1 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:06,700 [distant crowd cheering] 2 00:00:12,266 --> 00:00:15,000 You have to have the best of the best. 3 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:18,266 She didn't want attention being taken away from her. 4 00:00:19,767 --> 00:00:23,200 This is just a stab in everyone else's back. 5 00:00:23,266 --> 00:00:25,567 I can guarantee, I've read every mean comment. 6 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:27,400 I've seen them all. 7 00:00:27,467 --> 00:00:30,000 MILLER: Mummified bones and body parts, 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,200 MILLER: Mummified bones and body parts, 9 00:00:30,266 --> 00:00:32,500 twisted and mangled. 10 00:00:32,567 --> 00:00:36,166 It was a most horrific discovery. 11 00:00:36,266 --> 00:00:37,767 [Jena Thompson speaking] 12 00:00:40,667 --> 00:00:43,266 If she hated you, she always hated you. 13 00:00:44,567 --> 00:00:46,300 GOODSON: If looks could have killed, I wouldn't be sitting 14 00:00:46,367 --> 00:00:48,567 here today, I promise you that. 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,767 [theme music playing] 16 00:01:01,166 --> 00:01:04,000 [indistinct shouting] 17 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:09,100 Texans love rodeo. 18 00:01:10,767 --> 00:01:12,200 We breathe rodeo. 19 00:01:12,266 --> 00:01:15,467 We eat rodeo dirt and dust, like, we love the sport 20 00:01:15,567 --> 00:01:16,667 of rodeo. 21 00:01:16,767 --> 00:01:20,000 It really is a way of life in small towns of Texas. 22 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:24,367 NARRATOR: But there's one rodeo contest that can 23 00:01:24,467 --> 00:01:26,767 be more cutthroat than the rest -- 24 00:01:26,867 --> 00:01:29,467 the Rodeo Queen Pageant. 25 00:01:29,567 --> 00:01:30,000 MARTINEZ: Just like regular beauty competitions, 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,467 MARTINEZ: Just like regular beauty competitions, 27 00:01:31,467 --> 00:01:34,166 competitors have teased hair, rhinestone clothes, 28 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:35,467 and beautiful makeup, 29 00:01:35,467 --> 00:01:38,600 but they're riding a horse about 20 to 30 miles an hour, 30 00:01:38,667 --> 00:01:40,200 all while staying pristine. 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,667 FRAZIER: The bigger the rodeo, the bigger crowd they draw, 32 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:45,967 the more competitive 33 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:48,467 the queen's competition is gonna be. 34 00:01:48,567 --> 00:01:52,100 ANDERSON: This is a competition, and this can lead to jealousy, 35 00:01:52,166 --> 00:01:54,900 backbiting, and manipulation. 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,367 Winning is the goal. 37 00:01:56,467 --> 00:01:58,867 They're not there to lose or be runner up. 38 00:01:58,867 --> 00:02:00,000 [cheers and applause] 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,800 [cheers and applause] 40 00:02:01,867 --> 00:02:06,066 There is a little bit of cattiness between contestants, 41 00:02:06,066 --> 00:02:08,800 just kind of the little whispers that you hear. 42 00:02:08,867 --> 00:02:10,800 Oh, her pants don't fit correctly 43 00:02:10,867 --> 00:02:12,266 or her hat isn't shaped right. 44 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:13,467 Behind the scenes, 45 00:02:13,567 --> 00:02:15,166 it's either I'm gonna win or you're going to win. 46 00:02:15,266 --> 00:02:17,467 Either I've got a good outfit, or you've got a good outfit. 47 00:02:17,467 --> 00:02:19,567 Either I've got the skills, or you've got the skills. 48 00:02:19,667 --> 00:02:21,300 If you're gonna do something, do it right, 49 00:02:21,367 --> 00:02:22,700 or don't do it at all. 50 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:25,667 [cheers and applause] 51 00:02:25,767 --> 00:02:27,166 NARRATOR: And budding rodeo queen, 52 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:30,000 Camie Frazier, seems to have all the right stuff. 53 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Camie Frazier, seems to have all the right stuff. 54 00:02:31,066 --> 00:02:33,300 My sister was very popular growing up. 55 00:02:33,367 --> 00:02:38,667 She was the girl that was very outgoing and always talkative. 56 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:41,800 She was a girl that all the boys wanted to date, 57 00:02:41,867 --> 00:02:46,900 a little bit on the wild side, but she was a good person. 58 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,467 She was beautiful, talented, and skilled, 59 00:02:50,467 --> 00:02:53,567 but she could also be ruthless. 60 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:58,567 NARRATOR: Camie comes from Dalhart, Texas, 61 00:02:58,667 --> 00:03:00,000 a tiny town in the panhandle. 62 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,567 a tiny town in the panhandle. 63 00:03:00,667 --> 00:03:03,867 Her family's been ranching here for decades. 64 00:03:03,967 --> 00:03:07,166 Joel and Donna were more of a working-class family. 65 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:10,800 There are five in my family -- my dad, my mother, 66 00:03:10,867 --> 00:03:14,967 my sister, my brother, and then I'm the youngest. 67 00:03:14,967 --> 00:03:17,367 We were raised to be competitive. 68 00:03:17,467 --> 00:03:19,800 We were raised to be winners, you know? 69 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:24,000 GOODSON: Everybody around town knew them. 70 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:27,000 They was well-liked, you know? 71 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:29,467 My dad took care of cattle, and he'd help anybody 72 00:03:29,467 --> 00:03:30,000 with anything. 73 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:30,900 with anything. 74 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,266 My mom was always trying to open a new business 75 00:03:34,266 --> 00:03:37,567 or start something in Dalhart that hadn't been there before. 76 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,767 NARRATOR: From an early age, Camie seems to 77 00:03:41,767 --> 00:03:43,767 come alive in front of an audience. 78 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:50,266 Donna started taking Camie to small girl beauty pageants. 79 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:53,300 Little Miss X, Little Miss Y -- fun, 80 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:54,500 they got to dress up, 81 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,867 Camie got to put her hair up and wear makeup. 82 00:03:56,867 --> 00:03:58,100 Very young, 83 00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:00,000 starting at age five or six, she enjoyed riding horses. 84 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,166 starting at age five or six, she enjoyed riding horses. 85 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:03,367 So it kind of became a natural progression 86 00:04:03,367 --> 00:04:07,266 to roll Camie into the Rodeo Queen circuit. 87 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,700 She transitioned into the Rodeo Queen competition 88 00:04:11,767 --> 00:04:14,767 around the age of 12 or 13, when she was 89 00:04:14,767 --> 00:04:17,000 crowned the Matador Queen in Channing, Texas. 90 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:19,600 Camie keeps winning and keeps moving up, 91 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:22,000 so she's got more attention. 92 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:23,800 She's got more success. 93 00:04:23,867 --> 00:04:27,100 It feels good to get up there and to be winning. 94 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:29,000 She was perfection. 