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[Narrator] Tragedy strikes
a peaceful Florida community
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when a young father is
gunned down in his home.
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It appeared to be some type
of gunshot wound to the head.
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[JD] We have to believe that
it's somehow related to
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sex or intimacy, because
we have an unused condom
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laying on the floor.
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[Narrator] In search of justice,
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investigators must
open a Pandora's box
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into the victim's love life.
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[Narrator] As the blame
shifts between suspects,
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authorities will uncover
a disturbing conspiracy
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of revenge,
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fueled by a deadly romance.
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[Georgia] She
identified the target.
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She was the one
that had the motive.
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It was a combination of wanting
revenge and financial gain.
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It was destined that somebody
was gonna die that day.
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[theme music]
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[muffled scream, gasp]
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[Narrator] In the heart
of Florida's Big Bend
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lies the state capital
of Tallahassee.
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[Georgia] We do have
the capital here.
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We also have several
universities here.
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So it's kind of got
a small town feel,
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but there's also
quite a lot going on.
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[Narrator] On July 12, 2005,
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one family has grown
increasingly alarmed
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about the whereabouts of
24-year-old Mylon Lowe.
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[JD] They had
spent all afternoon
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trying to make calls
to get a hold of Mylon.
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Hadn't had any contact with him.
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They grew more
and more concerned.
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Mylon's mother called me,
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and had been calling
Mylon that morning.
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And she told me,
she said, "Robert,
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I am going to go to
Mylon's apartment."
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She took one of Mylon's
good friends with her, Tim.
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[JD] They tried to make entry.
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Ultimately, didn't
have any contact.
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[Robert] She called
me when she got there.
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She said, "Robert, I
have called the landlord,
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and he said he has another key,
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but I'm tired of
waiting on him."
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They finally tried
to find their way in,
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and ultimately were able to
jimmy the door and go inside.
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I heard her scream...
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and drop the phone.
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I knew something was
wrong with my baby.
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I knew something was
wrong with my baby boy.
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Tim picked the phone up
and he said,
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"Mr. Robert, we found Mylon.
He's not breathing."
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Mr. Lowe had very
obvious head trauma.
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His head was in a pool of blood.
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[Narrator] Mylon's friend
immediately calls 911.
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[JD] They dispatch
patrol officers,
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and once patrol
officers got there,
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they could see, you know,
Mylon laying on the floor,
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kind of in a
semi-fetal position.
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It was obvious that he had
some trauma about his head.
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And clearly he had deceased.
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I was on call for
the homicide unit,
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and I responded to the scene.
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When law enforcement arrived,
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there was something a little
unusual going on at the scene.
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His mother was present,
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and she was rummaging
through the apartment,
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looking for items.
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That's not something you
would normally expect to see.
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That immediately caused
some concern for us.
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[Narrator] An officer
escorts Mylon's mother
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out of the apartment
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as detectives begin
processing the scene.
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[JD] We walked in the apartment.
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Um, I noted that most
of the lights were off.
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Made our way through
the apartment
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and ultimately to
Mylon's bedroom.
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He wasn't wearing any clothing
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except for a pair
of boxer shorts.
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There were two gunshot wounds
that the victim had sustained,
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one to his right cheek and
one to the top of his head.
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The second wound is
the most telling one
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regarding the motive
for this crime,
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which was to kill,
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because it was an
execution-style contact wound
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to the top of the head.
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[JD] You start asking yourself,
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"Why would this
person be," ya know,
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"lying in his bedroom
floor, in his boxer briefs,
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with a gunshot
wound to his head?"
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[Bobby] That was probably
the worst day of my life.
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My father called me.
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And my dad was just like,
"He's gone, he's gone."
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I'm like, "Who?"
And Pop calmed down, you know.
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And I'm like,
"Who? What you talkin' about?"
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And he's like,
"Mylon, he's dead."
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I don't know anybody that
didn't like my brother.
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And I just started screaming
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like I've never screamed
before in my life.
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Just screamed no.
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I started beating on my
steering wheel in my car.
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All I could do was
scream and cry.
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[Narrator] Growing up with
six brothers and sisters,
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Mylon Lowe had
always been the glue
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that held his family together.
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[Robert] We're a
close-knit family,
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and Mylon was very
family oriented.
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He was very protective
about family.
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[Bobby] Everybody
was close to Mylon.
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He was like the
centerpiece of the family.
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He made everybody laugh.
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He was loving, kind,
and fun to be around.
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He always had the biggest
smile on his face.
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[Narrator] After high school,
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Mylon moved to Union Springs,
Alabama with his father.
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[Robert] Everywhere
I went, Mylon came.
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He came to Alabama and
stayed with me for a while.
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[Bobby] He just seemed like he
was just kind of living life,
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like just, you know,
trying to figure out
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which direction he wanted to go.
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[Narrator] Mylon also enjoyed
an active dating life.
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[Robert] Mylon had a lot
of flair about himself.
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And he was very, very likeable.
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[LaTorsha] He was very charming.
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He was popular
amongst the ladies.
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He didn't seem to have
any problems in those areas.
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Mylon had a girlfriend up there.
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He actually brought her
down to see me one time
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for the weekend and stuff.
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I can tell she was
really into my brother.
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I could tell they had
something special.
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[Narrator] Unfortunately,
the relationship didn't last...
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[Robert] We moved
back to Florida.
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You know, when we finally
moved back to Tallahassee,
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he went to work.
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[LaTorsha] He kind of
got it together like,
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"Okay, it's time to get my own
place and be independent here."
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[Robert] He was doing
landscaping for the state.
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They were working in
front of the capital.
