1 00:00:01,266 --> 00:00:02,567 [siren wailing] 2 00:00:02,567 --> 00:00:04,166 There was an individual standing at the door, 3 00:00:04,166 --> 00:00:07,567 dressed in a clown suit, holding some balloons and flowers. 4 00:00:07,567 --> 00:00:11,767 This case has everything -- sex, betrayal, money, 5 00:00:11,767 --> 00:00:13,967 and an evil clown. -[gunshot blasts] 6 00:00:13,967 --> 00:00:17,266 She suffered a single gunshot wound to the mouth. 7 00:00:17,266 --> 00:00:19,834 [news broadcast] Police have no suspects or motives. 8 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:22,233 The victim really seemed to have no enemies. 9 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:24,266 She's like a sister to me. 10 00:00:24,266 --> 00:00:27,367 But truth is stranger than fiction. 11 00:00:27,367 --> 00:00:31,667 [Alicia] There are so many diabolical layers that it took nearly 12 00:00:31,667 --> 00:00:35,100 30 years to solve this case. 13 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:38,500 [Joseph] And the whole time, I thought, "Is it somebody I know?" 14 00:00:39,767 --> 00:00:41,700 Do I know the killer of my mother? 15 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:50,333 [theme music playing] 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,734 [theme music continues] 17 00:01:04,266 --> 00:01:06,033 [music fades] 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,000 [Alicia] For us, at People, this case is especially troubling. 19 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:15,433 A close-knit family ripped apart by a violent crime, 20 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:19,166 and the realization that the people we love 21 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:20,500 and admire most... 22 00:01:22,266 --> 00:01:25,400 have been hiding their true self behind a mask. 23 00:01:34,767 --> 00:01:37,567 Wellington is a community that's in the western part of 24 00:01:37,567 --> 00:01:39,100 Palm Beach County, Florida. 25 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:44,367 And in 1987, Wellington was just a new development, 26 00:01:44,367 --> 00:01:46,467 and very sparsely occupied. 27 00:01:46,467 --> 00:01:49,867 And the surrounding area is largely associated with 28 00:01:49,867 --> 00:01:51,900 the equine industry. 29 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:57,667 [Liam] In 1987, 37-year-old Marlene Warren, her husband Michael, 30 00:01:57,667 --> 00:02:01,767 and their two sons moved to the Aero Club in 31 00:02:01,767 --> 00:02:04,967 Wellington, which was a private upscale neighborhood 32 00:02:04,967 --> 00:02:06,500 with high repute. 33 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,734 [Joseph] My mother was a beautiful woman. 34 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,467 She had reddish hair and a beautiful smile. 35 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:18,767 Her intentions were just to love and to be caring 36 00:02:18,767 --> 00:02:21,934 and discerning, and she was that. 37 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,166 I remember, as kids, when we had had to clean 38 00:02:24,166 --> 00:02:28,033 the house, she would turn the radio on and just get us in 39 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:29,367 the groove, you know? 40 00:02:29,367 --> 00:02:32,834 And she had that way about her, just see positive in 41 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:34,200 everything, even work. 42 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,467 [Aleathea] Marlene and Michael Warren owned multiple businesses, 43 00:02:37,467 --> 00:02:39,467 including rental properties. 44 00:02:39,467 --> 00:02:42,333 Marlene was the manager for the rental properties, 45 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,467 while Michael ran a business called Bargain Motors, 46 00:02:45,467 --> 00:02:48,500 which was both car sales and rentals. 47 00:02:50,567 --> 00:02:54,333 We lost our biological father when I was very young. 48 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,100 And me and my brother, John, looked up to 49 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:02,767 my stepfather, Michael Warren, because he was a person that 50 00:03:02,767 --> 00:03:06,133 could get stuff done. And we did call him "Dad." 51 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:12,433 [Alicia] As Joe and John reach adulthood, Michael's able to 52 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:15,567 take advantage of their life in Wellington, owning a plane, 53 00:03:15,567 --> 00:03:17,767 as well as investing in racehorses 54 00:03:17,767 --> 00:03:20,033 and frequenting the track. 55 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:23,100 Meanwhile, Marlene uses her free time to explore 56 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:24,800 a lifelong passion. 57 00:03:25,967 --> 00:03:30,066 My mother would paint anything that inspired her, 58 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:32,467 and she loved clowns. 59 00:03:32,467 --> 00:03:36,000 She would tell me she thought clowns showed emotions 60 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,600 and feelings, and most people hide them. 61 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,867 She loved this, because they could express 62 00:03:41,867 --> 00:03:46,233 happiness, sadness, sorrow with a mask. 63 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,867 [Aleathea] By all appearances, Michael and Marlene Warren were 64 00:03:50,867 --> 00:03:53,667 a lovely couple that were working very hard to get where 65 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,133 they wanted to go. 66 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,100 [Liam] In 1988, just a year after moving to the Aero Club, 67 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:03,667 the Warrens were about to experience an insurmountable 68 00:04:03,667 --> 00:04:06,867 tragedy that would permanently alter their family dynamic. 69 00:04:06,867 --> 00:04:10,767 [Joseph] Me and my brother, John, were pretty close. 70 00:04:10,767 --> 00:04:13,734 He was two years older than me, and we used to ride bikes 71 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,667 together, go out with friends together. 72 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:20,834 We had a lot of fun, and in 1988, when he was 73 00:04:20,900 --> 00:04:24,100 22 years old, my brother got in a car accident, 74 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:26,133 and died of internal bleeding. 75 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:31,567 I was just so much in shock, I couldn't even -- 76 00:04:31,567 --> 00:04:33,033 I had no words. 77 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:38,867 It was very traumatic, but my mother, she was making 78 00:04:38,867 --> 00:04:41,233 herself be strong, because she knew she had to 79 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:42,934 be strong for me. 80 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:48,834 [Alicia] The Warren family struggles to heal following John's death. 81 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:52,166 And less than two years later, on Memorial Day weekend 1990, 82 00:04:52,166 --> 00:04:55,367 Marlene Warren is at home making breakfast for Joe, 83 00:04:55,367 --> 00:04:57,767 and a few of his friends. 84 00:04:57,767 --> 00:05:01,634 [Joseph] Some friends came up and stayed the night before. 85 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:04,567 And that morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, we were eating 86 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:08,667 breakfast, watching TV on the couch in the living room, 87 00:05:08,667 --> 00:05:12,367 close to the front door, which was a glass double door. 88 00:05:12,367 --> 00:05:14,834 [slow knocking] 89 00:05:15,967 --> 00:05:18,266 And my friend said, "Oh, there's somebody at 90 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:21,266 the door." And my mom said, "I'll get it." 91 00:05:21,266 --> 00:05:23,133 [creaking] 92 00:05:26,867 --> 00:05:30,934 [Alicia] Joe watches as Marlene opens the front door and is surprised 93 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,400 to see a clown standing on the doorstep. 