95 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:30,000 NARRATOR: Camie is a natural and the apple of her daddy 96 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,500 NARRATOR: Camie is a natural and the apple of her daddy 97 00:04:32,567 --> 00:04:33,867 Joel's eye. 98 00:04:34,867 --> 00:04:37,567 MILLER: Joel takes the family around and is kind of 99 00:04:37,567 --> 00:04:40,600 the transportation manager as they continue moving up 100 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:43,100 the pageant queen ladder. 101 00:04:43,166 --> 00:04:46,100 GOODSON: I felt like they had a real special relationship, 102 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:47,600 father and daughter. 103 00:04:47,667 --> 00:04:50,100 Every time you'd see Joel, you would see Camie. 104 00:04:54,367 --> 00:04:57,767 NARRATOR: And in 1993, when Camie is 14, 105 00:04:57,767 --> 00:05:00,000 Joel and Donna welcome their third child, daughter, Jamie. 106 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,567 Joel and Donna welcome their third child, daughter, Jamie. 107 00:05:02,567 --> 00:05:05,066 My sister and I were really close when I was little, 108 00:05:05,066 --> 00:05:09,066 partly due to the fact that my mom was gone a lot at the time. 109 00:05:09,066 --> 00:05:11,867 Donna's mom, uh, develops cancer. 110 00:05:11,867 --> 00:05:13,367 Donna needs to be away from 111 00:05:13,467 --> 00:05:15,800 the family for extended periods of time. 112 00:05:15,867 --> 00:05:21,367 And Camie steps in and helps with Jamie, almost like Camie 113 00:05:21,467 --> 00:05:24,200 was giving Jamie the love and attention 114 00:05:24,266 --> 00:05:26,767 that Donna gave Camie 115 00:05:26,767 --> 00:05:28,266 when Camie was that age. 116 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,000 My sister kind of had to step into that role and, you know, 117 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,300 My sister kind of had to step into that role and, you know, 118 00:05:32,367 --> 00:05:35,367 make sure I was dressed for school, make sure that I was 119 00:05:35,367 --> 00:05:36,567 picked up from school and -- 120 00:05:36,567 --> 00:05:40,867 because dad, I mean, dad was there, but he had to work. 121 00:05:40,967 --> 00:05:44,367 NARRATOR: In 1996, juggling responsibilities at home 122 00:05:44,467 --> 00:05:46,567 and schoolwork as a high school junior, 123 00:05:46,567 --> 00:05:48,900 Camie is crowned the Queen of Dalhart's 124 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,467 highly competitive XIT Rodeo. 125 00:05:52,467 --> 00:05:55,767 I was actually the right age to run for Little Miss XIT, 126 00:05:55,867 --> 00:05:58,667 the pageant for the smaller children. 127 00:05:58,667 --> 00:06:00,000 And we were the first sisters to ever be Queen 128 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,367 And we were the first sisters to ever be Queen 129 00:06:01,467 --> 00:06:03,000 at the same time. 130 00:06:03,066 --> 00:06:05,367 She always looked out for me during all of that. 131 00:06:05,467 --> 00:06:07,567 I had my sister there to make sure nothing happened, 132 00:06:07,567 --> 00:06:09,567 you know, if something happened with my horse, 133 00:06:09,667 --> 00:06:11,100 she was right beside me. 134 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:16,767 NARRATOR: But one title is just the beginning for Camie Frazier. 135 00:06:16,767 --> 00:06:18,567 Over the next three years, 136 00:06:18,567 --> 00:06:21,066 she amasses an impressive collection. 137 00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:24,867 Joel drove her across Texas and paid 138 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:28,400 thousands of dollars for equipment and clothing. 139 00:06:28,467 --> 00:06:30,000 ANDERSON: There was a high expectation for Camie, 140 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,567 ANDERSON: There was a high expectation for Camie, 141 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:34,667 and I think that everything sort of revolved around her. 142 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:37,667 Camilla was on her way to being one 143 00:06:37,767 --> 00:06:41,066 of the best rodeo queens in the state. 144 00:06:41,066 --> 00:06:43,667 My sister went to run for Miss Rodeo Texas. 145 00:06:44,767 --> 00:06:48,000 To become Miss Rodeo Texas is a big deal. 146 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,567 NARRATOR: It's Camie's life dream, 147 00:06:50,667 --> 00:06:53,700 and she goes after the title with everything she's got. 148 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:56,800 But she doesn't win. 149 00:06:59,367 --> 00:07:00,000 You put all this effort into it, 150 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,266 You put all this effort into it, 151 00:07:02,367 --> 00:07:05,000 and now you were supposed to win. 152 00:07:05,100 --> 00:07:07,500 I think it's sort of just who am I? 153 00:07:07,567 --> 00:07:10,166 Where do I go from here? 154 00:07:10,266 --> 00:07:13,266 You're going back to good old Dalhart, Texas, 155 00:07:13,367 --> 00:07:15,266 population 8,000. 156 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:17,066 I would think it would be a big letdown. 157 00:07:18,166 --> 00:07:20,567 NARRATOR: Even if Camie wants to compete again, 158 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:22,867 she can't -- at 24, 159 00:07:22,867 --> 00:07:25,066 she's about to reach the age limit for 160 00:07:25,066 --> 00:07:27,367 the Miss Texas Rodeo pageant. 161 00:07:27,467 --> 00:07:30,000 Once you age out, you're kind of a has-been. 162 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,867 Once you age out, you're kind of a has-been. 163 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:33,867 Boom, that cut-off is there, there are no Mrs. Rodeo 164 00:07:33,967 --> 00:07:37,166 of anybody, there's no Grandma Rodeo of anybody. 165 00:07:37,166 --> 00:07:41,767 You're the Rodeo Queen, and that's it. 166 00:07:41,767 --> 00:07:43,367 FRAZIER: She was pretty well lost. 167 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:48,367 NARRATOR: But as the spotlight fades on Camie, 168 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:52,367 it's just starting to shine on her younger sister, Jamie. 169 00:07:52,367 --> 00:07:55,166 Jamie loved the horses, she loved ropin', 170 00:07:55,166 --> 00:07:56,767 you know, so she stayed with it. 171 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,000 NARRATOR: And as Jamie steps onto the stage, 172 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,367 NARRATOR: And as Jamie steps onto the stage, 173 00:08:00,367 --> 00:08:03,000 her sister turns her back on her. 174 00:08:03,066 --> 00:08:06,500 All of this work that Camie has done with Donna 175 00:08:06,567 --> 00:08:08,667 and with Joel to get the success 176 00:08:08,767 --> 00:08:10,700 and be the center of attention of the family, 177 00:08:10,767 --> 00:08:12,700 now, there's a younger, newer, 178 00:08:12,767 --> 00:08:16,767 brighter girl doing the same thing with her father, 179 00:08:16,867 --> 00:08:19,100 that must really hurt. 180 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:21,300 FRAZIER: She wanted to be the -- the leader, 181 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:24,367 the outgoing shining one. 182 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:27,667 NARRATOR: Jamie doesn't let her sister's resentment 183 00:08:27,767 --> 00:08:30,000 deter her from pursuing her rodeo ambitions. 184 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,367 deter her from pursuing her rodeo ambitions. 185 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:33,367 GOODSON: Jamie wanted to be the best, 186 00:08:33,367 --> 00:08:35,000 and Camie wanted to be the best. 187 00:08:35,066 --> 00:08:37,700 And, you know, so there was a lot of competition. 