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DARIN: Firefighters
who responded to a house fire,
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they discovered four members
of the Harvey Family
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in the basement.
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Family was bound,
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tape wrapped
around their heads
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and then murdered
in their home.
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JON: Who could do this
to a beautiful family of four?
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LISA: We were pretty baffled.
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Can't even throw out theories
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because there weren't any.
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[sinister music playing]
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Five days after
the murder of the Harveys,
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there was another family
murdered
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in their residence.
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These people didn't bother
anybody.
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CONRAD: A lot of people
in Richmond were wondering why?
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What is going on?
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Do we have a serial killer
on our hands?
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LISA: On January 1st, 2006,
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we received a 911 call
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stating that we had to respond
at West 31st Street.
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There was a house
engulfed in flames.
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[sirens wailing]
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LISA: After the fire department
put the fire out,
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I arrive to the scene
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and there were
a couple of firemen
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and one of them was sitting
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on the front bumper
of the fire truck
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and he was crying.
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And I knew this
is not gonna be good.
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They found four people dead
in the house.
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The fire department brought
two victims
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out of the basement.
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A little child
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and an adult female.
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And when they laid them down,
they noticed
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that they were gagged
and tied up.
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They're not gonna bring anybody
else out of the basement
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because we had a crime scene.
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So, we called for medical
examiner's office.
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DARIN: Approximately 4:00 PM,
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I was called to a house fire.
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When I arrive to the home,
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I began to examine
the two bodies.
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I saw that both victims
of the fire
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had their ankles
bound together with tape
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and one of the first things
that I noticed
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were the sharp force injuries
to both necks,
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meaning cutting
and/or stabbing injuries.
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LISA: The adult female had
duct tape around her hands.
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She had a sock in her mouth
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and tape over her mouth.
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That little girl beside her
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was I would have said
three or four.
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She had head trauma
same as the adult female.
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I saw evil.
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DARIN: I found that both
also had open skull fractures,
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uh, and the skull fractures
were, um, depressed
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and rather roundish.
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That fracture pattern
is consistent
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with something very dense
and small.
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Like a hammer or a mallet.
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Once the, uh, firefighters
had determined that
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the house was structurally safe,
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we entered the home,
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but the electric to the house
was cut.
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So, we were using flashlights.
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Then we proceeded downstairs
into the basement.
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There were puzzles
and the children's toys.
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There was a red puppet
theater there.
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LISA: I noticed what appeared
to be a white male
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laying on the floor,
hog tied
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where his arms and his legs
were tied together
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with an extension cord.
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One of our forensics people
pointed out
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that under a futon in the corner
was a little girl.
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She was cut,
and she had some marks
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toward her upper body
in her head.
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DARIN: She also had
tape wrapped around her head
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and her wrists were bound
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with tape behind her back.
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She also had sharp
force injuries to her neck
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and open skull fractures.
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We also noticed on the floor
two hammers
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that were sitting there
side by side.
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And so immediately,
they drew our attention
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as potential weapons
that caused the injuries.
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LISA: After we go
into the basement,
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I went upstairs.
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The front door
was not pried open.
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The back door,
it wasn't quite open.
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So, there's no forced entry
into the house.
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In the living room,
there was a cup of coffee,
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and it was half drank.
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And on the floor was
part of a puzzle put together.
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It wasn't finished.
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Then you go in the kitchen,
the stove was actually still on
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so the fire department
cut that off.
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And there were vegetables
cut up.
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And then I saw something
out of place.
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On the kitchen counter bar,
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there's a round ring
that's clean.
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So there was something
around there,
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but we didn't know
what it was
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because everything else
was covered in soot
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and that was just clean.
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So, we knew
something was taken.
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Upstairs,
things had been gone through
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in the master bedroom,
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but not, like, thrown about.
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There was a couple of dollars
on a nightstand
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that was still there.
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There was nothing
that you could tell right away
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that was missing.
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At that point,
we are, you know,
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we're really like
scratching our heads.
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LEARNED: We realized
that we had a real problem.
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The fire department had hosed
down the entire basement
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where the bodies were found
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and so we had
no forensic evidence,
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except for the ball-peen
hammers.
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The law enforcement evidence
technicians
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then appropriated them
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and packaged them up.
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LISA: Another detective
came up to me
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and he said,
"Is it a murder-suicide?"
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And I said, "No way."
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First of all, I don't think
one person did it.
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There had to be at least two,
if not more,
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to tie up the man.
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He wasn't a small guy.
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He was in shape.
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Also, to keep all people
together at one time
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and bring them down
into a basement,
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I would believe
that it would take
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at least two people
with weapons.
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When I came back at it,
there was a older white man
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and his wife standing
to the side across the street.
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They were upset,
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and I went and found out that
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they were Pam
and Mark Harvey.
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And Mark told me
that that was his brother,
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Bryan and his wife Kathryn
living inside the house,
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and Ruby and Stella were
their children.
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DARIN: The two bodies outside
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were the bodies of,
uh, Kathryn and Ruby Harvey.
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In the basement,
that's where the father
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Bryan Harvey and his daughter
Stella were found.
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All of the members
of the family
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dying by homicidal violence.
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I can't think of a, uh--
of a more horrible thing.
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What kind of evil person
could do this?
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LISA: So once
we identify the bodies,
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we realized that the Harveys
didn't have jewelry on.
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So, we talked to their friends
about what items they had.
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They explained Kathryn wore
a wedding ring and a necklace.
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And the friend said that
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it was a really unusual
wedding ring
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that Bryan had had it created
just for her.
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And I couldn't find
the wedding ring
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or the necklace in the house.
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So, we knew those two items
were taken.
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Then, this lady came up,
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said her name's
Kirsten Perkinson,
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and she said that
she had been to the house
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and I said,
"When were you at the house?"
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She said, "A couple of hours
before that fire."
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She said Kathryn
was being very suspicious.
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She said, around 10:00
in the morning,
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she had brought Stella home.
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She was at a sleep over
at a friend's house
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for New Year's Eve.
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Stella ran into the basement
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because that's where all
the kids play.
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And all of a sudden,
Kathryn was standing there,
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very white faced,
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very nervous, like jittery.
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And Kirsten's daughter,
Gracielin,
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tried to run past Kathryn
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to go down to the basement
with Stella.
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Kathryn grabbed Gracie
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and pushed her back out
of the basement
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and told, Kirsten,
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"Look, you know,
I just don't feel good.
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Come back later.
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You all need to go."
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Kirsten left with Gracielin
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and never saw him again.
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What was Kathryn hiding
in the basement?
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One of Bryan's friends,
Johnny Hott,
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he called 911.
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LISA: He said that
he actually tried to go
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and save them.
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I pulled him aside and I said,
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"Look, what else
are you not telling me?"