94 00:05:36,567 --> 00:05:39,634 I heard my mom say, "Oh, how pretty." 95 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,233 [loud pop] 96 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:44,233 And then I heard what I thought was a balloon pop, 97 00:05:45,767 --> 00:05:47,400 and then I saw her fall. 98 00:05:48,567 --> 00:05:52,834 My friends and I didn't understand what happened. 99 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:54,300 We were all confused. 100 00:05:57,100 --> 00:06:00,266 At that point, the clown was over my mother, 101 00:06:00,266 --> 00:06:02,400 looking out at us, 102 00:06:05,867 --> 00:06:08,166 and then walked away. 103 00:06:08,166 --> 00:06:13,166 I ran to my mother, and she was gurgling and trying to breathe. 104 00:06:13,166 --> 00:06:15,166 And I could see her teeth all shattered. 105 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:18,300 And it was very terrible. 106 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:23,333 And at that time, it started registering that my mom just 107 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:24,500 got shot in the mouth. 108 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:28,133 That noise I heard was a bullet. 109 00:06:35,867 --> 00:06:40,000 At that point, I saw the clown get in a white LeBaron. 110 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,166 He drove off without even squealing a tire. 111 00:06:45,166 --> 00:06:48,967 The car was right there in the center of the driveway, 112 00:06:48,967 --> 00:06:50,867 right at the staircase. 113 00:06:50,867 --> 00:06:53,667 And after the fact, they jumped in like nothing 114 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:57,433 happened, drove off really casual. 115 00:06:57,500 --> 00:07:00,233 At that time, I was on the phone in the kitchen right 116 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:01,333 here with 911. 117 00:07:01,333 --> 00:07:04,266 I told them what had happened, dropped the phone. 118 00:07:04,266 --> 00:07:07,667 The friend stayed with my mother, and I went to 119 00:07:07,667 --> 00:07:09,000 catch the person. 120 00:07:09,867 --> 00:07:14,133 I drove recklessly, running red lights, doing 360s. 121 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,934 I mean, I was full throttle. 122 00:07:17,266 --> 00:07:20,433 I was gonna find this person and just run right into him. 123 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,066 [siren wailing] 124 00:07:28,066 --> 00:07:30,867 [Liam] As Joe is chasing after the white LeBaron, 125 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:33,367 first responders make their way to the scene. 126 00:07:33,367 --> 00:07:37,734 [Aleathea] Marlene had suffered a single gunshot wound to the mouth. 127 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,433 And, as a result of that, she was unresponsive. 128 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:45,100 [Liam] Still alive, Marlene is rushed to the hospital, as Joe is 129 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:47,233 still chasing after the white LeBaron. 130 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,500 [Joseph] I pursued the LeBaron up to Southern Boulevard, 131 00:07:53,667 --> 00:07:55,066 and I didn't see the car anywhere. 132 00:07:55,066 --> 00:07:56,800 I had to turn around and get back. 133 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,934 When I got back from the pursuit, 134 00:08:00,066 --> 00:08:02,867 the investigators were all over the house, inside and out. 135 00:08:02,867 --> 00:08:05,133 But my mom wasn't there. 136 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,867 And the sheriffs told me that she was stable, and they were 137 00:08:08,867 --> 00:08:10,567 taking her to the hospital. 138 00:08:10,567 --> 00:08:12,667 And they started asking questions. 139 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:17,166 Joey Ahrens and his friends agreed that it was a clown with 140 00:08:17,166 --> 00:08:23,066 a multicolored clown costume, tall and thin, and appeared to 141 00:08:23,066 --> 00:08:25,734 be manly in stature. 142 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,834 [Joseph] The clown appeared to be about six foot, had a big orange 143 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:36,133 nose, white painted face, with a reddish orange wig, 144 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,767 but the shoes weren't clown shoes. 145 00:08:38,767 --> 00:08:41,800 They were like army boots. 146 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:47,934 -It happened so fast. -[gunshot blasts] 147 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,934 And I was so much in shock and confused, like, why? 148 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,667 And I had no idea who it could be. 149 00:08:55,667 --> 00:09:00,266 Despite the white makeup and clown wig, there was one 150 00:09:00,266 --> 00:09:03,367 detail that Joe noticed about the clown. 151 00:09:03,367 --> 00:09:06,266 When my mom was shot and fell, the clown looked me 152 00:09:06,266 --> 00:09:07,533 right in the eyes. 153 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,500 And I got a glimpse of those eyes. 154 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,900 They were big and brown. 155 00:09:21,266 --> 00:09:23,567 [Aleathea] After speaking to the witnesses, 156 00:09:23,567 --> 00:09:26,867 investigators learned that after Marlene was shot once in 157 00:09:26,867 --> 00:09:31,033 the mouth, the clown left the scene and took the handgun 158 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:32,233 with him. 159 00:09:32,233 --> 00:09:36,233 But at the scene, there were no shell casings located. 160 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:40,767 [Alicia] The lack of a shell casing makes investigators believe 161 00:09:40,767 --> 00:09:43,467 that the firearm used was likely a revolver, 162 00:09:43,467 --> 00:09:44,900 [gunshot blasts] 163 00:09:45,767 --> 00:09:47,166 because unlike pistols, 164 00:09:47,166 --> 00:09:50,900 revolvers don't expel casings when fired. 165 00:09:51,767 --> 00:09:55,166 [Aleathea] Investigators collected a white wicker basket with multiple 166 00:09:55,166 --> 00:09:58,300 colored flowers in it, and two balloons, 167 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:01,433 which one said, "You're the greatest." 168 00:10:02,567 --> 00:10:06,166 Investigators collected the rug that was in the entry. 169 00:10:06,166 --> 00:10:09,433 They swabbed everything, including the door handles. 170 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:12,467 Basically attempted as much as they could to recover 171 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:14,667 anything and everything. 172 00:10:14,667 --> 00:10:17,567 [Joseph] While I was at the house, I called my father on 173 00:10:17,567 --> 00:10:18,867 his car phone. 174 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:21,233 He was on the way to the racetrack to watch one of 175 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:22,533 our horses race. 176 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:27,033 I remember saying, "Mom was shot, 177 00:10:28,100 --> 00:10:31,367 I think she's gonna die." He was confused. 178 00:10:31,367 --> 00:10:33,333 "What? What do you mean? 179 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,900 What happened?" 180 00:10:35,367 --> 00:10:39,333 I did not tell him any details, and I said, "Please come home." 181 00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:44,266 [Alicia] With Marlene clinging to life, detectives let Joe and Mike 182 00:10:44,266 --> 00:10:47,066 head to the hospital, where doctors are doing 183 00:10:47,066 --> 00:10:49,767 everything in their power to save her. 184 00:10:49,767 --> 00:10:53,734 [Aleathea] She had suffered a horrendous shot that entered her mouth 185 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,734 and traveled through teeth and the back of her throat. 