1 00:00:20,522 --> 00:00:22,384 [Kenda] Columbus County, North Carolina, 2 00:00:22,384 --> 00:00:24,867 is a very rural part of the state. 3 00:00:26,798 --> 00:00:29,177 The kind of place where someone could think 4 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,349 they could cover up something that was really bad. 5 00:00:40,487 --> 00:00:42,349 At 9:15 p.m., 6 00:00:43,384 --> 00:00:45,798 911 gets a call of a fire 7 00:00:45,798 --> 00:00:48,039 and the fire department responds. 8 00:00:49,729 --> 00:00:52,073 It appears to be an abandoned structure 9 00:00:52,073 --> 00:00:55,177 that's been there for maybe 50 or 60 years, 10 00:00:57,211 --> 00:00:59,005 and now it's destroyed, 11 00:00:59,005 --> 00:01:01,005 and there are objects in the building 12 00:01:01,005 --> 00:01:02,073 and including a mattress, 13 00:01:03,108 --> 00:01:04,246 that is burned. 14 00:01:05,487 --> 00:01:08,867 A fireman sees an object he thinks could be a pumpkin. 15 00:01:13,177 --> 00:01:15,487 He realizes it's a human head. 16 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,936 It has teeth and hair 17 00:01:21,936 --> 00:01:23,487 and eyes. 18 00:01:24,591 --> 00:01:27,763 Housefires do not dismember bodies. 19 00:01:28,487 --> 00:01:30,005 [police radio chatter] 20 00:01:30,005 --> 00:01:31,384 This much is obvious. 21 00:01:32,177 --> 00:01:35,280 We're dealing with one sick individual. 22 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:41,867 I spent my career closing murder cases. 23 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:46,763 But I'm not the only one who answered the call. 24 00:01:48,625 --> 00:01:52,142 It takes a rare breed to solve the unsolvable. 25 00:01:53,005 --> 00:01:55,522 To catch a ruthless killer, 26 00:01:55,522 --> 00:01:58,177 to find justice, for the dead. 27 00:01:59,798 --> 00:02:03,073 That's what it takes to be 28 00:02:03,073 --> 00:02:04,867 an American detective. 29 00:02:09,487 --> 00:02:11,487 [Deming] My name is Nick Deming. 30 00:02:11,487 --> 00:02:13,384 I'm a special agent with the North Carolina 31 00:02:13,384 --> 00:02:14,763 State Bureau of Investigation. 32 00:02:15,487 --> 00:02:18,280 I wanted a job that, that wasn't routine. 33 00:02:20,177 --> 00:02:21,901 Law enforcement is not a routine job. 34 00:02:23,177 --> 00:02:25,384 [Kenda] The state only hires the best people 35 00:02:25,384 --> 00:02:28,625 because they're looking for the best people. 36 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:31,280 Deming's been a detective for ten years 37 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,901 and is now working for the SBI 38 00:02:33,901 --> 00:02:35,660 out of Jacksonville, North Carolina. 39 00:02:36,729 --> 00:02:38,349 I've met Nick Deming. 40 00:02:38,935 --> 00:02:41,177 He's a great guy and he is sharp. 41 00:02:41,177 --> 00:02:42,694 He knows his business. 42 00:02:44,177 --> 00:02:47,556 That day I was with my coworker. 43 00:02:49,487 --> 00:02:51,384 I get a call about nine o'clock in the morning. 44 00:02:52,522 --> 00:02:53,694 Yes, Deming. 45 00:02:54,729 --> 00:02:57,522 There was body parts located in a burned barn 46 00:02:57,522 --> 00:02:59,867 in Columbus County, about two hours away. 47 00:03:02,108 --> 00:03:03,901 We drop everything and head their way. 48 00:03:03,901 --> 00:03:05,763 -[siren chirps] -[tires screech] 49 00:03:09,384 --> 00:03:12,073 Deming gets a call about this grisly scene 50 00:03:12,073 --> 00:03:13,901 over in Columbus County. 51 00:03:13,901 --> 00:03:16,936 Dismembered body parts set on fire? 52 00:03:16,936 --> 00:03:19,073 This is not your average assignment. 53 00:03:22,591 --> 00:03:24,970 [police radio chatter] 54 00:03:34,901 --> 00:03:36,108 When I arrived at the scene, 55 00:03:36,108 --> 00:03:37,763 I remember it was still smoldering. 56 00:03:40,487 --> 00:03:44,108 The sickly sweet odor of burned flesh. 57 00:03:44,108 --> 00:03:47,453 The stench is a hard, hard thing to deal with. 58 00:03:52,798 --> 00:03:54,108 [Deming] You treat everything really 59 00:03:54,108 --> 00:03:56,005 as a death investigation. 60 00:03:56,005 --> 00:03:57,694 You don't form the opinion of, 61 00:03:57,694 --> 00:04:00,108 of suicide, homicide right out the gate. 62 00:04:01,108 --> 00:04:03,901 But here in this particular case, 63 00:04:03,901 --> 00:04:07,005 I certainly want to treat it like a homicide. 64 00:04:07,005 --> 00:04:07,970 [camera shutter clicking] 65 00:04:10,177 --> 00:04:12,832 Their arms and legs were scattered around 66 00:04:12,832 --> 00:04:14,280 throughout the debris. 67 00:04:15,005 --> 00:04:17,005 [Batten] Whoa, whoa, guys. Coming down! 68 00:04:17,005 --> 00:04:19,591 Once we moved a piece of wall, 69 00:04:19,591 --> 00:04:21,832 we found the second torso. 70 00:04:21,832 --> 00:04:23,591 [Batten] Hey, detective. 71 00:04:23,591 --> 00:04:25,280 You're gonna want to see this. 72 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:26,970 It took it to a different level. 73 00:04:30,315 --> 00:04:33,867 Wait a minute. Now we have two victims. 74 00:04:43,625 --> 00:04:47,177 Dismemberment is an incredibly evil thing to do. 75 00:04:47,798 --> 00:04:50,211 To kill is not enough. 76 00:04:50,211 --> 00:04:52,280 You're so filled with hate, 77 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:54,177 you want to destroy the identity 78 00:04:54,177 --> 00:04:55,487 of this individual. 79 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:01,384 Even animals don't kill like that. 80 00:05:03,073 --> 00:05:05,315 Animals kill to survive. 81 00:05:05,315 --> 00:05:07,936 They don't do so because they enjoy it. 82 00:05:07,936 --> 00:05:09,867 Only humans do that. 83 00:05:15,522 --> 00:05:17,177 At this point, I don't know 84 00:05:17,177 --> 00:05:18,763 if the victims were murdered here, 85 00:05:19,108 --> 00:05:20,591 or dumped here. 86 00:05:20,591 --> 00:05:23,211 [Kenda] Agent Deming is faced with a question. 87 00:05:23,211 --> 00:05:24,694 "Did this crime occur here, 88 00:05:24,694 --> 00:05:26,694 or is it just dump the remains, 89 00:05:26,694 --> 00:05:29,108 set them on fire and run away?" 90 00:05:29,108 --> 00:05:30,384 Odds are very good 91 00:05:30,384 --> 00:05:32,453 this is a dump site, not a murder site. 92 00:05:35,177 --> 00:05:38,901 To control two living people and get them in this building 93 00:05:38,901 --> 00:05:40,867 is not an easy thing to do. 94 00:05:42,798 --> 00:05:45,280 But it's very easy if they are already dead 95 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,246 and already dismembered. 96 00:05:49,177 --> 00:05:51,453 When we arrived at the scene at the barn, we had nothing. 97 00:05:53,522 --> 00:05:55,246 No victim identification, 98 00:05:56,108 --> 00:05:57,763 and certainly no suspect. 