1 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:06,533 HENRY: There was a young, white female 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,767 laying across the bed sideways. 3 00:00:09,867 --> 00:00:13,333 It's a brutal, brutal death. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,066 Danielle Jennings is the most tragically 5 00:00:17,166 --> 00:00:20,066 innocent homicide case that I ever handled. 6 00:00:21,667 --> 00:00:25,634 COLETTA: She was engaged to the love of her life. 7 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:29,166 They had some pretty spirited arguments from time to time. 8 00:00:29,233 --> 00:00:31,934 He had violated that restraining order 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,033 several times. 10 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:35,667 This is gateway behavior to something more sinister. 11 00:00:35,767 --> 00:00:40,233 KEETON: He decided to eliminate this young woman as a witness. 12 00:00:40,367 --> 00:00:43,467 HENRY: That's when the lights and bells went off. 13 00:00:43,567 --> 00:00:45,734 KEETON: We've got the right guy... 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,066 but knowing and proving it are two different things. 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,567 NARRATOR: Every day in North America, dozens of people are murdered. 16 00:00:53,667 --> 00:00:56,133 The key to solving the toughest of these homicides 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,266 lies in the final 24 hours of the victim's life. 18 00:01:00,367 --> 00:01:01,867 To crack the case, 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,634 detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline. 20 00:01:05,767 --> 00:01:08,634 The minutes and hours containing evidence that can 21 00:01:08,767 --> 00:01:11,767 help unlock the mystery and catch the killer. 22 00:01:19,667 --> 00:01:22,333 NARRATOR: Just 20 miles northeast of Atlanta, 23 00:01:22,467 --> 00:01:24,667 Norcross, Georgia is the largest town 24 00:01:24,767 --> 00:01:26,533 in sleepy Gwinnett County. 25 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,834 Back in the day, Norcross was a summer destination 26 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:35,867 for people who lived in Atlanta trying to escape the heat. 27 00:01:35,967 --> 00:01:38,166 Nowadays, it's more of a commuter suburb 28 00:01:38,266 --> 00:01:39,934 for people who work in Atlanta. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,333 COLETTA: It's picturesque, 30 00:01:41,467 --> 00:01:45,734 it's quaint, it's got lovely historical buildings -- 31 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,667 it's a great little town. 32 00:01:48,767 --> 00:01:53,033 NARRATOR: But on the Ides of March, near the turn of the millennium, 33 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:56,567 this great little town becomes tragic for one family. 34 00:01:57,967 --> 00:02:00,467 KEETON: Just before five o'clock on March 15th... 35 00:02:02,867 --> 00:02:06,266 ...Gwinnett County 9-1-1 dispatch receives an urgent 36 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:07,500 telephone call. 37 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,767 The caller, through his frantic pleading to the dispatcher, 38 00:02:11,867 --> 00:02:14,734 says, "Something's wrong with my wife. 39 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,333 "I tried to wake her up, and I turned her over, but she's dead. 40 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,367 Somebody has strangled her to death." 41 00:02:21,467 --> 00:02:23,333 [police sirens wailing] 42 00:02:23,467 --> 00:02:26,333 NARRATOR: Police units raced to One Ashley Lakes Drive. 43 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:28,600 [police sirens wailing] 44 00:02:28,767 --> 00:02:32,333 KEETON: Getting an urgent call about an apparent homicide 45 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,066 from this apartment complex is a little surprising. 46 00:02:36,133 --> 00:02:38,133 It's not the kind of place that has 47 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,467 a reputation for that kind of violence. 48 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:44,967 HENRY: Upon arriving at the scene, 49 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:48,634 they met the victim's fiance, Lenny. 50 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:53,567 Her fiance also lived in the apartment with her. 51 00:02:53,634 --> 00:02:58,233 Laying across the bed sideways, there was a young, white female, 52 00:02:58,367 --> 00:03:01,967 and she had a ligature tied around her neck 53 00:03:02,066 --> 00:03:04,033 extremely tight. 54 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,934 KEETON: The bedclothes underneath where she 55 00:03:07,066 --> 00:03:10,033 is lying are rumpled and disturbed. 56 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:13,533 It's apparent that there was a struggle prior to her death. 57 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:18,634 Our deceased is identified as 20-year-old Danielle Jennings, 58 00:03:18,767 --> 00:03:21,433 the single mother of a two-year-old son. 59 00:03:23,567 --> 00:03:26,033 HENRY: The Gwinnett County Police immediately called for 60 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,834 the homicide unit to respond to investigate. 61 00:03:30,867 --> 00:03:33,133 NARRATOR: Veteran homicide detective, Dave Henry 62 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,767 is assigned to the case. 63 00:03:36,166 --> 00:03:39,066 HENRY: Danielle Jennings does not appear 64 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:42,333 to have been sexually assaulted, 65 00:03:42,467 --> 00:03:45,934 and you look at her closer and she has a pantyhose 66 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,266 or nylon stocking so tight around her neck 67 00:03:50,367 --> 00:03:54,367 that you couldn't get a finger underneath the ligature 68 00:03:54,433 --> 00:03:56,066 and the skin of her neck. 69 00:03:57,567 --> 00:04:03,033 I could see no apparent defensive wounds on her hands 70 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:04,834 or wrist. 71 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:08,934 There didn't appear to be any marks or abrasions 72 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,433 on her face or up around her neck area 73 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:16,033 other than the ligature. 74 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:18,667 There's no indication that she snatched at 75 00:04:18,767 --> 00:04:21,166 or clawed at her attacker. 76 00:04:21,233 --> 00:04:23,533 She had no chance to employ her hands 77 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,433 or to attack her attacker. 78 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,367 HENRY: That means that the perpetrator was on her 79 00:04:29,467 --> 00:04:32,533 back physically holding her down 80 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,266 as he strangled her with the pantyhose. 81 00:04:37,066 --> 00:04:41,467 Our victim has emitted some blood which is sampled 82 00:04:41,567 --> 00:04:44,634 and saved to see what may be proven by it. 83 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:49,467 Besides the victim's own intact hair, 84 00:04:49,567 --> 00:04:52,634 there is also some loose hair, which is collected 85 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:54,367 for the same reason. 86 00:04:54,467 --> 00:04:56,233 I looked around the room to see if 87 00:04:56,300 --> 00:05:00,967 any type of burglary or possibly theft had occurred. 