1 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:04,208 (tense music) 2 00:00:34,083 --> 00:00:36,500 (phone clicks) (tense music) 3 00:00:52,833 --> 00:00:54,792 (tense music) 4 00:00:55,958 --> 00:00:58,375 - [Narrator] Every suspect accused of a crime 5 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,250 has the right to remain silent. 6 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:03,083 Many agree to be interrogated anyway, 7 00:01:03,167 --> 00:01:06,125 but they can stop the interview at any moment, 8 00:01:06,208 --> 00:01:08,542 making it a race against time. 9 00:01:08,625 --> 00:01:10,000 (suspenseful music) 10 00:01:10,125 --> 00:01:12,500 Justice hangs in the balance. 11 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:16,625 - [Reporter] State Troopers received the call 12 00:01:16,708 --> 00:01:18,292 just before noon Sunday. 13 00:01:18,375 --> 00:01:19,417 When they arrived on the scene, 14 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:21,708 they found 62-year-old Lindsey Champion, 15 00:01:21,833 --> 00:01:25,083 his 60-year-old wife, Joy, and their 31-year-old daughter, 16 00:01:25,208 --> 00:01:27,167 Emily, all shot to death. 17 00:01:27,250 --> 00:01:28,500 - [Reporter 2] As was another man 18 00:01:28,542 --> 00:01:30,667 whom investigators have not named. 19 00:01:30,750 --> 00:01:33,333 They're not saying whether they believe he killed himself 20 00:01:33,417 --> 00:01:35,500 or whether one of the victims shot him. 21 00:01:35,625 --> 00:01:37,083 - [Reporter] The pastor of the family's church 22 00:01:37,167 --> 00:01:39,333 and the couple's son, Ryan Champion, 23 00:01:39,375 --> 00:01:40,792 survived that shooting. 24 00:01:40,875 --> 00:01:43,250 (tense music) 25 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:51,125 (siren wailing) 26 00:01:52,750 --> 00:01:55,958 - As we approached the house, it looked very well kept, 27 00:01:56,042 --> 00:02:00,083 very nice residence on a very, very nice piece of property. 28 00:02:01,708 --> 00:02:03,250 When I got closer, 29 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:06,625 I saw the body of Lindsey Champion outside. 30 00:02:09,208 --> 00:02:11,625 - He had a lotta blood coming from his head. 31 00:02:14,292 --> 00:02:19,625 In the basement, I observed Joy, face down, 32 00:02:21,125 --> 00:02:23,625 kind of in the fetal position, 33 00:02:23,708 --> 00:02:25,667 but on her knees with her head on the ground. 34 00:02:25,708 --> 00:02:28,500 (tense music continues) 35 00:02:28,583 --> 00:02:31,625 There was an obvious bullet hole in the storm door. 36 00:02:32,542 --> 00:02:35,167 - We went into the living room. 37 00:02:35,208 --> 00:02:40,583 I saw Emily Champion duct taped, lying in the floor. 38 00:02:40,708 --> 00:02:43,708 (tense music continues) 39 00:02:45,375 --> 00:02:48,333 - She had duct tape wrapped around her face, her feet, 40 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:50,250 her ankles, and her hands. 41 00:02:51,958 --> 00:02:54,458 And I was just thinking, why is she taped so much? 42 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:57,125 It was overkill and didn't make sense. 43 00:02:57,208 --> 00:03:00,458 (tense music continues) 44 00:03:02,333 --> 00:03:04,542 - As we entered the dining room area, 45 00:03:04,625 --> 00:03:07,625 there was an unidentified male. 46 00:03:08,917 --> 00:03:10,292 - He was laying on the floor 47 00:03:10,375 --> 00:03:12,875 with a bullet hole right in the middle of his face 48 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:16,625 and a roll of duct tape by his shoes. 49 00:03:16,708 --> 00:03:20,083 We were able to identify through an ID 50 00:03:20,167 --> 00:03:22,542 that was in his wallet as Vito Riservato. 51 00:03:23,875 --> 00:03:26,375 Well, he was a 22-year-old male 52 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:30,542 that had been residing in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 53 00:03:30,625 --> 00:03:33,458 At that point, you know, he was suspect number one. 54 00:03:33,542 --> 00:03:35,208 And I can remember standing there thinking, 55 00:03:35,292 --> 00:03:36,458 now, why'd you do this? 56 00:03:36,542 --> 00:03:39,167 What caused you to flip your switch 57 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,875 and come in here and kill all these people? 