1 00:00:07,807 --> 00:00:09,676 - Ina was a warm, 2 00:00:09,709 --> 00:00:11,011 loving mother. 3 00:00:11,044 --> 00:00:13,513 - She was my best friend. 4 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:15,582 She was my soulmate. 5 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:18,818 [Faith] Ina Gross gave everything to everyone. 6 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:23,356 - She always had a deep feeling for the underdog, 7 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:27,727 and in a few cases befriended some of the homeless clients 8 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:29,662 that she had been working with. 9 00:00:31,264 --> 00:00:33,433 [Faith] But when she's found dead in her garage. 10 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:34,434 [dramatic music] 11 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:36,803 - It only takes one knife wound in the jugular 12 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:38,138 to kill somebody. 13 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:39,739 [Faith] It's clear someone wanted more 14 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,708 than Ina was willing to give. 15 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:43,643 - There was multiple stab wounds. 16 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:45,145 [tense music] 17 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:47,580 [Faith] An investigation filled with intrigue. 18 00:00:50,016 --> 00:00:51,217 - Where did the vomit come from? 19 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:52,185 [tense music] 20 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,487 - I'm thinking about all the people who could 21 00:00:54,521 --> 00:00:56,423 potentially be suspects. 22 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:59,426 - There was another homicide of an elderly woman 23 00:00:59,459 --> 00:01:00,493 in Sarasota. 24 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:01,695 It's right next door. 25 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:04,097 [Faith] Only to uncover... 26 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:06,433 - We had learned that Ms. Gross is quite well off. 27 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:07,801 [dramatic music] 28 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:10,370 [Faith] A crushing killer relationship. 29 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:15,241 - My heart did not want me to believe this. 30 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:27,587 [dramatic music] 31 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:30,490 - Once a parent, always a parent, 32 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:32,125 that's how the saying goes. 33 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:35,095 Even when the kids grow up and leave the nest. 34 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,363 And it's true for so many. 35 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:40,100 There's nothing like the love between a parent and a child. 36 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:41,735 And though sometimes these relationships 37 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,003 can be complicated, 38 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:47,440 that unbreakable bond continues to grow as the years go by. 39 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:48,575 [tense music] 40 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:51,778 So when 78 year old Ina Gross is viciously murdered 41 00:01:51,811 --> 00:01:54,114 on January 9th, 2012, 42 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,282 it leaves her four children reeling 43 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,385 with plenty of unanswered questions. 44 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:00,920 Who would kill their beloved matriarch? 45 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:02,922 And will this unspeakable loss 46 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:05,859 tear this tightly knit family apart? 47 00:02:05,892 --> 00:02:07,494 [dramatic music] [siren wailing] 48 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:10,196 [Ellen] I lost my mother horrifically. 49 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:12,198 I was in shock. 50 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:16,503 I remember lying on the ground on my back 51 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:19,572 and just putting my hands on my head, 52 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:23,476 and a victim's advocate comes up to me saying, 53 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:26,813 "If you need any help?" 54 00:02:26,846 --> 00:02:27,947 And I'm looking at her like, 55 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:30,817 "Really, how can you help me? 56 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:33,119 My mother's been murdered. 57 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:35,155 There's nothing you can do to help me." 58 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,658 I wanted to turn back the clock. 59 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:42,696 [video reversing] 60 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:46,866 [gentle music] 61 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:50,103 My mother was my best friend. 62 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:52,572 She was my soulmate. 63 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:54,841 She was funny, she was compassionate, 64 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:57,510 she was loving, she was kind. 65 00:02:58,478 --> 00:03:01,114 - When Ina walked in a room, there was an energy, 66 00:03:01,147 --> 00:03:02,482 a positive energy. 67 00:03:02,515 --> 00:03:03,950 She lit the room up. 68 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:05,719 [trumpet music] 69 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:08,388 [Faith] Born, Ina Friedman in 1933, 70 00:03:08,421 --> 00:03:10,757 she grows up in Boston, Massachusetts. 71 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:12,459 The youngest of three children. 72 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:14,728 - My mother loved relaying the story about 73 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:17,063 how she met my father. 74 00:03:17,464 --> 00:03:19,899 They were on the North Shore beach 75 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:22,268 outside of Boston, Massachusetts. 76 00:03:22,302 --> 00:03:26,239 And my father was lying on his beach towel reading Spanish. 77 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:27,874 My mother walked up to him 78 00:03:27,907 --> 00:03:32,212 and she said something in Spanish to him. 79 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:35,482 He looked up and then she continued to speak Spanish, 80 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:39,219 and she went home to tell her mother 81 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:42,255 that she had met the man that she was going to marry. 82 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:46,259 In 1952 when she was in college 83 00:03:46,292 --> 00:03:49,429 and my father was in medical school, 84 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:51,431 they were married in Marblehead, 85 00:03:51,464 --> 00:03:53,733 which is right outside of Boston. 86 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,669 Two years later, 87 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:57,103 they had their first child, 88 00:03:57,103 --> 00:03:58,805 my brother Tom. 89 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:01,741 - The Gross family had four children. 90 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:02,876 Tom was the oldest. 91 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:04,244 He was the only boy. 92 00:04:04,277 --> 00:04:06,179 So he was the king of the hill. 93 00:04:06,212 --> 00:04:09,215 Next was Abby and Sarah, 94 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:10,917 and then Ellen was the baby. 95 00:04:11,317 --> 00:04:14,054 - I was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, 96 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:16,923 which is right outside of Cleveland, Ohio. 97 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:19,693 I felt that my childhood was perfect. 98 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:24,330 My parents were really like the dynamic duo 99 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:27,200 because they were both really interesting people. 100 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:28,802 Very bright people, 101 00:04:28,835 --> 00:04:31,237 educated, compassionate. 102 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,473 My father was world renowned 103 00:04:33,506 --> 00:04:36,943 in the field of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 104 00:04:36,976 --> 00:04:38,945 He was one of the earliest 105 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:41,648 to launch bone marrow transplants. 