1 00:00:05,831 --> 00:00:07,789 Oh, Talina. 2 00:00:07,790 --> 00:00:10,357 My cousin was amazing. We was like sisters. 3 00:00:10,358 --> 00:00:13,055 Where you see Talina, you see me. 4 00:00:13,056 --> 00:00:14,970 Jaleesa kept calling me. 5 00:00:14,971 --> 00:00:16,493 Talina never picked her up. 6 00:00:17,713 --> 00:00:20,628 I guess it was a mother's intuition. 7 00:00:20,629 --> 00:00:23,109 I think I kind of just blacked out. 8 00:00:26,983 --> 00:00:28,331 I walked into her room. 9 00:00:28,332 --> 00:00:31,856 What you saw in front was a cut-out floorboard. 10 00:00:31,857 --> 00:00:33,641 There's some stuff here. 11 00:00:33,642 --> 00:00:35,991 It's more serious than just a missing person. 12 00:00:38,081 --> 00:00:39,995 We knew these two undercovers 13 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:41,475 who would be perfect for the job. 14 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:46,654 I was the drug dealer, who somebody had stolen from me. 15 00:00:46,655 --> 00:00:49,136 So I got to make an example of these guys. 16 00:00:53,009 --> 00:00:54,314 We get a call one day. 17 00:00:54,315 --> 00:00:57,012 A female discloses that she has information 18 00:00:57,013 --> 00:00:58,666 about Talina Bryant. 19 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:00,842 Nobody commits a murder and doesn't tell somebody. 20 00:01:02,236 --> 00:01:04,846 You got something to go on now. Let's go. 21 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:26,824 Anonymous interview, take one, mark. 22 00:01:26,825 --> 00:01:29,871 Can you tell us why you chose to not show your face today? 23 00:01:29,872 --> 00:01:33,353 I'm doing this interview anonymously because 24 00:01:33,354 --> 00:01:38,532 he chose to use a coward way of getting someone 25 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:41,448 to murder a young, innocent girl, 26 00:01:41,449 --> 00:01:43,885 and I'm not sure what he's capable of. 27 00:01:46,845 --> 00:01:49,020 Each year, over 13,000 people 28 00:01:49,021 --> 00:01:51,197 were reported missing in New York City. 29 00:01:51,198 --> 00:01:52,502 Thankfully, nearly all of them 30 00:01:52,503 --> 00:01:54,461 are quickly found or return home. 31 00:01:56,377 --> 00:01:59,422 But the case of missing 21-year-old Talina Bryant 32 00:01:59,423 --> 00:02:01,207 would be unlike any our detectives 33 00:02:01,208 --> 00:02:02,643 had experienced before. 34 00:02:06,082 --> 00:02:08,170 That day, I was working. 35 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:11,260 I came home, and Talina was supposed 36 00:02:11,261 --> 00:02:14,481 to take her baby sister, Jaleesa, 37 00:02:14,482 --> 00:02:17,092 out to get her hair done that day, 38 00:02:17,093 --> 00:02:19,573 and Jaleesa kept calling me, 39 00:02:19,574 --> 00:02:22,706 saying that Talina never picked her up. 40 00:02:22,707 --> 00:02:24,839 I said, "Talina never showed up?" 41 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,667 She says, "No." 42 00:02:26,668 --> 00:02:32,194 I felt like a sharp pain in my stomach. 43 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:34,240 This is not like her. 44 00:02:34,241 --> 00:02:36,155 The last time Talina's mother saw her 45 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:41,116 was on Sunday, September 3rd, five days earlier. 46 00:02:41,117 --> 00:02:43,640 So when I got off of work, I said, you know, 47 00:02:43,641 --> 00:02:46,469 "I'ma go to our house. I'm just gonna go." 48 00:02:46,470 --> 00:02:48,123 My aunt called me and was like, "Well, 49 00:02:48,124 --> 00:02:49,646 Talina was supposed to have met her." 50 00:02:49,647 --> 00:02:52,388 And she can't seem to find her. So I'm going over there. 51 00:02:52,389 --> 00:02:54,303 So I went with my aunt over there. 52 00:02:56,263 --> 00:02:57,611 It was a basement apartment. 53 00:02:57,612 --> 00:02:59,787 It was a house. It was a private house. 54 00:02:59,788 --> 00:03:01,484 She had a side entrance. 55 00:03:01,485 --> 00:03:03,356 I didn't have the key to get in, 56 00:03:03,357 --> 00:03:04,879 so I knocked on the door. 57 00:03:06,447 --> 00:03:09,579 But she wasn't there. 58 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:12,713 I guess it was a mother's intuition, 59 00:03:12,714 --> 00:03:15,629 but something just did not feel right for me. 60 00:03:17,284 --> 00:03:18,632 I went to the police department. 61 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:20,242 I started telling them the story, 62 00:03:20,243 --> 00:03:23,811 and they sent me upstairs to some detectives. 63 00:03:23,812 --> 00:03:27,206 I was working that day, and Talina Bryant's mother 64 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:28,946 came into the precinct to report 65 00:03:28,947 --> 00:03:31,819 that her daughter was missing. 66 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:34,822 Talina's mom was very, very worried about her daughter. 67 00:03:34,823 --> 00:03:36,302 She could not understand why her daughter 68 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:37,825 is not getting hold of her. 69 00:03:37,826 --> 00:03:38,782 How come there's been 70 00:03:38,783 --> 00:03:41,045 no communication between the two? 71 00:03:41,046 --> 00:03:42,612 I spoke to Detective Rice, 72 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:46,181 and I told him what was going on. 73 00:03:46,182 --> 00:03:47,530 He took me serious. 74 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:50,229 He says, "OK, we're gonna go up there." 75 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,665 After taking the statement, 76 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:54,145 Detective Rice is joined by his colleague, 77 00:03:54,146 --> 00:03:56,060 Detective Leonard Golino. 78 00:03:58,673 --> 00:04:02,153 We go there, and it's a freestanding building. 79 00:04:02,154 --> 00:04:04,939 It's a private house amongst all tenement buildings. 80 00:04:07,812 --> 00:04:11,337 So when we got there, the window was loose. 81 00:04:11,338 --> 00:04:14,296 When they went to jimmy, they just pushed it open. 82 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:16,690 I believe there was three apartments downstairs. 83 00:04:16,691 --> 00:04:18,866 It was one bathroom that they shared, 84 00:04:18,867 --> 00:04:21,434 and there was also a small kitchen area that they shared, 85 00:04:21,435 --> 00:04:24,088 and it was just like a college dorm. 86 00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:27,875 The first bedroom we came to was Talina's room. 87 00:04:27,876 --> 00:04:31,270 The room next to it was a vacant room, nothing in it. 88 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,576 I walked into her room. 89 00:04:33,577 --> 00:04:35,317 What you saw in front of the bed 90 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:38,494 was a cut-out floorboard, 91 00:04:38,495 --> 00:04:40,801 completely cut clean, 92 00:04:40,802 --> 00:04:43,499 right through down to the floor joists. 93 00:04:44,980 --> 00:04:48,199 The rug and the plywood to the flooring was cut out. 94 00:04:51,203 --> 00:04:54,989 And you could visually see, like, sawdust from the plywood 95 00:04:54,990 --> 00:04:58,209 that was cut, like a saw or something of that sort 96 00:04:58,210 --> 00:04:59,733 that would cut the wood. 97 00:04:59,734 --> 00:05:02,170 The sawdust suggests a cut could be recent, 98 00:05:02,171 --> 00:05:05,173 but that's not the only clue detectives spot. 99 00:05:05,174 --> 00:05:07,393 In a closer examination now, 100 00:05:07,394 --> 00:05:11,353 you could see some blood, 101 00:05:11,354 --> 00:05:14,138 just small droppings on the bed, 102 00:05:14,139 --> 00:05:16,576 on the floor. 103 00:05:16,577 --> 00:05:18,404 So we know that there's definitely 104 00:05:18,405 --> 00:05:20,710 something not right here. 105 00:05:20,711 --> 00:05:22,669 They asked me to step outside, 106 00:05:22,670 --> 00:05:28,501 and that's what I did. I went outside and just waited. 107 00:05:28,502 --> 00:05:32,461 In my heart, I knew something was wrong. 108 00:05:34,508 --> 00:05:35,986 You get crime scene to respond. 109 00:05:35,987 --> 00:05:37,597 They do a luminol test. 110 00:05:37,598 --> 00:05:40,251 Now, once the blue light shows up, it's blood. 