1 00:00:23,375 --> 00:00:26,850 George Young III, a dedicated family man. 2 00:00:26,954 --> 00:00:31,367 He loved his family, talked about his sons all the time, 3 00:00:31,471 --> 00:00:33,348 talked about his marriage. 4 00:00:33,451 --> 00:00:35,884 WOMAN 1: 911, what's your emergency? 5 00:00:35,988 --> 00:00:38,664 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Married to Tia for 22 years 6 00:00:38,768 --> 00:00:40,263 and still feeling the love. 7 00:00:40,367 --> 00:00:42,348 All I've ever heard from George 8 00:00:42,452 --> 00:00:44,051 was how much he loved his wife. 9 00:00:44,154 --> 00:00:46,273 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: But Tia was cheating. 10 00:00:46,377 --> 00:00:47,803 It would come out later that there 11 00:00:47,907 --> 00:00:50,374 was a lot of text messaging back and forth, 12 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,440 sexually suggestive text messages and funny memes. 13 00:00:54,544 --> 00:00:56,525 Talking about cheating on your husband. 14 00:00:56,629 --> 00:00:58,539 WOMAN 2: I just heard a gunshot. 15 00:00:58,645 --> 00:01:00,973 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: As motives for murder go, 16 00:01:01,077 --> 00:01:02,606 it's a classic, right? 17 00:01:02,709 --> 00:01:05,733 Now, let's add guns to the story. 18 00:01:05,837 --> 00:01:09,070 We did a lot of executive protection 19 00:01:09,173 --> 00:01:11,884 with high-end clients, those were armed details. 20 00:01:11,988 --> 00:01:16,539 We do a lot of celebrity protection, Beyoncé, Usher. 21 00:01:16,644 --> 00:01:21,474 And when they require firearms, then we do firearms. 22 00:01:21,579 --> 00:01:26,339 An affair, weapons, and a life insurance policy. 23 00:01:26,444 --> 00:01:28,632 Does the devoted husband, George Young, 24 00:01:28,737 --> 00:01:30,406 know the danger he is in? 25 00:01:30,509 --> 00:01:34,192 [theme music] 26 00:01:45,138 --> 00:01:47,224 Half of women and more than a few men 27 00:01:47,328 --> 00:01:49,968 end up being murdered by their partners. 28 00:01:50,073 --> 00:01:54,591 I'm Michelle Trachtenberg and this is "Meet Marry Murder" 29 00:01:54,695 --> 00:01:58,030 with a real-life story of Tia and George 30 00:01:58,134 --> 00:02:02,583 Young who got married in South Carolina in 1995. 31 00:02:02,686 --> 00:02:06,614 They wanted someplace safe to raise their three sons. 32 00:02:06,718 --> 00:02:09,914 Like Buford, a quiet Atlanta suburb. 33 00:02:14,571 --> 00:02:17,281 Marcelo Bump has the same idea. 34 00:02:17,386 --> 00:02:19,852 He becomes the Young's neighbor. 35 00:02:19,957 --> 00:02:21,312 It's a wholesome fee. 36 00:02:21,416 --> 00:02:23,744 It's family oriented and there's a lot of restaurants 37 00:02:23,850 --> 00:02:26,039 where a lot of people, you know, that's 38 00:02:26,143 --> 00:02:27,359 what they do Friday night. 39 00:02:27,463 --> 00:02:29,374 They go to the same restaurant or everybody, 40 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:31,702 you know, sees each other in the grocery store and it's like, 41 00:02:31,807 --> 00:02:33,613 hey, you know, and everybody's talking. 42 00:02:33,718 --> 00:02:35,559 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: It's a great fit for the Youngs, 43 00:02:35,663 --> 00:02:40,946 a solid American Family of mom, dad, and three growing boys. 44 00:02:41,050 --> 00:02:44,246 There were more of homebodies, they always stayed inside, 45 00:02:44,351 --> 00:02:46,889 didn't do anything except for, you know, occasionally 46 00:02:46,992 --> 00:02:48,381 cooking out in the backyard. 47 00:02:48,486 --> 00:02:52,168 And I yell over, let me know when it's ready. 48 00:02:52,273 --> 00:02:53,768 I couldn't tell you one time did 49 00:02:53,872 --> 00:02:57,451 he shared with me that there was a problem of anything. 