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LEARNED: The mistake
that Johnny made
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is every time he would come in,
he tells a different story.
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It was probably
about a week later,
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after the Harvey murders,
we had another homicide.
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LEARNED: Three people
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who have been duct taped
to death.
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So now we've got
two torture scenes
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five days apart.
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on January 1st, 2006,
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firefighters who responded
to a house fire,
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they discovered four members
of the Harvey family
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in the basement.
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They were murdered
in their home.
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This is the first time
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that I had,
uh, ever experienced
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four members of a family
who had been killed
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by homicidal violence.
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It was just horrible.
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JON: Almost immediately,
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the murders
became a huge story.
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Who could do this
to a beautiful family of four
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in the south side of Richmond?
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The Harveys lived
in a nice urban enclave.
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JON: Everybody knew everybody.
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People didn't lock their doors.
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It's that kind of community.
They were really tight.
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A brutal, bloody,
coldblooded killing
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was unheard of
in this neighborhood.
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In Richmond,
families don't get killed.
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ARMISTEAD: Bryan
and Kathy Harvey, as a couple--
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and nobody is ever perfect,
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but they were pretty perfect.
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When I first met Bryan in 1980,
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he was warm,
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friendly, and interesting.
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Seemed like
I'd always known him.
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Bryan had his great band,
House of Freaks.
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And, uh, I admired
his, uh, musicianship.
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Bryan met Kathy
when she worked at a cafe
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and, uh, she went for Bryan.
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So, he endured her.
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He wanted to settle down
and have a family.
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Their first child was Stella.
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Few years later,
they gave birth to Ruby.
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Bryan and Kathy
and Stella and Ruby,
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they were just this
group of, um...
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strong, creative people.
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So, when they were murdered,
it was just this bad dream
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that didn't make sense.
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JON: As they started
interrogating neighbors
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in trying to figure out
what happened,
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they found out
one of Bryan's friends,
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Johnny Hott, called 911.
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He was Bryan's best friend.
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LISA: I talked to him
and he said that
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he and his daughter
were coming over early
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just to hang out,
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and help out
with the chili cook-off
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that they do
every New Year's Day.
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He said that
he actually went inside
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and saw a smoke.
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He tried to go and save them,
261
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he's, like,
"Went in the kitchen,
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I couldn't find them.
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I went upstairs,
I couldn't find them.
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I opened the basement door
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and the smoke overtook me."
266
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So I said, "If you went
through this house,
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tell me what was going on
in the kitchen."
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Because the stove was on.
269
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He's like "Nothing was on."
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I'm like "Were they cooking?
Were they doing--"
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"No, no, there was nothing going
on in the kitchen."
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A normal human being,
273
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if they walked in a kitchen
and saw a fire
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that would--you would
remember that.
275
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You get this feeling
in your stomach
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that something is not right,
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that the person is lying to you.
278
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I pulled him aside
and I said, "Look, you're lying,
279
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you didn't go in the house,
280
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what else
are you not telling me?"
281
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Because he definitely would
have noticed that
282
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there was a flame
coming from the gas stove.
283
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He's like "I did go
in the house, you're wrong."
284
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So he kept lying.
285
00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:49,055
Also no forced entry
made you think
286
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that they let the killer in
287
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so they knew the person.
288
00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:58,606
At that point, Johnny
was the person of interest.
289
00:15:01,317 --> 00:15:03,945
DARIN: The day after
this family was discovered,
290
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we began the autopsies.
291
00:15:05,989 --> 00:15:09,576
We determined that
the sharp force injuries
292
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on Bryan and Kathryn
and Stella Harvey
293
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were not immediately lethal.
294
00:15:16,541 --> 00:15:20,420
All of the family members
had blunt force injuries
295
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to the head.
296
00:15:21,838 --> 00:15:23,715
Stella Harvey also had
297
00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:27,260
a lethal carbon monoxide
intoxication.
298
00:15:27,302 --> 00:15:32,390
Ruby Harvey had a lethal stab
wound to her torso.
299
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The family was bound.
300
00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,478
The father
and one of the daughters
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had tape wrapped
around their heads.
302
00:15:38,646 --> 00:15:41,816
These are things
that were very disturbing.
303
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Never in my career
had I ever faced
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00:15:44,194 --> 00:15:45,820
anything like this.
305
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LEARNED: Any killing is bad,
306
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but that's evil,
that's torture.
307
00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:53,119
JON: What kind of a coldblooded
killer would do this
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to a four-year-old,
a nine-year-old,
309
00:15:56,373 --> 00:15:57,707
and their parents?
310
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It just didn't--it didn't
make sense.
311
00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:02,712
[suspenseful music playing]
312
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JON: Johnny Hott
is prime suspect number one
313
00:16:05,674 --> 00:16:10,303
and he went through days
of interrogation.
314
00:16:10,345 --> 00:16:12,514
Johnny Hott was on the hot seat.
315
00:16:12,555 --> 00:16:14,557
I mean, he was answering
a lot of questions
316
00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:17,227
and his name was in the news
an awful lot.
317
00:16:17,268 --> 00:16:19,062
This guy was best friends
with Bryan.
318
00:16:19,104 --> 00:16:22,774
JOHNNY: We had that
really intense eight years
319
00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:25,610
of traveling in a van together
320
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and staying in hotel rooms
together.
321
00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,365
So nobody could understand
322
00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:32,283
why would he be best friends
with Bryan
323
00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:34,536
and then do this to the family?
324
00:16:34,577 --> 00:16:36,705
LEARNED: The mistake
that Johnny made
325
00:16:36,746 --> 00:16:39,582
is every time he would come in,
he tells a different story.
326
00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:41,543
You know, like where he was
and what he was doing.
327
00:16:41,584 --> 00:16:43,461
Or, no, no, no, no,
I was here,
328
00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:45,296
no, no, wait a minute,
I was there.
329
00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:48,049
It just got more confusing.
330
00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:52,387
LISA: We finally got him
to do a polygraph.
331
00:16:52,429 --> 00:16:57,308
He failed it
about going into the house.
332
00:16:58,852 --> 00:17:00,645
So he didn't go in the house.
333
00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:02,397
So I think he came up
to the house,
334
00:17:02,439 --> 00:17:04,274
all the smoke coming out
and called 911,
335
00:17:04,315 --> 00:17:05,608
which was great.
336
00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:08,695
But we think he wanted people
to believe
337
00:17:08,737 --> 00:17:11,406
that he was a hero.
338
00:17:11,448 --> 00:17:12,782
But he passed the part
339
00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:15,577
about not murdering
the Harveys.
340
00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:19,748
So we were sure
he did not kill them.
341
00:17:19,789 --> 00:17:23,668
But if he would have just been
truthful from the get-go,
342
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:26,087
it would have saved us
a lot of aggravation,
343
00:17:26,129 --> 00:17:28,340
a lot of time,
and a lot of energy
344
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:31,301
that we could have tried to
put on someone else.
