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- It's like
a trail of victims
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as you were walking
into the house.
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- We were thinking
that this guy
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was just a cold-hearted killer.
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[narrator] For those
most affected by a homicide...
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- I just can't even begin
to put into words
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how much life has changed.
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[narrator] The first 48
is just the beginning.
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[officer]
There's the suspect.
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- These three murders
were committed
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within six minutes.
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- This crime was not random.
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[narrator] This is the story
of the fight for justice...
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- My client was in fear
he would be killed.
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- He could say anything.
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[narrator] In the weeks,
months, and years...
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- The defense only has
to convince one person
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of their story, and we lose.
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[narrator]
After the first 48.
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- I'd always been
interested in policing
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ever since I was a young kid.
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As soon as I started,
I just fell in love with it.
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I was the investigator on call.
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When I heard triple homicide,
I was very shocked.
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They don't happen
very often anywhere,
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you know, especially
in Gwinnett County.
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You know, you get the chills.
Body temperature goes up.
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It's my first triple.
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we know that two of them
are still at the house,
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and the third one
ended up not making it
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on the way to the hospital.
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[narrator]
The victim at the hospital
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is a 45-year-old Black male.
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He suffered three bullet
wounds to the chest
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and was shot once in
the back, shoulder, and leg.
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[James]
When Loomis and I pulled up,
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there are so many things that
are running through your head
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at that time.
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- Victim was sitting
kind of propped up,
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leaning against the door.
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- There's two dead bodies
in the house.
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[Doug] The homeowner?
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[James]
He was inside the house.
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Robert Caverly.
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[narrator]
64-year-old Robert Caverly,
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known as Bob, worked as
a maintenance engineer.
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He is survived by his mother
and three brothers.
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[officer]
So the guy in the garage,
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we have no clue who he is.
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- The second victim, we didn't
have any identification on him.
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[Doug]
It could be the shooter.
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[officer]
Yeah.
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[Doug] We didn't know
where the suspect was.
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It increases your stress level.
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You never know if he's gonna
go keep on killing after that.
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So we called the K-9 unit out.
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Any available means
at our department
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to find this person,
they're willing to provide it.
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[helicopter whirring]
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[narrator] Air units
join the search using
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thermal imaging cameras
that can track body heat.
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[officer]
Sounds good.
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[James]
We saw a 9-millimeter pistol
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that had been dropped in the
grass that had blood on it.
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There was a car door open.
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We knew something had
taken place outside.
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We're trying
to process all this.
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Your senses are so heightened
because you're just
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trying not to miss anything.
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[Doug] As we're walking
in the garage,
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the second victim,
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he's just laying
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[Doug] Yeah, I see it.
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He looks like a younger
white male, maybe 20s.
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And there were some glasses,
but they were broken
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right there on the steps.
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[narrator] The victim in the
garage was shot four times,
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once in his head and back
and twice in his legs.
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[narrator] The team finds
14 .40 caliber casings
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[Doug] I don't know.
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In the living room...
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[officer]
He was like that
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with the pooling of the blood.
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[narrator] The homeowner,
Bob, has one gunshot wound
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to his chest
and one to his arm.
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[officer]
There's a shell casing.
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[narrator] Both casings
are 9-millimeter.
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[James]
Bob was an older man.
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It appeared he was shot
either coming down the stairs
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and/or while he was trying
to get out the front door.
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You know, at this point,
we were thinking
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that this guy was just
a cold-hearted killer.
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- Like he was dead set
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because it's like
a trail of victims
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as you were walking
into the house.
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[narrator]
Upstairs...
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As we were going
through the residence,
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we located a child's bedroom.
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[officer] I did it myself.
[James] OK.
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[Doug] And they never
had seen this young child,
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so we were very concerned.
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Worst-case scenario is
whoever committed
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the three homicides
took the child with them
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that we possibly have
a kidnapping that occurred.
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[narrator]
Then...
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- Homeowner here,
directly to the left.
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He said the Bob guy
had just gotten a roommate.
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Maybe a few months ago
or earlier this year.
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There was a kid--
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- Black girl was with a kid?
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- Yeah, and then a female.
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- So it wasn't Bob's kid?
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[officer] No, no.
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So we reached out to
the Gwinnett School Police
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to try and find out,
hey, are there any students
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that live at this house?
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That way we could
find some kind of--
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you know, the name of the kid
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and also if there's
an emergency contact.
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- There was a huge sense of
urgency to locate the child.
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If we did have
a kidnap scenario,
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that changes up
absolutely everything.
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[narrator] Two hours in,
as officers search
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for the child...
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- The dog was able
to pick up a scent.
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[narrator] And then, just one
block from the crime scene...
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[camera clicks]
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- This discovery,
it's a big deal.
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Having narcotics in the bag,
having additional guns,
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it shows that
there's likely a motive
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behind why this person
had come here
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and committed these crimes.
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what's his end game?
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[officer]
Air One checked the swamp.
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They've got no heat,
so there's--
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I have nowhere to redeploy
to try anything.
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[Doug]
We're all pretty tense.
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The worst thing that
could happen in this case,
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you know, having the killer
on the loose,
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is that he could go
and do more home invasions
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and ultimately
hurt more people.
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Three and a half hours in...
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- Hey, Lieutenant Bozeman's
got the number
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for the five-year-old's mom.
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[Doug] The school police
were able to tell us
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who was the guardian
of the child.
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[officer]
She's in a hotel in Norcross.
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[narrator] The woman is
the fiancée of the victim
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who died at the hospital.
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- Hey, this is Corporal Loomis
with Gwinnett Police.
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How are you?
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[Doug] We were trying
to get in touch with you
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just to make sure you're OK.
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And were you here earlier
today at all?
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[narrator] She says she left
the house two days ago
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after a fight with her fiancé.
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[Doug] OK.
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[narrator] Loomis asks her
about the missing child.
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- We're just curious,
is he with you?
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- We were all real relieved.
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[Doug] The child was
with one of her relatives,
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so that was a lot of weight
off our shoulders.
