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[suspenseful music playing]
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[siren wailing]
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[Amber Drummond]
April 7th started off as
any normal day on day shift
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And I heard the call go out.
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When I met Office Odom,
he had a bag in his hand.
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Office Odom said,
"Amber, you need to see this."
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And when he opened it up
for me to see,
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I said, "Scott, are these...
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toes?"
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[Lt. Joe Kenda]
The bag contains
a severed hand,
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and a severed foot.
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Up until that moment,
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I had never seen anything
like this before,
only in movies.
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[dramatic music playing]
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I was just astounded by
the gruesome nature of this
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[Kenda]
Murder is a horrible crime.
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But, there are some murders
that display a level of evil,
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and a level of depravity,
that are rarely seen.
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And this crime
is one of those.
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[theme music playing]
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I spent my career
closing murder cases.
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But, I'm not the only one
who answered the call.
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It takes a rare breed
to solve the unsolvable.
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To catch a ruthless killer.
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To find justice for the dead
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That's what it takes...
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to be an American Detectiv.
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My name is, Collis Flavell
and I work with the Greenvil
City Police Department.
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I was in investigations
for 19 years.
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And 16 of that
was in homicide.
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[phone ringing]
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[phone ringing]
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This is Flavell.
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[Flavell] It was early morni
and I had just got to work,
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when we got the call
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An individual by
the name of, Sue Bostick,
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noticed a black trash bag
sitting outside
her front door.
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And, she found a note
under her windshield
on her car.
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-[Kenda] The notes says...
-[begins reading]
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"This is what happens if you
don't follow instructions."
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Okay, got it.
I'm on my way.
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[Kenda] Flavell has two thin
to answer at once.
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Who is this person
that lost these body parts?
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And, more importantly,
who is Grace?
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[siren wailing]
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[Drummond]
If there was a case to solve
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if Collis Flavell was on it,
it was gonna get solved.
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[Flavell] When I arrived,
two patrol officers,
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um, Office Odom
and Officer Drummond,
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were at a patrol car
where they had this black bag
on the back of the car.
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Hey, Drummond.
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What are we looking at here?
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You won't believe this.
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[stammers] In my career
I've never had a case,
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like this
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before or after.
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Let's get forensics
out here. Now.
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[Michael Peterson]
When dispatch calls
you and says,
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"We've got body parts
in a trash bag."
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No doubt, that was gonna be
one of those things
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that I personally
wanted to respond to.
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[Peterson] They said,
you got body parts?
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-The toes have been
clipped clean off.
-What?
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What are we getting ourselves
into here?
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[camera shutter clicks]
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[Flavell] The hands
and feet were brown skin
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almost looked like
it was surgically removed.
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It was very clean cuts,
there wasn't a lot
of blood in the bag.
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Obviously it happened
somewhere else.
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[Drummond] Gosh,
I remember my prayer was,
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I hoped the victim
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had died at this point.
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I hoped that they
didn't feel pain.
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[Kenda] Whoever lost
their hand and their foot,
could not have survived that
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You'd bleed out
in less than two minutes.
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This is a homicide.
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The question becomes, of whom?
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And, where is
the rest of them?
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Let's have a look
at that note. [sighs]
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[Flavell] The note itself
was bizarre.
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It was addressed to
an individual by the name
of Grace Davis.
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Basically, threatening Grace
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We learned that Miss Bostic
is Grace Davis' aunt.
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[Kenda] The implied content
of the note is,
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do what we demand
or this will happen to you.
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In addition
to that information,
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there is an email
to respond to at the bottom
of the page.
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[Flavell]
evens.john60@yahoo.com
was left on the note.
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For us as investigators,
you know, thank you.
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Because, we can track
that email address
and at least start somewhere.
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Let's see if you can pull
any prints off of this.
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And, let's get a read
on that email.
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I'll let you know
what we can find.
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We had no clue what or who
we were dealing with.
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-Copy that. Detective?
-[Flavell] Yeah.
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We've got a problem
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[Kenda] He's informed,
by radio, that a second bag
has been found.
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At another house, a mile away,
that also contains
additional body parts.
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Holy smokes.
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[Flavell] I'd never dreamed
that we would get a call
about other body parts.
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So, now we went from
one scene to two scenes.
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[Drummond] My fear was,
that more bags would show up
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And that, as they did,
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the case would just become
more inhumane over time.
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[Peterson] We needed
to get those body parts
to the morgue.
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'Cause that was gonna be ke
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in trying to establish
the identity of that person.
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The woman who lives
in the second home is,
Judon Burnside.
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[Flavell] We learned
that Judon Burnside
is Grace Davis' mother.
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[Kenda] So,
we have Judon Burnside.
We have Sue Bostick.
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Now, Flavell has to
set about finding answers.
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So, Sue and Judon
are interviewed together.
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Grace Davis is
one woman's daughter
and the other woman's niece
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[Flavell] She live
with either one of you?
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[Judon Burnside]
She use to, but,
things have changed.
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And now, we just
take care of the kids.
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[Kenda] She's gotten
into drugs and her children
where taken away from her.
