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[Michael] This is a chaotic
violent scene,
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suggesting this was planned,
premeditated and personal.
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There were stab wounds
all over her body.
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This was a brutal murder.
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[Ron]
She was a faithful woman.
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Loving, caring mother and
grandmother and didn't deserve to die.
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[Hillary] She was probably
targeted, but this is an elderly lady
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Why this person, why this house?
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This is so far
off the beaten path.
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[Ron] They stood to be
the beneficiary of $5 million.
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It's an enormous incentive for
them to collect on those policies
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as soon as possible.
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[Randy]
He calls them repeatedly,
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saying when is she gonna die,
when is she gonna die?
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She was just a payday.
They had to hasten the death
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to realize their fantasies
of greed.
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[Hillary] The person looks
just like the person
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that was seen
at the crime scene.
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This could be the killer.
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[narrator] Every day in North America,
dozens of people are murdered.
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The key to solving the
toughest of these homicides
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lies in the final 24 hours
of the victim's life.
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To crack the case, detective must
reconstruct that critical timeline.
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The minutes and hours
containing evidence
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that can help unlock the
mystery and catch the killer
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Colleyville, Texas, combines all of
southern cha with modern day luxury.
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[Hillary] Colleyville
is an affluent suburban
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bedroom community that's situated
between Dallas and Fort Worth.
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[Randy] There's a lot
of money in Colleyville.
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It's high-end homes not just
anyone can afford a house there.
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I could count on my hands how
many violent crimes that we have.
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There hasn't been a murder
in Colleyville in over 30 years.
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[narrator] But on a warm fall
morning, 911 receives a call,
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that shatters this peaceful
community's sense of safety
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[police sirens blaring]
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[Hillary] Police officers arrived on
scene and they found the gardener
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and that she was hysterical
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She told him that
she found the housekeeper
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laying on the floor inside
of the house, laying in blood.
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The detectives saw
a woman laying on her back.
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There was blood on her face on
her body, on her hands, on the walls.
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They noted that there were
stab wounds all over her body
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and what appeared to be blunt
force trauma to the head.
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[Hillary] It looked like that she may
have had some type of defensive
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wounds on her arms.
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This was a brutal murder.
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[Michael] There's also slice
through her clothes
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over top of where the stab
wounds occurred,
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suggesting some kind
of edged weapon like a knife.
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But there is no murder
weapon to be found.
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[narrator] The victim is
identified as the housekeeper,
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who worked at the residence
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69-year-old Anita Fox.
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Anita Fox lived
in Alvarado, Texas.
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She lived in a mobile home park.
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She was a mother
and a grandmother.
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[Ron] Miss Fox
had three children.
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There was Virginia,
her oldest daughter,
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Al Fox III, her youngest so
and her daughter, Jenna.
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Her husband had passed away
some years earlier.
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Anita was big in her church,
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she doted over her grandchildren
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and that was what
her life was all about.
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[narrator] Heading up the
investigation into Anita Fox's murder
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are Hillary Wreay of the
Colleyville Police Department,
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and FBI Special Agent
Ron Grosse.
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[Hillary] After so many year of
not having a murder in Colleyville
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and this is the first one we've
had, my first thought was,
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why this person?
Why this house?
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This is so far
off the beaten path.
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This is an elderly lady.
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These types of things just don't
typically happen in Colleyville.
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State of Anita's body suggests
a frenzied attack.
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This is a chaotic violent scene,
therefore suggesting this was planned,
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premeditated and
likely it was personal.
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[narrator] To catch
Anita Fox's killer,
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investigators will have to
piece together her final 24 hours.
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Based on the blood patterns and how
fresh the body seems to investigators,
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detectives deduced that the
murder happened pretty recently.
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Not far from when the gardener
called the poli at 11:26 a.m.
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[narrator] With a preliminar
window of death established
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investigators begin processi
the crime scene.
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[Hillary] When we searched
the house, it didn't look like
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there was any type
of a burglary.
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It didn't look like anythin had been
gone through, there's no forced entry.
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The rest of the house
was in order.
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Evidence technicians,
they were looking for DNA.
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Um, any type of blood transfer,
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anything that may be left
at the crime scene location.
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[narrator] Then property owners
Frank and Nancy Lope arrive home.
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[Hillary] Nancy was, was ver
distraught.
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She said that Miss Fox had
worked with them for several years,
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was a trusted worker of theirs.
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Miss Fox comes to her house every
two weeks on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m.
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to clean her house.
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She had given Miss Fox a ke so
she would be able to let herself in.
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Nancy didn't have any clue a
to why somebody would do thi
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[narrator] Detectives bring
the gardener, Benita Garcia
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the woman who discovered
Anita's body,
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down to the station
for questioning.
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[Matthew] She told
the investigators that
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she arrived at the property
approximately 11:10 a.m.
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At approximately
11:15 to 11:25,
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she noticed that there was a
truck sitting in front of the home.
