1 00:00:04,982 --> 00:00:05,981 [suspenseful music playing] 2 00:00:29,406 --> 00:00:31,373 [siren wailing] 3 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:35,577 [Amber Drummond] April 7th started off as any normal day on day shift 4 00:00:36,647 --> 00:00:38,080 And I heard the call go out. 5 00:00:40,484 --> 00:00:43,752 When I met Office Odom, he had a bag in his hand. 6 00:00:44,888 --> 00:00:47,389 Office Odom said, "Amber, you need to see this." 7 00:00:49,460 --> 00:00:52,094 And when he opened it up for me to see, 8 00:00:52,963 --> 00:00:55,464 I said, "Scott, are these... 9 00:00:56,066 --> 00:00:57,465 toes?" 10 00:00:58,769 --> 00:01:01,503 [Lt. Joe Kenda] The bag contains a severed hand, 11 00:01:02,372 --> 00:01:04,172 and a severed foot. 12 00:01:04,975 --> 00:01:06,307 Up until that moment, 13 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:09,678 I had never seen anything like this before, only in movies. 14 00:01:09,746 --> 00:01:11,580 [dramatic music playing] 15 00:01:11,681 --> 00:01:16,251 I was just astounded by the gruesome nature of this 16 00:01:18,055 --> 00:01:20,589 [Kenda] Murder is a horrible crime. 17 00:01:20,657 --> 00:01:24,493 But, there are some murders that display a level of evil, 18 00:01:24,561 --> 00:01:27,762 and a level of depravity, that are rarely seen. 19 00:01:27,764 --> 00:01:30,565 And this crime is one of those. 20 00:01:34,571 --> 00:01:35,670 [theme music playing] 21 00:01:37,674 --> 00:01:40,542 I spent my career closing murder cases. 22 00:01:42,346 --> 00:01:45,180 But, I'm not the only one who answered the call. 23 00:01:47,484 --> 00:01:50,852 It takes a rare breed to solve the unsolvable. 24 00:01:51,889 --> 00:01:53,755 To catch a ruthless killer. 25 00:01:54,491 --> 00:01:56,858 To find justice for the dead 26 00:01:58,629 --> 00:01:59,861 That's what it takes... 27 00:02:00,764 --> 00:02:03,365 to be an American Detectiv. 28 00:02:10,574 --> 00:02:14,342 My name is, Collis Flavell and I work with the Greenvil City Police Department. 29 00:02:15,445 --> 00:02:18,380 I was in investigations for 19 years. 30 00:02:18,448 --> 00:02:20,282 And 16 of that was in homicide. 31 00:02:21,385 --> 00:02:22,851 [phone ringing] 32 00:02:23,453 --> 00:02:24,452 [phone ringing] 33 00:02:25,189 --> 00:02:26,655 This is Flavell. 34 00:02:26,657 --> 00:02:29,257 [Flavell] It was early morni and I had just got to work, 35 00:02:29,259 --> 00:02:31,593 when we got the call 36 00:02:31,595 --> 00:02:33,762 An individual by the name of, Sue Bostick, 37 00:02:33,764 --> 00:02:36,898 noticed a black trash bag sitting outside her front door. 38 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,669 And, she found a note under her windshield on her car. 39 00:02:41,972 --> 00:02:43,672 -[Kenda] The notes says... -[begins reading] 40 00:02:46,843 --> 00:02:50,045 "This is what happens if you don't follow instructions." 41 00:02:50,747 --> 00:02:52,247 Okay, got it. I'm on my way. 42 00:02:53,884 --> 00:02:56,885 [Kenda] Flavell has two thin to answer at once. 43 00:02:56,987 --> 00:03:00,388 Who is this person that lost these body parts? 44 00:03:00,490 --> 00:03:02,557 And, more importantly, who is Grace? 45 00:03:02,559 --> 00:03:03,592 [siren wailing] 46 00:03:06,063 --> 00:03:08,129 [Drummond] If there was a case to solve 47 00:03:08,131 --> 00:03:10,665 if Collis Flavell was on it, it was gonna get solved. 48 00:03:12,269 --> 00:03:14,169 [Flavell] When I arrived, two patrol officers, 49 00:03:14,171 --> 00:03:16,438 um, Office Odom and Officer Drummond, 50 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,075 were at a patrol car where they had this black bag on the back of the car. 51 00:03:20,978 --> 00:03:21,776 Hey, Drummond. 52 00:03:23,046 --> 00:03:23,945 What are we looking at here? 53 00:03:24,948 --> 00:03:26,081 You won't believe this. 54 00:03:31,488 --> 00:03:33,955 [stammers] In my career I've never had a case, 55 00:03:34,858 --> 00:03:36,091 like this 56 00:03:37,461 --> 00:03:39,094 before or after. 57 00:03:40,163 --> 00:03:43,565 Let's get forensics out here. Now. 58 00:03:43,567 --> 00:03:46,001 [Michael Peterson] When dispatch calls you and says, 59 00:03:46,102 --> 00:03:49,604 "We've got body parts in a trash bag." 60 00:03:49,706 --> 00:03:51,673 No doubt, that was gonna be one of those things 61 00:03:51,675 --> 00:03:53,775 that I personally wanted to respond to. 62 00:03:55,445 --> 00:03:56,978 [Peterson] They said, you got body parts? 63 00:03:58,248 --> 00:04:01,750 -The toes have been clipped clean off. -What? 64 00:04:05,789 --> 00:04:07,689 What are we getting ourselves into here? 65 00:04:07,758 --> 00:04:08,956 [camera shutter clicks] 66 00:04:08,958 --> 00:04:11,559 [Flavell] The hands and feet were brown skin 67 00:04:11,561 --> 00:04:14,362 almost looked like it was surgically removed. 68 00:04:14,364 --> 00:04:18,700 It was very clean cuts, there wasn't a lot of blood in the bag. 69 00:04:18,802 --> 00:04:20,702 Obviously it happened somewhere else. 70 00:04:22,072 --> 00:04:24,372 [Drummond] Gosh, I remember my prayer was, 71 00:04:25,175 --> 00:04:27,575 I hoped the victim 72 00:04:28,578 --> 00:04:30,278 had died at this point. 73 00:04:30,347 --> 00:04:33,548 I hoped that they didn't feel pain. 74 00:04:33,550 --> 00:04:38,386 [Kenda] Whoever lost their hand and their foot, could not have survived that 75 00:04:38,455 --> 00:04:40,555 You'd bleed out in less than two minutes. 76 00:04:40,557 --> 00:04:42,090 This is a homicide. 77 00:04:43,193 --> 00:04:45,560 The question becomes, of whom? 78 00:04:45,562 --> 00:04:47,595 And, where is the rest of them? 79 00:04:53,270 --> 00:04:54,769 Let's have a look at that note. [sighs] 80 00:04:58,342 --> 00:05:00,742 [Flavell] The note itself was bizarre. 81 00:05:00,744 --> 00:05:04,446 It was addressed to an individual by the name of Grace Davis. 82 00:05:05,148 --> 00:05:07,682 Basically, threatening Grace 83 00:05:07,784 --> 00:05:10,785 We learned that Miss Bostic is Grace Davis' aunt. 84 00:05:11,788 --> 00:05:14,356 [Kenda] The implied content of the note is, 85 00:05:14,358 --> 00:05:17,859 do what we demand or this will happen to you. 86 00:05:19,529 --> 00:05:21,196 In addition to that information, 87 00:05:21,297 --> 00:05:26,267 there is an email to respond to at the bottom of the page. 88 00:05:26,269 --> 00:05:30,271 [Flavell] evens.john60@yahoo.com was left on the note. 89 00:05:31,641 --> 00:05:35,677 For us as investigators, you know, thank you. 90 00:05:35,746 --> 00:05:40,248 Because, we can track that email address and at least start somewhere. 91 00:05:41,551 --> 00:05:44,285 Let's see if you can pull any prints off of this. 92 00:05:44,387 --> 00:05:45,987 And, let's get a read on that email. 93 00:05:47,491 --> 00:05:49,257 I'll let you know what we can find. 94 00:05:53,563 --> 00:05:56,765 We had no clue what or who we were dealing with. 95 00:05:56,767 --> 00:05:59,234 -Copy that. Detective? -[Flavell] Yeah. 96 00:05:59,236 --> 00:06:01,169 We've got a problem 97 00:06:01,171 --> 00:06:04,973 [Kenda] He's informed, by radio, that a second bag has been found. 