1 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:05,166 [Jim] The nightmares you have of all the different scenarios 2 00:00:05,166 --> 00:00:07,867 of what could have possibly happened. 3 00:00:07,867 --> 00:00:10,367 [Paul] With the severity of the neck wound, 4 00:00:10,367 --> 00:00:12,266 you're going to lose a lot of blood quickly, 5 00:00:12,266 --> 00:00:13,533 and you're going to die quickly. 6 00:00:13,533 --> 00:00:17,266 It was very chilling to think that there had been ransom demands. 7 00:00:17,266 --> 00:00:21,333 "If you don't send me $25,000, I'm gonna feed her to my dogs." 8 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:23,467 They were horrified. 9 00:00:23,467 --> 00:00:25,367 [Sergeant Stake speaking] 10 00:00:25,367 --> 00:00:28,367 He said, "I can't wait until they find you raped and murdered in the desert." 11 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:30,000 This is just pure evil. 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,867 This is just pure evil. 13 00:00:30,867 --> 00:00:34,533 Just speaks volumes to the kind of sickness 14 00:00:34,533 --> 00:00:36,100 that lives in some people. 15 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:41,100 [wailing loudly] 16 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,634 [opening music playing] 17 00:01:04,166 --> 00:01:06,533 [opening music concludes] 18 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:17,233 [Shoshone medicine man vocalizing] 19 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,000 [Wendy] A Shoshone medicine man performs a spiritual ritual 20 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,266 to purge the evil from this pocket 21 00:01:24,266 --> 00:01:26,166 of Nevada's Ruby Mountains. 22 00:01:27,367 --> 00:01:30,000 For one family, it's all they can do to push the darkness away 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,634 For one family, it's all they can do to push the darkness away 24 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:33,867 and cleanse this hallowed ground. 25 00:01:33,867 --> 00:01:36,734 [singing continues] 26 00:01:58,967 --> 00:02:00,000 [Tyler] Elko's the greatest city in Nevada, if you ask me. 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,867 [Tyler] Elko's the greatest city in Nevada, if you ask me. 28 00:02:01,867 --> 00:02:05,166 It's rural America, the people here are wonderful. 29 00:02:05,166 --> 00:02:07,166 There's no other place that I'd rather live. 30 00:02:10,367 --> 00:02:12,367 We've got a lot of families that are, uh, 31 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:14,867 been ranching here for generations. 32 00:02:14,867 --> 00:02:16,166 [horse neighing] 33 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:19,166 [Sergeant Stake] The rodeo circuit is really big around here. 34 00:02:19,867 --> 00:02:22,000 We also have a large mining industry, 35 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,367 which is really what a lot of the economy revolves around here. 36 00:02:25,367 --> 00:02:27,000 [machinery running] 37 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 [Wendy] The booming mining industry drew the Ujlaky family to the Elko area. 38 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,100 [Wendy] The booming mining industry drew the Ujlaky family to the Elko area. 39 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:33,166 An area known for rodeos 40 00:02:33,166 --> 00:02:36,100 and also for its Native American tribal lands. 41 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:38,867 [Jim] There you go. 42 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,367 My name is Jim Ujlaky. 43 00:02:41,367 --> 00:02:43,467 I'm a gold miner. 44 00:02:44,166 --> 00:02:45,266 Good girl. 45 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:47,100 The mining out here is pretty good, 46 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:53,100 so we moved here from Colorado in August of 2010. 47 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:55,266 My daughter, Britney, was seven, 48 00:02:55,266 --> 00:02:57,634 my son, James, was six. 49 00:02:59,367 --> 00:03:00,000 My name is Alisha Ujlaky, and I'm James and Britney's mother. 50 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,100 My name is Alisha Ujlaky, and I'm James and Britney's mother. 51 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:10,700 It was a very, very fun, cool place to move the kids, 52 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:13,734 and that's where my daughter learned to ride horses. 53 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:17,367 She thought she was pretty hot stuff. 54 00:03:17,367 --> 00:03:18,967 She'd ride off into the field 55 00:03:18,967 --> 00:03:21,066 and come back just proud as a peacock. 56 00:03:26,367 --> 00:03:29,967 [James] My name is James, I'm Britney's brother. 57 00:03:29,967 --> 00:03:30,000 Britney's a year and three months older than me. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,100 Britney's a year and three months older than me. 59 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:36,500 Britney was just so beautiful and at the same time, 60 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:39,166 really just strong and just independent 61 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:40,867 and always doing her own thing. 62 00:03:40,867 --> 00:03:43,266 We were really close. 63 00:03:43,266 --> 00:03:46,266 Whenever we needed each other, we were always there. 64 00:03:46,266 --> 00:03:49,367 We had adventure after adventure in that house. 65 00:03:49,367 --> 00:03:54,467 But over time, me and Jim realized we just weren't good married. 66 00:03:54,467 --> 00:03:56,166 [Jim] But we just made the agreement that, 67 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:58,533 you know, the kids come first no matter what. 68 00:03:58,533 --> 00:04:00,000 They need both parents. 69 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,066 They need both parents. 70 00:04:01,066 --> 00:04:05,166 They need guidance and we just agreed we're just gonna get along, 71 00:04:05,166 --> 00:04:07,634 so we remained friends. 72 00:04:08,634 --> 00:04:10,867 [Wendy] Alisha moves out but stay nearby 73 00:04:10,867 --> 00:04:12,867 to make it easier for her and Jim 74 00:04:12,867 --> 00:04:16,367 to raise their children together while living apart. 75 00:04:16,367 --> 00:04:20,066 Britney lives with her father, where she can ride her horse everyday. 76 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:23,367 My sister and my dad got along 77 00:04:23,367 --> 00:04:27,333 better than any father-child duo I've ever seen. 78 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:29,700 They were really, really close. 79 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:30,000 My son and Alisha, her mom, called her mini me. 80 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,467 My son and Alisha, her mom, called her mini me. 81 00:04:34,467 --> 00:04:36,100 If I like the team, she liked the team. 82 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:37,867 If I like the movie, she liked the movie. 83 00:04:37,867 --> 00:04:42,433 It was almost scary how much she... like me she was. 84 00:04:43,967 --> 00:04:48,600 Britney's actual name was Gabrielle Ujlaky. 85 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,467 But as the years went on, 86 00:04:51,467 --> 00:04:54,433 people called her Britney and that kind of stuck. 87 00:04:55,867 --> 00:05:00,000 When I was investigating this case and writing the story, 88 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,166 When I was investigating this case and writing the story, 89 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:05,100 what intrigued me was that this girl seemed so vivacious. 90 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:07,367 And in March of 2020, 91 00:05:07,367 --> 00:05:10,634 she had everything going for her. 92 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:13,166 [Selina] I became friends with Britney 93 00:05:13,166 --> 00:05:15,266 beginning of high school. 94 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:18,266 We both shared the same passion for horses, 95 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:20,900 and we both were into rodeos. 96 00:05:22,066 --> 00:05:26,600 I met Britney at the rodeo that we have here at Elko. 97 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,100 We just kind of clicked after that. 98 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:30,000 She brought out my inner child 100%. 99 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,734 She brought out my inner child 100%. 100 00:05:31,734 --> 00:05:34,367 Always just a goofy, bubbly person, 101 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:37,533 and I feel like I can be myself around Britney. 102 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:40,500 Between her horses, her family and her friends, 103 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:44,000 Britney Ujlaky has a wonderful life for a 16-year-old. 104 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,867 But on Sunday, March 8th, 105 00:05:45,867 --> 00:05:48,166 nothing goes according to plan. 106 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,967 [James] Every other Sunday, my dad had band practice. 