1 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,066 Jenea is just a super amazing young lady. 2 00:00:11,233 --> 00:00:14,400 Her brother, Donell, was our fashionista 3 00:00:14,567 --> 00:00:15,900 in our family. 4 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:23,166 Roy was the guy that would make her laugh and giggle. 5 00:00:23,166 --> 00:00:27,767 But he was so focused on his success that he didn't pay 6 00:00:27,934 --> 00:00:31,400 attention to hers. -[Crystal] And Roy has a temper. 7 00:00:31,567 --> 00:00:34,667 This is someone who felt like he had been wronged. 8 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:38,867 [Crystal] I'm concerned about what she has to lose if him 9 00:00:39,033 --> 00:00:40,900 and her keep going in this direction. 10 00:00:41,867 --> 00:00:43,166 [gunshots blast] 11 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:45,266 [woman speaking] 12 00:00:45,433 --> 00:00:47,667 We had plans, and that wasn't in our plans. 13 00:00:48,767 --> 00:00:51,300 [ominous tones playing] 14 00:01:22,567 --> 00:01:26,066 [narrator] A very pregnant Jenea Logan is hosting a baby shower... 15 00:01:27,567 --> 00:01:29,567 ...for her friends, family, and partner, 16 00:01:29,734 --> 00:01:33,166 Roy Harvison, at her 24-hour daycare business. 17 00:01:34,667 --> 00:01:39,867 [Crystal] Jenea is just a super amazing young lady. 18 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:43,667 You knew there was gonna be some good gift-giving if Jenea 19 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:44,800 was doing something. 20 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:53,367 [narrator] And Jenea's little brother, Donell "Pooder" McDonald, 21 00:01:53,367 --> 00:01:54,800 looks to cash in. 22 00:01:59,767 --> 00:02:01,100 [Crystal] He was a character -- 23 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:07,200 amazing young man, very quiet, very soft-spoken, but he was 24 00:02:07,367 --> 00:02:10,266 also our fashionista in our family. 25 00:02:10,266 --> 00:02:14,700 His sisters and his brother spoiled him, especially Jenea. 26 00:02:15,667 --> 00:02:18,867 [narrator] A few weeks later, Jenea hosts a family Christmas, 27 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:22,667 with her partner, Roy Harvison. 28 00:02:26,367 --> 00:02:27,400 That was Roy. 29 00:02:27,567 --> 00:02:29,000 That was his personality. 30 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:36,000 It was always good to just be around each other 31 00:02:36,166 --> 00:02:38,166 and do something. It was always fun. 32 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:41,000 I think just the thought of bringing the little person into 33 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:44,800 the world -- they were happy and excited. 34 00:02:44,967 --> 00:02:48,100 A family, a little family is what she wanted. 35 00:02:50,567 --> 00:02:53,400 [Crystal] I am a mother of four children. 36 00:02:53,567 --> 00:02:55,066 So Tierney is my oldest daughter. 37 00:02:55,233 --> 00:02:57,600 Jenea is the second oldest. 38 00:02:58,567 --> 00:03:00,467 Christopher is the third. 39 00:03:00,633 --> 00:03:05,266 And then Donell was the youngest, and he was born in 1992. 40 00:03:07,567 --> 00:03:12,767 My children grew up where there were times when the electric 41 00:03:12,767 --> 00:03:16,667 wasn't on, the water wasn't on, the car was repossessed, 42 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,867 food was tight. 43 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:24,166 They grew up understanding that you're gonna have to work 44 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:28,467 for whatever you want, that it's not gonna come to you. 45 00:03:28,467 --> 00:03:31,867 [Tierney] Jenea, she knew what she wanted to do. 46 00:03:31,867 --> 00:03:35,767 She did her work, went to work, and did it all over again 47 00:03:35,767 --> 00:03:37,000 the next day. 48 00:03:37,166 --> 00:03:41,667 Jenea was a 4.0 student, top 10 graduating in her class. 49 00:03:41,834 --> 00:03:45,567 That right there just tells you how much education in 50 00:03:45,567 --> 00:03:47,200 general just meant to her. 51 00:03:47,367 --> 00:03:50,667 She got a full ride, didn't have to pay anything. 52 00:03:50,834 --> 00:03:55,300 [narrator] Summer 2005, Jenea reaches the end of her first year at 53 00:03:55,467 --> 00:03:58,200 Ohio State, and when her youngest brother 54 00:03:58,367 --> 00:04:00,600 Donell has a basketball tournament, 55 00:04:00,767 --> 00:04:02,500 she goes to support him. 56 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:07,767 [Crystal] Tierney, Jenea, myself, were there to see Donell play. 57 00:04:07,934 --> 00:04:11,767 At some point during the tournament, Jenea sees this 58 00:04:11,934 --> 00:04:14,000 guy playing in one of the games. 59 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,266 The two of them found time to introduce themselves, 60 00:04:17,433 --> 00:04:19,500 exchange phone numbers or whatever they did 61 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:20,734 in that moment. 62 00:04:20,734 --> 00:04:24,567 So she came to me and said, "Hey, I met this guy. 63 00:04:24,734 --> 00:04:26,200 "He's really cute. 64 00:04:26,367 --> 00:04:31,300 "He has dreads, and I really like him. 65 00:04:31,467 --> 00:04:33,266 We've been hanging out." 66 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:35,867 And I'm just like, "Well, who is he?" 67 00:04:35,867 --> 00:04:39,567 She explains, "Well, his name is Roy..." 68 00:04:39,734 --> 00:04:42,000 We were 19 at the time. 69 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,367 She knew he was still in high school, but I think she thought 70 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:49,767 he was like a senior, getting ready to graduate. 71 00:04:50,967 --> 00:04:53,867 You know, you give people the benefit of the doubt, 72 00:04:53,867 --> 00:04:55,867 and you just roll with things. 73 00:04:56,033 --> 00:04:58,767 But she was really smitten by him. 74 00:04:58,767 --> 00:05:04,266 Roy, at that time, was living with his dad and his paternal 75 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:06,500 grandmother, raising him. 76 00:05:06,667 --> 00:05:09,667 [Devona] He was into sports 77 00:05:09,667 --> 00:05:11,266 because he played basketball and football. 78 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:14,967 But football was where he really did his thing. 79 00:05:15,133 --> 00:05:19,767 He had a lot of local success, so you could kind of see why 80 00:05:19,934 --> 00:05:23,800 his family would anticipate there could be a career at 81 00:05:23,967 --> 00:05:26,367 a college level and potentially a national level. 82 00:05:26,533 --> 00:05:29,300 He had some skills. 83 00:05:29,467 --> 00:05:34,300 [narrator] In 2006, despite a four-year age gap, Roy and Jenea 84 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:35,867 officially become a couple. 