1 00:00:20,775 --> 00:00:25,035 [Joe Kenda]It's Saturday morning, March 11th, 2017, 2 00:00:25,075 --> 00:00:27,605 in Georgetown, South Carolina. 3 00:00:27,635 --> 00:00:31,475 A local resident is plying his hobby of fishing 4 00:00:31,505 --> 00:00:32,675 on the Black River. 5 00:00:36,435 --> 00:00:38,975 He notices something in the water 6 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:40,635 that doesn't look right to him. 7 00:00:43,035 --> 00:00:44,805 And he looks more closely... 8 00:00:48,705 --> 00:00:51,505 and he is incredibly alarmed. 9 00:00:54,035 --> 00:00:57,205 This is a body floating in the Black River. 10 00:01:03,335 --> 00:01:06,335 I spent my career closing murder cases. 11 00:01:07,975 --> 00:01:11,205 But I'm not the only one who answered the call. 12 00:01:13,005 --> 00:01:16,535 It takes a rare breed to solve the unsolvable, 13 00:01:17,435 --> 00:01:19,405 to catch a ruthless killer, 14 00:01:20,105 --> 00:01:22,575 to find justice for the dead. 15 00:01:24,175 --> 00:01:29,235 That's what it takes to be an American detective. 16 00:01:42,775 --> 00:01:46,335 Uh, I guess because we're general investigators. 17 00:01:46,375 --> 00:01:50,275 I work everything from, you know, fraud cases, 18 00:01:50,305 --> 00:01:52,375 uh, burglaries, bank robberies, 19 00:01:52,405 --> 00:01:54,135 pretty much anything and everything. 20 00:01:56,975 --> 00:01:59,705 We might get a callout. You just never know. 21 00:01:59,734 --> 00:02:00,735 It could be a normal day. 22 00:02:00,775 --> 00:02:02,705 But a normal day can turn into a busy day, 23 00:02:02,735 --> 00:02:04,735 um, really quick. 24 00:02:04,775 --> 00:02:06,235 [phone ringing] 25 00:02:08,105 --> 00:02:09,105 Uh-huh. 26 00:02:09,135 --> 00:02:12,735 Really and truly, this job is life. 27 00:02:14,075 --> 00:02:18,575 A body was actually discovered in the county jurisdiction. 28 00:02:19,235 --> 00:02:20,975 And because of that, 29 00:02:21,005 --> 00:02:23,935 the Sheriff's Office responded for law enforcement 30 00:02:23,975 --> 00:02:25,235 to go out there. 31 00:02:28,605 --> 00:02:29,735 I'm on my way. 32 00:02:39,535 --> 00:02:42,975 We got the call about 1:30 that day. 33 00:02:46,235 --> 00:02:47,275 [sirens wailing] 34 00:02:48,834 --> 00:02:50,834 When I got there, 35 00:02:50,875 --> 00:02:53,975 they were in the process of bringing the body to shore. 36 00:02:56,635 --> 00:02:59,805 Law enforcement officers had to actually physically 37 00:02:59,834 --> 00:03:03,475 grab hold of the individual by clothing 38 00:03:03,505 --> 00:03:05,735 and just ease him back to shore. 39 00:03:07,735 --> 00:03:10,675 Was this somebody that had perhaps fallen in the water 40 00:03:10,705 --> 00:03:11,635 or out of a boat? 41 00:03:11,675 --> 00:03:12,575 You just don't know. 42 00:03:14,375 --> 00:03:16,005 But when they brought him to shore, 43 00:03:16,035 --> 00:03:18,305 it was immediately evident to me 44 00:03:18,334 --> 00:03:21,635 that he had not fallen in the water accidentally. 45 00:03:23,475 --> 00:03:26,834 His wrists and his ankles were bound with speaker wire. 46 00:03:26,875 --> 00:03:28,834 That, to me, was a clear indication 47 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,905 that he had been the victim of a homicide. 48 00:03:35,535 --> 00:03:38,305 When your victim is found floating in the water, 49 00:03:38,334 --> 00:03:41,005 it enormously complicates the case. 50 00:03:43,035 --> 00:03:45,735 Water does terrible things to human bodies. 51 00:03:45,775 --> 00:03:47,435 They can't tell the cause of death 52 00:03:47,475 --> 00:03:48,535 looking at the remains 53 00:03:48,575 --> 00:03:50,905 'cause they're in such poor condition. 54 00:03:50,935 --> 00:03:53,275 Here, the elements in the South can be tricky. 55 00:03:53,305 --> 00:03:54,775 Even in February and March, 56 00:03:54,805 --> 00:03:56,334 the water plays a factor 57 00:03:56,375 --> 00:03:58,575 in the decomposition and the speed. 58 00:04:00,435 --> 00:04:02,205 The face is unrecognizable. 59 00:04:03,905 --> 00:04:06,675 Positive identification was not made at that point. 60 00:04:06,705 --> 00:04:09,435 But I was thinking back just because 61 00:04:09,475 --> 00:04:11,435 we had already been investigating a missing person. 62 00:04:17,675 --> 00:04:18,975 I remember Miss Brittani Green 63 00:04:19,005 --> 00:04:21,435 came in to report a missing person. 64 00:04:21,475 --> 00:04:24,635 She says his name is Leon Harrison, Jr., 65 00:04:24,675 --> 00:04:27,305 but everybody calls him JR. 66 00:04:27,335 --> 00:04:30,175 And he is the father of her two children. 67 00:04:31,135 --> 00:04:33,375 They no longer live together. 68 00:04:33,405 --> 00:04:36,275 But he routinely calls her every night 69 00:04:36,305 --> 00:04:37,405 to speak to the children. 70 00:04:37,435 --> 00:04:40,035 He hasn't called in two weeks. 71 00:04:40,075 --> 00:04:42,335 [Allen] A guy that has family, that has loved ones, 72 00:04:42,375 --> 00:04:43,635 that has children, 73 00:04:43,675 --> 00:04:45,505 they're not just gonna vanish off this Earth. 74 00:04:46,835 --> 00:04:49,035 [Joe]Brittani explains to police 75 00:04:49,075 --> 00:04:51,605 that Mr. Harrison is 32 years old, 76 00:04:51,635 --> 00:04:54,735 he is an African-American male, 77 00:04:54,775 --> 00:04:59,105 that he has a rose tattooed on his inner right forearm. 78 00:04:59,135 --> 00:05:00,975 An identifying tattoo. 79 00:05:09,605 --> 00:05:11,675 Now Morris is trying to determine 80 00:05:11,705 --> 00:05:13,505 if this body that was found in the river 81 00:05:13,535 --> 00:05:15,735 is in fact his missing person. 82 00:05:17,775 --> 00:05:20,975 Investigator Morris generally works property crimes. 83 00:05:21,005 --> 00:05:23,375 If this is in fact a homicide, 84 00:05:23,975 --> 00:05:25,875 it'll be his very first. 85 00:05:25,905 --> 00:05:28,075 The body was sent for autopsy. 86 00:05:41,575 --> 00:05:43,005 [Allen]It was my first autopsy. 87 00:05:45,035 --> 00:05:47,735 So, yeah, I mean, it was a nerve-racking thing. 