88 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:04,667 The top drawer of her dresser was open, which was 89 00:05:04,767 --> 00:05:09,166 the drawer that had her socks and undergarments in it. 90 00:05:09,266 --> 00:05:12,233 KEETON: It looks like somebody has attempted to ransack it. 91 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,834 And of note, neither in that drawer 92 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:17,734 or anywhere in the bedroom, 93 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,934 was the stocking matching or similar to the one that had 94 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,233 been used to strangle her. 95 00:05:24,567 --> 00:05:27,266 NARRATOR: Investigators also find signs of a struggle 96 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:29,033 in the living and dining room. 97 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:33,634 HENRY: A purse had been dumped out onto the floor as 98 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:37,333 if somebody had gone through the purse looking for money 99 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:38,467 or jewelry. 100 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,967 The sofa was out of place maybe a foot or two -- 101 00:05:43,066 --> 00:05:45,834 that could have happened when he took control of her. 102 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:49,667 Looked at the door jamb to see if there were any type 103 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:54,066 of tool marks or foot marks or any damage to the door jamb. 104 00:05:54,166 --> 00:05:56,533 There was no apparent damages to that. 105 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,834 KEETON: We are assuming that her attacker either had 106 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,433 access to let himself in, or he was let in. 107 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,867 NARRATOR: Based on the evidence, investigators form 108 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,533 a theory of what may have happened. 109 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:13,734 KEETON: Her attacker came in the front door 110 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,233 and was already in the midst of burglarizing. 111 00:06:18,266 --> 00:06:22,066 COLETTA: Danielle came into the apartment, 112 00:06:22,166 --> 00:06:25,734 and she was caught off guard in the living room. 113 00:06:26,967 --> 00:06:30,667 KEETON: Based on the apparent suddenness of the attack 114 00:06:30,767 --> 00:06:34,166 and the victim's belongings being scattered 115 00:06:34,233 --> 00:06:35,433 in the apartment, 116 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:38,333 this was a burglar interrupted in the act 117 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,033 who decided to eliminate this young woman as a witness. 118 00:06:43,467 --> 00:06:47,033 The killer dragged Danielle into the bedroom 119 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:52,433 and strangled her from behind with a knee-high stocking. 120 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:57,533 To picture Danielle's last moments, clawing at her neck, 121 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,634 fighting to stay alive -- 122 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,533 it's a brutal, brutal death. 123 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:09,734 KEETON: Danielle Jennings is the most tragically innocent 124 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,967 homicide victim whose case I ever handled. 125 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:16,233 She had her whole life in front of her. 126 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:20,533 She was young and a single mother, and she just 127 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,834 wandered accidentally, 128 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:26,066 through no fault of her own, into the end of her life. 129 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,033 NARRATOR: To find Danielle Jennings killer, detectives will need 130 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:35,033 to reconstruct the last 24 hours of her life. 131 00:07:36,567 --> 00:07:38,467 They start with her fiance, Lenny 132 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:40,567 to find out what he might know. 133 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,767 KEETON: The last time Lenny and Danielle spoke would have been late 134 00:07:45,867 --> 00:07:47,166 the morning she was killed, 135 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,533 around 11. 136 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,634 He called her at work, and on the phone 137 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:55,066 Lenny learned that Danielle planned to go home for lunch 138 00:07:55,133 --> 00:07:56,467 at about 11:30. 139 00:07:59,166 --> 00:08:04,834 Lenny's 9-1-1 call to us occurred at about 4:45 p.m. 140 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:07,333 We can develop the timeline 141 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,934 between the last time that she was seen alive 142 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,634 to when she was found deceased. 143 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:16,634 So we had a time frame of 11:30 a.m. 144 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:18,433 to 4:45 p.m. 145 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:22,934 KEETON: Our first step in confirming that tentative 146 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,033 timeline is to call Danielle's place of business. 147 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:30,233 Her supervisor confirms that she did in fact 148 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:33,066 leave the office at 11:30 and never returned. 149 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:37,233 NARRATOR: Since Lenny is the last person to speak 150 00:08:37,300 --> 00:08:40,834 to Danielle and the first to report her murder, 151 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:43,333 investigators take a closer look at the fiance. 152 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:47,734 Lenny is going to be a person of interest. 153 00:08:49,867 --> 00:08:52,333 STOCKDALE: One in five murders is perpetrated 154 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,133 by somebody's intimate or domestic partner. 155 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,433 The majority of the perpetrators tend to 156 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,467 be male, and the victim is female -- 157 00:08:59,567 --> 00:09:02,367 so Lenny statistically is a suspect. 158 00:09:04,166 --> 00:09:06,033 NARRATOR: Investigators ask Lenny for more 159 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:09,266 background on his relationship with Danielle. 160 00:09:09,367 --> 00:09:12,734 KEETON: Lenny is understandably very upset. 161 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,233 He tells us that he's known Danielle since 162 00:09:15,367 --> 00:09:18,066 childhood and has always been fond of her. 163 00:09:18,133 --> 00:09:20,333 Now, he was going to be her partner 164 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,233 and a father to her son. 165 00:09:23,767 --> 00:09:26,066 NARRATOR: But when detectives talked to others that were close 166 00:09:26,133 --> 00:09:27,000 to Danielle, 167 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:29,734 police learned that Lenny has a dark side. 168 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:35,634 Police speak with Laura, Danielle's best friend, 169 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:41,634 who tells them that Lenny has a very fiery temper. 170 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:45,967 Danielle was a very attractive woman 171 00:09:46,066 --> 00:09:47,734 and Lenny was a jealous person. 172 00:09:48,967 --> 00:09:52,433 They had some pretty spirited arguments from time to time. 173 00:09:52,567 --> 00:09:55,767 STOCKDALE: When it's learned that there's are some hot and cold, 174 00:09:55,867 --> 00:09:58,433 kind of feisty arguments as part of this 175 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,166 couple's relationship, 176 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:03,467 the question is, how much aggression does Lenny have, 177 00:10:03,567 --> 00:10:05,634 and could this aggression be directed 178 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:07,867 towards the victim in this case? 179 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:13,066 So now police have to take a hard look at Lenny. 