1 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:14,280 were an unconventional couple living life to the fullest. 2 00:00:15,115 --> 00:00:17,283 It was the definition of opposites attract. 3 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:20,153 [David] He was madly in love with him, 4 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:23,690 and was happy they had finally found the true love of his life. 5 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:27,560 [Narrator] But with one disturbing call, 6 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:30,697 everything they had built would come crashing down. 7 00:00:38,271 --> 00:00:40,373 [Narrator] As police try to make sense of 8 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:42,142 a complicated relationship, 9 00:00:42,642 --> 00:00:45,311 a horrific discovery will propel the case 10 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:47,147 into deadly territory. 11 00:00:48,148 --> 00:00:50,183 He said he knew where a body was buried. 12 00:00:51,151 --> 00:00:54,754 The odor of a decomposing body, that hit me right away. 13 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:57,157 He had been shot in the back of the head, 14 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:58,658 almost execution-style. 15 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:02,395 [Narrator] The ensuing battle between lovers 16 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:04,497 will cast a dark shadow over 17 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:07,167 their seemingly loving relationship... 18 00:01:13,173 --> 00:01:15,508 [Narrator] And will leave detectives questioning 19 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:17,510 who to believe. 20 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:20,080 [Collin] You had these two individuals 21 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:23,516 that had a love-hate, anger filled relationship. 22 00:01:26,986 --> 00:01:30,223 You put them together and it's just a deadly combination. 23 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:36,229 [music] 24 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:45,638 [music] 25 00:01:45,672 --> 00:01:48,108 [Narrator] Home to the renowned Kentucky Derby 26 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:50,977 and famed for its bourbon soaked nightlife, 27 00:01:51,011 --> 00:01:53,380 Louisville, Kentucky is a modern city 28 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:55,181 with a storied history. 29 00:01:57,384 --> 00:02:00,220 [Angelique] Louisville is super unique. 30 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:02,389 It's a city with so much history, 31 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:04,858 a little something for everybody. 32 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:07,761 Definitely very welcoming, very friendly. 33 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:14,434 [Narrator] Louisville is also the city where Jeffrey Mundt 34 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:15,802 was born and raised. 35 00:02:16,503 --> 00:02:18,672 A smart and determined individual, 36 00:02:18,705 --> 00:02:22,375 Jeffrey dreamed of success from a young age. 37 00:02:22,409 --> 00:02:23,710 He got a college scholarship 38 00:02:23,743 --> 00:02:27,080 and went to Indiana University in Bloomington. 39 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:28,815 He got into computers, 40 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:32,585 and soon, he was getting very high paying jobs. 41 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:34,621 Jeffrey Mundt presented himself 42 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:39,092 as buttoned up, straight-laced, very proper. 43 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:40,627 Preppy, if you will. 44 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:43,530 [Darren] He truly was a techie, 45 00:02:44,097 --> 00:02:46,599 and he was a person that would work on computers all day 46 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:48,101 and troubleshoot things. 47 00:02:48,868 --> 00:02:51,705 [David] He lived in Washington, D.C. for a time. 48 00:02:51,738 --> 00:02:54,574 He worked at Northwestern University in Chicago, 49 00:02:54,607 --> 00:02:57,744 where he was in charge of their big IT overhaul 50 00:02:57,777 --> 00:02:59,446 called Project Café. 51 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,283 And he had a long term boyfriend in Chicago. 52 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,453 [Narrator] Jeffrey seemed to have it all: 53 00:03:06,486 --> 00:03:09,255 A lucrative career, a loving partner, 54 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:11,191 and a lively social life. 55 00:03:11,725 --> 00:03:13,293 [Jason] Mundt went to the ballet. 56 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:15,061 He went to nice restaurants. 57 00:03:15,095 --> 00:03:20,333 He wanted to be seen in kind of an upper echelon high society. 58 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:24,704 [Narrator] In his mid 30s, however, 59 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:27,507 Jeffrey's life in Chicago was upended 60 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:30,276 when his boyfriend suddenly broke up with him. 61 00:03:31,111 --> 00:03:34,614 Supposedly he broke up by text. So, Jeffrey was suffering. 62 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:37,550 That was one of the reasons he came back to Louisville. 63 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:42,288 [Narrator] Jeffrey had a sizeable nest egg... 64 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:44,858 And chose to use it to buy property in 65 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:48,194 a historic section of Louisvile in 2008. 66 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:52,332 Old Louisville is the first suburb, actually, 67 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:55,468 of Louisville Proper as the downtown area. 68 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:57,604 Each block is totally different. 69 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:00,306 [David] It's where the tobacco titans 70 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:01,641 built their mansions, 71 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:03,810 the bourbon barons, the racetrack royalty. 72 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:07,580 [Narrator] When Jeffrey found a red brick mansion 73 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:08,915 on Fourth Avenue, 74 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:10,650 he thought it was the perfect place 75 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:11,851 to start over. 76 00:04:13,353 --> 00:04:15,188 [David] The house needed a lot of work. 77 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:19,159 The kitchen looked like it had been bombed out 78 00:04:19,192 --> 00:04:22,729 and the carriage house was falling apart. 79 00:04:24,164 --> 00:04:27,867 Jeffrey set in to slowly restoring the house. 