345
00:17:31,343 --> 00:17:34,346
So, I mean,
we were pretty baffled.
346
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:35,972
There was really nowhere to go.
347
00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:38,767
And really we're in
a standstill.
348
00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:42,771
This sets everybody in
the city frantic.
349
00:17:42,812 --> 00:17:45,982
We needed to get the bad guys
off the street.
350
00:17:46,358 --> 00:17:53,782
LISA: Three days
into this investigation,
351
00:17:56,034 --> 00:17:59,537
the only lead we've really had
was Johnny Hott,
352
00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:02,165
but we were sure
he did not do this.
353
00:18:02,207 --> 00:18:04,584
And I'm like, now what?
354
00:18:04,626 --> 00:18:06,503
Really we're in a standstill.
355
00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:09,464
JON: After Johnny Hott
was ruled out,
356
00:18:09,506 --> 00:18:11,007
their investigation went cold.
357
00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:14,719
Who could do this
to a beautiful family of four
358
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:17,222
in the south side of Richmond?
359
00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,641
LEARNED: Everybody thinks
you got DNA fingerprint,
360
00:18:19,683 --> 00:18:20,850
they don't get stuff like that
361
00:18:20,892 --> 00:18:22,769
when they hose
the basement down.
362
00:18:22,811 --> 00:18:25,730
They tried to set the bodies
on fire for God's sakes.
363
00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:27,190
So we don't have anything.
364
00:18:27,232 --> 00:18:30,443
We know how they died
but we don't have much.
365
00:18:30,485 --> 00:18:32,862
LISA: There were no leads
coming in,
366
00:18:32,904 --> 00:18:35,865
you couldn't find anybody
that hated the family,
367
00:18:35,907 --> 00:18:40,286
or that had an issue
with the family.
368
00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:45,417
We were pretty baffled.
369
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:48,586
There was really nowhere to go.
370
00:18:49,421 --> 00:18:51,214
Can't even throw out theories
371
00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:53,717
because there weren't any.
372
00:18:53,758 --> 00:18:55,635
We were concerned,
373
00:18:55,677 --> 00:18:58,096
I know the public was scared
374
00:18:58,138 --> 00:18:59,931
but it was a dead end.
375
00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:06,396
[sinister music playing]
376
00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:08,648
It was probably
about a week later
377
00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:10,900
after the Harvey murders
378
00:19:10,942 --> 00:19:12,736
when our supervisor told me
379
00:19:12,777 --> 00:19:15,238
to get the secondary team
together
380
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,906
because he got some information
381
00:19:16,948 --> 00:19:20,493
from a female
named Latoya Paulie.
382
00:19:20,535 --> 00:19:21,911
There was concern
383
00:19:21,953 --> 00:19:24,748
that her friend
Ashley Baskerville
384
00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:30,545
might be dead inside the house
over in Chesterfield.
385
00:19:30,587 --> 00:19:32,756
We asked her
how did she know this.
386
00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:36,593
She said she had talked
to her friend on the phone.
387
00:19:36,634 --> 00:19:37,927
So she was worried
388
00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:40,180
that something's wrong
with her.
389
00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:41,848
[sinister music playing]
390
00:19:41,890 --> 00:19:43,808
JOHN: So we all got in
our cars.
391
00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:49,647
We all drove over to an address
on Broad Rock Road.
392
00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,901
Went up to the residence
where she seem to think
393
00:19:52,942 --> 00:19:56,071
that her friend might be dead
on the inside.
394
00:19:56,112 --> 00:20:00,158
We knocked on the door
several times.
395
00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,952
Got no answer.
396
00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:05,455
We breached the door.
397
00:20:05,497 --> 00:20:07,374
We went in.
398
00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:08,708
The first thing I could see
399
00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:10,794
was some feet
sticking out beside
400
00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:14,714
what looked like--
appeared to be a coffee table.
401
00:20:14,756 --> 00:20:17,175
So I went around to see what--
402
00:20:17,217 --> 00:20:18,635
you know, who that was.
403
00:20:18,677 --> 00:20:21,930
And it was a male party
that was laying there.
404
00:20:21,971 --> 00:20:25,558
What I saw
was he had been bound
405
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,644
with what appeared to be--
406
00:20:27,686 --> 00:20:29,854
looked like cords,
duct tape.
407
00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:35,860
He had some cellophane
wrapping around his face.
408
00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:38,655
And it looked like tubes socks
409
00:20:38,697 --> 00:20:40,740
that had been shoved down
his throat
410
00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:43,326
to where he actually looked like
he might have died
411
00:20:43,368 --> 00:20:46,955
from asphyxiation,
suffocation.
412
00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,003
When I went to the bedroom
413
00:20:53,044 --> 00:20:55,672
that was connected
to the living room,
414
00:20:55,714 --> 00:20:57,841
I saw a female on the bed
415
00:20:57,882 --> 00:21:00,301
with plastic
wrapped around her face
416
00:21:00,343 --> 00:21:02,721
and hands tied behind her back.
417
00:21:03,555 --> 00:21:04,931
There was a rear bedroom
418
00:21:04,973 --> 00:21:07,684
where another female
we discovered deceased.
419
00:21:07,726 --> 00:21:10,687
JOHN: The other female
was wrapped up
420
00:21:10,729 --> 00:21:13,898
just like the victim laying
in the living room floor,
421
00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:18,695
except for it looked like
a plastic grocery store bag
422
00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:21,823
might have been wrapped around
her head as well.
423
00:21:23,908 --> 00:21:27,037
CONRAD: LaToya provided
names of her family
424
00:21:27,078 --> 00:21:28,830
and what they look like.
425
00:21:28,872 --> 00:21:31,041
When she first called in,
426
00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:34,044
the dad, Percyell Tucker,
was in the living room.
427
00:21:34,085 --> 00:21:36,671
The mom was
Mary Baskerville-Tucker,
428
00:21:36,713 --> 00:21:38,089
was in the rear bedroom.
429
00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:41,092
And their daughter,
Ashley Baskerville,
430
00:21:41,134 --> 00:21:42,802
was on the bed.
431
00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:46,890
I ain't ever seen anybody
killed and tortured.
432
00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:50,643
I mean, that's just complete
torture of a person
433
00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:53,938
by bounding them like that,
shoving two socks
434
00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:56,524
and different things
down their throat
435
00:21:56,566 --> 00:21:57,942
to where they can't breathe,
436
00:21:57,984 --> 00:22:00,111
and then wrapping their face
with saran wrap
437
00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:04,824
and plastic bags
and duct tape and cords.
438
00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:07,911
I mean, nobody should have
to die a death that way.
