1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,868 I remember it was very cold out. 2 00:00:13,267 --> 00:00:16,067 When I went downstairs to the basement apartment, 3 00:00:16,234 --> 00:00:19,467 there was nothing out of the ordinary. 4 00:00:19,634 --> 00:00:20,701 There was nothing suspicious. 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,467 We were down there for quite a while. 6 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:38,701 All of a sudden, you had this weird... this smell. 7 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:42,801 And it was very faint. 8 00:00:42,968 --> 00:00:45,868 It would come and it would go, depending on where you were. 9 00:00:46,033 --> 00:00:47,968 We're like, "Uh-oh, what is that?" 10 00:00:49,868 --> 00:00:52,000 And then it goes away. 11 00:00:52,167 --> 00:00:53,801 Like, maybe it was outside. 12 00:00:54,767 --> 00:00:56,701 And then it comes again. 13 00:00:57,968 --> 00:01:00,167 And this weird, eerie feeling came over us. 14 00:01:01,267 --> 00:01:03,501 And then you're like, "Oh, no." 15 00:01:03,667 --> 00:01:05,868 And then someone said, "Yo, I think she's here." 16 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:21,200 Andrea was my best friend. 17 00:01:22,267 --> 00:01:24,067 I'm a fitness instructor, 18 00:01:24,234 --> 00:01:27,100 and she used to be that awkward person in my class. 19 00:01:28,501 --> 00:01:30,467 When everybody goes left, she goes right. 20 00:01:32,067 --> 00:01:34,267 As the time went by, we got really close. 21 00:01:35,567 --> 00:01:37,601 We were from neighboring islands, 22 00:01:37,767 --> 00:01:40,100 so that drew us together even more. 23 00:01:41,467 --> 00:01:43,567 She started her business at a very early age. 24 00:01:44,767 --> 00:01:47,501 She loved kids, and her living room, 25 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:51,000 she turned it into a really nice setup, a daycare. 26 00:01:52,767 --> 00:01:53,868 All the kids in the neighborhood 27 00:01:54,033 --> 00:01:55,567 on her block knew her. 28 00:02:01,968 --> 00:02:05,100 The 3rd of January, we made plans. 29 00:02:05,267 --> 00:02:07,567 We'd just hang out every weekend 30 00:02:07,734 --> 00:02:09,000 'cause she had her business at home 31 00:02:09,167 --> 00:02:10,901 and I would always tell her, "Get out of the house 32 00:02:11,067 --> 00:02:12,400 over the weekend," you know. 33 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:15,267 I said to her, "I'll pick you up. 34 00:02:15,434 --> 00:02:16,701 "We'll go for brunch and after brunch, 35 00:02:16,868 --> 00:02:18,667 we'll just go shopping." 36 00:02:20,634 --> 00:02:22,367 I called her on my way down to the Bronx... 37 00:02:24,167 --> 00:02:25,467 ...no answer. 38 00:02:26,601 --> 00:02:29,367 I thought it was really strange because every time I called her, 39 00:02:29,534 --> 00:02:31,868 she would drop everything to pick up my phone call. 40 00:02:32,801 --> 00:02:34,367 But I did not worry. 41 00:02:36,367 --> 00:02:38,100 I called her again when I got closer. 42 00:02:38,267 --> 00:02:40,067 I said, "Get ready, I'm on my way." 43 00:02:41,567 --> 00:02:43,200 I called again, no answer. 44 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:47,767 I said, "Well, it's Sunday. 45 00:02:47,934 --> 00:02:50,801 "I'm not wasting my day if you're not up to doing this. 46 00:02:50,968 --> 00:02:52,901 So I'm gonna go home. When you're ready, you call me." 47 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,167 All the day went by, no calls from Andy. 48 00:02:58,267 --> 00:02:59,868 Six o'clock came, I called her back. 49 00:03:01,834 --> 00:03:03,100 Went straight to voicemail. 50 00:03:03,267 --> 00:03:07,267 I said, "Hmm, either your phone is lost 51 00:03:07,434 --> 00:03:09,567 or you're just still completely ignoring me." 52 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:13,367 I went to bed. 53 00:03:23,868 --> 00:03:26,367 I was on my way to work, like around quarter to seven. 54 00:03:27,467 --> 00:03:30,601 Before I get to my job, I always check my phone. 55 00:03:30,767 --> 00:03:34,767 I saw Lincoln, Andy's boyfriend 56 00:03:34,934 --> 00:03:36,667 left me a message. 57 00:03:36,834 --> 00:03:38,801 Lincoln lived with Andy. 58 00:03:38,968 --> 00:03:40,601 He said, "Andrea didn't come home last night. 59 00:03:40,767 --> 00:03:41,968 Did she spend the night with you?" 60 00:03:44,167 --> 00:03:45,167 I got cold. 61 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:49,167 Every awful feeling came over me. 62 00:03:50,801 --> 00:03:52,701 I called him right away. 63 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,667 I said to him, "What's going on? 64 00:04:00,834 --> 00:04:02,000 Where is Andy?" 65 00:04:02,968 --> 00:04:06,667 He said that on Sunday, she got up around 10:00 AM, 66 00:04:07,868 --> 00:04:10,167 threw her sweater on 'cause she was cold, 67 00:04:11,601 --> 00:04:15,467 and he thought that Andy went to make some tea or whatever. 68 00:04:15,634 --> 00:04:17,901 He woke up and just turned around 69 00:04:18,067 --> 00:04:19,267 and went right back to sleep. 70 00:04:21,267 --> 00:04:23,667 And that was the end of his story. 71 00:04:25,467 --> 00:04:26,667 I said, "Oh my goodness. 72 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:30,467 "Lincoln, she's always at your house around six o'clock 73 00:04:30,634 --> 00:04:33,767 on a Sunday because that's when she prepares for the kids." 74 00:04:35,167 --> 00:04:37,467 I said, "Lincoln, you need to call the police." 75 00:04:46,167 --> 00:04:49,601 When the cops came, I said to him, "Put me on speaker." 76 00:04:49,767 --> 00:04:53,100 He did. And they couldn't do much. 77 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:54,968 They said they have to wait for 48 hours, 78 00:04:55,133 --> 00:04:57,667 because she's an adult, to open an investigation. 79 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:06,467 It was a routine Tuesday morning. 80 00:05:07,868 --> 00:05:10,968 I remember that when I came into the detective squad, 81 00:05:11,133 --> 00:05:12,601 the phones were ringing. 82 00:05:14,367 --> 00:05:16,367 I just thought they're asking, "Did anything happen overnight?" 83 00:05:16,534 --> 00:05:18,100 Because this-- like, you could clearly see 84 00:05:18,267 --> 00:05:19,567 there was something going on. 85 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:23,067 I couldn't work no more. Everything stopped for me. 86 00:05:23,234 --> 00:05:26,868 So I said, "You know what? I got to swing into action." 87 00:05:27,033 --> 00:05:30,501 Tuesday morning, I called the detective in charge. 88 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:33,067 I picked up the phone, and that's when I first met 89 00:05:33,234 --> 00:05:34,968 Ms. Julia McCall. 90 00:05:35,133 --> 00:05:37,567 I identified myself, "Detective Flood, 47 Squad, 91 00:05:37,734 --> 00:05:38,868 how can I help you?" 92 00:05:39,033 --> 00:05:41,267 And I got, "Oh, Detective Flood, 93 00:05:41,434 --> 00:05:42,868 you have my friend's missing case." 94 00:05:43,033 --> 00:05:45,701 And I had no idea what she was talking about. 