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[Joe Kenda] It's August 2nd
of 2010.
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We're in Washington, D.C.
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And the worst part of DC
is an area
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known as the Seventh Ward.
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The Seventh Ward
is high crime.
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It is violent.
It is drug dealers.
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All right, bye, Tisha.
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-Bye.
-Bye.
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[Joe] Latisha Frazier,
she's 18 years old.
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She's a fry cook
in a McDonald's
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in the Seventh Ward.
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Latisha's mother
and her sister
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are waiting for Latisha
to come home.
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So, it was planned that
everybody would meet up,
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and she's supposed to
be there.
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But she didn't show up,
and we calling and calling.
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Phone's just going
straight to voicemail.
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There was too many signs
that just wasn't normal.
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[reporter 1] Developing in
the district tonight...
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[reporter 2] Latisha Frazie
disappeared...
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[reporter 3] ...after leavin
her job at McDonald's.
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[reporter 4] Latisha Frazie
went missing last summer.
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We classified this as
a critical missing person.
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The fact that my little sist
is missing,
it's a stressful situation.
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[reporter 5] Police have no
yet recovered a body.
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That's what I feel truthfull
that it's foul play.
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[police sirens approaching]
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Where is Latisha?
No one seems to know.
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[clock ticking]
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[Joe] 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,
to be an American detective
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[producer]
Jackie Middleton. Marker.
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[Jackie] I joined
the Metropolitan
Police Department
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in October of 1986.
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It's every officer's desire
to become a detective.
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The top, top tier.
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A homicide detective
gets to investigate
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the most heinous crime
there is.
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You get to hunt the beasts.
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[Mitch] Jackie Middleton's
a great detective.
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And Jackie was great because
of her rapport with people.
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She can calm people.
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She was passionate.
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She knew how to turn a switch
off and on when it was needed,
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and she could be tough.
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At the time, I had
transferred from homicide
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and was working
in the Seventh District.
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[phone ringing]
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Middleton.
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[Joe] Jackie Middleton
was a well-experienced
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missing persons investigator
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and a well-experienced
homicide detective.
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She's summoned
to the front lobby
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of the precinct building
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to meet Latisha's mother,
and her sister and the fathe
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[mother] Do you have kids?
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[father] Go get somebody
that can help me!
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[mother] Come on now,
I mean...
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-Our daughter is missing.
-I understand.
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Hey, hey.
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[Jackie] So, I spoke
with the family,
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and they were complaining
about Latisha being missing.
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[Joe] They are
more than alarmed.
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They need help
to find their loved one.
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And the most obvious place
to look for the help
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is the police department.
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Y'all come with me.
Y'all come on to the back,
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I'll help you find
your daughter.
Y'all, come on. Come on back.
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And that was the beginning of
the relationship between
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the Campbell-Fraziers
and myself.
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[Barry Campbell] So, we set
out and Jackie talked to us
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She kinda calmed us down,
and, you know,
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made us feel comfortable about
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them looking into
our daughter's case.
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First question
we always ask is,
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has she ever ran away?
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[Caroline Frazier] We said,
"No, she never ran away,
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'cause that's not Tisha,
you know?"
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Tisha always came home
when she got off work.
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And did what she had to do
for Diamond and everything.
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Who's Diamond?
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[Latoya] Tisha's daughter.
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[Latisha] I'mma get you!
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[giggling]
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Oh... Ah!
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Latisha left behind
a daughter, Diamond,
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who was three at the time.
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[Barry] Oh, Diamond.
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Her and her mother
was like a team.
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The only time
she wasn't with her mother
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is when her mother
was at work or school.
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But outside of that
they was together
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all the time,
hooked to her hip.
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[Joe] When you're the mothe
of a small child,
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you come home
to care for that child.
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If she's not home,
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it's because
she can't come home.
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Nobody leaves
a child behind. Nobody.
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No, something's
definitely happened.
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Okay, listen, guys.
We'll find her.
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The concern is,
is that she's not missing,
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but she's been harmed
in some way.
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I treated this case
as if it was a murder
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from the very beginning.
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Thank you.
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[Joe] We've gotta
proceed quickly
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to find out
where this girl is.
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The longer she's missing,
the more danger she's in.
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[softly] Thank you.
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[Jackie] And so, first thin
that I thought we needed to
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was speak to the last person
who saw her.
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So, Middleton goes
to the McDonald's,
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speaks to the manager.
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We wanted to find out if
she had any problems
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with anyone on the job.
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Were there any customers
she was having issues with?
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Latisha? She's one of
my best employees.
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[Joe] They all like Latisha
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They admire her
for her willingness
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to advance herself.
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[Latoya] She worked hard.
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Once she graduated
high school,
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she wind up working
for McDonald's.
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And also she was getting
her Culinary Arts degree.
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She loved cooking,
so I know being a chef
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was one of her things that she
wanted to do eventually.
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Did Latisha have any problems
here last night?
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Nothing I can think of.
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[Joe] Nothing that's
out of the ordinary.
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One co-worker sees her leave
to go to the bus,
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as is usual.
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So, we receive information
that she got on the P bus,
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which is the bus that
she rode home all the time.
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Detective Middleton, Metro PD.
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So, Middleton identifies
the driver on duty that night.
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Yeah, I just want to know,
have you seen this girl?
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[driver] Yeah, she rides
the bus all the time.
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[Jackie] Do you remember
seeing her last night?
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[Joe] The bus driver says th
she was with a man.
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Now, that's interesting.
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So, who is this man?
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Middleton goes back
to the family
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with the description
provided by the bus driver,
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and the mother
immediately says,
"Oh, that's her boyfriend,
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Rianel Mills."
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And that he rides the bus
with her sometimes.
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-How was work?
-[groans]
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They would always be together,
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they kinda, like,
grew up together.
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[Joe] Something goes wrong
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between people that are
romantically involved,
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it can be a very emotional,
and thus,
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a very dangerous thing.
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Historically, when you have
cases like this,
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it's the boyfriend
or the husband.
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[Mitch] That's the first
person you're going to
look at,
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probably 9.5 times out of 10,
it is that person.
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[Joe] So, Middleton finds
her boyfriend.
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He's also very concerned,
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because this is
out of character for Latisha
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to not make contact.
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I need you to tell me
about the meet-up
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with Latisha on the bus.
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After work, she normally
get on the bus with me.
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Ride the bus every day.
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[Jackie] Apparently he had
met her, coming from work.
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She said she was going to
meet some friends.
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She got in the area
of 22nd Street,
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and he continued to go home.
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It is her custom
to call him every night,
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to say that
she got home safely.
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But that night of August 2nd,
she never called.
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You willing to take
a polygraph test?
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Yes.
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[Jackie] I am not the perso
that did the polygraph.