439
00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:11,247
I'm like, "Who in the world
could do something
440
00:22:11,289 --> 00:22:13,583
to somebody this horrific
and, you know,
441
00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:15,919
actually feel somebody
in this way
442
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,089
other than somebody
who's mentally deranged?"
443
00:22:19,130 --> 00:22:22,759
But as a trained investigator,
444
00:22:22,801 --> 00:22:24,928
you know, when you get
to a scene like that,
445
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:26,721
you can't let
your personal feelings
446
00:22:26,763 --> 00:22:28,306
and everything get
in the way.
447
00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:29,724
You got a job to do,
448
00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:31,476
and you're training kicks in.
449
00:22:35,230 --> 00:22:37,107
We decided instead
of contaminating
450
00:22:37,148 --> 00:22:39,567
the crime scene,
we backed out,
451
00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,152
posted officers on the front
452
00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:43,154
and the rear entrance
of the residence,
453
00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:45,407
and proceeded
to call forensics
454
00:22:45,448 --> 00:22:48,868
to come out
to collect the evidence.
455
00:22:49,703 --> 00:22:51,287
LEARNED: You see three people
456
00:22:51,329 --> 00:22:55,208
who had been duct taped
to death, all right?
457
00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:56,292
Duct taped.
458
00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:59,045
When you put it around
somebody's face
459
00:22:59,087 --> 00:23:00,839
starting at the top
of their head
460
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,133
and working your way down,
there comes a point
461
00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:05,760
where you can't get any air
through the duct tape.
462
00:23:05,802 --> 00:23:07,345
Their hands are bound.
They can't move.
463
00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,806
They can't struggle.
Then they suffocate.
464
00:23:09,848 --> 00:23:11,474
That's a horrible way to die.
465
00:23:11,516 --> 00:23:13,810
CONRAD: First,
we had the Harveys family.
466
00:23:13,852 --> 00:23:16,980
A horrific homicide
that occurred at that residence.
467
00:23:17,022 --> 00:23:19,983
And now we're here
at the Baskerville-Tucker
468
00:23:20,025 --> 00:23:24,070
residence with another
brutal homicide.
469
00:23:24,112 --> 00:23:27,365
LEARNED: So now we've got
two torture scenes,
470
00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:28,825
five days apart.
471
00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:31,661
Completely different
neighborhoods.
472
00:23:31,703 --> 00:23:33,329
They didn't know each other,
473
00:23:33,371 --> 00:23:35,665
no connection, no nothing.
474
00:23:35,707 --> 00:23:39,461
Two total sets
of strangers killed badly.
475
00:23:39,502 --> 00:23:41,129
What are we dealing with?
476
00:23:41,171 --> 00:23:43,631
CONRAD: Richmond was really,
you know, like wondering,
477
00:23:43,673 --> 00:23:45,008
"Wow. What is going on?
478
00:23:45,050 --> 00:23:47,927
Do we have a serial killer
on our hands?"
479
00:23:48,303 --> 00:23:51,556
RANDOLPH: Five days after
the murder of the Harveys,
480
00:23:58,688 --> 00:24:00,231
the Richmond officers responded
481
00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,275
to the Baskerville-Tucker
residence.
482
00:24:02,317 --> 00:24:04,944
They found Percyell Tucker,
483
00:24:04,986 --> 00:24:06,529
Mary Baskerville-Tucker,
484
00:24:06,571 --> 00:24:10,325
and Ashley Baskerville dead
in the house.
485
00:24:10,367 --> 00:24:13,703
So two families being murdered
in their house
486
00:24:13,745 --> 00:24:16,373
just days from each other.
487
00:24:16,414 --> 00:24:19,626
JON: All of them suffered
similar injuries.
488
00:24:19,668 --> 00:24:22,045
They were all bound, gagged.
489
00:24:22,087 --> 00:24:24,172
What the hell
is happening here?
490
00:24:24,214 --> 00:24:27,092
[radio chatter]
491
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:29,594
LISA: At the crime scene,
we looked to see
492
00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:32,764
if, by some chance,
it could be connected
493
00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:34,516
to the Harvey case.
494
00:24:34,557 --> 00:24:37,268
Yes, they're tied up
same as the Harveys
495
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,646
but they're tied up
with a lamp cord,
496
00:24:39,688 --> 00:24:41,314
so that's easy opportunity.
497
00:24:41,356 --> 00:24:44,192
They were not hit
with any objects.
498
00:24:44,234 --> 00:24:46,444
There was nothing out of place.
499
00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:48,697
Didn't set the house on fire.
500
00:24:48,738 --> 00:24:50,448
DARIN: So it was our job,
at that point,
501
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:52,325
to try to collect
as much evidence
502
00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:55,453
as we could from the deceased
as possible
503
00:24:55,495 --> 00:24:58,331
to look for a connection
between the two.
504
00:24:58,373 --> 00:25:01,584
LISA: And we needed
to find out more
505
00:25:01,626 --> 00:25:05,296
about the Tucker-Baskerville
family.
506
00:25:06,131 --> 00:25:08,550
[suspenseful music playing]
507
00:25:08,591 --> 00:25:13,430
Percyell and Mary were
hardworking middle-class folks.
508
00:25:14,347 --> 00:25:16,349
Mary worked for a church.
509
00:25:16,391 --> 00:25:18,977
Percyell, he was
a forklift operator.
510
00:25:19,019 --> 00:25:20,770
Loved his job.
Loved his wife.
511
00:25:20,812 --> 00:25:23,606
Loved his family.
Very similar to the Harveys.
512
00:25:23,648 --> 00:25:25,984
Everybody knew them
as just very nice,
513
00:25:26,026 --> 00:25:27,777
church-going people.
514
00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:30,113
RANDOLPH: Ashley Baskerville
was the daughter
515
00:25:30,155 --> 00:25:33,825
of Mary Tucker
and the stepdaughter
516
00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:36,703
of Percyell Tucker.
517
00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:41,374
JON: Where Percyell
and Mary live,
518
00:25:41,416 --> 00:25:43,710
Broad Rock Boulevard,
is a known place
519
00:25:43,752 --> 00:25:45,045
for drug activity.
520
00:25:45,086 --> 00:25:48,006
Homicides happen over there.
521
00:25:48,048 --> 00:25:49,966
I think the shock factor was
522
00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:51,676
who they found dead
523
00:25:51,718 --> 00:25:53,720
and folks were like,
"These people
524
00:25:53,762 --> 00:25:55,513
didn't bother anybody.
525
00:25:55,555 --> 00:25:59,225
Who would want
to kill them and why?"
526
00:26:01,686 --> 00:26:04,064
JOHN:
I went to LaToya Paulie's
527
00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:06,358
to interview her
and get more information
528
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:08,526
of how she came about knowing
that her friend
529
00:26:08,568 --> 00:26:11,363
might have been dead inside
the house.
