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Kenda: IT'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN 2016.
WE'RE IN HOPE MILLS, NORTH CAROLINA --
20 MINUTES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE.
NEW HOMES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT IS A BOOM TIME IN THE AREA.
KEN LOMBARD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
WHEN NO ONE'S AROUND TO CRUISE THIS AREA,
TRYING TO PICK A PLACE FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY TO LIVE.
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HE SEES SOMETHING, HE PULLS OVER, HE GETS OUT.
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Kenda: ARE THEY DRUNK AND PASSED OUT?
ARE THEY SLEEPING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
HEY! EXCUSE ME?
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HE'S COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR WHAT HE SEES.
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Kenda: I SPENT MY CAREER CLOSING MURDER CASES.
BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL.
IT TAKES A RARE BREED TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE,
TO CATCH A RUTHLESS KILLER,
TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THE DEAD.
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE.
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I'M JOSHUA HAMILTON.
I BEGAN MY CAREER IN HOPE MILLS AROUND 2006,
AND I WORKED MY WAY UP TO INVESTIGATIONS AROUND 2010.
[ BELL TOLLING ]
I WAS ATTENDING A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE'S WEDDING
AT CAROLINA BEACH; PHONE RINGS,
IT WAS A SENIOR INVESTIGATOR TELLING ME
I NEEDED TO GET BACK TO HOPE MILLS,
THAT THERE HAD BEEN A HOMICIDE.
I NEVER KNOW WHEN I'M GOING TO GET CALLED.
SO IT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO HAVE TO LEAVE HIS WEDDING.
BUT WHEN THE PHONE RINGS, YOU HAVE TO GO.
OKAY.
LET MY FAMILY ENJOY THEIR TIME AT THE BEACH
AND DROVE BACK TO HOPE MILLS.
YEAH, DETECTIVE HAMILTON AND I, WERE ON OUR WAY BACK,
BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE US A FEW HOURS.
Kenda: HIS PARTNER, DETECTIVE REGAN,
GOES WITH HIM.
Regan: WE COORDINATED WITH THE OFFICER AT THE SCENE.
IT WAS A MATTER OF MAKING SURE
THAT ALL THE EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED AND PROPERLY HANDLED.
Man: I'M THE SERGEANT OF ONE OF THE FOUR PLATOONS ON THE ROAD
FOR HOPE MILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING I WAS IN CHARGE.
IN MY 24 YEARS OF SERVICE
I'VE NEVER SEEN A HOMICIDE LIKE THIS.
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WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CALL, WE FIGURED IT WAS A HIKER
OR AN EARLY MORNING JOGGER THAT JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK.
WE GOT HERE, WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A SHOOTING.
Kenda: THE VICTIM APPEARS TO BE A TEENAGER,
HAS A SHIRT OR AN UNDERSHIRT TIED AROUND HIS HEAD
AS IF IT'S A BLINDFOLD.
RIGOR MORTIS HAS BEGUN -- THIS BODY HAS BEEN DEAD
FOR MORE THAN A FEW HOURS AND LESS THAN A DAY.
Dailey: YOU CAN SEE BULLET WOUNDS IN HIS BODY.
THERE WAS A GASH ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH SKULL FRAGMENTS.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HIT WITH SOMETHING ON THE HEAD.
ROLL HIM OVER, SEE IF HE'S GOT ANY ID ON HIM.
YEAH.
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Regan: THERE'S TWO PROJECTILES THAT WERE FOUND IN THE DIRT
UNDERNEATH THE BODY.
THEY PASSED THROUGH THE BODY
AND THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THE DIRT.
THAT INDICATED TO US
THAT HE WAS DEFINITELY KILLED IN THAT LOCATION.
Dailey: HE DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA ON HIM.
SO IT MADE IT REALLY TOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT
WHY HE WAS OUT THERE.
FINDING THE IDENTITY
AN INVESTIGATION IS ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT.
YOU CAN'T ESTABLISH A TIMELINE.
THAT CREATES A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS.
[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPING ]
SARGE, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING OVER HERE.
Kenda: THEY WORK IN THE AREA WITH METAL DETECTORS
AND THEY DO FIND A GROUP OF EXPENDED CASINGS.
Hamilton: THE CASINGS WERE ALL .380 CALIBER.
IT'S A PRETTY COMMON CALIBER,
SMALL, BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM
WHICH TOLD US WE WERE DEALING WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN.
WE'LL KEEP CANVASSING THE AREA FOR A WEAPON.
GOOD WORK.
Dailey: BASED ON HIM BEING BLINDFOLDED,
THE POSITION OF THE BODY,
IT LOOKED AS IF IT WAS AN EXECUTION.
THIS WAS EXPLICITLY DONE WITH INTENT AND MALICE.
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY DID IT.
Man: ONCE THEY HAD FINISHED PROCESSING
WHAT THEY COULD LEARN FROM THE BODY,
THEY WOULD TAG IT AT THIS POINT WITH THE JOHN DOE
AND TRANSPORT HIM TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IN RALEIGH.
SO AN OFFICIAL AUTOPSY COULD BE PERFORMED.
SO WE GOT HOME BACK TO HOPE MILLS
AND WE WENT OUT TO THE AREA, MCKINNON FARM ROAD.
Hamilton: I STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHO, WHAT, WHERE,
WHEN AND WHY.
I FOUND THAT MOST HOMICIDES IN GENERAL OCCUR
INVOLVE SEX, MONEY OR DRUGS.
THOSE THREE THINGS START GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.
KILLERS, FOR THE MOST PART,
RESPOND TO NORMAL HUMAN EMOTIONS,
THEY'RE OFTEN REMORSEFUL AFTERWARDS.