58 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,833 (melancholy music) 59 00:03:46,708 --> 00:03:49,292 - The Champions were very well known in the community. 60 00:03:49,375 --> 00:03:53,917 Joy was a longtime teacher who everybody loved. 61 00:03:54,042 --> 00:03:55,708 - Joy was so well loved, 62 00:03:55,708 --> 00:03:58,292 she was honored as Teacher of the Year. 63 00:03:59,542 --> 00:04:03,667 Lindsey Champion was the director of a credit union, 64 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:05,583 and he had cattle. 65 00:04:06,542 --> 00:04:08,542 - They had a large farm operation, 66 00:04:08,542 --> 00:04:12,458 and they were both very successful at what they did. 67 00:04:13,542 --> 00:04:15,333 - [Alan] Their daughter, Dr. Emily Champion, 68 00:04:15,458 --> 00:04:18,542 was a veterinarian in Louisiana. 69 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:21,333 Her particular love was for horses. 70 00:04:22,542 --> 00:04:26,500 - Emily was very smart, very ambitious, 71 00:04:26,583 --> 00:04:29,333 had a very successful career, 72 00:04:29,417 --> 00:04:31,292 and very well liked in the community. 73 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:34,167 - [Alan] The biggest question was, why? 74 00:04:34,250 --> 00:04:35,833 Why did this happen? 75 00:04:38,542 --> 00:04:41,917 (tense music) (siren wailing) 76 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:56,875 - He's claiming self-defense. 77 00:04:56,958 --> 00:04:59,333 And when you have that, 78 00:04:59,417 --> 00:05:01,833 you gotta take it at face value 79 00:05:01,917 --> 00:05:05,792 until you kind of dig in deeper and get into the details. 80 00:05:42,792 --> 00:05:45,458 - Ryan said that that was enough to fire him, 81 00:05:45,542 --> 00:05:48,625 but he said that the day after Ryan and Vito had gone 82 00:05:48,708 --> 00:05:52,167 to Ryan's parents' house that Vito had showed up back 83 00:05:52,208 --> 00:05:53,667 at the Champion residence. 84 00:06:36,833 --> 00:06:38,875 (tense music) 85 00:07:40,875 --> 00:07:42,958 (tense music) 86 00:08:15,875 --> 00:08:21,583 - His story that he told just kinda sounded very odd. 87 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:24,000 Was it gonna be a kidnapping? 88 00:08:24,083 --> 00:08:25,333 Was it gonna be a robbery? 89 00:08:25,375 --> 00:08:26,583 Well, what was going on? 90 00:08:26,667 --> 00:08:28,500 When you're dealing with a victim, 91 00:08:28,583 --> 00:08:32,250 everybody responds differently to traumatic situations, 92 00:08:32,333 --> 00:08:34,958 but it sure makes you wanna look at him a little bit more. 93 00:08:37,208 --> 00:08:39,750 (pensive music) 94 00:08:53,083 --> 00:08:55,750 The weapon that was used in these murders 95 00:08:55,833 --> 00:09:00,667 was a .45 caliber 1911 model handgun. 96 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:03,250 We were able to retrieve it and take it as evidence. 97 00:09:04,417 --> 00:09:07,375 She told me when he ran across the street, 98 00:09:07,458 --> 00:09:09,917 Ryan was still duct taped around his wrists 99 00:09:10,042 --> 00:09:12,042 and she had cut the tape off and it was in the trash. 100 00:09:12,167 --> 00:09:15,458 And she allowed us to retrieve it and take it as evidence. 101 00:09:15,542 --> 00:09:16,708 - There's really no comparison 102 00:09:16,833 --> 00:09:20,042 that could be made on the amount of duct tape 103 00:09:20,125 --> 00:09:21,667 that Emily had on her body 104 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:25,167 versus what Ryan had around his wrists. 105 00:09:25,250 --> 00:09:28,083 - Also, the tape should have rolled towards Ryan's thumbs 106 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:31,958 and hands 'cause it was taped, you know, around his wrists. 107 00:09:32,042 --> 00:09:33,833 And there didn't appear to be any stretching 108 00:09:33,875 --> 00:09:36,250 and we're talking about fighting for your life 109 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:37,917 and fighting a gun away. 110 00:09:38,042 --> 00:09:40,000 And he didn't show anything like that. 111 00:09:40,042 --> 00:09:42,167 - The questions really, really started going 112 00:09:42,250 --> 00:09:43,667 in my head at that point. 