180 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:16,033 He has access to the apartment, 181 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:19,233 and he is the one who discovered her body. 182 00:10:21,367 --> 00:10:26,266 And it is not unusual for a killer to call 9-1-1 183 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:31,634 and report a body to try to throw police off their trail. 184 00:10:37,367 --> 00:10:39,634 NARRATOR: Less than 24 hours after the murder 185 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:42,433 of 20-year-old mother, Danielle Jennings, 186 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,934 her best friend tells police that Danielle had 187 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,333 a history of conflict with her fiance, Lenny. 188 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:51,433 With all the screaming and yelling 189 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:52,433 that went on at the apartment, 190 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:54,066 could Lenny have killed Danielle, 191 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:56,533 and then called 9-1-1 to cover his tracks? 192 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,834 NARRATOR: Police in Gwinnett County, Georgia, want to hear 193 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:03,233 how Lenny answers that question in person. 194 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:07,533 We wanted to find out more about his relationship 195 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,233 with Danielle. 196 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:11,266 NARRATOR: Lenny admits to detectives that 197 00:11:11,333 --> 00:11:14,166 he and Danielle had heated arguments. 198 00:11:14,266 --> 00:11:17,433 COLETTA: Life was not all smooth sailing for Lenny and Danielle. 199 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:20,266 Their credit card was almost maxed out, 200 00:11:20,367 --> 00:11:23,066 and they had financial problems. 201 00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:28,166 And money problems in a relationship, 202 00:11:28,266 --> 00:11:32,033 especially where there's a little one involved, can lead 203 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:37,934 to arguments that escalate out of control and turn violent. 204 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,467 We come straight out and ask him, "Lenny, 205 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:46,133 did you have anything to do with the death of Danielle?" 206 00:11:47,166 --> 00:11:48,634 And he replied, "No." 207 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:53,834 COLETTA: Lenny said he loved Danielle, and there 208 00:11:53,967 --> 00:11:58,066 is no way he would have ever harmed Danielle. 209 00:11:58,133 --> 00:12:00,233 HENRY: We ran a criminal history on Lenny, 210 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:03,333 he had absolutely no criminal history. 211 00:12:03,467 --> 00:12:06,834 He's never had any domestic quarrels where 212 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:09,367 the police had to be called to his home. 213 00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:11,066 But that doesn't mean that he's 214 00:12:11,166 --> 00:12:15,033 not capable of doing something like this. 215 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:17,734 So we have to get his timeline, 216 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,166 and then we'll go back and corroborate that statement. 217 00:12:23,967 --> 00:12:26,433 Lenny tells the police that on the morning of the murder, 218 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:27,500 March 15th, 219 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:30,634 he and Danielle leave the house at about 6:45 a.m. 220 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:34,166 Danielle dropped her son, Tom, off at daycare 221 00:12:34,266 --> 00:12:36,367 at about 7:30. 222 00:12:36,467 --> 00:12:42,233 He said that around 11:00 or so, Danielle had called him. 223 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:46,266 She wanted to go to lunch with him, and Lenny told her that he 224 00:12:46,367 --> 00:12:48,834 wouldn't be able to break away for lunch right now. 225 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:54,667 Later on, he got a call from Danielle's supervisor 226 00:12:54,767 --> 00:12:59,433 because Danielle did not return to work from lunch. 227 00:12:59,567 --> 00:13:03,033 HUNSICKER: Lenny got concerned and tried repeatedly to call her at home, 228 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:04,634 but without success. 229 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:07,734 He left many messages on their home answering machine. 230 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,233 HENRY: So then he left work and drove home 231 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:14,967 and got there at about 4:45. 232 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,734 The front door was unlocked, which was uncommon. 233 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:24,333 He went inside and found her laying on the bed, 234 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,533 and then he called 9-1-1. 235 00:13:28,266 --> 00:13:31,166 NARRATOR: Now detectives need to confirm Lenny's times 236 00:13:31,233 --> 00:13:32,567 and whereabouts. 237 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:36,066 HUNSICKER: Lenny says he was at work from 11:30 a.m. 238 00:13:36,133 --> 00:13:37,066 to 4:30 p.m., 239 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:39,467 and his colleagues can confirm it. 240 00:13:39,567 --> 00:13:43,166 HENRY: And also, we located a answering machine 241 00:13:43,266 --> 00:13:44,767 for the home phone, and there were 242 00:13:44,834 --> 00:13:49,166 several calls from Lenny until the time that he arrived 243 00:13:49,233 --> 00:13:52,066 at around 4:45. 244 00:13:52,166 --> 00:13:55,934 And so, with that timeframe that he's accounted for, 245 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,467 he was eliminated as a suspect. 246 00:14:00,767 --> 00:14:02,333 NARRATOR: No longer a suspect, 247 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,834 Lenny becomes an ally. 248 00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:08,433 The stocking that was used to kill Danielle, 249 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,867 no mate is apparent within the apartment. 250 00:14:12,066 --> 00:14:14,934 Lenny says that no stocking was in 251 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,166 the apartment at all, that Danielle did not wear them. 252 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:22,066 This tells us that this burglar came prepared 253 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:28,233 and had a potential murder weapon with him, 254 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:29,533 if he needed it. 255 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,133 So police ask Lenny who he might 256 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,166 know that would want to hurt Danielle. 257 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:39,867 Lenny says that Danielle had recently filed 258 00:14:39,967 --> 00:14:44,467 a sexual-harassment complaint against a coworker 259 00:14:44,567 --> 00:14:45,500 named Jordan. 260 00:14:47,767 --> 00:14:50,767 Jordan had been hanging around Danielle's desk 261 00:14:50,867 --> 00:14:53,767 and made inappropriate comments 262 00:14:53,867 --> 00:14:55,734 that made Danielle uncomfortable. 263 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:57,800 KEETON: At one point, 264 00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:01,467 he even showed her a couple of DVDs that had 265 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:04,634 salacious or suggestive content. 