111 00:05:41,950 --> 00:05:44,778 It leads down the hallway a little bit, 112 00:05:44,779 --> 00:05:47,998 and there's, like, a slop sink. 113 00:05:47,999 --> 00:05:50,392 They luminol the sink, 114 00:05:50,393 --> 00:05:52,916 and that lit up like a Christmas tree. 115 00:05:54,615 --> 00:05:56,485 It was at that point, we knew there was 116 00:05:56,486 --> 00:05:58,052 some type of crime that was committed 117 00:05:58,053 --> 00:06:00,010 and something very suspicious here. 118 00:06:03,754 --> 00:06:05,973 I was the Lieutenant Commanding Officer 119 00:06:05,974 --> 00:06:09,933 of Bronx Homicide Squad at the time of this case. 120 00:06:09,934 --> 00:06:12,458 The 52 squad said, "Listen, you know, 121 00:06:12,459 --> 00:06:14,155 "there's some stuff here that kind of makes it 122 00:06:14,156 --> 00:06:18,942 look like a missing G case." G meant gone. 123 00:06:18,943 --> 00:06:22,859 It's more serious than just a missing person. 124 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:25,558 You treat it like a homicide, 125 00:06:25,559 --> 00:06:27,168 as if you had found a body in the apartment. 126 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:31,346 And it just became a crime scene, 127 00:06:31,347 --> 00:06:33,870 you know, helicopters. 128 00:06:33,871 --> 00:06:36,786 All type of cops were there. 129 00:06:36,787 --> 00:06:39,485 I just broke down and started crying, 130 00:06:39,486 --> 00:06:42,662 didn't know what was going on. 131 00:06:42,663 --> 00:06:45,882 I knew for sure something happened, 132 00:06:45,883 --> 00:06:50,887 did not know what happened, but I knew something happened. 133 00:06:50,888 --> 00:06:54,195 We explained to her that we've gotten certain evidence, 134 00:06:54,196 --> 00:06:56,240 blood samples that were found on the floor 135 00:06:56,241 --> 00:06:58,808 and from Talina's toothbrush, 136 00:06:58,809 --> 00:07:00,941 her comb, and other evidence, 137 00:07:00,942 --> 00:07:03,291 and we have submitted them to the police lab 138 00:07:03,292 --> 00:07:05,859 to see if we can match up any DNA. 139 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:07,382 And I'm asking them questions, 140 00:07:07,383 --> 00:07:08,557 but, you know, at that time, 141 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:10,472 they didn't really give me much answers, 142 00:07:10,473 --> 00:07:12,996 and then I went home, 143 00:07:12,997 --> 00:07:15,869 and I just waited for them to call me. 144 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:18,480 While Talina's mother prays for good news, 145 00:07:18,481 --> 00:07:20,003 back at the scene, 146 00:07:20,004 --> 00:07:23,006 detectives canvassed the neighbors. 147 00:07:23,007 --> 00:07:24,660 You really want to figure out, 148 00:07:24,661 --> 00:07:27,271 did any of these tenants have anything to do with it? 149 00:07:27,272 --> 00:07:30,057 But the lady down the hallway was an older woman, 150 00:07:30,058 --> 00:07:32,451 and there was another woman down the hallway, 151 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,976 and they didn't really have anything to add to the case. 152 00:07:37,848 --> 00:07:40,502 There was a tenant that lived upstairs on the first level. 153 00:07:43,245 --> 00:07:47,596 Stated that he heard loud music coming from downstairs, 154 00:07:47,597 --> 00:07:50,599 and he also heard a circular saw 155 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,210 or a jigsaw of some sort. Well, I'm a carpenter. 156 00:07:53,211 --> 00:07:55,299 There's no question that it was a saw. 157 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:57,693 The neighbor says the noise occurred 158 00:07:57,694 --> 00:08:01,567 the day prior, Thursday, September 7th. 159 00:08:01,568 --> 00:08:03,177 We talked to the landlord, 160 00:08:03,178 --> 00:08:05,658 and he was saying that the apartment was a loud apartment, 161 00:08:05,659 --> 00:08:07,703 that there was always loud music playing 162 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:09,618 at all hours of the night and day, 163 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:12,926 and it was always just a very busy place. 164 00:08:12,927 --> 00:08:14,623 We went across the street. 165 00:08:14,624 --> 00:08:16,582 We canvassed the buildings across the street. 166 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:18,105 The whole block was canvassed. 167 00:08:20,021 --> 00:08:22,457 Nothing. 168 00:08:22,458 --> 00:08:23,850 There's something here. 169 00:08:23,851 --> 00:08:26,113 This is a homicide, or the person 170 00:08:26,114 --> 00:08:29,290 was at least definitely assaulted. 171 00:08:29,291 --> 00:08:31,510 Most of the cases where the body disappears 172 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:33,163 from the apartment, you know, usually 173 00:08:33,164 --> 00:08:36,689 they turn up either alive someplace 174 00:08:36,690 --> 00:08:38,952 or not so good, they're dead. 175 00:08:48,353 --> 00:08:50,833 Talina's mom, you know, a very, very beautiful person. 176 00:08:50,834 --> 00:08:52,835 You could just feel her pain from the minute 177 00:08:52,836 --> 00:08:55,664 that you interviewed her. 178 00:08:55,665 --> 00:09:00,016 Talina was beautiful, funny. 179 00:09:00,017 --> 00:09:03,846 She loved her family. She loved her siblings. 180 00:09:03,847 --> 00:09:06,719 Oh, Talina, that was Miss Diva. 181 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,591 My cousin was so pretty. 182 00:09:09,592 --> 00:09:12,725 She liked to have fun. She liked to shop. 183 00:09:12,726 --> 00:09:15,249 She liked to stay fly, OK? 184 00:09:18,688 --> 00:09:20,341 Before moving into her own apartment, 185 00:09:20,342 --> 00:09:22,430 Talina had lived with her cousin, Claudette, 186 00:09:22,431 --> 00:09:25,215 and Claudette's son, Dashawn. 187 00:09:25,216 --> 00:09:28,741 We was living together like big sister, little brother. 188 00:09:28,742 --> 00:09:30,656 So whenever my mom go out, 189 00:09:30,657 --> 00:09:32,092 that's my babysitter right there. 190 00:09:32,093 --> 00:09:35,835 I used to run wild in that house. 191 00:09:35,836 --> 00:09:37,663 Talina went to college on Monroe University. 192 00:09:37,664 --> 00:09:40,666 I believe she was studying business. 193 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:42,319 Talina would always go to school. 194 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:43,756 I could tell you that. 195 00:09:43,757 --> 00:09:46,323 She was always a good student. 196 00:09:46,324 --> 00:09:48,108 She loved to work. 197 00:09:48,109 --> 00:09:51,590 She loved to work and make her money. 198 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:53,330 She was a sales clerk at the time. 199 00:09:53,331 --> 00:09:55,028 It was in Manhattan. 200 00:09:55,029 --> 00:09:57,596 I want to say it was on Sixth Avenue. 201 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,946 In early 1999, Talina decided 202 00:09:59,947 --> 00:10:02,644 to strike out on her own. 203 00:10:02,645 --> 00:10:04,037 She was getting her own place. 204 00:10:04,038 --> 00:10:06,387 You know, Dashawn was getting big. 205 00:10:06,388 --> 00:10:08,911 She wanted her privacy. 206 00:10:08,912 --> 00:10:10,696 I was kind of sad 'cause I'm like, 207 00:10:10,697 --> 00:10:13,394 my big sister is leaving, so I'm all by myself. 208 00:10:15,049 --> 00:10:18,181 So Talina got an apartment in the Bronx. 209 00:10:18,182 --> 00:10:21,054 That was actually her first apartment she ever had. 210 00:10:21,055 --> 00:10:23,404 She was really happy about it. 211 00:10:23,405 --> 00:10:26,189 Talina was very happy. It was like, that's her home. 212 00:10:26,190 --> 00:10:27,930 You work hard to get here. You earn that. 213 00:10:27,931 --> 00:10:30,933 In a city like New York, with sky high rents, 214 00:10:30,934 --> 00:10:32,892 even tenants with money find themselves 215 00:10:32,893 --> 00:10:34,241 in cramped conditions. 216 00:10:34,242 --> 00:10:35,721 So if you really want a good deal, 217 00:10:35,722 --> 00:10:38,680 it might cost you some privacy. 218 00:10:38,681 --> 00:10:40,943 It was a single occupancy. 219 00:10:40,944 --> 00:10:43,946 Everyone had their own room where they rented, 220 00:10:43,947 --> 00:10:48,429 and then the bathroom area would be shared. 