113 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:47,250 (tense music) 114 00:09:48,292 --> 00:09:51,875 - We do a neighborhood canvass and while doing that, 115 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:55,167 we're able to locate a Ford Explorer 116 00:09:55,292 --> 00:09:59,125 in the woods, adjacent to the Champion residence. 117 00:09:59,208 --> 00:10:02,708 The vehicle came back to a Vito Riservato 118 00:10:02,792 --> 00:10:05,833 who we were able to identify in the kitchen. 119 00:10:05,917 --> 00:10:08,792 It was parked in a spot where you wouldn't know 120 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:10,083 that there's a parking lane there 121 00:10:10,167 --> 00:10:13,625 because of the trees and the foliage. 122 00:10:13,708 --> 00:10:15,708 So that was something we had to look into. 123 00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:20,083 - I will never forget Detective Miller sitting 124 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:22,875 in front of the residence as we were discussing 125 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 what Ryan Champion had said 126 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:29,000 and what we had seen so far at the scene. 127 00:10:29,042 --> 00:10:31,000 Him saying, "Something isn't right here." 128 00:10:31,083 --> 00:10:33,208 (tense music) 129 00:10:44,042 --> 00:10:45,875 (clock ticking) 130 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,958 - At this point, he's either innocent or guilty, 131 00:10:56,042 --> 00:10:58,792 so we needed to really look at him more 132 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:00,375 and lock him in a story. 133 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:09,625 (melancholy music) 134 00:11:09,708 --> 00:11:11,375 - When people saw the Champion family, 135 00:11:11,458 --> 00:11:12,917 they saw a lotta love. 136 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,542 Lindsey and Joy decided to adopt a baby 137 00:11:17,667 --> 00:11:19,333 who was a few months old at the time. 138 00:11:19,417 --> 00:11:21,792 And that baby was Ryan Champion. 139 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:26,000 - And several years later, Emily was born. 140 00:11:26,958 --> 00:11:28,792 - They were very proud of Emily. 141 00:11:28,875 --> 00:11:31,167 She was a young, vibrant woman 142 00:11:31,250 --> 00:11:34,667 and she had her whole life ahead of her. 143 00:11:34,708 --> 00:11:36,042 They were an idyllic family. 144 00:11:36,125 --> 00:11:40,542 There was a lotta love and this came out of nowhere 145 00:11:40,625 --> 00:11:42,875 as far as the community was concerned. 146 00:11:44,708 --> 00:11:47,208 (tense music) 147 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,625 - He told a story and he gave his version of events. 148 00:13:20,708 --> 00:13:23,208 I didn't discard it as as not true, 149 00:13:24,208 --> 00:13:26,333 but I didn't necessarily buy it either. 150 00:13:26,417 --> 00:13:28,292 Something weird's going on. 151 00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:30,167 But to what extent, we didn't know. 152 00:13:49,375 --> 00:13:51,458 (tense music) 153 00:14:00,875 --> 00:14:02,292 - Vito had no criminal history. 154 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:04,208 I don't even remember seeing a speeding ticket. 155 00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:08,125 We executed a search warrant on Vito's truck. 156 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 In the backseat ashtray, 157 00:14:12,042 --> 00:14:14,583 we found .45-caliber shell casings 158 00:14:15,917 --> 00:14:17,750 and they were the same brand and caliber 159 00:14:17,875 --> 00:14:20,333 that was actually used in the shootings. 160 00:14:23,375 --> 00:14:25,000 We just wondered, you know, what if? 161 00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:28,750 What if that handgun had been fired 162 00:14:28,833 --> 00:14:31,000 and produced those empty shell casings, 163 00:14:31,125 --> 00:14:32,667 why would they be in Vito's truck 164 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:35,000 if Ryan didn't hardly know Vito 165 00:14:35,042 --> 00:14:37,167 and Ryan was in possession of the handgun? 