266 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:07,634 They had explicit sex scenes in them. 267 00:15:09,467 --> 00:15:11,433 Jordan told her that one of 268 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:15,233 the people in the video reminded him of her. 269 00:15:15,367 --> 00:15:16,967 HUNSICKER: So Danielle complained about him to 270 00:15:17,066 --> 00:15:19,066 both her supervisor and the manager. 271 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,433 KEETON: Almost immediately, management meets with Jordan 272 00:15:24,567 --> 00:15:27,834 and cautions him to remain professional. 273 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:33,433 Jordan reacts badly, seeming to be insulted by the reprimand. 274 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:36,433 HENRY: And so, they scheduled another meeting 275 00:15:36,567 --> 00:15:39,166 between upper management and Danielle 276 00:15:39,266 --> 00:15:41,767 and Jordan about her complaint. 277 00:15:42,967 --> 00:15:46,066 That meeting would take place somewhere around 4:00 278 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:47,567 in the afternoon 279 00:15:47,667 --> 00:15:49,433 that day that she was killed. 280 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:53,834 As soon as you factor in what's known as a 281 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:54,934 courtship disorder -- 282 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,934 somebody with a very distorted sense 283 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,634 of how you pursue someone romantically. 284 00:16:00,767 --> 00:16:04,033 This is often a gateway behavior to something more sinister, 285 00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:05,133 and naturally, 286 00:16:05,266 --> 00:16:07,333 police would have to look long and hard at this guy. 287 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:14,834 HENRY: Knowing they had a meeting set, Jordan may have left shortly 288 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:18,634 after Danielle did and followed her home, 289 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:19,834 and knocks on the door, 290 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,233 enters the house, so that he can discuss in private what's 291 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:26,166 going to happen at this meeting, 292 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,734 and he ended up getting angry and snapped and killed Danielle. 293 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:37,967 I wanted to locate Jordan immediately and question him. 294 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:44,533 When police track Jordan down, he's evasive, he's nervous, 295 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,934 it looks like he's hiding something. 296 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,066 HENRY: He admitted that he had done everything 297 00:16:50,133 --> 00:16:53,934 that Danielle had accused him of doing. 298 00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:57,533 He agreed that he had given her the DVDs and made 299 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:58,700 statements to her, 300 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:04,467 but he had not seen anything wrong with what he had done. 301 00:17:04,567 --> 00:17:06,533 NARRATOR: Investigators asked Jordan for his 302 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,834 whereabouts after Danielle left the office. 303 00:17:10,667 --> 00:17:15,166 HENRY: Jordan gave the alibi that between 11:00 and 4 p.m., 304 00:17:15,266 --> 00:17:17,667 he was with a coworker in that coworker's 305 00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:22,433 truck the entire time until they got back to the office. 306 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,233 NARRATOR: Now, the question for investigators is, 307 00:17:25,367 --> 00:17:27,333 can Jordan prove he's not lying? 308 00:17:29,667 --> 00:17:32,567 HENRY: Jordan's coworker alibied him, 309 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:38,166 so that eliminated Jordan as a person of interest. 310 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,066 Having eliminated both Lenny and Jordan, 311 00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:46,634 our next step was to get together with anyone 312 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:49,967 and everyone closest to Danielle to try to develop 313 00:17:50,066 --> 00:17:51,233 other leads. 314 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,433 People she had been with, anybody 315 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:56,033 that we could pursue as a suspect. 316 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:59,634 HENRY: A good friend of Danielle's brought up an old boyfriend 317 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:03,066 that Danielle had by the name of Chuck. 318 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:06,433 NARRATOR: Chuck McFadden is a 28-year-old tow truck driver 319 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:08,533 who Danielle had dated for two years. 320 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:11,433 HENRY: She said that he seemed like he was 321 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:14,333 a really nice guy when she first met him, 322 00:18:14,467 --> 00:18:17,166 but then once they got to dating after a little bit, 323 00:18:17,233 --> 00:18:20,734 he wanted to know where she was at every minute of the day, 324 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,734 and who she was with. 325 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,066 He became very jealous of her, very controlling. 326 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,533 NARRATOR: Danielle tired of his behavior and broke it off, 327 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,634 but that only made matters worse. 328 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:38,333 COLETTA: Chuck was furious when Danielle left him -- 329 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,433 he had threatened to kill her. 330 00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:43,867 This forced her to get a restraining order 331 00:18:43,967 --> 00:18:46,834 against him, and that only angered him more. 332 00:18:48,767 --> 00:18:52,433 HENRY: He had violated that restraining order several times 333 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:57,533 by driving up and down the street that she lived on, 334 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,467 he would call her home, he would leave messages on her 335 00:19:01,567 --> 00:19:02,867 answering machine. 336 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,033 Those were things that he was not supposed to be doing, 337 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,233 according to the restraining order. 338 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:12,934 COLETTA: Chuck had prior problems with the law. 339 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,734 He had been arrested for burglary and robbery, 340 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,367 and the scene did really 341 00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:22,934 indicate that Danielle interrupted a burglary 342 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,734 gone wrong. 343 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,667 NARRATOR: Detectives now believe Danielle's ex made good 344 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:29,333 on his threat to end her life. 345 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,533 NARRATOR: The day after 20-year- old mother, Danielle Jennings, 346 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,834 is found strangled to death in her Georgia apartment, 347 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:41,333 Gwinnett County detectives discover that she was being 348 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,634 stalked by her ex-boyfriend, 349 00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,433 tow truck driver, Chuck McFadden. 