98 00:06:04,975 --> 00:06:10,078 At another house, a mile away, that also contains additional body parts. 99 00:06:10,781 --> 00:06:13,548 Holy smokes. 100 00:06:13,550 --> 00:06:16,785 [Flavell] I'd never dreamed that we would get a call about other body parts. 101 00:06:17,754 --> 00:06:19,854 So, now we went from one scene to two scenes. 102 00:06:21,491 --> 00:06:24,559 [Drummond] My fear was, that more bags would show up 103 00:06:25,162 --> 00:06:27,462 And that, as they did, 104 00:06:27,464 --> 00:06:33,034 the case would just become more inhumane over time. 105 00:06:33,036 --> 00:06:37,138 [Peterson] We needed to get those body parts to the morgue. 106 00:06:37,140 --> 00:06:39,507 'Cause that was gonna be ke 107 00:06:39,576 --> 00:06:42,477 in trying to establish the identity of that person. 108 00:06:44,948 --> 00:06:49,851 The woman who lives in the second home is, Judon Burnside. 109 00:06:49,853 --> 00:06:54,656 [Flavell] We learned that Judon Burnside is Grace Davis' mother. 110 00:06:54,658 --> 00:06:58,993 [Kenda] So, we have Judon Burnside. We have Sue Bostick. 111 00:06:59,095 --> 00:07:03,264 Now, Flavell has to set about finding answers. 112 00:07:03,266 --> 00:07:05,800 So, Sue and Judon are interviewed together. 113 00:07:07,270 --> 00:07:11,372 Grace Davis is one woman's daughter and the other woman's niece 114 00:07:12,409 --> 00:07:14,742 [Flavell] She live with either one of you? 115 00:07:14,744 --> 00:07:17,745 [Judon Burnside] She use to, but, things have changed. 116 00:07:17,747 --> 00:07:20,548 And now, we just take care of the kids. 117 00:07:20,550 --> 00:07:25,186 [Kenda] She's gotten into drugs and her children where taken away from her. 118 00:07:25,288 --> 00:07:27,789 And she has drifted off, into the street. 119 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:30,592 And they don't know where she is. 120 00:07:31,761 --> 00:07:34,362 Whoever is responsible for this, 121 00:07:34,364 --> 00:07:37,098 doesn't know where Grace is either. 122 00:07:37,167 --> 00:07:40,368 Or, he wouldn't be leaving these threats with relatives. 123 00:07:40,370 --> 00:07:42,871 He'd be going directly to Grace Davis. 124 00:07:42,873 --> 00:07:46,608 Has anything happened, in the last few days, out of the ordinary? 125 00:07:46,643 --> 00:07:49,444 Well, there was this phone call. 126 00:07:49,446 --> 00:07:52,247 Miss Bostick told us she answered the phone 127 00:07:52,249 --> 00:07:55,383 and stated, it sounds like somebody's gonna die. 128 00:07:55,452 --> 00:07:57,552 -Hello? -[woman screaming] Help me! Help me, please! 129 00:07:57,554 --> 00:07:58,586 [line disconnects] 130 00:07:59,155 --> 00:08:00,088 Hello? 131 00:08:00,156 --> 00:08:01,389 [dial tone] 132 00:08:03,159 --> 00:08:05,860 [Kenda] She got a phone cal from a female voice, 133 00:08:05,862 --> 00:08:08,162 who is screaming into the phone, 134 00:08:08,164 --> 00:08:10,598 and then the line went dead. 135 00:08:10,667 --> 00:08:12,667 She wonders if that's connected. 136 00:08:12,669 --> 00:08:14,602 Flavell wonders the same thing. 137 00:08:14,671 --> 00:08:18,006 [Flavell] Do either one of you know anybody who would wanna do Grace harm? 138 00:08:19,075 --> 00:08:20,508 There is her ex. 139 00:08:20,544 --> 00:08:22,410 [dramatic music playing] 140 00:08:22,412 --> 00:08:27,148 [Kenda] Grace's ex husband has been ordered to pay $400 a month in child suppor 141 00:08:27,984 --> 00:08:31,352 And, he was very unhappy about this. 142 00:08:31,354 --> 00:08:35,790 Money, sex, or revenge are common things in a murder case. 143 00:08:35,892 --> 00:08:38,159 And here was have money and revenge. 144 00:08:38,962 --> 00:08:40,161 Together. 145 00:08:40,964 --> 00:08:43,831 [Flavell] So, of course, that turns our attention. 146 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:46,367 We needed to talk to Grace's ex-husband. 147 00:08:49,973 --> 00:08:50,972 [soft piano music playing] 148 00:08:51,841 --> 00:08:52,973 [knocking on door] 149 00:08:55,645 --> 00:08:57,745 [Kenda] The ex-husband appears shocked. 150 00:08:57,747 --> 00:09:00,381 Has no knowledge of any of this. 151 00:09:00,450 --> 00:09:03,585 Mr. Davis I need to know where you were on the morning of the 7th. 152 00:09:04,621 --> 00:09:06,253 I was with my girlfriend. 153 00:09:07,357 --> 00:09:11,993 They pretty much had an alibi for the timeframe that we were looking at. 154 00:09:11,995 --> 00:09:13,761 He was in a new relationship 155 00:09:13,763 --> 00:09:16,731 And his new girlfriend, actually had taken him to work. 156 00:09:16,733 --> 00:09:18,900 We verified his work records. 157 00:09:19,002 --> 00:09:21,569 So, we were able to clear him as a suspect. 158 00:09:25,875 --> 00:09:27,175 [Kenda] It's just not the gu 159 00:09:27,677 --> 00:09:29,277 It just isn't. 160 00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:32,447 It's a shame. It would make this case a lot simpler. But, it's not simple. 161 00:09:33,249 --> 00:09:34,582 Murder's never are. 162 00:09:36,553 --> 00:09:37,552 [cell phone ringing] 163 00:09:40,557 --> 00:09:41,589 This is Flavell. 164 00:09:43,259 --> 00:09:47,395 Okay. Got it, I'll be right there. 165 00:09:47,464 --> 00:09:53,401 It is very unusual to ask a corner to examine body parts and not a body. 166 00:09:53,436 --> 00:09:54,902 It's happened in my career. 167 00:09:55,905 --> 00:09:58,373 But, it's very rare. 168 00:09:58,375 --> 00:10:02,343 [Flavell] Our medical examin called us to review all the tissue samples. 169 00:10:05,148 --> 00:10:08,783 The body parts, they were not, per se, surgically removed. 170 00:10:08,885 --> 00:10:11,252 But, they weren't hacked and wacked. 171 00:10:12,689 --> 00:10:15,690 [Kenda] Whatever was used was very sharp. 172 00:10:15,759 --> 00:10:19,160 It made a clean cut right at the joint. 173 00:10:20,664 --> 00:10:22,463 [Examiner] But, we did get a hit on the prints. 174 00:10:24,467 --> 00:10:29,103 [Kenda] They do determine the identity, of the parts, by fingerprint. 175 00:10:31,074 --> 00:10:35,076 It's a female. And her name was, Mekole Harris. 176 00:10:36,146 --> 00:10:37,745 She's 34 years old. 177 00:10:38,848 --> 00:10:40,348 [Flavell] I've never heard of Mekole Harris. 178 00:10:41,251 --> 00:10:43,851 So, now we gotta figure out, why you? 179 00:10:43,853 --> 00:10:46,020 Why are your hands and feet in this bag? 180 00:10:46,022 --> 00:10:47,789 [suspenseful music playing] 181 00:10:47,890 --> 00:10:51,559 [Kenda] Now the questions become, where was she last seen alive? 182 00:10:51,561 --> 00:10:54,762 What is her connection, if any, to Grace Davis? 183 00:10:56,099 --> 00:10:59,767 We have someone who is such an enemy of Miss Davis, 184 00:10:59,769 --> 00:11:02,603 he's willing to kill just to make a point. 185 00:11:02,705 --> 00:11:04,272 That's a serious enemy. 186 00:11:09,979 --> 00:11:11,645 [dramatic music playing] 187 00:11:11,647 --> 00:11:15,383 [Kenda] So, we know that now this person's name is Mekole Harris. 