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The polygrapher
views the case,
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and they ask questions about,
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you know, when's the last ti
they saw them,
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do you know what happened,
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did you cause
the disappearance?
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Things of those nature.
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There was no deception.
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There was nothing
that raised the radar
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that this is our guy.
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We did verify his story,
so things were lining up.
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Can you think of anybody who
may know where Latisha is?
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-Did you talk to Marcus?
-Who's Marcus?
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Diamond's daddy.
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He is the biological father
of Diamond.
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He thus becomes a suspect.
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Say bye to Daddy.
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[Mitch] Even if the father
is not dating her at the tim
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there's gonna be disputes,
because the child is involve
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So as a detective,
you most definitely
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want to first start there.
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So, Marcus,
what have you been doing?
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Let's go ask him.
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Middleton's interview
with Latisha's boyfriend
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yields the identity
of someone else.
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The father
of Latisha's child, Diamond
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So, Middleton needs to
find Marcus,
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and see what explanation
he has
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for the disappearance
of Latisha Frazier.
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We went to his house,
and he was interviewed.
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Marcus, so,
what was your relationship
with Latisha like?
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It was fine.
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[Jackie] They were trying
to co-parent,
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um, you know, their children
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They had this baby
when they were, like,
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15 and 16 years old.
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So they're doing
the best they can.
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Were y'all having any problems
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over Diamond
or anything like that?
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Nah, everything was cool.
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[Joe] He's very cooperative
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and willing to submit
to any testing whatsoever.
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We were able to get him
to take a polygraph.
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And he passed that
with flying colors.
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[Jackie] We talked to
a lot of people.
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We couldn't find anybody tha
said that it was volatile,
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or there was any issues,
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or that he would have
done anything to her.
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So, Middleton has no reason
to believe that
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he has anything to do with
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her disappearance.
Good for him.
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[Jackie] So, after we
ruled out the obvious,
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we start looking to people
that she trusted.
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Her boyfriend said
she got off the bus,
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communicated that
she was gonna stop
and see some friends.
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So, naturally we wanna
talk to these kids
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that she was
supposed to be going to see.
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Middleton has determined
a group of friends exist.
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They listen to music,
they play video games.
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They all like Latisha.
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They're all friendly with her.
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They are Brian Gaither,
Johnnie Sweet, and Lanee Bel
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Did you guys see Latisha
the night she disappeared?
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No. She never showed up.
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And of course,
nobody didn't see her,
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she never made it
to the apartment.
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So, Latisha, was she having
any problems with anybody?
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No, Tisha was cool
with everybody.
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[Latoya] She was never
involved in, like, craziness
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She loved to have fun,
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always kept a smile
on her face, like,
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even at a moment where she
might have been hurting,
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she still smiling.
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Everybody said that
Latisha Frazier lit up a room.
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[Barry] She just smiled
all the time, and, you know
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she was really friendly
to people,
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and they gravitated to that.
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[Johnnie] Tisha had her stuff
together, man.
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Doesn't make sense.
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Everybody painted her to be
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a very genuine, nice, caring,
responsible young lady.
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[Joe] All Middleton
has learned
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is how concerned everyone is
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but nobody really has
any knowledge.
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Latisha has vanished.
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And no one seems to know
how that might have happened.
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In a case like this,
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what makes it
even more difficult,
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you have a four-year-old chi
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who wants to know
where her mother is,
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and you can't tell her.
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You'd love to be able to,
but you cannot.
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[Barry] There's a lot
of emotional things
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that are going on within her
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And you wanna help
but, like, you really can't
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But she's missing that,
and I'm...
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I know
that took a toll on her.
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[Joe] The longer it takes
to find her,
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the less likely it becomes
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that she will be
found unharmed.
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Someone has done something
awful to Latisha Frazier.
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So, we started interviewing
people in the neighborhood.
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[Mitch] Canvassing
the neighborhood
is very important.
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Hey, guys.
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Because you never know who
may have seen something.
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Just wanna know
if you've seen this girl.
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[Joe] In a neighborhood
like the Seventh Ward,
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the code of silence
is a problem.
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Never tell
the police anything.
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[Jackie]
The Seventh District's
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probably the roughest area
of D.C.
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It's where the most violent
calls come from,
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majority of the shootings,
majority of your homicides.
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[Mitch] There's always been
a lot of violence
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in that particular community
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And people don't talk
to the police.
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There is a concern of being
retaliated against
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for cooperating
with law enforcement.
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You don't wanna get involved
with the police,
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you don't wanna bring
any light to yourself,
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so you just say
you don't know.
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So, we started posting flyers
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in the area that she
kinda frequently hung around.
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[Latoya] We stood out
on the streets placing flyer
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and to people in their cars
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um, people walking
in the street.
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[Caroline] We was all over.
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We were just
throwing them around,
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putting them up everywhere.
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[Joe] Flyers with
tear-off phone numbers
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to Crime Stoppers.
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Anonymous reporting
of information.
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You can even get a reward.
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And no one's gonna ask
your name.
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But very shortly after
we started putting them up,
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people would snatch them down.
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[Barry] Every day
we would post flyers,
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and we would come back
the next day,
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they all would be gone.
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It didn't make sense to me.
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Why would you pull down flyers
of a missing person?
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Somebody's trying to find her.
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She has family.
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She has siblings.
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She has a mother, she has
a father, she has a child.
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So, we was like,
"Okay, what's up with this?
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Who is it that doesn't want us
to figure this out?"
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[Joe] Middleton becomes
immediately alarmed.
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Somebody wants
this investigation to go away.
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Because they're responsible
for it.
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Someone has been
tearing down the flyers
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posted around the neighborhood
asking for the whereabouts
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of Latisha Frazier,
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and/or knowledge
of her disappearance.
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We knew that
someone there knew.
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But we were absolutely
getting nothing. No breaks.
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[Joe] So, Caroline,
Latisha's mother,
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makes a decision,
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it's time to get the press
involved in this.
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[Caroline] About a week or t
after she went missing,
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that's when Sam Ford came in
the picture.
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[Gordon Peterson]
Latisha Frazier
disappeared in August.
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D.C. Bureau Chief Sam Ford
is live
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in Southeast Washington
with that story. Sam.
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Well, Gordon, we are on
18th and Trenton Place
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in Southeast Washington,
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where 18-year-old
Latisha Monique Frazier
disappeared.
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[producer] Sam Ford,
take one. Marker.
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I'm Sam Ford.
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I'm the principal reporter for
stories in Washington, D.C.
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The family would call
saying that
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this young girl
had disappeared,
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so I thought, "This is
interesting. Let's go."
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[Latoya] Sam Ford
had came through
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and he was actually doing
a news clip on us.
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And I mean,
he's a really good guy.
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[Sam] Caroline Frazier,
the missing woman's mother,
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was back at Seventh Police
District headquarters
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again today,
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joined by a host
of family members and friend
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who desperately want to kno
where Latisha Frazier is.