350 00:19:47,867 --> 00:19:50,433 Chuck did not take seriously the force of 351 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:52,467 the restraining order, 352 00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:55,734 and actually increased his attempts to contact Danielle. 353 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:59,433 Chuck would not take no for an answer and became 354 00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:02,066 an unwelcome presence in her life, 355 00:20:02,166 --> 00:20:05,233 following her around and threatening to harm her. 356 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:07,333 Chuck is on the radar because he has many 357 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,333 risk factors that are associated with 358 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:10,867 an intimate-partner homicide, 359 00:20:10,967 --> 00:20:13,333 even if relationship has ended. 360 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:14,533 He's jealous, 361 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,834 he's engaging in stalking behavior, which shows a level of 362 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:20,133 controlling fixation. 363 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,967 This idea of sexual proprietary-ness -- 364 00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:26,734 this is a known risk factor for escalation and violence. 365 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,433 NARRATOR: When police contact Chuck McFadden, 366 00:20:29,567 --> 00:20:31,734 he seems eager to talk about Danielle. 367 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:36,166 Chuck stated that when he met Danielle, 368 00:20:36,233 --> 00:20:39,734 she was kind of down and out on her luck. 369 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,634 Danielle was pregnant, although Chuck was 370 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,166 not the father of the child. 371 00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:47,767 HENRY: But he helped her get back on her feet, 372 00:20:47,867 --> 00:20:50,967 helped her get a job so that she could start taking care 373 00:20:51,066 --> 00:20:52,333 of her son. 374 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,166 Chuck recalls a mostly positive two-year relationship, 375 00:20:57,233 --> 00:21:00,066 but according to Chuck, he and Danielle broke up 376 00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:02,333 a few months after her son was born. 377 00:21:03,367 --> 00:21:07,333 Chuck says he has not spoken to Danielle since, 378 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,634 but just talking about Danielle gets him angrier 379 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:11,734 and angrier. 380 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:16,266 At this point, Chuck's belligerent and hostile. 381 00:21:16,367 --> 00:21:18,367 HENRY: That sets off an alarm. 382 00:21:18,467 --> 00:21:23,333 Chuck did have a bad feeling towards Danielle because she 383 00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:27,467 was not with him anymore, and she was with somebody else. 384 00:21:27,567 --> 00:21:30,066 We had to consider the possibility that he 385 00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:34,333 become aware of Lenny being her new man 386 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,834 and deciding that if he couldn't have her, no one would. 387 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:44,834 NARRATOR: As Chuck gets more heated, detectives only encourage it. 388 00:21:46,266 --> 00:21:49,066 One strategy to counteract anger is to 389 00:21:49,166 --> 00:21:52,166 show that you're validating a person's emotions. 390 00:21:52,266 --> 00:21:54,867 Investigators may want to hear about his anger -- 391 00:21:54,967 --> 00:21:56,133 why he's escalated, 392 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,467 what's driving that, because it may help them 393 00:21:58,567 --> 00:22:00,767 so they can get the information that they need. 394 00:22:00,867 --> 00:22:02,867 What are the reasons for him to be angry, 395 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,333 and are they related potentially to this homicide? 396 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,834 NARRATOR: The strategy works. 397 00:22:07,967 --> 00:22:10,533 Chuck opens up about Danielle even more. 398 00:22:11,567 --> 00:22:16,567 He felt that after she got back on her feet, that she used 399 00:22:16,667 --> 00:22:17,967 him for that. 400 00:22:18,066 --> 00:22:19,934 She was not treating him 401 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,634 the way that he felt that she should have been 402 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:26,834 treating him for all of the hard work he had put in. 403 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,567 After speaking with him to try and get him 404 00:22:30,667 --> 00:22:33,667 to calm down a little bit and talk more, 405 00:22:33,767 --> 00:22:37,934 I move over into his alibi of where he may have been. 406 00:22:39,166 --> 00:22:40,634 As tow truck driver, 407 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,033 he does a lot of business outside the state 408 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,433 for the company that he works for. 409 00:22:46,467 --> 00:22:50,834 Chuck gave me an alibi that he was out of state on the day 410 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:55,066 that she was killed, and that the company had receipts for 411 00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:56,133 the entire trip. 412 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,066 NARRATOR: Detectives reach out to Chuck's employer 413 00:23:01,133 --> 00:23:02,533 to confirm his story. 414 00:23:04,567 --> 00:23:09,066 Chuck's boss verified his alibi over the phone, 415 00:23:09,133 --> 00:23:11,867 and then also sent us copies 416 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,867 of his receipts, which showed that he was out of town 417 00:23:15,967 --> 00:23:19,834 in another state at the time that Danielle was killed. 418 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:24,634 And so, we were able to eliminate Chuck 419 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:26,233 as a person of interest. 420 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,066 So at this point, the case is at a standstill, 421 00:23:31,166 --> 00:23:33,667 as far as viable suspects are concerned. 422 00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:38,166 NARRATOR: Undaunted, investigators take a different tack. 423 00:23:38,266 --> 00:23:40,934 KEETON: Instead of looking at specific people, 424 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:44,667 we decided to look at the apartment complex itself 425 00:23:44,767 --> 00:23:47,333 and the context of what had happened, 426 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,266 to see if that would help. 427 00:23:49,367 --> 00:23:51,867 NARRATOR: As officers canvass the buildings, 428 00:23:51,967 --> 00:23:54,834 word spreads that police are looking for new leads. 429 00:23:56,166 --> 00:23:59,166 KEETON: Unexpectedly, we receive a phone call 430 00:23:59,266 --> 00:24:03,934 from another resident in Danielle's apartment complex. 431 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,867 HENRY: She was home one morning 432 00:24:05,967 --> 00:24:07,100 [knocking noises] 433 00:24:07,266 --> 00:24:10,867 and had a knock on the door, and when she went to the door, 434 00:24:10,967 --> 00:24:12,767 there was nobody there. 435 00:24:12,867 --> 00:24:15,333 She was walking back to the bedroom, and then all of 436 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,734 a sudden her front door opened 437 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,333 and a man walked into the apartment. 