1 00:00:02,303 --> 00:00:04,838 ("Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who playing) 2 00:00:04,938 --> 00:00:06,340 NARRATOR: CSI: Miami, 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,476 the global television phenomenon. 4 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:13,514 In this series, we'll explore crime 5 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:15,183 through an entirely new lens. 6 00:00:15,283 --> 00:00:16,984 DISPATCHER: Marlene Warren was just shot. 7 00:00:17,085 --> 00:00:20,688 NARRATOR: The investigations on this program are true. 8 00:00:20,788 --> 00:00:23,691 Ride along with the real CSI experts. 9 00:00:23,791 --> 00:00:27,061 VINCE WEINER: This was most brutal homicide in over 25 years. 10 00:00:27,161 --> 00:00:28,796 CRUX CONCEPTION: Forensic science, 11 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:30,298 it was the key witness. 12 00:00:30,398 --> 00:00:32,133 NARRATOR: Talk to the real suspects. 13 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:33,767 I didn't kill anybody, dude. 14 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:36,237 NARRATOR: Hear from the real victims. 15 00:00:36,337 --> 00:00:38,539 I couldn't believe it. I'm in a state of shock. 16 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:41,575 NARRATOR: And ultimately, solve the case 17 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:44,545 through the use of forensic science. 18 00:00:44,645 --> 00:00:47,014 We still have a homicide suspect somewhere out there. 19 00:00:47,115 --> 00:00:49,016 This is... WOMAN: A murderer. 20 00:00:49,117 --> 00:00:51,119 REPORTER: A disturbing story has come in... (overlapping voices) 21 00:00:57,625 --> 00:00:59,160 * * 22 00:01:09,837 --> 00:01:12,340 NEWS ANCHOR: A murdered young woman was washed up 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,375 on the shores of the Indian River, 24 00:01:14,475 --> 00:01:16,744 her body bound with rope and spline, 25 00:01:16,844 --> 00:01:20,214 gagged with duct tape, wrapped in a plastic trash bag. 26 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,822 I've been an investigator with the Broward County 27 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:31,692 Sheriff's Office homicide unit for 25 years. 28 00:01:31,792 --> 00:01:34,395 I raised my kids here, and it's pretty much 29 00:01:34,495 --> 00:01:37,431 a small-town community, low-crime area. 30 00:01:37,531 --> 00:01:39,300 Just a nice place. 31 00:01:40,134 --> 00:01:41,735 On July 23, 2000, 32 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:44,905 a 911 call came into our communication center 33 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:47,341 around 4:30 p.m., 34 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:48,876 stating that there's a possible body 35 00:01:48,976 --> 00:01:51,779 floating in the river behind his house. 36 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,615 I recall getting to the scene, and... 37 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:58,319 indeed, there was a body floating in the river. 38 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:05,326 We're walking the shoreline looking for anything 39 00:02:05,426 --> 00:02:07,595 that might by of evidentiary value-- 40 00:02:07,695 --> 00:02:10,130 a purse, a wallet, a phone. 41 00:02:10,231 --> 00:02:12,333 Anything that might lead us to who the identity 42 00:02:12,433 --> 00:02:14,468 of this person is. 43 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:16,637 And we didn't find anything. 44 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:20,608 Finding evidence in water makes it 45 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:22,610 extremely difficult to process. 46 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:25,279 The likelihood of fingerprints or DNA 47 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:27,014 is minimized tremendously. 48 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:28,482 My name is Mary's Martinez. 49 00:02:28,582 --> 00:02:30,618 I have a master's in criminal justice. 50 00:02:30,718 --> 00:02:32,853 I've worked as a crime scene investigator 51 00:02:32,953 --> 00:02:34,555 for the last six years. 52 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:37,458 At the scene, investigators could tell 53 00:02:37,558 --> 00:02:39,260 that it was a female. 54 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,793 She was completely nude. 55 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:43,864 It was clear that this wasn't an accident. 56 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,469 ROBERTS: First things we did while we were at the scene 57 00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:50,338 is we asked the sheriff's office communication center 58 00:02:50,438 --> 00:02:52,473 to ask the dispatchers to contact 59 00:02:52,573 --> 00:02:53,874 all the surrounding agencies 60 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:56,109 and be on the lookout for any missing females. 61 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:59,647 Next thing we did was contact a medical examiner 62 00:02:59,747 --> 00:03:01,749 as well as our agricultural marine unit 63 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:03,884 because we needed a boat to get the body out of the water. 64 00:03:04,585 --> 00:03:06,820 What stood out the most was that 65 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,990 she was in pretty late stages of decomposition, 66 00:03:10,090 --> 00:03:14,194 which comes with a whole host of different challenges. 67 00:03:14,295 --> 00:03:16,664 The body's more fragile, 68 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:18,399 from a biohazard perspective, 69 00:03:18,499 --> 00:03:20,067 but also from an evidentiary perspective. 70 00:03:20,167 --> 00:03:23,603 We're talking about DNA. Maybe there's trace evidence. 71 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:26,340 Detectives discovered multiple pieces of white duct tape. 72 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,510 One was tightly covered around her eyes. 73 00:03:29,610 --> 00:03:31,078 And then there was a secondary piece 74 00:03:31,178 --> 00:03:32,913 that was located around her mouth and her neck area. 75 00:03:33,013 --> 00:03:35,616 Upon further analysis of the tape, 76 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:37,817 investigators discovered that there was her hair 77 00:03:37,918 --> 00:03:41,689 on the tape as well as a foreign hair substance. 78 00:03:43,724 --> 00:03:45,692 Also discovered on the body was a marine-style rope 79 00:03:45,793 --> 00:03:47,861 with some sort of knotting 80 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:51,499 in order to bind her wrists to her ankles. 81 00:03:52,366 --> 00:03:56,670 Investigators also found Publix grocery store plastic bags 82 00:03:56,770 --> 00:04:01,742 that were tied with, like, a black rubber material. 83 00:04:03,010 --> 00:04:05,078 The investigators believed that those bags 84 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:09,650 were set in place with rocks or sand to weigh the body down. 85 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:13,454 ROBERTS: According to the medical examiner, he determined 86 00:04:13,554 --> 00:04:15,255 that it's highly likely that the decedent 87 00:04:15,356 --> 00:04:16,856 died from asphyxiation. 88 00:04:17,725 --> 00:04:19,726 The cause of death was undetermined due to 89 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:21,562 the state of the decomposition 90 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:23,831 and the time length the body had been deceased. 91 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:26,467 When you have an unknown Jane Doe, so to speak, 92 00:04:26,567 --> 00:04:28,702 identifying this person is-is paramount. 93 00:04:28,802 --> 00:04:30,738 There was nothing that came up 94 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:33,173 as far as a missing female at the time. 95 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:35,175 So, next thing we would look at would be fingerprints 96 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:38,546 and try and identify them through that. 97 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:41,315 MARTINEZ: When a body is submerged in water 98 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:42,850 for an extended period of time, 99 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,552 what occurs throughout the decomposition 100 00:04:44,652 --> 00:04:46,487 is what we call slippage. 101 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:47,988 Slippage just means 102 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:50,223 that the layers of the skin are separating. 103 00:04:50,324 --> 00:04:52,125 In an event such as this, 104 00:04:52,225 --> 00:04:54,628 where it's difficult to identify the individual, 105 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:56,163 we do a technique called degloving. 106 00:04:57,431 --> 00:05:00,133 Degloving essentially is the removal of the fingerprint 107 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:01,535 from the victim... 