80 00:04:29,602 --> 00:04:32,605 He got a job at the University of Louisville, 81 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:36,343 and he got a very lucrative IT consulting job. 82 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:39,612 He was making over a quarter million dollars a year. 83 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:41,681 So, he had a good lifestyle. 84 00:04:45,885 --> 00:04:48,321 [Narrator] In the fall of 2009, 85 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:52,292 Jeffery met the man who would change his life forever... 86 00:04:52,325 --> 00:04:55,762 38 year old Louisville native, Joey Banis. 87 00:04:56,663 --> 00:05:00,834 Joey and Jeff Mundt met through an internet dating app. 88 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:03,837 It was the definition of opposites attract. 89 00:05:04,804 --> 00:05:08,508 [David] Mr. Mundt's background was, was in sharp contrast 90 00:05:08,541 --> 00:05:10,443 to the background of Mr. Banis. 91 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:18,385 [Steven] Joey used to run a nightclub called Fusion. 92 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:20,286 It was a, a, a queer bar, 93 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,524 but it was kind of like the, the fringe people, 94 00:05:24,557 --> 00:05:28,061 like the gothic folk, the, like, people who were into 95 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:31,197 industrial music, the alternative scene. 96 00:05:31,231 --> 00:05:33,800 He was very charismatic. He was very friendly. 97 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:35,902 Always a smile on his face. 98 00:05:36,936 --> 00:05:40,206 He went all out in attire and makeup 99 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,908 and paint and all that kinda stuff. 100 00:05:42,609 --> 00:05:44,844 [David] He often would wear just a pair of jeans, 101 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:47,781 and his upper torso would be painted in 102 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:49,449 all these elaborate patterns. 103 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:52,452 He's got tattoos, a mohawk. 104 00:05:52,485 --> 00:05:54,487 He looks a little rougher around the edges. 105 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:58,458 Joey did present himself as a bit of a bad boy. 106 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:04,798 [music] 107 00:06:04,831 --> 00:06:07,767 [Narrator] For a straight-laced computer tech like Jeffrey, 108 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:10,637 Joey was a breath of fresh air. 109 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,873 [David] They would go out to dinner to nice restaurants 110 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:16,810 and go to concerts afterwards. 111 00:06:17,444 --> 00:06:20,046 They liked to be seen together as a couple. 112 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:25,452 [music] 113 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:27,954 [Narrator] Only a few weeks into their relationship, 114 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:32,058 Jeffrey asked Joey to move into his old Victorian home... 115 00:06:32,092 --> 00:06:34,361 And Joey happily accepted. 116 00:06:35,528 --> 00:06:37,931 [David] Joey saw Jeffrey as his soulmate. 117 00:06:38,932 --> 00:06:40,900 He was madly in love with him, 118 00:06:41,668 --> 00:06:44,471 and was happy they had finally found, you know, 119 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:45,939 the true love of his life. 120 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:49,075 [Darren] In June of 2010, 121 00:06:49,609 --> 00:06:53,646 they had been living together for roughly 6 months. 122 00:06:54,848 --> 00:06:58,818 [Narrator] But at 9:30 P.M. on June 17th, 2010, 123 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:02,889 after more than six months of living together, 124 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:05,692 Jeffrey and Joey's whirlwind romance 125 00:07:05,725 --> 00:07:08,428 would come to a disturbing end. 126 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:20,140 [David] The caller identified himself as Jeffrey Mundt. 127 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:24,077 His boyfriend, he said, was trying to murder him. 128 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:33,687 Jeffrey Mundt was barricaded in a bedroom on the second floor, 129 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:38,058 and Joey Banis was out in the hallway with a hammer. 130 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:48,935 [Jason] Mundt was panicked. 131 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:51,871 He was scared that Banis was gonna bash through the door, 132 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:54,874 and you could hear in the background the pounding. 133 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:59,412 [Jason] He was fearful he was gonna be killed. 134 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:02,549 [Narrator] Coming up. 135 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:04,718 With one man's life in danger, 136 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:07,921 police race to apprehend a violent criminal. 137 00:08:08,388 --> 00:08:11,658 He was attempting to escape down the front stairs. 138 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:14,060 They don't know how dangerous this person might be. 139 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:16,629 [Narrator] And a shocking revelation 140 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:20,133 will lead police to uncover a terrifying crime. 141 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:23,503 You have two evil people here 142 00:08:24,404 --> 00:08:28,508 that just meshed well and become one evil person. 143 00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:32,145 [music] 144 00:08:38,585 --> 00:08:40,053 isville, Kentucky, 145 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:42,088 police are responding to the home of 146 00:08:42,122 --> 00:08:44,057 38-year-old Jeffrey Mundt... 147 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:46,693 Jeffrey is the one on the line with dispatchers, 148 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:49,129 reporting that his partner, Joey Banis, 149 00:08:49,162 --> 00:08:51,164 is trying to kill him. 150 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:02,876 When they get there, Banis is running down the stairs. 151 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:06,746 Joey Banis was attempting to escape down the, 152 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,716 the front stairs, the grand stairs of the mansion, 153 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:11,084 and they caught him. 154 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:15,889 He had a backpack over his shoulder. 155 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:19,492 In the backpack, they found drug paraphernalia. 156 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:25,031 At that time, Joey was arrested for the domestic dispute. 