106 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:45,719 My mother got her master's degree in psychology. 107 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:48,288 She was very involved in a number of different 108 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:50,323 volunteer organizations. 109 00:04:51,358 --> 00:04:55,095 [Sara] Ina was a warm, loving mother. 110 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:58,898 She loved all her kids and she admired them. 111 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:00,600 She was proud of them. 112 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:02,736 - As the years go by, 113 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:05,939 Sam and Ina's children grow and go their own way. 114 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,207 And in 1981, 115 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,744 Sam and Ina pull up roots and move to Gainesville, Florida, 116 00:05:10,777 --> 00:05:14,314 where Sam accepts a position as head of Pediatric Oncology 117 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:17,484 at the University of Florida Shands Hospital. 118 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:21,821 In 2004, they moved to their dream home in Lakewood Ranch 119 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:24,057 and Sam semi-retires. 120 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:27,160 - They were very involved with everything 121 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:29,696 and Ina always did volunteer work. 122 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:33,133 So she did a lot of stuff with the homeless. 123 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:38,571 - She always had a deep feeling for the underdog 124 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:43,343 and in a few cases, befriended some of the homeless clients 125 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:45,612 that she had been working with. 126 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,081 Life isn't always easy for everyone. 127 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:51,384 My parents were very compassionate people. 128 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:55,522 [Faith] Sadly, after 58 years of marriage, 129 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:58,324 their fairytale ends in the winter of 2010 130 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:00,794 when Sam is told he has cancer. 131 00:06:02,228 --> 00:06:05,532 - He died in August of 2010, 132 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:08,101 eight months or so from the time he was diagnosed. 133 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:12,739 [gentle music] 134 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:15,842 My mother was absolutely heartbroken. 135 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:20,046 But my mom was a very strong person. 136 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:23,049 So I knew that my mom 137 00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:26,820 would continue to enjoy life 138 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:29,422 despite the fact that she was heartbroken 139 00:06:29,456 --> 00:06:31,424 about losing my father. 140 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:36,796 [Faith] But only 17 months later, 141 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:38,331 while the children are still grieving 142 00:06:38,365 --> 00:06:40,166 the loss of their father, 143 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,803 they suffer the shocking death of another parent. 144 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:46,639 - That morning January 9th, 145 00:06:46,673 --> 00:06:48,975 I'm at home getting my daughter ready for school 146 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,910 and I receive a phone call. 147 00:06:52,212 --> 00:06:54,280 There's been a murder out in Lakewood Ranch. 148 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:58,084 - It was like, you know, Lakewood Ranch. 149 00:06:58,084 --> 00:06:59,886 It's like Shangri-La. 150 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:01,221 It's just nice. 151 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:03,089 [soft dramatic music] 152 00:07:03,123 --> 00:07:04,524 [Stephen] I arrived at the scene. 153 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:06,259 Some of the neighbors were standing outside 154 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:07,794 on the sidewalk 155 00:07:07,827 --> 00:07:10,030 and the person I later met as Thomas Gross 156 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:12,032 was seen standing outside also. 157 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:13,199 [dramatic music] 158 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:16,403 He had told the deputies when they first arrived on scene, 159 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,638 that he had woken up and discovered his mother 160 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:21,041 dead in a pool of blood in her garage. 161 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:23,443 So he calls 911 162 00:07:23,476 --> 00:07:25,045 and then he proceeds to do CPR 163 00:07:25,078 --> 00:07:27,047 as instructed by the 911 operator. 164 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:30,617 It was only he and his mother home at the time. 165 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:33,253 Thomas lives in Israel and he was here visiting. 166 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,121 - He had blood on him. 167 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:39,826 So I'm directed to crime scene technician who processed Tom. 168 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:45,065 That involves overall photographs, 169 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:47,400 collecting his clothes, 170 00:07:47,434 --> 00:07:50,270 DNA swabs are taken under fingernails. 171 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:53,273 [dramatic music] 172 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:54,607 As I walk into the garage, 173 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:57,911 I see Ina Gross laying supine on the ground 174 00:07:57,944 --> 00:07:59,279 in front of her vehicle 175 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:01,348 in a large pool of blood. 176 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:04,017 It only takes one knife wound 177 00:08:04,017 --> 00:08:06,019 in the jugular to kill somebody. 178 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,888 Ina's case there was multiple stab wounds. 179 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:12,792 Usually overkill is, you know, something of passion. 180 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,094 Someone's vindictive, someone's angry. 181 00:08:15,362 --> 00:08:18,765 [ominous music] 182 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:20,567 - The murder weapon, as it appeared, 183 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,137 was a kitchen knife laying on a tub just above her head 184 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:25,271 and it's covered in blood. 185 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:27,240 And I looked inside the car 186 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:29,309 and there was vomit on the passenger seat 187 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:31,711 and the center console had vomit on it also. 188 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:35,715 - Like, you know, why is there vomit there? 189 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:38,451 - There doesn't appear to be any place in the house 190 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:40,687 where there's any kind of struggle. 191 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,789 There doesn't appear to be anything ransacked. 192 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:45,191 Ina's purse was sitting on the countertop 193 00:08:45,225 --> 00:08:46,760 and it had not been rummaged through. 194 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:49,162 Her wallet was sitting in the purse. 195 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:53,500 According to Thomas, he found the front door ajar. 196 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:55,335 However, there was no pry marks, tool marks, 197 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:56,302 anything like this 198 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:58,171 on that door. 199 00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:00,640 [tense music] 200 00:09:00,674 --> 00:09:01,541 As I walk through the kitchen, 201 00:09:01,574 --> 00:09:03,343 I can see that there is a glass of wine 202 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:05,545 sitting on the countertop 203 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:07,347 and there's a large knife array. 