88 00:05:50,135 --> 00:05:53,605 [Joe] I recall my first autopsy very well. 89 00:05:53,635 --> 00:05:55,435 After you've been to several hundred of them, 90 00:05:55,475 --> 00:05:57,235 you tend not to pay attention. 91 00:05:57,275 --> 00:05:58,775 But the first one 92 00:05:59,205 --> 00:06:01,005 is a shock. 93 00:06:04,135 --> 00:06:06,575 [Allen]That had been the first time that I had actually seen him. 94 00:06:06,605 --> 00:06:08,275 'Cause I wasn't there during the retrieval. 95 00:06:10,535 --> 00:06:11,605 It was gruesome. 96 00:06:12,875 --> 00:06:15,235 He was bounded by hand and foot. 97 00:06:15,905 --> 00:06:18,075 That's the most uncivilized way 98 00:06:18,105 --> 00:06:21,635 that I could ever see a person going out of this world. 99 00:06:23,275 --> 00:06:25,435 [Joe] The medical examiner explains to Morris 100 00:06:25,475 --> 00:06:28,605 that, although he cannot determine the cause of death 101 00:06:28,635 --> 00:06:30,935 because the decomposition level is so great, 102 00:06:30,975 --> 00:06:34,575 he can rule it as a homicide based on the bindings. 103 00:06:38,605 --> 00:06:41,535 The lacerations to the belly are not deep. 104 00:06:41,575 --> 00:06:44,405 They're not enough to cause exsanguination, 105 00:06:44,435 --> 00:06:45,675 in other words, bleeding to death. 106 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:48,275 They're not enough to cause internal damage either. 107 00:06:50,175 --> 00:06:51,605 It's hard to say what those were 108 00:06:51,635 --> 00:06:52,705 with the condition of the body 109 00:06:52,735 --> 00:06:54,335 due to the presence of animals 110 00:06:54,375 --> 00:06:55,475 and that sort of thing in the water. 111 00:06:57,135 --> 00:06:59,675 [Joe] There are also alligators in this river. 112 00:07:00,505 --> 00:07:02,575 But they prefer living things. 113 00:07:02,605 --> 00:07:04,735 Normally, they like a live target 114 00:07:04,775 --> 00:07:06,705 that they can kill and then eat. 115 00:07:06,735 --> 00:07:08,775 The medical examiner offers an opinion 116 00:07:08,805 --> 00:07:11,305 that perhaps a beating was involved 117 00:07:11,335 --> 00:07:13,905 that caused the death. Blunt force trauma. 118 00:07:13,935 --> 00:07:15,805 But he can't even really say that. 119 00:07:15,835 --> 00:07:17,405 He just doesn't know. 120 00:07:18,875 --> 00:07:21,405 When your victim has obviously been in the water 121 00:07:21,435 --> 00:07:23,405 for an extended period of time, 122 00:07:23,435 --> 00:07:27,475 there is no way DNA trace is gonna survive 123 00:07:27,935 --> 00:07:30,275 or fingerprints survive. 124 00:07:30,305 --> 00:07:33,775 So you're not gonna find something that identifies somebody 125 00:07:33,805 --> 00:07:35,435 responsible for this. 126 00:07:37,235 --> 00:07:39,975 The findings of the autopsy were relatively useless, 127 00:07:40,005 --> 00:07:42,035 with one major exception. 128 00:07:42,075 --> 00:07:44,535 The presence of a rose tattoo on the right arm... 129 00:07:46,075 --> 00:07:48,475 identifies this body 130 00:07:48,505 --> 00:07:51,305 as that of Leon Harrison, Jr., 131 00:07:51,335 --> 00:07:52,975 also known as JR. 132 00:07:55,205 --> 00:07:58,675 The case of missing person is now retitled homicide. 133 00:08:10,205 --> 00:08:11,835 There's an expression in homicide. 134 00:08:11,875 --> 00:08:14,375 You going from being a new guy to an old guy 135 00:08:14,405 --> 00:08:15,705 in about 30 minutes. 136 00:08:16,975 --> 00:08:18,975 Morris is nervous. He's worried. 137 00:08:19,005 --> 00:08:20,775 He's all the right things. 138 00:08:20,805 --> 00:08:25,005 So he begins by inquiring about the victim. 139 00:08:25,035 --> 00:08:26,605 Miss Brittani Green was brought it 140 00:08:26,635 --> 00:08:28,875 to give us some information about him 141 00:08:28,905 --> 00:08:30,605 and what he was like as a father. 142 00:08:32,705 --> 00:08:35,705 Leon, he was a funny outgoing person, 143 00:08:35,735 --> 00:08:37,674 big personality. 144 00:08:37,705 --> 00:08:39,735 He loved to smile, tell jokes. 145 00:08:40,205 --> 00:08:41,905 Loving caring father. 146 00:08:43,835 --> 00:08:45,835 [Ji'Kiera Harrison]My dad was goofy, 147 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:47,105 funny, 148 00:08:47,535 --> 00:08:48,835 joyful 149 00:08:49,405 --> 00:08:51,635 and active. 150 00:08:51,675 --> 00:08:54,475 We always used to watch Dallas Cowboys. 151 00:08:54,505 --> 00:08:55,805 He was a very great dad. 152 00:08:57,505 --> 00:08:59,775 [Tyquise Harrison]My first day playing football, 153 00:08:59,805 --> 00:09:01,975 and I remember running my first touchdown. 154 00:09:02,005 --> 00:09:03,005 He was running down the sideline like, 155 00:09:03,035 --> 00:09:05,835 "Oh! Go, Quise! Go, Quise! Go, boy! Go, boy!" 156 00:09:05,875 --> 00:09:07,235 He met me in the end zone. 157 00:09:07,275 --> 00:09:09,005 He was going crazy. 158 00:09:10,735 --> 00:09:13,335 [Joe] Brittani Green said he always was connected 159 00:09:13,375 --> 00:09:14,305 to those two kids. 160 00:09:14,335 --> 00:09:16,405 And he called them every night. 161 00:09:16,435 --> 00:09:18,375 He would always come and check on his children. 162 00:09:19,235 --> 00:09:21,275 [Joe] The investigators talked to Green. 163 00:09:21,305 --> 00:09:22,535 "Were there any issues? 164 00:09:22,575 --> 00:09:24,835 Does he have any enemies?" 165 00:09:24,875 --> 00:09:27,635 The only thing she says is that he has an estranged wife, 166 00:09:27,675 --> 00:09:29,935 and her name is Tiesh Rhue. 167 00:09:29,975 --> 00:09:32,635 I learned of Tiesh probably like... 168 00:09:32,975 --> 00:09:35,705 July of 2015. 169 00:09:35,735 --> 00:09:38,075 They got married, I believe, September. 170 00:09:39,035 --> 00:09:41,405 [Joe] She says he'd been married for a while, 171 00:09:41,435 --> 00:09:44,275 but they recently broke up and he moved out. 172 00:09:45,075 --> 00:09:46,075 [Brittani] He used to call me 173 00:09:46,105 --> 00:09:47,805 and talk to me about things that was going on 174 00:09:47,835 --> 00:09:48,775 in their relationship. 175 00:09:48,805 --> 00:09:50,105 He wasn't happy. 176 00:09:53,275 --> 00:09:56,805 [Joe] So we suddenly appear to have a dead man 177 00:09:56,835 --> 00:09:59,975 with recent marital troubles of some kind. 178 00:10:00,005 --> 00:10:01,405 That could be interesting. 