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He always had good things
to say about that job.
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I think Mylon liked
that job very well.
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[Narrator] At 23,
Mylon's life was moving
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in a positive direction.
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In early 2004, he began dating
18-year-old LaToya Henderson,
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an old friend from
the neighborhood.
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He was very into LaToya.
He liked her a lot.
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[Robert] LaToya was like Mylon.
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They made you laugh, you know,
and they had fun together.
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And they looked like
a good couple together.
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Mylon seemed to have
been really fond of her.
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When Mylon met LaToya,
she was pregnant.
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[Bridgette] When my daughter
LaToya got pregnant,
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the guy that she
was pregnant with
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really wasn't in the picture.
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So, Mylon was there during
the whole pregnancy.
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He jumped right into playing
that role as being a dad,
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and he was part of the family.
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[Bobby] He took a very deep
liking to this little girl,
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her daughter of hers.
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They were making
a little family,
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from what I could see.
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I was super proud
of him, you know.
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What he was doing in my eyes was
what a man's supposed to do.
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[Narrator] Then, Mylon
received unexpected news
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when he heard from his
ex-girlfriend in Alabama.
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[Bobby] Mylon, he heard
a kid in the background,
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like a small kid and
asked, "Who was that?"
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And she said, "It's your son."
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Oh man, he was excited.
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I could see the joy
in his face, you know,
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I could hear it in his voice.
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[Robert] We went to
see his son that May.
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You shoulda saw the smile
on that guy's face, man.
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Mylon was just...he
was in hog heaven, man.
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[Bobby] He was very happy.
He was very excited.
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He was proud, you
know what I'm saying?
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I wouldn't have been surprised
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if Mylon would've moved to
Alabama to be with his child.
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Uh, 'cause I see
that as something
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that my brother would've done.
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Unfortunately, he didn't
get to make that decision.
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[Narrator] Only
two months later,
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in Tallahassee, Florida,
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Mylon's journey to fatherhood
would be cut short...
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[LaTorsha] He was
such a good person.
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I didn't understand why anyone
would want to harm him.
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[JD] We began to
process the scene.
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The room looked disheveled.
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It looked like it had
been gone through.
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Some dresser drawers
were still left open.
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There's several items
scattered about the bedroom,
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you know, shoe boxes,
what, what have you.
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[JD] We also discovered that
there was a torn condom wrapper
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but also an unused
condom close to his body.
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That immediately caused
some concern for us
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as to what had transpired
right before he died.
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[Georgia] The
evidence on the scene,
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particularly the condom,
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certainly suggests that
Mr. Lowe was interrupted
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in the midst of some
type of sexual encounter
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when he was killed.
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[Narrator] Coming up...
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an unexpected
witness comes forward
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with surprising information.
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[JD] The cabbie watches
her walk up the stairs
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and is met by the door opening.
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It's very important to
identify who this female was.
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[Narrator] In
Tallahassee, Florida,
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authorities are investigating
the shooting death of Mylon Low
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after his mother and friend
found him dead in his apartment
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on July 12, 2005.
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[JD] When police
arrived on scene,
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Mylon's mother,
she was observed
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kind of looking
underneath the bed
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near where her son was lying.
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And she had
retrieved a shoe box,
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and ultimately put that
shoe box in a vehicle outside
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when she left the apartment.
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The main concern is, "Why
is she taking these items?"
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[Narrator] Investigators
approach Mylon's mother
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and press her about her actions
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She was attempting
to remove any items
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that might have reflected
negatively on her son.
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[JD] She opened up her trunk.
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She showed Investigator
Maltese a shoe box.
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I believe it contained
a small amount of cash
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and a small amount of drugs.
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[Bobby] That definitely wasn't
the wisest thing to do,
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but she's a mother,
and in her mind,
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she wanted to protect her cub.
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[Georgia] Mylon Lowe's
mother was also aware
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that he had a
.40 caliber firearm,
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and she was looking
for that gun.
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[JD] He had purchased
the gun legally.
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But she couldn't find
the gun that Mylon owned.
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They couldn't find
Mylon's cell phone.
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They couldn't find his wallet,
um, tennis shoes, I think.
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And some jewelry that
they couldn't account for
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that he usually wears, it
wasn't visible on his body.
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So there was a possibility
it could've been
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a home invasion robbery.
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We couldn't rule anything out.
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[Narrator] To help piece
together a timeline,
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investigators ask Mylon's
mother when she last saw him.
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Mylon Lowe's mother indicated
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that she had seen her
son the day before.
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Between 5:30 p.m.
and 11:00 p.m.
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he had been over at her
place working on a truck
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with his friend, Tim.
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They couldn't get
the truck fixed,
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so Tim, uh, transported
him back to his house.
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[Narrator] When detectives
speak with Tim Powell,
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he confirms he had last seen
Mylon the night before.
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He was able to verify
that he in fact
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had taken the victim
home to his apartment.
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[Narrator] Tim says he
called Mylon an hour later--
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but Mylon wasn't alone.
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Tim states he heard a
female in the background.
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A woman that was
unknown to Mr. Powell.
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We have to believe that this
event is somehow related to
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an unused condom
laying on the floor.
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[Tom] Based on that information,
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it was important to establish
who this female was.
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Is she gonna be a suspect?
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Is she gonna be a witness to
what happened afterwards?
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[Narrator] Searching
for answers,
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detectives press Tim about
Mylon's dating history.
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Tim reveals that Mylon had
recently broken up with
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his ex-girlfriend, LaToya.
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[Bobby] He didn't want
to mess with her no more.
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He wanted to go
forward with his life.
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But it didn't seem like
she wanted to let him go.
