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<i>narrator: A successful</i>
<i>Atlanta businesswoman</i>

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<i>makes a panicked call</i>
<i>to 911...</i>

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<i>narrator: And is brutally</i>
<i>murdered before police arrive.</i>

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- I remember screaming

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because I couldn't believe it.

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<i>- Could it have been personal?</i>

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Sure.

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<i>Could it have been</i>
<i>a burglary gone wrong?</i>

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We didn't know.

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<i>narrator:</i>
<i>But when detectives look</i>

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<i>into her wealthy community...</i>

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- Several neighbors said
that they saw multiple people

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<i>running from the crime scene.</i>

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<i>- Now they realize that it</i>
<i>might be a group of bad people</i>

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<i>in the community.</i>

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That was terrifying.

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<i>narrator: They make</i>
<i>a disturbing connection.</i>

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- Was almost carbon copy
to the Pamela Williams case.

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<i>[tense music]</i>

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<i>- He kept shooting me</i>
<i>until I heard</i>

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the hammer just click

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<i>where there was</i>
<i>no more bullets in the gun.</i>

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<i>- You had death</i>
<i>as your intention</i>

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<i>when you came into the house,</i>

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and you brought it with you.

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These were
cold-blooded murderers.

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>[dramatic hip-hop music]</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>narrator: In 2013,</i>
<i>Atlanta is emerging</i>

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<i>as a media capital</i>
<i>of the South.</i>

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<i>That same year,</i>
<i>the state of Georgia</i>

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<i>generates $3.3 billion</i>
<i>from TV and movies.</i>

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- Atlanta had started to become
the Hollywood of the South.

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Major productions
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<i>Music was still booming here.</i>

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- Atlanta is a very
happening city.

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<i>It's filled with stars and</i>
<i>celebrities, things like that.</i>

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Due to the sheer number
of A-listers in the area,

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<i>you're gonna have</i>
<i>some of those people</i>

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even still
on the outskirts of Atlanta

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in some of these
suburban areas.

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<i>narrator: And one</i>
<i>of the most exclusive</i>

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<i>subdivisions of Atlanta</i>

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<i>is the gated community</i>
<i>of Amhurst.</i>

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<i>Celebrities like Elton John,</i>
<i>Cardi B, and Tyler Perry</i>

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<i>have all called this</i>
<i>affluent neighborhood home.</i>

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- It was just a community
where everybody felt safe.

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<i>People mowed their lawns,</i>
<i>planted flowers.</i>

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<i>Kids played in the street.</i>

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Amhurst was like Mayberry.

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<i>- But at 8:00 p.m.</i>
<i>on November 30th,</i>

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<i>this haven</i>
<i>for the Hollywood dream</i>

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<i>turns into a living nightmare.</i>

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- The 911 call center

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in Fulton County,
Atlanta, Georgia,

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<i>receive a very panicked</i>
<i>phone call</i>

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<i>from one of the residents</i>

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indicating
that she believes someone

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was trying to break
into her home.

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<i>narrator:</i>
<i>The line goes dead.</i>

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<i>Less than a minute later,</i>
<i>Fulton County 911</i>

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<i>gets another panicked call.</i>

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- She is already petrified
about who is coming.

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- You can almost sense
that she feels

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like something bad
is about to happen.

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<i>- The perpetrators</i>
<i>located Ms. Williams</i>

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hiding in an upstairs
bedroom closet.

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<i>And she was still</i>
<i>on the phone with 911</i>

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<i>at the time</i>
<i>that she was shot.</i>

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<i>[gunshot]</i>

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- What falls next is silence.

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<i>And the silence...</i>

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is deafening.

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<i>- Our patrol units got there</i>

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within four minutes
of that call,

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<i>went to the back</i>
<i>of the house,</i>

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found the entry.

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- Visually, we could see
that someone forced entry

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into the rear of the home.

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<i>Once we enter the home,</i>
<i>there were a few lights on.</i>

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It's been confirmed
through dispatch,

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someone was inside the house.

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<i>We don't know how many people,</i>

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<i>if they're armed or unarmed.</i>

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<i>So I'm being prepared</i>
<i>for that possibility</i>

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of engaging someone
into a gunfight

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or a physical altercation.

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<i>As we move through the kitchen</i>
<i>and main living room,</i>

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<i>no one's in there.</i>

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<i>Then we get to the stairway,</i>

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<i>and we have to make our way</i>
<i>up the stairs.</i>

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<i>We get</i>
<i>to the master bedroom...</i>

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<i>And we can see Pamela</i>
<i>slumped over in the closet.</i>

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She was moving.
She was conscious.

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<i>And she was breathing.</i>

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That's when we noticed
that there was a gunshot wound

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in the center of her forehead.

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<i>[gunshot]</i>

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<i>[indistinct</i>
<i>police radio chatter]</i>

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<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Police backup soon arrives.</i>

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<i>They secure the scene</i>

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<i>and confirm</i>
<i>the shooter is gone.</i>

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- I stayed with Pamela.

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And as I was with her,
I could see her eyes

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glazed over a little bit.

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She was struggling breathing.

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And I was just giving her
encouragement,

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trying to keep her conscious

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and give her a will
to fight for her life.

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<i>narrator: When medical</i>
<i>personnel arrive,</i>

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<i>they quickly load Pamela</i>
<i>into an ambulance</i>

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<i>and rush her to nearby</i>
<i>Grady Memorial Hospital.</i>

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<i>Law enforcement</i>
<i>notifies Pamela's family</i>

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<i>who rush to her side.</i>

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<i>- The doctor came into</i>
<i>the room where I was sitting,</i>

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<i>and they told me that the</i>
<i>injuries that she sustained,</i>

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<i>you know, most people don't</i>
<i>make it with those injuries.</i>

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And I remember screaming.

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Because I couldn't believe it.

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<i>I've always known</i>
<i>she was special.</i>

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She was always driven.

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<i>- When she finished college,</i>

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that's when she started
at Target.

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<i>She started as one of the,</i>
<i>I think, assistant managers</i>

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and moved up to a manager.

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>narrator: Pamela always placed</i>
<i>others' needs before her own.</i>

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<i>In 2011, she proved that</i>
<i>beyond measure</i>

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<i>when her sister Erica</i>
<i>fell ill.</i>

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- Erica had to have
a kidney transplant,

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and Pam was her donor.

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<i>- I remember always thinking</i>
<i>that it's just</i>

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<i>too much to ask anybody to do.</i>

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<i>And I remember her</i>
<i>telling me, you know,</i>

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that her life needed to have
some meaning and purpose.

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<i>It was absolutely</i>
<i>Pam in a nutshell.</i>

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- Pam was loving.

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She was caring.

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She made sure everybody
was taken care of.

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<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Back at the crime scene,</i>

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<i>police begin</i>
<i>their investigation</i>

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<i>in the bedroom closet</i>
<i>where Pamela was found.</i>

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<i>- One of the strange things</i>
<i>about the closet</i>

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<i>was, we didn't have</i>
<i>a shell casing.</i>

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Did they have the wherewithal
to clean up after themselves?

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What's going on?

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<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Without an exit wound,</i>

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<i>detectives suspect the bullet</i>

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<i>is lodged in Pamela's head.</i>

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<i>- One of the things that I saw</i>
<i>that was particularly odd</i>

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<i>was, there were valuables</i>
<i>that were in plain view.</i>

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<i>- Could it have been</i>
<i>a burglary gone wrong?</i>

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Could it have been personal,
targeted?

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Sure.
We didn't know.

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<i>- I knew that we had</i>
<i>our work cut out for us</i>

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because there were
a lot of mixed signals

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that we had found.

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<i>CSI processes the house,</i>

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<i>collecting various pieces</i>
<i>of evidence</i>

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<i>to test for DNA</i>
<i>and fingerprints.</i>

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<i>Next, the team</i>
<i>expands their search</i>

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<i>beyond Ms. Williams' home.</i>

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<i>- This crime occurred before</i>

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everybody had Ring cameras

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<i>and high-tech surveillance</i>
<i>systems on their home.</i>

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So a lot of the investigative
was boots on ground,

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people talking to people.

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<i>narrator: Police ask Pamela's</i>
<i>next-door neighbors</i>

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<i>if they saw or heard anything,</i>

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<i>but the only piece</i>
<i>of information they offer</i>

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<i>is that Pamela lived alone.</i>

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<i>- We didn't know the motive.</i>

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We had nothing concrete
to go off of at that time.