204 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:10,216 The murder weapon appeared to be consistent 205 00:09:10,250 --> 00:09:13,086 with the knives that are in this set sitting on the counter. 206 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:15,355 So I'm thinking that the murder weapon 207 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,257 actually came from inside the residence. 208 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,726 At this point, it doesn't seem likely to me 209 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:22,028 that an unknown intruder came in the house. 210 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:24,164 People being murdered by strangers is pretty rare 211 00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:27,767 because you definitely don't let strangers get close to you. 212 00:09:27,801 --> 00:09:29,703 [dramatic music] 213 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:31,771 [Faith] While CSIs dust for prints 214 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:33,373 and collect blood samples, 215 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:36,710 detectives turn their attention to Ina's son, Tom. 216 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:40,647 He has the grim task of telling his sister Ellen 217 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:42,382 about their mother's murder. 218 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:47,087 [somber music] 219 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,090 - Tom said, 220 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:51,391 "Mom's been killed. 221 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,760 Mom's... mom's dead." 222 00:09:55,161 --> 00:09:58,064 And 223 00:09:58,064 --> 00:09:59,833 I was in disbelief. 224 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:02,402 I was crying, 225 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:03,403 I was crying. 226 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:05,638 I mean, I just learned that my mother was dead. 227 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:08,408 I kept hoping that this was just a bad dream, 228 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:10,110 that this hadn't really happened. 229 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:13,780 That it wasn't my mother, that it was not my mom. 230 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:17,417 I called my sister Abby, 231 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:21,388 she's distraught and says I'm going to get a flight 232 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:23,390 down to, to Florida. 233 00:10:23,423 --> 00:10:30,463 [light tense music] 234 00:10:30,497 --> 00:10:32,132 I get to the house, 235 00:10:32,165 --> 00:10:36,436 and I was there for seeing my mother being removed 236 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:39,639 from the garage where she had been murdered. 237 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:45,445 I wish at that time that I had been able to just hug her, 238 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:47,447 just to have gone up to her, 239 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,984 given her a big hug. 240 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,786 But I didn't. 241 00:10:54,354 --> 00:10:57,557 [indistinct chattering on radio] 242 00:10:58,692 --> 00:11:02,062 - I noticed Tom Gross pacing back and forth. 243 00:11:02,095 --> 00:11:05,598 He totally lacks emotion, which I notice. 244 00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:07,067 And just that, you know, 245 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:11,071 his mother has just been killed violently 246 00:11:11,104 --> 00:11:15,475 and he's just, just no emotion at all. 247 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:19,279 And that was very, very odd to me. 248 00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:21,681 [dramatic music] 249 00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:24,617 - He said, "They think I did this," 250 00:11:24,651 --> 00:11:26,353 and I am thinking, 251 00:11:26,386 --> 00:11:27,787 "That's impossible. 252 00:11:27,821 --> 00:11:30,557 My brother would never kill my mother." 253 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,759 - The vomit is still this big unanswered question. 254 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,227 Does it belong to the perpetrator? 255 00:11:34,961 --> 00:11:38,798 - There was a homeless man who had been in her house. 256 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:41,101 - He and Ina had a bit of a falling out. 257 00:11:47,806 --> 00:11:52,678 [soft dramatic music] 258 00:12:01,420 --> 00:12:05,057 [soft dramatic music] 259 00:12:05,090 --> 00:12:08,127 - It's been seven hours since 57-year-old Tom Gross 260 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,497 told a 911 operator that he found his mother, 261 00:12:11,530 --> 00:12:14,333 Ina Gross, murdered in the family garage. 262 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:17,469 Tom was supposed to be on a plane back to Israel 263 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:19,705 after a long weekend with his mother. 264 00:12:19,738 --> 00:12:22,775 Instead, he's being questioned by homicide investigators 265 00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:25,177 from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. 266 00:12:35,954 --> 00:12:37,956 [Faith] The event was a dedication to Tom's father 267 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:40,459 at the hospital where he once worked. 268 00:12:40,492 --> 00:12:43,495 Tom says that he and Ina spent the rest of the weekend 269 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:45,164 relaxing and catching up, 270 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:47,733 and on Sunday night, they went to see a movie. 271 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:21,433 - Thomas' demeanor was a little, 272 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,435 a little different than what I normally would expect 273 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:24,570 from people. 274 00:13:25,838 --> 00:13:28,173 Seeing, you know, your mother killed should give him stress. 275 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:30,943 But everyone displays emotions differently. 276 00:13:30,976 --> 00:13:33,278 Is this because Tom lives in another country 277 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:35,080 in a different culture that makes his, 278 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,548 his behavior a little bit different 279 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:37,616 than what I would expect? 280 00:13:37,649 --> 00:13:39,485 Or is there more to it than that? 281 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:07,946 [dramatic music] 282 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:38,177 - He seemed legitimately surprised that there was vomit. 283 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:40,145 So where did the vomit come from? 284 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:46,085 [dramatic music] 285 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:49,521 - He says he grabs the phone, grabs some towels, 286 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:50,656 and when he gets back to mom, 287 00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:51,924 he's gonna try and stem the bleeding. 288 00:14:51,957 --> 00:14:53,459 And then he calls 911. 289 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,882 [ominous music] 290 00:15:40,939 --> 00:15:44,109 [dramatic music] 291 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:53,252 - It is possible the intruder could have come into the house 292 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:55,421 and then was perhaps confronted by Ina, 293 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:57,322 as she was putting around in the evening time. 294 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:01,560 There was some odd things with that, with that scenario... 295 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:06,532 because the intruder would have to come in the house, 296 00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:07,800 not alert the dog, 297 00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:10,369 which would then alert Thomas who was sleeping in the room, 298 00:16:10,402 --> 00:16:13,772 which seems a little unlikely to me. 299 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:14,773 [Tom] Straight ahead of me... 300 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,775 [Faith] Detectives Kenney and Ives continue 301 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:18,310 their interview with Tom. 302 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:21,213 Meanwhile, other members of the homicide squad 303 00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:24,116 have been canvassing Ina Gross' neighborhood 304 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:25,784 and have talked to a witness 305 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,586 who was out walking her dog that night 306 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:31,256 that squarely contradicts Tom's self-professed bedtime 307 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:32,491 of 10:45. 