95 00:05:47,167 --> 00:05:48,567 So I asked her her friend's name, 96 00:05:48,734 --> 00:05:50,901 and it was Ms. Andrea Caruth. 97 00:05:51,067 --> 00:05:52,968 Female, black, approximately mid 30s. 98 00:05:54,701 --> 00:05:58,167 According to Ms. McCall, prior day, Monday the 4th, 99 00:05:58,334 --> 00:06:00,267 Ms. Caruth's boyfriend, Lincoln Grant, 100 00:06:00,434 --> 00:06:01,901 called the police, 101 00:06:02,067 --> 00:06:04,567 reported her missing, that patrol responded, 102 00:06:04,734 --> 00:06:07,000 and they conducted a missing-persons investigation 103 00:06:07,167 --> 00:06:08,067 into Ms. Caruth. 104 00:06:09,801 --> 00:06:12,267 I contacted the patrol officers. 105 00:06:12,434 --> 00:06:15,200 One of the patrol officers told me that upon arriving, 106 00:06:15,367 --> 00:06:17,801 Mr. Lincoln Grant was there. They did a canvass. 107 00:06:17,968 --> 00:06:20,801 There was nothing found at the residence. 108 00:06:23,267 --> 00:06:24,567 At first glance of the report, 109 00:06:24,734 --> 00:06:27,000 there was nothing suspicious about this. 110 00:06:27,167 --> 00:06:30,467 As an adult, you are free to come and go as you please. 111 00:06:30,634 --> 00:06:32,300 There was nothing at that time 112 00:06:32,467 --> 00:06:33,901 that made this any cause of concern. 113 00:06:35,801 --> 00:06:37,667 So I told Ms. McCall, I have the case. 114 00:06:37,834 --> 00:06:40,000 I said to him, "Somebody like Andy 115 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:43,167 don't go missing on a cold day." 116 00:06:45,167 --> 00:06:47,300 I was getting involved. 117 00:06:47,467 --> 00:06:49,067 But I did not care. I wanted her home. 118 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:53,400 I tell Ms. McCall, "I'm actually going out to the scene." 119 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,534 I remember it was very cold out. 120 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,601 I noticed there was a media presence there. 121 00:07:10,067 --> 00:07:13,300 That Monday, Julia McCall had made the call to the newsroom 122 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:14,801 and said that her friend was missing. 123 00:07:16,167 --> 00:07:19,267 And in a city like New York, it's very difficult often 124 00:07:19,434 --> 00:07:21,267 to get coverage for a missing-persons case. 125 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:25,167 So a lot of people in the community would turn to us 126 00:07:25,334 --> 00:07:30,100 as their first line of defense in terms of seeking coverage 127 00:07:30,267 --> 00:07:31,267 for a range of issues. 128 00:07:36,968 --> 00:07:39,868 Julia said that her friend owned this daycare center 129 00:07:40,033 --> 00:07:42,667 that she ran out of her home there on Corsa Avenue 130 00:07:42,834 --> 00:07:45,767 and that she had been missing since Sunday. 131 00:07:45,934 --> 00:07:47,467 No one could get in touch with her. 132 00:07:49,167 --> 00:07:52,367 There's a really strong sense of Caribbean culture 133 00:07:52,534 --> 00:07:55,300 and community in the Baychester section of the Bronx. 134 00:07:57,767 --> 00:08:00,701 When we arrived on the scene, the word was already out there 135 00:08:00,868 --> 00:08:02,267 that something was going on. 136 00:08:04,267 --> 00:08:07,601 A lot of the parents were concerned because she's never 137 00:08:07,767 --> 00:08:10,167 missed a day, so it was completely out of the ordinary. 138 00:08:12,167 --> 00:08:15,100 People in the neighborhood, they wanted us to know 139 00:08:15,267 --> 00:08:16,901 that they liked this woman, 140 00:08:17,067 --> 00:08:18,667 were concerned about her welfare. 141 00:08:19,868 --> 00:08:23,000 My daughter went to Ms. Andrea's daycare. 142 00:08:23,167 --> 00:08:25,801 Everyone wanted to get into her school. 143 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,968 The kids, they were her babies. 144 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:31,968 She just allowed them to just be able to excel 145 00:08:32,133 --> 00:08:33,767 and just be great. 146 00:08:33,934 --> 00:08:35,367 She was a pillar in the community, 147 00:08:35,534 --> 00:08:39,167 so this is serious for her to not show up for work. 148 00:08:43,901 --> 00:08:45,501 We go off to the main entrance of the house. 149 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:49,868 It's an attached brick house. There is three levels. 150 00:08:50,033 --> 00:08:51,868 The main level, when you come in, 151 00:08:52,033 --> 00:08:54,100 to the left was the living room area, 152 00:08:54,267 --> 00:08:56,167 where the daycare was set up. 153 00:08:56,334 --> 00:08:57,667 The daycare was called Kiddie College. 154 00:08:58,767 --> 00:09:01,267 To my immediate right was stairs that went up. 155 00:09:01,434 --> 00:09:04,067 That was the living quarters where Andrea 156 00:09:04,234 --> 00:09:05,968 and her boyfriend at the time, Mr. Lincoln, 157 00:09:06,133 --> 00:09:07,267 Lincoln Grant, lived. 158 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:11,000 And then Mr. William Caruth, the father of Andrea, 159 00:09:11,167 --> 00:09:12,701 was living in the basement apartment. 160 00:09:14,901 --> 00:09:17,167 Myself and my partner met with Ms. Joan, 161 00:09:17,334 --> 00:09:21,367 the daycare worker that worked with Andrea, 162 00:09:21,534 --> 00:09:23,901 and kind of figured out what was going on. 163 00:09:26,367 --> 00:09:30,267 Ms. Joan explains that on Monday, the day prior, 164 00:09:30,434 --> 00:09:32,868 on the 4th, she shows up for work like she normally does 165 00:09:33,033 --> 00:09:34,367 at about 9:00 AM. 166 00:09:36,534 --> 00:09:38,067 And Lincoln answers the door. 167 00:09:39,167 --> 00:09:40,868 Lincoln says that there's been an emergency, 168 00:09:41,033 --> 00:09:43,167 that the school is closed for the day. 169 00:09:43,334 --> 00:09:46,367 And his voice, as described by her, was disturbed. 170 00:09:48,367 --> 00:09:50,400 So she didn't really ask any questions, 171 00:09:50,567 --> 00:09:52,000 and she decided to leave. 172 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,868 Ms. Joan then later on that day calls Lincoln 173 00:09:58,033 --> 00:10:00,601 around 5:30, 6:00 PM. 174 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,901 trying to find out what's going on. 175 00:10:03,067 --> 00:10:06,100 And that's when Lincoln tells her that Andrea was missing. 176 00:10:09,901 --> 00:10:12,968 As we're obtaining this information, I was thinking, 177 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:15,267 "Where was Lincoln? He wasn't home either." 178 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:17,868 So that's a little bit of a red flag. 179 00:10:18,767 --> 00:10:21,601 Why wasn't the man who reported her missing here? 180 00:10:23,868 --> 00:10:26,567 So standard procedure is you check the entire house, 181 00:10:26,734 --> 00:10:28,400 which is what myself and my partner did. 182 00:10:28,567 --> 00:10:30,000 We started off in Kiddie College. 183 00:10:31,901 --> 00:10:34,300 There were no signs of any disturbance. 184 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:40,367 We then had gone upstairs to Ms. Caruth's living quarters. 