188 00:08:40,100 --> 00:08:42,066 NARRATOR: Jamie's hard work pays off 189 00:08:42,066 --> 00:08:45,800 in 2009 when, like her big sister before her, 190 00:08:45,867 --> 00:08:49,100 she becomes the XIT Rodeo Queen, 191 00:08:49,166 --> 00:08:50,867 much to her father's delight. 192 00:08:50,967 --> 00:08:54,367 Me and dad really bonded over roping. 193 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,967 It was something that we both really enjoyed to do. 194 00:08:58,166 --> 00:09:00,000 I think Camie's perception was 195 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,700 I think Camie's perception was 196 00:09:01,767 --> 00:09:04,166 they're competing for their parents' approval. 197 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,066 NARRATOR: With Jamie stealing her thunder at the rodeo 198 00:09:08,066 --> 00:09:13,467 and at home, Camie finds a new way to spend her time, partying. 199 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,266 GOODSON: Camie was a lot wilder, 200 00:09:17,367 --> 00:09:21,066 a lot more outgoing than what Jamie was. 201 00:09:21,066 --> 00:09:23,567 WEBB: She would go out to parties and drink, 202 00:09:23,567 --> 00:09:25,300 probably heavily. 203 00:09:25,367 --> 00:09:28,667 Camie drove a white Hummer and you always 204 00:09:28,767 --> 00:09:30,000 knew when Camie was coming, because you can see 205 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,367 knew when Camie was coming, because you can see 206 00:09:30,367 --> 00:09:33,000 the white Hummer definitely speeding. 207 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,367 She acted like she was maybe a little bit better than, 208 00:09:36,467 --> 00:09:39,000 you know, Jamie or me or whatever. 209 00:09:39,066 --> 00:09:41,266 I know Joel was having a hard time with it. 210 00:09:41,367 --> 00:09:43,367 There was several fights over her, 211 00:09:43,467 --> 00:09:45,100 you know, that I know of. 212 00:09:46,700 --> 00:09:49,867 NARRATOR: Camie's partying slows temporarily 213 00:09:49,967 --> 00:09:51,100 when she gets pregnant... 214 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,000 ...though she never reveals the name 215 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:56,300 of her son Tommy's father. 216 00:09:56,367 --> 00:09:59,166 My sister loved her son, but at the same time, 217 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:00,000 she was too busy trying to live a fun life. 218 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,700 she was too busy trying to live a fun life. 219 00:10:04,100 --> 00:10:08,867 NARRATOR: Then, in 2011, Camie marries an old college flame, 220 00:10:08,967 --> 00:10:12,367 33-year-old jack-of-all-trades, Kory Tidrow. 221 00:10:14,467 --> 00:10:16,100 They had known each other previously 222 00:10:16,166 --> 00:10:19,767 from her stint at Texas Tech in college. 223 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:23,100 Kory Tidrow isn't the prince charming that you would 224 00:10:23,166 --> 00:10:25,567 hope your daughter meets and falls in love with. 225 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:27,266 But he caters to her. 226 00:10:27,266 --> 00:10:29,767 She enjoys that attention. 227 00:10:29,867 --> 00:10:30,000 FRAZIER: I mean, he's married to my sister. 228 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 FRAZIER: I mean, he's married to my sister. 229 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:34,200 I wouldn't say part of the family. 230 00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:37,000 He was always just out on the outskirts and never 231 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:39,467 wanting to come join the rest of us. 232 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:42,000 Sometimes, you just meet people you just don't like. 233 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:43,567 And he was one of them. 234 00:10:43,567 --> 00:10:46,300 He wasn't a cowboy. That's all there is to it. 235 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:52,100 NARRATOR: Life in Dalhart rolls on with 236 00:10:52,166 --> 00:10:54,667 the sisters growing farther and farther apart. 237 00:10:55,767 --> 00:10:58,767 Then tragedy strikes when Donna succumbs 238 00:10:58,867 --> 00:11:00,000 to a rare liver disease she's been struggling with. 239 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,100 to a rare liver disease she's been struggling with. 240 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:04,667 My parents were married for 36 years when 241 00:11:04,667 --> 00:11:08,166 my mother passed away in September of 2015. 242 00:11:08,166 --> 00:11:10,767 My dad took it the hardest, I think, 243 00:11:10,867 --> 00:11:13,400 because you think about it, kids are -- 244 00:11:13,467 --> 00:11:15,000 you're meant to lose your parents at some point 245 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,867 in your life -- for him, 246 00:11:16,967 --> 00:11:19,767 he never thought my mom would be the first to go, 247 00:11:19,867 --> 00:11:21,500 and he didn't really know what to do. 248 00:11:21,567 --> 00:11:23,166 He'd never been without her. 249 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:27,900 My sister felt like he was the reason that 250 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 she passed, because he put my mother in hospice. 251 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,100 she passed, because he put my mother in hospice. 252 00:11:32,166 --> 00:11:34,200 There was no having a logical 253 00:11:34,266 --> 00:11:36,266 conversation with her about things like that. 254 00:11:36,266 --> 00:11:38,100 If she was upset, 255 00:11:38,166 --> 00:11:40,100 you couldn't get through to her. 256 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:43,700 NARRATOR: After Donna's death, Camie, Kory, and Tommy move 257 00:11:43,767 --> 00:11:45,100 into the family home, 258 00:11:45,166 --> 00:11:47,367 so Camie can keep an eye on Joel. 259 00:11:48,767 --> 00:11:50,767 And newly graduated from college, 260 00:11:50,767 --> 00:11:52,467 Jamie comes back to Dalhart. 261 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:55,600 I didn't intend on moving home, 262 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:58,500 but I came home, and I felt like I needed to stay 263 00:11:58,567 --> 00:12:00,000 to kind of help take care of my dad. 264 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,166 to kind of help take care of my dad. 265 00:12:01,166 --> 00:12:03,300 NARRATOR: But as a recent widower in town, 266 00:12:03,367 --> 00:12:06,500 Joel seems to have lots of new lady friends who want to help 267 00:12:06,567 --> 00:12:08,100 ease his grief. 268 00:12:08,166 --> 00:12:09,266 FRAZIER: I was really uncomfortable 269 00:12:09,367 --> 00:12:11,567 with my dad dating -- it really made me mad. 270 00:12:11,667 --> 00:12:15,567 It really felt like he was trying to replace mom. 271 00:12:15,567 --> 00:12:17,467 NARRATOR: Joel's active dating life 272 00:12:17,467 --> 00:12:20,500 especially rattles Camie, who still lives 273 00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:21,867 in the family home with him. 274 00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:27,800 I was upset, but my sister really got extra upset, 275 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:33,900 and anything she could do to thwart him 276 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,600 doing anything that did not involve staying at home, 277 00:12:37,667 --> 00:12:39,400 she would do. 278 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:41,066 ANDERSON: I think she was jealous, 279 00:12:41,066 --> 00:12:45,100 and she didn't want attention being taken away from her 280 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:47,867 and her sister and any money to be going 281 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:49,600 in that direction either. 