157 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,102 [David] They went up to the second floor bedroom 158 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:31,638 where Jeffrey Mundt was still barricaded, 159 00:09:32,138 --> 00:09:34,808 and they got him to open the door and he came out. 160 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:40,113 He was emotionally distraught and teary-eyed and crying. 161 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:43,950 But Jeffrey Mundt showed no signs of being hurt. 162 00:09:44,617 --> 00:09:48,154 One of the officers took Joey down to the squad car 163 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:50,790 that was outside the house on Fourth Street, 164 00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:52,092 put him in the backseat, 165 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:53,727 and prepared to question him 166 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:57,697 while the other officer remained with Jeffrey inside the house 167 00:09:57,731 --> 00:09:58,798 to question him. 168 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:00,066 And that's standard procedure. 169 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:03,803 [Narrator] Inside, Jeffrey tells the officer 170 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:06,539 that his boyfriend had threatened to kill him. 171 00:10:07,207 --> 00:10:09,275 [Justin] Jeffrey Mundt and Joey Banis 172 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:11,811 had been involved in a domestic dispute, 173 00:10:11,845 --> 00:10:13,813 which started as a verbal argument. 174 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:15,982 The domestic dispute turned physical. 175 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:19,919 [David] Jeffrey said they had had some tempestuous arguments, 176 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:23,223 and had some drag-out fights and things like that. 177 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:24,691 But this was the first time 178 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:27,660 the police were ever called in this capacity. 179 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,764 He was terrified of Joey Banis. 180 00:10:32,265 --> 00:10:35,001 [Narrator] From the back seat of the squad car, however, 181 00:10:35,035 --> 00:10:38,872 Joey Banis offers a completely different story. 182 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:42,108 He was telling the officers that 183 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:44,778 Jeffrey Mundt had killed someone. 184 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:48,982 [Jason] This is seemingly a crazy claim to make, 185 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:50,850 and police don't believe it. 186 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:54,654 They just think he's trying to shift the focus off himself. 187 00:10:55,388 --> 00:10:58,391 They just assumed that this new piece of information 188 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:01,861 was being utilized by Mr. Banis to, in essence, 189 00:11:01,895 --> 00:11:05,699 get him out of what would be a Class B misdemeanor charge. 190 00:11:06,733 --> 00:11:08,702 [Narrator] While Jeffrey stays on scene, 191 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:10,370 Joey is transported 192 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:12,772 to police headquarters for questioning. 193 00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:57,117 [Collin] He's claimin' that the murder 194 00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:58,885 happened back in December. 195 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:01,121 And looking up James Carroll, 196 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:03,123 we can't find a missing person report on him. 197 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:05,458 Traditionally, people that have 198 00:12:05,492 --> 00:12:09,429 some sort of family or work history, 199 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:12,732 somebody's gonna file a missing person report on 'em 200 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:15,201 if they even heard from 'em in a week or two. 201 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:17,771 And Jeffrey Mundt, who's been accused of this, 202 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:20,907 but he was very well-educated, very well-spoken, well-kept, 203 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:22,676 put together individual. 204 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:27,681 So kinda like, on the fence in believing Joey's story. 205 00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:02,048 [David] Jamie wanted to kinda party, 206 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:05,151 and they did drugs and other things all night. 207 00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:08,221 But somewhere in the process when they saw that 208 00:13:08,254 --> 00:13:12,058 Jamie had cash with him from his previous drug deals that day, 209 00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:16,129 Joey said that Jeffrey floated the idea of killing him 210 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,932 and keeping the money and drugs 211 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:21,101 to kinda keep them going for a couple months. 212 00:13:22,168 --> 00:13:26,306 Banis tells detectives that Mundt had recently lost his job 213 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:29,376 and needed money to continue this drug habit. 214 00:13:46,092 --> 00:13:48,161 And when Jamie made it back to the house, 215 00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:50,797 he probably wasn't expecting what was waiting for him. 216 00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:19,259 At that time, there was a... 217 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:23,063 Scream like no one had ever heard. 218 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,899 When he wheeled around, 219 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:29,069 he saw Jeffrey Mundt armed with a knife, 220 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:35,275 stabbing and slicing at Jamie over and over and over again. 221 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:51,991 [Narrator] According to Joey, 222 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:55,095 Jeffrey gave neither man time to act. 223 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:21,621 [Narrator] Joey says Jeffrey immediately began 224 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:23,189 to cover his tracks. 225 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:51,317 [David] They took the body down to the wine cellar. 226 00:15:51,685 --> 00:15:53,353 One of the few rooms in the basement 227 00:15:53,386 --> 00:15:55,155 that still had a dirt floor. 228 00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,891 And he was forced to dig a hole. 229 00:16:57,250 --> 00:17:00,420 [Collin] It's not every day that you have somebody come in 230 00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,655 and give you this information just free will. 231 00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:04,457 They go ahead, and they draft up 232 00:17:04,491 --> 00:17:06,259 a, a search warrant for the house. 