50 00:02:57,555 --> 00:02:59,572 There was never any fighting or anything 51 00:02:59,676 --> 00:03:04,400 like that and never any, gossip, neighborhood gossip, about them 52 00:03:04,505 --> 00:03:06,242 in any way. 53 00:03:06,347 --> 00:03:08,049 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: George is in the security 54 00:03:08,154 --> 00:03:11,178 business and boy, does he put in the hours 55 00:03:11,281 --> 00:03:13,054 to bring home the bacon. 56 00:03:13,158 --> 00:03:16,180 He worked from his own company, 57 00:03:16,284 --> 00:03:20,351 Massive, working for me part time, 58 00:03:20,455 --> 00:03:23,443 and also working for Ackerman Security. 59 00:03:23,548 --> 00:03:28,900 So the guy's holding down three layers of responsibility. 60 00:03:29,004 --> 00:03:30,394 And guess what? 61 00:03:30,497 --> 00:03:32,547 He's knocking them all out of the park. 62 00:03:32,651 --> 00:03:34,771 He's not behind in anything. 63 00:03:34,876 --> 00:03:38,315 He's giving everything that he had. 64 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:40,122 Very good at providing for his family, 65 00:03:40,227 --> 00:03:42,624 but he didn't have the time to spend at home 66 00:03:42,729 --> 00:03:45,473 that I'm sure he wished he did. 67 00:03:45,578 --> 00:03:48,914 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Not that Tia seems to mind. 68 00:03:49,019 --> 00:03:53,050 Tia was over the house with a few other family 69 00:03:53,154 --> 00:03:55,481 and I showed up later. 70 00:03:55,586 --> 00:03:58,469 And she said, hey, did you know my husband 71 00:03:58,574 --> 00:04:00,485 does the same thing as you do? 72 00:04:00,589 --> 00:04:01,772 She said, I'm me give you his number, 73 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:04,691 you call him, and see what he can do. 74 00:04:04,795 --> 00:04:08,235 At that time, George and I connected. 75 00:04:08,338 --> 00:04:11,606 And from the first time I met him, when he walked in 76 00:04:11,710 --> 00:04:18,589 our office with that huge, bright smile, and 6' 6" height, 77 00:04:18,694 --> 00:04:22,272 he definitely was very, very convincing. 78 00:04:22,377 --> 00:04:25,818 George seemed like the kind of person who just wants 79 00:04:25,922 --> 00:04:27,588 to believe the best in people. 80 00:04:27,693 --> 00:04:31,795 And I think he must have felt like perhaps on times when he 81 00:04:31,898 --> 00:04:35,305 was more down on his luck, he has been helped by nice people 82 00:04:35,409 --> 00:04:38,154 in his life, and he wanted to be that person for others 83 00:04:38,258 --> 00:04:39,648 and return the favor. 84 00:04:39,751 --> 00:04:41,038 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: How far would 85 00:04:41,142 --> 00:04:43,400 you go to help out a friend? 86 00:04:43,504 --> 00:04:47,605 Early 2017, George goes above and beyond, 87 00:04:47,710 --> 00:04:53,165 like way above and beyond for an old friend from back home. 88 00:04:53,270 --> 00:04:55,285 George had approached me and said, 89 00:04:55,390 --> 00:05:00,045 there's a guy who he knew from South Carolina. 90 00:05:00,150 --> 00:05:02,199 And he's here and he's looking for a job. 91 00:05:02,304 --> 00:05:03,519 His name was Tim Lee. 92 00:05:03,624 --> 00:05:06,613 And Tim had been down on his luck lately. 93 00:05:06,717 --> 00:05:08,767 He'd lost his jobs. 94 00:05:08,871 --> 00:05:11,513 He was living out of hotels. 95 00:05:11,617 --> 00:05:13,910 Really just not doing well at all. 96 00:05:14,013 --> 00:05:17,003 And so George said, well look, we're doing quite fine, 97 00:05:17,107 --> 00:05:18,844 so come live with us. 98 00:05:18,949 --> 00:05:20,581 So he opened his home to him. 99 00:05:20,686 --> 00:05:22,283 He gave him a job. 100 00:05:22,389 --> 00:05:25,933 Tim was living in the Young home rent free. 101 00:05:26,037 --> 00:05:29,095 George brought him up to help him get on his feet. 102 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:31,806 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: George goes all out for Tim, 103 00:05:31,909 --> 00:05:34,412 but his friend Rob's a bit more skeptical. 104 00:05:34,516 --> 00:05:36,566 Can this guy really be trusted? 