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>> narrator: He was an everyday
hero working hard to help the
community around him.

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Hero working hard to help the
community around him.
>> he was driven not only to be

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community around him.
>> he was driven not only to be
the best firefighter he could

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>> he was driven not only to be
the best firefighter he could
be.

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The best firefighter he could
be.
He wanted to be the best servant

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be.
He wanted to be the best servant
to his community.

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He wanted to be the best servant
to his community.
>> he had dreams that he wanted

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to his community.
>> he had dreams that he wanted
to raise his family in a better

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>> he had dreams that he wanted
to raise his family in a better
environment than he grew up in.

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To raise his family in a better
environment than he grew up in.
>> narrator: But on the

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environment than he grew up in.
>> narrator: But on the
threshold of achieving all those

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>> narrator: But on the
threshold of achieving all those
goals, he's cut down in a brutal

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threshold of achieving all those
goals, he's cut down in a brutal
act of violence.

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>> it was crazy.
I couldn't believe it.
>> the world lost a good man.

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I couldn't believe it.
>> the world lost a good man.
>> narrator: As the city rallies

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>> the world lost a good man.
>> narrator: As the city rallies
to find who's responsible, one

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>> narrator: As the city rallies
to find who's responsible, one
message rings out loud and

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to find who's responsible, one
message rings out loud and
clear.

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Message rings out loud and
clear.
>> you just don't get away with

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clear.
>> you just don't get away with
killing a firefighter in

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>> you just don't get away with
killing a firefighter in
cleveland.

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Killing a firefighter in
cleveland.
>> narrator: To catch the

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cleveland.
>> narrator: To catch the
killer, detectives will have to

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>> narrator: To catch the
killer, detectives will have to
cut through a web of deception

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killer, detectives will have to
cut through a web of deception
and betrayal.

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Cut through a web of deception
and betrayal.
>> it was cold.

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And betrayal.
>> it was cold.
It was heartless.

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>> it was cold.
It was heartless.
>> it's an american tragedy.

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It was heartless.
>> it's an american tragedy.
>> narrator: And little can

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>> it's an american tragedy.
>> narrator: And little can
prepare anyone in cleveland for

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>> narrator: And little can
prepare anyone in cleveland for
the killer's final act.

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Prepare anyone in cleveland for
the killer's final act.
>> it's still a shock.

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The killer's final act.
>> it's still a shock.
I never saw that coming.

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>> narrator: Sunday, November 3,

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2013.

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It's a quiet autumn evening in

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cleveland, ohio.

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>> it was a Sunday.

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There was peace and quiet out

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there.

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>> it was a typical cleveland

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type of evening.

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>> narrator: But around 8:30

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that evening, emergency

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dispatchers receive a 911 call

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that rips the city's facade of

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tranquility apart at the seams.

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[ telephone rings ]

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the caller is 42-year-old

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uloma walker.

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>> she's frantic.

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She tells dispatchers she's

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found her husband, will, lying

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in the driveway, shot several

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times.

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>> narrator: Moments later,
uloma hears the first sirens
approach.

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Uloma hears the first sirens
approach.
>> what do we got?

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Approach.
>> what do we got?
>> narrator: Once firefighters

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>> what do we got?
>> narrator: Once firefighters
pull up outside the house, their

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>> narrator: Once firefighters
pull up outside the house, their
training and professionalism are

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pull up outside the house, their
training and professionalism are
put to the test.

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Training and professionalism are
put to the test.
>> they see someone sprawled out

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put to the test.
>> they see someone sprawled out
in the driveway, bleeding

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>> they see someone sprawled out
in the driveway, bleeding
heavily.

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>> they realized it's one of

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their own.

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>> uloma's husband, will walker,

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was a lieutenant with the

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cleveland fire department.

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>> narrator: Life in cleveland

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had never easy for will walker.

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>> will grew up in cleveland,

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off of east 40th and woodland.

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It was more or less a
low-income-type place.
>> instead of falling into that

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low-income-type place.
>> instead of falling into that
life and continuing the cycle of

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>> instead of falling into that
life and continuing the cycle of
crime and violence, he wanted to

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life and continuing the cycle of
crime and violence, he wanted to
be better than that.

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Crime and violence, he wanted to
be better than that.
>> narrator: It was that drive

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be better than that.
>> narrator: It was that drive
to make a better life for

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>> narrator: It was that drive
to make a better life for
himself and his family that kept

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to make a better life for
himself and his family that kept
his wife, kendra, in love with

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himself and his family that kept
his wife, kendra, in love with
him after 10 years of marriage.

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>> they met in school and had

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a lot of determination that you

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don't normally see in young

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people.

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>> I'll see you later.

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>> okay.

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>> they had formed a serious

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bond right from the start.

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I mean, they knew this was more

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than teenage love.

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>> narrator: After high school,
the couple got married, and will
went to work straightaway.

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The couple got married, and will
went to work straightaway.
>> will gets a job in the steel

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went to work straightaway.
>> will gets a job in the steel
mills of cleveland.

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>> will gets a job in the steel
mills of cleveland.
>> but that wasn't the life for

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mills of cleveland.
>> but that wasn't the life for
him.

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>> but that wasn't the life for
him.
He didn't really enjoy it.

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Him.
He didn't really enjoy it.
>> narrator: However, the job

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he didn't really enjoy it.
>> narrator: However, the job
did open will's eyes to a new

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>> narrator: However, the job
did open will's eyes to a new
opportunity.

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Did open will's eyes to a new
opportunity.
>> there was a few firemen that

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opportunity.
>> there was a few firemen that
worked down there, more or less

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>> there was a few firemen that
worked down there, more or less
as first aid.

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Worked down there, more or less
as first aid.
And he wound up talking to them.

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As first aid.
And he wound up talking to them.
>> he realized it was his

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and he wound up talking to them.
>> he realized it was his
calling, so he began training to

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>> he realized it was his
calling, so he began training to
be a firefighter.

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Calling, so he began training to
be a firefighter.
>> will was just a determined

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be a firefighter.
>> will was just a determined
guy.

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>> will was just a determined
guy.
You know, he put his mind to

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guy.
You know, he put his mind to
something, and, you know, he

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you know, he put his mind to
something, and, you know, he
worked hard for it.

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Something, and, you know, he
worked hard for it.
>> will's hard work really paid

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worked hard for it.
>> will's hard work really paid
off because he aced his civil

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>> will's hard work really paid
off because he aced his civil
service exam.

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Off because he aced his civil
service exam.
And when he graduated from the

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service exam.
And when he graduated from the
fire academy, he was near the

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and when he graduated from the
fire academy, he was near the
top of his class.

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Fire academy, he was near the
top of his class.
>> narrator: In 1998, will

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top of his class.
>> narrator: In 1998, will
joined the cleveland fire

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>> narrator: In 1998, will
joined the cleveland fire
department and did whatever it

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joined the cleveland fire
department and did whatever it
took to make a name for himself.

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Department and did whatever it
took to make a name for himself.
>> will was a firefighter.

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Took to make a name for himself.
>> will was a firefighter.
He had that commitment to

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>> will was a firefighter.
He had that commitment to
service.

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He had that commitment to
service.
And he had that commitment to

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service.
And he had that commitment to
his career.

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And he had that commitment to
his career.
>> we would go to fires, and

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his career.
>> we would go to fires, and
he -- you know, he would be

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>> we would go to fires, and
he -- you know, he would be
right there behind me, you know,

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he -- you know, he would be
right there behind me, you know,
ready to work and ready to do

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right there behind me, you know,
ready to work and ready to do
anything that we needed.

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Ready to work and ready to do
anything that we needed.
>> narrator: As will's career

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anything that we needed.
>> narrator: As will's career
flourished, so did his family.

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>> narrator: As will's career
flourished, so did his family.
Soon he and kendra were raising

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flourished, so did his family.
Soon he and kendra were raising
two beautiful children --

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soon he and kendra were raising
two beautiful children --
brittany and joshua.

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Two beautiful children --
brittany and joshua.
>> his children obviously were

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brittany and joshua.
>> his children obviously were
probably the most important

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>> his children obviously were
probably the most important
thing to him.

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Probably the most important
thing to him.
>> he became that dad that he

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thing to him.
>> he became that dad that he
always wanted to be.

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>> he became that dad that he
always wanted to be.
>> narrator: Even if having a

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always wanted to be.
>> narrator: Even if having a
growing family to provide for

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>> narrator: Even if having a
growing family to provide for
meant he had to work that much

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growing family to provide for
meant he had to work that much
harder.

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Meant he had to work that much
harder.
>> he went to paramedics school

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harder.
>> he went to paramedics school
so he could be an emt.

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>> he went to paramedics school
so he could be an emt.
>> whatever his job was, he

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so he could be an emt.
>> whatever his job was, he
would do whatever he could, you

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>> whatever his job was, he
would do whatever he could, you
know, to keep learning and to

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would do whatever he could, you
know, to keep learning and to
progress in that job.

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Know, to keep learning and to
progress in that job.
And that's how he was as a

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progress in that job.
And that's how he was as a
person.

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And that's how he was as a
person.
>> you had that feeling from

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person.
>> you had that feeling from
will that he was gonna conquer

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>> you had that feeling from
will that he was gonna conquer
life.

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Will that he was gonna conquer
life.
>> narrator: But life didn't

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life.
>> narrator: But life didn't
come without its fair share of

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>> narrator: But life didn't
come without its fair share of
challenges.

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Come without its fair share of
challenges.
>> the nature of kendra and

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challenges.
>> the nature of kendra and
will's relationship changed.

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>> the nature of kendra and
will's relationship changed.
>> there was, you know, some

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will's relationship changed.
>> there was, you know, some
fighting going on.

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>> there was, you know, some
fighting going on.
I think he had a plan, what he

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fighting going on.
I think he had a plan, what he
wanted to do.

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I think he had a plan, what he
wanted to do.
Now her plans and his plans

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wanted to do.
Now her plans and his plans
didn't mesh together anymore.

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Now her plans and his plans
didn't mesh together anymore.
>> they decided to divorce in

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didn't mesh together anymore.
>> they decided to divorce in
2004, but they remained on

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>> they decided to divorce in
2004, but they remained on
really cooperative terms.

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2004, but they remained on
really cooperative terms.
>> they did everything they

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really cooperative terms.
>> they did everything they
could, you know, to make it work

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>> they did everything they
could, you know, to make it work
for the kids.

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Could, you know, to make it work
for the kids.
>> narrator: After the divorce,

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for the kids.
>> narrator: After the divorce,
will devoted himself to his

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>> narrator: After the divorce,
will devoted himself to his
children, his work, and

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will devoted himself to his
children, his work, and
volunteering in the community.

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Children, his work, and
volunteering in the community.
>> will got very involved with

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volunteering in the community.
>> will got very involved with
the freemasons, doing a lot of

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>> will got very involved with
the freemasons, doing a lot of
community work around town.

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The freemasons, doing a lot of
community work around town.
>> narrator: And it was a chance

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community work around town.
>> narrator: And it was a chance
encounter after one masons

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>> narrator: And it was a chance
encounter after one masons
meeting that brought love back

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encounter after one masons
meeting that brought love back
into will's busy life.

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Meeting that brought love back
into will's busy life.
>> excuse me!

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Into will's busy life.
>> excuse me!
I think you dropped this.

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>> excuse me!
I think you dropped this.
>> thank you!

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I think you dropped this.
>> thank you!
>> narrator: The woman will

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>> thank you!
>> narrator: The woman will
encountered that day was

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>> narrator: The woman will
encountered that day was
37-year-old fellow divorcée

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encountered that day was
37-year-old fellow divorcée
uloma curry.

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37-year-old fellow divorcée
uloma curry.
>> he fell head over heels for

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uloma curry.
>> he fell head over heels for
her, and things just took off

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>> he fell head over heels for
her, and things just took off
from there.

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Her, and things just took off
from there.
>> narrator: As it turned out,

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from there.
>> narrator: As it turned out,
will and uloma had a lot in

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>> narrator: As it turned out,
will and uloma had a lot in
common.

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Will and uloma had a lot in
common.
>> uloma had three kids of her

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common.
>> uloma had three kids of her
own, and she'd just gotten out

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>> uloma had three kids of her
own, and she'd just gotten out
of a long relationship.

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Own, and she'd just gotten out
of a long relationship.
>> narrator: Unlike will,

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of a long relationship.
>> narrator: Unlike will,
however, uloma's first marriage,

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>> narrator: Unlike will,
however, uloma's first marriage,
to a man named matthew burns,

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however, uloma's first marriage,
to a man named matthew burns,
was tumultuous to say the least

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to a man named matthew burns,
was tumultuous to say the least
and hadn't ended on good terms,

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was tumultuous to say the least
and hadn't ended on good terms,
which only deepened her

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and hadn't ended on good terms,
which only deepened her
affection for the kind,

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which only deepened her
affection for the kind,
hardworking will walker.

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Affection for the kind,
hardworking will walker.
>> she would stop up at the

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hardworking will walker.
>> she would stop up at the
firehouse, you know, and she

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>> she would stop up at the
firehouse, you know, and she
seemed like a nice lady.

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Firehouse, you know, and she
seemed like a nice lady.
It seemed like, you know, will

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seemed like a nice lady.
It seemed like, you know, will
liked her a lot.

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It seemed like, you know, will
liked her a lot.
>> I could tell will was, you

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liked her a lot.
>> I could tell will was, you
know -- will was very happy.

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>> I could tell will was, you
know -- will was very happy.
>> narrator: Eventually, uloma

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know -- will was very happy.
>> narrator: Eventually, uloma
moved in with will, along with

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>> narrator: Eventually, uloma
moved in with will, along with
her youngest daughter,

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moved in with will, along with
her youngest daughter,
jacqueline, and jacqueline's

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her youngest daughter,
jacqueline, and jacqueline's
boyfriend, chad.

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Jacqueline, and jacqueline's
boyfriend, chad.
>> meanwhile, will's daughter

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boyfriend, chad.
>> meanwhile, will's daughter
had gone off to college, and his

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>> meanwhile, will's daughter
had gone off to college, and his
son lived with his mother.

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Had gone off to college, and his
son lived with his mother.
But they all got along well with

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son lived with his mother.
But they all got along well with
uloma.

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But they all got along well with
uloma.
>> will remains very friendly

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uloma.
>> will remains very friendly
with kendra, his ex-wife, and

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>> will remains very friendly
with kendra, his ex-wife, and
kendra gets along with uloma.

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With kendra, his ex-wife, and
kendra gets along with uloma.
They have a very decent

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kendra gets along with uloma.
They have a very decent
relationship, and, you know, for

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they have a very decent
relationship, and, you know, for
these kids.

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Relationship, and, you know, for
these kids.
>> narrator: After four years of

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these kids.
>> narrator: After four years of
dating, will and uloma decided

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>> narrator: After four years of
dating, will and uloma decided
to make their blended family

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dating, will and uloma decided
to make their blended family
official.