WHEN YOU GET SOMEBODY ABNORMAL,
WHICH FORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US IS A RELATIVELY RARE THING,
THEY DON'T NEED A REASON;
THEY KILL BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT.
THERE'S NO MORE DANGEROUS PERSON THAN THAT.
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HOW'D THIS KID GET HERE?
Hamilton: I'M WONDERING, HAD HE BEEN KIDNAPPED
AND TAKEN TO THIS LOCATION, ROBBED, SHOT?
Regan: WE STARTED CREATING THEORIES
OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
AND WE WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE,
FROM SOME SORT OF GANG INITIATION
TO A ROBBERY OR A DRUG DEAL GONE GONE AWRY.
Kenda: WHEN THERE IS NO WALLET OR ANY PAPERWORK OF ANY KIND,
THE FIRST STEP IS TO TRY TO GET FINGERPRINTS FROM THE HANDS
TO SEE IF THIS PERSON IS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BUT I'LL MAKE A PHONE CALL,
SEE IF I CAN'T GET SOMEONE TO CHECK HIS PRINTS.
RIGHT.
WHAT'S THIS?
THINK IT MIGHT BE TIRE TRACKS
OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE.
WE HAD A LITTLE TIRE TRACKS,
BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T KNOW WHOSE TIRE TRACKS BELONG TO WHO.
Dailey: THIS IS A DIRT ROAD WHERE PEOPLE GO OUT THERE
TO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.
WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS PART OF THE CRIME SCENE
OR IF THIS WAS KIDS PLAYING
AND RIDING AROUND IN THEIR ATVs.
HEY, DETECTIVES, I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING OVER HERE.
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WE HAD LOCATED A BASEBALL BAT THAT WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE
OF THE TRAIL FROM WHERE THE VICTIM WAS FOUND.
West: THERE APPEARED TO BE BLOOD AND DIRT ON THE TIP OF IT,
BUT THEY ALSO THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN RED PAINT.
THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE KIDS COULD BE PLAYING.
Kenda: KIDS OFTEN ATTACK CONSTRUCTION AREAS
BY BEATING ON THINGS THAT AREN'T THEIRS AND SO ON.
COULD IT BE SOME PAINTED OBJECT SOMEWHERE,
THAT'S WHERE THE RED CAME FROM, IT'S HARD TO SAY,
BUT IT'S THERE, SO IT CANNOT BE IGNORED.
Hamilton: THE MEDIA SHOWED UP, THEY LISTENED TO SCANNERS,
AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THEM TO HEAR VOICES ON THE RADIO
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THEM
GETTING CLOSE AND DISTURBING OR DESTROYING ANY EVIDENCE.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT BACK BY YOUR VAN.
CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON?
NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.
Kenda: WELL, OFFICER WHITMILL
IS ASSIGNED TO PREVENT THEM FROM INTERFERING
WITH THE INVESTIGATION; HE NOTICES A CAR.
HE'S SEEN IT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES,
DRIVING BACK AND FORTH NEAR THE CRIME SCENE.
Hamilton: WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHY THEY WERE THERE, WHAT THEY WERE UP TO.
SO IT WAS KIND OF ODD THAT SOMEBODY WOULD JUST
SHOW UP THERE AND WATCH US.
Kenda: THERE'S AN OLD EXPRESSION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLED
"JDLR" -- JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
THAT MADE US REALLY SUSPICIOUS
THAT THESE MIGHT BE THE SUSPECTS.
Kenda: IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A SUSPECT TO RETURN
TO THE SCENE OF A CRIME OR EVEN REMAIN PRESENT
AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME TO SEE WHAT THE POLICE ARE UP TO.
Dailey: I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS CAR HAS DRIVEN BY MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO I HAD THE OFFICERS INITIATE AN INVESTIGATIVE
STOP ON THE VEHICLE.
HEY, STOP! STOP RIGHT THERE.
ROLL YOUR WINDOW DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW?
IS THERE A PROBLEM, OFFICER?
Kenda: IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO THEM -- WHO ARE THEY,
AND WHAT'S THEIR EXPLANATION FOR BEING IN THIS AREA?
THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THE TWO PEOPLE
AND THEY SAID, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AROUND,
JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, THAT SORT OF THING.
Kenda: THEY SAY, "THAT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW, IS IT?"
"NO, IT'S NOT," BUT YOU STILL CONFIRM.
YOU CHECK IT OUT.
THEY ASK THEM WHERE THEY WERE ON THE NIGHT OF
MAY 27 OF 2016, WHERE THE CAR WAS.
Kenda: HE EXPLAINS THAT THEY WERE
IN THE MILITARY STATIONED AT FORT BRAGG.
THEY VERIFY THAT BOTH MEN WERE ON DUTY THAT NIGHT
AND THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN THIS HOMICIDE.
Hamilton: I THINK THEY WERE JUST BEING FAIRLY NOSY.
WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE AREA.
IT ALL LED BACK TO NOTHING.
JUST GOT TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE ON AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
Kenda: SO IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
THEY TAKE PRINTS FROM THE REMAINS OF THIS YOUNG MAN
TO SEE IF THIS PERSON IS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Hamilton: AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD NOT BEEN ENTERED
IN THE IAFIS FINGERPRINT SYSTEM, WHICH TOLD US,
ONE, WE WERE DEALING WITH A YOUNG PERSON
THAT POSSIBLY HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE.
HE IS A TRULY INNOCENT VICTIM.
THANK YOU.
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WE STARTED SEARCHING MISSING PERSON REPORTS
FROM NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS.
Regan: I CALLED ALMOST EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN THE AREA,
SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND PROBABLY IN A SOLID 30 TO 50 MILE RADIUS.
OF HOPE MILLS, LOOKING.
ALL OF THEM COME BACK
NO MISSING REPORTS MATCHING HIS DESCRIPTION.
