1 00:00:01,984 --> 00:00:04,228 - FEMALE NARRATOR: When a pillar of the community 2 00:00:04,230 --> 00:00:07,164 goes missing, a small town is put on edge. 3 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:09,675 - He'd bought a cup of coffee, and then after that, 4 00:00:09,752 --> 00:00:11,677 it was like he'd vanished. 5 00:00:11,754 --> 00:00:13,846 - BROC: She was concerned for his safety. 6 00:00:13,922 --> 00:00:15,922 - NARRATOR: As an investigation begins, 7 00:00:15,999 --> 00:00:19,259 detectives uncover a chilling scene. 8 00:00:19,336 --> 00:00:21,595 - JAMEY: As I walked around to the corner of the house, 9 00:00:21,671 --> 00:00:26,099 I noticed a, what resembled a body covered under a tarp. 10 00:00:26,176 --> 00:00:28,402 - KEAGAN: This was a very gruesome crime scene. 11 00:00:30,105 --> 00:00:32,189 - NARRATOR: Detectives race against the clock 12 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:34,700 to preserve crucial evidence. 13 00:00:34,777 --> 00:00:38,445 - JAMEY: She had left the fireplace gas starter on. 14 00:00:38,522 --> 00:00:40,372 - HOWARD: And as soon as that gas hits it, 15 00:00:40,449 --> 00:00:42,949 it's gonna blow everything all to hell. 16 00:00:43,026 --> 00:00:45,035 - NARRATOR: And as detectives work to locate 17 00:00:45,046 --> 00:00:49,048 a missing person, they uncover a string of murders 18 00:00:49,124 --> 00:00:53,886 and fear a serial killer may escape justice once again. 19 00:00:56,414 --> 00:00:58,131 - CARLYN: Who else has she done this to 20 00:00:58,208 --> 00:00:59,641 and we don't know? 21 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:07,816 - ♪ 22 00:01:12,055 --> 00:01:13,739 - ♪ 23 00:01:13,816 --> 00:01:16,066 - NARRATOR: March 13th, 2012, 24 00:01:16,077 --> 00:01:19,745 McDonough, Georgia, a small town just an hour south 25 00:01:19,822 --> 00:01:24,083 of Atlanta, brimming with southern hospitality. 26 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:26,919 - SOPHE: The relationships and the community aspect 27 00:01:26,995 --> 00:01:30,422 are still really strong and have a, a somewhat 28 00:01:30,499 --> 00:01:32,758 small-town Georgia feel. 29 00:01:32,835 --> 00:01:36,428 McDonough has always been a relatively safe place 30 00:01:36,505 --> 00:01:38,555 to live and raise a family. 31 00:01:40,458 --> 00:01:42,008 - NARRATOR: When Jim Coker comes into 32 00:01:42,085 --> 00:01:43,718 the Henry County Sheriff's Office 33 00:01:43,795 --> 00:01:45,938 and introduces himself as the nephew 34 00:01:46,014 --> 00:01:50,109 of 67 year old Doug Coker, officers immediately 35 00:01:50,185 --> 00:01:51,944 recognize him. 36 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:54,780 - KEAGAN: Mr. Coker had multiple businesses 37 00:01:54,857 --> 00:01:56,356 and was not only well-known 38 00:01:56,433 --> 00:02:01,954 but he was extremely well thought of in his community. 39 00:02:02,030 --> 00:02:04,239 - NARRATOR: Jim says his aunt, Judy Coker, 40 00:02:04,316 --> 00:02:08,618 had called him in a panic earlier that afternoon. 41 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:10,453 - KEAGAN: She said, will you please reach out 42 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:15,458 to law enforcement, she had repeatedly tried 43 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:18,712 to call her husband and had been unable 44 00:02:18,788 --> 00:02:20,472 to get a hold of him. 45 00:02:20,549 --> 00:02:22,048 No one from his work had been able 46 00:02:22,125 --> 00:02:25,477 to get a hold of him, and it is unusual for Mr. Coker 47 00:02:25,554 --> 00:02:27,479 to go that long without speaking 48 00:02:27,556 --> 00:02:31,474 to any of those individuals. 49 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:33,393 - NARRATOR: Waiving the normal protocols, 50 00:02:33,470 --> 00:02:36,771 detectives immediately take the case. 51 00:02:36,848 --> 00:02:40,159 - KEAGAN: He's been missing at least for a few hours. 52 00:02:40,235 --> 00:02:43,829 Mr. Coker was extremely close to his family, 53 00:02:43,906 --> 00:02:46,331 kept very close ties with them, 54 00:02:46,408 --> 00:02:49,501 and uh would talk to them multiple times a day along 55 00:02:49,578 --> 00:02:51,411 with people who worked with him, 56 00:02:51,488 --> 00:02:55,248 and he had lost all of that contact. 57 00:02:55,325 --> 00:02:58,084 - JAMEY: He was a little older gentleman that, uh, 58 00:02:58,161 --> 00:02:59,845 you know it doesn't really happen at, 59 00:02:59,922 --> 00:03:03,015 at his age unless there's something going on. 60 00:03:03,091 --> 00:03:06,801 - KEAGAN: That made law enforcement not wait, uh, 61 00:03:06,878 --> 00:03:08,854 the prescribed amount of time and instead 62 00:03:08,931 --> 00:03:11,023 jumped immediately into looking for him. 63 00:03:15,103 --> 00:03:17,646 - NARRATOR: Born into a working-class household 64 00:03:17,722 --> 00:03:21,867 in Atlanta in 1945, Doug Coker was determined 65 00:03:21,944 --> 00:03:24,536 to make something of his life. 66 00:03:24,613 --> 00:03:26,529 - SOPHE: Doug was incredibly sharp. 67 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:29,032 He graduated from DeKalb High School 68 00:03:29,043 --> 00:03:34,663 and then went on to DeKalb Tech and graduated in 1964. 69 00:03:34,739 --> 00:03:39,501 - KEAGAN: He was an all- around good person. 70 00:03:39,577 --> 00:03:42,879 Everybody basically talked about how wonderful he was. 71 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,932 He was highly intelligent. 72 00:03:46,802 --> 00:03:49,061 - NARRATOR: After college, Doug met and married 73 00:03:49,137 --> 00:03:52,138 a woman named Diane and settled in McDonough, 74 00:03:52,215 --> 00:03:54,733 Georgia, where the couple started a family, 75 00:03:54,810 --> 00:03:58,895 and Doug stretched his entrepreneurial legs. 76 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:01,740 - SOPHE: Doug was successful in starting 77 00:04:01,817 --> 00:04:05,744 a storage business with uh, Doug Coker Properties 78 00:04:05,821 --> 00:04:09,414 which um, he had countless rental homes 79 00:04:09,491 --> 00:04:12,492 as well as an automotive business. 80 00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:15,754 - BROC: He does own quite a few properties in the area, 81 00:04:15,831 --> 00:04:19,591 uh, all the way from Macon up through McDonough. 82 00:04:19,668 --> 00:04:21,251 - KEAGAN: These are nice properties 83 00:04:21,262 --> 00:04:22,594 that we're talking about. 84 00:04:22,671 --> 00:04:25,931 That any of us would be very happy to live in. 85 00:04:26,008 --> 00:04:29,268 - SOPHE: What I respected most was that 86 00:04:29,344 --> 00:04:33,272 his driving factor was always how he could provide 87 00:04:33,348 --> 00:04:35,023 and give more to his family. 88 00:04:37,969 --> 00:04:40,228 - NARRATOR: While Doug's businesses were booming, 89 00:04:40,305 --> 00:04:44,283 his marriage struggled, and in 1977, 90 00:04:44,359 --> 00:04:47,119 Doug and his wife divorced. 91 00:04:47,195 --> 00:04:50,789 Now single, Doug threw himself into his work 92 00:04:50,866 --> 00:04:54,284 and focused on using his money for good. 93 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:56,962 - Doug's favorite thing to do with his money 94 00:04:57,039 --> 00:05:00,465 was to provide um, opportunities 95 00:05:00,542 --> 00:05:02,125 to better our community. 96 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:07,130 He was someone devoting their life to better others. 97 00:05:07,141 --> 00:05:09,641 - NARRATOR: In 1982, Doug met a woman 98 00:05:09,718 --> 00:05:11,810 named Judy Cook Phillips. 99 00:05:11,887 --> 00:05:14,980 Like Doug, she was also self-made after years 100 00:05:15,057 --> 00:05:17,557 of working in the banking industry, 101 00:05:17,634 --> 00:05:19,818 as well as active in charitable causes 102 00:05:19,895 --> 00:05:22,062 in the McDonough area. 103 00:05:22,138 --> 00:05:25,231 - SOPHE: Judy was extremely devoted to our community 104 00:05:25,308 --> 00:05:28,902 and several different civic organizations. 105 00:05:28,978 --> 00:05:33,332 Judy retired as a banker in Henry County. 106 00:05:33,408 --> 00:05:39,496 She is sweet and endearing and loving, a selfless, 107 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:41,715 kind and compassionate person. 