1 00:00:02,318 --> 00:00:04,411 - FEMALE NARRATOR: They were an unlikely couple 2 00:00:04,488 --> 00:00:08,007 who offered their home to anyone in need. 3 00:00:08,083 --> 00:00:09,624 - JASMINE: They both cared about my kids 4 00:00:09,701 --> 00:00:11,677 and let us live there with them. 5 00:00:11,754 --> 00:00:13,503 It was a--you know, a homey environment. 6 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:15,505 You was always welcome there. 7 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:17,516 - They invited a friend to come back to the house 8 00:00:17,593 --> 00:00:18,708 and stay with them for a while 9 00:00:18,710 --> 00:00:20,177 because he didn't have a place to stay. 10 00:00:20,187 --> 00:00:22,012 - ♪ 11 00:00:22,023 --> 00:00:23,847 - [siren wails] 12 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:25,932 - NARRATOR: But the welcoming household is shattered 13 00:00:26,009 --> 00:00:29,028 by a deadly crime. 14 00:00:29,104 --> 00:00:30,979 - Somebody was either mad or pissed off 15 00:00:31,056 --> 00:00:33,532 or, or angry with him. 16 00:00:33,609 --> 00:00:36,943 - The amount of shots fired suggests that the killer 17 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:40,822 had a vendetta against the victim. 18 00:00:40,899 --> 00:00:42,991 - NARRATOR: As investigators search for a killer, 19 00:00:43,068 --> 00:00:46,828 a stunning secret is exposed. 20 00:00:46,905 --> 00:00:49,882 - He had never told his family that she was pregnant. 21 00:00:49,958 --> 00:00:51,875 - JASMINE: Living under one roof like that, 22 00:00:51,886 --> 00:00:54,887 there's little things there that just--you can't hide. 23 00:00:54,963 --> 00:00:57,222 - NARRATOR: And the ultimate betrayal of friendship 24 00:00:57,299 --> 00:01:00,726 is at the heart of a bizarre murder plot. 25 00:01:00,803 --> 00:01:02,886 - They milked the venom from the rattlesnake, 26 00:01:02,897 --> 00:01:04,730 put it in his food. 27 00:01:04,807 --> 00:01:07,808 - This is a situation that's probably as old as time-- 28 00:01:07,884 --> 00:01:09,735 you have someone who has something 29 00:01:09,812 --> 00:01:11,895 that someone else wants. 30 00:01:11,906 --> 00:01:13,614 - [gunshot blast] 31 00:01:14,575 --> 00:01:19,787 - ♪ 32 00:01:21,156 --> 00:01:23,123 ♪♪ 33 00:01:24,734 --> 00:01:26,034 - ♪ 34 00:01:26,111 --> 00:01:27,744 - NARRATOR: In Waverly, Alabama, 35 00:01:27,755 --> 00:01:31,924 friends and family take care of one another above all else. 36 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,752 On the afternoon of September 8, 2013, 37 00:01:35,763 --> 00:01:38,171 relatives are extending a helping hand 38 00:01:38,248 --> 00:01:41,591 to Carl and Angela Dickinson. 39 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,844 - Angela had just gotten into the hospital 40 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,555 and just had--gave birth to a baby. 41 00:01:46,631 --> 00:01:48,181 - TAMMY: Her family and friends, 42 00:01:48,258 --> 00:01:51,268 they were directed to go get a car seat from the home 43 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:55,948 and some other, um, clothing items and other stuff. 44 00:01:56,024 --> 00:01:57,616 - NARRATOR: Angela's husband, Carl, 45 00:01:57,693 --> 00:02:01,695 had been on a long-haul trucking route for several days. 46 00:02:01,771 --> 00:02:04,623 - TIFFANY: Carl was gone a good little bit of the time. 47 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:08,794 He was only there maybe a week or two at a time for holidays 48 00:02:08,871 --> 00:02:11,296 or something like that. 49 00:02:11,373 --> 00:02:13,790 - NARRATOR: Angela's sister, Sabrina Murphy, 50 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:18,971 heads inside the couple's house to snag the baby necessities. 51 00:02:19,047 --> 00:02:23,592 But something out of the ordinary catches her attention. 52 00:02:23,668 --> 00:02:26,970 - ROB: Walking up through the driveway and through the garage, 53 00:02:26,981 --> 00:02:30,557 the interior door was standing open. 54 00:02:30,634 --> 00:02:34,153 - NARRATOR: Sabrina cautiously enters the home. 55 00:02:34,229 --> 00:02:37,063 - When you go through the garage door, 56 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:40,984 there's a laundry room and then another door adjacent, 57 00:02:40,995 --> 00:02:42,828 which is the kitchen. 58 00:02:42,905 --> 00:02:45,822 Carl Dickinson's body was laying in the kitchen floor. 59 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:50,169 - ♪ 60 00:02:50,245 --> 00:02:53,622 - JIMMY: Sabrina called 911 and told them that they need 61 00:02:53,698 --> 00:02:54,956 to send somebody quick. 62 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:57,676 They didn't know if Carl had committed suicide 63 00:02:57,753 --> 00:02:59,678 or what had happened. 64 00:02:59,755 --> 00:03:03,089 - NARRATOR: At 3:17 p.m., all units in Lee County 65 00:03:03,166 --> 00:03:06,685 are dispatched to Carl and Angela's house. 66 00:03:06,762 --> 00:03:08,762 - [siren wailing] 67 00:03:08,838 --> 00:03:11,139 - TAMMY: I got a phone call that there was a possible 68 00:03:11,216 --> 00:03:15,310 homicide, um, up in Waverly and that we all needed 69 00:03:15,387 --> 00:03:17,863 to pretty much respond and address it. 70 00:03:17,940 --> 00:03:20,982 - ♪ 71 00:03:21,059 --> 00:03:23,985 - NARRATOR: Investigators are met by Sabrina and two men 72 00:03:24,062 --> 00:03:27,989 who identify themselves as Angela's stepfather, Jesse Bach, 73 00:03:28,066 --> 00:03:31,993 and a friend, Paul Phillips. 74 00:03:32,070 --> 00:03:34,880 - ROB: From there, we transported 75 00:03:34,957 --> 00:03:38,884 Paul, Jesse, and Sabrina, uh, 76 00:03:38,961 --> 00:03:42,629 to the Lee County Sheriff's Office for interviews. 77 00:03:42,706 --> 00:03:45,006 - LINDA: For someone to come into his house 78 00:03:45,083 --> 00:03:48,727 and do something like that, I was kind of in shock, 79 00:03:48,804 --> 00:03:50,229 I didn't know what to think. 80 00:03:50,305 --> 00:03:56,235 - ♪ 81 00:03:56,311 --> 00:03:58,645 - NARRATOR: 59-year-old Carl Dickinson 82 00:03:58,722 --> 00:04:02,357 was born and raised in Lee County, Alabama. 83 00:04:02,434 --> 00:04:06,245 One of five children, he learned to appreciate family values 84 00:04:06,321 --> 00:04:09,081 at an early age. 85 00:04:09,157 --> 00:04:10,916 - LINDA: Probably the thing that he enjoyed most 86 00:04:10,993 --> 00:04:13,201 was just family get-togethers for cookouts. 87 00:04:13,278 --> 00:04:16,755 Um, whether it was just somebody's birthday, 88 00:04:16,832 --> 00:04:18,315 um, holiday, 89 00:04:18,317 --> 00:04:21,084 or even just picking a day to get together and eating 90 00:04:21,095 --> 00:04:23,169 and sitting around talking. 91 00:04:23,246 --> 00:04:26,047 - Carl was one of the best cooks I've ever met in my life. 92 00:04:26,124 --> 00:04:30,010 He could cook like you never seen. 93 00:04:30,086 --> 00:04:32,271 - NARRATOR: A country boy through and through, 94 00:04:32,347 --> 00:04:35,274 Carl grew up fishing and hunting on the rural land 95 00:04:35,350 --> 00:04:36,942 around his home. 96 00:04:37,019 --> 00:04:39,945 But when it came to reeling in the right woman, 97 00:04:40,022 --> 00:04:43,273 he wasn't so lucky. 98 00:04:43,284 --> 00:04:45,859 - LINDA: His first relationship-- 99 00:04:45,935 --> 00:04:48,954 I guess you can say they were kind of high school sweethearts. 100 00:04:49,031 --> 00:04:51,865 They wound up getting a divorce. 101 00:04:51,941 --> 00:04:57,296 After some time, um, my brother, um, met someone else. 102 00:04:57,372 --> 00:05:00,040 They were married for several years, 103 00:05:00,116 --> 00:05:02,208 and they wound up getting a divorce. 104 00:05:02,285 --> 00:05:04,210 - ♪ 105 00:05:04,287 --> 00:05:06,880 - NARRATOR: Twice divorced by his mid-40s, 106 00:05:06,956 --> 00:05:09,924 Carl was enjoying the bachelor life. 107 00:05:10,001 --> 00:05:12,144 He had a steady income as a truck driver 108 00:05:12,220 --> 00:05:15,480 and his own personal dream house. 109 00:05:15,557 --> 00:05:18,984 - LINDA: He had been wanting to build his own home for 110 00:05:19,061 --> 00:05:23,438 a long time, and he built that home from his own two hands. 