166 00:14:38,125 --> 00:14:40,042 So we thought, okay, you know, 167 00:14:40,125 --> 00:14:42,583 we'll send these off to the lab after we photograph 'em, 168 00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:44,417 but it could take weeks or months. 169 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,500 (tense music) 170 00:14:57,917 --> 00:15:00,750 Ann Plotkin came up in Ryan's initial interview, 171 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:02,500 so we went and talked to her. 172 00:15:36,542 --> 00:15:40,167 - We knew within a few minutes of talking to her 173 00:15:40,208 --> 00:15:41,792 that she was full of it. 174 00:15:41,792 --> 00:15:46,917 She only was telling us what Ryan told us, almost verbatim. 175 00:15:48,125 --> 00:15:50,750 And she didn't deviate from any of that. 176 00:15:50,833 --> 00:15:53,000 We walked out looking at each other, 177 00:15:53,083 --> 00:15:54,625 after we shut the door, grinning. 178 00:15:58,417 --> 00:16:00,042 - [Brett] Ann knows a whole lot more about this 179 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:01,542 than she's telling us. 180 00:16:01,625 --> 00:16:02,917 We were determined to figure out 181 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,667 what her involvement actually was. 182 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,458 (tense music) 183 00:17:44,625 --> 00:17:46,125 - So that was very big. 184 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:48,333 Made us feel that there was a deeper connection 185 00:17:48,458 --> 00:17:51,333 between the two, connecting them even further 186 00:17:51,417 --> 00:17:53,000 with their involvement in this case. 187 00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:55,417 (tense music) 188 00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:07,125 So we made a trip to Waffle House. 189 00:18:08,958 --> 00:18:10,333 We're getting the video ready 190 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:14,167 and we found the date and time, roughly, 191 00:18:14,208 --> 00:18:16,250 and we started looking and all of a sudden we see 192 00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:17,833 these people come walking through the door. 193 00:18:17,875 --> 00:18:19,208 And there's Ann. 194 00:18:22,542 --> 00:18:24,375 And there's Ryan and there's Vito. 195 00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:28,208 And they walked over to a booth. 196 00:18:29,125 --> 00:18:32,000 Now, that was on the 21st of October. 197 00:18:32,042 --> 00:18:35,208 And Ryan, in all of his interviews so far, 198 00:18:35,333 --> 00:18:39,458 said he had only met Vito on the 23rd. 199 00:18:39,542 --> 00:18:42,333 So he's obviously deliberately lied to us 200 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:45,167 about how long he had known Vito. 201 00:18:45,208 --> 00:18:46,667 - Things were adding up. 202 00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:50,000 But in order to arrest someone on a felony offense, 203 00:18:50,042 --> 00:18:51,708 you need probable cause. 204 00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:54,208 - In a perfect world, we wanted a confession. 205 00:18:55,708 --> 00:18:58,250 Detective Silfies said he'll never confess. 206 00:18:58,333 --> 00:19:00,042 He's never gonna come off of it. 207 00:19:00,042 --> 00:19:03,250 So we need to have Ryan come back and walk through the scene 208 00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:06,833 and have him demonstrate what happened. 209 00:19:07,917 --> 00:19:11,458 And so we called and asked him and he was all about it. 210 00:19:13,208 --> 00:19:15,667 (tense music) 211 00:19:36,292 --> 00:19:38,083 - There is a lot of pressure. 212 00:19:38,167 --> 00:19:40,542 Is he gonna talk enough 213 00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:45,625 that we can build a case on him based on his lies? 214 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:55,292 (melancholy music) 215 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:12,417 - And the whole idea of the walkthrough is to see 216 00:20:12,542 --> 00:20:14,500 if he can stay with his story 217 00:20:14,625 --> 00:20:16,750 while demonstrating what happened. 