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Who else was here at
the house who wore glasses?
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[narrator]
33-year-old Steven Finch
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worked as a filleter for
a local seafood company.
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He leaves behind his parents,
two sisters, and two brothers.
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[narrator] She says
she spoke with her fiancé
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on the phone a few hours ago,
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and he was hanging out
with Steven.
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- Did they say what
they were gonna do today?
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- Um, it was bad.
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OK? I'm sorry.
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He--he passed away.
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[Doug] I'll be there soon, OK?
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[phone beeps]
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She hung up.
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It's tough.
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It's hard to not get emotional
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because it's almost like
you're there with them,
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because you can just feel their
emotions through the phone.
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[narrator]
Four hours in...
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- Are you Jennifer?
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[narrator]
Loomis and Corporal Smith
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meet the fiancée of the victim
who died at the hospital.
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- We were trying to learn
about the other victims
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so we could figure out
if they had
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any enemies or
any relationships
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with family members
that were going sour,
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anything like that whatsoever.
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When was the last time
you were at the house?
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[tense music]
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[Karen] Family of Steven
and the family of Bob
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were kind of bewildered
how this even occurred.
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When you lose a loved one
in a traumatic situation
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where you don't have any time
to prepare, there's no goodbye,
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it's just a sudden tearing of
this person out of your life.
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Jessica Gatlin,
Steven Finch's sister,
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shared some of his drawings
that he did,
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which are just
kind of incredible.
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He was a very artistic,
musically inclined person.
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He was her best friend.
They grew up together.
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He loved his family dearly,
just like Bob.
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Bob was the kind of guy
that if you needed him,
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he was gonna be there.
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That house was the location
where everything took place.
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He took people in that
needed a place to stay.
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He met the first victim.
He took him in.
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They are not just a body
that's left behind.
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They are also a brother,
a son, a friend, a neighbor.
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Their lives mattered.
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[Doug]
What's his name?
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[narrator] Four hours after
the shooting deaths of Bob,
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Steven,
and the first victim...
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- As we're talking to her,
she says she thinks
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she may know who's involved
with this.
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- She said that her boyfriend
was involved with some drugs.
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[narrator] She says Justin
thought her fiancé
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had set his brother up.
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[Doug] So we were able to
look up that police call,
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and we figured out who
this Justin's brother was.
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And then we were able
to figure out that Justin
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is actually Justice Lusk.
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- This is Justin?
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[Doug] OK.
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[narrator]
She identifies 21-year-old
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Justice Lusk as the man
she knows as Justin.
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Justice works in landscaping.
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He has no prior convictions.
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[Doug] That gave us
our first lead in the case
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on who to go look for.
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But just because
someone gives you a name
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doesn't give you
enough probable cause
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to just go arrest them.
[phone ringing]
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We're gonna try and find where
this person is right now
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so we can try
and backtrack his movement
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and put them at the scene.
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- So Mellow on scene
says they were able to access
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the Ring camera
across the street.
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[Doug]
All right, let's go.
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♪ ♪
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[James] It's amazing
the smallest things
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that could give you hope
in a case.
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Loomis and I,
we were both trying
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to get the same information
at the same time,
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to find out
who the suspect was.
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There was quite a few
doorbell cams
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in the cul-de-sac down there.
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And you could tell one of them
had a very good view.
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♪ ♪
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[officer] You want to
come watch this video?
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I got it pulled up.
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♪ ♪
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There's the suspect.
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Camry drops him off.
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He's wearing
sweatpants and, like,
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a bluish or grayish hoodie.
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[Doug]
It wasn't like a scream.
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It wasn't like, "Who are you?"
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It was, you know,
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"Don't come in here
starting that."
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That let me know, hey,
these people knew each other.
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[officer]
Car leaves.
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[James]
Most likely an Uber.
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[gunshot]
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[officer]
He gets shot.
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You can see him run out.
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♪ ♪
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[James] And it caught
the first victim
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running out of the garage
to the neighbor's house
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where he collapsed.
305
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[gunshot]
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♪ ♪
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[officer]
The other car comes back.
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[gunshots]
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[officer]
More gunfire.
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♪ ♪
311
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He takes off.
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[officer] I would assume
the suspect called for a ride.
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His driver freaked out
and took off.
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♪ ♪
315
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- Shortly after a large
volley of gunshots,
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you see the suspect emerge
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from the house
carrying a backpack
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and a blanket
stuffed with stuff.
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♪ ♪
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- And he tries to get into
another rideshare
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that was for
another neighbor's house.
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[officer] Then he takes off
in-between these two houses.
323
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[James] Unfortunately,
we couldn't catch
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any faces of the suspect.
325
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The visual was too far away.
326
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- I think we're really close.
327
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[Doug] So the next thing
we figured we needed to do was
328
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an urgent request
to Uber and Lyft
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to try and figure out
if they had someone
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who dropped someone off
in this cul-de-sac
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at this time.
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♪ ♪
333
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[narrator]
Seven hours in...
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♪ ♪
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[Doug]
Hello?
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[Doug]
All right.
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- I got the residence
he was picked up at
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which matches back
to his family's residence.
339
00:17:53,792 --> 00:17:55,042
So we knew exactly who it was.
340
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- I love it. Teamwork.
341
00:18:01,417 --> 00:18:03,833
[narrator] While detectives
head out to begin surveillance
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00:18:03,958 --> 00:18:06,207
on Justice Lusk's house...
343
00:18:06,208 --> 00:18:09,041
[Doug] The plan is to get
the Uber driver back.
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♪ ♪
345
00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:16,874
At that point, I had
a name on who to look at.
346
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So another way to verify
that this was Justice Lusk,
347
00:18:19,542 --> 00:18:22,417
put his driver's license photo
into a photographic lineup,
348
00:18:22,542 --> 00:18:23,999
because you know,
what if someone else
349
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,292
had Justice's phone
350
00:18:25,417 --> 00:18:27,374
and was using
his own Uber account?
