1 00:00:19,310 --> 00:00:21,586 [water trickling] 2 00:00:21,586 --> 00:00:28,379 [motors buzzing] 3 00:00:28,448 --> 00:00:32,378 It's July 5th 2015, we are in Leeds, Alabama. 4 00:00:32,378 --> 00:00:34,862 a suburb of Birmingham. 5 00:00:38,620 --> 00:00:40,896 In an area referred to as a playground, 6 00:00:40,965 --> 00:00:45,862 where people tend to go to party and ride their ATVs. 7 00:00:47,103 --> 00:00:48,896 This particular day, 8 00:00:51,620 --> 00:00:56,379 the riders see something that looks out of place. 9 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:12,275 Something different than anything she's ever seen. 10 00:01:18,517 --> 00:01:21,241 She realizes she's looking at a dead body, 11 00:01:21,724 --> 00:01:23,172 [screams] 12 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:30,586 And so it begins. 13 00:01:34,517 --> 00:01:38,033 I spent my career closing murder cases. 14 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,137 But I'm not the only one who answered the call. 15 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,965 It takes a rare breed to solve the unsolvable, 16 00:01:48,482 --> 00:01:50,448 to catch a ruthless killer, 17 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,655 to find justice for the dead. 18 00:01:54,827 --> 00:02:00,344 That's what it takes to be an American detective. 19 00:02:02,586 --> 00:02:04,586 [man] Sound speed. 20 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,379 I'm Kevin Palmer. 21 00:02:07,379 --> 00:02:11,379 When I was really, really young, my father was a deputy sheriff. 22 00:02:11,448 --> 00:02:15,000 I remember the star badge that he would have laying on the dresser. 23 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:18,034 That kind of sparked my interest a little bit as a young kid. 24 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,793 I started in law enforcement in 1997. 25 00:02:22,793 --> 00:02:27,482 And by 2015, I was the lead detective at the Leeds Police Department. 26 00:02:27,482 --> 00:02:31,379 Investigations, for me, has always been the most exciting part. 27 00:02:31,448 --> 00:02:32,689 It's a cat and mouse game. 28 00:02:32,689 --> 00:02:34,241 It's an adrenaline rush. 29 00:02:39,103 --> 00:02:43,034 The evening of July 5th, I was getting ready to go out to dinner with my wife. 30 00:02:46,793 --> 00:02:47,965 -[phone beeps] -Detective Palmer. 31 00:02:49,689 --> 00:02:52,551 I got a call about a burnt body in a pile of debris. 32 00:02:53,517 --> 00:02:56,103 And so I told my wife "This is what I need to do 33 00:02:56,103 --> 00:02:57,896 to help my fellow coworkers." 34 00:02:57,896 --> 00:03:00,586 Because I knew they needed some assistance out there. 35 00:03:03,103 --> 00:03:05,793 [Kenda] It's a constant problem when you're a detective. 36 00:03:05,793 --> 00:03:08,793 Your personal life goes out the window whenever the phone rings. 37 00:03:10,793 --> 00:03:13,275 I would interview people before they came into Homicide 38 00:03:13,275 --> 00:03:16,172 and I would say "Don't ever tell me you're tired. 39 00:03:16,172 --> 00:03:18,482 Don't ever tell me you're hungry. 40 00:03:18,551 --> 00:03:21,172 Don't ever tell me you have to go home and see your wife." 41 00:03:21,172 --> 00:03:25,344 If I thought you needed a wife I would issue you one. 42 00:03:31,896 --> 00:03:35,551 You have to be dedicated and Palmer is dedicated. 43 00:03:41,379 --> 00:03:45,172 The Markeeta Playground is owned by a railroad company, it's private property, 44 00:03:45,241 --> 00:03:48,689 however they didn't really enforce trespassing too much. 45 00:03:53,379 --> 00:03:55,586 Because of the 4th of July weekend, 46 00:03:55,655 --> 00:03:59,793 the playground was not the best location for evidence gathering. 47 00:04:09,103 --> 00:04:12,482 This was an area where people would go out there drinking. 48 00:04:12,482 --> 00:04:16,000 There we broken bottle pieces, and just various trash. 49 00:04:16,034 --> 00:04:17,689 [Kenda] There are tire tracks everywhere. 50 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:22,172 There are hundreds, if not thousands of expended casings. 51 00:04:22,241 --> 00:04:26,482 People discharge firearms, shooting at bottles and other things. 52 00:04:26,482 --> 00:04:31,068 There is an enormous amount of potential evidence that can be absolutely meaningless. 53 00:04:39,275 --> 00:04:43,172 [Palmer] Myself and the crime scene technician start approaching the pile. 54 00:04:43,172 --> 00:04:44,896 Even before I walked up to the pile 55 00:04:44,896 --> 00:04:47,793 you could just smell that smell. It was a very distinct smell 56 00:04:47,793 --> 00:04:49,965 that really does not smell like anything else. 57 00:04:56,068 --> 00:04:57,586 No one can communicate 58 00:04:59,103 --> 00:05:00,896 the odor of burning flesh. 59 00:05:02,206 --> 00:05:05,172 It has a sickly sweet smell. 60 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:07,344 Once you've smelled it, you'll never forget it. 61 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,896 [Palmer] What stood out to me on the pile was the frame of a couch. 62 00:05:16,896 --> 00:05:20,344 As I'm seeing this, I can make out that there is a human arm 63 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:26,172 that is outreached from the pile. 64 00:05:26,241 --> 00:05:31,068 And once we pulled back that furniture piece, 65 00:05:31,137 --> 00:05:35,965 we could tell that there was a human body on this pile of burnt debris. 66 00:05:37,103 --> 00:05:40,482 The facial features are gone, burned away. 67 00:05:42,793 --> 00:05:46,275 I could not determine race, sex, age. 68 00:05:46,344 --> 00:05:48,379 It looked like something you'd see in a horror film. 69 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:50,758 I have never seen a body that destroyed. 70 00:05:53,068 --> 00:05:57,000 What could possibly have happened that you would do that 71 00:05:57,034 --> 00:05:58,241 to another human being? 72 00:06:05,931 --> 00:06:07,482 Someone put this person here. 73 00:06:07,482 --> 00:06:09,862 Whether or not they killed them was the question. 74 00:06:11,379 --> 00:06:12,689 [Kenda] What if somebody's there, 75 00:06:12,689 --> 00:06:15,482 they take drugs and they die and it's an overdose? 76 00:06:15,482 --> 00:06:17,793 Their friends decide out of panic 77 00:06:17,862 --> 00:06:21,586 "We'll just destroy the body and no one will ever know." 78 00:06:21,655 --> 00:06:24,103 My first assumption was that it was just a drug deal that went bad. 79 00:06:24,103 --> 00:06:26,379 In the Leeds area, most crime revolves around drugs. 80 00:06:26,448 --> 00:06:28,586 It didn't appear there was anything useful at the scene 81 00:06:28,586 --> 00:06:32,068 that would tell me who this was or who was involved. 82 00:06:32,068 --> 00:06:36,275 It weight in the back of my mind "Am I gonna be able to figure out what happened? 