218 00:20:16,875 --> 00:20:18,375 He was very excited to do this, 219 00:20:18,375 --> 00:20:20,458 but he was also, he had a edge of nervousness. 220 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:01,292 (tense music) 221 00:21:01,375 --> 00:21:02,875 - And there you go. 222 00:21:02,958 --> 00:21:04,333 There's an inconsistency. 223 00:21:04,417 --> 00:21:06,792 We're about 30 seconds into this. 224 00:21:06,875 --> 00:21:09,125 Ryan couldn't keep his story straight 225 00:21:09,208 --> 00:21:11,208 on where it came from that morning. 226 00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:13,625 (tense music) 227 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:32,667 - For the purpose of the walkthrough, 228 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,792 we told Ryan that he's gonna be Vito 229 00:21:35,833 --> 00:21:40,208 and Detective Silfies was Ryan and I was Emily. 230 00:21:40,292 --> 00:21:43,125 And we wanted him to show us the manner 231 00:21:43,208 --> 00:21:45,542 in which they were both taped up. 232 00:21:56,958 --> 00:22:02,583 - We didn't really question him in a authoritative way. 233 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:05,167 It was all, "Oh, really? Okay. 234 00:22:05,208 --> 00:22:07,250 I'm just curious how you did this." 235 00:22:07,333 --> 00:22:10,417 And he's more than happy to show us. 236 00:22:25,583 --> 00:22:27,875 - But what really, really stood out 237 00:22:27,958 --> 00:22:33,625 was it took very little effort for Detective Silfies 238 00:22:33,708 --> 00:22:36,417 to get out of the duct tape. 239 00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:41,000 When Ryan was questioned about that, they did it again. 240 00:23:32,208 --> 00:23:34,500 (tense music) 241 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:14,583 For him to so nonchalantly reenact 242 00:24:14,667 --> 00:24:17,667 what happened just a few days prior to this to his family, 243 00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:19,208 it was pretty shocking. 244 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:21,792 I was ready to, you know, 245 00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,167 confront him about it and Detective Silfies was saying, 246 00:24:24,250 --> 00:24:25,458 it's not time yet. 247 00:24:25,542 --> 00:24:28,542 We just wait and let him dig the hole deeper. 248 00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:03,958 (tense music) 249 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:34,542 - It looked more like acting than emotion. 250 00:25:34,625 --> 00:25:36,083 My personal opinion 251 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:39,208 and the opinion of family is that Emily 252 00:25:39,292 --> 00:25:42,750 would've kicked Vito's tail, even if he had a gun. 253 00:25:42,833 --> 00:25:45,125 I think it took both of them 254 00:25:45,208 --> 00:25:47,833 to get her corralled and get her taped up 255 00:25:47,917 --> 00:25:50,292 because I think she would've fought tooth and nail. 256 00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:52,917 (tense music) 257 00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:28,667 - As he's trying to demonstrate here 258 00:26:28,792 --> 00:26:30,250 how he got it away from him, 259 00:26:30,333 --> 00:26:31,833 he just can't make it work. 260 00:26:33,208 --> 00:26:34,750 And he's kinda laughing. 261 00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:36,000 I think he thinks, 262 00:26:36,083 --> 00:26:38,708 I've tried to show them what happened 263 00:26:38,792 --> 00:26:40,917 and this isn't working. 264 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,042 It is a I'm-in-trouble laughter. 265 00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:49,583 (tense music) 266 00:27:05,917 --> 00:27:09,292 - Because every time we talked to him up to that point, 267 00:27:09,375 --> 00:27:14,333 it was very casual, really not questioning him on anything. 