282 00:12:49,667 --> 00:12:51,767 NARRATOR: And things in this rodeo family 283 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:53,767 are about to go from tense... 284 00:12:55,266 --> 00:12:57,000 to downright scary. 285 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:00,000 On July 14, 2017, Jamie Frazier 286 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,166 On July 14, 2017, Jamie Frazier 287 00:13:01,266 --> 00:13:03,367 walks into the Dalhart Sheriff's Office. 288 00:13:03,467 --> 00:13:05,400 She wants to report her father missing. 289 00:13:12,367 --> 00:13:17,567 NARRATOR: By 2017, Jamie has her own place across town, 290 00:13:17,667 --> 00:13:19,300 leaving her fuming sister, 291 00:13:19,367 --> 00:13:23,400 carousing father, and his lady friends to their own devices. 292 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,300 But now that he is a man about town, that could be 293 00:13:28,367 --> 00:13:30,000 causing some serious trouble 294 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:32,100 with one of the women in his life. 295 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:39,163 Jamie Frazier tells police she hasn't seen her father, 296 00:13:39,163 --> 00:13:41,900 Jamie Frazier tells police she hasn't seen her father, 297 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,800 Joel, in three days, 298 00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:47,066 when she was at the family home to help with a sick horse. 299 00:13:47,066 --> 00:13:50,367 She says she returned Thursday morning, and her dad's truck 300 00:13:50,467 --> 00:13:52,166 was there, but he wasn't. 301 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:57,367 His shaving kit was on the floor. 302 00:13:57,367 --> 00:13:59,567 His belt buckle was there. 303 00:13:59,667 --> 00:14:00,800 And as I'm walking back out, 304 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,000 I notice his hat's hanging behind the front door, 305 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:06,266 and I'm like, well, that's odd. 306 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:09,163 So Friday, I come back to the house. 307 00:14:09,163 --> 00:14:10,400 So Friday, I come back to the house. 308 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:12,200 He's still not there, and nothing's moved. 309 00:14:12,266 --> 00:14:14,000 His hat is still in the same spot. 310 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:15,800 His truck's still here. 311 00:14:15,867 --> 00:14:18,700 Everything's still untouched. 312 00:14:18,767 --> 00:14:22,867 I saw my sister, and I told her, "I can't find dad." 313 00:14:22,867 --> 00:14:25,500 I just, I had a feeling something's not right. 314 00:14:25,567 --> 00:14:27,800 And I said, "I'm gonna go to the police department." 315 00:14:29,767 --> 00:14:32,567 There's no way he just disappeared into thin air. 316 00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:43,867 The chief of police said he wanted to go and do 317 00:14:43,967 --> 00:14:46,867 a "knock and talk" at Joel Frazier's house. 318 00:14:46,967 --> 00:14:50,467 NARRATOR: Camie, her husband, Kory, and her son are all home 319 00:14:50,567 --> 00:14:51,767 when police arrive. 320 00:15:07,867 --> 00:15:09,163 OFFICER: Okay. 321 00:15:09,163 --> 00:15:09,166 OFFICER: Okay. 322 00:15:12,467 --> 00:15:15,967 We're trying to find Joel's habits. 323 00:15:15,967 --> 00:15:18,767 Uh, what -- what they could tell us more in depth. 324 00:15:30,667 --> 00:15:32,767 TOMMY: Usually -- usually... 325 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:38,667 After my mom died, he started drinking a little more heavily, 326 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:39,163 quit eating so much. 327 00:15:39,163 --> 00:15:40,266 quit eating so much. 328 00:15:40,266 --> 00:15:42,166 When we initially made contact at the house, 329 00:15:42,166 --> 00:15:44,000 Camie was in the shower. 330 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,367 OFFICER: Oh. 331 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:48,800 CAMIE: I'm sorry. 332 00:15:48,867 --> 00:15:50,400 They were very cooperative, 333 00:15:50,467 --> 00:15:51,800 allowed us into Joel's room, 334 00:15:51,867 --> 00:15:54,166 gave us information on what he did 335 00:15:54,166 --> 00:15:56,266 the last night everybody saw him, which I believe was 336 00:15:56,266 --> 00:15:57,967 the 12th, 337 00:15:57,967 --> 00:16:01,100 and Camie told us that he wasn't feeling well. 338 00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:06,266 OFFICER: Okay. 339 00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:13,100 WEBB: Camie told us that Joel was possibly with a girlfriend, 340 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:14,867 and they went off 341 00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:18,367 on one of their weekend adventures that Joel 342 00:16:18,367 --> 00:16:19,867 was known to take. 343 00:16:19,967 --> 00:16:22,567 There was little concern, 344 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:24,066 uh, that they hadn't been able to speak 345 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:26,066 to Joel for several days at this point. 346 00:16:42,767 --> 00:16:47,567 FRAZIER: After we had made our report at the police station, 347 00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:52,467 we started knocking on doors. 348 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:58,567 We went down the neighboring streets, asking neighbors, 349 00:16:58,667 --> 00:17:01,467 "Hey, have you seen Joel? Have you seen my dad?" 350 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,700 Then we started going different places in town 351 00:17:05,767 --> 00:17:08,767 we know -- we'd go to hotels, 352 00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:09,163 and after going to as many places as we could think to go, 353 00:17:09,163 --> 00:17:13,767 and after going to as many places as we could think to go, 354 00:17:13,767 --> 00:17:15,800 we started looking through places that 355 00:17:15,867 --> 00:17:18,900 maybe he wandered off and fell down. 356 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,467 Oh, I actually took a horseback and went 357 00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:26,567 over and rode some of the canyons and stuff. 358 00:17:27,667 --> 00:17:30,367 You know, if you see a bunch of crows flying around an area, 359 00:17:30,367 --> 00:17:32,767 you -- [indistinct] there's something dead, so... 360 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,700 you know, you kind of ride towards that area, 361 00:17:36,767 --> 00:17:38,567 hoping you don't find what you're looking for. 362 00:17:42,867 --> 00:17:44,000 FRAZIER: I mean, we looked... 363 00:17:45,266 --> 00:17:47,967 in places that you wouldn't even think to look, 364 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,800 and every day, it just got a little harder. 365 00:17:54,367 --> 00:17:57,400 NARRATOR: The tiny Dalhart Police Department doesn't have 366 00:17:57,467 --> 00:17:59,567 the resources to launch a broad investigation 367 00:17:59,667 --> 00:18:00,967 for a missing person. 368 00:18:00,967 --> 00:18:05,000 We reached out to the Texas Rangers for their assistance. 369 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,000 SWICK: I was requested to come in and assist 370 00:18:09,066 --> 00:18:09,163 the Dalhart Police Department with the disappearance of 371 00:18:09,163 --> 00:18:11,100 the Dalhart Police Department with the disappearance of 372 00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:14,867 Joel Frazier on July 19th of 2017. 373 00:18:14,967 --> 00:18:16,867 NARRATOR: Ranger Swick starts by interviewing 374 00:18:16,867 --> 00:18:18,667 the family at the police station. 