233 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:10,030 [Narrator] While skeptical of Joey's story, 234 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:11,731 detectives return to the mansion... 235 00:17:11,765 --> 00:17:13,600 Where Jeffrey is waiting. 236 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:17,170 [Collin] We explained to Jeffrey Mundt at that time 237 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:18,338 what the allegations were. 238 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:21,307 That there was potentially a dead body in his basement. 239 00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:23,243 He was astonished. 240 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:25,245 "Oh no, what? Are you kidding me?" 241 00:17:25,645 --> 00:17:29,049 We had no reason to suspect all these allegations, 242 00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:31,584 but we still had get that statement with him. 243 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:35,088 I asked him if he would accompany me back to the, 244 00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:36,256 the police station. 245 00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:37,490 He wasn't under arrest. 246 00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:39,059 I told him I'd bring him right back. 247 00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:41,061 And we went down to the headquarters. 248 00:17:44,464 --> 00:17:46,266 [Narrator] Meanwhile, a search team 249 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:48,068 descends into the basement. 250 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:53,273 [Justin] It is a dirt floor basement. 251 00:17:54,074 --> 00:17:56,076 Well underneath the bowels of the house. 252 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:58,645 [Kevin] So, we started diggin' a hole. 253 00:17:59,479 --> 00:18:03,383 We had two shovels with three of us takin' turns. 254 00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:06,686 [David] They dug for hours and hours. 255 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,024 And eventually the, the shovel hit something hard. 256 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,327 And as they cleared away the dirt, 257 00:18:14,361 --> 00:18:18,264 they saw it was the top of a Rubbermaid storage container. 258 00:18:19,332 --> 00:18:24,037 The inside of the lid had the spray foam insulation around it. 259 00:18:24,471 --> 00:18:27,774 But when I hit it with the shovel and broke the insulation, 260 00:18:28,308 --> 00:18:31,811 the smell, odor of a decomposing body, 261 00:18:31,845 --> 00:18:33,446 that hit me right away. 262 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,315 At that point, I was 100% sure 263 00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:38,151 Banis was not makin' up a story about a body. 264 00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:41,554 [music] 265 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,195 anis's 266 00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:52,064 harrowing story of murder, 267 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:54,533 police in Louisville, Kentucky have unearthed 268 00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:57,703 a terrible secret buried in the basement of 269 00:18:57,736 --> 00:19:01,173 his boyfriend Jeffrey Mundt's historic mansion. 270 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:05,077 [Justin] Upon the finding of this makeshift grave, 271 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,278 this container, 272 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:08,147 the body was taken to 273 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:11,483 the Louisville Metro Medical Examiner's Office 274 00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:13,819 for identification purposes. 275 00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:19,058 [Narrator] Detectives continue their search of the house, 276 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:20,659 zeroing in on the bedroom 277 00:19:20,693 --> 00:19:24,263 where the murder allegedly occurred six months prior. 278 00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:26,732 [Kevin] During all the search warrants, everything, 279 00:19:26,765 --> 00:19:30,636 we collect any sort of computers, phones, 280 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:32,771 look for evidence on those. 281 00:19:33,772 --> 00:19:35,808 They did find a, a hole that looked like 282 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:37,676 it could've been made by a bullet. 283 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:39,478 [Collin] We did another search warrant there 284 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:42,548 for the luminol to show where they cleaned the blood off. 285 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:44,550 With a stab wound, there would be 286 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:47,319 an excessive amount of, of blood. 287 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,421 There wasn't a whole lot in the bedroom. 288 00:19:49,455 --> 00:19:53,258 But there was, there was quite a bit in the drain, 289 00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:57,363 and also around the bathtub where they had washed the body. 290 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,600 [Narrator] At the station, 291 00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:04,336 Detective King sits down with Jeffrey Mundt, 292 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:06,805 eager to hear his side of the story. 293 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:32,297 [Narrator] When pressed about his knowledge of the crime, 294 00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:34,633 Jeffrey is adamant his has non. 295 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:38,570 Instead, he tells detectives that his partner Joey 296 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:41,240 is entirely capable of murder. 297 00:20:41,874 --> 00:20:44,376 [Collin] Joey Banis had a long criminal history. 298 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:48,580 Drugs, I think, he had some violent stuff, some burglary. 299 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:51,383 [David] He ended up in prison several times. 300 00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:53,285 So, when he met Jeffrey, 301 00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:56,822 he had just come out of prison and really didn't have a job. 302 00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:01,660 [Narrator] Jeffrey claims that leading up to the 911 call 303 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,295 earlier that night, 304 00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:05,964 Joey's violent tendencies had erupted... 305 00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:09,568 When Jeffrey had tried to end things once and for all. 306 00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:14,473 [Jason] Mundt had threatened to leave Banis, 307 00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:18,410 and that is what led to the argument... 