308 00:16:56,281 --> 00:17:00,386 - My observations of Tom is that he's very possibly 309 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,021 involved in this. 310 00:17:02,054 --> 00:17:04,056 We need to really look at him 311 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:06,125 and delve into his background. 312 00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:07,826 Anything that would give us a motive 313 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,695 for why he would kill his mother. 314 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:32,851 [dramatic music] 315 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:34,753 [Faith] After two hours of pointed questions, 316 00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:36,655 the interview ends. 317 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:39,858 Even though the detectives feel Tom's behavior is off, 318 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:41,727 in order for the detectives to determine 319 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,262 if Tom is being truthful, 320 00:17:43,295 --> 00:17:45,898 they'll wanna collect more physical evidence 321 00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:48,133 to see if they can provide more answers. 322 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:49,501 With a warrant in hand, 323 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:52,271 investigators head back to the crime scene 324 00:17:52,304 --> 00:17:54,873 and they seize Ina and Tom's phones, 325 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,108 their computers, 326 00:17:56,141 --> 00:17:57,843 Ina's financial records, 327 00:17:57,876 --> 00:17:59,311 Tom's passport, 328 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,613 and a sample of the vomit from the car. 329 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:06,552 - The vomit is still this big unanswered question. 330 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:11,423 - Stabbing this elderly woman in the neck. 331 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:16,061 And that type of violence could, would get most people sick. 332 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,463 Could be a home invasion 333 00:18:17,496 --> 00:18:21,533 or it could be something more nefarious. 334 00:18:22,368 --> 00:18:24,303 - So I go ahead and send the vomit in 335 00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:27,539 along with a number of other priority items in 336 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:29,074 for DNA testing. 337 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,577 - While detectives finish up at the crime scene, 338 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:34,246 Tom has arrived at his sister Ellen's house. 339 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,916 - My brother is scared at this point 340 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:41,720 that they believe it's him. 341 00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:44,123 He said, "They think I did this." 342 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:47,659 And I am thinking, 343 00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:49,862 "That's impossible." 344 00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:54,366 My brother was stuck in a bad situation. 345 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,237 He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. 346 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:02,007 My brother would never kill my mother. 347 00:19:02,007 --> 00:19:05,277 [dramatic music] 348 00:19:10,884 --> 00:19:15,889 [ominous music] 349 00:19:15,922 --> 00:19:18,224 - The news of Ina Gross' vicious murder 350 00:19:18,258 --> 00:19:20,527 has spread across central Florida. 351 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,396 But closer to home, Ina's daughter Ellen 352 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:24,864 is struggling to come to terms 353 00:19:24,898 --> 00:19:27,200 with the grief of losing her mother 354 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:30,303 and the shock of knowing that her older brother Tom 355 00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:32,372 is considered a suspect. 356 00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:37,410 [dramatic music] 357 00:19:37,444 --> 00:19:42,315 - My mother and my brother had a very close relationship. 358 00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:48,054 I remember we went skiing in upper state New York 359 00:19:48,088 --> 00:19:50,590 and a T Bar coming down the slopes 360 00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:53,393 was swinging laterally, 361 00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:56,629 and it hit my mother in the head. 362 00:19:56,663 --> 00:19:58,965 And my mother was knocked off the T-Bar, 363 00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:02,535 and my brother responded very quickly. 364 00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:07,207 He immediately packed her head with snow and with ice, 365 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,709 and saved my mother's life. 366 00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:15,248 He loved my mother. 367 00:20:15,281 --> 00:20:16,783 My mother loved him. 368 00:20:18,151 --> 00:20:20,253 I was racking my brain, 369 00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:24,290 trying to think who had my mother seen recently, 370 00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:27,761 who could have possibly committed this crime? 371 00:20:27,794 --> 00:20:31,164 Anyone but my brother. 372 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:35,502 [Faith] That afternoon, the Gross siblings spread out. 373 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:37,370 Tom goes with his sister Abby 374 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,939 to meet with his new lawyer the family hired. 375 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:43,877 And Ellen and her husband David meet up with Detectives Ives 376 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:46,646 and Kenney at a local coffee shop. 377 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,450 - They said they wanted to better understand Tom. 378 00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:53,620 Tom has never been this overly emotional person. 379 00:20:53,653 --> 00:20:55,989 He's just handling my mother's murder 380 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:58,958 in a very different way, 381 00:20:58,992 --> 00:21:00,226 certainly than I am. 382 00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:03,663 - We asked the question if there's anyone that possibly 383 00:21:03,697 --> 00:21:08,935 had any conflict or ill will towards Ina. 384 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:13,239 - I remember there was a homeless man 385 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:14,941 whom she had worked with, 386 00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:16,943 who had been in her house. 387 00:21:17,677 --> 00:21:19,979 - Ina was a volunteer at Resurrection House, 388 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,981 and it was a homeless outreach place, 389 00:21:22,082 --> 00:21:23,450 and she had been for several years. 390 00:21:23,483 --> 00:21:25,852 And apparently she had hired this gentleman 391 00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:28,188 on several occasions to do some computer work. 392 00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:31,991 And he and Ina had a bit of a falling out, 393 00:21:32,092 --> 00:21:35,362 had some friction regarding the payment for his services, 394 00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:37,297 which irritated him. 395 00:21:37,664 --> 00:21:41,301 - There was just some bad words between them. 396 00:21:41,334 --> 00:21:45,305 - So in my mind, it was important for them 397 00:21:45,338 --> 00:21:47,340 to find this homeless person. 398 00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:51,511 And I wanna ensure that they've pursued every possible lead. 399 00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:55,115 - Once Ellen brings up that there's a conflict 400 00:21:55,115 --> 00:21:58,218 and this subject is out there, 401 00:21:58,251 --> 00:21:59,919 this is something that has to be followed up 402 00:21:59,953 --> 00:22:04,557 to make sure that, you know, he didn't go and, and kill Ina. 403 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:07,427 - But Ellen doesn't know this gentleman's name. 404 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:09,162 So I contact Resurrection House 405 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:11,064 and speak with the director there. 406 00:22:11,064 --> 00:22:12,465 And he initially did not have an idea, 407 00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:13,900 but he was gonna ask around. 