375 00:18:26,266 --> 00:18:28,800 NARRATOR: While her concern for her dad is evident, 376 00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:33,000 Camie also complains about Joel's continuous drinking. 377 00:18:33,066 --> 00:18:35,567 SWICK: Camie would paint a picture in not so many 378 00:18:35,567 --> 00:18:38,200 nice ways that Joel was a drunk and never around 379 00:18:38,266 --> 00:18:39,163 and never dependable. 380 00:18:39,163 --> 00:18:39,300 and never dependable. 381 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,467 Kory's essentially backing up Camie's story of 382 00:18:43,567 --> 00:18:45,000 Joel may be on a bender. 383 00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:31,867 NARRATOR: Investigators next reach out 384 00:19:31,967 --> 00:19:33,767 to the other women in Joel's life, 385 00:19:34,867 --> 00:19:37,600 and one has a juicy nugget to share. 386 00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:42,400 My dad started hanging around Gayle Maness. 387 00:19:42,467 --> 00:19:44,800 I wouldn't say per se that he was dating her, 388 00:19:44,867 --> 00:19:47,700 but they were -- they were drinking buddies. 389 00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:02,800 Gayle says she went over to the house to 390 00:20:02,867 --> 00:20:06,767 try and see Joel after Jamie says he was missing. 391 00:20:06,867 --> 00:20:09,163 NARRATOR: But Camie was the only one home. 392 00:20:09,163 --> 00:20:09,400 NARRATOR: But Camie was the only one home. 393 00:20:30,467 --> 00:20:32,200 NARRATOR: All the more reason for her dad 394 00:20:32,266 --> 00:20:33,867 to find better company elsewhere. 395 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:42,667 So we have a missing person, we had made a poster, 396 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:44,367 a missing person poster, if you will, 397 00:20:44,467 --> 00:20:46,400 and posted it online. 398 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,700 [cellphone notification] 399 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:55,600 Jamie gets a text from, uh, 400 00:20:55,667 --> 00:20:59,266 an unknown person with a Pennsylvania phone number. 401 00:20:59,266 --> 00:21:01,600 And it said, "We know where your dad is." 402 00:21:10,467 --> 00:21:12,667 We were sitting on the front porch of one 403 00:21:12,667 --> 00:21:14,867 of the family friends, and my phone goes off. 404 00:21:14,967 --> 00:21:15,967 [cellphone notification] 405 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 It's a text, and it said that, "We have him, 406 00:21:19,066 --> 00:21:22,000 pay us this much money, and we'll return him." 407 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:27,367 I was just terrified, and immediately, 408 00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:29,700 I called the sheriff's department. 409 00:21:30,967 --> 00:21:32,800 NARRATOR: Jamie then begins texting with 410 00:21:32,867 --> 00:21:34,300 her dad's alleged captor. 411 00:21:35,767 --> 00:21:39,266 I asked things like, "Send me a picture of him. 412 00:21:39,367 --> 00:21:41,667 "Show me that he's okay. 413 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,367 "I'll send you however much money you want, 414 00:21:43,467 --> 00:21:45,166 but I want to know that he's okay first." 415 00:21:46,467 --> 00:21:48,600 But the kidnapper says they'll only send 416 00:21:48,667 --> 00:21:51,767 a picture if she sends $1,000 first. 417 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:56,567 Ultimately, we were able to track that IP 418 00:21:56,667 --> 00:22:00,600 for that phone number to a European country. 419 00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:03,367 It was somebody who was trying to scam her. 420 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:07,867 SWICK: Unfortunately, there's multiple people in 421 00:22:07,867 --> 00:22:10,467 different European countries that, in this case, 422 00:22:10,467 --> 00:22:12,900 more than likely saw the missing person poster on 423 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,100 Facebook and played off of that to try to get free money. 424 00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:19,667 NARRATOR: It's a devastating blow to Joel's family. 425 00:22:23,166 --> 00:22:26,266 All I could think of was they've got to find something. 426 00:22:26,266 --> 00:22:27,567 There's gotta be a clue. 427 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:30,867 There's no way he just disappeared into thin air. 428 00:22:30,867 --> 00:22:34,100 That's not possible for anyone to disappear into thin air. 429 00:22:41,166 --> 00:22:45,500 For the first 10 days or so after reporting him missing, 430 00:22:45,567 --> 00:22:48,367 I was really confident that maybe he was 431 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:51,100 just off with a friend, that he'd come home. 432 00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:52,900 I didn't want to embarrass him, you know what I mean? 433 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,166 So, like if he came home, 434 00:22:54,166 --> 00:22:57,367 I didn't want to have this huge onslaught of people 435 00:22:57,467 --> 00:23:01,000 looking for him, and then turns out he was just 436 00:23:01,066 --> 00:23:04,166 with his new girlfriend at a casino or something. 437 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,300 NARRATOR: In dire need of new leads, 438 00:23:07,367 --> 00:23:09,467 investigators dig deeper into Joel's 439 00:23:09,567 --> 00:23:11,567 last steps before he went missing. 440 00:23:12,867 --> 00:23:15,066 Joel is good friends with Samuel Sifuentes, 441 00:23:15,066 --> 00:23:19,467 who is involved in the XIT Rodeo and Reunion Club with Joel. 442 00:23:19,467 --> 00:23:22,300 SWICK: Sam Sifuentes tells us that, on the 11th, 443 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,667 as he's heading out to what's called 444 00:23:24,767 --> 00:23:27,100 the XIT Roping Arena there in Dalhart, 445 00:23:27,166 --> 00:23:30,567 he passes by Joel Frazier going the opposite direction. 446 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:34,638 And he gets to the roping arena, 447 00:23:34,638 --> 00:23:34,700 And he gets to the roping arena, 448 00:23:34,767 --> 00:23:36,867 and the next thing he notices is that Joel's grandson, 449 00:23:36,867 --> 00:23:39,667 Tommy, is there, and Tommy is working the chutes, being a -- 450 00:23:39,667 --> 00:23:40,900 being a little boy. 451 00:24:15,467 --> 00:24:18,600 NARRATOR: Sammy says that Tommy wanted to stay at the rodeo. 452 00:24:18,667 --> 00:24:22,266 So he offered to drive the boy home later that evening. 453 00:24:22,367 --> 00:24:24,700 So when Samuel drops off the grandson, 454 00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:26,800 he notices that Joel is not there. 455 00:24:26,867 --> 00:24:28,500 SWICK: Sammy couldn't tell us anything about where 456 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:30,600 Joel was at or what happened to him. 457 00:24:30,667 --> 00:24:33,000 But what's more important is, 458 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:34,638 he didn't see Joel at the house. 459 00:24:34,638 --> 00:24:35,600 he didn't see Joel at the house. 460 00:24:35,667 --> 00:24:38,266 NARRATOR: With growing concern for Joel's safety, 461 00:24:38,367 --> 00:24:41,467 Rangers grill the Frazier's neighbors, including 462 00:24:41,467 --> 00:24:43,300 Benjamin Buck. 463 00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:45,367 His family owns the meat processing 464 00:24:45,467 --> 00:24:48,266 plant across the street from the Fraziers, 465 00:24:48,266 --> 00:24:51,266 and he now lives in the back of the meat processing plant. 