111 00:05:23,515 --> 00:05:27,901 He took a lot of pride in his home and the things that he did. 112 00:05:27,977 --> 00:05:29,486 - ♪ 113 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,988 - NARRATOR: And in 2002, Carl fell 114 00:05:31,999 --> 00:05:35,325 for 19-year-old Angela Webb. 115 00:05:35,336 --> 00:05:37,952 - Carl had initially dated Angela's mother 116 00:05:38,029 --> 00:05:42,174 at one time, and that's how they all knew each other. 117 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:44,250 - JOHN: When their relationship ended, 118 00:05:44,327 --> 00:05:48,963 Carl and Angela's relationship kind of blossomed. 119 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:53,259 - NARRATOR: Like Carl, Angela grew up in rural Alabama. 120 00:05:53,336 --> 00:05:56,021 - LINDA: Beautiful blonde hair. Some beautiful blue eyes. 121 00:05:56,098 --> 00:05:59,099 I mean, a very beautiful young lady. 122 00:05:59,175 --> 00:06:01,017 - She was the pageant queen, 123 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:02,977 and she was a cheerleader. 124 00:06:03,054 --> 00:06:05,105 - JASMINE: Angela was always the mothering type. 125 00:06:05,181 --> 00:06:07,366 Like she was the one we would call if we-- 126 00:06:07,442 --> 00:06:10,110 if we had a problem or if we needed help. 127 00:06:10,186 --> 00:06:12,487 - ♪ 128 00:06:12,564 --> 00:06:15,782 - NARRATOR: The same strength Angela provided her siblings, 129 00:06:15,859 --> 00:06:20,954 she found for herself in the much older Carl Dickinson. 130 00:06:21,030 --> 00:06:24,216 - JASMINE: I think what Angela seen in Carl was stability. 131 00:06:24,292 --> 00:06:25,884 You know when you really needed someone, 132 00:06:25,961 --> 00:06:28,211 Carl was that person you could go to. 133 00:06:28,222 --> 00:06:31,890 - LINDA: Naturally, the 20 years or so age difference 134 00:06:31,967 --> 00:06:35,394 between her and my brother was a concern. 135 00:06:35,470 --> 00:06:38,471 But at the same time, there are people who have 136 00:06:38,548 --> 00:06:41,182 a larger age difference than that that have been 137 00:06:41,259 --> 00:06:44,185 in a relationship and been happy for a long time. 138 00:06:44,262 --> 00:06:47,230 - ♪ 139 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:50,817 - NARRATOR: Despite their age difference, by the end of 2002, 140 00:06:50,894 --> 00:06:54,246 Angela and Carl tied the knot. 141 00:06:54,322 --> 00:06:57,082 - I think the happiest time for him was probably 142 00:06:57,159 --> 00:07:00,243 the day that he and Angela got married. 143 00:07:00,254 --> 00:07:03,088 - JASMINE: Angela moved into Carl's house with him. 144 00:07:03,165 --> 00:07:04,589 She had a good life. 145 00:07:04,666 --> 00:07:07,592 She seemed happy with Carl, and he seemed happy as well. 146 00:07:07,669 --> 00:07:10,044 - LINDA: It was hard for him to believe that he had 147 00:07:10,121 --> 00:07:13,882 this beautiful young lady that wanted to be with him. 148 00:07:13,958 --> 00:07:17,602 And then he wasn't having to be alone anymore either. 149 00:07:17,679 --> 00:07:20,555 - ♪ 150 00:07:20,632 --> 00:07:23,608 - NARRATOR: The Dickinsons lived with an open-door policy, 151 00:07:23,685 --> 00:07:28,521 sharing their happy home with anyone in need. 152 00:07:28,598 --> 00:07:30,449 - JASMINE: I couldn't afford to get my own house, 153 00:07:30,525 --> 00:07:33,452 so I called my sister and asked her and Carl, 154 00:07:33,528 --> 00:07:35,612 "Could we move over there?" and they didn't care. 155 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:38,123 So I was grateful he cared about my kids 156 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,460 and let us live them with them. 157 00:07:41,536 --> 00:07:43,128 - LINDA: They bought them clothes, 158 00:07:43,205 --> 00:07:45,622 they bought them things for their rooms. 159 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:48,625 They treated them like they were their own children. 160 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:53,963 - Kids and family made Angela happy, I think. 161 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:56,516 She was more happy when she was around them. 162 00:07:59,221 --> 00:08:02,222 - NARRATOR: And in 2006, the couple's generosity 163 00:08:02,298 --> 00:08:05,150 extended beyond family when Carl's coworker, 164 00:08:05,227 --> 00:08:08,144 Paul Phillips, needed help. 165 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:10,655 - Carl Dickinson and Paul Phillips 166 00:08:10,732 --> 00:08:13,158 met in truck driving school. 167 00:08:13,235 --> 00:08:15,151 - LINDA: They were a team, 168 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:18,238 and they would be able to swap out driving. 169 00:08:18,314 --> 00:08:21,500 But when Carl got a new job with another company, 170 00:08:21,576 --> 00:08:24,336 the company didn't do team driving, 171 00:08:24,412 --> 00:08:28,507 and so Paul couldn't come with him. 172 00:08:28,583 --> 00:08:31,009 - JIMMY: Carl invited Paul to come back to the house and stay 173 00:08:31,086 --> 00:08:34,337 with them for a while because he didn't have a place to stay. 174 00:08:34,348 --> 00:08:36,297 - JASMINE: Him and Carl seemed to be best friends. 175 00:08:36,374 --> 00:08:39,351 They would go hunting together, they would go fishing together. 176 00:08:41,504 --> 00:08:43,522 - NARRATOR: With six people living there, 177 00:08:43,598 --> 00:08:47,141 Angela and Carl were happy to have a full house. 178 00:08:47,218 --> 00:08:50,478 From time to time, they also took in Angela's brother, 179 00:08:50,555 --> 00:08:53,314 Jake Bartlett. 180 00:08:53,391 --> 00:08:55,275 - JASMINE: Carl and them would let a lot of people move in 181 00:08:55,351 --> 00:08:57,035 and stay a little while 'til they got on their feet, 182 00:08:57,112 --> 00:08:59,028 and then they'd move out. 183 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:01,990 They cared about people when it mattered the most. 184 00:09:02,066 --> 00:09:03,491 It was a--you know, a homey environment. 185 00:09:03,568 --> 00:09:06,211 You was always welcome there. 186 00:09:06,288 --> 00:09:09,714 - NARRATOR: In 2013, news of another future member of 187 00:09:09,791 --> 00:09:14,553 the household came when Angela found out she was pregnant. 188 00:09:14,629 --> 00:09:16,337 - She didn't have her own kids, and when she 189 00:09:16,414 --> 00:09:19,132 finally did get pregnant, that's what she wanted. 190 00:09:19,208 --> 00:09:22,102 She was happy she was finally having a baby. 191 00:09:26,308 --> 00:09:28,224 - NARRATOR: But that happiness is shattered 192 00:09:28,235 --> 00:09:31,561 on September 8th, 2013. 193 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:35,648 Lee County emergency responders confirm that Carl Dickinson 194 00:09:35,725 --> 00:09:38,484 has been shot to death, 195 00:09:38,561 --> 00:09:43,031 and detectives begin surveying the scene. 196 00:09:43,107 --> 00:09:44,583 - The first thing we noticed 197 00:09:44,659 --> 00:09:48,587 when we walked to the house was there were multiple 198 00:09:48,663 --> 00:09:51,631 .22-caliber shell casings in the garage. 199 00:09:53,284 --> 00:09:56,261 - ROB: The shell casings continued in a path 200 00:09:56,338 --> 00:10:01,257 into the kitchen, that indicates that the shooting started 201 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:05,145 at the garage door and walked away into the kitchen. 202 00:10:06,514 --> 00:10:09,515 - NARRATOR: Officers collect 19 casings in total-- 203 00:10:09,592 --> 00:10:14,613 14 from inside the house and 5 from the carport. 204 00:10:14,689 --> 00:10:17,616 - ROB: He fell pretty much right where he was shot, 205 00:10:17,692 --> 00:10:21,402 and whoever the killer was stood over him 206 00:10:21,479 --> 00:10:22,996 and finished him off. 207 00:10:26,201 --> 00:10:28,618 That's a symbol of rage 208 00:10:28,629 --> 00:10:32,297 and most definitely wanting that person to die. 209 00:10:32,374 --> 00:10:34,799 - JIMMY: The amount of shots fired suggests that 210 00:10:34,876 --> 00:10:38,678 the killer had a vendetta against Carl Dickinson. 211 00:10:41,666 --> 00:10:43,308 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 212 00:10:43,385 --> 00:10:47,637 Detectives focus on Carl's inner circle in search of a motive. 