408 00:22:15,068 --> 00:22:16,903 [Faith] Now it's a waiting game. 409 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:19,973 So detectives turn their attention to other leads, 410 00:22:20,073 --> 00:22:21,675 and on January 11th, 411 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:24,244 they have their next encounter with Tom Gross. 412 00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:28,548 But this time Tom wants something from investigators. 413 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:31,084 - Two days after the homicide, 414 00:22:31,117 --> 00:22:34,220 Tom requests the return of his passports 415 00:22:34,254 --> 00:22:36,089 and his laptop bag that were seized 416 00:22:36,089 --> 00:22:38,291 during the search warrant. 417 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:41,094 So we meet with Tom and his attorney, Mr. Hagopian, 418 00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:42,362 at the office. 419 00:22:42,395 --> 00:22:44,631 And at the same time, we also obtain major case fingerprints 420 00:22:44,664 --> 00:22:47,534 from Tom for elimination purposes. 421 00:22:48,168 --> 00:22:50,103 - I have possession of the passport 422 00:22:50,136 --> 00:22:51,705 and I don't wanna give it back to him 423 00:22:51,738 --> 00:22:54,441 because of the obvious reasons that we believe 424 00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:56,109 he's a prime suspect. 425 00:22:56,142 --> 00:22:57,110 He flees to Israel, 426 00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:59,612 we might not be able to resolve this case. 427 00:23:01,848 --> 00:23:04,417 But the defense attorney threatened to take me 428 00:23:04,451 --> 00:23:07,287 before a judge and hold me in contempt. 429 00:23:08,788 --> 00:23:11,958 So I thought better of it and I gave him back the passport. 430 00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:15,662 - Despite his claims of innocence, 431 00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:19,165 Tom Gross remains the investigator's main suspect, 432 00:23:19,199 --> 00:23:20,867 but they're in a tough spot. 433 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,669 With no means to arrest him, 434 00:23:22,702 --> 00:23:24,738 Tom is free to do whatever he wants. 435 00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:28,141 And that includes leaving the U.S. altogether. 436 00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:30,610 Then, two days after Ina's murder, 437 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:33,146 an unsolved case in a neighboring city 438 00:23:33,179 --> 00:23:34,614 grabs their attention. 439 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:36,783 [dramatic music] 440 00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:39,986 - I became aware that there was another homicide 441 00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:41,721 of an elderly woman in Sarasota 442 00:23:41,755 --> 00:23:44,791 in their jurisdiction about a year prior to this. 443 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:45,392 It's right next door. 444 00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:47,594 It's 15, 20 minutes away. 445 00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:50,764 And there was also quite a lot of violence 446 00:23:50,797 --> 00:23:52,732 in the homicide they had down there. 447 00:23:52,766 --> 00:23:55,201 So I'm thinking this might be related. 448 00:23:55,235 --> 00:23:58,104 It's relatively rare to have elderly women being murdered 449 00:23:58,138 --> 00:23:59,472 in their own home. 450 00:23:59,506 --> 00:24:00,674 Which started making me wonder, 451 00:24:00,707 --> 00:24:03,043 is it possible the same perpetrator 452 00:24:03,043 --> 00:24:04,277 committed both crimes. 453 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:07,313 - The very next day on January 12th, 454 00:24:07,347 --> 00:24:10,183 the investigators patience pays off. 455 00:24:10,216 --> 00:24:11,718 The homeless person that investigators 456 00:24:11,751 --> 00:24:14,587 have been looking for has been identified. 457 00:24:15,588 --> 00:24:17,891 - A lady that worked at Resurrection House with Ina, 458 00:24:17,924 --> 00:24:20,760 she tells me that a fellow by the name of Jamie King 459 00:24:20,794 --> 00:24:22,429 was a client there at Resurrection House. 460 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:24,197 And that he on several occasions had come 461 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:28,168 and fixed Ina's computer at her house. 462 00:24:28,201 --> 00:24:30,503 [soft dramatic music] 463 00:24:30,537 --> 00:24:33,807 And she hypothesizes that he may have seen 464 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,077 some of Ina's financial data on the computer 465 00:24:37,077 --> 00:24:38,278 while he was working on it, 466 00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:42,082 which perhaps would give him a motive to return to the house 467 00:24:42,115 --> 00:24:43,350 and commit a crime. 468 00:24:43,383 --> 00:24:45,518 [ominous music] 469 00:24:45,552 --> 00:24:48,221 - Murders happen over absolutely nothing. 470 00:24:48,254 --> 00:24:50,724 Over- because someone looked at someone wrong. 471 00:24:50,757 --> 00:24:53,927 People kill people over five cents. 472 00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:58,431 - So the next step for me is to go find Mr. King. 473 00:24:58,465 --> 00:24:59,933 But I don't know where Jamie is 474 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,109 [light music] 475 00:25:09,142 --> 00:25:12,145 - Detectives Kenney and Ives wanna question a homeless man 476 00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:16,316 named Jamie King about the brutal murder of Ina Gross. 477 00:25:16,349 --> 00:25:18,051 Could he also be connected to the murder 478 00:25:18,051 --> 00:25:21,521 of another elderly woman in Sarasota? 479 00:25:21,554 --> 00:25:24,824 The problem is because of King's transient lifestyle, 480 00:25:24,858 --> 00:25:26,893 no one knows where to find him. 481 00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:28,661 While a team of investigators searched 482 00:25:28,695 --> 00:25:30,597 some local homeless shelters, 483 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:32,699 one week after Ina's murder, 484 00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:36,703 her family holds memorial service for their beloved mother 485 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:39,272 at Temple Emanu-El in Sarasota. 486 00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,508 [somber music] 487 00:25:41,541 --> 00:25:44,911 - Abby, my brother Tom, and I all spoke, 488 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:48,682 and it was really a touching moment 489 00:25:48,715 --> 00:25:52,352 because there were so many people there 490 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:53,720 for my mom. 491 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:58,358 - I couldn't imagine what Tom had gone through. 492 00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:00,226 He had seen his mother 493 00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:01,761 dead in the garage and calling 911. 494 00:26:01,795 --> 00:26:04,698 I mean, I felt horrible for him. 495 00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:08,101 And when I saw Ellen, 496 00:26:08,134 --> 00:26:10,603 she practically collapsed in my arms. 497 00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:12,505 Her heart was like gone. 498 00:26:12,539 --> 00:26:14,574 It was removed that night. 499 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:20,380 [Ellen] I just remember feeling so much grief, 500 00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:25,051 but also feeling just so happy 501 00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:29,222 that my mother had impacted so many lives. 502 00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:30,690 [gentle music] 503 00:26:30,724 --> 00:26:34,594 It further enhanced my understanding 504 00:26:34,627 --> 00:26:36,229 of who my mother was. 505 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:39,232 [ominous music] 506 00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:40,633 - Following morning, 507 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:43,837 I find out that Tom has left the United States 508 00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:46,072 and he has actually returned to Israel. 509 00:26:46,339 --> 00:26:48,408 He landed in Tel Aviv at about 11 o'clock in the morning 510 00:26:48,441 --> 00:26:49,743 on their time. 511 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:52,679 - It upset us that he would go right back 512 00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:55,949 to Israel, I mean, the day after he buries his mother. 513 00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:58,418 It's frustrating because 514 00:26:58,451 --> 00:27:00,420 I shouldn't have given back his passport. 515 00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:03,323 That's something that I regret doing. 516 00:27:05,025 --> 00:27:06,593 - We didn't have any charges pending. 