186 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:02,567 They were able to operate, and they did recover a single 187 00:11:02,567 --> 00:11:06,367 projectile that was lodged at the spinal column, 188 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:08,634 consistent with a .38 caliber weapon. 189 00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:13,367 Doctors are able to save Marlene's life, 190 00:11:13,367 --> 00:11:16,033 but unfortunately, she's unresponsive. 191 00:11:18,667 --> 00:11:21,834 [Joseph] The only thing I remember when we got to the hospital is 192 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:22,900 I couldn't leave that room. 193 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:25,867 I held my mom's hand, trying to get something. 194 00:11:25,867 --> 00:11:29,266 I wanted her to squeeze my hand, a blink of 195 00:11:29,266 --> 00:11:31,667 an eye, something. 196 00:11:31,667 --> 00:11:34,000 While they're at the hospital, police speak with 197 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,834 Michael Warren, Marlene's husband. 198 00:11:37,867 --> 00:11:40,367 [Dave] Whenever there's a serious domestic crime, 199 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:42,767 investigators always look to the spouse. 200 00:11:42,767 --> 00:11:45,667 But Michael Warren had an airtight alibi. 201 00:11:45,667 --> 00:11:49,734 He was in a car with his friends on the way to 202 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,867 a racetrack about an hour away. 203 00:11:51,867 --> 00:11:54,266 They know he wasn't in the clown costume. 204 00:11:54,266 --> 00:11:57,834 But they ask him, "Who could have wanted to kill Marlene?" 205 00:11:57,900 --> 00:12:01,333 He's not sure, but he says she managed a lot 206 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,467 of the properties that they owned, which was over 20. 207 00:12:04,467 --> 00:12:08,333 And maybe there was an upset tenant, and maybe that was 208 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,200 a place to look. 209 00:12:10,367 --> 00:12:13,767 [news broadcast] 40-year-old Marlene Warren is fighting for her life here at 210 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:15,333 this Palm Beach hospital. 211 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,000 Warren was shot at her home Saturday, by a person wearing 212 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,433 a clown suit. 213 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:21,367 Tenants say, even though she's had to oversee 214 00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:24,367 a few evictions, Marlene Warren was very well-liked. 215 00:12:24,367 --> 00:12:26,533 She's like a sister to me, 216 00:12:27,467 --> 00:12:30,400 and I wanted her to be godmother of my kids. 217 00:12:31,767 --> 00:12:34,867 Investigators learned that, by all accounts, 218 00:12:34,867 --> 00:12:37,000 she was much loved by everybody. 219 00:12:38,667 --> 00:12:42,467 [Alicia] Detectives are puzzled about the shooter's choice of a clown 220 00:12:42,467 --> 00:12:45,967 costume, until Marlene's family tells them 221 00:12:45,967 --> 00:12:48,734 about her love of clowns. 222 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,266 [Dave] It's more than a coincidence that the person who wanted to 223 00:12:51,266 --> 00:12:53,934 kill her knew not only that Marlene would be home, 224 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,266 but that she liked clowns enough that she would open 225 00:12:57,266 --> 00:12:59,467 the door to some clown on the doorstep. 226 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:03,233 So Marlene Warren was a specific target that day. 227 00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:06,667 But Marlene had no known enemies. 228 00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:10,400 So the investigators had no idea what was going on. 229 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:15,567 Despite doctor's best efforts, Marlene never 230 00:13:15,567 --> 00:13:17,767 regains consciousness. 231 00:13:17,767 --> 00:13:21,166 Two days after she was shot, Marlene Warren is taken off 232 00:13:21,166 --> 00:13:25,100 life support and dies with her family surrounding her. 233 00:13:26,467 --> 00:13:30,266 [Joseph] When my mother died, it made me feel lost. 234 00:13:30,266 --> 00:13:35,567 It made me feel the best thing in my life is now leaving, 235 00:13:35,567 --> 00:13:36,634 and I'll be here alone. 236 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:44,967 Marlene's death really panicked the entire community 237 00:13:44,967 --> 00:13:48,066 in Wellington, and understandably so, 238 00:13:48,066 --> 00:13:51,934 because you have a murderous clown who's already killed 239 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,166 a woman without clear motive. 240 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:56,367 So everyone is on edge, and people called into 241 00:13:56,367 --> 00:14:00,166 the police, reporting sightings of clowns. 242 00:14:00,166 --> 00:14:04,233 [Liam] Numerous tips come in, but none of them matching 243 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:05,934 the clown seen by Joe. 244 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,266 However, after four days, authorities get a call. 245 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:14,433 [Aleathea] The white Chrysler LeBaron had apparently been abandoned in 246 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:18,333 the parking lot of a South Florida grocery store chain. 247 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,533 [Alicia] Investigators believe this might be 248 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,367 the killer's getaway car. 249 00:14:22,367 --> 00:14:24,533 It's been in the parking lot for a number of days, 250 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,533 and it's only eight miles away from the Warren house. 251 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,734 So the LeBaron is towed to the Sheriff's Office to 252 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,100 be processed. 253 00:14:33,066 --> 00:14:35,967 In searching the vehicle, they collected the four 254 00:14:35,967 --> 00:14:37,233 floor mats 255 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:40,200 that had debris in them, 256 00:14:41,266 --> 00:14:43,200 including orange fibers. 257 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:48,467 It did occur to investigators that the orange fibers did look 258 00:14:48,467 --> 00:14:50,300 like they could have come from a clown wig. 259 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:54,233 They also recovered long, brown hair. 260 00:14:57,266 --> 00:15:00,333 [Liam] Police now start searching for the origins of 261 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,433 the clown costume. 262 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:05,567 They start calling costume shops to see if any of 263 00:15:05,567 --> 00:15:09,166 the local ones sold the clown costume in the past few days. 264 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:11,000 And it comes up with a hit. 265 00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:18,567 Back in the late '80s, I took a part-time job at a place 266 00:15:18,567 --> 00:15:22,033 called Capezio Spotlight, which was pretty much the only 267 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:25,433 place in town where you could get an array of costumes. 268 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:31,567 On May 24, 1990, I had just finished closing up shop, 269 00:15:31,567 --> 00:15:33,166 and there was a knock at the door. 270 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:34,567 [knocking] 271 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:38,834 I could see that it was a woman, long, chocolate brown 272 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:40,133 hair, big brown eyes. 273 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:42,634 And I said, "We're closed. 