85 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,600 [Crystal] Donell had a hard time accepting that his sister was 86 00:05:40,767 --> 00:05:45,700 dating someone who was pretty much the same age as he was. 87 00:05:45,867 --> 00:05:49,667 But we all kind of, I think, began to just accept that Jenea 88 00:05:49,667 --> 00:05:51,300 and Roy were gonna be together. 89 00:05:51,467 --> 00:05:56,900 He was the guy that would do the goofy little quirky things 90 00:05:57,066 --> 00:05:59,900 that made her laugh and giggle. 91 00:06:00,967 --> 00:06:02,066 She was happy. 92 00:06:03,567 --> 00:06:08,567 And by 2008, Donell meets the next door neighbor's 93 00:06:08,567 --> 00:06:09,600 daughter, Mary. 94 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:12,266 So now he's more focused on his life. 95 00:06:13,467 --> 00:06:16,467 [Mary] I met Donell maybe like early 2008. 96 00:06:16,633 --> 00:06:21,100 I lived on this end, he lived on the other side of me. 97 00:06:21,266 --> 00:06:24,166 One day, my grandma had seen him, and she said, 98 00:06:24,166 --> 00:06:25,800 "That's a nice looking young man, you know, 99 00:06:25,967 --> 00:06:27,700 maybe you should date him." 100 00:06:27,867 --> 00:06:30,467 I wasn't really too worried about boys at that time, 101 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:33,467 but soon after she said that, we end up, you know, 102 00:06:33,633 --> 00:06:37,400 talking, hanging out more, and here comes a relationship. 103 00:06:37,567 --> 00:06:40,100 He always treated me nice, you know, with respect, 104 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:43,867 so we could laugh together, you know, cry together, 105 00:06:43,867 --> 00:06:45,400 play around. 106 00:06:45,567 --> 00:06:47,767 [Tierney] They were a cute little couple. 107 00:06:47,934 --> 00:06:50,467 They was always together, so he was involved 108 00:06:50,633 --> 00:06:51,834 with his relationship. 109 00:06:51,834 --> 00:06:56,467 Jenea was in hers and I was raising my child, so everybody 110 00:06:56,467 --> 00:06:58,000 was doing their own thing. 111 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,767 [narrator] Three years after their first meeting in 2005, Jenea and Roy 112 00:07:04,767 --> 00:07:06,867 realized their priorities are changing. 113 00:07:09,166 --> 00:07:12,100 [Tierney] Jenea was trying to help him achieve the dream that 114 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:14,767 he wanted to achieve, so she supported him in every 115 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:18,166 way she could, especially once he went to Kansas to 116 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:19,533 play football. 117 00:07:19,533 --> 00:07:24,266 She was prepared for being there in whatever way possible, 118 00:07:24,433 --> 00:07:30,166 but Jenea knows that she's not gonna be able to be fully 119 00:07:30,333 --> 00:07:32,500 present all the time. 120 00:07:32,667 --> 00:07:38,400 [Crystal] She graduated from Ohio State in May of '08, summa cum laude 121 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:41,667 while still working two full-time jobs 122 00:07:41,834 --> 00:07:43,767 those whole four years. 123 00:07:43,767 --> 00:07:47,600 And in August of '08, she opened her first 124 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,166 24-hour childcare center. 125 00:07:49,333 --> 00:07:51,367 She was 22 years old at the time. 126 00:07:51,533 --> 00:07:55,367 They get a lot of love, a lot of attention, 127 00:07:55,367 --> 00:07:56,700 a lot of flexibility. 128 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,500 [Crystal] One of the things that was great about Success Kids was 129 00:08:00,667 --> 00:08:02,266 being a 24-hour center, 130 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,367 we had the opportunity to really support the families in 131 00:08:07,533 --> 00:08:09,567 the community that work non-traditional hours. 132 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,166 [Devona] It was a very stressful time for her because Roy's in school 133 00:08:16,166 --> 00:08:19,600 in Kansas, so I don't know if he understood all 134 00:08:19,767 --> 00:08:22,367 the responsibilities that she had, because your first 135 00:08:22,533 --> 00:08:23,667 year is your hardest. 136 00:08:23,667 --> 00:08:27,500 And I think that's where some of that friction starts. 137 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:31,467 And she heard rumors about infidelity. 138 00:08:32,567 --> 00:08:35,567 [Tierney] I don't think he knew how important it was to respect 139 00:08:35,567 --> 00:08:36,900 someone that you're dating. 140 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:41,767 [Devona] So she finds out that for certain Roy was cheating, 141 00:08:41,934 --> 00:08:43,767 and she wants to confront him. 142 00:08:43,934 --> 00:08:47,700 And I decided I'm gonna go with her, because I'm not sure 143 00:08:47,867 --> 00:08:51,266 what may happen. I stayed in the car. 144 00:08:51,433 --> 00:08:52,667 She got out, 145 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,967 and I hear yelling. 146 00:08:56,133 --> 00:09:01,100 I look out, and I no longer kind of like see her, 147 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:05,867 but I hear her. I don't know who hit who first, 148 00:09:06,967 --> 00:09:11,166 but he is pulling her by her hair. 149 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:14,000 That's when I was like, "OK, let's go." 150 00:09:14,166 --> 00:09:18,667 Jenea got in the car, and she was very, very upset, 151 00:09:18,834 --> 00:09:22,800 not only about hearing about the infidelity, but what had 152 00:09:22,967 --> 00:09:28,567 just kind of like, transpired. She was hurt by his reaction. 153 00:09:28,734 --> 00:09:32,367 She didn't want to go through that with him. 154 00:09:32,533 --> 00:09:38,000 But I think we attributed it to him being younger. 155 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,467 He don't really know how to express his feelings or be 156 00:09:42,467 --> 00:09:44,767 apologetic, like how he should be. 157 00:09:44,934 --> 00:09:49,400 I wasn't for sure where they were gonna go from there. 158 00:09:49,567 --> 00:09:52,567 I didn't think that he would be violent. 159 00:09:52,567 --> 00:09:54,567 Nobody saw that coming. 160 00:10:05,667 --> 00:10:09,767 [narrator] Roy's aggression towards Jenea puts a long-planned trip to 161 00:10:09,934 --> 00:10:12,200 Jamaica in jeopardy. 162 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,000 [Devona] It was a matter of if she was gonna go by herself, or if 163 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:20,800 she was still going to have Roy go with her. 164 00:10:20,967 --> 00:10:25,767 And she decided to allow Roy to go on this trip. 165 00:10:25,934 --> 00:10:28,266 [Crystal] The whole time they were there, 166 00:10:28,433 --> 00:10:30,767 she said, "We weren't getting along." 167 00:10:30,934 --> 00:10:33,367 But the last day, they decided to 168 00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:37,066 drink the champagne. And one thing led to another. 169 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,700 And several months later, it's, "Mom, I'm pregnant." 170 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,967 That was definitely a turning point for everything. 