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<i>narrator:</i>
<i>As detectives continue</i>

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<i>with the investigation,</i>

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<i>Pamela's family must deal</i>
<i>with the unthinkable.</i>

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<i>Their beloved Pamela</i>
<i>has been declared brain-dead.</i>

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<i>- The nurses said</i>
<i>they could let her</i>

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stay on the ventilator,
which was making her breathe,

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<i>until they felt it necessary</i>
<i>to just stop.</i>

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So I went in, and I just had
my little time with her.

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<i>I just told her</i>
<i>how much I loved her</i>

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<i>and it's hard</i>

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<i>and I was gonna miss her.</i>

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[sniffles]

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[sobbing]

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<i>narrator: Pamela is taken</i>
<i>off life support</i>

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<i>and passes away</i>
<i>surrounded by her loved ones.</i>

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<i>- I just held her hand.</i>

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And I still now,
I still can see her hand.

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I still can see it.

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<i>narrator: With the case</i>
<i>now a homicide,</i>

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<i>the team orders an autopsy</i>
<i>to check for any clues</i>

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<i>that could lead them</i>
<i>to Pamela's killer.</i>

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- The autopsy report
revealed that Ms. Williams,

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<i>you know, suffered</i>
<i>a close-contact,</i>

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<i>press-contact wound.</i>

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- If you have a victim
with a press-contact wound,

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<i>that was a person</i>
<i>who was intentionally shot.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

225
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<i>narrator: Unfortunately,</i>
<i>the ME reports</i>

226
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<i>the bullet that killed Pamela</i>

227
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<i>broke into pieces</i>
<i>upon entering her body,</i>

228
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<i>making it impossible</i>
<i>to ID the murder weapon.</i>

229
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<i>* *</i>

230
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<i>Detectives reach out</i>
<i>to Pamela's loved ones</i>

231
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<i>to find out who in her life</i>
<i>could have had the motive</i>

232
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<i>to kill her</i>
<i>in such a personal manner.</i>

233
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<i>- Police asked me,</i>
<i>did I know anybody</i>

234
00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:02,062
<i>who would want to hurt her?</i>

235
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And I did not.

236
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It was no one
that I could think of

237
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that would do that.

238
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<i>* *</i>

239
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<i>narrator: But Pamela's family</i>
<i>does provide</i>

240
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<i>some useful information.</i>

241
00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:14,407
<i>- While speaking</i>
<i>with the family, we do know</i>

242
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<i>that Ms. Williams was in</i>
<i>an on-again, off-again</i>

243
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relationship with a man, Otis.

244
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<i>And whenever you're trying</i>
<i>to establish motive,</i>

245
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<i>statistically speaking,</i>
<i>yes, you know,</i>

246
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someone that you're seeing is--
there is a high probability

247
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that they could be involved.

248
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<i>So what was their</i>
<i>relationship like?</i>

249
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<i>Were there troubles?</i>

250
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<i>We needed to find out</i>
<i>some of those details.</i>

251
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- There was a similar case
that had occurred

252
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approximately 12 months prior.

253
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<i>- Female home alone.</i>

254
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Female calls 911.

255
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- I was praying
that they would just go away

256
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and not find me.

257
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<i>But they found me.</i>

258
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<i>* *</i>

259
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sic]
<i>narrator: Atlanta detectives</i>
<i>working the murder</i>

260
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<i>of 43-year-old Pamela Williams</i>
<i>have just received word</i>

261
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<i>she was in</i>
<i>a romantic relationship</i>

262
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<i>shortly before she</i>
<i>was murdered in her bedroom.</i>

263
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<i>The team tracks down Pamela's</i>
<i>alleged boyfriend, Otis.</i>

264
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<i>* *</i>

265
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- We had a person who was shot,
press contact to the head.

266
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It was personal.

267
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<i>And we know</i>
<i>that domestic violence</i>

268
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is real.

269
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We always look at that first.

270
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<i>narrator: When investigators</i>
<i>speak with Otis,</i>

271
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<i>he's saddened to hear</i>
<i>about Pamela's death.</i>

272
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<i>He says they were only dating</i>
<i>a short time.</i>

273
00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,564
<i>- And Otis had an alibi.</i>
<i>He checked out.</i>

274
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You know, he was
in no way related

275
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or involved in this matter.

276
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<i>- He had no violent past</i>
<i>that we knew of,</i>

277
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also had no
violent criminal history.

278
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<i>If anything came up</i>
<i>in the future,</i>

279
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we could put him back
on our radar.

280
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But based on what we knew

281
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and the information
that we had on him,

282
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<i>we did eliminate him</i>
<i>as a suspect.</i>

283
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We didn't have anything.

284
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<i>* *</i>

285
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<i>We're once again</i>
<i>back to square one.</i>

286
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We are delving deeper
into Ms. Williams' past,

287
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her lifestyle, her work.

288
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<i>- She worked as a manager</i>
<i>at the local Target store,</i>

289
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which was a superstore.

290
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She was responsible
for hundreds of employees.

291
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<i>- She was in a position</i>
<i>of leadership.</i>

292
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You know, is this a situation

293
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where there was
an employee relationship

294
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<i>where she may have had</i>
<i>to fire someone or something?</i>

295
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<i>Maybe there was</i>
<i>a grudge or something.</i>

296
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<i>So our next step</i>
<i>was to go and speak</i>

297
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<i>with members</i>
<i>of management there.</i>

298
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We wanted to make sure
that we vetted out

299
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all of these different things,
you know,

300
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to make sure that we had
no stone unturned.

301
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<i>* *</i>

302
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- They had no information
on anybody harassing her,

303
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there being any workplace drama
regarding her.

304
00:14:02,908 --> 00:14:04,743
<i>There was nothing.</i>

305
00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:06,845
<i>It was the same theme.</i>

306
00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:10,349
<i>All the employees loved her.</i>

307
00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:12,184
<i>- You know, all you had,</i>
<i>it was just a bunch</i>

308
00:14:12,217 --> 00:14:13,752
of people that were
deeply impacted

309
00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:15,654
by the loss of Ms. Williams,
who, you know,

310
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touched the lives
of so many people.

311
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<i>- So we were, at this point,</i>
<i>at a dead end.</i>

312
00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:23,429
We had no leads.

313
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We were waiting
for something to break.

314
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<i>narrator: Then detectives</i>
<i>get word from the crime lab.</i>

315
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<i>They have results</i>
<i>on the fingerprints</i>

316
00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:33,339
<i>found at the scene.</i>

317
00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:36,775
<i>- Forensics on this case</i>
<i>showed prints.</i>

318
00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:38,877
But the prints were either
the victim, Pamela Williams',

319
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or they were inconclusive.

320
00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:41,780
<i>- Anytime you get a print,</i>

321
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<i>you're hoping that there's</i>
<i>evidentiary value there.</i>

322
00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:45,784
<i>But when you find out</i>
<i>it has nothing</i>

323
00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:48,387
to do with the suspect,
obviously, that's a letdown.

324
00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:49,755
<i>But you just keep</i>
<i>hammering away</i>

325
00:14:49,788 --> 00:14:51,990
<i>to see if you can find</i>
<i>something else.</i>

326
00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:53,859
<i>* *</i>

327
00:14:53,892 --> 00:14:57,329
<i>narrator: With no forensic</i>
<i>evidence and no suspects,</i>

328
00:14:57,363 --> 00:15:00,299
<i>the team returns to Pamela's</i>
<i>neighborhood of Amhurst</i>

329
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<i>to ask residents</i>
<i>in the gated community</i>

330
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<i>if they remember</i>
<i>anything suspicious</i>

331
00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:07,639
<i>from the night of the murder.</i>

332
00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:10,776
- In canvassing
the Amhurst subdivision,

333
00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:13,379
especially the street
and adjacent streets

334
00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:15,481
<i>where Pamela Williams lived,</i>

335
00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:20,285
several neighbors said
that they saw shadows

336
00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:23,355
<i>running</i>
<i>through their backyard.</i>

337
00:15:23,389 --> 00:15:27,192
<i>And multiple neighbors said</i>
<i>they saw multiple people</i>

338
00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:29,361
<i>running from the crime scene,</i>

339
00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,530
<i>which, to us, told us</i>
<i>there were multiple suspects</i>

340
00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:32,698
<i>in this crime.</i>

341
00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:35,067
<i>Finally, this was the break</i>
<i>that we needed.</i>

342
00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,604
Now we were able to put the
pieces of the puzzle together.