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[Ron] She was
sitting in a parked car,
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a house or two away
from the residence,
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and she noticed a man
exiting the residence
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sometime between
11:15 and 11:25 a.m.
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[Hillary] Benita described
him as a short fat man
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and he was a white male
with white or gray hair.
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And he was carrying
a orange bucket
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kind of like a painter's bucket.
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She said that he walked
down the road a little bit
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and got into a pickup truck
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When Benita saw
the white male exit the hous
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she immediately got suspicio
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because typically
the Lopez's would tell her
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if a handyman or somebody
would be at the house.
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[Randy] She observed what
appeared to her to be a younger,
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skinnier man in the
driver's side of the vehicle.
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[Ron] The vehicle involved
was a Chevrolet.
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It had ladder racks on it,
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more like what a workman's
truck would look like.
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Police asked her if she was
able to get a license plate,
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and this is not something
that she observed.
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[Hillary]
Once Benita told us
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about the man leaving the house,
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we automatically thought
that this could be the killer.
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[Michael] The fact that
Benita saw this mystery man
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leave the house sometime
between 11:15 and 11:25 a.m
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suggests that the murder
occurred probably at that time.
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Also, Benita tells detective
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that this mystery man's
features are distinctive enough
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that she would recognize them
if she saw him again.
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[narrator] Investigators set Benita
up with a forensic sketch artis
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hoping they'll create a likeness
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of the person they believe
to be Anita's killer.
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So at this point
in the investigation,
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they do have a sketch of somebody
who was seen leaving the scene.
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If we can find
who this person is,
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maybe this leads to the killer.
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[Hillary] One of our theories was
tha Anita was probably targeted
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I felt that it was personal
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because it was just
very violent.
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[Michael] There's still a lot
police don't know about Anit
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What else was going on
in her life,
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what people had infiltrated
her life that may have,
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unbeknownst to her,
posed a danger to her?
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We just didn't know at this
point it was a real who-done-it.
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[narrator] In the horrific
stabbing of 69-year-old Anita Fox.
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Detectives are building
their case
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around a police sketch
of a man observed
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leaving the crime scene
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moments after the murder.
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To find out more about
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who might have wanted to
kill this elderly housekeeper,
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investigators turn
to her family,
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starting with her son, Al Fo
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[Hillary]
Miss Fox's son, Al Fox,
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is just completely distraught.
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He described his mother
as just the sweetest person
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and he was just
in complete shock.
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[Randy] Anita Fox
appeared to be closer to him
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than the other children because
the other children lived out of state
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and Al Fox lived near her
in the RV Park.
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Al said they had
a good relationship,
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even though at the time she didn't
have a lot of money if she was happy.
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[narrator] While talking
about his mother's background.
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Al Fox reveals their family is part of a
tight-knit nomadic traveler community.
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[Ron]
Traveler communities,
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they are spread out throughout the
United States, mostly in the Southeast.
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They travel across the count from
town to town, trying to find work.
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Typically, blue collar
construction-type jobs,
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but they'll return
to their home base.
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Often the businesses that
they conduct are legitimate,
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but sometimes they're not.
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So, they keep their culture and their
work and marriage within their own group.
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[narrator] Detectives ask
Al if he can think of anyone
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who might have wanted
to hurt his mother.
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[Ron] Al described
his mother as a loving,
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churchgoing lady
who had no enemies.
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So when asked about a motive
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Al believed that the
only motive could be that
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he thought that she had a
million dollar life insurance policy.
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[Matthew] In the traveler
community it is very common for them
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to take out
life insurance policies
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on their elderly relatives in hopes
that when their loved ones die,
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that they will receive
a windfall for that.
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[Ron] Life insurance is often
investigated as a possible motive
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because the beneficiary
of the policy
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typically has a financial
incentive for that person to die.
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In this case, the beneficiaries
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would more than likely be
the children.
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[narrator] Believing
Al and his two siblings
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could stand to cash in on a
$1 million life insurance policy,
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detectives ask him about his
timeline leading u to his mother's death.
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[Ron] Al Fox said he
last saw his mother
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the night before
she was murdered,
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she came over
and visited him at his house
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And as he often did, he called her
to make sure she got home all right.
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On the morning
of September 23rd,
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Al told them he was
in the business of paving
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and he was on the job site,
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paving the parking lot from 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m on that day.
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[Roots] Detectives
know that Anita was killed
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sometime Between 11:00 a.m. when
she arrived at work and 11:15 a.m.
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when the gardener witnessed
the mystery man
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who they believe to be
the killer exiting the House.
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And Al Fox's colleagues verified
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that Al was indeed
on the job site
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from nine o'clock until noo
the day his mother was kille
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[narrator]
With Al ruled out,
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investigators show him
a sketch of the man
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witnessed leaving
the crime scene
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who they believe is the killer.
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[Hillary] Al said he did not
recogniz that person at all.
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[Randy] The investigators
describe the Tan Chevrolet pickup
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with a ladder rack on it.
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Now, Fox says, wait a minute,
I've seen that truck.
