're waiting on fingerprints.
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[narrator] while investigators
wait on forensics,
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Weeks pass without
any new leads.
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00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:05,829
[peter] for the first
several weeks,
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00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:08,398
Investigators didn't really
have a lot to go on.
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00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:12,302
They were reachin' out to anyone
who might have known alex
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In the indianapolis area.
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00:21:15,041 --> 00:21:19,176
Unfortunately, they really
weren't able to get any answers.
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[music]
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[narrator] five weeks after
alex's death,
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00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:31,155
Investigators receive
a promising tip
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00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:33,156
From a concerned woman.
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00:21:33,426 --> 00:21:35,492
[mark] we went and
spoke with her.
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00:21:36,161 --> 00:21:40,464
She stated that her grandson
had told her
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00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:44,201
That he had shot
somebody named alex.
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00:21:47,707 --> 00:21:50,307
He then showed her on his phone
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00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:54,678
A article from
a local television station,
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00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:57,081
Where alex jackson
was identified
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As deceased in a homicide.
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00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:03,020
She had asked him why and,
and he had made a comment that
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00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:06,490
He thought that this person was
gonna try to hurt him.
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00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:11,128
She gave me the name of
justin blake.
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00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:15,165
I had never heard that name
in the investigation.
401
00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:17,935
[narrator] justin's grandmother
explains that
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00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:21,939
18-year-old justin had
had a tumultuous upbringing.
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00:22:24,477 --> 00:22:28,478
Justin grew up in indianapolis.
404
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,713
And at a very young age,
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00:22:29,782 --> 00:22:35,219
His sister and him were taken
from the biological parents
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00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:37,154
Through the department of
child services,
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00:22:37,623 --> 00:22:40,424
And spent some
time in foster care,
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00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:43,728
And he was adopted at
one point in time.
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00:22:45,465 --> 00:22:47,831
Justin had gotten into
some trouble,
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00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:51,735
And had gotten incarcerated
as a juvenile.
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00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:54,138
It was too hard for them
to take care of him.
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00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:56,339
So, they kinda
washed their hands of him,
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00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:59,110
And he went to the system.
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00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:02,746
[steve] justin lived on and off
on the streets.
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00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:07,017
By the time he was 18,
a fairly hardened individual,
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00:23:07,085 --> 00:23:08,119
Which is really sad.
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00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:15,325
[music]
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[narrator] six months earlier,
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00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:19,797
Justin had reconnected
with his grandmother.
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00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,200
[steve] grandma treated him
with love,
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00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:25,936
Was concerned about
his appearance,
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00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:28,972
Concerned about who he was
hangin' around with,
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00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:31,875
But still, as a grandmother's
love would be,
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00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,177
"what can I do for you?"
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00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,012
And justin bared his soul.
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00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:39,149
And basically told grandma
that he had killed somebody.
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00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:43,187
[music]
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00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:46,557
[mark] she was still in shock
that he had said this to her,
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00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:48,825
But she knew she was tryin' to
do the right thing,
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00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:51,162
So she gave that information.
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00:23:51,697 --> 00:23:54,097
[narrator] investigators know
they need to speak
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00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:55,933
With justin immediately.
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00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:59,202
[mark] she told me that he was
at the hendricks county jail
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00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,738
In October of 2019.
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00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:03,607
That he had gotten arrested for
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00:24:03,676 --> 00:24:07,210
Having a stolen van
and a stolen gun.
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00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,579
And she was concerned that
possibly that
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00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:12,683
Maybe that gun was
involved in the case.
439
00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:16,653
[steve] we had then
a good belief that
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00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:19,823
This person was a viable suspect
in alex's killing.
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00:24:20,392 --> 00:24:23,026
[mark] and that's when I went to
the hendricks county jail
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00:24:23,095 --> 00:24:24,962
And spoke to justin.
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00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:29,800
[music]
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00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:55,759
I advised him that I was here to
speak to him about a homicide.
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00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:09,206
And it wasn't 'til a short time
later he stated,
446
00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:10,975
"oh, yeah, I know alex".
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00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,247
[narrator] investigators
inform justin
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00:25:16,315 --> 00:25:17,614
An anonymous tip
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00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:20,918
Has implicated the teen
in alex's murder.
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00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:43,274
[mark] he tried to explain that
he only met alex twice,
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00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:47,144
And he tried to brush it off
that he didn't really know him.