179 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:03,105 It could mean nothing. 180 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:04,335 We've gotta find out. 181 00:10:06,375 --> 00:10:09,805 So JR's estranged wife is of great interest to Morris. 182 00:10:12,505 --> 00:10:15,605 However, they find some difficulty in locating her. 183 00:10:15,635 --> 00:10:19,135 Morris decides to return to Tiesh Rhue later 184 00:10:19,175 --> 00:10:22,005 and move on to JR's phone records. 185 00:10:26,775 --> 00:10:29,335 We got any kind of phone records that we can get. 186 00:10:30,505 --> 00:10:32,905 [Joe] The evening of February 25th, 187 00:10:32,935 --> 00:10:34,435 he did have two phone calls 188 00:10:34,475 --> 00:10:36,875 from a man named Samuel Pillman, 189 00:10:36,905 --> 00:10:42,075 who could be the last person to see JR alive. 190 00:10:42,105 --> 00:10:44,775 So Morris wants to talk to this guy. 191 00:10:44,805 --> 00:10:47,075 [Allen] We did go to his job. 192 00:10:47,105 --> 00:10:48,535 But he was not there that day. 193 00:10:50,035 --> 00:10:53,875 His boss tells him he lives at the Quality Inn. 194 00:10:55,535 --> 00:10:56,975 So Morris goes there 195 00:10:57,005 --> 00:10:58,435 thinking he'll reach Pillman. 196 00:10:58,475 --> 00:10:59,935 He knocks on the door. 197 00:11:01,535 --> 00:11:02,675 No one answers. 198 00:11:03,635 --> 00:11:05,135 He calls Pillman's cell phone. 199 00:11:05,675 --> 00:11:07,275 Pillman answers the phone. 200 00:11:07,905 --> 00:11:09,835 When Morris says who he is, 201 00:11:10,775 --> 00:11:12,105 Pillman hangs up. 202 00:11:13,575 --> 00:11:15,935 Now that raises an eyebrow. 203 00:11:17,575 --> 00:11:19,205 Pillman has just informed Morris 204 00:11:19,235 --> 00:11:20,775 he's a potential suspect. 205 00:11:22,175 --> 00:11:24,075 Hanging up on a detective 206 00:11:24,105 --> 00:11:27,535 ensures that you are about to meet the detective. 207 00:11:36,775 --> 00:11:38,935 [Joe] Well, let's review, Mr. Pillman. 208 00:11:38,975 --> 00:11:40,705 Now you get a phone call from a policeman 209 00:11:40,735 --> 00:11:42,275 and you don't wanna talk to him. 210 00:11:42,305 --> 00:11:44,605 What do you have to do with the death of JR? 211 00:11:47,705 --> 00:11:50,935 When Morris calls him back, he takes a different approach. 212 00:11:50,975 --> 00:11:53,175 He says, "Look, I'm investigating the death 213 00:11:53,205 --> 00:11:55,735 of Leon Harrison, Jr. 214 00:11:55,775 --> 00:11:58,435 And that's the only reason I wanna talk to you." 215 00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:08,835 Mr. Pillman, why were you calling him? 216 00:12:08,875 --> 00:12:10,705 [Allen] He said they were gonna meet up. 217 00:12:10,735 --> 00:12:14,635 He was gonna but some drugs from Leon Harrison, Jr. 218 00:12:14,675 --> 00:12:17,735 [Joe] "Well, my roommate and I wanted to celebrate a birthday 219 00:12:17,775 --> 00:12:19,935 and so we thought we'd get a little high 220 00:12:19,975 --> 00:12:21,375 and JR could help us out. 221 00:12:22,005 --> 00:12:23,675 JR's got this side hustle. 222 00:12:23,705 --> 00:12:26,535 He sells a little bit of grass now and again." 223 00:12:26,575 --> 00:12:28,075 [Allen] Truly, to me, it didn't matter. 224 00:12:28,105 --> 00:12:29,735 Regardless of what his situation was, 225 00:12:29,775 --> 00:12:32,335 he was still... he was still murdered, 226 00:12:32,375 --> 00:12:33,635 and it didn't really matter 227 00:12:33,675 --> 00:12:35,405 whether he was a drug dealer or not. 228 00:12:36,675 --> 00:12:41,005 [Joe] So Pillman says also that the first call he made with JR, 229 00:12:41,035 --> 00:12:43,005 JR said, "All right. I'll come by your room 230 00:12:43,035 --> 00:12:44,275 and we'll make the deal there." 231 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:45,975 And then he never shows up. 232 00:12:46,805 --> 00:12:48,635 So he calls him back. 233 00:12:48,675 --> 00:12:50,475 Only this time, there's no answer. 234 00:12:51,575 --> 00:12:53,575 Is Pillman lying? 235 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:59,975 Did JR show up at the Quality Inn 236 00:13:00,005 --> 00:13:02,575 and Pillman overcame him, 237 00:13:02,605 --> 00:13:04,075 robbed him of his drugs 238 00:13:04,105 --> 00:13:05,475 and his money 239 00:13:05,505 --> 00:13:06,775 and then killed him? 240 00:13:15,075 --> 00:13:16,435 [Allen] When we were looking at his phone... 241 00:13:16,475 --> 00:13:19,175 So we got it analyzed, the data. 242 00:13:19,205 --> 00:13:21,875 [Joe] His conversation jives with the phone records 243 00:13:21,905 --> 00:13:23,775 because the second Pillman made 244 00:13:23,805 --> 00:13:26,775 only lasted like 15, 20 seconds 245 00:13:26,805 --> 00:13:28,005 'cause there was no answer, 246 00:13:28,035 --> 00:13:29,105 like he said. 247 00:13:30,905 --> 00:13:33,535 So Pillman is dropped as a suspect. 248 00:13:38,835 --> 00:13:40,535 [Allen] Everything was a challenge. 249 00:13:40,575 --> 00:13:41,505 I mean, 'cause at this point, 250 00:13:41,535 --> 00:13:42,875 we're already two weeks behind anyway. 251 00:13:43,775 --> 00:13:45,405 Because he had already been gone for two weeks. 252 00:13:48,905 --> 00:13:52,335 But I'm gonna make sure I do everything I was supposed to do. 253 00:13:52,375 --> 00:13:54,635 That's gathering evidence, talking to everybody I can. 254 00:13:54,675 --> 00:13:55,775 I have to keep moving. 255 00:13:58,035 --> 00:14:02,235 So he returns to the effort to find Tiesh Rhue, 256 00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:03,635 the estranged wife of the victim, 257 00:14:03,675 --> 00:14:06,235 to see what she can say about his life. 258 00:14:08,305 --> 00:14:10,805 This time, Morris' luck changes 259 00:14:10,835 --> 00:14:13,535 and finally he finds Tiesh Rhue. 260 00:14:14,705 --> 00:14:16,075 [Allen] And at the time, she was working at the steel mill 261 00:14:16,105 --> 00:14:17,335 as a security guard. 262 00:14:17,805 --> 00:14:19,035 So we went over there. 