343
00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:40,205
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>The neighbors tell police</i>

344
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<i>they saw some shadowy figures</i>

345
00:15:42,207 --> 00:15:44,276
<i>running through</i>
<i>a popular walking trail</i>

346
00:15:44,309 --> 00:15:46,645
<i>surrounded by a wooded area.</i>

347
00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,114
<i>- The neighborhood,</i>
<i>pretty much a circle.</i>

348
00:15:49,148 --> 00:15:50,916
Then you cut through a wood.

349
00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:52,718
You're on another street.

350
00:15:52,751 --> 00:15:55,788
<i>narrator: The team's next step</i>
<i>is visiting the trail</i>

351
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<i>to see if the perpetrators</i>
<i>left any evidence behind.</i>

352
00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:03,328
- And walking the trails
yielded no forensic results.

353
00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:06,031
<i>But the trails lead deeper</i>
<i>into the neighborhood,</i>

354
00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:08,300
and the suspects are running
towards the middle,

355
00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:09,835
back into the subdivision.

356
00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:11,837
<i>- It led us through some trees</i>

357
00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:13,605
<i>and wood line and all that</i>

358
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,474
<i>and came out</i>
<i>on another street.</i>

359
00:16:15,507 --> 00:16:18,143
So we believe that
that was the route

360
00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:21,380
that the perpetrators fled.

361
00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:23,082
<i>- Our patrol units got there</i>
<i>within four minutes</i>

362
00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:24,583
<i>of the 911 call.</i>

363
00:16:24,616 --> 00:16:26,752
<i>They did not observe</i>
<i>any vehicles leaving</i>

364
00:16:26,785 --> 00:16:28,153
<i>at a high rate of speed.</i>

365
00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:30,055
<i>Therefore, it was</i>
<i>a safe assumption</i>

366
00:16:30,055 --> 00:16:33,092
that the perpetrators lived
inside the subdivision.

367
00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:38,230
<i>* *</i>

368
00:16:38,263 --> 00:16:42,067
- What many people thought
was just a one-man band,

369
00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:44,770
<i>now they realize</i>
<i>that it might be a gang</i>

370
00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:46,972
<i>of people in the community.</i>

371
00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:49,074
That was terrifying.

372
00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:50,642
<i>* *</i>

373
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,345
<i>narrator: Investigators must</i>
<i>consider the possibility</i>

374
00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:55,781
<i>that Pamela's murder</i>
<i>isn't the first crime</i>

375
00:16:55,814 --> 00:16:59,485
<i>these perpetrators</i>
<i>have committed in Amhurst.</i>

376
00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:01,453
<i>The team combs</i>
<i>through police records</i>

377
00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:03,389
<i>from the past several months,</i>

378
00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:06,925
<i>and they discover</i>
<i>there's a dark underbelly</i>

379
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,895
<i>to this picturesque community.</i>

380
00:17:09,928 --> 00:17:12,131
- Though Amhurst
was a quiet community

381
00:17:12,164 --> 00:17:15,067
<i>and a well-to-do community,</i>

382
00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:17,436
<i>they've been riddled</i>
<i>with burglaries</i>

383
00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:22,508
maybe for the past two years,
from 2011 to 2013.

384
00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:27,046
<i>They have had no fewer than,</i>
<i>I would say, 75 burglaries.</i>

385
00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:29,815
<i>All the previous burglaries</i>
<i>have been just property crime</i>

386
00:17:29,848 --> 00:17:31,583
but nothing violent.

387
00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:34,186
<i>narrator: Detectives assess</i>
<i>that this two-year cluster</i>

388
00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:36,088
<i>of nearly identical burglaries</i>

389
00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:37,756
<i>in the same</i>
<i>wealthy neighborhood</i>

390
00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:40,893
<i>must have been perpetrated</i>
<i>by the same robbers</i>

391
00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:44,863
<i>and that the break-in</i>
<i>at Pamela's house fits the MO.</i>

392
00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:47,333
<i>- Suspects in this case</i>
<i>have upped their game</i>

393
00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:50,803
from theft and burglary
to murder.

394
00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:54,773
<i>- We surmised that the person</i>
<i>that shot Ms. Williams</i>

395
00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:57,509
<i>didn't want to leave her</i>
<i>as a witness.</i>

396
00:17:57,543 --> 00:17:59,912
<i>Hence the press contact</i>
<i>to her head.</i>

397
00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:02,848
<i>So a burglary trying</i>
<i>to cover up the tracks,</i>

398
00:18:02,881 --> 00:18:06,085
that's the direction that we
were going in at that point.

399
00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:13,192
<i>* *</i>

400
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,769
<i>narrator: Fulton County</i>
<i>homicide detectives</i>

401
00:18:23,802 --> 00:18:26,805
<i>are investigating the murder</i>
<i>of Pamela Williams.</i>

402
00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:30,509
<i>The team has just uncovered</i>
<i>a string of similar burglaries</i>

403
00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,211
<i>in the affluent area,</i>

404
00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:35,114
<i>and investigators fear</i>
<i>the criminals may have shifted</i>

405
00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:37,316
<i>from robbery to murder.</i>

406
00:18:37,349 --> 00:18:38,917
<i>* *</i>

407
00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:42,521
<i>- A number of people had</i>
<i>experienced home burglaries,</i>

408
00:18:42,554 --> 00:18:46,925
but it had not risen to what
the Pamela Williams case

409
00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:48,660
had risen to.

410
00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:50,062
<i>They were worried before,</i>

411
00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:51,196
<i>because you're gonna</i>
<i>break in my house,</i>

412
00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:52,398
<i>you're gonna take my property,</i>

413
00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:53,732
<i>OK, that's a problem.</i>

414
00:18:53,766 --> 00:18:56,168
But now you're gonna
break in and kill me?

415
00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:59,071
And so now people
are really scared.

416
00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:01,607
<i>narrator: As lead detectives</i>
<i>Hamilton and Smith</i>

417
00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,676
<i>continue researching</i>
<i>burglary cases</i>

418
00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,577
<i>surrounding Pamela's home,</i>

419
00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:07,579
<i>they uncover</i>
<i>another recent victim</i>

420
00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,181
<i>from a nearby neighborhood</i>

421
00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:12,151
<i>whose case</i>
<i>bears a shocking resemblance.</i>

422
00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:16,655
<i>- The case had occurred</i>
<i>approximately 12 months prior.</i>

423
00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:21,026
And it involved a woman
by the name of Melissa Burke.

424
00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:24,229
<i>* *</i>

425
00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:27,733
<i>- Melissa Burke's case</i>
<i>was almost carbon copy</i>

426
00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:29,468
<i>to the Pamela Williams case.</i>

427
00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,070
<i>* *</i>

428
00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,604
Female home alone.

429
00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:34,406
<i>Female calls 911.</i>

430
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,742
Female gets shot
while on the phone with 911.

431
00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:39,378
<i>narrator: While the crimes</i>
<i>are strikingly similar</i>

432
00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:41,046
<i>and about a year apart,</i>

433
00:19:41,046 --> 00:19:44,216
<i>there's one important</i>
<i>difference between the two.</i>

434
00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:46,752
<i>- Angels were smiling</i>
<i>on Melissa Burke that night,</i>

435
00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:50,456
because she ultimately
recovered from those injuries.

436
00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:51,857
<i>* *</i>

437
00:19:51,890 --> 00:19:55,294
<i>narrator: At 10:00 p.m.</i>
<i>on January 3, 2013,</i>

438
00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:59,064
<i>Melissa called 911 from</i>
<i>her home in Chestnut Ridge,</i>

439
00:19:59,064 --> 00:20:03,168
<i>approximately five miles</i>
<i>from Pamela's residence.</i>

440
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,137
<i>- My husband</i>
<i>was traveling at the time,</i>

441
00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:06,905
<i>so I was in the home alone.</i>

442
00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:09,708
I was in my pajamas,
ready for bed,

443
00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,543
winding down from the day.

444
00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:12,978
<i>And the doorbell rang.</i>

445
00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:15,981
[doorbell rings]
<i>I wasn't expecting guests.</i>

446
00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,649
I didn't answer it,

447
00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:21,020
under the assumption
that they would go away.

448
00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:23,789
<i>And the doorbell rang again.</i>
[doorbell rings]

449
00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:26,725
<i>And this time,</i>
<i>I got out of the bed</i>

450
00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:28,560
<i>to look out of the window.</i>

451
00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:32,131
<i>And I saw two young men</i>

452
00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:36,468
<i>walking away from the porch.</i>

453
00:20:36,502 --> 00:20:38,437
I didn't recognize them.

