1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,233 [gunshot] 2 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:16,000 We don't see murders like this very often in Dallas, Texas. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,667 [police siren] 4 00:00:19,567 --> 00:00:20,867 [Eric Barnes] It was pretty shocking. 5 00:00:20,867 --> 00:00:23,567 [Mike Braun] How did this young, beautiful, 6 00:00:23,567 --> 00:00:26,100 pediatric dentist come to be murdered 7 00:00:26,166 --> 00:00:29,266 in the safe gated parking garage 8 00:00:29,266 --> 00:00:30,000 of the building where she lived? 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,000 of the building where she lived? 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,467 We have two suspects and they're both obviously lying. 11 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:37,100 [Barnes] I had to find concrete evidence 12 00:00:37,166 --> 00:00:40,100 to go along with the tidbits of truth they provided. 13 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:42,800 Things didn't happen the way they said that it happened. 14 00:00:42,867 --> 00:00:44,467 [gunshot] 15 00:00:44,467 --> 00:00:46,266 [narrator] Every day in North America 16 00:00:46,266 --> 00:00:48,900 dozens of people are murdered. 17 00:00:48,967 --> 00:00:51,367 {\an8}The key to solving the toughest of these homicides 18 00:00:51,367 --> 00:00:54,367 {\an8}lies in final 24 hours of the victim's life. 19 00:00:55,467 --> 00:00:57,066 {\an8}To crack the case, 20 00:00:57,066 --> 00:01:00,000 {\an8}detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline. 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:00,867 {\an8}detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline. 22 00:01:00,867 --> 00:01:01,000 {\an8}The minutes and hours containing evidence 23 00:01:03,567 --> 00:01:05,166 {\an8}that can help unlock the mystery 24 00:01:05,767 --> 00:01:06,900 and catch the killer. 25 00:01:17,066 --> 00:01:20,367 Dallas, Texas, heart of the Lone Star State, 26 00:01:20,367 --> 00:01:22,800 and a major hub for young professionals 27 00:01:22,867 --> 00:01:25,266 looking to kickstart their careers. 28 00:01:25,266 --> 00:01:28,667 {\an8}Dallas is a Texas city of opportunity. 29 00:01:28,667 --> 00:01:30,000 {\an8}It's got 41 colleges, 30 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,667 {\an8}It's got 41 colleges, 31 00:01:30,667 --> 00:01:31,000 it attracts a young crowd. 32 00:01:33,166 --> 00:01:35,667 People who are looking to get their careers going, 33 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:38,266 to find their place in the world. 34 00:01:38,266 --> 00:01:41,200 {\an8}Like any city with a lot of wealth and a lot of, 35 00:01:41,266 --> 00:01:43,166 {\an8}with a lot of contrast between wealth and poverty, 36 00:01:43,166 --> 00:01:44,567 there's a lot of crime. 37 00:01:44,567 --> 00:01:45,967 There are certainly parts of town 38 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:48,500 where you don't wanna wonder around alone, 39 00:01:48,567 --> 00:01:51,900 but sometimes even being in the right part of town can be dangerous. 40 00:01:54,066 --> 00:01:57,000 {\an8}[narrator] At 7:44 on the night of September 2nd, 41 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,767 Dallas Police receive a 9-11 call. 42 00:01:59,767 --> 00:02:00,000 {\an8}[phone ringing] 43 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:00,700 {\an8}[phone ringing] 44 00:02:08,467 --> 00:02:09,567 [police siren] 45 00:02:09,567 --> 00:02:11,600 {\an8}The caller had exited the elevator 46 00:02:11,667 --> 00:02:13,166 {\an8}going to the parking garage, 47 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:14,767 {\an8}he gets to the parking level... 48 00:02:14,767 --> 00:02:16,200 {\an8}-[woman screaming] -[gunshot] 49 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:23,667 [Barnes] He sees a female laying in a pool of blood. 50 00:02:30,266 --> 00:02:31,000 He sees a black Jeep drive past him very fast. 51 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:35,200 [tires screeching] 52 00:02:38,567 --> 00:02:39,700 He's very frightened, 53 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:42,567 and he decides to run to his car and get out of there. 54 00:02:44,567 --> 00:02:48,066 [narrator] Detective Eric Barnes responds to the call. 55 00:02:48,066 --> 00:02:50,800 He's a three-year veteran of the Dallas Homicide Unit. 56 00:02:51,867 --> 00:02:53,700 {\an8}[Barnes] When I walk into the crime scene, 57 00:02:53,767 --> 00:02:55,867 {\an8}I see a white Toyota Camry 58 00:02:55,867 --> 00:02:57,867 {\an8}and I see a female victim 59 00:02:57,867 --> 00:03:00,000 laying next to the white Toyota Camry in a pool of blood. 60 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,667 laying next to the white Toyota Camry in a pool of blood. 61 00:03:01,867 --> 00:03:03,467 The victim is face up, 62 00:03:03,467 --> 00:03:06,767 and it appears that she's in the medical profession 63 00:03:06,767 --> 00:03:08,367 because she's wearing scrubs. 64 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:11,767 A cellphone is on the ground next to her. 65 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,667 The victim's purse was missing, 66 00:03:14,667 --> 00:03:17,700 so, it made me think that it might have been robbery. 67 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,000 [narrator] Police find no identification on the victim, 68 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,266 so they run the plates on the nearby Camry 69 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:27,667 hoping its registration reveals her name. 70 00:03:29,867 --> 00:03:30,000 [Barnes] The victim is named Kendra Hatcher, 71 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 [Barnes] The victim is named Kendra Hatcher, 72 00:03:32,066 --> 00:03:34,667 she's a pediatric dentist and she's 35 years old. 73 00:03:35,867 --> 00:03:38,166 [narrator] Dr. Kendra Hatcher lived in Parkdale's 74 00:03:38,166 --> 00:03:41,000 upscale 27-story condo above the garage. 75 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,667 It appears that she had just arrived home when she was killed. 76 00:03:46,667 --> 00:03:49,000 [Barnes] We see a fired cartridge casing 77 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,767 inside Dr. Hatcher's vehicle. 78 00:03:50,767 --> 00:03:52,266 We collect the casing, 79 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:55,100 and we send it off to the firearms examination team 80 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:59,767 to determine if that firearm was used in another crime. 81 00:03:59,767 --> 00:04:00,000 Very close to her body is a flattened bullet fragment. 82 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Very close to her body is a flattened bullet fragment. 83 00:04:02,867 --> 00:04:04,900 It appeared to be fired from close range, 84 00:04:04,967 --> 00:04:07,467 and based on the hit in the concrete, 85 00:04:07,467 --> 00:04:10,667 the bullet just kind of fragmented and broke apart. 86 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,367 Next to the fragment is a magazine 87 00:04:13,367 --> 00:04:15,767 that appeared to fall out of a handgun, 88 00:04:15,767 --> 00:04:18,100 and it looked like it was a 40-caliber 89 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:19,567 Smith & Wesson magazine. 90 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:23,867 She had one wound at the back of her head 91 00:04:23,867 --> 00:04:26,467 and another wound directly underneath her chin. 92 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:30,000 In combination with the flattened round that was fired, 93 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 In combination with the flattened round that was fired, 94 00:04:31,467 --> 00:04:34,500 it appeared that she was shot in the top of the head 95 00:04:34,567 --> 00:04:36,300 and that the bullet came out through her chin 96 00:04:36,367 --> 00:04:39,467 and then struck the pavement at close range. 97 00:04:39,467 --> 00:04:41,367 [narrator] Detectives now have enough evidence 98 00:04:41,367 --> 00:04:44,800 to form their first impression of what may have happened. 99 00:04:44,867 --> 00:04:47,400 [Barnes] I think she had just opened her car door up, 100 00:04:47,467 --> 00:04:49,367 and she was gathering her things, 101 00:04:49,367 --> 00:04:52,367 and whenever she turned around to close her car door, 102 00:04:52,367 --> 00:04:55,100 I think that's when she saw the shooter. 103 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:57,567 Once the killer approached at gunpoint, 104 00:04:57,567 --> 00:04:59,467 I think she kinda cowered down 105 00:04:59,467 --> 00:05:00,000 in kinda, you know, an attempt to give up 106 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 in kinda, you know, an attempt to give up 107 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:03,367 and say, "Hey, whatever you want, take it." 108 00:05:03,367 --> 00:05:04,767 And by kneeling down, 109 00:05:04,767 --> 00:05:07,467 the shooter shot her from behind with one shot. 110 00:05:07,467 --> 00:05:09,467 [gunshot] 111 00:05:09,467 --> 00:05:12,500 [Barnes] And the shooter left with the victim's purse. 112 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:18,266 I see about 175 to 200 murders a year in Dallas, Texas. 113 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:21,266 We don't see murders like this very often. 114 00:05:21,266 --> 00:05:24,867 This was a precise shot and it was meant to kill. 115 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:27,467 This just doesn't happen in uptown Dallas. 116 00:05:27,467 --> 00:05:29,967 It doesn't happen to people like Dr. Hatcher. 