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To make their blended family
official.
>> 2013 was a really big year

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official.
>> 2013 was a really big year
for uloma and will.

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>> 2013 was a really big year
for uloma and will.
They got married in June of that

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for uloma and will.
They got married in June of that
year and decided to honeymoon in

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they got married in June of that
year and decided to honeymoon in
ireland.

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Year and decided to honeymoon in
ireland.
>> narrator: The wedding wasn't

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ireland.
>> narrator: The wedding wasn't
the only thing they had to

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>> narrator: The wedding wasn't
the only thing they had to
celebrate, though.

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The only thing they had to
celebrate, though.
>> not long after the wedding,

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celebrate, though.
>> not long after the wedding,
will was promoted in the fire

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>> not long after the wedding,
will was promoted in the fire
department to lieutenant.

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Will was promoted in the fire
department to lieutenant.
>> when he was being sworn in,

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department to lieutenant.
>> when he was being sworn in,
I don't know if you could see a

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>> when he was being sworn in,
I don't know if you could see a
prouder man.

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I don't know if you could see a
prouder man.
>> narrator: After becoming a

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prouder man.
>> narrator: After becoming a
lieutenant, will and uloma

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>> narrator: After becoming a
lieutenant, will and uloma
decided to make another, even

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lieutenant, will and uloma
decided to make another, even
bigger change.

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Decided to make another, even
bigger change.
>> after living his whole life

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bigger change.
>> after living his whole life
in cleveland, will and uloma had

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>> after living his whole life
in cleveland, will and uloma had
gotten a house out in the

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in cleveland, will and uloma had
gotten a house out in the
suburbs.

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Gotten a house out in the
suburbs.
>> will constantly talked about

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suburbs.
>> will constantly talked about
how happy he was and he was

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>> will constantly talked about
how happy he was and he was
moving forward and things were

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how happy he was and he was
moving forward and things were
good and him and his girl were

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moving forward and things were
good and him and his girl were
moving up in the world.

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Good and him and his girl were
moving up in the world.
♪

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moving up in the world.
♪
>> narrator: But on the evening

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♪
>> narrator: But on the evening
of November 3, 2013, just days

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>> narrator: But on the evening
of November 3, 2013, just days
before will and uloma were to

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of November 3, 2013, just days
before will and uloma were to
officially move in to their new

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before will and uloma were to
officially move in to their new
home, tragedy strikes.

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Officially move in to their new
home, tragedy strikes.
>> around 8:30 that night, uloma

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home, tragedy strikes.
>> around 8:30 that night, uloma
called the police to inform them

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>> around 8:30 that night, uloma
called the police to inform them
that will had been shot.

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>> when first responders get
there, they find will sprawled
out in the driveway, bleeding

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there, they find will sprawled
out in the driveway, bleeding
heavily from what appears to be

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out in the driveway, bleeding
heavily from what appears to be
several gunshot wounds.

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>> some of the first-responding

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firemen knew who he was and

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worked with him before.

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>> those guys were encouraging
will to hold on, to hold on.
"you're gonna get through this,

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will to hold on, to hold on.
"you're gonna get through this,
will.

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"you're gonna get through this,
will.
You can fight this."

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will.
You can fight this."
>> I didn't understand it.

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You can fight this."
>> I didn't understand it.
>> who would want to kill this

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>> I didn't understand it.
>> who would want to kill this
firefighter?

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>> who would want to kill this
firefighter?
>> there was a couple firemen

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firefighter?
>> there was a couple firemen
riding with him in the back of

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>> there was a couple firemen
riding with him in the back of
the ems unit, and they were

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riding with him in the back of
the ems unit, and they were
asking will, "who shot you?

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The ems unit, and they were
asking will, "who shot you?
Who shot you?"

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asking will, "who shot you?
Who shot you?"
>> did you see who? Who was it?

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Who shot you?"
>> did you see who? Who was it?
>> [ speaking indistinctly ]

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>> did you see who? Who was it?
>> [ speaking indistinctly ]
♪

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>> in the fire department, we're

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very good at not showing emotion

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because we see a lot of death

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and we see a lot of just stuff

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that people don't want to see or

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people don't want to believe

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that's out there.

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But the guys at the firehouse --

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it's family, you know?

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You're living with these guys.

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Every third day you're with

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them, 1/3 of your life.

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So to have something happen like

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that, you know, definitely,

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you know, affected me.

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>> narrator: Through years of
hard work and dedication,
45-year-old william walker had

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hard work and dedication,
45-year-old william walker had
climbed out of poverty and was

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45-year-old william walker had
climbed out of poverty and was
ready to take the next big steps

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climbed out of poverty and was
ready to take the next big steps
in his life.

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Ready to take the next big steps
in his life.
>> will got promoted to

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in his life.
>> will got promoted to
lieutenant.

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>> will got promoted to
lieutenant.
He was newly married.

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Lieutenant.
He was newly married.
He was buying a new house.

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He was incredibly excited.

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>> narrator: But as will's wife,

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uloma, makes clear in a

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harrowing call to 911, that

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bright future is suddenly in

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doubt.

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>> she's just saying, "my

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husband's been shot, my

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husband's been shot."

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>> narrator: First responders

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arrive and rush will to the

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hospital.

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>> uloma accompanied the

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ambulance to the hospital with

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her husband.

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>> narrator: Meanwhile,
william's fellow firefighters
ride in the back, desperately

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william's fellow firefighters
ride in the back, desperately
trying to keep him alive and

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ride in the back, desperately
trying to keep him alive and
alert.

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Trying to keep him alive and
alert.
>> will, who shot you?

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Alert.
>> will, who shot you?
>> [ speaking indistinctly ]

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>> will, who shot you?
>> [ speaking indistinctly ]
>> did you see who? Who was it?

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>> [ speaking indistinctly ]
>> did you see who? Who was it?
>> [ speaking indistinctly ]

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>> did you see who? Who was it?
>> [ speaking indistinctly ]
>> they're trying to get more

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>> [ speaking indistinctly ]
>> they're trying to get more
information from will, and all

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>> they're trying to get more
information from will, and all
he keeps saying is that, "I'm

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information from will, and all
he keeps saying is that, "I'm
drowning, I'm drowning."

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he keeps saying is that, "I'm
drowning, I'm drowning."
>> narrator: While emts fight to

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drowning, I'm drowning."
>> narrator: While emts fight to
save will's life, major-crimes

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>> narrator: While emts fight to
save will's life, major-crimes
detectives arrive at the walker

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save will's life, major-crimes
detectives arrive at the walker
residence and begin processing

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detectives arrive at the walker
residence and begin processing
the scene.

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Residence and begin processing
the scene.
>> by the time the homicide unit

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the scene.
>> by the time the homicide unit
gets there, the base patrol guys

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>> by the time the homicide unit
gets there, the base patrol guys
have the area taped off.

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Gets there, the base patrol guys
have the area taped off.
>> we could see from the

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have the area taped off.
>> we could see from the
evidence, from the blood on the

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>> we could see from the
evidence, from the blood on the
sidewalk, that it was apparent

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evidence, from the blood on the
sidewalk, that it was apparent
that he had exited his car, was

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sidewalk, that it was apparent
that he had exited his car, was
on his way to the house.

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>> will's keys were still

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in the side door.

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At the time of the shooting, he
was unlocking the door.
>> it appeared that possibly

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was unlocking the door.
>> it appeared that possibly
somebody was laying in wait for

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>> it appeared that possibly
somebody was laying in wait for
the lieutenant when he came

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somebody was laying in wait for
the lieutenant when he came
home, with the intent on maybe

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the lieutenant when he came
home, with the intent on maybe
robbing him or stealing his car.

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Home, with the intent on maybe
robbing him or stealing his car.
>> narrator: However, a closer

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robbing him or stealing his car.
>> narrator: However, a closer
look reveals that if the ambush

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>> narrator: However, a closer
look reveals that if the ambush
had been a robbery, the

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look reveals that if the ambush
had been a robbery, the
assailants had failed.

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Had been a robbery, the
assailants had failed.
>> he still had his phone with

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assailants had failed.
>> he still had his phone with
him.

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>> he still had his phone with
him.
His wallet was still there.

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Him.
His wallet was still there.
His pockets weren't turned out.

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His wallet was still there.
His pockets weren't turned out.
So it didn't appear that he was

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his pockets weren't turned out.
So it didn't appear that he was
robbed.

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So it didn't appear that he was
robbed.
>> then the question becomes,

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robbed.
>> then the question becomes,
you know, "what is the motive

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>> then the question becomes,
you know, "what is the motive
here?

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And who would have motive to

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kill this firefighter?"

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>> they found four 9-millimeter
shell casings in the driveway.
They were collected to be,

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shell casings in the driveway.
They were collected to be,
you know, possibly matched if

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they were collected to be,
you know, possibly matched if
they ever came up with a gun

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you know, possibly matched if
they ever came up with a gun
later on.

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They ever came up with a gun
later on.
>> narrator: Once they finish

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later on.
>> narrator: Once they finish
processing the crime scene,

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>> narrator: Once they finish
processing the crime scene,
detectives fan out in search of

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processing the crime scene,
detectives fan out in search of
possible witnesses in the

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detectives fan out in search of
possible witnesses in the
neighborhood.

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Possible witnesses in the
neighborhood.
>> it's a lower-middle-class

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neighborhood.
>> it's a lower-middle-class
neighborhood.

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>> it's a lower-middle-class
neighborhood.
>> there's a lot of vacant

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neighborhood.
>> there's a lot of vacant
properties, and it's seen better

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>> there's a lot of vacant
properties, and it's seen better
days.

394
00:11:34,326 --> 00:11:35,593
>> according to neighbors,

395
00:11:35,728 --> 00:11:37,062
apparently that's one of the

396
00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:38,496
reasons will and uloma were

397
00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:40,365
moving out to the suburbs.

398
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:46,121
>> did you see what happened?
>> there was this rumor going
around that will had had a

399
00:11:46,123 --> 00:11:48,289
>> there was this rumor going
around that will had had a
confrontation with a group of

400
00:11:48,291 --> 00:11:50,475
around that will had had a
confrontation with a group of
local punks and it had turned

401
00:11:50,477 --> 00:11:51,242
confrontation with a group of
local punks and it had turned
heated.

402
00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:52,627
Local punks and it had turned
heated.
>> perhaps will ticked off the

403
00:11:52,629 --> 00:11:53,611
heated.
>> perhaps will ticked off the
wrong person in the

404
00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:54,345
>> perhaps will ticked off the
wrong person in the
neighborhood.

405
00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:55,880
Wrong person in the
neighborhood.
>> so, the question became,

406
00:11:55,882 --> 00:11:58,550
neighborhood.
>> so, the question became,
"well, was this some sort of

407
00:11:58,552 --> 00:12:00,051
>> so, the question became,
"well, was this some sort of
gang murder?"

408
00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,936
"well, was this some sort of
gang murder?"
>> narrator: As detectives talk

409
00:12:01,938 --> 00:12:03,938
gang murder?"
>> narrator: As detectives talk
to the neighbors, one name keeps

410
00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:05,590
>> narrator: As detectives talk
to the neighbors, one name keeps
coming up -- jeffrey cook.

411
00:12:05,592 --> 00:12:07,192
To the neighbors, one name keeps
coming up -- jeffrey cook.
>> he has been involved in some

412
00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:08,443
coming up -- jeffrey cook.
>> he has been involved in some
possible crimes and drug

413
00:12:08,445 --> 00:12:09,944
>> he has been involved in some
possible crimes and drug
activity in the neighborhood.

414
00:12:09,946 --> 00:12:11,112
Possible crimes and drug
activity in the neighborhood.
>> narrator: But before

415
00:12:11,114 --> 00:12:12,564
activity in the neighborhood.
>> narrator: But before
detectives can dig deeper into

416
00:12:12,566 --> 00:12:13,398
>> narrator: But before
detectives can dig deeper into
this new lead...

417
00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,466
Detectives can dig deeper into
this new lead...
[ cellphone ringing ]

418
00:12:14,468 --> 00:12:15,834
this new lead...
[ cellphone ringing ]
...They receive some bad new

419
00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:16,801
[ cellphone ringing ]
...They receive some bad new
from the hospital.

420
00:12:16,803 --> 00:12:18,770
...They receive some bad new
from the hospital.
>> cleveland homicide.

421
00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:20,739
>> will died as a result of his

422
00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:21,489
injuries.

423
00:12:21,624 --> 00:12:23,274
[ police radio chatter ]

424
00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:24,409
>> he didn't make it.

425
00:12:24,543 --> 00:12:25,677
>> it was a shock to everybody

426
00:12:25,811 --> 00:12:26,995
that, you know, will worked with

427
00:12:27,129 --> 00:12:28,580
and that knew him.

428
00:12:28,881 --> 00:12:34,018
>> when I got to the hospital,
will was still in the trauma
room, and we went and sat with

429
00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:35,720
will was still in the trauma
room, and we went and sat with
the family when the doctor came

430
00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:37,222
room, and we went and sat with
the family when the doctor came
in to tell us that will had

431
00:12:37,224 --> 00:12:37,756
the family when the doctor came
in to tell us that will had
passed.

432
00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:39,023
In to tell us that will had
passed.
They became very, very

433
00:12:39,025 --> 00:12:39,724
passed.
They became very, very
emotional.

434
00:12:39,726 --> 00:12:41,259
They became very, very
emotional.
>> narrator: Emotions are still

435
00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:42,727
emotional.
>> narrator: Emotions are still
running high when detectives

436
00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:44,345
>> narrator: Emotions are still
running high when detectives
arrive at the hospital to take a

437
00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:45,480
running high when detectives
arrive at the hospital to take a
statement from uloma.

438
00:12:45,482 --> 00:12:46,765
Arrive at the hospital to take a
statement from uloma.
>> it's not a high-pressure

439
00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:47,365
statement from uloma.
>> it's not a high-pressure
interview.

440
00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:48,650
>> it's not a high-pressure
interview.
We realize she just lost her

441
00:12:48,652 --> 00:12:49,150
interview.
We realize she just lost her
husband.

442
00:12:49,152 --> 00:12:50,769
We realize she just lost her
husband.
>> I know it's been a hard

443
00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:52,604
husband.
>> I know it's been a hard
night, but we need your help.

444
00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:54,489
>> I know it's been a hard
night, but we need your help.
Can you tell us what happened?

445
00:12:54,491 --> 00:12:55,940
Night, but we need your help.
Can you tell us what happened?
>> I'll try.

446
00:12:55,942 --> 00:12:57,492
Can you tell us what happened?
>> I'll try.
>> she had told the detectives

447
00:12:57,494 --> 00:12:59,194
>> I'll try.
>> she had told the detectives
that they were in the process of

448
00:12:59,196 --> 00:13:00,779
>> she had told the detectives
that they were in the process of
moving, they were packing their

449
00:13:00,781 --> 00:13:02,363
that they were in the process of
moving, they were packing their
bags and, you know, arranging

450
00:13:02,365 --> 00:13:03,164
moving, they were packing their
bags and, you know, arranging
things to do.