221 00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:51,171 As police continue to sweep to Talina's apartment, 222 00:10:51,172 --> 00:10:54,043 detectives speak with her close family and friends, 223 00:10:54,044 --> 00:10:56,132 hoping to establish a timeline. 224 00:10:56,133 --> 00:10:58,613 So the first one of the witnesses we interviewed 225 00:10:58,614 --> 00:11:02,008 was Felicia, a friend of Talina, 226 00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:05,098 and the last time she'd seen her was on September 5th. 227 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:08,362 She walked her to the bus to go home, 228 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:11,539 and that was the last time she saw her. 229 00:11:11,540 --> 00:11:14,890 This sighting of Talina, on Tuesday, September 5th, 230 00:11:14,891 --> 00:11:17,153 three days before she was reported missing, 231 00:11:17,154 --> 00:11:21,375 makes it the last time anyone saw her alive. 232 00:11:21,376 --> 00:11:23,899 Felicia tells us that Talina was getting 233 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:26,685 some harassing messages from a former boyfriend, 234 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:28,861 somebody she dated shortly, Hassin. 235 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:33,909 And after Talina hasn't gotten back to Hassin, 236 00:11:33,910 --> 00:11:36,433 Hassin started calling and leaving her messages 237 00:11:36,434 --> 00:11:39,132 and harassing her. 238 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:42,788 So once we learn his location, we go to his residence. 239 00:11:45,008 --> 00:11:47,183 We knock on the door, and there he is. 240 00:11:47,184 --> 00:11:49,011 He opens the door. 241 00:11:49,012 --> 00:11:50,665 Immediately, there's something 242 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:52,319 about Hassin's appearance 243 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,756 that raises questions for the detectives. 244 00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:56,671 Hassin had a scratch on his face. 245 00:11:58,108 --> 00:12:00,240 Now this even makes it more suspicious for this guy. 246 00:12:01,677 --> 00:12:03,765 We have this missing person case with blood 247 00:12:03,766 --> 00:12:05,201 all over the apartment. 248 00:12:05,202 --> 00:12:07,290 Did it get physical? Maybe. 249 00:12:07,291 --> 00:12:08,770 Hassin is our guy. 250 00:12:10,817 --> 00:12:12,513 Maybe it's somebody we got to look into more. 251 00:12:15,909 --> 00:12:17,170 Coming up... 252 00:12:17,171 --> 00:12:19,389 He's like, "I can use a knife." 253 00:12:19,390 --> 00:12:21,478 And I said, "Yeah, that's perfect." 254 00:12:21,479 --> 00:12:23,480 All right, tell us what you know, 255 00:12:23,481 --> 00:12:27,223 everything, including where's the body? 256 00:12:27,224 --> 00:12:30,792 I tried to jump across that thing and get him. 257 00:12:42,587 --> 00:12:44,763 It's been one day since 21-year-old Talina Bryant 258 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,634 was reported missing. 259 00:12:46,635 --> 00:12:49,376 When detectives tracked down her ex-boyfriend, Hassin, 260 00:12:49,377 --> 00:12:51,726 they observe a large, suspicious scratch 261 00:12:51,727 --> 00:12:54,337 across his face. 262 00:12:54,338 --> 00:12:56,252 Now, that becomes a key element, 263 00:12:56,253 --> 00:12:58,994 knowing that it could be possible DNA, 264 00:12:58,995 --> 00:13:01,910 blood, thinking that we want to get 265 00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:03,999 some DNA or something that we can match 266 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,609 or we could exclude him. 267 00:13:09,484 --> 00:13:11,441 So at this point, we bring him back 268 00:13:11,442 --> 00:13:12,660 into the precinct. 269 00:13:12,661 --> 00:13:14,618 He comes in voluntarily, no problem at all. 270 00:13:14,619 --> 00:13:17,447 He tells us about his relationship with Talina, 271 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:19,014 you know, not exclusive, 272 00:13:19,015 --> 00:13:21,103 dating for a little while, on and off. 273 00:13:21,104 --> 00:13:22,452 You know, they have arguments like any, 274 00:13:22,453 --> 00:13:25,629 you know, couple have and that, you know, 275 00:13:25,630 --> 00:13:27,849 all the calls and things he was making 276 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:30,025 really was kind of like a joke. 277 00:13:30,026 --> 00:13:31,331 We ask him, "Hassin, 278 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:33,202 how come you have a scratch on your face?" 279 00:13:33,203 --> 00:13:35,248 He says "Oh, I got into an argument with my girlfriend 280 00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:38,468 yesterday, and she scratched me." 281 00:13:38,469 --> 00:13:40,470 So the last question I had for him was, 282 00:13:40,471 --> 00:13:42,733 "Would you be willing to give us any type of DNA samples?" 283 00:13:42,734 --> 00:13:46,172 And he was very forthcoming, absolutely. 284 00:13:46,173 --> 00:13:51,090 This guy gives us everything, prints, DNA. 285 00:13:51,091 --> 00:13:53,179 He said he worked for the Foot Locker, 286 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:55,790 and that gave us the ability to now check his alibi, 287 00:13:55,791 --> 00:13:59,359 and he was there at the times that we were looking at. 288 00:14:01,928 --> 00:14:05,321 The discovery clears any suspicion around Hassin 289 00:14:05,322 --> 00:14:08,847 and leaves detectives searching for new leads. 290 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:10,674 I start doing computer checks, 291 00:14:10,675 --> 00:14:14,156 a host of different databases that we use in the NYPD, 292 00:14:14,157 --> 00:14:17,116 and I did come across a complaint report, 293 00:14:17,117 --> 00:14:19,292 which was filed by Talina, 294 00:14:19,293 --> 00:14:21,381 of harassment against her landlord. 295 00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:26,603 Detectives head back to the house where Talina lived. 296 00:14:26,604 --> 00:14:28,954 I walked towards the rear of the driveway, 297 00:14:28,955 --> 00:14:31,347 and I noticed a carport, 298 00:14:31,348 --> 00:14:36,613 and I noticed in one of them, there was sawdust on the floor 299 00:14:36,614 --> 00:14:40,530 adjacent to a car, which clearly looked 300 00:14:40,531 --> 00:14:44,056 like the same sawdust that was used to cut out the floorboard. 301 00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:47,973 It's now raising my level of suspicion against this guy. 302 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:54,457 So for the second time, Detective Golino 303 00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:58,287 meets with Talina's landlord outside her residence. 304 00:14:58,288 --> 00:15:01,595 The first thing I noticed about him was his demeanor. 305 00:15:03,990 --> 00:15:08,080 It was just very defensive, 306 00:15:08,081 --> 00:15:10,038 guarded almost, 307 00:15:10,039 --> 00:15:12,607 cocky at the same time. 308 00:15:14,174 --> 00:15:15,348 I said, "This sawdust here 309 00:15:15,349 --> 00:15:17,654 "looks like the sawdust that was in-- 310 00:15:17,655 --> 00:15:19,134 can you tell me about that?" 311 00:15:19,135 --> 00:15:21,745 And he explained it as, "Oh, I was doing 312 00:15:21,746 --> 00:15:24,096 "some body work on a fender of a car, 313 00:15:24,097 --> 00:15:26,794 and that's from sanding the car." 314 00:15:26,795 --> 00:15:29,449 I said, "Well, I've never worked in an auto body shop, 315 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:32,756 but that's not sawdust from a car, OK?" 316 00:15:32,757 --> 00:15:34,628 He goes, "Well, maybe you never did auto body work, 317 00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:35,890 but that's sawdust." 318 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,676 But I didn't want to go too deep because I knew 319 00:15:39,677 --> 00:15:41,374 at some point, there was going to be 320 00:15:41,375 --> 00:15:43,767 some more questions coming down the line for this individual. 