454
00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:40,639
<i>Several minutes later,</i>

455
00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:42,775
<i>I'm upstairs</i>
<i>in the master bedroom,</i>

456
00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:44,309
<i>and I can hear the noise...</i>
[squeaking]

457
00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:46,412
<i>Coming from one</i>
<i>of the bedrooms</i>

458
00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:47,680
down the hallway.

459
00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:50,315
<i>And I can't make out</i>
<i>what it is.</i>

460
00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:52,217
<i>And then I realize</i>

461
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:55,154
someone's coming in through

462
00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,289
the window in the bedroom.

463
00:20:57,322 --> 00:21:00,192
<i>I can remember calling 911.</i>

464
00:21:00,225 --> 00:21:02,661
And I do remember saying,

465
00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:05,698
<i>someone's trying</i>
<i>to break into my home.</i>

466
00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:10,469
<i>So I went into the closet</i>
<i>in the master bedroom.</i>

467
00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:14,273
And I heard footsteps
all over the house.

468
00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:16,075
<i>I said, there's more than one.</i>

469
00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:20,312
And I can tell you,
what I was doing in that closet

470
00:21:20,346 --> 00:21:23,782
was praying to God
for my safety,

471
00:21:23,816 --> 00:21:27,252
praying that they would just
go away and not find me.

472
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:30,222
<i>* *</i>

473
00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:31,490
But they found me.

474
00:21:31,523 --> 00:21:32,825
<i>* *</i>

475
00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:34,626
<i>When he ripped</i>
<i>that door open,</i>

476
00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:38,464
I just remember looking at him

477
00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:41,100
and seeing how young he was.

478
00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:46,605
<i>And then that was the</i>
<i>eye-to-eye contact exchange.</i>

479
00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:50,743
And I really sensed
that the first gunshot

480
00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:54,847
was just an accident,
or I thought that.

481
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,449
<i>But then he kept shooting me.</i>

482
00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:59,118
[gunshots]

483
00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:02,121
<i>And he kept shooting me</i>
<i>until I heard</i>

484
00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:04,123
the hammer just click

485
00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:07,059
<i>where there was</i>
<i>no more bullets in the gun.</i>

486
00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:09,061
<i>* *</i>

487
00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:11,597
- You shot
a 50-something-year-old

488
00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:13,832
retired army veteran

489
00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:17,403
as she laid cowering
on the floor

490
00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:21,106
in her bedroom closet,
begging for her life.

491
00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:22,508
<i>And you shot her</i>

492
00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:25,144
not once, not twice,

493
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:27,680
but pretty much
until you emptied your gun.

494
00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:29,715
<i>What kind of person</i>
<i>do you have to be</i>

495
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:32,651
emotionally, psychologically

496
00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,853
to do something like that?

497
00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:38,590
<i>- By that time, the others</i>
<i>that were all over the house</i>

498
00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:40,793
<i>ran in behind him.</i>

499
00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:42,594
<i>They asked, you know,</i>
<i>what's going on?</i>

500
00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:46,331
<i>The only thing I heard was,</i>

501
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,000
"Let's just get out of here.

502
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,368
She's dead."

503
00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:50,836
<i>* *</i>

504
00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:52,204
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Detectives learn</i>

505
00:22:52,237 --> 00:22:54,673
<i>that when police arrived</i>
<i>at Melissa's house,</i>

506
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:57,109
<i>they spotted</i>
<i>something suspicious.</i>

507
00:22:57,109 --> 00:23:01,046
- The patrolling unit
for Melissa Burke got there

508
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,850
as the getaway vehicle
was fleeing the scene.

509
00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:06,785
<i>The unit turned around</i>
<i>on the vehicle,</i>

510
00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:08,954
<i>gave quick chase</i>
<i>in the subdivision.</i>

511
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,556
<i>The vehicle crashed out,</i>

512
00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:13,492
and the multiple occupants
fled the car.

513
00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:16,328
<i>narrator: Police chased</i>
<i>the suspects on foot</i>

514
00:23:16,362 --> 00:23:18,297
<i>but were unable</i>
<i>to apprehend them.</i>

515
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:21,367
<i>Law enforcement then returned</i>
<i>to the car they abandoned</i>

516
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,068
<i>and ran the license plate.</i>

517
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,504
<i>They discovered</i>
<i>it was reported stolen</i>

518
00:23:25,537 --> 00:23:28,974
<i>just hours</i>
<i>before Melissa's attack.</i>

519
00:23:29,074 --> 00:23:31,977
- Police were also able
to recover valuable evidence.

520
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,680
<i>A cell phone was recovered</i>
<i>outside the vehicle.</i>

521
00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:36,148
<i>The phone found</i>
<i>near the vehicle</i>

522
00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:37,783
<i>came back to someone</i>
<i>with a criminal history</i>

523
00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:40,719
<i>involving multiple thefts</i>
<i>and burglaries.</i>

524
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,855
- Now we could put
some meat on the bones

525
00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:45,824
in this investigation
that can stick.

526
00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:47,226
<i>* *</i>

527
00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:50,195
<i>So the media</i>
<i>put it out there</i>

528
00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:52,431
<i>in the public stratosphere,</i>

529
00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:54,833
<i>because it brings pressure</i>

530
00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:57,169
on the assailants
in this crime.

531
00:23:57,202 --> 00:24:00,039
<i>- It was the reporting</i>
<i>of that story</i>

532
00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:03,742
that prompted the phone call
to law enforcement officers

533
00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:07,413
to give very, very critical
information.

534
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:11,717
- That was a pivotal break
in this case.

535
00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:16,321
<i>* *</i>

536
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:16,967
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Detectives investigating</i>

537
00:24:16,967 --> 00:24:21,193
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Detectives investigating</i>

538
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:23,629
<i>the Atlanta murder</i>
<i>of Pamela Williams</i>

539
00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:26,165
<i>have just come across</i>
<i>Melissa Burke's case,</i>

540
00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:30,703
<i>an eerily similar crime that</i>
<i>occurred 11 months earlier.</i>

541
00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:34,139
<i>While investigators have no</i>
<i>suspects in Pamela's murder,</i>

542
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:37,643
<i>they did find a cell phone</i>
<i>near Melissa's crime scene</i>

543
00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:40,245
<i>that belongs</i>
<i>to a known criminal.</i>

544
00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:41,880
<i>- The phone found</i>
<i>near the vehicle</i>

545
00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:44,116
<i>came back to James Calhoun.</i>

546
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:45,451
<i>He had a criminal history</i>

547
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:48,253
<i>involving multiple thefts</i>
<i>and burglaries.</i>

548
00:24:48,287 --> 00:24:49,555
<i>- Fulton County Police</i>
<i>brought him in</i>

549
00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:52,825
for an interview
regarding Melissa Burke.

550
00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,928
They said, hey,
there was a burglary,

551
00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:58,097
lady shot 12 times,

552
00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:01,100
<i>and stolen car, and we found</i>
<i>your phone on the scene.</i>

553
00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:02,301
<i>Can you explain this?</i>

554
00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:04,636
He smiled and said no.

555
00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:06,939
He said that he lost his phone.

556
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:08,674
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

557
00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:11,110
<i>narrator: Unfortunately,</i>
<i>when investigators questioned</i>

558
00:25:11,143 --> 00:25:12,778
<i>Ms. Burke about the shooting,</i>

559
00:25:12,811 --> 00:25:15,414
<i>she was unable to assist</i>
<i>with the investigation</i>

560
00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:17,516
<i>due to the severity</i>
<i>of her injuries.</i>

561
00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:21,053
- I was in the hospital
three to four months.

562
00:25:21,053 --> 00:25:23,422
<i>Obviously, mentally,</i>

563
00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:26,158
I couldn't even hear
a doorbell.

564
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:30,229
<i>- James Calhoun was the lead</i>
<i>suspect for that incident,</i>

565
00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:33,298
<i>but they had no evidence</i>
<i>that would stick</i>

566
00:25:33,332 --> 00:25:36,268
<i>to put him</i>
<i>at Ms. Burke's house.</i>

567
00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:38,604
They did not have enough
for an arrest warrant.