274 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:46,433 Can you come back tomorrow?" And she said, "Oh, no." 275 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:51,400 And very insistently said, "I need a clown costume." 276 00:15:52,767 --> 00:15:55,500 And I let her in. 277 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:03,934 And I pulled out the suit that was almost like a hot pink on 278 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,033 one side. 279 00:16:05,033 --> 00:16:08,867 And on the other side, it was yellow and orange, 280 00:16:08,867 --> 00:16:12,066 and I chose an orange wig. 281 00:16:12,066 --> 00:16:14,300 and she said that that was fine. 282 00:16:16,367 --> 00:16:19,634 [Liam] In total, the customer bought white face paint, 283 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:25,266 a clown costume, a clown nose, a clown wig, and paid in cash, 284 00:16:25,266 --> 00:16:28,800 meaning there was no way to track the transaction. 285 00:16:31,867 --> 00:16:34,567 [Debbie] I noticed she was a very tall person. 286 00:16:34,567 --> 00:16:40,000 She was dressed in jeans, and she had on, like, 287 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,700 a men's jean shirt and boots. 288 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,667 And when she was walking out the door, if it wasn't for 289 00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:50,634 the really long hair, I would have thought it was a man. 290 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:54,834 [Liam] It's possible it's a coincidence that this woman 291 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:58,567 happened to buy a costume two days before the shooting. 292 00:16:58,567 --> 00:17:00,567 But detectives have their eyebrows raised. 293 00:17:00,567 --> 00:17:03,867 But now they need to find the origin of the flowers 294 00:17:03,867 --> 00:17:05,467 and the balloons. 295 00:17:05,467 --> 00:17:08,867 And they eventually land on a grocery store that sold 296 00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:11,200 the exact same flowers and balloons, 297 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,133 Two employees reported a tall woman with long, dark brown 298 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,100 hair and dark brown eyes purchased that exact flower 299 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:22,700 arrangement and balloons, 300 00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:25,634 the very morning of the shooting. 301 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:27,166 [gunshot blasts] 302 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,634 [Liam] When investigators put all the eyewitness accounts 303 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:31,667 together, it was very surprising. 304 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:34,533 The law enforcement realized that those manly features 305 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,133 that were describing this killer clown 306 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,900 may actually be attributable to a woman. 307 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,634 Four days after her death, Marlene's funeral is held. 308 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:55,867 At that time, I was in a survivor mode, and I remember 309 00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:57,734 being very quiet then. 310 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:04,300 It was just devastating to know she was truly gone, and I just, 311 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:07,600 I lost a little bit of myself that day. 312 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:11,767 [Dave] Joe was a victim as well. 313 00:18:11,767 --> 00:18:13,166 [gunshot blasts] 314 00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:18,266 He was dramatically affected from seeing the clown shooting 315 00:18:18,266 --> 00:18:19,700 to death his mother. 316 00:18:21,266 --> 00:18:23,767 To see what happened to my mother -- 317 00:18:23,767 --> 00:18:25,967 I was so shocked. 318 00:18:25,967 --> 00:18:29,166 My brain shut down, and I was very fearful. 319 00:18:29,166 --> 00:18:31,166 I didn't even go back to the house. 320 00:18:31,166 --> 00:18:32,734 I couldn't go back there. 321 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,767 For all I knew, my life could have been in danger as well. 322 00:18:35,767 --> 00:18:39,033 -[gunshot blasts] -And I had a conversation with my dad that 323 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:41,233 it would be best to ship me out of there. 324 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:43,266 And I went to stay at my grandmother 325 00:18:43,266 --> 00:18:44,600 and grandfather's house. 326 00:18:45,467 --> 00:18:49,033 Joey basically, at this point, was by himself. 327 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:52,266 But he was still trying to help law enforcement. 328 00:18:52,266 --> 00:18:56,333 And detectives interviewed him again to see whether or not 329 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,600 he remembered anything else relevant to the investigation. 330 00:19:00,967 --> 00:19:03,867 I told the detectives that after my brother died, 331 00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:05,467 we couldn't hardly do anything. 332 00:19:05,467 --> 00:19:10,166 Get out of bed, brush your teeth, take a shower. 333 00:19:10,166 --> 00:19:13,266 One morning before he went to work, my mom said, 334 00:19:13,266 --> 00:19:16,734 "Mike, we need you home. We just lost a son." 335 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,800 But he pulled away and not got closer. 336 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:25,834 A week before she was shot, my mother sat me down. 337 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:28,567 She said, "I'm picking up your dad doesn't care anymore, 338 00:19:28,567 --> 00:19:29,800 and I want to leave." 339 00:19:30,967 --> 00:19:33,667 And I didn't want to believe any of that. 340 00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:37,533 [Aleathea] This information was of high interest to investigators, 341 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,533 because if they were going to be ending the marriage, 342 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,166 this could support a financial motive to kill Marlene Warren, 343 00:19:44,166 --> 00:19:47,166 rather than pay her a penny in a divorce. 344 00:19:47,166 --> 00:19:52,233 The investigators discovered that the rental properties were 345 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:54,133 in Marlene's name. 346 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:58,166 And who stood financially to benefit from Marlene's death 347 00:19:58,166 --> 00:19:59,567 was Michael Warren. 348 00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:03,767 In fact, he was the sole beneficiary of 349 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:05,333 all of their assets. 350 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:08,767 [Alicia] While investigators are taking a closer look at 351 00:20:08,767 --> 00:20:12,166 Michael Warren, they also learned pivotal information 352 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:15,533 about the abandoned white LeBaron that they believe is 353 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,467 the clown's getaway car. 354 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:21,467 That white LeBaron had been owned by Payless, car rental 355 00:20:21,467 --> 00:20:23,634 agency in Palm Beach County. 356 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,266 A couple had rented the white Chrysler LeBaron, and to return 357 00:20:28,266 --> 00:20:31,767 it, they opened the yellow pages and called what 358 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:33,133 they thought was Payless. 