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I mean, I've been out there
every day, like I said.
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[Joe] Caroline's gonna prow
these streets
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with Sam Ford, and a camera
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And see what they can learn
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that Middleton would never
have access to,
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because of the code of silence
involving the police.
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It was a lot of doors
we knocked on.
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And asked them, did they see
Tisha out here, and all that.
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[Sam] We got to know
these people,
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we saw how serious they were
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We felt for them, you know?
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They had the love
for their child.
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And they just kept pushing,
and pushing and pushing.
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[Jackie] While they continue
to stay in the streets,
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we were trying to fish it ou
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trying to figure out
who it was, but we...
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We just couldn't
break anybody.
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[Sam] You know, we kept
covering this story.
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And at one point,
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somebody started doing, like,
ugly stuff on Facebook.
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Not only do we have people
tearing down the posters,
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now her sister, Latoya,
is receiving threats
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via social media.
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They're awful threats.
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[Latoya] Somebody made
the Facebook page.
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It said "Monique Frazier,"
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using her middle
and last name.
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And they started in
with the threats,
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until I had, like,
a whole book of threats.
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[Sam] January 13th, 10:15pm
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[reading message]
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[Caroline] They was nasty.
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They called us
everything in the book.
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I'mma be honest, like,
I was terrified.
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Some of those messages
was, like, horrific.
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[Sam] " Her black [bleep]
has been gone.
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00:18:30,086 --> 00:18:33,220
Keep the flyers out of
the [bleep] hood.
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We took them down."
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The threat indicates that
Latisha Frazier
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is already dead.
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00:18:39,262 --> 00:18:42,062
It's clear to Middleton
this is not a missing person,
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this is a homicide.
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[Jackie] We were blown away
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There's somebody who is
saying that they know
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that she's deceased.
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00:18:50,873 --> 00:18:52,973
So of course we wanna
interview that person.
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How do you know?
What's your involvement?
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[Joe] So, Middleton uses
the IT services
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of the police department
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to recover the IP address
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of where
these threats originated.
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They find the location wher
this IP is addressed.
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We gear up, we go out
to this address.
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00:19:11,060 --> 00:19:14,094
[sirens approaching]
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00:19:15,798 --> 00:19:17,097
[tires screech]
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00:19:23,472 --> 00:19:25,673
[Joe] If their suspicions
are correct,
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they may be finding
a murderer there.
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You've got to be kidding me.
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[Jackie] We get there,
it's a vacant lot.
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There's no house there
where this address
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-should have been.
-They find nothing.
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[Jackie] It's like
somebody used
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an address that did not exis
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[Joe] This is the curse
of the Internet.
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It gives everyone anonymity
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The most dangerous
of all things.
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Step out here in the sunlight,
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00:20:00,743 --> 00:20:03,177
tell me your name
and your mother's name,
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00:20:03,246 --> 00:20:05,946
and then repeat what you were
going to say a minute ago.
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00:20:05,948 --> 00:20:07,081
And people won't do it.
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00:20:09,452 --> 00:20:10,985
[Jackie] And then after tha
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we continued
to pass out flyers,
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try to interview people.
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00:20:15,124 --> 00:20:16,757
But we came up with nothing.
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[Joe] This investigation
has gone on
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for almost six months.
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00:20:22,765 --> 00:20:25,099
There is hardly any hope
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00:20:25,101 --> 00:20:27,801
that Latisha Frazier
is alive and well.
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00:20:27,870 --> 00:20:31,405
I think after those months
of passing out flyers,
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my mind at that point
just went to mush,
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00:20:33,943 --> 00:20:35,175
because it's like,
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00:20:35,277 --> 00:20:37,444
I knew something
had to happen.
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00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:40,748
All I could do
was just close my eyes
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00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:42,449
and really pray.
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00:20:43,853 --> 00:20:45,886
'Cause I couldn't do
nothing else.
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00:20:45,955 --> 00:20:48,022
No one gets to play God.
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00:20:48,024 --> 00:20:50,357
The family deserves to know
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00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,026
what happened
to their daughter.
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00:20:52,028 --> 00:20:53,694
Every family does.
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00:20:55,498 --> 00:20:59,066
[Jackie] You had this
wonderful person missing,
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and nobody's saying anything
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00:21:01,303 --> 00:21:04,171
You have to put your boots
to the ground, as I say,
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00:21:04,173 --> 00:21:05,572
level to the pavement.
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00:21:08,077 --> 00:21:09,376
Talk to people.
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00:21:09,444 --> 00:21:12,046
Eventually you're gonna reac
the heart of someone.
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00:21:12,048 --> 00:21:14,748
Someone's heart strings
will be pulled.
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And they will tell you
what you need to know.
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[Chris Kavanaugh] In Januar
of 2011,
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Caroline Frazier
was still on local news,
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passing out missing person
flyers for Latisha Frazier.
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00:21:31,267 --> 00:21:34,101
[phone ringing]
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Middleton.
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On every flyer we put out,
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"Call Crime Solvers
with your tip."
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Okay, hold on.
What did they say exactly?
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So, someone called in
and gave a tip.
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[Joe] They say they know
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00:21:47,350 --> 00:21:49,149
what happened
to Latisha Frazier.
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00:21:49,151 --> 00:21:52,252
And further, they know
who's responsible for it.
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00:21:52,254 --> 00:21:54,755
And everything just started
falling together,
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from that one call.
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I need this girl down here
right now.
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00:22:00,262 --> 00:22:02,896
[Joe] One thing that is
certain about murder cases
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the truth finds a way
of escaping,
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00:22:06,268 --> 00:22:08,602
despite Herculean efforts
to prevent it.
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00:22:08,704 --> 00:22:10,404
It still finds a way.
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00:22:15,044 --> 00:22:16,143
[phone ringing]
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00:22:17,046 --> 00:22:18,312
Middleton.
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00:22:18,314 --> 00:22:21,482
[Joe] Middleton is contacte
by an anonymous informant.
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00:22:21,517 --> 00:22:23,350
They say they know
what happened
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to Latisha Frazier.
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[Jackie] We were able to
track that person down,
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and basically told them that,
you know,
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00:22:41,937 --> 00:22:44,872
it was important that
you help.
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00:22:44,874 --> 00:22:46,607
Latisha's family need to know
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00:22:46,708 --> 00:22:47,875
what happened
to their daughter.
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00:22:51,147 --> 00:22:53,313
They couldn't give, you know,
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00:22:53,315 --> 00:22:55,883
the whole spiel
of what happened.
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00:22:55,951 --> 00:22:58,652
But they could give us
who was there.
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00:22:58,654 --> 00:23:01,755
And I just... just couldn't
believe who was involved.
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00:23:01,757 --> 00:23:03,257
I was shocked.