351
00:18:27,375 --> 00:18:29,000
So I was hoping
that he could be
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another piece for my puzzle.
353
00:18:31,375 --> 00:18:32,832
[Richter]
OK, bud, how you doing?
354
00:18:32,833 --> 00:18:34,458
[driver]
Good.
355
00:18:42,583 --> 00:18:45,374
[narrator] Sergeant Richter
shows the driver a map
356
00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:47,917
of the cul-de-sac where
the shooting took place.
357
00:18:48,083 --> 00:18:50,375
- Do you remember
this particular customer?
358
00:18:52,333 --> 00:18:53,791
- OK, so what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna show you
359
00:18:53,792 --> 00:18:55,416
a group of six photographs, OK?
360
00:18:55,417 --> 00:18:56,874
Basically,
look at the pictures.
361
00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:59,417
If you recognize somebody,
tell me which one and why.
362
00:18:59,542 --> 00:19:02,417
[tense music]
363
00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:09,375
♪ ♪
364
00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:21,667
[tense music]
365
00:19:21,833 --> 00:19:28,083
♪ ♪
366
00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:30,000
[James] He picked it.
367
00:19:30,125 --> 00:19:32,083
He positively
identified Justice Lusk
368
00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:34,417
in a photo line-up.
369
00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,875
[Richter] OK, do you want
to just circle the number
370
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,833
and initial it?
371
00:19:38,958 --> 00:19:40,667
- At that point, I got enough
for probable cause
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to take warrants on him.
373
00:19:42,208 --> 00:19:46,833
I felt very confident that
Justice was the person
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00:19:46,958 --> 00:19:48,207
who committed all these crimes.
375
00:19:48,208 --> 00:19:50,707
♪ ♪
376
00:19:50,708 --> 00:19:52,249
[Richter] You're gonna
have to do a search warrant
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at that house.
[Doug] Yeah.
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00:19:54,583 --> 00:19:56,333
- I mean, it would be nice
to get him off
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00:19:56,458 --> 00:19:58,083
the streets tonight.
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00:19:58,208 --> 00:20:00,374
[Doug] We had Major Restrepo
and Corporal Mellow
381
00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,042
getting ready to spin up
their SWAT team
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00:20:02,208 --> 00:20:04,625
and do a search warrant
on Lusk's address.
383
00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:06,332
[narrator]
As the team prepares
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to hit Justice's house...
385
00:20:07,917 --> 00:20:08,917
[line trilling]
386
00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:14,375
- There's a call
from a neighboring house
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00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:16,583
around the corner
from the incident location.
388
00:20:34,125 --> 00:20:37,333
[sirens blaring]
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♪ ♪
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00:20:45,708 --> 00:20:48,583
[narrator] The officer pulls
over the suspicious vehicle.
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♪ ♪
392
00:20:57,208 --> 00:20:58,416
[Doug] Yes, sir.
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00:20:58,417 --> 00:21:00,333
[officer]
Your suspect's 1095.
394
00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:03,041
They just stopped him.
I said, who's in the car?
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00:21:03,042 --> 00:21:04,707
He says Justice.
396
00:21:04,708 --> 00:21:07,249
So I said,
put him in handcuffs.
397
00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:10,333
- Man, it was a huge sense
of relief.
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00:21:10,458 --> 00:21:13,416
We couldn't believe
that he came back.
399
00:21:13,417 --> 00:21:15,667
You know, looking back,
we should have known
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00:21:15,792 --> 00:21:18,833
that maybe he's gonna come back
for this stuff he had hid.
401
00:21:18,958 --> 00:21:21,708
But at the time when you have
all this stuff going on
402
00:21:21,833 --> 00:21:23,874
in your head
and have so much to do,
403
00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:26,500
the simplest, littlest thing
you may just overlook.
404
00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:29,332
- Cheers.
- Cheers. Good work.
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00:21:29,333 --> 00:21:33,707
♪ ♪
406
00:21:33,708 --> 00:21:37,332
[narrator] 11 hours
into the investigation...
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00:21:37,333 --> 00:21:40,541
♪ ♪
408
00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:42,667
- Justice, how you doing?
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00:21:42,792 --> 00:21:45,875
Our goal is to get him
to talk to us
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00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,667
and see if we can figure out
why he committed these crimes.
411
00:21:49,792 --> 00:21:53,374
So the reason why
they saw your car
412
00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:55,916
and came about is some people
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00:21:55,917 --> 00:21:58,082
saw you walking
behind their house.
414
00:21:58,083 --> 00:22:01,582
♪ ♪
415
00:22:01,583 --> 00:22:03,833
And what were you
looking for back there?
416
00:22:03,958 --> 00:22:07,917
♪ ♪
417
00:22:16,875 --> 00:22:19,041
♪ ♪
418
00:22:19,042 --> 00:22:20,667
- Where's your friend live?
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00:22:22,583 --> 00:22:23,916
[James]
We really took our time.
420
00:22:23,917 --> 00:22:25,208
We didn't wanna go
in there right away
421
00:22:25,333 --> 00:22:26,750
and just go at him.
422
00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:28,542
We wanted him to get real
comfortable with himself.
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00:22:28,708 --> 00:22:31,667
We wanted to know
how he knows these people,
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00:22:31,792 --> 00:22:34,874
where he was earlier,
where he came from,
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00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:38,833
and just kind of walk him
right into that garage.
426
00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:42,832
[Doug] You scared some people
walking behind their houses.
427
00:22:42,833 --> 00:22:45,875
Why wouldn't you just
drive the car around?
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00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,833
♪ ♪
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00:22:57,083 --> 00:22:58,583
- Mm-hmm.
430
00:23:04,042 --> 00:23:05,541
♪ ♪
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00:23:05,542 --> 00:23:07,208
[narrator]
Justice claims he was trying
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00:23:07,333 --> 00:23:09,124
to get to the victim's house,
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00:23:09,125 --> 00:23:11,833
where he had left a gun
several days ago.
434
00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:13,583
- What kind of gun is it?
