Rice: TREVOR. [ LAUGHS ]
TREVOR WAS SO SMALL,
AND HE FOUGHT,
AND HE OVERCAME ALL ODDS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO LIVE.
AND MY HEART BLEEDS TO THIS DAY
THAT, IN ALL THAT TREVOR FOUGHT,
HE DID NOT DIE.
SOMEONE TOOK HIS LIFE.
TO USE YOUR HANDS TO SNUFF OUT THE LIFE OF A CHILD,
I CAN ONLY SAY...
GOD HELP US ALL.
McCarthy: MARCH 3, 1993, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND.
THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINTS.
THERE WERE NO PALM PRINTS.
THERE WERE NO SHOE PRINTS.
WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE KILLER, AND HOW DID THIS GO DOWN?
IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED
TO STAGE WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BURGLARY THAT WENT BAD...
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
...BUT THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR A BURGLARY.
THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR A ROBBERY.
THEY WERE THERE FOR AN EXECUTION.
♪♪
Tiffani: I GOT THESE FOR YOU.
HE WAS SHACKLED, YOU KNOW, HANDCUFFS AND PRISON CLOTHING.
HE WAS VERY SHRUNKEN AND OLD IN A WHEELCHAIR.
IT BROKE MY HEART TO SEE HIM THAT WAY.
I IMMEDIATELY GOT UP, AND I EMBRACED HIM,
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, "I FORGIVE YOU. I LOVE YOU."
BUT HE NEVER APOLOGIZED. HE NEVER SAID HE WAS SORRY.
[ SIGHS ]
♪♪
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♪♪
MILLIE ALWAYS WAS THE BELLE OF THE BALL.
EVERYONE IN THIS LITTLE SMALL TOWN WOULD BE LOOKING
WHEN MILLIE SHOWED UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THAT SHE WOULD BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF ANY EVENT.
♪♪
MILLIE WAS SUCH A LOVING MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN.
THEY WERE HER LIFE.
SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT,
AND DURING MILLIE'S ABSENCE FROM HOME ON TRAVEL,
BEFORE I LEFT FOR WORK IN THE MORNING,
I WENT TO MILLIE'S HOUSE.
AND WHEN I CAME HOME IN THE AFTERNOON,
BEFORE I WOULD GO TO MY HOUSE, I WOULD STOP BY MILLIE'S HOUSE.
AND IF THE NURSES NEEDED ANYTHING,
I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT
BECAUSE TREVOR REQUIRED 24-HOUR SKILLED NURSING,
AND MILLIE HAD TO WORK.
UH-OH. YOU GOT TO GET AROUND.
BE CAREFUL. YOU OKAY? OKAY.
YEAH?
♪♪
IT IS MARCH 3, EARLY IN THE MORNING.
I GET DRESSED, AND I GET IN MY CAR,
AND I DRIVE TO MILLIE'S HOUSE.
I PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY,
AND THE GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN.
I'M PERPLEXED.
THE GARAGE DOOR IS NEVER OPEN.
AND AS I APPROACH, THERE ARE, LIKE,
PILLOWS TOSSED
FROM HER SOFA ON THE FLOOR.
[ RAPID BEEPING ]
AND I CAN HEAR TREVOR'S ALARM.
♪♪
I KNOCK ON A NEIGHBOR'S DOOR, AND I SAID,
"SOMETHING IS WRONG AT MILLIE'S.
I NEED YOU TO HELP."
WHEN WE GET BACK TO MILLIE'S,
I INSERT MY KEY,
AND AS I OPEN AND PUSH THE DOOR...
♪♪
MILLIE'S BODY IS BLOCKING THE DOOR.
AND HER FACE IS TOWARD THE DOOR.
SHE WAS SHOT IN THE FACE.
♪♪
I REMEMBER SCREAMING LIKE AN ANIMAL.
[ SOBBING ]
AND I WAS ON MY KNEES IN THE STREET.
♪♪
McCarthy: I'M HAVING LUNCH,
AND SOMEBODY WALKS IN AND SAYS,
"LOOK, WE HAVE THIS AWFUL SITUATION
ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE."
♪♪
THIS IS A HORRIFIC SCENE.