108 00:05:44,828 --> 00:05:47,512 - NARRATOR: Doug and Judy fell hard for each other, 109 00:05:47,589 --> 00:05:50,924 and in 1984, the couple married. 110 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,676 - SOPHE: Judy was always prioritized 111 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:55,854 and taken care of by Doug. 112 00:05:55,931 --> 00:06:00,517 He just adored her and did everything he could 113 00:06:00,527 --> 00:06:05,772 to provide the life that she had always dreamed of. 114 00:06:05,849 --> 00:06:09,034 - JAMEY: Judy worked closely with her husband. 115 00:06:09,111 --> 00:06:12,779 Uh, she was a real, real nice lady. 116 00:06:12,856 --> 00:06:16,366 - SOPHE: They were just kind of a power team um, 117 00:06:16,377 --> 00:06:17,834 throughout our community. 118 00:06:20,697 --> 00:06:22,539 - NARRATOR: Over the next few decades, 119 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:24,040 the Cokers devoted themselves 120 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:26,051 to charitable causes. 121 00:06:26,128 --> 00:06:30,547 But their true passion was their kids and grandkids. 122 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:33,392 - SOPHE: When Doug and Judy met and got married, 123 00:06:33,468 --> 00:06:36,895 they each had two children from a previous marriage. 124 00:06:36,972 --> 00:06:39,180 They had six grandchildren. 125 00:06:39,257 --> 00:06:42,016 He treasured every minute that he got to spend 126 00:06:42,093 --> 00:06:43,977 with his grandchildren. 127 00:06:44,053 --> 00:06:49,574 It was just one great, happy family. 128 00:06:49,651 --> 00:06:50,984 - NARRATOR: In 2012, 129 00:06:51,060 --> 00:06:53,245 as their 70th birthdays approached, 130 00:06:53,321 --> 00:06:56,156 Doug and Judy wanted to focus their golden years 131 00:06:56,232 --> 00:07:00,160 on leaving a legacy to the community they adored. 132 00:07:00,236 --> 00:07:03,163 - KEAGAN: He had decided that he was going to take 133 00:07:03,239 --> 00:07:06,040 these 40 properties that he owned 134 00:07:06,117 --> 00:07:10,003 and he wanted to set up a nonprofit organization 135 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:12,672 that would help provide homeless people 136 00:07:12,749 --> 00:07:14,841 with homes to live in. 137 00:07:14,918 --> 00:07:16,885 He wanted to give back to his community 138 00:07:16,961 --> 00:07:18,770 because he had reached a point in his life 139 00:07:18,847 --> 00:07:20,513 where he could do that. 140 00:07:20,590 --> 00:07:24,100 - He was just branching out um, with a new endeavor 141 00:07:24,111 --> 00:07:26,111 that he had always dreamed of. 142 00:07:29,307 --> 00:07:31,900 - NARRATOR: But now, the nearly 70-year-old 143 00:07:31,976 --> 00:07:35,454 Doug Coker is missing, and his nephew, Jim Coker, 144 00:07:35,530 --> 00:07:40,783 reports his disappearance to police on March 13th, 2012. 145 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:44,245 - KEAGAN: He's been missing most of the day at this point, 146 00:07:44,322 --> 00:07:48,750 and we are concerned where he may be. 147 00:07:48,826 --> 00:07:50,469 - BROC: We have a missing elderly person 148 00:07:50,545 --> 00:07:53,129 that would cause us to look into it a lot faster 149 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:57,717 than say uh, a middle-aged person that just disappeared, 150 00:07:57,794 --> 00:08:00,428 hadn't heard from a day. 151 00:08:00,505 --> 00:08:03,223 - KEAGAN: They became concerned, you know, 152 00:08:03,299 --> 00:08:06,601 he may have some sort of medical issue going on. 153 00:08:06,678 --> 00:08:09,103 - NARRATOR: One thing that does feel out of place 154 00:08:09,180 --> 00:08:11,814 to detectives is the fact that Doug's wife, 155 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,733 Judy Coker asked her nephew 156 00:08:13,810 --> 00:08:16,444 to report him missing for her. 157 00:08:16,521 --> 00:08:20,114 - KEAGAN: Law enforcement will look at a spouse in any 158 00:08:20,191 --> 00:08:23,159 given missing person's case. 159 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:27,664 What they're looking at is is there a large insurance policy 160 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:30,926 that goes along with Mr. Coker. 161 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:35,630 - NARRATOR: Coming up: detectives track down 162 00:08:35,707 --> 00:08:37,632 the last person to speak with this 163 00:08:37,709 --> 00:08:39,467 missing businessman. 164 00:08:39,544 --> 00:08:41,686 - KEAGAN: She doesn't appear to have any emotions 165 00:08:41,763 --> 00:08:45,431 or concerns about Mr. Coker or where he may be located. 166 00:08:45,508 --> 00:08:47,025 - NARRATOR: And a background check offers 167 00:08:47,102 --> 00:08:49,102 a chilling new lead. 168 00:08:49,178 --> 00:08:51,363 - KEAGAN: They put together that wait a minute, 169 00:08:51,439 --> 00:08:57,118 she was a person who had gone to prison for murder. 170 00:08:59,281 --> 00:09:02,916 - ♪ 171 00:09:11,909 --> 00:09:14,553 - NARRATOR: After receiving a missing person's report 172 00:09:14,629 --> 00:09:17,338 for prominent McDonough, Georgia businessman, 173 00:09:17,415 --> 00:09:20,341 Doug Coker, detectives with the Henry County Sheriff's 174 00:09:20,418 --> 00:09:23,553 Office immediately drive to Doug's home to speak 175 00:09:23,564 --> 00:09:27,515 to his wife of 30 years, Judy Coker. 176 00:09:27,592 --> 00:09:31,561 - Law enforcement was first contacted not by Doug's wife, 177 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:33,062 but by a nephew. 178 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:36,399 Uh his wife had contacted the nephew and said, 179 00:09:36,410 --> 00:09:39,485 will you please reach out to law enforcement, 180 00:09:39,562 --> 00:09:42,539 I still haven't been able to get a hold of him. 181 00:09:44,734 --> 00:09:47,160 - NARRATOR: When detectives sit down with Judy, 182 00:09:47,236 --> 00:09:49,704 they're suspicious as to why she didn't simply 183 00:09:49,781 --> 00:09:52,206 make the call herself. 184 00:09:52,283 --> 00:09:54,667 - KEAGAN: Judy Coker said she decided to pick out 185 00:09:54,744 --> 00:09:58,763 a person who could contact law enforcement 186 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,341 and be able to relay information 187 00:10:01,417 --> 00:10:04,677 without all of the emotion that goes with quite frankly 188 00:10:04,754 --> 00:10:09,349 a wife of 30 years calling and being extremely upset. 189 00:10:09,425 --> 00:10:11,776 - NARRATOR: Detectives then ask Judy to go over 190 00:10:11,853 --> 00:10:14,946 the day's timeline of events. 191 00:10:15,023 --> 00:10:16,615 - KEAGAN: She said that morning was like 192 00:10:16,691 --> 00:10:18,024 any other morning. 193 00:10:18,101 --> 00:10:20,026 They had gotten ready for work. 194 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:22,454 She gave him a kiss goodbye. 195 00:10:22,530 --> 00:10:25,198 Mrs. Coker at that point knew that he was headed 196 00:10:25,274 --> 00:10:26,949 to a meeting that morning. 197 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,336 She didn't know much more than that. 198 00:10:31,614 --> 00:10:33,706 - NARRATOR: Judy claims that she went to work 199 00:10:33,783 --> 00:10:37,043 soon after and tried to check back in with her husband 200 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,470 after lunch. 201 00:10:38,546 --> 00:10:40,630 - BROC: She had tried to call him by phone, 202 00:10:40,641 --> 00:10:42,307 and she was not getting any answer 203 00:10:42,384 --> 00:10:45,468 which is unusual for him. 204 00:10:45,479 --> 00:10:47,970 - NARRATOR: Finally, around 2:30 PM, 205 00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:50,223 Judy's phone rang. 206 00:10:50,299 --> 00:10:53,935 - JAMEY: She did receive a phone call from his phone, 207 00:10:54,011 --> 00:10:58,564 uh, with nobody, uh, talking or nobody saying anything 208 00:10:58,641 --> 00:11:01,818 through the line of it so they, they just hung up 209 00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:04,570 and nothing else was said. 210 00:11:04,647 --> 00:11:07,657 - KEAGAN: She had tried back multiple times after that. 211 00:11:07,668 --> 00:11:11,336 He didn't answer any of those particular phone calls. 