263 00:14:21,975 --> 00:14:25,875 And we spoke to her about Mr. Leon Harrison, Jr. 264 00:14:25,905 --> 00:14:28,135 [Joe] They break the news to Tiesh Rhue 265 00:14:28,175 --> 00:14:30,835 that her husband is in fact deceased. 266 00:14:31,935 --> 00:14:33,975 [Allen] We spoke to her very briefly at the steel mill 267 00:14:34,005 --> 00:14:35,605 and we got her to come to the police department. 268 00:14:38,875 --> 00:14:40,835 [Joe] Tiesh works as a security guard 269 00:14:40,875 --> 00:14:43,175 at a steel mill in the area. 270 00:14:43,205 --> 00:14:44,335 JR worked there also. 271 00:14:51,905 --> 00:14:54,305 They ask her about his narcotics sales, 272 00:14:54,335 --> 00:14:55,975 and she immediately says, 273 00:14:56,005 --> 00:14:59,035 "Oh, that was a very minor, very occasional thing." 274 00:14:59,075 --> 00:15:02,635 And then they asked Tiesh to explain about their marriage. 275 00:15:09,005 --> 00:15:10,805 At first, she made is seem like everything was good. 276 00:15:10,835 --> 00:15:13,105 And then it wasn't so great. 277 00:15:18,275 --> 00:15:20,305 They met a few years ago. They got married. 278 00:15:20,335 --> 00:15:22,305 But money was always a problem. 279 00:15:22,335 --> 00:15:25,105 So they became forced to move in with her father 280 00:15:25,135 --> 00:15:26,575 and her brother 281 00:15:26,605 --> 00:15:27,875 as a married couple. 282 00:15:32,635 --> 00:15:35,005 She had told us they both had issues with infidelity. 283 00:15:35,035 --> 00:15:37,035 My understanding was she was doing what she wanted to do 284 00:15:37,075 --> 00:15:38,835 and he was doing what he wanted to do. 285 00:15:45,605 --> 00:15:49,205 Tiesh explains that JR cheated on her. 286 00:15:49,235 --> 00:15:52,375 She discovered this and she kicked him out. 287 00:15:52,405 --> 00:15:56,375 But they had this on-again, off-again relationship 288 00:15:56,405 --> 00:15:58,405 for the last few months. 289 00:15:58,435 --> 00:16:00,875 They ask her, "When's the last time you saw your husband?" 290 00:16:00,905 --> 00:16:02,835 She said February 25th. 291 00:16:12,935 --> 00:16:16,335 She said he came by around ten o'clock in the evening 292 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:18,505 to pick up some of his clothes. 293 00:16:28,405 --> 00:16:29,535 She then says 294 00:16:29,575 --> 00:16:32,735 he was on the phone with the other woman 295 00:16:32,775 --> 00:16:34,805 that she identifies as Rosario. 296 00:16:35,435 --> 00:16:36,935 Why would I do it? 297 00:16:36,975 --> 00:16:40,335 And they have a heated argument on the phone. 298 00:16:41,035 --> 00:16:42,105 Very heated. 299 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:44,735 She says she could hear her through his phone. 300 00:16:48,735 --> 00:16:50,005 We have Tiesh saying 301 00:16:50,035 --> 00:16:53,135 that Rosario is a maniacal crazy woman, 302 00:16:53,175 --> 00:16:55,575 who's insanely jealous of her. 303 00:16:55,605 --> 00:16:59,235 And if you're out of control, angry and jealous, 304 00:16:59,275 --> 00:17:00,475 what are you capable of? 305 00:17:00,505 --> 00:17:01,805 Just about anything. 306 00:17:02,305 --> 00:17:03,805 Including murder. 307 00:17:11,675 --> 00:17:13,074 [Ji'Kiera] When my dad passed, 308 00:17:13,104 --> 00:17:14,775 I didn't want it to be true. 309 00:17:14,805 --> 00:17:16,275 But I had to believe it. 310 00:17:17,775 --> 00:17:20,104 [Tyquise] Everybody around me was crying. 311 00:17:20,135 --> 00:17:23,334 It was like an out-of-body experience basically. 312 00:17:23,975 --> 00:17:25,505 But we just gotta sit here 313 00:17:25,535 --> 00:17:27,805 and let the police do their job. 314 00:17:27,834 --> 00:17:29,975 [siren wailing] 315 00:17:30,005 --> 00:17:32,405 [Joe] Investigators have learned about 316 00:17:32,435 --> 00:17:35,105 an enormously out-of-control argument 317 00:17:35,135 --> 00:17:37,875 between the victim and his girlfriend. 318 00:17:38,835 --> 00:17:42,675 So Morris is now extremely interested in Rosario. 319 00:17:42,705 --> 00:17:44,275 When somebody at the front desk says, 320 00:17:44,305 --> 00:17:45,635 "There's a woman here named Rosario 321 00:17:45,675 --> 00:17:47,135 who wants to talk to you." 322 00:17:51,035 --> 00:17:52,905 [Allen] We did talk with Rosario. 323 00:17:52,935 --> 00:17:54,105 She kind of gave us the insight 324 00:17:54,135 --> 00:17:55,805 of what their relationship was. 325 00:18:01,175 --> 00:18:04,235 They were in some kind of romantic relationship. 326 00:18:05,135 --> 00:18:06,505 [Joe] She proceeds to tell them 327 00:18:06,535 --> 00:18:08,635 how she loves him desperately 328 00:18:08,675 --> 00:18:10,305 and she's found out through other means 329 00:18:10,335 --> 00:18:11,635 that he's now dead. 330 00:18:13,105 --> 00:18:15,375 Why did you not report him missing? 331 00:18:39,775 --> 00:18:42,275 So they ask Rosario, "Do you know Tiesh?" 332 00:19:00,875 --> 00:19:02,935 Rosario told us they had a marriage 333 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:05,435 that may not have been going so well. 334 00:19:05,475 --> 00:19:07,805 [Joe] Tiesh was saying that this other woman 335 00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:11,635 was the source of the rage and a potential threat to JR. 336 00:19:12,075 --> 00:19:13,735 Now the other woman 337 00:19:13,775 --> 00:19:17,175 is telling a totally opposite tale from Tiesh. 338 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:19,435 One of these two is lying. 339 00:19:19,835 --> 00:19:20,975 Which one is? 340 00:19:21,005 --> 00:19:22,705 Either or both. 341 00:19:23,975 --> 00:19:26,705 They asked Rosario when's the last time she saw JR. 342 00:19:26,735 --> 00:19:28,705 She said February 25th. 343 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:31,435 3:30 in the afternoon, she picks him up from work. 344 00:19:37,335 --> 00:19:38,935 And later that evening, apparently, 345 00:19:38,975 --> 00:19:42,975 JR made his way to the home of his estranged wife, Tiesh. 