188 00:11:15,485 --> 00:11:21,289 Now, Flavell has to set about finding where Mekole Harris was last seen alive. 189 00:11:21,390 --> 00:11:23,758 And, he has to make a death notification to the family. 190 00:11:25,095 --> 00:11:29,297 For you, to give them that news is, it's devastating. 191 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:30,498 In a split second 192 00:11:31,735 --> 00:11:34,302 their life is turned upside down. 193 00:11:35,572 --> 00:11:36,738 [knocking on door] 194 00:11:39,976 --> 00:11:42,577 [Kenda] He finds her mother and has to explain 195 00:11:42,645 --> 00:11:45,580 that he doesn't have her daughter's body. 196 00:11:45,681 --> 00:11:47,582 He only has parts of it. 197 00:11:48,885 --> 00:11:50,551 [melancholy music playing] 198 00:11:50,553 --> 00:11:52,987 [Flavell] So, we learn that Mekole Harris was a 34-year-old mother. 199 00:11:53,056 --> 00:11:54,489 Grew up in a normal family. 200 00:11:55,658 --> 00:11:57,759 Couple towns away from Greenville. 201 00:11:59,095 --> 00:12:00,561 Mekole was my baby sister. 202 00:12:00,563 --> 00:12:03,831 I, kinda like, raised her as my own. 203 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:04,966 That was my heart. 204 00:12:06,002 --> 00:12:08,436 It was seven of us and Meko was the baby. 205 00:12:08,438 --> 00:12:10,171 We nicknamed her Meky. 206 00:12:10,173 --> 00:12:12,607 Her personality was sweet and loving. 207 00:12:13,743 --> 00:12:17,178 She was lovely as a mother. She had the heart of gold. 208 00:12:18,381 --> 00:12:19,547 [Flavell] Where had she been living? 209 00:12:20,850 --> 00:12:22,650 That's the thing, 210 00:12:22,752 --> 00:12:26,854 she was not making the best decision. 211 00:12:26,856 --> 00:12:30,258 [Myra Ruiz] Mekole Harris was somebody who had fallen on hard times. 212 00:12:30,260 --> 00:12:32,660 Because she had a drug habit. 213 00:12:32,662 --> 00:12:34,295 [piano music playing] 214 00:12:34,397 --> 00:12:36,564 She would often find hersel living on the streets, 215 00:12:36,566 --> 00:12:37,965 or with random people. 216 00:12:39,169 --> 00:12:42,170 [Flavell] Due to Mekole's substance abuse problem 217 00:12:42,172 --> 00:12:45,206 she didn't have custody of her kids. 218 00:12:45,274 --> 00:12:48,342 [Domico Harris] We use to, you know, see each other on a regular basis. 219 00:12:49,746 --> 00:12:52,547 Even though we were mostly with our grandmother. 220 00:12:52,549 --> 00:12:54,148 [orchestral music playing] 221 00:12:54,150 --> 00:12:58,186 [Kenda] Mrs. Harris says, her daughter has fallen on hard times. 222 00:12:58,287 --> 00:13:02,056 But, still, Mekole Harris was trying to change her way 223 00:13:02,058 --> 00:13:04,959 Trying to move back into a normal life. 224 00:13:04,961 --> 00:13:07,862 To get off the streets and away from the drugs. 225 00:13:07,864 --> 00:13:12,099 And back to where she began, as a mother. 226 00:13:12,101 --> 00:13:13,267 [Patrice Strickland] She was working towards 227 00:13:13,269 --> 00:13:15,870 getting her life together and coming home. 228 00:13:16,406 --> 00:13:18,606 I said, "Are you sure?" 229 00:13:18,674 --> 00:13:20,308 And she said, "Yes, ma'am. I am." 230 00:13:21,244 --> 00:13:22,844 And I said, "I know the kids'll be happy." 231 00:13:23,980 --> 00:13:26,581 [Ruiz] Knowing that she was never able to rekindle 232 00:13:26,649 --> 00:13:29,450 that stable relationship with her children, 233 00:13:29,452 --> 00:13:31,953 I'm sure has continued to haunt the whole family. 234 00:13:33,089 --> 00:13:34,589 [Strickland] That's why it hurts me so bad. 235 00:13:34,690 --> 00:13:37,725 Because, she was talking about coming home. 236 00:13:37,727 --> 00:13:41,095 And being, you know, the person that I wanted her to be. 237 00:13:42,265 --> 00:13:44,966 [Kenda] And someone has decided to take her life 238 00:13:45,668 --> 00:13:47,602 It's incredible foul. 239 00:13:48,404 --> 00:13:50,972 Was Mekole employed anywhere? 240 00:13:50,974 --> 00:13:54,242 [Flavell] Mekole has hung ou at Labor Finders. 241 00:13:54,244 --> 00:13:58,713 Which is a day labor where jobs go out, they go out for the day. 242 00:14:01,284 --> 00:14:03,651 [suspenseful music playing] 243 00:14:03,653 --> 00:14:07,855 [Kenda] So, Flavell goes to the Labor Finders to see who knows Mekole Harris. 244 00:14:09,659 --> 00:14:13,594 Some recognize the name, some seem to recall her. 245 00:14:13,696 --> 00:14:15,763 But, no one seems to know her very well. 246 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:20,301 So, Flavell doesn't really learn very much. 247 00:14:22,005 --> 00:14:24,438 [Flavell] Sometimes you pic the wrong rabbit hole. 248 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,474 You know, so you go back and start on another one. 249 00:14:26,476 --> 00:14:28,342 -[cell phone ringing] -Then we started looking for Grace. 250 00:14:29,979 --> 00:14:31,579 This is Flavell. 251 00:14:31,581 --> 00:14:36,083 The Davis family reports that, they now know where Grace probably is staying. 252 00:14:36,152 --> 00:14:37,584 [dramatic music playing] 253 00:14:38,488 --> 00:14:42,156 We learned that, she was living with a cousin out in the county. 254 00:14:43,159 --> 00:14:44,959 [Kenda] Flavell is thrilled 255 00:14:44,961 --> 00:14:48,930 But, at least he's gonna be able to finally speak to Grace Davis. 256 00:14:48,932 --> 00:14:53,301 To find out, perhaps, what is going on in this mess. 257 00:14:53,369 --> 00:14:55,469 Ma'am, I need to talk to you about a couple of incidents 258 00:14:55,471 --> 00:14:57,605 that happened at your mom and aunt's home. 259 00:14:57,707 --> 00:14:59,139 What? 260 00:14:59,141 --> 00:15:03,844 She has no clue that there was body parts left at these locations, 261 00:15:03,846 --> 00:15:05,546 at her family's houses. 262 00:15:05,548 --> 00:15:07,982 [Flavell] Can we go inside and talk for a few minutes? 263 00:15:09,652 --> 00:15:13,955 Flavell wants to know, how Grace Davis 264 00:15:13,957 --> 00:15:17,892 becomes, somehow, the focus of this murder case. 265 00:15:18,895 --> 00:15:20,227 Body parts? 266 00:15:21,731 --> 00:15:25,399 -And the letters were address to me? -That's correct. 267 00:15:25,468 --> 00:15:27,668 [Kenda] There was a direct threat made against her. 268 00:15:29,072 --> 00:15:31,739 That's gonna scare anyone half to death. 269 00:15:33,276 --> 00:15:36,177 Are you familiar with anybody named, Mekole Harris? 270 00:15:37,947 --> 00:15:40,147 [Ruiz] That was a big myster 271 00:15:40,149 --> 00:15:42,883 Grace is related to the people who found the body parts. 272 00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:46,954 But, she had zero connection to Mekole Harris. 273 00:15:46,956 --> 00:15:52,393 At this moment, Detective Flavell has way more questions than he has answers. 274 00:15:52,462 --> 00:15:56,163 [Flavell] She really didn't know anything about what the letter stated. 275 00:15:56,165 --> 00:16:00,568 Our priority at the time was, who's threatening Grace and her family? 