1 00:00:02,227 --> 00:00:03,585 - FEMALE NARRATOR: He was a big man 2 00:00:04,563 --> 00:00:06,913 with even bigger ambitions. 3 00:00:06,990 --> 00:00:09,750 - He had a dream of working for himself. 4 00:00:09,826 --> 00:00:12,836 He always wanted to be the best father he could be. 5 00:00:12,847 --> 00:00:14,680 - He was the vice president 6 00:00:14,757 --> 00:00:17,016 of the Iron Wings Motorcycle Club. 7 00:00:17,092 --> 00:00:19,468 - ♪ 8 00:00:19,544 --> 00:00:22,521 - NARRATOR: But his gang can't protect him when shots ring out 9 00:00:22,598 --> 00:00:24,857 in his own home. 10 00:00:24,933 --> 00:00:26,808 - [gunshots blasting] 11 00:00:26,885 --> 00:00:32,105 - It was shocking, vile, and so violent. 12 00:00:32,182 --> 00:00:33,857 - NARRATOR: As the case unfolds, 13 00:00:33,868 --> 00:00:36,869 detectives will explore the seedy underbelly 14 00:00:36,945 --> 00:00:39,705 of gang rivalries. 15 00:00:39,782 --> 00:00:41,540 - He enjoyed being feared. 16 00:00:41,617 --> 00:00:43,709 Nobody messed with Big Mike. 17 00:00:43,786 --> 00:00:48,881 Big Mike was someone to be reckoned with. 18 00:00:48,957 --> 00:00:53,052 - It got into kind of seeing who was the alpha club. 19 00:00:53,128 --> 00:00:55,128 - KEN: The lifestyle that he led, 20 00:00:55,205 --> 00:00:57,056 uh, people that he hung out with, you know, 21 00:00:57,132 --> 00:01:00,050 maybe it was some type of retaliation. 22 00:01:00,061 --> 00:01:03,136 - NARRATOR: Or is someone else in this tough biker's life 23 00:01:03,213 --> 00:01:05,898 out for revenge? 24 00:01:05,974 --> 00:01:09,017 - They fought nearly every day. 25 00:01:09,094 --> 00:01:12,687 - The relationship was in a downward spiral. 26 00:01:12,764 --> 00:01:14,573 - JULIE: He's basically said, "Get lost. 27 00:01:14,650 --> 00:01:16,617 I'm done with you. I'm sick of your [bleep]." 28 00:01:23,942 --> 00:01:29,463 - ♪ 29 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:32,841 ♪♪ 30 00:01:34,169 --> 00:01:35,260 - ♪ 31 00:01:35,337 --> 00:01:37,596 - NARRATOR: April 12, 2012. 32 00:01:37,673 --> 00:01:39,098 10 p.m. 33 00:01:39,174 --> 00:01:42,092 It's a quiet night in Erie, Pennsylvania, 34 00:01:42,103 --> 00:01:45,104 as members of the "Leader of Men" riding club 35 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:48,941 are winding down for the night in their clubhouse. 36 00:01:49,017 --> 00:01:50,776 - JULIE: The Leader of Men Riding Club, 37 00:01:50,853 --> 00:01:52,853 they're motorcycle enthusiasts. 38 00:01:52,929 --> 00:01:56,565 They enjoy riding motorcycles, they have fundraisers, 39 00:01:56,641 --> 00:01:58,617 they have a band. 40 00:01:58,694 --> 00:02:00,619 - The clubhouse is kind of like their hangout, 41 00:02:00,696 --> 00:02:02,571 their meeting point. 42 00:02:02,647 --> 00:02:04,906 - NARRATOR: But the camaraderie is shattered when gunshots 43 00:02:04,983 --> 00:02:07,626 ring out overhead. 44 00:02:07,703 --> 00:02:10,963 - [gunshot blasting] 45 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:13,799 - KEN: So, they duck and scatter in the clubhouse 46 00:02:13,876 --> 00:02:15,801 when the shots went off. 47 00:02:15,878 --> 00:02:17,803 - NARRATOR: Club members believe the sounds came from 48 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,256 the apartment upstairs. 49 00:02:21,333 --> 00:02:26,636 - Michael Henry lives in an apartment above their clubhouse, 50 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:30,149 and he's a member of another motorcycle club, 51 00:02:30,225 --> 00:02:31,817 the Iron Wings. 52 00:02:31,894 --> 00:02:35,812 And he is a prominent member in that club. 53 00:02:35,823 --> 00:02:37,939 - NARRATOR: As the air grows quiet, 54 00:02:38,016 --> 00:02:41,160 Leader of Men club member, Petie Miller calls Mike 55 00:02:41,236 --> 00:02:44,997 to find out what's going on. 56 00:02:45,073 --> 00:02:47,833 - JULIE: He called approximately five times. 57 00:02:47,910 --> 00:02:50,002 Michael Henry is not picking up his phone. 58 00:02:50,078 --> 00:02:52,838 Now he's getting concerned, now he's getting worried. 59 00:02:52,915 --> 00:02:55,290 It's dead silent up there. 60 00:02:55,367 --> 00:02:56,833 - NARRATOR: Petie reaches out to several 61 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,835 of Mike's club members. 62 00:02:58,846 --> 00:03:04,299 Within minutes, a small group of Iron Wings shows up. 63 00:03:04,376 --> 00:03:06,927 - JULIE: They bang on Mike's front door, 64 00:03:07,003 --> 00:03:09,137 which is a door in the middle of the building that exits 65 00:03:09,214 --> 00:03:12,191 out into the parking lot, where everybody is parked. 66 00:03:12,267 --> 00:03:14,693 This door is locked. 67 00:03:14,770 --> 00:03:18,197 They go to the back door, and they find that this door 68 00:03:18,273 --> 00:03:21,825 is ratcheted close with an industrial ratchet. 69 00:03:23,395 --> 00:03:25,153 - NARRATOR: Fearing for Mike's safety, 70 00:03:25,230 --> 00:03:27,998 his club members kick in the exterior door. 71 00:03:30,402 --> 00:03:32,878 As two of the men walk cautiously up the stairs 72 00:03:32,955 --> 00:03:34,871 to Mike's apartment door, 73 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:38,166 they're met with a horrific sight. 74 00:03:38,243 --> 00:03:40,219 - He then sees Michael Henry 75 00:03:40,295 --> 00:03:43,013 sitting in there on the futon, slumped over to the side. 76 00:03:45,801 --> 00:03:50,062 - There was a large amount of blood on the carpet. 77 00:03:50,138 --> 00:03:53,139 There was a large amount of blood on the futon. 78 00:03:53,216 --> 00:03:56,184 - Petie Miller made the 911 initial call. 79 00:03:56,261 --> 00:03:58,737 He calls and says that there had been a shooting. 80 00:03:58,814 --> 00:04:00,906 - [siren wailing] 81 00:04:00,983 --> 00:04:03,075 - NARRATOR: Officers arrive in minutes and are immediately 82 00:04:03,151 --> 00:04:06,861 taken aback by the gruesome scene. 83 00:04:06,938 --> 00:04:10,323 - He was shot approximately four times. 84 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,741 - JACK: Who could've done this? 85 00:04:12,828 --> 00:04:14,253 Who would've had a motive to do something like this? 86 00:04:14,329 --> 00:04:19,091 - ♪ 87 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:22,261 - NARRATOR: 31-year-old Erie native Michael J. Henry 88 00:04:22,337 --> 00:04:27,266 was known for his big stature and love of motorcycles. 89 00:04:27,342 --> 00:04:29,268 - NICOLE: I kind of known him for pretty much all his life. 90 00:04:29,344 --> 00:04:32,771 Everyone just called him Big Mike because he was big. 91 00:04:32,848 --> 00:04:34,764 He always loved bikes, you know? 92 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:37,183 Uh, he knew a lot about them. 93 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:40,895 He was a mechanic, so he knew how to build them too. 94 00:04:40,972 --> 00:04:43,782 Mike actually started his own motorcycle club 95 00:04:43,859 --> 00:04:46,401 called the Iron Wing Club. 96 00:04:46,478 --> 00:04:49,288 - JULIE: They're very serious about their motorcycles. 97 00:04:49,364 --> 00:04:53,199 They're very serious about being bikers. 98 00:04:53,276 --> 00:04:55,785 - NICOLE: It was just a bunch of guys that had regular jobs. 99 00:04:55,796 --> 00:04:57,871 They all hung out together a lot on the weekends 100 00:04:57,947 --> 00:04:58,964 and stuff like that. 101 00:04:59,041 --> 00:05:00,215 It was all about motorcycles. 102 00:05:03,495 --> 00:05:06,471 - NARRATOR: Mike was just as dedicated to the club as he was 103 00:05:06,548 --> 00:05:09,466 to running his own business. 