308 00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:20,913 That ended up with 309 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:24,850 Banis allegedly threatening to assault him. 310 00:21:31,857 --> 00:21:35,861 Jeffrey continuously talked about how in fear he was 311 00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:37,429 of, of Joey, 312 00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:40,866 and you almost feel sympathetic to him as the victim. 313 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,402 We had no reason not to believe him. 314 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:45,771 [Kevin] Mundt had a clean record. 315 00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:48,407 He works in computers, worked for universities. 316 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,744 He was the more clean cut of the two by far. 317 00:22:05,891 --> 00:22:07,760 I'm kinda like, "Man, this poor guy." 318 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:10,229 He's a very, very likeable guy. 319 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:12,831 Very articulate. Very well-educated. 320 00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:16,402 [Narrator] Police decide to keep both Jeffrey Mundt 321 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:18,303 and Joey Banis at the station 322 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:20,939 until they can learn more about the victim. 323 00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:22,541 [Collin] We started diggin' a little bit. 324 00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:26,378 In looking up James Carroll, we find out his car, 325 00:22:26,412 --> 00:22:27,846 it had been impounded, I think, 326 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,416 out of one of alleys near the location. 327 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:34,420 It got picked up three weeks after what we believe 328 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:37,556 to be the date of the homicide at that time. 329 00:22:40,325 --> 00:22:42,094 [Narrator] Jamie Carroll's identity 330 00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:43,962 is confirmed at autopsy. 331 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:48,734 [Kevin] There was a tattoo that was not decomposed. 332 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:50,336 Detective Lesher, 333 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:51,403 who was able to speak with some family members 334 00:22:51,437 --> 00:22:54,973 and confirm that that was Jamie Carroll's tattoo. 335 00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:57,576 [David] Jamie Carroll had been shot one time. 336 00:22:58,010 --> 00:23:02,414 The medical examiner did find a .38 caliber bullet 337 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:04,283 lodged in his chin. 338 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,819 It appeared that he had been shot in the back of the head, 339 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,620 kind of almost execution-style. 340 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:13,659 Things started to match what Joey was telling the detectives. 341 00:23:15,361 --> 00:23:18,464 [Narrator] But in the six months since Jamie Carroll's murder, 342 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:21,066 why had no one reported him missing? 343 00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:24,303 When detectives speak to Jamie's mother, 344 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:27,840 she assumed her son was in prison on a drug charge. 345 00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:30,075 [Collin] She hadn't seen him for awhile, 346 00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:33,946 but had talked to him around Thanksgiving. 347 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:36,782 So, a few weeks before the murder happened. 348 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,388 [Narrator] According to his mother, 349 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:45,824 Jamie had ambitions that outgrw his small town 350 00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:48,660 and eventually led him to Louisville. 351 00:23:49,561 --> 00:23:52,531 Jamie grew up in eastern Kentucky, 352 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:55,768 around the Prestonsburg, Paintsville area. 353 00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:59,571 Jamie was very creative when it came to hairstyling 354 00:23:59,605 --> 00:24:00,906 and with makeup. 355 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:03,642 He just had that creative talent in him. 356 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:08,747 Jamie Carroll became interested in drag queens. 357 00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:12,117 And he started performing as a drag queen. 358 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:16,689 And he took the stage name Ronica Reed, The Pageant Queen. 359 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,891 [Barry] When I first met Jamie, 360 00:24:19,658 --> 00:24:23,595 it was hard for me to believe that there was a man underneath 361 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:27,966 that long blonde mane and all that beautiful makeup. 362 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:31,470 [David] Things were going well for him. 363 00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:32,971 He was performing. 364 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:35,541 But somewhere along the line he got into drugs, 365 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:37,643 and he began dealing drugs. 366 00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:42,348 [Narrator] Jamie's side hustle in the Louisville club scene 367 00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:44,683 led to an arrest in 2009. 368 00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:47,152 After being released on bail, 369 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:49,788 detectives learn he was expectd to be sentenced 370 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:52,558 on December 15th, 2009. 371 00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:55,794 But Jamie never made it to the hearing. 372 00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:58,997 He had had a court date he had not shown up for. 373 00:25:00,466 --> 00:25:03,135 And we couldn't find any record of him from that point on. 374 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:09,575 [Narrator] Now, nearly six months later, 375 00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:11,844 detectives believe that Joey Banis 376 00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:14,413 is responsible for Jamie's murder. 377 00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:18,717 So they sit down with him for a second interview. 378 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:52,851 [Narrator] Joey agrees to tell his story again... 