451
00:13:03,166 --> 00:13:04,833
Bags and, you know, arranging
things to do.
>> uloma stated to the police

452
00:13:04,835 --> 00:13:06,534
things to do.
>> uloma stated to the police
that she was too tired to cook

453
00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:08,369
>> uloma stated to the police
that she was too tired to cook
dinner that evening, so she sent

454
00:13:08,371 --> 00:13:09,871
that she was too tired to cook
dinner that evening, so she sent
will out to get some food.

455
00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:11,339
Dinner that evening, so she sent
will out to get some food.
>> I just feel like it's all my

456
00:13:11,341 --> 00:13:11,790
will out to get some food.
>> I just feel like it's all my
fault.

457
00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:13,341
>> I just feel like it's all my
fault.
>> upon his return, she heard

458
00:13:13,343 --> 00:13:15,009
fault.
>> upon his return, she heard
some gunshots from very near the

459
00:13:15,011 --> 00:13:16,511
>> upon his return, she heard
some gunshots from very near the
house, and as she ran out the

460
00:13:16,513 --> 00:13:18,046
some gunshots from very near the
house, and as she ran out the
side door, she discovered her

461
00:13:18,048 --> 00:13:19,597
house, and as she ran out the
side door, she discovered her
husband shot in the driveway.

462
00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:20,882
Side door, she discovered her
husband shot in the driveway.
>> did you see anything,

463
00:13:20,884 --> 00:13:22,300
husband shot in the driveway.
>> did you see anything,
anything in particular that

464
00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:24,853
>> did you see anything,
anything in particular that
could help us find who did this?

465
00:13:24,855 --> 00:13:26,137
Anything in particular that
could help us find who did this?
>> no.

466
00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,689
Could help us find who did this?
>> no.
>> narrator: But while uloma

467
00:13:27,691 --> 00:13:29,390
>> no.
>> narrator: But while uloma
didn't see the shooter, she does

468
00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:30,975
>> narrator: But while uloma
didn't see the shooter, she does
offer some potentially useful

469
00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:32,360
didn't see the shooter, she does
offer some potentially useful
information.

470
00:13:32,362 --> 00:13:34,062
Offer some potentially useful
information.
>> uloma told police that

471
00:13:34,064 --> 00:13:36,147
information.
>> uloma told police that
several weeks leading up to the

472
00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,233
>> uloma told police that
several weeks leading up to the
shooting, will had gotten into a

473
00:13:38,235 --> 00:13:39,534
several weeks leading up to the
shooting, will had gotten into a
number of verbal altercations

474
00:13:39,536 --> 00:13:40,852
shooting, will had gotten into a
number of verbal altercations
with some of the neighborhood

475
00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:41,202
number of verbal altercations
with some of the neighborhood
kids.

476
00:13:41,204 --> 00:13:42,954
With some of the neighborhood
kids.
Some of them were drug dealers,

477
00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:44,155
kids.
Some of them were drug dealers,
troublemakers in the

478
00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:45,206
some of them were drug dealers,
troublemakers in the
neighborhood.

479
00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:46,724
>> uloma's story echoes what

480
00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:48,076
detectives have already heard

481
00:13:48,210 --> 00:13:49,494
from the neighbors.

482
00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:53,214
>> every time he saw them
hanging around, he'd get out of
his car and yell at them to get

483
00:13:53,216 --> 00:13:54,499
hanging around, he'd get out of
his car and yell at them to get
out of there and shoo them away

484
00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:55,667
his car and yell at them to get
out of there and shoo them away
and stuff, and there was some

485
00:13:55,669 --> 00:13:56,768
out of there and shoo them away
and stuff, and there was some
confrontations, some words

486
00:13:56,770 --> 00:13:57,302
and stuff, and there was some
confrontations, some words
exchanged.

487
00:13:57,304 --> 00:13:59,304
Confrontations, some words
exchanged.
>> we were moving.

488
00:13:59,306 --> 00:14:00,672
Exchanged.
>> we were moving.
Why couldn't they just let us

489
00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:01,055
>> we were moving.
Why couldn't they just let us
be?!

490
00:14:01,057 --> 00:14:03,174
Why couldn't they just let us
be?!
>> who? Who in particular?

491
00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:05,510
Be?!
>> who? Who in particular?
>> it had to be that jeffrey --

492
00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:08,513
>> who? Who in particular?
>> it had to be that jeffrey --
jeffrey cook!

493
00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:09,981
>> it had to be that jeffrey --
jeffrey cook!
>> this name keeps coming up.

494
00:14:09,983 --> 00:14:11,482
Jeffrey cook!
>> this name keeps coming up.
Police think they have a solid

495
00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:11,900
>> this name keeps coming up.
Police think they have a solid
lead.

496
00:14:11,902 --> 00:14:13,685
Police think they have a solid
lead.
>> this becomes pretty much

497
00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:17,355
lead.
>> this becomes pretty much
suspect number one.

498
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:19,324
>> this becomes pretty much
suspect number one.
>> narrator: After speaking with

499
00:14:19,326 --> 00:14:21,075
suspect number one.
>> narrator: After speaking with
uloma, detectives head out in

500
00:14:21,077 --> 00:14:22,610
>> narrator: After speaking with
uloma, detectives head out in
search for jeffrey cook.

501
00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:24,112
Uloma, detectives head out in
search for jeffrey cook.
>> as the detectives are

502
00:14:24,114 --> 00:14:25,864
search for jeffrey cook.
>> as the detectives are
canvassing the neighborhood,

503
00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:27,448
>> as the detectives are
canvassing the neighborhood,
they notice this young man

504
00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:30,501
canvassing the neighborhood,
they notice this young man
walking down the sidewalk.

505
00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:32,587
They notice this young man
walking down the sidewalk.
He takes one look at the police,

506
00:14:32,589 --> 00:14:33,838
walking down the sidewalk.
He takes one look at the police,
and he takes off.

507
00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,039
He takes one look at the police,
and he takes off.
>> hey there.

508
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,775
And he takes off.
>> hey there.
Let me ask you a few questions.

509
00:14:37,777 --> 00:14:39,878
>> hey there.
Let me ask you a few questions.
Stop!

510
00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,746
Let me ask you a few questions.
Stop!
Stop! Stop! Stop! Freeze!

511
00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:48,286
>> narr
cleveland fire lieutenant
will walker was gunned down in

512
00:14:48,288 --> 00:14:49,921
cleveland fire lieutenant
will walker was gunned down in
front of his home, detectives

513
00:14:49,923 --> 00:14:51,589
will walker was gunned down in
front of his home, detectives
have their first solid lead in

514
00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,174
front of his home, detectives
have their first solid lead in
the case.

515
00:14:53,475 --> 00:14:54,759
>> will's widow and several

516
00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,261
other neighbors all mentioned

517
00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:57,512
that he had issues with

518
00:14:57,646 --> 00:14:58,930
neighborhood troublemakers,

519
00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:00,265
especially one teenager in

520
00:15:00,432 --> 00:15:02,100
particular -- jeffrey cook.

521
00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:03,601
>> narrator: But it's when

522
00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,270
detectives approach a young man

523
00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:06,771
that matches jeffrey cook's

524
00:15:06,939 --> 00:15:08,323
description that they truly

525
00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,874
believe they're on the right

526
00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:10,408
track.

527
00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:11,376
>> can I ask you a few

528
00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:11,910
questions?

529
00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:12,944
>> they see a young man.

530
00:15:13,112 --> 00:15:14,279
They want to question him, but

531
00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:15,513
instead he takes off, starts

532
00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:17,081
running the opposite direction.

533
00:15:17,366 --> 00:15:21,753
>> stop!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Freeze!

534
00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:23,454
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Freeze!
Keep your hands up. Hands up.

535
00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:24,622
Freeze!
Keep your hands up. Hands up.
>> they're wondering, "is this

536
00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:25,256
keep your hands up. Hands up.
>> they're wondering, "is this
the murderer?"

537
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,158
>> they're wondering, "is this
the murderer?"
>> over here, on the curb.

538
00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,126
The murderer?"
>> over here, on the curb.
Hands up. Hands up.

539
00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:29,761
>> over here, on the curb.
Hands up. Hands up.
Keep them up. Protect me.

540
00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:30,378
Hands up. Hands up.
Keep them up. Protect me.
Get your hands up.

541
00:15:30,380 --> 00:15:31,029
Keep them up. Protect me.
Get your hands up.
Get your hands up.

542
00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:31,663
Get your hands up.
Get your hands up.
Get your hands up.

543
00:15:31,665 --> 00:15:33,798
Get your hands up.
Get your hands up.
Clear.

544
00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,799
Get your hands up.
Clear.
>> jeffrey cook?

545
00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:35,333
Clear.
>> jeffrey cook?
>> no.

546
00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:36,968
>> jeffrey cook?
>> no.
>> narrator: The teen identifies

547
00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:38,937
>> no.
>> narrator: The teen identifies
himself as brandon felder.

548
00:15:38,939 --> 00:15:39,470
>> narrator: The teen identifies
himself as brandon felder.
>> why'd you run?

549
00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:40,305
Himself as brandon felder.
>> why'd you run?
>> I mean, you're the cops,

550
00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:41,239
>> why'd you run?
>> I mean, you're the cops,
right?

551
00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:42,807
>> he just didn't want anything

552
00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:43,474
to do police.

553
00:15:43,642 --> 00:15:44,943
You take one look at police, you

554
00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:45,843
walk the other way.

555
00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:47,178
You don't want to be involved

556
00:15:47,313 --> 00:15:47,946
in any trouble.

557
00:15:48,063 --> 00:15:49,314
>> brandon says he had nothing

558
00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:50,615
to do with the murder, but

559
00:15:50,733 --> 00:15:51,816
thinks he might have seen

560
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:52,984
something suspicious that

561
00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:53,901
evening.

562
00:15:54,203 --> 00:16:00,325
>> he saw two african-american
men dressed all in black
standing by this vacant house

563
00:16:00,327 --> 00:16:02,627
men dressed all in black
standing by this vacant house
near will's property.

564
00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:03,828
Standing by this vacant house
near will's property.
>> can you I.D. Them?

565
00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:04,696
Near will's property.
>> can you I.D. Them?
>> I don't know, man.

566
00:16:04,698 --> 00:16:05,830
>> can you I.D. Them?
>> I don't know, man.
I mean, they were kind of far

567
00:16:05,832 --> 00:16:06,130
>> I don't know, man.
I mean, they were kind of far
off.

568
00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:07,915
I mean, they were kind of far
off.
>> all right, look, go on

569
00:16:07,917 --> 00:16:09,534
off.
>> all right, look, go on
wherever you're going.

570
00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:11,386
>> all right, look, go on
wherever you're going.
>> brandon's tip isn't much, but

571
00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,004
wherever you're going.
>> brandon's tip isn't much, but
at least it's something for

572
00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:14,305
>> brandon's tip isn't much, but
at least it's something for
police to start with.

573
00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:15,974
At least it's something for
police to start with.
>> narrator: The next morning,

574
00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:17,675
police to start with.
>> narrator: The next morning,
as word of will's death spreads

575
00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:19,143
>> narrator: The next morning,
as word of will's death spreads
through the cleveland fire

576
00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:20,428
as word of will's death spreads
through the cleveland fire
department, his fellow

577
00:16:20,430 --> 00:16:21,813
through the cleveland fire
department, his fellow
firefighters struggle to

578
00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:23,514
department, his fellow
firefighters struggle to
process the news.

579
00:16:23,849 --> 00:16:24,816
>> I think we were still in

580
00:16:24,933 --> 00:16:26,067
shock that it actually happened.

581
00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:27,935
We were in shock for, you know,

582
00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:28,686
his kids.

583
00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:29,787
>> all those emotions and all

584
00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:30,989
those thoughts are going through

585
00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:31,489
your head.

586
00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:32,657
You're thinking about, "how did

587
00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:33,224
this happen?"

588
00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:34,359
you're thinking about, "who is

589
00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:35,410
responsible?"

590
00:16:35,694 --> 00:16:39,530
>> narrator: One of will's
fellow firefighters believes he
may know the answer.

591
00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:40,698
Fellow firefighters believes he
may know the answer.
>> excuse me, detectives.

592
00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:41,699
May know the answer.
>> excuse me, detectives.
Do you have a minute?

593
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,001
>> excuse me, detectives.
Do you have a minute?
I, uh -- I worked with

594
00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:43,835
do you have a minute?
I, uh -- I worked with
will walker.

595
00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:45,119
I, uh -- I worked with
will walker.
>> please take a seat.

596
00:16:45,121 --> 00:16:47,205
Will walker.
>> please take a seat.
>> will's co-worker tells police

597
00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:49,207
>> please take a seat.
>> will's co-worker tells police
that will had a lot of problems

598
00:16:49,209 --> 00:16:51,259
>> will's co-worker tells police
that will had a lot of problems
with uloma's daughter jacqueline

599
00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:53,344
that will had a lot of problems
with uloma's daughter jacqueline
and her boyfriend, chad padgett.

600
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:55,346
With uloma's daughter jacqueline
and her boyfriend, chad padgett.
>> he talked to me quite a bit

601
00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:56,214
and her boyfriend, chad padgett.
>> he talked to me quite a bit
about this.

602
00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:58,132
>> he talked to me quite a bit
about this.
>> the boyfriend apparently was

603
00:16:58,134 --> 00:17:00,051
about this.
>> the boyfriend apparently was
smoking some weed in the house.

604
00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:01,969
>> the boyfriend apparently was
smoking some weed in the house.
They had a little bit of a

605
00:17:01,971 --> 00:17:03,888
smoking some weed in the house.
They had a little bit of a
heated exchange about that.

606
00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:05,523
And it left a bad taste in

607
00:17:05,641 --> 00:17:06,557
everybody's mouth.

608
00:17:06,725 --> 00:17:09,761
♪

609
00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:11,396
>> narrator: After speaking to

610
00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:13,064
will's colleague, detective get

611
00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,732
consent from uloma to bring her

612
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:15,967
17-year-old daughter,

613
00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:17,635
jacqueline, in for questioning.

614
00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:19,287
>> she hadn't been at the crime

615
00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:21,039
scene that night, but detectives

616
00:17:21,156 --> 00:17:22,740
wondered -- could she somehow be

617
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:23,624
involved?

618
00:17:23,909 --> 00:17:26,677
>> we have a couple of questions
for you about your stepdad's
murder.

619
00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:27,178
For you about your stepdad's
murder.
>> okay.

620
00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:28,579
Murder.
>> okay.
There's not much I can tell you.

621
00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:30,381
>> okay.
There's not much I can tell you.
>> jacqueline tells police that

622
00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:31,966
there's not much I can tell you.
>> jacqueline tells police that
she and her boyfriend, chad,

623
00:17:31,968 --> 00:17:33,618
>> jacqueline tells police that
she and her boyfriend, chad,
weren't even home that night

624
00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:35,086
she and her boyfriend, chad,
weren't even home that night
when the murder occurred.