104 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:11,810 - NICOLE: He had a dream of working for himself. 105 00:05:11,887 --> 00:05:14,054 He wanted to start his own pallet company. 106 00:05:14,130 --> 00:05:16,148 Kind of like you take these pallets, and you... 107 00:05:16,224 --> 00:05:17,983 kind of just pick them up from businesses. 108 00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:21,102 You--you recycle them, and eventually his idea was to take 109 00:05:21,179 --> 00:05:22,779 the pallets and to make them into other things. 110 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:27,942 - NARRATOR: Though Mike had big ambitions, 111 00:05:28,019 --> 00:05:31,163 he did have a checkered past. 112 00:05:31,239 --> 00:05:32,998 - NICOLE: Mike had a short fuse. 113 00:05:33,075 --> 00:05:35,500 If he got something in his head where that kind of 114 00:05:35,577 --> 00:05:40,080 made him angry, it wasn't so easily to calm him down. 115 00:05:40,156 --> 00:05:43,166 - Mostly, people appeared to be afraid of him. 116 00:05:43,177 --> 00:05:48,338 They were--he was known to start fights with people. 117 00:05:48,349 --> 00:05:52,967 Mike had served five years in prison for aggravated assault 118 00:05:53,044 --> 00:05:56,855 where he beat a man into a coma. 119 00:05:56,932 --> 00:05:59,024 - NICOLE: They were at a bar and someone was harassing 120 00:05:59,101 --> 00:06:02,435 the girl, so he kind of got in a little brawl there 121 00:06:02,512 --> 00:06:04,154 and ended up in jail. 122 00:06:07,609 --> 00:06:10,535 - NARRATOR: After his five-year prison sentence was complete, 123 00:06:10,612 --> 00:06:13,872 Mike worked to turn his life around. 124 00:06:13,949 --> 00:06:16,375 In addition to co-founding the Iron Wings 125 00:06:16,451 --> 00:06:21,496 and starting his own company, Mike found love in 2006 126 00:06:21,573 --> 00:06:24,883 when an old friend walked back into his life. 127 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,551 - NICOLE: I didn't live here for like ten years. 128 00:06:26,628 --> 00:06:29,045 He was actually at my brother's house. 129 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:30,347 And I went over there, 130 00:06:31,950 --> 00:06:33,341 um, just kind of started talking to him, because I--I mean, 131 00:06:33,418 --> 00:06:35,552 I was attracted to him. 132 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:38,063 - NARRATOR: Single mother of three, Nicole Spinelli 133 00:06:38,140 --> 00:06:42,475 had no problem seeing past Mike's tough exterior. 134 00:06:42,552 --> 00:06:43,793 - NICOLE: He was really funny. 135 00:06:43,795 --> 00:06:46,405 I mean, he could make me laugh like probably 136 00:06:46,481 --> 00:06:48,356 I'd never laughed before, you know, 137 00:06:48,433 --> 00:06:50,909 um, which was interesting 'cause everyone looks at him 138 00:06:50,986 --> 00:06:53,153 like this big scary guy, because he was huge, you know? 139 00:06:53,229 --> 00:06:56,581 But, um, he was actually just a softy in a way. 140 00:06:56,658 --> 00:07:00,085 - NARRATOR: The two quickly fell head over heels. 141 00:07:00,162 --> 00:07:01,411 - NICOLE: We had a lot of fun. 142 00:07:01,422 --> 00:07:03,538 We would go motorcycle riding. 143 00:07:03,615 --> 00:07:06,166 We were together 24/7 it seemed like. 144 00:07:06,242 --> 00:07:08,334 I just couldn't wait to always be with him. 145 00:07:08,411 --> 00:07:11,430 - NARRATOR: In 2010, after 4 years together, 146 00:07:11,506 --> 00:07:15,383 the couple found out they were expecting a baby. 147 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:17,177 - NICOLE: He talked about it all the time, you know, 148 00:07:17,253 --> 00:07:18,495 us having a child. 149 00:07:18,497 --> 00:07:21,389 But I really didn't plan on having any more kids. 150 00:07:21,466 --> 00:07:24,392 I think we were both kind of like shocked and excited. 151 00:07:24,469 --> 00:07:27,353 He always wanted to be the best father he could be. 152 00:07:27,430 --> 00:07:29,281 - ♪ 153 00:07:29,357 --> 00:07:31,283 - NARRATOR: In May of 2011, 154 00:07:31,359 --> 00:07:35,236 the couple welcomed their son Jaxxon. 155 00:07:35,313 --> 00:07:37,363 - NICOLE: He longed to be a, you know, full-time father, 156 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:38,948 that's for sure. 157 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,208 That was really important to him. 158 00:07:41,853 --> 00:07:43,077 I think it all stems from him not being around his father 159 00:07:43,154 --> 00:07:46,131 as much as he would have liked growing up. 160 00:07:46,208 --> 00:07:48,208 - NARRATOR: While things were great at first, 161 00:07:48,284 --> 00:07:52,420 Mike eventually slipped back into old habits. 162 00:07:52,497 --> 00:07:54,639 - NICOLE: He succumbed to the pressure of the club. 163 00:07:54,716 --> 00:07:57,142 You know, they were going out every night, you know, 164 00:07:57,219 --> 00:07:58,477 and they wouldn't come home. 165 00:07:58,553 --> 00:08:00,595 It was just kind of like a bad time, 166 00:08:00,672 --> 00:08:02,981 when it should've been a good time. 167 00:08:03,058 --> 00:08:06,935 - NARRATOR: Ultimately, the couple split in 2012. 168 00:08:07,011 --> 00:08:09,479 - Neither one of us really knew what we were going to do. 169 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:11,323 It was very confusing. 170 00:08:11,399 --> 00:08:15,494 I was gonna do what I could to see if we could fix things. 171 00:08:15,570 --> 00:08:20,499 - ♪ 172 00:08:20,575 --> 00:08:22,659 - NARRATOR: But before Mike and Nicole could work out 173 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:26,171 their differences, tragedy strikes when Mike's life 174 00:08:26,248 --> 00:08:30,008 is cut short on April 12th, 2012. 175 00:08:30,085 --> 00:08:31,459 - ♪ 176 00:08:31,536 --> 00:08:34,671 - The police went to the place where 911 had directed 177 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:40,009 them, which was an apartment over a motorcycle club. 178 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:42,595 - NARRATOR: As officers begin clearing the apartment, 179 00:08:42,672 --> 00:08:47,692 they hear a faint cry coming from the next room. 180 00:08:47,769 --> 00:08:51,530 - JULIE: They discovered Mike's ten-month-old son 181 00:08:51,606 --> 00:08:54,032 in the crib, 182 00:08:54,109 --> 00:08:57,277 just waking up, starting to cry. 183 00:08:57,353 --> 00:09:00,205 - NARRATOR: Luckily, the child appears unharmed. 184 00:09:03,026 --> 00:09:05,210 - JULIE: You start to think, who would do this? 185 00:09:05,287 --> 00:09:10,215 Who would fire off four or five shots in an apartment with 186 00:09:10,292 --> 00:09:14,636 a 10-month-old child within 15 feet of his father? 187 00:09:16,205 --> 00:09:20,058 - It was shocking, vile, and so violent. 188 00:09:20,135 --> 00:09:22,727 - ♪ 189 00:09:22,804 --> 00:09:24,104 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 190 00:09:25,214 --> 00:09:28,474 Evidence suggests Mike may have been targeted. 191 00:09:28,551 --> 00:09:32,186 - CHELSEA: The person who murdered Mike wanted him dead. 192 00:09:32,263 --> 00:09:34,314 - Was this homicide committed 193 00:09:34,390 --> 00:09:36,741 by a rival motorcycle club? 194 00:09:36,818 --> 00:09:39,694 Or was it something more personal? 195 00:09:39,771 --> 00:09:43,406 - NARRATOR: And a tangled love affair sparks suspicion. 196 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:45,575 - JANICE: He had been seeing other women. 197 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:48,628 She knew that she was not his only girlfriend. 