212 00:11:11,413 --> 00:11:13,121 - BROC: So that made her more concerned 213 00:11:13,197 --> 00:11:14,956 that he might be having a, some type of 214 00:11:15,032 --> 00:11:16,466 medical emergency. 215 00:11:18,494 --> 00:11:20,628 - NARRATOR: Judy tells investigators her husband 216 00:11:20,705 --> 00:11:23,464 had a recent heart aneurysm, and she worries 217 00:11:23,541 --> 00:11:25,633 that he might be in trouble. 218 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:29,011 - KEAGAN: Mr. Coker had underlying medical conditions, 219 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:32,348 which would make locating him quickly a, 220 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:34,442 a very important task. 221 00:11:39,223 --> 00:11:40,648 - NARRATOR: Detectives obtain a list 222 00:11:40,725 --> 00:11:44,202 of Doug's properties and begin their search. 223 00:11:44,279 --> 00:11:45,537 - BROC: He had approximately 224 00:11:45,613 --> 00:11:47,280 41 rental properties uh, that was where 225 00:11:47,356 --> 00:11:48,873 we were gonna start looking. 226 00:11:48,950 --> 00:11:52,034 Because it was possibly where he could be at, uh, 227 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,662 visiting or following up on something. 228 00:11:54,739 --> 00:11:57,039 Uh, so that would take a long time to check 229 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:58,833 each one of those. 230 00:11:58,910 --> 00:12:00,293 We'd also produce a BOLO, 231 00:12:00,369 --> 00:12:02,503 notify surrounding jurisdictions to see 232 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:04,672 if they could check that area. 233 00:12:04,749 --> 00:12:06,716 - They reached out to the hospitals 234 00:12:06,727 --> 00:12:11,220 to see if anybody unknown had come in as a John Doe, 235 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:12,722 uh, to the hospitals. 236 00:12:12,733 --> 00:12:15,475 Not only did they have law enforcement involved, 237 00:12:15,551 --> 00:12:18,403 but again this was a very close family, 238 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,813 and he was extremely well thought of, 239 00:12:20,890 --> 00:12:25,818 so they had friends out helping with that. 240 00:12:25,895 --> 00:12:29,489 - NARRATOR: By nightfall, there's still no sign of Doug. 241 00:12:29,565 --> 00:12:33,576 Detectives are forced to consider a grim possibility. 242 00:12:33,587 --> 00:12:35,253 - KEAGAN: There became great concern 243 00:12:35,330 --> 00:12:36,755 whether he was missing 244 00:12:36,831 --> 00:12:39,665 because of a medical condition or whether 245 00:12:39,742 --> 00:12:41,709 he was missing because there had been some sort of 246 00:12:41,786 --> 00:12:44,045 foul play involved. 247 00:12:44,121 --> 00:12:45,671 - JAMEY: You want to stay on top of it. 248 00:12:45,748 --> 00:12:47,757 Asking, you know, questions about where was he going; 249 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:51,511 what was he doing here, things of that nature? 250 00:12:51,587 --> 00:12:53,346 - NARRATOR: That evening, detectives meet 251 00:12:53,422 --> 00:12:56,224 with Doug's wife Judy a second time. 252 00:12:56,300 --> 00:12:59,185 Once again, she repeats her earlier story 253 00:12:59,262 --> 00:13:01,279 and seems distraught over the idea 254 00:13:01,356 --> 00:13:04,357 that someone may have harmed her husband. 255 00:13:04,433 --> 00:13:08,620 - Law enforcement tends to start looking into foul play 256 00:13:08,696 --> 00:13:12,123 a lot faster than the families tend to. 257 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,743 Families tend to hold out hope that, uh, 258 00:13:15,820 --> 00:13:17,378 it's not foul play. 259 00:13:19,282 --> 00:13:20,540 - NARRATOR: Detectives ask Judy 260 00:13:20,616 --> 00:13:22,208 about the couple's home life 261 00:13:22,285 --> 00:13:24,460 and financial situation leading up to 262 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:26,546 Doug's disappearance. 263 00:13:26,622 --> 00:13:28,631 - KEAGAN: He had been married 30 years. 264 00:13:28,642 --> 00:13:31,926 He was in a very happy relationship. 265 00:13:32,003 --> 00:13:34,595 They were a tight knit family. 266 00:13:34,672 --> 00:13:40,101 And all of the Cokers seemed to do well for themselves. 267 00:13:40,177 --> 00:13:46,107 They seemed to all have good work ethics and family ethics. 268 00:13:46,183 --> 00:13:47,817 - NARRATOR: Judy explains to detectives 269 00:13:47,828 --> 00:13:50,444 that their finances were in good shape, 270 00:13:50,521 --> 00:13:54,574 and she has no financial motive to hurt Doug. 271 00:13:54,650 --> 00:13:57,618 In fact, Judy offers to let detectives review 272 00:13:57,695 --> 00:14:00,288 the couple's phone records and gives the names 273 00:14:00,364 --> 00:14:02,748 of coworkers who can vouch for her whereabouts 274 00:14:02,825 --> 00:14:04,625 earlier that day. 275 00:14:04,702 --> 00:14:07,920 - Law enforcement knew early on that 276 00:14:07,997 --> 00:14:10,515 Judy Coker was at work. 277 00:14:13,502 --> 00:14:15,636 - NARRATOR: With Judy's alibi confirmed, 278 00:14:15,713 --> 00:14:18,097 she is cleared of any involvement, 279 00:14:18,174 --> 00:14:23,519 and detectives start focusing on Doug's cell phone records. 280 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:25,771 - KEAGAN: The easiest way for law enforcement 281 00:14:25,848 --> 00:14:29,317 to start trying to track down a missing person is to do 282 00:14:29,393 --> 00:14:31,369 what they call ping a cell phone. 283 00:14:31,446 --> 00:14:33,529 And then what they look at is well, 284 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:37,617 where's the last known cell phone tower that you pinged? 285 00:14:37,693 --> 00:14:40,703 In this particular case, they did ping his cell phone 286 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:42,455 and it was determined that the location 287 00:14:42,531 --> 00:14:44,373 was supposed to be at the Bass Road McDonald's 288 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:45,875 in Macon. 289 00:14:45,886 --> 00:14:48,169 - BROC: He had received several calls early 290 00:14:48,245 --> 00:14:49,962 in the morning at the restaurant. 291 00:14:50,039 --> 00:14:53,474 Uh, that gave us an idea that he was actually in that area. 292 00:14:56,087 --> 00:14:58,804 - NARRATOR: That evening, detectives obtain surveillance 293 00:14:58,881 --> 00:15:01,399 footage from the McDonalds in Macon. 294 00:15:01,476 --> 00:15:04,068 They quickly scrub to 11 o'clock that morning 295 00:15:04,145 --> 00:15:07,563 when the calls from Doug's phone were placed. 296 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:10,742 - KEAGAN: You can watch him come inside the McDonald's. 297 00:15:10,818 --> 00:15:15,154 You can tell he comes in with paper in his hand. 298 00:15:15,231 --> 00:15:17,573 He goes up to the front desk. 299 00:15:17,584 --> 00:15:20,076 He orders a coffee. 300 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:22,078 He checks out with a cashier. 301 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:24,330 He's drinking his coffee. 302 00:15:24,407 --> 00:15:25,665 - BROC: The video can confirm 303 00:15:25,741 --> 00:15:27,833 that he's able to function so a medical problem 304 00:15:27,910 --> 00:15:32,588 is not going to be a, a reason of concern at this point. 305 00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:35,600 - NARRATOR: The video shows that at 11:05AM, 306 00:15:35,677 --> 00:15:38,010 Doug pulls out his phone. 307 00:15:38,087 --> 00:15:40,930 - You can see Mr. Coker take a phone call 308 00:15:40,941 --> 00:15:44,684 on his cell phone, and he starts writing down 309 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,437 on the piece of paper information. 