435
00:23:16,625 --> 00:23:18,375
- When was the last time
you shot a gun?
436
00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:22,832
♪ ♪
437
00:23:22,833 --> 00:23:25,707
- His vibes were almost,
like, relaxed.
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00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:27,000
Like he didn't really care
that he was there.
439
00:23:27,125 --> 00:23:29,750
- Why were you going this late
to get that stuff?
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00:23:36,542 --> 00:23:38,541
[James] He was acting
like a child the way
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00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:40,167
he was answering questions,
his demeanor.
442
00:23:40,292 --> 00:23:44,416
Like, just--just didn't think
he did anything serious.
443
00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:45,875
He was completely calm.
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00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,457
♪ ♪
445
00:23:47,458 --> 00:23:49,250
- What about this afternoon?
446
00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:50,750
Were you there this afternoon?
447
00:23:52,958 --> 00:23:54,333
♪ ♪
448
00:23:54,458 --> 00:23:56,375
- How'd you get there today?
449
00:23:57,375 --> 00:23:59,374
- Uber?
450
00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:01,542
What happened
when you got there?
451
00:24:04,250 --> 00:24:05,582
- OK.
452
00:24:05,583 --> 00:24:07,083
But you walk into the garage?
453
00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:12,000
- Yeah, you do.
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00:24:12,125 --> 00:24:15,707
♪ ♪
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00:24:15,708 --> 00:24:18,249
- Of course, Loomis and I
both know that that's a lie.
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00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:19,916
At that point, we had enough.
457
00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:23,083
- We had let Justice tell us,
you know, all the lines of BS.
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00:24:23,208 --> 00:24:25,416
So at that point, you know,
we're showing them
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00:24:25,417 --> 00:24:27,124
a couple cards
that we got in our hands.
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00:24:27,125 --> 00:24:28,875
♪ ♪
461
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,083
- You know what's amazing
about that cul-de-sac, Justice?
462
00:24:32,208 --> 00:24:35,999
- What?
- All the video cameras.
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00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,917
♪ ♪
464
00:24:44,958 --> 00:24:46,291
[tense music]
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00:24:46,292 --> 00:24:53,208
♪ ♪
466
00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:56,583
[James] At that point,
I was, like,
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00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:58,208
oh, we got him.
You're ours.
468
00:24:58,375 --> 00:25:00,042
His shoulders slumped.
He leaned over.
469
00:25:00,208 --> 00:25:02,374
His eyes were going back
and forth, trying to think
470
00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:04,375
of the next thing to say.
471
00:25:04,542 --> 00:25:07,957
- You get out of the
white Toyota Camry Uber,
472
00:25:07,958 --> 00:25:11,957
and you walk into the garage.
473
00:25:11,958 --> 00:25:14,291
And who do you talk to
in the garage?
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00:25:14,292 --> 00:25:18,667
♪ ♪
475
00:25:20,917 --> 00:25:22,500
[narrator]
Justice admits he spoke with
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00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:26,082
the first victim, the man
who died at the hospital.
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00:25:26,083 --> 00:25:28,667
[Doug] What were y'all
arguing about?
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♪ ♪
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00:25:33,792 --> 00:25:36,041
- I can see how
that would be upsetting.
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00:25:36,042 --> 00:25:37,707
♪ ♪
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00:25:37,708 --> 00:25:39,541
We're just trying to figure out
why you left your guns
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00:25:39,542 --> 00:25:40,667
over there initially.
483
00:25:40,792 --> 00:25:42,875
He was providing
information to me.
484
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,582
So as long as
he's gonna keep going,
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00:25:46,583 --> 00:25:51,374
I'll just be polite and see
if he responds to that.
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00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:53,042
♪ ♪
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00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:13,457
[narrator]
He claims the first victim
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00:26:13,458 --> 00:26:16,541
was carrying a 9-millimeter.
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00:26:16,542 --> 00:26:17,667
- OK.
490
00:26:17,792 --> 00:26:20,832
And did you shoot him
because he had a gun?
491
00:26:20,833 --> 00:26:22,542
Or--
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00:26:34,542 --> 00:26:35,917
[Doug]
That didn't make any sense.
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00:26:36,042 --> 00:26:38,332
Justice knew this guy.
They had made that arrangement.
494
00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:40,625
I don't know why
he assumed that, you know,
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00:26:40,792 --> 00:26:43,750
the first victim was gonna
just come up and shoot him.
496
00:26:43,875 --> 00:26:47,333
Is that the black and
silver one in the front yard?
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00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:51,625
♪ ♪
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00:26:58,125 --> 00:26:59,541
[James] How many times
did you shoot him,
499
00:26:59,542 --> 00:27:01,958
the second guy
that was in the garage?
500
00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:08,041
[narrator] He admits
shooting the second victim,
501
00:27:08,042 --> 00:27:09,541
Steven Finch.
502
00:27:09,542 --> 00:27:12,250
- Which one did you use
to shoot them?
503
00:27:13,708 --> 00:27:16,000
- So you go in the house?
504
00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:19,874
- OK, is that when Bob,
the old white dude,
505
00:27:19,875 --> 00:27:21,208
is coming down the steps?
506
00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:26,082
♪ ♪
507
00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:28,000
- How many times
do you shoot him?
508
00:27:29,542 --> 00:27:31,042
♪ ♪
509
00:27:31,167 --> 00:27:35,874
- It was extremely surprising
that he so easily
510
00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:38,874
confessed to shooting
all three people in the house.
511
00:27:38,875 --> 00:27:41,583
That rarely happens.
512
00:27:41,708 --> 00:27:43,875
You regret what you did?
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00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:49,916
♪ ♪
514
00:27:49,917 --> 00:27:51,374
[James]
He didn't say yes or no,
515
00:27:51,375 --> 00:27:53,833
but he had zero remorse.
516
00:27:53,958 --> 00:27:56,249
It appeared
that he did not care
517
00:27:56,250 --> 00:27:58,874
he just took three lives, whatsoever.