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Several days earlier,
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he was paving the parking lo
of Texas oncology.
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And his mother shows up
on the job site.
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She brought him lunch.
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And Al notices a truck drop by.
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The people in the truck
are kind of eyeballing him.
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And they drove by several times,
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and it raised concern,
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but not enough
to do anything at that point
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Al Fox also saw the vehicle
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on September 20th,
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driving around the trailer park,
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where he and his mother lived.
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On September 21st,
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two days before the murder.
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He sees it at Big Willies,
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which is a convenience
store that's nearby.
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Al said he tells his wife,
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that's too many times, we've
seen this truck too many times.
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Take a picture of that truck.
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So she takes a picture of
the truck and the license plate.
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The investigators were convinced
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it was the same truck
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that was present at
the murder scene.
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[Hillary] Detectives were
able to obtain surveillance
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video from the area.
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And see the truck
that Al described.
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This corroborated what
he was saying, that, you know,
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that this truck
had been following him.
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[Ron] But the police were not able to
make out the complete license plate.
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They were able to make out
the last three numbers.
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Also, the police were
not able to determine
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who the driver was of the truck that
they observed on the security camera.
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[narrator] While police wor
to track down the tan truck
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Detective Ray
and FBI agent Grosse
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turned to another beneficiar of Anita's
alleged $1 millio life insurance policy.
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Her estranged daughter, Jenna
Lee and her husband, Paul.
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Jenna, had had some
problems in the past with um,
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drug and alcohol abuse.
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[Ron] Investigations that involve people
who are drug and or alcohol abusers,
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they often have
a financial motive in a crim
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because it takes money
to pay for your habit,
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so a potential suspect
who has drug problems
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would be of keen interest
to the police.
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Anita's relationship
with Jenna Lee was strained
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and Jenna had not spoken to
Anita in months prior to the murder.
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[narrator]
Detectives ask Jenna Lee
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if she has any knowledge abo her mother
owning $1 millio life insurance policy.
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[Matthew]
Jenna had no idea that
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her mother might have had $1
million life insurance policy on her
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[Hillary]
During the interview,
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we noticed that Paul had a scratch
on his nose and also on his hands.
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One of our theories is that
Anita was fighting back
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and scratched him on the face.
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So, it immediately
raised suspicion
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that he could have
possibly been the murderer.
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[narrator] With suspicion
cast on the couple,
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detectives ask about
their whereabouts
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the day Anita was killed.
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[Ron]
They had an alibi
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for the day
that Anita Fox was killed,
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they were 1000 miles away
or so in Minnesota.
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[narrator] Investigators eliminate
Jenna Lee and her husband
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as suspects
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and move on to
the last potential beneficia
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of Anita's supposed $1 milli
life insurance policy.
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Her daughter, Virginia,
and her husband Mark Bucklan
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[Ron]
During the interview, Virgin
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described their relationshi
with Anita as wonderful.
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Great mother-daughter
relationship, no problems.
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They would talk
to each other almost daily.
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Police Department asked if there
was any insurance on Anita fox.
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Virginia Buckland says no,
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there would be no insurance
on my mother.
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[Matthew]
So, Anita's son
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Al said that there was
$1 million policy on Anita Fox
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and Jenna
and Virginia denied that,
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and so investigators
in Colleyville,
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they didn't understand why there
was a misunderstanding about tha
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[Ron] So when the investigators
asked where Virginia and Mark wer
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on the morning of September 23,
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they advised that they were
both employed in Minnesota.
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[narrator] Investigators
show Virginia and Mark
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the sketch of the man observ
leaving the crime scene,
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whom they believe killed Anita.
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[Ron]
The composite sketch
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of the man who came out of
the house, it didn't ring any bells,
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they didn't recognize the sketch
or the description of the truck.
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As the Buckland's were leaving,
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Mark Buckland pulled aside
one of the investigators
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and told them that he had
not been completely truthfu
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when they asked him about
life insurance on Anita Fox.
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Mark Buckland said
I own a monster policy
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on my mother-in-law.
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He said that Anita had $5 million
worth of insurance on her life.
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Mark Buckland stressed
with the investigators
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that while he and his wife may have
been beneficiaries of these policies,
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they in no way were involve in
her murder and that they loved Anita.
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[Matthew] He claimed that the
reason w he withheld it from the poli
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was because he didn't want
Al Fox to know
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because they didn't want Al
Fox to get any of the money.
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[Ron] The police considered
this an enormous break,
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because the fact that
the Buckland's stood to
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be the beneficiary of $5 million
is an enormous incentive for th
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to collect on those policie
as soon as possible,
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which would mean
that Anita Fox had to die.
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[narrator] In the murder
of 69-year-old Anita Fox,
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Detectives have learned that her
own daughter, Virginia Buckland,
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along with
Virginia's husband Mark,
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took out a life insurance
policy on Anita worth $5 million.
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[Ron] $5 million.
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That's a lot of money. It's
a lot of money for anybody.