107 00:05:55,967 --> 00:05:58,600 My dad's band was like a classic slash heavy metal band, 108 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,000 and Britney decided to, uh, go with him to band practice. 109 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,266 and Britney decided to, uh, go with him to band practice. 110 00:06:05,166 --> 00:06:06,600 [heavy metal music playing] 111 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,634 [Jim] When we got to band practice, 112 00:06:10,367 --> 00:06:12,500 everyone in the band loved her. 113 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:17,000 Just, just couldn't wait for Britney's smart remarks to come in, 114 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,166 and I'd sit there and laugh. 115 00:06:20,066 --> 00:06:22,700 [Wendy] The afternoon wears on and while Jim is practicing, 116 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:25,266 Britney is Snapchatting with her friends. 117 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:28,734 [Jim] Then, at some point she said, "Bryce is gonna come pick me up, 118 00:06:28,734 --> 00:06:30,000 I'll meet you at home, love you, bye." 119 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,066 I'll meet you at home, love you, bye." 120 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,266 They were real good friends. 121 00:06:35,634 --> 00:06:39,000 [Britney laughs] Bryce. 122 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,600 Britney and Bryce met at the rodeo, 123 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,100 where she had met other friends. 124 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:46,533 And he would make sure she got home on time, 125 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:49,600 and would just kind of keep an eye out for her, 126 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,734 which made her parents really happy. 127 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:55,066 [James] They hung out a lot at school. 128 00:06:55,066 --> 00:06:57,100 Britney and him would go to the rodeo, 129 00:06:57,100 --> 00:06:58,700 or they'd just go drivin' around, 130 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:00,000 or just goin' to getting food in town, anything... anything like that. 131 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,600 or just goin' to getting food in town, anything... anything like that. 132 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,166 Just hanging out together. 133 00:07:06,734 --> 00:07:08,700 [Jim] That night, after band practice 134 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:12,367 I got home by, I think, 07:30. 135 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:16,467 She wasn't home. I started calling her 136 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:19,000 and her phone would go right to voicemail. 137 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,900 I called her mom, "Britney with you, where's Britney?" 138 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:25,000 [Alisha] I could hear in his voice 139 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:27,734 everything was wrong. 140 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,000 Then I called her phone, 141 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,634 Then I called her phone, 142 00:07:30,634 --> 00:07:33,266 and it went right to voicemail and I... 143 00:07:34,634 --> 00:07:37,867 My heart dropped because I knew that was not right. 144 00:07:37,867 --> 00:07:40,266 My daughter never had her phone off. 145 00:07:40,266 --> 00:07:44,734 And so I instantly got on the phone to James 146 00:07:44,734 --> 00:07:47,066 and I said, "Have you heard from Britney?" 147 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:48,800 And he said, "no." 148 00:07:50,467 --> 00:07:52,000 [James] She wasn't answering the phone, 149 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,066 so I thought that she just went to some party or anything like that. 150 00:07:55,066 --> 00:07:56,734 James had said, "Well, Mom, 151 00:07:56,734 --> 00:07:59,367 maybe she went out and she got drunk." 152 00:07:59,367 --> 00:08:00,000 [James] I thought that she just didn't wanna get in trouble. 153 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,066 [James] I thought that she just didn't wanna get in trouble. 154 00:08:02,066 --> 00:08:04,166 Just trying to duck consequences. 155 00:08:04,166 --> 00:08:08,367 I told him, I says, "Get a hold of Bryce right now and find out what's going on." 156 00:08:09,867 --> 00:08:12,166 [James] I texted him right away and asked, 157 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:13,533 "Hey, where's Britney at?" 158 00:08:13,533 --> 00:08:16,000 And he said, "I dropped her off at the high school." 159 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,166 And I was like, "Okay, well, who did you drop her off with?" 160 00:08:18,166 --> 00:08:21,100 He said, "White guy. Tall. Had a cowboy look. 161 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,233 I didn't get a much better look than that. 162 00:08:24,266 --> 00:08:26,066 She said something about a new friend." 163 00:08:26,066 --> 00:08:28,533 He said, "He had a truck, I caught, like, a small glimpse of it." 164 00:08:28,533 --> 00:08:29,867 I was like, "Okay, well, what kind?" 165 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:30,000 He said, "It was, like, a green, older, like, ugly F-150." 166 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,800 He said, "It was, like, a green, older, like, ugly F-150." 167 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:41,100 [Alisha] When James told me that, and I panicked. 168 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:45,066 [chuckles] You know? 'Cause I'm like, "What do you mean? 169 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,467 Here's this random cowboy that nobody's seen before, 170 00:08:48,467 --> 00:08:49,734 nobody knows anything about him, 171 00:08:49,734 --> 00:08:51,800 and my daughter just happened to get in the truck with him?" 172 00:09:00,367 --> 00:09:02,900 [Alisha] It was just insane to me that we couldn't find her. 173 00:09:06,367 --> 00:09:08,367 And then I thought, "Oh, well, 174 00:09:08,367 --> 00:09:12,066 Britney's smarter than that. She wouldn't have gotten into a truck. 175 00:09:12,967 --> 00:09:14,634 But at the same time, 176 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:17,467 my daughter's 16 years old 177 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:21,000 and what if she did have some crush on a cowboy?" 178 00:09:24,867 --> 00:09:27,233 [Jim] I did not sleep a wink that night. 179 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:28,538 The next morning, around 6 o'clock, 180 00:09:28,538 --> 00:09:31,000 The next morning, around 6 o'clock, 181 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,800 I had called Alisha and told her, 182 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,233 call the sheriffs out to file a missing persons report. 183 00:09:39,066 --> 00:09:41,467 -[gasping] Hi. -[male deputy] Hello. 184 00:09:41,467 --> 00:09:44,367 The sheriff's department sent a deputy over 185 00:09:44,367 --> 00:09:46,533 to just kind of get the lay of the land 186 00:09:46,533 --> 00:09:48,066 and see what was going on. 187 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:50,266 [male deputy] Okay. 188 00:09:57,367 --> 00:09:58,538 [male deputy] Has she, has she ever did this before? 189 00:09:58,538 --> 00:09:59,867 [male deputy] Has she, has she ever did this before? 190 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:02,367 [male deputy] Hey, young man, what's your name? 191 00:10:02,367 --> 00:10:06,166 [Baker] Alisha told the deputy that Britney's friend Bryce 192 00:10:06,166 --> 00:10:09,734 had last seen her at Spring Creek High School. 193 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,367 [male deputy] Is there any other friends 194 00:10:11,367 --> 00:10:13,867 that were with Bryce or was it just Bryce? 195 00:10:15,734 --> 00:10:17,600 [male deputy] And she was with him and then 196 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,433 he dropped her off and he had no idea who this guy was? 197 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:27,634 [male deputy] And all we know is that it was a green truck? 198 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:32,066 [male deputy] Okay. 199 00:10:32,066 --> 00:10:35,467 [Baker] And then Alisha told the deputy that 200 00:10:35,467 --> 00:10:39,533 maybe the guy Britney met was this guy J.T. 201 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:52,266 [male deputy] We don't know, we don't know anything else about this other guy, huh? 202 00:10:52,266 --> 00:10:53,734 [male deputy] Let me go get this entered and I'll talk 203 00:10:53,734 --> 00:10:56,000 to my supervisor, see what he wants to do. 204 00:10:58,266 --> 00:10:58,538 So, I'm Lieutenant Doug Fisher of the operations division 205 00:10:58,538 --> 00:11:00,533 So, I'm Lieutenant Doug Fisher of the operations division 206 00:11:00,533 --> 00:11:02,166 in the Elko County Sheriff's Office. 