105 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:42,891 When I first met Tim he was, by far, not George. 106 00:05:42,995 --> 00:05:48,624 He was withdrawn, very quiet, looking around a lot. 107 00:05:48,728 --> 00:05:51,960 I noticed as he's working he didn't have a lot 108 00:05:52,064 --> 00:05:54,184 of the skill set to do the job. 109 00:05:54,288 --> 00:05:57,937 But George was there covering everything. 110 00:05:58,041 --> 00:06:00,473 I think perhaps he was overly trusting, 111 00:06:00,578 --> 00:06:01,759 but not in a naive way. 112 00:06:01,863 --> 00:06:03,774 I think he just truly wanted to believe 113 00:06:03,878 --> 00:06:05,791 the best in everyone, especially a friend 114 00:06:05,895 --> 00:06:07,145 who he thought that he knew. 115 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:12,358 I had no clue that Tim was living with George. 116 00:06:12,462 --> 00:06:16,874 And I can believe why George wouldn't share that with me. 117 00:06:16,980 --> 00:06:18,925 Because if I ever heard that, I would 118 00:06:19,029 --> 00:06:24,624 have definitely had my opinion to why 119 00:06:24,727 --> 00:06:27,994 I thought that was a bad idea. 120 00:06:28,099 --> 00:06:29,558 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Is it just me 121 00:06:29,663 --> 00:06:33,241 or is there something weird about this whole situation? 122 00:06:33,345 --> 00:06:38,383 In September 2017, George has bigger things to worry about. 123 00:06:38,489 --> 00:06:41,303 Somehow Tia loses her job. 124 00:06:41,407 --> 00:06:43,562 George is now the only person standing 125 00:06:43,666 --> 00:06:47,176 between the Young family and serious money troubles. 126 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:50,339 So George says, don't worry about it, Tia, we're fine. 127 00:06:50,442 --> 00:06:54,265 And he just takes on more hours to support the family. 128 00:06:54,369 --> 00:06:56,315 I knew that he would get home late. 129 00:06:56,419 --> 00:06:59,825 He was always parked out front in the road. 130 00:06:59,929 --> 00:07:01,249 You can pretty much hear him when 131 00:07:01,353 --> 00:07:02,674 he would get home from work. 132 00:07:02,778 --> 00:07:05,419 Anyone looking from outside in, you could never 133 00:07:05,523 --> 00:07:10,005 have imagined that there was a problem of the magnitude that 134 00:07:10,109 --> 00:07:11,570 was about to happen. 135 00:07:11,675 --> 00:07:14,765 You did not have a clue about that. 136 00:07:14,870 --> 00:07:17,720 You knew he was proud of that any other husband. 137 00:07:17,825 --> 00:07:20,847 You know, put in the time in a job, 138 00:07:20,952 --> 00:07:22,968 taking care of your family, and then 139 00:07:23,072 --> 00:07:25,400 trying to balance that with being there 140 00:07:25,504 --> 00:07:27,311 for your wife and your kids. 141 00:07:27,415 --> 00:07:30,507 I think George must have been under a terrible amount 142 00:07:30,612 --> 00:07:33,391 of stress knowing that he was basically supposed to be 143 00:07:33,496 --> 00:07:35,269 the savior for his entire family and now 144 00:07:35,373 --> 00:07:37,249 also this long-time friend. 145 00:07:37,354 --> 00:07:39,577 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: But we all know a guy like George, 146 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:40,585 don't we? 147 00:07:40,690 --> 00:07:43,260 He isn't taking time for anyone. 148 00:07:43,364 --> 00:07:48,057 Meanwhile, can we guess what out-of-work Tia is doing? 149 00:07:48,161 --> 00:07:49,481 You got it. 150 00:07:49,585 --> 00:07:51,252 Getting to know Tim. 151 00:07:51,356 --> 00:07:53,511 They are continuing to refer to each other 152 00:07:53,616 --> 00:07:56,604 as cousins or sister and brother. 153 00:07:56,709 --> 00:08:01,399 It's pretty clear, as you can see later on from their phone 154 00:08:01,504 --> 00:08:05,569 messages, flirty phone messages talking 155 00:08:05,673 --> 00:08:10,991 about their relationship, that it is way beyond fraternal. 156 00:08:11,095 --> 00:08:13,318 It's not the sister-brother. 