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-[door creaks]
-[Cole] It's a pretty
bad scene.
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We've had other homicides,
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but not like this one.
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It appeared that somebody
had beat her in the head
repeatedly.
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Investigators have
very viable suspects.
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He said that he hears voices.
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That really scared me.
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He had an extensive history
of violence towards women.
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[Cole speaking]
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[Stephanie]
Could he have been mad enough
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to actually do something
to her?
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[Paula] He's just a creep.
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I don't wanna be around
that violent animal.
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[Chad speaking]
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[Stephanie]
In the fall of 2021,
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when I stumbled
across this case,
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I approached my bosses
at People and I said,
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"Can we cover this case?
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It's been 15 years
and no one has done it."
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From the moment
I started working on it,
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I took it personally.
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Little did we know
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that within a year
of me going out to Texas,
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there would be an arrest
for capital murder.
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But the most shocking thing
was yet to come.
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[Patricia] I am Patricia Tice,
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I am Brittany McGlone's mom.
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Here in Winnsboro,
the population is only 3400.
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So it was a very,
very small town.
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Not much to do.
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But there are a lot of people
that've been here forever
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and know each other.
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[Paula] I'm Paula
and I'm Brittany's aunt.
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Tricia's my sister.
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I grew up here
from like, 12 on.
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I never had any problems,
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never scared to run around
at night, you know,
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it was pretty safe.
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The year I graduated
from high school,
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I met a local boy
named Ronnie,
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and we were married
in '85,
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and had two children together.
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Our son, Ryan,
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and then two years later,
Brittany Danielle.
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[Stephanie] Patricia and Ron
eventually divorce,
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go their separate ways,
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but when Brittany was born
in 1987,
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it was just perfect.
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[Patricia]
I was over the moon.
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She was just everything
I could've dreamed of.
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Brittany never gave me
a moment's trouble.
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Never.
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It's like she was a--
born an old soul and sensible.
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Patricia and Ron,
both go on to re-marry
other people,
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giving Brittany
a growing family of siblings.
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My name is Hope McGlone.
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Brittany is my older sister.
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Because we have a mixed family
and we have different mothers,
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she's kind of the thing
that connected all of us.
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My grandfather lived right off
of Lake Winnsboro.
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So of course,
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we spent a lot
of the summers together,
hanging out.
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Staying up all night,
playing video games,
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running around,
going to the lake.
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During those summers,
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she was pretty quiet
and reserved.
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But just super sweet.
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Just the best person
to be around.
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[Patricia]
Brittany graduated with honors
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from Winnsboro High School
in 2006.
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Her plan was to start
nursing school
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in fall of 2007.
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She was living at home
with me,
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and she had two jobs.
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She worked at Alco,
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and at a Lowe's
distribution center
in Mount Vernon,
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where she worked overnights.
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Her manager at Alco
was a woman named Deveree.
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She introduced her son
Jeff to Brittany
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and Jeff became Brittany's
first real boyfriend.
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[Patricia]
Brittany started dating Jeff
probably November of 2006,
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right after she turned 19.
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I did not like Jeff
from the very beginning.
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He looked and acted
dirty and criminal,
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and I just could not see
the attraction.
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[Paula] We expected Brittany
to find a guy
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that loved and laughed
as much as she did.
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And Jeff wasn't like that
at all.
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[Patricia]
They had only been dating
six months
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before Jeff broke up
with Brittany.
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As hard as it was
to see her heartbroken,
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I was relieved.
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[Paula] I wish
she would've stayed away,
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but she felt like
she really loved him.
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And Brittany and Jeff started
talking and reconciling.
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[Janine] While her family
disapproves of Jeff,
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Brittany continues to
work hard at her two jobs
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and sticks close
to her daily routine.
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But one day,
she changes things up.
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[Patricia] On May 3rd, 2007,
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before she went to work,
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Brittany told me she was going
to Jeff's house
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immediately after work
the next morning.
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She had never
done that before.
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Usually,
Brittany comes home
after her overnight job,
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and showers
before she takes a long nap,
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and then heads to Jeff's house
in the afternoon.
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I wanted to say
why are you doing this,
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but this was a kid
who made all good decisions.
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And I didn't question
her decision to go over there.
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And she told me,
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"I love you."
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And she walked out
of the door,
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got in her truck, and...
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and was gone.
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[ominous music playing]
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The next day,
May 4th, 2007,
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about 2:30 in the afternoon,
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Jeff called me and said,
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"Hey,
have you talked to Brittany?"
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And immediately,
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the hair stood up
on the back of my neck.
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I said, "No.
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She's supposed to be
with you."
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He just said,
"She's not answering
her phone."
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Well, I hung up on him
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and started calling
Brittany's phone.
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And it went to voicemail.
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Brittany always picked up
her phone.
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I knew then
something was horribly wrong.
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[Janine] At 3:45 p.m.,
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Deputy Mark Miller responds
to a 911 call.
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Someone has discovered
a dead body.
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On May 4th, 2007,
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I was dispatched in reference
to a possible homicide.
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There wasn't much
information given.
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I-- I didn't know
what I was responding to
exactly.
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So the house
is no longer here,
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but it was a [sighs]
smaller house.
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The door that faced
the road here,
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that room was used
as a bedroom.
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[door creaks open]
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When you walked in,
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the bed was just to the right
of the door.
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Brittany was on the bed
face up,
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her head was on a pillow,
undressed,
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and she was obviously
deceased.
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There was a lot of blood
on her head, face area,
pillow.
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At that point, I notified
the sheriff department,
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told 'em that I needed
investigators to respond asap.
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[Tucker] By the time
I got to the residence,
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Jeff's stepfather
and Jeff's mother Deveree,
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were there at the house.
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In fact, it was Deveree
that had made the 911 call.
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When I arrived on scene,
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I could tell that
Brittany had suffered
severe head trauma.
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It appeared that somebody
had taken some sort of object
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and beat her in the head
repeatedly.
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[Chilson]
Brittany's clothes were found
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on top of her boots
that she was wearing,
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and they were beside
the bed.