198 00:09:57,579 --> 00:10:00,890 - ♪ 199 00:10:03,753 --> 00:10:06,104 - NARRATOR: On the night of April 12th, 2012, 200 00:10:06,181 --> 00:10:08,765 Erie, Pennsylvania, police officers find 201 00:10:08,775 --> 00:10:14,270 31-year-old Mike Henry shot to death in his apartment. 202 00:10:14,281 --> 00:10:16,448 Their first order of business is protecting 203 00:10:16,524 --> 00:10:20,276 Mike's ten-month-old son. 204 00:10:20,287 --> 00:10:22,621 - The thing that got everybody is that his son 205 00:10:22,697 --> 00:10:25,365 was sitting there and then whoever shot him, 206 00:10:25,441 --> 00:10:26,866 shot him, killed him and left. 207 00:10:26,943 --> 00:10:29,294 And the son was still there. 208 00:10:29,371 --> 00:10:32,622 - The child was okay and was removed, uh, 209 00:10:32,633 --> 00:10:36,376 and taken into custody by Child Protective Services. 210 00:10:36,452 --> 00:10:39,212 - I was very shocked when I found this out. 211 00:10:39,288 --> 00:10:44,258 My mom called me and told me Mike's dead and, you know, 212 00:10:44,335 --> 00:10:45,551 the first thing through my head is, 213 00:10:45,628 --> 00:10:47,220 "Well, you know, where's the baby?" 214 00:10:47,296 --> 00:10:48,763 "And the baby's fine." 215 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,315 I mean, I couldn't believe it. 216 00:10:50,392 --> 00:10:53,485 I was thankful that nothing happened to my son. 217 00:10:53,561 --> 00:10:56,646 A lot of thankfulness and, you know, tears at the same time. 218 00:10:56,657 --> 00:10:59,148 It was a very hard time though, it definitely was. 219 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,826 - ♪ 220 00:11:01,903 --> 00:11:04,237 - NARRATOR: As Mike's son is taken away, 221 00:11:04,313 --> 00:11:08,333 detectives arrive on the scene and get to work. 222 00:11:08,410 --> 00:11:11,244 - Mike Henry was shot four times. 223 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,497 He was shot once in the leg, twice in the chest, 224 00:11:14,508 --> 00:11:16,416 and once in the head. 225 00:11:16,492 --> 00:11:19,844 We could tell that it didn't take long for him to pass. 226 00:11:19,921 --> 00:11:23,256 It would have been a matter of seconds. 227 00:11:23,332 --> 00:11:26,175 - Thoughts were initially, okay, 228 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:30,605 was this homicide committed by a rival motorcycle club? 229 00:11:32,550 --> 00:11:36,269 Or was it something more personal? 230 00:11:36,345 --> 00:11:37,862 - NARRATOR: Based on the positioning of the body 231 00:11:37,939 --> 00:11:40,356 and the location of the blood stains, 232 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:44,193 detectives theorize about what may have happened. 233 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:48,197 - The individual walked up on him while he had been laying 234 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:53,712 in bed and initially fired and then, upon him getting up, 235 00:11:53,788 --> 00:11:56,956 continued to fire and walked out of the apartment 236 00:11:57,033 --> 00:11:58,875 right after that. 237 00:11:58,885 --> 00:12:01,794 So, it was almost like walking by, shooting somebody, 238 00:12:01,871 --> 00:12:06,224 and continue to walk out of the apartment. 239 00:12:06,301 --> 00:12:07,967 - NARRATOR: As detectives search the scene, 240 00:12:08,044 --> 00:12:11,730 they recover four shell casings. 241 00:12:11,806 --> 00:12:14,682 - KEN: The shell casings were 9-millimeter shell casings, 242 00:12:14,759 --> 00:12:18,311 which told us that a 9-millimeter handgun 243 00:12:18,387 --> 00:12:21,814 would have been used and that it matched up 244 00:12:21,891 --> 00:12:25,201 with the number of shots that we believe were on Mike Henry. 245 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:30,749 - NARRATOR: Though detectives are able to determine 246 00:12:30,825 --> 00:12:34,660 the type of weapon used, they are unsure how the killer 247 00:12:34,737 --> 00:12:38,414 gained access to Mike's apartment. 248 00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:40,416 - We're looking, trying to figure out, okay, 249 00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:42,919 how--how would this individual get into this apartment 250 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:44,837 without Mike Henry knowing? 251 00:12:44,914 --> 00:12:46,506 Being that his size and everything, 252 00:12:46,582 --> 00:12:51,010 and the position that he was in, he was surprised. 253 00:12:51,087 --> 00:12:53,846 - NARRATOR: Although detectives have many questions, 254 00:12:53,923 --> 00:12:57,275 there is one thing they know for sure. 255 00:12:57,352 --> 00:13:00,436 - There's a TV there, there's appliances there, 256 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,939 there's money located in a bedroom. 257 00:13:02,949 --> 00:13:08,528 It doesn't appear that burglary or robbery was the motive. 258 00:13:08,604 --> 00:13:11,030 - KEN: The fact that it looks like they got in there, 259 00:13:11,107 --> 00:13:12,615 shot him, and got out. 260 00:13:12,626 --> 00:13:13,699 That was the intent. 261 00:13:13,776 --> 00:13:16,211 The intent was to kill Mike Henry. 262 00:13:17,631 --> 00:13:20,456 - NARRATOR: Since there were no signs of forced entry, 263 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:24,377 detectives suspect one of two things: 264 00:13:24,453 --> 00:13:25,953 - KEN: Somebody either had a key, 265 00:13:26,031 --> 00:13:31,309 or they knew how to get into the apartment without having to 266 00:13:31,386 --> 00:13:34,479 kick in the door or pry it open or anything like that. 267 00:13:34,556 --> 00:13:38,766 - So, everybody close to Mike was a suspect at first. 268 00:13:38,843 --> 00:13:42,395 - ♪ 269 00:13:42,471 --> 00:13:45,490 - NARRATOR: As CSI continues processing the scene, 270 00:13:45,567 --> 00:13:49,494 witnesses are transferred to the station for interviews. 271 00:13:49,571 --> 00:13:52,664 Detectives first speak with Leader of Men motorcycle club 272 00:13:52,740 --> 00:13:55,616 member Petie Miller. 273 00:13:55,693 --> 00:13:58,494 - He's the one that made the 911 initial call. 274 00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:02,748 We learned that he heard an argument, 275 00:14:02,825 --> 00:14:06,586 some shuffling around, and then pop, pop. 276 00:14:06,662 --> 00:14:10,431 Some more muffled sounds and then a pop, pop, pop. 277 00:14:11,876 --> 00:14:15,011 - NARRATOR: Petie says he hadn't called 911 right away 278 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:18,431 because he didn't want to upset Mike. 279 00:14:18,507 --> 00:14:22,602 - He said, "If Mike was up there doing something himself, 280 00:14:22,678 --> 00:14:24,770 "I didn't want him to get pissed off at me. 281 00:14:24,847 --> 00:14:27,532 "I'm not going to get involved. 282 00:14:27,609 --> 00:14:32,486 I'm going to let his motorcycle club look into it." 283 00:14:32,563 --> 00:14:35,039 He was a biker, and he lived the biker life. 284 00:14:35,116 --> 00:14:38,117 Nobody messed with Big Mike. 285 00:14:38,194 --> 00:14:40,119 - ♪ 286 00:14:40,196 --> 00:14:42,380 - NARRATOR: Petie says three weeks earlier, 287 00:14:42,457 --> 00:14:47,376 the Iron Wings and another club had gotten into a brawl. 288 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,962 - JULIE: There was an incident involving Michael Henry 289 00:14:50,039 --> 00:14:53,633 in a fight out in the local bar called the Oasis 290 00:14:53,709 --> 00:14:55,635 a couple of weeks prior. 