171 00:10:52,133 --> 00:10:55,467 Now they are gonna be parents. 172 00:10:55,467 --> 00:10:59,567 She knew, "I'd like to give this another go 173 00:10:59,567 --> 00:11:02,367 and try to make it work." 174 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,066 [narrator] While Jenea rests in preparation for the baby, 175 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:11,767 Roy fools around with his friends. 176 00:11:11,767 --> 00:11:15,767 As nice and as sweet as he could be, this was also that 177 00:11:15,767 --> 00:11:16,867 side of him. 178 00:11:21,567 --> 00:11:25,166 She didn't talk like that. So, you know, she kind of... 179 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:28,400 didn't like that type of stuff. 180 00:11:35,667 --> 00:11:40,000 [Devona] Like the hand gestures and the language and stuff, 181 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:44,166 that's just, that's things that he did. 182 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:51,567 That was him on a sober day. 183 00:11:51,567 --> 00:11:54,266 So that's, I mean, that's how he kind of carried 184 00:11:54,433 --> 00:11:56,233 himself and talk. 185 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:01,867 Being young, he's still trying to figure out his life. 186 00:12:01,867 --> 00:12:03,000 What's up, man? [kissing noises] 187 00:12:03,867 --> 00:12:06,066 [Tierney] Still trying to figure out what he's doing. 188 00:12:06,233 --> 00:12:10,567 She's already of that age where she's in that different type 189 00:12:10,734 --> 00:12:12,200 of lifestyle. 190 00:12:12,367 --> 00:12:15,767 That age gap plays a major part in their relationship. 191 00:12:20,467 --> 00:12:23,166 [narrator] February 2010. 192 00:12:23,166 --> 00:12:26,967 Jenea and Roy welcome Roy Jr. into the world. 193 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:34,266 [Crystal] We were all excited and happy to watch them 194 00:12:34,433 --> 00:12:36,066 grow into new parents. 195 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:38,266 [Jenea speaking] 196 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,567 [babbling] 197 00:12:46,567 --> 00:12:50,166 [Crystal] But in the beginning, it is just her and the baby. 198 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:52,667 Roy is away at school. 199 00:12:54,767 --> 00:12:56,900 [Tierney] She just supported him. 200 00:12:57,066 --> 00:12:59,800 She paid for him to go to school to make sure he was able 201 00:12:59,967 --> 00:13:02,300 to complete the dream that he wanted to do, which was play 202 00:13:02,467 --> 00:13:03,800 college football. 203 00:13:06,266 --> 00:13:09,467 [Tierney] But he's not helping with anything 204 00:13:09,467 --> 00:13:10,900 with Roy Jr. 205 00:13:12,567 --> 00:13:17,767 And Jenea starts making statements, believing that Roy 206 00:13:17,934 --> 00:13:19,600 is being selfish. 207 00:13:19,767 --> 00:13:23,300 She has so many responsibilities for this child 208 00:13:23,467 --> 00:13:26,166 on top of being a businesswoman. 209 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:33,100 But I think that he was so focused on his success that 210 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:34,967 he didn't pay attention to hers. 211 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,567 [Tierney] She was making a very big name for herself because by then, 212 00:13:39,567 --> 00:13:41,100 been working on the second center. 213 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:47,767 The success of the daycares really came from the need in 214 00:13:47,767 --> 00:13:51,166 the community, and so in a matter of a couple of years, 215 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:54,767 there was a 24-hour daycare center on every side of town. 216 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:58,567 [Tierney] She hired a lot of people, a lot of siblings, 217 00:13:58,567 --> 00:14:01,166 and if you were of age, she would always try to offer 218 00:14:01,166 --> 00:14:02,467 you some type of employment. 219 00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:06,000 Donell, he was just next in line. 220 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,200 After high school, Donell didn't know if 221 00:14:09,367 --> 00:14:11,000 he really wanted to go to school. 222 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,767 He was always changing what he wanted to do. 223 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Jenea was a problem solver. So, "You ain't got no job? 224 00:14:18,166 --> 00:14:20,000 I got plenty of work here at the daycare." 225 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,467 [indistinct speaking] 226 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:34,266 This is the backyard of her house in Canal. 227 00:14:34,433 --> 00:14:39,400 [narrator] One month after Roy Jr. is born, Jenea buys 228 00:14:39,567 --> 00:14:40,767 her first home. 229 00:14:40,767 --> 00:14:44,367 [Devona] Most people our age weren't able to afford a house 230 00:14:44,533 --> 00:14:50,166 like that. It was a big, huge accomplishment. 231 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:03,600 [Devon] But because the purchase and the responsibility was 232 00:15:03,767 --> 00:15:06,700 solely coming from her and the business, I think 233 00:15:06,867 --> 00:15:09,867 she didn't involve Roy that much. 234 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,600 [narrator] While Roy spends most of his time away building 235 00:15:13,767 --> 00:15:14,800 his football career, 236 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,266 whenever he can, he comes home to be with Jenea 237 00:15:19,433 --> 00:15:20,767 and their baby boy. 238 00:15:22,767 --> 00:15:25,367 This is where the arguments and the disagreements 239 00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:26,700 would come in. 240 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:32,600 Roy would berate her, saying things like she wasn't 241 00:15:32,767 --> 00:15:33,767 a good mother, 242 00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:37,867 that she was more worried about 243 00:15:38,033 --> 00:15:42,767 success than she was the family, because she was 244 00:15:42,934 --> 00:15:44,667 spending so much time at work. 245 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,867 And those things weighed heavy on her. 246 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:52,400 She couldn't hurt him with her words. 247 00:15:52,567 --> 00:15:58,266 So her way of getting back at him was to cut his phone off, 248 00:15:58,433 --> 00:16:02,266 throw clothes out of windows, cut tires, and cut off 249 00:16:02,266 --> 00:16:03,600 credit cards. 250 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:10,367 [Devona] They would break up sometimes, but they always kind of, 251 00:16:10,367 --> 00:16:12,000 like, got back together. 252 00:16:16,967 --> 00:16:21,467 [narrator] Seven months after Roy Jr. is born, Roy Sr. 253 00:16:21,633 --> 00:16:25,300 returns to Ohio to continue his college football career at 254 00:16:25,467 --> 00:16:26,767 Urbana University. 