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It just looks like
she got undressed that morning
when she came in.
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She had a pair of blue jeans,
pair of socks,
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a bra and a shirt.
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But no panties.
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The fact that she was nude
and in the bed,
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a sexual assault was probable.
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Lieutenant Tucker and his team
fan out
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to investigate the rest
of the house.
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[Tucker] When we went
into the bathroom,
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it appeared that somebody
had recently taken a shower.
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I mean, there was still water
in the drain.
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Still smelt soap.
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[Janine] Officers collect
the shower curtain,
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and swab the shower drain
for potential DNA evidence.
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And they are sure to collect
all the blood evidence
in the bedroom.
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[Tucker] We collected samples
from the concrete,
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and the wall behind the bed.
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Took the sheets, bedding,
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clothing that we found
in the room.
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All of that was sent off
for DNA processing
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and for hair
and trace evidence.
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[Cole] Officers trying
to locate the weapon used
to kill Brittany.
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But I believe whoever it was,
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took that object with them
when they left.
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Didn't appear to be
a burglary at the house,
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because nothing was taken
from the house.
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There was no sign
of any forced entry anywhere.
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[Stephanie] At this point,
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other Wood County
Sheriff's officers
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have the difficult task
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of telling Brittany's family
the horrible news.
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[Patricia] I open the door,
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and there were two
Wood County deputies there.
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They took me in the house
by myself,
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and said,
"Your daughter is deceased."
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And I jumped up
and I said,
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"That son of a bitch
killed her, didn't he?"
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[Patricia] I was hysterical,
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and my first thought was that
Jeff had killed Brittany.
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I knew that they had broken up
three weeks before,
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and Brittany had had this
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one night sexual encounter
with a boy,
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and that she told Jeff.
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And I thought that could
definitely be a motive.
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And I told
the Wood County deputies.
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I was just shocked and...
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furious.
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And I was so heartbroken.
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[Paula] On May 4th of 2007,
my sister Tricia called me,
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screaming, "Brittany's dead,
Brittany's dead."
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I really didn't know
what had happened.
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[Hope] When I found out
that Brittany was killed,
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I just kind of...
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collapsed.
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I was 16 and...
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How do you process that
at any age?
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But I was just in disbelief.
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[Janine] While the family
grapples with the news,
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the sheriff's investigators
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bring Jeff in
for an interview.
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[Cole] Okay.
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Jeff says Brittany arrived
at his house
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at about 5:00 a.m.
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after working
her overnight shift.
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[Stephanie] Jeff says that
Brittany went to sleep
that morning
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with a T-shirt
and underwear on.
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But she is found
completely nude.
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And her underwear was missing
from the scene.
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[Janine] Jeff claims that
when he awoke at 7:00 a.m.,
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Brittany was still asleep
in bed.
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He got up to take a shower,
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and then headed out
with his stepfather.
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[Cole] Jeff and his stepfather
were going to travel to Dallas
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to pick up a grandmother.
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So basically
they left her there, asleep.
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[Janine] Jeff mentions that
before they headed to Dallas,
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his sister's boyfriend,
Chad Carr,
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stopped by the house.
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[Tucker] Chad is there
to pick up a cheque.
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They talk for a little bit.
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Jeff and his stepfather
tell Chad that
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Brittany's in there asleep,
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that they're about to go
to Dallas.
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Then Chad gets in his vehicle
and leaves and, uh,
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Jeff and his stepfather
get in the vehicle and leave.
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[engine starts]
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[Janine]
Jeff tells investigators that
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when he returns to his home
at 3:30 p.m...
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[door creaks]
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...Jeff says
he discovers Brittany.
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[Cole] Jeff was very tearful.
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And he appeared to be someone
that was in shock.
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[Tucker] Even though
Jeff was really upset,
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he was confronted
about the one night stand
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to see if that
might've been a--
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a motive for him
to do something.
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He-- He said him and Brittany
had talked about it,
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he was okay with it.
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Then they got back together.
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[Cole]
While we're interviewing Jeff,
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he may-- mentioned that
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someone else was supposed
to come by the house that day.
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[Tucker] Jeff had told us
that he had
ordered up
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some marijuana
from a guy named Cody.
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Jeff would leave the money
under a gnome
near the front door.
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Cody would come,
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get the money
and leave the marijuana
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And then when Jeff got home,
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then he would get
the marijuana.
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Jeff said when they got home,
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he had walked over
to the gnome.
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[Tucker] At that point,
his clothing was taken
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to see if there was any kind
of blood evidence on them.
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They would be sent
to the lab,
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and Jeff was asked
to take polygraph.
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[Cole] Now Wood County's,
uh, a rural county.
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We're about a 100 miles
east of Dallas.
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So we kind of set Jeff aside
for several days
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until we could get
the polygraph operator
up here.
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[Janine] As police try to move
the investigation forward,
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the family is shaken
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by Brittany's sudden
and just gruesome death.
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[Patricia] That first night
after Brittany was murdered,
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I sat outside all night
and just cried.
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The absolute worst
had happened.
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My first girl,
my only girl was dead,
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and I was
completely hysterical.
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The next morning,
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an autopsy reveals more
about how Brittany was killed.
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The coroner's report showed
that it was blunt force trauma
to the head.
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It was initially thought
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a sexual assault
could've been a possibility.
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But the coroner determined
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that there had been
no sexual assault take place.
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So we have,
there's no burglary,
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she's not sexually assaulted,
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but someone
viciously kills her.
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What was the purpose?
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Only a handful of people knew
she would be there.
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So you have to start
whittling that down.
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One way for investigators
to do so,
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is to track down everyone
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who was reported
to be at the house that day.
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Among them
are Jeff's younger sister,
Velva,
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and her 25-year-old boyfriend,
Chad Carr.
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[Tucker] I would describe
Chad's demeanor
as standoffish.
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You could tell
he didn't wanna be there.
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He does admit
to being out there
at the house.
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But he denied any involvement
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and said
he couldn't have done it.
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And he gave us
a minute by minute account
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pretty much
of what he did that day.
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Chad says he'd spent
several hours running errands.