207 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:04,000 I asked Bryce to meet with me 208 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,634 in the parking lot of the local high school. 209 00:11:06,533 --> 00:11:08,700 I wanted to hear the details from him, 210 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:11,333 because he was the last person that had seen Britney. 211 00:11:13,266 --> 00:11:14,734 [Lieutenant Fisher speaking] 212 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,634 [Lieutenant Fisher speaking] 213 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:42,367 Bryce says that the friend was a taller cowboy 214 00:11:42,367 --> 00:11:44,734 that was wearing a cowboy hat. 215 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,433 [Bryce speaking] 216 00:11:58,500 --> 00:11:58,538 We needed to have an actual, solid description of this truck. 217 00:11:58,538 --> 00:12:02,433 We needed to have an actual, solid description of this truck. 218 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:09,867 And then Doug Fisher asked questions about 219 00:12:09,867 --> 00:12:11,233 Bryce Dickey's vehicle. 220 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,000 [Lieutenant Fisher speaking] 221 00:12:16,367 --> 00:12:18,867 [Lieutenant Fisher speaking] 222 00:12:18,867 --> 00:12:20,367 [Bryce speaking] 223 00:12:20,367 --> 00:12:22,867 [Sergeant Stake] We looked into Bryce, 224 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:25,000 we didn't see anything that raised alarms. 225 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,166 All in all, he just seemed to be a 226 00:12:27,166 --> 00:12:28,538 pretty much well-rounded, all-American kid. 227 00:12:28,538 --> 00:12:30,066 pretty much well-rounded, all-American kid. 228 00:12:30,066 --> 00:12:32,166 -[Lieutenant Fisher] 'Preciate it, sir. -Yup, no problem. 229 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:37,266 [Wendy] Using their only lead, 230 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:39,367 Elko County sheriffs spread the word 231 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:40,734 about their missing teen. 232 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,166 [Sergeant Stake] We of course put out a press release for that, 233 00:12:44,166 --> 00:12:45,867 saying that Britney was missing 234 00:12:45,867 --> 00:12:48,000 and that we were looking for a green Ford F-150 235 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,734 driven by a white cowboy. 236 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:54,100 [Wendy] Another potentially major factor 237 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:55,800 that could help locate Britney 238 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,367 would be tracking her cellphone, 239 00:12:57,367 --> 00:12:58,538 which has yet to be located. 240 00:12:58,538 --> 00:12:59,967 which has yet to be located. 241 00:12:59,967 --> 00:13:03,100 [Lieutenant Fisher] When there's an emergency we believe is life-threatening 242 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:05,000 we can ask for the cell providers 243 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,367 to do a ping on the phone. 244 00:13:06,367 --> 00:13:10,233 And that gives us a generalized GPS location. 245 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,367 We had an initial ping from her phone 246 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:15,066 that was out on Boyd-Kennedy Road, 247 00:13:15,066 --> 00:13:18,467 which is basically to the east of the Spring Creek High School, 248 00:13:18,467 --> 00:13:20,433 where she had been dropped off. 249 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,600 Because of the ping from her phone, 250 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,533 the deputies went out to the Boyd-Kennedy area 251 00:13:25,533 --> 00:13:27,433 to conduct a thorough search. 252 00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:32,166 [Baker] While the Elko Sheriff's Department is doing 253 00:13:32,166 --> 00:13:34,367 everything it can to locate Britney, 254 00:13:34,367 --> 00:13:38,066 Britney's family and friends go out and do their own searches. 255 00:13:41,533 --> 00:13:44,734 I left to go look for Britney, me and my friend. 256 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:48,700 We went way down to the end on Boyd-Kennedy Road, 257 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:52,734 turned around, came back up, took another road coming back the other way. 258 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:57,467 [Selina] When I first found out that Britney was missing, 259 00:13:57,467 --> 00:13:58,538 we started driving all over the place looking for her. 260 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,367 we started driving all over the place looking for her. 261 00:14:00,367 --> 00:14:04,600 We didn't know anything about this guy, this J.T. 262 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,800 The whole town was pretty much keeping their eyes open 263 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,000 for a dark green F-150. 264 00:14:11,166 --> 00:14:15,367 We had messaged Bryce if he could think of anywhere 265 00:14:15,367 --> 00:14:17,600 where maybe no one has looked yet. 266 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,000 And he said, "Spring Creek Mountains." 267 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,166 And then he texted me and he told me, 268 00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:24,166 "I love you, I'm so sorry this happened, 269 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:25,800 but I hope you guys don't blame me." 270 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,538 And I said, "Bryce we definitely do not blame you one bit. 271 00:14:28,538 --> 00:14:29,066 And I said, "Bryce we definitely do not blame you one bit. 272 00:14:29,066 --> 00:14:31,233 We love you too bud keep your head up." 273 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:35,100 The whole community came together. 274 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:38,367 "We need to find Britney, we need to find this pick-up truck. 275 00:14:38,367 --> 00:14:42,100 We need to find whoever the hell this cowboy is." 276 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:44,600 It's such a small town that 277 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,867 things like this usually don't happen. 278 00:14:46,867 --> 00:14:49,166 Nothing was just making sense. 279 00:14:49,166 --> 00:14:52,000 [Selina] We did have the whole town, especially us young girls 280 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,867 had had us watching our backs every step we took. 281 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:04,367 [Alisha] The next day, I went and printed 540 flyers, 282 00:15:04,367 --> 00:15:06,066 hanging them everywhere. 283 00:15:06,867 --> 00:15:09,000 I covered Elko, I covered Spring Creek, 284 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,533 you know, putting her picture out. 285 00:15:11,867 --> 00:15:14,700 [Cheyenne] I made a post on social media, 286 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:18,700 if anyone knew anything, if they could, like, let us know. 287 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:20,500 That's one thing about this town, 288 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,266 is when something like this happens, 289 00:15:22,266 --> 00:15:24,100 the whole community pulls together, 290 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:27,266 and they will do whatever they can to help find that child. 291 00:15:27,266 --> 00:15:28,538 [Sergeant Stake] We were just inundated with calls. 292 00:15:28,538 --> 00:15:29,166 [Sergeant Stake] We were just inundated with calls. 293 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:31,100 We could hear every two to three minutes 294 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:33,367 a different phone at a station would ring, 295 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:35,266 and this is 6 o'clock in the evening. 296 00:15:35,266 --> 00:15:38,600 And the phone's never ringing over here at 6 o'clock in the evening. 297 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,867 [Wendy] Investigators sort through tips 298 00:15:40,867 --> 00:15:43,166 and try to verify which ones are credible. 299 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:45,367 Until late in the evening of March 10th, 300 00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:47,800 when Alisha gets an alarming text message 301 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,266 from a number she doesn't recognize. 302 00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:53,166 [Alisha] And everybody was frantically looking 303 00:15:53,166 --> 00:15:56,800 for this green truck and this cowboy and then 304 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,538 I got a text message, 305 00:15:58,538 --> 00:15:58,967 I got a text message, 306 00:15:58,967 --> 00:16:02,100 but it was, "We have your daughter. 