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It was a lot of money
for the Bucklands.
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Now, the focus was on the potential
involvement of Virginia and Mark.
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[narrator] To help navigate
the complexities of this cas
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detectives consult
with Sergeant Randy Waters,
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an Investigator with the
Texas Department of Insurance.
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[Ron] When the police and the
Texas Department of Insurance
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investigate the policies
on Anita's life,
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they did confirm that
the beneficiaries
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were Mark Buckland and
or his wife, Virginia Buckland.
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[Randy] It's not enough to
link the to the murder itself,
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but it's suspicious that they would
have that much insurance on her
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and here she is murdered.
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[Matthew] They also discover
that there were recorded phone calls
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to the insurance companies,
supposedly by Anita Fox,
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talking about
the life insurance policy.
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[narrator] Detectives
invite Anita's son,
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Al Fox down to the station
to verify
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that Anita was, in fact,
the one making those calls.
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[Matthew] Detectives play ba
the recordings for Al.
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And Al told Detective Waters
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that's not my mother.
That's Virginia.
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[Ron] Virginia pretending
to be her mother,
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it's a red flag.
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[Randy] During my
conversation with Al Fox,
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he told me about
a situation in which,
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he drove to his mother's hom
and when he got there,
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he sees that his mother
is talking to someone
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who he later
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determines to be Charles
or Chuck Mercier.
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Chuck Mercier was
an insurance agent
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out of South Carolina.
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And he was there to sell
his mother insurance,
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and Al says no way.
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He does not want his mother
taken out of the insurance,
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because as he puts it,
it puts a target on her.
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And he tells the guy,
Leave, get out of here.
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[Ron] Al Fox was concerned
about these life insurance policies
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because a member of their
family had been murdered
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for the benefit of a policy.
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[narrator]
When detectives revealed
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that Virginia and Mark
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are the sole beneficiaries
of the $5 million
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life insurance policies.
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Al is stunned.
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[Ron] Al Fox was not aware
of the $5 million
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of insurance
on his mother's life.
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[Hillary] Virginia and Mark
are starting to
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look like they may be involved.
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[narrator]
Working the theory
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that Virginia and Mark
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conspired to have Anita
killed for the insurance payout,
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detectives question them again.
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[Ron] When Mark and Virginia
Buckland were being questioned
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about the fact that Virginia
had impersonated her mother,
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on a couple of calls with
the insurance company.
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Virginia assured them that
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her mother knew about the calls
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and that she knew about
the $5 million of insurance.
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[Matthew] They claimed that
they had Anita's permission
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and that she just
didn't have time to do it,
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and so she asked
Virginia to do it for her.
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[Ron] Virginia and Mark
Buckland told the investigators
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that the policies were applied
through Charles Mercier.
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It was their story that
Anita wanted
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more life insurance on herself,
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for the benefit of her
children and her grandchildren.
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So there was a total of five
policies totaling $5 million
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written on the life
of Anita Fox.
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[Randy] There was a challenge
in making the payments.
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The premium increase from
basically $3000 to $6000.
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Virginia realizes, hey,
we cannot keep this going.
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[Ron] But Mark Buckland want
to find out a way
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to lower the amount
of premiums he was paying,
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which meant that he might
have to let one of the policies go.
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Mercier thought that he could
find a buyer or quote an investor
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for one of the policies.
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And Charles Mercier
was indeed able to locate
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a group of Irish travelers
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who were interested
in purchasing
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one of the million dollar
policies on Anita Fox's life.
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This is a group of investors,
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whom Virginia and Mark Buckland
said they had no knowledge of.
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They didn't know who they were.
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Since one of the policies
now has a new beneficiary
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that brings in a new suspect.
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[narrator]
Could this mysterious group
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of policy buyers
have something to do
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with the murder of Anita Fox
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Looking for answers,
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investigators haul the
insurance agent, Charles Mercier,
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down to the station
for questioning.
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Charles Mercier would sell
to mainly travelers
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who were basically profitin
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from the death
of their loved ones.
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Charles Mercier told us,
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people in the traveler community
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want to buy policies
that are on other people,
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even if they don't know them
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In hopes that the person
dies before they spend
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as much money as they
spend on the premiums.
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[Ron] During the interview,
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he confirmed meeting
with the Buckland's.
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But he did acknowledge that the
application for the policies was fraudulent
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Anita's network
was grossly inflated.
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Her assets were made up.
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[Matthew] The signatures
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that were on the transfer
of the beneficiary document
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were not Anita Fox's signature.
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[Ron] Mr. Mercier told us th
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Mark Buckland
was having trouble paying
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all of the premiums
for the $5 million.
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[Randy]
Charles Mercier found someon
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to take over the policies.
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His name was Pat Gorman.
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There would be three other
brothers also involved in the policy
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Mike, Harry
and Gerard "Big Joe" Gorman
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The Gorman's are also part
of the traveler community.
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[Ron]
So Mercier arranged for the
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change of beneficiary
on this policy to be made
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from Virginia Buckland
to Patrick Gorman.