379 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:55,921 But this time, he drops a telling detail 380 00:25:55,954 --> 00:25:58,624 about his relationship with Jamie Carroll. 381 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,469 [Jason] Banis met Jamie Carroll 382 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:14,039 on an online dating service in 2009, 383 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,908 and they began a relationship. 384 00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:20,112 And this sort of bled into the same time that 385 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:23,549 he met and started having a relationship with Mundt. 386 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:50,876 [Justin] Joey and Jamie Carroll were lovers. 387 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:53,145 They had had a relationship. 388 00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:58,117 The odd man out in that room, that night was Jeffrey Mundt. 389 00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:03,155 Mr. Banis stated that the motive was clearly jealousy. 390 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,124 We didn't know what to believe. 391 00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:09,228 [music] 392 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,169 le, Kentucky 393 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:20,639 have just learned that murder victim Jamie Carroll 394 00:27:20,673 --> 00:27:23,308 had a long standing sexual relationship 395 00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:25,044 with Joey Banis... 396 00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:27,279 Giving his boyfriend, Jeffrey Mundt, 397 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:31,283 a motive to kill Jamie in a jealous rampage. 398 00:27:31,917 --> 00:27:35,688 Joey and Jamie had been in regular contact 399 00:27:35,721 --> 00:27:38,057 for sexual reasons, for drug reasons. 400 00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:41,627 And then, Jeffrey came into the picture. 401 00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:45,864 Jeffrey insisted that he give up Jamie, and he wouldn't do that. 402 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,842 [Jason] Banis says that Mundt 403 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,877 was jealous of this relationship. 404 00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:03,182 So now Banis has given a motive 405 00:28:03,215 --> 00:28:05,617 for Mundt to kill Jamie Carroll. 406 00:28:08,287 --> 00:28:10,022 [Narrator] According to Joey, 407 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:12,725 after Jeffrey killed Jamie in their bedroom, 408 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:16,595 he learned just how ruthless his boyfriend could be. 409 00:28:37,116 --> 00:28:39,585 [David] Jamie Carroll's body was rigid. 410 00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:41,620 They weren't able to fit it into 411 00:28:41,653 --> 00:28:44,156 the size container they had purchased. 412 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:10,749 [Narrator] Detectives still have doubts that someone like Jeffry 413 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:13,185 could be capable of such a heinous act... 414 00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:16,622 They sit down with him for a second interview, 415 00:29:16,655 --> 00:29:18,323 hoping to clear things up. 416 00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:21,160 [Collin] Jeffrey Mundt never went home. 417 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:22,828 He was still there the whole time. 418 00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:26,799 This is probably 8, 9, 10 o'clock in the morning, 419 00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:29,034 so I, you know, it was at least 24 hours that I'd been, 420 00:29:29,034 --> 00:29:30,135 been awake. 421 00:29:30,169 --> 00:29:31,804 So, I said, you know, "Would you... 422 00:29:31,837 --> 00:29:33,105 Would you mind taking a polygraph? 423 00:29:33,138 --> 00:29:34,673 That way we can be done with this, 424 00:29:34,707 --> 00:29:36,041 and I can get you back home." 425 00:29:43,849 --> 00:29:46,385 [Narrator] Despite his agreement to a polygraph, 426 00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:49,688 Jeffrey first makes a stunning confession. 427 00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:54,860 Mr. Mundt, in essence, cracked and finally admitted 428 00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,796 that he knew more than he had been telling them. 429 00:29:58,831 --> 00:30:01,066 [Collin] I mean, I was floored at the time. 430 00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:02,835 Absolutely floored. 431 00:30:02,868 --> 00:30:05,704 I'd been duped for six hours in wantin' to believe this guy. 432 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:09,441 When Jeffrey finally broke down and admitted he did know about 433 00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,210 the body being in the basement, 434 00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:12,845 they asked him, "What happened?" 435 00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:16,015 And the story he told was very similar to the story 436 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:18,117 that had been told by Joey Banis. 437 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:21,120 [Darren] With one minor exception. 438 00:30:22,287 --> 00:30:26,725 Which is that everything related to the murder was flipped. 439 00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:30,829 Meaning it was Mr. Banis who actually killed Mr. Carroll, 440 00:30:30,863 --> 00:30:32,798 and it was not Mr. Mundt. 441 00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:08,834 [Kevin] In Mundt's story, he's the weakling. 442 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,769 Banis did all the bad stuff. 443 00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:15,074 And he's scared of Banis and that's why he's assisting. 444 00:31:15,441 --> 00:31:18,544 And Banis's story, he's scared of Mundt. 445 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:22,147 [Narrator] Now, detectives aren't sure 446 00:31:22,181 --> 00:31:23,982 which story to believe. 447 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:29,088 [Collin] You have Joey, that's giving details about 448 00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:30,422 this murder that happened, 449 00:31:30,456 --> 00:31:32,157 and they're adding up. 450 00:31:32,191 --> 00:31:34,360 And then you have Jeffrey Mundt, 451 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:36,895 he's leading us to believe that, you know, 452 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,130 he's telling the truth. 453 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,102 [Darren] If we have two people, 454 00:31:43,135 --> 00:31:45,871 and there's nothing specific that's gonna tell us 455 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:48,240 which of these two actually committed the crime, 456 00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:49,475 we have a problem here. 457 00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:52,344 We have a quandary. What do we do now? 458 00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:57,149 [Narrator] With both men in custody, 459 00:31:57,182 --> 00:32:00,819 detectives attempt to verify their various allegations. 