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And she has drifted off,
into the street.
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And they don't know
where she is.
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Whoever is responsible
for this,
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doesn't know
where Grace is either.
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Or, he wouldn't be
leaving these threats
with relatives.
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He'd be going directly
to Grace Davis.
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Has anything happened,
in the last few days,
out of the ordinary?
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Well, there was
this phone call.
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Miss Bostick told us
she answered the phone
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and stated, it sounds like
somebody's gonna die.
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-Hello?
-[woman screaming]
Help me! Help me, please!
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[line disconnects]
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Hello?
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[dial tone]
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[Kenda] She got a phone cal
from a female voice,
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who is screaming
into the phone,
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and then the line went dead.
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She wonders
if that's connected.
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Flavell wonders
the same thing.
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[Flavell] Do either one of you
know anybody who would
wanna do Grace harm?
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There is her ex.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Kenda] Grace's ex husband
has been ordered to pay
$400 a month in child suppor
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And, he was very
unhappy about this.
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Money, sex, or revenge
are common things
in a murder case.
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And here was have money
and revenge.
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Together.
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[Flavell] So, of course,
that turns our attention.
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We needed to talk
to Grace's ex-husband.
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[soft piano music playing]
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[knocking on door]
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[Kenda] The ex-husband
appears shocked.
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Has no knowledge
of any of this.
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Mr. Davis I need to know
where you were on the morning
of the 7th.
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I was with my girlfriend.
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They pretty much had an alibi
for the timeframe that we were
looking at.
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He was in a new relationship
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And his new girlfriend,
actually had taken
him to work.
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We verified his work records.
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So, we were able
to clear him as a suspect.
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[Kenda] It's just not the gu
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It just isn't.
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It's a shame. It would
make this case a lot simpler.
But, it's not simple.
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Murder's never are.
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[cell phone ringing]
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This is Flavell.
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Okay. Got it,
I'll be right there.
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It is very unusual
to ask a corner to examine
body parts and not a body.
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It's happened in my career.
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But, it's very rare.
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[Flavell] Our medical examin
called us to review
all the tissue samples.
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The body parts,
they were not, per se,
surgically removed.
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But, they weren't hacked
and wacked.
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[Kenda] Whatever was used
was very sharp.
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It made a clean cut
right at the joint.
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[Examiner]
But, we did get a hit
on the prints.
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[Kenda] They do determine
the identity, of the parts,
by fingerprint.
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It's a female.
And her name was,
Mekole Harris.
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She's 34 years old.
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[Flavell] I've never heard
of Mekole Harris.
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So, now we gotta figure out,
why you?
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Why are your hands
and feet in this bag?
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Kenda] Now the questions
become, where was she
last seen alive?
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What is her connection,
if any, to Grace Davis?
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We have someone
who is such an enemy
of Miss Davis,
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he's willing to kill
just to make a point.
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That's a serious enemy.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Kenda] So, we know that now
this person's name
is Mekole Harris.
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Now, Flavell has to set about
finding where Mekole Harris
was last seen alive.
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And, he has to make
a death notification
to the family.
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For you,
to give them that news is,
it's devastating.
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In a split second
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their life is turned
upside down.
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[knocking on door]
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[Kenda] He finds her mother
and has to explain
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that he doesn't have
her daughter's body.
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He only has parts of it.
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[melancholy music playing]
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[Flavell] So, we learn
that Mekole Harris was
a 34-year-old mother.
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Grew up in a normal family.
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Couple towns away
from Greenville.
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Mekole was my baby sister.
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I, kinda like, raised her
as my own.
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That was my heart.
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It was seven of us
and Meko was the baby.
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We nicknamed her Meky.
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Her personality
was sweet and loving.
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She was lovely as a mother.
She had the heart of gold.
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[Flavell] Where had she
been living?
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That's the thing,
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she was not making
the best decision.
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[Myra Ruiz] Mekole Harris
was somebody who had fallen
on hard times.
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Because she had a drug habit.
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[piano music playing]
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She would often find hersel
living on the streets,
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or with random people.
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[Flavell] Due to Mekole's
substance abuse problem
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she didn't have custody
of her kids.
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[Domico Harris] We use to,
you know, see each other
on a regular basis.
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Even though we were mostly
with our grandmother.
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[orchestral music playing]
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[Kenda] Mrs. Harris says,
her daughter has fallen
on hard times.
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But, still, Mekole Harris
was trying to change her way
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Trying to move back
into a normal life.
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To get off the streets
and away from the drugs.
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And back to where she began,
as a mother.
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[Patrice Strickland]
She was working towards
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getting her life together
and coming home.
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I said, "Are you sure?"
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And she said,
"Yes, ma'am. I am."
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And I said, "I know
the kids'll be happy."
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[Ruiz] Knowing that she was
never able to rekindle
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that stable relationship
with her children,
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I'm sure has continued
to haunt the whole family.
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[Strickland] That's why
it hurts me so bad.
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Because, she was
talking about coming home.
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And being, you know,
the person that I wanted
her to be.
237
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[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.