291 00:14:55,711 --> 00:14:58,471 So, his initial thought was, 292 00:14:58,547 --> 00:15:00,565 "Could this be a continuation of that?" 293 00:15:00,642 --> 00:15:03,476 And that motorcycle club was called 294 00:15:03,552 --> 00:15:06,145 the Lucky 13 motorcycle club. 295 00:15:06,222 --> 00:15:08,147 - The lifestyle that he led, 296 00:15:08,224 --> 00:15:10,691 uh, people that he hung out with, you know, 297 00:15:10,768 --> 00:15:13,569 maybe it was some type of retaliation. 298 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,821 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Petie if someone else 299 00:15:15,898 --> 00:15:18,917 may have been angry with Mike. 300 00:15:18,993 --> 00:15:20,868 While he can't think of anyone, 301 00:15:20,945 --> 00:15:26,540 Petie admits Mike was very popular with the ladies. 302 00:15:26,617 --> 00:15:28,501 - KEN: He was known through his hangouts 303 00:15:28,577 --> 00:15:30,929 as he was a ladies' man. 304 00:15:31,005 --> 00:15:34,599 You know, he didn't, you know, stick with one girl very long. 305 00:15:34,676 --> 00:15:38,678 - ♪ 306 00:15:38,754 --> 00:15:40,605 - NARRATOR: Armed with multiple leads, 307 00:15:40,682 --> 00:15:44,108 authorities next turn to Mike's heartbroken family 308 00:15:44,185 --> 00:15:47,687 to learn more about his personal life. 309 00:15:47,763 --> 00:15:50,106 - CHELSEA: His mother and his father said, even though he did 310 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,617 have a past, when his son was born, 311 00:15:52,694 --> 00:15:54,527 that was the turning point for him. 312 00:15:54,603 --> 00:15:57,571 And he was starting to turn his life around and better himself 313 00:15:57,648 --> 00:16:00,700 for not only him, but for his son as well. 314 00:16:00,776 --> 00:16:03,786 - NARRATOR: Mike's family says he had dated his son's mother, 315 00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:08,457 Nicole Spinelli, for years, but the two had recently split. 316 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:10,209 And within a couple of weeks, 317 00:16:10,286 --> 00:16:14,472 Mike started seeing a woman named Rachel Kozloff. 318 00:16:14,549 --> 00:16:17,141 - When we were split up, Michael told me one day, 319 00:16:17,218 --> 00:16:18,926 you know, that he did meet a girl. 320 00:16:19,003 --> 00:16:20,928 Rachel was her name. 321 00:16:21,005 --> 00:16:22,888 - So, at that point, we're trying to gather 322 00:16:22,965 --> 00:16:26,058 as much information as we can about Rachel. 323 00:16:26,135 --> 00:16:28,653 - ♪ 324 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:32,156 - NARRATOR: A native of Erie, 30-year-old Rachel Kozloff 325 00:16:32,233 --> 00:16:36,110 was known for her lively, independent spirit. 326 00:16:36,187 --> 00:16:37,996 - Rachel is a good person, 327 00:16:38,072 --> 00:16:42,074 she has a great personality, she has a great sense of humor. 328 00:16:42,151 --> 00:16:44,836 - NARRATOR: Despite her charismatic personality, 329 00:16:44,912 --> 00:16:48,172 Rachel had never been lucky in love. 330 00:16:48,249 --> 00:16:50,082 - SHANE: Rachel had four children 331 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:52,084 with four different fathers. 332 00:16:52,161 --> 00:16:56,180 Some of them she remained friendly with, but regardless, 333 00:16:56,257 --> 00:16:59,133 she had four men in her life that gave her children 334 00:16:59,210 --> 00:17:01,686 and nothing else and walked away. 335 00:17:04,048 --> 00:17:05,690 - NARRATOR: What her love life lacked, 336 00:17:05,767 --> 00:17:08,517 Rachel made up for in motherhood. 337 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:13,981 - My mom is a loving, caring... 338 00:17:14,058 --> 00:17:15,591 mama bear. 339 00:17:15,593 --> 00:17:19,987 She just wants the best for us, and she tried her hardest. 340 00:17:20,064 --> 00:17:24,116 - MARCUS: She's always been a shoulder to cry on, 341 00:17:24,193 --> 00:17:28,162 ear to listen, and a mouth to give advice. 342 00:17:28,239 --> 00:17:32,625 Uh, she's always been there for all of us. 343 00:17:32,701 --> 00:17:34,043 - NARRATOR: Though raising four children 344 00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:36,212 was a financial struggle, 345 00:17:36,222 --> 00:17:40,132 Rachel always found a way to make ends meet. 346 00:17:40,209 --> 00:17:41,675 - SARAH: She jumped around from job to job. 347 00:17:41,752 --> 00:17:44,303 She did, uh, a bunch of different things. 348 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:46,222 - REBECCA: She instilled in me just to be 349 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:48,891 an independent person. 350 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:52,070 You don't need a man or woman to be there 351 00:17:52,146 --> 00:17:53,896 to help you do anything. 352 00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:56,574 - ♪ 353 00:17:56,651 --> 00:17:59,026 - NARRATOR: By February of 2012, 354 00:17:59,103 --> 00:18:02,154 Rachel had all but given up on love... 355 00:18:02,231 --> 00:18:06,325 until Mike Henry walked into her life. 356 00:18:06,402 --> 00:18:08,994 - I feel like Rachel was definitely trying 357 00:18:09,071 --> 00:18:11,872 something new in her life when it came to Mike, 358 00:18:11,949 --> 00:18:14,667 because her other boyfriends weren't the same. 359 00:18:14,743 --> 00:18:19,046 They were more, I guess, mild compared to Mike. 360 00:18:19,123 --> 00:18:21,766 - NARRATOR: Though Mike seemed a bit rough around the edges, 361 00:18:21,843 --> 00:18:25,010 Rachel could see a future with him. 362 00:18:25,087 --> 00:18:27,179 - JANICE: He had been seeing other women. 363 00:18:27,256 --> 00:18:30,224 She knew that she was not his only girlfriend, 364 00:18:30,301 --> 00:18:34,770 but I think she thought that maybe they would have 365 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:37,731 a relationship just the two of them one day. 366 00:18:37,808 --> 00:18:39,283 - SHANE: Rachel loved kids. 367 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,620 You know, and maybe the combination of Mike 368 00:18:42,697 --> 00:18:46,198 having a son and that, you know, she saw that family unit, 369 00:18:46,275 --> 00:18:48,292 you know, and that, that kind of endeared her to Mike. 370 00:18:50,946 --> 00:18:52,004 - NARRATOR: Mike's family says 371 00:18:53,358 --> 00:18:55,133 although he was in a relationship with Rachel, 372 00:18:55,209 --> 00:18:58,377 he and Nicole still loved each other. 373 00:18:58,454 --> 00:19:00,921 - NICOLE: We were, like I said, so much confusion and do you-- 374 00:19:00,998 --> 00:19:02,256 you know, do you want to let him go? 375 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:03,850 Do you want to try to work it out? 376 00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:07,720 And you know, so, you were--so, I was still together with him. 377 00:19:07,796 --> 00:19:10,389 - NARRATOR: According to Mike's family, in mid-March, 378 00:19:10,466 --> 00:19:14,643 Nicole had to leave unexpectedly for a family emergency 379 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:17,062 and has been there ever since. 380 00:19:17,139 --> 00:19:18,898 - NICOLE: I was actually had to go to Ohio, 381 00:19:18,974 --> 00:19:21,400 and I was going to be in Ohio for like a month, 382 00:19:21,477 --> 00:19:24,278 and it was unexpected, so while I was down there, 383 00:19:24,355 --> 00:19:26,655 he had Jaxxon at the time. 384 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:29,825 - ♪ 385 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:32,003 - NARRATOR: After finishing up with Mike's family, 386 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:35,080 detectives track down Nicole. 