117 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:33,100 {\an8}[narrator] To solve the murder, 118 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,100 {\an8}Detective Barnes must piece together 119 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:38,266 {\an8}the last 24 hours of Dr. Kendra Hatcher's life. 120 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:39,467 {\an8}[slow scream] 121 00:05:39,467 --> 00:05:40,967 At this point in the investigation, 122 00:05:40,967 --> 00:05:43,367 {\an8}I have a witness that saw a vehicle 123 00:05:43,367 --> 00:05:46,266 {\an8}at the time of the murder at 7:44 p.m., 124 00:05:46,266 --> 00:05:48,166 but that's it. 125 00:05:48,166 --> 00:05:50,000 [narrator] Detectives hope security cameras 126 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,767 may have captured what happened before the dentist was attacked. 127 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:56,000 [Barnes] With it being a newer building, 128 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,367 I thought the cameras would be pretty, pretty modern, 129 00:05:58,367 --> 00:06:00,000 and that we may get a good glimpse of our suspect 130 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 and that we may get a good glimpse of our suspect 131 00:06:02,066 --> 00:06:03,867 and also our suspect vehicle. 132 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:06,667 When we looked at the surveillance video... 133 00:06:08,166 --> 00:06:10,066 ...we were able to determine 134 00:06:10,066 --> 00:06:13,600 that a black Jeep pulls into the parking garage, 135 00:06:13,667 --> 00:06:16,467 and sits there waiting on our victim. 136 00:06:16,467 --> 00:06:17,467 While the Jeep is waiting, 137 00:06:17,467 --> 00:06:19,467 we get a good angle of the driver, 138 00:06:19,467 --> 00:06:22,266 and it looks like, you can definitely tell it's a female, 139 00:06:22,266 --> 00:06:23,800 uh, younger brunette female. 140 00:06:25,166 --> 00:06:27,700 [narrator] But no license plate is ever visible. 141 00:06:27,767 --> 00:06:30,000 Twenty-nine minutes later, Dr. Hatcher arrived 142 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,500 Twenty-nine minutes later, Dr. Hatcher arrived 143 00:06:30,567 --> 00:06:31,000 into a secure area of the parking garage 144 00:06:32,967 --> 00:06:34,867 and parked in her parking spot. 145 00:06:35,667 --> 00:06:37,166 In the surveillance video, 146 00:06:37,166 --> 00:06:40,800 you see a dark silhouette walk over towards her vehicle. 147 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:42,767 We see the shooter get out of the car, 148 00:06:42,767 --> 00:06:45,300 so, he had to be lying down in the backseat 149 00:06:45,367 --> 00:06:48,600 because he got out and he was not seen on any other footage. 150 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:50,166 At 7:42 p.m., 151 00:06:50,166 --> 00:06:52,467 the actual confrontation and murder takes place 152 00:06:52,467 --> 00:06:53,500 even though you can't see it. 153 00:06:53,567 --> 00:06:55,100 [gunshot] 154 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:57,300 And then the shooter runs back to the vehicle 155 00:06:57,367 --> 00:06:58,800 and the Jeep takes off. 156 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:00,000 [narrator] Detective Barnes now knows 157 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 [narrator] Detective Barnes now knows 158 00:07:01,266 --> 00:07:03,500 there are two perpetrators involved. 159 00:07:03,567 --> 00:07:04,600 A female driver, 160 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,200 and a male shooter. 161 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:09,567 From what I've seen on the footage now, 162 00:07:09,567 --> 00:07:11,500 it was very obvious to me 163 00:07:11,567 --> 00:07:14,700 that this wasn't just a crime of opportunity. 164 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:16,900 There was plenty of people that they could have robbed, 165 00:07:16,967 --> 00:07:19,066 but they were seeking out Dr. Hatcher, 166 00:07:19,066 --> 00:07:20,667 and it was intentional. 167 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:22,367 The shooter shot her from behind... 168 00:07:22,367 --> 00:07:23,266 [gunshot] 169 00:07:23,266 --> 00:07:24,467 [Barnes] ...with one shot. 170 00:07:28,467 --> 00:07:30,000 [narrator] Now with all the information in hand, 171 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 [narrator] Now with all the information in hand, 172 00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:32,900 Detective Barnes steels himself 173 00:07:32,967 --> 00:07:35,100 for the worst part of his job, 174 00:07:35,166 --> 00:07:36,900 reaching out to the victim's parents. 175 00:07:38,367 --> 00:07:41,400 Calling Dr. Hatcher's family was very difficult. 176 00:07:41,467 --> 00:07:43,667 I could that this was the last call 177 00:07:43,667 --> 00:07:45,867 that they were expecting to get. 178 00:07:45,867 --> 00:07:48,467 [narrator] Through tears, Kendra's mom explains 179 00:07:48,467 --> 00:07:50,867 that her daughter wasn't just successful, 180 00:07:50,867 --> 00:07:52,467 she was also generous. 181 00:07:53,467 --> 00:07:55,567 Kendra Hatcher worked at Smile Zone, 182 00:07:55,567 --> 00:07:57,567 which provided free dental care 183 00:07:57,567 --> 00:07:58,700 for some who couldn't afford it. 184 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,000 It was in a not exactly great part of town, 185 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 It was in a not exactly great part of town, 186 00:08:02,667 --> 00:08:06,600 but she was somebody who gave of herself to her patients, 187 00:08:06,667 --> 00:08:08,867 her pediatric patients who loved her. 188 00:08:08,867 --> 00:08:10,400 She had a way with children. 189 00:08:10,467 --> 00:08:12,900 Somebody at the top of her young life, 190 00:08:12,967 --> 00:08:13,967 at the top her game. 191 00:08:13,967 --> 00:08:17,567 Kendra's mom was very torn apart, 192 00:08:17,567 --> 00:08:19,767 and she had a hard time making sense 193 00:08:19,767 --> 00:08:21,867 out of why someone would wanna do this to Kendra. 194 00:08:24,667 --> 00:08:26,967 [narrator] Detectives have the same question. 195 00:08:26,967 --> 00:08:29,500 Why was Kendra Hatcher gunned down in her garage? 196 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:31,000 Police believe the unidentified driver 197 00:08:32,967 --> 00:08:34,467 of the black Jeep has the answer. 198 00:08:35,667 --> 00:08:38,200 So, they release a video still of her to the media 199 00:08:39,066 --> 00:08:40,400 hoping someone from the public 200 00:08:40,467 --> 00:08:42,166 recognizes her and comes forward. 201 00:08:44,467 --> 00:08:47,266 [Braun] Kendra's murder throws Dallas media 202 00:08:47,266 --> 00:08:50,000 into a frenzy of coverage. 203 00:08:50,066 --> 00:08:51,800 Not only the local media, 204 00:08:51,867 --> 00:08:54,767 but national media flocks to town. 205 00:08:54,767 --> 00:08:59,100 How did this young, beautiful pediatric dentist 206 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:00,000 {\an8}come to be murdered in the safe gated 207 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 {\an8}come to be murdered in the safe gated 208 00:09:02,066 --> 00:09:04,367 parking garage of the building where she lived? 209 00:09:05,967 --> 00:09:09,767 [narrator] Detective Barnes doesn't have to look far for his first lead. 210 00:09:09,767 --> 00:09:13,000 Less than 24 hours after Kendra Hatcher's murder, 211 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 her brother Neil steps forward to offer assistance. 212 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:21,200 Neil shifted into, uh, protector mode. 213 00:09:21,266 --> 00:09:24,667 Someone did something very bad to his sister, 214 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:27,867 and he wanted to make sure that he helped us 215 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:30,000 with finding out everything we could find out, 216 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,800 with finding out everything we could find out, 217 00:09:30,867 --> 00:09:31,000 and Kendra's brother thinks it's very important 218 00:09:33,567 --> 00:09:36,567 that we speak with Dr. Ricardo Paniagua 219 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:37,767 who was her current boyfriend. 220 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:40,800 [narrator] Dr. Ricardo Paniagua 221 00:09:40,867 --> 00:09:43,200 is an up and coming dermatologist. 222 00:09:43,266 --> 00:09:45,767 He and Kendra have been dating for about six months. 223 00:09:46,767 --> 00:09:50,400 {\an8}The vast number of, uh, female homicides 224 00:09:50,467 --> 00:09:54,266 {\an8}in the United States, uh, involve intimate partners, 225 00:09:54,266 --> 00:09:55,867 whether current or former. 226 00:09:55,867 --> 00:09:59,367 So, investigators always prioritize 227 00:09:59,367 --> 00:10:00,000 a boyfriend, husband, girlfriend, mother. 228 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 a boyfriend, husband, girlfriend, mother. 229 00:10:02,967 --> 00:10:04,667 [narrator] Dr. Ricardo Paniagua 230 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:07,300 says he wants to help in any way he can, 231 00:10:07,367 --> 00:10:10,166 but his behavior tells investigators something different. 232 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:13,667 Ricardo was acting very nervous, 233 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:15,767 and just very, very anxious, 234 00:10:15,767 --> 00:10:18,867 and it was an immediate sign to me that, 235 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:21,166 you know, I needed to dig a little deeper to find out 236 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:22,433 what was going on with him, 237 00:10:22,433 --> 00:10:25,367 and what he was doing during the time of the murder. 