346 00:19:45,135 --> 00:19:48,235 So they confront Rosario about the angry phone call 347 00:19:48,275 --> 00:19:50,705 that supposedly was made by her 348 00:19:50,735 --> 00:19:53,105 to JR the night of the 25th. 349 00:19:53,135 --> 00:19:56,005 She said, "I've never had an angry phone call with JR. 350 00:19:56,035 --> 00:19:59,075 However, I got one from Tiesh." 351 00:20:23,735 --> 00:20:25,905 She said, "She called me ranting and raving 352 00:20:25,935 --> 00:20:27,305 and screaming at me 353 00:20:27,335 --> 00:20:30,835 about being the 'other woman.' 354 00:20:30,875 --> 00:20:32,375 And it was horrible." 355 00:20:56,435 --> 00:20:59,105 Tiesh is cussing at her and threatening her. 356 00:20:59,135 --> 00:21:00,805 I guess she had learned about the relationship 357 00:21:00,835 --> 00:21:01,705 and she was mad. 358 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:23,805 She hands her phone over to the detectives. 359 00:21:23,835 --> 00:21:26,405 They review her text history and calls. 360 00:21:26,435 --> 00:21:29,575 This exactly confirms her story. 361 00:21:29,605 --> 00:21:30,705 Rosario's not a killer. 362 00:21:30,735 --> 00:21:31,975 She's just a heart-broken woman 363 00:21:32,005 --> 00:21:33,435 who lost her boyfriend. 364 00:21:36,435 --> 00:21:41,035 Now Morris understands Tiesh is the jealous rage factor. 365 00:21:42,135 --> 00:21:43,475 Not Rosario. 366 00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:05,835 She also goes on to say 367 00:22:05,875 --> 00:22:11,905 that Tiesh's father, Alex Rhue, Sr., hates JR. 368 00:22:11,935 --> 00:22:13,075 And her brother, 369 00:22:13,105 --> 00:22:18,135 Alex Rhue, Jr., also hates JR 370 00:22:18,175 --> 00:22:23,675 because JR is a bad influence on his sister. 371 00:22:23,705 --> 00:22:28,975 And Alex, Jr. sees himself as his sister's bodyguard. 372 00:22:33,505 --> 00:22:36,435 So, now, we've eliminated Rosario. 373 00:22:36,475 --> 00:22:40,075 So we're left with Tiesh and her family. 374 00:22:45,535 --> 00:22:48,005 Morris is buried up to his neck 375 00:22:48,035 --> 00:22:51,675 in emotion, lies, finger-pointing, 376 00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:54,505 an extremely complicated web. 377 00:22:58,105 --> 00:23:01,005 [Allen] I lost a lot of sleep trying to figure it out. 378 00:23:01,035 --> 00:23:05,775 And just making sure that you cover every aspect of it. 379 00:23:05,805 --> 00:23:07,975 [Joe] But he knows he has one thing 380 00:23:08,005 --> 00:23:10,435 that is the only physical evidence recovered 381 00:23:10,475 --> 00:23:14,335 is the wire used to bind the victim. 382 00:23:14,375 --> 00:23:16,175 That could be the answer to this case. 383 00:23:16,205 --> 00:23:17,875 Where did that come from? 384 00:23:23,975 --> 00:23:26,905 [Allen] But we believed that it could have been speaker wire. 385 00:23:26,935 --> 00:23:28,075 Ain't a lot of places in Georgetown 386 00:23:28,105 --> 00:23:29,005 that sell speaker wire. 387 00:23:30,105 --> 00:23:31,205 So I went to Walmart, 388 00:23:31,235 --> 00:23:34,205 looking to see if there was any kind of wiring 389 00:23:34,235 --> 00:23:37,635 that looked like that wiring. 390 00:23:37,675 --> 00:23:40,035 The idea would have been that they bought it from there, 391 00:23:40,075 --> 00:23:42,135 we could have maybe pulled surveillance footage 392 00:23:42,175 --> 00:23:44,375 and seen if we could see them buying it. 393 00:23:47,575 --> 00:23:50,605 [Joe] They contact the people that work in those departments 394 00:23:51,305 --> 00:23:52,605 and they strike out. 395 00:23:53,375 --> 00:23:55,005 Nobody's bought any recently. 396 00:23:55,035 --> 00:23:57,835 Nobody sells the kind that they have in their hand. 397 00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:07,375 So Morris decides to go see Alex Rhue, Jr. 398 00:24:07,935 --> 00:24:09,705 He works at a garage. 399 00:24:14,735 --> 00:24:16,005 [Allen] We had gotten some information 400 00:24:16,035 --> 00:24:17,405 that he'd have worked on cars 401 00:24:17,435 --> 00:24:20,105 and he may have done some audio stuff in the past. 402 00:24:22,905 --> 00:24:25,705 [Joe] And a bell goes off in Morris' brain. 403 00:24:26,305 --> 00:24:27,975 He works with speaker wire. 404 00:24:30,405 --> 00:24:33,005 The very thing that JR is tied up with. 405 00:24:34,035 --> 00:24:37,105 He's not there, but the manager is there. 406 00:24:37,135 --> 00:24:40,805 Morris says, "Do you employ Alex Rhue, Jr.?" 407 00:24:40,835 --> 00:24:42,375 "Well, I do. But he only comes in 408 00:24:42,405 --> 00:24:44,105 a couple of days a week. 409 00:24:44,135 --> 00:24:47,635 He installs radios in people's cars." 410 00:24:47,675 --> 00:24:51,505 "Do you have any of the wire here that he uses?" 411 00:24:51,535 --> 00:24:53,275 It's examined and compared 412 00:24:53,305 --> 00:24:55,835 to the wire found around the victim 413 00:24:55,875 --> 00:24:57,175 and they're different. 414 00:24:58,535 --> 00:25:02,535 We were not able to locate anything that connected 415 00:25:02,575 --> 00:25:06,605 the wire that Mr. Leon Harrison, Jr. was bounded with. 416 00:25:06,635 --> 00:25:08,505 It could have practically came from anywhere. 417 00:25:17,235 --> 00:25:18,175 [Joe] So Morris understands 418 00:25:18,205 --> 00:25:20,035 he has no crime scene of occurrence. 419 00:25:20,075 --> 00:25:23,075 We only have a crime scene of discovery 420 00:25:23,105 --> 00:25:25,775 floating down the Black River toward the Atlantic. 421 00:25:26,605 --> 00:25:28,105 But where was he killed? 422 00:25:28,135 --> 00:25:33,035 The likeliest scenario is he died in the Rhue household. 423 00:25:33,075 --> 00:25:35,035 Something bad happened in that house. 424 00:25:37,405 --> 00:25:39,005 [siren wails] 425 00:25:39,035 --> 00:25:42,035 We had developed enough probable cause, 426 00:25:42,075 --> 00:25:43,135 circumstantial evidence, 427 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,035 to get a search warrant for the house. 428 00:25:45,535 --> 00:25:47,605 [doorbell rings] 429 00:25:48,305 --> 00:25:49,405 We went to her house 430 00:25:49,435 --> 00:25:51,175 on Highmarket Street. 431 00:25:53,535 --> 00:25:58,135 Alex, Jr. and Sr. are seated right next to Tiesh. 