321 00:15:43,768 --> 00:15:45,291 So I said, "Leave it alone, 322 00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:46,814 and I'll just take that statement from him." 323 00:15:46,815 --> 00:15:49,208 And that's what I did. 324 00:15:49,209 --> 00:15:52,472 So we ask about this harassment complaint, 325 00:15:52,473 --> 00:15:55,127 and his description to us that, yeah, 326 00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:56,171 she filed a complaint against me 327 00:15:56,172 --> 00:15:57,651 because she owed me money. 328 00:15:57,652 --> 00:16:00,175 He's complaining about her knowing she's not supposed 329 00:16:00,176 --> 00:16:01,785 to have people over, having people over, 330 00:16:01,786 --> 00:16:04,353 not paying my rent, playing loud music. 331 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:06,747 The landlord didn't like her to have visitors, 332 00:16:06,748 --> 00:16:08,314 especially men visitors. 333 00:16:08,315 --> 00:16:10,490 If she had a male come over, 334 00:16:10,491 --> 00:16:12,318 he would knock on the door, bang on the windows, 335 00:16:12,319 --> 00:16:14,885 and tell them they have to leave. 336 00:16:14,886 --> 00:16:17,845 One memory I had is we went to a club, 337 00:16:17,846 --> 00:16:20,021 and we went back to Talina's house. 338 00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:21,631 He came banging on my cousin's door, 339 00:16:21,632 --> 00:16:24,765 talking about we got to leave. No, we don't. 340 00:16:24,766 --> 00:16:28,334 We don't got to go nowhere. That's her room. 341 00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:30,510 That's when she made the police report. 342 00:16:30,511 --> 00:16:32,468 He says she was doing all the things she wasn't 343 00:16:32,469 --> 00:16:35,558 supposed to do, you know? That's why she did it. 344 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:37,996 She wanted to get back at me, type of attitude. 345 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:40,520 That's why it's the victims-- he's the victim here. 346 00:16:42,914 --> 00:16:44,437 Detectives may have a new lead, 347 00:16:44,438 --> 00:16:46,047 although landlord-tenant conflicts 348 00:16:46,048 --> 00:16:48,397 are commonplace in New York. 349 00:16:48,398 --> 00:16:50,312 So back at the precinct, 350 00:16:50,313 --> 00:16:52,227 they continue searching Talina's file, 351 00:16:52,228 --> 00:16:54,751 and something else catches their eye. 352 00:16:54,752 --> 00:16:56,840 In the computer searches that we run, 353 00:16:56,841 --> 00:17:00,801 we learned, back in 1999, Talina had filed a complaint 354 00:17:00,802 --> 00:17:04,805 and got an order of protection against a former boyfriend 355 00:17:04,806 --> 00:17:06,111 of hers, James Moore. 356 00:17:08,331 --> 00:17:09,853 We got his address from the DMV. 357 00:17:09,854 --> 00:17:12,247 We went there. 358 00:17:12,248 --> 00:17:15,033 And we asked him about his relationship with Talina, 359 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,773 and they did date for a while, 360 00:17:16,774 --> 00:17:18,514 and he said that, basically, you know, 361 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:21,387 the temporary restraining order really wasn't serious. 362 00:17:21,388 --> 00:17:24,477 It was just something that was, you know, just misunderstood 363 00:17:24,478 --> 00:17:27,175 and that it was eventually dropped. 364 00:17:29,222 --> 00:17:32,006 We asked him if he's willing to take a polygraph. 365 00:17:32,007 --> 00:17:34,704 And he says, "Fine, no problem." 366 00:17:34,705 --> 00:17:37,055 We set up an appointment with James Moore 367 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:40,058 with a polygraph expert from the NYPD out in Brooklyn. 368 00:17:41,538 --> 00:17:44,540 He was gonna meet us there. 369 00:17:44,541 --> 00:17:47,239 We waited for three hours. 370 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,892 He never showed. 371 00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:05,474 After detectives learned 372 00:18:05,475 --> 00:18:07,128 that Talina Bryant's ex-boyfriend, 373 00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:09,130 James Moore, was previously arrested 374 00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:10,523 for assaulting her, 375 00:18:10,524 --> 00:18:13,221 he jumps to the top of their suspect list. 376 00:18:13,222 --> 00:18:15,354 But after he agrees to take a polygraph test, 377 00:18:15,355 --> 00:18:17,312 James goes MIA. 378 00:18:21,796 --> 00:18:24,450 It seemed that, every time we scheduled something, 379 00:18:24,451 --> 00:18:28,280 he was not available, to a point almost, 380 00:18:28,281 --> 00:18:31,805 where now he's dodging us. 381 00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:33,763 We called the house, and a male answered, 382 00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:36,114 and he gave the phone to a female. 383 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,116 I said, "Listen, that was James. 384 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:40,161 Can you put him back on the phone?" 385 00:18:40,162 --> 00:18:42,381 The girl puts him back on the phone. 386 00:18:42,382 --> 00:18:44,644 James tells me, "I reached out to a lawyer, 387 00:18:44,645 --> 00:18:46,820 and he told me not to cooperate with you guys anymore." 388 00:18:49,171 --> 00:18:50,824 So now the question comes, 389 00:18:50,825 --> 00:18:52,304 why would you say you're not taking it? 390 00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:54,175 Why do you have an attorney? 391 00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:55,394 Why are you telling not to take it? 392 00:18:55,395 --> 00:18:57,309 So now our suspicion level goes even higher 393 00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:58,919 with this individual. 394 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,530 So it is at this point, I asked him, 395 00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:05,621 "Are you willing to take a DNA sample?" 396 00:19:05,622 --> 00:19:08,189 James Moore wouldn't take the polygraph test, 397 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:10,887 but he freely gave us DNA. 398 00:19:15,066 --> 00:19:17,503 Six months after Talina's disappearance, 399 00:19:17,504 --> 00:19:20,158 the forensic report comes back with DNA results. 400 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:23,204 All of the blood and DNA from Talina's apartment 401 00:19:23,205 --> 00:19:24,858 belong to her alone. 402 00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:27,121 There were no traces of DNA from anyone else 403 00:19:27,122 --> 00:19:30,864 in the apartment, including her ex-boyfriends, 404 00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:33,388 James and Hassin. 405 00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:35,347 Now the leads are dwindling down. 406 00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:38,001 We don't have really enough at this point to do anything 407 00:19:38,002 --> 00:19:41,483 with the landlord, certainly not enough 408 00:19:41,484 --> 00:19:44,443 to warrant any further investigation against him. 409 00:19:44,444 --> 00:19:46,532 This case is now at a point where it turns 410 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:48,708 what they call cold. 411 00:19:52,626 --> 00:19:55,454 I was hoping she knocked on the door. 412 00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:57,282 You know, "Mommy, I went here. I went there." 413 00:19:57,283 --> 00:19:58,587 I would have been upset, 414 00:19:58,588 --> 00:20:01,547 but I would have been happy to see her. 415 00:20:01,548 --> 00:20:03,549 It was hard 'cause it's like, 416 00:20:03,550 --> 00:20:05,028 we didn't know if she was alive, 417 00:20:05,029 --> 00:20:06,247 if she was kidnapped. 418 00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:07,988 We didn't know how to go about it. 419 00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:11,078 If it was bad news, just give us some answers, 420 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:12,210 just let us know, 421 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,734 then we could just clear that void. 422 00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:18,259 I was hoping for the best, but I think 423 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:21,523 I was prepared for the worst. 