568
00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:40,472
<i>* *</i>

569
00:25:40,506 --> 00:25:42,441
<i>narrator: While detectives</i>
<i>suspected Calhoun</i>

570
00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:44,743
<i>was involved</i>
<i>in Ms. Burke's attack,</i>

571
00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:47,746
<i>they lacked concrete evidence</i>
<i>tying him to the shooting,</i>

572
00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:51,083
<i>and the investigation</i>
<i>turned cold.</i>

573
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,485
<i>But now, nearly a year later,</i>

574
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,988
<i>investigators find</i>
<i>striking similarities</i>

575
00:25:56,088 --> 00:25:59,625
<i>between Melissa's attack</i>
<i>and Pamela Williams' murder.</i>

576
00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:02,695
<i>- The 911 calls</i>
<i>provided a connection</i>

577
00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:06,198
between the Melissa Burke
home invasion and shooting

578
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:07,666
<i>and attempted murder</i>

579
00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:10,235
<i>to the Pamela Williams</i>
<i>home invasion,</i>

580
00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:12,938
<i>shooting, and actual murder.</i>

581
00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,441
My theory
was that the perpetrators

582
00:26:15,474 --> 00:26:18,610
evolved from Melissa Burke.

583
00:26:18,644 --> 00:26:21,447
So I went in.
I shot 12 times.

584
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,882
By all accounts,
she ought to be dead.

585
00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,050
But she wasn't.

586
00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:26,251
She survived.

587
00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:28,387
By the time you evolve
over 12 months,

588
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,621
you have evolved to the point

589
00:26:29,655 --> 00:26:31,590
that we're not leaving
any witnesses.

590
00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:34,059
<i>And that's why Pamela Williams</i>
<i>got what she got.</i>

591
00:26:34,059 --> 00:26:36,061
That's my theory.

592
00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:37,896
<i>narrator: Although detectives</i>
<i>are convinced</i>

593
00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:39,631
<i>the two cases are linked</i>

594
00:26:39,665 --> 00:26:43,168
<i>and suspect James Calhoun</i>
<i>was involved in both attacks,</i>

595
00:26:43,202 --> 00:26:47,406
<i>they still don't have enough</i>
<i>evidence to make an arrest.</i>

596
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,074
- Knowing the background
of James Calhoun

597
00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:50,509
and his criminal history,

598
00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:52,277
obviously, you want to say
in your mind

599
00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:54,346
you've established him
as a potential suspect,

600
00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:57,316
<i>but we can't directly</i>
<i>link him to the crime.</i>

601
00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,918
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Desperate for concrete leads,</i>

602
00:27:00,019 --> 00:27:01,387
<i>police turn to the media</i>

603
00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:03,288
<i>to see if anyone</i>
<i>will come forward</i>

604
00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:06,358
<i>with information</i>
<i>about either case.</i>

605
00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:10,329
<i>- So the media</i>
<i>put it out there</i>

606
00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,765
<i>in the public stratosphere</i>

607
00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:15,334
<i>because it brings pressure</i>

608
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:17,670
on the assailants
in this crime.

609
00:27:17,703 --> 00:27:19,938
<i>Maybe they might</i>
<i>make a mistake.</i>

610
00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:21,040
<i>Maybe they may talk</i>

611
00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:22,841
<i>to the wrong person about it</i>

612
00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:24,476
to ask for help.

613
00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:26,545
<i>- Some say they are</i>
<i>concerned for their safety</i>

614
00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:29,081
<i>after the murder of</i>
<i>43-year-old Pamela Williams.</i>

615
00:27:29,114 --> 00:27:30,215
If you have any information,

616
00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:32,284
you're asked to call
Crime Stoppers.

617
00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:35,654
<i>- It was covered</i>
<i>for every newscast.</i>

618
00:27:35,688 --> 00:27:37,656
<i>And because people</i>
<i>were very worried,</i>

619
00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:39,291
what they wanted
to talk about was,

620
00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:42,227
how are we gonna get
this person off the street?

621
00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:45,297
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Then on December 4, 2013,</i>

622
00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:47,833
<i>five days</i>
<i>after Pamela's attack,</i>

623
00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:50,736
<i>the media blast pays off</i>
<i>with a call from someone</i>

624
00:27:50,769 --> 00:27:53,572
<i>who thinks their own son,</i>
<i>Jonathan Banks,</i>

625
00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:57,309
<i>could have been part</i>
<i>of this brutal murder.</i>

626
00:27:57,343 --> 00:28:01,347
<i>- It was the reporting of that</i>
<i>story on a consistent basis</i>

627
00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:05,150
that prompted the father
of Jonathan Banks

628
00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:09,321
to actually place a phone call
to law enforcement officers

629
00:28:09,355 --> 00:28:12,825
to give very, very critical
information.

630
00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:14,426
<i>* *</i>

631
00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:16,929
- Jonathan Banks used to live
in the Amhurst subdivision,

632
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:20,532
<i>and he was running</i>
<i>with the wrong crowd.</i>

633
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:24,103
And he had just come out
of prison months earlier.

634
00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:25,504
<i>* *</i>

635
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:30,142
- Jonathan Banks
actually came to his father

636
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:35,114
and told him that he needed
to borrow a large sum of money.

637
00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:39,051
<i>He needed to get away</i>
<i>very suddenly, very far away,</i>

638
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,519
<i>where no one could find him.</i>

639
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:43,622
And he was very reluctant
to reveal

640
00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:48,394
the actual reason
why he wanted to flee.

641
00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:50,429
<i>narrator: Banks' parents</i>
<i>explain their son</i>

642
00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:52,631
<i>has been arrested</i>
<i>multiple times</i>

643
00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:55,601
<i>for robberies targeting</i>
<i>wealthy homes in the area.</i>

644
00:28:55,634 --> 00:28:57,936
<i>And with Banks'</i>
<i>criminal history</i>

645
00:28:57,970 --> 00:29:00,706
<i>combined with the fact that</i>
<i>they haven't seen him in days,</i>

646
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,676
<i>his parents are concerned</i>
<i>as to why their son</i>

647
00:29:03,709 --> 00:29:07,012
<i>is begging for money</i>
<i>to go on the run.</i>

648
00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:09,915
- They said that they heard
about the Amhurst murder

649
00:29:10,015 --> 00:29:11,283
<i>on the news.</i>

650
00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:13,819
And the mother said
she could not imagine

651
00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:16,555
<i>what Pamela Williams</i>
<i>went through.</i>

652
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:19,291
<i>And if her son had</i>
<i>anything to do with it,</i>

653
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:22,528
then she wanted to do
the right thing as a mother.

654
00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:24,496
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>With this information,</i>

655
00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:27,733
<i>detectives wonder</i>
<i>if Jonathan Banks' bad crowd</i>

656
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,535
<i>includes James Calhoun,</i>

657
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:32,271
<i>the suspect</i>
<i>in Melissa Burke's shooting.</i>

658
00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:34,206
<i>- We had another name now,</i>

659
00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:37,309
a name I'd never heard before
in Amhurst

660
00:29:37,343 --> 00:29:39,511
<i>but a name I would hear</i>
<i>a lot more in the future.</i>

661
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,213
<i>* *</i>

662
00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,583
That was a pivotal break

663
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:46,352
in this case.

664
00:29:46,385 --> 00:29:47,820
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Detectives immediately</i>

665
00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:49,321
<i>start searching for Banks</i>

666
00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:52,458
<i>to question him</i>
<i>about Pamela's murder.</i>

667
00:29:52,491 --> 00:29:55,060
<i>But he's nowhere to be found.</i>

668
00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:58,163
<i>Then on December 10, 2013,</i>

669
00:29:58,197 --> 00:30:00,699
<i>ten days</i>
<i>after Pamela's murder,</i>

670
00:30:00,733 --> 00:30:05,170
<i>investigators get intel</i>
<i>that changes everything.</i>

671
00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:08,107
- A credible witness
well connected

672
00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,575
to one of the perpetrators

673
00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:11,610
<i>calls our</i>
<i>murder case division.</i>

674
00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:15,547
<i>They say that James Calhoun,</i>
<i>James Sims,</i>

675
00:30:15,581 --> 00:30:18,150
<i>and Jonathan Banks</i>
<i>committed this crime</i>

676
00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:22,087
and admitted to them
everything that they did.