255 00:16:27,467 --> 00:16:31,867 [Devona] She hoped for a change with the move to Urbana because 256 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:35,467 it's a lot closer, but, you know, it was kind of 257 00:16:35,467 --> 00:16:39,000 more of a disappointment, because now we don't have 258 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,367 the distance as being the issue. 259 00:16:42,533 --> 00:16:47,567 She's created this very easy lifestyle for him where he can 260 00:16:47,567 --> 00:16:51,600 put out the credit card and it's never gonna decline. 261 00:16:51,767 --> 00:16:56,800 But he doesn't see that comes with a burden, and a sense of 262 00:16:56,967 --> 00:16:59,767 responsibility that she's carrying alone. 263 00:16:59,934 --> 00:17:04,567 She stayed simply because she wanted her kids to have 264 00:17:04,734 --> 00:17:06,567 their mother and their father in the household. 265 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:15,000 [narrator] In August 2011, Jenea completes her vision of 266 00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:17,567 the perfect family when she marries Roy. 267 00:17:19,767 --> 00:17:21,867 [Crystal] Roy would not have been my first choice... 268 00:17:22,867 --> 00:17:24,100 as her husband. 269 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,900 I respected her reasoning behind it, because she wanted 270 00:17:30,066 --> 00:17:34,767 her child to have that family unit. 271 00:17:43,567 --> 00:17:45,300 [Crystal] And I think they both 272 00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:49,900 tried to the best of their ability for a long time 273 00:17:50,066 --> 00:17:51,767 to make that happen. 274 00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:06,667 [Devona] She's starting to, at this point, like, spend more money 275 00:18:06,667 --> 00:18:08,767 to make him feel happy. 276 00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:14,000 And I do think that he took her for granted at times. 277 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:20,000 [Crystal] Donell, he starts to feel like Roy is financially 278 00:18:20,166 --> 00:18:21,400 taking advantage. 279 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,166 Jenea would often share with me that she was not happy with 280 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:27,900 a lot of the decisions that he was making. 281 00:18:29,967 --> 00:18:33,367 And she's looking at the credit card statements and going, 282 00:18:33,367 --> 00:18:34,767 "What did you buy at the pawn shop 283 00:18:34,934 --> 00:18:36,800 that you spent $4,000 on?" 284 00:18:36,967 --> 00:18:39,767 And it would be, "Oh, well, you know we went 285 00:18:39,767 --> 00:18:42,300 and I bought some jewelry for me and my brother." 286 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:45,166 Or, "I bought a gun." 287 00:18:46,567 --> 00:18:50,066 As much as he is a funny guy and he's a jokester, 288 00:18:50,233 --> 00:18:52,166 he can turn that very quickly. 289 00:18:52,333 --> 00:18:55,500 And her concern always was Roy has a temper. 290 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:59,266 He will do something stupid that will land him in prison. 291 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:15,000 [narrator] In 2013, Roy sees his dream of 292 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,100 being drafted fall away. 293 00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:23,767 [Crystal] He never becomes the standout athlete that his family thought 294 00:19:23,934 --> 00:19:25,800 he would become. That never happens. 295 00:19:25,967 --> 00:19:29,867 There was some potential there, but Roy's downside was 296 00:19:30,033 --> 00:19:31,200 Roy's anger. 297 00:19:33,166 --> 00:19:35,867 I think that is ultimately 298 00:19:35,867 --> 00:19:39,767 what decreased his ability to go to 299 00:19:39,767 --> 00:19:41,000 the next level. 300 00:19:42,667 --> 00:19:47,367 And as Jenea is pregnant with her second child, we hope he's 301 00:19:47,533 --> 00:19:49,867 now gonna come home and he's gonna assume 302 00:19:50,033 --> 00:19:55,867 the responsibility of a partner, a husband, a father. 303 00:19:57,166 --> 00:19:59,166 [narrator] May 2013, 304 00:19:59,166 --> 00:20:02,900 Jenea gives birth to a baby girl, Royce. 305 00:20:04,767 --> 00:20:08,500 Three and a half weeks later, Donell becomes a dad for 306 00:20:08,667 --> 00:20:09,600 the first time. 307 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:11,900 He loved that kid. 308 00:20:12,967 --> 00:20:14,667 He loved that baby. 309 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:17,000 He gave him more attention than me, so. 310 00:20:20,867 --> 00:20:23,467 [Mary] We always used to find ourselves arguing all the time 311 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:25,166 about who's taking him for the day. 312 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,000 He's like, "I'm taking him for the day." 313 00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:30,667 And of course he would, he would pick up slack because 314 00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:32,000 of course I'm a first time mom. 315 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:34,367 So sometimes I would be calling him all the time when he's at 316 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:36,367 work and I'm crying like, "I don't know what to do. 317 00:20:36,367 --> 00:20:37,400 I can't get him to be quiet." 318 00:20:37,567 --> 00:20:38,900 And he's like, "Do this, do that." 319 00:20:39,066 --> 00:20:41,266 He was like a teacher to me all the time. 320 00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:46,667 [narrator] To Jenea's disappointment, when Roy leaves college 321 00:20:46,834 --> 00:20:49,867 and returns home, he doesn't follow Donell's 322 00:20:49,867 --> 00:20:51,066 parenting lead. 323 00:20:51,233 --> 00:20:54,166 Jenea would say, "I'm gonna have a girls' night out 324 00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:56,767 and Roy, you watch the kids." 325 00:20:56,767 --> 00:21:00,867 She would call to check on and Roy's went somewhere, 326 00:21:00,867 --> 00:21:03,767 and he's either taken the kids to the daycare center, 327 00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:06,000 or he's taking them to his dad's house. 328 00:21:06,166 --> 00:21:08,767 And she's like, that's not you being responsible. 329 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:14,600 So Jenea hired a nanny, because it was hard for her to 330 00:21:14,767 --> 00:21:18,900 manage everything. She could not rely on Roy 331 00:21:19,066 --> 00:21:22,567 100 percent to fill in those voids. 332 00:21:22,734 --> 00:21:27,867 So I think she started to feel like she wanted to have him be 333 00:21:27,867 --> 00:21:29,367 a part of the business. 334 00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:34,367 This is her way of giving him an opportunity to become that 335 00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:36,900 responsible person. 336 00:21:37,066 --> 00:21:42,367 It looks good in the beginning, but then it's the same thing. 