310 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:49,948 - BROC: We could not read the note, 311 00:15:50,024 --> 00:15:52,617 but it does give us an idea that, that he's just jotting 312 00:15:52,694 --> 00:15:54,118 something down real quick 313 00:15:54,195 --> 00:15:56,120 because it was not a long note. 314 00:15:56,197 --> 00:15:58,572 He was there for a short time he, he was able to get coffee, 315 00:15:58,649 --> 00:16:01,575 take the note, take a phone call and left. 316 00:16:01,652 --> 00:16:04,537 - AMY: He'd bought a cup of coffee, and then after that, 317 00:16:04,613 --> 00:16:08,708 it was like he'd vanished. 318 00:16:08,784 --> 00:16:11,469 - NARRATOR: Detectives know they need to figure out 319 00:16:11,546 --> 00:16:14,973 who was Doug talking with before he disappeared? 320 00:16:15,049 --> 00:16:18,426 - You can compare the time that he is on his cell phone 321 00:16:18,502 --> 00:16:21,721 in the video with the same exact time 322 00:16:21,797 --> 00:16:23,481 according to the phone records 323 00:16:23,558 --> 00:16:26,100 that he is having a phone call. 324 00:16:26,177 --> 00:16:28,644 - BROC: And based on his calls logs it shows 325 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:31,656 that he was receiving a call from Pamela Moss. 326 00:16:31,733 --> 00:16:33,733 - NARRATOR: As far as detectives know, 327 00:16:33,809 --> 00:16:36,828 Pamela Moss is the last person to ever speak 328 00:16:36,904 --> 00:16:40,114 to Doug Coker, so they reach out to Doug's family 329 00:16:40,191 --> 00:16:43,668 to see if Pamela Moss' name rings a bell. 330 00:16:43,745 --> 00:16:45,244 - KEAGAN: Judy Coker did not know much 331 00:16:45,321 --> 00:16:46,996 about Pamela Moss at all. 332 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:48,840 Nobody knew who she was. 333 00:16:48,916 --> 00:16:52,418 So that was, to begin with, that was really what they 334 00:16:52,495 --> 00:16:53,919 were trying to find out. 335 00:16:53,996 --> 00:16:56,347 An investigator was able to break that wide open 336 00:16:56,424 --> 00:16:57,849 for law enforcement. 337 00:16:57,925 --> 00:17:00,643 She was not who she said she was. 338 00:17:03,672 --> 00:17:05,690 - NARRATOR: Coming up: detectives uncover 339 00:17:05,767 --> 00:17:09,769 alarming intel on a potential suspect. 340 00:17:09,845 --> 00:17:12,780 - JOY: They called her the Black Widow of Macon. 341 00:17:14,350 --> 00:17:17,952 - ♪ 342 00:17:26,904 --> 00:17:29,705 - NARRATOR: On March 14th, 2012, 343 00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:33,000 24 hours after prominent Georgia businessman 344 00:17:33,077 --> 00:17:36,220 Doug Coker's disappearance, phone records show 345 00:17:36,297 --> 00:17:39,381 that the last person Doug spoke to was a woman 346 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:42,060 named Pamela Moss. 347 00:17:42,136 --> 00:17:44,637 Detectives with the Henry County Sheriff's Office 348 00:17:44,713 --> 00:17:47,848 work quickly to reach out to Pamela. 349 00:17:47,925 --> 00:17:49,892 - BROC: We make contact with Pamela Moss by phone 350 00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:53,562 to arrange a meeting to, to speak with her, uh, 351 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:56,741 about her relationship with Mr. Coker, 352 00:17:56,818 --> 00:17:59,911 and if she had seen him or talked to him recently. 353 00:17:59,987 --> 00:18:01,621 She claimed she was out of town. 354 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:05,533 - NARRATOR: Pamela agrees to meet investigators 355 00:18:05,609 --> 00:18:08,536 the following day in Marietta. 356 00:18:08,612 --> 00:18:10,704 In the meantime, she tells detectives 357 00:18:10,781 --> 00:18:13,833 about her connection to Doug Coker. 358 00:18:13,909 --> 00:18:16,085 - KEAGAN: Mr. Coker and Pamela Moss 359 00:18:16,096 --> 00:18:19,046 first met each other at a business function 360 00:18:19,123 --> 00:18:24,927 that she had gone to up in the Atlanta area. 361 00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:28,180 - BROC: Pamela explained that she was a grant writer, 362 00:18:28,257 --> 00:18:30,558 and she was there to assist Mr. Coker 363 00:18:30,634 --> 00:18:32,893 in obtaining a grant. 364 00:18:32,970 --> 00:18:35,604 - KEAGAN: Pamela Moss was supposed to be setting up 365 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:37,731 a charitable organization. 366 00:18:37,808 --> 00:18:41,569 In this charity, 40 homes were gonna go to 367 00:18:41,645 --> 00:18:43,779 homeless individuals. 368 00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:47,616 - BROC: She asked Doug for funds to apply for a grant. 369 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:52,130 Mr. Coker had loaned her $85,000 to start 370 00:18:52,206 --> 00:18:55,374 this non-profit which would give him a grant 371 00:18:55,451 --> 00:18:56,750 for this non-profit to start. 372 00:18:58,379 --> 00:19:00,921 - NARRATOR: Pamela tells police that the pair met up 373 00:19:00,998 --> 00:19:03,808 every few weeks to discuss her progress. 374 00:19:03,885 --> 00:19:07,928 In fact, on March 13th, 2012, she and Doug 375 00:19:08,005 --> 00:19:11,265 had agreed to meet at the Macon Mcdonalds. 376 00:19:11,342 --> 00:19:12,975 - When she called him, she was telling him 377 00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:14,819 that she was going to be late. 378 00:19:14,896 --> 00:19:18,397 - So what she did was when he was coming out 379 00:19:18,474 --> 00:19:21,734 with his coffee, she saw him in the parking lot. 380 00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:26,164 They had a very quick meeting and they were done. 381 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,948 - BROC: She stayed in the parking lot. 382 00:19:28,025 --> 00:19:30,168 She didn't go inside and that's why we did not see her 383 00:19:30,244 --> 00:19:31,727 on the video. 384 00:19:31,729 --> 00:19:34,672 She claimed after she met with him at the restaurant in, 385 00:19:34,749 --> 00:19:37,842 uh, Macon that they did part ways. 386 00:19:37,919 --> 00:19:41,179 She does not know where Mr. Coker went after the meeting. 387 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:45,516 - NARRATOR: Detectives thank Pamela 388 00:19:45,593 --> 00:19:47,635 for her time and agree to meet in person 389 00:19:47,711 --> 00:19:49,428 the following day. 390 00:19:49,505 --> 00:19:53,024 While her story sounds plausible, for detectives, 391 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:55,809 something doesn't sit right. 392 00:19:55,886 --> 00:19:58,145 - KEAGAN: She doesn't appear to have any emotions 393 00:19:58,222 --> 00:20:02,149 or concerns about Mr. Coker or where he may be located. 394 00:20:02,226 --> 00:20:04,109 - NARRATOR: To be safe, detectives run 395 00:20:04,186 --> 00:20:07,154 a background check on Pamela. 396 00:20:07,231 --> 00:20:09,657 - KEAGAN: They put together that wait a minute, 397 00:20:09,733 --> 00:20:12,993 Pamela Moss is Pamela Frye. 398 00:20:13,070 --> 00:20:15,496 And Pamela Frye was a person 399 00:20:15,572 --> 00:20:20,134 who had gone to prison for murder. 400 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:26,715 - NARRATOR: Pamela Sutton was born in Rome, Georgia 401 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:28,968 in 1957. 402 00:20:29,044 --> 00:20:31,387 She was a gifted student, graduating 403 00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:35,683 with a degree in psychology from Mercer University. 404 00:20:35,759 --> 00:20:38,736 - KEAGAN: She was such a, and is such 405 00:20:38,813 --> 00:20:40,854 a highly intelligent person. 406 00:20:40,931 --> 00:20:42,398 She actually worked for a psychologist 407 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:45,734 for a number of years administering IQ tests. 408 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,528 - I'd say she's a little bit more of 409 00:20:47,604 --> 00:20:49,405 aggressive type personality. 410 00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:51,249 She's very go-getter. 411 00:20:51,325 --> 00:20:53,325 She's very outgoing. 412 00:20:53,402 --> 00:20:54,735 - MAGGIE: She was funny. 413 00:20:54,812 --> 00:20:58,497 She seemed bright, we talked about the same books, 414 00:20:58,574 --> 00:21:01,425 and we both, you know, got along, 415 00:21:01,502 --> 00:21:02,876 she had a mean sense of humor, 416 00:21:02,953 --> 00:21:05,596 I have a mean sense of humor. 