238 00:10:25,367 --> 00:10:28,266 [narrator] So, Detective Barnes decides to record the interview, 239 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,000 but the doctor objects. 240 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,467 but the doctor objects. 241 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,066 He was really concerned about, 242 00:10:35,066 --> 00:10:36,867 uh, recording the interview... 243 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,867 ...and he didn't want me to look at his cellphone. 244 00:10:41,867 --> 00:10:43,500 That was pretty suspicious to me. 245 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,767 Most people that are involved in crimes 246 00:10:47,767 --> 00:10:50,367 don't want the police looking through their phone. 247 00:10:50,367 --> 00:10:52,000 [Keira Stockdale] Dr. Richard Paniagua 248 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,500 {\an8}is reluctant to have police look at his cellphone, 249 00:10:54,567 --> 00:10:57,066 {\an8}which begs the question, "What is he trying to hide? 250 00:10:57,066 --> 00:10:59,800 {\an8}Why would he not volunteer willingly 251 00:10:59,867 --> 00:11:00,000 all the information he has to try and solve this homicide?" 252 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 all the information he has to try and solve this homicide?" 253 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,000 [narrator] Detectives wonder if Dr. Paniagua 254 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,367 is responsible for his girlfriend's murder. 255 00:11:09,166 --> 00:11:10,367 [gunshot] 256 00:11:10,367 --> 00:11:13,567 Could this guy kill someone that he was so in love with? 257 00:11:16,567 --> 00:11:18,700 [narrator] A day after 35-year-old dentist 258 00:11:18,767 --> 00:11:22,066 Kendra Hatcher is gunned down in her parking garage, 259 00:11:22,066 --> 00:11:24,000 detectives suspect her boyfriend, 260 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Dr. Ricardo Paniagua, may be responsible. 261 00:11:27,867 --> 00:11:29,867 {\an8}Ricardo's behavior is pretty suspicious. 262 00:11:29,867 --> 00:11:31,567 He doesn't wanna turn over his phone, 263 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:34,300 and the police have questions for him. 264 00:11:34,367 --> 00:11:37,100 Could he really have killed Dr. Hatcher, his girlfriend? 265 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:40,800 [Barnes] I really needed Ricardo to cooperate, 266 00:11:41,667 --> 00:11:43,867 and at this point in the case, 267 00:11:43,867 --> 00:11:44,632 I, basically, had a matter of fact conversation with him 268 00:11:44,632 --> 00:11:45,000 I, basically, had a matter of fact conversation with him 269 00:11:47,066 --> 00:11:49,200 letting him know where the investigation stood 270 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:52,567 {\an8}and that the last thing that he wanted 271 00:11:52,567 --> 00:11:54,967 {\an8}was not to cooperate. 272 00:11:54,967 --> 00:11:57,600 [narrator] Ricardo reluctantly agrees to be recorded, 273 00:11:57,667 --> 00:11:59,400 so Barnes can start the interview. 274 00:12:00,467 --> 00:12:02,367 [Barnes] Dr. Paniagua tells me 275 00:12:02,367 --> 00:12:06,367 that him and Kendra kind of fell in love pretty fast. 276 00:12:06,367 --> 00:12:08,767 They had a deep chemistry with each other, 277 00:12:08,767 --> 00:12:11,500 and it was a relationship 278 00:12:11,567 --> 00:12:14,567 that just kinda took flight as soon as they started dating. 279 00:12:15,667 --> 00:12:18,266 {\an8}[narrator] On the same day Kendra was killed, 280 00:12:18,266 --> 00:12:20,767 {\an8}the couple was prepping for a trip. 281 00:12:20,767 --> 00:12:22,567 [Barnes] They were planning on going on a vacation 282 00:12:22,567 --> 00:12:24,867 the very next day to Cancun. 283 00:12:24,867 --> 00:12:27,100 Kendra was on her way home from work, 284 00:12:27,166 --> 00:12:28,567 and she stopped by a friend's house 285 00:12:28,567 --> 00:12:31,300 to pick-up an underwater camera to take on their vacation. 286 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,700 [narrator] Twenty-five minutes later, 287 00:12:36,767 --> 00:12:38,300 Ricardo pings her again. 288 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,867 Ricardo was texting her trying to figure out 289 00:12:43,867 --> 00:12:44,632 what time she thought she would be home 290 00:12:44,632 --> 00:12:45,000 what time she thought she would be home 291 00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:47,500 so they could go out and have a nice dinner 292 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:48,567 before their vacation. 293 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,700 [narrator] According to Ricardo, 294 00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:53,400 Kendra didn't show up for dinner. 295 00:12:53,467 --> 00:12:55,467 Instead, he grabbed takeout from a place 296 00:12:55,467 --> 00:12:57,000 around the corner from her building. 297 00:12:58,266 --> 00:12:59,333 [Barnes] Nine minutes later, 298 00:12:59,367 --> 00:13:02,300 Dr. Paniagua is standing outside her parking garage 299 00:13:02,367 --> 00:13:03,767 with takeout food, 300 00:13:03,767 --> 00:13:06,000 and he's trying to get in contact with Dr. Hatcher, 301 00:13:06,066 --> 00:13:07,467 but she doesn't answer his call. 302 00:13:07,467 --> 00:13:08,800 [police siren] 303 00:13:08,867 --> 00:13:10,133 [Barnes] He tells me that he sees 304 00:13:10,133 --> 00:13:12,500 police cars and fire trucks surrounding the building, 305 00:13:12,567 --> 00:13:14,632 and he was clueless as to anything happening to her. 306 00:13:14,632 --> 00:13:15,000 and he was clueless as to anything happening to her. 307 00:13:17,367 --> 00:13:20,467 {\an8}I think my true suspicion with him 308 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:22,900 {\an8}was the location. 309 00:13:22,967 --> 00:13:26,166 {\an8}Just seemed really convenient that he would be at the location 310 00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:28,867 just a few feet away from where she was murdered 311 00:13:28,867 --> 00:13:30,266 during the time she was murdered. 312 00:13:31,667 --> 00:13:33,967 [narrator] Is Kendra Hatcher's boyfriend telling the truth 313 00:13:34,667 --> 00:13:36,300 or has he contrived an alibi 314 00:13:36,367 --> 00:13:38,367 to explain his presence at the crime scene? 315 00:13:40,667 --> 00:13:44,000 Investigators need Ricardo's phone to confirm his story. 316 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,800 [Barnes] I get Ricardo to hand over his cellphone 317 00:13:47,867 --> 00:13:50,300 by letting him know that if he doesn't cooperate, 318 00:13:50,367 --> 00:13:52,100 it's just gonna stall the investigation. 319 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,667 [narrator] Ricardo's texts with Kendra 320 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,767 provide a snapshot of her activities on the day she was killed. 321 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:01,867 {\an8}In the morning she's at a tanning booth. 322 00:14:03,066 --> 00:14:05,100 Then works from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m... 323 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:10,367 At 7:18, she picks up the underwater camera 324 00:14:10,367 --> 00:14:12,266 for their upcoming vacation... 325 00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:14,632 ...just as Ricardo had said. 326 00:14:14,632 --> 00:14:15,000 ...just as Ricardo had said. 327 00:14:17,867 --> 00:14:19,567 [Barnes] At 7:35 p.m., 328 00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:22,100 Ricardo received his last text from Kendra. 329 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:25,166 She had left work, and she had picked up the underwater camera, 330 00:14:25,166 --> 00:14:26,867 and she was on her way to her apartment. 331 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:29,800 After 7:55 p.m., 332 00:14:29,867 --> 00:14:33,367 Ricardo is returning back to the apartment building with takeout food. 333 00:14:33,367 --> 00:14:35,066 [police siren] 334 00:14:38,367 --> 00:14:41,000 [Barnes] That's when he sees police cars and fire trucks 335 00:14:41,066 --> 00:14:42,200 surrounding the building. 336 00:14:49,467 --> 00:14:51,800 He decides to send Kendra a text message 337 00:14:51,867 --> 00:14:54,667 to let her know that she can't park at that spot. 338 00:14:55,467 --> 00:14:57,133 And she never responds. 339 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,767 [narrator] The texts confirmed Ricardo's last messages with Kendra 340 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:14,632 But Detective Barnes still needs to corroborate 341 00:15:14,632 --> 00:15:14,967 But Detective Barnes still needs to corroborate 342 00:15:14,967 --> 00:15:15,000 Ricardo's alibi with one more source. 343 00:15:18,166 --> 00:15:19,667 [Barnes] We checked with the restaurant, 344 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,266 Ricardo's alibi checked out. 345 00:15:24,467 --> 00:15:26,300 {\an8}[narrator] With his alibi confirmed, 346 00:15:26,367 --> 00:15:28,400 {\an8}detectives are certain that even though Ricardo 347 00:15:28,467 --> 00:15:32,066 {\an8}was outside the crime scene just after Kendra was shot, 348 00:15:32,066 --> 00:15:33,600 he could not have been the shooter. 349 00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:35,367 [gunshot] 350 00:15:35,367 --> 00:15:36,767 [Barnes] At this point in the investigation, 351 00:15:36,767 --> 00:15:39,266 Ricardo's not looking like the person 352 00:15:39,266 --> 00:15:41,300 that I believe that killed Kendra Hatcher. 