307 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:08,467 If you don't send me $25,000, I'm gonna feed her to my dogs." 308 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:11,000 And they kept telling me that she's very sick. 309 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 The drugs that they used to take her 310 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,634 didn't react well with her and she's gonna die. 311 00:16:16,634 --> 00:16:19,867 I instantly was thinking about where I could get the money. 312 00:16:19,867 --> 00:16:23,000 I told him I was trying to make phone calls 313 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,433 to do anything I could to get the money together. 314 00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:28,467 [Wendy] Detective Stake tells Alisha 315 00:16:28,467 --> 00:16:28,538 not to reply to whoever is texting her 316 00:16:28,538 --> 00:16:30,734 not to reply to whoever is texting her 317 00:16:30,734 --> 00:16:34,634 on the ransom demands until investigators can trace the phone number. 318 00:16:37,467 --> 00:16:38,734 [Sergeant Stake] The next morning, 319 00:16:38,734 --> 00:16:40,266 Alisha came down to the office. 320 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:42,467 I was looking at the ransom demands to 321 00:16:42,467 --> 00:16:44,266 start tracking down that phone number 322 00:16:44,266 --> 00:16:47,533 of the people who supposedly had Britney. 323 00:16:47,533 --> 00:16:50,166 [Alisha] All the sudden, people started texting me again saying, 324 00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:53,367 "We tried to tell you if you didn't get back to us, we're gonna kill her." 325 00:16:53,367 --> 00:16:58,266 And just all kinds of crazy things and I'm panicking. 326 00:16:58,266 --> 00:16:58,538 [Wendy] Detective Stake ushers Alisha into an interview room, 327 00:16:58,538 --> 00:17:01,367 [Wendy] Detective Stake ushers Alisha into an interview room, 328 00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:04,166 while specialists analyze her cellphone. 329 00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:07,166 They have one goal, which is to trace the source 330 00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:10,700 of the ransom messages before her daughter is harmed. 331 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:14,800 At that point in time, I received a call from Sergeant Fisher, 332 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,367 who was outside of town in the Burner Basin area. 333 00:17:19,367 --> 00:17:20,600 [Lieutenant Fisher speaking] 334 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,266 That was the last location we had a ping from Britney's phone. 335 00:17:23,266 --> 00:17:25,367 [Lieutenant Fisher speaking] 336 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:32,900 [Wendy] On the morning of March 11th, 2020, 337 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:35,100 Elko County Lieutenant Doug Fisher 338 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,800 is called out to a location 339 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,266 eighteen miles outside of town called Burner Basin. 340 00:17:40,266 --> 00:17:42,266 There, locals searching for Britney 341 00:17:42,266 --> 00:17:44,734 make a horrific discovery. 342 00:17:44,734 --> 00:17:46,967 [Lieutenant Fisher] Burner Basin was remote Nevada. 343 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,000 When we first arrived on scene, 344 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,367 the local guys were noticeably distraught. 345 00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:56,266 They had pulled pretty much right on the roadside 346 00:17:56,266 --> 00:17:59,166 right next to what they thought was suspicious to them. 347 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:03,333 They pointed out what appeared to be blood on the roadway. 348 00:18:04,367 --> 00:18:07,166 And they pointed to the blue tarp. 349 00:18:09,367 --> 00:18:10,634 [sighs] 350 00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:15,967 That point in time, we went to see what we actually had. 351 00:18:25,367 --> 00:18:26,867 We saw a deceased female, 352 00:18:26,867 --> 00:18:29,757 so we backed out the exact same way that we came in and 353 00:18:29,757 --> 00:18:30,533 so we backed out the exact same way that we came in and 354 00:18:30,533 --> 00:18:32,467 contacted Sergeant Stake. 355 00:18:35,634 --> 00:18:37,900 [Sergeant Stake] When I got the call from Lieutenant Fisher 356 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:41,533 informing me that they had located a female's body, 357 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:45,000 it was very chilling to think 358 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,233 that there had been ransom demands, 359 00:18:46,233 --> 00:18:49,233 since the previous night we didn't meet that ransom demand. 360 00:18:50,533 --> 00:18:54,266 And because of that she might have been killed. 361 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:57,634 At that point, I needed to get to the scene as fast as possible. 362 00:18:58,266 --> 00:18:59,757 But first I had to notify Alisha 363 00:18:59,757 --> 00:19:01,166 But first I had to notify Alisha 364 00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:02,467 that I was going to leave 365 00:19:02,467 --> 00:19:04,734 and go out to a scene with a body. 366 00:19:04,734 --> 00:19:07,066 [door opens, closes] 367 00:19:09,734 --> 00:19:11,634 [Sergeant Stake speaking] 368 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,734 [Alisha] He goes, "We found a body." 369 00:19:24,266 --> 00:19:25,600 I knew it was my daughter. 370 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,000 He didn't tell me it was my daughter, you know? 371 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,533 But I knew it was my daughter. 372 00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:29,757 That's when the panic hit. 373 00:19:29,757 --> 00:19:31,634 That's when the panic hit. 374 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:34,800 [hurriedly] I'm gonna pass out. Can you get me some help? 375 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,533 -Can you get me some help? -[Sergeant Stake] Yup. Yup. 376 00:19:36,533 --> 00:19:38,000 -There's some people... Okay. -Can you get me... 377 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,166 [wailing] No, no, God, my God. Give me some help. 378 00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:44,266 -[wailing indistinctly] -[Sergeant Stake] I need you to... 379 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:47,266 [Alisha screaming indistinctly] 380 00:19:47,266 --> 00:19:49,100 [Sergeant Stake] I've seen a lot in law enforcement, 381 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:51,533 and out of everything in my career, 382 00:19:51,533 --> 00:19:54,166 the one thing that really sticks with me 383 00:19:54,166 --> 00:19:56,367 is the sound that Alisha made after I told her 384 00:19:56,367 --> 00:19:58,900 that I was going out to investigate a dead body. 385 00:19:58,900 --> 00:19:59,757 [Alisha wailing loudly] 386 00:19:59,757 --> 00:20:02,900 [Alisha wailing loudly] 387 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:08,367 -[shouting] Help me, please! -[Sergeant Stake speaks indistinctly] 388 00:20:08,367 --> 00:20:11,734 [Alisha crying, wailing] 389 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,634 It was by far the worst sound 390 00:20:14,634 --> 00:20:16,533 I'd ever heard in law enforcement. 391 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,734 [groans, sniffles] 392 00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:25,433 [exhales heavily, sniffles] 393 00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:29,757 [Alisha] He looked at me and he said, 394 00:20:29,757 --> 00:20:29,900 [Alisha] He looked at me and he said, 395 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:32,800 "Alisha, I need you to try really hard not to panic 396 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,100 right now because I have to go." 397 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,166 And then he ran. 398 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:42,100 As I arrived at the scene, one of the first things I noticed 399 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,367 was red staining in the roadway. 400 00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:46,266 And there was a pretty significant amount, 401 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:49,734 and I could tell that it had really saturated the soil in several areas. 402 00:20:50,367 --> 00:20:51,800 And then I also observed a 403 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,533 condom wrapper on the edge of the roadway. 404 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:57,800 I started looking closer in that area 405 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,757 and I found white earbuds that were hanging off a sagebrush. 