185 00:10:42,501 --> 00:10:44,067 No signs of any type of struggle. 186 00:10:46,167 --> 00:10:48,267 And then we met with Mr. William Caruth, 187 00:10:48,434 --> 00:10:49,767 the father of Andrea. 188 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:52,801 When you go to access his apartment, 189 00:10:52,968 --> 00:10:54,601 there's a side separate entrance for him. 190 00:10:55,701 --> 00:10:56,968 So we asked him if we could do that, 191 00:10:57,133 --> 00:10:58,367 and he obviously said yes. 192 00:11:00,467 --> 00:11:03,367 While in there, Mr. Caruth says that the last time he saw 193 00:11:03,534 --> 00:11:05,100 his daughter was somewhere around New Year's Eve. 194 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,000 He was at the bottom under his porch, 195 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:09,601 and he just wished her a happy New Year 196 00:11:10,968 --> 00:11:13,067 and hasn't really seen or heard from her since. 197 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,968 He had his own entrance to his own living quarters, 198 00:11:17,133 --> 00:11:19,167 so it would not be uncommon for them 199 00:11:19,334 --> 00:11:20,701 not to see each other for a couple of days. 200 00:11:22,901 --> 00:11:25,267 We looked to see how the place is, 201 00:11:25,434 --> 00:11:27,000 and if it is in disarray. 202 00:11:28,767 --> 00:11:31,000 To the left was his kitchen. 203 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:33,767 In the back area was like a bedroom. 204 00:11:33,934 --> 00:11:36,667 He had like a couch, little TV stand. 205 00:11:36,834 --> 00:11:39,367 There were some paint cans and two large garbage bags 206 00:11:39,534 --> 00:11:40,467 that had soiled linens. 207 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,067 Everything appeared to be OK. 208 00:11:43,234 --> 00:11:44,701 We noticed the stairs that go upstairs 209 00:11:44,868 --> 00:11:47,400 to Andrea's living quarters and the daycare center. 210 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,400 For the kids not to go down, they had locked it off 211 00:11:50,567 --> 00:11:51,968 from Andrea's apartment, 212 00:11:53,467 --> 00:11:55,300 but there was nothing out of the ordinary. 213 00:12:01,567 --> 00:12:03,667 So I made contact with Ms. McCall, 214 00:12:03,834 --> 00:12:04,901 and she agreed to meet me at the scene. 215 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:10,000 The street was closed. 216 00:12:10,167 --> 00:12:12,701 There were a lot of police presence and media. 217 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,200 Everybody was like, "Where is Andy? 218 00:12:16,367 --> 00:12:17,701 Where is Andy?" 219 00:12:17,868 --> 00:12:20,467 I'm shivering 'cause I'm talking about her again. 220 00:12:22,601 --> 00:12:25,167 So I had a meeting with the detective. 221 00:12:25,334 --> 00:12:26,567 I am like, "OK." 222 00:12:28,367 --> 00:12:30,801 I was able to interview Ms. McCall. 223 00:12:30,968 --> 00:12:35,000 It came to light that Andrea was four months pregnant. 224 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,200 And I said, "Wait a second." 225 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:41,501 I looked at the report and that wasn't noted. 226 00:12:41,667 --> 00:12:43,167 So that kind of elevates the game. 227 00:12:44,367 --> 00:12:46,467 And that makes it a special category of missing, 228 00:12:46,634 --> 00:12:48,200 because now we have a pregnant female 229 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:50,567 and it all counts in good health 230 00:12:50,734 --> 00:12:54,000 with no signs of mental or any type of disability. 231 00:12:54,167 --> 00:12:55,300 And she hasn't been seen. 232 00:12:56,267 --> 00:12:58,367 With the frigid temperatures and the cold dropping, 233 00:12:59,767 --> 00:13:00,801 we have to find this woman. 234 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,901 2 Friends and family are adamant Caruth would never leave 235 00:13:12,067 --> 00:13:13,901 her daycare students without notice. 236 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:23,000 When someone goes missing, 237 00:13:23,167 --> 00:13:24,467 time is of the essence, 238 00:13:24,634 --> 00:13:28,868 and the outcome can grow worse and worse as every day goes by. 239 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:32,701 Very shortly after the story started, 240 00:13:32,868 --> 00:13:34,968 we realized Ms. Caruth was pregnant. 241 00:13:36,167 --> 00:13:38,868 Then you're twice as concerned. 242 00:13:40,367 --> 00:13:44,968 Pregnant and a daycare owner, from the media's perspective, 243 00:13:45,133 --> 00:13:49,167 those are two important points that you're gonna think, 244 00:13:49,334 --> 00:13:50,868 "OK, this is not normal for her." 245 00:13:52,501 --> 00:13:54,501 She was 39. 246 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,000 I tell her, "Now is the time." 247 00:13:57,300 --> 00:14:00,901 She was excited because it was her first child. 248 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,300 And Lincoln was excited. They both were. 249 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:11,701 I said, "Don't tell anybody. Wait for your first trimester." 250 00:14:11,868 --> 00:14:13,000 But that William, 251 00:14:13,167 --> 00:14:14,667 she didn't even tell him that she was pregnant. 252 00:14:18,267 --> 00:14:21,701 When I interviewed Julia, I asked her specifically 253 00:14:21,868 --> 00:14:25,300 about their relationship, Andrea and Lincoln, 254 00:14:25,467 --> 00:14:28,467 and she said that Andrea was in love. 255 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:29,767 They were in love with each other. 256 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:32,767 Lincoln is from the same island, 257 00:14:32,934 --> 00:14:34,100 so they knew each other way back. 258 00:14:35,567 --> 00:14:38,667 When I met her, she was with him for 14 years. 259 00:14:38,834 --> 00:14:41,267 So they had a long relationship already. 260 00:14:42,801 --> 00:14:43,801 They were like 261 00:14:44,767 --> 00:14:46,868 a perfect couple, to be honest. 262 00:14:52,901 --> 00:14:54,667 We started doing expanded canvass 263 00:14:54,834 --> 00:14:58,767 to the local shops in the area, knocking on doors, 264 00:14:58,934 --> 00:15:00,267 trying to get video camera footage. 265 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,667 We pull all of Ms. Caruth's pedigree, 266 00:15:03,834 --> 00:15:06,367 what she was last seen wearing, 267 00:15:06,534 --> 00:15:08,067 black pants and a gray shirt. 268 00:15:09,801 --> 00:15:10,968 And we send that 269 00:15:11,133 --> 00:15:13,100 to all the detective squads in the city. 270 00:15:15,567 --> 00:15:19,167 The missing person report, it said that Andrea's stuff, 271 00:15:19,334 --> 00:15:21,267 phone, wallet, keys, etcetera, 272 00:15:22,601 --> 00:15:26,868 was in the main area, where Kiddie College was. 273 00:15:28,167 --> 00:15:30,467 I don't know any woman on this green earth 274 00:15:30,634 --> 00:15:34,000 that would leave her keys, her phone, or her credit card. 275 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:35,767 It just did not make sense. 