438 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,834 She was kind of taken back by it, and he identified himself 439 00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:27,233 as one of the maintenance workers there 440 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:31,533 to work on a work order that she had called in. 441 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,266 While he was doing the repair work, 442 00:24:34,367 --> 00:24:36,734 he would continually look over at her. 443 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,634 She said that that made her feel really uncomfortable 444 00:24:41,767 --> 00:24:43,634 with the way that he was looking at her. 445 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:48,567 Later on that day, I received another phone call from another 446 00:24:48,667 --> 00:24:49,867 lady in the complex 447 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,567 with just about the same story as the first 448 00:24:52,667 --> 00:24:54,734 lady had, with the exception that 449 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,634 the lady said, "I never called in a work order." 450 00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:03,333 He just walked in and says, "I'm here to fix your lights." 451 00:25:05,867 --> 00:25:08,767 NARRATOR: The women's statements set police in motion. 452 00:25:08,867 --> 00:25:12,834 KEETON: We returned to the complex to see if any other residents had 453 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,066 had those same kinds 454 00:25:14,066 --> 00:25:18,166 of disturbing experiences, and it turned out that's exactly 455 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:20,066 what had been happening at the complex 456 00:25:20,166 --> 00:25:22,467 over the previous several months. 457 00:25:22,567 --> 00:25:25,166 HENRY: We discovered there had been several burglaries 458 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:26,867 from apartments where there had been 459 00:25:26,967 --> 00:25:29,867 no forced entry, and one individual, 460 00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:32,066 her checkbook was missing, 461 00:25:32,133 --> 00:25:35,266 and some of her checks had been cashed. 462 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,834 NARRATOR: Police now consider the question, 463 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:44,233 is it possible just one man committed all those break-ins, 464 00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:46,166 then targeted Danielle's place 465 00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:48,333 and suddenly the crime escalated to murder? 466 00:25:49,567 --> 00:25:51,934 HENRY: We ran criminal histories on all of the maintenance people 467 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:57,233 on the complex, and we came up with one person that had 468 00:25:57,300 --> 00:25:58,533 a criminal history. 469 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,033 We obtained a picture of that guy. 470 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:06,066 We went back to the first two ladies that had called in, 471 00:26:06,133 --> 00:26:08,634 and we showed them the photo line up, and both 472 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:12,333 of them identified the same person in the photo lineup. 473 00:26:13,266 --> 00:26:15,533 NARRATOR: The women confirm the maintenance man who entered 474 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,266 their homes is 42-year-old Calvin Oliver. 475 00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:22,834 HENRY: He's been convicted of burglary. 476 00:26:22,967 --> 00:26:25,266 He's been convicted of robbery. 477 00:26:25,367 --> 00:26:26,734 He's been convicted of rape. 478 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,367 He also has an outstanding warrant 479 00:26:28,467 --> 00:26:30,834 for failing to appear in court. 480 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:34,634 The lights just get brighter and brighter on Calvin Oliver. 481 00:26:35,767 --> 00:26:39,533 So Calvin somehow despite his background, ends up as 482 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,166 a maintenance man at this apartment complex. 483 00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:44,934 He's put into a position of significant trust. 484 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,367 This is somebody with a history of sex assault 485 00:26:47,467 --> 00:26:49,634 and burglary where he's given keys 486 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,734 to all the units. 487 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,834 And then, he begins making unannounced entry into, 488 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:56,834 consistently, the apartments of young women, 489 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:57,834 often under the pretext of 490 00:26:57,967 --> 00:26:59,567 he's there to fix something. 491 00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,834 This, to investigators, 492 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:06,066 has to be a multiplicity of red flags. 493 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:08,867 HUNSICKER: They, of course, run Calvin Oliver's fingerprints against 494 00:27:08,967 --> 00:27:10,367 what they found in Danielle's apartment, 495 00:27:10,467 --> 00:27:11,367 but there's not a match. 496 00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:13,433 They don't find anything. 497 00:27:13,567 --> 00:27:17,333 NARRATOR: And Calvin also has no prior record of homicide. 498 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,634 So, is it really possible this former petty thief 499 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,033 is responsible for the murder of single mother, 500 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:24,433 Danielle Jennings? 501 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:33,266 NARRATOR: Four days after the murder of 20-year-old mother 502 00:27:33,367 --> 00:27:34,734 Danielle Jennings, 503 00:27:34,867 --> 00:27:36,533 Gwinnett County Georgia Police 504 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:37,867 discover that a maintenance man 505 00:27:37,967 --> 00:27:40,066 at Danielle's apartment complex, 506 00:27:40,133 --> 00:27:43,533 Calvin Oliver, had prior convictions for burglary 507 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,834 and rape. 508 00:27:45,867 --> 00:27:49,166 We talked to the maintenance supervisor 509 00:27:49,266 --> 00:27:52,667 who advised us that there was a master key 510 00:27:52,767 --> 00:27:55,767 that would fit any and every residential 511 00:27:55,867 --> 00:27:57,934 apartment on the premises. 512 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:04,033 The supervisor noticed one day that it was off its hook. 513 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:06,266 When he noticed this missing master key, 514 00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:09,734 the only other worker on duty had been Calvin Oliver. 515 00:28:11,867 --> 00:28:14,066 NARRATOR: So ex-con Calvin Oliver 516 00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:16,266 could have accessed Danielle's apartment. 517 00:28:18,166 --> 00:28:22,133 It seems logical that Calvin is our prime suspect. 518 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,233 He may have been surprised by her 519 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:29,033 while burglarizing her apartment and killed her. 520 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,467 NARRATOR: But detectives found no fingerprints or other 521 00:28:32,567 --> 00:28:36,033 forensic evidence of Calvin's inside Danielle's apartment. 522 00:28:37,367 --> 00:28:41,734 The fact is we need some concrete physical evidence 523 00:28:41,867 --> 00:28:45,967 that will link him to some wrongdoing in Danielle's death. 524 00:28:48,967 --> 00:28:52,467 NARRATOR: That same day, police pick up Calvin Oliver on 525 00:28:52,567 --> 00:28:55,233 an outstanding warrant for missing a prior court date. 526 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,166 KEETON: We are hoping to gain any information we can 527 00:29:05,266 --> 00:29:06,734 about any of the break-ins, 528 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,634 but of course, without telling him this. 529 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:12,634 What we really want to know is how he might be connected to 530 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:14,433 Danielle's death. 