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[Tucker]
Going to talk to his boss,
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going to the eye doctor,
going to his aunt's house,
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all these things
that he was doing.
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[Janine] After that,
Chad says he picked up Velva
from school.
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And they spent
the rest of the afternoon
together.
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[Tucker]
When the interview was done,
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Chad also agreed to go ahead
and take a polygraph.
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[Janine] While investigators
continue to wait
for a polygraph examiner,
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Tucker and his team continue
through their list of people
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who had been at the house
that day.
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Next up is Cody.
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[Cole]
Investigators sit down
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and did an interview
with Cody,
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who Jeff had made
arrangements with
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to buy some marijuana.
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00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:08,367
But Cody said
he never went by there
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even though Jeff had text him
a couple times,
332
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,367
and he said, "Yeah,
I'll get over there."
333
00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:15,867
But he says he never did that.
334
00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:17,867
He said, well, I'm just tired
of him texting me,
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00:17:17,934 --> 00:17:19,533
you know, so I just said yeah.
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00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,867
[Janine] Without evidence
to place Cody at the scene
of the murder,
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00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:26,066
investigators have to
let him go.
338
00:17:26,066 --> 00:17:28,433
But they keep him
as a person of interest.
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00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:31,467
Then on May 7th, 2007,
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00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:33,767
Detective Tucker
looks into another man
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with a connection to Brittany.
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00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,567
Justin, the man
who Brittany had slept with
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while she was split up
from Jeff.
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00:17:41,867 --> 00:17:43,667
[Tucker] I interviewed Justin.
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Found out
that relationship
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was pretty much just
a one night stand thing.
347
00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:48,066
There wasn't anything to it,
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00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:50,000
there wasn't even
bad feelings there.
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I followed up,
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and his schedule was 6:00
in the morning
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to 6:30 in the evening.
352
00:17:55,567 --> 00:17:57,467
Detective Tucker
easily verifies
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00:17:57,467 --> 00:17:59,867
that Justin indeed worked
those hours.
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00:17:59,867 --> 00:18:01,033
Since detectives estimate
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00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:04,767
that Brittany was killed
between 9:00 a.m.,
and 3:00 p.m.
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00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:06,934
that gives Justin
a solid alibi.
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00:18:09,266 --> 00:18:11,767
As investigators continue
to work the case,
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four days after her murder,
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00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:15,967
Brittany's loved ones gather
to lay her to rest.
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00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,667
[Patricia]
This is the very last thing
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00:18:20,734 --> 00:18:22,266
that I can do for her
on Earth, you know,
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00:18:22,266 --> 00:18:24,033
and I wanted to make it
really...
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00:18:24,767 --> 00:18:26,734
you know,
what Brittany would want.
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00:18:30,166 --> 00:18:31,467
It's hard.
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00:18:31,533 --> 00:18:32,900
[sniffles] So hard.
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00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,433
[Paula] Brittany's funeral
was the saddest day
of my life.
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00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,266
I wanted to see her.
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00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:40,266
And they said, "No,
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00:18:40,266 --> 00:18:41,934
because you'll never
be the same."
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00:18:43,166 --> 00:18:45,734
You know, they said
you would not recognize her.
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00:18:47,567 --> 00:18:48,934
That broke my heart.
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00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:56,834
[Patricia] Brittany was buried
at Lee Cemetery in Winnsboro.
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It's an idyllic little spot.
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It's near a corral
with horses,
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00:19:03,934 --> 00:19:06,166
and horses
were one of her passions.
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00:19:06,233 --> 00:19:08,367
It's always peaceful
and shady,
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00:19:08,367 --> 00:19:11,066
and I can take care of her.
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00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:14,533
[Hope] I remember
I honestly just wanted to
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00:19:14,867 --> 00:19:15,934
stay there with her.
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00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:18,967
I felt like I was leaving her
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00:19:18,967 --> 00:19:23,333
and I still vividly remember
how hard that was for me to...
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to-- to leave that day,
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00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:28,033
um, to leave her side.
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00:19:29,867 --> 00:19:30,967
At that point,
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00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:33,367
we didn't know
who was responsible for this
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00:19:33,367 --> 00:19:36,133
we didn't know if this person
was at the funeral.
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00:19:36,567 --> 00:19:37,767
While we were at the funeral,
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00:19:37,767 --> 00:19:39,967
our grandfather
had come up to me
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00:19:39,967 --> 00:19:41,467
and put his arm around me,
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00:19:41,467 --> 00:19:43,467
and he made the comment,
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00:19:43,533 --> 00:19:45,734
"Have you gone to see
the body yet?"
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00:19:46,266 --> 00:19:48,066
And I was just like...
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00:19:48,133 --> 00:19:50,467
And it just,
it just rubbed me
the wrong way.
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00:19:50,467 --> 00:19:52,166
It was just weird.
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00:19:52,166 --> 00:19:54,867
After that,
I was just kind of remembering
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00:19:54,867 --> 00:19:56,934
what Brittany had told me
about him.
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00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,166
I thought,
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00:19:58,166 --> 00:19:59,467
this could possibly be
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00:19:59,467 --> 00:20:01,166
someone that could've
done this to her.
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00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,367
During our interview,
Hope revealed something to me
401
00:20:08,433 --> 00:20:10,166
that caught me
very off-guard.
402
00:20:10,166 --> 00:20:13,667
Hope says that the last time
she saw Brittany,
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00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:15,667
Brittany decided to
open up to her
404
00:20:15,667 --> 00:20:20,166
about the secret
she had kept very private
and personal.
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00:20:20,233 --> 00:20:23,367
[Hope] Last time
I saw Brittany
was my 16th birthday
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00:20:23,433 --> 00:20:29,166
and she told me that
our dad's adoptive father,
James McGlone
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00:20:29,166 --> 00:20:32,667
had been sexually abusing her
since she was young
408
00:20:32,734 --> 00:20:35,867
and it had
just recently stopped,
is the way she put it.
409
00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:39,667
I had not told anyone
about this.