-I APPRECIATE IT. -AT THE PRESENT MOMENT,
OUR YOUNG MAN IS NOTHING MORE THAN A GHOST.
NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHO HE IS OR WHERE HE'S FROM.
Regan: IT REALLY GETS FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE IDENTIFYING YOUR VICTIM SHOULDN'T BE THE HARD PART.
THE HARD PART SHOULD BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO COMMITTED THIS HEINOUS CRIME.
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WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON,
THE VICTIM HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED
TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER IN RALEIGH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE GOT QUITE A FEW BULLET WOUNDS
TO THE TORSO AND UPPER BODY.
Kenda: THEY LEARN THE VICTIM HAS SUFFERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS
TO THE TORSO, THE ARM, AND THE RIGHT THIGH.
Hamilton: HE HAD BEEN SHOT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
THAT TOLD ME IMMEDIATELY THAT HE WAS ROLLING AROUND
AND HE WAS ALIVE WHEN HE TOOK MOST OF HIS SHOTS.
THERE WAS NOTHING QUICK ABOUT HOW HE DIED.
BUT THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF ASSAULT HERE.
Regan: THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN DEFORMED,
LIKE IT HAD BEEN HIT WITH A BLUNT OBJECT SEVERAL TIMES,
THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER CONFIRMS THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS THE BLOW TO THE HEAD.
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EXCUSE ME, SORRY.
THIS IS HAMILTON.
Kenda: WHEN HAMILTON'S AT THE CORONER'S OFFICE,
HIS CELL PHONE RINGS.
IT'S A FRIEND OF HIS FROM OAK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD RESPONDED
TO A MISSING PERSON REPORT FILED BY AMANDA DANIELS.
AMANDA REPORTED HER BROTHER MISSING.
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Regan: IT WAS FOR A 16 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN
AND HIS NAME WAS ANDREW DERENZY.
THANK YOU.
WE GOT A LIKELY CANDIDATE,
THEY'RE GOING TO E-MAIL ME A PICTURE
SENT BY THE KID'S FAMILY,
Hamilton: SHE WAS ABLE TO SEND ME A PICTURE
TO MY CELL PHONE IMMEDIATELY,
AND WHEN I SEEN THE PICTURE, I KNEW WE WERE LOOKING
AT THE INDIVIDUAL WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY HIM, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
HERE IT IS.
Kenda: HE TAKES HIS CELL PHONE
AND HOLDS UP NEXT TO THE FACE ON THE MORGUE TABLE.
"OH, GOD. THAT'S HIM."
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"THAT'S OUR KID."
Kenda: DETECTIVE HAMILTON AND REGAN
FINALLY HAVE A BREAK IN THE CASE.
THEY HAVE THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED AS A MISSING PERSON
OUT OF A NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION.
HE IS 16 YEAR OLD ANDREW DERENZY.
WE BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE'RE LIKE,
WE AIN'T GOING HOME FOR A WHILE.
IT'S TIME TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
Kenda: THE FIRST STEP IS TO MAKE A DEATH NOTIFICATION
TO THE DERENZY FAMILY.
Hamilton: DEATH NOTIFICATIONS ARE THE WORST.
BREAKS YOUR HEART, ESPECIALLY YOU'RE DEALING WITH A KID.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR BEING HERE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Woman: WHEN THEY CAME UP TO THE HOUSE,
MY SISTERS WERE THERE AND ME AND MY HUSBAND.
WE KIND OF KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT.
MY WHOLE DRIVE HOME FROM WORK,
I JUST CRIED AND PRAYED
AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Regan: AND WE TOLD THE FAMILY THAT A BODY HAD BEEN DISCOVERED
AND THAT WE HAD SOME PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE LIKE SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT
AND SEE IF THEY COULD IDENTIFY THE BODY.
MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE,
"I'LL CHECK IT, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO,"
AND I'M A CONTROL FREAK.
SO I'M LIKE, "UH, NO, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS PHOTO WITH YOU."
YOU CAN STEP OVER HERE, PLEASE.
SO THEN DETECTIVE HAMILTON PULLED A PHONE OUT
AND WHEN HE TURNED IT ON, THERE WAS A PICTURE ON THERE
AND I COULD IMMEDIATELY TELL IT WAS ANDREW.
[ SOBBING ]
Woman: THEY WERE BOTH LOOKING AT THE PICTURE.
AND I COULD SEE BY AMANDA'S EXPRESSION
ON HER FACE THAT IT WAS HIM.
[ SOBBING ]
Nate: MY STOMACH DEFINITELY DROPPED
WHEN I SAW HIS FACE ON THE PHONE.
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY HE LOOKED THE LAST TIME
I HAD SAW HIM ALIVE TO THE WAY
HE LOOKED IN THE PICTURE
WAS JUST KIND OF TERRIFYING.
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I JUST STARTED CRYING, I FELL TO THE FLOOR,
I KEPT SCREAMING THAT THIS CAN'T BE REAL.
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Hamilton: ALL I COULD DO WAS HUG ON THE SISTERS
AND LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND PUNISH THE ONES WHO DID IT.
NATE AND AMANDA WALKED DOWN THE PORCH WITH ME
AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT ANDREW.
Amanda: ANDREW WAS 14 WHEN HE CAME TO LIVE WITH US
BECAUSE MY MOM WAS HAVING SOME HEALTH ISSUES.
HE JUST NEEDED A PLACE TO HAVE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT
THAN WHAT HIS MOTHER COULD GIVE HIM.
SO SHE ENDED UP LETTING HIM COME UP AND STAY WITH US.
Nate: AMANDA AND I HAD THREE BOYS,
AND THEY JUST LOVED THEIR UNCLE ANDREW.
Amanda: HE WAS DEFINITELY MORE LIKE A BIGGER BROTHER TO THEM.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S SO CUTE!"