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00:23:03,259 --> 00:23:04,591
The informant says
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00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:08,195
that Latisha Frazier was
murdered by her own friends.
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00:23:08,264 --> 00:23:14,234
Johnnie Sweet, Brian Gaither
and Lanee Bell.
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00:23:14,236 --> 00:23:17,471
The very same friends
who Middleton interviewed
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00:23:17,473 --> 00:23:21,642
and put on a performance
of no knowledge of the event.
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00:23:21,644 --> 00:23:24,945
I was in awe, because
these people were her friends.
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00:23:26,115 --> 00:23:28,148
I heard there was
some more people there.
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00:23:28,150 --> 00:23:30,884
[Joe] The informant says
there were three other peopl
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that were present at the time.
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So, a total of six people.
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00:23:34,156 --> 00:23:35,856
It's not common where
you have a murder
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00:23:35,858 --> 00:23:37,891
that is committed
by six individuals.
503
00:23:37,993 --> 00:23:39,259
What are the odds of that?
504
00:23:39,261 --> 00:23:40,527
Thank you.
505
00:23:43,365 --> 00:23:45,999
[Chris] They had different
degrees of culpability.
506
00:23:46,101 --> 00:23:49,670
But arrest warrants
were obtained for all six.
507
00:23:49,672 --> 00:23:52,172
You needed a big team
of detectives
508
00:23:52,174 --> 00:23:53,574
to bring them in,
round them up.
509
00:23:59,648 --> 00:24:01,982
[Joe] When you plan
an arrest like this,
510
00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:03,617
the first thing
is surveillance.
511
00:24:03,619 --> 00:24:05,486
You gotta put eyes
on these people.
512
00:24:05,587 --> 00:24:08,455
You can't guess where
they are, you have to know.
513
00:24:11,494 --> 00:24:12,559
That him over there?
514
00:24:15,698 --> 00:24:16,797
[Jackie] Mmm-hmm.
515
00:24:16,866 --> 00:24:18,198
That's our boy.
516
00:24:19,368 --> 00:24:20,901
The arrest teams fan out.
517
00:24:29,144 --> 00:24:32,179
[clicks radio] We got eyes
on the suspect.
518
00:24:32,281 --> 00:24:34,548
[clicks radio] Okay.
Let's make our move.
519
00:24:36,619 --> 00:24:39,653
Coordinate it on a radio,
and it's time to hit it.
520
00:24:51,467 --> 00:24:54,001
And they apprehend everybody
at the same moment.
521
00:24:55,471 --> 00:24:57,604
-Hands in the air, Johnnie.
-Get on the ground!
522
00:24:57,673 --> 00:25:00,407
[shouting]
523
00:25:00,475 --> 00:25:01,742
Show them your hands! Police!
524
00:25:01,744 --> 00:25:03,677
Police, down on the ground!
Show them your hands!
525
00:25:03,779 --> 00:25:08,081
[sirens approaching]
526
00:25:08,083 --> 00:25:09,383
Get on the ground now.
527
00:25:09,418 --> 00:25:11,585
Down on the ground!
528
00:25:11,687 --> 00:25:13,887
Now, down, on the ground.
529
00:25:13,956 --> 00:25:15,289
Get on the ground.
530
00:25:16,759 --> 00:25:18,559
[Joe] Everyone is marched ou
in handcuffs,
531
00:25:18,561 --> 00:25:20,661
placed in a police car,
532
00:25:20,663 --> 00:25:22,896
driven to
an interrogation room,
533
00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:25,566
where they are alone.
534
00:25:28,170 --> 00:25:29,736
[police radio chatter]
535
00:25:29,738 --> 00:25:32,205
There is zero opportunity
to discuss
536
00:25:32,274 --> 00:25:33,840
what they're going
to say with anyone,
537
00:25:33,842 --> 00:25:35,242
other than the police.
538
00:25:38,881 --> 00:25:40,247
So, how do you
wanna do this?
539
00:25:40,249 --> 00:25:42,950
[Joe] Middleton is taking
a calculated risk
540
00:25:42,952 --> 00:25:44,985
by rounding these people up
541
00:25:45,054 --> 00:25:47,254
They don't have a provable
charge against anybody.
542
00:25:47,256 --> 00:25:50,557
They need somebody
to run their mouth.
543
00:25:50,559 --> 00:25:53,460
We're just gonna have to talk
to them one at a time.
544
00:25:57,066 --> 00:25:58,899
It only has to start with one.
545
00:25:58,968 --> 00:26:01,568
You break the surface tension
of the glass,
546
00:26:01,570 --> 00:26:03,804
and the glass crumbles.
547
00:26:05,474 --> 00:26:07,574
The very same thing
with humans.
548
00:26:07,576 --> 00:26:09,176
Break the surface tension..
549
00:26:10,846 --> 00:26:12,980
The lies fold.
550
00:26:13,081 --> 00:26:15,082
All right, Johnnie.
I'm gonna need you to tell me
551
00:26:15,084 --> 00:26:16,950
what you know about what
happened to Latisha Frazier.
552
00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:18,986
I got nothing for you, man.
553
00:26:19,054 --> 00:26:20,787
I told you guys,
I haven't seen her.
554
00:26:20,856 --> 00:26:22,956
I never saw her
the night she disappeared.
555
00:26:22,958 --> 00:26:24,458
Mmm-hmm.
556
00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:26,360
[Chris] Many of
the individuals, at first,
557
00:26:26,362 --> 00:26:28,362
said they had no idea
what they were talking about
558
00:26:28,364 --> 00:26:30,964
They had this code of silence.
559
00:26:30,966 --> 00:26:32,966
[Mitch] It was amazing
that these young people
560
00:26:32,968 --> 00:26:34,968
were able to keep it quiet
that long.
561
00:26:34,970 --> 00:26:37,671
Because young people
run their mouths all the time.
562
00:26:37,673 --> 00:26:39,272
I mean, all the time.
563
00:26:40,576 --> 00:26:42,776
That's the one
you need to crack right there.
564
00:26:42,845 --> 00:26:44,277
Why do you say that?
565
00:26:44,346 --> 00:26:45,579
'Cause I know her.
566
00:26:50,819 --> 00:26:53,086
I told them that
this young lady,
567
00:26:53,088 --> 00:26:56,289
oddly enough, was a member
of my church at that time.
568
00:26:56,358 --> 00:26:57,557
Anneka Nelson was her name.
569
00:26:57,559 --> 00:27:01,161
Jackie was telling us how
to use church to our advantage
570
00:27:01,163 --> 00:27:03,063
to get her to confess.
571
00:27:03,065 --> 00:27:06,400
She's religious. She has
a sense of right and wrong.
572
00:27:06,468 --> 00:27:07,901
Pursue that.