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00:20:39,734 --> 00:20:41,567
But, after Brittany
had been killed,
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00:20:41,567 --> 00:20:45,467
I felt like I needed to
tell someone,
so I told my family.
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00:20:45,467 --> 00:20:48,367
[Patricia] When I heard
that Brittany's grandfather
James McGlone
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00:20:48,367 --> 00:20:52,367
had molested her, raped her
on a continuing basis,
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00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,533
I was so devastated.
415
00:20:58,767 --> 00:21:01,467
The last conversation
I had of-- with Brittany
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00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:03,767
was about James McGlone,
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00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:06,667
following her around town,
harassing her,
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00:21:06,734 --> 00:21:10,367
he would come to Alco,
following her
around the store.
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00:21:10,367 --> 00:21:14,166
Of course, none of us knew
about what was going on,
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00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:18,266
what was going--
that was just a few weeks
before she was murdered.
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00:21:18,333 --> 00:21:21,166
[Patricia]
I immediately thought that
if he was scared
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00:21:21,233 --> 00:21:23,467
she was fixing to reveal
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00:21:23,533 --> 00:21:25,567
what he had done to her
as a child,
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00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,433
then there was a motive.
425
00:21:28,967 --> 00:21:31,967
And also, you could see
James McGlone's house
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00:21:32,033 --> 00:21:34,433
from Jeff's family's house.
427
00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:39,667
So, he could have seen
that she was there
that morning,
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00:21:39,667 --> 00:21:41,767
and gone over there
and murdered her
429
00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,767
once everyone was gone.
430
00:21:44,567 --> 00:21:47,567
I immediately notified
law enforcement.
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00:21:47,567 --> 00:21:50,667
[Stephanie]
Investigators look into
where James McGlone had been
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00:21:50,734 --> 00:21:52,667
the day that Brittany
was murdered.
433
00:21:52,734 --> 00:21:58,567
They determine that he was
actually at work from
7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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00:21:58,634 --> 00:22:02,834
at a local machine shop
on May 4th, 2007.
435
00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,767
[Janine] With
a solid alibi,
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00:22:05,767 --> 00:22:08,333
police have to most past
James McGlone.
437
00:22:09,867 --> 00:22:15,166
After waiting a week,
the polygraph examiner
is finally in Winnsboro.
438
00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:19,066
Investigators call in everyone
who was at the house that day
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00:22:19,066 --> 00:22:21,166
and sit them down
for a polygraph test.
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00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:26,467
[Cole] Jeff passed
the polygraph
with no issues whatsoever.
441
00:22:26,533 --> 00:22:29,033
No signs of deception,
nothing.
442
00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:31,767
[Janine] Cody,
the marijuana dealer,
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00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:34,567
passes the test
with no signs of deception.
444
00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:37,266
And when police bring in
Chad Carr for a test,
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00:22:37,266 --> 00:22:41,066
detectives ask him
very pointed questions.
446
00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:43,667
[Tucker] He was asked,
"Are you responsible for
any of the injuries
447
00:22:43,734 --> 00:22:45,967
sustained to
Brittany McGlone?"
448
00:22:45,967 --> 00:22:47,467
And, uh, the next was,
449
00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:51,367
"Did you have anything to do
with the cause of death
with Brittany?"
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00:22:51,367 --> 00:22:53,767
Both those questions
he answered "No" to,
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00:22:53,834 --> 00:22:57,467
both of those he showed
100% deception.
452
00:22:57,467 --> 00:23:01,867
At that time, Chad was advised
that he had failed
the polygraph.
453
00:23:01,934 --> 00:23:04,467
Chad just kept stating
that he couldn't have done it
454
00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:06,967
because he had already
accounted for his whole day.
455
00:23:07,767 --> 00:23:11,467
It gave me an-an odd feeling,
it was kinda like, "Hmm,
456
00:23:11,467 --> 00:23:14,767
I think the guy's, uh...
I think he did it."
457
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:20,667
[Janine] Investigators
now made Chad
their primary suspect.
458
00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:24,066
The Sheriff's Office
researches Chad's
criminal history
459
00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:26,367
and what they find
is shocking.
460
00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:31,767
[Mike] There was a report
where he had assaulted a woman
461
00:23:31,767 --> 00:23:34,867
in a very similar fashion
that Brittany was murdered.
462
00:23:34,934 --> 00:23:37,667
That weapon that he used
turned out to be
a jack handle,
463
00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:38,934
for like, a car jack.
464
00:23:40,066 --> 00:23:43,000
She ends up filing a report
with the Sheriff's Office
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00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,467
he gets prosecuted on it
and he spends time
in prison over it.
466
00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:50,867
At this point, I'm not looking
at any of this as coincidence.
467
00:23:50,867 --> 00:23:54,567
[Janine] Investigators search
Char's house,
looking for anything
468
00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:58,266
that can physically
connect him
to the crime scene.
469
00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:01,667
[Cole] They searched around
to locate a weapon
that could've been used,
470
00:24:01,734 --> 00:24:03,367
and nothing was found.
471
00:24:03,433 --> 00:24:06,967
[Chilson] There was
a pair of shorts that had
suspected blood on them,
472
00:24:06,967 --> 00:24:09,634
a T-shirt with
suspected blood stains,
473
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,367
and a ski mask.
474
00:24:11,433 --> 00:24:14,333
But, there's two more things
that really get
their attention.
475
00:24:15,266 --> 00:24:17,767
[Cole] Two pair
of female panties were found.
476
00:24:17,767 --> 00:24:20,934
One was a size seven
and one was a size five.
477
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:27,467
The size seven was identified
as belonging to
his girlfriend Velva.
478
00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:31,767
The size five,
he wouldn't even tell us
where they came from.
479
00:24:31,767 --> 00:24:35,066
[Patricia] Investigator Tucker
asked me what size underwear
Brittany wore,
480
00:24:35,133 --> 00:24:37,166
and she wore
a size five.
481
00:24:37,233 --> 00:24:40,467
The fact that Brittany was
in the bed, unclothed,
482
00:24:40,533 --> 00:24:42,767
and there's no panties
found at the scene,
483
00:24:42,767 --> 00:24:45,567
and these were the same size
as the victim's,
484
00:24:45,634 --> 00:24:47,333
it's a big cloud of suspicion
right there.