466 00:24:55,066 --> 00:24:56,867 MILLER: Benjamin Buck doesn't have any information 467 00:24:56,967 --> 00:25:00,066 about where Joel might be, but he does drop a bombshell, 468 00:25:00,066 --> 00:25:02,200 an ugly rumor about the Frazier sisters 469 00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:03,767 that's been circulating around town. 470 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,000 NARRATOR: Joel Frazier's disappearance 471 00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:37,700 in July of 2017 has put 472 00:25:37,767 --> 00:25:41,400 his whole family and their secrets under the microscope. 473 00:25:43,266 --> 00:25:46,000 It came up that Jamie might not be Joel's 474 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:47,700 biological daughter. 475 00:25:47,767 --> 00:25:49,367 SWICK: Sometime after Donna's death, 476 00:25:49,367 --> 00:25:51,367 there was an argument over possessions. 477 00:25:51,367 --> 00:25:54,867 And, uh, in that -- and when I say fight, it was -- 478 00:25:54,867 --> 00:25:57,367 it was it involved Joel and Camie and Jamie. 479 00:25:57,367 --> 00:25:59,027 And in that fight, Jamie found out 480 00:25:59,027 --> 00:25:59,967 And in that fight, Jamie found out 481 00:25:59,967 --> 00:26:02,000 she was not this biological daughter. 482 00:26:03,867 --> 00:26:07,266 Camie, by what I understood, knew about it prior to. 483 00:26:07,367 --> 00:26:09,300 Joel, of course, knew about it. 484 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:13,200 But that's where it first came to life for Jamie. 485 00:26:16,767 --> 00:26:18,300 FRAZIER: He's on my birth certificate, 486 00:26:18,367 --> 00:26:19,667 and that's what I know, 487 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:23,000 and biological or not, he was my dad. 488 00:26:24,467 --> 00:26:25,600 Always. 489 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:28,367 NARRATOR: But Camie insists that Jamie 490 00:26:28,367 --> 00:26:29,027 is not a blood relative, 491 00:26:29,027 --> 00:26:30,900 is not a blood relative, 492 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,367 and investigators learn that's not the only 493 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:35,567 source of conflict in the Frazier family. 494 00:26:37,967 --> 00:26:41,166 SWICK: Joel typically, maybe one time, 495 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,967 favored Camie, if you will. 496 00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:50,667 ANDERSON: Camie was accustomed to having a lot of luxuries 497 00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:55,166 and nice things that she didn't have to pay for herself. 498 00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:56,767 She had those handed to her. 499 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,027 But as time went on, Jamie had a lot more to do with Joel, 500 00:26:59,027 --> 00:27:02,300 But as time went on, Jamie had a lot more to do with Joel, 501 00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:05,967 and Joel relied on Jamie more. 502 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:11,100 And so I think that hurt Camie. 503 00:27:12,467 --> 00:27:14,367 I think there was a lot of jealousy there. 504 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:18,667 NARRATOR: Joel was apparently fed up with Camie 505 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:21,100 still expecting to be treated like a queen. 506 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Joel's attorney tells us back in 507 00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:27,400 April of 2017, prior to his disappearance, 508 00:27:27,467 --> 00:27:29,027 of course, that Joel met with him 509 00:27:29,027 --> 00:27:30,367 of course, that Joel met with him 510 00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:33,300 with the goal of redesigning his will. 511 00:27:33,367 --> 00:27:35,000 MILLER: Before that time, 512 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:37,700 the will would have been that all of the assets were split 513 00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:39,100 equally with the kids. 514 00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:43,200 Now, Jamie was going to be the sole inheritor. 515 00:27:44,667 --> 00:27:46,266 He said, 516 00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:48,400 I'm gonna write up a will, 517 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:51,266 and I'm just gonna leave everything to you. 518 00:27:51,266 --> 00:27:53,000 And I told him, "Don't do that. 519 00:27:53,066 --> 00:27:54,767 That's gonna cause a lot of problems." 520 00:27:54,867 --> 00:27:58,767 And, of course, his -- his joking attitude, 521 00:27:58,867 --> 00:27:59,027 he said, "It's my stuff. 522 00:27:59,027 --> 00:27:59,867 he said, "It's my stuff. 523 00:27:59,967 --> 00:28:01,967 I'll leave it to whomever I want." 524 00:28:01,967 --> 00:28:04,467 NARRATOR: When Camie gets wind of her father's plan, 525 00:28:04,567 --> 00:28:06,166 she loses it. 526 00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:09,300 That made Camie so mad, to think that Joel 527 00:28:09,367 --> 00:28:13,867 was favoring a daughter that might not be biologically his. 528 00:28:13,967 --> 00:28:17,066 SWICK: The will was mailed to Joel's residence multiple times, 529 00:28:17,066 --> 00:28:18,700 according to the attorney, to have 530 00:28:18,767 --> 00:28:20,767 him sign the will, because it doesn't become an official 531 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:24,166 document until he signs it, and... 532 00:28:26,266 --> 00:28:27,467 it never got signed. 533 00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:37,166 NARRATOR: Nearly a month after Joel vanished, 534 00:28:37,166 --> 00:28:40,100 hope of a happy ending is almost gone. 535 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,166 FRAZIER: My Facebook post, it got shared like 70,000 times. 536 00:28:48,266 --> 00:28:51,166 I kept updating it to try to keep it fresh in 537 00:28:51,266 --> 00:28:52,700 people's minds, you know? 538 00:28:52,767 --> 00:28:55,066 What if he had mentally lost it and was just walking 539 00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:56,967 through a crowd -- maybe someone would see him. 540 00:28:59,767 --> 00:29:03,867 But the longer it went on, the more it was like... 541 00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:06,467 we're not gonna find him alive. 542 00:29:08,767 --> 00:29:10,500 NARRATOR: That's when a new witness finally 543 00:29:10,567 --> 00:29:12,166 decides to come forward. 544 00:29:16,867 --> 00:29:20,367 NARRATOR: Jena Thompson, a lifelong friend of the Fraziers, 545 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:22,900 remembers seeing Camie and Joel on the front porch 546 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,667 of the house around the time Joel disappeared. 547 00:29:55,367 --> 00:29:58,100 NARRATOR: Already teeming with resentment and jealousy, 548 00:29:58,166 --> 00:29:59,027 did Camie take her rage 549 00:29:59,027 --> 00:29:59,800 did Camie take her rage 550 00:29:59,867 --> 00:30:02,367 at her father too far that night? 551 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:06,300 If so, there isn't a shred of evidence to prove it. 552 00:30:06,367 --> 00:30:09,567 We don't have a body or knowledge of where Joel went to. 553 00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:14,767 And we didn't have what was believed to be 554 00:30:14,767 --> 00:30:18,066 enough probable cause to effect an arrest for 555 00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:19,567 Joel's disappearance. 556 00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:21,367 It gets pretty frustrating at that point. 