625
00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:36,587
Weren't even home that night
when the murder occurred.
They were at a friend's house.

626
00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:37,989
When the murder occurred.
They were at a friend's house.
>> narrator: Furthermore,

627
00:17:37,991 --> 00:17:39,390
they were at a friend's house.
>> narrator: Furthermore,
jacqueline is adamant that

628
00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,008
>> narrator: Furthermore,
jacqueline is adamant that
neither she nor chad would ever

629
00:17:41,010 --> 00:17:42,527
jacqueline is adamant that
neither she nor chad would ever
want to hurt her stepfather.

630
00:17:42,529 --> 00:17:45,179
Neither she nor chad would ever
want to hurt her stepfather.
>> I mean, he was strict, but my

631
00:17:45,181 --> 00:17:47,098
want to hurt her stepfather.
>> I mean, he was strict, but my
mom really loved him.

632
00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,067
>> I mean, he was strict, but my
mom really loved him.
He took good care of her.

633
00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:50,268
Mom really loved him.
He took good care of her.
>> narrator: However,

634
00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:51,769
he took good care of her.
>> narrator: However,
jacqueline does claim to have

635
00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:53,104
>> narrator: However,
jacqueline does claim to have
some potentially useful

636
00:17:53,106 --> 00:17:53,855
jacqueline does claim to have
some potentially useful
information.

637
00:17:53,857 --> 00:17:55,106
Some potentially useful
information.
>> jacqueline told the

638
00:17:55,108 --> 00:17:56,657
information.
>> jacqueline told the
detectives that a week or two

639
00:17:56,659 --> 00:17:58,076
>> jacqueline told the
detectives that a week or two
earlier, lieutenant walker

640
00:17:58,078 --> 00:17:59,610
detectives that a week or two
earlier, lieutenant walker
observed some kids across the

641
00:17:59,612 --> 00:18:01,279
earlier, lieutenant walker
observed some kids across the
street from his house that were

642
00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:02,780
observed some kids across the
street from his house that were
hanging around and causing a

643
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:03,331
street from his house that were
hanging around and causing a
ruckus.

644
00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:04,982
Hanging around and causing a
ruckus.
And he came out on the front

645
00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:06,701
ruckus.
And he came out on the front
porch and kind of ushered them

646
00:18:06,703 --> 00:18:07,118
and he came out on the front
porch and kind of ushered them
off.

647
00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,120
Porch and kind of ushered them
off.
>> will was so frustrated and

648
00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:11,255
off.
>> will was so frustrated and
angry with these troublemakers

649
00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:13,257
>> will was so frustrated and
angry with these troublemakers
that he pulled a gun on them.

650
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:14,792
Angry with these troublemakers
that he pulled a gun on them.
>> do you know who any of them

651
00:18:14,794 --> 00:18:15,259
that he pulled a gun on them.
>> do you know who any of them
were?

652
00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,512
>> do you know who any of them
were?
>> one kid lives up the street,

653
00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:19,030
were?
>> one kid lives up the street,
named jeffrey cook.

654
00:18:19,032 --> 00:18:20,932
>> one kid lives up the street,
named jeffrey cook.
>> everybody keeps mentioning

655
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,433
named jeffrey cook.
>> everybody keeps mentioning
this man jeffrey cook.

656
00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:23,868
>> everybody keeps mentioning
this man jeffrey cook.
>> police definitely want to

657
00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:25,303
this man jeffrey cook.
>> police definitely want to
bring him in for questioning.

658
00:18:25,305 --> 00:18:26,854
>> police definitely want to
bring him in for questioning.
>> narrator: Late that

659
00:18:26,856 --> 00:18:28,940
bring him in for questioning.
>> narrator: Late that
afternoon, almost 24 hours after

660
00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:30,942
>> narrator: Late that
afternoon, almost 24 hours after
the murder, detectives finally

661
00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:32,443
afternoon, almost 24 hours after
the murder, detectives finally
track down the elusive

662
00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:33,478
the murder, detectives finally
track down the elusive
jeffrey cook.

663
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,529
Track down the elusive
jeffrey cook.
>> they locate jeffrey.

664
00:18:34,531 --> 00:18:35,646
Jeffrey cook.
>> they locate jeffrey.
They bring him in for an

665
00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:36,197
>> they locate jeffrey.
They bring him in for an
interview.

666
00:18:36,199 --> 00:18:37,849
They bring him in for an
interview.
>> what's this about?

667
00:18:37,851 --> 00:18:39,117
Interview.
>> what's this about?
>> about the murder of

668
00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:39,901
>> what's this about?
>> about the murder of
will walker.

669
00:18:39,903 --> 00:18:41,319
>> about the murder of
will walker.
>> the fireman?

670
00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:42,520
Will walker.
>> the fireman?
Man, I didn't have nothing to do

671
00:18:42,522 --> 00:18:42,987
>> the fireman?
Man, I didn't have nothing to do
with that.

672
00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:44,372
Man, I didn't have nothing to do
with that.
>> jeffrey's telling them that

673
00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:45,790
with that.
>> jeffrey's telling them that
the night of the murder he was

674
00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,041
>> jeffrey's telling them that
the night of the murder he was
actually, you know, several

675
00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:48,493
the night of the murder he was
actually, you know, several
miles away at a friend's house.

676
00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:49,710
Actually, you know, several
miles away at a friend's house.
>> dude got shot, and people

677
00:18:49,712 --> 00:18:51,045
miles away at a friend's house.
>> dude got shot, and people
start hitting me up, said they

678
00:18:51,047 --> 00:18:52,463
>> dude got shot, and people
start hitting me up, said they
see the police around the house,

679
00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:53,831
start hitting me up, said they
see the police around the house,
thought that maybe I was the one

680
00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:54,298
see the police around the house,
thought that maybe I was the one
did it.

681
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:55,550
Thought that maybe I was the one
did it.
>> narrator: Detectives have

682
00:18:55,552 --> 00:18:56,834
did it.
>> narrator: Detectives have
their doubts about jeffrey's

683
00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:57,251
>> narrator: Detectives have
their doubts about jeffrey's
story.

684
00:18:57,253 --> 00:18:59,337
Their doubts about jeffrey's
story.
>> he has a long rap sheet,

685
00:18:59,339 --> 00:19:01,806
story.
>> he has a long rap sheet,
crimes, drugs, and possibly gang

686
00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:02,757
>> he has a long rap sheet,
crimes, drugs, and possibly gang
relations.

687
00:19:02,759 --> 00:19:03,925
Crimes, drugs, and possibly gang
relations.
>> we're gonna have to check on

688
00:19:03,927 --> 00:19:04,509
relations.
>> we're gonna have to check on
that, jeffrey.

689
00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:05,443
>> we're gonna have to check on
that, jeffrey.
Why don't you stay put.

690
00:19:05,445 --> 00:19:07,478
That, jeffrey.
Why don't you stay put.
>> it's no secret that he had a

691
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,013
why don't you stay put.
>> it's no secret that he had a
problem with will.

692
00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:10,898
And to detectives, that's motive

693
00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:12,150
for murder.

694
00:19:12,434 --> 00:19:16,120
>> narrator: But a deeper
records check proves jeffrey is
telling the truth.

695
00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:17,572
Records check proves jeffrey is
telling the truth.
>> detectives got a warrant to

696
00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:18,856
telling the truth.
>> detectives got a warrant to
search for jeffrey's phone

697
00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,358
>> detectives got a warrant to
search for jeffrey's phone
records, and when they received

698
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:21,626
search for jeffrey's phone
records, and when they received
the results, it backed up

699
00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:23,161
records, and when they received
the results, it backed up
jeffrey's story that he actually

700
00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:24,695
the results, it backed up
jeffrey's story that he actually
was, in fact, several miles away

701
00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:26,197
jeffrey's story that he actually
was, in fact, several miles away
when the homicide happened.

702
00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:27,448
Was, in fact, several miles away
when the homicide happened.
>> narrator: Though the

703
00:19:27,450 --> 00:19:28,666
when the homicide happened.
>> narrator: Though the
investigation is at a

704
00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:30,034
>> narrator: Though the
investigation is at a
standstill, the following

705
00:19:30,036 --> 00:19:31,702
investigation is at a
standstill, the following
morning detectives receive a tip

706
00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,371
standstill, the following
morning detectives receive a tip
that kicks things back into high

707
00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:33,838
morning detectives receive a tip
that kicks things back into high
gear.

708
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:34,922
That kicks things back into high
gear.
[ telephone rings ]

709
00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:36,791
gear.
[ telephone rings ]
>> police receive a tip that

710
00:19:36,793 --> 00:19:38,759
[ telephone rings ]
>> police receive a tip that
uloma's ex, matthew burns, may

711
00:19:38,761 --> 00:19:40,294
>> police receive a tip that
uloma's ex, matthew burns, may
have some involvement.

712
00:19:40,296 --> 00:19:42,547
Uloma's ex, matthew burns, may
have some involvement.
>> narrator: Matthew burns just

713
00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:44,765
have some involvement.
>> narrator: Matthew burns just
happens to be someone cleveland

714
00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:46,133
>> narrator: Matthew burns just
happens to be someone cleveland
police know well.

715
00:19:46,135 --> 00:19:48,386
Happens to be someone cleveland
police know well.
>> it turns out that uloma's ex,

716
00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:50,137
police know well.
>> it turns out that uloma's ex,
matthew burns, had a long

717
00:19:50,139 --> 00:19:52,223
>> it turns out that uloma's ex,
matthew burns, had a long
history of arrests for violent

718
00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:52,974
matthew burns, had a long
history of arrests for violent
crimes.

719
00:19:52,976 --> 00:19:54,775
History of arrests for violent
crimes.
>> they didn't get along and had

720
00:19:54,777 --> 00:19:56,394
crimes.
>> they didn't get along and had
a really bad, nasty breakup.

721
00:19:56,396 --> 00:19:57,945
>> they didn't get along and had
a really bad, nasty breakup.
>> it wouldn't be a stretch to

722
00:19:57,947 --> 00:19:59,564
a really bad, nasty breakup.
>> it wouldn't be a stretch to
think that this guy was capable

723
00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:00,231
>> it wouldn't be a stretch to
think that this guy was capable
of murder.

724
00:20:00,233 --> 00:20:01,899
Think that this guy was capable
of murder.
>> uloma had fought her way out

725
00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:03,568
of murder.
>> uloma had fought her way out
of that relationship, but maybe

726
00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:05,236
>> uloma had fought her way out
of that relationship, but maybe
he just couldn't take no for an

727
00:20:05,238 --> 00:20:08,239
of that relationship, but maybe
he just couldn't take no for an
answer.

728
00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:10,942
He just couldn't take no for an
answer.
♪

729
00:20:12,461 --> 00:20:17,582
cleveland, ohio, have just
received a promising new lead in
the murder of fire department

730
00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:19,483
received a promising new lead in
the murder of fire department
lieutenant will walker.

731
00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:21,769
>> police receive a tip that

732
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:24,021
uloma's ex, matthew burns, may

733
00:20:24,139 --> 00:20:25,439
have killed will.

734
00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:26,891
>> before uloma married

735
00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,526
will walker, she was in a

736
00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:30,144
relationship with matthew.

737
00:20:30,279 --> 00:20:32,029
And that started very well, but

738
00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:33,731
over the period of 15 years,

739
00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:35,233
that just disintegrated.

740
00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:37,001
>> narrator: According to the

741
00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:38,502
tip, uloma and matthew's

742
00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:39,837
relationship began to

743
00:20:39,972 --> 00:20:41,239
deteriorate once uloma

744
00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:43,174
discovered matthew had a violent

745
00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:44,141
criminal past.

746
00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:46,827
>> eventually, the truth came to

747
00:20:46,962 --> 00:20:49,113
light, and uloma left him.

748
00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:50,965
>> uloma and her ex-boyfriend,

749
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,917
matthew, had a really bad, nasty

750
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:53,634
breakup.

751
00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,002
>> narrator: But the moment

752
00:20:55,137 --> 00:20:56,187
detectives run the name

753
00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:57,555
matthew burns through their

754
00:20:57,673 --> 00:21:00,224
database, the lead dries up.

755
00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:01,759
>> at the time of the murder, he

756
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,144
was sitting in a jail cell.

757
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,895
>> he was arrested on an

758
00:21:05,013 --> 00:21:06,180
unrelated charge.

759
00:21:06,315 --> 00:21:07,798
>> narrator: Still, the lead

760
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,433
opens investigators up to the

761
00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:11,235
possibility that someone else in

762
00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:12,853
will and uloma's inner circle

763
00:21:12,988 --> 00:21:14,872
could be involved in the murder.

764
00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,374
>> with investigations, you

765
00:21:16,491 --> 00:21:17,942
really want to start with the

766
00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,443
people close to the victim

767
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:21,329
and then fan out from there.

768
00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:26,684
>> narrator: So detectives
decide to take a closer look at
will's ex-wife, kendra benedict,

769
00:21:26,686 --> 00:21:28,386
decide to take a closer look at
will's ex-wife, kendra benedict,
and it isn't long before they

770
00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,087
will's ex-wife, kendra benedict,
and it isn't long before they
uncover something suspicious.

771
00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:32,423
And it isn't long before they
uncover something suspicious.
>> they discover that he had

772
00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:35,059
uncover something suspicious.
>> they discover that he had
this life-insurance policy worth

773
00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:36,460
>> they discover that he had
this life-insurance policy worth
about $100,000.

774
00:21:36,462 --> 00:21:38,929
This life-insurance policy worth
about $100,000.
And actually the beneficiary was

775
00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,998
about $100,000.
And actually the beneficiary was
still his ex-wife, kendra,

776
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,566
and actually the beneficiary was
still his ex-wife, kendra,
not uloma.

777
00:21:42,568 --> 00:21:44,268
Still his ex-wife, kendra,
not uloma.
>> the insurance company told

778
00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:45,853
not uloma.
>> the insurance company told
police that will was in the

779
00:21:45,855 --> 00:21:47,471
>> the insurance company told
police that will was in the
process of making uloma the

780
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:48,306
police that will was in the
process of making uloma the
beneficiary.

781
00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:49,974
Process of making uloma the
beneficiary.
For police, this raises a number

782
00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:50,808
beneficiary.
For police, this raises a number
of red flags.

783
00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:52,510
For police, this raises a number
of red flags.
They wondered if kendra found

784
00:21:52,512 --> 00:21:54,195
of red flags.
They wondered if kendra found
out and killed him before the

785
00:21:54,197 --> 00:21:55,946
they wondered if kendra found
out and killed him before the
paperwork could go through.

786
00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:56,981
>> the next step would be to

787
00:21:57,115 --> 00:21:57,732
bring the ex-wife in and

788
00:21:57,866 --> 00:21:58,983
question her.