573
00:27:07,936 --> 00:27:10,070
Listen, young lady.
574
00:27:10,072 --> 00:27:13,006
I don't know how involved
you were exactly.
575
00:27:13,108 --> 00:27:16,043
But I do know
that you were there, so,
576
00:27:16,045 --> 00:27:18,245
I know that this is
tearing you up inside.
577
00:27:18,247 --> 00:27:22,082
But trust me,
the truth will set you free.
578
00:27:26,655 --> 00:27:27,654
Okay.
579
00:27:29,158 --> 00:27:31,658
She can't
deal with this anymore.
580
00:27:31,660 --> 00:27:33,894
She has to
tell them the truth.
581
00:27:33,962 --> 00:27:36,496
Okay, you have the floor.
What happened?
582
00:27:36,598 --> 00:27:40,333
Tisha came over
to Johnnie's apartment
583
00:27:40,335 --> 00:27:42,669
after she got out of work.
584
00:27:42,671 --> 00:27:44,905
[Joe] She comes over
to say hello to her friends
585
00:27:44,973 --> 00:27:48,141
There's a confrontation
that immediately occurs.
586
00:27:48,143 --> 00:27:52,079
She is accused of stealing
$900 in cash
587
00:27:52,147 --> 00:27:54,081
out of
Johnnie Sweet's apartment.
588
00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:56,083
She is then
immediately assaulted.
589
00:27:56,085 --> 00:27:59,252
We all started hitting on her.
590
00:27:59,254 --> 00:28:05,092
And things just got
out of hand.
591
00:28:05,193 --> 00:28:08,061
[Jackie] It started off
with the girls assaulting he
592
00:28:08,063 --> 00:28:09,763
and then
the guys got involved.
593
00:28:09,765 --> 00:28:12,799
Then they all started hitting
her, started kicking her.
594
00:28:12,901 --> 00:28:15,469
[Joe] It's an absolutely
savage attack.
595
00:28:15,471 --> 00:28:17,671
Something beyond the pale.
596
00:28:19,007 --> 00:28:22,242
She was moaning, so they put
a sock in her mouth.
597
00:28:23,445 --> 00:28:25,746
[Mitch] They put duct tape
over her mouth.
598
00:28:25,748 --> 00:28:27,347
They put a pillowcase
over her head.
599
00:28:27,349 --> 00:28:28,648
You place her in a closet,
600
00:28:28,650 --> 00:28:30,650
you leave her there.
I mean, how she gonna breathe?
601
00:28:30,652 --> 00:28:32,285
What happened
to Latisha's body?
602
00:28:34,356 --> 00:28:36,890
I don't know. Um...
603
00:28:36,959 --> 00:28:39,159
They got rid of
the body somehow.
604
00:28:39,161 --> 00:28:41,962
[Jackie] There's no body,
so now we have to prove
605
00:28:41,964 --> 00:28:44,397
that person
we're talking about
606
00:28:44,466 --> 00:28:45,866
is the person that was there.
607
00:28:45,868 --> 00:28:48,802
It's very important to find
physical evidence.
608
00:28:49,872 --> 00:28:52,672
[Joe] We need to find
something, like blood,
609
00:28:52,674 --> 00:28:55,142
like part of Latisha Frazier
610
00:28:55,144 --> 00:28:57,744
It's critical to the case.
Absolutely critical.
611
00:29:01,250 --> 00:29:04,151
So, Middleton takes
the CSI crew with her
612
00:29:04,153 --> 00:29:05,652
to Johnnie Sweet's apartment
613
00:29:05,654 --> 00:29:06,953
And they go over
this apartment
614
00:29:06,955 --> 00:29:08,755
with a fine tooth comb.
615
00:29:08,757 --> 00:29:10,991
If you don't
clean up properly,
616
00:29:11,059 --> 00:29:14,194
there's always gonna be
evidence that's left behind
617
00:29:17,399 --> 00:29:19,065
[Chris] They sprayed
a chemical
618
00:29:19,067 --> 00:29:20,467
all throughout the bathroom
619
00:29:20,469 --> 00:29:21,802
to be able to see
if they could find
620
00:29:21,903 --> 00:29:23,904
any traces
of organic material.
621
00:29:24,506 --> 00:29:25,605
Hit the lights.
622
00:29:38,153 --> 00:29:39,686
[Chris] But they couldn't
locate any.
623
00:29:41,490 --> 00:29:43,423
There was evidence
that the defendants
624
00:29:43,425 --> 00:29:44,658
had used bleach to clean up,
625
00:29:44,660 --> 00:29:48,562
and bleach ordinarily will
destroy forensic material.
626
00:29:48,564 --> 00:29:50,463
So we thought that our chanc
627
00:29:50,465 --> 00:29:52,165
of being able to find
something was very slim.
628
00:29:52,868 --> 00:29:54,301
What about in here?
629
00:29:56,872 --> 00:29:58,872
[Mitch] Nothing.
630
00:29:58,874 --> 00:30:01,241
[Joe] The floor, looking
at it, had been cleaned,
631
00:30:01,243 --> 00:30:03,143
thoroughly with something.
632
00:30:03,145 --> 00:30:07,147
The difficulty is, blood has
a tendency to seep.
633
00:30:07,149 --> 00:30:09,549
It seeps between floor cracks.
634
00:30:09,551 --> 00:30:11,651
Between wall board
and the floor.
635
00:30:11,653 --> 00:30:14,988
All right, well,
cut up the floor.
636
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,860
[Chris] It was
a big production.
637
00:30:19,862 --> 00:30:22,996
I remember that
the evidence technicians
638
00:30:22,998 --> 00:30:25,198
had to have someone bring
a circular saw
639
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:27,801
to literally saw a hole
in the floor,
640
00:30:27,870 --> 00:30:30,470
so that we could try to use it
for forensic testing.
641
00:30:38,847 --> 00:30:40,080
[saw turns on]
642
00:30:46,355 --> 00:30:48,088
So, if there is blood
in this closet,
643
00:30:48,090 --> 00:30:49,256
they're gonna find it.
644
00:30:50,392 --> 00:30:55,195
[Jackie] When you have
concrete evidence to say yes,
645
00:30:55,264 --> 00:30:57,197
it was her, she was here.
646
00:30:57,266 --> 00:30:59,099
It's almost like
the smoking gun.
647
00:31:00,068 --> 00:31:01,568
[Joe] After six months
of effort,
648
00:31:01,570 --> 00:31:03,703
now we are two inches away
649
00:31:03,772 --> 00:31:05,739
from putting these people
in prison.
650
00:31:05,741 --> 00:31:08,842
But we have to get those last
two inches. We must.
651
00:31:08,844 --> 00:31:10,543
Or nobody's going to jail.