AS YOU WALK INTO THE DOOR, MILLIE HORN,
WHO WAS THE MOTHER OF TREVOR, IS DECEASED.
TREVOR'S ROOM WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOUSE,
AND IF YOU WENT INTO THAT BEDROOM, JANICE SAUNDERS,
THE NURSE, WAS DEAD ON THE FLOOR.
NEXT TO HER WAS THE LOG THAT SHE KEPT.
EVERY 15 MINUTES, THEY WOULD CHECK
TREVOR'S RESPIRATION, HEARTBEAT,
AND SHE WOULD RECORD IT THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT, IN THIS CASE,
ALMOST PRECISELY DOWN TO THE MINUTE,
WHEN THE MURDER OCCURS.
BECAUSE EVERY 15 MINUTES, YOU SEE IT,
AND THEN IT STOPS.
WHY DID IT STOP?
BECAUSE A MAN WALKED IN THERE.
SHE PROBABLY STOOD UP, STARTLED.
SHE WAS SHOT IN THE EYES.
[ GUNSHOT ]
I THINK MILLIE HEARD THE NOISE.
MILLIE COMES DOWN THE STAIRS, AND SHE IS SHOT.
[ GUNSHOT ]
AND HE THEN TURNED TO TREVOR.
THIS IS A YOUNG CHILD WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS
WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE NURSE AND HIS MOTHER.
[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
TREVOR WAS HOOKED UP TO VARIOUS MACHINES.
THE KILLER TURNED OFF ONE OF THE RESPIRATORS,
AND HE ASPHYXIATED TREVOR.
THERE WERE ALARMS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO GO OFF
IF THE CHILD STOPPED BREATHING,
BUT THE KILLER DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF.
[ FLATLINE, MONITORS BEEPING RAPIDLY ]
MARCH 3, 1993, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND.
TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY ARE TIRE TRACKS.
STILL PHOTOS AND MEASUREMENTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
AND AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE HOUSE,
DRAWERS HAD BEEN TURNED AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT NOTHING OF REAL CONSEQUENCE HAD BEEN TAKEN.
IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED
TO STAGE WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BURGLARY THAT WENT BAD,
BUT THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR A BURGLARY.
THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR A ROBBERY.
THERE WERE THERE FOR AN EXECUTION.
♪♪
IN THE SPRING OF 1993, I WAS A FRESHMAN AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
I WAS JUST A YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT
TRYING TO MAKE HER WAY IN THE WORLD.
♪♪
[ PHONE RINGING ]
I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE FRONT DESK
OF THE SECURITY OF MY BUILDING,
[Voice breaking] AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW,
"YOU NEED TO GET DRESSED, AND YOU NEED
TO COME DOWNSTAIRS BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE HERE."
I'M LIKE, "THE POLICE?"
♪♪
AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, "WE NEED TO TAKE YOU HOME.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENED." AND I'M LIKE, "WHAT HAPPENED?"
AND THEY WOULD NOT TELL ME.
♪♪
AND THE WHOLE RIDE, I CAN REMEMBER LOOKING
OUT OF THE WINDOW AND JUST CRYING AND CRYING AND CRYING.
[ SOBBING ]
WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY AUNT'S HOUSE, I OPENED THE DOOR,
AND I FELL INTO MY AUNT ELAINE'S ARMS...
[ SOBBING ]
AND SHE SCREAMED,
"THEY KILLED BOTH OF THEM. THEY KILLED MILLIE AND TREVOR."
♪♪
I REMEMBER MY SISTER STANDING THERE SO CONFUSED,
AND I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE MY SISTER WAS ALONE,
THAT THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO COMFORT HER.
SHE WAS HOLDING ONE OF HER BABY DOLLS,
AND I JUST WENT AND I GRABBED MY SISTER,
AND I HELD HER SO CLOSE TO ME.
I'VE ALWAYS FELT PROTECTIVE OVER MY SISTER, BUT AT THAT MOMENT,
I KNEW THAT I WAS ALL SHE HAD LEFT.
IT WAS JUST ME AND HER.
♪♪
MY MOM DIDN'T HAVE ENEMIES.