HE'S TRIED TO TEACH THEM EVERYTHING!
Kenda: THEY EXPLAIN HE'S 16 YEARS OLD
AND HE'S VERY BRIGHT.
HE'S HOME SCHOOLED.
HE WORKS TWO JOBS.
Nate: HE WANTED TO BE A PILOT.
HE JUST WASN'T SURE IF HE WANTED TO GO THE MILITARY ROUTE
TO DO IT OR FIGURE OUT HIS OWN WAY TO PAY
FOR FLIGHT LESSONS TO DO IT.
DO YOU RECALL THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE WITH ANDREW?
YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST SPOKE WITH HIM FRIDAY NIGHT.
Regan: HE CALLED AND HAD ASKED HIM FOR MONEY.
HIS CAR HAD BROKEN DOWN NEAR MCKINNON FARM ROAD
AND HE NEEDED MONEY TO TRY TO GET A TOW TRUCK.
Nate: I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CASH AT THE TIME,
BUT I COULD COME OUT TO WHERE HE WAS
AND GET HIS CAR FIXED THERE.
BUT HE TOLD ME THAT I DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT
AND THAT HE WAS SAFE.
AND THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A WEIRD THING
FOR HIM TO SAY AT THE TIME.
THIS CALL PUTS ANDREW AT THE CRIME SCENE,
BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS ANDREW'S CAR?
DID THE KILLER TAKE IT?
THEY PUT OUT AN APB AND CONTINUE WITH THEIR INTERVIEW.
WE LEARNED THAT ANDREW HAD A BANK ACCOUNT THAT WAS LINKED
TO AMANDA AND NATE'S BANK ACCOUNT.
HUH...
THAT'S ODD.
WHAT'S THAT?
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE WITHDRAWALS?
Nate: SO WE HAD SEEN THAT, ON FRIDAY,
HE HAD WITHDRAWN $80 FROM HIS ACCOUNT,
AND THEN LATER ON HAD MOVED $120 FROM AMANDA'S ACCOUNT TO HIS
AND WITHDREW IT.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS HE DOING?
THIS IS NOT ANDREW.
HE DOES NOT TAKE MONEY LIKE THAT.
Nate: SO THAT SATURDAY, WE JUST CONTINUOUSLY CALLED HIM
AND TEXTED HIM TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE HE WAS,
WHY HE TOOK ALL THE MONEY OUT OF AMANDA'S ACCOUNT,
AND JUST COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF THEM.
AMANDA KEPT THINKING THAT MAYBE
SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HIS PHONE.
AND SUNDAY, NOBODY HEARD FROM HIM.
AND WE DECIDED THAT
AMANDA SHOULD GO FILE A MISSING PERSONS REPORT.
Kenda: COULD THESE BANK WITHDRAWALS BEEN LINKED TO HIS MURDER?
WHAT IF SOMEBODY IS AWARE HE HAS ACCESS TO MONEY
AND TAKES IT UNDER THREAT OF DEATH,
AND THEN KILLS HIM ANYWAY?
SINCE HE'S HOME SCHOOLED, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK,
SO WHO DOES HE RUN WITH? WHO'S HE SPENT HIS TIME WITH?
WE HAD TOLD THE DETECTIVES
THAT ANDREW REALLY ONLY HAD ONE FRIEND AND HIS NAME WAS DANIEL.
AND ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY, ANDREW ACTUALLY
MOVED IN WITH DANIEL A FEW WEEKS EARLIER.
Nate: ANDREW IS DEFINITELY AN INDEPENDENT KID.
HE WAS KIND OF READY TO GET OUT ON HIS OWN
AND START BEING AN ADULT.
HEY.
HEY, MAN.
THANKS AGAIN FOR LETTING ME STAY HERE.
YEAH, IT'S COOL.
I'M GONNA GO GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT.
YOU GUYS WANT TO COME WITH?
YEAH, I COULD IT, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
SURE. UH, LET ME JUST THROW MY STUFF DOWN.
Nate: WE HAD MET DANIEL AT THE FORT BRAGG FAIR
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS.
HIS MOM WAS A BAIL BONDSMAN,
BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ELSE ABOUT HIM.
WHEN SHE SAID THAT,
I KNEW EXACTLY WHO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE FEMALE BONDS PERSON
THAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THAT HAD A SON NAMED DANIEL.
Kenda: THEY CALL HER AND THEY TELL HER
THEY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER SON DANIEL.
SHE AGREES TO SET THIS MEETING UP AT HER OFFICE.
[ SHOPKEEPERS BELL TINKLES ]
HEY, MEL!
HEY, COME ON BACK, WE'RE GLAD TO HELP YOU.
DANIEL'S BACK HERE IN THE BACK OFFICE,
SO THEY GO IN AND THE SIT DOWN WITH DANIEL.
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HEY, THANKS FOR MEETING US.
YEAH, HI. WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?
Regan: DANIEL WAS 19 YEARS OLD,
CLEAN CUT, WELL-DRESSED, AND WE TOLD HIM
WHY WE WERE THERE, THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ANDREW.
FIRST THING OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS,
"YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT ANDREW."
"IT'S BAD HOW HE WAS LEFT OUT IN THE WOODS LIKE THAT."
IT'S REALLY MESSED UP, YOU KNOW?
Regan: IT WAS LIKE LIGHT BULBS GOING OFF IN MY MIND,
BECAUSE WE NEVER RELEASED TO THE MEDIA
ANYTHING OTHER THAN A DEATH INVESTIGATION,
NOT EVEN THAT IT WAS A MAN OR WOMAN.
SO THAT TOLD US HE KNEW SOMETHING MORE THAN
WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE.
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SO HOW DOES DANIEL KNOW THAT?
♪♪
WELL, THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.