213 00:10:47,648 --> 00:10:49,639 - It's definitely overkill to be able 214 00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:52,484 to look into someone's eyes like that. 215 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:55,061 - NARRATOR: And Carl's wife stuns detectives 216 00:10:55,138 --> 00:10:57,772 with a revealing break in the case. 217 00:10:57,849 --> 00:10:59,491 - TAMMY: Is it one of those stories 218 00:10:59,567 --> 00:11:01,326 where a love triangle went bad? 219 00:11:03,479 --> 00:11:06,706 - ♪ 220 00:11:16,826 --> 00:11:19,794 - NARRATOR: On September 8, 2013, 221 00:11:19,871 --> 00:11:23,682 as crime scene tape barricades the once welcoming home 222 00:11:23,758 --> 00:11:28,469 of Carl and Angela Dickinson, word of the 59-year-old's murder 223 00:11:28,546 --> 00:11:32,432 spreads through the close-knit community. 224 00:11:32,508 --> 00:11:35,143 - JASMINE: Carl was a part of our family. 225 00:11:35,219 --> 00:11:37,603 I just--I--I couldn't believe. 226 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,773 I still can't believe it, honestly. 227 00:11:40,850 --> 00:11:42,650 - LINDA: You're kind of in a fog a little bit. 228 00:11:42,727 --> 00:11:45,370 And trying to grasp what just happened. 229 00:11:45,447 --> 00:11:49,365 Knowing where this is about to go as far as, um, 230 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:53,286 having an investigation and how lengthy it could be in trying to 231 00:11:53,362 --> 00:11:55,496 find out who actually, you know, 232 00:11:55,573 --> 00:11:57,716 kills your--your--your brother. 233 00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:03,171 - NARRATOR: Lee County investigators send Carl's body 234 00:12:03,247 --> 00:12:06,466 to the state lab for an autopsy, 235 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:10,303 then continue scouring the scene. 236 00:12:10,379 --> 00:12:12,889 - JIMMY: We found a mark on the back door 237 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:14,807 inside of the garage that appeared to be 238 00:12:14,884 --> 00:12:18,445 from a screwdriver or some type of metal object. 239 00:12:19,981 --> 00:12:23,232 - ROB: We were able to locate an orange handled screwdriver, 240 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,817 and we photographed it, 241 00:12:24,894 --> 00:12:28,538 along with the damage on the door frame. 242 00:12:29,899 --> 00:12:31,249 - NARRATOR: Throughout the home, 243 00:12:31,326 --> 00:12:36,204 there are more telltale signs of a burglary gone wrong. 244 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:40,208 - Property strewn about-- a toolbox knocked over, 245 00:12:40,284 --> 00:12:43,836 BB guns out of the gun cabinet laying on the floor, 246 00:12:43,913 --> 00:12:46,839 pillow cushions on the floor. 247 00:12:46,916 --> 00:12:49,258 It appeared to be a forced entry, 248 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:51,686 burglary/robbery gone bad. 249 00:12:54,516 --> 00:12:57,934 The residence looked as if it had been ransacked. 250 00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:01,613 However, nothing was missing. 251 00:13:01,689 --> 00:13:04,565 - JIMMY: All items of value were still there, 252 00:13:04,642 --> 00:13:08,361 including the victim's wallet, flat-screen TVs, 253 00:13:08,437 --> 00:13:11,280 it just appeared like it was a setup. 254 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:14,292 - ROB: We did not know who the suspect was at the time, 255 00:13:14,369 --> 00:13:16,369 but we did have an idea that it's going to be 256 00:13:16,445 --> 00:13:18,463 someone close to him. 257 00:13:18,540 --> 00:13:20,289 - JOHN: It's definitely overkill. 258 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:24,877 To shoot someone multiple times in the face is a personal-- 259 00:13:24,954 --> 00:13:28,047 it's a personal feeling anyway, um, 260 00:13:28,124 --> 00:13:30,391 to be able to look into someone's eyes like that. 261 00:13:31,836 --> 00:13:33,052 - NARRATOR: With the clock ticking, 262 00:13:33,129 --> 00:13:36,806 investigators divide and conquer. 263 00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:38,207 - TAMMY: We kinda spread out. 264 00:13:38,209 --> 00:13:40,643 Half went to the scene and half came to the office. 265 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:44,272 - ♪ 266 00:13:44,348 --> 00:13:45,639 - NARRATOR: At the sheriff's office, 267 00:13:45,717 --> 00:13:50,778 they start with the 911 caller, Sabrina Murphy. 268 00:13:50,855 --> 00:13:53,072 - TAMMY: She was the one that initially made contact 269 00:13:53,149 --> 00:13:54,999 with the victim. 270 00:13:55,076 --> 00:13:57,669 We start to obtain information: What happened? 271 00:13:57,745 --> 00:13:59,838 How did you find this victim? 272 00:13:59,914 --> 00:14:01,506 You know, what were the circumstances 273 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:03,583 leading up to that? 274 00:14:03,659 --> 00:14:06,085 - NARRATOR: Sabrina explains she'd been helping Angela 275 00:14:06,162 --> 00:14:08,763 at the hospital while Carl was away for work. 276 00:14:11,926 --> 00:14:16,354 - ROB: Sabrina wanted to go get the car seat, 277 00:14:16,431 --> 00:14:19,774 and she was surprised by finding Carl. 278 00:14:23,054 --> 00:14:25,813 Her reactions were genuine. 279 00:14:25,890 --> 00:14:28,941 - TAMMY: She appeared to be appropriately upset, 280 00:14:29,018 --> 00:14:31,861 she was very adamant that the victim 281 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:35,031 had not possibly killed himself. 282 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,825 - NARRATOR: Sabrina says that Paul Phillips and Jesse Bach 283 00:14:37,902 --> 00:14:40,620 were also visiting the hospital and accompanied her 284 00:14:40,696 --> 00:14:43,497 to Carl and Angela's home. 285 00:14:43,574 --> 00:14:46,667 - TAMMY: Jesse Bach was Angela's-- 286 00:14:46,744 --> 00:14:50,630 for lack of a better term-- stepfather, father figure. 287 00:14:50,706 --> 00:14:54,008 He had briefly been married to her mother at one time. 288 00:14:54,085 --> 00:14:59,972 Um, they had recently maintained a father-daughter relationship. 289 00:15:00,049 --> 00:15:02,725 - Jesse Bach was in some type of nursing home 290 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:04,143 or something like that. 291 00:15:04,220 --> 00:15:06,812 Paul Phillips went to Florida, picked up Jesse Bach, 292 00:15:06,889 --> 00:15:09,649 brought him back. 293 00:15:09,725 --> 00:15:12,151 - NARRATOR: In a separate room, Jesse confirms 294 00:15:12,228 --> 00:15:15,071 that Paul Phillips arrived at his place in Florida 295 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:18,583 on Friday afternoon, then brought him back to Alabama, 296 00:15:18,660 --> 00:15:22,078 where they stayed at the hospital with Angela. 297 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:23,755 - JIMMY: He said they were at the hospital, 298 00:15:23,831 --> 00:15:26,540 and then Paul wanted to go back to the house. 299 00:15:26,617 --> 00:15:30,670 He--he rode back to the house with Paul and Sabrina. 300 00:15:30,746 --> 00:15:33,381 - ROB: Paul said that Sabrina went into the house, 301 00:15:33,457 --> 00:15:36,768 immediately started screaming, came out screaming. 302 00:15:36,844 --> 00:15:40,012 And Paul went in halfway 303 00:15:40,089 --> 00:15:43,775 and confirmed that Carl was dead. 304 00:15:43,851 --> 00:15:45,893 - NARRATOR: The group's statements are consistent 305 00:15:45,970 --> 00:15:48,604 but offer no leads. 306 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:53,025 - Paul or Sabrina or Jesse didn't have any suspects 307 00:15:53,102 --> 00:15:55,945 that they thought might be responsible for it. 308 00:15:55,956 --> 00:15:58,698 We questioned them about that. 309 00:15:58,774 --> 00:16:00,700 - So, we all was just shocked. 310 00:16:00,776 --> 00:16:02,535 We didn't know what was going on. 311 00:16:02,611 --> 00:16:04,704 He cared about people, you know? 312 00:16:04,780 --> 00:16:07,715 Nobody deserves that kind of thing to happen to them. 313 00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:12,920 - NARRATOR: After concluding their interviews, 314 00:16:12,997 --> 00:16:18,050 detectives immediately set out for East Alabama Medical Center. 