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[Robert] She was
in love with him.
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She couldn't take it
when he let her go.
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[Bridgette] I just felt like
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they were going through a
bad time, it'll blow over.
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But I knew how she get
when she get upset.
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[JD] So, we do want to find out,
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was there anything else
going on after they broke up?
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Could she have
something to do with it?
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[Narrator] Investigators wrap
up their conversation with Tim
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and turn their attention
to the small crowd
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that has gathered at the scene.
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So, although the ex-girlfriend
wasn't on scene at the time,
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the ex-girlfriend's
mother was on scene
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with the ex-girlfriend's
sister, U'Dreka.
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[Bridgette] I was in a
world of shock myself.
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Like, how in the
world could this be?
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I had seen him maybe
5 days, 4 to 5 days.
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It was just a lot of crying,
a lot of emotions that went on.
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[Narrator] Bridgette and U'Dreka
don't know where LaToya is,
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but they offer to
help investigators
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any way they can.
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[JD] They agreed to
come up to the station
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just to provide a statement,
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any information they
might be able to give us.
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[Tom] I wanted to
talk to U'Dreka.
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We figured with LaToya being
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in a tumultuous relationship
with the victim,
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she might be able to give us
information on her sister.
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U'Dreka was very
agreeable to talk.
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U'Dreka seemed very upset
with what had happened.
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She was concerned
about her sister,
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how she would react
to this incident.
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[Tom] There were some
misunderstandings about
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who was with who
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and innuendos that LaToya
was with another guy
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and Mylon didn't want
nothing to do with that.
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But LaToya kept
coming back saying
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that he misunderstood what
was going on with her.
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[Narrator] According to U'Dreka,
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an incident between Mylon
and LaToya a few weeks prior
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got particularly heated.
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They had gotten
into an argument.
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[Bridgette] He didn't wanna
have a conversation with her.
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And back then during that time,
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when she's mad,
she's really mad.
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When considering who
might have a reason
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to want Mylon Lowe dead,
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LaToya Henderson was certainly
gonna make that list.
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[JD] As soon as that interview
with U'Dreka was over,
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we thought we were going
down the right path.
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[Narrator] Less than 24 hours
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into Mylon Lowe's
murder investigation,
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authorities in
Tallahassee, Florida
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have a promising lead.
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According to 17-year-old
U'Dreka Andrews,
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Mylon had recently broken up
with her sister, LaToya.
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She potentially had a motive
to want to bring harm to him
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based on their bad breakup.
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We were able to contact
her and have her, uh,
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come up to the station
for an interview.
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I was broken, because...
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the man I love is dead.
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It's like, this can't be
real, this can't be real.
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They asked me about our
relationship, how it was.
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She was honest with, you know,
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the relationship she had had
with Mylon, how it ended,
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including the fact
that, you know,
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she slashed four
tires on his vehicle.
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[Narrator] When asked if Mylon
had problems with anyone,
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LaToya doesn't believe
that he had any enemies.
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Nobody want to hurt that boy.
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That boy kept a smile on
his face every day all day.
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When we asked,
"When's the last time
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you had contact with Mylon?"
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And then she would say, "Well,
I talked to him last night."
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[LaToya] He was like,
"I'm finna go ahead
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and lay down and go to sleep.
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I gotta go to work
in the morning."
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He was like, "I'll call
you on my lunch break."
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Even though we was
beefing with each other,
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he still would call
me on his lunch break.
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He never made it to call me
on his lunch break.
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We didn't ask her any direct
questions, if she was involved.
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But she provided us
with alibi information.
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She indicates that
she was out with friends
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the night that
Mr. Lowe was killed.
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The information she gave was
that she was not near Mylon Lowe
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the night that he died,
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but that she had had contact
with him over the phone,
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both by text and,
and a phone call.
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But that she was with friends
that she provided the names of
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that we could talk to and
corroborate her information.
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We were able to track down
these friends of hers,
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and they were all
able to confirm
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that LaToya wasn't
near the apartment
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during the hours in question.
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[Georgia] So while she
was a person of interest,
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she did seem to be doing
all the right things
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to cooperate with
law enforcement
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and give them the
information they needed
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to exclude her as a suspect.
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I couldn't even
understand, you know.
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I couldn't, I couldn't grasp it.
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There's no possible way
LaToya did this.
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[Narrator] Investigators
focus on LaToya's allegation
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that Mylon was a
small-time drug dealer.
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[Georgia] So if he's
engaged in drug activity,
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is there someone that might
have been trying to rob him,
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or steal drugs from him,
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or have had a, a deal
with him that went bad?
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[Narrator] A background
check doesn't indicate
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Mylon had recently crossed
paths with any criminals.
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[JD] He dabbled in a
little bit of dope.
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But he was not someone
that we had, uh,
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any contact with from
a law enforcement standpoint.
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[Georgia] He seemed
to be small time,
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only really dealing to
friends, people he knew.
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So, that lead just
really didn't pan out.
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[Narrator] Having
hit another dead end,
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investigators are
strapped for leads.
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But on the evening of July 13th
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they receive a game-changing ti
from a surprising source...
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We received a call from
a local taxicab driver.
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He had learned of the
homicide involving Mylon
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the night before.
It was on the news.
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And what he thought was odd was
the location of the homicide.
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And he said, "You know,
I took a fare over there."
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[Georgia] The cabbie
indicated that he in fact
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had driven a man and a
woman to that very residence
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on the night of the murder.
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[Tom] So, based
on the information
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that he was giving us,
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we asked him to come to
the station for an interview.
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[Tom] What stuck out in his mind
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is that they wanted to go to th
location of the homicide scene.