276 00:16:00,570 --> 00:16:04,171 And then, who has murdered someone to carry out their threat? 277 00:16:05,475 --> 00:16:07,641 [Kenda] She denies any knowledge of enemies. 278 00:16:07,643 --> 00:16:09,744 Denies any knowledge of Mekole Harris. 279 00:16:09,812 --> 00:16:12,980 She does seem to be genuinely shocked that this has happened. 280 00:16:14,951 --> 00:16:16,150 [Flavell] We gotta look at this a different way 281 00:16:16,152 --> 00:16:18,452 Man, this is... We're thinking way too big. 282 00:16:19,455 --> 00:16:21,655 So, we gotta back up. And we did. 283 00:16:26,996 --> 00:16:30,765 We let our work lead us in the right direction. 284 00:16:30,833 --> 00:16:36,570 I need to know where the other part of her is. And what when on? And why? 285 00:16:36,572 --> 00:16:40,975 So I can come to a closure. And put her to rest. 286 00:16:40,977 --> 00:16:43,544 [crying] Why did they take my daughter life like that? 287 00:16:43,546 --> 00:16:45,746 If you know where the other part of her body is, 288 00:16:45,848 --> 00:16:50,084 would you please just show the police. 289 00:16:50,153 --> 00:16:54,555 [Flavell] The media helped u in a way, it got the news out there. 290 00:16:54,557 --> 00:16:57,658 [Kenda] The entire city of Greenville is placed on edge. 291 00:16:57,660 --> 00:16:59,493 Because, we have a dismembered body. 292 00:17:00,963 --> 00:17:02,997 A killer on the loose. 293 00:17:02,999 --> 00:17:06,400 It is the topic of conversation in Greenville, South Carolina. 294 00:17:07,437 --> 00:17:09,070 [Flavell] It wasn't long after, 295 00:17:09,072 --> 00:17:12,106 our uniformed dispatch received a call from the Nicholtown area. 296 00:17:12,108 --> 00:17:14,275 -You have a call on line one. -Thank you. 297 00:17:15,478 --> 00:17:16,943 Flavell. 298 00:17:17,847 --> 00:17:22,716 A resident there had called in a foul odor in the neighborhood. 299 00:17:22,718 --> 00:17:24,618 Said, "Hey, y'all might wanna come out here." 300 00:17:24,620 --> 00:17:26,153 [siren wailing] 301 00:17:30,726 --> 00:17:34,995 When they get out of the car, they're overcome by the smell of death. 302 00:17:35,097 --> 00:17:36,664 [dramatic music playing] 303 00:17:36,732 --> 00:17:41,268 When you're a policeman you never, ever forget the smell of death. 304 00:17:43,606 --> 00:17:48,642 Behind the house we find a big, like, storage container. 305 00:17:48,711 --> 00:17:50,377 That's where the smell is coming from. 306 00:17:50,446 --> 00:17:52,546 The odor was unbearable. 307 00:17:52,548 --> 00:17:54,348 Disgusting to say the least. 308 00:17:56,252 --> 00:17:58,552 [Kenda] They remove the lid. 309 00:17:58,554 --> 00:18:03,824 and up to the top of the lid it is a blood and flesh soup. 310 00:18:06,162 --> 00:18:07,761 Maybe they have just found 311 00:18:09,165 --> 00:18:10,264 Mekole Harris. 312 00:18:14,904 --> 00:18:15,970 [dramatic music playing] 313 00:18:15,972 --> 00:18:17,271 [Flavell] It was disgusting 314 00:18:18,774 --> 00:18:20,774 We're trying to come up with a game plan on 315 00:18:20,843 --> 00:18:23,077 how are we going to attack this container? 316 00:18:23,146 --> 00:18:26,747 Because it's, probably, 80% liquid at this time. 317 00:18:27,717 --> 00:18:29,283 Let's get this area roped off. 318 00:18:30,586 --> 00:18:32,086 And get a report on the house. 319 00:18:35,458 --> 00:18:37,458 [woman] Can I help you with something? 320 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:41,862 [Kenda] As they are examinin this pile of goop in this dr 321 00:18:41,864 --> 00:18:44,198 the homeowner arrives, a woman. 322 00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:45,566 And says, "What are ya doing?" 323 00:18:45,568 --> 00:18:47,601 Is that your container? 324 00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:50,104 Well, it's behind my house, ain't it? 325 00:18:50,206 --> 00:18:52,673 [Kenda] He looks at her and says in his own head, 326 00:18:52,675 --> 00:18:54,475 "Did you kill Mekole Harris? 327 00:18:55,378 --> 00:18:57,378 "Or, did someone in your house do it?" 328 00:18:58,648 --> 00:19:00,447 All right, ma'am. I need you to step back. 329 00:19:01,150 --> 00:19:03,651 This is an active crime scene. 330 00:19:03,653 --> 00:19:07,288 So, y'all are investigating the death of a pig? 331 00:19:09,158 --> 00:19:10,491 [Flavell] Wait, wait? 332 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,994 She said, "We had a pig picking and we cleaned the pig 333 00:19:14,096 --> 00:19:16,163 and I just put it in that container." 334 00:19:16,866 --> 00:19:18,799 [chuckling] 335 00:19:18,801 --> 00:19:21,835 [Kenda] She has an explanati for this barrel and contents that might be true. 336 00:19:22,872 --> 00:19:24,605 It also might not be. 337 00:19:24,673 --> 00:19:26,840 We immediately stopped what we were doing. 338 00:19:26,842 --> 00:19:29,810 We called for our forensic division. 339 00:19:32,481 --> 00:19:34,648 They can conduct an immediate test on the blood 340 00:19:34,650 --> 00:19:36,550 and tell you human or animal, on the spot. 341 00:19:38,654 --> 00:19:40,487 Yeah, this is definitely a pig. 342 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:47,161 All right, let's pack it up. 343 00:19:47,163 --> 00:19:50,664 [Kenda] Dead ends are commo in homicide investigations. 344 00:19:50,733 --> 00:19:53,567 Something looks so promising and it falls apart. 345 00:19:54,503 --> 00:19:56,870 It goes through your fingers like sand. 346 00:19:56,872 --> 00:19:57,771 [somber music playing] 347 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:58,772 [Flavell] It's really disappointing. 348 00:19:59,742 --> 00:20:01,175 But, you never quit. 349 00:20:02,245 --> 00:20:06,847 You still got a family that needs answers. 350 00:20:10,319 --> 00:20:11,352 [dramatic music playing] 351 00:20:11,354 --> 00:20:12,820 [Kenda] We need a new step. 352 00:20:12,822 --> 00:20:16,457 There was that email that was left on the threatening note. 353 00:20:16,459 --> 00:20:18,859 Flavell submitted it when he found it. 354 00:20:18,861 --> 00:20:21,996 And now, computer forensics has a result. 355 00:20:22,064 --> 00:20:24,732 [man] No, I don't know. Oh, call you back. 356 00:20:24,734 --> 00:20:26,066 I hear you got something for me. 357 00:20:28,771 --> 00:20:32,106 [Kenda] They inform him a public use computer 358 00:20:32,207 --> 00:20:34,842 in a library was used to send the email. 359 00:20:34,844 --> 00:20:35,843 [suspenseful music playing] 360 00:20:35,845 --> 00:20:37,945 Which means, there is a God 361 00:20:37,947 --> 00:20:42,316 Because, public libraries have surveillance cameras. 362 00:20:42,318 --> 00:20:45,986 [Librarian] Okay. Here is the tape you were asking about. 363 00:20:46,088 --> 00:20:49,056 Not only did it give us the address, but, it gave us the date and time 364 00:20:49,058 --> 00:20:50,724 that this email address was checked. 365 00:20:51,994 --> 00:20:53,994 [Kenda] He goes, and he sees footage. 