424 00:20:21,524 --> 00:20:24,004 2001, our investigative leads 425 00:20:24,005 --> 00:20:26,746 were about exhausted in this case. 426 00:20:26,747 --> 00:20:29,227 Around the same time, I got transferred 427 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:31,881 to the 47 precinct in the Bronx. 428 00:20:31,882 --> 00:20:33,622 It's always frustrating to leave a case 429 00:20:33,623 --> 00:20:36,408 that doesn't have, you know, a closing to it, 430 00:20:36,409 --> 00:20:38,279 but if any tips come in, 431 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,978 the detectives in the 52 squad are going to pick that back up. 432 00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:54,034 So it's a year now or so that we've been 433 00:20:54,035 --> 00:20:55,340 working on this case, 434 00:20:55,341 --> 00:20:56,645 and it doesn't mean the case is closed. 435 00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:58,778 It's just, like, put on the back burner 436 00:20:58,779 --> 00:21:00,562 because, you know, you have to understand 437 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:02,434 there are ongoing cases that are coming in to us 438 00:21:02,435 --> 00:21:04,784 that we still have to work on. 439 00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:06,829 The one thing here during that period, 440 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:09,005 we also had 9/11, 441 00:21:09,006 --> 00:21:11,443 where every day, two detectives 442 00:21:11,444 --> 00:21:12,835 from that squad were going out 443 00:21:12,836 --> 00:21:14,794 to the landfill in Staten Island 444 00:21:14,795 --> 00:21:17,318 and the temporary morgue in Brooklyn, 445 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:19,842 so that took the manpower. 446 00:21:22,846 --> 00:21:25,935 In the summer of 2002, nearly two years after 447 00:21:25,936 --> 00:21:28,198 Talina's disappearance, a new detective 448 00:21:28,199 --> 00:21:30,984 brings fresh eyes to the case. 449 00:21:30,985 --> 00:21:33,682 Talina's mother, she was persistent, 450 00:21:33,683 --> 00:21:35,336 and she wanted to know, "Hey, is there 451 00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:37,904 any updates on my daughter?" 452 00:21:37,905 --> 00:21:40,907 And then I took the case, the missing person case, 453 00:21:40,908 --> 00:21:42,474 and I was just going through it. 454 00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:45,346 The only detective that was left from the original case 455 00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:46,956 was Detective Lenny Golino. 456 00:21:46,957 --> 00:21:48,610 He agreed we should look this over 457 00:21:48,611 --> 00:21:50,177 and get a new set of eyes on it. 458 00:21:52,006 --> 00:21:53,833 All the leads have been exhausted. 459 00:21:53,834 --> 00:21:56,618 I mean, they interviewed ex-boyfriends. 460 00:21:56,619 --> 00:21:58,490 She had an expired order of protection 461 00:21:58,491 --> 00:22:00,579 against another ex-boyfriend. 462 00:22:00,580 --> 00:22:03,233 Everybody had verifiable alibis, 463 00:22:03,234 --> 00:22:05,366 and it just didn't pan out. 464 00:22:12,896 --> 00:22:14,941 With no new evidence, the investigation 465 00:22:14,942 --> 00:22:17,117 seems destined to remain unsolved. 466 00:22:17,118 --> 00:22:20,599 Then a witness comes forward with a story 467 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,036 that could break open the case. 468 00:22:23,037 --> 00:22:25,691 A female discloses that she has information 469 00:22:25,692 --> 00:22:28,389 about the murder of a Talina Bryant. 470 00:22:29,870 --> 00:22:31,653 One of the detectives takes the report, 471 00:22:31,654 --> 00:22:34,134 and he gave it to us because he knows myself 472 00:22:34,135 --> 00:22:36,049 and Lenny are looking at this. 473 00:22:37,704 --> 00:22:40,445 You get perked up. There's no question. 474 00:22:40,446 --> 00:22:43,317 So now, we have new hope. 475 00:22:43,318 --> 00:22:47,539 I told Lenny, "I think things happen for a reason. 476 00:22:47,540 --> 00:22:50,063 We're gonna solve this case." 477 00:23:07,777 --> 00:23:09,212 Two years after Talina Bryant 478 00:23:09,213 --> 00:23:10,823 mysteriously disappeared, 479 00:23:10,824 --> 00:23:15,262 an informant comes forward and claims she was murdered. 480 00:23:15,263 --> 00:23:17,612 Myself and Detective Golino interviewed 481 00:23:17,613 --> 00:23:19,919 a couple of days afterwards. 482 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,138 The woman claims that a local man she knew 483 00:23:22,139 --> 00:23:24,793 had been paid to carry out a hit on Talina. 484 00:23:24,794 --> 00:23:28,362 His name was David Mundo. 485 00:23:28,363 --> 00:23:32,410 David Mundo is a 20-something-year-old male, 486 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,281 real street guy. 487 00:23:34,282 --> 00:23:36,892 He's not a choirboy. 488 00:23:36,893 --> 00:23:40,809 The informant had bad dealings with David Mundo 489 00:23:40,810 --> 00:23:46,554 and just told me what she knew about what happened. 490 00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:49,339 This female tells us, back in the summer of 2000, 491 00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:51,777 David Mundo tells her, "Do you know anybody 492 00:23:51,778 --> 00:23:54,649 that can help me carry out this hit?" 493 00:23:54,650 --> 00:23:57,913 Mundo probably thought he needed a hand, 494 00:23:57,914 --> 00:24:02,004 and she just threw out a name, Danny, to him. 495 00:24:02,005 --> 00:24:05,007 And she introduces Danny to David. 496 00:24:05,008 --> 00:24:07,445 After introducing Mundo to Danny, 497 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:08,620 the woman says that Mundo 498 00:24:08,621 --> 00:24:11,057 even took her on a scouting run. 499 00:24:11,058 --> 00:24:13,363 The girl's in the car with David and Danny, 500 00:24:13,364 --> 00:24:15,191 and they're driving around the neighborhood, 501 00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:17,193 and they're kind of like trying to execute a plan, 502 00:24:17,194 --> 00:24:19,326 and they actually go past Talina's house. 503 00:24:19,327 --> 00:24:21,633 And Talina Bryant was outside. 504 00:24:21,634 --> 00:24:24,549 And David Mundo turned around and said, 505 00:24:24,550 --> 00:24:26,507 "Oh, that's the girl I have to hit." 506 00:24:28,771 --> 00:24:30,903 After Talina Bryant went missing, 507 00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:33,732 David ran into the informant, 508 00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:37,779 and he had all scratches on his face. 509 00:24:37,780 --> 00:24:41,217 And he goes, "Well, we did the deed with that girl," 510 00:24:41,218 --> 00:24:43,306 and she actually put up 511 00:24:43,307 --> 00:24:47,615 a good fight before she died. 512 00:24:47,616 --> 00:24:49,661 Now we know we got a murder, 513 00:24:49,662 --> 00:24:51,663 and we know who did it. 514 00:24:51,664 --> 00:24:53,795 The informant has handed investigators 515 00:24:53,796 --> 00:24:56,929 explosive information, but there's a catch. 516 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:58,931 In New York State, you can't be 517 00:24:58,932 --> 00:25:03,675 solely convicted on the statements of a co-conspirator. 518 00:25:03,676 --> 00:25:05,590 Even though they didn't charge her, 519 00:25:05,591 --> 00:25:08,157 she was with them in the car. 520 00:25:08,158 --> 00:25:10,246 She knew what he was gonna do, 521 00:25:10,247 --> 00:25:12,597 so technically, you could say 522 00:25:12,598 --> 00:25:14,555 that she could be a co-conspirator. 523 00:25:14,556 --> 00:25:18,385 That means the NYPD will need to gather more evidence 524 00:25:18,386 --> 00:25:21,083 against Mundo and Danny. 525 00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:25,435 We had to go to work now, finding a Danny in the Bronx. 526 00:25:25,436 --> 00:25:28,438 With the use of different databases and information, 527 00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:31,572 we narrowed the list down to about six people, 528 00:25:31,573 --> 00:25:35,010 and we presented those six photos to the informant. 