531 00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:18,066 HENRY: We ask him if he had seen anybody suspicious or 532 00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:21,467 if he had any knowledge of any of the burglaries. 533 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:49,367 He denied having any knowledge of any burglaries going on, 534 00:29:49,467 --> 00:29:51,333 that he had not heard about any. 535 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,834 NARRATOR: Detectives asked Calvin about his record. 536 00:30:40,667 --> 00:30:43,834 KEETON: He basically said, I've learned my lesson. 537 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:45,934 Why would somebody that knows what I know, 538 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,934 be stupid enough to do something like this? 539 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,533 HENRY: The whole time that we were interviewing him, 540 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,867 he was very calm, very collected. 541 00:30:54,967 --> 00:30:57,033 KEETON: Mr. Oliver does not say anything 542 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:58,934 particularly incriminating. 543 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,533 He is not some scared teenager that's going to 544 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,467 collapse in tears when the police talk to him. 545 00:31:05,567 --> 00:31:09,667 He's just biding his time, waiting for us to give up. 546 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,233 NARRATOR: But what he says next catches the detective's attention. 547 00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:59,333 It's interesting that he initiates mention of Danielle. 548 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,767 HENRY: We ask him if he had any knowledge 549 00:32:02,867 --> 00:32:04,233 of the murder that occurred. 550 00:32:40,767 --> 00:32:42,033 He stated that he didn't have 551 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,934 any information pertaining to the murder. 552 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,767 KEETON: He was confident he was elsewhere, but not elsewhere 553 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:52,433 that could be corroborated by anyone else. 554 00:32:53,567 --> 00:32:57,967 He has an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court. 555 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,634 Although that's a fairly minor offense, 556 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:03,266 it does give us a useful tool to keep him in 557 00:33:03,367 --> 00:33:06,734 custody long enough for us to take the next 558 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:07,867 investigative step. 559 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,333 NARRATOR: While Calvin Oliver sits in a holding cell, 560 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:12,934 police execute a warrant to 561 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,834 search his apartment at the complex. 562 00:33:16,867 --> 00:33:20,533 HENRY: We're searching for property that we know that has been 563 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,867 taken in a previous burglary in the complex, 564 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,467 or looking for something in the apartment that 565 00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:32,233 would link him physically to Danielle Jennings. 566 00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:37,333 KEETON: One practical hope we have in looking at Mr. Oliver's 567 00:33:37,467 --> 00:33:39,767 apartment is the possibility 568 00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:43,934 that we might discover a mate to the stocking that was used 569 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,667 to strangle Danielle. 570 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,433 Unfortunately, we didn't find the stocking. 571 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,367 NARRATOR: But detectives do spot something else 572 00:33:52,433 --> 00:33:54,166 that catches their eye. 573 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:58,734 HENRY: I noticed a diamond ring that was sitting on the dresser. 574 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,567 We didn't have any jewelry specified in the search warrant. 575 00:34:02,634 --> 00:34:05,567 Nobody remembered any jewelry being taken. 576 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:09,233 And so, we photographed it and left it in place. 577 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,066 HUNSICKER: They don't find any evidence tying Calvin Oliver to 578 00:34:13,133 --> 00:34:14,734 the murder of Danielle, 579 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,834 but they do find some checks that most definitely 580 00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:19,166 are not his property. 581 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,734 KEETON: The checks are soon confirmed to be 582 00:34:22,867 --> 00:34:25,734 a match with those reported stolen 583 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,266 from an apartment resident. 584 00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,767 NARRATOR: When detectives return to police headquarters, 585 00:34:30,867 --> 00:34:33,233 they're eager to show Calvin Oliver what they found 586 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:34,567 in his apartment. 587 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,734 KEETON: We confront Mr. Oliver about it, and he basically says, 588 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,734 "Okay, you got me on the checks, but I'm not a murderer." 589 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,734 HUNSICKER: All this helps with the case against Oliver 590 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:45,934 for the burglaries, 591 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,634 but none of this helps with the murder of Danielle. 592 00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:51,934 NARRATOR: Detectives charge Calvin Oliver with burglary, 593 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,433 but 24 hours later, he makes bail and is released. 594 00:34:58,266 --> 00:34:59,634 HUNSICKER: The police are beginning to think that 595 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:02,433 this is yet another dead end. 596 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:03,934 Again, do we have the wrong guy? 597 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,634 They just don't know. 598 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:07,133 It's been almost a week since 599 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,634 Danielle's murder and they are nowhere. 600 00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:12,934 A week after Gwinnett County Georgia Police 601 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,066 find Danielle Jennings strangled in her apartment, 602 00:35:16,166 --> 00:35:18,467 detectives receive a call from her grieving fiance. 603 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:20,367 [phone ringing] 604 00:35:20,467 --> 00:35:23,433 Lenny, the fiance, he asked if 605 00:35:23,567 --> 00:35:27,233 he could get Danielle's engagement ring back. 606 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:30,567 I said, well, you never told us about a ring that 607 00:35:30,634 --> 00:35:31,834 was missing. 608 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,834 And he said, "Well, I thought the medical examiner would have 609 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:37,433 "had it because she always wears it, 610 00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:42,233 "and I collected some jewelry from them that she had, 611 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:45,166 but there was no engagement ring there." 