83 00:06:40,793 --> 00:06:42,896 The body is then removed and sent to the morgue 84 00:06:42,896 --> 00:06:44,448 for subsequent examination. 85 00:06:52,724 --> 00:06:56,034 Two things happen of significance during the autopsy. 86 00:06:58,586 --> 00:07:01,379 The largest bone in the human body is the femur 87 00:07:01,379 --> 00:07:03,448 that joins the hip to the knee. 88 00:07:04,827 --> 00:07:08,068 The femur was shattered by a large caliber bullet. 89 00:07:08,137 --> 00:07:12,000 An entry-exit gunshot wound, no slug was recovered. 90 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,172 Secondly, another complication. 91 00:07:16,103 --> 00:07:18,172 The autopsy report also indicated 92 00:07:18,241 --> 00:07:21,172 that there was a high level of methamphetamines in his system. 93 00:07:21,172 --> 00:07:25,896 Because of the fire, it was impossible for the coroner to say 94 00:07:25,896 --> 00:07:29,172 whether or not the methamphetamines were at a fatal level. 95 00:07:29,241 --> 00:07:32,586 So, now we have two possibilities, drugs killed him, 96 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:34,793 or a gunshot wound to the leg killed him. 97 00:07:34,793 --> 00:07:36,896 It doesn't take long to bleed to death. 98 00:07:36,896 --> 00:07:40,241 Humans are fragile. They break easily. 99 00:07:46,103 --> 00:07:48,000 From that point, our goal was to find out, 100 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,689 number one, who this person is. 101 00:07:52,310 --> 00:07:56,172 We must identify him before the investigation can even begin. 102 00:07:56,241 --> 00:07:59,275 We starting putting our heads together thinking about who this could be. 103 00:07:59,344 --> 00:08:01,793 There is a young man that we would deal with from time to time. 104 00:08:01,793 --> 00:08:06,793 There's a local drug dealer and user named Don Whitestone. 105 00:08:06,793 --> 00:08:10,103 [Palmer] It wouldn't be shocking to us if he was our victim. 106 00:08:10,103 --> 00:08:12,068 Maybe a drug transaction had gone bad. 107 00:08:16,068 --> 00:08:22,000 But I discovered that he's actually in the Jefferson County Jail. 108 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:23,448 on some unrelated charge. 109 00:08:24,689 --> 00:08:26,655 He's alive and well, so it's not him. 110 00:08:30,103 --> 00:08:32,793 A lot of times, what it's gonna be is reaching out, 111 00:08:32,793 --> 00:08:35,482 going through the database to see if there have been any Missing Persons reports 112 00:08:35,551 --> 00:08:38,379 in the past 24, 48, 72 hours, 113 00:08:38,379 --> 00:08:41,068 however long we wanna go back. 114 00:08:44,172 --> 00:08:45,551 [phone rings] 115 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:48,862 Detective Palmer. 116 00:08:50,482 --> 00:08:52,379 We got a call back from the coroner's office. 117 00:08:52,448 --> 00:08:56,068 The coroner was able to run fingerprints on the victim's hand that was not burnt badly, 118 00:08:56,137 --> 00:08:58,965 and they identified the victim as Anthony Gibson. 119 00:08:59,586 --> 00:09:01,655 He was 20 years old. 120 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:11,068 Anthony Gibson has been missing for several days. 121 00:09:11,068 --> 00:09:13,068 Who knows Anthony Gibson? 122 00:09:14,172 --> 00:09:16,758 And how does he happen to be in this fire pit? 123 00:09:19,379 --> 00:09:22,793 We have the first piece of this jigsaw puzzle. 124 00:09:22,793 --> 00:09:25,448 Now let's see if we can solve this thing. 125 00:09:32,758 --> 00:09:36,000 On the weekend of July 4th in 2015 126 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:39,482 a body was found in a pile of burnt debris. 127 00:09:39,551 --> 00:09:41,379 The body was badly damaged, 128 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:43,034 but we discovered... 129 00:09:45,275 --> 00:09:48,275 it was Anthony Gibson and he was 20 years old. 130 00:09:48,275 --> 00:09:51,862 Anthony Gibson was reported missing three days before 131 00:09:51,931 --> 00:09:53,758 he was discovered in the fire pit. 132 00:09:54,896 --> 00:09:57,586 Last seen driving grandma's car, 133 00:09:57,586 --> 00:10:00,586 a small, white compact car. 134 00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:02,965 So, I reach out to Anthony's grandmother, Caffie. 135 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:12,275 [people chattering indistinctly] 136 00:10:15,068 --> 00:10:18,275 And so we met at the Huddle House in Chelsea. 137 00:10:18,275 --> 00:10:20,275 So, I'm just gonna ask you a couple questions. 138 00:10:20,344 --> 00:10:24,379 I don't divulge to her right away that I know that Anthony is the victim. 139 00:10:24,379 --> 00:10:27,068 I'm really just trying to get to know Anthony a bit better. 140 00:10:27,068 --> 00:10:30,862 Anthony was born in Panama City, Florida. 141 00:10:32,931 --> 00:10:36,965 Me and Anthony's mom split up when he was nine months old. 142 00:10:39,931 --> 00:10:42,689 Anthony and his dad were best friends. He loved his dad. 143 00:10:42,758 --> 00:10:44,758 Him and his grandmother were really close. 144 00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:47,793 They all lived together, 145 00:10:47,793 --> 00:10:50,275 so he was very tight knit with his family. 146 00:10:51,896 --> 00:10:53,482 [Shawn Dodson] Anthony was a really good person. 147 00:10:53,482 --> 00:10:58,068 He was the type of person that would take the shirt off his back for anybody. 148 00:10:59,931 --> 00:11:02,896 His personality literally would light up a whole room. 149 00:11:02,896 --> 00:11:04,862 His laugh was so contagious. 150 00:11:07,482 --> 00:11:11,103 He had a way of making you feel included 151 00:11:11,103 --> 00:11:15,068 and welcome, and just loved and cared for. 152 00:11:15,137 --> 00:11:17,482 [Lee] Anthony had lots of friends. 153 00:11:17,482 --> 00:11:19,448 He loved to play the guitar. 154 00:11:20,586 --> 00:11:23,172 He learned to play through church and just picked it right up. 155 00:11:23,172 --> 00:11:24,758 He was an inspiration. 156 00:11:24,758 --> 00:11:27,482 [Christopher] Anthony worked with all of us in the family business. 157 00:11:27,551 --> 00:11:31,172 We did vinyl siding, metal roofs, put windows in. 158 00:11:31,172 --> 00:11:33,551 He loved work. Loved making money. 159 00:11:35,793 --> 00:11:37,689 [Johnstone] He wanted to be his own boss, 160 00:11:37,758 --> 00:11:40,000 and the way to do that was to run his own business. 161 00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:41,586 And because he worked full-time. 162 00:11:41,586 --> 00:11:46,034 he took on online schooling to get his degree. 163 00:11:46,689 --> 00:11:48,862 He had a lot of dreams 164 00:11:48,862 --> 00:11:52,965 and all of that was just put to a screeching halt. 165 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,827 Tell me about the night he disappeared. 