518
00:27:58,875 --> 00:28:02,457
All he cared about was
getting his stuff back.
519
00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:09,167
♪ ♪
520
00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:17,041
[narrator] 12 hours
into the investigation...
521
00:28:17,042 --> 00:28:19,083
- Turn. Put your hands
behind your back.
522
00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:21,000
[narrator] Justice Lusk
is charged with
523
00:28:21,125 --> 00:28:23,541
three counts each
of felony murder
524
00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:26,125
and aggravated assault.
525
00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:29,750
- After the arrest,
it's just the beginning.
526
00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,083
The district attorney's
office is the ones
527
00:28:32,208 --> 00:28:34,249
who are gonna prosecute
the case.
528
00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:39,042
♪ ♪
529
00:28:39,208 --> 00:28:41,417
[Michele] We expected
that Justice Lusk's defense
530
00:28:41,542 --> 00:28:43,207
was gonna be self-defense,
531
00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:45,332
and we had to prove
that it wasn't.
532
00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:48,000
It was a triple homicide,
which is pretty horrifying,
533
00:28:48,125 --> 00:28:51,916
and the facts
were quite unusual.
534
00:28:51,917 --> 00:28:55,083
The defendant took an Uber
to the house.
535
00:28:55,208 --> 00:28:59,750
This occurred in the
afternoon, broad daylight.
536
00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:01,916
Those are things that cause
a jury to wonder,
537
00:29:01,917 --> 00:29:03,582
like, well, maybe--
maybe he is innocent.
538
00:29:03,583 --> 00:29:05,207
Maybe this was self-defense
539
00:29:05,208 --> 00:29:07,291
because no one would
commit a murder that way.
540
00:29:07,292 --> 00:29:09,041
♪ ♪
541
00:29:09,042 --> 00:29:11,207
[Diamond]
And with triple homicide,
542
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,416
we have to prove murder
three times.
543
00:29:14,417 --> 00:29:18,582
I was assigned as co-chair for
the prosecution in this case.
544
00:29:18,583 --> 00:29:20,041
♪ ♪
545
00:29:20,042 --> 00:29:21,250
Honestly, when I looked at it,
546
00:29:21,375 --> 00:29:22,542
I didn't know
what to make of it.
547
00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:25,041
It's one guy, three other men.
548
00:29:25,042 --> 00:29:27,917
We didn't know how
this situation happened.
549
00:29:28,042 --> 00:29:30,041
We knew that
we would have to rely
550
00:29:30,042 --> 00:29:31,500
on the Ring camera footage
551
00:29:31,625 --> 00:29:33,082
to map out the timeline
from when
552
00:29:33,083 --> 00:29:34,667
the defendant arrived
and left.
553
00:29:34,833 --> 00:29:36,292
[gunshot]
554
00:29:36,417 --> 00:29:39,708
- The first gunshot happened
in less than two minutes
555
00:29:39,833 --> 00:29:42,375
after the defendant's arrival.
556
00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:43,833
[gunshot]
557
00:29:43,958 --> 00:29:46,250
And then we heard
other gunshots throughout.
558
00:29:46,375 --> 00:29:49,833
These three murders were
committed within six minutes.
559
00:29:49,958 --> 00:29:53,375
You know, that's
a very short period of time.
560
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:57,750
[Diamond] To me,
that means he had a motive.
561
00:29:57,875 --> 00:30:00,208
He went directly there
to commit those crimes.
562
00:30:00,375 --> 00:30:03,917
And there wasn't much time
for anything else.
563
00:30:04,042 --> 00:30:05,833
- Unfortunately,
it did not show anything
564
00:30:05,958 --> 00:30:09,082
that happened in the garage
or inside the house.
565
00:30:09,083 --> 00:30:10,500
[Diamond]
And that's the hard part.
566
00:30:10,625 --> 00:30:14,041
That side of the story
is left for the defendant.
567
00:30:14,042 --> 00:30:17,541
That puts us at a disadvantage
because he could say anything.
568
00:30:17,542 --> 00:30:19,541
[Michele] And the defense
only has to convince
569
00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:22,749
one person of their story,
570
00:30:22,750 --> 00:30:25,374
and we have a hung jury,
and we lose.
571
00:30:25,375 --> 00:30:27,417
♪ ♪
572
00:30:32,542 --> 00:30:33,750
[tense music]
573
00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:40,875
♪ ♪
574
00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:44,125
- In regards to self-defense,
you have to establish
575
00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:48,082
factually that
the shooter, Justice,
576
00:30:48,083 --> 00:30:53,125
had no choice, that he was
in fear he would be killed.
577
00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:56,124
I was Justice Lusk's attorney.
578
00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:57,416
♪ ♪
579
00:30:57,417 --> 00:30:59,667
Everyone in this country
is entitled
580
00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:03,874
to a vigorous ethical defense.
581
00:31:03,875 --> 00:31:06,292
It's not our job
to get somebody off,
582
00:31:06,417 --> 00:31:08,957
but it is our job
to hold the state
583
00:31:08,958 --> 00:31:11,042
to their burden of proof
beyond a reasonable doubt.
584
00:31:11,167 --> 00:31:12,749
And it's important to me.
585
00:31:12,750 --> 00:31:14,749
He's gotta to know
that I'm working
586
00:31:14,750 --> 00:31:17,916
for him and on his behalf.
587
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:21,207
And in Justice's case,
he's saying,
588
00:31:21,208 --> 00:31:24,167
yeah, I shot,
but I was defending myself.
589
00:31:24,292 --> 00:31:26,208
♪ ♪
590
00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:30,708
[narrator] Nearly four years
after the murders,
591
00:31:30,875 --> 00:31:33,457
the trial begins.
592
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,374
♪ ♪
593
00:31:35,375 --> 00:31:38,583
- It was crucial for the jury
to see the crime scene
594
00:31:38,708 --> 00:31:41,833
to really get the full picture
of what happened in that garage
595
00:31:41,958 --> 00:31:43,874
and also in the home.