406 00:20:59,757 --> 00:21:02,066 and I found white earbuds that were hanging off a sagebrush. 407 00:21:03,266 --> 00:21:04,433 And at that point in time, 408 00:21:04,433 --> 00:21:06,967 we found a used condom that was in the same sagebrush. 409 00:21:10,266 --> 00:21:13,266 [Sergeant Stake] As I was looking at things, I noticed from the roadway 410 00:21:13,266 --> 00:21:15,166 what appeared to be drag marks from the red staining 411 00:21:15,166 --> 00:21:19,800 on the side of the road that went to a female's body 412 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,166 that was located underneath a blue tarp. 413 00:21:22,166 --> 00:21:24,367 I noticed that the body was face down, 414 00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:28,700 and the tarp was kind of loosely draped over it. 415 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:29,757 [Lieutenant Fisher] When we pulled the tarp off and saw the body, 416 00:21:29,757 --> 00:21:30,900 [Lieutenant Fisher] When we pulled the tarp off and saw the body, 417 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:34,467 we believed that there was a potential sexual assault. 418 00:21:34,467 --> 00:21:38,367 [Sergeant Stake] The pants and panties had been pulled down to her ankles. 419 00:21:38,367 --> 00:21:39,433 The shoes were still tied. 420 00:21:39,433 --> 00:21:41,867 There was quite a bit of blood and what appeared to me 421 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:45,266 to be a puncture wound or a mark on her neck. 422 00:21:45,266 --> 00:21:47,367 And then just to the north of the body, 423 00:21:47,367 --> 00:21:49,266 a keychain was located. 424 00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:52,634 It said "Brittany" on the keychain. 425 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:56,800 Based on that, we knew that it was most likely Britney. 426 00:21:59,166 --> 00:21:59,757 At that time, the body was sent down for an autopsy 427 00:21:59,757 --> 00:22:02,266 At that time, the body was sent down for an autopsy 428 00:22:02,266 --> 00:22:04,066 to officially confirm her identity. 429 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:06,634 [police siren ringing] 430 00:22:06,634 --> 00:22:08,800 [Lieutenant Fisher] So after we got done processing the scene, 431 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,800 it was late at night, but someone had to go notify Jim, the father. 432 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,867 There'd also been some social media and 433 00:22:16,867 --> 00:22:20,367 information out there that there was a body that was found, 434 00:22:20,367 --> 00:22:23,066 a young female had been killed. 435 00:22:23,066 --> 00:22:24,533 So I went to his house. 436 00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:27,266 [Jim] At 02:30, the dogs start barking real loud 437 00:22:27,266 --> 00:22:29,757 and there's a knock on the door. [crying] 438 00:22:29,757 --> 00:22:31,266 and there's a knock on the door. [crying] 439 00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:34,066 [sniffles] And that's... 440 00:22:34,066 --> 00:22:36,166 When they sent Doug Fisher, I knew. 441 00:22:37,266 --> 00:22:39,900 And he walked in, and I said, "It was her?" 442 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,533 He said, "yeah." 443 00:22:42,533 --> 00:22:43,867 So... 444 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,367 [Lieutenant Fisher] We sat down and we had that conversation 445 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:53,367 that nobody wants to have with a father, you know, and to tell him 446 00:22:53,367 --> 00:22:55,233 that their daughter's not gonna come home. 447 00:22:57,467 --> 00:22:59,700 The scenarios that race through your head 448 00:22:59,700 --> 00:22:59,757 and disrupt your life for good. 449 00:22:59,757 --> 00:23:02,800 and disrupt your life for good. 450 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,734 And the nightmares of what could have possibly happened. 451 00:23:06,734 --> 00:23:09,900 I tried to reassure him that we were gonna solve the case. 452 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:12,734 [Jim] Doug Fisher's a phenomenal man. 453 00:23:12,734 --> 00:23:16,467 He sat here with me for quite a while, 454 00:23:16,467 --> 00:23:21,433 made sure I was gonna be all right before he left. 455 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:27,266 Jim called me and woke me up, you know, to tell me, 456 00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:29,757 but I told him, I, I said, "I already know... I already know." 457 00:23:29,757 --> 00:23:31,233 but I told him, I, I said, "I already know... I already know." 458 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,367 [Jim] I finally fell asleep. 459 00:23:34,367 --> 00:23:37,533 It might have been 7:00, 8:00. 460 00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:39,700 For about 10 minutes, 461 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:41,333 and James opened my door. 462 00:23:43,166 --> 00:23:44,634 [James] I'd woke up that morning and 463 00:23:45,634 --> 00:23:48,900 opened my phone, to, like, 40 Snapchats. 464 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:50,533 [phone dinging with notifications] 465 00:23:50,533 --> 00:23:52,867 [James] "I'm so sorry for your loss," da-da-da-da-da. 466 00:23:52,867 --> 00:23:54,333 "Please tell me this isn't real." 467 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:56,600 Then I saw my dad. 468 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,734 I was, like, "What's going on?" And then... 469 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:01,367 After my dad had told me, 470 00:24:01,367 --> 00:24:03,867 I didn't believe it. I was, like... 471 00:24:05,367 --> 00:24:08,900 No, no. That didn't happen. Like... 472 00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:11,166 ...You got, like, the identification wrong, or something. 473 00:24:14,367 --> 00:24:17,333 I just went completely numb after that, it was just... 474 00:24:20,367 --> 00:24:22,333 [Cheyenne] When I heard that they found her body, 475 00:24:23,166 --> 00:24:26,333 I didn't know what to do. I felt lost. 476 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:29,757 I drove out to Alisha's house. 477 00:24:29,757 --> 00:24:30,166 I drove out to Alisha's house. 478 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:33,333 And I took the biggest bouquet of flowers that I could find. 479 00:24:35,166 --> 00:24:36,900 And I handed her the flowers. 480 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:40,533 And I hugged her, as hard as I could. 481 00:24:41,533 --> 00:24:43,634 And I remember sitting there, crying with her. 482 00:24:48,734 --> 00:24:51,066 [Naugle] While Britney's family and friends mourned, 483 00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:53,166 investigators examined Alisha's phone, 484 00:24:53,166 --> 00:24:56,500 to determine who was behind the ransom messages. 485 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:58,900 [Stake] We had an investigator tracking down that phone number, 486 00:24:58,900 --> 00:24:59,757 and we found out that it was kind of a spoof number. 487 00:24:59,757 --> 00:25:01,166 and we found out that it was kind of a spoof number. 488 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,700 It was not located in Nevada, 489 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:05,800 so we determined the ransom demands were probably not valid. 490 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,100 [Naugle] Unfortunately, it's a dead-end. 491 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,000 But Detective Stake is hopeful 492 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,533 that the autopsy results will provide a new lead. 493 00:25:13,533 --> 00:25:14,867 [Stake] That was really the biggest piece 494 00:25:14,867 --> 00:25:16,166 of evidence that I was waiting for, 495 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:20,266 was to find out what the medical examiner was gonna tell me. 496 00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:23,266 Britney's cause of death was strangulation, 497 00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:25,166 and the neck wound. 498 00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:27,734 [Stake] She did have a single puncture wound to the neck, 499 00:25:27,734 --> 00:25:29,757 that severed the carotid artery. 500 00:25:29,757 --> 00:25:29,867 that severed the carotid artery. 501 00:25:29,867 --> 00:25:32,000 The medical examiner informed us that it looked like 502 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,266 some sort of a sharp, bladed instrument had been used. 503 00:25:36,266 --> 00:25:39,533 [Ingram] The severity of the neck wound was such that, 504 00:25:39,533 --> 00:25:41,166 you're going to lose a lot of blood. 505 00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:42,900 You're going to lose a lot of blood quickly. 506 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:44,533 And you're going to die quickly. 