652
00:31:15,150 --> 00:31:18,351
Well, this is
a six-month investigation,
653
00:31:18,353 --> 00:31:20,787
involving some
very unpleasant people
654
00:31:20,855 --> 00:31:23,089
who have already lied to
the police a number of times.
655
00:31:23,158 --> 00:31:25,425
And now one of them confesses.
656
00:31:25,427 --> 00:31:27,694
[Chris] Anneka Nelson,
she came forward
657
00:31:27,796 --> 00:31:29,462
and told the police
what she knew
658
00:31:29,464 --> 00:31:30,697
about what had happened
that day.
659
00:31:30,766 --> 00:31:32,365
[Joe] But there has to
be evidence
660
00:31:32,367 --> 00:31:34,200
in support of your confessio
661
00:31:34,302 --> 00:31:36,303
Which in this case is traces
662
00:31:36,371 --> 00:31:39,806
of Latisha Frazier
in that closet.
663
00:31:39,908 --> 00:31:43,543
The forensic search
is everything to this case.
664
00:31:43,545 --> 00:31:45,779
[sirens in distance]
665
00:31:51,053 --> 00:31:52,185
Heard back from forensics.
666
00:31:56,391 --> 00:31:57,991
Well, I'll be damned.
667
00:31:59,561 --> 00:32:01,861
[Joe] Middleton is thrilled
to discover that
668
00:32:01,863 --> 00:32:04,998
the CSI team
has recovered human blood
669
00:32:05,067 --> 00:32:06,866
from the closet,
under the floor.
670
00:32:06,868 --> 00:32:08,601
So, you need to do
a comparison
671
00:32:08,670 --> 00:32:12,973
to see if this blood
is related to Latisha Frazier.
672
00:32:12,975 --> 00:32:14,240
Well, how do you do that
673
00:32:14,242 --> 00:32:17,143
if Latisha Frazier isn't here
any longer?
674
00:32:20,148 --> 00:32:22,549
[Joe] So, Middleton goes
to the apartment
675
00:32:22,551 --> 00:32:25,552
where she lived, to recover
some of her personal things
676
00:32:25,554 --> 00:32:27,988
to get a DNA sample
from her toothbrush,
677
00:32:28,089 --> 00:32:30,590
her hairbrush,
or any other device.
678
00:32:31,860 --> 00:32:34,194
We moved, so we had to
get rid of that kind of stuff.
679
00:32:37,265 --> 00:32:38,598
[Joe] There is
nothing remaining
680
00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:40,767
that belonged to
Latisha Frazier
681
00:32:40,769 --> 00:32:42,969
that might have
some DNA sample on it.
682
00:32:42,971 --> 00:32:44,571
But that doesn't mean
you're out of luck.
683
00:32:44,573 --> 00:32:46,840
There may be another way.
684
00:32:46,842 --> 00:32:49,976
You can take DNA
from a family member,
685
00:32:49,978 --> 00:32:53,880
to see if there was a match
with the DNA recovered.
686
00:32:53,982 --> 00:32:57,384
So, they was gonna swab us
for the DNA.
687
00:32:57,485 --> 00:32:59,719
[Chris] At the time in 2010
688
00:32:59,721 --> 00:33:03,423
I had not heard of using
the parental links
689
00:33:03,425 --> 00:33:05,558
in a no-body case
to try to establish
690
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,627
the existence of a homicide.
691
00:33:07,629 --> 00:33:10,764
This was one of the first
times where that happened.
692
00:33:10,766 --> 00:33:13,266
[Joe] So, a cheek swab
is taken from the mother,
693
00:33:13,268 --> 00:33:15,101
one from the father.
694
00:33:15,203 --> 00:33:17,270
When that goes through
the laboratory
695
00:33:17,272 --> 00:33:19,839
and comes back,
it is in fact a match.
696
00:33:19,841 --> 00:33:21,641
The blood in that closet
697
00:33:21,643 --> 00:33:24,077
is the blood
of Latisha Frazier.
698
00:33:24,079 --> 00:33:25,445
That is no question.
699
00:33:27,783 --> 00:33:29,883
[Latoya] I already knew tha
something happened to her,
700
00:33:29,951 --> 00:33:32,085
but to get the confirmation
701
00:33:32,087 --> 00:33:34,554
that she's
actually gone, like,
702
00:33:34,556 --> 00:33:36,656
my heart could have dropped
to my feet.
703
00:33:36,658 --> 00:33:38,658
Like, my sister's gone. You...
704
00:33:38,660 --> 00:33:40,293
How do you get
another little sister?
705
00:33:40,328 --> 00:33:42,195
That doesn't happen.
706
00:33:42,297 --> 00:33:45,999
You know? So it kind of
tore me up a lot.
707
00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:56,342
[Joe] When Middleton first
talks to these three people
708
00:33:56,344 --> 00:33:59,245
Bell, Sweet, and Gaither,
709
00:33:59,247 --> 00:34:02,182
she knows little or nothing
about this case.
710
00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:04,184
Now we have
a different circumstance.
711
00:34:04,252 --> 00:34:05,752
We had a sense
of what happened.
712
00:34:05,754 --> 00:34:07,854
Now we had to
corroborate that.
713
00:34:07,856 --> 00:34:09,956
So, the detectives then go
to Brian Gaither.
714
00:34:12,060 --> 00:34:14,260
He was a little bit
of a leader of the group.
715
00:34:15,063 --> 00:34:16,863
[Brian] I don't know,
man, I...
716
00:34:16,865 --> 00:34:18,898
I don't know what happened
to that girl.
717
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,500
[Joe] They all think
they're smart.
718
00:34:20,602 --> 00:34:22,769
They're gonna talk
their way out of this.
719
00:34:22,771 --> 00:34:24,904
No you're not. No you're not.
720
00:34:25,006 --> 00:34:27,307
You're talking to
an experienced
homicide detective.
721
00:34:27,408 --> 00:34:29,542
Not some guy on a city bus.
722
00:34:29,544 --> 00:34:33,379
And they're gonna pick at you
until you start to bleed.
723
00:34:33,448 --> 00:34:35,482
Then we're gonna see
how smart you are.
724
00:34:35,583 --> 00:34:38,551
We know Latisha died
inside of Johnnie's apartment.
725
00:34:38,553 --> 00:34:41,654
And we know that
you put her in the closet.
726
00:34:44,092 --> 00:34:46,659
[Jackie] When you
hit people with facts,
727
00:34:47,963 --> 00:34:49,596
you can't refute the facts.
728
00:34:49,697 --> 00:34:51,297
I believe
the more they realized
729
00:34:51,366 --> 00:34:52,899
that we had information,
730
00:34:52,968 --> 00:34:55,401
that's what helped
make them start cracking.
731
00:34:55,470 --> 00:34:57,470
Look, man...
732
00:34:57,472 --> 00:34:59,272
She wasn't supposed to die
or nothing.