432 00:26:00,135 --> 00:26:02,235 We of course give them the search warrant 433 00:26:02,275 --> 00:26:03,675 and they have to come out of the house 434 00:26:03,705 --> 00:26:05,875 while we are conducting a search of the house. 435 00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:15,105 We're taking photographs. 436 00:26:15,135 --> 00:26:16,405 We're searching rooms. 437 00:26:16,435 --> 00:26:18,505 We were looking for cutting objects. 438 00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:20,575 Speaker wire, any kind of other DNA. 439 00:26:22,535 --> 00:26:24,405 [Joe] They walk into Tiesh's bedroom 440 00:26:24,435 --> 00:26:25,905 that's got wall to wall carpeting. 441 00:26:27,775 --> 00:26:29,735 We noticed that there was missing pieces of carpet. 442 00:26:34,335 --> 00:26:37,375 A cut piece of carpet has been replaced. 443 00:26:38,335 --> 00:26:40,475 Odd corners, odd angles. 444 00:26:41,035 --> 00:26:42,575 A terrible patch job. 445 00:26:45,535 --> 00:26:47,405 Now why would you do that? 446 00:26:49,735 --> 00:26:50,705 [indistinct police radio chatter] 447 00:26:57,435 --> 00:26:59,875 They pull up that insert of carpet. 448 00:27:02,175 --> 00:27:03,435 We remove the carpet padding 449 00:27:03,475 --> 00:27:05,805 and then, under there on the subfloor, 450 00:27:05,835 --> 00:27:08,435 there was what appeared to be a stain of some sort. 451 00:27:09,505 --> 00:27:10,905 We did a presumptive test 452 00:27:10,935 --> 00:27:13,275 that come back positive for blood. 453 00:27:13,305 --> 00:27:16,505 Blood is discovered in Tiesh's bedroom. 454 00:27:18,275 --> 00:27:19,275 There's so much blood, 455 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:22,005 it's not just the carpet pad that's soaked. 456 00:27:22,035 --> 00:27:23,775 It's the subflooring. 457 00:27:27,075 --> 00:27:28,075 And it looked like there was an attempt 458 00:27:28,105 --> 00:27:29,005 to clean up the blood. 459 00:27:31,335 --> 00:27:32,805 We spent hours in that room. 460 00:27:32,835 --> 00:27:35,605 We found several locations of blood. 461 00:27:38,635 --> 00:27:41,035 There was some high-velocity spatter on the walls. 462 00:27:42,235 --> 00:27:44,905 [Joe] Blood spatter comes from blunt-trauma 463 00:27:44,935 --> 00:27:46,005 cast-off blood 464 00:27:46,035 --> 00:27:48,405 from striking or beating someone 465 00:27:48,435 --> 00:27:50,935 and probably an instrument or maybe fists. 466 00:27:53,075 --> 00:27:55,805 [Allen] Something bad happened in that room. We know that. 467 00:27:55,835 --> 00:27:57,475 We can tell by that amount of blood. 468 00:27:59,505 --> 00:28:02,375 [William] And so we process the house, 469 00:28:02,405 --> 00:28:04,205 collected forensic evidence 470 00:28:04,235 --> 00:28:06,505 and sent it off to the lab. 471 00:28:08,705 --> 00:28:10,405 They wanna be absolutely certain 472 00:28:10,435 --> 00:28:11,805 this is JR's blood, 473 00:28:11,835 --> 00:28:13,405 so they're running a lab test. 474 00:28:13,435 --> 00:28:15,875 And they determine that is in fact the case. 475 00:28:18,035 --> 00:28:20,275 So JR meets his end 476 00:28:20,305 --> 00:28:22,275 in Tiesh's bedroom. 477 00:28:23,305 --> 00:28:24,905 There's an enormous amount of blood. 478 00:28:24,935 --> 00:28:27,905 We have binding of a male victim. 479 00:28:27,935 --> 00:28:30,035 This is not something that any reasonable person 480 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:31,175 would believe 481 00:28:31,205 --> 00:28:32,875 was done by one person. 482 00:28:32,905 --> 00:28:34,935 But two people can do that rather easily. 483 00:28:34,975 --> 00:28:38,775 This is all a family affair. 484 00:28:43,535 --> 00:28:45,335 [Allen] Tiesh, we brought her in again 485 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:46,905 to speak to us. 486 00:28:46,935 --> 00:28:49,405 [Joe] There is blood in that house. 487 00:28:49,435 --> 00:28:51,675 They have circumstantial evidence only 488 00:28:51,705 --> 00:28:54,805 and it's insufficient to proceed to an arrest. 489 00:29:06,775 --> 00:29:08,905 [Allen] And I showed her a picture of the subfloor 490 00:29:08,935 --> 00:29:11,705 with the saturation on the subfloor of blood. 491 00:29:32,705 --> 00:29:34,005 She claimed it was a nosebleed. 492 00:29:34,035 --> 00:29:35,775 And my response was 493 00:29:35,805 --> 00:29:36,735 there's just so much blood. 494 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,275 I didn't know how it could be a nosebleed. 495 00:29:40,135 --> 00:29:42,935 Tiesh, you could have had a fire hose up your nose 496 00:29:42,975 --> 00:29:45,005 and you wouldn't produce that much blood. 497 00:29:59,305 --> 00:30:00,775 She said that she would never hurt her husband. 498 00:30:00,805 --> 00:30:02,535 And then I said, "Well, somebody did. 499 00:30:02,575 --> 00:30:04,135 He was killed in that room." 500 00:30:09,935 --> 00:30:11,675 The theory is quite simple. 501 00:30:12,505 --> 00:30:16,335 Tiesh, can you physically overcome JR? 502 00:30:16,375 --> 00:30:18,175 Can you bind him with speaker wire? 503 00:30:18,205 --> 00:30:20,675 Can you assault him to the point of death? 504 00:30:20,705 --> 00:30:23,775 Can you pick up and remove a dead body 505 00:30:23,805 --> 00:30:25,435 and throw it in a river? 506 00:30:25,475 --> 00:30:26,775 Not by yourself you can't. 507 00:30:27,735 --> 00:30:29,135 She needs help. 508 00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:31,635 The family that kills together stays together. 509 00:30:35,235 --> 00:30:37,475 We didn't feel like we were getting honest answers from her. 510 00:30:42,205 --> 00:30:44,305 That's good 'cause you're gonna need one. 511 00:30:45,435 --> 00:30:47,505 [Allen] Once she said she wanted a lawyer, 512 00:30:47,535 --> 00:30:49,405 she was free to go at that point. 513 00:30:51,105 --> 00:30:54,635 This investigation has not yet produced probable cause 514 00:30:54,675 --> 00:30:56,275 to arrest anybody. 515 00:30:56,305 --> 00:30:59,335 Knowing and proving are two different things. 516 00:30:59,375 --> 00:31:03,605 For now, it seems unclear who committed what parts 517 00:31:03,635 --> 00:31:05,505 of this vicious crime. 