108 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:04,104 and placed on either a gloved hand, 109 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:07,074 such as our own, or a mannequin hand 110 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:09,643 that we then use to roll the fingerprints, 111 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:12,513 and then submit that print into IAFIS for identification. 112 00:05:12,613 --> 00:05:14,081 IAFIS stands for 113 00:05:14,181 --> 00:05:16,784 automated fingerprint identification system. 114 00:05:16,884 --> 00:05:18,852 It's a national database that's ran by the FBI. 115 00:05:18,952 --> 00:05:21,188 This database is actually pretty vast 116 00:05:21,288 --> 00:05:23,624 as it collects and stores fingerprints 117 00:05:23,724 --> 00:05:26,259 from traveling records, immigration 118 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,028 and previous crimes. 119 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:29,597 And that's how we came up with identification 120 00:05:29,697 --> 00:05:30,964 of the descendent. 121 00:05:31,064 --> 00:05:34,001 The results came back as belonging to... 122 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:38,906 22-year-old Misty April Morris. 123 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:46,647 ROBERT MORSE: Misty's mom called me. 124 00:05:46,747 --> 00:05:50,918 She was screaming, "She's dead." 125 00:05:51,018 --> 00:05:52,284 "What?" 126 00:05:52,386 --> 00:05:55,789 "She's dead. She was murdered. Misty's been killed." 127 00:05:57,124 --> 00:05:59,593 Initially, I couldn't even process it. 128 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:02,463 My brain just sort of shut down for a second. 129 00:06:04,164 --> 00:06:06,233 It's unimaginable. 130 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:08,502 I miss Misty every day. 131 00:06:13,006 --> 00:06:16,510 Misty started life in Springfield, Ohio, 132 00:06:16,610 --> 00:06:19,212 on April 10th, 1978. 133 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:24,485 When she was little, she was a daddy's girl. 134 00:06:24,585 --> 00:06:27,020 We ultimately got a place 135 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,356 down in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida. 136 00:06:29,457 --> 00:06:34,161 And that's where Misty really came into her own. 137 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:37,598 She enjoyed going down to the beach and surfing. 138 00:06:38,466 --> 00:06:39,900 She loved the water. 139 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,502 That's all any parent wants 140 00:06:41,602 --> 00:06:43,937 is for their kid to have a good life. 141 00:06:45,506 --> 00:06:50,711 But Misty's mom and I got divorced in 1996, 142 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:54,281 and things just sort of fell apart. 143 00:06:55,182 --> 00:07:00,554 Misty moved with her mom, and I went on my merry way. 144 00:07:02,389 --> 00:07:04,858 MARTINEZ: Once the investigators arrived at the house, 145 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:08,295 they were able to speak to Misty's mom, Linda. 146 00:07:08,395 --> 00:07:09,830 Linda told investigators 147 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:12,533 that she had not seen her daughter for three days. 148 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:16,837 MORSE: It was very common for Misty 149 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,271 to go away for a couple days. 150 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:20,508 Sometimes she would call, sometimes she didn't. 151 00:07:20,608 --> 00:07:22,075 She was an adult, 152 00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:25,245 so her mom didn't think anything of it. 153 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,217 Misty's mother begins a timeline of what happened that night. 154 00:07:45,733 --> 00:07:47,267 The last time she saw Misty 155 00:07:47,367 --> 00:07:52,205 would have been sometime after midnight on July 20th. 156 00:08:00,948 --> 00:08:03,183 MARTINEZ: Linda, Misty's mom, figured 157 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:04,785 this is either somebody that she knows 158 00:08:04,885 --> 00:08:07,154 or somebody that she's already comfortable with 159 00:08:07,254 --> 00:08:09,456 because she didn't find the need to get dressed up 160 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:10,924 or put nice clothes on. 161 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:23,003 Investigators are asking, "Where are these items?" 162 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:25,505 ROBERTS: Linda also told us during the interview 163 00:08:25,606 --> 00:08:28,508 that, uh, Misty had received a phone call for a few minutes, 164 00:08:28,609 --> 00:08:31,011 and then a little bit later, she got a second phone call, 165 00:08:31,111 --> 00:08:32,913 which lasted a few seconds, which made us believe 166 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:35,315 that somebody was probably saying, "We're here," 167 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:36,784 for her to come on out. 168 00:08:36,884 --> 00:08:38,619 So, it was important to us to find out 169 00:08:38,719 --> 00:08:39,986 who these phone calls came from. 170 00:08:40,087 --> 00:08:41,822 To do that, we subpoenaed the record 171 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:43,456 at Verizon Wireless 172 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:46,193 to determine who made these calls. 173 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:50,964 MARTINEZ: Back in 2000, investigators had to contact the mobile carriers 174 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:54,735 to look at incoming and outgoing calls individually. 175 00:08:54,835 --> 00:08:57,104 It wasn't something that they were able to confirm 176 00:08:57,204 --> 00:09:00,340 right away, so it could be anywhere between 177 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,744 days, weeks, months before the investigators 178 00:09:03,844 --> 00:09:05,979 received this information. 179 00:09:08,015 --> 00:09:09,983 Once they request this information, 180 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:12,052 their focus is now on victimology 181 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:13,386 and trying to get more information 182 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:15,856 on who the victim is. 183 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:17,524 ROBERTS: Victimology is very important 184 00:09:17,625 --> 00:09:18,792 when you're dealing with a homicide. 185 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:20,694 Who the person is, what they do, 186 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:22,863 what their habits are, what their lifestyle is like. 187 00:09:22,963 --> 00:09:24,598 Everything can play an important role 188 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,433 just determining who may have done this. 189 00:09:26,533 --> 00:09:28,969 MARTINEZ: Misty's childhood was a bit rocky, 190 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:31,705 especially after the divorce. 191 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:32,973 You know, she worked where she could. 192 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:34,341 She worked in a lot of, you know, 193 00:09:34,441 --> 00:09:35,776 clubs and bars in the area, 194 00:09:35,876 --> 00:09:38,111 but just like probably any other 22-year-old, 195 00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:41,348 she was just living her life and having a good time, 196 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:43,751 not taking things too seriously. 197 00:09:43,851 --> 00:09:47,220 She was on track to make a better life for herself. 198 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,424 She had enrolled in Vardy Community College. 199 00:09:52,459 --> 00:09:55,062 ROBERTS: According to Misty's mom, she said Misty had 200 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,830 a lot of different boyfriends and a lot of friends. 201 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,699 TOD GOODYEAR: At the time of this case, 202 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:00,200 I worked as a sergeant 203 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:01,802 for the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. 204 00:10:01,902 --> 00:10:04,571 As investigators start interviewing her friends 205 00:10:04,672 --> 00:10:06,106 and, uh, coworkers, 206 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:08,676 there's a rumor that starts to come 207 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:10,343 from several different people 208 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,813 saying that Misty was pregnant. 209 00:10:12,913 --> 00:10:14,882 We needed the medical examiner to figure out if it's true, 210 00:10:14,982 --> 00:10:17,450 but if she was saying that she was pregnant, 211 00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:19,720 would that be a motive for someone to take her life? 212 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:21,755 Could be. 213 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:23,256 ROBERTS: Once we learned about this, 214 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:24,591 we wanted to find out who 215 00:10:24,692 --> 00:10:26,727 is the alleged father of this child? 