530
00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:14,532
CONRAD:
LaToya, she had dialed 911
531
00:26:14,574 --> 00:26:16,368
and she told the police,
532
00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:19,245
"Something has happened
to Ashley."
533
00:26:21,706 --> 00:26:24,459
RANDOLPH:
We learned that the victim,
534
00:26:24,501 --> 00:26:28,046
Ashley, and LaToya had met
535
00:26:28,088 --> 00:26:29,506
after they got out of detention.
536
00:26:29,547 --> 00:26:31,508
They just seemed to run
into each other
537
00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:34,386
and decided to strike up
a friendship.
538
00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:37,389
CONRAD: Also,
LaToya provided the names
539
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:39,099
of two individuals
540
00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:42,143
Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge.
541
00:26:42,185 --> 00:26:46,272
Ashley was friends
with Ricky Gray.
542
00:26:47,232 --> 00:26:50,151
LISA: Ashley,
she had been in prison.
543
00:26:50,193 --> 00:26:51,695
And LaToya told us
544
00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:53,988
that's how she
and Ricky had met.
545
00:26:54,030 --> 00:26:55,740
They had been prison pen pals.
546
00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:59,119
And Ray Dandridge's uncle
547
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,496
was Ricky Gray.
548
00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:07,544
After prison, Ricky
and Ray came to Richmond.
549
00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:14,384
LaToya told us
that on January 6th, 2006,
550
00:27:14,426 --> 00:27:17,095
LaToya, Ashley, Ricky,
551
00:27:17,137 --> 00:27:19,431
and Ray were sitting around,
552
00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:22,434
and Ashley said,
"We need money."
553
00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:25,270
And she said, "My stepfather
554
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:27,814
has money in his house."
555
00:27:27,856 --> 00:27:29,649
Ashley didn't get along
with her stepdad
556
00:27:29,691 --> 00:27:32,777
because he had rules
that she didn't follow.
557
00:27:32,819 --> 00:27:35,363
CONRAD: Ashley agreed
for them to tie her up
558
00:27:35,405 --> 00:27:37,615
to make it seem like
they were kidnapping her
559
00:27:37,657 --> 00:27:39,826
and wanting some type
of ransom for her.
560
00:27:41,036 --> 00:27:44,456
LISA: Ricky and Ray
agreed to do it.
561
00:27:44,497 --> 00:27:47,834
LaToya told us
that she didn't want anything
562
00:27:47,876 --> 00:27:49,127
to do with them.
563
00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:51,463
So the three of them
get in the car.
564
00:27:51,504 --> 00:27:53,298
They drive from Chesterfield
565
00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:56,593
to her mom and stepdad's house.
566
00:27:57,969 --> 00:28:01,639
A couple hours later,
Ricky and Ray
567
00:28:01,681 --> 00:28:04,476
came back to LaToya's house.
568
00:28:04,517 --> 00:28:06,144
She asked Ray
569
00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:09,147
where was Ashley and Ray said,
570
00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:12,317
"Ashley gone bye-bye."
571
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,361
CONRAD: That raised concern
to LaToya
572
00:28:14,402 --> 00:28:16,112
that something has happened
to her friend.
573
00:28:16,154 --> 00:28:19,032
So that's when she contact
the police.
574
00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:24,496
JOHN: LaToya, I think,
was more fearful
575
00:28:24,537 --> 00:28:26,122
that they were gonna come
576
00:28:26,164 --> 00:28:29,334
and kill her next.
577
00:28:29,376 --> 00:28:33,630
LaToya gave us three phone
numbers for Ray Dandridge,
578
00:28:33,672 --> 00:28:36,424
and with Chesterfield
PD's assistance,
579
00:28:36,466 --> 00:28:40,261
had her place a call
to Ray Dandridge
580
00:28:40,303 --> 00:28:42,681
on his cellphone.
581
00:28:42,722 --> 00:28:47,185
We started to record
while she was talking to him.
582
00:28:47,227 --> 00:28:48,478
She asked him
583
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,480
about what happened
to Ashley,
584
00:28:50,522 --> 00:28:52,857
and he basically was saying,
585
00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:55,735
"Well, we don't have
to worry about Ashley anymore."
586
00:28:57,404 --> 00:28:59,656
Okay. So they killed Ashley,
587
00:28:59,698 --> 00:29:02,242
because she wanted more
of the proceeds
588
00:29:02,283 --> 00:29:03,576
from the robberies
589
00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:06,788
or she was gonna go
to the police.
590
00:29:09,457 --> 00:29:11,376
LaToya got him to tell us
591
00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:15,088
that he had taken
Mr. Tucker's Chevy Blazer
592
00:29:15,130 --> 00:29:18,091
and they're headed back
to Pennsylvania.
593
00:29:19,217 --> 00:29:20,301
I got the phone numbers
594
00:29:20,343 --> 00:29:22,303
that LaToya had given us,
595
00:29:22,345 --> 00:29:25,557
the two landlines.
I started researching them.
596
00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:29,561
So I came up with an address
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
597
00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:33,189
I called Philadelphia
Police Department.
598
00:29:33,231 --> 00:29:35,108
They put me in touch
with a detective,
599
00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:36,443
Howie Peterman.
600
00:29:36,484 --> 00:29:38,194
I told him
that we're investigating
601
00:29:38,236 --> 00:29:39,571
a triple homicide
602
00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:41,531
and we were looking
for a stolen vehicle
603
00:29:41,573 --> 00:29:43,867
that was taken during
the homicide.
604
00:29:43,908 --> 00:29:45,744
He was like, "Okay.
I'll get my partner.
605
00:29:45,785 --> 00:29:47,829
We'll go out.
We'll look for it."
606
00:29:50,206 --> 00:29:52,625
[siren blaring]
607
00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:54,878
JOHN: Fifteen,
twenty minutes later,
608
00:29:54,919 --> 00:29:57,589
my cellphone rings.
It's Howie Peterman saying,
609
00:29:57,630 --> 00:30:01,176
yeah, they got Mr. Tucker's
truck, the Chevy Blazer,
610
00:30:01,217 --> 00:30:02,761
sitting in the driveway.
611
00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:04,763
The lights are on
in the residence
612
00:30:04,804 --> 00:30:07,098
and there's movement
inside the residence.
613
00:30:07,140 --> 00:30:10,935
LISA: And because the
Philadelphia Police Department
614
00:30:10,977 --> 00:30:13,438
know that three people
were killed,
615
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,607
they called the SWAT team.
616
00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:24,949
SWAT team enters the house.
617
00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:28,995
Ray Dandridge tried
to run past the police.
618
00:30:29,037 --> 00:30:32,123
DARIN: What we learned
from the autopsies
619
00:30:32,165 --> 00:30:33,625
in the Tucker-Baskerville family
620
00:30:33,667 --> 00:30:38,338
was eerily similar
to the Harvey family.