99 00:06:05,729 --> 00:06:07,108 [Kenda] When you arrive at a scene 100 00:06:07,108 --> 00:06:09,487 that's been destroyed by fire, 101 00:06:09,487 --> 00:06:11,280 it's frustrating because you're already 102 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,280 behind the eight ball, 103 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:15,556 and the investigation has not even begun. 104 00:06:16,832 --> 00:06:18,936 There's no evidence for you to find. 105 00:06:18,936 --> 00:06:20,556 It's already been destroyed. 106 00:06:21,591 --> 00:06:23,384 [Batten] We stayed on scene with the investigators 107 00:06:23,384 --> 00:06:24,625 throughout the night, 108 00:06:24,625 --> 00:06:27,901 and assisted with removing the body remains. 109 00:06:36,832 --> 00:06:39,625 Who are these people? Where did they come from? 110 00:06:39,625 --> 00:06:40,936 [doorbell rings] 111 00:06:40,936 --> 00:06:42,108 [dog barking] 112 00:06:42,108 --> 00:06:43,177 Are they related? 113 00:06:43,177 --> 00:06:45,660 Or are they two separate murders? 114 00:06:48,487 --> 00:06:49,798 We need to figure out what happened. 115 00:06:49,798 --> 00:06:51,005 [detective] We are just here to ask you 116 00:06:51,005 --> 00:06:52,798 a couple of questions about the house fire. 117 00:06:52,798 --> 00:06:55,487 To get some answers to those thousands of questions we have... 118 00:06:55,487 --> 00:06:57,487 Did you happen to see anything? 119 00:06:57,487 --> 00:06:58,936 ...we start knocking on doors. 120 00:06:58,936 --> 00:07:00,177 We start trying to get a timeline 121 00:07:00,177 --> 00:07:01,694 of when the fire was started. 122 00:07:01,694 --> 00:07:03,625 [detective] Were you home around 5:30 p.m. yesterday? 123 00:07:03,625 --> 00:07:05,901 [Kenda] Deming tries for a canvas in this area, 124 00:07:05,901 --> 00:07:07,763 but there's hardly anyone that lives here. 125 00:07:09,901 --> 00:07:12,522 The person that saw the flames and called it in 126 00:07:12,522 --> 00:07:14,246 was merely a passerby. 127 00:07:15,487 --> 00:07:17,694 There are no surveillance cameras. 128 00:07:17,694 --> 00:07:20,625 This is rural North Carolina. 129 00:07:20,625 --> 00:07:23,487 Mother Nature is the only witness to this. 130 00:07:24,522 --> 00:07:26,005 [police radio chatter] 131 00:07:28,729 --> 00:07:31,487 [Deming] When I was at the crime scene, 132 00:07:31,487 --> 00:07:33,384 I overheard that two females 133 00:07:33,384 --> 00:07:35,142 were missing out of Wilmington. 134 00:07:37,384 --> 00:07:40,315 I was thinking that was a good distance away 135 00:07:40,315 --> 00:07:41,936 from where we are at in Columbus County, 136 00:07:41,936 --> 00:07:43,177 but it's definitely something 137 00:07:43,177 --> 00:07:44,556 that we wanted to follow up with. 138 00:07:49,694 --> 00:07:52,487 [Kenda] Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 139 00:07:52,487 --> 00:07:54,349 in Wilmington, North Carolina. 140 00:07:56,487 --> 00:07:58,177 Reverend Blevins is greeting 141 00:07:58,177 --> 00:08:00,936 his Sunday morning parishioners. 142 00:08:00,936 --> 00:08:03,798 [Rev. Harriet] Eva Jo Jones and Tiffany Cartwright, 143 00:08:03,798 --> 00:08:06,073 were there every single Sunday. 144 00:08:06,901 --> 00:08:08,798 On this particular Sunday, 145 00:08:08,798 --> 00:08:11,005 we noticed that they were not there. 146 00:08:11,005 --> 00:08:13,556 That for them was very unusual. 147 00:08:18,211 --> 00:08:21,108 On Monday morning, I had gotten a text message 148 00:08:21,108 --> 00:08:23,280 asking me if I had heard from 149 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,246 Eva and Tiffany over the weekend. 150 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:29,005 We really need to check on them. 151 00:08:29,005 --> 00:08:30,591 We then said, "Well, let's just drive over 152 00:08:30,591 --> 00:08:31,970 to the apartment." 153 00:08:37,211 --> 00:08:39,005 [Kenda] They find the place locked up. 154 00:08:39,005 --> 00:08:40,177 [knock at door] 155 00:08:40,177 --> 00:08:41,693 Eva and her daughter Tiffany 156 00:08:41,693 --> 00:08:44,211 have never missed a church service in years. 157 00:08:44,211 --> 00:08:47,142 Everything about this is alarming to them. 158 00:08:49,073 --> 00:08:51,729 [Rev. Harriet] We went to the manager. 159 00:08:51,729 --> 00:08:53,591 We ask him if we could go in with him. 160 00:08:53,591 --> 00:08:54,694 [door opens] 161 00:08:54,694 --> 00:08:56,660 And so he opened the door. 162 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,177 It smelled very clean, 163 00:09:00,177 --> 00:09:02,832 like some type of disinfectant. 164 00:09:02,832 --> 00:09:05,177 We went all the way down the hall. 165 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:08,591 Everything was absolutely spotless. 166 00:09:08,591 --> 00:09:10,936 Everything was put in perfect order. 167 00:09:10,936 --> 00:09:12,901 There was not a dish in the sink. 168 00:09:12,901 --> 00:09:13,970 There was nothing. 169 00:09:14,798 --> 00:09:16,280 Like they had just 170 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:17,970 packed their bags and left. 171 00:09:19,005 --> 00:09:21,694 I just knew something wasn't right. 172 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:24,005 So I called the Wilmington Police Department 173 00:09:24,005 --> 00:09:26,005 and reported them missing. 174 00:09:26,005 --> 00:09:27,694 -[siren chirps] -[police radio chatter] 175 00:09:31,487 --> 00:09:34,418 Wilmington PD responds to the apartment, 176 00:09:34,418 --> 00:09:37,005 finds the place neat and tidy. 177 00:09:37,005 --> 00:09:40,349 Everything here had the appearance of total normalcy. 178 00:09:41,211 --> 00:09:42,798 Nothing to see here, folks. 179 00:09:42,798 --> 00:09:45,798 And yet something here just isn't right. 180 00:09:46,694 --> 00:09:48,349 Where are these people? 181 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:52,453 Why didn't they tell anybody where they were going? 182 00:09:56,522 --> 00:09:58,487 [Deming] So I realized that 183 00:09:58,487 --> 00:10:01,280 we have two ladies missing out of Wilmington 184 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,384 and we have potentially two human remains 185 00:10:03,384 --> 00:10:04,763 that were found in a barn. 186 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:07,832 Due to the fire damage, our best hope 187 00:10:07,832 --> 00:10:09,832 was to reach out to Wilmington PD 188 00:10:09,832 --> 00:10:13,349 and get the dental records to identify the human remains. 189 00:10:14,177 --> 00:10:15,522 The coroner's office determines 190 00:10:15,522 --> 00:10:17,625 that the bodies discovered in the barn 191 00:10:17,625 --> 00:10:21,970 are in fact Tiffany Cartwright and her mother Eva Jones. 