YOU KNOW, TREVOR DIDN'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES.
AND JANICE, SHE WAS JUST DOING HER JOB CARING FOR MY BROTHER
LIKE SHE HAD DONE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
[ SOBS ]
IT WAS LIKE, "WHO ARE THESE MONSTERS?"
WE HAD NO IDEA, BUT A PART OF ME KNEW IMMEDIATELY.
PART OF ME KNEW THAT MY DAD HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
[ SOBS, SNIFFLES ]
I JUST KNEW IT.
I KNEW RIGHT AWAY, AND I TOLD THE POLICE THAT.
I TOLD THEM, I'M LIKE,
"I THINK HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS. I DO."
♪♪
Horn: WOW, MY PARENTS WERE SO YOUNG IN THIS PICTURE.
THEY LOOK REALLY HAPPY.
THEY'D WALK INTO A ROOM,
AND PEOPLE WOULD WONDER WHO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW?
MY MOM WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG FLIGHT ATTENDANT,
AND HE WAS A RECORDING EXECUTIVE WITH MOTOWN.
HE WAS THERE MAKING HISTORY WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE,
AND I THINK THAT DEFINITELY INTRIGUED HER.
AND HE WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF CELEBS AND PEOPLE,
AND HE BROUGHT HER INTO THAT WORLD.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF ME
WITH MY MOM AND DAD.
♪♪
THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT MY DAD WAS ACTUALLY HOME.
THEY FOUGHT A LOT, BUT THIS DAY, IN PARTICULAR,
THEY WERE GETTING ALONG,
AND I CAN REMEMBER FEELING LIKE,
"I WISH THIS WAS MY EVERYDAY LIFE,"
BECAUSE WE WERE ALL TOGETHER.
I REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT WE WOULD MOVE AWAY FROM MY DAD,
BUT WE DID.
♪♪
Lawrence: OH, THE SUN IS IN YOUR EYES?
THIS IS OUT IN PUBLIC, DAD.
[ CAR BONGING ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
Tiffani: THERE'S DAD.
SEE, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING
IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE A CAMERA.
OH, REALLY?
WE'VE DONE GAME SHOWS, INTERVIEWS, COMMERCIALS.
WE'VE DONE SO MANY STUFF.
I LIKE IT.
THOSE SUMMERS THAT I SPENT WITH MY DAD IN CALIFORNIA
WERE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY FOR ME.
BEING, YOU KNOW, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL,
DADDY'S PRINCESS.
WHO ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR?
SO I HAVE A PICTURE.
I LIKE TAKING PICTURES.
YOU DO?
YEAH.
WE ENJOYED OUR TIME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, I FELT LIKE THE DAD
THAT I MISSED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR,
I GOT THAT TIME IN THE SUMMER.
I GOT IT BACK.
♪♪
EVERY SUMMER, THERE WAS A BIG PICNIC THAT MOTOWN WOULD PUT ON,
AND I'D ALWAYS REMEMBER LOOKING FORWARD
TO THOSE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
ONE SUMMER, STEVIE WONDER WAS THERE.
HE WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY DAD'S FAVORITE ARTISTS
AT MOTOWN.
AND I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW,
MY DAD PROBABLY BEING EVEN MORE EXCITED THAN I WAS
THAT I GET TO MEET STEVIE.
THEY USED TO CALL MY DAD
I.T. BECAUSE HIS NAME WAS LAWRENCE THOMAS,
SO I CAN REMEMBER HIM SAYING, "OH, HEY, I.T.,"
AND, YOU KNOW, SLAPPING HIM ON THE BACK,
GIVING HIM A HIGH FIVE, SHAKING HIS HAND.
I MEAN, HE DEFINITELY WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON AT THAT OFFICE.
♪♪
MILLIE WAS MOVING ON WITH HER LIFE.
I KNOW THAT SHE HAD FILED FOR DIVORCE.
SO WHAT IS IT YOU WANTED TO TELL ME?
THEN SHE DROPPED THE BOMB,
AND SHE SAID TO ME THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT.
PREGNANT FOR WHOM?
AND SHE SAID, "LAWRENCE."
I WAS DUMBFOUNDED.