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But the beneficiary
has to have a relationship
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with the insured.
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So since there was
no relationship,
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Patrick Gorman
did not know Anita Fox,
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didn't know the Buckland's.
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It was decided that
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Patrick Gorman
would be portrayed
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as a business partner
of Anita Fox.
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[Randy] The four brothers
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got together and said, Okay,
let's use Pat to own the policy.
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And then when
Anita Fox passes away,
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he'll get the million dollars and he
can divide it between the four of us.
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That was their plan.
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Charles Mercier told Pat
Gorman that Anita Fox
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was only going to live
for a year.
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So you buy this policy,
pay $2,800 a month
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and you're only going to
have to worry about a year.
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She has a hole in her heart
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and they don't expect
her to live that long.
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[Matthew]
The Gorman's had been
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paying premiums for a year.
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And they were concerned
that they might be paying
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those high premiums
for years to come.
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[Randy]
One of the brothers,
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Gerard Big Joe Gorman,
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calls Mercier repeatedly saying
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when is she going to die? When is
she going to die? What's going on?
479
00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:19,136
[Ron] Charles shared
with the investigators
480
00:27:19,171 --> 00:27:21,839
that Big Joe Gorman
had called him
481
00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:25,009
asking for Anita Fox's address.
482
00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:40,991
These new revelations
were extremely important.
483
00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,060
The revelation
that there was now
484
00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:46,163
not only a new suspect
in Patrick Gorman,
485
00:27:46,165 --> 00:27:48,666
but maybe four suspects
in the four Gorman's.
486
00:27:48,668 --> 00:27:50,901
And the fact
that Gerard Gorman expresse
487
00:27:50,936 --> 00:27:54,238
that he might pay a visit to Anita
Fox was, was extremely important.
488
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,507
It is another red flag.
489
00:27:58,244 --> 00:28:02,813
In this crime you have a
virulent mix of personality traits,
490
00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:06,817
a level of callousness
and premeditation here.
491
00:28:06,819 --> 00:28:10,721
Perhaps Anita Fox
was just a payday.
492
00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:16,026
Then, they had to hasten the death
to realize their fantasies of greed.
493
00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:24,601
[narrator] In the brutal homicide
of loving grandmother, Anita Fo
494
00:28:24,670 --> 00:28:28,472
the focus of the investigation
has shifted to the Gorman brothers,
495
00:28:28,474 --> 00:28:31,208
who shortly
before Anita's murder,
496
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:34,545
purchased a $1 million
life insurance policy on her
497
00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:36,980
The policies themselves,
498
00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:38,982
which were obtained
fraudulently,
499
00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:41,552
were an incentive for
the murder of Anita Fox.
500
00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:46,123
So it didn't rule out some type of
involvement of Virginia and Mark Buckland.
501
00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:49,193
But there was more focus
on the Gorman's at this point.
502
00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:53,464
[narrator] Detectives move
to question Patrick Gorman,
503
00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:57,634
who's named as the sole
beneficiary of the million dollar policy.
504
00:28:57,636 --> 00:29:00,137
[Randy] Patrick has
an address in Illinois.
505
00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:04,007
They spoke with Gorman's wif
Catherine.
506
00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:09,012
She informed him he was
away, out of state on a job.
507
00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:16,053
But his wife was able to provide
the police with a picture of Patrick.
508
00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:20,390
But the picture of Patrick
Gorman was very different
509
00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:25,295
than the sketch of the
suspect in Anita Fox's murde
510
00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:29,533
Patrick Gorman appeared to b much thinner,
younger than the composite drawing.
511
00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:34,304
And while he might not have been
the man who murdered Anita Fox.
512
00:29:34,373 --> 00:29:38,976
The police did not rule out that
he had something to do with it.
513
00:29:38,978 --> 00:29:43,347
[narrator] Detectives tracked down
Patrick Gorman in Columbia, South Carolina
514
00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:46,683
[Ron]
Patrick Gorman acknowledged
515
00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:49,086
that he was the beneficiary
of this policy,
516
00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:51,922
as a set up by Charles Mercier.
517
00:29:51,924 --> 00:29:53,924
He acknowledged that he did
not have a business relationship
518
00:29:53,926 --> 00:29:56,527
with Anita Fox.
519
00:29:56,529 --> 00:29:58,462
He told us that he had
never been to Colleyville,
520
00:29:58,464 --> 00:30:01,932
didn't know Anita Fox and had
nothing to do with her murder.
521
00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:07,070
Patrick Gorman's alibi for the day
that Anita Fox was murdered was,
522
00:30:07,072 --> 00:30:11,208
he was in Texas, but he was
there for the wedding of his son.
523
00:30:11,777 --> 00:30:15,112
So he had a lot of
witnesses to verify that.
524
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:23,053
So, Patrick was eliminated as
the one who committed the crime.
525
00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:26,156
But the other three brother
were not eliminated
526
00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:31,128
as potential assailants
in the murder of Anita Fox.