276 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:37,067 So I had gone back in there 277 00:15:37,234 --> 00:15:38,868 and I didn't see any of her belongings. 278 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,667 So I asked patrol if they took possession 279 00:15:44,834 --> 00:15:45,767 of those items missing. 280 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 They did not. 281 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:53,100 They were left here. 282 00:15:54,868 --> 00:15:57,367 So now, where are her things? 283 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,667 We were able to track down the phone number for Lincoln 284 00:16:10,834 --> 00:16:13,801 and I made contact with him and he stated that he was 285 00:16:13,968 --> 00:16:17,300 a construction worker, and that he already missed Monday's work 286 00:16:17,467 --> 00:16:19,000 and he couldn't risk his job. 287 00:16:20,667 --> 00:16:24,667 Plausible, I can believe it, but also the spidey senses are 288 00:16:24,834 --> 00:16:28,000 going, "Well, the mother of your unborn child is missing, 289 00:16:28,167 --> 00:16:29,667 I'd be missing work." 290 00:16:31,067 --> 00:16:33,267 I asked him about Andrea's things 291 00:16:33,434 --> 00:16:35,167 because I couldn't find them. 292 00:16:35,334 --> 00:16:37,300 And he goes, "Oh, I had them with me, on me." 293 00:16:37,467 --> 00:16:38,968 I looked at the patrol lieutenant and I'm like, 294 00:16:39,133 --> 00:16:40,400 "Speed it up," like get there quick, 295 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:42,667 because now he knows the cops are coming." 296 00:16:42,834 --> 00:16:46,367 If anything was amiss, he could get rid of the phone 297 00:16:46,534 --> 00:16:48,868 and stuff and this could be potential key evidence 298 00:16:49,033 --> 00:16:51,367 to maybe finding Andrea. 299 00:16:55,701 --> 00:16:57,267 When you're covering a missing-persons case, 300 00:16:57,434 --> 00:17:01,067 of course, oftentimes the first person who's a suspect 301 00:17:01,234 --> 00:17:03,067 is a significant other or partner. 302 00:17:04,901 --> 00:17:07,567 It was Julia who said she is pregnant. 303 00:17:07,734 --> 00:17:08,667 It wasn't Lincoln. 304 00:17:12,167 --> 00:17:13,701 Could Lincoln have something to do with this? 305 00:17:15,767 --> 00:17:17,100 Did he not want this child? 306 00:17:17,267 --> 00:17:19,567 Is there a reason that perhaps he had something to do 307 00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:20,868 with her disappearance? 308 00:17:21,033 --> 00:17:22,801 Could it be linked to the fact that she's pregnant? 309 00:17:28,667 --> 00:17:30,367 Everyone was worried. 310 00:17:30,534 --> 00:17:32,267 She was super important in the community, 311 00:17:32,434 --> 00:17:34,701 and everybody came out, 312 00:17:34,868 --> 00:17:38,400 you know, was wondering what was happening to her. 313 00:17:40,868 --> 00:17:42,801 But right now, all we have is a missing person. 314 00:17:45,267 --> 00:17:48,267 We were trying to establish a timeline from when someone 315 00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:49,701 last saw Ms. Caruth. 316 00:17:50,601 --> 00:17:54,400 Some people saw her like on Saturday, but nobody was able 317 00:17:54,567 --> 00:17:56,567 to tell me about Sunday or Monday. 318 00:17:58,968 --> 00:18:00,868 We had Aviation up looking. 319 00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:03,567 Maybe she went for a walk and maybe she fell somewhere. 320 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:06,968 Like, there was endless possibilities. 321 00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:12,267 Every effort was being made by the NYPD to locate Ms. Caruth. 322 00:18:13,267 --> 00:18:15,701 We were getting negative results on all these canvasses. 323 00:18:25,501 --> 00:18:27,400 I started thinking that it was not good. 324 00:18:28,467 --> 00:18:29,701 She was not coming home. 325 00:18:33,467 --> 00:18:38,200 We had a cadaver dog respond from our NYPD canine team. 326 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:41,667 So we were able to get some of Andrea's belongings 327 00:18:41,834 --> 00:18:43,467 and then the cadaver dog went in the house. 328 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:49,267 And unfortunately, there was no trail-- there was nothing. 329 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:58,000 Somewhere around 2:30, the patrol lieutenant 330 00:18:58,167 --> 00:19:00,100 and Lincoln comes in the house, 331 00:19:00,267 --> 00:19:01,533 and we asked him if he would 332 00:19:01,534 --> 00:19:04,701 like to give a statement about the last time he saw Andrea. 333 00:19:06,601 --> 00:19:07,567 He agreed to talk. 334 00:19:09,267 --> 00:19:11,567 So I'm like, "OK, these gentlemen are going 335 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:13,767 to take you to the 47th Police Detective Squad." 336 00:19:18,467 --> 00:19:21,000 But then later on in the afternoon... 337 00:19:22,868 --> 00:19:26,467 the sergeant found what appeared to be a red droplet 338 00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:29,868 in the upstairs bathroom. 339 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:37,167 The decision was made, 340 00:19:37,334 --> 00:19:39,601 we're gonna call the NYPD Crime Scene Unit. 341 00:19:40,801 --> 00:19:42,267 And they're gonna test it. 342 00:19:42,434 --> 00:19:44,601 We need to find out, was it blood? 343 00:19:46,267 --> 00:19:48,000 When you see those crime scene unit investigators 344 00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:51,901 in the hazmat suits, alarms went off fairly quickly 345 00:19:52,067 --> 00:19:53,567 that this is probably not 346 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:55,000 your standard missing-persons case. 347 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,701 We thought, "Oh my goodness, what is going on here?" 348 00:20:06,501 --> 00:20:08,400 2 Friends and family holding out hope 349 00:20:08,567 --> 00:20:10,667 for Andrea Caruth's safe return. 350 00:20:12,167 --> 00:20:14,767 This woman, who's about to start on a new chapter 351 00:20:14,934 --> 00:20:18,100 of her own life, just disappears into thin air 352 00:20:18,267 --> 00:20:19,567 with no rhyme or reason? 353 00:20:21,901 --> 00:20:24,868 Why would this happen? This is not normal. 354 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:35,133 We don't know much beyond what's being told to us. 355 00:20:37,601 --> 00:20:40,367 We only know at that point that Andrea's pregnant, 356 00:20:41,701 --> 00:20:43,767 that she's excited. 357 00:20:43,934 --> 00:20:45,066 But there's that saying, 358 00:20:45,067 --> 00:20:46,701 "You don't know what goes on behind closed doors." 359 00:20:47,868 --> 00:20:51,167 Is her boyfriend, Lincoln, as excited? 360 00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:52,868 Does he not want this child? 361 00:20:56,868 --> 00:20:59,167 Now we find what appears to be blood upstairs 362 00:20:59,334 --> 00:21:01,100 in their bathroom. 