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00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,580
[narrator] when asked how
he met alex,
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00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:51,148
Justin tells investigators
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00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:54,151
They were introduced through
justin's girlfriend...
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00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:01,592
[mark] when I heard that,
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00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:04,361
Then it started clickin'
together that
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00:26:04,429 --> 00:26:06,196
The two names were connected.
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00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:08,098
Britney...
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00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:09,132
And justin.
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00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:14,939
[music]
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00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:25,449
[narrator] over a month after
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00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:27,717
The shooting death
of alex jackson,
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00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:30,453
Investigators in
morgan county, indiana
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00:26:30,455 --> 00:26:32,622
Have zeroed in on justin blake
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00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:34,724
As the primary person
of interest...
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00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:38,361
When justin reveals he was
introduced to alex
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00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:41,732
By alex's friend,
britney overton.
468
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,634
Investigators made
the connection
469
00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:45,368
That justin knew britney.
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00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:48,472
In fact, the two had
a relationship for some time.
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00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:52,009
And add that to the fact that
investigators were told by
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00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:56,180
Justin's grandmother that justin
had confessed to killing alex.
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00:26:57,216 --> 00:26:59,183
These were strong pieces
of evidence.
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00:27:00,886 --> 00:27:03,653
Justin was pretty much sayin'
he's not involved.
475
00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:04,954
"I don't know why you're here."
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00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:07,157
[narrator] however, justin does
admit to
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00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:10,193
Being with britney and alex
on September 8th,
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00:27:10,262 --> 00:27:14,297
The evening investigators
believe alex was killed.
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00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:17,835
Justin started to tell a story
very similar to britney,
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00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:20,170
That he saw alex that night.
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00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:26,309
Alex had a, a date
on the dating app,
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00:27:27,112 --> 00:27:30,781
And that alex left in
a blue rental car at 11:00 p.M.,
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00:27:30,849 --> 00:27:32,583
And never came back.
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00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,121
[mark] he said that alex dropped
him off at the house.
485
00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:40,624
That he never saw
alex after that.
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00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:52,035
[mark] we didn't talk to him
much longer after that,
487
00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:55,005
'cause we wanted to make sure we
had another shot to talk to him.
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00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:01,545
[narrator] while justin is
escorted back to his jail cell,
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00:28:01,947 --> 00:28:04,281
Investigators focus on
the stolen weapon
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00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:07,818
Found in his possession
during his recent arrest.
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00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:09,620
[mark] I then called
492
00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,221
The arresting officer
in that case
493
00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:16,259
To confirm what kind of weapon
that he was charged with.
494
00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:19,963
But he had a revolver in
his possession at the time,
495
00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:22,766
So it didn't match
the shell casings
496
00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:24,435
That we found at the scene,
497
00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:28,638
Due to the fact a revolver
doesn't spit out shell casings.
498
00:28:29,108 --> 00:28:31,442
[peter] they weren't able to
find the murder weapon.
499
00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:36,246
So, they strongly suspected that
justin had dumped the weapon
500
00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:38,015
Shortly after the murder.
501
00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:42,152
[narrator] still, investigators
have no idea
502
00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:44,387
What motive justin would have..
503
00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:48,859
Or what role britney overton
might have played in the crime.
504
00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:51,328
Before circling back to britney
505
00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:55,332
They focus their efforts on
developing evidence against he.
506
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:59,869
[steve] so, we did
search warrants of social media,
507
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,506
Cell phone records,
cell phone tower locations,
508
00:29:03,809 --> 00:29:06,910
Anything that we could
to either include
509
00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:09,646
Or exclude someone as a suspect.
510
00:29:10,349 --> 00:29:13,383
Britney had clearly kept some
interesting company.
511
00:29:14,787 --> 00:29:15,652
[steve] there was some
involvement
512
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:16,687
In the drug community.
513
00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:20,591
Not terrible, but enough that
she was on probation.
514
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,162
We learned that britney met
justin blake through
515
00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:27,630
A drug dealer,
they had the same dealer.
516
00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:31,668
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517
00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:33,737
[mark] once I got
the facebook records
518
00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:34,605
For britney overton,
519
00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:37,808
You can see that she's hangin'
with justin a lot
520
00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:40,443
As a couple in pictures.
521
00:29:40,679 --> 00:29:43,546
Britney and, and justin did have
522
00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:45,815
A sexual relationship
with each other.