387 00:19:35,157 --> 00:19:37,166 - JULIE: This is informational in nature, 388 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:40,169 and we just want to gather as much information as we can. 389 00:19:40,180 --> 00:19:44,173 We want to talk to everybody who may have been involved. 390 00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:47,018 - NARRATOR: Police confirm Nicole was out of town 391 00:19:47,094 --> 00:19:52,014 at the time of Mike's murder, eliminating her as a suspect. 392 00:19:52,025 --> 00:19:57,102 Next, detectives work to track down Mike's new girlfriend. 393 00:19:57,179 --> 00:19:59,355 - We needed to speak with her immediately. 394 00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:01,690 - ♪ 395 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,034 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 396 00:20:03,110 --> 00:20:07,371 Detectives come face to face with Mike's new lover. 397 00:20:07,448 --> 00:20:09,990 - JACK: She was sobbing and breaking down. 398 00:20:10,067 --> 00:20:11,450 She either didn't do this, 399 00:20:11,527 --> 00:20:14,787 or she's the best actress in the world. 400 00:20:14,863 --> 00:20:17,164 - NARRATOR: And a chilling interview fuels the flames 401 00:20:17,241 --> 00:20:20,292 of a gang retaliation. 402 00:20:20,369 --> 00:20:23,212 - There was a pretty good stomping and beat down 403 00:20:23,223 --> 00:20:24,972 until someone fired a shot. 404 00:20:35,259 --> 00:20:38,986 - ♪ 405 00:20:49,106 --> 00:20:50,906 - NARRATOR: Just four hours into the investigation of the 406 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:55,202 brutal homicide of motorcycle club member Mike Henry, 407 00:20:55,279 --> 00:21:00,091 detectives have uncovered a number of leads. 408 00:21:00,167 --> 00:21:02,418 - There was a fight involving Michael Henry 409 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:06,088 and another member of the Lucky 13 Motorcycle Club, 410 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:10,217 and he had a complicated love life. 411 00:21:10,294 --> 00:21:13,345 Mike's been in and out of relationships. 412 00:21:13,422 --> 00:21:15,264 - NARRATOR: Though detectives have verified 413 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:19,059 the mother of Mike's son, Nicole Spinelli, was in Ohio 414 00:21:19,136 --> 00:21:22,396 at the time of Mike's murder, they have yet to track down 415 00:21:22,473 --> 00:21:27,118 Mike's current girlfriend, 30-year-old Rachel Kozloff. 416 00:21:27,194 --> 00:21:31,122 Luckily, it doesn't take long to find her. 417 00:21:31,198 --> 00:21:34,450 - We were given information that Rachel Kozloff 418 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:36,961 had driven to the police department. 419 00:21:37,038 --> 00:21:39,463 She was downstairs and ready to be interviewed. 420 00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:42,082 Mike's club members had reached out to her and said, "Hey, 421 00:21:42,159 --> 00:21:44,260 the police want to speak with you, come down to the station." 422 00:21:47,122 --> 00:21:51,592 Rachel did not indicate that she knew why she was there. 423 00:21:51,668 --> 00:21:53,927 And we did not tell her. 424 00:21:54,004 --> 00:21:56,096 - NARRATOR: Detectives start by asking Rachel 425 00:21:56,173 --> 00:21:58,774 about her relationship with Mike Henry. 426 00:22:11,522 --> 00:22:14,165 - I ask her to just to go through her--her day, 427 00:22:14,241 --> 00:22:16,158 her evening. 428 00:22:16,169 --> 00:22:18,577 - NARRATOR: Rachel says around 6:30 p.m., 429 00:22:18,654 --> 00:22:21,288 she stopped by Mike's to have dinner, 430 00:22:21,365 --> 00:22:24,625 and that's when things got intimate. 431 00:22:24,701 --> 00:22:27,920 - Rachel says that when she goes over there, 432 00:22:27,996 --> 00:22:32,257 he asks her to pleasure him. 433 00:22:32,334 --> 00:22:34,968 I asked, "Is this something that you normally do?" 434 00:22:35,045 --> 00:22:37,521 And she says "Yes, this happens all the time." 435 00:22:37,598 --> 00:22:42,193 She said, "But when I go to pleasure him, he smells of sex." 436 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,487 - Rachel says after Mike explained himself, 437 00:22:53,564 --> 00:22:58,042 the two were fine, and she left shortly after. 438 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,370 But around 9 p.m., while she was out with a friend, 439 00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:04,173 Mike initiated a fight over text. 440 00:23:21,383 --> 00:23:23,234 - NARRATOR: Rachel explains that the texts were 441 00:23:23,310 --> 00:23:28,239 going nowhere, so she decided to return to Mike's apartment. 442 00:23:28,315 --> 00:23:32,025 - She wanted to go there and see how he was doing 443 00:23:32,102 --> 00:23:36,580 and make up with him. 444 00:23:36,657 --> 00:23:38,073 - NARRATOR: According to Rachel, 445 00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:41,410 she arrived at Mike's around 9:30 p.m. 446 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:44,371 and had to park in the adjacent lot since the parking lot 447 00:23:44,448 --> 00:23:47,541 outside of Mike's building was full. 448 00:23:47,618 --> 00:23:51,429 - She says that she walks around the building, 449 00:23:51,505 --> 00:23:55,507 goes in, and lets herself in because she has a key. 450 00:23:55,584 --> 00:23:57,384 And walks into his apartment and says, 451 00:23:57,461 --> 00:23:59,478 "What's up? What's going on?" 452 00:24:06,020 --> 00:24:09,354 - NARRATOR: Rachel says Mike then went to the bathroom. 453 00:24:09,431 --> 00:24:12,232 - And at that point, she sees a number on his phone 454 00:24:12,309 --> 00:24:14,452 that she doesn't recognize. 455 00:24:14,528 --> 00:24:18,447 So, according to Rachel, she memorizes that number. 456 00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:20,958 - NARRATOR: According to Rachel, when Mike came back, 457 00:24:21,035 --> 00:24:22,918 he went into a rage. 458 00:24:34,215 --> 00:24:36,465 - Rachel says he grabs her by the arm, 459 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:39,101 he pulls her off the futon, and he throws her into the wall. 460 00:24:55,736 --> 00:24:57,995 - NARRATOR: Rachel claims she has no idea 461 00:24:58,072 --> 00:25:02,407 what caused Mike's sudden outburst. 462 00:25:02,484 --> 00:25:04,618 - JULIE: So, she thinks, I'm going to call that phone number 463 00:25:04,695 --> 00:25:07,338 because it's got to be something that's going on, 464 00:25:07,414 --> 00:25:09,122 why he's acting like this. 465 00:25:09,199 --> 00:25:14,345 She says a woman answers on the other end of the phone. 466 00:25:14,421 --> 00:25:15,754 - NARRATOR: According to Rachel, 467 00:25:15,831 --> 00:25:19,299 the woman identified herself as Josie Noble, 468 00:25:19,376 --> 00:25:21,310 an ex-girlfriend of Mike's. 469 00:25:37,894 --> 00:25:40,362 - NARRATOR: Hours later, Rachel says she received 470 00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:43,499 an ambiguous text from one of Mike's friends. 471 00:26:00,375 --> 00:26:03,102 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Rachel if she owns a gun. 472 00:26:17,267 --> 00:26:20,819 - She tells us she lost her gun. 473 00:26:20,896 --> 00:26:22,571 She's not sure where it's at. 474 00:26:22,582 --> 00:26:24,039 The last time she saw it, 475 00:26:25,233 --> 00:26:27,868 it was in Michael Henry's center console in his truck. 