353 00:15:41,367 --> 00:15:44,300 He was just a hurt boyfriend, 354 00:15:44,367 --> 00:15:44,632 and he was dealing with the loss of someone close to him. 355 00:15:44,632 --> 00:15:45,000 and he was dealing with the loss of someone close to him. 356 00:15:48,867 --> 00:15:51,867 [narrator] Kendra' grieving boyfriend is free to go, 357 00:15:51,867 --> 00:15:54,400 and the investigation is back to square one. 358 00:15:55,367 --> 00:15:56,734 But not for long. 359 00:15:57,767 --> 00:16:01,166 So, the next day after the media runs the picture of the Jeep, 360 00:16:01,166 --> 00:16:03,100 the police catch a break. 361 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:06,266 I received a phone call from Jose Luis-Ortiz 362 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:08,300 who's a mechanic in the Dallas area, 363 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:10,967 and Jose recognizes his Jeep 364 00:16:10,967 --> 00:16:13,166 from the still photograph we released to the news 365 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:14,467 on the day prior. 366 00:16:14,467 --> 00:16:14,632 Jose tells us that he let a friend of his 367 00:16:14,632 --> 00:16:15,000 Jose tells us that he let a friend of his 368 00:16:17,767 --> 00:16:19,767 borrow his Jeep the day before. 369 00:16:19,767 --> 00:16:21,300 Jose identified his friend 370 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,166 as Brenda Delgado. 371 00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:27,000 Jose said that he grew up with Brenda, 372 00:16:27,066 --> 00:16:30,867 and Jose's sister and Brenda were best friends. 373 00:16:30,867 --> 00:16:34,266 [narrator] When police run a background check on Brenda Delgado, 374 00:16:34,266 --> 00:16:36,900 her driver's license picture appears to match the driver. 375 00:16:38,867 --> 00:16:41,000 {\an8}Brenda Delgado was of Mexican decent. 376 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,500 {\an8}She had moved with her family to Dallas for a better life. 377 00:16:44,567 --> 00:16:44,632 She was going to dental hygiene school, 378 00:16:44,632 --> 00:16:45,000 She was going to dental hygiene school, 379 00:16:46,867 --> 00:16:49,767 and by all accounts she was good at it. 380 00:16:49,767 --> 00:16:51,667 [Barnes] Jose loaned his vehicle to Brenda, 381 00:16:51,667 --> 00:16:54,867 and he continued to work at his mechanic shop for most of the day, 382 00:16:54,867 --> 00:16:57,400 and that evening he met Brenda 383 00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:59,600 to have dinner at a nearby restaurant. 384 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:04,600 {\an8}We bring Brenda Delgado in for questioning, 385 00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:06,867 and as soon as I meet her, 386 00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:08,767 my first impression of Brenda 387 00:17:08,767 --> 00:17:11,567 is she's very mild, meek mannered, 388 00:17:11,567 --> 00:17:14,100 and she appears to be very calm 389 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:14,632 considering that she's at a Dallas Police headquarters 390 00:17:14,632 --> 00:17:15,000 considering that she's at a Dallas Police headquarters 391 00:17:17,100 --> 00:17:18,100 being questioned on a homicide. 392 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:22,100 Brenda told me that her car was overheating, 393 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:26,066 so, she decided to take it to her friend's mechanic shop, 394 00:17:26,066 --> 00:17:27,767 and she asked to borrow his Jeep 395 00:17:27,767 --> 00:17:29,900 because she had to study for her finals. 396 00:17:29,967 --> 00:17:33,367 I ask her, "How does this Jeep end up in the parking garage 397 00:17:33,367 --> 00:17:34,467 during the time of the murder?" 398 00:17:35,767 --> 00:17:37,266 More importantly, "Who's driving it?" 399 00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:40,266 She says, "Yeah, I had the Jeep, 400 00:17:40,266 --> 00:17:42,100 but I loaned it to my friend Crystal Cortes 401 00:17:42,166 --> 00:17:44,567 who needed it to take her son to school the next day." 402 00:17:44,567 --> 00:17:44,632 Brenda says she has no idea 403 00:17:44,632 --> 00:17:45,000 Brenda says she has no idea 404 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:47,600 what Crystal did with the vehicle that night, 405 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,266 but she returned it the next day. 406 00:17:52,667 --> 00:17:55,166 [Barnes] I asked Brenda what she was doing 407 00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:58,166 around 7:44 p.m. during the time of the murder. 408 00:17:58,166 --> 00:18:00,467 {\an8}Brenda tells me that she's having dinner 409 00:18:00,467 --> 00:18:03,367 {\an8}at a nearby restaurant with Jose, 410 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:05,467 which matches his story. 411 00:18:05,467 --> 00:18:08,467 Brenda then offered to provide me with proof 412 00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:10,400 that she was at the restaurant. 413 00:18:10,467 --> 00:18:13,467 She opens up her purse and hands me a receipt 414 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:14,632 from her dinner at the time of the murder. 415 00:18:14,632 --> 00:18:15,000 from her dinner at the time of the murder. 416 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:20,467 {\an8}There was nothing unbelievable about her story. 417 00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:22,867 {\an8}Her alibi checked out. 418 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,967 [narrator] Closer inspection of the surveillance video 419 00:18:27,967 --> 00:18:30,367 confirms it's not Brenda behind the wheel. 420 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,266 So, her alibi checks out and she's let go. 421 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,667 So, now the hammer comes down on Crystal Cortes 422 00:18:37,667 --> 00:18:41,266 because she is tied to that car and the murder scene. 423 00:18:42,567 --> 00:18:44,600 [Barnes] At this point I need to speak with Crystal 424 00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:45,000 to figure out what she was doing at the parking garage. 425 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,667 [narrator] Brenda provides a phone number 426 00:18:49,667 --> 00:18:51,667 and a home address for Crystal Cortes. 427 00:18:52,667 --> 00:18:54,667 [Barnes] I ran a criminal check on Crystal, 428 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:57,667 and it came back clear, she had no criminal history. 429 00:18:57,667 --> 00:18:59,100 So, now we bring Crystal in. 430 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:03,900 [Harry Hunsicker] Crystal's 22 years old, 431 00:19:03,967 --> 00:19:05,166 she has a six-year-old son, 432 00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:07,100 and she lives at home with her grandmother. 433 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,767 She's a single mom, she's struggling financially. 434 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:12,867 [Barnes] When I first meet Crystal, 435 00:19:12,867 --> 00:19:14,632 Crystal is very nonchalant, almost very childlike. 436 00:19:14,632 --> 00:19:15,000 Crystal is very nonchalant, almost very childlike. 437 00:19:16,767 --> 00:19:18,767 Uh, she doesn't seem to be bothered 438 00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:21,867 that she's being questioned about a murder. 439 00:19:21,867 --> 00:19:24,166 I ask Crystal if she was anywhere near 440 00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:27,200 the parking garage in question. 441 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,300 Crystal told me that she was passing through 442 00:19:29,367 --> 00:19:31,700 the Downtown area looking for a parking spot. 443 00:19:33,767 --> 00:19:36,700 She wanted to park in that specific parking garage 444 00:19:36,767 --> 00:19:39,767 because she wanted to take her son to go play in a nearby park. 445 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:43,800 Now I've been able to physically get her 446 00:19:43,867 --> 00:19:44,632 {\an8}to admit that she was in the parking garage 447 00:19:44,632 --> 00:19:45,000 {\an8}to admit that she was in the parking garage 448 00:19:46,467 --> 00:19:49,000 {\an8}and inside the same vehicle 449 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,667 {\an8}that we believe was used in the murder. 450 00:19:51,667 --> 00:19:55,467 [narrator] Crystal Cortes admits she drove into that garage, 451 00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:58,100 but nothing else in her story seems to check out. 452 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,500 I believe I was getting about 10% truth from her 453 00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:05,500 because the surveillance video shows that the shooter 454 00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:08,800 got out of the backseat of the car that she was driving. 455 00:20:08,867 --> 00:20:11,000 There was no six-year-old kid in that car. 456 00:20:11,066 --> 00:20:13,100 And now I know that she's lying. 457 00:20:17,266 --> 00:20:18,500 [narrator] Dallas Police believe 458 00:20:18,567 --> 00:20:21,667 23-year-old single mother Crystal Cortes 459 00:20:21,734 --> 00:20:24,834 is lying about not being the getaway driver for a murderer. 460 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,567 The gunman is seen leaving Crystal's black Jeep 461 00:20:28,567 --> 00:20:29,900 seconds before he shoots 462 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:33,567 Dr. Kendra Hatcher in her parking garage. 463 00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:36,266 {\an8}So, I start challenging Crystal's stories. 464 00:20:36,266 --> 00:20:38,767 {\an8}Who, specifically, got out of her car 465 00:20:38,834 --> 00:20:40,467 {\an8}inside the parking garage? 466 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,367 {\an8}[narrator] Crystal gives a surprising answer. 