460 00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:05,858 A routine background check leads to a startling discovery. 461 00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:12,131 We learned that both Joey and Jeffrey were arrested 462 00:32:12,164 --> 00:32:15,300 in Chicago, Illinois after Jeffrey had passed 463 00:32:15,334 --> 00:32:19,138 a counterfeit hundred dollar bill to a valet at a hotel. 464 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,944 [Narrator] Detectives obtain a copy of the incident report.. 465 00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:29,381 And discover the arrests took place four months after 466 00:32:29,415 --> 00:32:31,350 the murder of Jamie Carroll. 467 00:32:32,351 --> 00:32:35,187 They were arrested in April of 2010. 468 00:32:35,220 --> 00:32:39,091 This is when Jamie's body was still down in the basement. 469 00:32:40,092 --> 00:32:42,895 What happened was they had checked into the hotel. 470 00:32:44,096 --> 00:32:46,498 Jeffrey gave the doorman a hundred dollar bill. 471 00:32:47,099 --> 00:32:49,368 Either as a tip or to break for change, 472 00:32:49,935 --> 00:32:52,471 and the doorman noticed something wasn't right 473 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:54,273 about the hundred dollar bill. 474 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:55,507 It didn't feel right. 475 00:32:55,541 --> 00:32:59,144 It felt damp and, and not the right texture. 476 00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:01,914 He called the police. 477 00:33:02,247 --> 00:33:05,050 They went up and went into their room, 478 00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:07,953 and found 54 thousand dollars in counterfeit money. 479 00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:11,623 In addition to bags and bags of date rape drugs, 480 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:13,592 forged documents, fake IDs. 481 00:33:15,194 --> 00:33:18,497 [Jason] Mundt had lost his job. Banis didn't have a job. 482 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:21,200 They were desperate for money at this point. 483 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:24,370 So, they're running like, a low-level criminal operation 484 00:33:24,403 --> 00:33:25,404 out of their home. 485 00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:28,073 [David] The whole time they were living in the house, 486 00:33:28,073 --> 00:33:30,209 Joey and Jeffrey had been counterfeiting money. 487 00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:35,347 [David] They had an operation upstairs 488 00:33:35,381 --> 00:33:37,249 where they were taking dollar bills, 489 00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:39,551 they were bleaching them in chemicals, 490 00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:43,288 and then re-stamping them as 50 and 100 dollar bills. 491 00:33:44,256 --> 00:33:47,192 So, when the guys were arrested for the murder of Jamie Carroll, 492 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:52,264 they were out on bond from this big case in Chicago. 493 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:56,235 [Narrator] But designer drugs and counterfeit money 494 00:33:56,268 --> 00:33:58,303 aren't the only items of interest 495 00:33:58,337 --> 00:34:01,106 on the Chicago PD inventory report. 496 00:34:02,107 --> 00:34:04,510 [Collin] We find out that they were arrested with guns. 497 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:09,415 One was the same caliber of gun that was used to kill Jamie. 498 00:34:10,516 --> 00:34:15,054 So, we drove up to Chicago and picked up the weapon. 499 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:18,490 Ballistics testing, forensics testing 500 00:34:18,524 --> 00:34:19,625 was done on that gun, 501 00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:25,230 and it was proven to be the gun that killed Jamie Carroll. 502 00:34:26,131 --> 00:34:28,067 The gun that, that was recovered in Chicago 503 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,368 belonged to Joey Banis. 504 00:34:30,703 --> 00:34:33,105 But we realized, "Okay, they're both gonna continue to tell 505 00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:35,174 the same story and point the finger at the other person." 506 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:38,744 It didn't really matter to us as investigators 507 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:43,115 that you stabbed him, he shot him, or vice versa on that. 508 00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:47,386 They both conspired together to commit this murder. 509 00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:52,491 They ended up charging both Jeffrey Mundt and Joey Banis 510 00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:54,226 with the murder of Jamie Carroll. 511 00:34:55,194 --> 00:34:57,763 [Jason] While police don't know exactly which person 512 00:34:57,796 --> 00:35:00,265 killed Jamie Carroll, they were both there. 513 00:35:00,299 --> 00:35:04,036 And they can both be sentenced to death for this. 514 00:35:04,503 --> 00:35:07,106 [Darren] They both admitted that this happened. 515 00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:09,141 They both admitted to being involved. 516 00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:10,676 So, what did they do? 517 00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:12,678 They did what they do in most cases like this, 518 00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:14,613 which is put 'em both on trial. 519 00:35:15,180 --> 00:35:16,715 Let the jury make that decision. 520 00:35:16,749 --> 00:35:20,552 [music] 521 00:35:29,161 --> 00:35:32,698 the murder of Jamie Carroll becomes a media sensation 522 00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,333 after Jeffrey Mundt 523 00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:37,369 and Joey Banis are arrested for the crime. 524 00:35:37,403 --> 00:35:39,071 [Reporter] A night of drugs and sex 525 00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:40,706 inside this old Louisville home 526 00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:43,709 is what everyone agrees led to Jamie Carroll's death. 527 00:35:43,742 --> 00:35:45,477 But, "Who is responsible?" 528 00:35:45,511 --> 00:35:47,513 Is the question jurors have to answer. 529 00:35:48,147 --> 00:35:51,183 [Angelique] The neighborhood was just on pins and needles. 530 00:35:52,151 --> 00:35:55,320 People were freaking out this happened so nearby. 531 00:35:59,358 --> 00:36:01,427 [David] It was almost three years later 532 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:03,228 before the trials took place. 533 00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:07,800 I think the prosecution realized they really needed the testimony 534 00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:11,437 of the guys against each other to get a conviction. 