359 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,100 The car lot was closed, so the person that answered 360 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:41,734 the phone just instructed them to leave it parked on 361 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,433 the street near the lot, with the key to it 362 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,433 above the visor. 363 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:50,166 And they did as instructed and left. 364 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:53,133 But Payless never recovered their vehicle, 365 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,533 and they reported their car as stolen four weeks approximately 366 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,367 before the murder of Marlene Warren. 367 00:21:00,367 --> 00:21:03,767 [Liam] What police find is that the couple called the number in 368 00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:06,734 the yellow pages for what they believed was Payless, 369 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,367 when in fact, they were actually on the phone 370 00:21:09,367 --> 00:21:14,367 with the rival rental car company, A Bargain Motors. 371 00:21:14,367 --> 00:21:18,533 [Aleathea] Michael Warren had ads in the yellow pages that said, 372 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,967 "A Bargain Auto Rentals," in very small letters, 373 00:21:20,967 --> 00:21:25,367 and deceptively, "Payless," in very large letters. 374 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:28,867 So pretty regularly, people would call them to 375 00:21:28,867 --> 00:21:31,533 return cars that they had gotten from Payless, 376 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,533 and A Bargain Motors would benefit from that mistake 377 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,867 and steal them. 378 00:21:37,867 --> 00:21:41,333 With Michael's company possibly linked to the stolen LeBaron, 379 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,066 investigators decide it's time to speak with the employees of 380 00:21:45,066 --> 00:21:46,767 A Bargain Motors. 381 00:21:46,767 --> 00:21:50,734 [Aleathea] When asked about the white Chrysler LeBaron, everyone at 382 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,734 A Bargain Motors, including Michael Warren, 383 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,900 denied having any information 384 00:21:55,967 --> 00:21:57,734 and said that it wasn't us. 385 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,266 [Dave] Interestingly, when investigators sniffed around 386 00:22:00,266 --> 00:22:03,767 Michael's business, they discovered that he had 387 00:22:03,767 --> 00:22:05,300 an open affair 388 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:08,667 with a repossession agent. 389 00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:13,066 Sheila Keen was a woman that ran an automobile repossession 390 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:16,667 company with her husband, Richard Keen, and they did work 391 00:22:16,667 --> 00:22:18,000 with A Bargain Motors. 392 00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:24,266 And it was well known to everyone at A Bargain Motors 393 00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:27,333 that Sheila Keen and Michael Warren were having 394 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:28,900 a romantic affair. 395 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:32,767 [Liam] Not only is she having an affair with Marlene Warren's 396 00:22:32,767 --> 00:22:36,066 husband, she is also a match for the description of 397 00:22:36,066 --> 00:22:39,033 the person seen buying the clown costume, 398 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:43,767 and the flowers and balloons, a woman with long brown hair 399 00:22:43,767 --> 00:22:45,734 and dark brown eyes. 400 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,000 [Dave] Not only that, but repossession is 401 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,266 a dangerous profession. 402 00:22:49,266 --> 00:22:51,100 So she often carried a gun with her, 403 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:54,000 and she was known to wear combat boots. 404 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,634 [Aleathea] Investigators also learned that while they had a business 405 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:01,266 together, she and Richard were separated, and she was living 406 00:23:01,266 --> 00:23:04,767 in an apartment on her own. 407 00:23:04,767 --> 00:23:08,533 After gathering what seems to be a wealth of information, 408 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,867 investigators sit down with Michael Warren 409 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:12,934 and Sheila Keen separately. 410 00:23:20,867 --> 00:23:23,367 Michael insists that their relationship is strictly 411 00:23:23,367 --> 00:23:27,000 business, and Sheila says the same. 412 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,367 She also tries to give an alibi of where she was on the day 413 00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:43,567 of the shooting. 414 00:23:43,567 --> 00:23:46,800 She says she was out repossessing cars. 415 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:56,433 [Aleathea] When asked about specific areas or what cars she repossessed, 416 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:59,200 she was unwilling to give them any details. 417 00:24:12,367 --> 00:24:15,066 [Alicia] Once detectives know that Sheila Keen had been in 418 00:24:15,066 --> 00:24:19,266 possession of a .38 caliber revolver, the same caliber 419 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:23,400 weapon that Marlene was shot with, they confront her. 420 00:24:36,967 --> 00:24:39,767 [Alicia] Once Sheila requests an attorney, the interview is 421 00:24:39,767 --> 00:24:44,033 over, but between her weak alibi and her missing 422 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:47,333 .38 caliber revolver, detectives consider her 423 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,900 the primary suspect. 424 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,967 So they bring in the costume shop employee to see if 425 00:24:53,967 --> 00:24:57,333 she might recognize Sheila Keen in a lineup. 426 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,667 What I'm holding here is what I was shown at 427 00:25:03,667 --> 00:25:05,066 the Sheriff's Department. 428 00:25:05,066 --> 00:25:10,233 And this actually is the picture of the person 429 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:11,433 that I chose. 430 00:25:11,433 --> 00:25:14,967 These big brown eyes, I recognized those immediately. 431 00:25:14,967 --> 00:25:19,033 And of course, that long, brown hair. 432 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,567 [Dave] She made a positive identification of Sheila Keen 433 00:25:22,567 --> 00:25:25,000 as the person who bought the clown costume 434 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,367 at their store. 435 00:25:26,367 --> 00:25:28,767 The big question of this case from the beginning was, 436 00:25:28,767 --> 00:25:31,467 "Who would kill this mother who had no known enemies?" 437 00:25:31,467 --> 00:25:34,767 But now it looked like someone who wanted 438 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:36,667 Marlene's husband for herself. 439 00:25:36,667 --> 00:25:39,467 So law enforcement get a search warrant, and they search 440 00:25:39,467 --> 00:25:41,200 Sheila Keen's apartment. 441 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:47,433 [Aleathea] Two weeks after the shooting, on June 11th, 1990, 442 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,867 the Sheriff's Department recovered combat boots, as well 443 00:25:50,867 --> 00:25:54,367 as some orange fibers, consistent with a clown wig, 444 00:25:54,367 --> 00:25:57,000 and looked to be consistent with the fibers 445 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,567 located in the car. 446 00:25:59,567 --> 00:26:04,533 Along with the orange fibers, they found white clown makeup. 