596
00:31:43,875 --> 00:31:46,500
So we called
the crime scene investigator.
597
00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:51,082
She collected evidence via
photograph from the scene.
598
00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:55,541
She collected tangible
evidence from the yard.
599
00:31:55,542 --> 00:31:57,708
We were trying to show
the jury that this crime
600
00:31:57,875 --> 00:32:00,707
was not random,
that it was planned
601
00:32:00,708 --> 00:32:02,250
and that it was
thought through.
602
00:32:02,375 --> 00:32:04,500
[narrator] The investigator
states seven guns
603
00:32:04,625 --> 00:32:06,249
were recovered in total.
604
00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:10,707
And there's one
the defense homes in on.
605
00:32:10,708 --> 00:32:12,083
- The bloodied gun
found outside
606
00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:14,541
was the crux of his case.
607
00:32:14,542 --> 00:32:16,874
Because there was a round
chambered inside of it,
608
00:32:16,875 --> 00:32:19,500
and there was blood located
on the side of the weapon,
609
00:32:19,625 --> 00:32:23,000
he tried to argue that
it belonged to a victim.
610
00:32:23,167 --> 00:32:26,542
- A gun found
on scene is relevant,
611
00:32:26,708 --> 00:32:29,667
especially if it's not
the alleged perpetrator's gun,
612
00:32:29,792 --> 00:32:33,874
because that implies that
the people in that household
613
00:32:33,875 --> 00:32:36,417
or who were there at the time
were armed.
614
00:32:36,542 --> 00:32:39,167
With a round in the chamber
being loaded,
615
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:43,000
that's obviously a clear,
present threat to Justice.
616
00:32:43,167 --> 00:32:46,833
- There is some argument
for it belonging to a victim.
617
00:32:46,958 --> 00:32:50,291
But where the gun
was located in the yard,
618
00:32:50,292 --> 00:32:52,375
no victim ever walks
in that direction.
619
00:32:52,542 --> 00:32:54,250
So when you look
on the Ring cameras
620
00:32:54,375 --> 00:32:57,291
from when Justice Lusk
arrives to when he leaves,
621
00:32:57,292 --> 00:33:00,416
he's the only person that
ever walks in that direction.
622
00:33:00,417 --> 00:33:02,375
- And that is only
their statement
623
00:33:02,542 --> 00:33:05,541
that that gun belonged
to one of our victims.
624
00:33:05,542 --> 00:33:07,791
There was is no evidence
that it did.
625
00:33:07,792 --> 00:33:11,000
♪ ♪
626
00:33:11,125 --> 00:33:14,207
[narrator] The state
calls its final witness.
627
00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:18,875
- The medical examiner's
testimony and the autopsies
628
00:33:19,042 --> 00:33:21,541
completely contradict
Justice Lusk's position
629
00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:24,707
that he was facing
some type of imminent threat.
630
00:33:24,708 --> 00:33:26,499
♪ ♪
631
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:29,542
So with victim one,
632
00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:34,249
there were six
gunshot wounds or grazes.
633
00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:36,249
The positioning of the grazes
are interesting
634
00:33:36,250 --> 00:33:39,042
because his graze
is across the chest.
635
00:33:39,208 --> 00:33:43,333
And what Dr. Terry said was
that it looks like that graze
636
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:46,000
was connected to the
entry wound from his shoulder,
637
00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:49,166
meaning that he was shot
several times
638
00:33:49,167 --> 00:33:52,249
while being in
a lower position.
639
00:33:52,250 --> 00:33:56,167
Mr. Steven Finch,
in the way Steven was found,
640
00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:58,082
it looked like
he was sitting in a chair.
641
00:33:58,083 --> 00:34:00,167
And then he gets shot
in the knee.
642
00:34:00,333 --> 00:34:02,666
He falls over
right in that doorway,
643
00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:05,916
and then Justice Lusk
actually walks over him
644
00:34:05,917 --> 00:34:07,750
and shoots him in the head.
645
00:34:07,875 --> 00:34:09,833
He was shot in
the back of his head,
646
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,250
facing away from the shooter.
647
00:34:12,375 --> 00:34:15,000
That, to me, is indicative
that he was not
648
00:34:15,167 --> 00:34:17,374
being aggressive towards him.
649
00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:19,167
[Rob] Of course
the state is gonna argue
650
00:34:19,292 --> 00:34:22,457
that that person
was turning away.
651
00:34:22,458 --> 00:34:24,957
But the counterargument is
still there that that person
652
00:34:24,958 --> 00:34:26,707
still may have been armed.
653
00:34:26,708 --> 00:34:30,375
Still doesn't mean that
a split second prior
654
00:34:30,542 --> 00:34:33,167
to being shot, they didn't
pose a threat or danger
655
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:35,374
to the person who shot them.
656
00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:36,833
[narrator]
And during cross,
657
00:34:36,958 --> 00:34:40,875
the defense focuses on another
detail in the ME's report.
658
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,167
- All three of
the decedent's cases,
659
00:34:44,292 --> 00:34:47,583
they all had either cocaine,
cocaine metabolites,
660
00:34:47,708 --> 00:34:51,082
THC, or amphetamines,
or methamphetamine
661
00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:52,917
in their system.
662
00:34:53,042 --> 00:34:54,750
That could have
jacked them up,
663
00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:56,332
made them aggressive.
664
00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:59,041
- I think the defense
wants to bring this up
665
00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:01,375
because they want to muddy
any sympathy
666
00:35:01,542 --> 00:35:05,000
that the jurors could have
for the victims.
667
00:35:05,125 --> 00:35:06,667
[Michele]
In the perfect world,
668
00:35:06,792 --> 00:35:08,124
it shouldn't matter
669
00:35:08,125 --> 00:35:10,291
whether they're perfect people
or not.
670
00:35:10,292 --> 00:35:13,167
But we know this isn't
a perfect world.
671
00:35:13,292 --> 00:35:15,291
- What these reports don't show
672
00:35:15,292 --> 00:35:16,999
is when these drugs
were ingested.