216 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:28,028 You know, who is Misty talking to? 217 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:29,963 Who's she talking about? 218 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:32,599 Linda, Misty's mom, provided investigators 219 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,467 with a couple names that could be of interest, 220 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:38,071 including her current boyfriend, Teddy Underwood. 221 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:40,373 GOODYEAR: A good place to start are boyfriends. 222 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:42,509 So Teddy Underwood being the current boyfriend, 223 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:44,444 is number one on the list. 224 00:10:45,345 --> 00:10:48,048 MARTINEZ: Investigators learned that Teddy and Misty 225 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:49,582 had been dating for about two months. 226 00:10:49,683 --> 00:10:51,451 ROBERTS: Misty was claiming to be pregnant. 227 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:52,953 Teddy may disagree with that, 228 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:55,322 and that may be a motive to kill her. 229 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:58,792 Our theory of the events is... 230 00:11:00,861 --> 00:11:03,530 Teddy arrived at her house after her shift was done. 231 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:05,833 She ran out to meet with him. 232 00:11:06,633 --> 00:11:10,403 He then learned that Misty was expecting his child. 233 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:15,075 He got angry to the point of murdering Misty. 234 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:16,576 Then he took her on the boat, 235 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:19,046 took her out into the river, tie her up, 236 00:11:19,146 --> 00:11:21,815 filling brown grocery plastic bags 237 00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:23,583 to weigh her body down, 238 00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:26,486 and then disposing of her body into the river. 239 00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:29,422 * * 240 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:33,060 GOODYEAR: Most of the time, you have 241 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,863 a significant other that causes a death. 242 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:37,965 Teddy Underwood becomes 243 00:11:38,065 --> 00:11:39,499 suspect number one. 244 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:51,278 * * 245 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:52,880 MARTINEZ: Investigators felt the need 246 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:54,247 to speak to Teddy Underwood. 247 00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:56,283 Given the fact that he and Misty were 248 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:57,617 in a relationship. 249 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:01,989 We look at him as our most viable suspect at that point. 250 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:04,457 So we brought him in for interview. 251 00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:19,206 MARTINEZ: Teddy stated this 252 00:12:19,306 --> 00:12:22,142 quote, unquote, "relationship" with Misty was very casual. 253 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:24,077 Misty was saying that she was pregnant. 254 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:26,914 Maybe he didn't want her to have his child. 255 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,967 ROBERTS: But during our interview with Mr. Underwood, 256 00:12:47,067 --> 00:12:48,435 he had stated that he was not with Misty 257 00:12:48,535 --> 00:12:50,137 during the time she would have been murdered. 258 00:12:50,237 --> 00:12:52,105 He indicated he was at work that night. 259 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:54,174 "I had no knowledge of her whereabouts." 260 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,642 We were able to establish 261 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:58,145 his alibi that he was at work 262 00:12:58,245 --> 00:13:00,013 as he had stated. 263 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:03,150 And he was cleared as a suspect. 264 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:09,389 GOODYEAR: At the start of this investigation, 265 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:10,991 a lot of different things were going on. 266 00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:12,292 You have people that are doing interviews, 267 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:13,927 people that are requesting records, 268 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,396 people that are doing analysis on evidence. 269 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,331 MARTINEZ: Once the evidence 270 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:20,600 located on her body was analyzed, 271 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,870 investigators learned a couple different pieces 272 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:24,604 of new information. 273 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,407 The rope that was used 274 00:13:27,507 --> 00:13:32,980 to tie Misty's hands and legs had a cow hitch knot, 275 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:34,514 which is not necessarily something 276 00:13:34,614 --> 00:13:36,716 the general public knows how to do. 277 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:39,352 GOODYEAR: You're looking for a person 278 00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:42,022 that is not your everyday, average weekend boater. 279 00:13:42,122 --> 00:13:43,924 This is somebody that might be a boat captain 280 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:48,828 or possibly may have served in Coast Guard or Navy. 281 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:51,664 MARTINEZ: In analyzing the duct tape, 282 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:54,134 investigators also noticed that there were 283 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:56,569 shorter pieces of black hair on that tape. 284 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:02,775 They were able to identify that the hair on the tape 285 00:14:02,876 --> 00:14:04,644 was, in fact, nonhuman, 286 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:07,347 and it actually belonged to a dog. 287 00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:14,287 GOODYEAR: So knowing that we have a cow hitch knot 288 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:16,957 as well as the dog hair on the tape 289 00:14:17,057 --> 00:14:18,691 narrows it down a little bit for us, 290 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:21,494 but it's not gonna lead you directly to a suspect. 291 00:14:23,430 --> 00:14:25,966 One of the big questions in this case was 292 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:30,337 where Misty was killed and then where she went into the water. 293 00:14:31,972 --> 00:14:34,441 MARTINEZ: They were able to conduct a drift test. 294 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:36,176 What the investigators do is that they use 295 00:14:36,276 --> 00:14:38,645 floating devices such as buoys... 296 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:42,082 ...drop them into the water in different areas 297 00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:43,850 along different distances 298 00:14:43,951 --> 00:14:46,853 to try to see how the current carries on the item 299 00:14:46,954 --> 00:14:50,357 and how they might've ended up where Misty was found. 300 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,761 They determined that the current was flowing northeast, 301 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:56,563 which meant that, more than likely, 302 00:14:56,663 --> 00:14:59,099 she was put in south of that location. 303 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:02,402 But to say exactly where southeast she was placed 304 00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:05,105 was something that we just couldn't determine. 305 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:08,208 As we continue to investigate 306 00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:10,743 this pregnancy rumor, we find out that, 307 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:11,878 according to her mom, 308 00:15:11,979 --> 00:15:13,480 Linda Morse, 309 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,815 Misty was also seeing a man named Bobby Cooper 310 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:17,150 from time to time. 311 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:21,989 MARTINEZ: Bobby Cooper was a person who she had just recently met 312 00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:23,957 at a house party. 