447 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:10,166 [Aleathea] So, at first glance, the Sheriff's Department now 448 00:26:10,166 --> 00:26:13,834 have what seems to be great information and physical 449 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:16,867 evidence about the possibility that Sheila Keen had something 450 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:18,433 to do with this. 451 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:21,533 But with no actual costume and no murder weapon found, 452 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,000 they can't definitively tie her to the crime. 453 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,233 Investigators take biological samples, specifically hair from 454 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:33,233 Sheila Keen, and send them to the FBI to see if they'll match 455 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,834 the hair recovered from the white LeBaron. 456 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:41,433 At that time, the FBI could not conclusively determine that all 457 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,100 of the fibers recovered came from the same source or even 458 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:45,533 from a clown wig. 459 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,934 And they were only able to say that the hair found in 460 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:53,233 the white Chrysler LeBaron was consistent in appearance with 461 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:54,867 Sheila Keen's hair. 462 00:26:54,867 --> 00:26:59,467 DNA technology did not really exist back then, which means 463 00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:01,867 that the evidence is circumstantial. 464 00:27:01,867 --> 00:27:06,066 The detectives told me they had a suspect, but they couldn't do 465 00:27:06,066 --> 00:27:10,166 anything about it at this time, that there wasn't enough to 466 00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:15,300 convict anyone, and they would have to do more research. 467 00:27:16,467 --> 00:27:19,834 And the whole time, I thought, "Is it somebody I know? 468 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,166 Do I know the killer of my mother?" 469 00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:26,300 And I would think about those eyes, 470 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:30,333 but I couldn't figure it out. 471 00:27:32,266 --> 00:27:35,333 [Liam] At this point, it's now been about a year since the murder. 472 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,166 And the media eventually catch wind of the affair between 473 00:27:38,166 --> 00:27:39,533 Sheila and Michael. 474 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,166 And they kind of run wild with it. 475 00:27:42,166 --> 00:27:47,567 [Joseph] As time came to pass, I read in the newspaper about my dad 476 00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:51,333 and Sheila having an affair, and that he had something to do 477 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,066 with my mom's murder. 478 00:27:53,066 --> 00:27:56,100 But for me, it was just a puzzle 479 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:57,767 I couldn't put together. 480 00:27:57,767 --> 00:28:01,433 I mean, that was my father, my only father that I knew for 481 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:02,867 20 years. 482 00:28:02,867 --> 00:28:07,467 I thought, "Yeah, sure, my parents were having a rough 483 00:28:07,467 --> 00:28:10,600 patch, but not murder. He wouldn't do that." 484 00:28:12,166 --> 00:28:14,767 [Alicia] Then, just over a year after Marlene's murder, 485 00:28:14,767 --> 00:28:16,467 a call comes in 486 00:28:16,467 --> 00:28:23,000 that might eliminate both Michael and Sheila as suspects. 487 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,634 [Dave] In 1991, an inmate named Edward Bahr confessed to another 488 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:31,800 inmate that he was the clown who killed Marlene Warren. 489 00:28:39,266 --> 00:28:43,100 [Alicia] A detective from Portland, Maine Police Department reaches 490 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,467 out to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office after 491 00:28:46,467 --> 00:28:50,567 an inmate named Edward Bahr told his cellmate that 492 00:28:50,567 --> 00:28:53,767 he murdered a woman in the Wellington area. 493 00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:58,533 Edward Bahr had confessed that he had killed a woman while 494 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,867 dressed as a clown in West Palm Beach at the request, 495 00:29:01,867 --> 00:29:05,100 and the hiring of the husband, because the husband was 496 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:08,100 interested in life insurance money, 497 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:12,233 and that a woman had bought the clown costume that he wore. 498 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,100 [Alicia] Records show Edward Bahr did live in Palm Beach County, 499 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:20,867 Florida, during the time of Marlene's murder, before he was 500 00:29:20,867 --> 00:29:23,367 convicted and sentenced to prison in Portland, Maine, 501 00:29:23,367 --> 00:29:24,867 for armed robbery. 502 00:29:25,867 --> 00:29:29,433 West Palm Beach investigators go to Maine to interview Bahr 503 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:32,300 and see if his story is credible. 504 00:29:33,467 --> 00:29:36,066 Edward Bahr said that he at one time worked at 505 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:39,533 A Bargain Motors, but when the Sheriff's Department tried to corroborate 506 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,300 that, they were unable to find that he had in fact done that. 507 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,133 He also doesn't correctly describe the clown costume, 508 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,333 saying that the wig had been green 509 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,734 when police knew it was orange. 510 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,634 And he doesn't match the description of the person 511 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,166 wearing the costume. 512 00:29:55,166 --> 00:30:00,000 Edward Bahr was a large man, over 200 pounds, 513 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,767 and at the time of the homicide, had a full, 514 00:30:02,767 --> 00:30:04,467 bushy beard. 515 00:30:04,467 --> 00:30:08,734 [Liam] Eyewitnesses didn't see a beard, which obviously would 516 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,033 have been very difficult to conceal under the white makeup. 517 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:14,867 [Dave] When investigators asked additional questions, 518 00:30:14,867 --> 00:30:18,100 he clammed up, said he wanted a lawyer, and then things 519 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:19,600 withered on the vine. 520 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:24,433 And it became clear Edward Bahr was not the person who killed 521 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:25,967 Marlene Warren. 522 00:30:25,967 --> 00:30:29,266 He wanted to somehow cop to a crime he didn't commit, 523 00:30:29,266 --> 00:30:32,500 so that he would get a better sentence for his armed robbery. 524 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,567 I asked the detectives, why the guy that said he did 525 00:30:38,567 --> 00:30:42,266 it wasn't going to jail for my mom's murder, and they would 526 00:30:42,266 --> 00:30:48,066 try to talk to me and tell me to be patient, and just try to 527 00:30:48,066 --> 00:30:51,367 keep myself together, but the murder of my mother 528 00:30:51,367 --> 00:30:55,166 made me a fearful person. I was very distraught. 529 00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:57,166 I had post-traumatic stress disorder. 