192 00:10:23,177 --> 00:10:26,556 When you see a case like this where the violence is extreme, 193 00:10:26,901 --> 00:10:28,177 it's personal. 194 00:10:29,177 --> 00:10:32,177 This is not some random act by a lunatic. 195 00:10:33,522 --> 00:10:35,280 This perpetrator is intent 196 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:37,867 on covering his tracks. 197 00:10:38,591 --> 00:10:39,798 Deming knows this, 198 00:10:39,798 --> 00:10:42,073 but no one can be careful enough 199 00:10:42,073 --> 00:10:43,660 to stop a good detective. 200 00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:52,177 Agent Deming now knows the identity 201 00:10:52,177 --> 00:10:54,073 of these two unfortunate souls, 202 00:10:57,005 --> 00:10:58,798 who were discovered dismembered 203 00:10:58,798 --> 00:11:00,177 and burned to a crisp. 204 00:11:02,625 --> 00:11:05,798 No one in their hometown of Wilmington knows that yet. 205 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:09,108 As far as they know, these women are still missing. 206 00:11:09,108 --> 00:11:10,625 [reporter] Prayer after prayer 207 00:11:10,625 --> 00:11:11,729 going up tonight 208 00:11:11,729 --> 00:11:13,694 for Eva Jones and her daughter, 209 00:11:13,694 --> 00:11:15,005 Tiffany Cartwright. 210 00:11:15,005 --> 00:11:16,418 No one's heard from the mother 211 00:11:16,418 --> 00:11:17,729 and daughter since Friday. 212 00:11:17,729 --> 00:11:19,832 Both missed Saturday doctor appointments 213 00:11:19,832 --> 00:11:22,729 and Sunday service at Life Community Church. 214 00:11:22,729 --> 00:11:23,901 Their car gone, 215 00:11:23,901 --> 00:11:26,280 their phones going straight to voicemail. 216 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,280 Now their church, that's more like family, 217 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:30,660 just wants them found. 218 00:11:35,798 --> 00:11:39,694 Wilmington PD is now aware of who these people are 219 00:11:39,694 --> 00:11:42,108 and report to Harriet at their church, 220 00:11:42,108 --> 00:11:45,142 the woman who reported them missing in the first place. 221 00:11:45,487 --> 00:11:46,487 [phone ringing] 222 00:11:48,487 --> 00:11:50,005 When I heard the bodies 223 00:11:50,005 --> 00:11:52,005 were dismembered, 224 00:11:52,005 --> 00:11:54,591 I don't think I have ever felt so sick 225 00:11:54,591 --> 00:11:58,177 and so... It was just an awful feeling. 226 00:11:59,591 --> 00:12:01,384 Here we are in an investigation 227 00:12:01,384 --> 00:12:03,384 where a mother and her daughter 228 00:12:03,384 --> 00:12:05,211 are found brutally murdered, 229 00:12:05,211 --> 00:12:07,901 dismembered and set on fire. 230 00:12:07,901 --> 00:12:10,384 Who would want to do them harm? 231 00:12:10,384 --> 00:12:12,246 Someone certainly did. 232 00:12:14,384 --> 00:12:16,694 [Deming] At that point we don't know too much about 'em 233 00:12:16,694 --> 00:12:18,280 because we are kind of almost working 234 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,694 two separate investigations 235 00:12:19,694 --> 00:12:21,246 until we hit that overlap. 236 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,418 But Wilmington PD had spoken to 237 00:12:24,418 --> 00:12:26,763 friends from the church, people in the community. 238 00:12:27,591 --> 00:12:30,763 [church bell ringing] 239 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,177 I met Eva and Tiffany pretty soon 240 00:12:36,177 --> 00:12:38,073 after they came to the church. 241 00:12:39,832 --> 00:12:43,005 They were there every single Sunday. 242 00:12:43,005 --> 00:12:45,901 [Kenda] Eva is 60 years old and is employed 243 00:12:45,901 --> 00:12:48,073 in a legal office in Wilmington. 244 00:12:48,901 --> 00:12:51,694 Her daughter Tiffany is 35 245 00:12:51,694 --> 00:12:55,625 and is a custodian at a local elementary school. 246 00:12:55,625 --> 00:12:57,867 They lived together in an apartment. 247 00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:00,832 I did get to know both of them. 248 00:13:00,832 --> 00:13:03,005 Uh, Eva particularly, 249 00:13:03,005 --> 00:13:05,005 she just had such a sweet spirit about her. 250 00:13:05,005 --> 00:13:08,384 And, uh, Tiffany she was great, she was quieter. 251 00:13:08,384 --> 00:13:10,384 Uh, she served in our ministries. 252 00:13:10,384 --> 00:13:11,970 They both were amazing people. 253 00:13:14,177 --> 00:13:15,625 [Deming] Law enforcement always talks 254 00:13:15,625 --> 00:13:17,591 to the next of kin to figure out who else 255 00:13:17,591 --> 00:13:19,211 might be involved in the story. 256 00:13:19,211 --> 00:13:21,487 Wilmington PD told me that they had spoken 257 00:13:21,487 --> 00:13:24,763 to Eva Jo Jones' other daughter, Sara. 258 00:13:26,418 --> 00:13:28,694 [Kenda] Sara has now moved out of state 259 00:13:28,694 --> 00:13:31,970 after separating from her husband and now lives in Ohio. 260 00:13:34,005 --> 00:13:36,177 On that Thursday, during the day, 261 00:13:36,177 --> 00:13:41,005 Sara made her trip from Ohio in her car to Wilmington 262 00:13:41,005 --> 00:13:43,246 and she came straight to the church. 263 00:13:54,487 --> 00:13:58,005 [Deming] Wilmington PD met Sara at the church 264 00:13:58,005 --> 00:14:00,073 and informed her that her mother 265 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:01,384 and her sister were deceased. 266 00:14:04,005 --> 00:14:06,384 [Rev. Tim] To the police's credit, they... they didn't want 267 00:14:06,384 --> 00:14:08,522 to be alone at that moment. 268 00:14:08,522 --> 00:14:11,349 And so we met at our church and... 269 00:14:12,625 --> 00:14:15,901 they shared the tragic news with her and... 270 00:14:19,729 --> 00:14:21,005 It was a moment. 271 00:14:22,005 --> 00:14:24,798 I hope I never have to sit in a moment like that again. 272 00:14:27,005 --> 00:14:30,832 [Rev. Harriet] Watching a human being absorb that kind of news, 273 00:14:30,832 --> 00:14:32,729 it was traumatic to me. 274 00:14:32,729 --> 00:14:35,867 I can't imagine how traumatic it was for Sara. 275 00:14:38,591 --> 00:14:40,522 Just what do you do with all that pain? 276 00:14:40,522 --> 00:14:42,280 Where do you put all of that? 277 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:47,625 Sara is of course devastated by this news. 278 00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:50,625 They enquire of Sara who might want to do them harm. 279 00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:52,384 Any issues with anybody? 280 00:14:52,384 --> 00:14:53,591 [Kenda] Sara says, "No one. 281 00:14:53,591 --> 00:14:55,660 They are the nicest people in the world." 