315 00:16:18,127 --> 00:16:21,637 - ROB: We went to the hospital to talk to Angela. 316 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:24,399 We told her that her husband was deceased. 317 00:16:28,512 --> 00:16:31,147 When she understood that, 318 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:34,534 she had a breakdown. 319 00:16:36,738 --> 00:16:41,824 - JIMMY: Her demeanor was-- as anybody should have been-- 320 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:45,828 you know crying and that sort of thing. 321 00:16:45,839 --> 00:16:48,956 She said that she had no idea who could have done it 322 00:16:49,033 --> 00:16:51,426 or even if he had any problems with anybody. 323 00:16:53,921 --> 00:16:55,513 - NARRATOR: Once she calms down, 324 00:16:55,590 --> 00:16:58,090 Angela explains that she's been in the hospital 325 00:16:58,167 --> 00:17:02,261 since going into labor three days ago. 326 00:17:02,338 --> 00:17:04,597 - JOHN: She can't be the person who's killed her husband 327 00:17:04,673 --> 00:17:08,601 when she's literally in the hospital giving life herself. 328 00:17:08,677 --> 00:17:10,028 - JASMINE: She got there like about 5 o'clock 329 00:17:10,104 --> 00:17:13,189 Thursday afternoon, and then she had the baby 330 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:14,991 the next day on the 6th. 331 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,611 - NARRATOR: She says she's been trying to reach Carl 332 00:17:18,687 --> 00:17:20,988 the entire time. 333 00:17:21,065 --> 00:17:24,825 - ROB: Angela told us she called maybe four times 334 00:17:24,902 --> 00:17:26,786 and did not get a hold of him. 335 00:17:26,862 --> 00:17:28,954 She did not think that was super strange, 336 00:17:29,031 --> 00:17:30,831 because he's a truck driver, 337 00:17:30,908 --> 00:17:34,168 and he could be out on the road without service. 338 00:17:34,245 --> 00:17:36,837 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Angela about any guns 339 00:17:36,914 --> 00:17:40,216 that may be missing from the home. 340 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,885 - ROB: She says that she doesn't have anything. 341 00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:45,805 They had recently, within the last month, 342 00:17:45,881 --> 00:17:48,232 pawned all of their guns to make money. 343 00:17:48,309 --> 00:17:51,986 So there was no guns in the house, only BB guns. 344 00:17:54,390 --> 00:17:56,741 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Angela why Carl 345 00:17:56,818 --> 00:18:00,069 would be out of town while she was giving birth. 346 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,989 That's when Angela drops a bomb. 347 00:18:04,066 --> 00:18:06,700 - We found out that Paul was actually 348 00:18:06,777 --> 00:18:11,330 the father of Angela's baby. 349 00:18:11,407 --> 00:18:14,250 - ROB: She said she's married to Carl. 350 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:18,170 She says that she has a baby by Paul, 351 00:18:18,247 --> 00:18:20,515 and that he is okay with all this. 352 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,845 - My feelings in that moment were, "Oh no, 353 00:18:25,921 --> 00:18:27,555 "this is--something's going on. 354 00:18:27,631 --> 00:18:29,557 There's more to this than that." 355 00:18:29,633 --> 00:18:33,060 Is it one of those stories where a love triangle went bad? 356 00:18:33,137 --> 00:18:35,696 You just have to kinda see where the evidence leads you. 357 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,733 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 358 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:43,612 Investigators uncover a peculiar lifestyle. 359 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:45,614 - You don't ever truly know what happens 360 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,959 behind closed doors. 361 00:18:48,035 --> 00:18:52,872 Sometimes that there is a story that is just so crazy 362 00:18:52,948 --> 00:18:54,549 that you can't make it up. 363 00:18:57,161 --> 00:19:01,097 - ♪ 364 00:19:10,341 --> 00:19:12,266 - NARRATOR: Lee County authorities are less than 365 00:19:12,343 --> 00:19:17,271 24 hours into the investigation of Carl Dickinson's murder, 366 00:19:17,348 --> 00:19:22,276 and his wife Angela has just revealed a shocking twist. 367 00:19:22,353 --> 00:19:24,403 - JOHN: Angela was married to Carl, 368 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,166 but Angela was having Paul's baby. 369 00:19:28,242 --> 00:19:33,120 And that the relationship was weird, but that it worked. 370 00:19:33,197 --> 00:19:36,665 - According to Angela, Carl was okay with Angela 371 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:39,084 being pregnant with Paul's baby, 372 00:19:39,161 --> 00:19:42,305 because Carl couldn't give her a baby, so to speak. 373 00:19:43,540 --> 00:19:44,840 - NARRATOR: And while Carl was away 374 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:47,426 on long trips as a truck driver, 375 00:19:47,503 --> 00:19:53,098 Angela says Paul kept her company in more ways than one. 376 00:19:53,175 --> 00:19:55,434 - After a while of him being there for so long, 377 00:19:55,511 --> 00:19:59,697 when Carl was gone and stuff, he was with Angela. 378 00:19:59,774 --> 00:20:02,316 It was like they were a couple too. 379 00:20:02,393 --> 00:20:05,870 - She was very nonchalant about the whole situation, 380 00:20:05,947 --> 00:20:08,822 about the baby and who it belonged to, 381 00:20:08,899 --> 00:20:11,116 and still being married to Carl. 382 00:20:11,193 --> 00:20:13,118 - TAMMY: She was like, "I wanted him to be here 383 00:20:13,195 --> 00:20:14,828 when the baby came." 384 00:20:14,905 --> 00:20:17,456 And we're just like, "Really, you wanted your husband there 385 00:20:17,533 --> 00:20:21,168 when you gave birth to your boyfriend's child?" 386 00:20:21,245 --> 00:20:22,887 - NARRATOR: Both Angela and Paul 387 00:20:22,964 --> 00:20:26,006 have solid alibis for the weekend. 388 00:20:26,083 --> 00:20:28,467 She was in the hospital giving birth, 389 00:20:28,544 --> 00:20:32,805 and Paul was with Angela's stepfather in another state. 390 00:20:32,881 --> 00:20:36,517 - We actually verified his alibi to that point 391 00:20:36,593 --> 00:20:38,978 and, sure enough, he had been down there to Florida. 392 00:20:39,054 --> 00:20:44,358 - ♪ 393 00:20:44,435 --> 00:20:46,026 - NARRATOR: In search of a lead, 394 00:20:46,103 --> 00:20:51,249 investigators begin questioning Carl's friends and family. 395 00:20:51,325 --> 00:20:54,868 And suspicions surface about one of Carl's nephews, 396 00:20:54,945 --> 00:20:55,628 Mike Smith. 397 00:20:58,282 --> 00:21:00,165 - LINDA: Mike Smith's name came up. 398 00:21:00,242 --> 00:21:02,918 He had been to Carl's residence, 399 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:06,338 and they naturally assumed that 400 00:21:06,415 --> 00:21:09,758 with his history of drug abuse 401 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:13,554 that he may have gotten mad at Carl 402 00:21:13,630 --> 00:21:15,898 and did something. 403 00:21:18,427 --> 00:21:21,020 - NARRATOR: When investigators bring him in on September 9th 404 00:21:21,096 --> 00:21:24,440 for an interview, Mike seems shocked by the news 405 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:27,401 of his uncle's murder. 406 00:21:27,478 --> 00:21:29,236 - JIMMY: He advised that he had not seen 407 00:21:29,313 --> 00:21:31,289 or heard from his uncle in over a year. 408 00:21:31,365 --> 00:21:32,865 We asked him, did he have guns? 409 00:21:32,941 --> 00:21:34,125 Did he have a .22 caliber? 410 00:21:34,201 --> 00:21:35,951 And yes, he had guns, 411 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:39,413 but he was in a different place at the time of the homicide. 412 00:21:39,490 --> 00:21:41,874 We ruled him out as a suspect, because he was 413 00:21:41,950 --> 00:21:44,135 nowhere in the area at the time of the murder. 414 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:49,140 - NARRATOR: With one lead off the table, 415 00:21:49,216 --> 00:21:52,217 the arrival of autopsy results that afternoon 416 00:21:52,294 --> 00:21:55,554 confirm investigators' suspicions. 