527
00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:35,632
[narrator] With Patrick claiming
no knowledge of the murder,
528
00:30:35,634 --> 00:30:38,802
detectives seek the
whereabouts of his brothers
529
00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:42,039
But like many in the Irish
traveler community,
530
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:44,408
they're elusive and
seem to have disappeared.
531
00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:51,582
[Hillary] This is the first that
we had ever dealt with anyone
532
00:30:51,584 --> 00:30:53,083
in the traveler community.
533
00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:56,653
And when we started
searching for names,
534
00:30:56,655 --> 00:31:00,357
we would get, you know,
pages of aliases.
535
00:31:01,126 --> 00:31:03,026
It's just hard to track
them down
536
00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:07,130
and get a positive
identification on them.
537
00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:11,001
[narrator] But then,
investigators catch a break
538
00:31:11,069 --> 00:31:12,636
[Ron] During the course
of the investigation,
539
00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:16,373
the crime lab in Texas
was able to digitally enhanc
540
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,409
the photograph that
Al Fox's wife took off
541
00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:23,513
the license plate of the tru that
had been following the in Colleyville.
542
00:31:23,515 --> 00:31:28,518
With that digital enhancemen they
were able to see the entire license plate.
543
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:33,290
And determine that the plat on the
truck was registered to a Bernard Gorman.
544
00:31:34,193 --> 00:31:37,494
Further investigation
determined that Bernard Gorman
545
00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:39,897
was the nephew
of Patrick Gorman,
546
00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:43,100
who was the beneficiary of the
million dollar policy in question.
547
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:48,071
[Hillary] Finally, we have
a connection and a break.
548
00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:52,809
We have Bernard Gorman,
who is registered to the truck
549
00:31:52,811 --> 00:31:55,178
that was described
at the crime scene.
550
00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:57,981
We knew we were
on the right track.
551
00:31:59,551 --> 00:32:02,719
[narrator] Detectives also
received additional security footage
552
00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:05,122
from Big Willy's
convenience store.
553
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,492
[Ron] Investigators
were able to determine
554
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,663
that at 7:38 p.m.,
on September 21st,
555
00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:16,733
the truck that they had been
attempting to find with the ladder rack
556
00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:22,105
was seen in the video and a
large older man exited the vehicle.
557
00:32:24,944 --> 00:32:29,413
[Hillary] The person looks just like
the person that was in the sketch.
558
00:32:32,017 --> 00:32:34,518
When they discovered
these details,
559
00:32:34,553 --> 00:32:38,121
they immediately thought
we've got our prime suspect.
560
00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:41,191
The Texas Rangers,
found the truck
561
00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:46,363
and they eventually executed a traffic
stop and arrested Bernard Gorman
562
00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:49,666
[narrator] The Texas Ranger
impound the truck
563
00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:53,470
and bring Bernard Gorman
to Colleyville for questioning.
564
00:32:53,505 --> 00:32:56,506
[Ron] When asked about the
insurance policy on Anita Fox,
565
00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:58,675
Bernard Gorman said he had n
knowledge of that.
566
00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:02,079
He did not know Anita
Fox. Never heard of her.
567
00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:05,048
He told the investigators he'd
been nowhere near Colleyville
568
00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:07,351
on September 23rd, 2014.
569
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,987
[narrator] Investigators
pressed Bernard
570
00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:14,458
about how his truck ended up in
Colleyville, on the day of the crime.
571
00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:18,195
[Ron] Investigators told him
they had photograph of the truck
572
00:33:18,197 --> 00:33:22,165
being in and around
Colleyville on September 23rd.
573
00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:29,006
At that point, he said that he
had loaned his truck to his father.
574
00:33:43,956 --> 00:33:47,557
Bernard says that his dad's
name is Gerard Gorman.
575
00:33:48,427 --> 00:33:51,795
We were automatically
suspicious.
576
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:54,931
This is the brother who's been
making threatening phone calls
577
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,099
to Charles Mercier.
578
00:33:56,535 --> 00:34:00,003
In addition, Gerard Gorman
could be the person
579
00:34:00,072 --> 00:34:03,940
that was also seen by the
gardener at the crime scene.
580
00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:05,976
The revelation
was extremely important
581
00:34:05,978 --> 00:34:08,645
because Gerard was one
of the four Gorman brothers
582
00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:13,083
who stood to benefit from the
million dollar policy on Anita Fox.
583
00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:18,755
So Gerard Gorman and his son
are now high on the list of suspects
584
00:34:18,791 --> 00:34:20,490
in the murder investigation
585
00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:25,896
But they ask him if he
knows where his father is?
586
00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:27,931
Bernard says he doesn't
know where his father is
587
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:29,866
and that his father
doesn't have a cell phone
588
00:34:29,868 --> 00:34:32,836
so he doesn't know
how to get a hold of him.
589
00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:36,506
So while the investigators
question Bernard Gorman's story,
590
00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:38,809
the police don't have enoug
evidence to hold Bernard.