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00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,383
And prior to getting there,
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the female asked what he
assumed was her boyfriend
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to get out a couple
blocks early.
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[JD] And he said,
"Yeah, I'm good.
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We're straight."
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So, close the door.
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He's on his own on this
little side street,
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which is about two tenths of
a mile from where Mylon lives.
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[Tom] So the taxicab driver
proceeds to an apartment
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around the corner.
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When he describes the location,
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I pull up a, a map of
the location on my computer,
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and he was able to identify
the victim's apartment.
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The cabbie watches
her walk up the stairs
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and is met by the door
opening to apartment E.
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Now we're gettin' somewhere.
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It's very important to identify
who D and this female was,
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because there's a good chance
that they were involved in
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00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:02,642
what had happened.
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The information that he gave us
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it was a big lead into
solving this crime.
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The cab company had
records indicating
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that the person that
solicited the cab that night
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did so by phone, and
that person left a name.
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And the name was Drek, D-R-E-K.
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[Tom] When we cross-referenced
the information
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from the taxi company,
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it was determined
that the phone number
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was U'Dreka's phone number.
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00:24:31,204 --> 00:24:34,140
[JD] His ex-girlfriend's sister.
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00:24:34,174 --> 00:24:35,809
Man, it shocked me.
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[Narrator] Coming up...
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a startling claim turns
the case on its head.
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[JD] She gets a little nervous
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as this thing is starting to
progress because he's already
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ripped the condom open.
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[Narrator] Thanks to a tip
from a local cab driver,
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Tallahassee police
have identified
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LaToya Henderson's younger
sister, U'Dreka Andrews,
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as the woman seen entering
Mylon Lowe's apartment
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on the night of his death.
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00:25:19,085 --> 00:25:21,087
I mean, based on that
information, um,
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we felt that U'Dreka
was at the crime scene.
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The taxicab driver said
he knows the male to be,
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quote unquote, "D," based on
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prior interactions
he's had with him.
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So, law enforcement is
interested in learning
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who D is.
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[Tom] When we did the
utilities check on
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the address where we
picked up the couple from,
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the utilities had the primary
owner as a Danny Brown,
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a 21-year-old male that
lived in that apartment.
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So we got a picture of
Danny Brown from CJIS,
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Criminal Justice
Information System.
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The cabbie knows this guy
that was in the car as D.
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We show him a
picture and he said,
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"Yeah, that's, that's him."
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[Narrator] While police begin
looking for the couple,
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investigators reach out
to U'Dreka's parents
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in hopes of learning more
about U'Dreka and Danny.
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They speak first with
U'Dreka's father, Ulysses...
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[JD] U'Dreka's father
worked for the city,
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00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:25,118
and I would consider myself
a friend of U'Dreka's father.
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They hired me at
the police department
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for a maintenance position.
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Once I started working there,
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I used to take U'Dreka
to work with me.
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And JD and Tom, we all
became real good friends.
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They watched Drek grow up.
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She's a caring person.
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00:26:42,335 --> 00:26:45,805
She, uh, help anybody if
it's within her power.
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00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:48,341
She's a comedian like me.
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Just like to make people
smile, make people laugh.
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[Georgia] We were able
to corroborate the fact
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that Danny Brown
and U'Dreka Andrews
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had been involved in a
romantic relationship.
483
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:05,158
U'Dreka was still a juvenile.
She was 17, and he was 21.
484
00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:07,227
They hid it from me
for a long time
485
00:27:07,260 --> 00:27:08,928
'cause, you know, I
didn't play there.
486
00:27:09,029 --> 00:27:10,864
There wasn't no boyfriend.
487
00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:13,466
But they finally came around
and told me they was dating.
488
00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:16,670
And every time I came
around, he was a nice fellow.
489
00:27:16,703 --> 00:27:19,673
He seemed to be okay to me,
490
00:27:19,706 --> 00:27:22,308
even though I didn't
wanna accept it.
491
00:27:22,342 --> 00:27:25,812
As far as I knew, she met
him around Bridgette house.
492
00:27:25,845 --> 00:27:27,047
'Cause a lot of
the kids, I guess,
493
00:27:27,047 --> 00:27:28,348
used to come around there,
494
00:27:28,381 --> 00:27:31,051
and that's how him and
Drek ended up talking.
495
00:27:32,852 --> 00:27:35,855
We find out that U'Dreka
moved in with him
496
00:27:35,889 --> 00:27:37,323
several months prior.
497
00:27:39,893 --> 00:27:42,862
Based on the information
the taxicab driver provided us,
498
00:27:42,896 --> 00:27:44,831
it gave us enough information
for probable cause
499
00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:47,634
for a search warrant
on the residence.
500
00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:49,803
We were looking for
items of evidence
501
00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:51,838
related to the crime.
502
00:27:51,871 --> 00:27:53,473
My hope was that
Danny would be there.
503
00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:55,842
But the apartment was empty.
Nobody was there.
504
00:27:57,077 --> 00:27:58,678
Upon the search
of that residence,
505
00:27:58,712 --> 00:28:00,680
some very important
items were found,
506
00:28:00,714 --> 00:28:03,516
including Mylon
Lowe's cell phone,
507
00:28:03,550 --> 00:28:07,253
which was stuffed in-between
the mattress and box springs,
508
00:28:07,287 --> 00:28:10,423
and also, some property
belonging to the victim,
509
00:28:10,457 --> 00:28:13,426
including some tennis
shoes and some jewelry.