485
00:24:48,867 --> 00:24:52,934
All the items collected
at the house are sent
for DNA testing.
486
00:24:54,467 --> 00:24:58,867
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Tucker
puts Chad Carr's alibi
to the test.
487
00:25:00,066 --> 00:25:04,166
[Tucker] I was trying to
establish a timeline.
488
00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,667
I wanted to either confirm,
489
00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:10,066
Chad's story,
or try to knock holes in it.
490
00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:13,567
Chad said he woke up
at his aunt's house,
where he lives.
491
00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:15,967
He drove Velva to school,
492
00:25:16,033 --> 00:25:19,467
and then he swung by
his construction job.
493
00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:23,166
Then, he went to Jeff's
family's house to pick up
something for Velva
494
00:25:23,233 --> 00:25:25,166
between 8:00 and 8:30.
495
00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:28,166
That can be verified by Jeff
and his step-father.
496
00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:30,367
Following there,
he went to Alco.
497
00:25:30,367 --> 00:25:32,767
[Tucker] Alco is not here
anymore, it
shut down,
498
00:25:32,834 --> 00:25:35,367
but Chad said he came by
approximately 9:20 or so,
499
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:39,567
and, uh, that was confirmed
with video surveillance
from the store.
500
00:25:40,266 --> 00:25:42,066
Chad had...
501
00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:45,867
said that he went to
his eye appointment
after going to Alco.
502
00:25:45,867 --> 00:25:50,667
He'd originally tell me
that he arrived 15 minutes
early for his eye appointment.
503
00:25:50,734 --> 00:25:53,467
But, I went inside
and spoke with
a couple of staff members.
504
00:25:53,467 --> 00:25:57,066
Not only did he, uh,
not arrive 15 minutes early,
505
00:25:57,133 --> 00:26:00,100
but he had called and said
that he was having car trouble
and will be late.
506
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:03,367
So, basically he was
at the Alco about 9:20,
507
00:26:03,367 --> 00:26:05,667
he didn't make
his eye appointment
until 10:20.
508
00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:08,667
That left an hour of time
that was unaccounted for.
509
00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:12,867
Um, doesn't take that long
to get back to where
the crime scene is
510
00:26:12,867 --> 00:26:14,367
in Winnsboro.
511
00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:17,000
Distances from Alco
to the crime scene,
approximately six minutes,
512
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,567
crime scene to eye doctor
approximately five minutes,
513
00:26:19,567 --> 00:26:22,266
crime scene to Chad's house
12 minutes.
514
00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:25,266
So, he had plenty of time
to commit the murder,
get cleaned up
515
00:26:25,266 --> 00:26:27,734
and be late for
the eye doctor appointment.
516
00:26:29,166 --> 00:26:33,266
Police feel that Chad lying
about his timeline
is pretty suspicious.
517
00:26:33,266 --> 00:26:37,433
So, they call Chad back
into the station
for another interview.
518
00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:01,834
He knew he was lying,
he knew we could tell
he was lying.
519
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,166
[Janine] As the interview
continues,
520
00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:17,066
police tell Chad
that they are testing
the crime scene
521
00:27:17,133 --> 00:27:20,467
and items from his house
for potential DNA evidence.
522
00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:41,567
You're hoping that you can
put enough pressure
on somebody
523
00:27:41,567 --> 00:27:42,634
where they're gonna
admit to it.
524
00:27:56,867 --> 00:27:58,867
At this point,
I think that Chad did it
525
00:27:58,934 --> 00:28:01,066
but he was very confident
about the fact that
526
00:28:01,066 --> 00:28:03,433
we weren't gonna find
any of his DNA there.
527
00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:07,567
But, without a confession
or some sort of evidence,
528
00:28:07,567 --> 00:28:09,166
we couldn't make
an arrest.
529
00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:11,066
So, we let him go.
530
00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:15,867
If they match up
any of his DNA to the evidence
from the scene,
531
00:28:15,867 --> 00:28:18,100
it would solidify their case.
532
00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:22,166
But, when the results
come back,
they are disappointed.
533
00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:24,667
[Chilson] All the DNA evidence
that was taken from the scene
534
00:28:24,667 --> 00:28:27,867
has either come back
to one of the residents
in the house,
535
00:28:27,867 --> 00:28:31,433
you know, Jeff,
or a family member,
or it's come back to Brittany.
536
00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:37,767
[Tucker] Nothing significant
ever came out from
any of the analysis
537
00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:41,767
on the DNA
or sexual assault kit,
anything.
538
00:28:41,767 --> 00:28:45,567
The size five female panties,
I believe they had
been laundered.
539
00:28:45,567 --> 00:28:47,367
'Cause nothing was
found on 'em.
540
00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:50,467
[Janine] There is no match
to Chad's DNA.
541
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:55,166
And without any DNA evidence
to put Chad in the room
with Brittany,
542
00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:57,567
the police don't have
enough to arrest him.
543
00:28:58,367 --> 00:29:00,166
[Tucker] I think he,
uh, knew what he was doing,
544
00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:04,166
I think he made an effort
to make sure that there wasn't
any DNA evidence.
545
00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:06,433
So, he doesn't get arrested.
546
00:29:09,867 --> 00:29:14,667
[Stephanie] Months pass,
and there's little else
for investigators to go on
547
00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:18,066
and this is pure hell
for Brittany's family.
548
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,467
[Hope] It completely shifted
my worldview,
549
00:29:21,467 --> 00:29:24,834
the way I viewed people,
the-- way I viewed myself.
550
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,367
I got a lot angrier,
551
00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:32,467
like, I lost someone
very close to me
552
00:29:32,533 --> 00:29:34,934
and it tore my world apart.
553
00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:39,867
[Patricia]
After Brittany was murdered,
554
00:29:39,867 --> 00:29:42,567
I did not feel safe
in Wood County.
555
00:29:42,634 --> 00:29:45,667
But, I had faith
in the justice system.