733
00:35:01,276 --> 00:35:02,876
[Joe] Brian Gaither realize
734
00:35:02,944 --> 00:35:04,344
there's no way out of this
for him.
735
00:35:04,346 --> 00:35:06,846
And he confesses
his involvement
736
00:35:06,848 --> 00:35:09,082
and tells the story
as to what happened.
737
00:35:09,184 --> 00:35:11,751
Johnnie said
Tisha owed him 900 bucks.
738
00:35:11,753 --> 00:35:13,753
So he had to
teach her a lesson.
739
00:35:20,262 --> 00:35:22,328
[Mitch] The plan was for
Johnnie Sweet
740
00:35:22,330 --> 00:35:23,763
to get her over there,
741
00:35:23,765 --> 00:35:27,100
and he had some young ladies
who was part of
their little crew,
742
00:35:27,102 --> 00:35:29,269
who were going to beat her up.
743
00:35:29,271 --> 00:35:30,904
They invite her over
to the apartment,
744
00:35:30,972 --> 00:35:32,772
which is not uncommon.
745
00:35:35,143 --> 00:35:38,545
Hey, what's up, y'all? I got
some fries if anyone's hungry.
746
00:35:39,347 --> 00:35:40,547
Why y'all slamming doors?
747
00:35:41,650 --> 00:35:43,049
Shut up, bitch.
748
00:35:46,755 --> 00:35:48,688
[coughing]
749
00:35:48,757 --> 00:35:51,324
[Joe] And before anything
can be said,
750
00:35:51,326 --> 00:35:52,458
an assault begins,
751
00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:54,861
with Latisha Frazier
as the focus.
752
00:35:55,730 --> 00:35:57,363
[Latisha coughing]
753
00:35:57,365 --> 00:36:02,001
[screaming and sobbing]
754
00:36:04,072 --> 00:36:05,872
And it just went
out of control.
755
00:36:05,874 --> 00:36:09,142
[Joe] It's like watching
a group of jackals
756
00:36:09,144 --> 00:36:11,177
attack an animal in the wild
757
00:36:11,279 --> 00:36:13,846
The pack mentality.
758
00:36:13,848 --> 00:36:17,350
It's frightening. Humans can
be extremely frightening.
759
00:36:17,352 --> 00:36:18,551
What did you do?
760
00:36:20,655 --> 00:36:21,988
I put her in the sleep hold.
761
00:36:26,061 --> 00:36:28,962
[Joe] Gaither picks her up
with his forearms
762
00:36:28,964 --> 00:36:30,296
under her chin,
763
00:36:30,298 --> 00:36:34,367
where you restrict the airway
until the person passes out.
764
00:36:38,373 --> 00:36:40,840
He then tapes a sheet
over her head,
765
00:36:40,842 --> 00:36:43,743
and puts her in a closet.
766
00:36:43,745 --> 00:36:46,346
They go check on her
a little while later,
767
00:36:46,348 --> 00:36:48,281
and discover that she's dead.
768
00:36:50,585 --> 00:36:53,987
So now, they have a dead body
in the closet.
769
00:36:54,088 --> 00:36:56,856
Now they're in panic mode.
"What are we gonna do?"
770
00:36:57,459 --> 00:36:59,058
We put her in the bathtub.
771
00:36:59,060 --> 00:37:01,594
The bathtub. Why?
772
00:37:03,198 --> 00:37:05,198
'Cause we were supposed to
cut her up.
773
00:37:09,204 --> 00:37:13,339
[Joe] Johnnie Sweet suggest
that they dismember her bod
774
00:37:13,341 --> 00:37:15,074
so it can be disposed of.
775
00:37:15,076 --> 00:37:17,677
He attempts to do this
with a kitchen knife.
776
00:37:17,746 --> 00:37:19,178
Neither of
these people understand
777
00:37:19,247 --> 00:37:20,647
how difficult that is.
778
00:37:23,385 --> 00:37:24,951
[Jackie] It just becomes
a disaster.
779
00:37:24,953 --> 00:37:26,486
They can't dismember her.
780
00:37:26,554 --> 00:37:31,057
So they put her in a tub,
like a storage tub,
781
00:37:31,059 --> 00:37:32,892
and place her in a closet.
782
00:37:32,961 --> 00:37:35,161
So now, got to
get rid of the body.
783
00:37:35,964 --> 00:37:38,197
We put her body
in a dumpster.
784
00:37:38,266 --> 00:37:39,599
A dumpster?
785
00:37:42,304 --> 00:37:43,970
It's just so heartless.
786
00:37:43,972 --> 00:37:47,173
[Mitch] Oh, wow. That was..
I was shocked.
787
00:37:47,175 --> 00:37:49,275
That these young people
just say,
788
00:37:49,377 --> 00:37:51,077
"Let's just throw her body
in the dumpster."
789
00:37:51,146 --> 00:37:54,047
That was...
that was just coldness.
790
00:37:57,085 --> 00:37:59,952
[Jackie] It was cruel
the way they did her.
791
00:37:59,954 --> 00:38:01,487
Nobody deserves that.
792
00:38:01,556 --> 00:38:03,589
But especially not
this young lady.
793
00:38:03,658 --> 00:38:07,093
Now, Middleton is faced with
trying to recover her remains.
794
00:38:07,095 --> 00:38:10,997
[Jackie] We learned that
the trash from that dumpste
795
00:38:11,065 --> 00:38:15,268
led us to a landfill
down in Southern Virginia.
796
00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:18,671
[Joe] Now, it's been in thi
landfill for over six months
797
00:38:18,673 --> 00:38:22,642
which means it's buried unde
hundreds of feet of garbage
798
00:38:22,644 --> 00:38:23,876
Hundreds of feet.
799
00:38:23,945 --> 00:38:25,945
The most dangerous thing
about a landfill
800
00:38:25,947 --> 00:38:28,481
is it produces methane gas.
801
00:38:28,583 --> 00:38:32,352
[Chris] The specialist
said that given the dangers
802
00:38:32,354 --> 00:38:34,087
they ultimately
would not engage in
803
00:38:34,089 --> 00:38:35,455
a landfill excavation.
804
00:38:35,457 --> 00:38:37,390
The Fraziers and Campbells
805
00:38:37,459 --> 00:38:40,793
did not get the proper burial
for their daughter.
806
00:38:40,895 --> 00:38:43,196
That was...
[laughs humorlessly]
807
00:38:43,264 --> 00:38:46,999
...outrageous. It wasn't fair
to none of us.
808
00:38:47,035 --> 00:38:49,502
I don't feel like
nobody deserve to
809
00:38:49,571 --> 00:38:52,372
have to lay to rest
in a trash landfill.
810
00:38:52,374 --> 00:38:54,374
Like, that's just...