DANIEL HALL HAS STATED FACTS TO HAMILTON AND REGAN
THAT HE COULD NOT REASONABLY KNOW UNLESS HE WAS INVOLVED.
HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY MESSED UP
HOW THEY FOUND HIM SHOT UP LIKE THAT."
Kenda: SO NOW ALARM BELLS GO OFF IN THEIR HEADS,
HAMILTON'S ALARMS ARE RINGING SO LOUD
HE CAN'T HEAR HIMSELF THINK.
Hamilton: I KIND OF GLANCED OVER AT REGAN
AND I KNEW EXACTLY HE CAUGHT ONTO IT, TOO.
WE KNEW WE WERE ABOUT TO GET SOMETHING
OUT OF HIM AT THAT POINT.
I HEARD YOU AND ANDREW WERE LIVING TOGETHER RECENTLY.
YEAH, ME, ANDREW, AND MY BROTHER DEVON.
BUT IT -- IT WAS JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
♪♪
HEY, GIMME SOME OF THAT.
HEY, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO DRINK.
YEAH, CHECK THE FRIDGE.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY CASH?
WE NEED TO PAY THAT ELECTRIC BILL.
YEAH, I'M -- I'M WORKING ON IT.
HE SAID ANDREW MOVED IN WITH HE AND HIS BROTHER DEVON,
BUT THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE PAYING THEIR BILLS.
YOU HEAR ME, ANDREW.
YEAH, I DON'T GOT IT RIGHT NOW, BUT...
DANIEL EXPLAINS THEY WERE EVICTED THE WEEK BEFORE
ANDREW WAS FOUND DEAD,
AND ANDREW HAD NOT BEEN SEEN BY DANIEL FOR THAT ENTIRE WEEK.
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATING ]
AND IT'S AN E-MAIL FROM THE BANK,
I'M GOING TO STEP OUTSIDE A MINUTE.
WE KNOW HOW ANDREW USED AN ATM LATE THAT NIGHT,
SO I WAS WORKING IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION.
Kenda: THE E-MAIL INFORMS HIM THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED
THE SURVEILLANCE TAPES OF THE TIME IN QUESTION
AND THEY HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE E-MAIL.
Regan: IN THE FIRST IMAGE,
IT WAS ANDREW STANDING AT THE ATM, WITHDRAWING MONEY.
AND THERE WAS A SILVER PONTIAC SUNFIRE
IN THE BACKGROUND, OBVIOUSLY WAITING ON HIM.
Kenda: IN ANOTHER PICTURE,
HAMILTON SEES A BLACK MALE DRIVING A DIFFERENT CAR.
THE MOST INTERESTING FACT IN HAMILTON'S VIEW
IS THAT ANDREW IS SEATED IN THE BACK PASSENGER SEAT.
THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE CAR,
BUT HAMILTON CAN'T MAKE THEM OUT.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW.
WE JUST NEED TO FIND OUT WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.
I WAS SUPER EXCITED, JUMPING UP AND DOWN
WHEN I GOT THAT PICTURE -- WE HAD A LEAD.
Kenda: HAMILTON KNOWS BY HIS OWN EXPERIENCE,
HE'S PROBABLY LOOKING AT PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE
THAT KILLED ANDREW DERENZY.
WE SHOULD GET GOING, GEORGE.
UH, UM, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO TELL YOU.
Kenda: WHEN HAMILTON REJOINS THE GROUP AFTER REVIEWING THESE PHOTOS,
DANIEL, WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED,
SUDDENLY WANTS TO CHANGE HIS STORY.
I PICKED HIM UP.
Hamilton: I THINK DANIEL REALIZED REAL QUICK
THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE BANKING TRANSACTIONS
AND TELL THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER ON THAT NIGHT.
Regan: SO I BEGIN TALKING TO DANIEL, AND HE ACTUALLY ADMITS
THAT HE SAW ANDREW FRIDAY NIGHT.
HE ADMITTED THAT HE DROVE A SILVER PONTIAC SUNFIRE.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD PICKED ANDREW UP
AND THEY HAD GONE TO THE ATM
TO GET SOME MONEY THAT ANDREW OWED HIM FOR A LIGHT BILL
FROM WHEN HE LIVED WITH HIM.
HOW MUCH MONEY?
IT WAS AROUND 80 BUCKS.
OKAY, CONTINUE.
Regan: HE SAID HE GOT A MILKSHAKE,
THEN HE TOOK ANDREW BACK TO A GUY
NAMED IAN ROBERTSON'S HOUSE TO DROP HIM OFF.
Kenda: IT'S OBVIOUS TO HAMILTON AND TO REGAN
THAT DANIEL IS ALL OVER THE MAP WITH HIS STORY.
FIRST, HE'S CONVINCED HE HASN'T SEEN HIM FOR A WEEK,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS CONVINCED HE SAW HIM YESTERDAY.
ANYTHING DANIEL SAID AT THAT POINT NEEDED TO BE CORROBORATED.
IT'S TIME TO GO TRACK DOWN IAN AND SEE WHAT IAN HAS TO SAY.
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WE FIND IAN ROBERTSON, AND IAN AGREES TO TALK.
Ian: YEAH, THEY WERE HERE THAT NIGHT.
Hamilton: HIS STATEMENT WAS ANDREW
AND DANIEL HAD LEFT TOGETHER IN DANIEL'S CAR.
THEY WERE GONE FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT DID COME BACK.
Regan: IAN'S TELLING US PART TRUTHS AND HALF TRUTHS.
BUT HE'S NOT TELLING US THE FULL TRUTH.
Hamilton: SO WE GOT A LITTLE HARDER ON HIM.
I TOLD IAN THAT WHOEVER GETS ON THE TRAIN FIRST
IS GOING TO GET TO RIDE.