556
00:29:45,734 --> 00:29:48,667
I really thought they would
get this person
557
00:29:48,734 --> 00:29:51,066
and make them pay for it.
558
00:29:51,133 --> 00:29:55,667
We were told
that police suspect
a guy named Chad Carr
559
00:29:55,734 --> 00:29:57,333
but I had
never heard of him.
560
00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:01,967
[Janine] Eight months
after Brittany's murder,
561
00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:03,967
the Sheriff's Office
is surprised
562
00:30:04,033 --> 00:30:07,266
when Jeff's sister Velva
reaches out to
Lieutenant Tucker.
563
00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:10,233
She wants to talk about
her boyfriend, Chad Carr.
564
00:30:11,266 --> 00:30:15,033
She was still in high school,
so her mother came with her.
565
00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:19,367
They both seemed to be
upset about something.
566
00:30:19,433 --> 00:30:22,567
What Velva reveals
to Lieutenant Tucker
is pretty incredible.
567
00:30:31,867 --> 00:30:33,567
[Tucker] On January 8th,
2008,
568
00:30:33,567 --> 00:30:37,467
uh, Velva was really
wanting to have
a conversation.
569
00:30:37,467 --> 00:30:39,567
Velva and Chad were dating.
570
00:30:39,567 --> 00:30:43,066
But, at this point,
they had broken up.
571
00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:45,266
[Chilson] Velva had typed out
some things
572
00:30:45,266 --> 00:30:48,066
that she's remembered
since the murder,
573
00:30:48,066 --> 00:30:50,567
which she presented
to Lieutenant Tucker.
574
00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:53,767
[Tucker] In the document,
Velva stated
575
00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:56,767
that when Chad picked her up
from school that day
576
00:30:56,767 --> 00:31:00,066
that he was extremely nervous,
he was acting funny.
577
00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:03,467
She smelled her particular
soap and shampoo on him.
578
00:31:03,467 --> 00:31:06,133
Uh, some kind of
shea butter odor.
579
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:10,166
[Chilson] Velva asked him
if he took a shower,
he said, "Yeah."
580
00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:12,867
And then when she asked him
if he took a shower
at her house,
581
00:31:12,867 --> 00:31:14,166
he didn't say anything,
582
00:31:14,166 --> 00:31:16,367
which was kinda weird.
583
00:31:16,433 --> 00:31:18,767
[Tucker] At that time,
I immediately remembered that
584
00:31:18,834 --> 00:31:21,166
in processing the scene,
when we went
into the bathroom,
585
00:31:21,233 --> 00:31:24,166
it appeared that somebody
had recently taken a shower
586
00:31:24,166 --> 00:31:26,166
and you could still
smell soap
587
00:31:26,166 --> 00:31:30,533
which was identified
soft soap, ultra rich,
shea butter.
588
00:31:31,367 --> 00:31:33,667
Velva and her mother
also believed
589
00:31:33,667 --> 00:31:37,100
they may know
why he would have
attacked Brittany.
590
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,867
[Tucker] Velva and her mother
stated that
591
00:31:39,934 --> 00:31:42,000
while Brittany was allowed
to stay at the house,
592
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,567
Chad was never allowed
to stay overnight.
593
00:31:44,634 --> 00:31:47,066
Apparently, Chad was getting
more and more frustrated
with this,
594
00:31:47,133 --> 00:31:50,266
he was getting
angrier and angrier
and angrier about it.
595
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:54,967
You start putting
all that together.
596
00:31:55,033 --> 00:31:58,367
Our belief is that
someone had to know
she was in there
597
00:31:58,367 --> 00:32:01,934
and went in there
for a purpose,
to attack her.
598
00:32:03,367 --> 00:32:06,467
And we know that
when Chad's car
came up to the residence,
599
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:09,834
Jeff and Kelly told him,
you know, "Brittany's
asleep in the house."
600
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:14,066
[Tucker] At this point,
we had Carr failing
the polygraph,
601
00:32:14,133 --> 00:32:16,266
his timeline
was shot to hell,
602
00:32:16,333 --> 00:32:19,367
and now, Velva's
account from that day,
603
00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:22,734
but yet, the District Attorney
at the time refused
to take it.
604
00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:25,166
And it's like, "Why?"
605
00:32:25,233 --> 00:32:27,767
"You-- well, you have no--
solid DNA."
606
00:32:27,834 --> 00:32:30,667
And because of that,
through the next weeks,
607
00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:33,367
months, years
of this investigation,
608
00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:35,333
nothing ever took place.
609
00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:39,767
[Janine] As time
begins to pass,
610
00:32:39,834 --> 00:32:42,166
so does the possibility
of finding DNA evidence
611
00:32:42,166 --> 00:32:46,667
to conclusively link
Chad Carr, or any suspect
for that matter,
612
00:32:46,667 --> 00:32:48,967
to the murder
of Brittany McGlone.
613
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,367
[Patricia] Brittany's
paternal grandfather
James McGlone
614
00:32:51,433 --> 00:32:52,767
died in 2009.
615
00:32:53,567 --> 00:32:55,467
He got ate up
with cancer.
616
00:32:55,467 --> 00:32:57,266
I never got to--
chance to confront him
617
00:32:57,333 --> 00:32:58,567
for raping my daughter.
618
00:32:59,867 --> 00:33:02,967
And Lieutenant Tucker's
frustration continues
to mount.
619
00:33:02,967 --> 00:33:06,066
Especially after Chad Carr
goes to prison in 2012
620
00:33:06,066 --> 00:33:08,767
for a felony sexual assault.
621
00:33:08,767 --> 00:33:11,367
He was sent to prison
for eight years or more.
622
00:33:14,266 --> 00:33:17,066
[Janine] After 2012,
the house is demolished,
623
00:33:17,066 --> 00:33:19,567
and with it goes any trace
DNA evidence
624
00:33:19,567 --> 00:33:22,333
to conclusively link
any suspect
to the murder.
625
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,867
[Tucker] For many years,
this investigation
626
00:33:24,934 --> 00:33:28,567
had been part of my duties,
part of my job
and-and part of my passion.