811
00:38:57,445 --> 00:39:00,146
Developing in the district
tonight, a guilty plea
812
00:39:00,148 --> 00:39:03,349
from the man
accused of killing
teenager, Latisha Frazier.
813
00:39:03,351 --> 00:39:05,151
Prosecutors said
they had planned
814
00:39:05,153 --> 00:39:06,886
to use ABC7 news clips
815
00:39:06,955 --> 00:39:08,654
against 25-year-old
Brian Gaither.
816
00:39:08,656 --> 00:39:11,257
We shot this video as we
followed the victim's famil
817
00:39:11,259 --> 00:39:13,359
leafleting the neighborhood
where she disappeared
818
00:39:13,361 --> 00:39:14,761
in August 2010.
819
00:39:14,763 --> 00:39:17,163
Gaither put his arm
around Frazier's mother,
820
00:39:17,165 --> 00:39:19,365
offered to let her search
this apartment,
821
00:39:19,367 --> 00:39:21,868
where he now confesses
he and five others
822
00:39:21,870 --> 00:39:24,103
attacked Frazier
and choked her to death.
823
00:39:24,105 --> 00:39:26,806
[Jackie] We believe that
she was in that room
824
00:39:26,908 --> 00:39:30,977
when the mom was actually
in the unit looking for her.
825
00:39:31,078 --> 00:39:33,379
But I didn't know
and I didn't smell nothing,
826
00:39:33,481 --> 00:39:37,049
so I figured, like,
you know, she ain't here.
827
00:39:37,051 --> 00:39:40,253
That's the part
that's just sickening to me.
828
00:39:40,255 --> 00:39:42,455
Truthfully. That's just crazy.
829
00:39:42,457 --> 00:39:45,892
He actually hugged my mom
and said, "Ma, you know,
830
00:39:45,993 --> 00:39:47,560
if I knew
where you daughter was,
831
00:39:47,562 --> 00:39:48,961
you know I'd let you know."
832
00:39:51,766 --> 00:39:53,566
So for me, I'm just like...
833
00:39:54,769 --> 00:39:57,236
What type of people are you?
834
00:39:57,238 --> 00:39:59,305
[Joe] Johnnie Sweet
maintained his silence,
835
00:39:59,374 --> 00:40:01,841
refused to make a statement
836
00:40:01,843 --> 00:40:04,177
He was found guilty
of first-degree murder
837
00:40:04,278 --> 00:40:05,778
and sentenced
to life in prison.
838
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,848
Mr. Gaither was also sentenc
to life in prison.
839
00:40:08,850 --> 00:40:11,651
Lanee Bell, she was sentence
to three years,
840
00:40:11,653 --> 00:40:13,653
because she was not
physically involved
841
00:40:13,655 --> 00:40:15,455
in the event itself.
842
00:40:15,457 --> 00:40:16,789
[Chris] The rest
of the defendants
843
00:40:16,858 --> 00:40:18,791
had different degrees
of culpability,
844
00:40:18,860 --> 00:40:20,159
Anneka Nelson being the leas
845
00:40:20,161 --> 00:40:21,527
and Kamal Hassan
and Cinthya Proctor
846
00:40:21,529 --> 00:40:22,695
being somewhere in the middl
847
00:40:22,764 --> 00:40:25,331
They received between
18 and 52 years
848
00:40:25,333 --> 00:40:26,699
depending on
their culpability.
849
00:40:26,701 --> 00:40:30,369
[Latoya] I mean, I was glad
that they caught somebody,
850
00:40:30,371 --> 00:40:32,705
but they can never serve
a sentence enough
851
00:40:32,774 --> 00:40:35,708
that I would feel is justice
for us losing her life.
852
00:40:36,945 --> 00:40:38,344
[Jackie] I mean,
she was a young lady.
853
00:40:38,346 --> 00:40:41,180
A kid pretty much.
She was 18 years old.
854
00:40:41,282 --> 00:40:44,150
And she was doing
the best that she could.
855
00:40:44,152 --> 00:40:45,451
And at the end of the day,
856
00:40:45,453 --> 00:40:48,287
she lost her life
over nothing.
857
00:40:48,356 --> 00:40:51,557
Did $900 even exist?
Probably not.
858
00:40:51,559 --> 00:40:53,192
There was
absolutely no evidence, ever,
859
00:40:53,294 --> 00:40:54,460
that she had stolen the money.
860
00:40:54,462 --> 00:40:57,063
In fact, she was the only one
out of all of them
861
00:40:57,065 --> 00:40:58,264
who had a job.
862
00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:00,466
I didn't believe that one bit.
863
00:41:00,468 --> 00:41:02,101
'Cause I know my daughter.
864
00:41:02,103 --> 00:41:04,170
So if she working every day,
865
00:41:04,172 --> 00:41:06,272
she don't need to steal
from nobody.
866
00:41:06,274 --> 00:41:08,107
So, what is the motive
for this crime?
867
00:41:08,643 --> 00:41:12,378
Rage, anger, jealousy?
868
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,680
Something was said
they didn't like?
869
00:41:14,782 --> 00:41:15,848
Who knows?
870
00:41:16,751 --> 00:41:17,950
[Latoya] I really wish that
871
00:41:17,952 --> 00:41:19,585
everything happened
differently.
872
00:41:19,687 --> 00:41:21,454
I wish she was still here.
873
00:41:21,456 --> 00:41:24,156
You know, they took her away
from so many people.
874
00:41:24,959 --> 00:41:26,626
I'm grateful to have my niec
875
00:41:26,628 --> 00:41:30,563
Like, she's so beautiful,
and they look like twins.
876
00:41:30,565 --> 00:41:32,765
Like, she gonna grow up
and look just like her mom,
877
00:41:32,767 --> 00:41:34,267
so I'm grateful for that.
878
00:41:34,269 --> 00:41:37,603
Miss her being here.
Miss her smiling.
879
00:41:37,705 --> 00:41:39,605
And I think about her
every day.
880
00:41:40,875 --> 00:41:42,875
[Barry] We still celebrate
her life every year.
881
00:41:43,678 --> 00:41:46,846
And, you know,
she's not forgotten.
882
00:41:46,848 --> 00:41:49,181
You know, she won't be, ever.
883
00:41:50,385 --> 00:41:51,551
You know?
884
00:41:53,888 --> 00:41:55,788
[Joe] Detective Middleton
was emotional
885
00:41:55,890 --> 00:41:57,590
when I spoke with her
about this case,
886
00:41:57,659 --> 00:41:58,858
because you get that way.
887
00:41:58,860 --> 00:42:00,126
There are certain cases
888
00:42:00,128 --> 00:42:02,461
that just never
actually go away.
889
00:42:02,463 --> 00:42:05,464
They will always be with her.
It's just the way it is.
890
00:42:05,466 --> 00:42:08,167
It is the most difficult part
of police work.