621
00:30:38,380 --> 00:30:42,133
One had to wonder
if there was any connection
622
00:30:42,175 --> 00:30:50,767
between the two.
623
00:30:50,809 --> 00:30:53,687
NRAD:
Richmond Police found
that Baskerville-Tucker family
624
00:30:53,728 --> 00:30:56,731
murder suspects,
Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge,
625
00:30:56,773 --> 00:31:00,068
were staying at a relative's
house in Philadelphia.
626
00:31:01,152 --> 00:31:03,655
LISA: Homicide detectives
went to the home
627
00:31:03,697 --> 00:31:06,074
of Ray Dandridge's dad
628
00:31:06,116 --> 00:31:10,495
and Tucker's vehicle
is parked right out front.
629
00:31:10,537 --> 00:31:12,664
The Philadelphia Police
Department
630
00:31:12,706 --> 00:31:14,332
keep an eye on the house.
631
00:31:14,374 --> 00:31:18,378
And because they know
that three people were killed,
632
00:31:18,420 --> 00:31:20,797
they call the SWAT team.
633
00:31:24,217 --> 00:31:28,346
In the morning
of January 7, 2006,
634
00:31:28,388 --> 00:31:30,849
SWAT team enters the house.
635
00:31:30,890 --> 00:31:34,185
Ray Dandridge was eating
breakfast at the kitchen table.
636
00:31:34,227 --> 00:31:36,813
And he had heard the police
enter the house,
637
00:31:36,855 --> 00:31:40,859
so he tried to run past
the police.
638
00:31:45,447 --> 00:31:46,906
They were both arrested,
639
00:31:46,948 --> 00:31:49,868
put in handcuffs,
and brought down
640
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:53,079
to the Philadelphia Police
Department.
641
00:31:53,121 --> 00:31:55,331
JOHN: I went in and told
the supervisors,
642
00:31:55,373 --> 00:31:57,876
and everybody went crazy,
screaming and hollering,
643
00:31:57,917 --> 00:32:01,254
and celebrating,
and I was like, "Okay."
644
00:32:01,296 --> 00:32:03,423
I felt relieved for the fact
645
00:32:03,465 --> 00:32:06,634
that Ricky Gray
and Ray Dandridge,
646
00:32:06,676 --> 00:32:08,511
they were apprehended.
647
00:32:08,553 --> 00:32:12,140
We're thankful
that LaToya came forward.
648
00:32:12,182 --> 00:32:16,144
By doing the right thing,
it happened quick.
649
00:32:19,773 --> 00:32:21,775
LEARNED: They bring him in,
650
00:32:21,816 --> 00:32:24,152
and Dandridge,
they went after him first
651
00:32:24,194 --> 00:32:25,570
with the interview.
652
00:32:25,612 --> 00:32:28,114
JOHN: Howard Peterman,
he called me on my cell.
653
00:32:28,156 --> 00:32:30,700
He's like, "Mr. Ray Dandridge
654
00:32:30,742 --> 00:32:32,702
is wanting to sing
like a bird."
655
00:32:32,744 --> 00:32:35,663
And I was like, "Well,
advise him of Miranda
656
00:32:35,705 --> 00:32:39,000
and talk to him.
See what he's got to say."
657
00:32:40,043 --> 00:32:41,544
He called me back
658
00:32:41,586 --> 00:32:42,879
and he told me, he was like,
659
00:32:42,921 --> 00:32:44,756
"You're not gonna
believe this,"
660
00:32:44,798 --> 00:32:47,092
he's like, "But he's confessed
661
00:32:47,133 --> 00:32:48,843
to the triple homicide
involving
662
00:32:48,885 --> 00:32:52,305
Ms. Ashley Baskerville
and the Tuckers."
663
00:32:55,725 --> 00:32:58,978
LISA: He said that they had
planned to tie up Ashley
664
00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:02,440
to get money from her stepdad.
665
00:33:02,482 --> 00:33:04,776
Ray said that he and Ricky
666
00:33:04,818 --> 00:33:06,069
had already talked
667
00:33:06,111 --> 00:33:11,074
and Ricky was going
to kill Ashley.
668
00:33:12,450 --> 00:33:13,827
And the reason behind that
669
00:33:13,868 --> 00:33:18,164
was because she wanted
too much money.
670
00:33:18,206 --> 00:33:23,003
Ray Dandridge told us
that he and Ashley and Ricky,
671
00:33:23,044 --> 00:33:26,464
the three of them
were going to Ashley's house.
672
00:33:27,132 --> 00:33:28,883
When they got there,
673
00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:32,053
they tie up
Mr. And Mrs. Tucker
674
00:33:32,095 --> 00:33:35,473
after they tell them
where the money is.
675
00:33:35,515 --> 00:33:38,518
So they robbed them
and then they put a bag
676
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,856
over Mr. Tucker's head
and duct tape it.
677
00:33:43,940 --> 00:33:45,525
And Ray told us
678
00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:48,069
Ashley's right there
for all of this.
679
00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:50,655
Ricky turns around and says,
680
00:33:50,697 --> 00:33:53,116
"You want too much money.
You're dead."
681
00:33:56,536 --> 00:33:59,080
So he drags her in the hallway
682
00:33:59,122 --> 00:34:01,291
to the mother's bedroom.
683
00:34:01,332 --> 00:34:02,834
Mom was tied up.
684
00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:06,254
Ray said that Ricky
told Ashley
685
00:34:06,296 --> 00:34:11,509
to tell your mom goodbye
one last time.
686
00:34:11,551 --> 00:34:15,180
Ashley said, "I'm so sorry,
Mom. I love you."
687
00:34:15,221 --> 00:34:18,767
And all the mother said
was, "Ashley, why?"
688
00:34:18,808 --> 00:34:20,393
And they put the bags
over their head,
689
00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:23,355
duct tape them,
and they were they were dead.
690
00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:28,651
They went back
to LaToya's house
691
00:34:28,693 --> 00:34:30,862
and that's when LaToya asked,
692
00:34:30,904 --> 00:34:32,238
"Ray, where was Ashley?"
693
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,116
And he said,
"Ashley went bye-bye."
694
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:38,703
So, at that time,
695
00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:40,747
Ricky Gray and Dandridge
696
00:34:40,789 --> 00:34:45,126
were charged with three counts
of murder.
697
00:34:45,168 --> 00:34:49,089
JOHN: Now,
that they were in custody,
698
00:34:49,130 --> 00:34:51,216
everybody was wondering
699
00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:53,426
if they might be responsible
700
00:34:53,468 --> 00:34:55,512
for the Harvey family case.
701
00:34:55,553 --> 00:34:59,265
But we didn't have
the physical evidence.