282 00:14:56,005 --> 00:14:57,108 The usual story, 283 00:14:57,108 --> 00:14:58,901 no one has threatened them in any way, 284 00:14:58,901 --> 00:15:01,453 nor are there any difficulties with anyone. 285 00:15:04,005 --> 00:15:06,384 [Deming] I knew based off the dismembered bodies 286 00:15:06,384 --> 00:15:09,591 that this is gonna be some link to a crime of passion. 287 00:15:09,591 --> 00:15:12,522 It's gonna be linked to a potential anger, sadness, 288 00:15:12,522 --> 00:15:15,591 all sorts of emotions that just built up. 289 00:15:17,073 --> 00:15:21,108 Affairs of the heart produce emotions like nothing else. 290 00:15:21,108 --> 00:15:23,384 People get really distressed 291 00:15:23,384 --> 00:15:25,936 when they believe they're being rejected. 292 00:15:25,936 --> 00:15:27,901 This produces rage, 293 00:15:27,901 --> 00:15:30,936 and rage becomes revenge, 294 00:15:30,936 --> 00:15:33,763 and revenge becomes murder. 295 00:15:36,798 --> 00:15:39,522 Who were they romantically involved with? 296 00:15:39,522 --> 00:15:41,625 How did that come to an end? 297 00:15:41,625 --> 00:15:44,349 Did somebody monkey with somebody else's monkey? 298 00:15:46,694 --> 00:15:48,453 That's always a problem. 299 00:15:52,073 --> 00:15:55,280 Eva is 60 years old, but she is single. 300 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,315 They asked, "Does she date people?" 301 00:15:57,315 --> 00:16:00,073 And they say, "No, not recently." 302 00:16:00,073 --> 00:16:02,246 "Okay. What about her daughter, Tiffany?" 303 00:16:03,694 --> 00:16:06,280 "Well, she has an ex-boyfriend." 304 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,970 "They broke up." "Oh, really?" 305 00:16:10,108 --> 00:16:12,660 Their friends know him as Ben Chapman. 306 00:16:14,108 --> 00:16:15,522 They dated for a period of time 307 00:16:15,522 --> 00:16:17,073 and now they don't anymore. 308 00:16:19,315 --> 00:16:22,487 No one knows much more about them than that. 309 00:16:22,487 --> 00:16:25,487 But it's a name, and it gives Deming a place to go. 310 00:16:26,832 --> 00:16:28,005 [Deming] Thank you for meeting with us. 311 00:16:28,005 --> 00:16:29,280 Who are you, Ben? 312 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,867 And what you have to do with this, if anything? 313 00:16:39,005 --> 00:16:40,349 [police radio chatter] 314 00:16:45,108 --> 00:16:48,108 [Deming] I have seen it in my training and had experience that 315 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,177 a lot of times it's a break up with a girlfriend. 316 00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:52,418 It could be that thing that 317 00:16:52,418 --> 00:16:54,660 triggers that person to take a life. 318 00:16:59,211 --> 00:17:01,177 Deming is considering how to approach Ben, 319 00:17:01,177 --> 00:17:04,108 and identifying where he's currently located... 320 00:17:04,108 --> 00:17:06,901 [phone ringing] 321 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,901 ...when he's contacted by the coroner's office 322 00:17:08,901 --> 00:17:10,763 with the results of the autopsy. 323 00:17:13,591 --> 00:17:17,005 The medical examiner's report came out 324 00:17:17,005 --> 00:17:18,660 and the findings were horrific. 325 00:17:20,073 --> 00:17:22,487 You've got a blunt force trauma, 326 00:17:24,797 --> 00:17:27,383 dismembered bodies, 327 00:17:27,383 --> 00:17:30,211 removal of the limbs, and decapitation. 328 00:17:30,211 --> 00:17:32,591 This is some dark stuff. 329 00:17:37,487 --> 00:17:39,280 [Kenda] What's the cause of death? 330 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,694 Well, take your pick. 331 00:17:40,694 --> 00:17:43,349 There's probably 20 causes of death in there. 332 00:17:45,625 --> 00:17:48,280 These people weren't just dismembered, 333 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,660 they were tortured. 334 00:17:51,177 --> 00:17:53,177 The hate that this person feels 335 00:17:53,177 --> 00:17:56,349 never dissipates during this entire process. 336 00:17:57,418 --> 00:17:59,418 He's having the time of his life 337 00:17:59,418 --> 00:18:00,901 killing these people. 338 00:18:12,005 --> 00:18:14,108 A lot of times, the straw that breaks the camel's back 339 00:18:14,108 --> 00:18:15,798 it'd be learning of infidelity, 340 00:18:15,798 --> 00:18:18,798 somebody leaving, a partner, betrayal, 341 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:20,936 could play a big factor in there. 342 00:18:20,936 --> 00:18:23,073 [Kenda] Ben is an ex-boyfriend. 343 00:18:24,591 --> 00:18:27,073 How did he become an ex-boyfriend? 344 00:18:27,591 --> 00:18:30,005 A transgression by him? 345 00:18:30,005 --> 00:18:31,798 Or a transgression by Tiffany? 346 00:18:34,522 --> 00:18:37,177 Police like ex-boyfriends. 347 00:18:37,177 --> 00:18:38,970 They do stupid things. 348 00:18:52,384 --> 00:18:53,487 I've seen death 349 00:18:53,487 --> 00:18:54,487 by every means 350 00:18:54,487 --> 00:18:56,280 except a nuclear weapon. 351 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,142 Is this the worst murder I know about? 352 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,142 It's certainly in the top ten. 353 00:19:03,694 --> 00:19:05,453 I've had worse, but not many. 354 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,625 In this case, we're talking about the dismemberment 355 00:19:11,625 --> 00:19:14,280 of two women, and set on fire. 356 00:19:16,039 --> 00:19:19,418 Could it be that Tiffany's ex-boyfriend Ben Chapman 357 00:19:19,418 --> 00:19:20,970 be the person who did that? 358 00:19:23,522 --> 00:19:25,970 He's certainly worthy of further enquiry. 359 00:19:31,177 --> 00:19:34,970 They find nothing about him to be suspicious in any way. 360 00:19:36,487 --> 00:19:38,384 All his friends and associates say 361 00:19:38,384 --> 00:19:40,246 that he is a wonderful person. 362 00:19:41,142 --> 00:19:43,798 In a lot of cases, the ex-boyfriend or girlfriend 363 00:19:43,798 --> 00:19:45,591 can be a great source of information, 364 00:19:45,591 --> 00:19:47,211 but in this case it wasn't of help. 365 00:19:49,384 --> 00:19:50,625 When you're looking for someone 366 00:19:50,625 --> 00:19:53,142 that has this level of violence in them, 367 00:19:53,142 --> 00:19:56,453 you assume that they have an extensive criminal record. 368 00:19:57,522 --> 00:19:59,211 Ben Chapman doesn't have one. 369 00:20:00,694 --> 00:20:02,694 His demeanor does not match 370 00:20:02,694 --> 00:20:04,384 someone who is capable 371 00:20:04,384 --> 00:20:06,591 of doing what it was done to these two women. 372 00:20:07,763 --> 00:20:09,832 Ben Chapman didn't do this. 373 00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:12,591 Someone else did. 374 00:20:19,108 --> 00:20:21,970 At this point, we're spinning our wheels somewhat. 