530 00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:58,634 I was shut down. 531 00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:02,867 I could not function, and my father promised me that 532 00:31:02,867 --> 00:31:05,166 he would give me half the insurance policy so I could 533 00:31:05,166 --> 00:31:07,467 carry on with my life, 534 00:31:07,467 --> 00:31:10,634 but he kept telling me the insurance company 535 00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:11,867 was not paying it. 536 00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:16,367 I finally called the insurance company, and they told me, 537 00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:20,333 "We paid that out 30 days after the murder." 538 00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:22,667 I was appalled. I was shocked. 539 00:31:22,667 --> 00:31:24,533 I was speechless. 540 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,467 That's when it really kicked in to me that Mike might have 541 00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:29,600 had something to do with my mom's murder. 542 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:33,667 [Liam] Michael and Sheila never admit to having an affair, 543 00:31:33,667 --> 00:31:36,367 and authorities could never officially link Michael Warren 544 00:31:36,367 --> 00:31:37,967 to the murder of his wife. 545 00:31:37,967 --> 00:31:40,834 But in the course of the investigation, 546 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:44,767 they discover that he has been committing a crime. 547 00:31:44,767 --> 00:31:48,967 [Dave] In 1992, two years after his wife was murdered, 548 00:31:48,967 --> 00:31:53,133 Michael Warren was arrested for fraud and racketeering. 549 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,367 Michael Warren had a pattern of rolling back odometers on cars 550 00:31:57,367 --> 00:31:59,934 in order to get a higher sales price. 551 00:32:00,066 --> 00:32:03,100 [Dave] Michael Warren was interested in making a quick buck. 552 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,734 And eventually, things caught up with him. 553 00:32:08,266 --> 00:32:11,634 [Alicia] In 1994, Michael Warren is sentenced to 554 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:13,066 nine years in prison. 555 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:17,333 Meanwhile, Joe tries to move on with his life. 556 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,667 [Joseph] I started doing roofing work and carpentry work. 557 00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:24,834 But I had so many issues, and I got into 558 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:26,233 drugs and alcohol. 559 00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:28,934 Every year, I would call the Sheriff's Department, 560 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,533 drunk and belligerent, yelling and screaming. 561 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,266 I wanted something to happen. 562 00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:37,634 I was reaching out for help, and I wasn't getting it. 563 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:40,967 [Alicia] Because of Florida's sentencing laws in the early '90s, 564 00:32:40,967 --> 00:32:45,033 Michael Warren is released in 1997 after serving less than 565 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:47,033 four years in prison. 566 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:51,467 [Joseph] After Mike was released, I wanted nothing to do with 567 00:32:51,467 --> 00:32:54,433 him, because I was afraid of him. 568 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:59,033 And I tried to go and live my life, but I was very fearful. 569 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,033 I lived with fear for a long time. 570 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,767 Authorities don't keep track of Michael Warren or Sheila Keen, 571 00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:10,300 and the case becomes a distant memory for most. 572 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:16,367 Then over two decades after the case fizzled out, 573 00:33:16,367 --> 00:33:20,367 things reopened when Palm Beach County authorities get a grant 574 00:33:20,367 --> 00:33:22,734 to look into cold cases. 575 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,467 Until 2013, this case was circumstantial. 576 00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:30,800 But now, the advances in DNA could change that. 577 00:33:32,166 --> 00:33:35,834 [Mark] Physical evidence recovered from the Chrysler LeBaron 578 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:41,100 and the crime scene, along with the orange fibers and the hair, 579 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:46,333 was resubmitted to the FBI lab to attempt to establish, 580 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,367 by either through DNA or through trace evidence, 581 00:33:49,367 --> 00:33:50,734 a link to the killer. 582 00:33:51,667 --> 00:33:55,934 We asked the DNA lab, "Can you please examine in more 583 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,667 "detail all of the smallest portions of the basket 584 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:01,767 "and the ribbons and the balloons 585 00:34:01,767 --> 00:34:03,934 to see, did we miss anything?" 586 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,166 [Mark] It took several years, because this was a cold case, 587 00:34:07,166 --> 00:34:11,000 and the pressing cases that are coming in are going to 588 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,266 take priority. 589 00:34:13,266 --> 00:34:16,767 [Alicia] In 2016, investigators received the results from 590 00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:18,100 the forensic testing. 591 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:22,533 And they make a new discovery that could finally move 592 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,066 the case forward. 593 00:34:24,066 --> 00:34:27,133 [Aleathea] Under a high-powered microscope, 594 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:31,467 the scientist located, tangled in the balloon ribbon, 595 00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:35,000 orange fiber, consistent with the fiber that was found in 596 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,133 the car and in Sheila Keen's apartment. 597 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:42,567 [Mark] And it was found that all of those synthetic fibers, 598 00:34:42,567 --> 00:34:45,667 chemical composition was a match. 599 00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:48,467 [Dave] The hairs that were found in the car were now tested for 600 00:34:48,467 --> 00:34:54,000 DNA, and it pointed to DNA from the chief suspect in this case, 601 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,667 Sheila Keen. 602 00:34:56,667 --> 00:35:00,367 [Alicia] After 27 years, investigators have definitive 603 00:35:00,367 --> 00:35:05,166 proof that ties Sheila Keen to the abandoned LeBaron 604 00:35:05,166 --> 00:35:07,266 and the crime scene. 605 00:35:07,266 --> 00:35:11,967 In August 2017, a warrant is issued for Sheila Keen's arrest 606 00:35:11,967 --> 00:35:14,767 on charges of first-degree murder. 607 00:35:14,767 --> 00:35:18,834 [Mark] Through the databases that we have, I was able to link 608 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:21,767 a home in Abingdon, Virginia, to which 609 00:35:21,767 --> 00:35:25,066 the deed holder was Sheila Keen. 610 00:35:25,066 --> 00:35:29,133 [Liam] Cold case investigators also find out that in the years that 611 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,233 they hadn't kept track, Sheila got married about 612 00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:34,133 a decade after the murder of Marlene 613 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:36,467 to Michael Warren. 614 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,734 [Dave] Michael and Sheila married after Michael got 615 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,266 out of prison in 1997. 