467 00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:45,422 {\an8}Crystal claims that she was carjacked. 468 00:20:45,422 --> 00:20:46,000 {\an8}Crystal claims that she was carjacked. 469 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:49,867 Which is not entirely unheard of in Dallas. 470 00:20:49,867 --> 00:20:51,867 [Barnes] Crystal told me that she was at a light 471 00:20:51,867 --> 00:20:54,066 prior to entering the parking garage 472 00:20:56,066 --> 00:20:59,667 and someone forced their way into her vehicle at gunpoint 473 00:20:59,734 --> 00:21:02,667 and told her to drive to the parking garage. 474 00:21:02,667 --> 00:21:05,266 [narrator] She claims it was Kendra Hatcher's killer 475 00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:08,834 and he threatened to kill Crystal, too, if she didn't comply. 476 00:21:09,867 --> 00:21:11,467 It's a terrifying story. 477 00:21:11,467 --> 00:21:14,667 But detective Barnes isn't convinced. 478 00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:15,422 We do have carjackings that occur in the city. 479 00:21:15,422 --> 00:21:16,000 We do have carjackings that occur in the city. 480 00:21:17,467 --> 00:21:18,667 But they're normally not 481 00:21:18,667 --> 00:21:22,266 carjackings for older model Jeep Cherokees. 482 00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:24,867 And, after looking at the surveillance footage, 483 00:21:24,867 --> 00:21:28,000 Crystal had every option to drive away 484 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,500 as soon as the shooter got out of the vehicle. 485 00:21:30,567 --> 00:21:32,166 But she didn't drive away. 486 00:21:33,367 --> 00:21:35,100 She waited for him to get back in. 487 00:21:36,467 --> 00:21:38,834 And carjackings just don't happen like that. 488 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,834 [narrator] Detective Barnes needs to find a way 489 00:21:43,834 --> 00:21:45,422 to get Crystal to tell the truth. 490 00:21:45,422 --> 00:21:46,000 to get Crystal to tell the truth. 491 00:21:46,834 --> 00:21:49,100 [Stockdale] Police are limited in what they can do. 492 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,100 {\an8}How can we compel this person 493 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,567 {\an8}to provide information that's going to be helpful 494 00:21:54,567 --> 00:21:57,667 and maybe there's something in it for them if they do. 495 00:21:57,734 --> 00:22:00,567 [Barnes] I reminded her that she didn't want to look like a liar. 496 00:22:00,567 --> 00:22:03,567 And that telling the truth was very important to her 497 00:22:03,567 --> 00:22:06,767 and it was very important to how the rest of the night was gonna play out. 498 00:22:06,767 --> 00:22:08,834 I just kind of used the surveillance footage 499 00:22:08,834 --> 00:22:12,200 to play against her story and kind of refresh her memory 500 00:22:12,266 --> 00:22:15,166 that, "Things didn't happen the way that you said they happened." 501 00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:15,422 And, so, she slowly started giving little nuggets of truth. 502 00:22:15,422 --> 00:22:16,000 And, so, she slowly started giving little nuggets of truth. 503 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,834 Crystal has, basically, 504 00:22:20,834 --> 00:22:23,567 put herself in the middle of a murder. 505 00:22:23,567 --> 00:22:25,734 And she's an accessory to the murder. 506 00:22:25,734 --> 00:22:27,667 And, so, being that she was involved, 507 00:22:27,734 --> 00:22:29,467 we charged her with murder. 508 00:22:29,467 --> 00:22:33,200 [narrator] With Crystal now facing a possible death sentence in Texas, 509 00:22:33,266 --> 00:22:35,300 she offers details on the shooter 510 00:22:35,367 --> 00:22:37,166 in the hopes for leniency. 511 00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:40,000 [Barnes] Crystal describes him being a black male. 512 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:43,867 And she describes his hair as being dreadlocks. 513 00:22:43,867 --> 00:22:45,422 And that his name is Lamar. 514 00:22:45,422 --> 00:22:45,834 And that his name is Lamar. 515 00:22:45,834 --> 00:22:46,000 [narrator] Crystal claims she doesn't know 516 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:50,467 Lamar's last name or his whereabouts. 517 00:22:50,467 --> 00:22:54,200 So detectives look to her phone to confirm her story. 518 00:22:54,266 --> 00:22:57,567 [Barnes] We got a search warrant for Crystal's phone. 519 00:22:57,567 --> 00:23:00,834 Our hopes were that we may be able to find numbers 520 00:23:00,834 --> 00:23:04,567 that link her phone back to the gunman's phone. 521 00:23:04,567 --> 00:23:08,400 [narrator] As they search, on recurring phone number stands out. 522 00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:11,567 We were finally able to locate a number 523 00:23:11,567 --> 00:23:13,467 that we think belongs to the gunman. 524 00:23:13,467 --> 00:23:15,300 They think they have the right phone number, 525 00:23:15,367 --> 00:23:15,422 but now they need to track it 526 00:23:15,422 --> 00:23:16,000 but now they need to track it 527 00:23:16,567 --> 00:23:18,266 to the person to whom it belongs. 528 00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:21,066 So, the bring in the FBI. 529 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:24,734 [narrator] Dallas FBI Taskforce Detective Lee Thompson 530 00:23:24,734 --> 00:23:27,467 is assigned to assist the investigation. 531 00:23:27,467 --> 00:23:32,100 {\an8}Detective Barnes secured a warrant for the location 532 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:34,266 {\an8}of the phone number in question. 533 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:38,266 {\an8}We were tracking the phone in the southern part of Dallas 534 00:23:38,266 --> 00:23:40,300 {\an8}to an apartment complex there. 535 00:23:42,867 --> 00:23:45,422 You're trying to locate someone that you just have a vague description of 536 00:23:45,422 --> 00:23:46,000 You're trying to locate someone that you just have a vague description of 537 00:23:47,867 --> 00:23:52,467 and you're looking for the movement of the phone to follow 538 00:23:52,467 --> 00:23:56,000 and hope the phone is in the possession of your suspect. 539 00:23:56,066 --> 00:23:58,667 [narrator] Investigators stake out the apartment complex 540 00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:01,000 where the suspect's phone is located. 541 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,834 [Thompson] We're sitting at the apartment complex. 542 00:24:03,834 --> 00:24:06,166 There's three or four of us that have it surrounded 543 00:24:06,166 --> 00:24:08,066 and we're waiting on the phone to move. 544 00:24:09,166 --> 00:24:11,300 We're there for maybe an hour 545 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:13,000 before the phone started moving. 546 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:15,422 It just so happened I'm in the spot 547 00:24:15,422 --> 00:24:16,000 It just so happened I'm in the spot 548 00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:19,667 where the suspect walks out of the building. 549 00:24:19,734 --> 00:24:24,767 He gets into the vehicle and leaves the apartment complex 550 00:24:24,834 --> 00:24:26,100 so we follow him 551 00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:29,567 in and out of traffic, trying to keep up with him. 552 00:24:30,467 --> 00:24:32,367 We feel pretty good in our chances 553 00:24:32,367 --> 00:24:33,867 at getting this car stopped. 554 00:24:33,867 --> 00:24:36,467 Because we think that our shooter's gonna be 555 00:24:36,467 --> 00:24:38,266 in the car with the cell phone. 556 00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:44,867 [narrator] The team tracks the suspected killer 557 00:24:44,867 --> 00:24:45,422 to a second north Dallas parking lot. 558 00:24:45,422 --> 00:24:46,000 to a second north Dallas parking lot. 559 00:24:49,734 --> 00:24:52,000 Officer Thompson reached out to me and said, 560 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:56,266 "Hey, I think we have the shooter and also his cell phone. 561 00:24:56,266 --> 00:24:58,166 Do you mind calling the cell phone 562 00:24:58,166 --> 00:25:00,867 to see if it matches the number that we're pinging?" 563 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,667 I dialed the number. 564 00:25:05,266 --> 00:25:06,700 And it rang. 565 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,100 [narrator] When the suspect answers, Detective Barnes hangs up 566 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:15,422 and gives the green light to arrest Lamar, 567 00:25:15,422 --> 00:25:16,000 and gives the green light to arrest Lamar, 568 00:25:17,667 --> 00:25:19,266 uncertain if he's armed. 569 00:25:20,467 --> 00:25:22,467 [Thompson] We had converged on his vehicle 570 00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:26,567 and tried to get some identification from him and the others. 571 00:25:27,467 --> 00:25:30,200 The suspect gives us a bogus name. 572 00:25:30,266 --> 00:25:32,867 [narrator] Investigators find no weapons on him. 573 00:25:32,867 --> 00:25:34,667 But they do find a driver's license 574 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:38,066 with the suspect's real name, Kristopher Love. 575 00:25:38,066 --> 00:25:40,967 [Thompson] He had outstanding warrants. 576 00:25:40,967 --> 00:25:43,567 We placed him under arrest. 577 00:25:43,567 --> 00:25:45,422 He was transported back to Dallas police headquarters 578 00:25:45,422 --> 00:25:46,000 He was transported back to Dallas police headquarters 579 00:25:46,367 --> 00:25:50,166 where Detective Barnes then begins the interview. 