529 00:25:35,011 --> 00:25:39,928 She positively identified Gilberto Adamas as Danny. 530 00:25:39,929 --> 00:25:43,105 As it happens, Danny, AKA Gilberto Adamas, 531 00:25:43,106 --> 00:25:46,326 is already sitting in Rikers Island 532 00:25:46,327 --> 00:25:47,675 on an unrelated charge. 533 00:25:50,244 --> 00:25:53,899 Gilberto Adamas is also a young man in his 20s, 534 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:58,033 more of a follower, maybe not so hardcore as David 535 00:25:58,034 --> 00:26:00,427 in that look and that evilness. 536 00:26:00,428 --> 00:26:03,256 But ironically, his status as an inmate 537 00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:06,607 causes new problems for the detectives. 538 00:26:06,608 --> 00:26:09,436 You're doing time. You're not gonna say nothing. 539 00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:12,352 And plus, I would need a waiver from the attorney 540 00:26:12,353 --> 00:26:14,441 for him to even talk to us. 541 00:26:14,442 --> 00:26:17,139 So investigators hold off on Danny 542 00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:20,621 and focus on David Mundo. 543 00:26:20,622 --> 00:26:22,667 So now, at this point, me and Detective Christo 544 00:26:22,668 --> 00:26:24,233 will now have to come up with a plan. 545 00:26:24,234 --> 00:26:25,800 How are we gonna get David Mundo? 546 00:26:35,028 --> 00:26:36,637 This is one of those cases. 547 00:26:36,638 --> 00:26:38,596 You have to think outside the box. 548 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,293 And I asked the informant, 549 00:26:40,294 --> 00:26:43,557 would you introduce two undercovers? 550 00:26:43,558 --> 00:26:45,820 I'll have them pose as drug dealers needing 551 00:26:45,821 --> 00:26:48,257 a hit done in Brooklyn. 552 00:26:48,258 --> 00:26:51,260 And the informant agreed to make that introduction 553 00:26:51,261 --> 00:26:52,653 to David Mundo, 554 00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:54,786 but now I need two undercovers. 555 00:26:58,138 --> 00:27:00,226 When Nick Caruso contacted me, 556 00:27:00,227 --> 00:27:02,097 he goes, hey, Rich-- the old guy, 557 00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:04,796 he used to call me Gonzo. "Gonzo? I got this case." 558 00:27:04,797 --> 00:27:06,188 Ra, ra, ra, and he told me 559 00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:07,929 that the girl was missing, you know? 560 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:10,628 And they have someone they would introduce 561 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,368 to the possible killer. 562 00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:16,024 As soon as he said that, I said, "I'm in. I'll do it." 563 00:27:16,025 --> 00:27:19,201 Richie can be very charismatic, 564 00:27:19,202 --> 00:27:22,248 and he can talk anything out of anybody. 565 00:27:22,249 --> 00:27:23,945 I said, "You want me to bring Jimmy along? 566 00:27:23,946 --> 00:27:25,904 I can use, you know, a partner." 567 00:27:25,905 --> 00:27:29,429 He says, "Oh, sure, sure. That'd be great." 568 00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:31,344 Me and Richie worked together for a long time, 569 00:27:31,345 --> 00:27:33,041 and we worked basically investigating 570 00:27:33,042 --> 00:27:35,304 robberies in Brooklyn. 571 00:27:35,305 --> 00:27:37,785 I agreed. I said, "Let's do it." 572 00:27:37,786 --> 00:27:39,526 The guy was really a bad guy, 573 00:27:39,527 --> 00:27:41,267 so we wanted to get him off the street. 574 00:27:43,270 --> 00:27:47,577 We make this arrangement where we go to a local diner. 575 00:27:49,493 --> 00:27:51,146 The Land and Sea Diner was on the corner 576 00:27:51,147 --> 00:27:54,454 of 131st Street and Broadway. 577 00:27:54,455 --> 00:27:57,196 I remember, you know, talking maybe with the owner 578 00:27:57,197 --> 00:28:00,068 and saying, "Hey, can we have a specific table?" 579 00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:04,072 Where there were windows. We can film. 580 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:06,422 We had a brief discussion with the informant, 581 00:28:06,423 --> 00:28:09,730 that she's gonna introduce us. We're two drug dealers. 582 00:28:12,081 --> 00:28:13,647 And we went right to the diner. 583 00:28:15,650 --> 00:28:18,870 You're dealing with a cold-blooded murderer. 584 00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:20,088 We don't know what's gonna happen 585 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:22,961 when he walks into that diner. 586 00:28:22,962 --> 00:28:24,963 We really only got one shot at this, 587 00:28:24,964 --> 00:28:27,269 and if we don't get the result we want, 588 00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:30,577 we're back to where we started from. 589 00:28:50,641 --> 00:28:53,948 2 and 1/2 years after Talina Bryant went missing, 590 00:28:53,949 --> 00:28:56,603 an NYPD sting operation puts detectives 591 00:28:56,604 --> 00:29:00,694 face-to-face with one of her alleged killers, David Mundo. 592 00:29:00,695 --> 00:29:04,176 Jimmy sat, I sat, and then the girl sat. 593 00:29:04,177 --> 00:29:08,180 And he sat across from us. 594 00:29:08,181 --> 00:29:11,096 Me and Detective Christo are sitting in a van 595 00:29:11,097 --> 00:29:13,533 watching this and listening to this. 596 00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:16,188 And then we start conversation. 597 00:29:16,189 --> 00:29:17,972 We order some drinks. 598 00:29:17,973 --> 00:29:19,757 That's when Detective Gonzalez 599 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,367 spins his cover story. 600 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,981 I was a drug dealer, 601 00:29:26,982 --> 00:29:30,115 who somebody had stolen from me, 602 00:29:30,116 --> 00:29:33,988 so I got to make an example of these guys, you know, 603 00:29:33,989 --> 00:29:36,035 that this is what's gonna happen to you. 604 00:29:42,345 --> 00:29:44,738 So we eliminated right off the top, 605 00:29:44,739 --> 00:29:46,000 listen, I don't want him shot. 606 00:29:46,001 --> 00:29:48,307 I want him straight up clean cut. 607 00:29:48,308 --> 00:29:50,352 And he's like, "Oh, well, you know, yeah, 608 00:29:50,353 --> 00:29:51,963 I can use a knife." And ra, ra, ra. 609 00:29:51,964 --> 00:29:52,920 And I said, "Yeah, that's what we want. 610 00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:54,140 That's perfect." 611 00:30:01,364 --> 00:30:04,889 And that's when David Mundo turned the story on himself, 612 00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:07,370 and he started talking about the Talina Bryant case. 613 00:30:18,468 --> 00:30:24,256 He said that they set up the floor with plastic bags, 614 00:30:24,257 --> 00:30:29,087 and they shut the light and just waited for her. 615 00:30:32,526 --> 00:30:36,398 And as soon as she walked in, 616 00:30:36,399 --> 00:30:38,923 they grabbed her back and cut her throat. 617 00:30:42,188 --> 00:30:45,320 I never met anyone evil like that before. 618 00:30:45,321 --> 00:30:49,107 The way he spoke, the things he said, 619 00:30:49,108 --> 00:30:52,371 I still think about it, 620 00:30:52,372 --> 00:30:56,419 just how cold this guy was. 621 00:30:58,682 --> 00:31:00,814 The undercover detectives agree to a price 622 00:31:00,815 --> 00:31:04,209 for the bogus hit and then arrange to meet Mundo again. 623 00:31:04,210 --> 00:31:06,646 So we meet back up on April 8th 624 00:31:06,647 --> 00:31:10,606 at the same diner, same location, same booth. 625 00:31:10,607 --> 00:31:13,914 It was at that time the arrest teams swarmed in 626 00:31:13,915 --> 00:31:17,222 and arrested David Mundo. 627 00:31:17,223 --> 00:31:19,267 We took David Mundo into custody, 628 00:31:19,268 --> 00:31:21,922 and we all went back to the 52 squad. 629 00:31:27,146 --> 00:31:29,060 And he's denying everything. 630 00:31:29,061 --> 00:31:30,235 I don't know what you're talking about. 631 00:31:30,236 --> 00:31:31,976 I didn't do nothing. 632 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:34,065 We returned back to the precinct. 