677
00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:26,692
<i>* *</i>

678
00:30:33,533 --> 00:30:35,602
<i>narrator: Atlanta detectives</i>
<i>have just received</i>

679
00:30:35,635 --> 00:30:37,170
<i>a promising tip</i>

680
00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:40,807
<i>about the brutal murder</i>
<i>of Pamela Williams.</i>

681
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,976
<i>A woman contacted</i>
<i>the homicide office</i>

682
00:30:43,009 --> 00:30:45,512
<i>and identified three men--</i>

683
00:30:45,545 --> 00:30:49,416
<i>James Sims, James Calhoun,</i>
<i>and Jonathan Banks--</i>

684
00:30:49,449 --> 00:30:52,752
<i>as the perpetrators</i>
<i>for Ms. Williams' case.</i>

685
00:30:52,786 --> 00:30:54,454
<i>* *</i>

686
00:30:54,487 --> 00:30:58,658
<i>- When we find out that</i>
<i>James Calhoun was involved,</i>

687
00:30:58,692 --> 00:31:01,594
it hearkened back
to the Melissa Burke case

688
00:31:01,628 --> 00:31:06,199
and his alleged
involvement there.

689
00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:09,202
- This witness informs police
that Jonathan Banks

690
00:31:09,235 --> 00:31:13,173
had come by her home
and had shared with them

691
00:31:13,206 --> 00:31:17,544
details about
the Pamela Williams murder.

692
00:31:17,577 --> 00:31:19,379
<i>- The witness</i>
<i>said Jonathan Banks</i>

693
00:31:19,412 --> 00:31:21,114
arrived at the victim's home,

694
00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:24,517
where he already sees
Sims and Calhoun

695
00:31:24,551 --> 00:31:26,319
<i>leaving the back,</i>
<i>like they were startled</i>

696
00:31:26,353 --> 00:31:27,454
<i>and taking off running.</i>

697
00:31:27,487 --> 00:31:29,422
The witness said
it was at that point

698
00:31:29,456 --> 00:31:31,191
<i>where Banks explained</i>
<i>he went inside to see</i>

699
00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:32,992
<i>what he could find to steal.</i>

700
00:31:36,262 --> 00:31:38,098
- Banks tells
this credible witness

701
00:31:38,098 --> 00:31:42,502
that he saw Ms. Williams
and she startled him.

702
00:31:42,535 --> 00:31:44,671
<i>So he panic shot</i>

703
00:31:44,704 --> 00:31:47,607
and did not mean to shoot.

704
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:48,775
[gunshot]

705
00:31:48,808 --> 00:31:50,143
<i>But we know that's a lie</i>

706
00:31:50,176 --> 00:31:53,113
due to the press-contact wound
that she suffered.

707
00:31:53,113 --> 00:31:55,682
<i>narrator: The witness is able</i>
<i>to positively identify</i>

708
00:31:55,715 --> 00:31:58,785
<i>Banks, Calhoun, and Sims.</i>

709
00:31:58,818 --> 00:32:01,321
<i>* *</i>

710
00:32:01,354 --> 00:32:05,291
- There was the ultimate irony
that existed in this case.

711
00:32:05,325 --> 00:32:09,229
It was that the people
who were ultimately responsible

712
00:32:09,262 --> 00:32:11,164
<i>for committing</i>
<i>this horrific crime</i>

713
00:32:11,197 --> 00:32:13,166
were really hiding
in plain sight.

714
00:32:13,199 --> 00:32:14,501
<i>* *</i>

715
00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:17,370
<i>They lived in homes</i>
<i>that their parents</i>

716
00:32:17,404 --> 00:32:19,406
<i>had worked hard to obtain.</i>

717
00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:23,777
So it was just ironic
that these individuals

718
00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:26,379
chose to victimize

719
00:32:26,413 --> 00:32:30,150
exactly the same kinds
of people

720
00:32:30,183 --> 00:32:32,719
<i>that their parents were.</i>

721
00:32:32,752 --> 00:32:35,355
<i>* *</i>

722
00:32:35,388 --> 00:32:37,090
- When the information came in
from the independent witness

723
00:32:37,090 --> 00:32:38,558
regarding the suspects,

724
00:32:38,591 --> 00:32:41,161
that coupled with the shooter's
father coming forward,

725
00:32:41,194 --> 00:32:42,429
<i>we had enough at that point</i>

726
00:32:42,462 --> 00:32:44,264
<i>to go ahead and move</i>
<i>on warrants</i>

727
00:32:44,297 --> 00:32:46,466
<i>for those</i>
<i>that we felt responsible.</i>

728
00:32:46,499 --> 00:32:50,403
<i>* *</i>

729
00:32:50,437 --> 00:32:52,305
<i>narrator: Investigators</i>
<i>obtain arrest warrants</i>

730
00:32:52,339 --> 00:32:53,873
<i>for Jonathan Banks,</i>

731
00:32:53,907 --> 00:32:56,142
<i>19-year-old James Calhoun,</i>

732
00:32:56,176 --> 00:32:58,978
<i>and 20-year-old James Sims.</i>

733
00:32:59,012 --> 00:33:01,047
<i>Less than a week later,</i>

734
00:33:01,047 --> 00:33:04,084
<i>one of the suspects</i>
<i>is apprehended.</i>

735
00:33:04,117 --> 00:33:05,752
- I received word
on December 17th

736
00:33:05,785 --> 00:33:08,688
<i>that U.S. Marshals</i>
<i>had located Jonathan Banks</i>

737
00:33:08,722 --> 00:33:09,856
<i>and had him in custody.</i>

738
00:33:09,889 --> 00:33:12,959
<i>It was only a day or two</i>
<i>later, on the 19th,</i>

739
00:33:13,059 --> 00:33:14,260
<i>where Sims and Calhoun</i>

740
00:33:14,294 --> 00:33:16,963
were also taken in custody
by the U.S. Marshals.

741
00:33:17,063 --> 00:33:19,532
<i>* *</i>

742
00:33:19,566 --> 00:33:23,136
<i>narrator: The three suspects</i>
<i>are charged with burglary</i>

743
00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:25,872
<i>and the murder</i>
<i>of Pamela Williams.</i>

744
00:33:25,905 --> 00:33:29,075
<i>All three plead not guilty.</i>

745
00:33:29,075 --> 00:33:31,311
<i>Unfortunately,</i>
<i>Ms. Burke's case</i>

746
00:33:31,344 --> 00:33:34,080
<i>is currently at a standstill.</i>

747
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,449
<i>- On the Burke case,</i>
<i>you have to have</i>

748
00:33:36,483 --> 00:33:40,086
at least one other piece
of corroborating evidence.

749
00:33:40,086 --> 00:33:41,855
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Unlike Pamela's case,</i>

750
00:33:41,888 --> 00:33:45,091
<i>no one came forward</i>
<i>delivering key information,</i>

751
00:33:45,091 --> 00:33:46,893
<i>like Jonathan Banks' parents</i>

752
00:33:46,926 --> 00:33:50,797
<i>and the female witness</i>
<i>who heard Banks' confession.</i>

753
00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:52,232
- The defendants lawyered up.

754
00:33:52,265 --> 00:33:54,701
They haven't admitted to it.

755
00:33:54,734 --> 00:33:56,302
It's still an open case.

756
00:33:56,336 --> 00:33:59,172
To this day, we're still
lacking that piece

757
00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:00,607
of corroborating evidence.

758
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,242
<i>* *</i>

759
00:34:02,275 --> 00:34:04,044
<i>narrator: Now</i>
<i>the district attorney's office</i>

760
00:34:04,077 --> 00:34:06,212
<i>is tasked with securing</i>
<i>guilty verdicts</i>

761
00:34:06,246 --> 00:34:08,481
<i>for all three men.</i>

762
00:34:08,515 --> 00:34:11,484
<i>They start by searching</i>
<i>for physical evidence</i>

763
00:34:11,518 --> 00:34:14,921
<i>that ties the suspects</i>
<i>to the robberies.</i>

764
00:34:14,954 --> 00:34:19,426
- Typically, burglars have,
as a course of their conduct,

765
00:34:19,459 --> 00:34:22,262
<i>taking items of value</i>
<i>to pawnshops</i>

766
00:34:22,295 --> 00:34:24,597
<i>to see if they can</i>
<i>trade them for money.</i>

767
00:34:24,631 --> 00:34:28,068
And so in this case,
we were able to find

768
00:34:28,068 --> 00:34:30,937
<i>a central pawnshop</i>
<i>that was used</i>

769
00:34:30,970 --> 00:34:34,307
<i>over and over and over again</i>
<i>by these defendants.</i>

770
00:34:34,341 --> 00:34:36,576
<i>narrator: With documents</i>
<i>proving the suspects</i>

771
00:34:36,609 --> 00:34:38,812
<i>pawned dozens of items</i>
<i>that were stolen</i>

772
00:34:38,845 --> 00:34:40,413
<i>over several months,</i>

773
00:34:40,447 --> 00:34:42,449
<i>DA Clint Rucker and his team</i>

774
00:34:42,482 --> 00:34:47,087
<i>tie Banks, Calhoun, and Sims</i>
<i>to over 100 burglaries</i>

775
00:34:47,087 --> 00:34:49,756
<i>in and around</i>
<i>the Amhurst area.</i>

776
00:34:49,789 --> 00:34:51,791
- It was very clear to me

777
00:34:51,825 --> 00:34:54,361
<i>that the persons</i>
<i>that we were dealing with,</i>

778
00:34:54,394 --> 00:34:57,897
they weren't just a bunch
of, you know,

779
00:34:57,931 --> 00:35:00,433
<i>mischievous kids</i>

780
00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:02,402
<i>who were just running around,</i>
<i>you know,</i>

781
00:35:02,435 --> 00:35:06,172
trying to scrape up
a couple of bucks.