580 00:25:52,066 --> 00:25:55,166 [Barnes] Kristopher denies having any involvement 581 00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:56,166 in a murder. 582 00:25:56,166 --> 00:25:58,266 He denied knowing Crystal or Brenda 583 00:25:58,266 --> 00:26:01,100 and he also seems like he could care less 584 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:03,266 about being questioned about a murder. 585 00:26:03,266 --> 00:26:06,667 [Thompson] Kristopher Love is a small-time drug dealer. 586 00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:09,967 He's been in and out of prison and jail a number of times. 587 00:26:09,967 --> 00:26:14,100 Assault, drug dealing, various other violent crimes. 588 00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:15,422 He's not a standup guy. 589 00:26:15,422 --> 00:26:15,567 He's not a standup guy. 590 00:26:16,567 --> 00:26:18,400 [narrator] Dallas police can't hold him 591 00:26:18,467 --> 00:26:21,467 since his warrants are from outside Texas. 592 00:26:21,467 --> 00:26:23,467 Even though we felt stronger and stronger 593 00:26:23,467 --> 00:26:25,467 about him being a suspect, we just didn't have enough 594 00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:27,734 information at that time to arrest him. 595 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,967 So we decided to shift the focus 596 00:26:31,967 --> 00:26:35,000 and go search his car at the autopound. 597 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,467 [Thompson] His vehicle had just all kinds of things inside. 598 00:26:38,467 --> 00:26:40,166 It was just a mess. 599 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,400 But nothing was found at that time. 600 00:26:44,467 --> 00:26:45,422 [narrator] With no evidence to go on, 601 00:26:45,422 --> 00:26:46,000 [narrator] With no evidence to go on, 602 00:26:46,834 --> 00:26:50,667 it looks like investigators' prime suspect might walk. 603 00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:53,967 But then, help comes from an unexpected source. 604 00:26:55,367 --> 00:27:00,100 The ATF had one of their canines at Dallas police headquarters 605 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:02,166 and he was demonstrating how, 606 00:27:02,166 --> 00:27:05,834 uh, the dogs searched for explosives or firearms 607 00:27:05,834 --> 00:27:10,300 and someone suggested that the dog be used to search the vehicle 608 00:27:10,367 --> 00:27:13,000 that the possible suspect was driving. 609 00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:14,166 It's game on, now. 610 00:27:17,467 --> 00:27:18,734 [narrator] Without evidence, 611 00:27:18,734 --> 00:27:21,467 Dallas police will have to release their prime suspect 612 00:27:21,467 --> 00:27:25,367 for the murder of 35-year-old dentist, Kendra Hatcher. 613 00:27:25,367 --> 00:27:28,266 So investigators bring in powerful help 614 00:27:28,266 --> 00:27:31,467 to sniff out possible evidence from the suspect's car. 615 00:27:31,467 --> 00:27:33,667 [Barnes] We'd never worked with this handler before. 616 00:27:33,667 --> 00:27:35,100 We'd never worked with a canine 617 00:27:35,166 --> 00:27:37,834 and it was a fairly new process to us, 618 00:27:37,834 --> 00:27:40,300 {\an8}having a canine that could help with searching a vehicle. 619 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,266 And the canine was introduced to do a sniff 620 00:27:43,266 --> 00:27:45,300 to see if he could actually smell 621 00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:46,676 the gunpowder linked to the firearm to the ammunition inside the firearm. 622 00:27:46,676 --> 00:27:47,000 the gunpowder linked to the firearm to the ammunition inside the firearm. 623 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:55,100 And once the dog locked in and got focused, 624 00:27:55,166 --> 00:27:56,567 he gave the signal that 625 00:27:56,567 --> 00:27:59,100 there's a firearm in this vehicle. 626 00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:02,834 [Thompson] The dog detected something. 627 00:28:02,834 --> 00:28:06,300 {\an8}There was a loose panel on the right side of the consul. 628 00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:10,266 {\an8}And upon pulling on the panel, 629 00:28:10,266 --> 00:28:14,200 a 40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun was located. 630 00:28:15,367 --> 00:28:16,676 [narrator] It's an incredible discovery, 631 00:28:16,676 --> 00:28:17,000 [narrator] It's an incredible discovery, 632 00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:19,467 but only if it's the actual murder weapon 633 00:28:19,467 --> 00:28:21,400 used to kill Kendra Hatcher. 634 00:28:23,834 --> 00:28:28,100 We were pretty excited that we found the firearm. 635 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:31,166 So, we sent it off to the firearms examiner to be tested 636 00:28:31,166 --> 00:28:34,066 to determine if this same type of weapon 637 00:28:34,066 --> 00:28:37,100 was the exact weapon that was used. 638 00:28:37,166 --> 00:28:40,734 [Hunsicker] There's a lot riding on the firearm examiner's report. 639 00:28:40,734 --> 00:28:43,367 {\an8}If it's not the gun, then they're back at square zero. 640 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,667 The firearms examiner called back. 641 00:28:46,734 --> 00:28:47,000 Not only was the casing that we found at the crime scene 642 00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:52,066 fired from a 40 Smith & Wesson, 643 00:28:52,066 --> 00:28:55,600 but it was fired from this exact firearm that we recovered. 644 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:59,934 We were able to 100% say that the firearm we recovered 645 00:28:59,934 --> 00:29:02,467 was the firearm used to kill Kendra Hatcher. 646 00:29:04,967 --> 00:29:09,567 Without a doubt, it's the most important find of the case. 647 00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:13,100 [Barnes] When I presented Kristopher with a picture of the firearm, 648 00:29:13,166 --> 00:29:16,400 his body posture changed, his head dropped 649 00:29:16,467 --> 00:29:16,676 and he looked defeated. 650 00:29:16,676 --> 00:29:17,000 and he looked defeated. 651 00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:21,400 He admitted to being present for the murder 652 00:29:21,467 --> 00:29:22,667 in the parking garage. 653 00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:26,367 [narrator] Kristopher Love admits he was there, 654 00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:29,200 but he's adamant he wasn't the one who pulled the trigger. 655 00:29:29,266 --> 00:29:31,400 Despite having the gun in his possession, 656 00:29:31,467 --> 00:29:34,166 Kristopher Love says, "No, I didn't shoot her. 657 00:29:34,166 --> 00:29:37,400 Uh, that was the getaway driver, Crystal." 658 00:29:38,567 --> 00:29:41,166 [Barnes] He says that it was a robbery gone wrong. 659 00:29:41,166 --> 00:29:43,100 He was supposed to just take 660 00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:45,400 Dr. Hatcher's ID and her purse. 661 00:29:45,467 --> 00:29:46,676 And he gets out of the vehicle to approach to get her purse. 662 00:29:46,676 --> 00:29:47,000 And he gets out of the vehicle to approach to get her purse. 663 00:29:49,667 --> 00:29:52,734 {\an8}But Kendra refused to give up her purse. 664 00:29:52,734 --> 00:29:56,266 And as he was trying to get that away from her, 665 00:29:56,266 --> 00:29:59,767 Crystal backed the Jeep up and then shot Kendra. 666 00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:04,200 It was Crystal who was the trigger man. 667 00:30:06,767 --> 00:30:09,100 [narrator] Detective Barnes isn't sold. 668 00:30:09,166 --> 00:30:12,066 Evidence from the crime scene shows that Dr. Hatcher 669 00:30:12,066 --> 00:30:14,300 was shot from behind at close range. 670 00:30:15,567 --> 00:30:16,676 Not by Crystal from a moving car, as Lamar attests. 671 00:30:16,676 --> 00:30:17,000 Not by Crystal from a moving car, as Lamar attests. 672 00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:24,500 It was impossible for Crystal to be reversing in a vehicle 673 00:30:24,567 --> 00:30:28,667 and firing out the window in order to kill her. 674 00:30:28,734 --> 00:30:30,200 It was just impossible. 675 00:30:30,266 --> 00:30:32,567 I pressed him on it and he asked for a lawyer. 676 00:30:32,567 --> 00:30:34,100 And so that was the end of the interview. 677 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:38,367 [narrator] Like the getaway driver, Crystal Cortes, 678 00:30:38,367 --> 00:30:40,767 Kristopher Love is charged with murder. 679 00:30:40,767 --> 00:30:43,367 But to prove the case against them, 680 00:30:43,367 --> 00:30:44,967 one glaring question remains. 681 00:30:45,066 --> 00:30:46,676 Why would they want to kill Dr. Hatcher? 682 00:30:46,676 --> 00:30:47,000 Why would they want to kill Dr. Hatcher? 683 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,266 We have two suspects. 684 00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:53,100 They both are tied to the crime. 685 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:55,500 And they're both obviously lying. 686 00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:57,000 And, if you look at it real hard, 687 00:30:57,066 --> 00:30:59,000 neither one of them really had a motive. 688 00:31:00,166 --> 00:31:02,266 [narrator] But as a Dallas police officer arrives 689 00:31:02,266 --> 00:31:04,767 to transport Kristopher Love to lockup, 690 00:31:04,767 --> 00:31:09,400 he has a change of heart and asks for Detective Barnes. 691 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:13,166 I went back to my desk to start doing the paperwork 692 00:31:13,166 --> 00:31:16,000 and he knocks on the door and wants to talk again. 693 00:31:16,066 --> 00:31:16,676 Like, he just wants to ask me one question. 