633 00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:35,501 We went inside, 634 00:31:35,502 --> 00:31:36,981 but this time, we have our shields sticking out 635 00:31:36,982 --> 00:31:40,462 of--you know, on our chest, and he was in there. 636 00:31:40,463 --> 00:31:43,683 And as soon as he saw us, his face dropped. 637 00:31:46,513 --> 00:31:50,298 And he knew he was in trouble, 638 00:31:50,299 --> 00:31:51,952 and he wanted to cut a deal, 639 00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:55,042 and he said, "If you don't give me the death penalty, 640 00:31:55,043 --> 00:31:57,131 "I'll tell you everything that happened, 641 00:31:57,132 --> 00:31:59,742 and I'll even bring you to the body." 642 00:31:59,743 --> 00:32:03,007 I look at Nick. Nick looks at me. 643 00:32:03,008 --> 00:32:04,834 I say, "We'll be right back." 644 00:32:04,835 --> 00:32:08,055 We told him we're gonna call the DA's office. 645 00:32:08,056 --> 00:32:10,666 So I called up Paul Rosenfeld, 646 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,278 and I said, "Paul, I know the Bronx 647 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:14,975 "don't have the death penalty. 648 00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:17,412 "Can I accept the agreement that he will not get 649 00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:20,372 "the death penalty, but he'll give me a confession, 650 00:32:20,373 --> 00:32:23,157 and he's gonna tell me where the body is?" 651 00:32:23,158 --> 00:32:26,030 He goes, "Are you kidding me? Take that deal all day long." 652 00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:32,993 All right, we convinced the DA, 653 00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:34,386 no death penalty. 654 00:32:34,387 --> 00:32:36,388 Tell us what you know, everything, 655 00:32:36,389 --> 00:32:38,520 including where's the body? 656 00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:41,306 He did. He confessed to everything. 657 00:32:46,442 --> 00:32:49,401 Now, David said it was Danny doing all the stabbing, 658 00:32:49,402 --> 00:32:54,145 but that's not what David told the informant, 659 00:32:54,146 --> 00:32:55,581 which would be consistent 660 00:32:55,582 --> 00:32:57,626 because David had all the scratches 661 00:32:57,627 --> 00:32:59,498 all over his face. 662 00:32:59,499 --> 00:33:02,718 David did say she put up a fight, 663 00:33:02,719 --> 00:33:06,592 and then eventually, she died. 664 00:33:06,593 --> 00:33:09,595 They bound her hands and feet with duct tape. 665 00:33:09,596 --> 00:33:13,120 They wrapped her up in plastic. 666 00:33:13,121 --> 00:33:15,122 I asked him, I said, "Who cut out the floorboard?" 667 00:33:15,123 --> 00:33:16,776 He goes, "I don't know." 668 00:33:16,777 --> 00:33:19,083 He goes--they left, and they dumped the body. 669 00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:24,392 And then, that's when I said, "Will you take me to the body?" 670 00:33:24,393 --> 00:33:26,960 And he goes, "Yeah." 671 00:33:30,921 --> 00:33:33,184 The next morning, David Mundo 672 00:33:33,185 --> 00:33:36,839 leads detectives to Talina's body. 673 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,192 He took us to a section of the Bronx River Parkway. 674 00:33:41,193 --> 00:33:44,630 We go to the area he directs us. 675 00:33:44,631 --> 00:33:48,590 What we see is a gruesome discovery, 676 00:33:48,591 --> 00:33:50,244 hard to make it out completely, 677 00:33:50,245 --> 00:33:51,854 but we know it's skeletal remains. 678 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,121 We know it was a rug. 679 00:34:00,255 --> 00:34:05,303 We see duct tape, and we see plastic. 680 00:34:05,304 --> 00:34:08,654 We know that was our recovery. 681 00:34:08,655 --> 00:34:11,178 And through the use of dental records, 682 00:34:11,179 --> 00:34:14,486 positive identification was made 683 00:34:14,487 --> 00:34:18,011 that the body recovered was that of Talina. 684 00:34:21,363 --> 00:34:24,539 I was happy. I was happy I found Talina. 685 00:34:24,540 --> 00:34:26,498 She can lay in peace. 686 00:34:26,499 --> 00:34:29,109 And I was happy for the mother. 687 00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:31,155 She could finally get closure. 688 00:34:32,853 --> 00:34:34,897 I get a phone call, and it was the ADA. 689 00:34:34,898 --> 00:34:38,727 He said to me, "Oh, can you come over? 690 00:34:38,728 --> 00:34:41,078 I would like to talk to you about some things." 691 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,514 I said, "Sure, no problem." 692 00:34:42,515 --> 00:34:45,821 So I went to the courthouse on 161st Street, 693 00:34:45,822 --> 00:34:51,000 and then he said to me, "I have some news." 694 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:56,745 And that's when he said to me that... 695 00:34:56,746 --> 00:35:02,490 I believe they just found your daughter... 696 00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:06,278 that she was buried... 697 00:35:09,281 --> 00:35:12,718 Behind a bowling alley. 698 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:16,548 And I think I kind of just blacked out. 699 00:35:16,549 --> 00:35:19,159 I mean, I didn't hear nothing he said. 700 00:35:21,423 --> 00:35:22,989 I remember, you know, kind of passing her 701 00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:27,907 the tissue box and her crying and kind of breaking down, 702 00:35:27,908 --> 00:35:29,996 because I think at that point, she had to finally 703 00:35:29,997 --> 00:35:31,171 come to grips with the fact 704 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:33,173 that her daughter really was dead 705 00:35:33,174 --> 00:35:36,394 and had been murdered. 706 00:35:36,395 --> 00:35:38,483 When they got the word, the information, 707 00:35:38,484 --> 00:35:40,572 it traveled like wildfire. 708 00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:42,051 I thought she was still alive. 709 00:35:42,052 --> 00:35:43,488 I swear to God, I thought she was-- 710 00:35:43,489 --> 00:35:44,924 I thought my cousin was still alive. 711 00:35:44,925 --> 00:35:48,319 But finding out that way, it was, like, devastating. 712 00:35:52,237 --> 00:35:53,889 Investigators now know 713 00:35:53,890 --> 00:35:56,196 what really happened to Talina, 714 00:35:56,197 --> 00:35:57,763 but the question remains, 715 00:35:57,764 --> 00:36:00,026 who paid Mundo and Danny to kill her? 716 00:36:01,898 --> 00:36:04,509 When I interviewed David Mundo, 717 00:36:04,510 --> 00:36:07,381 I said, "OK, let's start from the beginning." 718 00:36:07,382 --> 00:36:10,993 How did you come across Talina Bryant? 719 00:36:10,994 --> 00:36:12,604 So David tells us that he would 720 00:36:12,605 --> 00:36:14,649 go hang out at this bodega, 721 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:18,305 and he says he was approached if he could do a hit. 722 00:36:18,306 --> 00:36:19,785 According to Mundo, 723 00:36:19,786 --> 00:36:21,700 the person who ordered Talina's murder 724 00:36:21,701 --> 00:36:24,616 was someone in their crosshairs years ago. 725 00:36:24,617 --> 00:36:26,183 In the back of your mind, you're saying, 726 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,271 "I'm gonna get you." 727 00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:30,187 You know, I want to find something. 728 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,884 I'm gonna get you. 729 00:36:47,335 --> 00:36:50,555 After David Mundo confesses to Talina Bryant's murder, 730 00:36:50,556 --> 00:36:53,166 he tells police who contracted the hit. 731 00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:57,910 David tells us, the person who wants to do this hit 732 00:36:57,911 --> 00:37:01,653 is a landlord... 733 00:37:01,654 --> 00:37:04,525 who wants to put a hit 734 00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:08,877 to kill a tenant, Talina Bryant. 735 00:37:14,275 --> 00:37:16,320 They were locking horns, her and the landlord, 736 00:37:16,321 --> 00:37:19,497 and she stopped paying rent to get even with him. 737 00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:25,024 David said that he plays softball on a team, 738 00:37:25,025 --> 00:37:27,896 and his team would go to a bodega, 739 00:37:27,897 --> 00:37:32,727 and the landlord was always hanging out at that bodega. 