I HAD NO IDEA
THAT LAWRENCE AND MILLIE WERE SEEING EACH OTHER.
♪♪
THE GIRL STOOD A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF MAKING IT,
BUT THE LITTLE BOY WAS 50/50.
THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT.
TIFFANI WAS OUT VISITING WITH HER FATHER.
WE CALLED LAWRENCE,
AND WE ASK THAT HE BRING TIFFANI TO MARYLAND
SO SHE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE HER BROTHER
IN CASE HE DID NOT MAKE IT.
AND HIS RESPONSE WAS, "THERE'S A MOTOWN PICNIC ON SATURDAY,
AND SHE CANNOT COME."
WHAT MAN, OR WHAT FATHER, WOULD DO THAT?
IT CHANGED MY OPINION OF HIM COMPLETELY.
♪♪
YOU'VE GOT A SUSPECT IMMEDIATELY,
AND IT'S LAWRENCE HORN,
BUT LAWRENCE HORN IS IN LOS ANGELES.
WE REACHED OUT TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN LOS ANGELES,
WHO WENT IMMEDIATELY TO HIS APARTMENT
TO FIND OUT WHERE WAS HE AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER?
WITHIN 12 HOURS, WE HAD PROBABLY RULED HIM OUT
AS THE DIRECT HAND THAT CAUSED THESE DEATHS.
THE ALIBI THAT HE DIDN'T DO IT IS ABSOLUTELY AIRTIGHT.
HE SET UP A CAMCORDER, HE FILMED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF HIS OWN TV
WATCHING THE EVENING NEWS
AT PRECISELY THE MOMENT THE MURDER OCCURRED.
THIS ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SUSPECT
THINGS HE ABSOLUTELY DID.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TURNED ON THE EVENING NEWS
IN YOUR HOME, TURNED ON A CAMCORDER, AND VIDEOTAPED
YOURSELF SO THAT NOT ONLY IT'S YOUR PHYSICAL BEING
BUT THE TV BEHIND YOU RECORDING THE DATE
AND THE TIME PRECISELY OF WHEN THAT RECORDING IS BEING MADE?
I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NEVER.
COME ON.
THERE'S COINCIDENCES, BUT I'M NOT BUYING THAT ONE.
HORN WAS INVOLVED AT SOME LEVEL, THROUGH AN AGENT,
PROBABLY A PROFESSIONAL HIT MAN.
BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT CONNECTING THE TWO PEOPLE?
THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINTS. THERE WERE NO PALM PRINTS.
THERE WERE NO SHOE PRINTS.
WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE KILLER, AND HOW DID THIS GO DOWN?
♪♪
OH, MY BIG BOY TREVOR.
LOOK AT HIS SMILE.
HE'S ALL DRESSED UP.
HIS MOM ALWAYS HAD HIM ALL DRESSED UP.
HE WAS A JOY.
I WOULD RUSH HOME FROM WORK IN THE AFTERNOON
JUST TO SEE THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE.
TREVOR, WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH.
YOU WERE THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE, AND YOU STILL ARE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, TREVOR?
BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOO.
LOOK AT TREVOR LAUGHING.
[ TREVOR LAUGHS ]
♪♪
THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE HOSPITAL,
WHICH WE WON.
THE LARGE PORTION OF THE MONEY WAS SET ASIDE FOR TREVOR'S CARE.
MILLIE WAS THE CUSTODIAL PARENT
AND WAS GRANTED AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN LAWRENCE,
AND THEREFORE, HE WAS VERY UPSET.
♪♪
Millie: I'M NOT GIVING YOU TREVOR'S MONEY.
- ALL OF OUR MONEY. - IT IS NOT ALL OF OUR MONEY.
Lawrence: COME ON, NOW. YOU GOT TO GIVE IT UP.
TREVOR IS THE ONE WHO WENT THROUGH THIS.
MY MOM AND DAD HAD A CONVERSATION
AFTER LEAVING THE HOSPITAL.
EVERYTHING WITH YOU IS MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH WITHOUT EVEN THINKING THE WHOLE...
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO HER,
BUT MY MOM WAS DONE WITH HIM,
AND HE WAS BASICALLY DONE WITH US.