268 00:27:14,458 --> 00:27:15,625 And this time we wanted 269 00:27:15,708 --> 00:27:19,125 to start kinda putting the pressure on him. 270 00:27:49,458 --> 00:27:51,708 (tense music) 271 00:28:20,042 --> 00:28:22,042 - I thought, no, your communication skills are fine. 272 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:25,125 You just happen to have killed your family 273 00:28:25,208 --> 00:28:27,458 and you don't wanna tell us what happened. 274 00:28:27,542 --> 00:28:29,333 (tense music) 275 00:28:29,417 --> 00:28:31,042 (clock ticking) 276 00:29:33,375 --> 00:29:35,750 (tense music) 277 00:30:23,958 --> 00:30:25,458 And that was the ruse 278 00:30:25,542 --> 00:30:28,750 'cause we were really confident that they were gonna match. 279 00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:30,542 We had a working theory that 280 00:30:30,625 --> 00:30:32,333 they planned the murders 281 00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:33,625 at the Waffle House, 282 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:36,917 and Ryan gave Vito the handgun 283 00:30:37,042 --> 00:30:39,000 to go do some target shooting. 284 00:31:09,958 --> 00:31:11,542 (tense music) 285 00:31:11,625 --> 00:31:14,917 - You could see the wheels start turning in his head. 286 00:31:15,042 --> 00:31:16,583 He didn't know they were in that truck. 287 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:18,167 If he did, he forgot about it 288 00:31:18,292 --> 00:31:21,042 and then he had to come up with some other way 289 00:31:21,125 --> 00:31:22,625 that that happened. 290 00:31:30,792 --> 00:31:33,000 (tense music) 291 00:32:51,542 --> 00:32:53,708 (tense music) 292 00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:18,250 It's go time. 293 00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:20,500 We want him to know that we know what happened, 294 00:33:20,583 --> 00:33:22,042 that he's involved in it, 295 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:24,333 because we felt that if we didn't get it this night 296 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:26,625 that we probably wouldn't get it at all. 297 00:35:21,917 --> 00:35:23,500 - During the smoke break, 298 00:35:23,583 --> 00:35:26,667 he told Detective Silfies that he didn't wanna talk anymore. 299 00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:27,708 He wanted an attorney. 300 00:35:27,833 --> 00:35:31,625 But I think he knew that with everything we had 301 00:35:33,042 --> 00:35:34,500 that he had no other alternative 302 00:35:34,583 --> 00:35:36,500 but to stop talking at that point. 303 00:36:07,208 --> 00:36:08,667 You know, and I've got a job to do 304 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:11,667 and so I don't really care if he thinks I'm nice or not. 305 00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:14,250 You know, I wanna get to the bottom of what happened. 306 00:36:37,042 --> 00:36:39,375 (tense music) 307 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,458 (pensive music) 308 00:37:02,375 --> 00:37:05,417 - [Brett] We had suspicion that Ann might be involved 309 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:08,667 in the planning or even the execution of these murders 310 00:37:08,750 --> 00:37:11,583 and she just agreed to come in and talk. 311 00:37:17,125 --> 00:37:19,500 - We wanna see if she'd let us see what's in her phone, 312 00:37:19,542 --> 00:37:22,000 messages between her and Ryan, or her and Vito, 313 00:37:22,083 --> 00:37:24,333 'cause we didn't have any records back at the time. 314 00:38:02,375 --> 00:38:04,750 (pensive music) 315 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:16,500 (pensive music) 316 00:38:48,375 --> 00:38:52,500 She was obviously trying to skip past stuff 317 00:38:52,583 --> 00:38:55,167 that she thought would make her or Ryan 318 00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:57,375 or Vito look in a bad light. 319 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,333 (tense music) 320 00:39:41,208 --> 00:39:44,417 - I was sitting in trial 321 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:48,250 in another murder case and I thought, 322 00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:50,500 what if the duct tape can tell us the order 323 00:39:50,542 --> 00:39:51,708 of who was taped when? 324 00:39:51,792 --> 00:39:53,583 Because I've had some training 325 00:39:53,708 --> 00:39:56,083 and you can place duct tape back together 326 00:39:56,167 --> 00:39:58,042 like a torn piece of paper. 