166 00:12:05,068 --> 00:12:08,896 He had been doing some school work, and I was sitting in the kitchen. 167 00:12:08,896 --> 00:12:13,275 He came in there and told me that he was gonna go to the store 168 00:12:13,275 --> 00:12:15,172 and get something to snack on. 169 00:12:15,172 --> 00:12:17,000 And he never came back. 170 00:12:17,034 --> 00:12:20,000 We're trying to call him, started to get more worried, 171 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,896 because he's never not answered my call. 172 00:12:22,896 --> 00:12:25,689 The family was pretty adamant that he didn't just take off, 173 00:12:25,758 --> 00:12:27,068 that it wasn't his personality. 174 00:12:27,068 --> 00:12:28,862 Something is wrong. Something has happened. 175 00:12:28,862 --> 00:12:30,586 We were putting out that he was missing. 176 00:12:32,896 --> 00:12:35,000 Everybody is sharing it, putting it on Facebook. 177 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,000 They had been searching for Anthony for quite some time with no result. 178 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,379 Did Anthony have any drug issues that you're aware of? 179 00:12:43,448 --> 00:12:46,758 I knew that he had used here and there. 180 00:12:46,827 --> 00:12:50,896 But he paid his bills. He showed up for work every day. 181 00:12:50,896 --> 00:12:54,275 I wasn't really worried about him doing it. 182 00:12:54,275 --> 00:12:56,379 but I didn't want him doing it. 183 00:12:57,172 --> 00:12:58,655 Was he dating anybody? 184 00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:03,482 Anthony was very handsome. I don't remember a time 185 00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:05,241 that he didn't have a girlfriend. 186 00:13:09,482 --> 00:13:13,241 He had this on-again, off-again girlfriend named Jessica. 187 00:13:14,379 --> 00:13:17,000 [Palmer] Typically, when you have a murder investigation, 188 00:13:17,034 --> 00:13:18,379 if there's a significant other, 189 00:13:18,379 --> 00:13:20,482 that person is gonna be a prime suspect. 190 00:13:20,482 --> 00:13:21,827 [sighs] 191 00:13:24,862 --> 00:13:28,000 At that point, I unfortunately had to tell Ms. Lee 192 00:13:28,034 --> 00:13:31,034 that the body we found in Leeds is her grandson, Anthony. 193 00:13:35,172 --> 00:13:37,344 It's just very heartbreaking. 194 00:13:39,689 --> 00:13:41,482 I just felt like I needed to scream. 195 00:13:41,551 --> 00:13:43,586 But at the same time, I needed to get on the phone 196 00:13:43,586 --> 00:13:47,000 and I needed to call Shane and tell him to come to the Huddle House. 197 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 I got there and I lost it. 198 00:13:50,034 --> 00:13:52,586 Just hit the ground crying. 199 00:13:52,655 --> 00:13:54,862 I lost a piece of me. 200 00:13:54,862 --> 00:13:58,241 I mean, only way I really know how to explain it. 201 00:13:59,103 --> 00:14:01,068 Worst feeling I ever had. 202 00:14:02,517 --> 00:14:07,689 I was sick to my stomach. I remember we all just sat outside and held each other. 203 00:14:07,689 --> 00:14:09,689 It was awful. 204 00:14:09,689 --> 00:14:12,068 It was literally one of the worst times in my entire life. 205 00:14:12,137 --> 00:14:14,551 I've never... It was terrible. [sighs] 206 00:14:29,517 --> 00:14:32,103 Palmer knows that Jessica could be the key 207 00:14:32,103 --> 00:14:35,655 to unlocking the mystery of the death of Anthony Gibson. 208 00:14:36,413 --> 00:14:38,758 I decide to meet Jessica while she's at work. 209 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,862 She was working for a local fast food restaurant. 210 00:14:42,931 --> 00:14:45,379 When was the last time you spoke with Anthony? 211 00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:47,793 [Jessica] The night he disappeared. 212 00:14:47,793 --> 00:14:51,793 Jessica and Anthony were gonna meet at a Walmart parking lot. 213 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:53,862 [Jessica] Right across the street from my job. 214 00:14:53,931 --> 00:14:56,689 On that night, July 2nd, she got her break. 215 00:14:56,689 --> 00:14:58,275 And Anthony never shows. 216 00:15:00,413 --> 00:15:01,689 She's just very confused. 217 00:15:01,689 --> 00:15:04,758 She said she waited and then she went back to work. 218 00:15:04,827 --> 00:15:08,172 [Kenda] Palmer checks with her manager at the fast food place. 219 00:15:08,172 --> 00:15:11,862 Jessica is not at the playground burning Anthony Gibson's body. 220 00:15:11,862 --> 00:15:14,379 She's at work where she's supposed to be. 221 00:15:18,103 --> 00:15:20,103 So we're back to the beginning. 222 00:15:20,103 --> 00:15:21,241 Now what? 223 00:15:26,517 --> 00:15:28,758 You put it aside, you forget it, 224 00:15:28,758 --> 00:15:30,172 it's gone. 225 00:15:30,172 --> 00:15:34,379 Okay, this didn't work. Let's find something that is going to work. 226 00:15:34,448 --> 00:15:37,275 So Palmer decides to request Anthony's cell phone records, 227 00:15:37,275 --> 00:15:39,137 including his text messages. 228 00:15:40,586 --> 00:15:43,551 But he knows it will take some time to retrieve. 229 00:15:44,689 --> 00:15:47,793 So, he reaches back out to Anthony's grandmother. 230 00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:50,482 [Palmer] I call Anthony's grandmother, Ms. Caffie Lee. 231 00:15:50,551 --> 00:15:52,689 I ask her about Anthony's cell phone records, 232 00:15:52,758 --> 00:15:54,379 because she actually is the owner of the cell phone. 233 00:15:54,448 --> 00:15:59,862 We could see the last call that Anthony had had on the phone. 234 00:16:01,517 --> 00:16:04,379 [Palmer] I start doing some phone calls, reverse searches of it. 235 00:16:04,379 --> 00:16:07,689 And what's remarkable to me is that the phone number comes back 236 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:11,103 to a young man that I know very well. 237 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:18,000 [Kenda] The last number he called was none other than a charming Don Whitestone, 238 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,896 Palmer's nemesis who he knows is a drug dealer. 239 00:16:21,896 --> 00:16:25,758 But Whitestone's in jail. You can't have your phone in jail. 240 00:16:25,827 --> 00:16:28,172 Who's got Whitestone's phone? 241 00:16:31,172 --> 00:16:32,862 I decided to call the phone number. 242 00:16:33,379 --> 00:16:36,172 -[phone ringing] -[woman] Hello? 243 00:16:36,172 --> 00:16:38,172 The person on the other end of the line is a female. 244 00:16:39,896 --> 00:16:42,068 [Kenda] She says her name is Candie Zito. 245 00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:44,172 Hello, Candie Zito. 246 00:16:44,172 --> 00:16:45,862 Why do you have Whitestone's phone? 