518 00:31:05,535 --> 00:31:07,535 [Allen] At that point, we just have to, like I said, 519 00:31:07,575 --> 00:31:09,235 just continue looking for evidence. 520 00:31:10,205 --> 00:31:12,305 We wanna know everything that happened. 521 00:31:12,335 --> 00:31:13,435 We wanna know why. 522 00:31:13,475 --> 00:31:14,775 You're following the evidence. 523 00:31:19,875 --> 00:31:22,405 [Joe] During this entire case thus far, 524 00:31:22,435 --> 00:31:25,235 Morris has nothing you can explain to a jury 525 00:31:25,275 --> 00:31:26,235 or a judge. 526 00:31:27,835 --> 00:31:29,675 However, they are fortunate 527 00:31:29,705 --> 00:31:33,005 that a fellow named Andrew Johnson comes forward. 528 00:31:33,035 --> 00:31:36,075 Okay, Mr. Johnson, what do you know about this? 529 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:44,605 Andrew Johnson says 530 00:31:44,635 --> 00:31:47,075 that after Mr. Harrison had been missing 531 00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:48,235 for a couple of weeks, 532 00:31:48,275 --> 00:31:53,005 he asked Alex Rhue, Jr. to drive to Myrtle Beach 533 00:31:53,035 --> 00:31:55,135 to help a friend move some furniture. 534 00:31:55,175 --> 00:31:57,205 So Alex, Jr. agreed. 535 00:32:28,475 --> 00:32:30,775 Now Andrew Johnson feels it's important 536 00:32:30,805 --> 00:32:32,375 to come in and tell the police this. 537 00:32:56,005 --> 00:32:59,105 Investigators need to confirm Andrew Johnson's story. 538 00:33:01,975 --> 00:33:03,775 [Allen]We got phone records. 539 00:33:03,805 --> 00:33:06,875 They give us analysis and that's what we went off of. 540 00:33:11,005 --> 00:33:13,005 [Joe] They do a GPS location check 541 00:33:13,035 --> 00:33:15,605 on Alex Rhue, Jr.'s cell phone 542 00:33:15,635 --> 00:33:18,005 and it shows that ride taking place 543 00:33:19,175 --> 00:33:22,305 to Myrtle Beach on the day when Johnson said it was. 544 00:33:22,335 --> 00:33:25,275 So it confirms the fact that that trip did occur. 545 00:33:25,305 --> 00:33:28,335 And Johnson says that's what Rhue told him 546 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:29,575 during that conversation. 547 00:33:33,235 --> 00:33:36,335 And during that GPS search of Alex Rhue, Jr.'s cell phone, 548 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:38,435 they also determine that at two o'clock in the morning, 549 00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:42,175 he went to the local Walmart the 26th of February. 550 00:33:42,205 --> 00:33:45,805 Probably the night that this homicide occurred. 551 00:33:45,835 --> 00:33:48,235 [Allen] That's one of the only things at that time 552 00:33:48,275 --> 00:33:49,205 that was open. 553 00:33:49,235 --> 00:33:51,235 We had to look at that video 554 00:33:51,275 --> 00:33:54,205 to see if they may have come to Walmart. 555 00:33:57,505 --> 00:33:58,675 We went through that Walmart footage. 556 00:33:58,705 --> 00:34:00,235 That was a lot of footage we had to go through. 557 00:34:08,735 --> 00:34:10,635 And we found them on camera... 558 00:34:11,775 --> 00:34:12,905 purchasing peroxide. 559 00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:17,575 Hydrogen peroxide is a very effective cleaning agent, 560 00:34:17,605 --> 00:34:19,275 particularly when it comes to blood. 561 00:34:20,275 --> 00:34:22,905 You have Alex Rhue, Jr. in that surveillance tape 562 00:34:22,934 --> 00:34:25,135 buying hydrogen peroxide, but who's with him? 563 00:34:25,835 --> 00:34:27,474 Alex Rhue, Sr., 564 00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:29,105 dear old dad, 565 00:34:30,405 --> 00:34:32,474 the supposed smarter older 566 00:34:32,505 --> 00:34:35,204 and more calm individual in most families. 567 00:34:35,235 --> 00:34:36,835 Not in this family. 568 00:34:40,305 --> 00:34:42,775 He's part of the cleanup effort. 569 00:34:48,474 --> 00:34:50,775 [Joe] Now, are there innocent people buying things 570 00:34:50,805 --> 00:34:52,405 in Walmart at two o'clock in the morning? 571 00:34:52,434 --> 00:34:53,635 Sure there are. 572 00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:57,805 However, they're not buying hydrogen peroxide 573 00:34:57,835 --> 00:34:59,805 to clean up a whole lot of blood 574 00:34:59,835 --> 00:35:01,575 in their sister's bedroom. 575 00:35:04,305 --> 00:35:08,975 So that is the ultimate nail in the Rhue coffin. 576 00:35:12,435 --> 00:35:13,775 [Allen] We look at that video 577 00:35:13,805 --> 00:35:15,675 and we're getting to the point of making an arrest. 578 00:35:15,705 --> 00:35:16,935 It was a good feeling 579 00:35:16,975 --> 00:35:18,605 that I was able to accomplish that. 580 00:35:21,405 --> 00:35:23,305 That was the first step, to me, 581 00:35:23,335 --> 00:35:24,335 in justice. 582 00:35:27,135 --> 00:35:28,435 Homicide investigation 583 00:35:28,475 --> 00:35:31,975 is overwhelmingly filled with pressure. 584 00:35:32,005 --> 00:35:35,475 That's why when you have somebody by the throat, 585 00:35:36,005 --> 00:35:38,405 it is absolutely euphoric. 586 00:35:39,735 --> 00:35:41,405 So now everyone's in custody, 587 00:35:41,435 --> 00:35:44,505 Alex, Jr., Tiesh and her father. 588 00:35:44,535 --> 00:35:46,175 Based on the available evidence, 589 00:35:46,205 --> 00:35:48,975 investigators have a pretty clear idea 590 00:35:49,005 --> 00:35:52,275 of what happened to Leon Harrison, Jr. 591 00:35:52,305 --> 00:35:55,535 on the night of February 25th, 2017. 592 00:36:03,335 --> 00:36:05,705 Tiesh and JR had a failing marriage 593 00:36:05,735 --> 00:36:07,935 with cheating on both sides. 594 00:36:07,975 --> 00:36:10,535 And the rage and the jealousy 595 00:36:10,575 --> 00:36:12,735 filled Tiesh to the maximum. 596 00:36:16,705 --> 00:36:18,375 She plotted her revenge. 597 00:36:20,635 --> 00:36:23,075 And Tiesh decided to text JR. 598 00:36:26,305 --> 00:36:27,975 [Allen] There was some text messages back and forth 599 00:36:28,005 --> 00:36:29,775 and a conversation about a candle light dinner 600 00:36:29,805 --> 00:36:31,205 in the bath tub. 601 00:36:35,935 --> 00:36:37,805 And that's what he was going over there for. 602 00:36:42,975 --> 00:36:43,935 [Joe] When he entered the house, 603 00:36:43,975 --> 00:36:45,675 she invited him into her bedroom, 604 00:36:45,705 --> 00:36:48,335 which I'm sure JR thought was promising. 