313 00:15:24,824 --> 00:15:28,528 Misty's mom, Linda, stated that he might be a person of interest 314 00:15:28,628 --> 00:15:32,265 because he had been at the house a couple days prior. 315 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:37,370 ROBERTS: Speaking with some of the people 316 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,472 in Misty's circle and friends, they told us 317 00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:41,308 that Bobby wanted to be a boyfriend, so to speak. 318 00:15:41,408 --> 00:15:43,310 He wanted more of a relationship with Misty 319 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:45,412 than she wanted to have with him. 320 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:48,048 MARTINEZ: You have someone who may feel 321 00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:51,451 jealous, may feel upset, may feel betrayed. 322 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:53,420 ROBERTS: We wanted to talk to Bobby Cooper. 323 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,521 We wanted to find out what he knew 324 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,389 about her whereabouts up to 325 00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:58,125 and including the time of her death. 326 00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:11,871 Our strategy with Bobby Cooper is the same 327 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,840 with some of the other people, just to lock them into a story, 328 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:15,942 find out what they were doing, what they know, who they know. 329 00:16:16,043 --> 00:16:19,246 And is there any ulterior motive that we don't know about. 330 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:54,181 Investigators also asked Bobby where he was 331 00:16:54,281 --> 00:16:55,615 during the night of the incident, 332 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:57,350 at which point he stated that he was 333 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,352 actually at his parents' house. 334 00:17:01,821 --> 00:17:03,690 Detectives think that they're done with the interview. 335 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:06,459 However, Bobby then asked the detectives 336 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:08,494 if they would like Misty's driver's license back 337 00:17:08,595 --> 00:17:09,996 because he has it with him. 338 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:12,898 How is it possible that he has the driver's license? 339 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,502 Linda, Misty's mom, stated that that night 340 00:17:15,602 --> 00:17:17,036 that she disappeared, she took her phone 341 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:18,471 and her license. 342 00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:20,573 Now the detectives have to figure out how he got 343 00:17:20,673 --> 00:17:22,442 her license and if he was with her 344 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:24,176 the night she got murdered. 345 00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:33,953 * * 346 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,655 GOODYEAR: In the interview with Bobby Cooper, 347 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:38,625 he says he has Misty's driver's license, 348 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:40,793 which we were led to believe by Linda that she left 349 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,130 the house the last time she was seen alive 350 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:46,166 with that identification. 351 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:48,168 Why else would you have 352 00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:49,769 Misty's ID if you weren't with her 353 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:51,338 the night of the murder? 354 00:17:51,438 --> 00:17:53,673 The investigator's theory is 355 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:56,976 Bobby called and picked up Misty at her residence. 356 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,479 They had a conversation in the car where she stated 357 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:01,181 that she was pregnant by another man. 358 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:04,417 He could have been enraged, jealous, or hurt, 359 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:05,885 even to the point where the conversation 360 00:18:05,985 --> 00:18:07,019 became physical. 361 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,456 Bobby abducts and kills Misty... 362 00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:11,824 ...takes her license... 363 00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:15,562 ...and then disposes of her body in the water 364 00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:17,864 south of where she was found. 365 00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:21,268 Now the investigators have to start the interview 366 00:18:21,368 --> 00:18:22,602 all over again. 367 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:26,473 Then he explained that they went out together 368 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,441 a couple nights prior to the murder, 369 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:29,742 and she asked him to hold on 370 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,144 to her driver's license, 371 00:18:31,244 --> 00:18:33,012 then she would pick it up when she saw him the next time. 372 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:35,548 MARTINEZ: As an investigator and just as a person 373 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:38,251 that has lived in Miami and has gone 374 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:40,353 to a couple parties or clubs herself, 375 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:43,156 yeah, that's absolutely justifiable, really. 376 00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:46,659 Sometimes women might be wearing things that don't have pockets, 377 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:49,496 and it's easy to hand it to the person that you're with. 378 00:18:49,596 --> 00:18:51,531 GOODYEAR: We found out from re-interviewing 379 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:53,400 Misty's mother, Linda Morse, 380 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:55,402 she believed that she took her ID with her 381 00:18:55,502 --> 00:18:57,069 because when she looked in Misty's purse, 382 00:18:57,170 --> 00:18:58,371 which is still at the house, 383 00:18:58,471 --> 00:18:59,772 the identification wasn't in the purse. 384 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:01,708 But she just put two and two together, 385 00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:03,676 and she couldn't actually confirm that fact. 386 00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:06,078 MARTINEZ: Now that the investigators have created 387 00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:08,515 a criminal profile, it's time to figure out 388 00:19:08,615 --> 00:19:11,951 if any of those specifics match what they know 389 00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:13,019 about Bobby Cooper. 390 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:14,321 So the questions are, 391 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:15,722 does Bobby Cooper own a boat 392 00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:17,624 or have some sort of nautical experience 393 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,526 with those type of tools and materials? 394 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:22,128 Could it possibly be that he was in the military? 395 00:19:22,229 --> 00:19:24,431 Is he a dog owner? 396 00:19:24,531 --> 00:19:26,165 Does he have a criminal background? 397 00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:27,434 ROBERTS: We couldn't find anything 398 00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:28,635 that would, uh, lead us to believe 399 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:30,136 he was any more of a suspect. 400 00:19:30,237 --> 00:19:32,472 * * 401 00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:36,576 MARTINEZ: Bobby didn't have any violent criminal history. 402 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:40,513 He also had not been part of any military branch-- 403 00:19:40,613 --> 00:19:41,614 the Marines, the Navy. 404 00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:43,816 He didn't fit that narrative 405 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:46,686 of the person that they were looking for. 406 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:49,188 And he was able to be cleared as a suspect. 407 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:52,425 MARTINEZ: However, investigators, 408 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,026 while interviewing Bobby, 409 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:56,663 get a tip of information from him in reference 410 00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:58,565 to another person-- 411 00:19:58,665 --> 00:20:00,633 Misty's ex-boyfriend, Brent Huck. 412 00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:32,499 MARTINEZ: Investigators need to go speak to Brent. 