363 00:21:01,267 --> 00:21:04,167 And Andrea and Lincoln are the only two that live up there. 364 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,868 Crime scene take out an OBTI test 365 00:21:11,033 --> 00:21:13,868 where they can swab this droplet. 366 00:21:15,167 --> 00:21:17,801 They put it in a solution, they shake it up 367 00:21:17,968 --> 00:21:20,067 and you're gonna know whether it's blood or not. 368 00:21:22,567 --> 00:21:25,267 And after a couple of minutes... 369 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,067 it wasn't blood. 370 00:21:32,367 --> 00:21:34,467 OK, so now we're back to square one. 371 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,567 It's late in the evening. 372 00:21:38,734 --> 00:21:40,167 We have patrol freezing the house. 373 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,567 No one can get in or out. 374 00:21:43,734 --> 00:21:46,801 Mr. Caruth's apartment was unattached, and he was elderly, 375 00:21:46,968 --> 00:21:48,767 and she was his daughter. 376 00:21:48,934 --> 00:21:50,901 We allowed him access in and out of his apartment. 377 00:21:53,267 --> 00:21:55,067 Now, as this is going on, 378 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,100 I have other investigators 379 00:21:57,267 --> 00:21:59,567 doing a deep background into Lincoln. 380 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:03,667 It's not uncommon when somebody goes missing, 381 00:22:03,834 --> 00:22:07,801 in this case a quasi-married couple with a child coming, 382 00:22:07,968 --> 00:22:09,667 where there's some type of domestic violence 383 00:22:09,834 --> 00:22:11,067 or some type of argument. 384 00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:19,801 But as we were going through our NYPD databases, 385 00:22:19,968 --> 00:22:22,367 we could not find a single call 386 00:22:22,534 --> 00:22:25,167 of any type of domestic disturbance or disputes. 387 00:22:27,601 --> 00:22:30,167 So we're kind of hitting a dead end. 388 00:22:33,234 --> 00:22:36,501 But then, I remember during my interview with Julia, 389 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:38,868 she said that Andrea and her dad, William, 390 00:22:39,033 --> 00:22:40,467 had a very strained relationship. 391 00:22:44,267 --> 00:22:45,968 When she migrated to the United States, 392 00:22:47,267 --> 00:22:49,501 it was partly because of her dad. 393 00:22:50,767 --> 00:22:51,868 She didn't have a career yet, 394 00:22:53,367 --> 00:22:55,400 so she wanted to become a daycare owner. 395 00:22:56,367 --> 00:22:59,634 I think her dad helped her with that part of her life. 396 00:23:02,167 --> 00:23:04,868 But I used to always get that bad feeling about him, 397 00:23:05,033 --> 00:23:07,000 bad energy. 398 00:23:07,167 --> 00:23:09,667 And she would tell me, "Forget about him. 399 00:23:09,834 --> 00:23:12,701 He's angry at me for stuff." 400 00:23:12,868 --> 00:23:15,300 And she never really got around to tell me some of the stuff. 401 00:23:16,567 --> 00:23:18,667 But as time went by, she used to tell me 402 00:23:18,834 --> 00:23:21,000 different stories about him. 403 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:23,567 And I would say, "Well, you need to stay away from him." 404 00:23:29,868 --> 00:23:32,067 So, I had another meeting with the detective 405 00:23:32,234 --> 00:23:33,234 the Tuesday night. 406 00:23:34,667 --> 00:23:36,601 We were like wondering where she could be, 407 00:23:36,767 --> 00:23:38,100 where she could possibly be. 408 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,501 Don't ever ask to be in a situation like that, 409 00:23:42,667 --> 00:23:45,667 'cause this one was horrible. 410 00:23:46,701 --> 00:23:48,267 A lot of emotions came over me. 411 00:23:49,667 --> 00:23:50,767 I had a sense. 412 00:23:52,167 --> 00:23:54,667 And I'm like, "She have to be in the house." 413 00:23:56,367 --> 00:23:57,367 I knew. 414 00:23:58,868 --> 00:24:00,100 I said to the detective, 415 00:24:00,267 --> 00:24:01,667 "You need to go check downstairs. 416 00:24:01,834 --> 00:24:03,567 "And again, ask her dad. 417 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,300 She must be in the walls or stuffed somewhere." 418 00:24:10,767 --> 00:24:12,767 I said to the detective, "She's in the house." 419 00:24:18,167 --> 00:24:21,000 At that point, I remember something. 420 00:24:21,167 --> 00:24:22,801 When I went downstairs the first time 421 00:24:22,968 --> 00:24:24,667 into Mr. Caruth's apartment, 422 00:24:24,834 --> 00:24:27,767 I noticed two large garbage bags. 423 00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:30,367 And he said that those were his soiled linens. 424 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,000 So I untied the bag, 425 00:24:35,167 --> 00:24:38,868 and there were what appeared to be a blanket or a sheet. 426 00:24:40,801 --> 00:24:43,667 At the time, I didn't touch them 'cause I didn't have gloves. 427 00:24:43,834 --> 00:24:46,367 So now, I go to the crime scene technician. 428 00:24:46,534 --> 00:24:50,100 "Hey fellas, I have two bags in Dad's apartment downstairs. 429 00:24:50,267 --> 00:24:52,868 "I don't wanna waste your time, but just in the interest 430 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:54,367 "of being thorough and fair, 431 00:24:54,534 --> 00:24:55,567 is there any way we can do this?" 432 00:24:55,734 --> 00:24:57,000 She's like, "Absolutely, let's go downstairs." 433 00:24:59,067 --> 00:25:01,100 So at that time, we go to Dad's basement apartment. 434 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:03,067 We knock on the door. 435 00:25:04,534 --> 00:25:07,367 And Mr. Caruth answers the door. 436 00:25:07,534 --> 00:25:09,767 I go, "Mr. Caruth, is it OK if me and my partners come in? 437 00:25:09,934 --> 00:25:11,467 We just want to take a look at the bags and stuff." 438 00:25:11,634 --> 00:25:12,700 And he opens the door. 439 00:25:12,701 --> 00:25:14,501 He goes, "You're lucky. I was about to leave. 440 00:25:14,667 --> 00:25:15,767 I have to go do laundry and stuff." 441 00:25:15,934 --> 00:25:16,868 I said, "Great. 442 00:25:17,033 --> 00:25:18,067 It'll only take a couple of seconds." 443 00:25:22,267 --> 00:25:24,400 Incense was burning, which is common in 444 00:25:24,567 --> 00:25:26,567 the Caribbean community. 445 00:25:27,868 --> 00:25:29,567 I go, "Mr. Caruth, where are those two large bags 446 00:25:29,734 --> 00:25:31,167 with your soiled linens in it?" 447 00:25:31,334 --> 00:25:34,000 And he points them out, and I grab them. 448 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,400 And as I opened one of the bags 449 00:25:38,567 --> 00:25:41,567 and I start removing the soiled linens out, 450 00:25:41,734 --> 00:25:43,801 and I get like, one of these on my shoulders, 451 00:25:43,968 --> 00:25:46,767 the crime scene guy goes, "Don't move, that's blood." 452 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,501 2 At that point, the crime scene took another OBTI test. 453 00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:08,167 He goes in, shakes it up, 454 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:10,300 and then there's blood. 