557 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:31,667 NARRATOR: But the investigation gets a badly needed 558 00:30:31,767 --> 00:30:35,600 push when a shocking tip finally comes in. 559 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,967 We received some information that Joel was murdered, 560 00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:40,367 and his body was burned up at 561 00:30:40,467 --> 00:30:43,500 the incinerator at the butchering plant. 562 00:30:43,567 --> 00:30:45,166 NARRATOR: The plant across the street 563 00:30:45,266 --> 00:30:47,300 from the Frazier's home, where witness 564 00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:49,867 Benjamin Buck lives and works. 565 00:30:49,867 --> 00:30:52,567 The next day, we were able to go and take a look at -- 566 00:30:52,567 --> 00:30:53,800 at this incinerator. 567 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,200 And once we got the top off of it, 568 00:30:58,266 --> 00:30:59,027 we were able to look down, and I saw what I knew to be 569 00:30:59,027 --> 00:31:01,300 we were able to look down, and I saw what I knew to be 570 00:31:01,367 --> 00:31:03,266 a human skull. 571 00:31:03,266 --> 00:31:04,567 And then as I looked some more, 572 00:31:04,567 --> 00:31:07,166 I could see what I knew to be a human hand. 573 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:10,100 I could see what I knew to be, because you 574 00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:13,667 could read it, as Docker house shoes on the feet 575 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:23,900 The morning that he was found, I got a phone call. 576 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,567 What brand of house shoes does your dad wear? 577 00:31:29,467 --> 00:31:33,166 And, at some point after that, I find out 578 00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:35,200 that they have found a body, 579 00:31:36,567 --> 00:31:39,200 and the officers had to explain to me that, um, 580 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,066 there wasn't much left for me to see. 581 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,667 NARRATOR: Now all eyes are on Benjamin Buck. 582 00:31:54,367 --> 00:31:57,800 He was the only one known to use the incinerator. 583 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,100 Myself and an FBI agent who was with me 584 00:32:03,166 --> 00:32:04,767 went and tried to find Benjamin Buck. 585 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,900 NARRATOR: They finally locate him off the property 586 00:32:19,467 --> 00:32:21,467 and bring him in for questioning. 587 00:32:21,467 --> 00:32:23,166 Benjamin was the longest interview 588 00:32:23,166 --> 00:32:25,000 I've ever done as a Ranger, 589 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:29,027 but after that lengthy interview, he cracked. 590 00:32:29,027 --> 00:32:29,500 but after that lengthy interview, he cracked. 591 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,367 MILLER: Benjamin tells investigators 592 00:32:34,467 --> 00:32:37,100 that around 4 AM on July 12th, 593 00:32:37,166 --> 00:32:40,367 he gets a call from Camie's husband, Kory. 594 00:32:41,467 --> 00:32:45,767 NARRATOR: He claims Kory asked him to bring over a wheelbarrow. 595 00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:47,867 And Kory said, "I need you to go get some -- 596 00:32:47,867 --> 00:32:51,700 a sheet, some twine, and come to the house." 597 00:32:52,967 --> 00:32:56,166 He went on to say that he grabbed those items 598 00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:58,567 and then came to the back door of the house. 599 00:33:00,667 --> 00:33:03,000 He said he made his way from the back door through 600 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,400 the kitchen through the dining room, 601 00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:06,767 which entered into the living room. 602 00:33:28,166 --> 00:33:29,834 SWICK: As I'm interviewing Benjamin Buck, 603 00:33:29,834 --> 00:33:32,734 other law enforcement were able to find Camie and Kory. 604 00:33:32,734 --> 00:33:36,467 They were actually gassing up at a gas station in Dalhart 605 00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:39,066 with items of clothing in the car with them. 606 00:33:40,166 --> 00:33:41,834 I'm not saying they were gonna be going anywhere, 607 00:33:41,834 --> 00:33:44,266 but it was -- that was pretty telling to me. 608 00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:45,734 And so at that point, Camie and Kory 609 00:33:45,734 --> 00:33:48,767 were detained and separated. 610 00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:52,867 FRAZIER: It was soon after they found the body that 611 00:33:52,967 --> 00:33:56,166 I had heard that Kory and Camie had both been arrested. 612 00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:56,462 My reaction at the time was... 613 00:33:56,462 --> 00:33:59,266 My reaction at the time was... 614 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:01,567 just floored. 615 00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:04,667 I mean, you don't want anything to happen to 616 00:34:04,767 --> 00:34:07,667 your family, but you really don't want it to happen 617 00:34:07,734 --> 00:34:09,867 at the hands of your family. 618 00:34:09,967 --> 00:34:12,200 NARRATOR: With Camie and Kory in custody, 619 00:34:12,266 --> 00:34:15,000 investigators take Benjamin to Joel's house. 620 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,867 So, Benjamin Buck agreed to do a video walkthrough 621 00:34:22,967 --> 00:34:26,462 of Joel's residence and show us what he saw. 622 00:34:26,462 --> 00:34:27,567 of Joel's residence and show us what he saw. 623 00:34:35,934 --> 00:34:37,934 SWICK: He noticed blood up on the ceiling. 624 00:34:38,066 --> 00:34:39,400 He noticed blood on the chair. 625 00:34:39,467 --> 00:34:41,500 Camie and Kory were trying to clean. 626 00:35:06,066 --> 00:35:08,367 SWICK: He says that they dumped, uh, 627 00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:11,266 Joel from the chair into the wheelbarrow, 628 00:35:13,834 --> 00:35:17,000 and then they -- they being Camie and Kory -- wheeled 629 00:35:17,066 --> 00:35:20,867 the body the reverse way out the back door 630 00:35:20,934 --> 00:35:23,066 to the processing point. 631 00:35:30,934 --> 00:35:32,767 NARRATOR: At the station and under questioning, 632 00:35:32,834 --> 00:35:35,000 the once poised and glamorous 633 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:39,166 rodeo queen puts on a very different performance. 634 00:35:53,967 --> 00:35:55,166 OFFICER: Okay. 635 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:07,467 NARRATOR: With both Camie and Kory pleading not guilty, 636 00:36:07,467 --> 00:36:10,767 the prosecutor prepares for a challenging case. 637 00:36:10,834 --> 00:36:12,834 BARR: I didn't have a gun. 638 00:36:12,834 --> 00:36:17,467 I didn't have DNA, and I knew I didn't have fingerprints. 639 00:36:17,567 --> 00:36:20,166 NARRATOR: And he'll be facing off against a woman 640 00:36:20,166 --> 00:36:23,266 who knows how to win over an audience. 641 00:36:23,367 --> 00:36:26,462 I believe Camie ultimately was the ringleader 642 00:36:26,462 --> 00:36:27,567 I believe Camie ultimately was the ringleader 643 00:36:27,567 --> 00:36:31,000 of what ultimately happened to Joel. 644 00:36:31,066 --> 00:36:35,600 She was the one that had the anger against her father. 645 00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:38,400 NARRATOR: The best hope of nailing this mean girl -- 646 00:36:38,467 --> 00:36:40,600 get her co-conspirator to flip. 647 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:45,100 BARR: I approached Kory Tidrow to ask 648 00:36:45,166 --> 00:36:48,367 if he would want to sit down and talk 649 00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:52,166 to us about his involvement in the case and whether he would 650 00:36:52,266 --> 00:36:54,467 testify against his wife. 651 00:36:54,567 --> 00:36:56,462 NARRATOR: But Camie's grip on Kory is too strong. 