413 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:34,867 ROBERTS: That leads us to south Merritt Island, 414 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:37,437 south of where the body was found. 415 00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:38,638 We asked Brent if he would accompany us 416 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:39,839 to the sheriff's office. 417 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:41,708 He agreed to come and talk to us. 418 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:47,046 GOODYEAR: We learned that Brent Huck was in his mid-20s. 419 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:50,283 He was a charter boat captain, had grown up around boats, 420 00:20:50,383 --> 00:20:52,084 came from a fairly wealthy family. 421 00:20:52,184 --> 00:20:55,988 Confirmed that he'd been in a relationship with Misty. 422 00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:37,530 He admitted to seeing Misty about nine days earlier 423 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:40,232 on July 11th, that they, actually, uh, got together, 424 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:42,935 they had a sexual relationship at that point. 425 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,637 He presented himself as being the honest guy, 426 00:21:44,737 --> 00:21:47,807 as forthcoming and helpful in our investigation. 427 00:21:58,785 --> 00:22:01,488 We now have him being the last person on record 428 00:22:01,588 --> 00:22:03,022 that we know called her 429 00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:04,624 before she went missing. 430 00:22:05,525 --> 00:22:07,994 Watching the interrogation interview, 431 00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:09,996 my first thought is that he was trying 432 00:22:10,096 --> 00:22:13,666 to keep very calm to not alert law enforcement. 433 00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:17,870 In my opinion, he seems almost too comfortable. 434 00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:39,859 Brent's demeanor seemed as though he didn't really care, 435 00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:42,895 just dismissive of who Misty was, 436 00:22:42,995 --> 00:22:44,764 the relationship that they had. 437 00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:47,400 And he spoke as though it didn't even bother him 438 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,536 that she had lost her life. 439 00:23:10,056 --> 00:23:11,924 MARTINEZ: That was extremely shocking, 440 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:13,826 but this is more common than you would think, 441 00:23:13,926 --> 00:23:17,096 where, as an investigator, you just stay silent, 442 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,699 and because of the fact that they're hiding, 443 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:21,200 they then start to overcompensate. 444 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:23,102 And this is exactly what's happening with Brent, 445 00:23:23,202 --> 00:23:25,237 where he's not being asked any questions. 446 00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:27,874 He's just sharing, and overly sharing, 447 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:31,778 to either cover up his tracks or trying to dissuade 448 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:33,880 the investigators to look elsewhere. 449 00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:50,697 The fact that an ex-girlfriend, 450 00:23:50,797 --> 00:23:52,264 whom his girlfriend at the time 451 00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:54,967 may not know is still in the picture, 452 00:23:55,067 --> 00:23:56,903 is supposedly pregnant with his child, 453 00:23:57,003 --> 00:23:59,205 and if she found out, 454 00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:01,273 that would've been the end of their relationship. 455 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:03,409 Looking at that, is it a possible motive for murder? 456 00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:06,178 It's a great possible motive for murder. 457 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,615 MARTINEZ: He had the motive, had been violent with her. 458 00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:10,883 He had the military experience, 459 00:24:10,983 --> 00:24:12,318 he had the boating experience, 460 00:24:12,418 --> 00:24:13,920 on top of him possibly 461 00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,955 having been the person who she last spoke with. 462 00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:19,726 Could Brent Huck be the perpetrator? 463 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:30,770 MARTINEZ: Investigators working this case build a profile 464 00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:32,739 of a possible perpetrator 465 00:24:32,839 --> 00:24:35,207 which would fit the narrative. 466 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,844 Someone who knows Misty personally, 467 00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:42,549 someone who possibly has some sort of boating experience, 468 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:45,451 maybe even military experience, but then also had a motive. 469 00:24:45,552 --> 00:24:48,888 And Brent checked off a lot of these boxes. 470 00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:56,796 He's leading us to believe that, yeah, 471 00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:58,497 this is very possibly our suspect. 472 00:24:58,598 --> 00:24:59,832 So, the next question to us is, 473 00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:01,634 where did this happen at? 474 00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:03,202 So our plan at this point was, 475 00:25:03,302 --> 00:25:04,604 "Let's see if he'll let us search his house." 476 00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:05,672 So we asked for consent to search 477 00:25:05,772 --> 00:25:06,973 and he said, yeah, come on by. 478 00:25:09,876 --> 00:25:11,377 ROBERTS: Off we went. 479 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,247 And we began the search. 480 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,317 We determined that Brent Huck had a dog. 481 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:20,720 The dog was a black in color Rottweiler mix, 482 00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:22,922 um, that had short black hair, 483 00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:26,058 just like the dog hair on the duct tape. 484 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:28,527 So, as part of the search warrant, 485 00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:31,964 there were hair samples taken from his dog. 486 00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:34,333 MARTINEZ: At the time, 487 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:36,502 investigators didn't know if there was any tests 488 00:25:36,603 --> 00:25:39,606 that would be able to compare dog hairs. 489 00:25:40,607 --> 00:25:43,610 GOODYEAR: Then investigators walk into the house. 490 00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:46,979 There was some items found there that are very interesting to us. 491 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:48,781 As investigators go in the garage, 492 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:52,518 then they see, hanging down, a roll of this rubber spline, 493 00:25:52,619 --> 00:25:56,355 which is a material that is used on the inside of windows. 494 00:25:56,455 --> 00:25:57,857 It's a weatherproofing. 495 00:25:57,957 --> 00:26:00,292 It looks exactly like the spline that she's tied with 496 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:04,463 and is not something everybody has in their house. 497 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,365 As we continue our search, we're searching the kitchen area 498 00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:08,134 and we find Publix bags 499 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:09,902 consistent with the same bags that were found 500 00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:11,537 on the victim as well. 501 00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:14,506 So now we have two pieces of potential evidence. 502 00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:16,475 GOODYEAR: And through his bedroom, they actually see 503 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:21,013 a crumpled piece of duct tape, white in color, same type. 504 00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:23,449 Actually looks like a perfect match 505 00:26:23,549 --> 00:26:26,018 for the tape that was found on Misty. 506 00:26:26,118 --> 00:26:27,654 ROBERTS: That's pretty significant. 507 00:26:27,754 --> 00:26:29,355 I put it on my clipboard and actually was carrying it 508 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:32,692 through the house and Brent saw it, and... 509 00:26:32,792 --> 00:26:34,560 he turned, like, white as a ghost. 