366 00:20:54,096 --> 00:20:57,998 And he sees an African America couple, man and woman, 367 00:20:58,100 --> 00:20:59,433 using the computer. 368 00:20:59,435 --> 00:21:03,437 The man is not anyone that Flavell as ever seen. 369 00:21:03,439 --> 00:21:07,007 And the woman that's with hi is not Grace Davis. 370 00:21:08,077 --> 00:21:10,744 [Flavell] What struck me is he was wearing gloves. 371 00:21:10,746 --> 00:21:12,946 He's inside the library but, he's got on these... 372 00:21:13,649 --> 00:21:15,716 big thick gloves. 373 00:21:15,718 --> 00:21:18,185 [Kenda] He doesn't wanna leave fingerprints on the keys. 374 00:21:18,821 --> 00:21:20,487 As if that matters. 375 00:21:20,556 --> 00:21:23,257 He's using a computer that has its own fingerprint. 376 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:27,661 So, he's typing this email, on April the 6th. 377 00:21:27,730 --> 00:21:30,764 The day before the body parts are found. 378 00:21:30,766 --> 00:21:32,566 Now, we're getting somewhere. 379 00:21:33,469 --> 00:21:35,836 So, who are these people? 380 00:21:35,838 --> 00:21:39,907 [Flavell] Getting actual vid of the suspects, in the library, 381 00:21:39,975 --> 00:21:45,546 at that date and time gave us a lot of momentum in our case. 382 00:21:45,548 --> 00:21:50,150 So, now it's time to bring Grace Davis back in for another interview. 383 00:21:50,152 --> 00:21:52,720 And confront her with this video. 384 00:21:55,157 --> 00:21:56,156 [dramatic music playing] 385 00:22:07,603 --> 00:22:08,569 Grace. 386 00:22:11,173 --> 00:22:13,207 I need you to start being honest with me. 387 00:22:14,477 --> 00:22:17,444 Flavell explains that, this is not gonna go away. 388 00:22:18,180 --> 00:22:20,848 I'm not gonna go away. 389 00:22:20,850 --> 00:22:22,649 And, we're gonna get to the bottom of this. 390 00:22:24,587 --> 00:22:26,553 [Flavell] And I said, "Hey, do you recognized these people?" 391 00:22:27,490 --> 00:22:28,856 "Tell me what's going on." 392 00:22:29,992 --> 00:22:30,858 Okay. 393 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:34,461 Look, I know him and his wife. 394 00:22:34,463 --> 00:22:36,764 But, I don't talk to them anymore. 395 00:22:36,865 --> 00:22:37,865 Who is he? 396 00:22:39,735 --> 00:22:41,468 [Kenda] And she cracks. 397 00:22:41,470 --> 00:22:46,173 She says, "The people on this tape are Carman and Clarence Jenkins." 398 00:22:48,711 --> 00:22:50,244 We use to live together and we... 399 00:22:51,881 --> 00:22:52,746 [sighs] We use to date. 400 00:22:54,383 --> 00:22:55,482 All three of you? 401 00:22:56,585 --> 00:23:00,154 "I got together with them and we all fell in love. 402 00:23:00,156 --> 00:23:03,190 I had a sexual relationship with Clarence Jenkins. 403 00:23:03,292 --> 00:23:06,260 I also had a sexual relationship with Carman Jenkins." 404 00:23:06,762 --> 00:23:07,961 Okay? 405 00:23:08,998 --> 00:23:11,999 You start talking about a triangle situation 406 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,401 where everybody's in love with everybody else, 407 00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:17,171 things can get enormously complicated. 408 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,873 It was good for a while. 409 00:23:19,875 --> 00:23:23,243 Until Clarence started being all controlling. 410 00:23:23,245 --> 00:23:27,815 She said, "He's real controlling" and "I can't leave the house." 411 00:23:27,817 --> 00:23:31,985 [Flavell] She says, "Then I found out that Clarence was abusive." 412 00:23:31,987 --> 00:23:35,656 So, Clarence's verbal abuse and weirdness 413 00:23:35,724 --> 00:23:39,359 caused Miss Davis to come to her senses, to some degree, 414 00:23:39,361 --> 00:23:41,495 and to to leave these people. 415 00:23:41,597 --> 00:23:42,996 I just knew I had to get outta there. 416 00:23:44,567 --> 00:23:46,567 So, she makes the decision to leave. 417 00:23:47,603 --> 00:23:48,869 And she leaves, 418 00:23:49,572 --> 00:23:51,271 literally, walks away. 419 00:23:52,775 --> 00:23:54,875 [Kenda] She left on the 16th of March. 420 00:23:54,944 --> 00:23:56,710 April the 6th is a few weeks later. 421 00:23:56,712 --> 00:23:58,879 Body parts and threats show up. 422 00:23:58,948 --> 00:24:00,047 That's remarkable. 423 00:24:04,086 --> 00:24:05,218 [siren wailing] 424 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:06,820 [Flavell] So now, who's Carman and Clarence? 425 00:24:06,822 --> 00:24:08,489 How are you involved in this 426 00:24:09,992 --> 00:24:13,160 So, we made an attempt to talk to Carman and Clarence Jenkins. 427 00:24:13,162 --> 00:24:15,095 To find out what was actually going on. 428 00:24:15,197 --> 00:24:16,563 [dramatic music playing] 429 00:24:20,769 --> 00:24:21,768 [Flavell] Carman Jenkins? 430 00:24:22,605 --> 00:24:23,737 Yes. 431 00:24:23,739 --> 00:24:25,005 [Flavell] Ma'am, we need to speak with you 432 00:24:25,007 --> 00:24:26,473 about a case we're investigating. 433 00:24:26,475 --> 00:24:28,542 Is your husband home right now? 434 00:24:28,544 --> 00:24:30,811 [Carman] Um, this really isn't a good time. 435 00:24:32,815 --> 00:24:35,549 [Kenda] She immediately say that, they're busy right now 436 00:24:35,551 --> 00:24:37,584 But, they will come down to the police station 437 00:24:37,653 --> 00:24:40,387 later in the day to discuss it with them. 438 00:24:40,455 --> 00:24:42,089 Her and Clarence. 439 00:24:43,459 --> 00:24:44,858 [Flavell] So, we left. 440 00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:48,262 But, we had a team of investigators out there 441 00:24:48,264 --> 00:24:50,297 and we did surveillance. 442 00:24:53,869 --> 00:24:56,436 [Kenda] Minutes after Flavell leaves 443 00:24:56,438 --> 00:25:00,140 their surveillance team reports that, Carman and Clarence 444 00:25:00,142 --> 00:25:05,646 are carrying black trash bags from their trailer to a dumpster. 445 00:25:05,648 --> 00:25:08,048 [Flavell] Detective Garriso was watching through binoculars 446 00:25:08,050 --> 00:25:11,952 And the trash bags got blue pull strings. 447 00:25:11,954 --> 00:25:13,353 [suspenseful music playing] 448 00:25:14,657 --> 00:25:18,992 The very same type that were found with the mutilated body parts. 449 00:25:23,566 --> 00:25:27,067 Flavell and his partner return to the dumpster, near the property, 450 00:25:27,069 --> 00:25:29,369 and look in the bags that they threw away. 451 00:25:33,008 --> 00:25:36,376 [Flavell] There two or thre empty bleach bottles. 452 00:25:37,346 --> 00:25:38,545 Ammonia bottles. 453 00:25:39,548 --> 00:25:41,481 Carpet cleaning solutions. 454 00:25:43,152 --> 00:25:45,419 Of course, indicative of somebody cleaning something up. 455 00:25:45,421 --> 00:25:46,520 [camera shutter clicks] 456 00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:49,456 [Kenda] Whatever happened to Mekole Harris, 457 00:25:49,458 --> 00:25:51,758 probably happened to her in that trailer. 458 00:25:53,862 --> 00:25:55,362 Now the question becomes, 459 00:25:55,364 --> 00:25:58,899 how do I get in that trailer to confirm my suspicions? 