247 00:16:46,931 --> 00:16:48,586 "Well, we're boyfriend and girlfriend 248 00:16:48,655 --> 00:16:51,034 and when he went to jail, he gave me the phone." 249 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:56,068 Did you by any chance happen to talk to Anthony Gibson 250 00:16:56,068 --> 00:16:57,379 -the other night? -[Zito] Anthony? 251 00:16:57,448 --> 00:16:59,586 Candie tells me that she does know Anthony, 252 00:16:59,655 --> 00:17:01,793 that they had dated sometime in the past, 253 00:17:01,793 --> 00:17:04,275 but that she has not spoken to him in quite some time. 254 00:17:04,275 --> 00:17:07,275 [Candie] I'm sorry, sir. I wish I could help you, but I gotta go. 255 00:17:07,275 --> 00:17:10,172 [Palmer] She seems to be trying to get me off the phone quick. 256 00:17:10,172 --> 00:17:13,448 And I don't really get the impression that she's being very truthful. 257 00:17:14,792 --> 00:17:18,586 Palmer thinks "What if Palmer makes that call to score some drugs 258 00:17:18,586 --> 00:17:20,862 expecting to encounter Mr. Whitestone 259 00:17:20,862 --> 00:17:24,275 and instead he encounters Candie Zito?" 260 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:26,137 Maybe? 261 00:17:27,792 --> 00:17:32,379 Palmer, like all good detectives has informants he develops over time. 262 00:17:32,379 --> 00:17:34,896 [phone ringing] 263 00:17:34,896 --> 00:17:37,689 He reaches out to his most trusted informant. 264 00:17:41,793 --> 00:17:43,931 After doing some digging, 265 00:17:49,758 --> 00:17:51,758 [phone ringing] 266 00:17:53,413 --> 00:17:57,758 ...the informant calls and says "I've got a scoop on your dead guy, Anthony Gibson." 267 00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:01,275 Oh, pray tell. 268 00:18:10,586 --> 00:18:12,896 He's telling me that there are two individuals who could be involved 269 00:18:12,896 --> 00:18:14,310 with Anthony's death. 270 00:18:16,482 --> 00:18:20,172 Word on the street is that they aren't too happy with Anthony Gibson. 271 00:18:20,172 --> 00:18:21,586 Oh, really? 272 00:18:21,586 --> 00:18:23,379 Why might that be? 273 00:18:23,448 --> 00:18:24,931 Let's find out. 274 00:18:35,103 --> 00:18:38,379 He believes that there are two individuals that can be involved 275 00:18:38,379 --> 00:18:40,344 with Anthony Gibson's death. 276 00:18:41,241 --> 00:18:44,103 Jerry Lepinsky and his buddy, Jesse Clemons. 277 00:18:48,103 --> 00:18:50,241 Well, he said Jerry and Anthony Gibson 278 00:18:50,241 --> 00:18:52,931 were dating the same woman. Who's that? 279 00:18:53,344 --> 00:18:55,034 Well, it's Candie Zito. 280 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,862 That's a familiar name. 281 00:18:57,862 --> 00:19:01,551 The same Candie Zito that's been dating Palmer's drug dealer nemesis 282 00:19:01,551 --> 00:19:04,655 Don Whitestone, she's been a busy girl. 283 00:19:13,241 --> 00:19:16,586 What if Candie Zito's getting slapped around by her boyfriend 284 00:19:16,586 --> 00:19:18,655 and she calls Anthony Gibson for help? 285 00:19:30,793 --> 00:19:33,344 Is that a reason to kill. Sure it is. 286 00:19:33,413 --> 00:19:36,344 Affairs of the heart can be a very powerful motive. 287 00:19:36,413 --> 00:19:39,862 Is it for Jerry Lepinsky and his associate, Jesse Clemons? 288 00:19:39,862 --> 00:19:41,551 That is the question. 289 00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:44,241 [Palmer] I start looking into the two of them. 290 00:19:44,241 --> 00:19:47,862 and I find that they're no stranger to the criminal justice system. 291 00:19:47,862 --> 00:19:50,000 They are serious players. 292 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,206 They have extensive criminal histories and are currently wanted on warrant. 293 00:19:57,103 --> 00:19:58,689 [Palmer] Being that they're felony warrants, 294 00:19:58,689 --> 00:20:01,344 I was able to reach out to the US Marshal task force, 295 00:20:01,413 --> 00:20:05,000 and put locates on both the subjects. 296 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Upon the discovery that he and Candie might have had some involvement together, 297 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,034 there was speculation that Candie might know where I could find this guy. 298 00:20:14,034 --> 00:20:17,586 There's all this activity rotating around Candie Zito. 299 00:20:17,586 --> 00:20:19,379 How is she connected to this? 300 00:20:19,379 --> 00:20:21,758 [phone ringing] 301 00:20:23,965 --> 00:20:26,068 [Zito on phone] Hello? 302 00:20:26,068 --> 00:20:29,965 -Hi, Candie, it's Detective Palmer again. -Yeah? 303 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,172 I'm basically trying to convince her to come talk to me at the office. 304 00:20:33,172 --> 00:20:37,965 And she's telling me "I have nothing to tell you." 305 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,551 "I don't know anything about this. 306 00:20:40,620 --> 00:20:42,379 Stop calling me." 307 00:20:42,379 --> 00:20:45,448 And she says "This is the sound of me throwing the phone out the window." 308 00:20:45,517 --> 00:20:47,241 Hello? 309 00:20:47,241 --> 00:20:48,689 Candie, hello? 310 00:20:48,689 --> 00:20:52,586 Well, Candie, it seems like we touched a nerve. Didn't we? 311 00:20:52,586 --> 00:20:56,068 This is that moment that a detective looks forward to. 312 00:20:56,068 --> 00:20:58,965 That "Ah-ha" moment of like "I think I've got something here." 313 00:20:58,965 --> 00:21:02,689 She's up to her neck in this, somehow, or some way. 314 00:21:02,689 --> 00:21:05,241 Palmer can feel it in his bones. 315 00:21:07,379 --> 00:21:09,103 Everything else kind of went to the back burner. 316 00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:12,758 Really my focus began strictly on Candie Zito. 317 00:21:12,827 --> 00:21:14,103 Who is this woman? 318 00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:21,344 [Palmer] So Candie is a young white female. 319 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:24,068 Her parents live in the Chelsea, Alabama, area. 320 00:21:24,068 --> 00:21:26,068 Candie grew up in a very wealthy family. 321 00:21:26,068 --> 00:21:27,862 She didn't want for anything. 322 00:21:27,862 --> 00:21:29,551 She had been married previously 323 00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:30,758 and she had a daughter. 324 00:21:30,827 --> 00:21:32,448 And at the time that we were friends, 325 00:21:32,448 --> 00:21:33,655 she was a good mom. 326 00:21:35,241 --> 00:21:36,655 But we went separate ways. 327 00:21:37,586 --> 00:21:40,862 Candie was doin' drugs, doin' whatever she wanted. 328 00:21:40,931 --> 00:21:42,344 She's 31 years old 329 00:21:42,413 --> 00:21:44,655 and has a daughter that was taken away from her 330 00:21:44,655 --> 00:21:47,344 because of her behavior. 331 00:21:47,344 --> 00:21:48,655 [Palmer] We're looking at Facebook posts. 