455 00:26:12,367 --> 00:26:15,367 Now, I'm like, "Uh-oh." 456 00:26:15,534 --> 00:26:17,667 We have blood in Dad's apartment in one of these bags. 457 00:26:19,267 --> 00:26:21,634 At this time, Mr. Caruth is escorted out 458 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:26,000 with the assistance of the Bronx County 459 00:26:26,167 --> 00:26:27,300 District Attorney's Office, 460 00:26:27,467 --> 00:26:28,567 and we were able to get a search warrant 461 00:26:28,734 --> 00:26:29,868 for Mr. Caruth's apartment. 462 00:26:31,767 --> 00:26:35,267 At some point, we knew that-- from police sources 463 00:26:35,434 --> 00:26:38,200 that there were some unusual circumstances 464 00:26:38,367 --> 00:26:40,200 and there was a break in the case 465 00:26:40,367 --> 00:26:42,267 inside her father's apartment. 466 00:26:44,467 --> 00:26:47,000 We were at the house and someone had said, 467 00:26:47,167 --> 00:26:50,567 "That's her father," but police had a perimeter, 468 00:26:50,734 --> 00:26:53,167 he was within it, so we weren't able to get to him. 469 00:26:54,701 --> 00:26:56,968 And his demeanor at that point, 470 00:26:57,133 --> 00:26:59,100 even though he did not speak to us, 471 00:26:59,267 --> 00:27:00,200 he seemed worried, 472 00:27:00,367 --> 00:27:01,868 and certainly, a concerned father. 473 00:27:03,868 --> 00:27:05,667 Andrea's boyfriend, Lincoln, 474 00:27:05,834 --> 00:27:08,968 was already in custody for questioning. 475 00:27:09,133 --> 00:27:13,667 Over the course of that day, the crime scene tape expanded 476 00:27:13,834 --> 00:27:17,801 to the entirety of the block. We knew something was afoot. 477 00:27:20,267 --> 00:27:23,701 So, now we start doing a very detailed and methodical search 478 00:27:23,868 --> 00:27:25,400 of Mr. Caruth's apartment. 479 00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:33,868 As you go towards the kitchen, we're finding more stuff. 480 00:27:35,267 --> 00:27:37,501 As the crime scene technician is scanning the room, 481 00:27:37,667 --> 00:27:39,968 and he has this light, and he's clicking it, 482 00:27:41,367 --> 00:27:43,267 and he's like, "We have blood over here." 483 00:27:45,667 --> 00:27:48,367 I immediately go to where the kitchen area is, 484 00:27:48,534 --> 00:27:50,667 and he shines it, and, like, you can see, like, 485 00:27:50,834 --> 00:27:52,767 this, like, smeared pattern. 486 00:27:54,467 --> 00:27:57,100 Now we have something of concrete evidence, 487 00:27:57,267 --> 00:27:58,400 but we could not find her. 488 00:28:04,467 --> 00:28:06,000 It did not make sense. 489 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:07,667 When I went downstairs the first time, 490 00:28:08,767 --> 00:28:10,868 we were down there for quite a while, 491 00:28:11,033 --> 00:28:12,868 while the incense was burning. 492 00:28:13,033 --> 00:28:14,000 I didn't smell anything, 493 00:28:15,567 --> 00:28:17,000 but now it wasn't burning. 494 00:28:18,467 --> 00:28:19,901 The boiler had just kicked on, 495 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:24,367 and all of a sudden you had this weird... 496 00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:27,367 this smell. 497 00:28:27,534 --> 00:28:32,167 A foul odor, like, would come and it would go 498 00:28:32,334 --> 00:28:34,601 depending on where you were in Mr. Caruth's apartment. 499 00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:37,767 And it was very faint. 500 00:28:37,934 --> 00:28:39,767 It was when the heater kicked on, 501 00:28:39,934 --> 00:28:42,100 we were like, "Uh-oh, what is that?" 502 00:28:46,868 --> 00:28:49,167 And then like your heart kind of sinks like, 503 00:28:49,334 --> 00:28:50,701 "Is she here?" 504 00:28:53,167 --> 00:28:56,767 And then it goes away. Like, maybe it was outside. 505 00:28:58,467 --> 00:29:01,801 And then it comes again and you're like, "Oh, no." 506 00:29:04,267 --> 00:29:06,567 And this weird, eerie feeling came over us. 507 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,667 Then somebody said it, "I think she's here." 508 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:15,701 It's a very small one-bedroom. 509 00:29:15,868 --> 00:29:17,066 We're going in the boiler room. 510 00:29:17,067 --> 00:29:19,267 We're checking on the beds. We're like, "Where is it?" 511 00:29:22,567 --> 00:29:24,000 But there was a closet. 512 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:27,667 And earlier on, we had looked in the closet. 513 00:29:27,834 --> 00:29:30,000 It was filled with some stuff, some suitcases, 514 00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:33,267 some garbage bags, clothing, nothing, again, 515 00:29:33,434 --> 00:29:34,501 out of the ordinary. 516 00:29:36,367 --> 00:29:39,000 But now it's in close proximity to that closet, 517 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,000 smelled it some more. 518 00:29:42,601 --> 00:29:44,100 We start emptying out the closet. 519 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,067 And there's a symmetrically cut piece of plywood, 520 00:29:49,234 --> 00:29:51,267 it looked like, with a blue top on it. 521 00:29:52,267 --> 00:29:53,267 That doesn't look right. 522 00:29:54,467 --> 00:29:56,100 Because it didn't match the flooring, 523 00:29:57,167 --> 00:29:59,267 and when you went to remove the tarp, 524 00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:03,267 that's when you smelled it really pungent. 525 00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:04,701 And, like, "All right, it's here." 526 00:30:07,167 --> 00:30:11,300 So we take the top off and the piece of wood, 527 00:30:11,467 --> 00:30:13,000 you pop it up, and it slides out. 528 00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:17,567 And then there's a concrete flooring 529 00:30:17,734 --> 00:30:19,667 with a giant hole in that floor. 530 00:30:21,067 --> 00:30:22,534 And when we shine the light in there... 531 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:30,567 we found what appeared to be a body. 532 00:30:30,734 --> 00:30:34,801 In dark leggings and a gray top which we believe was Andrea. 533 00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:50,467 At this point, it's somewhere around 2:00, 534 00:30:50,634 --> 00:30:51,867 2:30 in the morning. 535 00:30:51,868 --> 00:30:56,767 Emergency service is given the task of basically removing 536 00:30:56,934 --> 00:30:58,934 Ms. Caruth from the hole. 537 00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:03,801 As they were pulling her up, you observed 538 00:31:03,968 --> 00:31:06,501 what appeared to be some type of rope, 539 00:31:07,467 --> 00:31:10,901 what appeared to be ligature marks around her neck. 540 00:31:11,067 --> 00:31:13,000 There was some blunt-force trauma to the head. 541 00:31:14,901 --> 00:31:18,267 There was also a shoe in there, a men's shoe. 542 00:31:20,601 --> 00:31:22,801 And the medical examiner took Ms. Caruth 543 00:31:22,968 --> 00:31:25,467 to the Bronx County Medical Examiner's Office. 