417 00:21:55,631 --> 00:21:59,600 - Carl Dickinson had been shot 18 times in the chest, 418 00:21:59,676 --> 00:22:02,436 neck and head area. 419 00:22:02,513 --> 00:22:04,563 - TAMMY: One or two would've done the trick for him. 420 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,484 There was no need to shoot him that many times. 421 00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:11,820 It almost makes you think that there's an emotion involved 422 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:14,615 with it and there's--somebody was either mad or pissed off 423 00:22:14,691 --> 00:22:17,117 or--or angry with him. 424 00:22:17,194 --> 00:22:20,162 - NARRATOR: The autopsy also provides important information 425 00:22:20,173 --> 00:22:23,507 about the timeframe of Carl's murder. 426 00:22:23,584 --> 00:22:25,959 - JIMMY: The date that he was killed actually 427 00:22:26,036 --> 00:22:27,160 was September the 5th. 428 00:22:27,238 --> 00:22:29,513 And that was the day that his wife Angela 429 00:22:29,590 --> 00:22:33,351 was going into the hospital to be induced. 430 00:22:33,427 --> 00:22:36,178 - NARRATOR: Phone records confirm Angela's claim that 431 00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:39,098 she'd been incessantly trying to get a hold of Carl 432 00:22:39,174 --> 00:22:41,025 while at the hospital. 433 00:22:41,102 --> 00:22:45,270 But they also reveal something else. 434 00:22:45,347 --> 00:22:47,314 - JIMMY: As the investigation was unfolding, 435 00:22:47,391 --> 00:22:51,985 we found through phone records that Angela was calling 436 00:22:52,062 --> 00:22:55,373 Paul Phillips on the phone the day of the murder. 437 00:22:55,449 --> 00:22:58,417 She would in turn, call her husband, Carl Dickinson. 438 00:23:00,195 --> 00:23:02,213 - NARRATOR: Detectives consider the possibility 439 00:23:02,289 --> 00:23:05,499 that these phone calls were made to track Carl's whereabouts 440 00:23:05,576 --> 00:23:07,551 on the day he was killed. 441 00:23:07,628 --> 00:23:11,505 casting suspicion on Paul and Angela. 442 00:23:11,582 --> 00:23:13,966 - JIMMY: What we started doing at that point was 443 00:23:14,042 --> 00:23:17,010 anybody who was associated with Carl Dickinson 444 00:23:17,087 --> 00:23:18,345 or Angela Dickinson, 445 00:23:18,422 --> 00:23:20,856 we started bringing them in for interviews. 446 00:23:23,218 --> 00:23:25,519 - NARRATOR: As detectives question Carl's family, 447 00:23:25,596 --> 00:23:28,689 they discover one major inconsistency 448 00:23:28,765 --> 00:23:31,191 with Angela's story. 449 00:23:31,268 --> 00:23:33,193 - Carl got the vasectomy, um, 450 00:23:33,270 --> 00:23:35,988 while he was, uh, married before. 451 00:23:36,064 --> 00:23:40,200 He had decided that he did not want to have children. 452 00:23:40,277 --> 00:23:42,420 - JIMMY: When we spoke to Carl's family members and told 453 00:23:42,496 --> 00:23:45,965 them that Angela was pregnant, they were all in shock. 454 00:23:48,243 --> 00:23:51,044 Nobody had ever mentioned Angela being pregnant, 455 00:23:51,121 --> 00:23:54,265 it was always that she had some kind of medical issue 456 00:23:54,341 --> 00:23:57,217 that was making her stomach swell. 457 00:23:57,294 --> 00:24:02,273 - According to family, Carl was worried she had a tumor. 458 00:24:02,349 --> 00:24:04,224 - LINDA: That's the reason why her stomach was so big, 459 00:24:04,301 --> 00:24:05,501 because she had a tumor, 460 00:24:05,503 --> 00:24:06,944 and they didn't know what they were gonna do. 461 00:24:08,305 --> 00:24:10,939 - JIMMY: He had never told his family that she was pregnant. 462 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:14,568 He told them that he was trying to work overtime to make money 463 00:24:14,645 --> 00:24:17,362 so that he could help Angela with her medical bills, 464 00:24:17,439 --> 00:24:20,073 because he thought she had cancer. 465 00:24:20,150 --> 00:24:24,036 How do you go for nine months and your husband's family 466 00:24:24,112 --> 00:24:27,247 thinks you have some kind of medical issue, 467 00:24:27,324 --> 00:24:30,968 and you hide it wearing big shirts and big, baggy clothing, 468 00:24:31,045 --> 00:24:35,255 and you continue to tell your husband that you have a tumor? 469 00:24:35,332 --> 00:24:37,424 I mean, that's just unheard of. 470 00:24:37,501 --> 00:24:40,219 - TAMMY: You don't ever truly know what happens 471 00:24:40,295 --> 00:24:41,979 behind closed doors. 472 00:24:42,056 --> 00:24:47,059 Sometimes that there is a story that is 473 00:24:47,135 --> 00:24:49,945 just so crazy that you can't make it up. 474 00:24:51,473 --> 00:24:54,483 - NARRATOR: Investigators turn to Angela's friends and family 475 00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:58,654 for more information about the household dynamic. 476 00:24:58,664 --> 00:25:01,114 - JASMINE: Angela and Paul, after they started having sex, 477 00:25:01,191 --> 00:25:03,501 they was never separated. 478 00:25:03,577 --> 00:25:05,002 If one person was doing something, 479 00:25:05,079 --> 00:25:07,412 the other person was doing it. 480 00:25:07,489 --> 00:25:09,122 - TIFFANY: Paul didn't have a job. 481 00:25:09,199 --> 00:25:12,459 He didn't have family around because he was from somewhere 482 00:25:12,536 --> 00:25:16,263 else, so he was there at Angela's and that's all he had. 483 00:25:19,426 --> 00:25:21,635 - NARRATOR: Angela's family tells investigators, 484 00:25:21,712 --> 00:25:26,265 their hunch was that Carl had finally had enough. 485 00:25:26,341 --> 00:25:28,684 - JIMMY: I think that he felt a little uneasy 486 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:30,519 about Paul being there. 487 00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:33,480 Carl got tired of Paul 488 00:25:33,557 --> 00:25:36,149 and made him move out. 489 00:25:36,226 --> 00:25:39,528 - NARRATOR: But Paul didn't exactly leave. 490 00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:43,031 - JIMMY: When Carl would go to work in his truck, 491 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:46,710 Paul would stay with Angela inside of the house. 492 00:25:46,787 --> 00:25:49,496 When Angela knew that Carl was coming home, 493 00:25:49,573 --> 00:25:54,668 Paul would literally leave the house and sleep in the woods. 494 00:25:54,745 --> 00:25:57,555 - There was a trailer-- an old trailer 495 00:25:57,631 --> 00:26:00,132 on the side of their property. 496 00:26:00,208 --> 00:26:02,175 - JASMINE: I mean, this went on a while. 497 00:26:02,252 --> 00:26:04,845 When Carl was in town, he was staying in a trailer, 498 00:26:04,921 --> 00:26:07,681 didn't have water or power or anything. 499 00:26:07,758 --> 00:26:10,183 And I think Carl figured everything out. 500 00:26:10,260 --> 00:26:12,227 Living under one roof like that, you know, 501 00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:14,738 there's little things there that, just, you can't hide. 502 00:26:16,266 --> 00:26:17,691 - NARRATOR: According to friends and family, 503 00:26:17,768 --> 00:26:21,078 the situation had reached a boiling point, 504 00:26:21,155 --> 00:26:23,247 and Paul and Angela began discussing 505 00:26:23,324 --> 00:26:27,418 cutting Carl out of the picture for good. 506 00:26:27,494 --> 00:26:30,829 - We had a relative of Angela's that told us 507 00:26:30,906 --> 00:26:35,092 that Angela had tried to do something to Carl before. 508 00:26:35,169 --> 00:26:38,545 - ROB: She was able to acquire some pain pills. 509 00:26:38,622 --> 00:26:42,090 She would crush it up, put it into his food. 510 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:44,602 I don't know what her intentions were behind that, 511 00:26:44,678 --> 00:26:47,554 but it did not do anything to him. 512 00:26:47,631 --> 00:26:51,183 - She told family members and friends that 513 00:26:51,259 --> 00:26:54,394 she would crush up pills and put them in his food, 514 00:26:54,471 --> 00:26:55,896 but it would only make him sleep. 515 00:26:55,972 --> 00:26:59,608 - ♪ 516 00:26:59,619 --> 00:27:01,193 - NARRATOR: That's when Angela and Paul 517 00:27:01,269 --> 00:27:05,197 resorted to desperate measures. 