652 00:36:56,462 --> 00:36:57,166 NARRATOR: But Camie's grip on Kory is too strong. 653 00:36:58,734 --> 00:37:01,367 Still, Prosecutor Barr believes Camie was 654 00:37:01,367 --> 00:37:04,000 the ringleader and convinced her husband to help. 655 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,467 Camie and Kory had a plan, 656 00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:12,100 and -- to sedate Joel through his milkshakes. 657 00:37:12,166 --> 00:37:14,567 Camie would make Joel milkshakes. 658 00:37:23,967 --> 00:37:25,500 I think this has been planned for weeks. 659 00:37:25,567 --> 00:37:26,462 They were going to put um, that diphenhydramine, 660 00:37:26,462 --> 00:37:28,400 They were going to put um, that diphenhydramine, 661 00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:29,467 Benadryl, in -- 662 00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:32,000 in his milkshake and put him to sleep. 663 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:37,266 Then Joel died from two gunshot wounds to the back of his head. 664 00:37:39,934 --> 00:37:41,967 One bullet was going in this way, 665 00:37:41,967 --> 00:37:44,400 and one bullet was going in this way. 666 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,166 That showed that two people were 667 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:52,266 sharing in the shooting of Joel. 668 00:37:54,767 --> 00:37:55,967 Without a doubt in my mind, 669 00:37:55,967 --> 00:37:56,462 Camie and Kory both pulled the trigger, 670 00:37:56,462 --> 00:37:58,200 Camie and Kory both pulled the trigger, 671 00:37:58,266 --> 00:38:00,100 um, and shot Joel Frazier. 672 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:13,066 I think at the end of this whole investigation, 673 00:38:13,066 --> 00:38:18,367 we have a situation involving a daughter who is... 674 00:38:19,667 --> 00:38:21,166 scorned. 675 00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:25,166 Camie knew the will was trying to be changed by Joel to 676 00:38:25,266 --> 00:38:26,462 name Jamie the executor, 677 00:38:26,462 --> 00:38:26,867 name Jamie the executor, 678 00:38:26,934 --> 00:38:29,667 and Camie knew about it, because she had opened 679 00:38:29,767 --> 00:38:30,667 one of the letters. 680 00:38:33,166 --> 00:38:35,100 And I think Kory, 681 00:38:35,166 --> 00:38:39,100 in this position, was a husband that would do anything for 682 00:38:39,166 --> 00:38:41,467 his wife, including murder. 683 00:38:41,567 --> 00:38:44,166 NARRATOR: Almost two years later, Kory and Camie 684 00:38:44,166 --> 00:38:46,300 are tried separately for murder. 685 00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:48,367 HOPPER: Obviously, this is not somebody that 686 00:38:48,467 --> 00:38:50,567 we want to associate with rodeo queening. 687 00:38:50,567 --> 00:38:53,066 She's not, you know, the rodeo ambassador 688 00:38:53,066 --> 00:38:55,567 and somebody that we truly thought she was. 689 00:39:01,734 --> 00:39:04,667 MAN: News channel 10's Arianna Martinez joins us from 690 00:39:04,767 --> 00:39:07,767 the Rita Blanca Coliseum with the verdict and sentencing. 691 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:11,000 The jury unanimously found Kory Wayne Tidrow guilty 692 00:39:11,066 --> 00:39:12,467 of murdering Joel Frazier 693 00:39:12,567 --> 00:39:15,200 and gave him a sentence of life in prison. 694 00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:22,567 So facing Kory wasn't as hard, because... 695 00:39:22,667 --> 00:39:25,600 he's nothing to me. 696 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:26,462 But facing my sister was... 697 00:39:26,462 --> 00:39:28,266 But facing my sister was... 698 00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:32,867 it was hard, mostly because she kept giving me this look 699 00:39:32,967 --> 00:39:35,066 of pity, like she felt so sorry for me, 700 00:39:35,066 --> 00:39:37,867 and it really just made me mad. 701 00:39:37,967 --> 00:39:39,934 GOODSON: I never felt like she had any 702 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,867 remorse or felt bad about what happened. 703 00:39:43,967 --> 00:39:46,100 I did not see it in her at all. 704 00:39:46,166 --> 00:39:50,166 So I just felt like there was a lot of evil in there. 705 00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:54,600 For Camie, winning is the goal, 706 00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:56,462 and she had to be at the top. 707 00:39:56,462 --> 00:39:56,967 and she had to be at the top. 708 00:39:56,967 --> 00:39:58,467 And when you really think about it, 709 00:39:58,567 --> 00:40:00,767 Camie took that to the nth degree. 710 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,867 Camilla Frazier Tidrow has been found guilty 711 00:40:08,967 --> 00:40:10,166 of first-degree murder. 712 00:40:10,266 --> 00:40:12,667 News Channel 10's Arianna Martinez joins us 713 00:40:12,734 --> 00:40:15,734 now live with the punishment the jury has reached. 714 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,200 Camilla Frazier Tidrow has been sentenced to life in prison. 715 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,166 FRAZIER: I'm not sure if that was greed, jealousy, 716 00:40:26,166 --> 00:40:26,462 pure hatred, 717 00:40:26,462 --> 00:40:28,200 pure hatred, 718 00:40:28,266 --> 00:40:30,367 everything all at once. 719 00:40:30,467 --> 00:40:32,000 The only thing I can ever go back to 720 00:40:32,066 --> 00:40:35,266 is the will and dad leaving everything to me. 721 00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:37,266 That's the only 722 00:40:37,367 --> 00:40:39,500 answer that makes any sense, 723 00:40:39,567 --> 00:40:41,667 but it still doesn't make any sense, because it's not 724 00:40:41,734 --> 00:40:43,834 something to kill over. 725 00:40:43,834 --> 00:40:47,567 MILLER: The old rodeo queen that is now a has-been 726 00:40:47,567 --> 00:40:50,734 plotted, planned, and murdered her father, 727 00:40:50,734 --> 00:40:53,734 it seems to me, without remorse. 728 00:40:53,734 --> 00:40:56,462 If you end up falling down that rat hole of attention, 729 00:40:56,462 --> 00:40:59,100 If you end up falling down that rat hole of attention, 730 00:40:59,166 --> 00:41:03,066 the world is all about me by any way I can get there, 731 00:41:03,066 --> 00:41:05,000 it's dangerous. 732 00:41:07,367 --> 00:41:11,500 WOMAN: It's just kind of like a stab in everyone else's back, 733 00:41:11,567 --> 00:41:12,734 because you're supposed to be 734 00:41:12,734 --> 00:41:14,867 a sisterhood, and you're supposed to represent us 735 00:41:14,967 --> 00:41:17,400 and the sport of rodeo at all times. 736 00:41:26,934 --> 00:41:30,367 Chris Goodson and I actually came up with the plan. 737 00:41:30,467 --> 00:41:33,200 We have a memorial team roping every year, because that's -- 738 00:41:33,266 --> 00:41:35,467 that's what my dad loved to do. 739 00:41:35,567 --> 00:41:39,467 We turn a steer out, and we just let it run down the arena. 740 00:41:39,467 --> 00:41:42,367 That is definitely the Rodeo Queen way of life, 741 00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:45,767 caring, somebody that would be willing to put forth and hold 742 00:41:45,867 --> 00:41:49,100 his memory on forever, as it should be. 743 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:53,867 FRAZIER: I want to forgive my sister someday. 744 00:41:53,934 --> 00:41:55,166 It's not today. 745 00:41:55,166 --> 00:41:56,462 Today is not the day I will forgive her, but... 746 00:41:56,462 --> 00:41:57,934 Today is not the day I will forgive her, but... 747 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,667 at some point I want to go to forgive her, 748 00:42:00,734 --> 00:42:02,467 but not for her. 749 00:42:02,567 --> 00:42:04,467 For myself, so I can let go.