476 00:26:27,944 --> 00:26:30,203 - NARRATOR: Though Rachel appears genuine, 477 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,875 detectives can't help but think she's hiding something. 478 00:26:34,951 --> 00:26:36,877 - JULIE: At this point in the interview, 479 00:26:36,953 --> 00:26:40,213 I thought I would let her know why she was actually there 480 00:26:40,290 --> 00:26:41,432 at the police department. 481 00:26:59,193 --> 00:27:00,359 - JACK: There is Rachel Kozloff, 482 00:27:00,435 --> 00:27:03,445 immediately sobbing and breaking down, 483 00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:06,573 and we both looked at each other and said, 484 00:27:06,650 --> 00:27:08,200 "She either didn't do this, 485 00:27:08,276 --> 00:27:10,127 or she's the best actress in the world." 486 00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:40,565 - NARRATOR: Rachel says last month a physical fight broke out 487 00:27:40,642 --> 00:27:44,370 between the members of Mike's club and the Lucky 13 club. 488 00:27:57,367 --> 00:27:59,626 - NARRATOR: Before concluding Rachel's interview, 489 00:27:59,703 --> 00:28:02,754 detectives assess her injuries. 490 00:28:02,831 --> 00:28:04,181 - JULIE: On her right arm, 491 00:28:04,258 --> 00:28:07,467 I did not notice any visual injuries. 492 00:28:07,544 --> 00:28:12,347 When I examined her right ankle, I did however note that it was 493 00:28:12,358 --> 00:28:16,694 a little puffy, and there was a scrape on the side of her ankle. 494 00:28:16,770 --> 00:28:19,196 - NARRATOR: Rachel willingly turns over her phone, 495 00:28:19,273 --> 00:28:22,366 car, and clothing for analysis. 496 00:28:24,778 --> 00:28:27,654 As Rachel's items are sent to the crime lab, 497 00:28:27,731 --> 00:28:30,866 detectives call in one of Mike's fellow club members 498 00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:33,994 and ask if Mike's murder could have been the rival gang 499 00:28:34,070 --> 00:28:37,214 coming back to finish the job. 500 00:28:37,291 --> 00:28:38,531 - NICOLE: They had a misunderstanding, 501 00:28:38,609 --> 00:28:40,834 and they were kind of seeing who--you know, 502 00:28:40,911 --> 00:28:43,887 who was the alpha club? 503 00:28:43,964 --> 00:28:47,340 - He told police that the Lucky 13 and the Iron Wings 504 00:28:47,417 --> 00:28:48,600 were at peace. 505 00:28:50,287 --> 00:28:54,231 - NARRATOR: Investigators work quickly to confirm this claim. 506 00:28:54,308 --> 00:28:57,517 - JULIE: We learned there hadn't been any issues with 507 00:28:57,594 --> 00:29:02,898 Lucky 13 in the past several weeks after the Oasis incident. 508 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:05,901 - Once our criminal investigation detectives 509 00:29:05,911 --> 00:29:08,746 had time to talk with their club members, 510 00:29:08,822 --> 00:29:13,700 we ruled out that it could be a rival gang that did this crime. 511 00:29:13,777 --> 00:29:15,919 - They were all extremely upset 512 00:29:15,996 --> 00:29:18,538 and concerned about Mike. 513 00:29:18,615 --> 00:29:22,000 And it did not appear to us that they were responsible 514 00:29:22,077 --> 00:29:24,377 for his shooting. 515 00:29:24,454 --> 00:29:28,381 - ♪ 516 00:29:28,458 --> 00:29:29,825 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 517 00:29:29,827 --> 00:29:33,762 A new witness turns the investigation on its head. 518 00:29:33,773 --> 00:29:37,390 - CHELSEA: She was threatening, she was rude, she attacked her. 519 00:29:37,467 --> 00:29:39,059 It was not civil at all. 520 00:29:39,135 --> 00:29:41,570 - NARRATOR: And investigators turn up the heat. 521 00:29:51,481 --> 00:29:54,958 - ♪ 522 00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:02,049 - ♪ 523 00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:06,753 - NARRATOR: It's been two days since the shooting death 524 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:09,089 of Mike Henry. 525 00:30:09,165 --> 00:30:12,133 After eliminating a rival motorcycle club for 526 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:16,972 Mike's murder, detectives decide to track down Josie Noble, 527 00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:19,891 the woman Mike's girlfriend, Rachel Kozloff, 528 00:30:19,968 --> 00:30:24,396 claims was in contact with Mike on the night of his death. 529 00:30:24,472 --> 00:30:27,816 - JULIE: She is a friend of Mike and a former ex of Mike's. 530 00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:29,734 She said that Mike had reached out to her, 531 00:30:29,811 --> 00:30:31,778 and she hadn't heard from him in months. 532 00:30:31,855 --> 00:30:35,657 He subsequently sent a picture of his son to her. 533 00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:38,001 And she responded back cordially, "Oh, he's cute. 534 00:30:38,078 --> 00:30:39,670 How are you?" 535 00:30:39,746 --> 00:30:45,584 And that was the extent of that conversation. 536 00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:47,419 - NARRATOR: Josie says, later that night, 537 00:30:47,495 --> 00:30:50,505 she got an alarming phone call. 538 00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:56,177 - On the other end was a woman that said, "Who are you?" 539 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:59,848 And of course, Josie said she responded, "Well, who are you?" 540 00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:04,811 As in: who is this woman yelling in the phone asking me who I am? 541 00:31:04,888 --> 00:31:06,688 - NARRATOR: Josie's depiction of the encounter 542 00:31:06,699 --> 00:31:11,776 greatly differs from the one Rachel Kozloff described. 543 00:31:11,853 --> 00:31:14,529 - CHELSEA: It was the exact opposite of what Rachel said. 544 00:31:14,540 --> 00:31:18,533 She was threatening, she was rude, she attacked her. 545 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,544 It was not civil at all. 546 00:31:20,621 --> 00:31:22,203 - JULIE: Following her interview, 547 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:25,874 Josie was subsequently ruled out as a suspect. 548 00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:28,710 - ♪ 549 00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:31,546 - NARRATOR: With Rachel's cell phone already in hand, 550 00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:35,508 detectives pour over her phone records and find a different 551 00:31:35,585 --> 00:31:40,055 type of relationship with Mike than the one she had portrayed. 552 00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:43,850 - They didn't just fight literally only three times. 553 00:31:43,927 --> 00:31:46,978 They fought nearly every day. 554 00:31:47,055 --> 00:31:49,189 - NARRATOR: The final text exchange between the couple 555 00:31:49,265 --> 00:31:52,067 suggests that on the night of April 12th, 556 00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:56,079 Mike was ending the relationship for good. 557 00:31:56,156 --> 00:31:58,239 - JULIE: He's basically told her, "Get lost. 558 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,700 I'm done with you. I'm sick of your [bleep]." 559 00:32:00,777 --> 00:32:04,079 So, she sends out a text to Michael Henry, "Sleep tight, 560 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:05,705 I'll talk to you tomorrow." 561 00:32:05,782 --> 00:32:08,875 She in turn goes and drives over to Michael Henry's 562 00:32:08,952 --> 00:32:12,921 apartment unannounced. 563 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:16,257 - NARRATOR: But that's not all the texts reveal. 