694 00:31:16,676 --> 00:31:17,000 Like, he just wants to ask me one question. 695 00:31:18,767 --> 00:31:21,667 And, so, I read him his Miranda Warning again 696 00:31:21,667 --> 00:31:23,300 and reinitiate the interview. 697 00:31:23,367 --> 00:31:26,467 And he wants to ask me, why did we let her go? 698 00:31:28,367 --> 00:31:30,400 [narrator] Since Crystal is now locked up, 699 00:31:30,467 --> 00:31:34,767 Detective Barnes asks him if there's a third, unidentified suspect. 700 00:31:37,367 --> 00:31:39,166 [Arntfield] There is no honor among thieves. 701 00:31:39,166 --> 00:31:42,266 And, when properly stoked by a good interviewer, 702 00:31:42,266 --> 00:31:44,300 in terms of letting the offender know 703 00:31:44,367 --> 00:31:46,166 {\an8}that there's people who got away with it 704 00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:46,676 {\an8}and he's left holding the bag. 705 00:31:46,676 --> 00:31:47,000 {\an8}and he's left holding the bag. 706 00:31:47,567 --> 00:31:50,567 {\an8}That can be a strong motivator. 707 00:31:50,567 --> 00:31:52,467 {\an8}[Stockdale] The potential shooter wants to know 708 00:31:52,467 --> 00:31:54,867 {\an8}why another suspect has been released, 709 00:31:54,934 --> 00:31:57,567 {\an8}maybe she's provided information about him. 710 00:31:57,567 --> 00:32:01,500 {\an8}Maybe we can use anxiety about the information that she has shared 711 00:32:01,567 --> 00:32:04,734 {\an8}to, uh, exact or extort a confession from him. 712 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,867 [narrator] After hours of questioning, 713 00:32:07,867 --> 00:32:12,300 Kristopher Love offers the name of an alleged third suspect. 714 00:32:12,367 --> 00:32:16,676 He said that he was only involved in this because Brenda, 715 00:32:16,676 --> 00:32:17,000 He said that he was only involved in this because Brenda, 716 00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:23,400 Brenda Delgado, wanted this done to Dr. Hatcher. 717 00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:26,600 [narrator] Brenda Delgado was the woman who loaned the Jeep to Crystal. 718 00:32:27,667 --> 00:32:31,000 Brenda was also questioned earlier by police. 719 00:32:31,066 --> 00:32:35,200 But her alibi of dining while the murder occurred checked out. 720 00:32:35,266 --> 00:32:38,667 Kristopher tells the police that she offered him $3,000 721 00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:43,266 and all the drugs he could use for him to shoot and kill Kendra. 722 00:32:46,367 --> 00:32:46,676 [Barnes] Kristopher Love now confesses to his role in the murder. 723 00:32:46,676 --> 00:32:47,000 [Barnes] Kristopher Love now confesses to his role in the murder. 724 00:32:53,367 --> 00:32:56,667 {\an8}[Thompson] Brenda and Crystal picked Kristopher up at 10:30 725 00:32:56,667 --> 00:32:58,000 {\an8}on the morning of the murder. 726 00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:01,467 {\an8}[narrator] They drop Brenda back at her home. 727 00:33:02,767 --> 00:33:04,734 {\an8}[Braun] And then Crystal and Kristopher 728 00:33:04,734 --> 00:33:08,066 {\an8}tailed Kendra Hatcher around from her work 729 00:33:08,066 --> 00:33:11,100 {\an8}and eventually back to where she lived. 730 00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:13,934 {\an8}[narrator] They arrived early at Kendra's parking garage 731 00:33:13,934 --> 00:33:16,467 {\an8}to wait until the beloved dentist showed up. 732 00:33:17,266 --> 00:33:18,934 Then that's when the crime occurs. 733 00:33:27,266 --> 00:33:30,734 So, we know what happened. We know who was involved. 734 00:33:30,734 --> 00:33:32,300 We just don't know why. 735 00:33:32,367 --> 00:33:34,567 We need a motive for Brenda Delgado. 736 00:33:34,567 --> 00:33:37,934 [narrator] With no clear motive to connect Brenda to the murder, 737 00:33:37,934 --> 00:33:41,567 all Barnes has is the word of two criminals. 738 00:33:41,567 --> 00:33:44,200 [Barnes] Kristopher Love and Crystal Cortes, 739 00:33:44,266 --> 00:33:46,200 they're both pathological liars. 740 00:33:46,266 --> 00:33:46,676 They came in and they lied for hours and hours during the interrogation. 741 00:33:46,676 --> 00:33:47,000 They came in and they lied for hours and hours during the interrogation. 742 00:33:50,934 --> 00:33:54,066 And their word alone is no good. 743 00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:57,000 Like, it's not enough to put Brenda in jail. 744 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,367 So I had to find concrete evidence 745 00:33:59,367 --> 00:34:02,300 to go alone with the tidbits of truth they provided. 746 00:34:03,467 --> 00:34:05,667 [narrator] Then, Kendra Hatcher's boyfriend, 747 00:34:05,734 --> 00:34:08,066 Dr. Ricardo Paniagua, calls police 748 00:34:08,066 --> 00:34:09,767 with a stunning claim. 749 00:34:09,834 --> 00:34:12,834 [Barnes] Dr. Paniagua, he says that he's looking at 750 00:34:12,834 --> 00:34:15,300 this grainy still photo on the evening news 751 00:34:15,367 --> 00:34:16,676 of a brunette driving a dark colored Jeep Cherokee. 752 00:34:16,676 --> 00:34:17,000 of a brunette driving a dark colored Jeep Cherokee. 753 00:34:19,734 --> 00:34:21,567 He tells me that's Brenda Delgado. 754 00:34:22,734 --> 00:34:26,166 [narrator] Ricardo says he knows Brenda Delgado. 755 00:34:26,166 --> 00:34:30,400 But detective Barnes knows Ricardo's mistaken about who's driving the Jeep. 756 00:34:31,567 --> 00:34:34,000 Brenda and Crystal both are very similar 757 00:34:34,066 --> 00:34:36,467 in their physical appearance. They both are brunettes. 758 00:34:36,467 --> 00:34:39,066 They both have olive colored skin. 759 00:34:39,066 --> 00:34:41,567 There are some similarities between the two, so, 760 00:34:41,567 --> 00:34:44,200 I don't think he was giving me the wrong name, 761 00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:46,676 I just think that Ricardo was confused. 762 00:34:46,676 --> 00:34:47,000 I just think that Ricardo was confused. 763 00:34:47,367 --> 00:34:51,066 [narrator] But what the doctor tells police next is a bombshell. 764 00:34:51,066 --> 00:34:54,467 Brenda Delgado is his ex-girlfriend. 765 00:34:55,934 --> 00:34:59,867 [Barnes] It was pretty shocking that she was his ex-girlfriend. 766 00:34:59,934 --> 00:35:02,867 Dr. Paniagua told me that they had a long-term relationship 767 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,567 and they dated for about two years 768 00:35:04,567 --> 00:35:06,266 prior to him meeting Kendra. 769 00:35:06,266 --> 00:35:07,934 But Brenda wanted to get married 770 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,100 and the relationship just didn't work out. 771 00:35:12,166 --> 00:35:15,967 Dr. Ricardo Paniagua ended up breaking up with Brenda. 772 00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:18,734 [Hunsicker] So, they bring Brenda back in 773 00:35:18,734 --> 00:35:20,367 and she denies any involvement. 774 00:35:20,367 --> 00:35:23,000 She says, "I don't bare any ill-will to Ricardo. 775 00:35:23,066 --> 00:35:25,000 Uh, he wasn't that big a deal to me. 776 00:35:25,066 --> 00:35:27,367 And when I found out he was dating someone else, I wished him well. 777 00:35:27,367 --> 00:35:29,266 And I certainly wouldn't want to kill anybody." 778 00:35:29,266 --> 00:35:32,100 She even called Ricardo to offer her condolences 779 00:35:32,166 --> 00:35:33,567 at the time of the murder. 780 00:35:33,567 --> 00:35:34,867 [Barnes] It was very challenging 781 00:35:34,867 --> 00:35:37,600 because I felt Brenda was involved 782 00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:39,767 but I just didn't have the evidence to prove it. 783 00:35:40,667 --> 00:35:41,834 So I had to let her go. 784 00:35:42,667 --> 00:35:43,967 They know they're getting close. 785 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:45,467 They know she's involved. 786 00:35:45,467 --> 00:35:46,676 But they don't have enough to charge her. 787 00:35:46,676 --> 00:35:47,000 But they don't have enough to charge her. 788 00:35:47,467 --> 00:35:50,467 What they don't have is a motive. 789 00:35:50,467 --> 00:35:53,834 Why would Brenda Delgado want Dr. Kendra Hatcher killed? 790 00:35:59,367 --> 00:36:02,667 [narrator] Four weeks after 35-year-old Dallas Dentist, 791 00:36:02,667 --> 00:36:06,266 Kendra Hatcher is gunned down inside her parking garage, 792 00:36:06,266 --> 00:36:09,300 police have arrested two people responsible. 793 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:11,934 Caught on the garage surveillance cameras, 794 00:36:11,934 --> 00:36:15,033 the driver, 23-year-old Crystal Cortes 795 00:36:15,033 --> 00:36:18,300 and the shooter, 31-year-old Kristopher Love. 796 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:20,400 Kristopher Love also fingers 797 00:36:20,467 --> 00:36:23,367 a third suspect as the mastermind, 798 00:36:23,367 --> 00:36:26,100 13-year-old Brenda Delgado. 799 00:36:27,266 --> 00:36:27,530 But Brenda claims she's innocent. 800 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:28,000 But Brenda claims she's innocent. 801 00:36:29,834 --> 00:36:33,166 [Hunsicker] At this point, the police feel that Brenda is lying, 802 00:36:33,166 --> 00:36:35,200 {\an8}but they don't have any real evidence 803 00:36:35,266 --> 00:36:37,867 {\an8}that points to her being involved in the crime. 804 00:36:40,867 --> 00:36:42,567 {\an8}So, the next thing the police do, 805 00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:46,066 {\an8}they take a deep dive into her life. 806 00:36:46,066 --> 00:36:48,100 {\an8}I need to figure out who the real Brenda is, 807 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:49,767 {\an8}the person that she was trying to conceal. 808 00:36:49,834 --> 00:36:53,467 I found high school friends, college classmates, 809 00:36:53,467 --> 00:36:57,530 also ex-employees that worked side by side with Brenda. 