616 00:35:49,266 --> 00:35:52,233 They moved to Virginia, and they opened up a restaurant 617 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:53,934 in nearby Tennessee. 618 00:35:54,767 --> 00:35:57,166 [Aleathea] The fact that Sheila Keen and Michael Warren got married 619 00:35:57,166 --> 00:36:00,567 affirmed everything that we had all suspicions of. 620 00:36:00,567 --> 00:36:04,867 [Alicia] On September 26, 2017, authorities set out to 621 00:36:04,867 --> 00:36:09,367 arrest Sheila Keen-Warren on charges of first-degree murder. 622 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:13,667 On that particular afternoon, the local authorities saw 623 00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:18,467 her being driven by Mike Warren, and a traffic stop 624 00:36:18,467 --> 00:36:20,133 was conducted. 625 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:24,433 And in no time, Sheila Keen-Warren was in handcuffs. 626 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,266 Her first question was, "Are you also arresting 627 00:36:29,266 --> 00:36:30,500 my husband?" 628 00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:34,166 [Dave] Why would you say that? 629 00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:38,867 Unless you knew you were being charged for a potential 630 00:36:38,867 --> 00:36:42,066 conspiracy to murder Marlene Warren. 631 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:46,667 She thought she got away with it for 27 years, and it gave us 632 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:49,367 some satisfaction to see her in the back of a police car. 633 00:36:49,367 --> 00:36:52,367 With Sheila in handcuffs, authorities tried to talk to 634 00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:54,500 Michael, but he had nothing to say. 635 00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:59,066 I approached Mike Warren, and I just 636 00:36:59,066 --> 00:37:03,266 remember his -- his coldness. 637 00:37:03,266 --> 00:37:08,467 I told him that consideration for a lesser penalty for Sheila 638 00:37:08,467 --> 00:37:12,934 could be discussed if he would be willing to tell us the truth 639 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:18,867 about what happened to Marlene Warren back in May of 1990. 640 00:37:18,867 --> 00:37:21,066 He declined to give a statement, 641 00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:22,600 and he walked away. 642 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,867 [Joseph] In 2017, detectives from West Palm Beach told me that 643 00:37:28,867 --> 00:37:32,133 they had Sheila Keene in custody for the murder of 644 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,533 my mother. I was so shocked. 645 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,266 I didn't know how to think at that point. 646 00:37:37,266 --> 00:37:40,867 I was excited, but yet confused. 647 00:37:40,867 --> 00:37:45,133 At that point, one of the detectives told me that 648 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,867 Sheila married Mike. 649 00:37:47,867 --> 00:37:51,233 And for me, it just put all the pieces together. 650 00:37:52,967 --> 00:37:55,567 [Liam] Sheila Keen-Warren is denied bail and held in 651 00:37:55,567 --> 00:37:57,867 Palm Beach County, as authorities prepare to 652 00:37:57,867 --> 00:37:59,066 prosecute her on murder charges. 653 00:37:59,066 --> 00:38:00,734 In the process, though, 654 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,000 they discover a potential issue with the evidence. 655 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,567 Over the decades, the bags of evidence had tears in them. 656 00:38:08,567 --> 00:38:11,867 And because the orange fibers that were found tangled in 657 00:38:11,867 --> 00:38:15,767 the ribbons of the balloons hadn't been found before, 658 00:38:15,767 --> 00:38:20,000 the defense raised allegations of mishandling and tampering. 659 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,266 And they tried to exclude that evidence for trial. 660 00:38:24,266 --> 00:38:27,233 [Dave] The lead prosecutor in the case came to me and said, 661 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:28,834 "We've got some issues. 662 00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:31,767 "The defense has offered 10 years in prison for 663 00:38:31,767 --> 00:38:35,333 a manslaughter conviction." I said, "No. 664 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:40,133 I said that I wanted a murder conviction, not manslaughter. 665 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:43,767 And so he took my counteroffer back to the defense, 666 00:38:43,767 --> 00:38:45,800 and the defense accepted it. 667 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,567 [Alicia] On April 25, 2023, 668 00:38:55,567 --> 00:39:00,066 Sheila Keen-Warren pleads guilty to the murder of 669 00:39:00,066 --> 00:39:05,066 Marlene Warren and is sentenced to 12 years in prison, 670 00:39:05,066 --> 00:39:07,233 the minimum in 1990. 671 00:39:11,567 --> 00:39:12,533 [gunshot blasts] 672 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:18,700 I do not feel OK with the time that she got. 673 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,400 Sheila Keen feels no remorse for killing my mother. 674 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:29,000 I think they should have put that lady in prison for 675 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,367 the rest of her life. 676 00:39:31,367 --> 00:39:34,767 [Dave] I would classify Sheila Keen-Warren as a sociopath, 677 00:39:34,767 --> 00:39:36,233 as a cold blooded murderer. 678 00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:39,667 I think what she did deserved the ultimate penalty, 679 00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:42,000 but that's not the world we live in. 680 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,967 We live in the world of evidence and burdens of proof 681 00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:46,533 and father time. 682 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,934 And all those things worked against us. 683 00:39:55,867 --> 00:39:59,767 [Joseph] Right now, as of today, we have nothing on 684 00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:04,133 Michael Warren, and I wish that would change. 685 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,934 I hope and pray it does. 686 00:40:06,867 --> 00:40:09,333 What we put out, we get back. 687 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,567 And it seems like this guy hasn't paid yet, but his day 688 00:40:12,567 --> 00:40:13,834 is coming. 689 00:40:17,467 --> 00:40:20,533 My mom was truly an angel here on Earth, 690 00:40:21,567 --> 00:40:23,300 and I know she is in heaven. 691 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:27,433 I'm grateful at the time I had with her. 692 00:40:28,567 --> 00:40:30,834 It's been a rough road. 693 00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:36,400 My brother, my dad, my mom, I lost my whole family. 694 00:40:37,867 --> 00:40:41,000 But it comforts me that I have two angels, 695 00:40:42,266 --> 00:40:45,400 my mother and my brother, watching over me, 696 00:40:46,967 --> 00:40:48,200 guiding me home. 697 00:40:57,266 --> 00:41:06,600 ♪♪ 698 00:41:10,867 --> 00:41:13,734 ♪♪ 699 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,133 I reach in, and I'm shaking her. 700 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,467 [over the phone] Sheriff's Department 9-1-1. 701 00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:18,066 My sister-in-law is dead now. 702 00:41:18,066 --> 00:41:19,467 How could this happen to her? 703 00:41:19,467 --> 00:41:21,800 She says they have an affair. 704 00:41:22,567 --> 00:41:24,367 I was like, "No. He wouldn't do something like that." 705 00:41:24,367 --> 00:41:26,400 There is a divide in the family. 706 00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:29,600 I...know what he did. You're not innocent.