THE D.A.'s OFFICE WAS GOING TO LOOK FOR
THE MOST COOPERATIVE ONE,
AND LYING WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.
Kenda: IAN THEN SAYS DANIEL CAME RUNNING UP TO THE FRONT
AND SAID, "THEY GRABBED ANDREW AND THREW HIM IN THE CAR,
THEY HAVE HIM" -- BUT DANIEL NEVER SAID WHO "THEY" ARE.
Hamilton: I BELIEVED THAT IAN WAS NOT BEING 100 PERCENT HONEST
TO WHAT LEVEL? I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY.
SO IAN WAS OFFERED A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION.
YEAH. YEAH, WHATEVER YOU NEED.
COME ON.I GOTTA CALL WORK THOUGH.
HEY...
Hamilton: I WAS LIKE, AWESOME, LET'S DO THIS,
I SET IT UP THAT DAY.
HE THINKS HE CAN OUTSMART THESE DETECTIVES.
WELL, HE HAS ANOTHER THING COMING.
Man: ARE WE NOW IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA?
Ian: YES.
DO YOU KNOW HOW ANDREW WAS KILLED?
NO.
DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANDREW'S DEATH?
NO.
Hamilton: I'M ABLE TO SIT IN ANOTHER ROOM
AND ACTUALLY WATCH THE TEST -- HE'S FIDGETING AROUND,
HE'S HAVING TO BE TOLD TO SIT STILL.
HE'S JUST CLEARLY NERVOUS.
OKAY, WE'RE ALL DONE.
JUST SIT TIGHT AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪♪
THE POLYGRAPHER CAME IN AND BASICALLY TOLD ME
IAN KNEW WAY MORE THAN HE WAS EVER LETTING ON.
MATTER OF FACT, THE POLYGRAPH EXAMINER
THAT DID THE EXAMINATION HAS DONE MORE POLYGRAPHS
THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST FAILS HE'D EVER SEEN.
Hamilton: SO, OF COURSE, HE GOT A POST-POLYGRAPH INTERVIEW.
WE DIDN'T EVEN GO TO A RECORDED ROOM.
WE SAT OUTSIDE ON THE CURB,
AND I SAT DOWN NEXT TO HIM
AND WE JUST HAD A HEART TO HEART.
I JUST TOLD HIM, LOOK, MAN,
THIS IS THE TIME, IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
THE CARDS ARE STARTING TO STACK AGAINST HIM.
HIS DEMEANOR STARTED CHANGING.
THAT'S WHEN HE PRETTY MUCH TOLD US WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
Kenda: HE TELLS HAMILTON THAT
THE FIRST PART OF WHAT HE SAID IS TRUE --
THAT ANDREW AND DANIEL WENT TO THE ATM MACHINE
TO GET THE MONEY THAT ANDREW OWED FOR UTILITIES PAYMENT.
♪♪
Hamilton: HE SAID WHILE THEY WERE GONE,
DEVON SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE.
SCREWED US WITH THAT APARTMENT.
DUDE, ANDREW'S OUT GETTING THE MONEY RIGHT NOW.
HE NEEDS TO COUGH UP MORE.
♪♪
DEVON SAID HE WAS GOING TO KIDNAP ANDREW.
MEETING MY FRIENDS IN A MINUTE, BUYING A PIECE OFF OF 'EM.
WHAT?!
A GUN?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO ANYTHING.
JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
Kenda: DEVON TELLS IAN,
"I'M GOING TO TAKE HIM TO THE ATM BY FORCE
AND MAKE HIM PAY ME,
AND I'LL GIVE YOU $100 TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY."
Hamilton: IAN AGREED TO ACCEPT $100 AND ALL HE KNEW
WAS DEVON DID SHOW UP
WHEN THEY GOT BACK AND TOOK ANDREW,
PUT HIM INTO A CAR AND DROVE AWAY.
Kenda: THAT'S WHEN HAMILTON RECALLS
THE CAR SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND
ON THE SECOND WITHDRAWAL PICTURE.
YOU RECOGNIZE THIS CAR?
Hamilton: HE SAID HE WASN'T SURE, BUT HE HAD SEEN A RED CAR
THAT LOOKED LIKE A RED ONE AT DEVON AND DANIEL'S
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
Kenda: OH, REALLY?
DANIEL AND HIS BROTHER DEVON
ARE IN THIS MURDER INVESTIGATION UP TO THEIR NECK.
Hamilton: SO NOW WE NEED TO GET DEVON AND DANIEL AT THIS POINT.
WE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
TO START GETTING SOME REINFORCEMENTS TOGETHER
TO GO OVER TO DEVON'S APARTMENT
WHERE THEY'RE LIVING NOW.
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Regan: ONCE WE GOT THERE, WE GOT NOTIFIED
THAT DANIEL WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE.
SO WE INSTRUCTED ONE OF OFFICERS TO GO AHEAD AND STOP HIM.
♪♪
HERE HE COMES, GUYS. HERE HE COMES. GO, GO, GO.
DANIEL, PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR, PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR,
DO NOT MOVE. DO NOT MOVE!
PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK.
Kenda: HE OFFERS NO RESISTANCE.
IT'S ALMOST AS IF HE'S RESIGNED TO THE FACT
HE'S GOING TO BE ARRESTED.
HE JUST SLUMPS HIS SHOULDERS AND IMMEDIATELY TURNS AROUND
WHEN THEY TELL HIM TO.
HE WAS PLACED IN CUSTODY, PUT IN A CAR,
AND TRANSPORTED TO FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THEN WE WENT WITH THOSE OFFICERS TO THE APARTMENT.
EVERYBODY ON YOUR TOES NOW.
ANY TIME YOU'RE WALKING UP TO AN APARTMENT LIKE THIS,
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME APPREHENSION --
THIS COULD GO REALLY WRONG.