417 00:21:05,673 --> 00:21:07,047 - NARRATOR: Pamela dreamed of earning 418 00:21:07,124 --> 00:21:09,341 a graduate degree in psychology, 419 00:21:09,418 --> 00:21:12,886 but her plans were derailed when her stepfather died 420 00:21:12,963 --> 00:21:15,055 suddenly while at work. 421 00:21:15,132 --> 00:21:17,891 - KEAGAN: If you looked at the autopsy of, uh, 422 00:21:17,968 --> 00:21:22,563 the father, he died of a mixture of an alcohol 423 00:21:22,639 --> 00:21:24,782 and Elequil overdose. 424 00:21:24,859 --> 00:21:26,358 - HOWARD: Its intended purpose is 425 00:21:26,435 --> 00:21:28,527 that it, among other things, is a antidepressant. 426 00:21:28,604 --> 00:21:32,573 Um it's a sleep aid and it is also used in conjunction 427 00:21:32,649 --> 00:21:35,451 with migraine headaches. 428 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,295 - NARRATOR: Pamela stepped in to take care 429 00:21:37,371 --> 00:21:40,914 of her mother, 64 year old Barbara Frye 430 00:21:40,991 --> 00:21:45,377 until tragedy struck again in 1996. 431 00:21:45,454 --> 00:21:49,307 - According to Pamela Moss, her mother falls down 432 00:21:49,383 --> 00:21:54,145 the stairs and ends up hitting her head 433 00:21:54,221 --> 00:21:57,815 and that caused an injury that she went 434 00:21:57,892 --> 00:22:00,392 to the hospital for. 435 00:22:00,469 --> 00:22:02,269 - NARRATOR: Pamela's mother recovered enough 436 00:22:02,346 --> 00:22:04,938 to be sent home with her daughter. 437 00:22:05,015 --> 00:22:07,491 But on February 16th, just a month 438 00:22:07,568 --> 00:22:12,613 after her fall, Barbara unexpectedly passed away. 439 00:22:12,689 --> 00:22:14,615 - HOWARD: It appeared that Mrs. Frye 440 00:22:14,691 --> 00:22:16,825 had ultimately succumbed to injuries 441 00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:20,079 based on this previous fall. 442 00:22:20,155 --> 00:22:24,133 - They buried her mother and didn't think much about it. 443 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:28,962 - NARRATOR: The sudden death of Pamela's mother 444 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:31,757 was never investigated until detectives got 445 00:22:31,834 --> 00:22:34,009 an unexpected tip. 446 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:37,137 - KEAGAN: One of Pamela's mom's friends 447 00:22:37,214 --> 00:22:41,100 actually wrote a letter and said that she believed 448 00:22:41,176 --> 00:22:43,194 that her friend had been murdered 449 00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:46,105 by the daughter, Pamela Moss. 450 00:22:46,181 --> 00:22:47,773 - HOWARD: Her friends thought 451 00:22:47,850 --> 00:22:50,109 that the circumstances around the fall 452 00:22:50,185 --> 00:22:52,319 just didn't add up to them. 453 00:22:52,396 --> 00:22:56,865 Her condition after she got out continued to worsen, 454 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,376 according to them. 455 00:22:58,452 --> 00:23:00,994 She should be getting better and not getting worse. 456 00:23:01,071 --> 00:23:02,546 There was enough on the table 457 00:23:02,623 --> 00:23:06,041 that we felt like it warranted doing an autopsy. 458 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:08,377 - KEAGAN: So, the body was actually exhumed. 459 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:11,463 When they exhumed the body of the mother, 460 00:23:11,540 --> 00:23:15,300 they found that there was an indent on her head 461 00:23:15,377 --> 00:23:19,638 that actually matched the shape of a hammer. 462 00:23:19,715 --> 00:23:21,732 And so, the thought process was 463 00:23:21,809 --> 00:23:25,736 she had actually not fallen down the stairs, but, in fact, 464 00:23:25,813 --> 00:23:28,897 had been hit in the head with a hammer. 465 00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:32,192 - They did a toxicology report and it came back 466 00:23:32,269 --> 00:23:35,028 that she had several drugs in her system. 467 00:23:35,105 --> 00:23:36,989 - KEAGAN: She ended up passing 468 00:23:37,065 --> 00:23:41,243 from an Elequil overdose. 469 00:23:41,254 --> 00:23:45,038 Miss Moss had quite a number of people in her life 470 00:23:45,115 --> 00:23:48,208 that died of an Elequil overdose, 471 00:23:48,285 --> 00:23:51,170 her father died of one mixed with alcohol, 472 00:23:51,246 --> 00:23:53,881 uh her mother died of an Elequil overdose 473 00:23:53,957 --> 00:23:56,434 we know for certain so it seemed to be 474 00:23:56,510 --> 00:23:58,260 a nice pattern there. 475 00:23:58,271 --> 00:24:00,262 - HOWARD: The investigators executed search warrants 476 00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,723 for her office and for her house. 477 00:24:02,799 --> 00:24:04,558 She was taking the prescription pads 478 00:24:04,635 --> 00:24:09,605 from that office and using it, using them to write 479 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:12,116 large amounts of prescriptions. 480 00:24:12,193 --> 00:24:15,453 Also, we learned Barbara had a fairly substantial insurance 481 00:24:15,529 --> 00:24:19,239 policy at that point and that Pam was the beneficiary. 482 00:24:19,316 --> 00:24:21,625 We knew that there was some link between Pam 483 00:24:21,702 --> 00:24:23,535 and her mother's death. 484 00:24:23,612 --> 00:24:26,205 - JAMEY: They were able to get an indictment 485 00:24:26,281 --> 00:24:29,049 on Miss Moss for killing her mother. 486 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:33,128 - NARRATOR: Although prosecutors suspected 487 00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:35,923 the murder was planned, much of their evidence 488 00:24:35,999 --> 00:24:38,300 remained circumstantial. 489 00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:40,802 - KEAGAN: She entered a plea to manslaughter, 490 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:43,388 and she received a ten-year sentence. 491 00:24:43,465 --> 00:24:45,557 She ended up serving approximately seven years 492 00:24:45,634 --> 00:24:47,485 of that sentence. 493 00:24:47,561 --> 00:24:50,103 - NARRATOR: After her release in 2005, 494 00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:51,813 Pamela stayed in Macon, 495 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,608 but her past haunted her. 496 00:24:54,685 --> 00:24:57,495 - JOY: They called her the Black Widow of Macon, 497 00:24:57,571 --> 00:25:00,280 and it was like the talk of the town 498 00:25:00,357 --> 00:25:04,117 for a long time that she had done that. 499 00:25:04,194 --> 00:25:06,745 - KEAGAN: Pamela changed her name to Pamela Frye, 500 00:25:06,822 --> 00:25:09,965 so that when she came out, nobody knew who she was. 501 00:25:12,869 --> 00:25:15,587 - NARRATOR: Pamela landed a job at a local bookstore, 502 00:25:15,664 --> 00:25:19,174 and it seemed like she was off to a fresh start. 503 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:23,020 Soon, she fell in love with a man 17 years her senior. 504 00:25:23,097 --> 00:25:27,191 65-year-old retired contractor, Gene Moss. 505 00:25:27,268 --> 00:25:31,520 - JOY: They were just happy, always giggling and laughing. 506 00:25:31,531 --> 00:25:35,440 I never saw anger between them at all. 507 00:25:35,517 --> 00:25:37,985 - MAGGIE: He had very old-fashioned manners. 508 00:25:38,061 --> 00:25:40,704 He seemed very considerate of her. 509 00:25:40,781 --> 00:25:43,991 And indulgent of her. 510 00:25:44,067 --> 00:25:46,118 - NARRATOR: Just three months after meeting, 511 00:25:46,194 --> 00:25:48,120 the couple married. 512 00:25:48,196 --> 00:25:50,381 - KEAGAN: By all accounts, he didn't have any idea 513 00:25:50,457 --> 00:25:52,675 that she had ever been to prison. 514 00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:58,722 - NARRATOR: The pair were happily married for 6 years, 515 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:01,892 until October 26th, 2011, 516 00:26:01,969 --> 00:26:05,804 when Pamela called 9-1-1 in tears. 517 00:26:05,881 --> 00:26:07,639 - JOY: She said that she heard 518 00:26:07,716 --> 00:26:12,352 the water running upstairs, and so she went upstairs, 519 00:26:12,429 --> 00:26:16,189 and she said she found him in the shower, and apparently, 520 00:26:16,266 --> 00:26:18,742 he had fallen in the shower. 