564 00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:19,886 - JULIE: April 10th, just 2 days before the murder, 565 00:32:19,963 --> 00:32:23,098 we have a text conversation between her and Mike, 566 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:26,851 asking her if he wanted her to bring her gun 567 00:32:26,928 --> 00:32:29,613 over to the apartment. 568 00:32:29,690 --> 00:32:34,943 So, this dispels her initial story that she lost her gun. 569 00:32:34,954 --> 00:32:37,779 - ♪ 570 00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:40,865 - NARRATOR: Evidence continues to pile up when detectives 571 00:32:40,942 --> 00:32:43,961 dig up surveillance videos from Mike's building 572 00:32:44,037 --> 00:32:48,123 and catch Rachel in a myriad of lies. 573 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:49,916 - JACK: The lot was not full. 574 00:32:49,993 --> 00:32:53,920 She instead parked one street over in an effort that 575 00:32:53,997 --> 00:32:58,216 her vehicle--we theorized--her vehicle would not be spotted 576 00:32:58,293 --> 00:33:00,552 by Mike Henry, because the parking lot 577 00:33:00,628 --> 00:33:03,930 was right beneath his window. 578 00:33:04,007 --> 00:33:07,651 - She stated in her first interview that she exited 579 00:33:07,728 --> 00:33:09,644 and left after being thrown down the stairs 580 00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:11,655 the same way she came in. 581 00:33:11,732 --> 00:33:13,606 We could not find that on the video. 582 00:33:13,683 --> 00:33:17,152 Which means she left another way. 583 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,988 - JACK: That only left one other door that she could have 584 00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:23,742 gone out without being caught on camera and that was the door 585 00:33:23,818 --> 00:33:26,962 down through the vacant apartment down to the street. 586 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:33,585 - NARRATOR: On April 16th, detectives confront Rachel 587 00:33:33,661 --> 00:33:35,679 with the discrepancies they have found. 588 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,805 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Rachel once again 589 00:34:26,881 --> 00:34:30,892 how she got in and out of Mike's apartment. 590 00:34:30,903 --> 00:34:32,894 - She stated she had gone right to the back door 591 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,113 because she had a key, and that's the door she went into. 592 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,757 - She denied no less than 17 times 593 00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:05,260 that she had shot and killed Michael Henry. 594 00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:08,096 She had lied about what she was wearing, 595 00:35:08,107 --> 00:35:11,015 what door she had gone in and out of. 596 00:35:11,092 --> 00:35:15,728 All the discrepancies continued to mount, 597 00:35:15,805 --> 00:35:18,857 and that based on the evidence that we had, 598 00:35:18,933 --> 00:35:21,785 we decided that we were going to arrest her. 599 00:35:23,122 --> 00:35:26,281 - JACK: Our theory of the case was that this was 600 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:29,701 a very possessive woman, uh, 601 00:35:29,777 --> 00:35:32,370 possessive of her boyfriends. 602 00:35:32,447 --> 00:35:33,964 Rachel Kozloff was charged 603 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,374 with criminal homicide murder, 604 00:35:36,451 --> 00:35:40,128 aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, 605 00:35:40,139 --> 00:35:42,055 and possessing instruments of a crime. 606 00:35:46,219 --> 00:35:50,147 - NARRATOR: Rachel's family is shocked to learn of her arrest. 607 00:35:50,223 --> 00:35:51,472 - I was devastated. 608 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:54,225 I was like, "No. 609 00:35:54,302 --> 00:35:56,820 "You know, she would never do that. 610 00:35:56,897 --> 00:35:59,156 She would never do that." 611 00:35:59,232 --> 00:36:01,316 - SARAH: I think I had a lot of emotions. 612 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:04,777 Anger, worry, like, what's going to happen to her? 613 00:36:04,854 --> 00:36:06,946 What's going to happen to the kids? 614 00:36:07,023 --> 00:36:09,949 - ♪ 615 00:36:10,026 --> 00:36:11,326 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 616 00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:15,455 New evidence forces Rachel to change her story. 617 00:36:15,531 --> 00:36:17,290 - If that doesn't say that you're lying, 618 00:36:17,367 --> 00:36:19,083 I don't know what does. 619 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,002 - NARRATOR: But will her harrowing tale 620 00:36:21,013 --> 00:36:23,087 get her off the hook? 621 00:36:23,164 --> 00:36:27,133 - It was either she shoot him and stop him from attacking her. 622 00:36:27,210 --> 00:36:28,977 Or he was going to kill her. - [gunshots blast] 623 00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:33,857 - ♪ 624 00:36:44,060 --> 00:36:45,860 - NARRATOR: In November of 2012, 625 00:36:45,871 --> 00:36:49,280 prosecutors in Erie County are working hard to secure 626 00:36:49,357 --> 00:36:53,368 their case against 31-year-old Rachel Kozloff 627 00:36:53,378 --> 00:36:57,547 for the murder of 31-year-old Mike Henry. 628 00:36:57,624 --> 00:37:00,050 - There was not any direct evidence at that point 629 00:37:00,126 --> 00:37:04,054 in time that Rachel Kozloff had committed the murder. 630 00:37:04,130 --> 00:37:09,968 And time and time again, she denied and denied and denied. 631 00:37:10,044 --> 00:37:12,470 - NARRATOR: Then, three weeks before the trial is set 632 00:37:12,547 --> 00:37:14,231 to begin, they receive 633 00:37:14,307 --> 00:37:19,018 a game-changing piece of evidence from the crime lab. 634 00:37:19,095 --> 00:37:20,853 - What we learned was her pants 635 00:37:20,930 --> 00:37:23,573 had GSR residue on them. 636 00:37:23,650 --> 00:37:26,859 - ♪ 637 00:37:26,936 --> 00:37:29,195 - NARRATOR: Empowered by this new evidence, 638 00:37:29,272 --> 00:37:32,198 when Rachel's trial begins on December 3rd, 639 00:37:32,275 --> 00:37:35,585 prosecutors come out swinging, asserting that Rachel 640 00:37:35,662 --> 00:37:40,090 killed Mike Henry in cold blood. 641 00:37:40,166 --> 00:37:42,875 - JACK: Rachel Kozloff would not accept the fact 642 00:37:42,952 --> 00:37:47,597 that the relationship was, uh, in a downward spiral, 643 00:37:47,674 --> 00:37:51,426 and he essentially was kicking her to the curb. 644 00:37:51,436 --> 00:37:53,937 - JULIE: I think that she suspected 645 00:37:54,014 --> 00:37:56,431 he might be seeing somebody else. 646 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:58,182 So, the night that she went there, 647 00:37:58,259 --> 00:38:02,228 and she saw that strange number and called it and got a woman 648 00:38:02,305 --> 00:38:05,356 on the other end, that just sent her to the next level. 649 00:38:05,433 --> 00:38:08,192 - ♪ 650 00:38:08,269 --> 00:38:10,287 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors bolster their claim through 651 00:38:10,363 --> 00:38:13,114 text messages, video surveillance 652 00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:17,076 and the gunshot residue found on Rachel's clothing. 653 00:38:17,153 --> 00:38:20,463 - The evidence pointed right to Rachel. 654 00:38:20,540 --> 00:38:23,133 - She was the person that had been lying 655 00:38:23,209 --> 00:38:25,960 throughout this entire process. 