332 00:21:48,724 --> 00:21:49,862 Pretty much what we were gathering 333 00:21:49,862 --> 00:21:52,000 is that Candie was flamboyant. 334 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,655 She was kind of this larger-than-life kind of personality. 335 00:21:56,896 --> 00:22:00,448 So I decide to actually go to her house in Chelsea 336 00:22:00,517 --> 00:22:02,068 hoping that she might be there. 337 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:09,551 [siren chirps] 338 00:22:13,793 --> 00:22:14,862 So we pull up to the house 339 00:22:14,862 --> 00:22:17,655 and we're met with Candie's brother, 340 00:22:17,724 --> 00:22:20,448 pressure-washing the driveway area. 341 00:22:21,241 --> 00:22:24,000 Detective Palmer, Leeds PD. 342 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,275 Are your parents home? 343 00:22:25,275 --> 00:22:26,379 Nah. 344 00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:29,551 It turns out that Dad is a government contractor 345 00:22:29,620 --> 00:22:32,172 and he's living in the Middle East with his wife. 346 00:22:32,172 --> 00:22:33,448 Candie's brother was just there 347 00:22:33,517 --> 00:22:35,172 to touch up the house for the family. 348 00:22:35,172 --> 00:22:37,655 What about your sister, Candie? 349 00:22:37,655 --> 00:22:39,241 He hasn't seen her in quite some time, 350 00:22:39,241 --> 00:22:41,068 and he kind of gives me the backstory 351 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:43,034 that Candie's not allowed inside the house 352 00:22:43,034 --> 00:22:45,551 because Candie's had issues with Mom and Dad. 353 00:22:45,551 --> 00:22:48,689 Candie's family had pretty much... 354 00:22:48,689 --> 00:22:50,517 washed their hands clean of Candie. 355 00:22:51,586 --> 00:22:53,000 [Palmer] As I'm walking around the property, 356 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,965 I'm just taking pictures of the house. 357 00:22:58,137 --> 00:23:00,137 Then, one of the things I noticed, there was a tent... 358 00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:02,241 set up in the backyard. 359 00:23:02,241 --> 00:23:03,758 And what we're believing at this point 360 00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:06,034 is that Candie might have been staying in this tent. 361 00:23:07,793 --> 00:23:09,241 [Joe] She's 31 years old 362 00:23:09,241 --> 00:23:11,034 and she's living in a tent 363 00:23:11,034 --> 00:23:14,137 in the backyard of her parents' home. 364 00:23:14,137 --> 00:23:15,448 Excuse me? 365 00:23:15,448 --> 00:23:16,551 He was gonna tell his sister, 366 00:23:16,620 --> 00:23:18,172 "Hey, the detectives came by here. 367 00:23:18,172 --> 00:23:19,551 They wanna talk to you." 368 00:23:23,172 --> 00:23:26,034 So Candie's whereabouts are currently unknown. 369 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,620 When Palmer returns to the office... 370 00:23:37,034 --> 00:23:39,137 he finally receives the detailed records 371 00:23:39,137 --> 00:23:43,034 of Anthony Gibson's cell phone to include text messages. 372 00:23:43,034 --> 00:23:44,241 [Palmer] What we discover is 373 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:46,655 there was a communication between Anthony and Candie 374 00:23:46,655 --> 00:23:47,862 through text message. 375 00:23:55,172 --> 00:23:57,000 Candie's telling Anthony that she doesn't have money, 376 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,241 she's broke, starving, she's hasn't eaten in days. 377 00:23:59,310 --> 00:24:01,448 And so she's really putting a guilt trip 378 00:24:01,448 --> 00:24:02,965 on Anthony at this point. 379 00:24:02,965 --> 00:24:04,241 [Joe] But that's not all. 380 00:24:05,103 --> 00:24:07,586 Palmer also finds pictures of Candie 381 00:24:07,586 --> 00:24:09,758 in various stages of undress 382 00:24:09,758 --> 00:24:12,931 and promises of sexual activity with Anthony. 383 00:24:14,448 --> 00:24:15,689 [Palmer] The text messages revealed 384 00:24:15,689 --> 00:24:17,965 that Candie was a very manipulative person. 385 00:24:22,241 --> 00:24:25,689 So he agrees to bring her food to her tent in the backyard. 386 00:24:25,689 --> 00:24:28,551 So now we know, based on the text conversation, 387 00:24:28,551 --> 00:24:30,551 that she was in communication with Anthony 388 00:24:30,551 --> 00:24:31,965 on the night of his disappearance. 389 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,551 Candy is sweet, 390 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:34,793 but not this one. 391 00:24:34,793 --> 00:24:37,965 This candy is contact poison. 392 00:24:44,655 --> 00:24:46,344 So Anthony Gibson is murdered... 393 00:24:48,379 --> 00:24:53,000 after Candie Zito asked him to bring her food, 394 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,448 which he agrees to do. 395 00:24:56,448 --> 00:24:59,965 Most likely, that was Anthony's last act of kindness 396 00:25:00,068 --> 00:25:01,034 on this earth. 397 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,896 [Palmer] What stood out to me about Candie 398 00:25:04,896 --> 00:25:06,344 was the fact that she lied to us 399 00:25:06,344 --> 00:25:07,931 during the investigation initially. 400 00:25:09,034 --> 00:25:10,448 [Joe] Candie had told Palmer 401 00:25:10,517 --> 00:25:13,103 she hadn't talked to Anthony Gibson in years. 402 00:25:13,862 --> 00:25:15,965 But, in reality, she contacted him 403 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,862 and sent naked pictures of herself to him on July 2nd... 404 00:25:21,172 --> 00:25:24,275 a matter of days, not years. 405 00:25:24,275 --> 00:25:25,517 Days. 406 00:25:31,379 --> 00:25:34,000 The issue is we needed to find Candie Zito. 407 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,965 And since this girl doesn't have anything, 408 00:25:35,965 --> 00:25:37,448 including a cell phone, 409 00:25:37,517 --> 00:25:40,068 she's probably in Anthony Gibson's car. 410 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:45,068 [Palmer] When I was speaking to Anthony's grandmother, Caffie, 411 00:25:45,068 --> 00:25:47,448 she was able to tell that on the back of the car 412 00:25:47,448 --> 00:25:48,655 was a bumper sticker. 413 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,137 [Joe] "My child shines at Oliver Elementary." 414 00:25:53,137 --> 00:25:56,068 So Palmer, in his instincts, notes the bumper sticker. 415 00:25:57,586 --> 00:25:59,137 [Palmer] And we put a be-on-the-lookout, a BOLO, 416 00:25:59,137 --> 00:26:00,344 for that vehicle. 417 00:26:00,413 --> 00:26:01,172 Put it out in the media. 418 00:26:01,172 --> 00:26:03,275 I want the news to broadcast... 419 00:26:03,275 --> 00:26:05,758 [indistinct communications announcement] 420 00:26:07,379 --> 00:26:08,758 ...what the tag number is, 421 00:26:08,827 --> 00:26:10,655 what the description of the vehicle is. 422 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,862 I'm looking to get as much attention to Candie as I can. 423 00:26:19,689 --> 00:26:22,137 Candie was all over every news outlet. 