544 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:32,701 To think that she had been in there the entire time, 545 00:31:32,868 --> 00:31:34,667 potentially, from the time that 546 00:31:34,834 --> 00:31:36,267 our crews first got to the house, 547 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,634 that is something that sticks with me. 548 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:44,667 You don't want it ever to be that way. 549 00:31:47,701 --> 00:31:48,701 I knew. 550 00:31:50,501 --> 00:31:51,868 'Cause right away, I had a bad feeling 551 00:31:52,033 --> 00:31:53,667 that something bad had happened to her. 552 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:56,367 Everybody was heartbroken 553 00:31:56,534 --> 00:31:57,868 'cause she didn't deserve that. 554 00:31:59,367 --> 00:32:01,167 I was just in shock. 555 00:32:01,334 --> 00:32:04,100 That was just a terrible way to pass away. 556 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,167 So, ah, it's just a day I'll never forget. 557 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,767 Up until that night 558 00:32:17,934 --> 00:32:20,767 when we went into Mr. Caruth's apartment, 559 00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:23,667 this wasn't a criminal investigation. 560 00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:25,400 This was a missing persons case. 561 00:32:27,868 --> 00:32:31,567 Now, we had to turn our investigation to-- 562 00:32:31,734 --> 00:32:33,100 all right, was it Mr. Caruth 563 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:35,300 or was it Lincoln? 564 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,267 Maybe it was the two of them. 565 00:32:39,968 --> 00:32:40,968 Who did it? 566 00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:49,767 2 It's the worst possible outcome. 567 00:32:49,934 --> 00:32:52,667 Police tell "News 4" the body found in this home is 568 00:32:52,834 --> 00:32:55,467 39-year-old mother-to-be Andrea Caruth. 569 00:32:57,367 --> 00:33:00,601 We go back now to the precinct to speak with Lincoln. 570 00:33:02,234 --> 00:33:04,167 And we explained that we found it. 571 00:33:04,334 --> 00:33:05,734 And he literally collapsed 572 00:33:07,067 --> 00:33:08,467 into my arms crying. 573 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:11,767 He was devastated like heartbroken. 574 00:33:13,934 --> 00:33:16,567 At no time did Lincoln ever request a lawyer. 575 00:33:16,734 --> 00:33:17,868 He did not want to live. 576 00:33:22,267 --> 00:33:23,934 We now talk to Mr. William Caruth. 577 00:33:26,367 --> 00:33:29,067 He appeared to be very fidgety. 578 00:33:29,234 --> 00:33:31,868 We explained that we think we may have found his daughter, 579 00:33:32,868 --> 00:33:36,167 and he hands me a piece of paper 580 00:33:36,334 --> 00:33:37,767 basically requesting an attorney. 581 00:33:39,467 --> 00:33:41,234 I'm like, "OK." 582 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:42,567 Can't really talk to him now. 583 00:33:44,067 --> 00:33:45,968 We wanted to process his clothes, 584 00:33:46,133 --> 00:33:48,467 see if there was any type of blood. 585 00:33:48,634 --> 00:33:53,267 And then we saw what appeared to be wounds on him 586 00:33:53,434 --> 00:33:56,000 that we did not see prior to the investigation. 587 00:33:57,234 --> 00:33:59,234 At this point, an arrest was authorized 588 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,634 for Mr. William Caruth. 589 00:34:03,133 --> 00:34:04,167 We collected his clothes. 590 00:34:05,234 --> 00:34:08,868 They did fingernail scrapings, fingerprints. 591 00:34:09,033 --> 00:34:11,100 And then we had to transport him down 592 00:34:11,267 --> 00:34:12,934 to Bronx Central Booking. 593 00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:15,167 Everyone was there. 594 00:34:15,334 --> 00:34:19,000 All the media in New York City was there for this. 595 00:34:19,167 --> 00:34:21,133 Understandably so. 596 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:24,367 Given the circumstances, given the mystery 597 00:34:24,534 --> 00:34:26,400 and how shocking it was. 598 00:34:28,868 --> 00:34:30,734 I get goosebumps again thinking about that 599 00:34:30,901 --> 00:34:32,567 'cause this is our first look at this man, 600 00:34:32,734 --> 00:34:34,267 this father who's now been accused 601 00:34:34,434 --> 00:34:37,000 of killing his own daughter and burying her 602 00:34:37,167 --> 00:34:39,567 in his home and leaving her there, 603 00:34:39,734 --> 00:34:41,868 discarding her, unfortunately, like the trash. 604 00:34:43,667 --> 00:34:44,601 It's heartbreaking. 605 00:34:46,367 --> 00:34:48,868 There are rows of cameras, 606 00:34:50,167 --> 00:34:52,934 people yelling at him, "William, why'd you do it?" 607 00:34:54,601 --> 00:34:57,501 He was silent. He looked around. 608 00:34:57,667 --> 00:35:03,567 He took it all in, but made no move to explain himself. 609 00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:06,567 He had no emotion. 610 00:35:06,734 --> 00:35:08,467 There was no grief, 611 00:35:08,634 --> 00:35:11,567 no awareness of what he had done 612 00:35:11,734 --> 00:35:14,234 and the consequences that would come from that. 613 00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:17,367 We get him into the car 614 00:35:17,534 --> 00:35:19,367 and basically we're just driving in silence. 615 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,133 And Mr. Caruth comes out 616 00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:25,133 with this, like, spontaneous utterance saying, 617 00:35:25,300 --> 00:35:27,868 "I know you guys are doing your job, but... 618 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,567 "My kids have everything. I have nothing. 619 00:35:31,734 --> 00:35:33,467 "I put them all through college. 620 00:35:33,634 --> 00:35:35,133 "All I wanted was a little respect. 621 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,567 "I know people will be mad at me, 622 00:35:37,734 --> 00:35:40,400 but life goes on," or something to that effect. 623 00:35:47,167 --> 00:35:49,267 There was some sort of community vigil 624 00:35:49,434 --> 00:35:51,167 after the discovery was made. 625 00:35:52,467 --> 00:35:54,767 I remember the heartbreak. 626 00:35:54,934 --> 00:35:56,167 I think they needed to take time 627 00:35:56,334 --> 00:36:00,067 to emotionally process, understandably, the trauma 628 00:36:00,234 --> 00:36:03,567 and the horror that had unfolded inside of that home. 629 00:36:04,968 --> 00:36:08,000 The good thing about the West Indian community 630 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:11,567 is they all got together and everybody came with candles 631 00:36:11,734 --> 00:36:14,367 and balloons for the baby. 632 00:36:14,534 --> 00:36:16,701 It was just like, she's really, really gone. 633 00:36:19,167 --> 00:36:20,467 The autopsy came back. 634 00:36:21,934 --> 00:36:24,501 There was some blunt-force trauma to the head, 635 00:36:24,667 --> 00:36:26,367 ligature marks around her neck. 636 00:36:27,367 --> 00:36:29,868 The blunt-force trauma, there was a hammer that was 637 00:36:30,033 --> 00:36:32,934 located that had blood spatter on it, 638 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:34,601 which matched Andrea, and that was found 639 00:36:34,767 --> 00:36:37,267 in William Caruth's car. 640 00:36:37,434 --> 00:36:39,734 Around her neck, it was a clothesline that was in 641 00:36:39,901 --> 00:36:42,868 the backyard that was cut down. 642 00:36:43,033 --> 00:36:46,367 When we started processing Mr. William Caruth's car, 643 00:36:46,534 --> 00:36:47,868 the clothesline was underneath it. 644 00:36:49,267 --> 00:36:50,968 We were able to find the matching shoe, 645 00:36:51,133 --> 00:36:54,133 which was in dad's apartment. It was like a loafer-type shoe. 646 00:36:55,567 --> 00:36:59,501 Andrea had Mr. Caruth's DNA underneath her fingernails, 647 00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:00,767 which was indicating that there 648 00:37:00,934 --> 00:37:02,000 was some type of fight or struggle. 