627
00:33:28,634 --> 00:33:33,000
So, it was very frustrating
to not be able to
make an arrest,
628
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,233
because Brittany
deserved justice.
629
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:40,667
Eventually, Miles Tucker
leaves the Sheriff's Office,
630
00:33:40,667 --> 00:33:44,367
and Brittany's family
is left with no answers.
631
00:33:44,433 --> 00:33:46,567
[Patricia] The communication
was poor.
632
00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:49,767
That has been true
for every administration.
633
00:33:49,767 --> 00:33:53,266
[Hope] We felt
the Sheriff's Office
have just blown us off.
634
00:33:53,333 --> 00:33:55,767
So, after that, I wanted to
be more effective
and do more.
635
00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:57,367
So, then that's when
I got on Facebook
636
00:33:57,367 --> 00:34:01,100
and-- saying,
"Hey, Brittany's case
still matters."
637
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,467
[Janine] While the family
tries to raise awareness,
638
00:34:03,467 --> 00:34:05,433
Chad Carr is released
from prison.
639
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:10,767
And 14 years after the murder,
the case gets new life
in 2021
640
00:34:10,767 --> 00:34:13,266
when a new Sheriff
takes over.
641
00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:15,266
Kelly Cole,
who was an investigator
642
00:34:15,333 --> 00:34:16,767
back when
Brittany was murdered,
643
00:34:16,834 --> 00:34:19,533
takes office as the new
Wood County Sheriff.
644
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:21,867
[Cole] I'm the fifth Sheriff
645
00:34:21,867 --> 00:34:23,667
that's had this case
in front of 'em.
646
00:34:23,667 --> 00:34:26,834
And that's way too many
Sheriffs for it
to go through.
647
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:33,266
So, in October of 2021,
I was scrolling
through Facebook
648
00:34:33,266 --> 00:34:36,266
actually looking for a page
just like this,
649
00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:39,100
of a case that's not
getting enough attention
650
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:42,266
to cover,
because I feel these are
the most important cases.
651
00:34:42,266 --> 00:34:45,166
And, "Who killed
Brittany McGlone" popped up.
652
00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:49,367
Incredibly, no one had gone
to Winnsboro to cover
this story.
653
00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:51,367
I've come to Wood County,
Texas,
654
00:34:51,367 --> 00:34:53,367
because the new Sheriff
in town has vowed
655
00:34:53,367 --> 00:34:55,467
to finally solve
Brittany's case.
656
00:34:55,533 --> 00:34:58,266
A case that the nation
likely hasn't heard about,
657
00:34:58,266 --> 00:35:00,767
but this small town
can't forget.
658
00:35:00,834 --> 00:35:02,767
[Cole] I took over in '21,
659
00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,266
and we're going to look
at every single thing.
660
00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:08,100
And that's one of the things
that Captain Chilson did.
661
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,100
[Chilson] It was best
to start at the beginning,
662
00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:14,166
go over everything
that's been done
over the last 15 years.
663
00:35:14,166 --> 00:35:15,967
Just, fresh set of eyes on it.
664
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,000
Chad Carr stuck out
as a suspect.
665
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,667
Everybody else
had been ruled out
666
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:22,367
by some form or fashion.
667
00:35:22,367 --> 00:35:24,066
But, I couldn't rule
him out.
668
00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:26,000
It's all circumstantial,
669
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,066
but there's enough
probable cause, I believe,
670
00:35:28,367 --> 00:35:29,333
for his arrest.
671
00:35:29,767 --> 00:35:31,567
So, at that point,
672
00:35:31,634 --> 00:35:33,166
I talked to Sheriff Cole.
673
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:35,166
[Cole] Captain Chilson
sat down
674
00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,667
and explained that we have
an opportunity here,
675
00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:39,333
I think this is
the correct thing.
676
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,467
On August 31st, 2022,
677
00:35:42,533 --> 00:35:46,333
arrest warrant was issued
for capital murder
of Brittany McGlone
678
00:35:46,867 --> 00:35:49,066
for Chad Carr.
679
00:35:49,066 --> 00:35:53,367
So, I immediately texted Hope
and I immediately
texted Patricia
680
00:35:53,367 --> 00:35:54,967
and I just said,
"I can-- I can't believe it.
681
00:35:55,033 --> 00:35:56,967
Justice for Brittany."
682
00:35:57,033 --> 00:35:59,567
But Hope actually
immediately corrected me
683
00:35:59,567 --> 00:36:03,433
and she said,
"You know, this is not
justice yet."
684
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,967
In 2021, Carr has recently
been released from prison
685
00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:19,033
and has relocated to Dallas.
686
00:36:21,166 --> 00:36:23,166
[Cole] We knew
Carr was in Dallas.
687
00:36:23,166 --> 00:36:25,166
We'd kinda been
keepin' an eye on things,
688
00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:26,266
see where he was.
689
00:36:26,266 --> 00:36:27,767
[Chilson] I traveled
to Dallas,
690
00:36:27,767 --> 00:36:29,867
Carr was at a business
there.
691
00:36:29,934 --> 00:36:32,100
I asked him if his name
was Chad Carr,
692
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:33,567
he said yes.
693
00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:35,166
I advised him
to turn around,
694
00:36:35,166 --> 00:36:36,567
put his hands
behind his back,
695
00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:40,166
that he was under arrest
for capital murder
of Brittany McGlone.
696
00:36:40,166 --> 00:36:43,066
So, Chad Carr is arrested
and it's all over
the local news.
697
00:36:43,133 --> 00:36:44,967
Chad Carr remains
in the Wood County jail
698
00:36:44,967 --> 00:36:49,066
after being arrested
for the 2007 murder
of Brittany McGlone.
699
00:36:49,066 --> 00:36:51,367
And I'm feeling
so thankful
700
00:36:51,367 --> 00:36:54,467
that we decided
to bring national attention
701
00:36:54,467 --> 00:36:57,567
to this case that had been
forgotten for so many years.
702
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:03,367
I was relieved that he was
finally gonna, you know,
be held accountable.