521 00:26:18,819 --> 00:26:20,986 - KEAGAN: He is deceased. 522 00:26:21,063 --> 00:26:22,696 Law enforcement goes out. 523 00:26:22,773 --> 00:26:28,577 He has a, uh, red round mark on his head. 524 00:26:28,588 --> 00:26:30,588 - NARRATOR: Officers theorize the mark 525 00:26:30,664 --> 00:26:33,707 on Gene's head was simply an injury he sustained 526 00:26:33,784 --> 00:26:35,375 during his fall. 527 00:26:35,452 --> 00:26:38,378 At the time, Pamela and Gene's family believed 528 00:26:38,455 --> 00:26:43,216 that Gene's death was caused by a massive stroke. 529 00:26:43,293 --> 00:26:46,386 - KEAGAN: Pamela Moss had said that he had been sick 530 00:26:46,463 --> 00:26:51,099 leading up to this, uh, they, didn't do an autopsy, 531 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:56,438 and she pretty quickly has him cremated. 532 00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:59,775 - JOY: I was in disbelief. My dad never talked 533 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,193 about being cremated. 534 00:27:01,269 --> 00:27:04,613 He always talked about how he wanted to be buried 535 00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:07,699 next to his mom, next to his parents. 536 00:27:07,776 --> 00:27:09,668 I really questioned it. 537 00:27:12,656 --> 00:27:14,956 - NARRATOR: Now, five months later, 538 00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:17,292 detectives investigating the disappearance 539 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:20,962 of Doug Coker are wondering if he had met the same fate 540 00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:25,759 as the other three people in Pamela's circle of trust. 541 00:27:25,836 --> 00:27:27,928 - BROC: We were fairly certain that she had a major 542 00:27:28,004 --> 00:27:30,564 involvement in his disappearance. 543 00:27:33,301 --> 00:27:36,269 - NARRATOR: Coming up: investigators go toe-to-toe 544 00:27:36,346 --> 00:27:38,238 with their chief suspect. 545 00:27:43,145 --> 00:27:44,444 - NARRATOR: And just as authorities 546 00:27:44,521 --> 00:27:46,664 make a gruesome discovery, 547 00:27:46,740 --> 00:27:50,000 they fear they're walking into a trap. 548 00:27:50,077 --> 00:27:53,120 - JAMEY: I smelled natural gas coming 549 00:27:53,196 --> 00:27:55,747 from around the house. 550 00:27:55,824 --> 00:27:58,425 - HOWARD: My first thoughts would be to get the hell out. 551 00:28:00,495 --> 00:28:03,681 - ♪ 552 00:28:12,766 --> 00:28:15,517 - NARRATOR: After uncovering Pamela Moss' 553 00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:18,862 violent past, investigators fear she is involved 554 00:28:18,939 --> 00:28:22,691 in the disappearance of 67-year-old Doug Coker. 555 00:28:22,702 --> 00:28:25,035 Detectives ping Pamela's cell phone 556 00:28:25,112 --> 00:28:27,195 and subpoena her phone records, 557 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,781 hoping to connect her to the crime. 558 00:28:29,858 --> 00:28:33,326 - BROC: The location that she was supposedly at 559 00:28:33,403 --> 00:28:35,203 was not lining up with cell phone records, 560 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:38,882 and that was a, a big red flag for us. 561 00:28:38,959 --> 00:28:40,709 She kept trying to say that she showed up 562 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,711 at the McDonald's, but we were able to show 563 00:28:42,722 --> 00:28:45,556 that she didn't based on her, on her cell phone records. 564 00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:49,801 - NARRATOR: On March 15th, detectives meet Pamela 565 00:28:49,878 --> 00:28:52,554 at a coffee shop in Marietta, Georgia, 566 00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:55,357 and confront her with their findings. 567 00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:08,320 - NARRATOR: When Pamela sticks to the story 568 00:29:08,396 --> 00:29:11,582 she told them before, detectives begin to turn up 569 00:29:11,658 --> 00:29:13,158 the heat. 570 00:29:13,235 --> 00:29:15,327 - We confronted her about the location 571 00:29:15,403 --> 00:29:17,579 of where her cell phone was pinging. 572 00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:19,664 It showed that she was not at the restaurant 573 00:29:19,741 --> 00:29:21,759 or even in the area of the restaurant. 574 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:35,722 - BROC: She was very nervous. 575 00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:39,401 She tried to act as though there was a mistake. 576 00:29:59,039 --> 00:30:01,957 - NARRATOR: Pamela abruptly ends the interview 577 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:04,417 and agrees to come in for a formal statement 578 00:30:04,494 --> 00:30:07,254 the following morning. 579 00:30:07,330 --> 00:30:09,965 When Pamela is a no show the next day, 580 00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:12,634 Detective Jamey Jones drives to her house 581 00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:16,930 on the evening of March 18th, 2012. 582 00:30:17,007 --> 00:30:20,600 - JAMEY: Sunday night, I have the inclination 583 00:30:20,677 --> 00:30:22,152 of going to her house. 584 00:30:22,229 --> 00:30:27,649 So, I went out at night trying to see if she was at home. 585 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:31,403 - KEAGAN: He knocks on the door, does not get an answer, 586 00:30:31,479 --> 00:30:37,492 however, he smells a horrible odor. 587 00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:41,839 - JAMEY: I started smelling a real foul odor of death 588 00:30:41,915 --> 00:30:45,008 and followed that scent. 589 00:30:45,085 --> 00:30:47,586 As I walked around to the corner of the house, 590 00:30:47,662 --> 00:30:51,849 I noticed a, what resembled a body covered under a tarp. 591 00:30:54,002 --> 00:30:59,356 I lifted the tarp up and noticed immediately 592 00:30:59,433 --> 00:31:04,519 a red plaid shirt that uh Mr. Coker was last, uh, 593 00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:07,355 known to have on. 594 00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:10,692 I immediately knew it, that that was Mr. Coker. 595 00:31:10,703 --> 00:31:16,031 That's when I backed off and called for backup. 596 00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:20,118 - NARRATOR: Officers soon surround the house. 597 00:31:20,195 --> 00:31:23,038 - JAMEY: We knock on the front door, and at that time, 598 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:27,718 I smelled natural gas coming from around the house 599 00:31:27,794 --> 00:31:31,054 and around the windows of the house. 600 00:31:31,131 --> 00:31:33,715 - HOWARD: You have no idea how much it has saturated 601 00:31:33,726 --> 00:31:36,217 the surroundings, and you have no idea 602 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:38,678 what ignition source is nearby. 603 00:31:38,755 --> 00:31:40,722 And as soon as that gas hits it, 604 00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:43,567 it's gonna blow everything all to hell. 605 00:31:43,644 --> 00:31:45,727 - JAMEY: We backed out and called 606 00:31:45,738 --> 00:31:47,854 the natural gas company to come out 607 00:31:47,931 --> 00:31:50,407 and turn off the gas to the house. 608 00:31:50,484 --> 00:31:52,692 - KEAGAN: Fire department crews had to come out 609 00:31:52,769 --> 00:31:54,736 to the home to clear it. 610 00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:57,072 They make entry into the home to determine 611 00:31:57,082 --> 00:32:01,368 that there is nobody in there that is in danger. 612 00:32:01,444 --> 00:32:05,830 - JAMEY: Miss Moss had left the fireplace gas starter on 613 00:32:05,907 --> 00:32:09,084 is why it had, uh, filled up the house. 614 00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:11,544 - KEAGAN: Presumably she hoped for an explosion 615 00:32:11,621 --> 00:32:14,089 which for her purposes would have been great 616 00:32:14,099 --> 00:32:17,384 because all of the evidence so to speak would have gone 617 00:32:17,460 --> 00:32:18,936 up in flames. 