591
00:34:38,811 --> 00:34:42,212
He doesn't match the
description of the assailant,
592
00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:45,449
and they have no direct evidence
that he was, was in Colleyville
593
00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:48,018
on the 23rd of September.
594
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,721
[narrator] With Bernard Gorm
released for now.
595
00:34:51,723 --> 00:34:56,493
Investigators turn their attention
to his father, Gerard Gorman.
596
00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:58,795
[Ron] They obtained a driver
license photograph
597
00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:01,665
from the Department of Moto
Vehicles of Gerard Gorman
598
00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:04,701
and made a comparison
between that photograph
599
00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:06,870
and the composite sketch
that was made.
600
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:11,441
The sketch was a very accura
depiction of Gerard Gorman.
601
00:35:12,878 --> 00:35:15,479
[narrator] The case against the
Gorman's gets an added boost
602
00:35:15,514 --> 00:35:19,649
when the forensics come bac
on Bernard Gorman's truck.
603
00:35:19,718 --> 00:35:23,954
[Ron] Crime scene specialist examined
the truck for any evidence of the crime.
604
00:35:23,956 --> 00:35:26,890
They were not able to find any
blood or hair forensic evidence
605
00:35:26,892 --> 00:35:31,695
that would tie to the crime scene, but
they did find Bernard Gorman's cell phone.
606
00:35:31,697 --> 00:35:34,331
They were able to do a
forensic analysis of the phone,
607
00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:37,734
which indicated on Septembe 23rd
that phone was pinging off towers
608
00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:42,038
in the Colleyville area, not in
Houston, Texas, where he claimed to be.
609
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:46,910
Investigators also found that there
had been interne searches on the phone
610
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:49,746
using the words
Anita Fox, Fort Worth, Texas.
611
00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:51,581
[helicopter crossing]
612
00:35:51,583 --> 00:35:53,850
[narrator] With Bernard
and Gerard Gorman now
613
00:35:53,852 --> 00:35:56,686
the prime suspects
in the murder of Anita Fox.
614
00:35:56,688 --> 00:36:00,390
Investigators mobilize to bring
them both in for questioning.
615
00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:05,996
[Hillary] After the detectiv
received all this informatio
616
00:36:08,567 --> 00:36:11,401
Bernard and Gerard,
617
00:36:11,436 --> 00:36:15,105
basically disappeared and
we were unable to find them.
618
00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:19,676
[Randy] And that was a concern,
because in the traveler community,
619
00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:23,180
sometimes they disappear
and you'll never find them again.
620
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:33,857
[narrator] Father and son du
Gerard and Bernard Gorman
621
00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:38,261
are wanted in the brutal murder
of beloved grandmothe Anita Fox.
622
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:43,833
But the manhunt comes
to an abrupt halt
623
00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:48,838
when police get a call from
a nearby Police Department.
624
00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:52,842
[Hillary] Brookshire R.P.D. reaches
out to let us know that they had a male
625
00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:55,779
that has been found decease
in their hotel room,
626
00:36:55,781 --> 00:36:59,316
and they said that his
name was Gerard Gorman.
627
00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:04,921
He is an older man with
the gray hair, overweight,
628
00:37:04,957 --> 00:37:10,894
and he has the description
of Gerard Gorman.
629
00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:15,632
[Ron] There was rumors that well, maybe
somebody killed Gerard Gorman to shut him u
630
00:37:15,634 --> 00:37:19,102
because of his knowledge
of the insurance fraud.
631
00:37:19,104 --> 00:37:24,941
So an autopsy was done and it was determined
that Gerard died of a heart attack.
632
00:37:26,278 --> 00:37:28,111
But there's some
disappointment in that,
633
00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:31,348
that likely perpetrator is not held
accountable by the justice system.
634
00:37:31,350 --> 00:37:35,118
So, you know, it's a mixed
emotions, but there is stil work to do.
635
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,488
They have the potential involvement
of his son, Bernard Gorman.
636
00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:42,058
[Hillary] In order
to find Bernard,
637
00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:45,862
we took to social media
to see if there was any clue
638
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:48,765
we found his wife's
Facebook post
639
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:54,037
where it showed that they
were in Disney World in Florida.
640
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:57,607
[narrator] Detectives bring
Bernard to the Colleyville police stati
641
00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:00,610
and question him again
about Anita Fox's murder,
642
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:03,113
hoping he'll confess
his involvement.
643
00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:06,549
[Ron] During this interview
Bernard admitted
644
00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:10,287
that he had been in Fort
Worth area on September 23r
645
00:38:11,256 --> 00:38:13,890
and he had been with his father.
646
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:17,060
He finally admits, okay,
I was with my father
647
00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:19,195
and I drove him around up there.
648
00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:22,132
[Ron] Bernard also
told investigators,
649
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,967
they were following Anita Fo
650
00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:26,036
He said he didn't know why.