510
00:28:15,762 --> 00:28:17,897
[JD] During the course of that
execution of a search warrant,
511
00:28:17,931 --> 00:28:19,833
a neighbor came over and said,
"Hey, I'll just let you know
512
00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:22,535
I got a call from
D, Danny Brown."
513
00:28:22,569 --> 00:28:25,739
He wanted the neighbor to
go over to the laundry area
514
00:28:25,772 --> 00:28:28,041
of the place where they lived
515
00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:30,610
and retrieve something
out of the rafters.
516
00:28:30,643 --> 00:28:34,180
My guess is he probably started
to come home to the apartment
517
00:28:34,214 --> 00:28:35,715
and realized it's
not a good idea,
518
00:28:35,749 --> 00:28:37,584
because all the
police are there.
519
00:28:37,617 --> 00:28:39,052
I write another search warrant
520
00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:41,621
for that particular
laundry room of the apartment,
521
00:28:41,654 --> 00:28:45,458
and we recover a gun that was
stuffed up into the rafters.
522
00:28:45,492 --> 00:28:47,927
We ran the serial
number, and it turns out
523
00:28:47,961 --> 00:28:51,064
it's Mylon Lowe's gun that
was taken from his apartment.
524
00:28:52,766 --> 00:28:54,167
[Narrator] With an
abundance of evidence
525
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,069
recovered from their home,
526
00:28:56,102 --> 00:28:58,405
Tallahassee police
ramp up their efforts
527
00:28:58,438 --> 00:29:04,144
to locate the missing couple,
U'Dreka Andrews and Danny Brown
528
00:29:04,177 --> 00:29:10,016
That same day, investigators
receive unexpected news.
529
00:29:10,016 --> 00:29:13,019
We learn that U'Dreka's
in juvenile detention center
530
00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:16,122
with some type of
disorderly conduct charges.
531
00:29:16,156 --> 00:29:18,058
It was for an unrelated incident
532
00:29:18,091 --> 00:29:22,028
involving an argument
with a neighbor.
533
00:29:22,028 --> 00:29:26,433
I don't know who
called the officers,
534
00:29:26,466 --> 00:29:31,604
but the police came and
pulled U'Dreka out her house.
535
00:29:32,605 --> 00:29:34,908
[Narrator] Investigators
race to the detention center
536
00:29:34,941 --> 00:29:36,242
to question U'Dreka...
537
00:29:36,276 --> 00:29:40,380
and ask her to elaborate on her
relationship with Danny Brown.
538
00:29:50,890 --> 00:29:52,525
[Narrator] When the
conversation shifts
539
00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:54,527
to the night of Mylon's murder,
540
00:29:54,561 --> 00:29:59,232
U'Dreka surprisingly admits
to being at his apartment.
541
00:29:59,265 --> 00:30:02,736
She was kind of matter of fact
about her contact with Mylon.
542
00:30:02,769 --> 00:30:04,004
She wanted to buy
some marijuana.
543
00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:29,963
[Tom] When we confronted her
544
00:30:29,996 --> 00:30:31,498
with all the
evidence against her,
545
00:30:31,531 --> 00:30:34,034
she pretty much had that
droopy shoulder moment
546
00:30:34,067 --> 00:30:37,270
where all the weight of the
previous days was piling up,
547
00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:39,072
and now she could
finally release it.
548
00:30:42,208 --> 00:30:43,677
[Narrator] U'Dreka
tells investigators
549
00:30:43,710 --> 00:30:47,380
that after Mylon broke up
with her sister, LaToya,
550
00:30:47,414 --> 00:30:51,284
U'Dreka began thinking of
ways to get back at him.
551
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:10,070
[JD] She approached
Danny and said,
552
00:31:10,103 --> 00:31:13,340
"Hey, I got an idea how
we can make some money."
553
00:31:13,373 --> 00:31:14,874
[Georgia] The
motive was two-fold.
554
00:31:14,908 --> 00:31:17,243
It was both to rob Mr. Lowe,
555
00:31:17,277 --> 00:31:19,913
because Ms. Andrews was aware
he had property of value
556
00:31:19,946 --> 00:31:21,881
and money inside,
557
00:31:21,915 --> 00:31:26,152
and also, to teach him a lesson
for disrespecting her sister.
558
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,556
Her plan was to come on to him,
559
00:31:29,589 --> 00:31:33,526
saying that she had, uh,
problems with her boyfriend.
560
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,095
That she liked him a lot
561
00:31:35,128 --> 00:31:37,564
and wanted to have sex with him
562
00:31:37,597 --> 00:31:40,900
She indicates that she did this,
and Mr. Lowe readily agreed.
563
00:31:40,934 --> 00:31:42,836
At that point, the
plan was for her
564
00:31:42,869 --> 00:31:44,904
to go into the residence first
565
00:31:44,938 --> 00:31:47,874
to begin to engage
Mr. Lowe in such a way
566
00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:50,276
that he would be
relaxed or off guard,
567
00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:52,712
and at that point, her
boyfriend, Danny Brown,
568
00:31:52,746 --> 00:31:55,248
would burst into the
residence with a firearm,
569
00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:57,417
and that's when the
robbery and/or beating
570
00:31:57,450 --> 00:31:58,852
was to take place.
571
00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:05,291
[Narrator] U'Dreka confirms that
she arrived at Mylon's apartmen
572
00:32:05,325 --> 00:32:09,329
around midnight on July 12th.
573
00:32:09,362 --> 00:32:12,932
U'Dreka and Mylon
got into the bedroom.
574
00:32:12,966 --> 00:32:16,436
She notices that Mylon's handgu
is sitting on the dresser.