789
00:21:59,284 --> 00:22:03,654
>> narrator: On November 7th,
four days after the murder,
detectives sit down with

790
00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:04,655
four days after the murder,
detectives sit down with
kendra benedict.

791
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,824
Detectives sit down with
kendra benedict.
>> thanks for coming in, kendra.

792
00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:08,426
Kendra benedict.
>> thanks for coming in, kendra.
We just have a few questions to

793
00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:09,493
>> thanks for coming in, kendra.
We just have a few questions to
ask you about will.

794
00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:11,829
We just have a few questions to
ask you about will.
>> sure. Whatever I can do.

795
00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:12,997
Ask you about will.
>> sure. Whatever I can do.
>> she explained that she

796
00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:14,165
>> sure. Whatever I can do.
>> she explained that she
actually had a very good

797
00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:15,249
>> she explained that she
actually had a very good
relationship with her

798
00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:15,883
actually had a very good
relationship with her
ex-husband.

799
00:22:15,885 --> 00:22:18,252
Relationship with her
ex-husband.
She got along well with will's

800
00:22:18,254 --> 00:22:19,236
ex-husband.
She got along well with will's
new wife.

801
00:22:19,238 --> 00:22:20,755
She got along well with will's
new wife.
Everything seemed to be going

802
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:21,222
new wife.
Everything seemed to be going
well.

803
00:22:21,224 --> 00:22:22,840
Everything seemed to be going
well.
They made it work for the kids.

804
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,108
Well.
They made it work for the kids.
>> narrator: As for her

805
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:25,426
they made it work for the kids.
>> narrator: As for her
whereabouts at the time of

806
00:22:25,428 --> 00:22:27,011
>> narrator: As for her
whereabouts at the time of
will's murder, kendra claims she

807
00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:28,562
whereabouts at the time of
will's murder, kendra claims she
was at home with the children.

808
00:22:28,564 --> 00:22:30,348
Will's murder, kendra claims she
was at home with the children.
>> kendra was extremely helpful.

809
00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:32,099
Was at home with the children.
>> kendra was extremely helpful.
She wants to find out who killed

810
00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:33,684
>> kendra was extremely helpful.
She wants to find out who killed
will just as much as anybody

811
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:34,185
she wants to find out who killed
will just as much as anybody
else.

812
00:22:34,187 --> 00:22:36,737
Will just as much as anybody
else.
>> [ sighs ] our kids are really

813
00:22:36,739 --> 00:22:38,189
else.
>> [ sighs ] our kids are really
torn up about this.

814
00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:40,024
>> [ sighs ] our kids are really
torn up about this.
They were just in ireland with

815
00:22:40,026 --> 00:22:41,826
torn up about this.
They were just in ireland with
their father two months ago.

816
00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:42,693
They were just in ireland with
their father two months ago.
>> ireland?

817
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,695
Their father two months ago.
>> ireland?
>> yeah. Their honeymoon.

818
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:46,364
>> ireland?
>> yeah. Their honeymoon.
Will and uloma's.

819
00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:47,698
>> yeah. Their honeymoon.
Will and uloma's.
They took the kids with them,

820
00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:48,416
will and uloma's.
They took the kids with them,
too.

821
00:22:48,418 --> 00:22:50,034
They took the kids with them,
too.
>> narrator: But not all the

822
00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,452
too.
>> narrator: But not all the
kids, as kendra explains.

823
00:22:51,454 --> 00:22:52,953
>> narrator: But not all the
kids, as kendra explains.
>> one of the things that kind

824
00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:54,472
kids, as kendra explains.
>> one of the things that kind
of stuck out is that jacqueline

825
00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:55,790
>> one of the things that kind
of stuck out is that jacqueline
was not along on the trip.

826
00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:57,291
Of stuck out is that jacqueline
was not along on the trip.
>> kendra said that will had a

827
00:22:57,293 --> 00:22:58,709
was not along on the trip.
>> kendra said that will had a
really bad relationship with

828
00:22:58,711 --> 00:22:59,377
>> kendra said that will had a
really bad relationship with
jacqueline.

829
00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:01,045
Really bad relationship with
jacqueline.
William just thought that she

830
00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:02,179
jacqueline.
William just thought that she
was very spoiled.

831
00:23:02,181 --> 00:23:03,964
William just thought that she
was very spoiled.
>> it kept coming up again and

832
00:23:03,966 --> 00:23:05,883
was very spoiled.
>> it kept coming up again and
again that lieutenant walker did

833
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,618
>> it kept coming up again and
again that lieutenant walker did
not have a good relationship

834
00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:08,719
again that lieutenant walker did
not have a good relationship
with jacqueline.

835
00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:10,054
Not have a good relationship
with jacqueline.
>> that'll be all for now.

836
00:23:10,056 --> 00:23:11,439
With jacqueline.
>> that'll be all for now.
>> narrator: Detectives let

837
00:23:11,441 --> 00:23:13,224
>> that'll be all for now.
>> narrator: Detectives let
kendra go and begin to take a

838
00:23:13,226 --> 00:23:14,642
>> narrator: Detectives let
kendra go and begin to take a
closer look at will's

839
00:23:14,644 --> 00:23:16,193
kendra go and begin to take a
closer look at will's
stepdaughter jacqueline.

840
00:23:16,195 --> 00:23:17,728
Closer look at will's
stepdaughter jacqueline.
>> she said she had been with

841
00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:18,796
stepdaughter jacqueline.
>> she said she had been with
friends that night.

842
00:23:18,798 --> 00:23:20,064
>> she said she had been with
friends that night.
However, detectives just

843
00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:21,599
friends that night.
However, detectives just
couldn't hammer out the exact

844
00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:23,033
however, detectives just
couldn't hammer out the exact
timeline of her whereabouts

845
00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:23,617
couldn't hammer out the exact
timeline of her whereabouts
just yet.

846
00:23:23,619 --> 00:23:25,152
Timeline of her whereabouts
just yet.
>> narrator: But before they can

847
00:23:25,154 --> 00:23:27,071
just yet.
>> narrator: But before they can
do that, new information comes

848
00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:28,906
>> narrator: But before they can
do that, new information comes
in suggesting maybe kendra is

849
00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:30,908
do that, new information comes
in suggesting maybe kendra is
trying to throw them off track.

850
00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:32,543
In suggesting maybe kendra is
trying to throw them off track.
>> one of will's co-workers

851
00:23:32,545 --> 00:23:34,245
trying to throw them off track.
>> one of will's co-workers
contacts detectives and tells

852
00:23:34,247 --> 00:23:36,080
>> one of will's co-workers
contacts detectives and tells
them something he'd overheard.

853
00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:38,048
Contacts detectives and tells
them something he'd overheard.
>> about a week before he was

854
00:23:38,050 --> 00:23:40,134
them something he'd overheard.
>> about a week before he was
murdered, while he was at work,

855
00:23:40,136 --> 00:23:42,002
>> about a week before he was
murdered, while he was at work,
will received a phone call.

856
00:23:42,004 --> 00:23:43,337
Murdered, while he was at work,
will received a phone call.
>> the co-worker doesn't know

857
00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:44,672
will received a phone call.
>> the co-worker doesn't know
who he's talking to, but it's

858
00:23:44,674 --> 00:23:46,023
>> the co-worker doesn't know
who he's talking to, but it's
very clear that will is angry

859
00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:46,891
who he's talking to, but it's
very clear that will is angry
with this person.

860
00:23:46,893 --> 00:23:48,309
Very clear that will is angry
with this person.
>> police are wondering, could

861
00:23:48,311 --> 00:23:49,760
with this person.
>> police are wondering, could
it be will arguing with kendra

862
00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:51,095
>> police are wondering, could
it be will arguing with kendra
about the insurance policy?

863
00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:52,930
It be will arguing with kendra
about the insurance policy?
>> narrator: There's only one

864
00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:54,064
about the insurance policy?
>> narrator: There's only one
way to find out.

865
00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:55,816
>> narrator: There's only one
way to find out.
>> detectives subpoenaed will's

866
00:23:55,818 --> 00:23:57,435
way to find out.
>> detectives subpoenaed will's
phone records and discovered

867
00:23:57,437 --> 00:23:59,236
>> detectives subpoenaed will's
phone records and discovered
that the phone call was actually

868
00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:00,604
phone records and discovered
that the phone call was actually
to a used car dealer in

869
00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:01,272
that the phone call was actually
to a used car dealer in
columbus.

870
00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:02,973
To a used car dealer in
columbus.
>> police find out that that

871
00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:04,775
columbus.
>> police find out that that
phone call was all about a car

872
00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:06,610
>> police find out that that
phone call was all about a car
deal that went bad and will was

873
00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:08,245
phone call was all about a car
deal that went bad and will was
just trying to get his down

874
00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:09,163
deal that went bad and will was
just trying to get his down
payment back.

875
00:24:09,165 --> 00:24:10,664
Just trying to get his down
payment back.
>> for police, it was just

876
00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:12,283
payment back.
>> for police, it was just
another thing in a series of

877
00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:13,000
>> for police, it was just
another thing in a series of
dead ends.

878
00:24:13,002 --> 00:24:14,702
Another thing in a series of
dead ends.
>> narrator: Which means that

879
00:24:14,704 --> 00:24:16,537
dead ends.
>> narrator: Which means that
when cleveland firefighters say

880
00:24:16,539 --> 00:24:18,372
>> narrator: Which means that
when cleveland firefighters say
farewell to their fallen brother

881
00:24:18,374 --> 00:24:20,040
when cleveland firefighters say
farewell to their fallen brother
eight days after the murder,

882
00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:22,042
farewell to their fallen brother
eight days after the murder,
police are no closer to finding

883
00:24:22,044 --> 00:24:22,960
eight days after the murder,
police are no closer to finding
his killer.

884
00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:24,462
Police are no closer to finding
his killer.
>> based on the fact that he was

885
00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:25,930
his killer.
>> based on the fact that he was
a highly respected firefighter,

886
00:24:25,932 --> 00:24:27,131
>> based on the fact that he was
a highly respected firefighter,
there was a huge funeral.

887
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:28,682
A highly respected firefighter,
there was a huge funeral.
The mayor was in attendance.

888
00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,017
>> there was a ton of firemen

889
00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:31,018
that showed up, you know,

890
00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:32,937
from all over the country.

891
00:24:33,221 --> 00:24:36,724
>> narrator: However, the
community response doesn't stop
there.

892
00:24:36,726 --> 00:24:38,476
Community response doesn't stop
there.
>> lieutenant walker's murder

893
00:24:38,478 --> 00:24:39,743
there.
>> lieutenant walker's murder
was quite big deal.

894
00:24:39,745 --> 00:24:41,645
>> lieutenant walker's murder
was quite big deal.
The firefighters' unions was

895
00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:43,697
was quite big deal.
The firefighters' unions was
offering money for information.

896
00:24:43,699 --> 00:24:45,616
The firefighters' unions was
offering money for information.
>> narrator: Two days after the

897
00:24:45,618 --> 00:24:47,368
offering money for information.
>> narrator: Two days after the
funeral, that offer generates

898
00:24:47,370 --> 00:24:48,953
>> narrator: Two days after the
funeral, that offer generates
its first promising lead.

899
00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:50,654
Funeral, that offer generates
its first promising lead.
>> detectives got a tip from a

900
00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:52,256
its first promising lead.
>> detectives got a tip from a
woman whose son says that he

901
00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:54,058
>> detectives got a tip from a
woman whose son says that he
overheard a conversation between

902
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:55,826
woman whose son says that he
overheard a conversation between
a few of his friends concerning

903
00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:56,577
overheard a conversation between
a few of his friends concerning
the murder.

904
00:24:56,579 --> 00:24:58,329
A few of his friends concerning
the murder.
>> they said it was a

905
00:24:58,331 --> 00:25:00,748
the murder.
>> they said it was a
murder-for-hire scheme to kill

906
00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:01,916
>> they said it was a
murder-for-hire scheme to kill
will walker.

907
00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:03,417
Murder-for-hire scheme to kill
will walker.
>> narrator: But will this

908
00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:04,668
will walker.
>> narrator: But will this
latest tip be another

909
00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:05,920
>> narrator: But will this
latest tip be another
frustrating dead end?

910
00:25:05,922 --> 00:25:07,721
Latest tip be another
frustrating dead end?
Or will it be the break that

911
00:25:07,723 --> 00:25:09,673
frustrating dead end?
Or will it be the break that
finally leads detectives to the

912
00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:10,341
or will it be the break that
finally leads detectives to the
killer?

913
00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:11,926
Finally leads detectives to the
killer?
>> it was a shock to everybody.

914
00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:13,477
Killer?
>> it was a shock to everybody.
We weren't sure what was gonna

915
00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:14,011
>> it was a shock to everybody.
We weren't sure what was gonna
happen.

916
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:15,229
We weren't sure what was gonna
happen.
[ gunshot ]

917
00:25:15,231 --> 00:25:17,648
happen.
[ gunshot ]
♪

918
00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:42,806
>> narrator: November 13, 2013.

919
00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:44,625
10 days after an unknown gunman

920
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:46,410
murdered cleveland firefighter

921
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,078
will walker in his driveway,

922
00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:49,830
detectives are following up on

923
00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,582
the latest in a series of tips

924
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,117
they've received in their

925
00:25:53,251 --> 00:25:54,001
investigation.

926
00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:55,653
>> a woman told police that her

927
00:25:55,787 --> 00:25:57,137
son had overheard a conversation

928
00:25:57,255 --> 00:25:58,222
regarding the murder.

929
00:25:58,356 --> 00:26:00,007
>> narrator: Still, detectives

930
00:26:00,158 --> 00:26:01,175
have their doubts.

931
00:26:01,309 --> 00:26:02,810
>> this investigation has

932
00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:04,728
already been pulled in so many

933
00:26:04,846 --> 00:26:05,596
directions.

934
00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:11,018
>> narrator: So when detectives
sit down with 23-year-old
tommy wilson, they keep their

935
00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:12,186
sit down with 23-year-old
tommy wilson, they keep their
expectations low.

936
00:26:12,188 --> 00:26:13,571
Tommy wilson, they keep their
expectations low.
>> your mom says you know who

937
00:26:13,573 --> 00:26:15,940
expectations low.
>> your mom says you know who
shot the firefighter.

938
00:26:15,942 --> 00:26:17,858
>> your mom says you know who
shot the firefighter.
>> no. But I know chad.

939
00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:19,777
>> chad padgett is will's

940
00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:21,495
stepdaughter's boyfriend.

941
00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:23,497
>> he overheard somebody saying

942
00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:25,449
that chad paid somebody to kill

943
00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:26,033
will.

944
00:26:26,167 --> 00:26:27,751
>> I heard he hired a guy to

945
00:26:27,869 --> 00:26:29,453
kill will -- the firefighter.

946
00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:31,338
Yeah. That's all I know.