518 00:27:05,273 --> 00:27:07,407 - They picked up a dead rattlesnake 519 00:27:07,484 --> 00:27:09,627 off of the side of the road. 520 00:27:09,703 --> 00:27:11,787 - JIMMY: They milked the venom from the rattlesnake, 521 00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:13,914 put it in Carl Dickinson's food. 522 00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:16,416 - ♪ 523 00:27:16,493 --> 00:27:18,710 - NARRATOR: Unfortunately, for the lovebirds, 524 00:27:18,787 --> 00:27:23,632 the venomous murder plot didn't work. 525 00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:25,759 - JOHN: It made him sick, but it didn't kill him. 526 00:27:25,836 --> 00:27:27,594 That is not how you're gonna kill somebody 527 00:27:27,671 --> 00:27:29,930 with a rattlesnake venom. 528 00:27:30,006 --> 00:27:31,765 - TAMMY: I don't know how many plans that you have 529 00:27:31,842 --> 00:27:34,818 to go through once you get a rattlesnake and try to milk it. 530 00:27:34,895 --> 00:27:37,479 I don't know that can even make that up, um, 531 00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:41,149 without hearing that story. 532 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,944 - NARRATOR: Detectives know it's not plausible that Angela 533 00:27:44,020 --> 00:27:48,657 would be capable of taking down Carl by herself. 534 00:27:48,668 --> 00:27:50,617 - JOHN: She couldn't have been the one to kill her husband 535 00:27:50,694 --> 00:27:53,286 because she was in the hospital 536 00:27:53,363 --> 00:27:56,790 giving birth to her boyfriend's baby-- 537 00:27:56,867 --> 00:27:58,258 the ultimate alibi. 538 00:28:00,871 --> 00:28:04,423 - So now it was time to go talk to Paul. 539 00:28:04,499 --> 00:28:07,300 - We just knew that if we could get him to start that 540 00:28:07,377 --> 00:28:10,804 ball rolling, then we could find out what happened. 541 00:28:10,881 --> 00:28:13,432 - ♪ 542 00:28:13,508 --> 00:28:14,641 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 543 00:28:14,718 --> 00:28:17,602 Paul comes clean about the affair, 544 00:28:17,679 --> 00:28:21,773 but investigators encounter another twist. 545 00:28:21,850 --> 00:28:24,443 - TAMMY: He says, "Well, okay, I was there, 546 00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:26,319 but I didn't shoot him." 547 00:28:26,396 --> 00:28:28,914 And we were like, "Holy sh--." 548 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:36,171 - ♪ 549 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:48,049 - NARRATOR: Alabama authorities have reason to believe 550 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:53,305 Carl Dickinson's murder may be connected to his wife's affair. 551 00:28:53,381 --> 00:28:57,276 Now, they have Carl's former best friend in their sights. 552 00:28:59,888 --> 00:29:04,691 On September 10th, they sit down with Paul Phillips again. 553 00:29:04,768 --> 00:29:08,069 - Paul had been transported to the sheriff's office 554 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,749 and placed in one of our interview rooms. 555 00:29:11,825 --> 00:29:17,329 He was a little nervous, but he wasn't shaking like a tree. 556 00:29:17,405 --> 00:29:20,415 Course we just asked him flat-blank 557 00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:22,926 right out in front of him, did he do it? 558 00:29:24,746 --> 00:29:26,722 And he says no. 559 00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:31,551 - NARRATOR: Paul reiterates his original statement: 560 00:29:31,628 --> 00:29:35,931 that he was not even in Alabama at the time of the murder. 561 00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:39,777 But the autopsy revealed Carl was killed days before 562 00:29:39,853 --> 00:29:43,438 Paul left for Florida. 563 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:46,942 - ROB: The incident happened on September 5th. 564 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:50,954 Paul had left for Florida after the incident. 565 00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:55,626 He knew that the game was over. 566 00:29:55,702 --> 00:29:58,620 We weren't gonna wait, we know he was involved, 567 00:29:58,631 --> 00:30:02,415 and he just needed to tell the story. 568 00:30:02,492 --> 00:30:03,950 - JIMMY: Paul Phillips was the kinda guy 569 00:30:04,028 --> 00:30:06,545 that if you just treat him like you want to be treated, 570 00:30:06,621 --> 00:30:08,088 and you talk to him just right, 571 00:30:08,164 --> 00:30:10,966 that he would tell you just about anything. 572 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:14,594 I think that's why he opened up so quickly. 573 00:30:14,671 --> 00:30:17,639 - ROB: Paul was in love with Angela. 574 00:30:17,650 --> 00:30:22,060 Paul wanted to have a family with Angela and his new baby. 575 00:30:22,137 --> 00:30:23,779 He wanted Carl gone. 576 00:30:25,682 --> 00:30:27,649 - NARRATOR: To help achieve his dream, 577 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:32,737 Paul says he enlisted Angela's half-brother, Jake Bartlett. 578 00:30:32,814 --> 00:30:35,824 - JIMMY: He said that Jake Bartlett knew a guy 579 00:30:35,835 --> 00:30:39,837 that would actually kill Carl Dickinson. 580 00:30:39,913 --> 00:30:41,997 - NARRATOR: Paul says that after Jake connected him 581 00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:44,666 with a hitman named "Trap," 582 00:30:44,677 --> 00:30:48,512 he finally put his plan into action on September 5th. 583 00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:56,177 - ROB: Paul describes that he goes over to the house 584 00:30:56,188 --> 00:31:01,850 with Jake and Trap. 585 00:31:01,861 --> 00:31:03,685 - JIMMY: He had admitted that they used 586 00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:07,689 an orange-handle screwdriver to make it look like somebody, um, 587 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:10,775 forced entry into the back door. 588 00:31:10,852 --> 00:31:12,870 - NARRATOR: Then, Paul says he handed Trap 589 00:31:12,946 --> 00:31:17,532 a .22 caliber rifle from Carl's safe, 590 00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:22,546 and the three men laid in wait for their target. 591 00:31:22,623 --> 00:31:25,382 - ROB: There's a trailer on the property, 592 00:31:25,459 --> 00:31:30,503 and Jake was also hiding behind the trailer, along with Trap. 593 00:31:30,580 --> 00:31:34,716 And then, uh, Paul was in the garage, 594 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:36,718 ducking down. 595 00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:40,555 Carl had parked his truck where he always parks, 596 00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:43,642 and he walked into the house. 597 00:31:43,718 --> 00:31:45,727 - JIMMY: Paul said that when Carl started 598 00:31:45,738 --> 00:31:47,228 walking into the house, 599 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:52,075 Trap ran up behind him with a rifle 600 00:31:52,152 --> 00:31:53,568 and started shooting. 601 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,954 - [gunshots blasting] 602 00:31:58,233 --> 00:32:01,084 - So his confession was-- 603 00:32:01,161 --> 00:32:04,746 pointing the finger at Trap 604 00:32:04,757 --> 00:32:07,582 as being the trigger puller. 605 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:12,003 - JIMMY: Right after the murder, Paul Phillips took off. 606 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,766 He was trying to create an alibi for his whereabouts 607 00:32:15,842 --> 00:32:18,101 during the time of the murder. 608 00:32:18,178 --> 00:32:23,098 - ROB: Paul had left for Florida, he picked up Jesse. 609 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:26,059 He brought Jesse back to show his story 610 00:32:26,136 --> 00:32:27,152 that he was in Florida. 611 00:32:31,266 --> 00:32:34,117 Jesse had no association with anything that's going on. 612 00:32:35,770 --> 00:32:37,612 - NARRATOR: Paul also remains adamant 613 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:41,116 about Angela's innocence. 