517 00:27:06,626 --> 00:27:09,596 So he was free in fact to go home. 518 00:27:09,629 --> 00:27:10,830 But now with this it complicates the case 519 00:27:10,864 --> 00:27:13,133 because he's in another country. 520 00:27:13,166 --> 00:27:15,368 [light dramatic music] 521 00:27:15,402 --> 00:27:17,837 - Tom did not flee back to Israel. 522 00:27:17,871 --> 00:27:19,439 He went back to Israel 523 00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:22,442 and I knew he missed his family. 524 00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:24,844 I knew he was gonna see his children, 525 00:27:24,878 --> 00:27:26,446 he was gonna see his wife. 526 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:28,148 I was happy for him. 527 00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:32,218 [Faith] As far as detectives are concerned, 528 00:27:32,252 --> 00:27:35,588 Tom Gross sits squarely on top of the suspect list, 529 00:27:35,622 --> 00:27:37,057 but they can't get tunnel vision. 530 00:27:37,057 --> 00:27:40,760 It's still possible that an intruder murdered Ina. 531 00:27:40,794 --> 00:27:42,462 The hope is that the physical evidence 532 00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:43,830 will reveal the truth. 533 00:27:43,863 --> 00:27:45,865 And on January 18th, 534 00:27:45,899 --> 00:27:47,500 fingerprint results come back 535 00:27:47,534 --> 00:27:50,403 from the 31 prints lifted at Ina's house. 536 00:27:50,437 --> 00:27:52,405 [dramatic music] 537 00:27:52,439 --> 00:27:53,807 - Of all of those lifts, 538 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,710 there was only two that were foreign to either Thomas 539 00:27:56,743 --> 00:27:58,478 or Ina Groves. 540 00:27:59,112 --> 00:28:02,082 And those came from the inside of the side door 541 00:28:02,115 --> 00:28:04,751 leading from the garage to the little service area 542 00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:07,487 where the air conditioner unit is. 543 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:08,822 And they come back to a technician 544 00:28:08,855 --> 00:28:11,124 that had installed that AC unit back, 545 00:28:11,157 --> 00:28:13,026 I believe it was eight or nine months prior. 546 00:28:14,361 --> 00:28:16,029 Fingerprints can be any age. 547 00:28:16,029 --> 00:28:17,063 You can have fingerprints that are lifted 548 00:28:17,097 --> 00:28:20,200 from a particular environment that are years old. 549 00:28:20,734 --> 00:28:22,535 I received another fingerprint report 550 00:28:22,569 --> 00:28:24,104 regarding the four prints that were, 551 00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:26,439 that were lifted from the actual murder weapon. 552 00:28:26,473 --> 00:28:29,275 One of those fingerprints was identified as being Tom's. 553 00:28:29,776 --> 00:28:31,778 - Because he said he removed the knife, 554 00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:33,313 his fingerprints are on it. 555 00:28:33,346 --> 00:28:35,648 [light ominous music] 556 00:28:35,682 --> 00:28:36,883 - The other three prints 557 00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:38,518 were of no value for identification. 558 00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:40,120 Meaning that they were too smudged, 559 00:28:40,153 --> 00:28:42,856 not clear enough to match it to anyone. 560 00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:43,857 They could have been Tom's as well. 561 00:28:43,890 --> 00:28:44,924 It could have been Ina's, 562 00:28:44,958 --> 00:28:47,360 it could have been another unknown third person. 563 00:28:47,394 --> 00:28:50,363 [Faith] With the possibility of a third person in the mix, 564 00:28:50,397 --> 00:28:53,767 Investigator Ives knows it's time to visit detectives 565 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,236 in Sarasota to get more information 566 00:28:56,269 --> 00:28:59,472 about their violent unsolved homicide. 567 00:28:59,506 --> 00:29:01,541 [dramatic music] 568 00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:03,109 - I went down to Sarasota. 569 00:29:03,143 --> 00:29:05,311 I contact the detective handling that case 570 00:29:05,345 --> 00:29:07,414 and actually taking a look at his case file. 571 00:29:07,447 --> 00:29:09,249 So he and I have a conversation. 572 00:29:09,282 --> 00:29:11,051 - The detective down there said that 573 00:29:11,084 --> 00:29:13,386 there was minor things stolen, 574 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:14,788 car was stolen. 575 00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:19,793 And there was something done post-mortem to the body. 576 00:29:20,393 --> 00:29:22,395 - Which was not consistent with what I'm looking at 577 00:29:22,429 --> 00:29:23,396 here with Ina. 578 00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:25,932 And there was nothing in there that would link 579 00:29:26,032 --> 00:29:29,169 the two together other than you have an elderly female. 580 00:29:29,202 --> 00:29:31,204 So we determine that we are dealing 581 00:29:31,237 --> 00:29:34,040 with two different perpetrators in this case. 582 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,210 [soft dramatic music] 583 00:29:37,243 --> 00:29:39,479 [Faith] The Sarasota connection is a dead end. 584 00:29:39,512 --> 00:29:42,349 But detectives continue to look for the homeless man, 585 00:29:42,382 --> 00:29:43,450 Jamie King. 586 00:29:43,483 --> 00:29:45,085 And on January 19th, 587 00:29:45,118 --> 00:29:47,954 they take a 25-mile trip to Venice, Florida, 588 00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:49,889 where he was last reported living. 589 00:29:49,923 --> 00:29:51,091 - Detective Kenney and I, 590 00:29:51,124 --> 00:29:54,594 we go over to the mission and the pastor there tells us, 591 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:56,396 well, let me find out where he might be. 592 00:29:56,429 --> 00:29:58,765 She calls over to the Lutheran church in town 593 00:29:58,798 --> 00:30:01,334 and finds out that Mr. King was there right now. 594 00:30:01,368 --> 00:30:04,404 So Detective Kenney and I drive over there. 595 00:30:04,437 --> 00:30:06,740 [John] We see an individual in the parking lot 596 00:30:06,773 --> 00:30:08,041 smoking a cigarette, 597 00:30:08,074 --> 00:30:09,943 and we wind up approaching him. 598 00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:11,611 - Were obviously dressed as policemen. 599 00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:13,780 - He says, "I was expecting you guys 600 00:30:13,813 --> 00:30:15,448 wanna talk to me about Ina." 601 00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:18,785 Yes, in fact, he does know Ina. 602 00:30:18,818 --> 00:30:21,121 Yes, in fact, he's been to the house. 603 00:30:21,154 --> 00:30:23,456 - When this information was revealed to me, 604 00:30:23,490 --> 00:30:25,025 I go into overdrive. 605 00:30:25,058 --> 00:30:26,826 - He's a cold blood killer. 606 00:30:31,731 --> 00:30:35,935 [ominous music] 607 00:30:35,969 --> 00:30:39,039 - Detectives have finally tracked down Jamie King, 608 00:30:39,072 --> 00:30:42,709 the homeless man who Ina Gross had a recent disagreement with 609 00:30:42,742 --> 00:30:44,477 before she was killed. 610 00:30:44,511 --> 00:30:46,646 Detectives also discovered that King 611 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,915 has a history of threatening violence. 612 00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:51,484 So they invite him down to the local police department 613 00:30:51,518 --> 00:30:53,019 to answer some questions. 614 00:30:54,387 --> 00:30:56,856 - He obviously knows what's happened to Ina. 615 00:30:56,890 --> 00:30:59,459 According to Ellen, there was friction between him and Ina 616 00:30:59,492 --> 00:31:01,161 at one point. 617 00:31:01,194 --> 00:31:04,864 - He makes the statement that yes, in fact he does know Ina. 618 00:31:04,898 --> 00:31:06,833 Yes, in fact, he's been to the house. 619 00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:09,069 Yes, in fact, he's done work there. 620 00:31:09,936 --> 00:31:12,539 [Faith] King had been to Ina's house two or three times 621 00:31:12,572 --> 00:31:15,675 since Ina's husband, Sam died in 2010. 622 00:31:16,276 --> 00:31:18,912 His latest task was to fix a computer. 623 00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:20,513 If Jamie got it working, 624 00:31:20,547 --> 00:31:23,483 Ina would pay him with Sam's old laptop. 625 00:31:24,551 --> 00:31:27,487 - But there was something with the warranty 626 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:32,592 which would let Jamie be able to fix this computer. 627 00:31:33,093 --> 00:31:35,095 - At some point, Ina did provide Mr. King 628 00:31:35,095 --> 00:31:37,731 with the necessary paperwork to get this laptop repaired. 629 00:31:37,764 --> 00:31:40,133 Mr. King explains to us that 630 00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:42,102 there wasn't really any friction. 631 00:31:42,102 --> 00:31:44,004 He seemed very open and honest when he was speaking with us. 632 00:31:44,104 --> 00:31:45,972 He didn't have any trouble answering any questions. 633 00:31:47,173 --> 00:31:50,210 - We asked him where he was during the weekend of the murder 634 00:31:50,243 --> 00:31:54,280 and he confirmed that he was at a woman's house in Sarasota, 635 00:31:54,314 --> 00:31:57,017 which we later checked out and confirmed. 