460 00:26:05,674 --> 00:26:07,074 [dramatic music playing] 461 00:26:09,845 --> 00:26:13,013 [Kenda] Detective Flavell's experien tells him that, 462 00:26:13,015 --> 00:26:15,282 that crime is that trailer. 463 00:26:15,351 --> 00:26:16,550 He needs a warrant. 464 00:26:18,153 --> 00:26:20,954 He can't get it based on cleaning supplies. 465 00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:22,622 [phone ringing] 466 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:25,559 Throwing those away isn't against the law. He needs another way. 467 00:26:26,829 --> 00:26:28,061 Flavell. 468 00:26:28,063 --> 00:26:30,864 Flavell finds that they had just entered 469 00:26:30,866 --> 00:26:34,968 a traffic warrant for Clarence's arrest on his record. 470 00:26:34,970 --> 00:26:37,738 [Flavell] That really was a lucky break for us. 471 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:39,106 And it was fresh off the press. 472 00:26:40,876 --> 00:26:43,644 There is Flavell's way in. 473 00:26:46,181 --> 00:26:47,714 [siren wailing] 474 00:26:49,885 --> 00:26:52,586 [Kenda] They return, with their search warrant in hand. 475 00:26:52,688 --> 00:26:54,821 -[Flavell] Police! Open up! -[Kenda] They knock on the door... 476 00:26:56,659 --> 00:26:58,859 and Carman answers it. 477 00:26:58,861 --> 00:27:01,428 Ma'am, I have a warrant for Clarence Jenkins. 478 00:27:01,430 --> 00:27:03,597 Well, he ain't here right now. 479 00:27:03,666 --> 00:27:05,699 [Kenda] And Flavell looks at her and says, 480 00:27:05,701 --> 00:27:07,333 "We gonna search the premise, 481 00:27:07,335 --> 00:27:11,571 and if I find him in here, I'm gonna charge you with harboring a fugitive." 482 00:27:12,908 --> 00:27:14,174 And she steps aside. 483 00:27:15,644 --> 00:27:16,576 They go in. 484 00:27:19,648 --> 00:27:21,481 [Flavell] The house is disgusting. 485 00:27:21,550 --> 00:27:23,183 -[camera shutter clicks] -It is nasty. 486 00:27:23,285 --> 00:27:26,186 There's pots on the counter with fugus growing in 'em. 487 00:27:26,255 --> 00:27:28,855 -[camera shutter clicks] -Obviously there was no bleach used, 488 00:27:28,857 --> 00:27:30,490 and there was no carpet cleaner used 489 00:27:30,592 --> 00:27:32,192 to clean anything in the house. 490 00:27:32,995 --> 00:27:33,960 [insects buzzing] 491 00:27:33,962 --> 00:27:36,263 In the bathroom, in the shower, 492 00:27:36,265 --> 00:27:38,799 it's, like, spray-painted re 493 00:27:38,801 --> 00:27:39,866 [camera shutter clicks] 494 00:27:40,569 --> 00:27:43,036 As I'm clearing the bathroom 495 00:27:43,038 --> 00:27:46,473 you can see, what I suspect to be, blood spatter 496 00:27:46,475 --> 00:27:47,574 -[camera shutter clicks] -on the wall. 497 00:27:48,877 --> 00:27:50,544 [camera shutter clicks] 498 00:27:50,546 --> 00:27:54,548 Akin goes to the left, he says, "Man, there's a hole." 499 00:27:54,550 --> 00:27:56,950 [yelling] Detective, I've got something back here. 500 00:27:57,953 --> 00:27:59,352 [Kenda] He notices a piece of drywall 501 00:27:59,354 --> 00:28:01,855 that's out of alignment with part of the wall. 502 00:28:01,857 --> 00:28:04,191 He shines a light in that crack, 503 00:28:04,259 --> 00:28:05,659 and who does he see? 504 00:28:08,964 --> 00:28:10,530 [Flavell] Come out on your hands and knees. 505 00:28:10,532 --> 00:28:13,100 Keep you hands where I can see 'em. 506 00:28:13,201 --> 00:28:16,770 And there's Clarence Jenkins hiding behind this piece of paneling. 507 00:28:18,774 --> 00:28:21,108 Come out of there Clarence, you're under arrest. 508 00:28:22,878 --> 00:28:24,444 All right, I'll take him in. 509 00:28:24,446 --> 00:28:26,747 She's gonna be charged with harboring a fugitive. 510 00:28:26,749 --> 00:28:27,647 Copy that. 511 00:28:28,550 --> 00:28:29,549 [Flavell] Let's go. 512 00:28:31,954 --> 00:28:33,587 [Kenda] Now, that Detective Flavell 513 00:28:33,655 --> 00:28:36,389 has seen apparent evidence of a murder. 514 00:28:37,059 --> 00:28:39,526 He's granted a second warran 515 00:28:39,528 --> 00:28:42,562 To search for evidence of death in this trailer. 516 00:28:44,366 --> 00:28:45,899 [Flavell] Once we did that search warrant, 517 00:28:46,001 --> 00:28:48,535 forensics came out, we told them what we observe 518 00:28:48,537 --> 00:28:50,771 Then they go in, start processing. 519 00:28:50,839 --> 00:28:51,938 [insects buzzing] 520 00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:54,508 We were looking specifically for, 521 00:28:54,576 --> 00:28:59,146 uh, items that would connect the victim to the trailer. 522 00:29:01,550 --> 00:29:04,351 And any potential evidence of foul play. 523 00:29:06,588 --> 00:29:08,088 Get that light for me, will ya. 524 00:29:08,090 --> 00:29:09,089 [suspenseful music playing] 525 00:29:12,427 --> 00:29:13,994 That's positive for blood. 526 00:29:15,764 --> 00:29:21,234 When you look into the bathroom you could see the wallpaper was gone. 527 00:29:21,236 --> 00:29:24,838 Inside of the shower stall was painted, the floor was painted. 528 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,306 [camera shutter clicks] 529 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:28,308 [Kenda] They're trying to cover up blood. 530 00:29:28,343 --> 00:29:30,644 -They missed a number of places. -[camera shutter clicks] 531 00:29:30,646 --> 00:29:32,979 Which you could see blood spatter on the walls. 532 00:29:32,981 --> 00:29:34,648 Blood spatter on the sink area. 533 00:29:35,717 --> 00:29:37,584 Staining everywhere. 534 00:29:37,686 --> 00:29:38,652 [dramatic music playing] 535 00:29:40,589 --> 00:29:42,155 [Flavell] I go to the back bedroom. 536 00:29:42,991 --> 00:29:45,559 Found these and that. 537 00:29:45,561 --> 00:29:47,160 [camera shutter clicks] 538 00:29:47,162 --> 00:29:49,529 [Peterson] There were knives, swords.. 539 00:29:49,531 --> 00:29:50,864 [camera shutter clicks] 540 00:29:50,866 --> 00:29:53,633 handcuffs in the back bedroom. 541 00:29:53,635 --> 00:29:56,469 We knew we had something with the knives. 542 00:30:06,048 --> 00:30:06,980 Found something here. 543 00:30:08,650 --> 00:30:10,817 [Dar Shaw] I had found a clip board, 544 00:30:10,819 --> 00:30:13,820 and in that clip board were typed letters... 545 00:30:13,822 --> 00:30:15,454 [camera shutter clicks] 546 00:30:15,456 --> 00:30:20,460 addressed to the same individuals where the body parts were sent. 547 00:30:20,462 --> 00:30:22,629 [Kenda] This is a filthy trailer, 548 00:30:22,631 --> 00:30:25,765 filled with all sorts of horrible evidence. 549 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:30,837 So, this is all adding up to the scene of the death of Mekole Harris. 550 00:30:31,573 --> 00:30:35,175 But, why did Mekole Harris die? 551 00:30:35,177 --> 00:30:38,979 Why was she murdered and dismembered for heaven sake? 552 00:30:38,981 --> 00:30:41,948 And, how does it connect to Miss Davis? 553 00:30:42,651 --> 00:30:44,084 And the Jenkins? 554 00:30:44,086 --> 00:30:45,819 That's what they don't know. 555 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:56,396 So, Clarence was eventually transported down to the Law Enforcement Center. 