424 00:26:22,137 --> 00:26:25,551 When they put the picture out as the person of interest, 425 00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:27,724 I think people were like, "Well, who's this lady?" 426 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:29,655 [phone ringing] 427 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,620 [Joe] Palmer then gets a phone call. 428 00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:34,689 No kidding. 429 00:26:34,689 --> 00:26:37,862 A taxpayer says, "Hey, I was at a Fourth of July party 430 00:26:37,931 --> 00:26:39,482 and Candie Zito was there, 431 00:26:39,482 --> 00:26:41,344 driving this little white car." 432 00:26:42,137 --> 00:26:43,689 "Really?" 433 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:44,655 The person says, 434 00:26:44,655 --> 00:26:46,758 "The thing I thought that was odd about it 435 00:26:46,758 --> 00:26:48,862 is it didn't have a license plate on it." 436 00:26:48,862 --> 00:26:50,103 She's removed the plate 437 00:26:50,103 --> 00:26:52,344 so it doesn't hit as a stolen car. 438 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:53,758 She is now panicked 439 00:26:53,758 --> 00:26:55,103 and she's on the run. 440 00:27:00,172 --> 00:27:02,448 But even when it seems like there's nowhere to go, 441 00:27:02,517 --> 00:27:05,241 Palmer is a quintessential detective. 442 00:27:05,310 --> 00:27:07,241 He pushes when there's nowhere to push. 443 00:27:07,241 --> 00:27:09,034 He looks where there's nothing to see. 444 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,655 [Palmer] At some point, I'm reviewing my photographs 445 00:27:15,655 --> 00:27:18,793 I took at Candie Zito's parents' house. 446 00:27:18,793 --> 00:27:20,655 And when I'm reviewing it... 447 00:27:22,586 --> 00:27:25,103 I see what appears to be coagulated blood 448 00:27:25,103 --> 00:27:27,000 where the grass and the concrete meet 449 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,103 from the driveway. 450 00:27:30,379 --> 00:27:31,965 [Joe] Palmer thinks back to the moment... 451 00:27:32,689 --> 00:27:34,758 when they went to the house to find her. 452 00:27:34,827 --> 00:27:36,241 What's her brother doing? 453 00:27:37,793 --> 00:27:40,448 He's power-washing the driveway. 454 00:27:40,517 --> 00:27:41,793 Why are you doing that? 455 00:27:41,793 --> 00:27:43,551 [sirens wailing] 456 00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:45,482 So he sends the crime lab and says, 457 00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:48,344 "See if you can find traces of human blood 458 00:27:48,344 --> 00:27:49,758 on the driveway." 459 00:27:53,689 --> 00:27:56,551 You can power-wash blood all you want. 460 00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:58,000 But blood is like water. 461 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,206 It seeks the line of least resistance. 462 00:28:02,689 --> 00:28:05,655 There are cracks in the asphalt, seams in the cement, 463 00:28:05,724 --> 00:28:08,448 all kinds of places where blood will collect. 464 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:23,206 They discover evidence of human blood. 465 00:28:25,034 --> 00:28:26,344 Not dog blood, 466 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:27,551 not deer blood. 467 00:28:27,620 --> 00:28:29,482 Human blood. 468 00:28:29,482 --> 00:28:31,448 Well, my, my, my. 469 00:28:31,517 --> 00:28:34,310 I'm thinking we probably know where the murder started. 470 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,241 [phone ringing] 471 00:28:46,862 --> 00:28:48,862 So, the next day, we get a tip 472 00:28:48,931 --> 00:28:50,620 from Daviess County, Indiana... 473 00:28:52,896 --> 00:28:54,758 that Candie may be in the area. 474 00:28:54,827 --> 00:28:57,103 What we discover is that she actually has a grandmother 475 00:28:57,103 --> 00:28:58,758 that lives in Indiana. 476 00:28:58,827 --> 00:29:00,344 The grandmother called and said, 477 00:29:00,413 --> 00:29:03,344 "My granddaughter tried to come here. 478 00:29:03,413 --> 00:29:04,862 There was a guy with her." 479 00:29:04,862 --> 00:29:06,482 And she wouldn't let them in. 480 00:29:06,482 --> 00:29:08,482 And so my ask of them was, 481 00:29:08,482 --> 00:29:10,241 "Hey, if you guys spot them, 482 00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:12,344 please give me a call as soon as possible." 483 00:29:13,758 --> 00:29:15,965 [Joe] So they put the word out to the troops. 484 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,758 It doesn't take long. 485 00:29:18,827 --> 00:29:21,655 One of the patrol deputies sees the car... 486 00:29:21,655 --> 00:29:23,758 [indistinct police radio chatter] 487 00:29:23,827 --> 00:29:25,517 ...recognizes the bumper sticker. 488 00:29:27,068 --> 00:29:28,551 [siren chirps] 489 00:29:28,551 --> 00:29:30,068 He turns on his overhead lights. 490 00:29:30,068 --> 00:29:32,448 And the moment he turns those light on... 491 00:29:32,448 --> 00:29:33,344 [tires squealing] 492 00:29:33,413 --> 00:29:34,241 [siren wailing] 493 00:29:34,241 --> 00:29:36,310 ...now we have a pursuit. 494 00:29:39,793 --> 00:29:41,862 You wonder what's going through someone's mind 495 00:29:41,862 --> 00:29:43,000 when they run. 496 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,896 'Cause what do they think? Are they gonna get away? 497 00:29:45,896 --> 00:29:46,965 Come on. 498 00:29:46,965 --> 00:29:48,655 [siren wailing] 499 00:29:52,689 --> 00:29:54,655 Tires overheat at high speed, 500 00:29:54,655 --> 00:29:56,172 particularly in a small car. 501 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,551 And when a tire fails at 100 mph, 502 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:03,758 you're not gonna control it unless you're a NASCAR driver. 503 00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:08,758 If you think this is going to end well, 504 00:30:08,827 --> 00:30:11,068 you're sorely mistaken, my dear. 505 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:17,758 [siren wailing] 506 00:30:21,103 --> 00:30:23,758 Candie Zito has been spotted in Indiana. 507 00:30:27,482 --> 00:30:28,758 There is no escape. 508 00:30:31,034 --> 00:30:33,758 The Indiana deputy pursues the car... 509 00:30:35,137 --> 00:30:36,586 [tires screeching] 510 00:30:36,586 --> 00:30:38,034 [loud crash] 511 00:30:40,689 --> 00:30:42,758 ...until the driver loses control 512 00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:44,241 and impacts an oak tree, 513 00:30:46,275 --> 00:30:48,103 completely crushing the car. 514 00:30:50,103 --> 00:30:53,241 The passenger is Candie Zito, 515 00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:54,655 grievously injured. 