782
00:35:06,206 --> 00:35:08,174
These were
cold-blooded murderers.

783
00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:09,909
<i>Because by the time</i>
<i>you get to the point</i>

784
00:35:09,943 --> 00:35:13,847
<i>that you're bringing a loaded</i>
<i>handgun to commit a burglary</i>

785
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,150
<i>and get close enough</i>
<i>to Pamela Williams</i>

786
00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:22,622
to actually put the muzzle
of the gun to her forehead

787
00:35:22,655 --> 00:35:25,625
<i>and pull the trigger while</i>
<i>you're looking in her eyes,</i>

788
00:35:25,658 --> 00:35:28,361
oh, yeah, you had death
as your intention

789
00:35:28,395 --> 00:35:30,463
<i>when you came into the house.</i>

790
00:35:30,497 --> 00:35:35,635
<i>* *</i>

791
00:35:35,669 --> 00:35:38,304
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>In October of 2016,</i>

792
00:35:38,338 --> 00:35:40,440
<i>nearly three years</i>
<i>after Pamela's murder,</i>

793
00:35:40,473 --> 00:35:43,276
<i>the perpetrators go on trial</i>

794
00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:46,079
<i>and have been given</i>
<i>a chilling moniker.</i>

795
00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:48,148
- They were
the Amhurst Death Squad,

796
00:35:48,181 --> 00:35:51,084
because that's what they were.

797
00:35:51,084 --> 00:35:52,419
<i>They brought death.</i>

798
00:35:52,452 --> 00:35:54,821
<i>And so I tried to do</i>
<i>the very best I could</i>

799
00:35:54,854 --> 00:35:56,356
to hold them responsible

800
00:35:56,389 --> 00:35:58,525
and to convince that jury
that they were guilty.

801
00:35:58,558 --> 00:36:00,694
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>Pamela's family is relieved</i>

802
00:36:00,727 --> 00:36:03,296
<i>the killers</i>
<i>are finally on trial.</i>

803
00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:07,033
<i>But facing all three in person</i>
<i>is another matter.</i>

804
00:36:07,067 --> 00:36:08,401
<i>* *</i>

805
00:36:08,435 --> 00:36:11,037
<i>- They were laughing</i>
<i>at the table then,</i>

806
00:36:11,071 --> 00:36:13,306
<i>the people</i>
<i>that killed my sister.</i>

807
00:36:13,340 --> 00:36:14,741
And they could speak
to their families.

808
00:36:14,774 --> 00:36:16,176
My sister's dead.

809
00:36:16,209 --> 00:36:18,912
So to see them every day

810
00:36:18,945 --> 00:36:20,547
<i>and to see how they interact</i>

811
00:36:20,580 --> 00:36:22,649
and how they interact
with their families,

812
00:36:22,682 --> 00:36:24,351
that took a toll on me.

813
00:36:24,384 --> 00:36:26,052
<i>narrator:</i>
<i>While Rucker is confident</i>

814
00:36:26,086 --> 00:36:28,254
<i>the three men</i>
<i>are Pamela's killers,</i>

815
00:36:28,288 --> 00:36:30,423
<i>he'll have to convince a jury</i>
<i>of their guilt</i>

816
00:36:30,457 --> 00:36:32,492
<i>with little forensic evidence.</i>

817
00:36:32,525 --> 00:36:34,828
- The case still had
some things

818
00:36:34,861 --> 00:36:37,864
that I knew prospective jurors
would wrestle with,

819
00:36:37,897 --> 00:36:40,333
like the fact
that there was not

820
00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:44,070
<i>an independent eyewitness</i>
<i>to the actual crime itself,</i>

821
00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:46,239
<i>no fingerprints</i>
<i>that were found</i>

822
00:36:46,272 --> 00:36:48,508
inside of the home
of Pamela Williams,

823
00:36:48,541 --> 00:36:51,244
and the fact
that the murder weapon itself

824
00:36:51,277 --> 00:36:52,846
was never recovered.

825
00:36:52,879 --> 00:36:55,715
<i>Those were all things</i>
<i>that kind of caused</i>

826
00:36:55,749 --> 00:36:58,551
<i>a degree of concern</i>
<i>for a prosecutor.</i>

827
00:36:58,585 --> 00:37:00,553
<i>narrator: But despite</i>
<i>these challenges,</i>

828
00:37:00,587 --> 00:37:03,556
<i>Rucker has one piece</i>
<i>of evidence</i>

829
00:37:03,590 --> 00:37:07,527
<i>he knows will get</i>
<i>the jury's attention.</i>

830
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,564
- One of the things
that I did during the trial

831
00:37:11,598 --> 00:37:16,236
<i>was to bring a sense</i>
<i>of the horror</i>

832
00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:18,705
<i>that Pamela Williams</i>

833
00:37:18,738 --> 00:37:22,175
experienced in the moments

834
00:37:22,208 --> 00:37:24,678
prior to her murder.

835
00:37:24,711 --> 00:37:27,480
<i>narrator: Rucker plays</i>
<i>Pamela's 911 call</i>

836
00:37:27,514 --> 00:37:29,149
<i>for the court.</i>

837
00:37:44,464 --> 00:37:46,466
<i>[gunshot]</i>

838
00:37:46,499 --> 00:37:48,835
<i>narrator: After immersing</i>
<i>the jury in the terror</i>

839
00:37:48,868 --> 00:37:51,104
<i>of Pamela's final moments,</i>

840
00:37:51,137 --> 00:37:53,106
<i>Rucker introduces</i>
<i>the one witness</i>

841
00:37:53,139 --> 00:37:56,076
<i>who can attest to the horror.</i>

842
00:37:56,076 --> 00:37:57,344
<i>- Melissa Burke.</i>

843
00:37:57,377 --> 00:37:59,612
I called her to the stand
as a witness

844
00:37:59,646 --> 00:38:03,683
<i>to tell the jury</i>
<i>about her experience</i>

845
00:38:03,717 --> 00:38:05,719
<i>during her home invasion,</i>

846
00:38:05,752 --> 00:38:10,423
which was so eerily similar
to the Pamela Williams case

847
00:38:10,457 --> 00:38:14,327
<i>that it was relevant</i>
<i>to help the jury understand</i>

848
00:38:14,361 --> 00:38:16,396
this was just not a random act

849
00:38:16,429 --> 00:38:18,498
<i>in the Pamela Williams case,</i>
<i>but it was something</i>

850
00:38:18,531 --> 00:38:21,735
<i>that was deliberately done</i>
<i>by these defendants.</i>

851
00:38:21,768 --> 00:38:23,670
<i>* *</i>

852
00:38:23,703 --> 00:38:29,309
- As soon as I walk into
the courtroom and take my seat

853
00:38:29,342 --> 00:38:33,446
and look over
to the defense table,

854
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,547
<i>I see this guy.</i>

855
00:38:34,581 --> 00:38:36,549
<i>I know that's him.</i>

856
00:38:36,583 --> 00:38:41,054
<i>* *</i>

857
00:38:47,426 --> 00:38:49,728
<i>narrator: In Atlanta,</i>
<i>[three suspects]</i>

858
00:38:49,762 --> 00:38:53,565
<i>in the Pamela Williams murder</i>
<i>are finally on trial.</i>

859
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:56,435
<i>As Melissa Burke, a victim</i>
<i>of a similar shooting,</i>

860
00:38:56,468 --> 00:38:57,803
<i>enters the courtroom</i>

861
00:38:57,836 --> 00:39:00,406
<i>to testify</i>
<i>on Ms. Williams' behalf,</i>

862
00:39:00,439 --> 00:39:03,609
<i>she spots someone</i>
<i>frighteningly familiar.</i>

863
00:39:03,642 --> 00:39:05,477
<i>* *</i>

864
00:39:05,511 --> 00:39:11,050
- As soon as I walk into
the courtroom and take my seat

865
00:39:11,083 --> 00:39:15,154
and look over
to the defense table,

866
00:39:15,187 --> 00:39:16,922
I see this guy.