523
00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:49,953
He had a bad guy persona
about him already,
524
00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:52,089
And he was only 18 at the time.
525
00:29:53,558 --> 00:29:56,226
I think in looking at some of
the social media,
526
00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:58,461
She had a bad boy crush on him.
527
00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,964
There is some comment that all
they'd been through,
528
00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:03,801
They had a bond like
a band of brothers,
529
00:30:03,869 --> 00:30:06,136
A thick as thieves type of bond.
530
00:30:10,075 --> 00:30:11,942
[mark] when I'm goin' through
her accounts,
531
00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:14,244
I'm finding conversations
532
00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:19,716
With her and other subjects
in the criminal world.
533
00:30:19,784 --> 00:30:22,452
Just days prior to the homicide,
534
00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:26,657
She's actually talkin' to people
about wantin' to get a gun.
535
00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:30,560
[narrator] investigators are
unable to determine
536
00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:32,262
If britney had acquired a gun..
537
00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:37,267
But as they continue analyzing
her social media data and usage
538
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:40,437
They come to
a startling realization.
539
00:30:40,906 --> 00:30:44,107
Neighbors heard gunshots at
around 4:30 a.M.
540
00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:46,409
On the morning of September 9th,
541
00:30:47,046 --> 00:30:50,080
Which is believed to be the time
that alex was killed.
542
00:30:51,150 --> 00:30:52,883
And then at 4:45 a.M.,
543
00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:54,952
Britney logged onto
her facebook account
544
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,887
And she unfriended alex.
545
00:30:57,989 --> 00:31:00,791
[mark] that stuck in our mind
really hard.
546
00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:05,261
It was exactly 15 minutes
after the homicide
547
00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:08,031
That she de-friends
alex jackson.
548
00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:12,603
Once we had that foundation,
549
00:31:13,138 --> 00:31:15,672
Then when those cell records
came back,
550
00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:20,143
Her cell phone put her in
the area of north mann road,
551
00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:23,080
Very close to where
alex was killed,
552
00:31:23,148 --> 00:31:26,717
At 4:31 a.M. On September 9th.
553
00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:29,419
[narrator] investigators have
the evidence they need
554
00:31:29,488 --> 00:31:32,222
To secure a warrant for
britney's arrest.
555
00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:35,626
When they receive
the forensic analysis
556
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:37,194
On alex's rental car,
557
00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:40,631
The case becomes
more than circumstantial.
558
00:31:41,966 --> 00:31:46,236
We sent a copy of justin blake's
fingerprints to the state lab,
559
00:31:46,305 --> 00:31:49,839
With the fingerprint that
we found on the radio.
560
00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:53,543
They called back and confirmed
it was a match
561
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:55,545
To his fingerprints.
562
00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:58,982
So, that places him in
the vehicle.
563
00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:01,885
The dna results on the keys,
564
00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:05,355
Those dna results came back to
britney overton.
565
00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:08,024
[steve] the dna,
the phone records
566
00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:11,027
All kinda put justin there,
britney there.
567
00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:13,630
There didn't seem
to be any obvious motive,
568
00:32:13,699 --> 00:32:17,667
But it was time to roll up
our sleeves, file the charges,
569
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:21,003
And get arrest warrants for
570
00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:23,406
Justin blake and
britney overton.
571
00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:28,745
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572
00:32:28,814 --> 00:32:31,248
[narrator] on October 3rd, 2020,
573
00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:34,817
More than a year after
alex jackson's murder,
574
00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:39,556
Police take justin blake and
britney overton into custody.
575
00:32:40,425 --> 00:32:43,827
Justin had been in hendricks
county jail for stealing a car
576
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:46,028
And having a gun
in his possession.
577
00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:49,900
But at that point, justin
had been released from jail.
578
00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:54,204
Justin was in indianapolis with
a new girlfriend,
579
00:32:55,206 --> 00:32:58,508
And he was located at
her residence.
580
00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:04,047
Britney was found inside
indianapolis city limits.
581
00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:14,390
[narrator] investigators
sit down with justin first...
582
00:33:14,392 --> 00:33:18,161
And confront him with the
evidence stacked against him.
583
00:33:31,276 --> 00:33:33,209
He just denied it the whole time
584
00:33:33,278 --> 00:33:36,346
And said the same story
he said before.
585
00:33:36,782 --> 00:33:39,082
He was given
a voice stress test.
586
00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:42,519
He agreed to take one,
and of course he failed it.