510 00:26:34,661 --> 00:26:37,630 He was frantic about us finding that tape. 511 00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:41,033 GOODYEAR: Finding all three of those things in the house 512 00:26:41,133 --> 00:26:43,169 are-- some people will say coincidental-- 513 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:45,071 but as a homicide investigator, 514 00:26:45,171 --> 00:26:48,174 we don't believe in coincidence and those types of things. 515 00:26:50,777 --> 00:26:54,480 The residence that Brent Huck took them to is on the waterway. 516 00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:57,984 Investigators notice that there's a boat there 517 00:26:58,084 --> 00:26:59,385 and that it belongs to him. 518 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:01,387 They get consent from him to search the boat. 519 00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:05,357 A couple pieces of evidence were located on the boat. 520 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:06,659 They found a rope. 521 00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:10,029 It was white and red with a diamond pattern, 522 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:11,130 more like nautical-themed. 523 00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:12,665 And then on the boat, 524 00:27:12,765 --> 00:27:16,435 they found two individual pieces of hair on the floor, 525 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:19,672 as well as a clump of matted hair 526 00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:22,008 next to a fishing rod holder 527 00:27:22,108 --> 00:27:23,843 that was adhered to the boat. 528 00:27:23,943 --> 00:27:26,979 GOODYEAR: All of the evidence that we have come up with, 529 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:28,080 we bagged separately 530 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:29,515 and sent off to labs 531 00:27:29,615 --> 00:27:32,885 to get further testing done on them. 532 00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:38,124 ROBERTS: As we're talking to Brent, 533 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:40,326 we told him, if you're involved and if you did, 534 00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:42,028 there's, you know, there may be an explanation. 535 00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:44,363 And his response was, essentially, 536 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:46,999 you can't explain a woman being tied up, 537 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,868 bound up and thrown in the river. 538 00:27:48,968 --> 00:27:51,838 GOODYEAR: Those types of things, the condition of the body, 539 00:27:51,938 --> 00:27:54,106 if they were tied up or bound, 540 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:56,675 we would not disclose to the media because 541 00:27:56,776 --> 00:27:58,544 there's only really two people that know what happened. 542 00:27:58,644 --> 00:28:00,813 The person that's deceased, who can't talk about it, 543 00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:02,414 and the person that did it. 544 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:07,019 That has guilt written all over it. 545 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,022 The detectives... (sighs) 546 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,925 were sharing more and more information with me 547 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,694 and letting me know what they had found, 548 00:28:15,795 --> 00:28:18,197 that they thought 549 00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:22,534 Brent Huck was responsible for Misty's murder. 550 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:30,877 MORSE: When I was still living in Indian Harbor Beach years ago, 551 00:28:30,977 --> 00:28:31,978 Misty called me up one day, 552 00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:33,645 and she was all bubbly and happy 553 00:28:33,746 --> 00:28:35,782 and wanted to meet for lunch. 554 00:28:35,882 --> 00:28:37,817 So, I met Misty. 555 00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:41,020 During lunch, I learned what all the excitement was about. 556 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,257 She had recently met this guy and started going out with him. 557 00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:48,727 Eventually, Misty moved in with Brent 558 00:28:48,828 --> 00:28:51,864 and gave Brent the dog. 559 00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:53,866 They named the dog Sheba. 560 00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:56,368 I thought they were happy, 561 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:59,872 but I wasn't really a part of her life. 562 00:28:59,972 --> 00:29:02,574 And unfortunately, 563 00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:06,412 there was a lot of stuff that Misty didn't share with me. 564 00:29:09,515 --> 00:29:12,051 I was not aware that at that time 565 00:29:12,151 --> 00:29:14,186 that he had a fiancée. 566 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:18,090 Sadly, I didn't know how to teach Misty 567 00:29:18,190 --> 00:29:19,658 what a good man looked like, 568 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:24,563 so she didn't know how to look for one. 569 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,435 And I will never forgive myself 570 00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:31,537 for that. 571 00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:35,908 If I live to be a thousand, 572 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:38,610 I will never forgive myself. 573 00:29:43,649 --> 00:29:47,586 The sad thing is, this whole thing 574 00:29:47,686 --> 00:29:49,321 was because... 575 00:29:50,156 --> 00:29:51,790 ...allegedly, 576 00:29:51,891 --> 00:29:53,592 she was pregnant with his kid. 577 00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:57,796 The autopsy ruled that theory out. 578 00:29:57,897 --> 00:29:59,031 She was, in fact, 579 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:00,833 not expecting a child. 580 00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:02,268 MORSE: It wasn't even true. 581 00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:04,871 It just, you know, does not compute. 582 00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:08,374 I wondered why she would state that she was pregnant. 583 00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:11,643 And then the medical examiner proved that she was not. 584 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:15,982 Regardless, there's no justifying what happened. 585 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:19,651 Investigators are receiving some of the results 586 00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:23,489 back from the evidence collected from inside of Brent's home 587 00:30:23,589 --> 00:30:25,457 and the comparison request that they had made. 588 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:27,026 GOODYEAR: There's a lot of different things 589 00:30:27,126 --> 00:30:28,360 we're looking for on the evidence. 590 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:30,029 Can we identify a manufacturer for it? 591 00:30:30,129 --> 00:30:32,698 Can we tell where it was made and what it's used for? 592 00:30:32,798 --> 00:30:35,434 Was it cut? Was it torn? All of those types of things 593 00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:37,769 are going to help unlock this case. 594 00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:39,705 What was concluded was that 595 00:30:39,805 --> 00:30:43,675 the spline that was located in the garage, 596 00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:47,379 as well as the spline that was used to weigh down Misty 597 00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,248 with the Publix bags in the river, 598 00:30:49,348 --> 00:30:51,150 they were made by the same manufacturer, 599 00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:54,686 in the same plant and on the same assembly line. 600 00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:59,425 Our investigation into the Publix bags determined 601 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:01,427 that they were the bags tied to her feet. 602 00:31:01,527 --> 00:31:03,495 And the bags found at Brent Huck's house 603 00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:05,531 originated from the local Publix there, 604 00:31:05,631 --> 00:31:08,500 as well as the same lane by the same clerk, 605 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:09,668 same batch. 606 00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:12,038 And then we have the tape which was sent off. 607 00:31:12,138 --> 00:31:17,243 It was the same color, same texture, and the same make. 608 00:31:17,343 --> 00:31:19,578 MARTINEZ: And then investigators find a rope, 609 00:31:19,678 --> 00:31:23,282 which happens to match the type, color and pattern. 