516 00:30:55,379 --> 00:30:56,965 The driver is near death. 517 00:30:58,862 --> 00:31:00,344 They were both transported to the hospital. 518 00:31:02,068 --> 00:31:04,482 [Joe] Candie Zito suffered a fractured jaw 519 00:31:04,482 --> 00:31:05,758 in multiple places, 520 00:31:07,896 --> 00:31:11,275 while the male is in a coma, listed in critical condition. 521 00:31:11,275 --> 00:31:12,310 But who is he? 522 00:31:13,551 --> 00:31:16,344 They discover the driver is Corey Zito. 523 00:31:16,344 --> 00:31:18,896 He is a cousin to Candie Zito. 524 00:31:18,896 --> 00:31:21,862 He's 26 years old from Louisiana. 525 00:31:21,862 --> 00:31:25,655 He has an extensive criminal history to include drug abuse. 526 00:31:25,655 --> 00:31:28,034 He's as charming as his cousin. 527 00:31:29,172 --> 00:31:31,034 Ah, the family that commits crime together, 528 00:31:31,034 --> 00:31:31,965 stays together. 529 00:31:31,965 --> 00:31:34,241 I know in my heart 530 00:31:34,241 --> 00:31:35,862 that Candie Zito was involved. 531 00:31:35,931 --> 00:31:37,965 The question was "Who is Corey? 532 00:31:37,965 --> 00:31:39,310 And how is he involved?" 533 00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:42,482 So we sent a tow truck 534 00:31:42,482 --> 00:31:44,448 all the way to Indiana to pick up the car. 535 00:31:44,448 --> 00:31:45,896 And what we discovered is there's an actual 536 00:31:45,896 --> 00:31:47,862 what appears to be a bullet hole 537 00:31:48,379 --> 00:31:51,689 in the driver's side door. 538 00:31:51,689 --> 00:31:52,931 They also discover... 539 00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:55,965 blood in the trunk, 540 00:31:55,965 --> 00:31:57,965 which they believe belongs to the victim, 541 00:31:57,965 --> 00:31:59,241 Anthony Gibson. 542 00:32:03,034 --> 00:32:05,379 Finding the blood makes one believe 543 00:32:05,379 --> 00:32:07,965 that he probably bled to death in the trunk of his own car. 544 00:32:10,448 --> 00:32:12,275 So, we get a search warrant for Candie's phone 545 00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:14,310 and we discover a lot of photographs... 546 00:32:15,275 --> 00:32:16,965 of her and her cousin Corey 547 00:32:16,965 --> 00:32:20,241 holding what appears to be an AK-47 style rifle. 548 00:32:20,241 --> 00:32:21,344 [Joe] High-velocity, 549 00:32:21,413 --> 00:32:24,137 perfectly capable of going through a femur. 550 00:32:25,586 --> 00:32:27,172 But the gun is not in the car. 551 00:32:27,172 --> 00:32:29,103 They most likely disposed of it 552 00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:33,965 somewhere between Alabama and Indiana. 553 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,586 Further, there is a picture of Corey and Candie Zito, cousins, 554 00:32:38,586 --> 00:32:40,103 in a loving embrace. 555 00:32:42,482 --> 00:32:44,137 [Palmer] There was some kissing involved. 556 00:32:44,137 --> 00:32:46,586 It would appear that Candie and Corey 557 00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:48,655 were having a romantic relationship 558 00:32:48,655 --> 00:32:51,000 outside of being cousins. 559 00:32:52,068 --> 00:32:53,172 Pretty weird. 560 00:32:53,172 --> 00:32:55,758 You don't see that. And I lived in West Virginia. 561 00:32:55,758 --> 00:32:57,000 Their family tree 562 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,551 probably looks more like a family circle. 563 00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:01,413 -I don't know, man. -[crew laughing] 564 00:33:03,896 --> 00:33:06,034 So I immediately started my drive to Indiana 565 00:33:06,034 --> 00:33:07,344 to interview Candie. 566 00:33:16,586 --> 00:33:19,103 [Joe] She's as innocent as the driven snow 567 00:33:19,103 --> 00:33:21,551 and how dare you suggest otherwise. 568 00:33:21,551 --> 00:33:23,551 She's probably used to getting her way. 569 00:33:23,620 --> 00:33:25,482 And I can tell in my interview with her 570 00:33:25,482 --> 00:33:26,655 that she was trying to manipulate me. 571 00:33:35,172 --> 00:33:36,241 What she probably didn't realize 572 00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:37,758 is I was also manipulating her. 573 00:34:02,482 --> 00:34:03,965 She's really implying that there may have been 574 00:34:03,965 --> 00:34:06,310 a rape situation that occurred at her house. 575 00:34:27,379 --> 00:34:29,275 She says she sees Anthony go to the ground 576 00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:31,655 and she ran to the backyard and got in the tent. 577 00:34:31,655 --> 00:34:32,655 And that's where she stayed. 578 00:34:36,585 --> 00:34:39,137 Candie is minimizing her own involvement. 579 00:34:39,137 --> 00:34:41,757 "I didn't do anything. I'm a victim. 580 00:34:41,827 --> 00:34:43,447 Anthony is a criminal. 581 00:34:43,447 --> 00:34:45,103 Corey is a hero." 582 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,585 [Palmer] And I'm thinkin', Bonnie and Clyde, 583 00:34:52,585 --> 00:34:54,447 but I know that they were romantically involved 584 00:34:54,447 --> 00:34:55,482 and they were criminals. 585 00:34:55,482 --> 00:34:56,655 I don't know if they were cousins or not. 586 00:34:57,448 --> 00:34:59,586 By putting the pieces together, there was really 587 00:34:59,586 --> 00:35:01,172 no reason for us to believe 588 00:35:01,172 --> 00:35:04,689 that Anthony was the aggressor in this scenario. 589 00:35:04,689 --> 00:35:07,379 [Joe] There are kernels of truth in Candie's statement, 590 00:35:07,379 --> 00:35:08,862 but her version of events 591 00:35:08,862 --> 00:35:11,551 doesn't exactly add up. 592 00:35:12,689 --> 00:35:14,551 [Palmer] At this point in the investigation, 593 00:35:14,620 --> 00:35:16,862 we did not have enough to file a murder charge. 594 00:35:16,931 --> 00:35:18,862 For now, Palmer can hold Candie 595 00:35:18,862 --> 00:35:21,068 for stealing Anthony's grandmother's car. 596 00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:23,448 But if he doesn't get something more concrete, 597 00:35:23,448 --> 00:35:25,482 Candie Zito could walk free. 598 00:35:25,482 --> 00:35:27,172 There's still a lot of loopholes 599 00:35:27,172 --> 00:35:28,758 that need to be tidied up. 600 00:35:28,827 --> 00:35:30,068 Anthony was at her house. 601 00:35:30,068 --> 00:35:31,448 Now the question that really remains 602 00:35:31,448 --> 00:35:33,827 is just "What happened once he got there?" 603 00:35:36,793 --> 00:35:38,862 Sometime later, they let me know 604 00:35:38,862 --> 00:35:40,344 that Corey has now come out of his coma 605 00:35:40,344 --> 00:35:41,344 and he is fully awake. 606 00:35:42,655 --> 00:35:43,655 [Joe] He's still kicking. 607 00:35:43,724 --> 00:35:46,241 Not too high, but he's still kicking. 