HE JUST KIND OF SAUNTERED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
♪♪
THERE WOULD BE NO MORE CHRISTMAS DINNERS,
THANKSGIVING DINNERS,
IMPROMPTU VISITS FOR THE WEEKEND.
IT ALL ENDED IN THAT MOMENT.
MY MOTHER DEFINITELY TRANSFORMED INTO THIS SUPER MOM
WHO WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE SON RECEIVED THE BEST HEALTHCARE.
SHE WASN'T GOING TO LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO HIM,
THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO DIE.
SHE WASN'T GOING TO LET HIM DIE.
♪♪
WHO STOOD TO BENEFIT IF, UNIQUELY,
TREVOR AND MILLIE WERE ELIMINATED?
FINDING OUT THAT THERE WAS THIS MONEY,
WHICH INITIALLY WAS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
IN THIS TRUST FUND FOR THIS KID,
WHO STANDS TO NOW CONTROL THIS MONEY LEGALLY?
AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS LAWRENCE HORN.
WE SUSPECTED VERY STRONGLY IMMEDIATELY
THAT THIS MAN HAD HIRED SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME HERE.
WE BEGAN TO PULL MOTEL RECORDS
ANYWHERE WITHIN THE REASONABLE PROXIMITY
OF WHERE THE KILLING OCCURRED.
THERE'S A DAYS INN ON SHADY GROVE ROAD.
AND IF YOU GO FROM THE MURDER SCENE TO THE HOTEL,
ITEMS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAKEN FROM MILLIE'S HOME
ARE FOUND DISCARDED ALONG THE ROADWAY.
CREDIT CARDS, PERSONAL ITEMS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE BREADCRUMBS.
SO WE EXAMINED THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE THAT NIGHT.
WE FOUND JAMES PERRY.
♪♪
HE'S FROM DETROIT, AND WE KNEW THAT HORN HAD A TIE TO DETROIT.
HE CHECKED IN AT 12:30.
HE WAS LEFT BY 5:30.
WHAT BROUGHT SOME GUY FROM DETROIT,
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GAVE US LAWRENCE HORN,
FOR 3 OR 4 HOURS TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PRECISELY WHEN OUR MURDER WAS GOING ON?
♪♪
JAMES PERRY IS BASICALLY A CAREER CRIMINAL
WHO WENT INTO BUSINESS,
WAS TRYING TO BE A PROBLEM SOLVER FOR PEOPLE.
HE WAS A FIXER, AND THE FIXER MEANT
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, UP TO MURDER
AND INCLUDING MURDER.
♪♪
WE SURVEILLED ALL OF THE PAY PHONES IN LOS ANGELES
THAT WERE WITHIN ABOUT A 12-BLOCK AREA
OF WHERE HORN LIVED
AND ALL OF THE PAY PHONES IN DETROIT
THAT WERE WITHIN, LIKE, A 12- BLOCK AREA OF WHERE PERRY LIVED.
FBI AGENTS WERE WATCHING PERRY IN DETROIT.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
FBI AGENTS WERE WATCHING HORN IN LOS ANGELES.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
WE WERE ATTEMPTING, THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE,
TO PROVE HOW THEY WERE COMMUNICATING.
♪♪
THERE'S JAMES PERRY.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END IS LAWRENCE HORN.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
WE HAVE THE PHONE RECORDS.
THEY ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY TALKING TO EACH OTHER,
ONE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED BY FBI IN ONE LOCATION,
ONE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
THIS IS DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT THESE TWO MEN
ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF EVIDENCE
IS BUILDING OUR PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE
THAT THERE WAS COLLUSION.
THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY.
THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN
TO EXECUTE MILLIE HORN AND HER SON
AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO GOT IN THE WAY FOR MONEY.
♪♪
Tiffani: IN THE SPRING OF 1992, I WAS A SENIOR,
AND MY DAD DECIDED TO COME TO MARYLAND.
HE SHOWS UP SAYING, "OH, HERE I AM.
I'M GOING TO BE PART OF YOUR LIFE AGAIN."
ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS THE SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE.