947
00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:32,923
>> it seems as if the animosity

948
00:26:33,041 --> 00:26:34,458
between will and jacqueline was

949
00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:35,926
even worse than they thought.

950
00:26:36,044 --> 00:26:37,344
>> they had their suspicions

951
00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:38,679
about the couple, but they

952
00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:40,047
didn't have a solid lead to

953
00:26:40,181 --> 00:26:41,665
follow until now.

954
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,183
>> narrator: After releasing

955
00:26:43,301 --> 00:26:44,885
tommy, detectives subpoena chad

956
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,353
and jacqueline's cellphone

957
00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:46,971
records.

958
00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:48,055
>> when the detectives get the

959
00:26:48,189 --> 00:26:49,139
results of the phone records,

960
00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:50,941
all kind of red flags go up.

961
00:26:51,059 --> 00:26:52,393
>> around the time of the

962
00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:54,211
murder, there was this flurry of

963
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:55,813
text messages, you know, with

964
00:26:55,981 --> 00:26:59,183
jacqueline, with chad, and with

965
00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:02,152
this unidentified person.

966
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:07,024
>> narrator: But it doesn't take
detectives long to track down
the owner of the third phone.

967
00:27:07,026 --> 00:27:08,375
Detectives long to track down
the owner of the third phone.
>> the party that jacqueline and

968
00:27:08,377 --> 00:27:09,326
the owner of the third phone.
>> the party that jacqueline and
her boyfriend were in

969
00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,711
>> the party that jacqueline and
her boyfriend were in
conversation with at the time of

970
00:27:10,713 --> 00:27:12,079
her boyfriend were in
conversation with at the time of
the murder turns out to be a kid

971
00:27:12,081 --> 00:27:12,896
conversation with at the time of
the murder turns out to be a kid
named ryan dorty.

972
00:27:12,898 --> 00:27:14,565
The murder turns out to be a kid
named ryan dorty.
>> narrator: Detectives pull

973
00:27:14,567 --> 00:27:16,367
named ryan dorty.
>> narrator: Detectives pull
ryan's record and discover the

974
00:27:16,369 --> 00:27:18,002
>> narrator: Detectives pull
ryan's record and discover the
23-year-old has an extensive

975
00:27:18,004 --> 00:27:19,169
ryan's record and discover the
23-year-old has an extensive
criminal history.

976
00:27:19,171 --> 00:27:21,271
23-year-old has an extensive
criminal history.
In fact, he's just been booked

977
00:27:21,273 --> 00:27:23,507
criminal history.
In fact, he's just been booked
into the cuyahoga county jail on

978
00:27:23,509 --> 00:27:25,009
in fact, he's just been booked
into the cuyahoga county jail on
an unrelated charge.

979
00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:26,393
Into the cuyahoga county jail on
an unrelated charge.
>> he's been arrested for

980
00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:28,012
an unrelated charge.
>> he's been arrested for
robbing a dollar store a week

981
00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:28,595
>> he's been arrested for
robbing a dollar store a week
earlier.

982
00:27:28,597 --> 00:27:30,431
Robbing a dollar store a week
earlier.
>> if ryan did murder will, why

983
00:27:30,433 --> 00:27:32,149
earlier.
>> if ryan did murder will, why
would chad ask him to do it?

984
00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:33,717
>> if ryan did murder will, why
would chad ask him to do it?
Was jacqueline seriously mad

985
00:27:33,719 --> 00:27:35,452
would chad ask him to do it?
Was jacqueline seriously mad
enough about the ireland trip to

986
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:36,770
was jacqueline seriously mad
enough about the ireland trip to
murder her own stepdad?

987
00:27:36,772 --> 00:27:38,489
Enough about the ireland trip to
murder her own stepdad?
What was the motive here?

988
00:27:38,491 --> 00:27:40,024
Murder her own stepdad?
What was the motive here?
>> narrator: When detectives

989
00:27:40,026 --> 00:27:41,575
what was the motive here?
>> narrator: When detectives
attempt to speak with ryan,

990
00:27:41,577 --> 00:27:43,160
>> narrator: When detectives
attempt to speak with ryan,
they're met with resistance.

991
00:27:43,162 --> 00:27:44,111
Attempt to speak with ryan,
they're met with resistance.
[ phone hangs up ]

992
00:27:44,113 --> 00:27:45,529
they're met with resistance.
[ phone hangs up ]
>> he refused to talk to

993
00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:46,463
[ phone hangs up ]
>> he refused to talk to
investigators.

994
00:27:46,465 --> 00:27:48,298
>> he refused to talk to
investigators.
>> narrator: With ryan unwilling

995
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,000
investigators.
>> narrator: With ryan unwilling
to cooperate, detectives try a

996
00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,168
>> narrator: With ryan unwilling
to cooperate, detectives try a
different approach.

997
00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,536
To cooperate, detectives try a
different approach.
>> they had already talked to

998
00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:53,871
different approach.
>> they had already talked to
jacqueline, but before they

999
00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:55,205
>> they had already talked to
jacqueline, but before they
talked to her and chad again,

1000
00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:56,757
jacqueline, but before they
talked to her and chad again,
they figured they'd get some

1001
00:27:56,759 --> 00:27:58,342
talked to her and chad again,
they figured they'd get some
information from uloma first.

1002
00:27:58,344 --> 00:28:00,244
They figured they'd get some
information from uloma first.
>> narrator: A few weeks after

1003
00:28:00,246 --> 00:28:01,645
information from uloma first.
>> narrator: A few weeks after
her husband's murder,

1004
00:28:01,647 --> 00:28:03,380
>> narrator: A few weeks after
her husband's murder,
uloma walker sits down with

1005
00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:05,182
her husband's murder,
uloma walker sits down with
investigators a second time.

1006
00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:06,800
Uloma walker sits down with
investigators a second time.
>> police want to find out more

1007
00:28:06,802 --> 00:28:07,968
investigators a second time.
>> police want to find out more
information regarding

1008
00:28:07,970 --> 00:28:09,553
>> police want to find out more
information regarding
jacqueline's relationship with

1009
00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:09,970
information regarding
jacqueline's relationship with
will.

1010
00:28:09,972 --> 00:28:11,605
Jacqueline's relationship with
will.
>> narrator: However, uloma has

1011
00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:13,190
will.
>> narrator: However, uloma has
little to offer.

1012
00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:39,116
When it comes to jacqueline's
boyfriend, chad padgett, uloma
has even less to say.

1013
00:28:41,619 --> 00:28:46,173
Although it appears she has
little insight into why chad and
her daughter might want will

1014
00:28:46,175 --> 00:28:47,808
little insight into why chad and
her daughter might want will
dead, it's clear that uloma is

1015
00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:49,259
her daughter might want will
dead, it's clear that uloma is
still heartbroken over her

1016
00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:50,644
dead, it's clear that uloma is
still heartbroken over her
husband's death.

1017
00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:58,852
It's an answer detectives are
determined to find.

1018
00:29:03,274 --> 00:29:08,862
But how long will it take?
>> the wheels of justice turn
slowly, they say, and this case

1019
00:29:08,864 --> 00:29:11,281
>> the wheels of justice turn
slowly, they say, and this case
kind of lags for a year as

1020
00:29:11,283 --> 00:29:14,835
slowly, they say, and this case
kind of lags for a year as
police gather records and slowly

1021
00:29:14,837 --> 00:29:16,286
kind of lags for a year as
police gather records and slowly
build their case.

1022
00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,821
Police gather records and slowly
build their case.
>> part of the hold-up is

1023
00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:19,723
build their case.
>> part of the hold-up is
chad padgett's phone records end

1024
00:29:19,725 --> 00:29:21,542
>> part of the hold-up is
chad padgett's phone records end
up connecting two more names to

1025
00:29:21,544 --> 00:29:22,926
chad padgett's phone records end
up connecting two more names to
the murder conspiracy.

1026
00:29:22,928 --> 00:29:25,329
Up connecting two more names to
the murder conspiracy.
>> narrator: One is 20-year-old

1027
00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:26,396
the murder conspiracy.
>> narrator: One is 20-year-old
chris hein.

1028
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:29,533
>> narrator: One is 20-year-old
chris hein.
>> they have these texts with

1029
00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:32,669
chris hein.
>> they have these texts with
chad and chris, where chad is

1030
00:29:32,671 --> 00:29:36,356
>> they have these texts with
chad and chris, where chad is
trying to buy a gun from chris.

1031
00:29:36,358 --> 00:29:38,375
Chad and chris, where chad is
trying to buy a gun from chris.
>> narrator: The other is

1032
00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:40,644
trying to buy a gun from chris.
>> narrator: The other is
23-year-old jerry mendenhall.

1033
00:29:40,646 --> 00:29:42,379
>> narrator: The other is
23-year-old jerry mendenhall.
>> detectives aren't sure what

1034
00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:44,047
23-year-old jerry mendenhall.
>> detectives aren't sure what
his role is, but they do know

1035
00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:45,816
>> detectives aren't sure what
his role is, but they do know
that chad and chris both texted

1036
00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:47,651
his role is, but they do know
that chad and chris both texted
jerry in the hours leading up to

1037
00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:48,402
that chad and chris both texted
jerry in the hours leading up to
the murder.

1038
00:29:48,404 --> 00:29:50,370
Jerry in the hours leading up to
the murder.
♪

1039
00:29:50,372 --> 00:29:51,989
the murder.
♪
>> they're crossing every t,

1040
00:29:51,991 --> 00:29:53,657
♪
>> they're crossing every t,
dotting every I, but it takes

1041
00:29:53,659 --> 00:29:54,208
>> they're crossing every t,
dotting every I, but it takes
a while.

1042
00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:55,826
Dotting every I, but it takes
a while.
>> narrator: Finally, on August

1043
00:29:55,828 --> 00:29:58,245
a while.
>> narrator: Finally, on August
5, 2015, detectives sit down

1044
00:29:58,247 --> 00:30:00,247
>> narrator: Finally, on August
5, 2015, detectives sit down
with jerry mendenhall.

1045
00:30:00,249 --> 00:30:00,864
5, 2015, detectives sit down
with jerry mendenhall.
>> jerry.

1046
00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:02,366
With jerry mendenhall.
>> jerry.
>> detectives have pretty much

1047
00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:03,834
>> jerry.
>> detectives have pretty much
exhausted all of their options

1048
00:30:03,836 --> 00:30:04,668
>> detectives have pretty much
exhausted all of their options
at this point.

1049
00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:06,470
Exhausted all of their options
at this point.
So their best bet is to get one

1050
00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,172
at this point.
So their best bet is to get one
of the people involved in the

1051
00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:09,923
so their best bet is to get one
of the people involved in the
conspiracy to rat on the other

1052
00:30:09,925 --> 00:30:11,008
of the people involved in the
conspiracy to rat on the other
parties involved.

1053
00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:13,010
Conspiracy to rat on the other
parties involved.
And they're hoping that jerry is

1054
00:30:13,012 --> 00:30:14,077
parties involved.
And they're hoping that jerry is
that weak link.

1055
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:15,679
And they're hoping that jerry is
that weak link.
>> the night the firefighter got

1056
00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:17,314
that weak link.
>> the night the firefighter got
killed, what were you doing with

1057
00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:18,065
>> the night the firefighter got
killed, what were you doing with
chad padgett?

1058
00:30:18,067 --> 00:30:20,484
Killed, what were you doing with
chad padgett?
>> look, I didn't do nothing.

1059
00:30:20,486 --> 00:30:22,519
Chad padgett?
>> look, I didn't do nothing.
All I did was give him a lift,

1060
00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:24,188
>> look, I didn't do nothing.
All I did was give him a lift,
him and ryan.

1061
00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:25,989
All I did was give him a lift,
him and ryan.
>> ryan?

1062
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,941
Him and ryan.
>> ryan?
>> jerry said that chris paid

1063
00:30:27,943 --> 00:30:29,910
>> ryan?
>> jerry said that chris paid
him $20 to take chad and ryan

1064
00:30:29,912 --> 00:30:31,495
>> jerry said that chris paid
him $20 to take chad and ryan
over to the east side.

1065
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,530
Him $20 to take chad and ryan
over to the east side.
>> so, he's got chad, he's got

1066
00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:35,282
over to the east side.
>> so, he's got chad, he's got
ryan with him, and they're

1067
00:30:35,284 --> 00:30:37,367
>> so, he's got chad, he's got
ryan with him, and they're
heading over, and chad explains

1068
00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:39,169
ryan with him, and they're
heading over, and chad explains
that what he's going to do

1069
00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:41,588
heading over, and chad explains
that what he's going to do
is get his stash of weed out of

1070
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:42,840
that what he's going to do
is get his stash of weed out of
will's house.

1071
00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:44,341
Is get his stash of weed out of
will's house.
>> something went wrong, though.

1072
00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:46,810
Will's house.
>> something went wrong, though.
♪

1073
00:30:46,812 --> 00:30:49,096
>> something went wrong, though.
♪
>> yeah. Thanks, man.

1074
00:30:49,098 --> 00:30:50,547
♪
>> yeah. Thanks, man.
>> chad and ryan get out of

1075
00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:51,181
>> yeah. Thanks, man.
>> chad and ryan get out of
the car.

1076
00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:53,300
>> chad and ryan get out of
the car.
Minutes go by.

1077
00:30:53,302 --> 00:30:54,801
The car.
Minutes go by.
>> they come running back to the

1078
00:30:54,803 --> 00:30:55,185
minutes go by.
>> they come running back to the
car.

1079
00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:56,637
>> they come running back to the
car.
They're all sweaty and agitated.

1080
00:30:56,639 --> 00:30:57,971
Car.
They're all sweaty and agitated.
Jerry says, "what happened?"

1081
00:30:57,973 --> 00:31:00,657
they're all sweaty and agitated.
Jerry says, "what happened?"
>> go, go, go, go, man!

1082
00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:01,692
Jerry says, "what happened?"
>> go, go, go, go, man!
Man, we just robbed somebody,

1083
00:31:01,694 --> 00:31:01,942
>> go, go, go, go, man!
Man, we just robbed somebody,
man.

1084
00:31:01,944 --> 00:31:02,943
Man, we just robbed somebody,
man.
>> y'all didn't say nothing

1085
00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:03,610
man.
>> y'all didn't say nothing
about no robbery.

1086
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:04,361
>> y'all didn't say nothing
about no robbery.
>> so?

1087
00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:05,145
About no robbery.
>> so?
>> get out.

1088
00:31:05,147 --> 00:31:05,646
>> so?
>> get out.
>> what?

1089
00:31:05,648 --> 00:31:06,697
>> get out.
>> what?
>> both of you, get out!

1090
00:31:06,699 --> 00:31:07,564
>> what?
>> both of you, get out!
Get out.

1091
00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:08,866
>> both of you, get out!
Get out.
>> this is more than jerry

1092
00:31:08,868 --> 00:31:10,367
get out.
>> this is more than jerry
signed on for, so he kicks them

1093
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:13,453
>> this is more than jerry
signed on for, so he kicks them
out of the car and takes off.