702
00:35:02,060 --> 00:35:04,562
DARIN: What we learned
from the autopsies
703
00:35:04,604 --> 00:35:08,441
was that all members
of the Tucker-Baskerville family
704
00:35:08,483 --> 00:35:10,276
died of suffocation.
705
00:35:10,318 --> 00:35:13,530
Both Percyell
and Mary Tucker had suffered
706
00:35:13,571 --> 00:35:16,408
sharp force injuries
to their neck.
707
00:35:16,449 --> 00:35:20,412
And Percyell also received
a stab wound to his abdomen.
708
00:35:20,453 --> 00:35:24,499
But we determined that those
were not immediately lethal.
709
00:35:24,541 --> 00:35:26,668
Having just seen
a family of four
710
00:35:26,710 --> 00:35:28,128
with the Harvey family
711
00:35:28,169 --> 00:35:31,006
having been the victims
of homicidal violence,
712
00:35:31,047 --> 00:35:33,383
now seeing a family of three
713
00:35:33,425 --> 00:35:35,385
in almost the same situation,
714
00:35:35,427 --> 00:35:39,973
being gagged,
being bound with tape,
715
00:35:40,015 --> 00:35:42,100
the description of the scene
716
00:35:42,142 --> 00:35:44,602
and of the decedents
717
00:35:44,644 --> 00:35:47,147
was eerily similar
718
00:35:47,188 --> 00:35:49,858
to the Harvey family,
719
00:35:49,899 --> 00:35:51,443
one had to wonder
720
00:35:51,484 --> 00:35:54,988
if there was any connection
between the two.
721
00:35:56,322 --> 00:35:58,616
LISA: One of the forensics
people called and said,
722
00:35:58,658 --> 00:36:02,620
"Hey, you need to come down
the medical examiner's office."
723
00:36:02,662 --> 00:36:04,289
So we go down there,
724
00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:05,957
and they were getting ready
725
00:36:05,999 --> 00:36:09,919
to turn the jewelry
from Mr. Tucker
726
00:36:09,961 --> 00:36:14,883
and Ms. Baskerville-Tucker
to the family.
727
00:36:14,924 --> 00:36:17,510
And on Ashley's ring finger
728
00:36:18,678 --> 00:36:20,680
was Kathryn's ring.
729
00:36:22,140 --> 00:36:24,309
Kathryn's ring
was very distinct.
730
00:36:24,351 --> 00:36:26,728
Bryan had it made for her.
731
00:36:26,770 --> 00:36:28,063
Hellfire went through me,
732
00:36:28,104 --> 00:36:30,648
because, "How dare you have
733
00:36:30,690 --> 00:36:32,734
her ring on your finger?"
734
00:36:35,111 --> 00:36:37,655
So, at that point,
there's now evidence
735
00:36:37,697 --> 00:36:39,532
connecting the Harvey family
736
00:36:39,574 --> 00:36:42,494
and the Baskerville-Tucker
family.
737
00:36:42,535 --> 00:36:46,164
That kind of brought
everything full circle.
738
00:36:51,294 --> 00:36:54,547
JOHN: So, now,
with the ring evidence,
739
00:36:54,589 --> 00:36:57,217
I called Howie Peterman
in Philadelphia
740
00:36:57,258 --> 00:36:59,386
to ask Ray Dandridge
if he knows anything
741
00:36:59,427 --> 00:37:03,431
about this quadruple homicide
involving the Harveys.
742
00:37:04,766 --> 00:37:07,519
He called me back and said
Ray Dandridge,
743
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,356
he wanted a deal
for a lesser sentence
744
00:37:11,398 --> 00:37:14,401
and confess to the Harvey family
745
00:37:14,442 --> 00:37:17,737
involving the two kids
and the mother and the father.
746
00:37:21,533 --> 00:37:25,286
LEARNED: We now have
a confession from Dandridge.
747
00:37:26,413 --> 00:37:27,747
So we got him.
748
00:37:27,789 --> 00:37:29,541
But we still got Gray.
749
00:37:29,582 --> 00:37:31,209
Gray is not talking.
750
00:37:32,669 --> 00:37:35,380
LISA: Once he found out
that Ray Dandridge
751
00:37:35,422 --> 00:37:39,092
had spilled the beans
on everything,
752
00:37:39,134 --> 00:37:41,177
Ricky Gray then told us
753
00:37:41,219 --> 00:37:44,556
what he did
at the Harvey murders.
754
00:37:44,597 --> 00:37:47,017
LEARNED:
He explains what happened.
755
00:37:47,058 --> 00:37:49,811
And this was
a horrendous killing
756
00:37:49,853 --> 00:37:52,272
by anyone's standards.
Just horrible.
757
00:37:52,647 --> 00:37:54,607
LEARNED: In Ricky Gray's
confession
758
00:38:04,159 --> 00:38:07,287
to the Philadelphia detective,
759
00:38:07,328 --> 00:38:08,913
he said they needed some money.
760
00:38:08,955 --> 00:38:11,416
They just were gonna break
into somebody's house
761
00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:16,004
and do a robbery.
He, Dandridge, and Ashley.
762
00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:19,382
JON: Ashley,
for the Harvey family,
763
00:38:19,424 --> 00:38:21,176
was basically
the getaway driver.
764
00:38:21,217 --> 00:38:23,762
She had pretty much driven them
to that Southside community
765
00:38:23,803 --> 00:38:25,889
and dropped them
and let them walk
766
00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:29,351
and figure out
where they were gonna target.
767
00:38:31,102 --> 00:38:33,813
LISA: Ricky said
that they saw the door open
768
00:38:33,855 --> 00:38:36,274
to the Harvey house,
and they walk right
769
00:38:36,316 --> 00:38:38,526
in the Harvey house.
770
00:38:38,568 --> 00:38:41,821
They put Bryan on the ground.
771
00:38:41,863 --> 00:38:45,742
And then Ruby who was playing
with the puzzle.
772
00:38:45,784 --> 00:38:47,660
They take them back
to the kitchen.
773
00:38:47,702 --> 00:38:49,537
At that point,
they grabbed the knife
774
00:38:49,579 --> 00:38:52,499
that Kathryn was using
to cut the vegetables.
775
00:38:52,540 --> 00:38:55,877
Told them if they behave,
they were gonna rob them
776
00:38:55,919 --> 00:38:58,672
and then they would
leave them alone.
777
00:38:58,713 --> 00:39:01,007
When they got down
to the basement,
778
00:39:01,049 --> 00:39:02,425
they tied Bryan up,
779
00:39:02,467 --> 00:39:04,844
they tied Kathryn up,
780
00:39:04,886 --> 00:39:07,514
and they tied Ruby up.
781
00:39:07,555 --> 00:39:10,850
At that point,
Ricky Gray tells Ray Dandridge,
782
00:39:10,892 --> 00:39:13,812
"Go upstairs and see
what you can find
783
00:39:13,853 --> 00:39:17,190
that we can steal."