MY MOTHER WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT HE WAS GENUINE,
AND SHE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW,
"I REALLY DON'T WANT HIM IN THE HOUSE."
[ LAWRENCE CHUCKLES ]
♪♪
AND HE STARTED EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN MY BROTHER
THAT HE HAD NEVER EXPRESSED BEFORE.
"HOW'S HIS CARE? TELL ME WHAT THE NURSES DO EVERY DAY."
HE SHOWED UP ONE DAY,
AND HE ASKED ME
IF I COULD TAPE MY BROTHER IN HIS ROOM
BECAUSE HE WAS JUST SO CURIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THE PROGRESS TREVOR HAD MADE
THAT I'D BEEN TELLING HIM ABOUT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS EXCITED.
I FELT LIKE, "WOW.
MY DAD REALLY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT HIS SON, FINALLY."
SO I DID WHAT HE ASKED.
- YEAH. - YEAH.
- BYE-BYE. - SHE'S GOING BYE-BYE.
- BYE-BYE. - OKAY.
Tiffani: TREVOR LEARNED HOW TO SAY "SCHOOL BUS,".
AND HE COULD SAY OUR NAMES.
SO I HAD HIM DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
TREVOR, GIVE ME A KISS.
YOU GOING TO GIVE ME A KISS?
YEAH.
MY DAD WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT VIDEOTAPE
THAT I REALLY FELT LIKE, YEAH, THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THE HE REALLY WANTED TO BE A PART OF HIS KIDS' LIVES AGAIN.
OH, TREV.
LOOK AT YOU.
MWAH!
YEAH. TREVOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE JOY IN THIS LITTLE BOY'S FACE
WHEN HE HEAR'S HIS SISTER'S VOICE.
YOU GOING TO DO LIZARD BOTTOM?
BYE-BYE, TREVOR.
SO MANIPULATIVE OF THIS MAN TO USE HIS OWN DAUGHTER
TO GET INFORMATION THAT WAS VITAL.
HE COULD TURN IT OVER TO PERRY,
SO PERRY WOULD NOW HAVE A ROAD MAP OF
HERE'S THE BOY YOU'RE GOING TO KILL.
HERE'S THE HOUSE.
HERE'S THE LAYOUT, YOU KNOW.
♪♪
I HAD NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT LAWRENCE HAD A HAND IN THIS.
"OH, HOW SMART AM I," IS HIS THOUGHT,
I WOULD ASSUME.
"SMALL TOWN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND,
I'M BIG MAN FROM I.A.
WHO ARE THEY TO GO AGAINST ME?"
♪♪
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MONEY HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING
TO GET AWAY WITH,
BUT HE HAD TO COME THROUGH MARYLAND,
AND HE HAD FORGOTTEN,
AS I CAN BE NICE,
I CAN ALSO WIN ON THE OTHER END.
♪♪
McCarthy: DO I EVER THINK THAT LAWRENCE HORN THOUGHT.
HE GOT AWAY WITH MURDER? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.
IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE BEING THE FOCUS OF THE MURDER,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SAYING,
"GIVE ME MY MONEY," UNLESS YOU THINK,
"LOOK, THERE'S NO SUSPICION HERE."
HE OBVIOUSLY HAD A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
THE PASSAGE OF MORE THAN A YEAR,
NO COPS ARE KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR.
HE THOUGHT HE GOT AWAY WITH IT.
♪♪
Man: WHAT INSURANCE WAS MAINTAINED BY YOU FOR TREVOR?
A POLICY...
WITH PRUDENTIAL.
WE FED THE LAWYER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
TO ASK DURING THE CIVIL DEPOSITION.
HORN, WHO WAS THERE TO GET MONEY,
IS ASKED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, DURING A CIVIL DEPOSITION
OVER A YEAR LATER,
"DO YOU KNOW A MAN BY THE NAME OF JAMES PERRY?"
DID YOU KNOW THAT MR. PERRY WAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND, ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER
OF YOUR FORMER WIFE AND CHILD AND THE NURSE?
NO.
OKAY.
HAVE YOU EVER MET MR. PERRY?
NO.
HAVE YOU EVER SPOKEN TO MR. PERRY?