337 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,667 [Tierney] She just got to that point where it was like, 338 00:21:44,667 --> 00:21:45,867 "You're not my child. 339 00:21:46,033 --> 00:21:48,967 You got to start carrying some weight, too." 340 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:55,567 She was trying to have him play a more important role 341 00:21:55,734 --> 00:21:58,100 financially and within the marriage and household. 342 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:02,100 [narrator] But Roy struggles with his new financial responsibilities, 343 00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:04,700 and tensions boil over at home. 344 00:22:04,867 --> 00:22:07,700 In that sense, he started acting out. 345 00:22:07,867 --> 00:22:12,667 I'm hearing about how he is punching the walls, kicking in 346 00:22:12,667 --> 00:22:14,333 the door or something. 347 00:22:16,767 --> 00:22:21,900 [Crystal] And then we start to hear of these physical altercations 348 00:22:22,066 --> 00:22:28,367 that they're having in public, where he felt like she either 349 00:22:28,367 --> 00:22:31,767 she said something or she had done something that was 350 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:35,166 inappropriate that maybe embarrassed him. 351 00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:39,967 I'm concerned about what she has to lose if him and her 352 00:22:40,133 --> 00:22:41,500 keep going in this direction. 353 00:22:42,767 --> 00:22:46,000 And Jenea was like, "I can't live like this. 354 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:49,567 "I got all these things going for myself and I'm not happy. 355 00:22:49,567 --> 00:22:52,300 "If that means that we're not together and we're 356 00:22:52,467 --> 00:22:58,266 co-parenting, then I'm ready to pursue that as something new." 357 00:22:58,266 --> 00:23:02,567 [narrator] In August, 2014, Roy leaves the family home. 358 00:23:02,734 --> 00:23:05,367 [Tierney] Roy was living down the street from me in apartments. 359 00:23:05,533 --> 00:23:09,700 He wasn't excluded from anything. 360 00:23:09,867 --> 00:23:12,066 We just knew they were working through whatever they were 361 00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:15,567 working through and that was their business. 362 00:23:15,734 --> 00:23:19,066 [narrator] A month later, Jenea files for divorce. 363 00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:24,300 [Crystal] I don't believe that he really thought that that was ever 364 00:23:24,467 --> 00:23:25,667 going to happen. 365 00:23:25,667 --> 00:23:28,367 I think he believed that it was just another one of those, 366 00:23:28,367 --> 00:23:32,567 yeah, Jenea's just talking, give her a couple of days 367 00:23:32,567 --> 00:23:35,800 or a week or two, we'll be back together type of situation. 368 00:23:35,967 --> 00:23:37,700 [Tierney] He still was working with us. 369 00:23:37,867 --> 00:23:40,667 It wasn't like she, you know, said, "You can't, you're fired. 370 00:23:40,834 --> 00:23:42,066 "You're not working with us anymore. 371 00:23:42,233 --> 00:23:43,467 You have to do your own thing." 372 00:23:43,467 --> 00:23:47,066 But he didn't have access to like her credit cards 373 00:23:47,233 --> 00:23:48,767 or anything like that. 374 00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:52,166 [Crystal] At this point, she's pretty much, "You need to stand on your 375 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:54,100 own with the salary that you're receiving." 376 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,033 And so this meant big lifestyle change. 377 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:03,100 Now all of this jewelry and all of these guns, 378 00:24:03,266 --> 00:24:07,800 collectors pieces become things that you need to get rid of to 379 00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:09,767 take care of your responsibility. 380 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:15,367 For him, it was this big culture shock. 381 00:24:15,367 --> 00:24:20,867 And in his moments of desperation, he made a lot of 382 00:24:21,033 --> 00:24:23,066 really bad choices and decisions. 383 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:30,166 [narrator] As Jenea struggles with Roy, Donell surprises Mary. 384 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,500 [Mary] It's Valentine's Day, or the day after 385 00:24:32,667 --> 00:24:33,734 Valentine's Day. 386 00:24:33,734 --> 00:24:37,800 We went to a jewelry store downtown, and he's like, 387 00:24:37,967 --> 00:24:39,800 you know, "Pick out what ring you want, what ring 388 00:24:39,967 --> 00:24:42,066 do you want?" And I said, "What you up to?" 389 00:24:42,233 --> 00:24:43,600 He was like, "Well, you said you was going to leave 390 00:24:43,767 --> 00:24:46,467 "me, you know, when you was 21, if I didn't marry you. 391 00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:49,000 "I don't want to lose you, and I don't want to be without 392 00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:52,867 my son, you know, I want us to be a family." 393 00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:57,400 [narrator] A month later, Roy decides to follow in Donell's footsteps 394 00:24:57,567 --> 00:25:00,567 and makes a move to show his commitment to Jenea. 395 00:25:00,734 --> 00:25:02,166 [Crystal] Roy came to me 396 00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:05,500 and he said, "Do you think if I threw Jenea a birthday party 397 00:25:05,667 --> 00:25:07,967 that she would come?" And I said, "Yeah." 398 00:25:14,867 --> 00:25:17,667 That's her 29th birthday party. 399 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,500 Jenea and Roy were happy. 400 00:25:20,667 --> 00:25:24,000 They were together, and for a few days, 401 00:25:24,166 --> 00:25:25,300 things were great. 402 00:25:25,467 --> 00:25:30,300 But that Sunday, Roy said to my oldest son, 403 00:25:30,467 --> 00:25:32,967 Christopher, "You ain't got to look for a place to stay, 404 00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:34,600 "because I'm gonna be moving back home. 405 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:35,900 You can move into the apartment." 406 00:25:36,066 --> 00:25:38,100 And Jenea was like, "No, not happening." 407 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:41,000 And he kind of looked at her like, "Yeah, whatever. 408 00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:42,567 You know I'm gonna move back home." 409 00:25:43,867 --> 00:25:46,767 The next day, I went to her house. 410 00:25:46,767 --> 00:25:50,367 And she just very calmly was like, "You know, mom, he's going 411 00:25:50,367 --> 00:25:52,500 to make me get a restraining order." 412 00:25:52,667 --> 00:25:57,600 The very following day, April 1st, the office was closed. 413 00:25:57,767 --> 00:26:01,467 We had scheduled a training session. 414 00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:05,200 The class was supposed to be myself, Jenea, 415 00:26:05,367 --> 00:26:07,467 Tierney, Donell, and Big Roy. 416 00:26:07,467 --> 00:26:10,367 But Jenea said "He's not coming. 