507 00:25:45,533 --> 00:25:47,266 [Naugle] Investigators believed that Britney 508 00:25:47,266 --> 00:25:48,600 was sexually assaulted, 509 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,000 and that the killer's DNA could still be on her body. 510 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,634 [Ingram] The medical examiner collected 511 00:25:53,634 --> 00:25:57,166 swabs from Britney's neck, to be analyzed. 512 00:25:57,166 --> 00:25:59,757 [Stake] They collect DNA swabbings of the fingernails, 513 00:25:59,757 --> 00:26:00,066 [Stake] They collect DNA swabbings of the fingernails, 514 00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:02,467 to see if there's any foreign DNA or skin cells. 515 00:26:02,467 --> 00:26:04,533 [Ingram] There was some superficial injuries, 516 00:26:04,533 --> 00:26:06,266 bruising, on the hands. 517 00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:09,800 It certainly could have been consistent with defensive wounds. 518 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,500 [Fisher] You don't want a bunch of delays in this, 519 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:14,367 so we had made arrangements with the crime lab 520 00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:16,634 to expedite this DNA. 521 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,600 If they can link the used condom to Britney, 522 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,233 then whoever used it is her killer. 523 00:26:26,066 --> 00:26:29,757 And while investigators await DNA results, 524 00:26:29,757 --> 00:26:30,066 And while investigators await DNA results, 525 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,700 their interest turns back to this cowboy 526 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,634 driving a green Ford F-150. 527 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,867 There was this name, JT, floating around, 528 00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:45,533 that maybe the guy Britney met was this guy JT, 529 00:26:45,533 --> 00:26:48,734 but no one really knew much more about him. 530 00:26:49,734 --> 00:26:53,166 [Stake] Supposedly, Britney was interested in JT, 531 00:26:53,166 --> 00:26:55,367 or had been talking to a JT, 532 00:26:55,367 --> 00:26:56,900 and potentially wanted to date him. 533 00:27:13,467 --> 00:27:14,734 [Alisha] I'm calling people, 534 00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:19,000 frantically looking for this green truck and this cowboy. 535 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,500 Asking if they know of anybody named JT. 536 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:24,266 [Cheyenne] I know one JT. 537 00:27:24,266 --> 00:27:26,066 I was Snapchatting him at the time. 538 00:27:26,066 --> 00:27:28,100 And he was in Alaska. 539 00:27:29,166 --> 00:27:31,266 So I'm, like there's no damn way it was him. 540 00:27:31,266 --> 00:27:34,600 [Fisher] Cheyenne knew a JT that lived here locally, 541 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,467 but was out of the area during that period of time 542 00:27:37,467 --> 00:27:38,600 when Britney came up missing, 543 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,266 so that person was excluded because of that. 544 00:27:42,266 --> 00:27:42,547 [Stake] JT is a popular nickname, 545 00:27:42,547 --> 00:27:43,967 [Stake] JT is a popular nickname, 546 00:27:43,967 --> 00:27:46,066 so we tried to cross-reference 547 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:48,266 any of the potential JTs 548 00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:50,266 that were linked to the green Ford F-150 549 00:27:50,266 --> 00:27:52,867 to try and figure out who this individual was. 550 00:27:52,867 --> 00:27:56,166 [Fisher] We do have a transient population of workers that come in 551 00:27:56,166 --> 00:27:59,266 to work on the multiple different ranches. 552 00:27:59,266 --> 00:28:02,600 There was a major concern that this unknown male 553 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,600 could be one of these transient workers, 554 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,367 that frequent our area, and has since moved on. 555 00:28:08,467 --> 00:28:10,166 I was calling around everywhere. 556 00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:12,367 My neighbor said, 557 00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:12,547 "Oh, well I know somebody that lives out on a ranch 558 00:28:12,547 --> 00:28:14,867 "Oh, well I know somebody that lives out on a ranch 559 00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:17,467 that drives an old green F-150. His name's JT." 560 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,634 So I told the sheriff's department. 561 00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:25,166 [Stake] We started looking at different ranches that had JTs, 562 00:28:25,166 --> 00:28:27,166 and we actually identified two JTs 563 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:29,367 that she may have had contact with, 564 00:28:29,367 --> 00:28:32,367 and had green Ford F-150s. 565 00:28:32,367 --> 00:28:34,166 I was looking into one of the ranches, 566 00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:37,266 while other investigators checked the other. 567 00:28:37,266 --> 00:28:40,600 Investigators find both ranch hands named JT, 568 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,547 but after looking into their backgrounds, 569 00:28:42,547 --> 00:28:42,734 but after looking into their backgrounds, 570 00:28:42,734 --> 00:28:44,734 they learn that neither man was in the area 571 00:28:44,734 --> 00:28:46,634 at the time of Britney's murder. 572 00:28:47,533 --> 00:28:48,867 [Stake] At that point in time, 573 00:28:48,867 --> 00:28:52,700 those two JTs were eliminated from the investigation. 574 00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:55,533 [Naugle] After the JT lead takes Elko County sheriffs 575 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:57,166 on a wild goose chase, 576 00:28:57,166 --> 00:29:00,266 investigators feel like they're back at square one. 577 00:29:00,266 --> 00:29:02,533 They return to the Ujlakys for help. 578 00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:05,066 [Alisha] I was asked if there was people 579 00:29:05,066 --> 00:29:06,734 that would wanna hurt my daughter, 580 00:29:06,734 --> 00:29:09,066 and I was really hung up 581 00:29:09,066 --> 00:29:12,166 on the guy that Britney had a crush on 582 00:29:12,166 --> 00:29:12,547 a few months before all this had happened. 583 00:29:12,547 --> 00:29:14,734 a few months before all this had happened. 584 00:29:14,734 --> 00:29:16,266 [James] Britney really liked him, 585 00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:19,367 because she thought that he was a good person. 586 00:29:19,367 --> 00:29:22,066 He dressed like a cowboy, with a nice car. 587 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,467 But at one point, he was trying to move too fast for Britney. 588 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,734 And she didn't like it. 589 00:29:30,734 --> 00:29:33,266 And he didn't like that she was shutting him down. 590 00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:37,333 [Alisha] She did not wanna have sex with him, 591 00:29:38,066 --> 00:29:39,634 and then he broke up with her. 592 00:29:43,634 --> 00:29:46,333 But Britney was still good friends with his younger sister. 593 00:29:48,166 --> 00:29:50,367 [James] One night, Britney was driving down the road 594 00:29:50,367 --> 00:29:52,166 with his little sister in the car, 595 00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:55,100 and some other person was on their phone, not paying attention. 596 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:57,066 And rammed them off the road. 597 00:29:57,066 --> 00:29:58,233 Tipped the car over. 598 00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:01,867 And so they had to go into the hospital for that. 599 00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:03,367 There was a little bit of bad blood 600 00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:05,000 between Britney and this guy, 601 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,700 because his younger sister 602 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:09,967 was involved in that vehicle accident. 603 00:30:09,967 --> 00:30:11,266 [James] I remember being in Britney's room with her 604 00:30:11,266 --> 00:30:12,547 when she was on the phone with him, 605 00:30:12,547 --> 00:30:12,700 when she was on the phone with him, 606 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,066 and he was, like, "I wish you would have died in that car accident." 607 00:30:15,066 --> 00:30:16,967 She'd hung up the phone, 608 00:30:16,967 --> 00:30:20,066 and came out here to my dad, crying, and told him about it. 609 00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:22,166 [Cheyenne] He would tell her, "Go kill yourself. 610 00:30:22,166 --> 00:30:25,467 You're a waste of space. You are nothing." 