867
00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:18,590
<i>I know that's him.</i>

868
00:39:18,624 --> 00:39:22,061
<i>narrator: Melissa has not seen</i>
<i>any of the defendants</i>

869
00:39:22,094 --> 00:39:25,197
<i>since the night</i>
<i>she was attacked.</i>

870
00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:29,034
- I just refuse to be a victim.

871
00:39:29,034 --> 00:39:30,269
<i>* *</i>

872
00:39:30,302 --> 00:39:32,438
<i>I was testifying.</i>

873
00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:36,041
The defense attorney
called me Ms. Williams.

874
00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:37,910
She did it twice.

875
00:39:37,943 --> 00:39:39,078
<i>* *</i>

876
00:39:39,111 --> 00:39:41,613
<i>And I remember saying,</i>
<i>it's OK.</i>

877
00:39:41,647 --> 00:39:43,716
You can call me
Pamela Williams.

878
00:39:43,749 --> 00:39:45,584
I am her.

879
00:39:45,617 --> 00:39:50,055
<i>It's her telling me,</i>
<i>be brave, tell my story</i>

880
00:39:50,055 --> 00:39:53,158
so that justice is done.

881
00:39:53,192 --> 00:39:55,094
<i>* *</i>

882
00:39:55,127 --> 00:40:00,265
I definitely feel
a connection to her.

883
00:40:00,299 --> 00:40:02,267
<i>* *</i>

884
00:40:02,301 --> 00:40:06,605
<i>- That moment was profound.</i>

885
00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:10,843
<i>For her to take on</i>
<i>the persona of my sister</i>

886
00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:15,147
and speak for her,
that takes a standout person.

887
00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:18,017
She's a walking miracle.

888
00:40:18,050 --> 00:40:19,752
<i>* *</i>

889
00:40:19,785 --> 00:40:22,654
<i>- One of the things that</i>
<i>occurred during the testimony</i>

890
00:40:22,688 --> 00:40:27,726
of Melissa Burke
is that she was able

891
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:32,097
<i>to positively identify the</i>
<i>person who actually shot her.</i>

892
00:40:32,131 --> 00:40:34,600
<i>* *</i>

893
00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:37,770
<i>- I saw him,</i>
<i>and I remembered</i>

894
00:40:37,803 --> 00:40:40,339
<i>when we locked eyes</i>
<i>in the closet</i>

895
00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:43,742
<i>and I looked at him</i>
<i>and he looked at me.</i>

896
00:40:43,776 --> 00:40:46,111
<i>Part of my recollection is,</i>
<i>you know,</i>

897
00:40:46,145 --> 00:40:48,414
<i>me looking at this boy and,</i>

898
00:40:48,447 --> 00:40:50,883
I mean, are you really

899
00:40:50,916 --> 00:40:54,186
standing there shooting me?

900
00:40:54,219 --> 00:40:55,487
[gunshot]

901
00:40:55,521 --> 00:40:58,691
<i>It was letting him know...</i>

902
00:40:58,724 --> 00:41:00,192
[gunshots]

903
00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:02,461
I'm not afraid
to say it's you.

904
00:41:02,494 --> 00:41:05,464
If you think I'm afraid
to say that it's you,

905
00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:08,133
that's not the case.

906
00:41:08,167 --> 00:41:09,468
<i>* *</i>

907
00:41:09,501 --> 00:41:11,804
<i>- James Calhoun,</i>
<i>he ultimately</i>

908
00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:14,406
<i>was the person</i>
<i>that Melissa Burke identified</i>

909
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,542
as being her shooter.

910
00:41:16,575 --> 00:41:20,512
<i>* *</i>

911
00:41:20,546 --> 00:41:23,115
<i>narrator: After Melissa's</i>
<i>emotional testimony,</i>

912
00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:25,718
<i>the prosecution</i>
<i>rests their case.</i>

913
00:41:25,751 --> 00:41:28,921
<i>The jury is excused</i>
<i>to their chambers.</i>

914
00:41:28,954 --> 00:41:31,390
<i>But a day passes,</i>

915
00:41:31,423 --> 00:41:33,525
<i>and Rucker gets word</i>
<i>that they still</i>

916
00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:35,294
<i>haven't reached a verdict.</i>

917
00:41:35,327 --> 00:41:37,496
<i>* *</i>

918
00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:40,566
- The jury has to reach
a decision with respect

919
00:41:40,599 --> 00:41:44,903
to each charge
as to each defendant.

920
00:41:44,937 --> 00:41:48,574
And so the verdict
in this case took some time.

921
00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:50,109
<i>The anticipation</i>
<i>of the verdict,</i>

922
00:41:50,142 --> 00:41:54,680
<i>it's always a very tense,</i>
<i>a very anxious time.</i>

923
00:41:54,713 --> 00:41:57,883
<i>* *</i>

924
00:41:57,916 --> 00:42:01,487
<i>narrator: After two full days</i>
<i>of deliberations,</i>

925
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,189
<i>the jury finally has</i>
<i>a verdict.</i>

926
00:42:04,223 --> 00:42:05,591
<i>- After careful deliberation,</i>

927
00:42:05,624 --> 00:42:08,060
the jury found each one
of the defendants

928
00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:10,462
guilty of each
and every charge.

929
00:42:10,496 --> 00:42:12,898
<i>narrator: James Sims</i>
<i>and James Calhoun</i>

930
00:42:12,931 --> 00:42:17,469
<i>are sentenced to life with</i>
<i>the possibility of parole,</i>

931
00:42:17,503 --> 00:42:20,072
<i>while Jonathan Banks,</i>
<i>the triggerman,</i>

932
00:42:20,072 --> 00:42:23,142
<i>gets life without parole.</i>

933
00:42:23,175 --> 00:42:25,110
<i>- I think</i>
<i>that Melissa Burke moved</i>

934
00:42:25,144 --> 00:42:30,315
the jury to a place of saying,
OK, these guys are guilty.

935
00:42:30,349 --> 00:42:31,817
<i>* *</i>

936
00:42:31,850 --> 00:42:35,421
<i>- When I heard there was</i>
<i>a guilty verdict,</i>

937
00:42:35,454 --> 00:42:39,391
you find some type of closure,

938
00:42:39,425 --> 00:42:41,727
<i>and there is a sigh</i>
<i>of relief.</i>

939
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,097
But sending
three people to jail

940
00:42:45,130 --> 00:42:47,132
<i>does not bring my sister back.</i>

941
00:42:47,166 --> 00:42:52,004
So it's great
that they go to jail,

942
00:42:52,104 --> 00:42:54,773
but what does it mean really?

943
00:42:54,807 --> 00:42:57,876
<i>narrator: Now Pamela's family</i>
<i>must find a way</i>

944
00:42:57,910 --> 00:43:01,080
<i>to continue their lives</i>
<i>without her.</i>

945
00:43:01,113 --> 00:43:02,848
- There has been a shift,
I feel like,

946
00:43:02,881 --> 00:43:06,618
in the way that our family
operates now.

947
00:43:06,652 --> 00:43:11,457
<i>So we always were together</i>
<i>for birthdays and holidays.</i>

948
00:43:11,490 --> 00:43:14,293
<i>And so now we will</i>
<i>get together,</i>

949
00:43:14,326 --> 00:43:16,662
<i>but somebody's always missing.</i>

950
00:43:16,695 --> 00:43:18,130
<i>Pam is missing.</i>

951
00:43:18,163 --> 00:43:20,599
So it's harder.

952
00:43:20,632 --> 00:43:23,235
<i>- I think when you care</i>
<i>about someone so much,</i>

953
00:43:23,268 --> 00:43:27,072
you can't really quantify
the things that you miss.

954
00:43:27,072 --> 00:43:29,108
<i>It's their complete essence.</i>

955
00:43:29,141 --> 00:43:31,844
<i>So there is not</i>
<i>one isolated thing</i>

956
00:43:31,877 --> 00:43:33,445
<i>that I miss about my sister,</i>

957
00:43:33,479 --> 00:43:35,881
'cause my sister was my hero.

958
00:43:35,914 --> 00:43:38,951
I loved everything about her.

959
00:43:38,984 --> 00:43:41,787
<i>* *</i>