417 00:26:10,367 --> 00:26:13,700 I just can't wait for this divorce to be over," and kind of 418 00:26:13,867 --> 00:26:16,500 said "OK," and we started the class. 419 00:26:16,667 --> 00:26:21,100 11:30 rolls around, and we take a break for lunch. 420 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,467 Tierney and I left. 421 00:26:23,467 --> 00:26:27,266 Jenea and Donell were going outside. 422 00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:32,867 The fact that we needed to go just a couple of blocks away 423 00:26:33,033 --> 00:26:34,100 is what... 424 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,100 has me here today. 425 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:40,266 -[phone dial tones] -[phone ringing] 426 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:42,900 [woman speaking] 427 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:56,900 -[phone dial tones] -[phone ringing] 428 00:26:57,066 --> 00:26:59,266 [operator speaking] 429 00:26:59,266 --> 00:27:01,100 [man speaking] 430 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,900 [woman speaking] 431 00:27:10,066 --> 00:27:14,767 [narrator] Two plainclothes officers drive down Parsons Avenue and witness 432 00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:16,367 an active shooter. 433 00:27:16,367 --> 00:27:18,600 [woman speaking] 434 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:24,600 [officer speaking] 435 00:27:26,567 --> 00:27:28,867 [operator speaking] 436 00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:33,467 [siren wailing] 437 00:27:33,467 --> 00:27:36,467 I'm giving my partner a ride back to the precinct substation 438 00:27:36,633 --> 00:27:41,100 to pick up his cruiser when we heard an alert call go over 439 00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:42,734 the CPD radio. 440 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,767 The next thing I know, we're in the scene. 441 00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:52,166 [siren wailing] 442 00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:55,467 I can see one male slumped over the wheel in the parking lot 443 00:27:55,633 --> 00:27:56,834 of a daycare. 444 00:27:57,867 --> 00:28:01,800 I see a female face down in the middle of the street. 445 00:28:01,967 --> 00:28:04,800 And our shooter at the time had his back to me. 446 00:28:04,967 --> 00:28:06,867 And it looked like he was rifling through the car 447 00:28:07,033 --> 00:28:08,767 or doing something with the male slumped 448 00:28:08,934 --> 00:28:09,867 over the wheel. 449 00:28:09,867 --> 00:28:12,300 My immediate thought was, active shooter. 450 00:28:12,467 --> 00:28:16,367 I have to stop this guy before he gets into the daycare. 451 00:28:16,533 --> 00:28:19,367 He starts to turn to put his attention on us. 452 00:28:19,533 --> 00:28:21,166 That's when I see the gun. 453 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:24,000 In a matter of a few seconds, we're trying to comprehend 454 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,367 everything that's going on here. 455 00:28:25,533 --> 00:28:28,867 I'm thinking about, what's my backdrop if I have to discharge 456 00:28:28,867 --> 00:28:31,400 my firearm? Where are these rounds going? 457 00:28:31,567 --> 00:28:33,767 If he's shooting at me, where are those rounds going? 458 00:28:35,867 --> 00:28:39,467 We give loud verbal commands, "Drop the gun, drop the gun." 459 00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:41,667 He looked at us and he said, 460 00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:43,667 "You're gonna [bleep] have to kill me." 461 00:28:44,867 --> 00:28:48,300 It felt like time slowed. It felt like 20 minutes. 462 00:28:48,467 --> 00:28:49,700 I know it was a matter of seconds. 463 00:28:49,867 --> 00:28:52,066 He starts to raise that firearm. 464 00:28:52,233 --> 00:28:56,300 He's refusing to drop that gun, and it's time for us to act. 465 00:28:56,467 --> 00:28:58,767 [gunshots blast] 466 00:29:00,266 --> 00:29:02,200 [witnesses speaking] 467 00:29:07,667 --> 00:29:10,400 [Peck] I fired multiple rounds. He fell to the pavement. 468 00:29:10,567 --> 00:29:13,767 The gun fell from his body. He was motionless. 469 00:29:13,767 --> 00:29:17,767 He wasn't talking. We thought he was dead. 470 00:29:17,767 --> 00:29:21,867 I remember, I was the first to get on the air with the walkie and ask 471 00:29:22,033 --> 00:29:24,400 for three medics for three possible DOAs. 472 00:29:24,567 --> 00:29:28,200 It wasn't until the first uniformed backup officer 473 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:31,600 arrived that I really just took a deep breath and just started 474 00:29:31,767 --> 00:29:34,867 to soak in the gravity of the situation that we had just 475 00:29:35,033 --> 00:29:36,467 stumbled upon. 476 00:29:36,467 --> 00:29:42,166 It was immediately apparent to our medics that the two victims 477 00:29:42,333 --> 00:29:43,667 were deceased. 478 00:29:43,834 --> 00:29:46,100 I didn't realize our suspect was alive. 479 00:29:46,266 --> 00:29:47,700 [sirens wailing] 480 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:53,166 [narrator] Medics rush to save the suspect as officers secure the area. 481 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,266 [Peck] Because we were involved in a police officer-involved 482 00:29:56,266 --> 00:30:00,367 shooting, we are removed fairly quickly and backup officers 483 00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:03,967 come in and tape off our scene, secure everything so that it 484 00:30:04,133 --> 00:30:05,333 was untouched. 485 00:30:05,333 --> 00:30:09,400 We have a crime scene search unit who will come in and work 486 00:30:09,567 --> 00:30:14,266 the inner perimeter of that scene and collect that firearm. 487 00:30:14,266 --> 00:30:18,300 They're collecting samples, they're looking for where 488 00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:21,367 rounds ended up, his rounds and ours. 489 00:30:21,367 --> 00:30:24,567 They're taking photographs, we're trying to determine 490 00:30:24,734 --> 00:30:27,867 who we're dealing with, what occurred here. 491 00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:33,700 [narrator] As the crowd grows, news of the incident starts to spread. 492 00:30:33,867 --> 00:30:37,900 [Crystal] Tierney and I were pulling into a fast food restaurant 493 00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:40,900 and my phone rang. -[buzzing] 494 00:30:41,066 --> 00:30:45,467 And I looked down at the caller ID, and I seen it was our staff 495 00:30:45,633 --> 00:30:49,066 member who was filling in at the class for Big Roy. 496 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:56,967 She screamed that Mr. Roy just shot and killed Ms. J and Mr. D. 497 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,867 Ms. J and Mr. D is what 498 00:31:03,867 --> 00:31:08,700 the staff affectionately called Jenea and Donell. 499 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:14,367 "I'm like, what's going on?" She's just like, "Drive, drive." 