587
00:33:43,422 --> 00:33:47,024
After that he pretty much said,
"I want to talk to a lawyer."
588
00:33:48,227 --> 00:33:49,592
[investigator] britney.
589
00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:52,696
[narrator] detectives next turn
their attention to britney.
590
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:21,658
Britney, for two hours,
played...
591
00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:22,659
Innocent.
592
00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:33,270
[steve] and it wasn't until
the detectives talked about
593
00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:35,705
That her phone records put
her at the scene.
594
00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:39,009
There was no way she
wasn't there.
595
00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:48,151
I think she finally realized,
596
00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:51,421
"well, let's tell this story
and see what happens."
597
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:54,691
And then she gave a story of
what happened that night.
598
00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:57,861
All those pieces of the puzzle
fell into place,
599
00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,663
As we had planned.
600
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,501
[music]
601
00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:17,414
[narrator] indiana authorities
have arrested britney overton
602
00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:20,784
And justin blake for the murder
of britney's friend,
603
00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,319
Alex jackson.
604
00:35:23,055 --> 00:35:26,656
While justin continues to
maintain his innocence,
605
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:30,192
Britney eventually
cracks under pressure.
606
00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,296
Britney told them that on
the night of September 8th...
607
00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:40,170
Alex had picked her up in
his rental car.
608
00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:46,610
[mark] britney said alex and her
was runnin' around.
609
00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:50,647
And at some point in time
in the night,
610
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,349
They picked justin up.
611
00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:55,284
[peter] they were drivin' around
partyin' a bit,
612
00:35:55,354 --> 00:35:57,287
And at a certain point,
613
00:35:57,355 --> 00:36:01,057
Justin suggested they go try to
make some fast money.
614
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:06,563
They get alex to contact
a guy from grindr,
615
00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:10,033
And they set up a date
to meet him,
616
00:36:10,568 --> 00:36:13,103
And they were gonna rob him.
617
00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:16,239
[narrator] according to britney,
618
00:36:16,307 --> 00:36:18,808
When the trio arrived
at the apartment complex,
619
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:23,246
Justin forced alex to accompany
him to the front door...
620
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:39,295
[mark] britney stated that when
they met the guy,
621
00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:42,265
Justin started
pistol whippin' him.
622
00:36:45,470 --> 00:36:49,205
Britney said that alex didn't
expect them to beat him up
623
00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:51,341
And be that violent.
624
00:37:13,765 --> 00:37:15,398
[narrator] britney claims
the trio
625
00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:17,934
Partied for
the next several hours...
626
00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:22,939
But alex became increasingly
upset about what had happened.
627
00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:25,908
Alex has never seen this kinda
stuff before.
628
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,177
He's not a criminal.
629
00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,712
He, that must have been a shock.
630
00:37:30,382 --> 00:37:32,982
He was kinda regretting
doin' the,
631
00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:36,253
The robbery and stuff,
and was talkin' about it.
632
00:37:37,389 --> 00:37:40,490
There was a concern that
alex would snitch on them.
633
00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:42,692
[mark] they ended up
on this road.
634
00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:48,297
And at that time then,
635
00:37:48,299 --> 00:37:51,468
Justin supposedly tells her
to stop the car.
636
00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:11,421
[mark] when she stopped the car,
637
00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:15,391
He then made the comment,
"alex, you know it's time."
638
00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:19,962
And at that time, she says alex
looks over at her, says,
639
00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:21,798
"what's going on britney?"
640
00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:43,253
[mark] justin gets out with
the gun in his hand,
641
00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:45,922
And she proceeds to look
straight ahead
642
00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:47,791
And hears several gunshots.
643
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:12,415
And then, justin gets in
the front seat of the car
644
00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:17,687
And had the gun in his hand,
and alex's cell phone.
645
00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:23,960
And justin drives her,
drops her off, and says,
646
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:26,796
"don't say anything to anybody,
or you're gonna die."
647
00:39:28,399 --> 00:39:30,967
And then he drives off
and leaves.
648
00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:37,773
[narrator] investigators aren't
buying britney's story.
649
00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:40,109
If britney was afraid of justin
650
00:39:40,178 --> 00:39:42,412
She certainly didn't
seem to show it
651
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,014
In the days after the murder.
652
00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:46,449
[peter] britney admitted
to police that
653
00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:49,753
They used the rental car for
two days after the murder.