614 00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:44,285 - He was kind of laying himself out as the sacrifice 615 00:32:44,296 --> 00:32:46,955 and saying, "Okay, Angela had nothing to do with this, 616 00:32:46,966 --> 00:32:48,006 it was all me." 617 00:32:50,803 --> 00:32:53,470 - NARRATOR: Officers arrest Paul and lock him up 618 00:32:53,547 --> 00:32:56,139 in the Lee County jail. 619 00:32:56,216 --> 00:32:58,967 - TAMMY: We immediately make plans to try to identify 620 00:32:58,978 --> 00:33:00,802 who the other subjects are. 621 00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:02,887 We had Jake Bartlett's name, 622 00:33:02,964 --> 00:33:06,975 so we immediately start running his information down. 623 00:33:06,986 --> 00:33:08,768 - JIMMY: We found Jake Bartlett at his home 624 00:33:08,845 --> 00:33:10,729 in Notasulga, Alabama. 625 00:33:10,805 --> 00:33:14,149 We picked him up, brought him into the office. 626 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:16,276 - NARRATOR: Jake insists he had nothing to do 627 00:33:16,352 --> 00:33:20,155 with his brother-in-law's murder. 628 00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:22,282 - TAMMY: He wasn't coming off of it. 629 00:33:22,358 --> 00:33:24,659 We were pushing and pushing and pushing. 630 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,911 And he finally said, "Okay." 631 00:33:26,988 --> 00:33:32,667 He said, "I was there, but I'm not the one that shot him." 632 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:34,836 And we were like, "Holy sh--." 633 00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:37,172 You know, "He just said he was there." 634 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:41,092 - NARRATOR: Like Paul, Jake pins the shooting on Trap. 635 00:33:41,169 --> 00:33:46,347 Jake also gives investigators Trap's real name. 636 00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:49,267 - JIMMY: We found that his real name was Travis Kyles. 637 00:33:49,344 --> 00:33:52,187 We also found that Travis Kyles' family 638 00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:56,941 in Tuskegee, Alabama, made a missing person's report on him 639 00:33:57,018 --> 00:34:01,872 just after the homicide occurred. 640 00:34:01,948 --> 00:34:05,283 Jake Bartlett and Paul Phillips' statements were-- 641 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,952 were pretty much the same. 642 00:34:08,029 --> 00:34:11,715 - NARRATOR: But there is one notable difference. 643 00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:12,957 - JIMMY: Jake told us that Angela 644 00:34:13,034 --> 00:34:15,627 was the mastermind behind the plan. 645 00:34:15,703 --> 00:34:19,839 We kinda figured that she was involved already. 646 00:34:19,916 --> 00:34:22,175 That just made us believe it even more. 647 00:34:22,252 --> 00:34:24,895 - NARRATOR: According to Jake, Angela had been asking him 648 00:34:24,971 --> 00:34:27,806 to help her kill Carl for months, 649 00:34:27,882 --> 00:34:30,067 and Angela's bounty on Carl's head 650 00:34:30,143 --> 00:34:34,237 is how Jake convinced Trap to join the plot. 651 00:34:34,314 --> 00:34:36,573 - JIMMY: He also admitted that Angela offered him 652 00:34:36,650 --> 00:34:38,733 Carl's 401K plan. 653 00:34:38,744 --> 00:34:40,985 Jake had offered to give Trap some money, 654 00:34:41,062 --> 00:34:43,905 they were gonna split the 401K from Carl. 655 00:34:43,916 --> 00:34:46,249 This is according to Jake. 656 00:34:46,326 --> 00:34:51,079 - ROB: She was gonna pay $4,000 from his 401K plan, 657 00:34:51,090 --> 00:34:56,927 give him the keys to a red F150 1977 truck 658 00:34:57,003 --> 00:34:59,930 and an old Monte Carlo that was on the property. 659 00:35:02,917 --> 00:35:06,094 - NARRATOR: Jake also says that Angela played a key role 660 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,938 on the day of the murder-- 661 00:35:08,014 --> 00:35:12,350 something that is backed up by cell phone evidence. 662 00:35:12,427 --> 00:35:15,270 - JIMMY: Angela was calling Carl back-to-back on the phone, 663 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,355 finding out when he was going to be home, 664 00:35:17,432 --> 00:35:20,066 what time he was getting home, and she was relaying to 665 00:35:20,143 --> 00:35:25,738 Paul Phillips the times when Carl was supposed to be home. 666 00:35:25,815 --> 00:35:29,626 - The overall plan was that once Angela went into labor 667 00:35:29,703 --> 00:35:33,630 to have the baby, that was basically go time. 668 00:35:33,707 --> 00:35:36,791 - NARRATOR: Investigators arrest Jake on murder charges 669 00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:41,421 and then set their sights on Angela. 670 00:35:41,497 --> 00:35:43,131 - ROB: We did not know how deep it went, 671 00:35:43,142 --> 00:35:45,142 but we knew she had something to do with it. 672 00:35:45,218 --> 00:35:49,813 - ♪ 673 00:35:49,890 --> 00:35:50,981 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 674 00:35:51,057 --> 00:35:55,143 Officers reel in the alleged mastermind. 675 00:35:55,154 --> 00:35:58,313 - She was trying to play the sweet innocent person. 676 00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:02,826 - NARRATOR: And the search continues for a fugitive. 677 00:36:02,903 --> 00:36:05,328 - JIMMY: Anytime we're going after a suspect 678 00:36:05,405 --> 00:36:07,780 who has committed murder already, 679 00:36:07,857 --> 00:36:09,958 we consider them armed and dangerous. 680 00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:16,339 - ♪ 681 00:36:26,834 --> 00:36:29,352 - NARRATOR: Paul Phillips and Jake Bartlett have admitted 682 00:36:29,429 --> 00:36:33,348 to recruiting a triggerman to kill Carl Dickinson, 683 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:36,526 and investigators believe Carl's wife, Angela, 684 00:36:36,603 --> 00:36:40,521 was the mastermind behind the whole plan. 685 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:42,866 - There was no evidence at all that that tells us 686 00:36:42,943 --> 00:36:45,026 that Carl knew that she was pregnant. 687 00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:46,986 As a matter of fact, he always told his family 688 00:36:47,063 --> 00:36:49,039 that that she had a medical issue. 689 00:36:49,115 --> 00:36:50,949 He thought she had cancer. 690 00:36:51,025 --> 00:36:54,044 We believe she came up with this elaborate scheme 691 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,455 to have people to kill Carl because, uh, 692 00:36:57,532 --> 00:37:00,375 she did not want him to know that she was pregnant. 693 00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:04,128 She planned this whole thing so that the murder would happen 694 00:37:04,205 --> 00:37:06,056 on the day that she went to the hospital 695 00:37:06,132 --> 00:37:09,351 to be induced with Paul's baby. 696 00:37:10,971 --> 00:37:13,304 - TAMMY: It's almost as if Angela having the baby 697 00:37:13,381 --> 00:37:16,233 was a catalyst for them to start their new life together 698 00:37:16,309 --> 00:37:18,017 and be a family. 699 00:37:18,094 --> 00:37:21,071 - ♪ 700 00:37:21,147 --> 00:37:24,148 - NARRATOR: Only 3 days after the murder of Carl, 701 00:37:24,225 --> 00:37:28,820 on September 11th, 2013, with a warrant in hand, 702 00:37:28,896 --> 00:37:31,081 Lee County deputies track Angela 703 00:37:31,157 --> 00:37:34,909 to the local health department. 704 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,078 - JASMINE: We was at the health department trying to get 705 00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:40,206 the baby's Social Security card, and next thing I know, 706 00:37:40,283 --> 00:37:42,333 just police started coming through the front door, 707 00:37:42,410 --> 00:37:43,468 their guns out. 708 00:37:46,006 --> 00:37:47,839 - She was a little bit surprised, 709 00:37:47,915 --> 00:37:50,100 she was upset. 710 00:37:50,176 --> 00:37:52,510 - JASMINE: She was just like, "My baby. My baby." 711 00:37:52,587 --> 00:37:55,605 But you know, there was nothing nobody could do. 712 00:37:55,682 --> 00:37:58,942 - ♪ 713 00:37:59,019 --> 00:38:01,269 - NARRATOR: At the station, investigators sit down 714 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:06,024 with Angela in an interview room. 715 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,277 - JIMMY: She was just still denying, denying, denying. 