810 00:36:57,530 --> 00:36:57,667 also ex-employees that worked side by side with Brenda. 811 00:36:57,667 --> 00:36:58,000 [narrator] What detective Barnes discovers 812 00:36:59,834 --> 00:37:02,767 doesn't match Brenda's earlier statements. 813 00:37:02,767 --> 00:37:07,200 She said her breakup with Dr. Ricardo Paniagua was no big deal, 814 00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:11,367 but Brenda's friends and colleagues say that's not true. 815 00:37:11,367 --> 00:37:12,767 [Barnes] They all say the same thing. 816 00:37:12,834 --> 00:37:14,834 Brenda had a hard time 817 00:37:14,834 --> 00:37:17,667 dealing with the breakup with Ricardo. 818 00:37:17,667 --> 00:37:19,467 [Hunsicker] When he started dating Kendra Hatcher, 819 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:20,967 she was devastated. 820 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,734 She moved from Ricardo's luxurious upscale apartment 821 00:37:24,734 --> 00:37:27,530 to a one-bedroom place near downtown Dallas. 822 00:37:27,530 --> 00:37:28,000 to a one-bedroom place near downtown Dallas. 823 00:37:28,266 --> 00:37:30,567 They discovered that, uh, Brenda Delgado 824 00:37:30,567 --> 00:37:32,734 was cyberstalking her ex, Ricardo. 825 00:37:32,734 --> 00:37:35,300 [Braun] She had an app that tracked Ricky's phone. 826 00:37:35,367 --> 00:37:37,567 She had keys to his house. 827 00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:41,100 {\an8}She had a logon to his iCloud account. 828 00:37:41,166 --> 00:37:42,667 {\an8}So, she was able to follow 829 00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:44,367 {\an8}what he was doing, what he was saying, 830 00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:45,767 who he was seeing. 831 00:37:45,834 --> 00:37:48,667 Able to keep track of his life. 832 00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:52,467 [Barnes] Brenda went through an extreme phase of jealousy. 833 00:37:52,467 --> 00:37:55,467 What she saw in Kendra, with her career, 834 00:37:55,467 --> 00:37:57,500 with her future, with Ricardo, 835 00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:58,000 was everything Brenda envisioned for herself. 836 00:38:00,567 --> 00:38:04,667 She became obsessed with removing Kendra from Ricardo's life. 837 00:38:04,667 --> 00:38:07,033 She starts asking friends and family members 838 00:38:07,033 --> 00:38:08,867 if they, or anyone they know, 839 00:38:08,867 --> 00:38:11,066 can, uh, help her kill someone. 840 00:38:11,066 --> 00:38:13,467 I spoke with several people 841 00:38:13,467 --> 00:38:17,200 that Brenda solicited their help 842 00:38:17,266 --> 00:38:20,166 to help her "eliminate" Kendra Hatcher. 843 00:38:21,166 --> 00:38:22,567 So, now I have a motive 844 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:25,166 for Brenda Delgado killing Kendra Hatcher. 845 00:38:25,166 --> 00:38:27,166 Jealousy caused her to snap. 846 00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:33,200 Brenda was able, uh, through her friendship with Crystal 847 00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:35,467 to find that person that she was looking for. 848 00:38:35,467 --> 00:38:37,266 $500 is all it took. 849 00:38:37,266 --> 00:38:41,266 And Crystal was part of a scheme that would end up 850 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:44,166 with Kendra Hatcher with a bullet in her head. 851 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:48,734 She became the driver 852 00:38:48,734 --> 00:38:52,300 who would take the gunman into that parking garage. 853 00:38:53,567 --> 00:38:56,166 {\an8}[narrator] Detectives finally understand what happened 854 00:38:56,166 --> 00:38:57,530 {\an8}in the final 24 hours of Kendra Hatcher's life. 855 00:38:57,530 --> 00:38:58,000 {\an8}in the final 24 hours of Kendra Hatcher's life. 856 00:39:00,166 --> 00:39:03,467 {\an8}[Barnes] On September 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. 857 00:39:03,467 --> 00:39:06,867 {\an8}Brenda and Crystal drop off a BMW at Jose's shop. 858 00:39:07,767 --> 00:39:09,266 {\an8}And they borrow the Jeep. 859 00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:12,767 {\an8}Crystal and Kristopher spend that day 860 00:39:12,834 --> 00:39:17,567 {\an8}following Kendra around from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 861 00:39:17,567 --> 00:39:19,767 {\an8}Kendra is working at a Smile Zone. 862 00:39:19,767 --> 00:39:24,166 {\an8}At 7:13 p.m., Kristopher and Crystal 863 00:39:24,166 --> 00:39:25,567 {\an8}pull into the parking garage 864 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,530 {\an8}where they wait for Kendra to show up. 865 00:39:27,530 --> 00:39:28,000 {\an8}where they wait for Kendra to show up. 866 00:39:30,166 --> 00:39:32,567 {\an8}And then Kendra texts Ricardo that she's picking up 867 00:39:32,567 --> 00:39:34,567 {\an8}the underwater camera from a friend. 868 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,767 {\an8}At 7:35, Kendra texts Ricardo 869 00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:40,266 {\an8}to let him know she's on the way home. 870 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:47,467 {\an8}At the same time, Brenda is eating dinner with Jose, who knows nothing. 871 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,667 {\an8}At 7:42 p.m., Kendra is parking her car in her parking space 872 00:39:53,734 --> 00:39:56,467 {\an8}and Kristopher Love approaches her vehicle and shoots her. 873 00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:03,667 [narrator] He steals her purse to make it look like a robbery. 874 00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:05,867 [Barnes] Right after Kristopher shoots Kendra, 875 00:40:05,867 --> 00:40:08,400 Crystal drives him to his apartment complex 876 00:40:08,467 --> 00:40:10,767 where he stashes the murder weapon inside his Chrysler. 877 00:40:10,834 --> 00:40:12,467 So, we have what we need 878 00:40:12,467 --> 00:40:14,200 to take Brenda into custody, now. 879 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,567 But there's a problem. 880 00:40:16,567 --> 00:40:19,100 [narrator] Right after Brenda's last interview 881 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:22,967 with Dallas police, she fled to Mexico. 882 00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:26,200 Tracking Brenda down in Mexico is a pretty large task. 883 00:40:26,266 --> 00:40:27,530 We began working with the FBI to come up with a plan 884 00:40:27,530 --> 00:40:28,000 We began working with the FBI to come up with a plan 885 00:40:29,734 --> 00:40:32,867 to get her in custody as fast as possible. 886 00:40:32,934 --> 00:40:36,767 And, in order to aid in her capture, 887 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,367 she was placed on the Ten Most Wanted List. 888 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:43,967 [Braun] With a $100,000 reward tacked on her head. 889 00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:47,100 Police are very interested in finding out 890 00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:49,166 just where in Mexico Brenda is. 891 00:40:49,166 --> 00:40:50,967 It takes police six months. 892 00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:52,934 But they finally track her down. 893 00:40:52,934 --> 00:40:56,166 She's with relatives, family, in Mexico. 894 00:40:56,166 --> 00:40:57,530 But she surrenders peacefully when they finally arrive 895 00:40:57,530 --> 00:40:58,000 But she surrenders peacefully when they finally arrive 896 00:40:59,734 --> 00:41:01,667 and find her at their house. 897 00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:06,166 {\an8}I fly with two other FBI agents 898 00:41:06,166 --> 00:41:07,967 {\an8}to Mexico City. 899 00:41:07,967 --> 00:41:11,567 And we bring Brenda Delgado back to the US. 900 00:41:12,967 --> 00:41:15,100 [narrator] Thirty-one year old Brenda Delgado 901 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:18,667 is tried and convicted of capital murder in Dallas. 902 00:41:18,734 --> 00:41:21,033 [Barnes] Brenda was sentenced to life in prison 903 00:41:21,033 --> 00:41:23,467 without the possibility of parole. 904 00:41:23,467 --> 00:41:26,400 [narrator] And for Brenda's hired driver, Crystal Cortes, 905 00:41:26,467 --> 00:41:27,530 the court sentences her to 35 years. 906 00:41:27,530 --> 00:41:28,000 the court sentences her to 35 years. 907 00:41:30,667 --> 00:41:32,500 Brenda's trigger man, Kristopher Love, 908 00:41:32,567 --> 00:41:34,367 receives the death penalty 909 00:41:34,367 --> 00:41:37,367 for shooting Kendra Hatcher in her prime. 910 00:41:39,667 --> 00:41:41,867 {\an8}As a homicide detective, 911 00:41:41,867 --> 00:41:44,000 {\an8}the thing that you want to do is to make sure 912 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,100 {\an8}that you can give families closure 913 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,367 {\an8}and at least give them justice. 914 00:41:48,367 --> 00:41:50,467 {\an8}[Hunsicker] Kendra Hatcher, who had so much promise 915 00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:52,166 {\an8}and had so much to offer. 916 00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:53,400 {\an8}Had her whole life in front of her. 917 00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:56,500 {\an8}And she's just gone because of jealousy. 918 00:41:56,567 --> 00:41:57,530 {\an8}Holidays won't be the same. Birthdays won't be the same. 919 00:41:57,530 --> 00:41:58,000 {\an8}Holidays won't be the same. Birthdays won't be the same. 920 00:41:59,367 --> 00:42:03,467 {\an8}They lost Kendra. They lost a critical, loving, 921 00:42:03,467 --> 00:42:05,567 {\an8}beautiful member of their family. 922 00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:07,367 {\an8}And nothing can ever replace that.