1094
00:31:13,455 --> 00:31:15,706
Signed on for, so he kicks them
out of the car and takes off.
If jerry's story is accurate,

1095
00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:17,491
out of the car and takes off.
If jerry's story is accurate,
this places chad and ryan at the

1096
00:31:17,493 --> 00:31:18,742
if jerry's story is accurate,
this places chad and ryan at the
scene of the murder.

1097
00:31:18,744 --> 00:31:20,544
This places chad and ryan at the
scene of the murder.
>> all right, jerry, stay put.

1098
00:31:20,546 --> 00:31:22,246
Scene of the murder.
>> all right, jerry, stay put.
We got a few things to check

1099
00:31:22,248 --> 00:31:22,746
>> all right, jerry, stay put.
We got a few things to check
into.

1100
00:31:22,748 --> 00:31:24,414
We got a few things to check
into.
>> narrator: After talking to

1101
00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:26,083
into.
>> narrator: After talking to
jerry, detectives believe they

1102
00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:27,584
>> narrator: After talking to
jerry, detectives believe they
finally have enough ammo to

1103
00:31:27,586 --> 00:31:29,086
jerry, detectives believe they
finally have enough ammo to
bring chad padgett in for

1104
00:31:29,088 --> 00:31:29,887
finally have enough ammo to
bring chad padgett in for
questioning.

1105
00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:31,505
Bring chad padgett in for
questioning.
>> they decide to tell chad what

1106
00:31:31,507 --> 00:31:32,923
questioning.
>> they decide to tell chad what
jerry told them about what

1107
00:31:32,925 --> 00:31:34,007
>> they decide to tell chad what
jerry told them about what
happened that night.

1108
00:31:34,009 --> 00:31:35,676
Jerry told them about what
happened that night.
>> chad essentially confirms

1109
00:31:35,678 --> 00:31:37,427
happened that night.
>> chad essentially confirms
jerry's story that jerry drove

1110
00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:39,313
>> chad essentially confirms
jerry's story that jerry drove
him so that he could pick up his

1111
00:31:39,315 --> 00:31:40,430
jerry's story that jerry drove
him so that he could pick up his
marijuana stash and that ryan

1112
00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:41,598
him so that he could pick up his
marijuana stash and that ryan
went along just so he can buy

1113
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:42,983
marijuana stash and that ryan
went along just so he can buy
some weed.

1114
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:51,074
>> narrator: And according to
chad, they were still on the
front porch when will pulled up

1115
00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:51,942
chad, they were still on the
front porch when will pulled up
in the driveway.

1116
00:31:51,944 --> 00:31:53,277
Front porch when will pulled up
in the driveway.
>> who's that?

1117
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:55,612
In the driveway.
>> who's that?
>> jackie's stepdad.

1118
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:57,781
>> who's that?
>> jackie's stepdad.
>> okay.

1119
00:31:57,783 --> 00:31:58,749
>> jackie's stepdad.
>> okay.
Wait here.

1120
00:31:58,751 --> 00:32:00,918
>> okay.
Wait here.
>> chad says ryan went rogue and

1121
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,053
wait here.
>> chad says ryan went rogue and
he decided to rob will as he was

1122
00:32:03,055 --> 00:32:04,988
>> chad says ryan went rogue and
he decided to rob will as he was
getting home and that scared

1123
00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:07,124
he decided to rob will as he was
getting home and that scared
chad so much he ran away, didn't

1124
00:32:07,126 --> 00:32:09,126
getting home and that scared
chad so much he ran away, didn't
really see what happened, and

1125
00:32:09,128 --> 00:32:11,061
chad so much he ran away, didn't
really see what happened, and
then ryan comes running back.

1126
00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:27,978
>> chad says he had no idea
that will got shot.

1127
00:32:33,701 --> 00:32:38,655
>> narrator: According to chad,
it was only later that evening
that he learned the truth.

1128
00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:54,171
>> chad is trying to pin this on
ryan, but the police don't
believe him.

1129
00:32:54,173 --> 00:32:55,389
Ryan, but the police don't
believe him.
>> something is not adding up

1130
00:32:55,391 --> 00:32:56,089
believe him.
>> something is not adding up
with his story.

1131
00:32:56,091 --> 00:32:57,307
>> something is not adding up
with his story.
>> narrator: After collecting

1132
00:32:57,309 --> 00:32:59,009
with his story.
>> narrator: After collecting
chad's statement, detectives

1133
00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:00,477
>> narrator: After collecting
chad's statement, detectives
place him under arrest.

1134
00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:01,678
Chad's statement, detectives
place him under arrest.
>> he's admitting now that he

1135
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,896
place him under arrest.
>> he's admitting now that he
was with ryan, that ryan had a

1136
00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:03,814
>> he's admitting now that he
was with ryan, that ryan had a
gun.

1137
00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:14,524
We had enough evidence at that
point in time to charge chad.
>> narrator: Now the question

1138
00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:16,276
point in time to charge chad.
>> narrator: Now the question
for detectives is, what will

1139
00:33:16,278 --> 00:33:18,061
>> narrator: Now the question
for detectives is, what will
ryan dorty have to say about

1140
00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:19,029
for detectives is, what will
ryan dorty have to say about
chad's story?

1141
00:33:19,031 --> 00:33:20,764
Ryan dorty have to say about
chad's story?
>> they show ryan bits of chad's

1142
00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:22,499
chad's story?
>> they show ryan bits of chad's
interview, showing where chad is

1143
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:24,084
>> they show ryan bits of chad's
interview, showing where chad is
trying to pin it all on ryan.

1144
00:33:24,086 --> 00:33:25,168
Interview, showing where chad is
trying to pin it all on ryan.
They hope that he starts

1145
00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:25,619
trying to pin it all on ryan.
They hope that he starts
talking.

1146
00:33:25,621 --> 00:33:26,920
They hope that he starts
talking.
>> he's not budging.

1147
00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:28,422
Talking.
>> he's not budging.
He's denying everything.

1148
00:33:28,424 --> 00:33:30,040
>> he's not budging.
He's denying everything.
>> this puts detectives in a

1149
00:33:30,042 --> 00:33:30,540
he's denying everything.
>> this puts detectives in a
bind.

1150
00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,376
>> this puts detectives in a
bind.
While they can put ryan and chad

1151
00:33:32,378 --> 00:33:34,177
bind.
While they can put ryan and chad
at the scene of the crime, they

1152
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:35,879
while they can put ryan and chad
at the scene of the crime, they
have no way to prove that chad

1153
00:33:35,881 --> 00:33:37,714
at the scene of the crime, they
have no way to prove that chad
paid ryan or that they went over

1154
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:39,549
have no way to prove that chad
paid ryan or that they went over
there specifically to kill will.

1155
00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:42,219
Paid ryan or that they went over
there specifically to kill will.
♪

1156
00:33:42,221 --> 00:33:44,421
there specifically to kill will.
♪
[ telephone rings ]

1157
00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:46,189
♪
[ telephone rings ]
>> the next day, they get a

1158
00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:48,108
[ telephone rings ]
>> the next day, they get a
phone call from chad's mother.

1159
00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:50,977
>> the next day, they get a
phone call from chad's mother.
And she says, "he's ready to

1160
00:33:50,979 --> 00:33:51,862
phone call from chad's mother.
And she says, "he's ready to
talk.

1161
00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:52,896
And she says, "he's ready to
talk.
He wants to tell you

1162
00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:53,613
talk.
He wants to tell you
everything."

1163
00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:55,432
he wants to tell you
everything."
>> narrator: What detectives

1164
00:33:55,434 --> 00:33:57,200
everything."
>> narrator: What detectives
don't realize is that chad's

1165
00:33:57,202 --> 00:33:58,735
>> narrator: What detectives
don't realize is that chad's
statement will include a

1166
00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,454
don't realize is that chad's
statement will include a
revelation that no one saw

1167
00:34:00,456 --> 00:34:01,104
statement will include a
revelation that no one saw
coming.

1168
00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:02,873
Revelation that no one saw
coming.
>> what chad tells police is

1169
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:04,641
coming.
>> what chad tells police is
gonna take this case into an

1170
00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:06,143
>> what chad tells police is
gonna take this case into an
entirely new direction.

1171
00:34:06,145 --> 00:34:08,745
Gonna take this case into an
entirely new direction.
>> it was right there all along.

1172
00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:10,447
Entirely new direction.
>> it was right there all along.
>> you found the person that was

1173
00:34:10,449 --> 00:34:11,915
>> it was right there all along.
>> you found the person that was
responsible for this heinous

1174
00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:13,417
>> you found the person that was
responsible for this heinous
act, but it was someone that

1175
00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:15,302
responsible for this heinous
act, but it was someone that
will loved.

1176
00:34:15,304 --> 00:34:19,790
Act, but it was someone that
will loved.
♪

1177
00:34:20,958 --> 00:34:24,161
♪

1178
00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:26,630
>> narrator: August 11, 2015.

1179
00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:28,698
It's been nearly two years since

1180
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,534
the murder of cleveland fire

1181
00:34:30,668 --> 00:34:32,502
lieutenant william walker, and

1182
00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:34,271
police have finally made an

1183
00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:35,739
arrest -- 21-year-old

1184
00:34:35,857 --> 00:34:36,740
chad padgett.

1185
00:34:36,874 --> 00:34:38,175
>> chad admits that he was in

1186
00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:39,443
the area the night of the

1187
00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:40,811
murder, but he sticks to the

1188
00:34:40,945 --> 00:34:42,312
story that he had nothing to do

1189
00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:43,864
with it and he was only there to

1190
00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:44,714
sell some weed.

1191
00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:46,683
>> narrator: But after spending

1192
00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:48,518
a night in jail, chad padgett

1193
00:34:48,653 --> 00:34:50,520
starts singing a different tune.

1194
00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:51,788
>> we got a call from chad's

1195
00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,256
mother, and chad's mother tells

1196
00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:54,591
us that chad's ready to talk

1197
00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:55,859
and, "he's gonna lay it all

1198
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,594
out for you."

1199
00:34:57,712 --> 00:35:00,130
>> this time, chad admits he and

1200
00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:01,965
ryan went over to the house that

1201
00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:04,384
night planning to murder will.

1202
00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:08,772
>> narrator: Although according
to chad, much of what he told
detectives in the first

1203
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,674
to chad, much of what he told
detectives in the first
interview was true.

1204
00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:29,359
But when detectives press for
details, chad adds a new wrinkle
to the story.

1205
00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:43,557
>> chad told police uloma was
behind the whole thing.

1206
00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:55,068
>> uloma offered him $10,000 to
kill her husband, to kill will.

1207
00:35:59,524 --> 00:36:01,224
>> then, according to chad, he'd

1208
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:02,926
gotten ryan on board, and they

1209
00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:04,995
did exactly what uloma wanted.

1210
00:36:05,279 --> 00:36:10,133
>> narrator: Chad's confession
gives detectives almost
everything they need, with one

1211
00:36:10,135 --> 00:36:10,901
gives detectives almost
everything they need, with one
exception.

1212
00:36:10,903 --> 00:36:12,869
Everything they need, with one
exception.
>> we asked chad if he knew why

1213
00:36:12,871 --> 00:36:14,621
exception.
>> we asked chad if he knew why
uloma would want her husband

1214
00:36:14,623 --> 00:36:16,256
>> we asked chad if he knew why
uloma would want her husband
dead, and he had no idea.

1215
00:36:16,258 --> 00:36:18,258
Uloma would want her husband
dead, and he had no idea.
>> narrator: But detectives know

1216
00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,277
dead, and he had no idea.
>> narrator: But detectives know
someone who might, so they place

1217
00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:22,012
>> narrator: But detectives know
someone who might, so they place
uloma's daughter jacqueline

1218
00:36:22,014 --> 00:36:23,763
someone who might, so they place
uloma's daughter jacqueline
under arrest for conspiracy.

1219
00:36:23,765 --> 00:36:25,265
Uloma's daughter jacqueline
under arrest for conspiracy.
>> they knew she had been

1220
00:36:25,267 --> 00:36:27,050
under arrest for conspiracy.
>> they knew she had been
texting all of these players at

1221
00:36:27,052 --> 00:36:28,885
>> they knew she had been
texting all of these players at
the time of the crime, and they

1222
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:30,387
texting all of these players at
the time of the crime, and they
felt strongly that she was

1223
00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:31,104
the time of the crime, and they
felt strongly that she was
involved.

1224
00:36:31,106 --> 00:36:32,689
Felt strongly that she was
involved.
>> narrator: Once jacqueline is

1225
00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:34,324
involved.
>> narrator: Once jacqueline is
in the hot seat, she proves them

1226
00:36:34,326 --> 00:36:35,225
>> narrator: Once jacqueline is
in the hot seat, she proves them
right.

1227
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:36,776
>> jacqueline flips on

1228
00:36:36,894 --> 00:36:39,145
everybody to save herself.

1229
00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:42,899
>> she admits that her mom was
the mom was the ringleader, she
was the one who set everything

1230
00:36:42,901 --> 00:36:43,867
the mom was the ringleader, she
was the one who set everything
up.

1231
00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:45,202
Was the one who set everything
up.
>> jacqueline tells us that

1232
00:36:45,204 --> 00:36:46,403
up.
>> jacqueline tells us that
uloma ran up a tremendous

1233
00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:47,871
>> jacqueline tells us that
uloma ran up a tremendous
credit-card bill and that she

1234
00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:49,206
uloma ran up a tremendous
credit-card bill and that she
hoped that by killing will,

1235
00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:50,574
credit-card bill and that she
hoped that by killing will,
number one, that he wouldn't

1236
00:36:50,576 --> 00:36:51,992
hoped that by killing will,
number one, that he wouldn't
find out about it, and, number

1237
00:36:51,994 --> 00:36:53,159
number one, that he wouldn't
find out about it, and, number
two, the money from the

1238
00:36:53,161 --> 00:36:54,661
find out about it, and, number
two, the money from the
life-insurance policy would pay

1239
00:36:54,663 --> 00:36:55,795
two, the money from the
life-insurance policy would pay
the credit-card bills.

1240
00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:57,714
Life-insurance policy would pay
the credit-card bills.
>> narrator: But according to

1241
00:36:57,716 --> 00:36:59,716
the credit-card bills.
>> narrator: But according to
jacqueline, once will was dead,

1242
00:36:59,718 --> 00:37:01,785
>> narrator: But according to
jacqueline, once will was dead,
uloma's plan fell apart when she

1243
00:37:01,787 --> 00:37:03,353
jacqueline, once will was dead,
uloma's plan fell apart when she
laid eyes on the actual

1244
00:37:03,355 --> 00:37:04,854
uloma's plan fell apart when she
laid eyes on the actual
life-insurance policy.

1245
00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:06,890
Laid eyes on the actual
life-insurance policy.
>> as it turns out, the ex-wife

1246
00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:08,258
life-insurance policy.
>> as it turns out, the ex-wife
was the beneficiary.