375 00:20:21,970 --> 00:20:23,418 They haven't even established 376 00:20:23,418 --> 00:20:25,591 the location of the crime scene yet. 377 00:20:27,142 --> 00:20:29,970 They know where body parts were dumped, 378 00:20:29,970 --> 00:20:32,453 but that's not where these murders took place. 379 00:20:34,142 --> 00:20:36,073 [Deming] We always want to find the scene of the crime. 380 00:20:36,073 --> 00:20:38,142 That way we can locate more evidence. 381 00:20:38,142 --> 00:20:40,108 That way we can help 382 00:20:40,108 --> 00:20:41,970 determine through that evidence 383 00:20:41,970 --> 00:20:44,246 who was there, maybe even who wasn't there. 384 00:20:45,798 --> 00:20:48,142 [Kenda] So the scene is still out there, 385 00:20:48,142 --> 00:20:49,591 and Deming knows it. 386 00:20:51,763 --> 00:20:53,039 Where is it? 387 00:20:53,798 --> 00:20:55,660 It's likely it's their apartment, 388 00:20:57,694 --> 00:20:59,384 despite what the police say 389 00:20:59,384 --> 00:21:01,280 they observed when they were in there. 390 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,246 So let's go back and look again. 391 00:21:12,901 --> 00:21:14,867 [Deming] Detectives go back to the apartment 392 00:21:14,867 --> 00:21:17,867 to see if anything's there that they might have missed. 393 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,487 They locate Eva's purse and phone. 394 00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:36,901 [Kenda] Now that's interesting. 395 00:21:36,901 --> 00:21:38,522 Just one victim's phone 396 00:21:38,522 --> 00:21:41,384 was discovered in their apartment. Eva's. 397 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:43,177 But where is Tiffany's? 398 00:21:43,177 --> 00:21:46,039 Deming needs to figure that out and fast. 399 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:48,384 [Deming] Cell phone records are great 400 00:21:48,384 --> 00:21:50,384 because the cell phone provider will give us 401 00:21:50,384 --> 00:21:53,073 the location of where the cell phone was last used. 402 00:21:53,073 --> 00:21:56,901 [Kenda] So while they wait for answers from the cell phone company, 403 00:21:56,901 --> 00:22:00,970 investigators carry out a full forensic work-up of the victims' apartment. 404 00:22:06,073 --> 00:22:07,280 There's a factor involved 405 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,694 in physical evidence of a violent crime. 406 00:22:10,384 --> 00:22:12,142 It's called blood. 407 00:22:12,142 --> 00:22:15,591 Blood has a habit of showing up in the darndest places. 408 00:22:15,591 --> 00:22:17,246 Even after time. 409 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,763 Crime scene investigators 410 00:22:20,763 --> 00:22:22,867 are highly trained individuals. 411 00:22:23,418 --> 00:22:25,039 They got more chemicals. 412 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:26,591 They have these fancy lights. 413 00:22:26,591 --> 00:22:29,108 They have all sorts of, uh, equipment 414 00:22:29,108 --> 00:22:30,522 that, that could help them, 415 00:22:30,522 --> 00:22:33,177 uh, develop leads and collect evidence at a crime scene 416 00:22:33,177 --> 00:22:34,556 a normal cop couldn't gather. 417 00:22:36,591 --> 00:22:38,487 [Kenda] Blood is a curious thing. 418 00:22:38,487 --> 00:22:41,108 It's a viscous liquid. It's not like water. 419 00:22:41,108 --> 00:22:43,384 It's thick, and eventually 420 00:22:43,384 --> 00:22:45,487 it's going to seep back to the surface. 421 00:22:50,591 --> 00:22:52,591 On this occasion, they see something 422 00:22:52,591 --> 00:22:54,453 they didn't see three days ago. 423 00:22:56,418 --> 00:22:59,763 Now they see a faded crimson stain on the carpet. 424 00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:05,798 They block all the windows. 425 00:23:05,798 --> 00:23:08,246 They hosed the place down with luminol. 426 00:23:19,487 --> 00:23:21,660 And it lights up. 427 00:23:26,901 --> 00:23:29,246 There is blood everywhere. 428 00:23:36,763 --> 00:23:39,453 Blood in the bathtub. Blood in the bathroom. 429 00:23:44,625 --> 00:23:46,763 Blood in the carpet. 430 00:23:46,763 --> 00:23:48,108 [Deming] Finding this amount of blood 431 00:23:48,108 --> 00:23:49,384 tells us that somebody 432 00:23:49,384 --> 00:23:50,591 could have been killed in this apartment. 433 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:58,384 Today's technology, uh, with DNA, 434 00:23:58,384 --> 00:24:00,073 if there's a large loss of blood 435 00:24:00,073 --> 00:24:03,073 it's gonna be extremely hard to get rid of it all. 436 00:24:04,211 --> 00:24:05,625 So you're trying to figure out 437 00:24:05,625 --> 00:24:07,280 what else isn't here that should be here? 438 00:24:09,867 --> 00:24:12,591 There's hacksaw marks on the bathtub 439 00:24:12,591 --> 00:24:16,453 and that could've played a role in how the bodies were dismembered. 440 00:24:18,177 --> 00:24:20,211 There was a brand-new shower curtain 441 00:24:20,211 --> 00:24:22,142 placed in the bathroom, 442 00:24:22,142 --> 00:24:24,901 which by itself necessarily isn't anything, 443 00:24:24,901 --> 00:24:26,867 but when you start combining all these other factors, 444 00:24:29,694 --> 00:24:30,763 it's pretty significant. 445 00:24:33,901 --> 00:24:35,384 At this point of the investigation, 446 00:24:35,384 --> 00:24:37,108 with no signs of forced entry, 447 00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:38,591 it's somebody that had access 448 00:24:38,591 --> 00:24:40,453 that they willingly let into the house. 449 00:24:42,315 --> 00:24:44,867 [Kenda] So now we are getting somewhere at last. 450 00:24:44,867 --> 00:24:47,901 Deming now needs Tiffany's cell phone records back 451 00:24:47,901 --> 00:24:50,211 because they are the next piece of this puzzle. 452 00:24:59,694 --> 00:25:01,280 Great. Thanks. 453 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,970 Location data can tell you 454 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:05,763 a great deal about a cell phone. 455 00:25:07,487 --> 00:25:09,142 In the case of Eva Jones, 456 00:25:09,142 --> 00:25:11,970 the last location ping on her phone 457 00:25:13,591 --> 00:25:15,970 was on the door knob in her apartment. 458 00:25:17,108 --> 00:25:18,453 She didn't go anywhere. 459 00:25:20,487 --> 00:25:22,108 In the case of her daughter Tiffany, 460 00:25:23,487 --> 00:25:25,798 when they get those results back, 461 00:25:25,798 --> 00:25:27,453 it's a total mystery. 462 00:25:30,108 --> 00:25:33,005 [Deming] We learned through investigation at Wilmington PD 463 00:25:33,005 --> 00:25:35,453 that Tiffany's last ping was in Myrtle Beach. 