611 00:30:25,467 --> 00:30:28,734 All of the things he said to her every single day. 612 00:30:28,734 --> 00:30:32,000 It built up, and I remember one night, 613 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,066 she called me, crying. 614 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:36,066 [James] One of the times they were in an argument, 615 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:38,066 he said something along the lines of, like, 616 00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:41,066 "I can't wait until they find you raped and murdered in the desert." 617 00:30:41,066 --> 00:30:42,547 Three months later, my daughter was dead. 618 00:30:42,547 --> 00:30:43,066 Three months later, my daughter was dead. 619 00:30:46,166 --> 00:30:47,467 [Stake] Because these threats had been made, 620 00:30:47,467 --> 00:30:49,367 that definitely did put him on the radar 621 00:30:49,367 --> 00:30:52,166 as being potentially involved in this homicide. 622 00:30:52,166 --> 00:30:55,266 So there was a potentially adversarial relationship, 623 00:30:55,266 --> 00:30:58,467 but we ended up getting the video surveillance footage 624 00:30:58,467 --> 00:31:00,967 and it showed that he was actually at work 625 00:31:00,967 --> 00:31:02,634 when Britney came up missing. 626 00:31:02,634 --> 00:31:04,800 That's when we excluded him. 627 00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:07,600 [Naugle] With no more viable leads, 628 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,367 detectives expand their search 629 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:11,166 for any surveillance footage. 630 00:31:11,166 --> 00:31:12,547 They wanna see if they can spot the green F-150 truck 631 00:31:12,547 --> 00:31:14,266 They wanna see if they can spot the green F-150 truck 632 00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:17,000 that Britney was last seen alive in. 633 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,600 [Stake] We looked at all the areas around Spring Creek High School, 634 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,000 where Bryce said that he dropped her off on that Sunday afternoon, 635 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,066 to see if there was Ring cameras, anything like that. 636 00:31:26,066 --> 00:31:28,166 They located that the Maverik convenience store, 637 00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:30,166 down the street from the Spring Creek High School, 638 00:31:30,166 --> 00:31:32,000 was in the Boyd-Kennedy area. 639 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,500 Boyd-Kennedy Road is really the only way 640 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:37,500 to get to Burner Basin, 641 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,600 where Britney's body was found. 642 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,547 [Ingram] The video surveillance from the Maverik gas station 643 00:31:42,547 --> 00:31:43,166 [Ingram] The video surveillance from the Maverik gas station 644 00:31:43,166 --> 00:31:45,066 captured the roadway in the direction 645 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:48,000 where Britney's body was found. 646 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,700 [Naugle] Detectives are hopeful that they will finally get a glimpse 647 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:52,533 of the cowboy they've been searching for, 648 00:31:52,533 --> 00:31:55,734 and his green Ford F-150. 649 00:31:55,734 --> 00:31:57,867 [Baker] They study the surveillance footage. 650 00:31:57,867 --> 00:32:00,500 And they don't see any sign 651 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:02,967 of a green F-150. 652 00:32:02,967 --> 00:32:05,734 But they do see something else. 653 00:32:05,734 --> 00:32:10,233 They see Bryce's blue Chevy truck drive by. 654 00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:19,533 You can see what appears to be Bryce's truck, 655 00:32:19,533 --> 00:32:21,000 completely bypass the entrance 656 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,500 to the Spring Creek High School 657 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,266 and continue on Boyd-Kennedy Road. 658 00:32:25,266 --> 00:32:28,100 You can clearly see Bryce Dickey's vehicle, 659 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:29,634 driving in the direction 660 00:32:29,634 --> 00:32:31,467 where Britney's body was found. 661 00:32:32,734 --> 00:32:34,100 And we knew immediately 662 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,433 that Bryce Dickey was not telling the truth. 663 00:32:37,867 --> 00:32:40,166 [Naugle] Detectives decide to reconstruct a timeline 664 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,166 for when Bryce and Britney were hanging out, 665 00:32:42,166 --> 00:32:42,547 starting with when he picked her up. 666 00:32:42,547 --> 00:32:45,367 starting with when he picked her up. 667 00:32:45,367 --> 00:32:47,100 [Ingram] We knew that Britney made arrangements 668 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,533 for Bryce to drive from Spring Creek to Elko, 669 00:32:49,533 --> 00:32:52,333 to pick her up at Angel Park, at Jim's band practice. 670 00:32:53,266 --> 00:32:55,367 [Stake] We conducted several area canvasses. 671 00:32:55,367 --> 00:32:56,734 And we obtained footage from residents 672 00:32:56,734 --> 00:32:59,266 across from the Angel Park area, 673 00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:01,166 that allowed us to see when 674 00:33:01,166 --> 00:33:04,166 Britney first got in the truck with Mr. Dickey. 675 00:33:04,166 --> 00:33:06,367 And so that was able to give us a timeline 676 00:33:06,367 --> 00:33:07,600 of when he picked Britney up, 677 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,734 and then when they passed by the Maverik. 678 00:33:10,867 --> 00:33:12,500 [Naugle] To determine if Britney is still 679 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:12,547 in the truck with Bryce 680 00:33:12,547 --> 00:33:13,734 in the truck with Bryce 681 00:33:13,734 --> 00:33:16,166 when he drives by the Maverik 30 minutes later, 682 00:33:16,166 --> 00:33:19,867 investigators look at both Britney and Bryce's phone data. 683 00:33:19,867 --> 00:33:22,166 [Ingram] We requested and received search warrants 684 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:26,100 to analyze and map the geolocation data. 685 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,634 We can see that Bryce's phone and Britney's phone 686 00:33:29,634 --> 00:33:32,900 were co-located in the same area by Angel Park. 687 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,533 We can trace the exact path 688 00:33:35,533 --> 00:33:36,867 that they took through Elko, 689 00:33:36,867 --> 00:33:38,600 past Maverik, 690 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,367 and we know that they were co-located together 691 00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:42,547 where her body was found. 692 00:33:42,547 --> 00:33:43,100 where her body was found. 693 00:33:44,467 --> 00:33:47,367 Detectives decide it's time to interview Bryce, 694 00:33:47,367 --> 00:33:49,166 and they ask him if he'd mind coming in 695 00:33:49,166 --> 00:33:51,500 to share his phone data with investigators, 696 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,634 telling him it could help with the case. 697 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:00,900 [detective 1 speaking] 698 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,533 But what they're really after is his DNA. 699 00:34:04,533 --> 00:34:08,100 [detective 1 speaking] 700 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,547 [detective 2 speaking] 701 00:34:12,547 --> 00:34:13,233 [detective 2 speaking] 702 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,867 After Bryce provides a DNA sample to detectives, 703 00:34:35,867 --> 00:34:36,867 they let him go, 704 00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:39,266 while waiting for the results to come in. 705 00:34:39,266 --> 00:34:42,500 Shortly after, we received the DNA test of the condom, 706 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:44,000 and we were able to confirm 707 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,900 that it matched Bryce and Britney. 708 00:34:46,867 --> 00:34:49,066 [Ingram] The swabs from Britney's fingernails 709 00:34:49,066 --> 00:34:50,634 were also analyzed, 710 00:34:50,634 --> 00:34:52,500 against the DNA sample 711 00:34:52,500 --> 00:34:54,500 that Bryce Dickey voluntarily gave. 712 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:57,367 And Bryce Dickey's DNA was located 713 00:34:57,367 --> 00:34:59,367 underneath Britney's fingernails. 714 00:34:59,367 --> 00:35:01,444 The swabs from Britney's neck also matched Bryce Dickey. 715 00:35:01,444 --> 00:35:02,634 The swabs from Britney's neck also matched Bryce Dickey. 