Kenda: ONCE YOU KILL ONCE,
AFTER THAT, IT'S ONLY NUMBERS.
ANYONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A DEATH OF A HUMAN BEING IS DANGEROUS.
♪♪
THEY KNOCK LOUDLY,
THEY HEAR MUSIC AND VOICES INSIDE.
NO RESPONSE AT THE DOOR.
WHAT IS COMING THROUGH THAT DOOR NEXT?
BULLETS OR A FACE?
HARD TO SAY.
THEY'RE PREPARED FOR BOTH.
♪♪
Kenda: WHEN THEY KNOCK ON THE DOOR THE SECOND TIME,
THEY'RE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS BEHIND THAT DOOR.
BUT WHEN THE DOOR OPENS...
♪♪
IT'S A TALL KID WITH UNKEMPT HAIR.
ARE YOU DEVON HALL?
YEAH, WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO COME WITH US.
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.
THEY PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN WIDER AND SITTING ON THE SOFA
IS A THIN BLACK MALE WHO LOOKS REMARKABLY
LIKE THE GUY IN THE ATM MACHINE PHOTO.
Hamilton: WE HAD NO IDEA WE WERE LOOKING FOR THIS GUY,
BUT THAT'S THE GUY RIGHT THERE, WE GOT EYES ON HIM NOW.
GET UP! GET UP!
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?DARIAN REVELS.
WHAT KIND OF CAR YOU DRIVE, DARIAN?
A RED HONDA ACCORD, WHY?!
Kenda: THAT'S THE VERY SAME CAR THEY SAW IN THE BANK PHOTOS
HE AND DEVON HALL WERE TAKEN TO THE A POLICE DEPARTMENT,
I BEGIN SECURING SEARCH WARRANTS FOR DARIAN'S CAR
AND THEN DETECTIVE HAMILTON STARTED CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS.
Hamilton: I WENT TO TALK TO DARIAN.
DARIAN TOLD ME THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE HOMICIDE.
I LAID A PICTURE IN FRONT OF HIM OF THE ATM SHOWING HIM
MAKING A TRANSACTION WITH THE VICTIM'S BANK CARD.
AT THAT POINT, I JUST LET HIM START TALKING.
Kenda: DARIAN SAYS THAT DEVON HALL TOLD HIM
THAT ANDREW HAD GIVEN MONEY TO DANIEL,
WHEN IN FACT, HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM,
AND HE'S GOING TO GET THIS MONEY
FROM HIM NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES TO DO IT.
DARIAN, BEING A GOOD FRIEND, SAID, HEY,
I'LL GO HELP YOU GET THAT MONEY, IT'S FINE.
♪♪
Kenda: DARIAN SAYS THAT DEVON SAID HE KNEW SOMEONE
THAT HAD A GUN FOR SALE
AND HE WAS GOING TO GO GET THAT GUN
AND USE IT TO THREATEN ANDREW WITH TO GET HIS MONEY.
THEY WENT, PICKED UP DEONTE WALKER.
YOU GOT THE PIECE?
YEAH. YEAH, GOT IT.
GET IN.
ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
HE GOT IN THE CAR,
HE WAS GOING TO ACCOMPANY THAT GUN
UNTIL THEY GOT THE MONEY.
♪♪
DARIAN SAID THEY SHOWED BACK UP OVER AT IAN'S,
THAT DEVON EXITED THE CAR,
APPROACHED ANDREW WITH THE GUN,
ORDERING THAT HE COME WITH THEM.
♪♪
ANDREW, GET IN THE CAR.
♪♪
THEY LEFT THE AREA,
TOLD ANDREW, "YOU OWE ME MONEY,"
ANDREW TELLS 'EM, "JUST TAKE ME TO AN ATM,
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL I CAN."
GIVE ME YOUR DAMN BANK CARD.
NOW! COME ON.
OKAY, OKAY.
HERE.
♪♪
HE GOT UP TO THE WINDOW AND USED THE PIN NUMBER
TO WITHDRAW $120,
WHICH IS A MAXIMUM WITHDRAWAL FROM AN ATM MACHINE.
THEY LEAVE THAT LOCATION AND THEY GO TO MCKINNON FARM ROAD.
THEY PULL DOWN THIS DIRT ROAD, THEY ALL GET OUT OF THE CAR.
AND DARIAN SAYS, "I COULDN'T WATCH ANYMORE
AT THAT POINT -- I GOT BACK IN THE CAR."
SO HAMILTON GOES BACK AND CONFRONTS DEVON.
Hamilton: DEVON WAS VERY COCKY, ARROGANT INDIVIDUAL.
HE FELT THAT IT WAS PURE DISRESPECT
THAT ANDREW DIDN'T PAY HIM HIS SHARE OF THIS DEBT
THAT WAS A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS THAT THEY HAD TO SPLIT.
SO HE COME UP WITH THE IDEA TO KIDNAP ANDREW
AND GET THAT MONEY THAT HE FELT HE DESERVED.
THEY LEAVE THAT LOCATION WHEN THEY GO TO
MCKINNON FARM ROAD.
THEY PULL DOWN THIS DIRT ROAD,
THEY ALL GET OUT OF THE CAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY.
♪♪
YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME MONEY, BRO.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU GET IT, BUT YOU BETTER FIND IT SOMEHOW.
I CAN'T GET YOU ANY MORE MONEY.
WELL, YOU BETTER [BLEEP] FIGURE IT OUT!
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
Kenda: DEVON SAYS, "CALL YOUR FAMILY AND GET MORE MONEY."
THIS IS THE CONVERSATION THAT NATE REMEMBERED.
AND HE TELLS HIM IT'S FOR A CAR PROBLEM,
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT FOR THAT, IT'S FOR DEVON.