464 00:25:40,211 --> 00:25:41,970 So what is Tiffany's phone doing 465 00:25:41,970 --> 00:25:44,280 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina? 466 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,211 We need to go to victims' relatives and friends 467 00:25:48,694 --> 00:25:50,108 to find out what connection, 468 00:25:50,108 --> 00:25:52,660 if any, they had to that location. 469 00:25:56,005 --> 00:25:59,591 We knew that Sara, Eva's other daughter, 470 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:02,349 had lived in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. 471 00:26:04,798 --> 00:26:08,039 [Deming] So Wilmington police talk to Sara to figure out 472 00:26:08,039 --> 00:26:09,867 who else might be involved in this story. 473 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,005 One of the persons she mentioned was 474 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:15,970 her estranged husband Jeffrey. 475 00:26:17,901 --> 00:26:19,694 [Kenda] Sara, the surviving daughter, 476 00:26:19,694 --> 00:26:21,763 is going through a divorce with her husband 477 00:26:21,763 --> 00:26:24,005 with whom she had two kids. 478 00:26:24,005 --> 00:26:26,108 The husband's name is Jeffrey Harmon. 479 00:26:27,487 --> 00:26:29,177 [Sara] Got divorced recently... 480 00:26:29,177 --> 00:26:30,625 [Kenda] Sara has left Jeffrey 481 00:26:30,625 --> 00:26:32,798 and is currently living in Ohio. 482 00:26:32,798 --> 00:26:35,487 Wanted to stay together, be a family. I didn't. 483 00:26:35,487 --> 00:26:38,315 She says Jeffrey is hoping they'll get back together, 484 00:26:38,315 --> 00:26:41,625 but she has no plans to reconcile with him. 485 00:26:41,625 --> 00:26:46,280 Everybody who was in Eva and Tiffany's sphere of influences in Wilmington, 486 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,660 except for one. Jeffrey Harmon... 487 00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:52,556 who lived in Myrtle Beach. 488 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,005 [Kenda] Well, Jeffrey, 489 00:26:56,005 --> 00:26:58,453 that's a bit of a problem now, isn't it? 490 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,694 Tiffany's phone is pinging in your city. 491 00:27:02,694 --> 00:27:05,177 There's a moment in every case 492 00:27:05,177 --> 00:27:08,487 when something happens that is the key to something. 493 00:27:08,487 --> 00:27:10,798 You feel a sense of calmness come over you 494 00:27:10,798 --> 00:27:12,384 because the tension has left you. 495 00:27:12,970 --> 00:27:14,246 This is it. 496 00:27:16,522 --> 00:27:18,211 This is what we need. 497 00:27:27,073 --> 00:27:29,453 The last cell phone location ping 498 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,970 on Tiffany's phone 499 00:27:33,556 --> 00:27:36,073 was in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 500 00:27:38,591 --> 00:27:40,901 Now, who lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina? 501 00:27:40,901 --> 00:27:42,453 Well, Jeffrey Harmon does, 502 00:27:43,901 --> 00:27:47,936 the estranged husband of Tiffany's sister, Sara. 503 00:27:52,487 --> 00:27:55,177 Sara says Jeffrey says he loves her 504 00:27:55,177 --> 00:27:58,487 and wants her to return to the family home. 505 00:27:58,487 --> 00:28:01,177 He seems to get along fine with his mother-in-law 506 00:28:01,177 --> 00:28:02,660 and his sister-in-law. 507 00:28:03,384 --> 00:28:06,005 Jeffrey was a even-keel man, 508 00:28:06,005 --> 00:28:08,591 who had volunteered with the Boy Scouts, 509 00:28:08,591 --> 00:28:11,660 and was known to be relatively quiet. 510 00:28:13,556 --> 00:28:16,005 [Deming] All right. All right. Thank you. 511 00:28:16,005 --> 00:28:19,901 [Deming] We weren't able to locate anything significant between them, 512 00:28:19,901 --> 00:28:23,867 through domestic violence, or anything of that nature. 513 00:28:42,591 --> 00:28:44,487 Following the murders, the investigators 514 00:28:44,487 --> 00:28:46,005 had reached out to Jeffrey 515 00:28:46,005 --> 00:28:48,729 to tell him what had happened to his in-laws. 516 00:28:50,384 --> 00:28:52,349 [Deming] Wilmington spoke to Jeffrey Harmon. 517 00:28:54,901 --> 00:28:57,867 He said he hadn't seen Tiffany or Eva since Christmas 518 00:28:57,867 --> 00:28:59,522 and he had no plans to see them. 519 00:29:01,177 --> 00:29:05,005 [Kenda] When Wilmington PD spoke to Jeffrey Harmon, 520 00:29:05,005 --> 00:29:07,108 he told them his mother-in-law and sister-in-law 521 00:29:07,108 --> 00:29:09,936 did not want to be involved in their marital problems. 522 00:29:11,694 --> 00:29:14,349 When police talked to Sara, she gave them the same story. 523 00:29:16,453 --> 00:29:19,177 [Kenda] So that account is all confirmed. 524 00:29:19,177 --> 00:29:24,453 But surprise, surprise, it's not the entire story, because it never is. 525 00:29:24,453 --> 00:29:26,591 Harriet Blevins, the wife of the minister, 526 00:29:26,591 --> 00:29:28,246 recalled something important. 527 00:29:29,246 --> 00:29:33,763 I knew about Sara and her husband's troubles, 528 00:29:33,763 --> 00:29:36,384 because Eva would confide in me 529 00:29:36,384 --> 00:29:38,901 and others at the church to pray for Sara. 530 00:29:38,901 --> 00:29:42,108 She was always very concerned for Sara and for her children, 531 00:29:44,005 --> 00:29:46,039 and that she did not think 532 00:29:46,039 --> 00:29:48,246 that Jeff Harmon was a good guy, 533 00:29:49,591 --> 00:29:52,591 and she did not think he was good to Sara. 534 00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:55,453 I think that Tiffany also was not happy 535 00:29:55,453 --> 00:29:57,763 that her sister was married to such a man. 536 00:30:04,108 --> 00:30:06,694 [Kenda] Let's run him through the system. 537 00:30:06,694 --> 00:30:08,246 Find out where he lives. 538 00:30:10,763 --> 00:30:12,349 Well, Jeffrey, 539 00:30:12,349 --> 00:30:16,246 Tiffany's phone is pinging close to where you reside. 540 00:30:17,349 --> 00:30:20,591 It started to click and we, at that point, knew 541 00:30:20,591 --> 00:30:24,694 that one of the phones was down there at his residence. 542 00:30:24,694 --> 00:30:29,349 And it was a bold-faced lie if he said he didn't see them since Christmas. 543 00:30:31,177 --> 00:30:33,418 I always loved it when people lied to me. 544 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:35,625 Tell me a lie, 545 00:30:36,246 --> 00:30:37,936 'cause if you'll lie to me, 546 00:30:38,487 --> 00:30:40,556 I'm talking to the right fellow. 547 00:30:46,487 --> 00:30:48,970 Now we have to go confront Mr. Harmon. 548 00:30:48,970 --> 00:30:50,556 Go see him 549 00:30:51,177 --> 00:30:52,763 and look him in the eye. 550 00:31:10,384 --> 00:31:12,039 [Jernigan] I'm Sergeant Jamie Jernigan. 