716 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,467 When I heard those DNA results, 717 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:07,367 I only had one job to do, 718 00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:09,066 and that was to prosecute this case. 719 00:35:10,166 --> 00:35:11,600 [Naugle] Now, with the bombshell 720 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,500 piece of evidence in their back pocket, 721 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:17,634 detectives ask Bryce to come in for one more interview. 722 00:35:20,367 --> 00:35:21,800 -[Bryce speaking] -[Stake] All right. 723 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,367 I allowed him to tell his story, 724 00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:24,367 and then ultimately, 725 00:35:24,367 --> 00:35:26,867 he was gonna have to back that up with facts. 726 00:35:26,867 --> 00:35:28,533 And walking into that interview room, 727 00:35:28,533 --> 00:35:29,867 I had a lot of facts. 728 00:35:29,867 --> 00:35:31,444 [Stake speaking] 729 00:35:31,444 --> 00:35:32,333 [Stake speaking] 730 00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:52,433 [Stake speaking] 731 00:35:55,166 --> 00:35:56,533 [Stake speaking] 732 00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:11,734 [Naugle] Confronted with his DNA on the condom, 733 00:36:11,734 --> 00:36:14,266 Bryce Dickey begins to change his story. 734 00:36:14,266 --> 00:36:18,333 [Bryce speaking] 735 00:36:29,533 --> 00:36:31,367 [Stake] As the interview went on, 736 00:36:31,367 --> 00:36:31,444 the story would change again, and again. 737 00:36:31,444 --> 00:36:33,600 the story would change again, and again. 738 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,100 Can't remember the exact count, 739 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:37,166 but I think by the time the interview was over, 740 00:36:37,166 --> 00:36:40,500 there had been six different, um, stories that were told, 741 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:42,166 with his version of events. 742 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:45,533 [Stake speaking] 743 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,533 -[Bryce speaking] -[Stake speaking] 744 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:25,867 [Ingram] It was surreal, hearing Bryce Dickey's story. 745 00:37:25,867 --> 00:37:28,367 And then flashing back 746 00:37:28,367 --> 00:37:31,367 to seeing Britney's body wrapped in a tarp. 747 00:37:31,367 --> 00:37:31,444 And then seeing Detective Stake... 748 00:37:31,444 --> 00:37:34,266 And then seeing Detective Stake... 749 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,000 ...tell Bryce to turn around and face the wall. 750 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,600 [Naugle] On March 19, 2020, 751 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,266 Bryce Dickey is arrested 752 00:37:57,266 --> 00:37:59,600 and charged with the murder of his friend, 753 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,444 16-year-old Britney Ujlaky. 754 00:38:01,444 --> 00:38:02,066 16-year-old Britney Ujlaky. 755 00:38:03,266 --> 00:38:05,700 [Jim] Alisha and I were told about an arrest, 756 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,533 and then we both raced down to the sheriff's department. 757 00:38:10,166 --> 00:38:13,166 And when we got there, Nick came out, 758 00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:15,433 and started hugging Alisha. 759 00:38:16,266 --> 00:38:18,266 Saying, "We got him." 760 00:38:18,266 --> 00:38:22,000 [Alisha] I had to try to process what I was hearing. 761 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,734 That it was Bryce. 762 00:38:23,734 --> 00:38:25,166 It didn't make sense. 763 00:38:25,166 --> 00:38:27,233 Still doesn't make sense that he hurt her. 764 00:38:28,467 --> 00:38:31,066 [James] My mom called me and said, "It was Bryce." 765 00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:35,100 Like, blew my mind. 766 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:36,700 Wow. Just, wow. 767 00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:38,100 Like, my heart hurt. 768 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:39,967 My...it was horrible. 769 00:38:39,967 --> 00:38:43,000 And especially him texting me, "Hope you don't blame me." 770 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,734 That started really making sense, 771 00:38:44,734 --> 00:38:46,166 to why he said that. 772 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,533 [Naugle] Two years after Britney is killed, 773 00:38:51,533 --> 00:38:54,266 Bryce Dickey stands trial for her murder. 774 00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:57,166 Her father, Jim, attends trial every day, 775 00:38:57,166 --> 00:38:59,700 to bear witness to his daughter's last moments, 776 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,444 and hopefully, to see justice served. 777 00:39:01,444 --> 00:39:02,100 and hopefully, to see justice served. 778 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,000 I sat through and looked at every picture. 779 00:39:08,266 --> 00:39:09,634 Every way. 780 00:39:10,367 --> 00:39:12,066 To the point where it almost killed me. 781 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,000 [Ingram] Even though we never ended up finding a murder weapon, 782 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,500 every single piece of evidence 783 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:26,100 that we had pointed to Bryce Dickey. 784 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,700 The jury was instructed that they are allowed to use 785 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,444 their common sense when deciding guilt. 786 00:39:31,444 --> 00:39:32,100 their common sense when deciding guilt. 787 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,467 And common sense, in this case, 788 00:39:34,467 --> 00:39:38,467 was that Bryce Dickey committed that murder and sexual assault. 789 00:39:40,166 --> 00:39:41,734 [Naugle] After a 9-day trial, 790 00:39:41,734 --> 00:39:44,467 the jury in Elko County comes back with a verdict 791 00:39:44,467 --> 00:39:47,600 after less than four hours of deliberation. 792 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,800 Bryce Dickey is guilty of first-degree murder and sexual assault. 793 00:39:52,634 --> 00:39:54,900 He is sentenced to two life terms. 794 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:59,800 One of the things that Britney's family 795 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,444 wanted most from Bryce, 796 00:40:01,444 --> 00:40:02,367 wanted most from Bryce, 797 00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:05,600 was some kind of explanation. 798 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,533 And to this day, he has not said one word 799 00:40:09,367 --> 00:40:10,900 as to why he did this. 800 00:40:27,367 --> 00:40:30,634 Um, I think he's a whole different kind of evil. 801 00:40:31,634 --> 00:40:33,900 To be able to hurt somebody that cared about you. 802 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:37,433 Just speaks volumes 803 00:40:38,266 --> 00:40:39,600 to the kind of sickness 804 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,333 and the kind of evil that lives in him. 805 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:53,367 [man singing and softly beating drum] 806 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:55,266 [Alisha] Because that was her happy spot, 807 00:40:55,266 --> 00:40:57,500 up there in that meadow. 808 00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:00,266 We had made the decision to spread her ashes. 809 00:41:00,266 --> 00:41:01,444 And, uh, Britney was always just a little bit immersed 810 00:41:01,444 --> 00:41:03,467 And, uh, Britney was always just a little bit immersed 811 00:41:03,467 --> 00:41:05,467 in the different cultures 812 00:41:05,467 --> 00:41:09,166 that she got to experience out there with the Shoshone. 813 00:41:09,166 --> 00:41:11,900 So, Jim's best friend. He's a Native man. 814 00:41:12,734 --> 00:41:14,500 And he did the initial prayer 815 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,233 to start to cleanse the evil away. 816 00:41:20,266 --> 00:41:22,867 [James] If I was able to talk to my sister one more time, 817 00:41:24,066 --> 00:41:25,867 I'd wanna show her that everything I've done, 818 00:41:25,867 --> 00:41:28,100 from the day she that passed away has been for her. 819 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:29,634 No matter what it is. 820 00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:31,444 I'm doing it for her. 821 00:41:31,444 --> 00:41:32,000 I'm doing it for her. 822 00:41:33,734 --> 00:41:35,533 [Jim] We lost an amazing soul. 823 00:41:37,266 --> 00:41:39,233 That's what I want everyone to know. 824 00:41:41,867 --> 00:41:43,266 Simply amazing. 825 00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:49,600 She just lit the room up wherever she was. 826 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:53,000 I have nothing of my daughter now but memories. 827 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,467 I have a little necklace with her ashes on it around my neck. 828 00:41:56,467 --> 00:41:57,700 That's my daughter.