703
00:37:03,433 --> 00:37:05,367
[Janine] It's now up to
the District Attorney
704
00:37:05,433 --> 00:37:07,867
to present the case
to a grand jury
705
00:37:07,867 --> 00:37:10,166
and it's the grand jury
who will then decide
706
00:37:10,233 --> 00:37:13,166
whether there's
enough evidence
to go to trial.
707
00:37:13,166 --> 00:37:17,834
The prosecution has 90 days
to present their case
or release Carr.
708
00:37:21,367 --> 00:37:25,266
We kept waiting
for the grand jury.
709
00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:29,066
And then it just kept
getting postponed
and postponed.
710
00:37:29,066 --> 00:37:31,667
Thirty days came,
60 days came.
711
00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:35,166
We were calling the DA,
leaving messages,
712
00:37:35,166 --> 00:37:36,567
no return call.
713
00:37:36,567 --> 00:37:39,967
[Stephanie] And then 89 days
of Chad sitting behind bars,
714
00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:44,567
waiting to hear if he would be
indicted and going to trial
for this.
715
00:37:44,567 --> 00:37:47,567
[reporter] Earlier this week,
a grand jury determined
there was not enough evidence
716
00:37:47,567 --> 00:37:52,367
to indict Chad Carr
for the 2007 murder
of Brittany McGlone,
717
00:37:52,433 --> 00:37:56,100
a crime Chad Carr
was arrested for
back in September.
718
00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:59,567
The family was
absolutely floored
719
00:37:59,567 --> 00:38:01,767
when Chad was released.
720
00:38:01,834 --> 00:38:05,667
Mike called and told us
that he'd be getting out,
721
00:38:07,266 --> 00:38:10,166
that he was sorry,
he didn't understand
how this happened,
722
00:38:10,233 --> 00:38:12,166
there was enough evidence.
723
00:38:12,166 --> 00:38:15,066
[Hope] Oh, the anger,
I cursed, I was like,
724
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,767
what? [scoffs] Like,
you've got to be kidding me.
725
00:38:18,834 --> 00:38:21,634
Wh-- The--
It just doesn't make
any sense.
726
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,767
It was... as hard
727
00:38:24,834 --> 00:38:26,433
as hearing,
"Brittany's dead."
728
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,667
That's how hard this has been
on our family.
729
00:38:33,166 --> 00:38:36,166
[Stephanie]
So, people ask me
what's next in this case.
730
00:38:36,166 --> 00:38:38,567
Law enforcement still need
that smoking gun,
731
00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:41,567
DNA evidence,
to solve this mystery.
732
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,967
[Cole] Still an open case
and we're still gonna
work on it.
733
00:38:45,967 --> 00:38:48,533
We owe that to the family,
we owe that to Brittany.
734
00:38:58,567 --> 00:39:01,533
[Patricia] She was so cute
and funny, you know, just...
735
00:39:02,567 --> 00:39:05,166
and so genuine,
you know.
736
00:39:07,467 --> 00:39:09,767
When I was cleaning out
Brittany's storage,
737
00:39:09,767 --> 00:39:12,667
this fell out of
one of her Bibles,
738
00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:15,767
and it says,
"I believe Jesus
is my savior.
739
00:39:15,767 --> 00:39:18,767
Thank you, God
that I am now good
in your sight
740
00:39:18,767 --> 00:39:22,467
and that you will take me
to heaven when I die.
Brittany McGlone."
741
00:39:22,467 --> 00:39:25,834
And she believed that
and I think that's where
she's at.
742
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:30,467
To me, it was a little--
a little message from her.
743
00:39:31,367 --> 00:39:33,533
Probably at a time
I really, really needed it.
744
00:39:36,467 --> 00:39:38,066
[Paula] I watch my sister
745
00:39:38,367 --> 00:39:40,166
everyday,
746
00:39:40,166 --> 00:39:42,667
and I wonder how
she even gets out of bed.
747
00:39:42,667 --> 00:39:44,367
You know?
I mean... [sniffles]
748
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,266
That was her daughter,
that was my niece
749
00:39:48,266 --> 00:39:50,834
and we protected her
all we could.
750
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,266
And then...
751
00:39:54,333 --> 00:39:56,233
one day,
she was just taken.
752
00:39:57,700 --> 00:40:02,333
[Hope] Brittany was
my best friend.
753
00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,533
She never judged me.
754
00:40:05,867 --> 00:40:08,266
She never made me feel like
I didn't matter
755
00:40:08,333 --> 00:40:10,233
didn't make me feel like...
756
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:13,867
I was the outsider
that I felt like.
757
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,967
I felt seen by her.
758
00:40:18,266 --> 00:40:22,100
And I feel robbed
of an opportunity
759
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:26,166
to grow with her
and to see what
she would've done in life.
760
00:40:28,166 --> 00:40:31,767
I'm not gonna give up
for as long as I'm here.
761
00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:34,533
She deserved a chance
to live, and...
762
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,066
she deserves a chance...
763
00:40:37,867 --> 00:40:39,767
to...
764
00:40:39,834 --> 00:40:42,934
have someone
be held accountable
for doing this to her.
765
00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:44,934
She deserves that.
766
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,133
I miss her.
767
00:40:47,567 --> 00:40:48,734
Just... [sniffles softly]
768
00:40:50,867 --> 00:40:55,433
And, I won't rest
until she gets justice.
769
00:41:12,367 --> 00:41:14,367
Even though there was
a significant age difference,
770
00:41:14,367 --> 00:41:15,467
he was in love with her.
771
00:41:15,467 --> 00:41:16,467
He wanted to be with her.
772
00:41:16,533 --> 00:41:17,867
She was only 14 years old.
773
00:41:17,867 --> 00:41:20,567
Her mother begged him
to just leave them alone.
774
00:41:20,567 --> 00:41:23,066
Police think he's obsessed
and kidnapped her.
775
00:41:23,133 --> 00:41:25,767
It's a race against the clock
to find the teens,
776
00:41:25,834 --> 00:41:28,667
but what they found seemed
too crazy to be true.