551 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:13,039 I formerly worked with 552 00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:14,177 Horry County Police Department 553 00:31:14,177 --> 00:31:16,005 as a investigative detective 554 00:31:16,005 --> 00:31:17,315 in the homicide unit. 555 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,349 April 4th, 2017, 556 00:31:20,349 --> 00:31:22,005 the criminal investigation unit 557 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:23,970 receives the call from Wilmington PD 558 00:31:23,970 --> 00:31:26,177 to send out a detective to an address 559 00:31:26,177 --> 00:31:27,694 out on Leo Drive in Myrtle Beach. 560 00:31:27,694 --> 00:31:29,280 [knock at door] 561 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,005 [Jernigan] The detective attempts to make contact 562 00:31:31,005 --> 00:31:32,453 by knocking on the door. 563 00:31:34,384 --> 00:31:35,660 He checked the windows. 564 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:37,453 He looked around, he didn't see anyone. 565 00:31:38,591 --> 00:31:40,005 [Kenda] So where's Jeffrey? 566 00:31:40,005 --> 00:31:42,246 Is he hiding? Is he just at work? 567 00:31:42,660 --> 00:31:43,936 Interesting. 568 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:50,005 So he took his business card, put in the door. 569 00:31:51,384 --> 00:31:54,177 They left a business card for a reason. 570 00:31:54,177 --> 00:31:56,867 They want Harmon to know they were there. 571 00:31:58,901 --> 00:32:01,073 They want to see if it hinks him up at all. 572 00:32:14,177 --> 00:32:15,556 [cell phone vibrating] 573 00:32:18,487 --> 00:32:21,418 [Deming] I was at home sleeping after working a long day, 574 00:32:23,246 --> 00:32:26,349 and I hear the phone ring around 2:00 a.m. 575 00:32:27,487 --> 00:32:29,349 The 2:00 a.m. phone call's never good. 576 00:32:32,591 --> 00:32:34,384 It's Horry County Police Department. 577 00:32:34,384 --> 00:32:37,005 [caller speaking indistinctly] 578 00:32:37,005 --> 00:32:38,867 [Kenda] Deming is on the phone with the Horry County 579 00:32:38,867 --> 00:32:41,246 Police Department in South Carolina. 580 00:32:41,246 --> 00:32:43,246 They reported they've received a phone call 581 00:32:43,246 --> 00:32:45,039 from Jeffrey Harmon's friend. 582 00:32:47,798 --> 00:32:49,039 We knew we had a problem. 583 00:32:53,901 --> 00:32:55,142 [police radio chatter] 584 00:32:58,142 --> 00:32:59,591 The Horry County Police Department 585 00:32:59,591 --> 00:33:00,694 in South Carolina 586 00:33:00,694 --> 00:33:01,901 received a call from 587 00:33:01,901 --> 00:33:03,280 Jeffrey's friend 588 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,005 who's in Jeffrey's home. 589 00:33:06,556 --> 00:33:09,280 He said Jeffrey called him in a panic. 590 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,177 So he headed over to the house. 591 00:33:15,246 --> 00:33:16,867 He went inside. 592 00:33:17,556 --> 00:33:19,556 As he approached the bathroom door, 593 00:33:20,384 --> 00:33:21,832 he heard a gunshot. 594 00:33:24,556 --> 00:33:27,280 I arrived on scene and, uh, was immediately 595 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,177 met by initial responding officers. 596 00:33:32,142 --> 00:33:35,453 Jeffrey apparently realized the police were closing in. 597 00:33:40,487 --> 00:33:42,453 He did not want to face that. 598 00:34:00,901 --> 00:34:02,384 [Jernigan] It was a male subject 599 00:34:02,384 --> 00:34:04,246 who was found deceased in the bathtub, 600 00:34:05,073 --> 00:34:06,556 fully clothed, 601 00:34:08,384 --> 00:34:11,073 from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 602 00:34:14,590 --> 00:34:16,590 With the evidence that was collected at the scene, 603 00:34:16,590 --> 00:34:20,693 we were able to conclude that there was no foul play, 604 00:34:20,693 --> 00:34:22,418 that it was in fact a suicide. 605 00:34:23,798 --> 00:34:25,798 [Kenda] So he takes the coward's way out. 606 00:34:25,798 --> 00:34:27,246 He eats his gun. 607 00:34:34,246 --> 00:34:35,590 Now they have to obtain 608 00:34:35,590 --> 00:34:37,108 all the corroborating evidence. 609 00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:39,073 So the investigation continues. 610 00:34:41,590 --> 00:34:44,660 We found the victim's jewelry in the neighbors trash can, 611 00:34:46,556 --> 00:34:49,177 and victim's cell phones, 612 00:34:49,177 --> 00:34:52,039 multiple handguns, multiple boxes of ammunition, 613 00:34:52,901 --> 00:34:54,280 a notebook that was recovered 614 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,177 that actually did contain a suicide note. 615 00:34:57,005 --> 00:34:58,280 And we took Jeffrey Harmon's 616 00:34:58,280 --> 00:34:59,487 pickup truck from the location. 617 00:34:59,487 --> 00:35:00,729 I believe it was a Dodge truck. 618 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,108 [Kenda] Detectives now have a good idea 619 00:35:04,108 --> 00:35:06,005 on how this crime took place. 620 00:35:06,005 --> 00:35:09,005 They don't have a perfect idea because they weren't there. 621 00:35:09,005 --> 00:35:12,384 The evidence would show that Sara leaves Jeffrey 622 00:35:12,384 --> 00:35:14,142 and he doesn't take that well. 623 00:35:16,177 --> 00:35:18,211 [dramatic music playing] 624 00:35:29,487 --> 00:35:32,867 Sara told me that the relationship with her and Jeffrey was very strained. 625 00:35:34,694 --> 00:35:36,349 Uh, she described it as miserable, 626 00:35:36,349 --> 00:35:37,867 but that there was never any violence 627 00:35:37,867 --> 00:35:40,177 or any addiction to drugs or anything like that. 628 00:35:40,177 --> 00:35:43,349 Just that it was an unhealthy, difficult relationship, 629 00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:44,970 that she was looking to get out of. 630 00:35:47,694 --> 00:35:50,177 [Deming] Sara left her husband, Jeffrey Harmon. 631 00:35:50,177 --> 00:35:53,177 Jeffrey Harmon decided it's best for vengeance 632 00:35:53,177 --> 00:35:54,625 to lash out at her loved ones. 633 00:35:57,005 --> 00:35:59,901 Jeffrey Harmon has a psychopathic episode 634 00:35:59,901 --> 00:36:02,694 and decides he'll torture his wife 635 00:36:02,694 --> 00:36:05,108 by butchering her mother and her sister. 636 00:36:07,177 --> 00:36:09,384 What his motivation for that is... 637 00:36:09,384 --> 00:36:10,798 Who knows? 638 00:36:10,798 --> 00:36:12,384 I'm not crazy. 639 00:36:12,384 --> 00:36:13,660 So I don't know. 640 00:36:24,384 --> 00:36:26,763 March 31st, he purchased some duct tape. 641 00:36:27,694 --> 00:36:29,246 Buying duct tape just sounds like 642 00:36:29,246 --> 00:36:30,970 there was some forethought and planning 643 00:36:30,970 --> 00:36:32,453 to what he was about to do. 644 00:36:42,694 --> 00:36:45,246 He drives his truck to the women's Wilmington apartment. 