608 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,068 [Palmer] He looks depleted, 609 00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:50,758 kind of stares off into space. 610 00:35:58,482 --> 00:36:01,724 Ultimately, he doesn't remember any of the details. 611 00:36:03,482 --> 00:36:04,482 [Joe] So he is useless 612 00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:06,379 as a potential witness. 613 00:36:06,379 --> 00:36:08,862 We were kind of feeling that maybe we were hitting a dead end. 614 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,137 [Joe] A few weeks later, 615 00:36:18,137 --> 00:36:20,241 a moment of magic happens. 616 00:36:20,758 --> 00:36:22,103 Palmer gets a phone call. 617 00:36:22,103 --> 00:36:24,586 An inmate in the jail would like to speak to him 618 00:36:24,586 --> 00:36:28,034 regarding her cellmate, Candie Zito. 619 00:36:42,344 --> 00:36:46,034 The true sociopathic reptile rises to the surface. 620 00:36:46,034 --> 00:36:49,068 She doesn't want food. She wants drugs. 621 00:36:59,275 --> 00:37:01,241 So, based on the informants testimony, 622 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:04,137 we might be able to gain some clarity on what happened 623 00:37:04,137 --> 00:37:05,724 on that fatal night. 624 00:37:16,379 --> 00:37:18,551 -Hey. -Hey! 625 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:20,655 Candie convinces Anthony Gibson 626 00:37:20,724 --> 00:37:22,586 to bring her something to eat. 627 00:37:22,586 --> 00:37:24,275 [Candie giggles] 628 00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:27,310 Ah, thank you! You're the best. 629 00:37:39,482 --> 00:37:42,034 She says Corey emerges from his hiding place... 630 00:37:42,034 --> 00:37:43,413 [Anthony yelps] 631 00:37:44,551 --> 00:37:47,034 ...and the robbery goes south rather quickly. 632 00:37:52,482 --> 00:37:54,172 Did Anthony fight back? 633 00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:56,586 Was Corey scared? Who knows? 634 00:37:56,586 --> 00:37:58,448 Either way, a shot is fired. 635 00:37:58,517 --> 00:37:59,655 [Anthony groaning] 636 00:37:59,655 --> 00:38:01,068 [rifle clicking] 637 00:38:01,068 --> 00:38:03,931 Ultimately, we don't know who fired the shot. 638 00:38:07,482 --> 00:38:08,758 [gunshot] 639 00:38:11,896 --> 00:38:15,000 And a second shot goes through Anthony's leg. 640 00:38:20,172 --> 00:38:22,827 She says they threw him in the trunk of his car. 641 00:38:25,241 --> 00:38:27,103 And Anthony is beating frantically 642 00:38:27,103 --> 00:38:28,241 to get someone's attention. 643 00:38:28,310 --> 00:38:29,586 [thumping from trunk] 644 00:38:29,586 --> 00:38:31,000 [Joe] Candie told the informant, 645 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,482 as they drove around, the beating on the trunk lid 646 00:38:33,482 --> 00:38:35,000 began to slow down. 647 00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:38,241 They take him to the playground. 648 00:38:38,965 --> 00:38:40,551 They investigate. 649 00:38:40,551 --> 00:38:42,206 Anthony is dead. 650 00:38:49,137 --> 00:38:50,965 They soak him in gasoline. 651 00:38:52,241 --> 00:38:54,344 They pile a bunch of stuff on him... 652 00:39:07,172 --> 00:39:08,655 ...and they light him up. 653 00:39:22,379 --> 00:39:25,344 Anthony Gibson responded to a plea for help, 654 00:39:25,344 --> 00:39:28,448 and it got him killed because of who was pleading. 655 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,344 A viper, not a human. 656 00:39:33,689 --> 00:39:34,793 [Palmer] At that point, 657 00:39:34,793 --> 00:39:36,758 I was able to get a warrant signed 658 00:39:36,758 --> 00:39:39,000 for Candie and Corey's charges. 659 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,448 So, instead of going to trial, 660 00:39:40,448 --> 00:39:42,137 the State releases plea agreements 661 00:39:42,137 --> 00:39:43,965 with Candie and Corey. 662 00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:45,793 They both plead guilty to murder 663 00:39:45,793 --> 00:39:48,206 and receive 20 years in prison. 664 00:39:52,034 --> 00:39:53,965 Twenty years, that's what they get. 665 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,344 That's crazy. 666 00:39:55,413 --> 00:39:58,068 I really just wish they would drop dead. 667 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,586 They're gonna get out 668 00:40:00,586 --> 00:40:02,344 and they're gonna be right back out on the streets 669 00:40:02,344 --> 00:40:05,206 to cause another family more grief. 670 00:40:06,482 --> 00:40:07,896 'Cause these are monsters. 671 00:40:07,896 --> 00:40:09,862 I think about what was he thinking about 672 00:40:09,931 --> 00:40:11,620 when he was in the trunk? What... 673 00:40:12,655 --> 00:40:14,862 Was he thinkin' about me? What... 674 00:40:14,931 --> 00:40:17,000 Where am I at? I think about all that often. 675 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,344 You know, I keep him with me. I got his ashes in an urn. 676 00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,137 Like, a necklace urn. 677 00:40:25,275 --> 00:40:27,551 Anthony had the most beautiful soul 678 00:40:27,551 --> 00:40:29,758 of anyone I've ever met in my entire life. 679 00:40:30,275 --> 00:40:31,758 He had a lot of life to live. 680 00:40:31,827 --> 00:40:33,344 And know that he would've lived it 681 00:40:33,413 --> 00:40:35,241 to the very fullest. 682 00:40:35,241 --> 00:40:37,482 I just... 683 00:40:37,482 --> 00:40:39,551 hate that he'll never get that opportunity. 684 00:40:40,379 --> 00:40:42,241 [Caffie] He was very special to us. 685 00:40:42,310 --> 00:40:43,551 And he got took away. 686 00:40:43,551 --> 00:40:45,931 Candie didn't have the right to do that. 687 00:40:46,689 --> 00:40:48,758 [Palmer] Anthony is 20 years old 688 00:40:48,758 --> 00:40:52,448 and he's trusting this girl that he's known for some time. 689 00:40:52,517 --> 00:40:56,137 And he had no idea what to anticipate. 690 00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:02,586 Candie and Corey Zito offer an example 691 00:41:02,586 --> 00:41:06,137 of what the sociopathic personality is capable of. 692 00:41:06,137 --> 00:41:07,482 "You're my friend. 693 00:41:07,482 --> 00:41:09,241 Until I don't need you anymore. 694 00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:10,586 And then you're nothing. 695 00:41:10,586 --> 00:41:13,448 And if you have to die, well, then you do." 696 00:41:13,448 --> 00:41:16,034 A frightening concept indeed. 697 00:41:17,896 --> 00:41:19,517 On the next American Detective... 698 00:41:20,551 --> 00:41:22,931 This is a body floating in the Black River. 699 00:41:29,551 --> 00:41:32,241 If you are out of control, angry, and jealous, 700 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:33,862 what are you capable of? 701 00:41:33,931 --> 00:41:35,344 Just about anything... 702 00:41:35,413 --> 00:41:36,482 including murder.