575
00:32:26,446 --> 00:32:29,716
She indicates that Mr. Lowe
received a phone call
576
00:32:29,749 --> 00:32:33,520
from Mr. Powell, and that
gave her the sort of break
577
00:32:33,553 --> 00:32:36,322
to be able to send the signal
by phone to Danny Brown
578
00:32:36,356 --> 00:32:38,291
that it was time to enter.
579
00:32:42,896 --> 00:32:44,097
She gets a little
nervous as this thing
580
00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:47,634
is starting to progress
because Mylon's stripped down.
581
00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:51,104
You know, he's already
ripped the condom open.
582
00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:53,106
The next thing she knows,
Danny comes through the room
583
00:32:53,106 --> 00:32:54,374
with his own gun.
584
00:33:06,519 --> 00:33:08,088
Mylon goes to reach
for the drawer
585
00:33:08,121 --> 00:33:10,056
where he had just put his gun.
586
00:33:14,227 --> 00:33:15,662
Danny shoots twice.
587
00:33:26,239 --> 00:33:27,507
U'Dreka Andrews indicates
588
00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:30,110
that murder was never
part of the plan.
589
00:33:41,221 --> 00:33:42,188
They started rummaging
through the bedroom
590
00:33:42,222 --> 00:33:46,226
and the apartment looking
for things to take.
591
00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:49,229
They took a shoe box that
had some tennis shoes in it.
592
00:33:49,262 --> 00:33:51,164
They found his wallet.
593
00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:53,400
He basically killed a
man for fifty dollars.
594
00:33:57,404 --> 00:33:59,239
[Georgia] U'Dreka
Andrews was arrested
595
00:33:59,272 --> 00:34:01,074
for the murder of Mylon Lowe,
596
00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:04,044
but Danny Brown
was still wanted.
597
00:34:04,077 --> 00:34:06,246
His whereabouts were unknown.
598
00:34:06,279 --> 00:34:09,883
I hear it come over the radio
599
00:34:09,916 --> 00:34:14,788
that U'Dreka admitted to
being a part of the murder.
600
00:34:14,821 --> 00:34:17,857
And it's just like,
everything just went black.
601
00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:20,794
Like, "What?
602
00:34:20,827 --> 00:34:22,529
What do you mean?"
603
00:34:22,562 --> 00:34:23,863
[Ulysses] I couldn't
believe that.
604
00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:26,332
That ripped me apart.
605
00:34:28,068 --> 00:34:31,738
Law enforcement was looking for
Danny Brown for several days.
606
00:34:31,771 --> 00:34:34,407
[Bridgette] Nobody knew
where he was, period.
607
00:34:34,441 --> 00:34:36,976
I mean, he was
all over the news.
608
00:34:37,077 --> 00:34:40,547
Everything was all over the TV.
609
00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:43,283
[JD] My concern with Danny
turning himself in was
610
00:34:43,316 --> 00:34:46,920
not how long it would take.
It was just how it would end.
611
00:34:46,953 --> 00:34:49,255
Would he do the right thing
and give up voluntarily?
612
00:34:49,289 --> 00:34:50,957
Would he turn this
into, you know,
613
00:34:50,990 --> 00:34:52,692
more of a violent situation?
614
00:35:03,436 --> 00:35:05,839
[Narrator] Five days into
the murder investigation
615
00:35:05,872 --> 00:35:07,540
of Mylon Lowe,
616
00:35:07,574 --> 00:35:12,345
Tallahassee police have arreste
17-year-old U'Dreka Andrews...
617
00:35:12,379 --> 00:35:16,116
but her boyfriend and the
alleged triggerman, Danny Brown
618
00:35:16,149 --> 00:35:17,751
remains at large.
619
00:35:19,953 --> 00:35:21,955
[JD] On the 17th of July,
620
00:35:22,055 --> 00:35:25,058
our agency forwarded a tip
621
00:35:25,091 --> 00:35:26,726
to the Gadsden County
Sheriff's Office
622
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,397
about possible whereabouts
of Danny Brown.
623
00:35:30,430 --> 00:35:33,233
[Bridgette] I'm the one
that call the hotline
624
00:35:33,266 --> 00:35:38,705
to tell them where
he was at that time.
625
00:35:38,738 --> 00:35:42,208
He called me that
Sunday morning.
626
00:35:42,242 --> 00:35:45,245
And his exact words was
627
00:35:45,278 --> 00:35:49,616
that he was sorry
about what he had done.
628
00:35:51,284 --> 00:35:53,820
Danny Brown was at a
residence in Gadsden County,
629
00:35:53,853 --> 00:35:57,590
which is the next county
west of where we are.
630
00:35:57,624 --> 00:36:00,660
Once law enforcement arrived at
the residence in Gadsden County,
631
00:36:00,694 --> 00:36:02,829
Danny Brown gave up
without a fight.
632
00:36:04,164 --> 00:36:05,298
[JD] Literally walked
out of the house
633
00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:07,100
and walked to the patrol car
634
00:36:07,133 --> 00:36:09,202
and was taken into custody.
635
00:36:14,307 --> 00:36:15,642
We interview Mr. Brown to get
636
00:36:15,675 --> 00:36:17,811
his side of the
story, basically.
637
00:36:19,245 --> 00:36:21,448
[JD] He kind of did
the whole, you know,
638
00:36:21,481 --> 00:36:23,183
"I wasn't even over there,
639
00:36:23,216 --> 00:36:25,285
I don't have anything
to do with it."
640
00:36:25,318 --> 00:36:28,288
And it lasted for, you know,
maybe a minute or so,
641
00:36:28,321 --> 00:36:29,789
and then he finally
just said it.