636 00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:59,753 So Jamie was eliminated as a suspect. 637 00:31:59,786 --> 00:32:03,056 [dramatic music] 638 00:32:03,089 --> 00:32:06,126 - Tom Gross is now the only credible suspect left, 639 00:32:06,159 --> 00:32:08,928 but he's 11,000 miles away in Tel Aviv. 640 00:32:08,962 --> 00:32:11,564 Seemingly, beyond law enforcement's reach. 641 00:32:11,598 --> 00:32:15,268 And while the U.S. and Israel do have an extradition treaty, 642 00:32:15,301 --> 00:32:17,804 the detectives still don't have enough evidence 643 00:32:17,837 --> 00:32:20,173 to show that he killed his mother. 644 00:32:20,206 --> 00:32:21,574 Even if they did, 645 00:32:21,608 --> 00:32:24,377 the extradition process could take years 646 00:32:24,411 --> 00:32:27,180 which leaves detectives wrestling with the question, 647 00:32:27,213 --> 00:32:29,582 how could a son kill his own mother? 648 00:32:29,616 --> 00:32:30,850 And why? 649 00:32:30,884 --> 00:32:32,852 [dramatic music] 650 00:32:32,886 --> 00:32:36,089 - The detectives were asking me if Tom had borrowed 651 00:32:36,089 --> 00:32:38,591 a lot of money from my parents? 652 00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:41,494 And I told them that yes. 653 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:45,832 - Our belief was the motive for this crime 654 00:32:45,865 --> 00:32:48,001 was probably financial. 655 00:32:48,101 --> 00:32:50,103 Ms. Gross was quite well off. 656 00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:52,639 However, we had learned that Tom was in pretty significant 657 00:32:52,672 --> 00:32:54,007 financial stress. 658 00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:55,342 As a finance manager, 659 00:32:55,375 --> 00:32:57,577 his income tended to be up and down, 660 00:32:57,610 --> 00:33:00,547 but it seemed to have been down a lot more than it was up. 661 00:33:01,915 --> 00:33:05,251 - We heard he was living beyond his means in Israel. 662 00:33:05,285 --> 00:33:07,487 - Some of Ina's friends actually related to us 663 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,423 that she'd made some comments about Tom was asking 664 00:33:10,457 --> 00:33:12,492 for more money and she wasn't going to lend him 665 00:33:12,525 --> 00:33:13,626 any more money. 666 00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:16,129 - Tom wanted that money. 667 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:19,366 And he probably needed that money to get himself 668 00:33:19,399 --> 00:33:22,068 out of some new debt. 669 00:33:22,969 --> 00:33:26,406 - Now we feel there's more to this story with Tom 670 00:33:26,439 --> 00:33:28,641 and we are in fact barking up the right tree. 671 00:33:28,675 --> 00:33:31,411 [dramatic music] 672 00:33:31,444 --> 00:33:32,345 - Detectives are confident 673 00:33:32,379 --> 00:33:34,914 they've established money as the motive. 674 00:33:34,948 --> 00:33:38,318 And the dog walking neighbor has squashed Tom's alibi. 675 00:33:38,351 --> 00:33:41,187 But one piece of the puzzle still doesn't fit 676 00:33:41,221 --> 00:33:44,491 and investigators think it's central to the entire mystery. 677 00:33:44,824 --> 00:33:46,226 The vomit, 678 00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:47,527 whose was it? 679 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,662 [gentle dramatic music] 680 00:33:49,696 --> 00:33:51,464 - On February 23rd, 681 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:55,602 we receive a report back from DNA Labs International. 682 00:33:55,635 --> 00:34:00,674 It confirmed that the DNA from the vomit was Ina Gross'. 683 00:34:00,707 --> 00:34:02,909 [suspenseful music] 684 00:34:02,942 --> 00:34:05,045 - Now we know whose vomit it is. 685 00:34:05,045 --> 00:34:06,913 So now how did it get there? 686 00:34:06,946 --> 00:34:08,648 Thinking back to what the neighbor saw 687 00:34:08,682 --> 00:34:10,450 with the car running in the garage, 688 00:34:10,483 --> 00:34:11,685 what if she was drugged? 689 00:34:11,718 --> 00:34:14,521 Why else would her vomit be in the car? 690 00:34:14,554 --> 00:34:16,189 Why else would she be throwing up in the car? 691 00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:18,491 And why is the car running in the garage? 692 00:34:18,525 --> 00:34:21,528 So I get on the phone and I call Dr. Vega 693 00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:23,096 at the medical examiner's office, and I asked her 694 00:34:23,129 --> 00:34:27,100 to run toxicology on the vomit and the stomach contents. 695 00:34:27,934 --> 00:34:30,637 - On March 8th, we receive a report 696 00:34:30,670 --> 00:34:32,272 from the medical examiner's office 697 00:34:32,305 --> 00:34:35,942 that confirms that Ambien and Benadryl 698 00:34:35,975 --> 00:34:38,978 were both found in Ina Gross' system. 699 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:41,448 [dramatic music] 700 00:34:41,481 --> 00:34:45,085 - The amount of Ambien identified from the vomit 701 00:34:45,085 --> 00:34:47,387 is five to 10 times the amount 702 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:51,725 that would be normally applied in a normal therapeutic dose, 703 00:34:51,758 --> 00:34:54,427 and could cause drowsiness and nausea. 704 00:34:55,295 --> 00:34:57,564 - So now what's the source of the Ambien? 705 00:34:57,597 --> 00:34:58,732 When originally at the scene, 706 00:34:58,765 --> 00:35:00,133 I inventoried all the medications we 707 00:35:00,166 --> 00:35:01,501 found in the house. 708 00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:03,303 Ambien was not one of them. 709 00:35:04,204 --> 00:35:06,106 - They also speak to her doctors who said 710 00:35:06,139 --> 00:35:08,208 she never had a prescription for Ambien. 711 00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:12,178 - So we have this Ambien that comes from an unknown source. 712 00:35:13,613 --> 00:35:16,750 - The only person we know who was with her 713 00:35:16,783 --> 00:35:19,386 in the relevant timeframe is Thomas Gross. 714 00:35:19,786 --> 00:35:22,555 Thomas Gross may have been the source of that Ambien. 715 00:35:22,956 --> 00:35:25,091 - He's the only one with that opportunity 716 00:35:25,125 --> 00:35:27,460 to be able to place that in her drink, 717 00:35:27,494 --> 00:35:28,328 in her wine, 718 00:35:28,361 --> 00:35:29,596 or in her chill. 719 00:35:29,629 --> 00:35:33,667 [ominous music] 720 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:36,169 - I speak with a medical examiner 721 00:35:36,202 --> 00:35:40,774 and I learn at this time that my mother had large amounts 722 00:35:40,807 --> 00:35:44,077 of Ambien in her system. 723 00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:46,079 [suspenseful music] 724 00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:49,783 My mother never had taken Ambien in her life. 725 00:35:49,816 --> 00:35:51,651 My mother was extremely conscious 726 00:35:51,685 --> 00:35:54,754 about taking any medication. 727 00:35:54,788 --> 00:35:57,590 [dramatic music] 728 00:35:57,624 --> 00:36:00,160 When this information was revealed to me, 729 00:36:00,193 --> 00:36:04,030 I had this moment where I learned 730 00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:05,732 that my mother had been drugged. 731 00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:09,402 I realized that 732 00:36:09,436 --> 00:36:11,504 my brother had murdered my mother. 733 00:36:12,539 --> 00:36:16,776 But my heart did not want me to believe this. 734 00:36:16,810 --> 00:36:21,748 When I finally had built up enough 735 00:36:21,781 --> 00:36:25,185 nerve and strength to speak to Tom, 736 00:36:25,218 --> 00:36:28,822 I told him that I knew what he had done to my mother. 737 00:36:28,855 --> 00:36:31,825 [dramatic music] 738 00:36:31,858 --> 00:36:33,793 He didn't say to me, "Ellen, 739 00:36:33,827 --> 00:36:37,797 how could you believe that I would do this to mom?" 740 00:36:37,831 --> 00:36:40,600 Instead, he says, 741 00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:43,737 "I'm sorry you've had a change of heart Ellen." 742 00:36:52,412 --> 00:36:54,914 in Ina Gross' body 743 00:36:54,948 --> 00:36:58,918 affirms detective's beliefs that Tom Gross plotted 744 00:36:58,952 --> 00:37:02,422 to murder his mother to collect a large inheritance. 745 00:37:02,455 --> 00:37:04,557 Tom's sister, Ellen Gross, 746 00:37:04,591 --> 00:37:08,461 is stunned and angered by her only brother's betrayal, 747 00:37:08,495 --> 00:37:11,197 and is now determined to help detectives prove 748 00:37:11,231 --> 00:37:13,033 their case against Tom. 749 00:37:15,235 --> 00:37:18,271 - Now that I have learned that my brother 750 00:37:18,304 --> 00:37:20,940 has brutally murdered my mother 751 00:37:21,041 --> 00:37:25,045 and has happily deceived me 752 00:37:25,045 --> 00:37:28,048 for months, 753 00:37:28,048 --> 00:37:29,949 I go into overdrive. 754 00:37:30,950 --> 00:37:32,419 And at this point, 755 00:37:32,452 --> 00:37:35,689 I realize that I need to ensure 756 00:37:35,722 --> 00:37:40,694 that the detectives have any piece of information 757 00:37:40,727 --> 00:37:45,899 that I may have regarding Tom's relationship with my mother, 758 00:37:45,932 --> 00:37:50,403 my father, his relationship with their finances. 