NO.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH MR. PERRY?
NO.
[ SCOFFS ]
ONE, HE'S GOT TO BE DYING, AND TWO, HE'S A LIAR.
EVERY SINGLE ANSWER WAS A LIE.
HE MUST BE GOING CRAZY INSIDE.
HE KNOWS THE JIG IS UP.
"THEY KNOW THE KILLER'S NAME, AND I HIRED THE KILLER."
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIE ABOUT INNOCENT THINGS LIKE,
"DO YOU KNOW JOHN McCARTHY?" "I KNOW JOHN McCARTHY."
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW JOHN McCARTHY.
IF YOU HIRED JOHN McCARTHY TO KILL YOUR SON AND YOUR EX-WIFE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
♪♪
WHAT DOES A PROSECUTOR DO WITH IT?
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THOSE ARE LIES."
BECAUSE WE WANT TO JUST POUND THE JURY OVER THE HEAD
WITH THE FACT THAT WAS A LIE,
THAT WAS A LIE, THAT WAS A LIE, AND HERE'S PHOTOGRAPHS.
HERE'S MOTEL RECORDS, PAY PHONE RECORDS.
AND ONCE YOU PROVE THAT LIE, YOU GO, "YOU KNOW WHY HE LIED.
HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF HIS OWN GUILT."
♪♪
Man on TV: LAWRENCE HORN PAID JAMES PERRY TO KILL HORN'S.
DISABLED SON, EX-WIFE, AND HIS SON'S NURSE.
Tiffani: I WAS VERY RELIEVED WHEN MY DAD GOT ARRESTED.
...$1.7 MILLION MEDICAL SETTLEMENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST FILLED WITH SO MUCH SADNESS
THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NOW.
I DON'T HAVE MY MOM.
I DON'T HAVE MY BROTHER.
[ SOBBING ]
AND I ULTIMATELY DON'T HAVE HIM.
I DON'T HAVE A DAD.
Lawrence: HI.
Tiffani: COME ON, DAD. I HAVE TO LEAVE NOW. BYE.
OKAY, BABE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT I HAD GROWN UP WITH
THAT HAD HUGGED ME AND KISSED ME,
TOLD ME THAT I WAS THE GREATEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD,
THAT I COULD DO ANYTHING, THAT HE LOVED ME SO MUCH.
- DAD, COME ON. - OH, GO AHEAD. GET ON THE BUS.
- BYE. - BYE-BYE, BABY.
HOW COULD HE DESTROY HIS OWN BLOOD IN THAT WAY, HIS OWN SON?
I DON'T KNOW IF I'll EVER BE ABLE TO RECONCILE IT.
♪♪
OH, MY GOD.
JANICE, MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU, SWEETHEART.
YOU MEANT SO MUCH TO US.
THE NURSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK CALLED IN SICK,
AND I CALLED JANICE, AND SHE SAYS,
"ELAINE, EVEN THOUGH I'M TIRED, I WILL PICK IT UP
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND COOKIE HAVE TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW."
AND JANICE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
YOU SAVED COOKIE AND ME BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE
IF YOU DID NOT PICK UP THAT SHIFT.
AND I AM SO SORRY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
♪♪
I HAD GOTTEN WORD THAT HE HAD CANCER
AND THAT HE HAD HIS COLON REMOVED.
AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A COUSIN
WHO HAD ALSO LOST HER MOTHER TO A VIOLENT CRIME,
AND HER FATHER WAS INVOLVED,
AND SHE SAID, "YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE HIM IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE AT PEACE.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO AND FACE HIM,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO TELL HIM YOU FORGIVE HIM."
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SO I WENT TO THE JAIL, AND IT WAS SURREAL.
HE WAS JUST A SHADOW OF THE MAN,
THAT BIG MAN WITH BOUNDLESS ENERGY.
NOTHING WAS THERE. IT WAS NOTHING.
I MEAN, HE WAS VERY SHRUNKEN AND OLD, IN A WHEELCHAIR,
AND HE ROLLED IN AND HE SMILED.
HE HAD CROOKED GLASSES ON, I MEAN, DISHEVELED HAIR.
IT WAS AWFUL.