642
00:36:36,329 --> 00:36:38,732
[Narrator] As Danny
opens up to detectives,
643
00:36:38,765 --> 00:36:41,134
he outlines several
discrepancies
644
00:36:41,167 --> 00:36:43,103
in U'Dreka's statement.
645
00:36:43,136 --> 00:36:46,106
One of which was he indicates
when he entered the apartment,
646
00:36:46,139 --> 00:36:48,575
he did not have his
gun ready to go,
647
00:36:48,608 --> 00:36:51,678
as indicated by U'Dreka Andrews
That his gun was put away.
648
00:36:57,484 --> 00:36:58,685
Danny tried to make
it seem like there was
649
00:36:58,718 --> 00:37:01,688
a physical confrontation as
soon as he came into the room.
650
00:37:12,098 --> 00:37:13,900
[Frank] Danny told
them that Lowe
651
00:37:13,933 --> 00:37:19,773
was heading towards the location
where his firearm was located,
652
00:37:19,806 --> 00:37:22,676
and that Danny then
pulled his gun out,
653
00:37:22,709 --> 00:37:25,845
and he and Lowe
got into a scuffle.
654
00:37:25,879 --> 00:37:28,481
He felt like he was just merely
trying to defend himself,
655
00:37:28,515 --> 00:37:30,216
and that's why he shot him.
656
00:37:37,257 --> 00:37:39,192
[Georgia] But this story
does not comport with
657
00:37:39,225 --> 00:37:41,628
the scientific evidence
in the case at all.
658
00:37:41,661 --> 00:37:43,797
The evidence to
the contrary indicates
659
00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:47,701
that Mylon Lowe was
murdered execution style
660
00:37:47,734 --> 00:37:50,470
from someone standing over him
while he was on the ground.
661
00:37:51,871 --> 00:37:53,273
[Tom] Towards the
end of the interview,
662
00:37:53,306 --> 00:37:54,908
I asked him if he had
anything else to say,
663
00:37:54,941 --> 00:37:56,543
did he wanna make any statement.
664
00:38:02,749 --> 00:38:05,518
So both parties, Danny Brown
and U'Dreka Andrews,
665
00:38:05,552 --> 00:38:09,222
were charged with
both first-degree murder
666
00:38:09,255 --> 00:38:11,791
and the robbery of Mylon Lowe.
667
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,829
[Robert] I was really shocked.
668
00:38:15,862 --> 00:38:18,131
I had no idea that it was
669
00:38:18,164 --> 00:38:21,901
LaToya's sister
and her boyfriend.
670
00:38:21,935 --> 00:38:24,704
I really had no idea.
671
00:38:24,738 --> 00:38:27,040
But it was a relief to
know that they found out
672
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,542
who had killed my son.
673
00:38:33,713 --> 00:38:36,549
[Narrator] U'Dreka Andrews
and Danny Brown's joint trial
674
00:38:36,583 --> 00:38:40,887
gets underway on
January 8th, 2007.
675
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,124
Despite being a minor during
the commission of the crime,
676
00:38:44,157 --> 00:38:46,559
U'Dreka is tried as an adult.
677
00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:48,595
[Georgia] Because of the
nature of the evidence,
678
00:38:48,628 --> 00:38:51,197
we had to have two separate
juries in the courtroom
679
00:38:51,231 --> 00:38:53,266
present at one time
for each defendant
680
00:38:53,299 --> 00:38:55,835
in order to try them together.
681
00:38:55,869 --> 00:38:58,438
[Frank] The defense that,
that I put forth for Danny
682
00:38:58,471 --> 00:39:01,641
was that he was acting
in self-defense.
683
00:39:01,675 --> 00:39:03,810
His life was in the danger,
684
00:39:03,843 --> 00:39:09,482
and he took responsive
action to defend himself.
685
00:39:11,117 --> 00:39:13,620
U'Dreka Andrew's defense
was that she was very young.
686
00:39:13,653 --> 00:39:17,023
She was duped by
the older Danny Brown
687
00:39:17,023 --> 00:39:19,459
into engaging in what
she thought was gonna be
688
00:39:19,492 --> 00:39:23,296
a relatively minor incident
and which, you know,
689
00:39:23,329 --> 00:39:25,165
spiraled of control.
690
00:39:26,299 --> 00:39:29,469
But the state argued they were
looking for someone to rob,
691
00:39:29,502 --> 00:39:32,472
and he fit the bill because
of the secondary motive,
692
00:39:32,505 --> 00:39:35,475
which was the bad
blood against him
693
00:39:35,508 --> 00:39:38,345
over the way he treated
U'Dreka Andrews' sister.
694
00:39:40,313 --> 00:39:43,316
[Tom] It was a combination
of U'Dreka wanting revenge
695
00:39:43,350 --> 00:39:45,218
for how her sister was treated
696
00:39:45,251 --> 00:39:46,886
and Mr. Brown seeing
an opportunity
697
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,055
to have some kind
of financial gain.
698
00:39:50,056 --> 00:39:52,258
[Narrator] Prosecutors
argue that U'Dreka
699
00:39:52,292 --> 00:39:54,427
recruited the help
of her boyfriend,
700
00:39:54,461 --> 00:39:57,197
promising Danny that
Mylon's apartment
701
00:39:57,230 --> 00:40:00,333
would be flush with
drugs and money.
702
00:40:00,367 --> 00:40:02,502
It was her idea.
She identified the target.
703
00:40:02,535 --> 00:40:05,972
She was the one that had
the motive against Mylon Lowe.
704
00:40:06,006 --> 00:40:08,842
[Frank] Danny was
in the position that
705
00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,811
he would, he would do
whatever U'Dreka asked.