649 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:05,234 We never were able to question him 650 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,767 as to why anything happened. 651 00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:09,834 So we came up with a possible theory. 652 00:37:11,167 --> 00:37:15,767 Mr. Caruth was always trying to get money from Andrea. 653 00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:17,199 He was living there for free. 654 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,467 But there was definitely some type of financial disconnect 655 00:37:19,634 --> 00:37:20,868 between him and Andrea. 656 00:37:23,267 --> 00:37:27,467 So what I believe happened was that Sunday, 657 00:37:27,634 --> 00:37:29,868 Andrea gets up to go meet Julia for brunch. 658 00:37:31,234 --> 00:37:33,601 While going to get ready, she notices the heat's low. 659 00:37:35,767 --> 00:37:38,100 So she goes downstairs to confront that. 660 00:37:38,267 --> 00:37:40,367 I believe an argument ensues, 661 00:37:40,534 --> 00:37:41,968 followed by a physical altercation. 662 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,501 I think at that point she was hit in the head with a hammer 663 00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:49,868 and she was fighting for her life in her last seconds 664 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,067 and ultimately died very violently. 665 00:37:55,267 --> 00:37:59,467 And I believe that is when William used the clothesline 666 00:37:59,634 --> 00:38:00,767 and got her into the hole. 667 00:38:11,467 --> 00:38:16,000 What would have caused someone to bludgeon their daughter to 668 00:38:16,167 --> 00:38:18,267 death and then hide the body 669 00:38:18,434 --> 00:38:19,968 within feet of where they were living? 670 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:24,367 He was on the mortgage for the house, 671 00:38:24,534 --> 00:38:26,601 and then Andrea took him out of it, 672 00:38:26,767 --> 00:38:28,834 and all that was like a boiling point for him. 673 00:38:30,167 --> 00:38:32,667 He probably got threatened by Lincoln moving in, 674 00:38:32,834 --> 00:38:36,033 and things are not gonna be on his name anymore. 675 00:38:37,667 --> 00:38:40,234 He was jealous. He wanted what she had. 676 00:38:41,834 --> 00:38:45,100 One has to wonder, what was he gonna do long term? 677 00:38:45,267 --> 00:38:46,934 Was he gonna leave her there? 678 00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:49,133 Was there plans to move her? 679 00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:54,133 It's just incomprehensible, is the nice way of putting it. 680 00:38:56,601 --> 00:39:00,133 Who wants to suspect that their father is gonna be 681 00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:04,467 the person who levels the ultimate betrayal and ends 682 00:39:04,634 --> 00:39:07,367 not only his daughter's life but his grandchild's life? 683 00:39:07,534 --> 00:39:10,100 I mean, that's especially brutal and heinous. 684 00:39:11,601 --> 00:39:15,601 I just can't believe Mr. Caruth would do that to her. 685 00:39:15,767 --> 00:39:20,734 We were really shocked that he could do something so cruel, 686 00:39:20,901 --> 00:39:24,133 especially to your own child, and to have her laying 687 00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:27,400 next to him, her in the-- it was just terrible. 688 00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:32,834 My friends wanted to believe it was the boyfriend 689 00:39:34,167 --> 00:39:35,234 and not the dad. 690 00:39:36,734 --> 00:39:38,033 What type of dad does that? 691 00:39:39,367 --> 00:39:41,567 But I'm like, "Yes, this one did." 692 00:39:42,767 --> 00:39:44,868 He's one of those people. Monster. 693 00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:04,234 I remember when he was sentenced, I was actually 694 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,167 on the anchor desk that day. 695 00:40:06,334 --> 00:40:08,367 You know, you're supposed to put on a brave face 696 00:40:08,534 --> 00:40:10,601 where you really don't show emotion. 697 00:40:10,767 --> 00:40:11,767 I was moved. 698 00:40:11,934 --> 00:40:13,767 I had goosebumps on the desk that day. 699 00:40:13,934 --> 00:40:18,067 To see it finally come full circle, but still, 700 00:40:18,234 --> 00:40:20,167 it's hard to wrap your mind around the fact 701 00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:23,367 that someone could do that to their own flesh and blood. 702 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:26,868 It has stuck with me all these years later. 703 00:40:27,033 --> 00:40:28,033 I'll never forget this case. 704 00:40:29,767 --> 00:40:31,501 Lincoln was on the floor. 705 00:40:31,667 --> 00:40:34,934 He was in a really bad place, a really bad place. 706 00:40:36,033 --> 00:40:38,100 And he was blaming himself. 707 00:40:38,267 --> 00:40:39,300 He just couldn't believe 708 00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:42,033 it happened right when he was at home. 709 00:40:43,267 --> 00:40:45,467 Every time I pass her house, I always say a prayer 710 00:40:45,634 --> 00:40:47,067 for her and her baby. 711 00:40:47,234 --> 00:40:49,567 And it's just something I will remember 712 00:40:49,734 --> 00:40:51,167 for the rest of my life. 713 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,834 I'm so sad that she just didn't get to become a mom. 714 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,767 I know she'd be an amazing mom. 715 00:40:59,868 --> 00:41:02,000 Yeah. I think about her all the time. 716 00:41:03,367 --> 00:41:05,767 She was just an amazing person. 717 00:41:05,934 --> 00:41:07,767 The world needs some more people like her. 718 00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:18,133 You never know when you open up a basement door 719 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:19,567 what you're walking into. 720 00:41:19,734 --> 00:41:21,400 The husband was found dead. 721 00:41:21,567 --> 00:41:24,167 And we had a missing wife. 722 00:41:24,334 --> 00:41:25,734 It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. 723 00:41:25,901 --> 00:41:27,734 And the first thing I said to him, 724 00:41:27,901 --> 00:41:28,767 "Was she alive?