673
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,874
Could have been days prior.
674
00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,458
These are blood screens.
675
00:35:20,583 --> 00:35:24,249
We don't know that those drugs
had any effect on them at all.
676
00:35:24,250 --> 00:35:28,082
And if Justice Lusk decided
to stay at his own home
677
00:35:28,083 --> 00:35:29,832
and not enter
Robert Caverly's home,
678
00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:32,167
this wouldn't have happened.
679
00:35:32,292 --> 00:35:34,250
[narrator]
The prosecution rests,
680
00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:37,958
and the defense calls
its sole witness to the stand.
681
00:35:38,083 --> 00:35:40,167
- Justice wanted to be heard.
682
00:35:40,292 --> 00:35:43,124
I said, and you've
got a story to tell.
683
00:35:43,125 --> 00:35:46,000
They need to hear
how frightened you were,
684
00:35:46,125 --> 00:35:49,249
that you thought
it was your life at stake.
685
00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:51,707
If he did a good job,
maybe you'd have one,
686
00:35:51,708 --> 00:35:53,667
maybe two people
who would give him
687
00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,957
the benefit of the doubt.
688
00:35:55,958 --> 00:35:57,957
We didn't need
to convince all 12.
689
00:35:57,958 --> 00:35:59,417
Just one.
690
00:35:59,542 --> 00:36:00,792
♪ ♪
691
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,417
[tense music]
692
00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:13,458
♪ ♪
693
00:36:13,583 --> 00:36:16,042
- Justice wanted to get
his story out there.
694
00:36:16,167 --> 00:36:18,000
I said, get up there.
695
00:36:18,167 --> 00:36:20,625
The jury
who is deciding your fate
696
00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:22,541
needs to hear from you.
697
00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:26,874
[narrator]
Justice Lusk takes the stand.
698
00:36:26,875 --> 00:36:30,457
[Rob] Justice
went over there to retrieve
699
00:36:30,458 --> 00:36:34,916
his gun that was collateral
for purported loan
700
00:36:34,917 --> 00:36:36,457
with decedent number one.
701
00:36:36,458 --> 00:36:40,207
And so he came in contact
with decedent number one,
702
00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:42,457
and decedent number two
was close by.
703
00:36:42,458 --> 00:36:44,458
He felt threatened
by both of them.
704
00:36:44,583 --> 00:36:46,332
♪ ♪
705
00:36:46,333 --> 00:36:50,958
So he did what he felt
justified that he had to do,
706
00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:54,082
because he felt
his life was in jeopardy.
707
00:36:54,083 --> 00:36:56,000
♪ ♪
708
00:36:56,125 --> 00:36:59,333
His thought process
was to go in the house
709
00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,417
and retrieve what he felt
was his property
710
00:37:02,542 --> 00:37:05,458
when he encountered
decedent number three.
711
00:37:05,583 --> 00:37:08,874
And again, same situation.
712
00:37:08,875 --> 00:37:11,000
[Diamond] He shot
his way through the house
713
00:37:11,125 --> 00:37:13,625
and then tried to assert
that Robert Caverly
714
00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:16,082
was the aggressor and trying
to kill him the entire time,
715
00:37:16,083 --> 00:37:17,916
which was
absolutely ridiculous.
716
00:37:17,917 --> 00:37:20,042
♪ ♪
717
00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:22,208
[Michele]
You crossed paths with Bob,
718
00:37:22,375 --> 00:37:25,250
and you're going upstairs.
He's coming downstairs.
719
00:37:25,375 --> 00:37:27,207
He then goes into garage,
720
00:37:27,208 --> 00:37:29,667
finds one dead body,
a pool of blood
721
00:37:29,792 --> 00:37:32,582
where the other victim
had been.
722
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:35,792
Instead of running
and getting out of there,
723
00:37:35,958 --> 00:37:39,250
he's gonna pick up the gun
and come in after you?
724
00:37:39,375 --> 00:37:41,042
You manage to kill him,
725
00:37:41,167 --> 00:37:43,208
and then you stop
to pick up the gun
726
00:37:43,375 --> 00:37:46,042
and run outside and drop it.
727
00:37:46,167 --> 00:37:50,457
That's a very convoluted story
and just defies common sense.
728
00:37:50,458 --> 00:37:52,375
[Rob]
He wasn't there to burglarize.
729
00:37:52,542 --> 00:37:54,333
He was there to get
his property back,
730
00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:57,125
and he defended himself.
731
00:37:57,250 --> 00:37:58,582
[Diamond]
The defendant argued
732
00:37:58,583 --> 00:38:01,582
that he was justified
to use self-defense
733
00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:03,541
on three different occasions
734
00:38:03,542 --> 00:38:06,375
as he entered
someone's home unlawfully.
735
00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,749
[narrator] Sims begins
her cross-examination.
736
00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:11,000
[Michele]
I just knew I need to
737
00:38:11,167 --> 00:38:12,750
hammer him with the lies,
738
00:38:12,875 --> 00:38:15,375
let the jury see
that he's not credible.
739
00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,417
On the stand,
he said the gun was
740
00:38:17,542 --> 00:38:20,832
pulled out and pointed at him,
which would be a threat.
741
00:38:20,833 --> 00:38:23,250
That's not what he
originally told the police.
742
00:38:27,875 --> 00:38:31,542
- And I had to correct him
and say you felt threatened.
743
00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:34,333
So he cleaned up for trial,
744
00:38:34,458 --> 00:38:37,000
how he could lay
the proper grounds
745
00:38:37,167 --> 00:38:39,999
for a self-defense argument.
746
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,916
You tie that in with
the fact that the defendant
747
00:38:42,917 --> 00:38:44,792
himself had no injuries.
748
00:38:44,917 --> 00:38:48,707
He even admitted that
he was never actually shot at.
749
00:38:48,708 --> 00:38:52,542
So you want us to believe
that the victim had this gun
750
00:38:52,667 --> 00:38:55,707
pointed at you
and that you were able
751
00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:58,417
to get your gun out
and fire off five rounds
752
00:38:58,542 --> 00:39:02,999
at our victim, and
he never fired back at you?