612 00:35:45,266 --> 00:35:49,433 So I had him describe the engagement ring, 613 00:35:49,567 --> 00:35:51,934 and that's when the lights and bells went off, 614 00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:54,834 because I remember seeing a ring similar to that 615 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:59,367 description on the dresser in Calvin Oliver's apartment. 616 00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:03,066 NARRATOR: Detectives asked Lenny to come down to examine the ring 617 00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:04,834 in person to see if it's 618 00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,533 the same one that he bought for Danielle that was on her 619 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:08,867 finger when she was killed. 620 00:36:10,367 --> 00:36:13,734 HENRY: Lenny positively identified the ring. 621 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,233 He said that Danielle had been wearing that 622 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:19,333 ring when she left to go to work that morning, 623 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:22,634 The people at her work saw the engagement ring 624 00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:26,667 on her finger on the day that she was murdered. 625 00:36:26,767 --> 00:36:29,266 Now I have a piece of physical evidence 626 00:36:29,367 --> 00:36:34,033 that connects Calvin Oliver to Danielle Jennings. 627 00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:39,934 NARRATOR: Investigators haul Calvin back into the interrogation room 628 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,967 to see if he's willing to admit to what police suspect. 629 00:36:54,567 --> 00:36:56,934 KEETON: He's adamant that he knows nothing about it. 630 00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:17,233 He challenges us as to what evidence 631 00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:18,634 we might have against him. 632 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,066 HENRY: I said, well we found this ring in your room, 633 00:37:28,133 --> 00:37:30,266 and that's Danielle's ring. 634 00:37:30,367 --> 00:37:32,467 And he said, well I stole that when I was in there 635 00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:35,433 doing a work order two weeks ago. 636 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,367 The police have evidence to refute this. 637 00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:41,533 Lenny saw the ring on her finger the day of the murder. 638 00:37:42,567 --> 00:37:45,634 We feel strongly we've got the right guy, 639 00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:48,767 but knowing and proving it are two different things. 640 00:37:48,867 --> 00:37:52,533 We need something that will in a concrete, 641 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,934 admissible-in-court way, 642 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,533 connect Calvin Oliver to this homicide. 643 00:37:59,767 --> 00:38:01,734 NARRATOR: Detectives believe the murderer brought 644 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,166 the stocking with him to kill Danielle, 645 00:38:04,233 --> 00:38:06,333 since Danielle never wore them. 646 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,567 HUNSICKER: Police try one more thing. 647 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:09,567 They tell him that they're going 648 00:38:09,667 --> 00:38:11,567 to charge him with malice murder. 649 00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:14,767 That's because the police think that he took 650 00:38:14,867 --> 00:38:16,867 the stocking with him into the apartment, 651 00:38:16,967 --> 00:38:19,667 which means he had intent to harm someone. 652 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,033 This gets Calvin talking. 653 00:38:23,667 --> 00:38:24,667 [scoffs] 654 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:47,467 And then out of the blue, we get that break. 655 00:38:52,567 --> 00:38:55,433 HUNSICKER: Calvin Oliver says there was no intent there. 656 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:58,533 HENRY: When he said there was no intent, 657 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,934 that is Mr. Oliver 658 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,834 placing himself in the apartment 659 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,667 with Danielle when she was murdered. 660 00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:13,934 That means that Calvin Oliver murdered Danielle Jennings. 661 00:39:17,166 --> 00:39:18,834 NARRATOR: Detectives can now piece together 662 00:39:18,967 --> 00:39:20,834 what happened to Danielle Jennings. 663 00:39:23,367 --> 00:39:26,433 HUNSICKER: At 11 a.m., Danielle speaks to Lenny and asks 664 00:39:26,567 --> 00:39:28,734 him to come home and meet her for lunch. 665 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:32,066 Lenny's sorry, but he can't get away from work. 666 00:39:33,266 --> 00:39:34,433 KEETON: At 11:30 a.m., 667 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:37,166 Danielle leaves the office to go home for lunch. 668 00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:40,634 Sometime before 12:00 noon, 669 00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:45,166 Calvin Oliver uses his key to get into Danielle's apartment 670 00:39:46,567 --> 00:39:49,533 and begins the process of burglarizing it. 671 00:39:50,867 --> 00:39:53,233 At 12 noon, Danielle enters the apartment. 672 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:57,533 Desperate to not get caught, Oliver attacks Danielle. 673 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,567 HENRY: He takes control over her, throws her on the bed, 674 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:09,333 he strangles her with the stocking around her neck. 675 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,867 KEETON: He finishes the process of fatally tightening 676 00:40:12,934 --> 00:40:15,066 the stocking around her neck 677 00:40:15,133 --> 00:40:18,266 and tying it off in a knot at the back of her neck. 678 00:40:19,367 --> 00:40:21,834 After he kills her, he yanks the engagement ring 679 00:40:21,900 --> 00:40:22,967 from her finger. 680 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,266 NARRATOR: Calvin Oliver is sentenced to life in prison 681 00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:32,767 for the murder of Danielle Jennings -- 682 00:40:32,834 --> 00:40:34,567 and to an additional 10 years 683 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:37,033 for the theft of her engagement ring. 684 00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:42,533 KEETON: Danielle Jennings was a tragic victim. 685 00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:45,533 She was young, beautiful, had a child, 686 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,066 had a fiance, had a new job -- 687 00:40:48,133 --> 00:40:51,233 her life was finally clicking. 688 00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:54,333 And then, Kelvin Oliver snuffed it out. 689 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,333 COLETTA: Calvin Oliver stole a loving mother. 690 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:01,967 He stole a loving fiance, he stole a daughter. 691 00:41:04,767 --> 00:41:07,834 Nothing can replace Danielle. 692 00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:12,834 It feels very good to be able to give family 693 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:15,533 some type of closure on this case. 694 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,333 I mean, they don't have their loved one there anymore, 695 00:41:18,467 --> 00:41:21,634 but at least they know the person that's responsible 696 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:26,533 is not going to be out taking anyone else's life. 697 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:27,967 And it feels really good.