IT BROKE MY HEART TO SEE HIM THAT WAY.
I IMMEDIATELY GOT UP, AND I EMBRACED HIM,
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, "I FORGIVE YOU. I LOVE YOU."
HE CRIED, AND HE WAS JUST HAPPY.
HE SAID, "PLEASE, COME BACK. PLEASE CONTINUE TO VISIT ME."
BUT HE NEVER APOLOGIZED. HE NEVER SAID HE WAS SORRY.
[ SIGHS ]
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McCarthy: I CANNOT IMAGINE A CASE IN WHICH WE TOOK MORE PRIDE.
I THINK LAWRENCE HORN COMMITTED A CRIME AGAINST NATURE,
KILLED HIS OWN CHILD.
THIS IS MY BROTHER.
HE HAS A FAT STOMACH, BUT HE'S CUTE.
THIS KID WAS FLOURISHING.
NO ONE EVERY EXPECTED THIS CHILD TO EVER LIVE AS LONG AS HE DID.
THERE WAS JOY IN THIS KID'S LIFE,
AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
ELAINE, WHEN I FIRST MET HER, WAS ON A MISSION.
HER MISSION WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT LAWRENCE HORN
AND ANY OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEATHS
WERE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
SHE WAS A POWERFUL FORCE TOWARDS MAKING SURE
THAT THESE VICTIMS WERE NEVER FORGOTTEN.
YOU SEE A LOT OF UGLINESS WHEN YOU DO THESE JOBS
OVER THE YEARS.
I STILL JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY SO COLD
AND CALCULATEDLY TAKE THE LIFE OF THEIR OWN CHILD,
WHO'S HELPLESS.
IT DOESN'T GET WORSE THAN THAT.
UH-OH. COME ON. BE CAREFUL.
YOU OKAY? OKAY.
YEAH? PUT IT DOWN, HONEY.
Rice: THEY SAID TREVOR WOULD NEVER TALK.
TREVOR KNEW TAMIELLE.
HE KNEW TIFFANI.
TREVOR KNEW WHEN HIS MOM CAME HOME FROM WORK.
THEY SAID THAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
TO DO THESE THINGS,
AND HE FOUGHT, AND HE OVERCAME ALL ODDS
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO LIVE.
AND MY HEART BLEEDS TO THIS DAY
THAT, IN ALL THAT TREVOR FOUGHT,
HE DID NOT DIE.
SOMEONE TOOK HIS LIFE.
HE'S IN OUR HEARTS, AND WE LOVE HIM DEARLY.
AND GOD'S STRENGTH IN TIFFANI AND TAMIELLE,
AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR MOM LOVED THEM,
LOVES THEM STILL,
AND SHE HAS THEIR BACK.
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MOM, I KNOW RED WAS YOUR... ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE COLORS.
SO I GOT THESE FOR YOU.
[ WIND CHIMES JINGLING ]
TREVOR, I BROUGHT YOU SOME NEW WIND CHIMES.
THE OTHER ONES FELL APART,
SO I'M PUTTING SOME NEW ONES OUT THERE FOR YOU.
I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
NOW THAT I'M A MOTHER, I REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW MUCH DEDICATION
AND LOVE, ENERGY,
AND JUST HEART THAT MY MOTHER PUT INTO HER FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, IF I COULD EVEN BE ONE TENTH
OF WHAT MY MOTHER WAS FOR ME,
MY BROTHER, AND MY SISTER, I'D BE HONORED.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE HERE WITH US.
I KNOW YOU AND TREVOR ARE TOGETHER,
AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN ON US.
[ SIGHS ] I MISS YOU SO MUCH, MOM.
OF COURSE, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE GRIEVING.
I'VE LOST THREE IMPORTANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW?
I THINK NOW THAT MY DAD IS DEAD, I'M ABLE TO BURY THAT MAN.
HIM BEING IN JAIL WAS ALWAYS A CONSTANT REMINDER
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
BUT NOW I'M HOPING THAT HE IS SOMEWHERE ATONING
FOR THOSE SINS,
AND MY SISTER AND I ARE FREE.
WE'RE FINALLY FREE OF THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE HE'S GONE.
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