327 00:39:58,125 --> 00:39:59,667 - Ryan was always consistent 328 00:39:59,750 --> 00:40:02,917 that he was taped first by Vito Riservato 329 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,208 and that he could not assist his sister 330 00:40:06,292 --> 00:40:08,125 because he was taped first. 331 00:40:08,208 --> 00:40:10,750 (tense music) 332 00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:13,292 - I got the roll of duct tape from evidence 333 00:40:13,375 --> 00:40:15,292 and I got the tape cut from Ryan's wrist 334 00:40:15,375 --> 00:40:17,750 and lo and behold, it was a perfect match. 335 00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:20,333 So we know Ryan was taped last, 336 00:40:20,417 --> 00:40:22,000 which goes against his story. 337 00:40:22,083 --> 00:40:25,000 - We knew that we had enough to charge him with murder. 338 00:40:26,042 --> 00:40:28,375 - [Reporter] Ryan Champion came into court Monday, 339 00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:30,833 shackled, after investigators charged him 340 00:40:30,917 --> 00:40:33,500 with capital murder and kidnapping. 341 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:36,208 That's something his friend, Ann Plotkin, 342 00:40:36,292 --> 00:40:37,375 refuses to believe. 343 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:39,458 - I don't understand it. 344 00:40:39,542 --> 00:40:41,917 I really don't because I know Ryan and no! 345 00:40:43,958 --> 00:40:45,167 There is no way! 346 00:40:45,208 --> 00:40:47,833 (dramatic music) 347 00:40:47,875 --> 00:40:50,083 (pensive music) 348 00:40:52,292 --> 00:40:54,000 - Ryan was in jail, 349 00:40:54,125 --> 00:40:57,583 but the investigation's not even close to over. 350 00:40:57,708 --> 00:41:01,083 I was pretty obsessed with the case 351 00:41:01,167 --> 00:41:04,333 and I went through thousands of pages of records. 352 00:41:04,417 --> 00:41:05,708 There was never direct communication 353 00:41:05,792 --> 00:41:08,500 between Ryan and Vito, but there was 354 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:12,375 direct communication from Vito to Ann to Ryan 355 00:41:12,458 --> 00:41:14,167 and back and forth. 356 00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:17,000 - When we got that information back, 357 00:41:17,042 --> 00:41:20,417 we knew that Ann Plotkin had assisted 358 00:41:20,542 --> 00:41:22,208 in the planning of the murders. 359 00:41:25,625 --> 00:41:28,083 (tense music) 360 00:41:30,042 --> 00:41:32,708 (clock ticking) 361 00:41:40,333 --> 00:41:42,458 I think she loved Ryan. 362 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:44,792 I think Ryan used her 363 00:41:44,875 --> 00:41:49,833 and that's how she came to have participated in this. 364 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,167 (tense music) 365 00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:57,125 (clock ticking) 366 00:42:16,625 --> 00:42:18,875 (melancholy music) 367 00:42:23,625 --> 00:42:27,250 I will never forget how horrible it is 368 00:42:27,333 --> 00:42:30,500 that a adopted child, 369 00:42:30,583 --> 00:42:34,417 who Joy and Lindsey had given a great life, 370 00:42:34,417 --> 00:42:36,917 committed this horrendous crime. 371 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,625 - Joy, Lindsey, and Emily were just sweet people 372 00:42:40,708 --> 00:42:44,000 who wanted to do good in their community. 373 00:42:45,292 --> 00:42:47,500 - There's no penalty severe enough 374 00:42:47,583 --> 00:42:51,167 for taking Joy, Lindsey, and Emily's lives, 375 00:42:52,333 --> 00:42:54,708 nor is there penalty sufficient 376 00:42:54,792 --> 00:42:56,583 for the anguish we've endured. 377 00:42:56,667 --> 00:42:58,167 (melancholy music) 378 00:42:58,208 --> 00:42:59,250 - People talk about closure, 379 00:42:59,375 --> 00:43:01,042 but I don't even believe in that. 380 00:43:01,167 --> 00:43:04,083 I think it's an open wound that never really goes away.