610 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,684 Lastly, the hairs that were located on the boat 611 00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:29,655 were analyzed using mitochondrial DNA, 612 00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:31,123 abbreviated as mDNA. 613 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:34,460 Unlike the DNA that we're used to from a nucleus, 614 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,996 which tells us exactly who this person is, 615 00:31:37,096 --> 00:31:41,600 mDNA provides a matric comparison to a maternal line. 616 00:31:44,336 --> 00:31:47,673 So, investigators were able to confirm... 617 00:31:48,774 --> 00:31:51,110 ...the hair that was tested on the boat 618 00:31:51,210 --> 00:31:54,613 and the hair that was collected from Misty 619 00:31:54,713 --> 00:31:55,747 during the autopsy 620 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:59,318 matched to the same maternal line. 621 00:32:00,953 --> 00:32:03,489 There was no reason why Misty's mom Linda 622 00:32:03,589 --> 00:32:05,491 would have been on the boat. 623 00:32:10,562 --> 00:32:14,300 Which means that the hair that was on the floor of the boat 624 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,202 was, in fact, Misty's hair. 625 00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:21,873 GOODYEAR: Early on in the investigation, 626 00:32:21,974 --> 00:32:24,776 there was a request put in for, uh, Misty's cell phone records, 627 00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:26,712 and those records also came back. 628 00:32:26,812 --> 00:32:28,580 MARTINEZ: The phone records show 629 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,983 that there were two calls that night on the 20th, 630 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:34,420 like Linda had mentioned during her interview. 631 00:32:47,033 --> 00:32:49,301 GOODYEAR: We take those phone numbers that are on that record 632 00:32:49,401 --> 00:32:51,303 and we cross-reference it, and we find out 633 00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:54,340 that both of those calls came from Brent Huck. 634 00:32:56,742 --> 00:32:59,311 ROBERTS: Looking at all the evidence and so on, 635 00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:00,346 at this point, it was a pretty strong case. 636 00:33:00,446 --> 00:33:02,148 I felt pretty confident. 637 00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,317 As we're going along, we take this to the state attorney 638 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,653 and we're showing them everything we have. 639 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,322 GOODYEAR: However, they don't believe 640 00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:12,258 that there's enough for them to say 641 00:33:12,358 --> 00:33:13,925 that they would be able to get a conviction. 642 00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:17,463 I can go down to Walmart and buy that screen spline. 643 00:33:17,563 --> 00:33:19,465 I can buy that duct tape, 644 00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:22,634 I can probably buy that-that line or similar line. 645 00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:24,336 I could send it off to the lab 646 00:33:24,436 --> 00:33:25,871 and the same result would come back. 647 00:33:25,971 --> 00:33:28,240 Does that mean I murdered Misty Morse, 648 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:31,210 because I can obtain these things? No. 649 00:33:32,578 --> 00:33:33,879 GOODYEAR: And the reason we have Misty's hair 650 00:33:33,979 --> 00:33:35,614 would be because Misty 651 00:33:35,714 --> 00:33:38,484 was on the boat at another time, maybe not with him that night. 652 00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:41,753 MARTINEZ: Pretty much all of the evidence, 653 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,955 as of this moment, is still circumstantial. 654 00:33:44,790 --> 00:33:46,192 GOODYEAR: Now we're kind of 655 00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:47,593 at a standstill. 656 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:49,261 MARTINEZ: The state attorney's office 657 00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,230 wants more. 658 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,439 * * 659 00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:02,541 MARTINEZ: The state attorney states 660 00:34:02,641 --> 00:34:06,011 that the evidence is not enough to prove that Brent 661 00:34:06,112 --> 00:34:07,779 is actually the perpetrator of Misty's murder. 662 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,981 When you get that from the state attorney's office, 663 00:34:10,081 --> 00:34:11,417 I mean, it's disappointing, 664 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,918 because we believe that we have enough. 665 00:34:14,018 --> 00:34:15,654 But they look at it from a different standpoint. 666 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:18,424 They look into the-- what can they take into court, 667 00:34:18,524 --> 00:34:20,292 how is a jury gonna view it? 668 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:21,927 And do they feel comfortable enough 669 00:34:22,027 --> 00:34:25,097 that they have a reasonable certainty to win that case? 670 00:34:26,031 --> 00:34:28,534 MORSE: Even though it was not DNA, 671 00:34:28,634 --> 00:34:32,971 it wasn't smoking gun videotape and signed confession, 672 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:37,342 the evidence just kept piling up against Brent. 673 00:34:39,245 --> 00:34:42,681 I tried to quiet my mind by keeping busy, 674 00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:45,617 but also, at the same time, staying informed. 675 00:34:45,717 --> 00:34:50,789 It was oftentimes difficult and frustrating for me, 676 00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:53,692 knowing that Brent was continuing 677 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:56,428 to live the good life, running a charter boat 678 00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:58,930 and hanging out with his fiancée 679 00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:04,470 while I knew in my heart that he had killed Misty. 680 00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:12,811 * * 681 00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:14,780 ROBERTS: You want to solve the case, 682 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,149 so we'll continue to work, we'll continue 683 00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:19,017 to strengthen our case. 684 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:20,619 It's pretty frustrating. 685 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,321 We're working on it, but we haven't come up 686 00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:24,022 with a prosecutable case yet. 687 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:25,424 Nobody's in jail. 688 00:35:25,524 --> 00:35:28,994 You want to solve the case, but years passed. 689 00:35:31,530 --> 00:35:33,299 MARTINEZ: A lot can change in two years, 690 00:35:33,399 --> 00:35:35,100 especially in the forensic world. 691 00:35:35,201 --> 00:35:36,568 NEWS ANCHOR: Investigators collected dozens 692 00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:38,170 of other pieces of evidence, 693 00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:41,773 the most noted being a dog hair found on the tape 694 00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:44,210 that covered Morse's mouth. 695 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,078 ROBERTS: There's never been a case 696 00:35:47,179 --> 00:35:49,080 brought before a court successfully prosecuted 697 00:35:49,181 --> 00:35:50,916 based on animal DNA. 698 00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:54,253 The California v. Westerfield case changed that. 699 00:35:54,353 --> 00:35:57,088 MARTINEZ: This case in California specifically states 700 00:35:57,189 --> 00:35:58,690 that pet DNA 701 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:02,528 is now admissible, meaning that pet DNA could, 702 00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:05,264 ultimately, be used to place someone on the scene. 703 00:36:05,364 --> 00:36:07,566 It blew the whole case wide open. 704 00:36:09,535 --> 00:36:11,537 Knowing that we have the dog hair on the tape 705 00:36:11,637 --> 00:36:13,171 and we have standards 706 00:36:13,272 --> 00:36:15,341 from Brent's dog, we're able to send that off 707 00:36:15,441 --> 00:36:17,643 for comparison to a lab. 708 00:36:17,743 --> 00:36:20,512 MARTINEZ: The analysis was able to confirm 709 00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:23,048 that the hair that was attached to the... 710 00:36:23,148 --> 00:36:27,319 adhesive side of the tape that was on Misty's body 711 00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:30,722 matches the hair of Brent's dog. 712 00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:32,591 GOODYEAR: And that's the piece 713 00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:34,893 that the state attorney, once they looked at it, 714 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:36,127 they were willing to go to trial. 