618 00:32:20,630 --> 00:32:22,606 - NARRATOR: When the fire department finally gives 619 00:32:22,683 --> 00:32:26,267 the all clear, detectives discover a brutal scene 620 00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:28,612 inside Pamela's home. 621 00:32:28,689 --> 00:32:32,115 - JAMEY: I noticed that there was a big blood splatter 622 00:32:32,192 --> 00:32:37,779 on the floor and wall in her living room area. 623 00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:41,908 It sends chills up your spine. 624 00:32:41,985 --> 00:32:44,628 - KEAGAN: This was a very gruesome crime scene. 625 00:32:44,705 --> 00:32:49,916 There was blood, um, still on the ceiling. 626 00:32:49,993 --> 00:32:53,086 There was blood on picture frames, um, 627 00:32:53,163 --> 00:32:55,714 family picture frames. 628 00:32:55,790 --> 00:32:58,133 - NARRATOR: In the kitchen, investigators recover 629 00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:00,260 the murder weapon. 630 00:33:00,336 --> 00:33:04,055 - KEAGAN: It was a red hammer. 631 00:33:04,132 --> 00:33:06,933 She had attempted to clean the hammer, 632 00:33:07,010 --> 00:33:11,730 but there was still blood on the hammer itself. 633 00:33:11,806 --> 00:33:15,108 - JAMEY: I noticed that there was some burnt matches 634 00:33:15,185 --> 00:33:20,113 in the kitchen sink that she had lit to burn up the house. 635 00:33:20,190 --> 00:33:22,615 - NARRATOR: Fortunately, the matches had burned out 636 00:33:22,692 --> 00:33:24,668 before igniting the gas. 637 00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:31,624 Now, detectives need to find Pamela. 638 00:33:31,701 --> 00:33:34,294 As law enforcement fans out over the county, 639 00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:37,347 Doug's body is sent to the medical examiner's office 640 00:33:37,424 --> 00:33:39,340 for an autopsy. 641 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:40,925 - KEAGAN: It was very easy to tell 642 00:33:41,002 --> 00:33:43,636 that there had been blunt force trauma 643 00:33:43,713 --> 00:33:46,857 to the left side of his head. 644 00:33:46,933 --> 00:33:50,185 You could not recognize him from his face 645 00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:54,031 because the majority of the left side of his face was gone. 646 00:33:56,351 --> 00:33:58,485 - NARRATOR: Word of the prominent businessman's 647 00:33:58,561 --> 00:34:02,155 death leaves the Macon community reeling. 648 00:34:02,232 --> 00:34:05,658 - JOY: I told my husband what had happened. 649 00:34:05,735 --> 00:34:08,211 He was in total shock, disbelief. 650 00:34:08,288 --> 00:34:11,539 We didn't know what to think. We were just in shock. 651 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:14,167 - NARRATOR: On March 19th, officers receive 652 00:34:14,244 --> 00:34:17,712 an eerie lead from a friend of Pamela's. 653 00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,556 - Law enforcement actually gets a tip 654 00:34:19,633 --> 00:34:23,051 that a friend from church picked Pamela Moss up 655 00:34:23,062 --> 00:34:26,137 close to a hospital parking lot. 656 00:34:26,214 --> 00:34:28,223 Law enforcement starts searching that hospital 657 00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:31,234 parking lot and they actually find Mr. Coker's vehicle. 658 00:34:33,429 --> 00:34:36,740 Once they located Mr. Coker's car, forensically, 659 00:34:36,817 --> 00:34:39,400 there was nothing important that you would hope 660 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:42,079 or expect, located in there. 661 00:34:42,155 --> 00:34:43,229 There was not blood. 662 00:34:43,307 --> 00:34:46,825 There was nothing along those lines. 663 00:34:46,901 --> 00:34:48,535 - NARRATOR: With no evidence found 664 00:34:48,611 --> 00:34:51,421 in Doug's vehicle, investigators continue 665 00:34:51,498 --> 00:34:53,757 searching for Pamela, and the mystery 666 00:34:53,834 --> 00:34:57,669 of her whereabouts finally ends later that night. 667 00:34:57,745 --> 00:35:00,421 - KEAGAN: Pamela's sister called 9-1-1 668 00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:03,591 when she found uh, Pamela Moss, 669 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:06,269 unresponsive down where her sister lives 670 00:35:06,346 --> 00:35:10,315 because she had tried to commit suicide with Elequil. 671 00:35:14,020 --> 00:35:15,937 - NARRATOR: Detectives rush down 672 00:35:15,948 --> 00:35:17,939 to Wayne County Memorial Hospital, 673 00:35:17,950 --> 00:35:20,942 where they find Pamela clinging to life. 674 00:35:20,953 --> 00:35:24,279 While at the hospital, they meet Pamela's half-sister 675 00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:28,291 Carolyn Holland, and inform her of Doug's murder. 676 00:35:28,368 --> 00:35:31,461 - CAROLYN: It just shocked me so bad, I, I'm thinking, 677 00:35:31,538 --> 00:35:34,631 uh, why, what did she do? 678 00:35:34,708 --> 00:35:38,626 I was so hurt and just confused. 679 00:35:38,637 --> 00:35:39,961 - NARRATOR: Though Carolyn claims 680 00:35:39,972 --> 00:35:42,797 she has never met Doug, she did speak to him 681 00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:45,717 on the phone on March 13th. 682 00:35:45,793 --> 00:35:47,811 - CAROLYN: Pam told me that she wanted me 683 00:35:47,888 --> 00:35:49,387 to talk to Mr. Coker. 684 00:35:49,464 --> 00:35:52,098 I talked with Mr. Coker and he told me you know 685 00:35:52,175 --> 00:35:53,650 about the non-profit you know 686 00:35:53,727 --> 00:35:56,769 what he was wanting to do. 687 00:35:56,846 --> 00:36:00,315 And a few minutes later the phone just went dead, 688 00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:02,492 just dead. 689 00:36:02,569 --> 00:36:03,885 I was saying "Hello?" "Hello?" 690 00:36:03,887 --> 00:36:07,322 You know, and I thought well, bad connection. 691 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:09,332 - KEAGAN: Pamela Moss calls her sister back 692 00:36:09,409 --> 00:36:12,452 and according to Ms. Holland, Pamela Moss tells her 693 00:36:12,528 --> 00:36:16,247 she doesn't know what happened that Mr. Coker 694 00:36:16,324 --> 00:36:19,834 just up and left the home all of a sudden. 695 00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:21,127 - NARRATOR: Detectives suspect 696 00:36:21,204 --> 00:36:24,347 that Pamela's strange excuse is covering up 697 00:36:24,424 --> 00:36:26,349 something more sinister. 698 00:36:26,426 --> 00:36:29,686 - KEAGAN: It was my belief that during that phone call 699 00:36:29,763 --> 00:36:34,432 somewhere around 11:51 is when Miss Moss 700 00:36:34,509 --> 00:36:37,819 starts hitting Mr. Coker over the head with a hammer. 701 00:36:40,348 --> 00:36:42,190 - NARRATOR: After two days in the hospital, 702 00:36:42,201 --> 00:36:45,276 Pamela survives her suicide attempt, 703 00:36:45,353 --> 00:36:49,113 and when she awakes on March 21st, 2012, 704 00:36:49,190 --> 00:36:53,618 detectives arrest her for first-degree murder. 705 00:36:53,695 --> 00:36:55,703 - KEAGAN: She didn't have anything to say. 706 00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:59,966 There were no interviews with Miss Moss directly afterwards. 707 00:37:03,204 --> 00:37:05,880 - NARRATOR: Coming up: does Pamela have 708 00:37:05,891 --> 00:37:08,883 one final card to play? 709 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:12,220 - She was not gonna go back to prison. 710 00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:15,065 - AMY: They planned on arguing that Ms. Moss 711 00:37:15,141 --> 00:37:18,735 actually suffered from multiple personality disorder. 712 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:23,323 - ♪ 713 00:37:33,326 --> 00:37:37,829 - NARRATOR: In March 2012, Pamela Moss is being held 714 00:37:37,905 --> 00:37:40,039 for the murder of prominent McDonough, Georgia 715 00:37:40,116 --> 00:37:42,175 businessman, Doug Coker. 716 00:37:44,337 --> 00:37:47,213 To secure their case, detectives subpoena 717 00:37:47,290 --> 00:37:50,091 Pamela and Doug's email records. 718 00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:52,602 In them, the pair discuss the status 719 00:37:52,679 --> 00:37:55,596 of Doug's non-profit grant. 