He goes up in the bedroom.
784
00:39:17,232 --> 00:39:19,693
He looks out the window
and he sees a lady
785
00:39:19,734 --> 00:39:23,071
and two kids walking up
to the house.
786
00:39:24,072 --> 00:39:26,324
So he runs to the basement
and said,
787
00:39:26,366 --> 00:39:27,701
"There are two kids
and a lady coming."
788
00:39:27,742 --> 00:39:31,454
Ricky Gray undoes
Kathryn's gag
789
00:39:31,496 --> 00:39:34,541
and tells her
if she says anything
790
00:39:34,582 --> 00:39:38,044
or gets away anything,
he'll kill her husband
791
00:39:38,086 --> 00:39:40,880
and their daughter
in the basement.
792
00:39:40,922 --> 00:39:42,674
LEARNED:
It was the most painful thing
793
00:39:42,716 --> 00:39:45,885
any mother could have
possibly ever gone through.
794
00:39:45,927 --> 00:39:48,221
She can save one child
and herself
795
00:39:48,263 --> 00:39:49,681
but then she leaves
the two other two
796
00:39:49,723 --> 00:39:52,517
down in the basement
with the bad guys.
797
00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,561
And, at this point,
they were cooperating.
798
00:39:54,602 --> 00:39:56,104
No one was being rough.
799
00:39:56,146 --> 00:40:00,525
They thought, "Okay, maybe
we can get through this."
800
00:40:03,528 --> 00:40:05,905
The mom goes down hoping
and praying that,
801
00:40:05,947 --> 00:40:09,242
"Okay. We haven't caused
any trouble. You let us go."
802
00:40:09,284 --> 00:40:12,579
At that point, they decide
they don't have on masks
803
00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:14,998
and they make the decision,
"Now, we gotta kill them
804
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,625
because they see us."
805
00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:19,919
Then they cut their throats.
806
00:40:19,961 --> 00:40:22,756
But that doesn't kill people
if you don't do it correctly.
807
00:40:22,797 --> 00:40:26,343
So they finally took out
the ball-peen hammer
808
00:40:26,384 --> 00:40:29,429
and beat them all
in the--in the head.
809
00:40:29,471 --> 00:40:32,640
And then they light
the place on fire,
810
00:40:32,682 --> 00:40:35,101
make their getaway.
811
00:40:35,143 --> 00:40:38,730
So within six hours,
we went from nothing
812
00:40:40,231 --> 00:40:41,983
to we got them.
813
00:40:42,025 --> 00:40:45,487
LISA: And we find out
on New Year's Day,
814
00:40:45,528 --> 00:40:47,655
Ricky and Ray
815
00:40:47,697 --> 00:40:52,118
bring a big round basket
of cookies
816
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,287
and give them to LaToya's mom.
817
00:40:54,329 --> 00:40:56,790
Well, that ends up
being the basket
818
00:40:56,831 --> 00:40:59,459
that made the round ring
in the kitchen
819
00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:01,961
at the Harvey house.
820
00:41:03,463 --> 00:41:05,298
I mean, to take
a basket of cookies
821
00:41:05,340 --> 00:41:09,969
from a family who you just
tortured and murdered
822
00:41:10,011 --> 00:41:14,307
and then give them
to another person,
823
00:41:14,349 --> 00:41:16,142
that's a hard concept to get.
824
00:41:21,356 --> 00:41:26,194
So Ricky went to trial
in August of 2006.
825
00:41:27,404 --> 00:41:30,824
He was charged with killing
the Harvey family,
826
00:41:30,865 --> 00:41:34,619
and Percyell Tucker,
and Ashley's mom,
827
00:41:34,661 --> 00:41:36,830
Mrs. Baskerville Tucker.
828
00:41:36,871 --> 00:41:39,708
It wasn't long that they came
back with a verdict.
829
00:41:39,749 --> 00:41:42,711
Ricky Gray was found guilty.
830
00:41:43,878 --> 00:41:46,464
LEARNED: He got the death
penalty for killing
831
00:41:46,506 --> 00:41:48,383
two families.
832
00:41:48,425 --> 00:41:50,343
LISA: Ray Dandridge
went to court
833
00:41:50,385 --> 00:41:53,513
in September of 2006.
834
00:41:53,555 --> 00:41:56,599
Dandridge was charged
with the murders
835
00:41:56,641 --> 00:42:00,645
of Ashley, Kathryn,
and Stella.
836
00:42:00,687 --> 00:42:04,691
LEARNED: Ray Dandridge
reached a guilty plea
837
00:42:04,733 --> 00:42:07,861
about a day into his trial.
838
00:42:07,902 --> 00:42:11,072
LISA: So he agreed
to three life sentences.
839
00:42:13,658 --> 00:42:15,618
LEARNED: I cannot tell you,
after that trial,
840
00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:16,995
how many people said,
841
00:42:17,037 --> 00:42:19,205
"I'm opposed
to the death penalty
842
00:42:19,247 --> 00:42:20,999
but it was okay for that case."
843
00:42:21,041 --> 00:42:23,376
You don't kill families,
844
00:42:23,418 --> 00:42:25,170
and that's what
those two guys did.
845
00:42:25,211 --> 00:42:27,630
ARMISTEAD:
When I heard the verdict,
846
00:42:27,672 --> 00:42:31,676
I just started crying
like a baby. Just wailing.
847
00:42:31,718 --> 00:42:37,724
It was over, but I just wanted
my friends back, you know?
848
00:42:37,766 --> 00:42:39,225
We missed them so bad
849
00:42:39,267 --> 00:42:42,979
that we just keep them with us.
850
00:42:44,689 --> 00:42:47,359
LEARNED: Ryan Harvey,
Kathy Harvey,
851
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,277
Ruby, and Stella,
852
00:42:49,319 --> 00:42:51,404
both Mr. and Mrs. Tucker,
853
00:42:51,446 --> 00:42:54,449
these two families
were wonderful people
854
00:42:54,491 --> 00:42:56,951
and the salt of the Earth.
855
00:42:56,993 --> 00:42:59,537
LISA: Mr. Tucker
didn't deserve that,
856
00:42:59,579 --> 00:43:02,248
neither did his wife.
857
00:43:02,290 --> 00:43:04,167
They had a nice life.
858
00:43:04,209 --> 00:43:06,795
They worked hard
for what they had.
859
00:43:06,836 --> 00:43:10,006
And all that was taken away
because their daughter
860
00:43:10,048 --> 00:43:12,258
wanted money.
861
00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:14,552
It just doesn't make sense.
862
00:43:14,594 --> 00:43:17,430
And the Harveys
didn't deserve it.
863
00:43:17,472 --> 00:43:19,724
They are six innocent people.
864
00:43:19,766 --> 00:43:19,891
[eerie music playing]