535 00:36:11,470 --> 00:36:14,773 because other than that, there wasn't a lot of evidence, 536 00:36:14,807 --> 00:36:17,743 other than a lot of circumstantial evidence. 537 00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:21,347 So, in the end, they decided to try them separately, 538 00:36:22,114 --> 00:36:25,317 in exchange for the death penalty being dropped. 539 00:36:25,351 --> 00:36:28,153 And that way, each one would testify against the other. 540 00:36:28,821 --> 00:36:33,225 The prosecution decided to try Joey Banis first. 541 00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,527 [Narrator] In their opening arguments on 542 00:36:35,561 --> 00:36:38,430 February 26, 2013, 543 00:36:38,464 --> 00:36:42,735 prosecutors contend that both Joey Banis and Jeffrey Mundt 544 00:36:42,768 --> 00:36:45,471 are culpable for Jamie Carroll's death. 545 00:37:11,463 --> 00:37:14,600 Prosecutors painted these two guys as a, as a, quote, 546 00:37:14,633 --> 00:37:19,338 "twisted" couple who murdered this guy for money 547 00:37:19,371 --> 00:37:21,407 and bludgeoned his body. 548 00:37:22,875 --> 00:37:26,679 Put him in a container, buried him in the basement. 549 00:37:27,780 --> 00:37:31,550 [Collin] Their relationship was just such a ball of dysfunction. 550 00:37:32,217 --> 00:37:34,753 You have two evil people here 551 00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:39,425 that just meshed well and become one evil person. 552 00:37:40,159 --> 00:37:42,261 [Narrator] When Jeffrey Mundt takes the stand, 553 00:37:42,294 --> 00:37:46,265 he denies ever being jealous of Joey's relationship with Jamie 554 00:37:46,298 --> 00:37:50,369 and paints Joey as an abusive and manipulative boyfriend. 555 00:38:06,919 --> 00:38:08,787 [Narrator] When it's their turn, 556 00:38:08,821 --> 00:38:12,257 Joey's defense attorneys argue that Jeffrey's proclivities 557 00:38:12,291 --> 00:38:14,793 for BDSM support their theory 558 00:38:14,827 --> 00:38:17,830 that Jeffrey was the crime's true mastermind. 559 00:38:18,864 --> 00:38:22,601 During all the search warrants, Detective Lesher was examining 560 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:25,270 one of the computers and goin' through... 561 00:38:25,304 --> 00:38:27,239 Found some personal videos, 562 00:38:27,272 --> 00:38:32,244 and there was a sex video between Jeffrey Mundt 563 00:38:32,277 --> 00:38:34,213 and Joseph Banis. 564 00:38:34,246 --> 00:38:37,483 In that video, Jeffrey Mundt is 565 00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:41,286 the dominant person in the relationship. 566 00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:47,326 [Darren] Jeffrey was into some seriously different... 567 00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:48,861 Sexual activity, 568 00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:52,398 which involved pain and the infliction of pain. 569 00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:55,734 [Jason] While it was compelling evidence, 570 00:38:55,768 --> 00:38:58,804 just because you are into BDSM 571 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:01,807 does not mean you're a murderer. 572 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,010 This was consensual sex between these two people. 573 00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:09,682 The jury verdict came back and Joey was found guilty of murder. 574 00:39:10,916 --> 00:39:12,651 [Jason] They gave him 20 to life, 575 00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:17,022 which means he would serve at least 20 years and possibly 576 00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:18,724 spend the rest of his life in prison. 577 00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:24,530 [Narrator] Nine weeks later, on May 12, 2013, 578 00:39:24,563 --> 00:39:26,765 Jeffrey Mundt's trial begins. 579 00:39:49,922 --> 00:39:51,557 [Narrator] But Jeffrey's attorneys 580 00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:54,560 counter with a new piece of home video evidence 581 00:39:54,593 --> 00:39:57,629 that surprises everyone in the courtroom. 582 00:40:15,948 --> 00:40:19,718 Attorneys recovered a video from Banis's computer, 583 00:40:19,752 --> 00:40:22,054 and it was labeled as "the suicide tape." 584 00:40:34,433 --> 00:40:39,371 In that video was a confession from Joey regarding 585 00:40:39,405 --> 00:40:40,839 the murder of Jamie Carroll. 586 00:40:41,874 --> 00:40:43,409 [Darren] It was powerful. 587 00:40:43,442 --> 00:40:46,412 I mean, it's powerful enough to have been placed in 588 00:40:46,445 --> 00:40:48,781 the opening argument by the defense counsel. 589 00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:53,952 That video that was there was 100%, in my opinion, 590 00:40:53,986 --> 00:40:55,521 staged and fake. 591 00:40:56,121 --> 00:40:58,657 I believe the video was orchestrated. 592 00:40:58,691 --> 00:41:01,727 That was something that was produced 593 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,763 at the direction of Mr. Mundt. 594 00:41:06,065 --> 00:41:09,535 [Justin] Myself, my co-counsel, and of course, Joey... 595 00:41:10,803 --> 00:41:15,708 We know that that confession was made under duress. 596 00:41:15,741 --> 00:41:17,843 It was made under threat of death. 597 00:41:19,645 --> 00:41:21,780 [Narrator] When Joey Banis takes the stand, 598 00:41:21,814 --> 00:41:23,816 he maintains that his ex-boyfriend 599 00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:27,119 had killed Jamie Carroll in a jealous rage. 600 00:42:03,088 --> 00:42:05,124 [Narrator] It's compelling testimony, 601 00:42:05,157 --> 00:42:07,893 but will it be enough to sway the jury? 602 00:42:10,062 --> 00:42:14,667 On May 29, 2013, the verdict is returned. 603 00:42:25,544 --> 00:42:28,480 [David] He was convicted of the two minor counts: 604 00:42:28,514 --> 00:42:30,683 tampering with evidence and robbery. 605 00:42:31,083 --> 00:42:32,518 When sentencing came, 606 00:42:32,551 --> 00:42:34,687 he only got eight years for his part. 607 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,723 And that shocked a lot of people, 608 00:42:37,756 --> 00:42:40,092 because they thought he was more guilty. 609 00:42:41,493 --> 00:42:44,897 The 911 call I think helped to sway the jury as well, 610 00:42:44,930 --> 00:42:47,499 because he sounds scared to death on it. 611 00:42:51,537 --> 00:42:55,207 Today, even still, I'm not 100% certain 612 00:42:55,941 --> 00:42:58,811 if one killed Jamie Carroll and the other helped, 613 00:42:58,844 --> 00:43:01,780 or if they both did it together as the prosecution argued. 614 00:43:02,581 --> 00:43:03,649 [Barry] There's only three people 615 00:43:03,682 --> 00:43:07,786 who truly know what happened in that room that night, 616 00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:11,090 and only two of them came out alive. 617 00:43:11,957 --> 00:43:14,693 [David] Jamie Carroll, he was the innocent victim 618 00:43:14,727 --> 00:43:15,828 in this case. 619 00:43:15,861 --> 00:43:17,262 He was so young, 620 00:43:17,296 --> 00:43:20,666 and he did plan on kind of turning his life around. 621 00:43:21,533 --> 00:43:23,168 It's a shame he never got that chance. 622 00:43:23,202 --> 00:43:29,141 [music] 623 00:43:30,609 --> 00:43:36,615 [music]