715 00:36:36,228 --> 00:36:37,529 And they were able 716 00:36:37,629 --> 00:36:39,331 to issue a grand jury indictment 717 00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:42,167 for first-degree premeditated murder for Brent Huck. 718 00:36:44,470 --> 00:36:46,372 MORSE: I remember thinking, 719 00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:48,407 "Finally. 720 00:36:49,174 --> 00:36:51,843 It's about time." 721 00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:57,283 MARTINEZ: This is what they believe occurred that night. 722 00:36:57,383 --> 00:36:59,818 Brent heard about the rumors of Misty 723 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:01,820 being pregnant with his child. 724 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,522 He decided to confront Misty. 725 00:37:03,622 --> 00:37:06,692 Things get a little heated. 726 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:09,194 The argument turns physical. 727 00:37:09,295 --> 00:37:11,797 Brent ends up murdering Misty. 728 00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:14,633 He uses the white duct tape 729 00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:17,469 to cover her mouth and eyes, 730 00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:20,138 the red and white rope to tie 731 00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:21,440 her hands and her legs 732 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:24,175 and the black spline to attach 733 00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:26,144 weighted bags to her. 734 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:29,748 Drives out to the river and discards her body. 735 00:37:32,518 --> 00:37:34,920 GOODYEAR: After a near two-year investigation, 736 00:37:35,020 --> 00:37:36,655 Brent Huck finally goes to trial, 737 00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:39,391 um, in October of 2002. 738 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:42,661 MARTINEZ: In analyzing all the pieces of evidence that were found-- 739 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:44,229 we're talking about 740 00:37:44,330 --> 00:37:46,197 the tape, the spline, the bags-- 741 00:37:46,298 --> 00:37:49,100 both at the scene and at his house. 742 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,571 The hair that was located on his boat. 743 00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:53,705 The dog hair 744 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:56,241 that was on the tape. 745 00:37:56,342 --> 00:37:57,743 The telephone records. 746 00:37:57,843 --> 00:37:59,678 The fact that he knew exactly how Misty 747 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:02,314 had been found and how she was bound. 748 00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:05,050 His military background, his knowledge of boating. 749 00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:06,885 He had the motive, 750 00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:08,920 being fearful that his current girlfriend 751 00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:11,056 finding out about the rumors of Misty being pregnant 752 00:38:11,156 --> 00:38:12,223 with his child. 753 00:38:12,324 --> 00:38:14,259 From a forensic standpoint, 754 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:18,063 but also, from a circumstantial standpoint, 755 00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:21,266 there was really no other solution. 756 00:38:21,367 --> 00:38:25,003 Brent Huck is Misty's murderer. 757 00:38:25,971 --> 00:38:28,540 * * 758 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:29,875 GOODYEAR: On October 23rd, 759 00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:31,977 the verdict was given by the jury. 760 00:38:32,077 --> 00:38:33,679 COURT CLERK: The defendant Brent Robert Huck 761 00:38:33,779 --> 00:38:35,681 is guilty of first-degree felony murder. 762 00:38:35,781 --> 00:38:38,350 NEWS ANCHOR: Brent Huck shook his head in disbelief 763 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:41,252 as the court clerk read the verdict: guilty, 764 00:38:41,353 --> 00:38:44,623 for the death of his former girlfriend Misty Morse. 765 00:38:44,723 --> 00:38:46,758 And he eventually was sentenced to life in prison 766 00:38:46,858 --> 00:38:48,394 without parole. 767 00:38:48,494 --> 00:38:51,997 No parole, life in prison. He's getting what he deserves. 768 00:38:52,097 --> 00:38:53,432 (exhales sharply) 769 00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:56,968 I just-- a very deep sigh of relief. 770 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,938 When they said "guilty," at that point, I realized 771 00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:02,173 that that was it, he was going away forever. 772 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:04,242 It's kind of ironic 773 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:07,312 that her gift to him... 774 00:39:08,113 --> 00:39:09,781 ...was what did it in for him. 775 00:39:09,881 --> 00:39:12,951 I think that that is quite possibly 776 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:15,521 the best kind of "gotcha." 777 00:39:15,621 --> 00:39:17,889 Nothing could cause him the pain that I've had to endure 778 00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:20,358 for the last two and a half years. 779 00:39:21,460 --> 00:39:24,763 I mean, there's nothing that could do that. 780 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,633 Because I have to live with this every day. 781 00:39:27,733 --> 00:39:29,835 You know, he left me very alone. 782 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:36,374 The reason we do what we do is the family and the victim. 783 00:39:36,475 --> 00:39:39,144 We can't bring her back. 784 00:39:39,244 --> 00:39:41,279 But at least they know that the person that caused her death 785 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,415 is being punished, and won't have 786 00:39:43,515 --> 00:39:45,917 the ability to hurt anybody ever again. 787 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,022 ...the way she was. 788 00:39:52,591 --> 00:39:56,394 And keep that memory alive in my heart and in my mind. 789 00:39:56,495 --> 00:39:58,897 For a long time, 790 00:39:58,997 --> 00:40:01,933 I kept expecting the phone to ring 791 00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:03,735 'cause when I would answer, 792 00:40:03,835 --> 00:40:05,904 Misty would always say, "Hey, old man." 793 00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:08,840 Of course, it never happened. 794 00:40:10,509 --> 00:40:14,045 * Ooh... * 795 00:40:17,449 --> 00:40:19,585 Misty was cremated, 796 00:40:19,685 --> 00:40:22,788 and we had a memorial 797 00:40:22,888 --> 00:40:26,024 at Hightower Park there in Satellite Beach. 798 00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:30,161 We walked down to the ocean, 799 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:34,933 and just as the cremains were dumped in the water, 800 00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:40,672 a little wavelet kind of came in and broke over it. 801 00:40:41,907 --> 00:40:45,243 * So it's time to let go... * 802 00:40:45,343 --> 00:40:47,813 And you could see the ashes being swept out. 803 00:40:47,913 --> 00:40:51,149 * Let go... * 804 00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:53,919 It was almost like the ocean 805 00:40:54,019 --> 00:40:56,221 wrapping its arms around Misty and saying, 806 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,524 "Come on, go with me." 807 00:40:58,624 --> 00:41:02,894 * Send in the waves * 808 00:41:02,994 --> 00:41:05,163 * To wash away... * 809 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:08,900 I want nothing more than for Misty 810 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,169 to be remembered as a loving, 811 00:41:11,269 --> 00:41:14,706 beautiful woman who cared about people, 812 00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:18,710 who wanted to spread happiness. 813 00:41:19,545 --> 00:41:20,979 And... 814 00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:23,381 when I think about Misty, 815 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,817 that's the thing that I think I remember the most. 816 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:28,386 That's the thing that makes me smile. 817 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:31,723 * Send in the waves * 818 00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:34,726 * To wash away * 819 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:38,429 * All of my pride * 820 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:41,767 * Why do I try? * 821 00:41:41,867 --> 00:41:44,936 * Send in the waves * 822 00:41:45,036 --> 00:41:48,373 * To wash away * 823 00:41:48,473 --> 00:41:51,910 * The rising tide * 824 00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:55,013 * So I can't hide * 825 00:41:55,113 --> 00:42:00,351 * Send in the waves * 826 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,190 * Send in the waves. * 827 00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:09,194 Captioning sponsored by CBS 828 00:42:11,162 --> 00:42:12,430 Captioning sponsored by CBS 829 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,967 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org