759 00:37:50,437 --> 00:37:56,076 And to ensure that Tom will meet his fate. 760 00:37:56,810 --> 00:38:00,647 - Ellen was able to show us where Tom borrowed 761 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:06,019 $668,000 in lieu of getting the inheritance. 762 00:38:06,019 --> 00:38:08,621 So he was in dire straits 763 00:38:08,655 --> 00:38:14,594 and he had no financial capability of paying it back. 764 00:38:14,627 --> 00:38:17,330 - I don't believe that Tom ever expected 765 00:38:17,364 --> 00:38:19,399 the floodgates to shut, 766 00:38:19,432 --> 00:38:22,902 but he knew that if he murdered my mother, 767 00:38:22,936 --> 00:38:26,439 he no longer had loans that he had to pay her back 768 00:38:26,473 --> 00:38:28,775 because there was no one to pay them to. 769 00:38:28,808 --> 00:38:30,677 My mother was dead. 770 00:38:32,412 --> 00:38:34,047 - That certainly provided a compelling 771 00:38:34,047 --> 00:38:39,886 motive for why he might choose to harm his mother. 772 00:38:40,687 --> 00:38:43,356 - I believe what happened is that Tom administered 773 00:38:43,390 --> 00:38:45,058 Ambien to his mother, 774 00:38:45,091 --> 00:38:46,960 which basically put her out. 775 00:38:47,060 --> 00:38:48,061 [car engine revving] 776 00:38:48,061 --> 00:38:49,863 And then he puts her in the car in the garage 777 00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:52,198 with the car running to make it look like a suicide. 778 00:38:52,232 --> 00:38:53,400 If the car's running and she's drugged, 779 00:38:53,433 --> 00:38:54,734 and she's in the car, 780 00:38:54,768 --> 00:38:57,404 from the carbon monoxide, she's gone asphyxiate. 781 00:38:57,437 --> 00:38:58,538 During the course of this, 782 00:38:58,571 --> 00:38:59,806 he bumps the clicker, you know, 783 00:38:59,839 --> 00:39:01,608 that's in the sun visor or whatever, 784 00:39:01,641 --> 00:39:03,076 and accidentally opens the door. 785 00:39:03,109 --> 00:39:05,245 [ominous music] 786 00:39:05,278 --> 00:39:07,914 - We do have the fact that the neighbor saw 787 00:39:08,014 --> 00:39:12,519 Thomas Gross in the garage with the engine running 788 00:39:12,552 --> 00:39:16,756 and we now have evidence that Ina was in that vehicle. 789 00:39:17,657 --> 00:39:20,493 - So then he closes the door again. 790 00:39:20,527 --> 00:39:22,629 But then he goes back in the house 791 00:39:22,662 --> 00:39:26,766 and mom starts making noise in the garage. 792 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,870 - She vomited up the Ambien and the Benadryl. 793 00:39:30,904 --> 00:39:33,573 The carbon monoxide didn't take over yet, 794 00:39:33,606 --> 00:39:35,442 and she got out of the car, 795 00:39:35,475 --> 00:39:36,843 in a daze probably, 796 00:39:36,876 --> 00:39:40,280 and started walking into the house. 797 00:39:40,313 --> 00:39:42,282 - So then he panics. 798 00:39:42,315 --> 00:39:43,883 He just grabs the knife off the knife block. 799 00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:45,919 He goes into the garage and she's standing there, 800 00:39:45,952 --> 00:39:48,855 and he sets on her from behind and cuts her throat. 801 00:39:49,789 --> 00:39:51,791 - In terms of moving the case forward, 802 00:39:51,825 --> 00:39:54,361 investigators can tick all the boxes. 803 00:39:54,394 --> 00:39:58,064 They know motive, means, and opportunity. 804 00:39:58,798 --> 00:40:01,668 What they don't know is that they're about to step foot 805 00:40:01,701 --> 00:40:05,105 into a year's long journey on the road to justice. 806 00:40:05,872 --> 00:40:07,507 - Detective Ives was able to reach out 807 00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:09,576 to the Israeli police. 808 00:40:09,609 --> 00:40:13,646 There were certain leads he wanted followed up on. 809 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,049 Number one was Tom's medical history 810 00:40:16,082 --> 00:40:19,786 with what prescriptions were prescribed to him. 811 00:40:20,186 --> 00:40:21,788 - Took months to draft the request. 812 00:40:21,821 --> 00:40:24,457 Because it goes to their Department of Justice 813 00:40:24,491 --> 00:40:26,893 and they decide whether or not they're gonna 814 00:40:26,926 --> 00:40:27,927 honor my request. 815 00:40:27,961 --> 00:40:31,197 So I'm waiting and it can get very frustrating. 816 00:40:32,599 --> 00:40:36,503 - The filings, the appeals, the endless red tape, 817 00:40:36,536 --> 00:40:39,773 all of it drags the case out from months to years, 818 00:40:39,806 --> 00:40:42,175 but detectives are unrelenting. 819 00:40:42,208 --> 00:40:45,478 Finally, on June 4th, 2014, 820 00:40:45,512 --> 00:40:48,982 nearly two and a half years after Ina was murdered, 821 00:40:49,015 --> 00:40:52,452 Detective Ives gets word back from the Israeli government 822 00:40:52,485 --> 00:40:54,821 about Tom's medical records. 823 00:40:55,522 --> 00:40:57,957 - It says that Thomas Gross has had 824 00:40:57,991 --> 00:41:00,427 number of prescriptions for Ambien. 825 00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:02,595 And the last one having been filled 826 00:41:02,629 --> 00:41:05,965 just a few days before he flew to the U.S. to meet his mom. 827 00:41:08,234 --> 00:41:12,272 - It's the proof they need to connect Tom to the crime. 828 00:41:12,539 --> 00:41:15,208 - In September, 2014, 829 00:41:15,241 --> 00:41:17,210 I decided that I had enough evidence 830 00:41:17,243 --> 00:41:19,546 to actually charge Mr. Gross. 831 00:41:19,579 --> 00:41:20,814 So to be able to do that, 832 00:41:20,847 --> 00:41:22,482 I'm gonna have to extradite him from Israel. 833 00:41:22,515 --> 00:41:24,084 [ominous music] 834 00:41:24,084 --> 00:41:26,720 - Extradition from any foreign country 835 00:41:26,753 --> 00:41:29,656 is always a multi-year process. 836 00:41:29,689 --> 00:41:33,393 From the date of Ina's death, January 9th, 2012, 837 00:41:33,426 --> 00:41:36,463 until the date that Thomas Gross was returned 838 00:41:36,496 --> 00:41:39,499 to the United States, it was a seven year process. 839 00:41:40,266 --> 00:41:41,968 - March 4th, 2019, 840 00:41:42,002 --> 00:41:44,237 U.S. Marshals arrived at the Orlando Airport 841 00:41:44,270 --> 00:41:46,272 with Mr. Gross in tow. 842 00:41:46,306 --> 00:41:47,674 [dramatic music] 843 00:41:47,707 --> 00:41:49,376 The job's not done till the gavel falls. 844 00:41:49,409 --> 00:41:53,246 But we're so much closer, we've got our man. 845 00:41:53,279 --> 00:41:54,414 [tense music] 846 00:41:54,447 --> 00:42:00,854 - Thomas Gross' trial commences on May the 2nd, 2022. 847 00:42:00,887 --> 00:42:05,058 I feel the state has a very strong case going into trial. 848 00:42:06,292 --> 00:42:08,495 [Faith] On May 6th, 2022, 849 00:42:08,528 --> 00:42:11,498 after deliberating for only 45 minutes, 850 00:42:11,531 --> 00:42:14,367 the jury returns with a verdict. 851 00:42:14,401 --> 00:42:16,670 - Thomas Gross is convicted of first degree 852 00:42:16,703 --> 00:42:20,206 premeditated murder by a Manatee County jury 853 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:24,911 and is sentenced to life in prison without parole. 854 00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:28,248 - Thomas Gross is a cold blooded killer. 855 00:42:28,281 --> 00:42:29,582 Who kills their mother? 856 00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:33,653 I mean, it's just, it's beyond belief to me. 857 00:42:36,089 --> 00:42:40,794 - My mother never left my vision ever. 858 00:42:41,461 --> 00:42:42,796 Went to bed thinking about my mom, 859 00:42:42,829 --> 00:42:44,531 woke up thinking about my mom. 860 00:42:44,564 --> 00:42:46,299 Went to bed crying about my mom, 861 00:42:46,332 --> 00:42:48,401 woke up crying about my mom. 862 00:42:49,235 --> 00:42:51,971 - She brought sunshine into every room that she entered. 863 00:42:52,005 --> 00:42:54,374 She brought love into everything she did. 864 00:42:55,141 --> 00:42:59,312 - My mother is buried in Sarasota National Cemetery 865 00:42:59,346 --> 00:43:01,481 right next to my father. 866 00:43:01,514 --> 00:43:05,485 I feel that they are truly together forever, 867 00:43:05,518 --> 00:43:07,487 and in my heart, 868 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,055 I have to believe 869 00:43:09,055 --> 00:43:11,491 that they are embracing each other. 870 00:43:11,524 --> 00:43:15,228 [somber music] 871 00:43:15,261 --> 00:43:17,330 - They say that blood is thicker than water. 872 00:43:17,364 --> 00:43:19,165 That family comes first. 873 00:43:19,199 --> 00:43:23,069 But in the case of Tom Gross, money came first. 874 00:43:23,069 --> 00:43:25,271 The extraordinary betrayal of his mother, 875 00:43:25,305 --> 00:43:27,273 whose life he once saved 876 00:43:27,307 --> 00:43:29,776 resulted in blood on his hands. 877 00:43:29,809 --> 00:43:32,846 Ina spent her life loving and serving others, 878 00:43:32,879 --> 00:43:36,916 her husband Sam, her children, her community, 879 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:38,985 only to have it cruelly taken away 880 00:43:39,085 --> 00:43:41,354 by the last person you'd expect, 881 00:43:41,388 --> 00:43:42,956 her only son. 882 00:43:42,989 --> 00:43:46,292 And what became a killer relationship.