645 00:36:50,556 --> 00:36:51,936 [doorbell rings] 646 00:37:00,177 --> 00:37:03,280 No, we went over this again. I don't want you here. 647 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,798 [Kenda] Eva Jones doesn't know 648 00:37:04,798 --> 00:37:06,970 what his intention is that day. 649 00:37:06,970 --> 00:37:08,108 [Eva] I told you, we don't want 650 00:37:08,108 --> 00:37:09,246 -anything more to do with you. -I just want to talk. 651 00:37:10,487 --> 00:37:12,349 As there's no signs of forced entry... 652 00:37:12,349 --> 00:37:14,246 -I just want to talk. -[Eva] Okay, come in. 653 00:37:16,349 --> 00:37:18,487 [Deming] ...it's believed that Eva Jo Jones 654 00:37:18,487 --> 00:37:20,453 let Jeffrey Harmon into their home. 655 00:37:25,556 --> 00:37:26,901 [Kenda] Detectives believe 656 00:37:26,901 --> 00:37:28,970 she lets him into her apartment 657 00:37:30,591 --> 00:37:32,522 and he attacks and kills her. 658 00:37:33,798 --> 00:37:35,625 [Eva gasping] 659 00:37:40,005 --> 00:37:41,694 Drags her into the bathroom, 660 00:37:41,694 --> 00:37:42,798 into the bathtub 661 00:37:42,798 --> 00:37:44,660 and chops her up for God's sake. 662 00:37:47,798 --> 00:37:50,246 He can't get enough blood on him. 663 00:37:50,246 --> 00:37:53,384 That's how psychotic he is at this particular moment. 664 00:37:53,384 --> 00:37:55,970 He is out of contact with reality. 665 00:38:00,384 --> 00:38:03,177 Detectives believe Jeffrey then waits 666 00:38:03,177 --> 00:38:05,349 for the daughter Tiffany to come home. 667 00:38:09,108 --> 00:38:12,177 They find photos in Jeffrey's phone 668 00:38:12,177 --> 00:38:14,867 of Tiffany tied up and duct taped, 669 00:38:15,556 --> 00:38:17,867 and kidnapped for a period of time. 670 00:38:24,349 --> 00:38:26,867 [Deming] Harmon kidnaps Tiffany and drives her back 671 00:38:26,867 --> 00:38:28,867 200 miles to his residence in Myrtle Beach. 672 00:38:34,798 --> 00:38:38,453 Eventually he kills Tiffany as well and dismembers her. 673 00:38:39,798 --> 00:38:43,349 [Deming] Tiffany and Eva were missing for three days. 674 00:38:43,349 --> 00:38:48,005 Evidence is still unsure where Tiffany was killed 675 00:38:48,005 --> 00:38:51,246 or where her mother's remains were held during this time. 676 00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:55,211 But what we know, he takes the remains to an abandoned barn 677 00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:00,660 and sets the barn on fire. 678 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,073 He then proceeds to try to cover up what he has done, 679 00:39:20,798 --> 00:39:24,349 clean up the apartment, vacuum the blood out of the entry hall... 680 00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:28,280 All the different tricks that he thinks 681 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,039 will absolve him of guilt in this matter. 682 00:39:32,246 --> 00:39:34,073 He returns home. 683 00:39:34,073 --> 00:39:36,763 He thinks he has a plan. 684 00:39:36,763 --> 00:39:40,108 It comes unraveled when detectives close in. 685 00:39:40,108 --> 00:39:43,729 When panic sets in, your worst enemy is your mind. 686 00:39:45,487 --> 00:39:46,970 He can't face that. 687 00:39:49,073 --> 00:39:50,970 He's a tough guy when he's faced with 688 00:39:50,970 --> 00:39:53,349 two small women he can overcome. 689 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:55,798 But he's not truly a tough guy. 690 00:39:55,798 --> 00:39:58,384 He's just a nutcase. 691 00:39:58,384 --> 00:40:01,556 So now he chooses self-destruction over punishment. 692 00:40:07,798 --> 00:40:09,694 [Deming] He called a friend. 693 00:40:09,694 --> 00:40:12,763 Jeffrey locked himself in the bathroom, and laid in the bathtub... 694 00:40:14,108 --> 00:40:15,591 [gunshot] 695 00:40:15,591 --> 00:40:17,142 ...and shot himself in the head. 696 00:40:18,694 --> 00:40:19,763 [Kenda] So long, Jeffrey. 697 00:40:21,177 --> 00:40:23,832 The world's a better place without people like you. 698 00:40:25,384 --> 00:40:28,177 [Deming] Investigation's shown he acted alone in doing this. 699 00:40:28,177 --> 00:40:32,487 In this case, case closed by death of offender. 700 00:40:32,487 --> 00:40:36,108 You can't prosecute a dead guy, so the case is closed. 701 00:40:36,108 --> 00:40:38,246 Without question, this is sick. 702 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,073 Jeffrey Harmon is one sick little boy. 703 00:40:47,487 --> 00:40:51,039 Six years later we are still grappling 704 00:40:51,039 --> 00:40:52,763 with the fact that that something 705 00:40:52,763 --> 00:40:54,867 like that could happen here, 706 00:40:54,867 --> 00:40:56,349 within our community 707 00:40:56,349 --> 00:40:59,487 and, you know, our family, basically. 708 00:40:59,487 --> 00:41:00,729 It's just astounding. 709 00:41:02,798 --> 00:41:05,349 I think if I could talk to the kids, 710 00:41:05,349 --> 00:41:07,108 or to Sara today, 711 00:41:07,108 --> 00:41:09,005 you know, that I would just really 712 00:41:09,005 --> 00:41:10,798 reiterate to them 713 00:41:10,798 --> 00:41:14,246 how much Eva and Tiffany loved Sara and those kids. 714 00:41:16,142 --> 00:41:19,798 I would say this is, uh, one of the worse I have worked. 715 00:41:19,798 --> 00:41:23,798 I learned some lessons from this case, don't overlook anybody, 716 00:41:23,798 --> 00:41:26,901 just 'cause they are not wearing all black and a ski mask, 717 00:41:26,901 --> 00:41:29,522 you know, they could easily be the guy next to you in the store. 718 00:41:30,142 --> 00:41:31,798 Jeffrey was known as a even-keel 719 00:41:31,798 --> 00:41:33,867 Boy Scout leader, mild-mannered guy 720 00:41:34,349 --> 00:41:36,867 and he was our guy. 721 00:41:38,349 --> 00:41:40,660 [Kenda] Sara met the wrong guy, 722 00:41:41,591 --> 00:41:44,798 and Eva Jones and Tiffany Cartwright 723 00:41:44,798 --> 00:41:47,384 died in the worst possible way 724 00:41:47,384 --> 00:41:48,867 as a result. 725 00:41:50,556 --> 00:41:54,694 Good police work nailed Jeffrey Harmon in the end. 726 00:41:54,694 --> 00:41:57,280 Did Jeffrey Harmon look like a murderer? No. 727 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,867 Is he a monster? Yes. 728 00:42:01,005 --> 00:42:02,867 And he acted out 729 00:42:03,246 --> 00:42:05,280 being precisely that. 730 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,970 A seemingly mild-mannered guy who was anything but. 731 00:42:08,970 --> 00:42:10,556 Trust no one. 732 00:42:10,556 --> 00:42:12,763 This case is an indication of that. 733 00:42:12,763 --> 00:42:14,384 Trust no one.