654
00:39:57,762 --> 00:39:59,829
[mark] she said that her and
justin were drinkin',
655
00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:04,000
And that he ran off the road
and hit the tree.
656
00:40:11,009 --> 00:40:15,111
So, I'm seein' now that she's
more of a manipulative person,
657
00:40:15,179 --> 00:40:16,946
And you can see where
658
00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:20,617
She's doin' anything
she can to survive.
659
00:40:21,552 --> 00:40:22,885
[narrator] while justin
660
00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:24,821
Continues to deny
any involvement,
661
00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:28,558
Investigators have what they
need to file charges.
662
00:40:30,462 --> 00:40:34,364
[steve] we charged justin blake
with murder and felony murder.
663
00:40:34,832 --> 00:40:36,498
Murder for shooting alex,
664
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:38,368
Felony murder for
stealing the car.
665
00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:43,806
We charged britney overton only
with felony murder and robbery.
666
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:46,308
We did not believe that
she pulled the trigger.
667
00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:49,678
I didn't know anything
about britney.
668
00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:54,516
But I just needed whoever was
responsible...
669
00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:56,519
To pay for it.
670
00:40:59,223 --> 00:41:00,857
They took my baby.
671
00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:04,060
For no reason.
672
00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:06,562
[heather] after the arrests
were made,
673
00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:08,798
The family was happy.
674
00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:11,667
Lalonna was happy,
my brother was happy.
675
00:41:11,736 --> 00:41:14,304
But now comes trial.
676
00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:20,242
[narrator] with britney's
testimony
677
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:23,980
And a mountain of physical
and digital evidence in tow,
678
00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:29,319
Prosecutors take justin's case
to a jury in February of 2022.
679
00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:33,189
While prosecutors don't need to
prove motive as
680
00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:34,823
An element of their case,
681
00:41:34,893 --> 00:41:38,761
They believe they know why
alex was killed that night.
682
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:40,830
[peter] alex fell in with
the wrong crowd.
683
00:41:40,899 --> 00:41:44,200
He certainly wasn't hardened
like britney and justin.
684
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:47,470
Ultimately, alex was caught up
in their crimes,
685
00:41:47,538 --> 00:41:50,239
And as soon as he showed
a sign of weakness,
686
00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:54,544
They punished him for that to
protect themselves.
687
00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:57,413
Obviously, they were intimate.
688
00:41:58,149 --> 00:42:01,283
They found some attraction
to each other.
689
00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:05,655
I think it became a bond of what
they did together that night,
690
00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:09,525
And then a bond of how they
thought they could get away it.
691
00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:20,536
[music]
692
00:42:20,605 --> 00:42:22,371
[narrator] despite justin's
defense team
693
00:42:22,373 --> 00:42:25,441
Attempting to shift blame
solely to britney,
694
00:42:25,876 --> 00:42:28,745
On February 24, 2022,
695
00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,581
The jury sides with
the prosecution.
696
00:42:32,183 --> 00:42:35,017
[steve] the jury convicted
justin of all counts:
697
00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:37,287
Murder, felony murder,
and robbery.
698
00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:42,959
We proceeded to sentencing,
and the judge gave him 61 years.
699
00:42:45,430 --> 00:42:47,163
[narrator] in may 2022,
700
00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:49,899
Britney overton accepts
a plea bargain.
701
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:55,405
The judge did credit her for
testifying in justin's trial.
702
00:42:55,873 --> 00:42:57,707
The judge ended up
giving her 20 years,
703
00:42:57,775 --> 00:42:59,709
With 17 and a half to do.
704
00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:02,545
[marlene] britney teared up
a little bit, but...
705
00:43:02,613 --> 00:43:05,248
I, I didn't think she was
very remorseful.
706
00:43:07,651 --> 00:43:08,985
[gabrielle] I still cannot wrap
my mind around
707
00:43:09,053 --> 00:43:12,221
How you can be so
close to somebody like alex,
708
00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:14,324
And do something so horrific.
709
00:43:15,193 --> 00:43:18,728
I just will never
understand why.
710
00:43:20,631 --> 00:43:23,265
[lalonna] they took
an amazing person.
711
00:43:23,668 --> 00:43:25,134
And that was part of
the problem.
712
00:43:25,203 --> 00:43:28,337
He was so trusting
and befriended people,
713
00:43:28,406 --> 00:43:30,406
Because he saw
the good in everyone.
714
00:43:30,474 --> 00:43:36,512
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