THAT ALL FAILS.
NEW PLAN.
TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE COOL ABOUT IT,
WE'LL LET YOU GO.
PUT THAT ON, GET IN THE CAR.
♪♪
Hamilton: SO ANDREW BASICALLY PUTS A BLINDFOLD ON HIMSELF,
A SHIRT OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CAR.
THEY PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK AND THEY BEGAN TO RIDE
AROUND A DIRT ROAD IN AN UNDEVELOPED SUBDIVISION.
♪♪
Andrew: THANK YOU FOR NOT KILLING ME.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO KILL ME.
Kenda: HE GETS ANDREW OUT OF THE TRUNK,
AND ANDREW EVEN SAYS TO DEVON,
"THANK YOU FOR NOT KILLING ME."
AND DEVON SAYS IN REPLY,
"I GOT YOU, MAN."
♪♪
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[ GROANS ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
♪♪
SHOOT ME IN MY HEAD!
[ RAPID GUNSHOTS ]
Kenda: DEVON'S ANGRY...
ANGRY THAT ANDREW JUST WON'T DIE.
♪♪
[ STRIKE LANDS, GRUNT ]
AND PROCEEDS TO POUND ON ANDREW'S HEAD
UNTIL HE STOPS MOVING.
♪♪
DEVON WAS PROBABLY THE COLDEST INDIVIDUAL I'VE EVER SEEN.
HE HAD NO REMORSE FOR ANYTHING HE HAD DONE.
AFTER THE INTERVIEW HE ASKED FOR ONE THING, TO CALL HIS MOM.
SO WE CALLED HIS MOM, AND I HAD TO SIT THERE
AND LISTEN TO HIM TELL HIS MOM
THAT HE'S BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER.
AND I'M JUST WATCHING THIS RIPPLE EFFECT
OF FAMILIES RUINED -- ANDREW'S FAMILY'S LIVES RUINED.
NOW, DEVON -- AS A PARENT, I'M JUST LIKE...MY LORD.
THREE MEN ARE CHARGED WITH TAKING A 16 YEAR OLD BOY
TO A DIRT ROAD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND KILLING HIM.
POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND IN HOPE MILLS,
18 YEAR OLD DEVON HALL, 19 YEAR OLD DANIEL HALL
AND 20 YEAR OLD DARIAN REVELS, ALL ARE OF FAYETTEVILLE
AND THEY'RE ALL CHARGED IN CONNECTION.
POLICE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING THE 16 YEAR OLD VICTIM.
ALL THREE MEN ARE BEING HELD
IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
Man: ONE THING THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING IN THIS CASE
IS NONE OF THEM HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS
BEFORE THIS TRAGIC HOMICIDE OCCURRED.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DETERMINING
WHAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CULPABILITY
FOR EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
Hamilton: DEVON HALL ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER,
ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, FIRST DEGREE KIDNAPPING.
HE RECEIVED LIFE IN PRISON
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE
IN EXCHANGE FOR TAKING THE DEATH PENALTY OFF THE TABLE.
West: DANIEL HALL HELPED HIS BROTHER DEVON
GET ANDREW'S CAR AWAY FROM IAN'S HOUSE AND SOLD THE CAR,
SO DANIEL PLED GUILTY TO ACCESSORY
AFTER THE FACT TO KIDNAPPING
AND RECEIVED THREE YEARS IN JAIL.
IAN ROBINSON ACCEPTED 100 DOLLARS FOR ALLOWING ANDREW
TO BE KIDNAPPED THERE AT HIS HOUSE.
HE PLED GUILTY TO ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO KIDNAPPING
AND RECEIVED ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS IN JAIL.
Hamilton: DEONTE WALKER BROUGHT THE GUN TO THE EQUATION.
HE ALSO PLED GUILTY TO ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT
AND RECEIVED ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL.
DARIAN REVELS, THE DRIVER, PLED GUILTY TO ARMED ROBBERY,
CONSPIRACY AND KIDNAPPING
AND RECEIVED ABOUT 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE.
Nate: THE HARDEST PART ABOUT EVERYTHING WAS KNOWING
THAT THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, FOR THE MOST PART,
THEY ALL KNEW ANDREW
AND THEY KNEW THE TYPE OF PERSON HE WAS.
THE WORLD'S MISSING A REALLY GREAT GIVER TO HUMANITY
WITH ANDREW GONE.
Amanda: WHEN ANDREW FIRST MOVED IN,
MY KIDS WERE ALWAYS HOME
AND HE WAS TRYING TO TEACH THEM WORK ETHIC
AND APPRECIATING THE SMALL THINGS AND STUFF.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I STILL MISS,
'CAUSE... [ VOICE BREAKING ]
FOR ME, EVEN THOUGH I LOST HIM TOO,
I KNOW THAT RELATIONSHIP HE HAD AND HOW IT AFFECTED THE KIDS.
Kenda: ANDREW DERENZY WAS AN INNOCENT PERSON
WHO WANTED TO BE A PILOT,
DIED BEFORE HIS 17th BIRTHDAY,
DIED BEFORE HE EVER TOOK THE CONTROLS OF AN AIRCRAFT
THAT HE DREAMED ABOUT ALL HIS LIFE.
I STILL DON'T THINK THAT IT'S REALLY HIT ME THAT I'M
NEVER GOING TO SEE HIM AGAIN.
IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
Hamilton: WITH ANY HOMICIDE, IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
SOME DAY I'LL RETIRE FROM THIS CAREER,
GOD WILLING,
AND I'LL CARRY TO THE GRAVE OF ANY AND ALL HOMICIDES
I'VE WORKED IN MY TIME.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE DEVASTATION
THAT THEY ALL CREATED,
YOU THINK ABOUT THEM ALL THE TIME.