740 00:37:32,728 --> 00:37:37,558 He would now start talking to David Mundo, 741 00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:39,560 who can't stand this one of his tenants. 742 00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:43,651 I wish he was gone. She owes me money. 743 00:37:43,652 --> 00:37:46,045 Mundo says that he and Talina's landlord 744 00:37:46,046 --> 00:37:47,742 then made a deal. 745 00:37:47,743 --> 00:37:51,529 David Mundo tells us he would pay him $8,000 to do this hit. 746 00:37:51,530 --> 00:37:56,838 And David Mundo said that he was given the keys to the gate 747 00:37:56,839 --> 00:37:58,710 to the entrance of the driveway, 748 00:37:58,711 --> 00:38:01,278 the key to get inside, 749 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,062 and he had the key to the vacant apartment 750 00:38:03,063 --> 00:38:04,368 that was next to hers. 751 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:10,199 Detectives fully believe that Talina's landlord 752 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,331 was involved in her murder, 753 00:38:11,332 --> 00:38:13,115 but they faced a giant obstacle. 754 00:38:13,116 --> 00:38:15,248 Even though they were convinced by Mundo's confession, 755 00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:18,512 it's still not enough for the state of New York. 756 00:38:18,513 --> 00:38:20,427 In this case, all they had was 757 00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:22,429 a statement from David Mundo, 758 00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:24,953 and you cannot convict someone or charge someone with a crime 759 00:38:24,954 --> 00:38:26,999 based upon the statement of a co-conspirator 760 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,218 without corroborating evidence. 761 00:38:31,831 --> 00:38:34,833 I wanted to do one last ditch effort. 762 00:38:34,834 --> 00:38:37,879 And I told David Mundo, I said, "Hey, 763 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,839 "If I bring the landlord and put him in a cell, 764 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,232 do you think you can get him to talk?" 765 00:38:45,714 --> 00:38:48,281 Investigators' last chance to obtain evidence 766 00:38:48,282 --> 00:38:51,458 against the landlord now rests with David Mundo. 767 00:38:51,459 --> 00:38:55,767 They bring the landlord in on an unrelated charge. 768 00:38:55,768 --> 00:38:58,117 When he first saw David in the cell... 769 00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:03,252 He didn't even flinch. 770 00:39:03,253 --> 00:39:05,777 So David starts talking to him, you know, 771 00:39:05,778 --> 00:39:08,345 trying to get him to say something, whispering. 772 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:12,740 Immediately, the landlord says, "Detective, Detective, 773 00:39:12,741 --> 00:39:14,525 "I don't know this guy. He's talking to me. 774 00:39:14,526 --> 00:39:16,178 I don't want to talk to him." 775 00:39:16,179 --> 00:39:19,878 He shut him down the second he opened his mouth. 776 00:39:19,879 --> 00:39:23,185 My heart fell to the ground. 777 00:39:23,186 --> 00:39:24,665 And that was the only thing we had left 778 00:39:24,666 --> 00:39:26,363 to get this landlord. 779 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,410 Despite the fact that the detectives 780 00:39:30,411 --> 00:39:32,804 tried to get additional evidence, 781 00:39:32,805 --> 00:39:34,414 there was no paper trail. 782 00:39:34,415 --> 00:39:36,851 There was no physical or forensic evidence connecting 783 00:39:36,852 --> 00:39:38,375 the landlord with the case. 784 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:41,856 So without those things, you have no evidence, 785 00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:43,597 and you need evidence. 786 00:39:54,304 --> 00:39:56,871 David stated that the landlord 787 00:39:56,872 --> 00:40:00,440 paid them to get rid of her, 788 00:40:00,441 --> 00:40:05,271 and he didn't get anything. He just got a pass. 789 00:40:05,272 --> 00:40:10,885 He's still out there, and I'm not sure what he's capable of. 790 00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:13,540 Danny was in Rikers on an unrelated charge, 791 00:40:13,541 --> 00:40:15,150 so we didn't have to chase him down. 792 00:40:15,151 --> 00:40:18,719 It's just to take him out, tell him you're being charged, 793 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,808 and put him right back in. 794 00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:23,420 He wasn't cooperative at all. 795 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,247 David Mundo and Danny 796 00:40:25,248 --> 00:40:26,901 AKA Gilberto Adamas, 797 00:40:26,902 --> 00:40:29,034 plead guilty to murder and conspiracy, 798 00:40:29,035 --> 00:40:31,819 and both are sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. 799 00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:38,435 The last day that we all ended up in court, 800 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,959 it was a little crazy. 801 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,743 I tried to attack them in the courthouse, 802 00:40:42,744 --> 00:40:44,484 and I almost got arrested. 803 00:40:44,485 --> 00:40:46,921 I tried to jump across that thing and get him. 804 00:40:46,922 --> 00:40:49,141 I wanted to see him dead, like my cousin. 805 00:40:49,142 --> 00:40:50,359 How can you live with yourself? 806 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,361 How can you eat? How can you sleep? 807 00:40:52,362 --> 00:40:53,580 How can you dream? 808 00:40:53,581 --> 00:40:54,712 And I hope when he dreams, 809 00:40:54,713 --> 00:40:56,191 he see her face each and every day. 810 00:40:56,192 --> 00:40:58,759 I hope she haunts him each and every day. 811 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,328 He's just evil, both of them. 812 00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:04,373 To give closure to the family, 813 00:41:04,374 --> 00:41:06,332 you know, that's what this was about. 814 00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:08,900 So you're happy in a sense that you were able 815 00:41:08,901 --> 00:41:11,511 to do what you set out to do, 816 00:41:11,512 --> 00:41:14,732 but still, the family has to grieve. 817 00:41:14,733 --> 00:41:17,604 And to be part of that was one of the reasons 818 00:41:17,605 --> 00:41:21,129 why I was a New York City detective. 819 00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:23,219 It's still tough. It's still tough. 820 00:41:27,267 --> 00:41:29,747 For Talina's loved ones, her senseless death 821 00:41:29,748 --> 00:41:32,314 still weighs heavy on their hearts. 822 00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:33,925 Not a day go by. 823 00:41:33,926 --> 00:41:36,318 You know, sometimes I just go into a daze 824 00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:40,627 and think and wonder, what would she be doing now? 825 00:41:40,628 --> 00:41:45,850 But it's not easy. It's not easy. 826 00:41:45,851 --> 00:41:48,156 I just wish she was here. 827 00:41:48,157 --> 00:41:50,681 I wish I could be with her. 828 00:41:50,682 --> 00:41:52,247 You're taking people away from people, 829 00:41:52,248 --> 00:41:55,773 you know, that people really love, you know? 830 00:41:55,774 --> 00:42:00,952 It is sad. It's so sad. 831 00:42:00,953 --> 00:42:02,388 If she was still alive, she'd have been 832 00:42:02,389 --> 00:42:04,042 owning her own business, 833 00:42:04,043 --> 00:42:06,131 probably would have had, like, two or three kids. 834 00:42:06,132 --> 00:42:09,482 Who knows? There's a lot of what-ifs. 835 00:42:09,483 --> 00:42:12,398 But I wish she was still here though. 836 00:42:12,399 --> 00:42:14,008 I wish. 837 00:42:14,009 --> 00:42:15,619 She played a big role in my life. 838 00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:18,491 I want her to know that. 839 00:42:18,492 --> 00:42:21,494 Of course I miss her. I will always miss her. 840 00:42:21,495 --> 00:42:25,019 But we will meet again, I'm sure. 841 00:42:25,020 --> 00:42:27,761 It's a place for me there one day, 842 00:42:27,762 --> 00:42:30,547 and we will meet again, for sure.