720 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:58,099 - BROC: The e-mails showed that he was concerned uh, 721 00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,776 about what Pam was doing with the money 722 00:37:59,853 --> 00:38:01,686 that he had given her. 723 00:38:01,763 --> 00:38:04,022 He had asked for his money in the past, 724 00:38:04,098 --> 00:38:07,284 and she continued to try to push it off. 725 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,028 Uh, she eventually told him that she had used 726 00:38:10,104 --> 00:38:13,364 some of that money, and she would be returning it to him 727 00:38:13,441 --> 00:38:14,958 as soon as she could. 728 00:38:15,035 --> 00:38:16,960 - It appeared as though Ms. Moss 729 00:38:17,037 --> 00:38:21,631 was trying to live life 730 00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:26,044 until the insurance policy came in from her husband. 731 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,963 Her income was essentially doing what she was doing, 732 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:33,810 which was scamming Mr. Coker. 733 00:38:33,887 --> 00:38:36,095 - NARRATOR: By March, Doug had grown weary 734 00:38:36,172 --> 00:38:38,931 of Pamela's excuses. 735 00:38:39,008 --> 00:38:41,318 - KEAGAN: He had told her she either needed to give 736 00:38:41,394 --> 00:38:46,156 the $85,000 back or he was gonna go to law enforcement 737 00:38:46,232 --> 00:38:49,942 and she was gonna go to prison. 738 00:38:50,019 --> 00:38:52,320 - NARRATOR: Detectives believe that for Pamela, 739 00:38:52,331 --> 00:38:55,656 who had already spent seven years behind bars, 740 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:59,836 Doug's threat was enough to push her over the edge. 741 00:38:59,913 --> 00:39:03,006 - KEAGAN: She was not gonna go back to prison. 742 00:39:03,083 --> 00:39:05,342 She was gonna make sure he couldn't talk. 743 00:39:07,754 --> 00:39:09,337 - NARRATOR: Detectives theorize 744 00:39:09,348 --> 00:39:11,255 that Pamela arranged a meeting 745 00:39:11,332 --> 00:39:13,183 and then lured Doug to her house 746 00:39:13,259 --> 00:39:18,012 on the morning of March 13th, 2012. 747 00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:19,806 - MAGGIE: He was asking questions 748 00:39:19,882 --> 00:39:22,475 that she didn't have any good answers to 749 00:39:22,552 --> 00:39:26,696 and that she was furious about being questioned. 750 00:39:26,773 --> 00:39:28,347 - NARRATOR: Investigators believe 751 00:39:28,425 --> 00:39:31,368 that is when Pamela offered to put her half-sister, Carolyn, 752 00:39:31,444 --> 00:39:35,038 on the phone to vouch for her trustworthiness. 753 00:39:35,115 --> 00:39:38,208 - The entire reason for Pamela Moss 754 00:39:38,284 --> 00:39:41,452 having her sister have a phone call with Doug Coker 755 00:39:41,529 --> 00:39:43,830 was to distract him. 756 00:39:43,906 --> 00:39:47,050 While he's sitting in the chair with his back turned, 757 00:39:47,127 --> 00:39:49,794 that's when we believe she took the hammer to him. 758 00:39:49,871 --> 00:39:55,892 - ♪ 759 00:39:55,969 --> 00:39:59,145 - This was an extremely horrific murder. 760 00:40:01,141 --> 00:40:02,890 - NARRATOR: After Doug was dead, 761 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:05,643 Pamela set about covering up her crime, 762 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,479 and calling Doug's wife to make it seem like 763 00:40:08,556 --> 00:40:10,523 he was still alive. 764 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,901 - KEAGAN: She then later takes his car, 765 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:19,907 drives the vehicle, abandons it at a hospital parking lot 766 00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:22,493 up in the Griffin area. 767 00:40:22,570 --> 00:40:26,038 She tried every way she could to cover up 768 00:40:26,115 --> 00:40:29,542 and clean up the mess that she had left. 769 00:40:29,619 --> 00:40:32,211 Um, and, and when she figured out 770 00:40:32,288 --> 00:40:35,381 she couldn't do that, presumably her next best way 771 00:40:35,458 --> 00:40:37,475 was to set the house on fire. 772 00:40:40,588 --> 00:40:42,930 - NARRATOR: When the case goes to trial 773 00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:46,443 on August 26th, 2013, Pamela's lawyers 774 00:40:46,519 --> 00:40:49,061 dispute the idea that Doug's death 775 00:40:49,138 --> 00:40:51,272 was a premeditated attack. 776 00:40:51,283 --> 00:40:53,107 - AMY: In opening statements, 777 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:55,452 the defense attorney told the jury 778 00:40:55,528 --> 00:40:59,071 that they planned on making an insanity defense, 779 00:40:59,148 --> 00:41:02,074 arguing that Ms. Moss actually suffered 780 00:41:02,151 --> 00:41:06,129 from multiple personality disorder. 781 00:41:06,206 --> 00:41:08,414 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors, Doug's family, 782 00:41:08,491 --> 00:41:13,085 and even Pamela's closest friends don't buy the act. 783 00:41:13,162 --> 00:41:15,254 - MAGGIE: Nothing ever indicated to me that Pam 784 00:41:15,331 --> 00:41:18,299 was out of control of herself. 785 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:19,800 She knew where she was. 786 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:21,644 She knew what she was doing. 787 00:41:21,721 --> 00:41:26,224 There weren't extra Pams lurking under the surface. 788 00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:28,818 - KEAGAN: She worked in a psychiatrist's office 789 00:41:28,895 --> 00:41:30,153 for a number of years. 790 00:41:30,230 --> 00:41:33,314 I believe she had the knowledge 791 00:41:33,325 --> 00:41:36,784 to try to fool even a trained professional. 792 00:41:38,854 --> 00:41:42,323 - NARRATOR: But Pamela isn't able to fool a jury, 793 00:41:42,334 --> 00:41:46,577 On August 29th, 2013, after just 30 minutes 794 00:41:46,654 --> 00:41:49,997 of deliberation, Pamela is found guilty 795 00:41:50,008 --> 00:41:53,009 of first-degree murder. 796 00:41:53,086 --> 00:41:55,011 - AMY: Ms. Moss received a sentence of life 797 00:41:55,088 --> 00:41:57,263 without the possibility of parole. 798 00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:04,762 - JOY: I was very thankful that it was without parole. 799 00:42:04,839 --> 00:42:06,347 Very thankful. 800 00:42:06,358 --> 00:42:10,351 It's exactly what she deserved to be locked up lonely 801 00:42:10,362 --> 00:42:13,145 for the rest of her life. 802 00:42:13,222 --> 00:42:17,358 If you really loved me, you definitely would not 803 00:42:17,369 --> 00:42:19,869 have taken my daddy away, killed him 804 00:42:19,946 --> 00:42:22,363 like I believe that you did. 805 00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:23,856 - KEAGAN: We're dealing with a person 806 00:42:23,933 --> 00:42:28,119 who has no remorse, uh, who does not value human life, 807 00:42:28,195 --> 00:42:33,758 who values quite frankly money over anything. 808 00:42:36,388 --> 00:42:38,462 - NARRATOR: Despite Pamela's conviction, 809 00:42:38,539 --> 00:42:42,717 questions still linger to this day. 810 00:42:42,727 --> 00:42:44,302 - CAROLYN: I know she killed her mother. 811 00:42:44,378 --> 00:42:46,178 She went to prison for that. 812 00:42:46,255 --> 00:42:50,057 I believe she killed Gene, but she covered that up 813 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:52,402 so there's no way anybody will ever know. 814 00:42:52,478 --> 00:42:55,238 We know she killed Mr. Coker. 815 00:42:55,315 --> 00:43:00,318 It's often run across my mind many, many times 816 00:43:00,394 --> 00:43:04,196 who else has she done this to and we don't know? 817 00:43:04,273 --> 00:43:07,366 She's a serial killer. 818 00:43:07,443 --> 00:43:11,704 - Family get-togethers have never felt the same 819 00:43:11,781 --> 00:43:13,331 since Doug's passing. 820 00:43:13,407 --> 00:43:16,334 The world needs more Doug Coker's in it. 821 00:43:16,410 --> 00:43:19,712 People who are willing to give back 822 00:43:19,789 --> 00:43:24,934 to those less fortunate, and to spread joy in a world 823 00:43:25,011 --> 00:43:26,477 that desperately needs it. 824 00:43:28,514 --> 00:43:34,360 - 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