753
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,000
So when you felt threatened,
why didn't you leave?
754
00:39:06,125 --> 00:39:10,791
And he answered, because
I came here to get my guns.
755
00:39:10,792 --> 00:39:12,917
OK, so now that
you've had to kill someone,
756
00:39:13,042 --> 00:39:14,541
why didn't you leave?
757
00:39:14,542 --> 00:39:16,749
And he's responding,
I was there for my guns.
758
00:39:16,750 --> 00:39:19,707
I'm going to leave
with my guns.
759
00:39:19,708 --> 00:39:21,291
We wanted to make it clear
760
00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:23,000
that nothing
was gonna stop you.
761
00:39:23,167 --> 00:39:25,249
No matter what you had to do,
762
00:39:25,250 --> 00:39:27,832
you were there
to get your gun.
763
00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:32,791
It shows something different
about his nature and who he is.
764
00:39:32,792 --> 00:39:35,707
♪ ♪
765
00:39:35,708 --> 00:39:39,500
[narrator] The jury
leaves to deliberate.
766
00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:41,958
- Waiting for the verdict
is almost
767
00:39:42,125 --> 00:39:44,541
the worst part of the trial.
768
00:39:44,542 --> 00:39:47,082
You have no idea
what they're thinking.
769
00:39:47,083 --> 00:39:49,666
♪ ♪
770
00:39:49,667 --> 00:39:52,457
[Karen] For families, I think
it's even more difficult,
771
00:39:52,458 --> 00:39:54,291
especially when
hearing the evidence,
772
00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:55,666
and they feel like it's clear.
773
00:39:55,667 --> 00:39:57,250
♪ ♪
774
00:39:57,375 --> 00:39:59,499
[narrator]
Later that afternoon...
775
00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:01,332
[Michele]
The only part that's worse
776
00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:03,375
than waiting for them
to come back is
777
00:40:03,542 --> 00:40:05,749
when they actually tell us,
we have a verdict.
778
00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:07,958
♪ ♪
779
00:40:08,083 --> 00:40:10,707
You don't want to be
the one responsible
780
00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:12,832
for letting a murderer go.
781
00:40:12,833 --> 00:40:15,707
♪ ♪
782
00:40:15,708 --> 00:40:17,250
[Diamond]
The defendant was found guilty
783
00:40:17,375 --> 00:40:19,333
on all counts.
784
00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:26,500
♪ ♪
785
00:40:30,875 --> 00:40:35,208
I think this case is a great
example of the system working.
786
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:36,458
He was given a fair trial.
787
00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:38,499
He was given a fantastic
defense attorney.
788
00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:39,917
He was able to tell his story.
789
00:40:40,042 --> 00:40:43,125
And, ultimately, a jury of
his peers made the decision,
790
00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:45,333
and the judge enforced it.
791
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:47,874
[Karen] The families
were extremely relieved,
792
00:40:47,875 --> 00:40:52,708
but there was still
so much unresolved
793
00:40:52,875 --> 00:40:57,333
because
they never did hear why.
794
00:40:57,500 --> 00:40:59,625
♪ ♪
795
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:02,917
I've tried to set
expectations with them
796
00:41:03,042 --> 00:41:06,625
to understand,
nothing about this process
797
00:41:06,750 --> 00:41:10,249
is going to bring
your loved one back.
798
00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:12,750
You still lost this person.
799
00:41:12,875 --> 00:41:17,500
Speak to a therapist,
lean on your loved ones.
800
00:41:17,667 --> 00:41:21,708
Don't let the court process
be your only source of healing.
801
00:41:21,833 --> 00:41:25,750
♪ ♪
802
00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:28,707
[Jessica]
Steven was my younger brother.
803
00:41:28,708 --> 00:41:32,874
Every moment of our life
growing up was spent together.
804
00:41:32,875 --> 00:41:35,749
I have my good days
and my bad days
805
00:41:35,750 --> 00:41:37,833
when it comes
to dealing with it.
806
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:45,000
♪ ♪
807
00:41:46,208 --> 00:41:47,792
- Come in.
- Yes, ma'am.
808
00:41:47,958 --> 00:41:49,374
[narrator]
Sharing their grief...
809
00:41:49,375 --> 00:41:51,208
- Jessica,
may I give you a hug?
810
00:41:51,375 --> 00:41:53,458
[narrator]
Steven's sister Jessica
811
00:41:53,583 --> 00:41:56,582
and Bob's mother, Mary,
have become friends.
812
00:41:56,583 --> 00:41:59,417
[Mary] We have something
that binds us together now.
813
00:41:59,542 --> 00:42:02,332
- Yes, ma'am.
They were special people.
814
00:42:02,333 --> 00:42:03,583
[Mary]
Yes.
815
00:42:03,708 --> 00:42:06,208
[Jessica]
We learned after Steven passed,
816
00:42:06,375 --> 00:42:08,749
there was a guy at his funeral,
817
00:42:08,750 --> 00:42:11,000
and he said that
my brother had found him
818
00:42:11,125 --> 00:42:14,749
sleeping up under a bridge,
and it was cold.
819
00:42:14,750 --> 00:42:15,917
And Steven said, come on,
820
00:42:16,042 --> 00:42:17,791
you're gonna go home
with me tonight.
821
00:42:17,792 --> 00:42:20,083
And Steven gave him a place
to stay for the night.
822
00:42:20,250 --> 00:42:21,707
So they were a lot alike.
823
00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:23,916
[Mary]
Yes.
824
00:42:23,917 --> 00:42:26,750
- I just can't even begin
to put into words
825
00:42:26,875 --> 00:42:30,167
how much life has changed.
826
00:42:30,292 --> 00:42:31,416
♪ ♪
827
00:42:31,417 --> 00:42:33,042
- It changes you forever.
828
00:42:33,167 --> 00:42:40,042
♪ ♪