556 00:30:56,465 --> 00:30:58,565 Where I went and interviewed him. 557 00:30:58,567 --> 00:31:01,668 Look, Clarence, we know you're involved. 558 00:31:01,770 --> 00:31:04,738 We found the letters. We found blood. 559 00:31:04,740 --> 00:31:07,474 -We even found the trash bags. -[Clarence] It wasn't me! 560 00:31:09,077 --> 00:31:11,845 [Flavell] We had evidence that she died there. 561 00:31:11,847 --> 00:31:15,749 But, it just really didn't answer all the questions that needed to be answered. 562 00:31:16,852 --> 00:31:20,253 It is a bizarre circumstance. 563 00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:22,389 In every possible way. 564 00:31:22,457 --> 00:31:24,724 A three person love triangle 565 00:31:24,726 --> 00:31:26,993 A dismemberment homicide. 566 00:31:27,095 --> 00:31:30,864 A filthy trailer, filled wit overwhelming evidence. 567 00:31:31,934 --> 00:31:34,834 You take the time to spray-paint a bathroom. 568 00:31:34,836 --> 00:31:39,105 You don't throw away the drafts of the threatening note. 569 00:31:39,107 --> 00:31:42,275 Absolutely ridiculous. It's like children trying to do this. 570 00:31:42,344 --> 00:31:44,544 Not the sharpest knives in the drawer. 571 00:31:45,447 --> 00:31:47,147 But, killers tend not to be. 572 00:31:47,883 --> 00:31:48,915 I want a lawyer. 573 00:31:50,752 --> 00:31:52,352 [Flavell] We still didn't have Mekole. 574 00:31:52,354 --> 00:31:54,554 We had Mekole's hands and feet. 575 00:31:54,556 --> 00:31:56,456 But, we still hadn't found the body. 576 00:31:56,458 --> 00:32:01,094 So, you know, we really didn't have any information to give the family. 577 00:32:04,733 --> 00:32:06,099 [somber music playing] 578 00:32:06,101 --> 00:32:10,170 I have faith in God, and I know that it was gonna get solved. 579 00:32:10,172 --> 00:32:12,172 But, I mean, it was just devastating. 580 00:32:13,075 --> 00:32:15,108 [Harris] We had a candle light vigil. 581 00:32:15,176 --> 00:32:20,080 But, the thing was we still was, you know... 582 00:32:20,949 --> 00:32:22,048 Still going through it. 583 00:32:22,050 --> 00:32:23,984 The time for me... 584 00:32:25,754 --> 00:32:27,153 it was real hard. 585 00:32:30,158 --> 00:32:31,791 [dramatic music playing] 586 00:32:31,793 --> 00:32:34,861 [Kenda] So, Flavell is organizing the case, as best he can, 587 00:32:34,863 --> 00:32:37,163 so, they can proceed to tria 588 00:32:37,165 --> 00:32:40,467 During this process a year goes by. 589 00:32:40,469 --> 00:32:43,403 And Carman decides she wants to talk. 590 00:32:44,673 --> 00:32:47,207 She says, "I wanna tell you what happened." 591 00:32:47,308 --> 00:32:50,944 The prosecutor called and wanted us to come up 592 00:32:50,946 --> 00:32:53,546 for a meeting with Carman and her attorneys. 593 00:32:55,083 --> 00:32:56,716 Flavell is elated. 594 00:32:58,153 --> 00:33:00,487 [Flavell] We're at the solicitors offi with her attorneys, 595 00:33:00,555 --> 00:33:05,058 the prosecutors, and finally she's giving us her confession. 596 00:33:06,395 --> 00:33:08,294 And the conversation begins. 597 00:33:08,396 --> 00:33:09,996 [suspenseful music playing] 598 00:33:10,032 --> 00:33:12,665 So, the question Flavell has is simple, 599 00:33:12,734 --> 00:33:15,168 what happened inside that trailer, Carman? 600 00:33:16,071 --> 00:33:18,104 What happened to Mekole Harris? 601 00:33:24,813 --> 00:33:26,112 [suspenseful music playing] 602 00:33:27,349 --> 00:33:30,250 [Kenda] Carman sits down with Detective Flavell. 603 00:33:30,252 --> 00:33:35,922 Flavell says, "I want you to tell me the entire story. How did all this unfold?" 604 00:33:35,924 --> 00:33:41,127 [Flavell] That interview was probably, one of the coldes interviews I've ever done. 605 00:33:41,863 --> 00:33:42,829 She was... 606 00:33:44,332 --> 00:33:46,766 just as cold as she could be. 607 00:33:46,868 --> 00:33:49,269 [Kenda] She says, that Clarence Jenkins 608 00:33:49,337 --> 00:33:53,840 had met Grace Davis, on the street, and brought h home with him. 609 00:33:56,545 --> 00:33:58,545 [Flavell] When Grace left her ex-husband, 610 00:33:58,613 --> 00:34:01,448 she ended up in a women's shelter for a little while. 611 00:34:01,549 --> 00:34:05,652 So, Clarence offered for Grace to move in with him and his wife. 612 00:34:06,855 --> 00:34:08,822 [Kenda] Davis moved into their trailer, 613 00:34:08,824 --> 00:34:11,724 and became sexually involve with both of them. 614 00:34:13,962 --> 00:34:17,330 They were all happily together. 615 00:34:17,332 --> 00:34:21,534 So happily, they had considered trying to get married as a threesome. 616 00:34:21,536 --> 00:34:23,470 To, somehow, make this official. 617 00:34:26,241 --> 00:34:27,373 So, what went wrong? 618 00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:31,644 Things got heated between Clarence and Grace. 619 00:34:33,448 --> 00:34:38,651 I guess the dynamic of it was such as that, he was definitely the one in control. 620 00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:41,821 And, his personality wasn't anything she 621 00:34:41,823 --> 00:34:43,756 planned to deal with on a long-term basis. 622 00:34:43,758 --> 00:34:45,058 [dramatic music playing] 623 00:34:45,060 --> 00:34:49,095 Clarence was verbally abusive, and it upset Grace Davis, 624 00:34:49,097 --> 00:34:51,364 and she decided to leave the 625 00:34:51,366 --> 00:34:54,434 So, when Grace left, to make a better life for herself. 626 00:34:54,436 --> 00:34:56,369 They're like, "No, it's the three of us or none of us." 627 00:34:58,173 --> 00:35:00,373 [Kenda] Clarence was wild. 628 00:35:00,976 --> 00:35:02,909 No one leaves him. 629 00:35:03,845 --> 00:35:06,613 He's gonna get her back at any cost. 630 00:35:11,153 --> 00:35:13,419 Clarence goes to Labor Finders. 631 00:35:15,891 --> 00:35:17,624 He notices Mekole Harris. 632 00:35:21,863 --> 00:35:22,929 [suspenseful music playing] 633 00:35:22,931 --> 00:35:23,863 Excuse me, Miss. 634 00:35:25,467 --> 00:35:27,267 Yes, do I know you? 635 00:35:27,269 --> 00:35:28,535 I need you to come with me. 636 00:35:31,106 --> 00:35:33,773 He convinces her he's a policeman. 637 00:35:33,775 --> 00:35:36,943 He puts her in his car and he drives her to their trailer. 638 00:35:47,956 --> 00:35:50,657 -I thought we were going to the station? -Give me your hands. 639 00:35:53,628 --> 00:35:54,860 Come on. 640 00:35:56,965 --> 00:35:59,432 [Flavell] Carman says, he shows up with Mekole. 641 00:36:00,335 --> 00:36:02,835 And, she's in handcuffs. 642 00:36:02,837 --> 00:36:05,271 And, he takes her straight to this back room. 643 00:36:07,008 --> 00:36:08,875 -[Clarence] Would you sit down! -Please, just let me go! 644 00:36:08,943 --> 00:36:11,144 [Clarence] Stop that! 645 00:36:11,146 --> 00:36:15,915 [Kenda] The first plan Clarence had was, to use Mekole Harris to make threat 646 00:36:18,153 --> 00:36:21,054 He handcuffs her to a chair. 647 00:36:21,056 --> 00:36:24,557 He makes her make that phone call to Sue Bostick. 