656 00:38:25,971 --> 00:38:29,380 Everything just all led back to Rachel every time. 657 00:38:29,457 --> 00:38:32,967 - ♪ 658 00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:34,477 - NARRATOR: When it's the defense's turn, 659 00:38:34,554 --> 00:38:38,431 they finally admit that Rachel shot Mike Henry... 660 00:38:38,508 --> 00:38:41,067 but argue it wasn't premeditated. 661 00:38:42,470 --> 00:38:45,155 - The defense says that it was self-defense, 662 00:38:45,231 --> 00:38:47,657 that Rachel was in fear for her life 663 00:38:47,734 --> 00:38:50,994 during the altercation at Mike's apartment that night. 664 00:38:51,071 --> 00:38:52,329 - NARRATOR: To support their claim, 665 00:38:52,405 --> 00:38:54,405 Rachel takes the stand 666 00:38:54,482 --> 00:38:58,659 and gives a shocking new version of events. 667 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:02,455 - She stated that she was pushed down the stairs 668 00:39:02,532 --> 00:39:04,174 violently by Mike. 669 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:08,178 Rachel then testified that she gathered herself 670 00:39:08,254 --> 00:39:11,464 and her belongings at the bottom of the stairs, 671 00:39:11,541 --> 00:39:14,300 when Mike came back down and dragged her up the stairs, 672 00:39:14,377 --> 00:39:16,511 back to the apartment where the fatal fight 673 00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:18,188 ensued at that point. 674 00:39:18,264 --> 00:39:22,433 - [gunshots blast] 675 00:39:22,510 --> 00:39:25,603 - ♪ 676 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:29,032 - It was either she shoot him and stop him 677 00:39:29,109 --> 00:39:33,536 from attacking her, or he was going to kill her. 678 00:39:33,613 --> 00:39:35,705 - It wasn't that she wanted to do it, 679 00:39:35,782 --> 00:39:37,281 it's that she had to do it. 680 00:39:41,121 --> 00:39:43,380 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors counter by noting the evidence 681 00:39:43,456 --> 00:39:46,716 simply does not support Rachel's new version, 682 00:39:46,793 --> 00:39:49,552 even if she did have a slightly swollen ankle 683 00:39:49,629 --> 00:39:53,548 when she was interviewed by police. 684 00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,383 - JULIE: This is just my theory. 685 00:39:55,394 --> 00:39:59,396 That she stumbled and fell and was trying to get in and around 686 00:39:59,472 --> 00:40:02,065 and get out of there as quick as she could. 687 00:40:02,142 --> 00:40:04,067 Because there was no indication that Mike had thrown her 688 00:40:04,144 --> 00:40:07,186 or her purse down the stairwell. 689 00:40:07,263 --> 00:40:10,573 - NICOLE: He wasn't a monster like she described. 690 00:40:10,650 --> 00:40:12,575 As far as like, you know, beating up women, 691 00:40:12,652 --> 00:40:14,953 I don't think that was his style at all. 692 00:40:16,397 --> 00:40:18,748 - NARRATOR: On December 7th, 2012, 693 00:40:18,825 --> 00:40:23,077 the jury breaks for deliberations. 694 00:40:23,088 --> 00:40:24,754 - The verdict did not take long, ah, 695 00:40:24,831 --> 00:40:28,666 for the jury to completely dismiss Rachel Kozloff's story 696 00:40:28,743 --> 00:40:31,085 of self-defense. 697 00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:34,088 - The jury's unanimous verdict 698 00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:36,724 was that she was guilty of third-degree murder. 699 00:40:39,846 --> 00:40:42,439 - JULIE: I pretty much gave her every opportunity to tell me, 700 00:40:42,515 --> 00:40:46,443 "Hey, it was obvious from your guys' texts that you had 701 00:40:46,519 --> 00:40:50,521 "problems, you know, please, let me help you. 702 00:40:50,598 --> 00:40:52,565 "Tell me what happened. 703 00:40:52,642 --> 00:40:55,443 If it's a crime of passion, it's a crime of passion," 704 00:40:55,454 --> 00:40:59,405 but she denied, denied, denied. 705 00:40:59,482 --> 00:41:02,125 - ELIZABETH: Her story just seemed to change. 706 00:41:02,202 --> 00:41:06,579 I think the fact that the baby was there when it happened 707 00:41:06,656 --> 00:41:10,541 was maybe the most disturbing part for the jurors. 708 00:41:10,618 --> 00:41:13,628 - NARRATOR: On January 29th, 2013, 709 00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:17,423 Rachel is sentenced to 18 to 40 years. 710 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:22,595 - ♪ 711 00:41:22,672 --> 00:41:24,472 - NICOLE: I was in shock. 712 00:41:24,483 --> 00:41:27,558 I just still can't believe that she would go to that-- 713 00:41:27,635 --> 00:41:30,603 to that level, you know, and--and kill him. 714 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:34,232 It changed everyone's lives. 715 00:41:34,308 --> 00:41:36,326 - It was devastating for our family. 716 00:41:36,402 --> 00:41:37,810 You know? 717 00:41:37,887 --> 00:41:40,830 My wife and I, the kids, I mean, they lost their mom. 718 00:41:40,907 --> 00:41:44,325 - SARAH: She does feel very remorseful about, you know, 719 00:41:44,336 --> 00:41:47,119 what she did and how it impacted, 720 00:41:47,196 --> 00:41:50,173 you know, so many people. 721 00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:51,674 - SHANE: I believe in all my heart, 722 00:41:51,751 --> 00:41:55,512 when she pulled that trigger, she was defending herself 723 00:41:55,588 --> 00:42:00,675 and her family and, um, unfortunately, 724 00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:04,354 once she started to tell the truth, 725 00:42:04,430 --> 00:42:05,271 it just didn't matter. 726 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:11,310 - NARRATOR: Though Rachel still maintains her actions 727 00:42:11,387 --> 00:42:14,313 were that of self-defense, many believe 728 00:42:14,390 --> 00:42:18,201 she was just a woman that had been pushed too far. 729 00:42:18,278 --> 00:42:20,537 - I believe that on the night of the homicide, 730 00:42:20,613 --> 00:42:24,374 it was just one rejection too many. 731 00:42:24,450 --> 00:42:26,709 I think Rachel snapped. 732 00:42:26,786 --> 00:42:29,662 - CHELSEA: We're really never going to know what happened 733 00:42:29,739 --> 00:42:33,550 the night of April 12th between Mike and Rachel. 734 00:42:33,626 --> 00:42:37,169 She had proven herself to be a liar. 735 00:42:37,246 --> 00:42:39,338 Which is sad in her case, 736 00:42:39,415 --> 00:42:43,467 because if he did really physically abuse her, 737 00:42:43,544 --> 00:42:46,345 we're never going to know if that's true or not. 738 00:42:46,422 --> 00:42:49,232 - ♪ 739 00:42:49,309 --> 00:42:50,900 - NARRATOR: Though justice has been served 740 00:42:50,977 --> 00:42:52,902 in the eyes of the law, 741 00:42:52,979 --> 00:42:58,858 the events of April 12th, 2012, have a lasting impact. 742 00:42:58,934 --> 00:43:00,860 - Our family broke up after that. 743 00:43:00,936 --> 00:43:02,862 My parents got divorced. 744 00:43:02,938 --> 00:43:04,247 We all went our separate ways. 745 00:43:04,324 --> 00:43:05,823 My mom's now in Florida. 746 00:43:05,900 --> 00:43:07,917 My dad has all three of the boys. 747 00:43:07,994 --> 00:43:10,753 Uh, the daughter's with her dad and her stepmom. 748 00:43:10,830 --> 00:43:14,498 We're just--we're all split up. 749 00:43:14,575 --> 00:43:16,926 - NICOLE: I think the biggest tragedy is Mike's no--you know, 750 00:43:17,003 --> 00:43:19,879 not here to grow up with his son because, in the end of the day, 751 00:43:19,955 --> 00:43:21,672 that's what he really, really wanted. 752 00:43:21,749 --> 00:43:23,474 He would have been an amazing father, I know it. 753 00:43:26,587 --> 00:43:31,232 - ♪