706
00:40:12,979 --> 00:40:14,814
[Narrator] As proof,
Danny's defense
707
00:40:14,848 --> 00:40:17,617
plays his taped
confession for jurors.
708
00:40:25,558 --> 00:40:27,260
[Georgia] I don't think
U'Dreka Andrews thought
709
00:40:27,293 --> 00:40:29,029
this is gonna end in a murder.
710
00:40:29,062 --> 00:40:33,099
But I think in general
if you're gonna bring a gun
711
00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:35,035
to do a violent crime,
712
00:40:35,068 --> 00:40:38,838
one should anticipate that
you'd better be ready to use it
713
00:40:39,839 --> 00:40:42,676
She knew they was gonna rob him.
714
00:40:42,709 --> 00:40:45,512
But Drek also knew, if we go
over here and rob this boy,
715
00:40:45,545 --> 00:40:47,514
we gonna have to kill him.
716
00:40:47,547 --> 00:40:49,916
'Cause we not walking
out alive if we don't.
717
00:40:51,217 --> 00:40:53,420
It's either gonna be him or us.
718
00:40:54,587 --> 00:40:57,891
The law in Florida is if
you go to do an armed robbery,
719
00:40:57,924 --> 00:41:01,161
a murder is a reasonably
foreseeable outcome.
720
00:41:01,194 --> 00:41:03,897
[Frank] I don't know much
that Mylon could have done.
721
00:41:03,930 --> 00:41:08,068
It was pretty much destined that
somebody was gonna die that day.
722
00:41:08,068 --> 00:41:10,070
That was kind of what
the jury determined,
723
00:41:10,103 --> 00:41:13,239
that Danny was armed,
and she knew he was armed.
724
00:41:13,273 --> 00:41:18,411
They was trying to say Drek was
the mastermind of all of this.
725
00:41:18,445 --> 00:41:19,913
It really hurt me 'cause
I couldn't believe
726
00:41:19,946 --> 00:41:23,416
my child did something
as stupid as that,
727
00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:26,519
and I still don't believe
that was the case.
728
00:41:28,621 --> 00:41:30,990
[JD] She was convicted
on all counts,
729
00:41:31,091 --> 00:41:33,093
and the same with Danny.
730
00:41:33,093 --> 00:41:35,695
Judge Decker at that time
only had one sentence
731
00:41:35,729 --> 00:41:39,099
that she could impose, and
that was life without parole,
732
00:41:39,132 --> 00:41:41,735
which she did.
733
00:41:44,104 --> 00:41:46,906
[Narrator] 12 years
later, in 2019,
734
00:41:46,940 --> 00:41:50,777
U'Dreka receives relief
for her prison sentence.
735
00:41:50,810 --> 00:41:54,614
[Georgia] For homicide offenses
committed by juveniles,
736
00:41:54,647 --> 00:41:56,616
the law has changed in
the state of Florida
737
00:41:56,649 --> 00:42:00,253
since U'Dreka Andrews
got her life sentence.
738
00:42:00,286 --> 00:42:04,791
Juvenile offenders are to be
given an opportunity of release,
739
00:42:04,824 --> 00:42:06,726
and ultimately the judge
elected to sentence her
740
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,629
to 45 years in prison.
741
00:42:09,662 --> 00:42:13,066
She could help someone before
they go down that road.
742
00:42:13,066 --> 00:42:14,801
Try to speak with
these young people,
743
00:42:14,834 --> 00:42:17,937
help them to not end up
in the same situation.
744
00:42:17,971 --> 00:42:19,572
And I'm really praying
that's what she do
745
00:42:19,606 --> 00:42:21,808
when she do get out.
746
00:42:21,841 --> 00:42:25,178
[Bridgette] I have a marvelous
child that's coming out.
747
00:42:25,211 --> 00:42:28,515
A child that is gonna
be ready for society,
748
00:42:28,548 --> 00:42:31,718
better than she was
before she went in.
749
00:42:33,586 --> 00:42:35,555
[LaToya] I lost my sister.
750
00:42:35,588 --> 00:42:37,824
I lost my man.
751
00:42:37,857 --> 00:42:40,260
I'm just kinda like broken.
752
00:42:42,095 --> 00:42:43,830
And even though my
sister did what she did,
753
00:42:43,863 --> 00:42:46,633
I do feel like you
deserve another chance.
754
00:42:52,105 --> 00:42:55,809
[Bobby] In 45 years, I won't
be able to hug my brother.
755
00:42:57,110 --> 00:42:58,445
I miss my brother.
756
00:42:58,478 --> 00:43:01,848
I'll never get my
brother back, you know?
757
00:43:01,881 --> 00:43:04,884
* Sunshine turned to rain *
758
00:43:04,918 --> 00:43:07,921
* Can you feel my pain? *
759
00:43:07,954 --> 00:43:10,190
[Bobby] He don't get to
come back after 45 years.
760
00:43:10,890 --> 00:43:13,693
[LaTorsha] Mylon was
twenty-four years old.
761
00:43:13,727 --> 00:43:17,230
He was just figuring out life.
762
00:43:17,263 --> 00:43:19,733
He just found his kid.
763
00:43:19,766 --> 00:43:22,635
You know, his life
was just beginning.
764
00:43:23,737 --> 00:43:25,605
[Robert] They took away
something I just don't...
765
00:43:25,638 --> 00:43:28,108
didn't know how to go
on without, you know.
766
00:43:28,141 --> 00:43:32,245
And uh, I'm still having trouble
going on without him sometimes.
767
00:43:36,082 --> 00:43:44,090
[music]