648 00:36:24,559 --> 00:36:26,559 [number pad beeping] 649 00:36:26,628 --> 00:36:28,328 -[Mekole panting] -[line ringing] 650 00:36:28,330 --> 00:36:31,130 You tell Grace she needs to get her ass back here. 651 00:36:31,132 --> 00:36:33,666 -[Sue] Hello? -Help me! Help me, please! 652 00:36:33,668 --> 00:36:36,536 Help, please. Please, don't kill me! 653 00:36:36,538 --> 00:36:39,272 [Kenda] However, she didn't follow the scrip and didn't say much. 654 00:36:39,341 --> 00:36:43,443 Which is why Bostick only heard screaming and then the line went dead. 655 00:36:44,713 --> 00:36:45,712 And, then what happened? 656 00:36:47,716 --> 00:36:49,716 The threats weren't working. 657 00:36:49,718 --> 00:36:51,517 So, Clarence came up with another idea. 658 00:36:54,356 --> 00:36:56,823 And then, Clarence just comes up to Carman 659 00:36:56,825 --> 00:36:58,658 and says, "Hey, you gotta kill that girl." 660 00:36:58,660 --> 00:37:00,360 -[Mekole] No, please. -[Clarence] Here. 661 00:37:00,428 --> 00:37:01,861 -Here. -[Mekole crying] 662 00:37:01,863 --> 00:37:03,863 -Get on with it. -[Mekole crying] Please, you don't have to do this. 663 00:37:03,965 --> 00:37:06,065 -Please, help me! -Go on now, get on with it. 664 00:37:08,670 --> 00:37:10,003 [Mekole crying] 665 00:37:10,505 --> 00:37:11,537 [Clarence] Come on. 666 00:37:11,539 --> 00:37:14,841 [Kenda] It's a monstrous idea. 667 00:37:14,843 --> 00:37:21,648 Clarence Jenkins is willing to use the death of a perfect stranger as a device 668 00:37:21,650 --> 00:37:25,151 to regain the love and admiration of another female. 669 00:37:28,089 --> 00:37:29,222 How sick is that? 670 00:37:31,059 --> 00:37:33,026 How sick can you be? 671 00:37:33,028 --> 00:37:35,261 And Carman is a participant in this crime. 672 00:37:37,365 --> 00:37:39,766 [Flavell] Clarence tells he to use a piece 673 00:37:39,867 --> 00:37:41,968 of coaxial cable and strangle her. 674 00:37:43,738 --> 00:37:44,971 Carman goes in there, 675 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:48,441 puts the coaxial around Mekole's neck, 676 00:37:48,443 --> 00:37:50,343 and tries to strangle her. 677 00:37:50,345 --> 00:37:52,211 But, I wasn't strong enough. 678 00:37:53,114 --> 00:37:54,247 So, Clarence did it. 679 00:37:56,718 --> 00:37:59,085 -I can't do it. -Please, don't kill me! 680 00:37:59,087 --> 00:38:00,653 [Mekole crying] 681 00:38:00,722 --> 00:38:01,854 [Clarence] Get out the way! 682 00:38:01,856 --> 00:38:03,723 [Kenda] So, Clarence takes over. 683 00:38:05,093 --> 00:38:07,860 And, kills her by strangling her to death. 684 00:38:07,862 --> 00:38:09,595 [Mekole choking] 685 00:38:18,940 --> 00:38:21,774 [Flavell] They then take he and drag her into the front bathroom. 686 00:38:24,979 --> 00:38:26,813 Then he takes a machete 687 00:38:27,716 --> 00:38:30,249 and cuts off her feet and her hands. 688 00:38:33,054 --> 00:38:38,257 With powerful blows, with a very long, sharp blade. 689 00:38:38,259 --> 00:38:42,862 They get, like, some garden shears and he cuts the toes off. 690 00:38:43,998 --> 00:38:46,466 Then, he bags these parts in two different bags, 691 00:38:46,534 --> 00:38:48,033 he writes the threatening letters. 692 00:38:50,672 --> 00:38:55,174 That Clarence Jenkins would devise such a plan, is beyond monstrous. 693 00:38:58,113 --> 00:39:00,413 If I was so empowered. 694 00:39:00,415 --> 00:39:02,615 I would sit Clarence down and I would say, 695 00:39:02,617 --> 00:39:08,254 "Clarence, I'm gonna stuff you into a food processor and press liquify, 696 00:39:08,356 --> 00:39:10,623 and then I'm gonna pour you down a toilet. 697 00:39:11,659 --> 00:39:13,993 Because, that is where you belong." 698 00:39:15,463 --> 00:39:18,664 [Flavell] I need to know where the rest of Mekole's body is. 699 00:39:20,535 --> 00:39:25,671 Carman gave us the location that they actually dumped Mekole Harris' body. 700 00:39:25,740 --> 00:39:27,673 It was out in a vacant field 701 00:39:27,742 --> 00:39:30,843 And they actually poured gas on it and tried to burn it. 702 00:39:33,515 --> 00:39:34,547 [Kenda] Good heavens. 703 00:39:35,550 --> 00:39:37,116 For what? 704 00:39:37,118 --> 00:39:39,051 The love and admiration of a female? 705 00:39:40,455 --> 00:39:41,454 Apparently so. 706 00:39:43,558 --> 00:39:45,625 [Flavell] She had no emotion 707 00:39:45,627 --> 00:39:48,761 I mean, the whole time is was, like, really eerie. 708 00:39:54,002 --> 00:39:57,470 We called upstate Search and Rescue and they brought their dogs out. 709 00:39:57,505 --> 00:39:58,838 [dogs barking] 710 00:40:02,210 --> 00:40:07,847 We were unfortunate that most of that area had been cut, 711 00:40:07,849 --> 00:40:10,650 sometime in that year and half. 712 00:40:10,652 --> 00:40:15,154 But, all in all, we did collect a number of bones. 713 00:40:15,256 --> 00:40:16,989 [camera shutter clicks] 714 00:40:16,991 --> 00:40:20,760 And there was, eight or ten different items of evidence that we collected. 715 00:40:20,862 --> 00:40:24,864 One of those items of evidence being, a pair of garden loppers. 716 00:40:28,870 --> 00:40:29,902 [dramatic music playing] 717 00:40:32,574 --> 00:40:34,574 [Flavell] Clarence was tried for murde 718 00:40:34,609 --> 00:40:37,143 He was convicted and he was given life without parole. 719 00:40:38,646 --> 00:40:42,148 Carman was originally sentenced to 50 years. 720 00:40:43,084 --> 00:40:45,451 And, after her testimony, 721 00:40:45,553 --> 00:40:48,154 that sentence was reduced to 40. 722 00:40:48,156 --> 00:40:51,958 You just killed someone just to play some silly game 723 00:40:53,261 --> 00:40:55,161 So, what's enough? 724 00:40:57,532 --> 00:41:01,234 [Ruiz] You always think of dangerous people as havin like, lots of weapons. 725 00:41:01,236 --> 00:41:05,371 But, really the most dangerous people that exist are those without empathy. 726 00:41:05,373 --> 00:41:10,142 And, clearly, Carman and Clarence had no empathy for Mekole Harris. 727 00:41:11,713 --> 00:41:13,212 [Harris] I just want the world to know, 728 00:41:14,215 --> 00:41:15,848 that the tragedy that happened, 729 00:41:17,852 --> 00:41:19,619 it's something you never wanna go through. 730 00:41:21,022 --> 00:41:23,556 My mother would want this story to be told. 731 00:41:23,558 --> 00:41:26,459 I got her ashes and everything, and I keep them close to me. 732 00:41:27,328 --> 00:41:29,562 But, [sighs] I'm still dealing with it. 733 00:41:31,432 --> 00:41:35,067 She was a wonderful person. She didn't deserve to go like this. 734 00:41:41,442 --> 00:41:45,444 [Kenda] Detective Flavell represents, yet another, American Detective. 735 00:41:45,513 --> 00:41:49,515 Who's experience, who's perseverance, unraveled this case. 736 00:41:50,518 --> 00:41:52,251 And punished the people involved. 737 00:41:54,255 --> 00:41:55,821 He should be admired for that. 738 00:41:55,823 --> 00:41:59,458 Along with every other American Detective who does the same thing 739 00:42:00,094 --> 00:42:02,161 every day and every night.