1247
00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:10,360
>> as it turns out, the ex-wife
was the beneficiary.
>> the life insurance was not on

1248
00:37:10,362 --> 00:37:11,161
was the beneficiary.
>> the life insurance was not on
her name.

1249
00:37:11,163 --> 00:37:12,762
>> the life insurance was not on
her name.
So, she didn't do enough

1250
00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:14,631
her name.
So, she didn't do enough
research before she put this

1251
00:37:14,633 --> 00:37:16,299
so, she didn't do enough
research before she put this
murder-for-hire plan into

1252
00:37:16,301 --> 00:37:16,933
research before she put this
murder-for-hire plan into
motion.

1253
00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:18,435
Murder-for-hire plan into
motion.
>> narrator: On September 8,

1254
00:37:18,437 --> 00:37:20,654
motion.
>> narrator: On September 8,
2015, detectives place uloma

1255
00:37:20,656 --> 00:37:22,939
>> narrator: On September 8,
2015, detectives place uloma
under arrest for her husband's

1256
00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:23,857
2015, detectives place uloma
under arrest for her husband's
murder.

1257
00:37:34,201 --> 00:37:38,922
>> she refuses to give up any
information or cooperate at all.
>> narrator: When they get wind

1258
00:37:38,924 --> 00:37:40,373
information or cooperate at all.
>> narrator: When they get wind
of uloma's arrest, will's

1259
00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:42,125
>> narrator: When they get wind
of uloma's arrest, will's
friends and fellow firefighters

1260
00:37:42,127 --> 00:37:42,959
of uloma's arrest, will's
friends and fellow firefighters
are stunned.

1261
00:37:42,961 --> 00:37:44,177
Friends and fellow firefighters
are stunned.
>> I was dumbfounded.

1262
00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:45,929
Are stunned.
>> I was dumbfounded.
I was in the room with her when

1263
00:37:45,931 --> 00:37:47,514
>> I was dumbfounded.
I was in the room with her when
the doctors came in and, you

1264
00:37:47,516 --> 00:37:49,182
I was in the room with her when
the doctors came in and, you
know, said that he had passed,

1265
00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:50,800
the doctors came in and, you
know, said that he had passed,
you know, leading up to that

1266
00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:51,701
know, said that he had passed,
you know, leading up to that
point.

1267
00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:53,803
She deserves a freakin' emmy,

1268
00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:55,472
you know, for the way she was

1269
00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:56,606
acting that night.

1270
00:37:56,724 --> 00:37:57,691
>> there was a sense of

1271
00:37:57,808 --> 00:37:58,892
betrayal, a real sense of

1272
00:37:59,026 --> 00:37:59,809
betrayal.

1273
00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:05,615
>> narrator: When uloma's trial
begins in June of 2017,
prosecutors hope the jury will

1274
00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,233
begins in June of 2017,
prosecutors hope the jury will
see things the same way.

1275
00:38:07,235 --> 00:38:09,619
Prosecutors hope the jury will
see things the same way.
>> the prosecutors paint uloma

1276
00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:11,705
see things the same way.
>> the prosecutors paint uloma
as this very manipulative,

1277
00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:14,891
>> the prosecutors paint uloma
as this very manipulative,
very conniving woman.

1278
00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:16,526
As this very manipulative,
very conniving woman.
>> narrator: Though to secure a

1279
00:38:16,528 --> 00:38:18,094
very conniving woman.
>> narrator: Though to secure a
conviction, prosecutors have a

1280
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:20,196
>> narrator: Though to secure a
conviction, prosecutors have a
huge hurdle to overcome.

1281
00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:21,831
>> there is no physical evidence

1282
00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:23,166
that uloma had anything to do

1283
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:24,384
with the murder.

1284
00:38:24,669 --> 00:38:29,255
In order to convict uloma,
prosecutors are going to have to
rely on all the other

1285
00:38:29,257 --> 00:38:30,307
prosecutors are going to have to
rely on all the other
co-conspirators.

1286
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:31,741
Rely on all the other
co-conspirators.
>> narrator: Daughter

1287
00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:33,476
co-conspirators.
>> narrator: Daughter
jacqueline, her boyfriend,

1288
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:35,095
>> narrator: Daughter
jacqueline, her boyfriend,
chad padgett, trigger man

1289
00:38:35,097 --> 00:38:37,180
jacqueline, her boyfriend,
chad padgett, trigger man
ryan dorty, and even chris hein,

1290
00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:39,182
chad padgett, trigger man
ryan dorty, and even chris hein,
who sold chad the murder weapon,

1291
00:38:39,184 --> 00:38:41,384
ryan dorty, and even chris hein,
who sold chad the murder weapon,
all agree to testify against

1292
00:38:41,386 --> 00:38:42,118
who sold chad the murder weapon,
all agree to testify against
uloma.

1293
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,354
All agree to testify against
uloma.
>> the prosecutors build their

1294
00:38:44,356 --> 00:38:46,573
uloma.
>> the prosecutors build their
case around testimony of these

1295
00:38:46,575 --> 00:38:48,892
>> the prosecutors build their
case around testimony of these
co-conspirators in exchange for

1296
00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:50,860
case around testimony of these
co-conspirators in exchange for
reduced sentences and plea

1297
00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:51,594
co-conspirators in exchange for
reduced sentences and plea
deals.

1298
00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:53,246
Reduced sentences and plea
deals.
>> narrator: Jerry mendenhall,

1299
00:38:53,248 --> 00:38:54,914
deals.
>> narrator: Jerry mendenhall,
who unwittingly drove chad and

1300
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,599
>> narrator: Jerry mendenhall,
who unwittingly drove chad and
ryan to will's house the night

1301
00:38:56,601 --> 00:38:59,202
who unwittingly drove chad and
ryan to will's house the night
of the murder, also testifies.

1302
00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:00,870
>> since jerry, according to

1303
00:39:01,038 --> 00:39:02,255
chad, was just under the

1304
00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:03,923
impression that they were on a

1305
00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:05,342
marijuana run, he's never

1306
00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:06,976
charged in connection with the

1307
00:39:07,111 --> 00:39:07,877
murder.

1308
00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:12,549
>> it's a complicated case to
present to a jury because there
is so many different people

1309
00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:13,983
present to a jury because there
is so many different people
involved, so many different

1310
00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:14,551
is so many different people
involved, so many different
stories.

1311
00:39:14,553 --> 00:39:16,302
Involved, so many different
stories.
>> narrator: But according to

1312
00:39:16,304 --> 00:39:18,221
stories.
>> narrator: But according to
prosecutors, they all add up to

1313
00:39:18,223 --> 00:39:19,889
>> narrator: But according to
prosecutors, they all add up to
one conclusion -- that when

1314
00:39:19,891 --> 00:39:21,725
prosecutors, they all add up to
one conclusion -- that when
uloma sent will out to pick up

1315
00:39:21,727 --> 00:39:23,026
one conclusion -- that when
uloma sent will out to pick up
dinner that night...

1316
00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:23,460
Uloma sent will out to pick up
dinner that night...
>> hey!

1317
00:39:23,462 --> 00:39:24,728
Dinner that night...
>> hey!
>> narrator: ...She was really

1318
00:39:24,730 --> 00:39:27,897
>> hey!
>> narrator: ...She was really
sending him to his death.

1319
00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:29,366
>> narrator: ...She was really
sending him to his death.
[ gunshots ]

1320
00:39:29,368 --> 00:39:30,784
sending him to his death.
[ gunshots ]
>> I think that's the thing that

1321
00:39:30,786 --> 00:39:32,152
[ gunshots ]
>> I think that's the thing that
stands out most -- it was very

1322
00:39:32,154 --> 00:39:33,119
>> I think that's the thing that
stands out most -- it was very
cold and calculated.

1323
00:39:33,121 --> 00:39:35,372
Stands out most -- it was very
cold and calculated.
[ gunshots ]

1324
00:39:35,374 --> 00:39:37,173
cold and calculated.
[ gunshots ]
>> narrator: However, when it's

1325
00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:38,942
[ gunshots ]
>> narrator: However, when it's
the defense's turn, they argue

1326
00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:40,777
>> narrator: However, when it's
the defense's turn, they argue
that jacqueline, chad, and their

1327
00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:42,545
the defense's turn, they argue
that jacqueline, chad, and their
friends had simply found uloma

1328
00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:44,247
that jacqueline, chad, and their
friends had simply found uloma
to be a convenient scapegoat.

1329
00:39:44,249 --> 00:39:45,915
Friends had simply found uloma
to be a convenient scapegoat.
>> other that the testimony of

1330
00:39:45,917 --> 00:39:47,484
to be a convenient scapegoat.
>> other that the testimony of
the co-conspirators, there's

1331
00:39:47,486 --> 00:39:49,152
>> other that the testimony of
the co-conspirators, there's
nothing actually linking uloma

1332
00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:50,186
the co-conspirators, there's
nothing actually linking uloma
to will's murder.

1333
00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:51,471
Nothing actually linking uloma
to will's murder.
>> they're also, at the same

1334
00:39:51,473 --> 00:39:52,839
to will's murder.
>> they're also, at the same
time, pointing their finger at

1335
00:39:52,841 --> 00:39:53,473
>> they're also, at the same
time, pointing their finger at
jacqueline.

1336
00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:55,141
Time, pointing their finger at
jacqueline.
>> they claim jacqueline was the

1337
00:39:55,143 --> 00:39:56,676
jacqueline.
>> they claim jacqueline was the
one who really had a problem

1338
00:39:56,678 --> 00:39:57,343
>> they claim jacqueline was the
one who really had a problem
with will.

1339
00:39:57,345 --> 00:39:58,995
One who really had a problem
with will.
>> narrator: But has uloma's

1340
00:39:58,997 --> 00:40:00,563
with will.
>> narrator: But has uloma's
defense team done enough to

1341
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:02,182
>> narrator: But has uloma's
defense team done enough to
plant the seed of reasonable

1342
00:40:02,184 --> 00:40:03,650
defense team done enough to
plant the seed of reasonable
doubt in the minds of the

1343
00:40:03,652 --> 00:40:04,150
plant the seed of reasonable
doubt in the minds of the
jury?

1344
00:40:04,152 --> 00:40:05,652
Doubt in the minds of the
jury?
>> juries being what they are,

1345
00:40:05,654 --> 00:40:07,020
jury?
>> juries being what they are,
you never know what they're

1346
00:40:07,022 --> 00:40:08,438
>> juries being what they are,
you never know what they're
gonna do, how they're gonna

1347
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:08,905
you never know what they're
gonna do, how they're gonna
react.

1348
00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:10,573
Gonna do, how they're gonna
react.
>> it took the jury less than

1349
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:12,275
react.
>> it took the jury less than
two hours to find uloma guilty.

1350
00:40:12,277 --> 00:40:14,110
>> it took the jury less than
two hours to find uloma guilty.
>> when she was found guilty,

1351
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:16,496
two hours to find uloma guilty.
>> when she was found guilty,
that was a bittersweet,

1352
00:40:16,498 --> 00:40:17,664
>> when she was found guilty,
that was a bittersweet,
bittersweet day.

1353
00:40:17,666 --> 00:40:19,249
That was a bittersweet,
bittersweet day.
It's sweet that they brought the

1354
00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:20,834
bittersweet day.
It's sweet that they brought the
person to justice, but it's very

1355
00:40:20,836 --> 00:40:22,368
it's sweet that they brought the
person to justice, but it's very
bitter, the person who they had

1356
00:40:22,370 --> 00:40:23,453
person to justice, but it's very
bitter, the person who they had
to bring to justice.

1357
00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:25,388
Bitter, the person who they had
to bring to justice.
>> narrator: In exchange for

1358
00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:27,123
to bring to justice.
>> narrator: In exchange for
testifying against uloma,

1359
00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:29,292
>> narrator: In exchange for
testifying against uloma,
chad padgett, ryan dorty, and

1360
00:40:29,294 --> 00:40:31,377
testifying against uloma,
chad padgett, ryan dorty, and
christopher hein all accept

1361
00:40:31,379 --> 00:40:32,429
chad padgett, ryan dorty, and
christopher hein all accept
plea deals.

1362
00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:34,130
Christopher hein all accept
plea deals.
>> all three of them are still

1363
00:40:34,132 --> 00:40:35,882
plea deals.
>> all three of them are still
serving a fairly lengthy prison

1364
00:40:35,884 --> 00:40:36,549
>> all three of them are still
serving a fairly lengthy prison
sentence.

1365
00:40:36,551 --> 00:40:37,801
Serving a fairly lengthy prison
sentence.
>> narrator: Will's

1366
00:40:37,803 --> 00:40:39,636
sentence.
>> narrator: Will's
stepdaughter, jacqueline, still

1367
00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:41,371
>> narrator: Will's
stepdaughter, jacqueline, still
a juvenile at the time of the

1368
00:40:41,373 --> 00:40:43,106
stepdaughter, jacqueline, still
a juvenile at the time of the
murder, never serves a single

1369
00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:44,674
a juvenile at the time of the
murder, never serves a single
day of actual prison time.

1370
00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:46,893
Murder, never serves a single
day of actual prison time.
>> she's actually sentences to

1371
00:40:46,895 --> 00:40:49,212
day of actual prison time.
>> she's actually sentences to
the juvenile-detention facility

1372
00:40:49,214 --> 00:40:51,047
>> she's actually sentences to
the juvenile-detention facility
until her 21st birthday.

1373
00:40:51,049 --> 00:40:52,649
The juvenile-detention facility
until her 21st birthday.
But then they let her our on

1374
00:40:52,651 --> 00:40:54,284
until her 21st birthday.
But then they let her our on
parole, and currently she's

1375
00:40:54,286 --> 00:40:55,385
but then they let her our on
parole, and currently she's
free.

1376
00:40:55,686 --> 00:40:57,287
>> narrator: As for uloma,

1377
00:40:57,421 --> 00:40:59,155
she'll be in prison until the

1378
00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,156
day she dies.

1379
00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:03,326
>> uloma gets life with parole.

1380
00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:04,828
>> she's never getting out of

1381
00:41:04,995 --> 00:41:05,295
jail.

1382
00:41:05,412 --> 00:41:07,080
It was a good thing, but it's

1383
00:41:07,214 --> 00:41:08,748
not gonna bring will back.

1384
00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:10,633
>> the biggest tragedy out of

1385
00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:12,585
this whole incident is that you

1386
00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:14,420
took away a person who had so

1387
00:41:14,555 --> 00:41:16,389
much more to give, so much more

1388
00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,424
to give to his family that loved

1389
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:20,577
him, who he loved, a man who had

1390
00:41:20,711 --> 00:41:22,395
so much more to give to his

1391
00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:23,613
department.

1392
00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:25,014
And you took away a man that had

1393
00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:26,182
so much more to give to his

1394
00:41:26,350 --> 00:41:27,417
community.