500 00:31:14,533 --> 00:31:17,000 She's saying, like, "He just shot my babies." 501 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:20,000 I'm just driving, trying to get down the street as fast as 502 00:31:20,166 --> 00:31:22,100 I could, and got to the end of the alley. 503 00:31:22,266 --> 00:31:24,567 I seen Jenea laying in the middle of the street. 504 00:31:26,367 --> 00:31:27,667 [Crystal] Jenea's body... 505 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,367 was laying face down... 506 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:34,433 in a pool of blood. 507 00:31:35,567 --> 00:31:42,000 There was the yellow police tape and police cars, 508 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,867 and there was a crowd of people. 509 00:31:46,033 --> 00:31:48,600 They were just trying to figure out what's going on. 510 00:31:48,767 --> 00:31:51,500 when the police escorted us and put us in the back of 511 00:31:51,667 --> 00:31:55,100 a police cruiser. I never seen Donell. 512 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:57,567 All I know is he was laying in the car. 513 00:31:57,734 --> 00:32:01,200 I just hear them come over and pronounce him over 514 00:32:01,367 --> 00:32:03,700 the radio that they both were gone. 515 00:32:07,567 --> 00:32:12,700 [Crystal] The way it was positioned, that police car 516 00:32:12,867 --> 00:32:16,500 allowed me, for a long period of time, to continue to look at 517 00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:20,800 Jenea's body lying there in the street. 518 00:32:20,967 --> 00:32:25,266 I couldn't even rationalize what was happening. 519 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,767 [narrator] As Crystal and Tierney process what they are seeing, 520 00:32:29,767 --> 00:32:33,100 EMT's rush an injured Roy to the hospital. 521 00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:35,700 [Tierney] To shoot Donell, who had nothing to do with it, 522 00:32:35,867 --> 00:32:38,867 it just wasn't, it was uncalled for. 523 00:32:38,867 --> 00:32:42,166 I just think just because he was there, 524 00:32:42,333 --> 00:32:44,600 he just, he killed him too. 525 00:32:46,867 --> 00:32:49,767 [Lowe] We talked to Crystal, and she's forthcoming 526 00:32:49,934 --> 00:32:52,266 and telling us that there were some issues. 527 00:32:52,266 --> 00:32:57,300 Jenea was trying to divorce Roy, and that there had been 528 00:32:57,467 --> 00:33:01,467 some threats and some back and forth, where she wants to 529 00:33:01,467 --> 00:33:06,567 break it off, he doesn't want to, and I think that's the huge 530 00:33:06,567 --> 00:33:08,100 intervening factor here. 531 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:13,667 [narrator] Prosecutor James Lowe starts to piece together how the incident 532 00:33:13,834 --> 00:33:15,367 has unfolded. 533 00:33:15,533 --> 00:33:19,066 It was not a clear, perfect video of the entire 534 00:33:19,233 --> 00:33:22,166 crime at all, which is why surveillance videos 535 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:24,467 and witnesses are so important together. 536 00:33:24,467 --> 00:33:29,100 The witness can put the video in perspective and show 537 00:33:29,266 --> 00:33:31,867 you what you don't know you're looking at unless 538 00:33:31,867 --> 00:33:32,900 you were there. 539 00:33:33,066 --> 00:33:34,800 [officer speaking] 540 00:33:34,967 --> 00:33:36,467 [witness speaking] 541 00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:55,967 [officer speaking] 542 00:33:56,133 --> 00:33:57,166 [witness speaking] 543 00:33:58,066 --> 00:33:59,700 [officer speaking] 544 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,600 It wasn't that Donell got out of the car, and they 545 00:34:07,767 --> 00:34:09,367 had an argument, and said something, 546 00:34:09,367 --> 00:34:10,600 and then he shot him. 547 00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:15,467 It's that he walks right up, shoots Donell. 548 00:34:15,633 --> 00:34:16,667 [gunshot blasts] 549 00:34:17,667 --> 00:34:20,000 -Then he shoots Jenea. -[gunshot blasts] 550 00:34:20,166 --> 00:34:22,967 And then comes back and makes sure that Donell is dead by 551 00:34:23,133 --> 00:34:24,100 shooting him again. 552 00:34:25,066 --> 00:34:26,166 [gunshot blasts] 553 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,600 She is stumbling into the roadway, 554 00:34:30,767 --> 00:34:33,467 and instead of just letting her stay there, he walks up to 555 00:34:33,633 --> 00:34:36,266 her, points the gun, and shoots her in the head. 556 00:34:36,433 --> 00:34:37,500 [gunshot blasts] 557 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:44,066 I mean, that, to me, is unbelievably barbaric. 558 00:34:44,233 --> 00:34:47,400 And to do that to family members, you know, your kid's 559 00:34:47,567 --> 00:34:52,266 uncle and your kid's mother, it's horrific. 560 00:34:52,266 --> 00:34:56,300 That's not, you know, I'm upset, and I shot someone, 561 00:34:56,467 --> 00:34:59,367 I lost it. That's an execution. 562 00:34:59,533 --> 00:35:01,767 We got a double homicide. It was in broad daylight. 563 00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:04,700 There's several witnesses. We've got a suspect. 564 00:35:04,867 --> 00:35:08,800 And I was told he was expected to survive. 565 00:35:08,967 --> 00:35:11,700 Now, I'm looking for is enough of a motive to explain why 566 00:35:11,867 --> 00:35:15,166 someone would lose their mind and do something so horrific. 567 00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:27,867 [Lowe] You're always looking for the reason why. 568 00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:30,500 So police attempt to interview him. 569 00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:33,266 They need to figure out what his mindset was and why 570 00:35:33,266 --> 00:35:34,567 he might have done something like this something like 571 00:35:34,734 --> 00:35:36,033 this, unprovoked. 572 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:40,867 But Roy invoked his rights not to talk and asked for a lawyer. 573 00:35:40,867 --> 00:35:43,900 We had, obviously, the right person since he shot 574 00:35:44,066 --> 00:35:46,400 on the scene. I had witness statements. 575 00:35:46,567 --> 00:35:50,266 I had the surveillance videos from different angles. 576 00:35:50,266 --> 00:35:53,400 But I'm looking for more information. 577 00:35:54,767 --> 00:35:57,800 [narrator] Officers look into Roy's movements on the day of 578 00:35:57,967 --> 00:36:01,266 the murders and make an unexpected discovery. 