605 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:51,875 He thought he was gonna have a reconciliation with Tiesh. 606 00:36:54,935 --> 00:36:57,835 JR had no idea he was walking into a trap 607 00:36:57,875 --> 00:36:59,535 designed to end his life. 608 00:37:06,475 --> 00:37:08,135 [William]There had been no doubt 609 00:37:08,175 --> 00:37:11,105 a history of conflict between the two. 610 00:37:11,135 --> 00:37:12,405 And I feel like 611 00:37:12,435 --> 00:37:15,535 that all came to a head that night in the house. 612 00:37:16,405 --> 00:37:19,775 Mr. Harrison's wife's brother was there. 613 00:37:19,805 --> 00:37:20,835 He got involved. 614 00:37:29,305 --> 00:37:31,305 JR is attacked and subdued 615 00:37:31,335 --> 00:37:33,235 and overwhelmed by these people. 616 00:37:36,475 --> 00:37:39,375 And wire was used to tie his hands and feet, 617 00:37:39,405 --> 00:37:41,135 making him helpless. 618 00:37:45,205 --> 00:37:47,935 Their beating was part of the rage factor, 619 00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:50,275 resulting in JR's demise. 620 00:37:51,775 --> 00:37:53,435 The coroner was unable to determine 621 00:37:53,475 --> 00:37:55,605 what was the fatal blow. 622 00:37:55,635 --> 00:37:57,075 And there's certainly no evidence to say 623 00:37:57,105 --> 00:38:00,175 which of these persons delivered that fatal blow. 624 00:38:02,005 --> 00:38:03,905 [William] There was a concerted effort at that point 625 00:38:03,935 --> 00:38:06,905 to get rid of the body, to clean up the scene 626 00:38:06,935 --> 00:38:08,175 and to... 627 00:38:08,205 --> 00:38:10,275 do what they could to distance themselves 628 00:38:10,305 --> 00:38:11,235 from that situation. 629 00:38:18,105 --> 00:38:21,275 [Joe] Then they remove JR from the premises... 630 00:38:23,775 --> 00:38:25,735 take him to the Black River 631 00:38:25,775 --> 00:38:27,175 and toss him in... 632 00:38:35,035 --> 00:38:38,075 believing that he's gonna float down the river, 633 00:38:38,105 --> 00:38:40,005 wind up in the Atlantic Ocean 634 00:38:40,035 --> 00:38:42,375 and never to be seen or heard from again. 635 00:38:44,805 --> 00:38:47,305 [Allen] We don't know exactly where they dumped him. 636 00:38:47,335 --> 00:38:48,835 So much time had went by, 637 00:38:48,875 --> 00:38:50,135 I don't know if we'll ever know. 638 00:39:00,635 --> 00:39:03,035 In court, the jury determined 639 00:39:03,075 --> 00:39:07,035 the father was only involved in the cleanup, 640 00:39:07,075 --> 00:39:08,735 and not with the homicide. 641 00:39:08,775 --> 00:39:11,135 So they charged him with obstruction of justice. 642 00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:16,135 They believe that Tiesh and her brother, 643 00:39:16,175 --> 00:39:17,335 Alex, Jr., 644 00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:20,175 were the primary killers in this case. 645 00:39:20,205 --> 00:39:22,135 And they convicted them of murder. 646 00:39:24,505 --> 00:39:26,575 In the end, the judge sentenced Tiesh 647 00:39:26,605 --> 00:39:28,335 and her brother, Alex, 648 00:39:28,375 --> 00:39:30,905 to 37 years in prison each 649 00:39:31,875 --> 00:39:34,675 and sentenced their father to eight years. 650 00:39:35,705 --> 00:39:36,975 You're all done. 651 00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:43,435 [Brittani] I cried when I heard the verdict 652 00:39:43,475 --> 00:39:46,005 'cause I knew that we finally got justice. 653 00:39:46,705 --> 00:39:49,175 Yeah, he was a hands-on father. 654 00:39:49,205 --> 00:39:50,935 Hands-on with everything. 655 00:39:50,975 --> 00:39:53,475 Sometimes, I just wanna like pick up the phone 656 00:39:53,505 --> 00:39:56,275 and talk to him about his kids. 657 00:39:58,505 --> 00:40:01,875 [Tyquise] I haven't had a dad to see like 658 00:40:01,905 --> 00:40:03,105 the teenage years. 659 00:40:03,135 --> 00:40:05,435 So a lot of things that a teenager 660 00:40:05,475 --> 00:40:06,935 would need their dad to show them, 661 00:40:06,975 --> 00:40:08,305 I really didn't have that. 662 00:40:09,675 --> 00:40:11,505 But when I make a touchdown, 663 00:40:11,535 --> 00:40:13,375 he's right there beside me. 664 00:40:15,375 --> 00:40:20,135 [Ji'Kiera] Every year, we celebrate his birthday 665 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:22,775 and things like that. 666 00:40:22,805 --> 00:40:25,035 We go release balloons 667 00:40:25,075 --> 00:40:26,635 where we found him at. 668 00:40:26,675 --> 00:40:29,435 Or we'll go to his favorite restaurant. 669 00:40:30,605 --> 00:40:33,535 It's not easy, but I know he still is with me. 670 00:40:38,275 --> 00:40:39,705 [Allen] This homicide case, 671 00:40:39,735 --> 00:40:41,875 I mean, that one will always stick out in my mind 672 00:40:41,905 --> 00:40:43,305 because it was my first one. 673 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:47,775 And, ultimately, we got justice for a family. 674 00:40:47,805 --> 00:40:49,205 [man on radio]Good work, guys. 675 00:40:51,505 --> 00:40:53,275 Homicide investigation is the ultimate test 676 00:40:53,305 --> 00:40:54,975 of the skill of the investigator. 677 00:40:55,005 --> 00:40:59,835 Good police work is the answer to the human condition. 678 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:01,035 It won't prevent anything, 679 00:41:01,075 --> 00:41:04,275 but it certainly will punish those responsible. 680 00:41:04,305 --> 00:41:07,035 We are the consequences for your behavior. 681 00:41:07,535 --> 00:41:08,805 That's what we do. 682 00:41:08,835 --> 00:41:12,505 Next time on American Detective... 683 00:41:12,535 --> 00:41:15,775 Dismemberment is an incredibly evil thing. 684 00:41:17,105 --> 00:41:18,675 Their arms and legs were scattered around. 685 00:41:18,705 --> 00:41:22,235 This perpetrator is intent on covering his tracks, 686 00:41:22,275 --> 00:41:26,035 but no one can be careful enough to stop a good detective. 687 00:41:26,075 --> 00:41:29,875 We're dealing with one sick individual.