651
00:38:28,607 --> 00:38:32,042
Bernard also admitted
that he did drive his fathe
652
00:38:32,044 --> 00:38:34,544
to the house in Colleyville
where Anita Fox was working
653
00:38:36,148 --> 00:38:40,283
His father told him that he was
looking at doin a paint job in that house,
654
00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,954
so he was waiting for his
father while he went in the house.
655
00:38:45,957 --> 00:38:49,526
When his father
came out, police asked him
656
00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:52,228
if there was anything unusua
about his father,
657
00:38:52,964 --> 00:38:55,498
and he said his father
was very agitated
658
00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:59,102
and there was, looked
like blood on his arm.
659
00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:04,474
But he never questioned his father
about what happened in the house.
660
00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:07,476
[Ron]
Bernard Gorman's story was..
661
00:39:07,478 --> 00:39:10,680
Was completely incredible
and unbelievable to investigators.
662
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:13,983
The investigators in no shape
or form going to believe that...
663
00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:16,553
Bernard Gorman had no
knowledge of the murder of Anita Fox.
664
00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:19,656
The most blunt way to put it,
665
00:39:19,658 --> 00:39:21,257
you'd have to be a moron.
666
00:39:21,326 --> 00:39:26,930
I don't even think a moron would
not know what transpired in that home.
667
00:39:26,932 --> 00:39:31,901
[narrator] Detectives can no
reconstruct Anita Fox's final 24 hours.
668
00:39:31,903 --> 00:39:33,670
[Michael]
Unbeknownst to Anita,
669
00:39:33,672 --> 00:39:36,706
Gerard had basically put a $
million bounty on her,
670
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,675
that he himself
was going to collect.
671
00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:41,244
It turns out she wasn't
dying fast enough for him.
672
00:39:42,681 --> 00:39:45,815
[Hillary] On September 23rd
just before 11:00 a.m.
673
00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:48,451
Anita Fox arrives
at the Lopez residence
674
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,453
in Colleyville for her
house cleaning job.
675
00:39:51,656 --> 00:39:54,591
[Ron] At 11:03, Bernard
Gorman parked his truck
676
00:39:54,593 --> 00:39:57,961
a couple of houses down
from the Lopez home.
677
00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:02,332
Before going into the house
Gerard grabbed a paint bucke
678
00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:06,102
so that anybody who saw
him going into the house
679
00:40:06,171 --> 00:40:08,271
would naturally assume
that he's going in there for...
680
00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:10,073
some type of work on the hom
681
00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:16,312
[Hillary] We believe that, when
Gerard entered the house at 11:10,
682
00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:22,352
he encountered Anita
and she put up a fight.
683
00:40:24,089 --> 00:40:27,957
But once on the ground,
Gerard attacked her.
684
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:34,030
Stabbing her, multiple times
685
00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:36,065
And killed her.
686
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:42,372
The entire attack lasted
less than five minutes.
687
00:40:46,077 --> 00:40:48,711
[Ron]
At approximately 11:15 a.m.
688
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:50,980
Gerard Gorman leaves the house,
689
00:40:51,049 --> 00:40:54,851
and he was seen walking
out of no Lopez home.
690
00:40:54,853 --> 00:40:59,789
This was a very intentional,
premeditated attack.
691
00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:03,293
[narrator] Bernard Gorman is charged
with conspiracy to commit murder.
692
00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:07,030
He agrees to a plea deal
693
00:41:07,065 --> 00:41:09,032
and is sentenced to 14
years for his role
694
00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:12,435
in the murder of 69 year
old Anita Fox.
695
00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:17,240
The most challenging thing
for me was trying to figure out
696
00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:21,377
the traveler culture, it's something
that we've never dealt with.
697
00:41:22,414 --> 00:41:24,914
I truly feel for the family
698
00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:30,720
and I'm glad that there was some
justice with Bernar getting some time.
699
00:41:30,722 --> 00:41:33,823
However, I really wish that
Gerard would have been alive
700
00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:36,059
to be able to see his sentence.
701
00:41:37,629 --> 00:41:39,863
[Ron] Life insurance
is such a big part
702
00:41:39,898 --> 00:41:42,866
of wealth accumulation
in the traveler community.
703
00:41:42,868 --> 00:41:45,668
It's almost an obsession,
704
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:49,806
but it highlighted how often older
folks in the community are expendable
705
00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:52,876
and that... that proved
out in this case.
706
00:41:52,944 --> 00:41:58,147
[Randy] Had there not been $5
million life insurance on Anita Fox,
707
00:41:58,183 --> 00:42:00,950
this murder would
have never happened.
708
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[Matthew] Al fought hard
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to make sure that the
murderers were brought to justice.
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[narrator] Despite
their tragic and painful loss,
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Anita's family continues
to celebrate her joyful spirit.
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[Ron] Anita Fox was
sweet, hardworking.
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00:42:19,538 --> 00:42:21,037
She was a faithful woman.
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00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:26,109
She was a loving, caring
mother and grandmother
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and didn't deserve to die.