579 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:07,200 [Lowe] We found he's going to pawn shops and gun stores, 580 00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:09,100 actively trying to get a gun. 581 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:13,100 And when he was unsuccessful, he shows up with a gun that had 582 00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:15,667 its serial number scratched off. 583 00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:20,767 I don't know when he got this gun, but it appears to me 584 00:36:20,934 --> 00:36:26,700 he's been planning this altercation at least that day. 585 00:36:26,867 --> 00:36:28,567 He knows where Jenea is. 586 00:36:28,567 --> 00:36:33,000 He knows where most of the family are, and gets out 587 00:36:33,166 --> 00:36:34,600 and just starts shooting right away. 588 00:36:34,767 --> 00:36:35,767 [gunshot blasts] 589 00:36:39,166 --> 00:36:42,266 There is no intervening acts at all. 590 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:44,767 It is, "I'm going there to murder these people," 591 00:36:44,767 --> 00:36:46,367 and that's exactly what he did. 592 00:36:46,367 --> 00:36:49,467 [narrator] Officers are not charged with any wrongdoing in the shooting 593 00:36:49,467 --> 00:36:52,400 of Roy Harvison, and now have clear evidence he prepared 594 00:36:52,567 --> 00:36:53,633 for the attack. 595 00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:55,867 They are still trying to understand why Donell gets 596 00:36:55,867 --> 00:36:57,200 taken out first. 597 00:36:57,367 --> 00:37:00,066 [Lowe] This is someone who felt like he had been wronged, 598 00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:03,967 and I think Roy was worried about Donell getting out of 599 00:37:04,133 --> 00:37:07,567 the car and interfering with him murdering his wife. 600 00:37:07,567 --> 00:37:11,800 So I think that's why he pulls up and he blocks the car. 601 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,800 Donell, he's a, what I consider an innocent bystander. 602 00:37:17,967 --> 00:37:19,400 He was not the target. 603 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:24,800 [Mary] So that day I went on my lunch break and that's when I got 604 00:37:24,967 --> 00:37:27,467 the phone call from one of Roy's sisters who work 605 00:37:27,467 --> 00:37:28,567 at the daycare. 606 00:37:28,567 --> 00:37:32,567 She said, "Donell got shot, Jenea got shot." 607 00:37:32,734 --> 00:37:34,800 I could tell in her voice, she real frantic. 608 00:37:34,967 --> 00:37:37,000 She said, you know, "Just go straight to the hospital." 609 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,100 And then Crystal calls me, and she says, "Sit down." 610 00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:43,567 And I said, "Nope, just tell me what's going on." 611 00:37:43,567 --> 00:37:46,867 And she said, "He's gone." And I just felt... 612 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,100 [stifled vocalization] 613 00:37:56,767 --> 00:37:59,200 I just felt like a part of me just...leave. 614 00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:04,567 This is somebody that I've spent most of my life with. 615 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,400 We was together all the time. 616 00:38:07,567 --> 00:38:09,567 This is my first love, everything. 617 00:38:09,567 --> 00:38:14,367 And I expected to be with him for the rest of my life. 618 00:38:14,367 --> 00:38:16,767 And we had plans, and that wasn't in our plans. 619 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,367 [narrator] As the family come to terms with their grief, 620 00:38:27,367 --> 00:38:29,166 Roy faces court. 621 00:38:29,333 --> 00:38:33,500 [Lowe] We indicted him with two counts of aggravated murder based on 622 00:38:33,667 --> 00:38:36,667 purposeful and prior calculation design, along with 623 00:38:36,834 --> 00:38:38,767 death penalty specifications for killing two 624 00:38:38,767 --> 00:38:41,100 or more individuals. 625 00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:44,567 [narrator] To the family's dismay, Roy's defense team draws 626 00:38:44,734 --> 00:38:45,700 out the proceedings. 627 00:38:45,867 --> 00:38:48,300 For three years, he pled not guilty. 628 00:38:49,767 --> 00:38:52,867 And during the course of those three years, 629 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,166 my daily prayer was, 630 00:38:58,166 --> 00:38:59,467 Lord, change his heart, 631 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,367 and I don't want to go through a trial. 632 00:39:03,367 --> 00:39:06,066 I knew at that point in my life, emotionally, 633 00:39:06,233 --> 00:39:07,767 I couldn't handle it. 634 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,200 [Lowe] I got a call from Crystal, who told me she was rethinking 635 00:39:12,367 --> 00:39:15,400 the death penalty and opened negotiations up. 636 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:25,400 [narrator] January 19, 2018, Roy Harvison finally stands before a judge 637 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:30,000 to accept a plea deal of 66 years to life for the murders 638 00:39:30,166 --> 00:39:31,967 of Jenea and Donell. 639 00:39:32,133 --> 00:39:34,166 [Peck] This is as violent as it gets. 640 00:39:34,333 --> 00:39:38,600 Everyone that he knew or touched or cared for at some 641 00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:42,300 time was affected by his actions that day, 642 00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:45,300 and continue to be affected by what happened. 643 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:51,567 [Crystal] I struggle with, what did we do to you other than love you? 644 00:39:51,567 --> 00:39:53,367 We're not a perfect family. 645 00:39:53,533 --> 00:39:57,066 Didn't say we got it all right, but I just don't believe that 646 00:39:57,233 --> 00:40:00,000 there is nothing that my daughter could have ever 647 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:01,300 done to him... 648 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:05,567 that would warrant you taking her life in the way 649 00:40:05,567 --> 00:40:06,667 that you did, 650 00:40:08,066 --> 00:40:11,367 including her brother, who was innocent, 651 00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:15,200 to whatever was going on in their marriage and just 652 00:40:15,367 --> 00:40:19,500 destroying our family that way. I still don't understand it. 653 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:21,066 I still don't get it. 654 00:40:21,233 --> 00:40:27,600 I walk back my own words of, "I forgive you," because sitting 655 00:40:27,767 --> 00:40:30,266 here today, I can't. 656 00:40:31,367 --> 00:40:37,467 I can't forgive him for his actions that have now 657 00:40:37,633 --> 00:40:39,166 changed our lives 658 00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:41,166 forever. 659 00:40:43,467 --> 00:40:44,967 [kissing noises] 660 00:40:45,467 --> 00:40:50,100 [Tierney] Jenea was a dedicated mother, someone who was trying to be 661 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:52,467 a positive change in the community. 662 00:40:52,467 --> 00:40:56,467 She was a pioneer before she knew she was a pioneer. 663 00:40:57,867 --> 00:41:02,367 Donell, he was just a young, young loving guy, 664 00:41:02,367 --> 00:41:06,100 a great father, and someone who was still 665 00:41:06,266 --> 00:41:07,467 trying to find their purpose. 666 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,600 Life would probably be a lot different 667 00:41:12,767 --> 00:41:14,667 if they still were here.