716 00:38:09,288 --> 00:38:13,072 Angela's demeanor was this of a 717 00:38:13,149 --> 00:38:16,951 meek, sweet, girl. 718 00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:19,129 She seemed to be very deceptive 719 00:38:19,205 --> 00:38:21,631 at what she was trying to tell us. 720 00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:25,302 - Each interview, she would come off with a little bit more 721 00:38:25,378 --> 00:38:27,462 information than the previous interview. 722 00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:30,423 It was almost like pulling teeth. 723 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:33,643 And then she started portraying Carl as the bad guy 724 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:37,889 and kind of deflecting any--any role that she had in it. 725 00:38:37,965 --> 00:38:40,317 - ROB: So we just flat out told her, 726 00:38:40,393 --> 00:38:42,110 "You're gonna tell us the truth this time." 727 00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:45,071 And she broke down. 728 00:38:48,068 --> 00:38:52,236 Angela, in her second statement, would say that Carl 729 00:38:52,313 --> 00:38:55,656 was abusive to her verbally. 730 00:38:55,667 --> 00:39:00,161 Carl would dog cuss her and treat her like trash. 731 00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:01,621 - NARRATOR: According to Angela, 732 00:39:01,697 --> 00:39:05,508 both Paul and Jake had witnessed the verbal abuse... 733 00:39:05,585 --> 00:39:09,179 but there's one problem with her claim. 734 00:39:09,255 --> 00:39:12,507 - There were no prior domestic violence cases 735 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:15,093 or any reports that where she had reported 736 00:39:15,169 --> 00:39:17,187 any type of domestic situation. 737 00:39:19,674 --> 00:39:21,349 - NARRATOR: Detectives have another theory 738 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,527 about the timing of Carl's murder. 739 00:39:24,604 --> 00:39:26,020 - Once she got pregnant, 740 00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:28,314 she didn't know how to get out of it. 741 00:39:28,391 --> 00:39:32,193 - ROB: When the baby's born, something has to be done. 742 00:39:32,204 --> 00:39:37,281 And so it became the--uh, the timer, if you will. 743 00:39:37,358 --> 00:39:38,616 - NARRATOR: That's when Angela enlisted 744 00:39:38,693 --> 00:39:41,452 her half-brother's help. 745 00:39:41,529 --> 00:39:43,955 - TAMMY: Jake, he had a soft spot for Angela. 746 00:39:44,031 --> 00:39:45,531 He liked to protect her. 747 00:39:45,609 --> 00:39:49,043 She was surrounded by men that just wanted to protect her. 748 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:51,337 - ROB: Angela was the little devil on the shoulder, 749 00:39:51,414 --> 00:39:55,508 talking to Paul and Jake and getting them to do her will. 750 00:39:55,585 --> 00:40:00,680 She admitted that she was basically behind the whole idea 751 00:40:00,756 --> 00:40:02,190 of Carl being killed. 752 00:40:05,219 --> 00:40:06,686 - NARRATOR: Angela is cuffed and escorted 753 00:40:06,762 --> 00:40:10,407 to Lee County lockup. 754 00:40:10,483 --> 00:40:13,076 But investigators aren't finished. 755 00:40:13,153 --> 00:40:16,154 They still have to find the alleged shooter-for-hire, 756 00:40:16,230 --> 00:40:20,241 Travis Kyles, aka "Trap." 757 00:40:20,252 --> 00:40:22,702 - He was put in the nationwide system as a BOLO, 758 00:40:22,778 --> 00:40:24,704 as a missing person. 759 00:40:24,780 --> 00:40:27,257 - JIMMY: Anytime we're going after a suspect 760 00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:29,041 who has committed murder already, 761 00:40:29,118 --> 00:40:32,545 we consider them armed and dangerous. 762 00:40:32,622 --> 00:40:36,057 - The US Marshals ended up locating him in Atlanta. 763 00:40:37,844 --> 00:40:39,269 - JIMMY: There was no incident, um, 764 00:40:39,345 --> 00:40:41,095 he didn't give them any problems at the time, 765 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:45,775 he went with them to the Atlanta PD. 766 00:40:45,852 --> 00:40:49,187 I sent a couple of my investigators up to Atlanta, 767 00:40:49,263 --> 00:40:52,440 and they took him and interviewed him. 768 00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:56,119 - NARRATOR: On October 2nd, nearly a month after the murder, 769 00:40:56,196 --> 00:41:00,623 police finally get Trap's side of the story. 770 00:41:00,700 --> 00:41:02,450 - JIMMY: He admitted that he was there 771 00:41:02,461 --> 00:41:05,295 at the time of the homicide. 772 00:41:05,371 --> 00:41:07,580 But he said that he was outside 773 00:41:07,657 --> 00:41:10,208 and that the garage door was closed. 774 00:41:10,284 --> 00:41:15,087 Well, there's no garage door on the garage. 775 00:41:15,164 --> 00:41:19,634 - He puts himself there, but he does not admit 776 00:41:19,644 --> 00:41:20,727 to being the trigger puller. 777 00:41:23,723 --> 00:41:26,265 - NARRATOR: Trap doesn't offer any further information 778 00:41:26,342 --> 00:41:29,227 about the murder, but the admission of his presence 779 00:41:29,303 --> 00:41:34,148 at the murder scene is enough for detectives to arrest him. 780 00:41:34,159 --> 00:41:36,609 - TAMMY: Once he said that, it was like, "Okay. 781 00:41:36,686 --> 00:41:37,818 "We're on that right track. 782 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:39,654 We've got that core group." 783 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:42,165 So, we were glad about that. 784 00:41:42,242 --> 00:41:44,501 - NARRATOR: Angela Dickinson, Travis Kyles, 785 00:41:44,577 --> 00:41:46,744 Paul Phillips, and Jake Bartlett 786 00:41:46,821 --> 00:41:49,506 all face capital murder charges. 787 00:41:53,202 --> 00:41:54,511 - JIMMY: There was so much evidence, 788 00:41:54,587 --> 00:41:58,256 and you have the confessions from all parties. 789 00:41:58,332 --> 00:42:00,758 I don't believe there would have been any doubt if this case 790 00:42:00,835 --> 00:42:02,677 would have gone to trial. 791 00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:04,095 - NARRATOR: But none of the defendants 792 00:42:04,171 --> 00:42:07,265 would see a Lee County jury. 793 00:42:07,341 --> 00:42:09,308 - They all pled guilty to murder 794 00:42:09,385 --> 00:42:11,402 and each one got 30 years in prison. 795 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:15,532 - ROB: The way they killed Carl, 796 00:42:15,608 --> 00:42:19,536 the way they planned it and then executed it, 797 00:42:19,612 --> 00:42:21,246 I think 30 years is light. 798 00:42:25,234 --> 00:42:27,544 - LINDA: They still have the opportunity at some point 799 00:42:27,620 --> 00:42:30,213 to--to be walking free. 800 00:42:30,290 --> 00:42:32,715 My brother doesn't have that opportunity anymore. 801 00:42:32,792 --> 00:42:34,384 They took that from him. 802 00:42:39,391 --> 00:42:41,391 - JASMINE: I'm not gonna say he was a perfect person, 803 00:42:41,467 --> 00:42:42,883 'cause none of us are. 804 00:42:42,894 --> 00:42:44,385 But you know, in the end of the day, 805 00:42:44,396 --> 00:42:45,895 Carl was a good person. 806 00:42:45,972 --> 00:42:50,141 He--he--he was--he took care of his family, he worked. 807 00:42:50,217 --> 00:42:52,685 And he--he cared about people. 808 00:42:52,762 --> 00:42:55,572 - JOHN: This is a situation that's probably as old as time-- 809 00:42:55,648 --> 00:42:57,690 you have someone who has something 810 00:42:57,767 --> 00:42:59,909 that someone else wants. 811 00:42:59,986 --> 00:43:04,405 Carl lost his life, four people are in prison, 812 00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:06,916 and a child was born into this world 813 00:43:06,993 --> 00:43:09,535 that no longer has their mother or father, 814 00:43:09,612 --> 00:43:12,255 because they're serving time for killing a man 815 00:43:12,332 --> 00:43:14,749 that should never have died. 816 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:16,426 - JASMINE: She's missing out on her son, 817 00:43:16,502 --> 00:43:18,261 and we're missing out on him and, 818 00:43:18,338 --> 00:43:21,764 you know, she's just missing her life pretty much. 819 00:43:24,293 --> 00:43:29,397 - ♪