157 00:08:13,422 --> 00:08:16,342 This is the ultimate betrayal because Tim was given 158 00:08:16,446 --> 00:08:19,295 a second chance at life, and yet he 159 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:22,492 was sleeping with George's wife under his very nose, 160 00:08:22,596 --> 00:08:24,889 under his roof, while he was working 161 00:08:24,994 --> 00:08:28,087 hard to provide for the family. 162 00:08:28,192 --> 00:08:31,701 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: It's 2017, 22 years since George 163 00:08:31,804 --> 00:08:33,994 and Tia young tied the knot. 164 00:08:34,098 --> 00:08:36,182 And while George was away working, 165 00:08:36,288 --> 00:08:40,771 his wife and Tim are working up a sweat together. 166 00:08:40,875 --> 00:08:43,689 And working out a plan. 167 00:08:43,793 --> 00:08:46,504 I was actually out with some friends 168 00:08:46,608 --> 00:08:49,630 and I got a call from my daughter who was babysitting. 169 00:08:49,734 --> 00:08:51,889 We had a four-month-old baby. 170 00:08:51,994 --> 00:08:55,364 I got a call that she had heard a gunshot very close 171 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:59,535 and almost sounded like it was inside the house. 172 00:08:59,638 --> 00:09:03,321 [dramatic music] 173 00:09:14,303 --> 00:09:18,855 Around half of Georgian's own a gun, but not George Young. 174 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:21,217 He doesn't even carry one at work. 175 00:09:21,322 --> 00:09:24,727 We did a lot of executive protection 176 00:09:24,832 --> 00:09:25,839 with high-end clients. 177 00:09:25,944 --> 00:09:27,576 Those were armed details. 178 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:33,657 We do a lot of celebrity protection, Beyoncé, Usher. 179 00:09:33,762 --> 00:09:37,653 And and when they require firearms then we do firearms. 180 00:09:37,758 --> 00:09:40,747 But a lot of times a lot of it was unarmed. 181 00:09:40,851 --> 00:09:43,492 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: George isn't exactly a natural when 182 00:09:43,596 --> 00:09:45,576 it comes to handling weapons. 183 00:09:45,681 --> 00:09:48,356 George and I talked about guns. 184 00:09:48,461 --> 00:09:51,692 And he always would ask, hey, am I going to get trained? 185 00:09:51,795 --> 00:09:53,153 Are you going to train me? 186 00:09:53,256 --> 00:09:57,112 One day at the office, I took my firearm 187 00:09:57,218 --> 00:09:58,955 so George could hold it. 188 00:09:59,059 --> 00:10:05,071 I made sure removed the clip, everything, it was clean. 189 00:10:05,175 --> 00:10:10,110 Back, showed him out, and I unlocked 190 00:10:10,215 --> 00:10:11,499 it back, so he could hold it. 191 00:10:11,604 --> 00:10:16,573 So George held the gun so bad that it scared 192 00:10:16,678 --> 00:10:19,492 me that he had it, that maybe I didn't 193 00:10:19,595 --> 00:10:21,020 take out all the bullets. 194 00:10:21,124 --> 00:10:22,514 I quickly took the gun back. 195 00:10:22,619 --> 00:10:26,580 I said, George, we'll get a day to train. 196 00:10:26,684 --> 00:10:29,047 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: That day never came around, 197 00:10:29,151 --> 00:10:32,661 and I'm guessing that's about to become relevant. 198 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:34,920 Most people would think that because it's 199 00:10:35,024 --> 00:10:37,040 security and protection that it comes 200 00:10:37,144 --> 00:10:38,394 with a certain level of risk. 201 00:10:38,499 --> 00:10:40,654 And the reality, it's a very low risk. 202 00:10:40,758 --> 00:10:43,954 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: So November 16, 2017, 203 00:10:44,059 --> 00:10:45,693 George is unarmed. 204 00:10:45,797 --> 00:10:48,611 It's a big night for Strickland Security 205 00:10:48,716 --> 00:10:52,573 and, as always, George Young is on point. 206 00:10:52,677 --> 00:10:56,985 We had an executive detail, a pretty big one. 207 00:10:57,089 --> 00:11:02,579 It was at Macy's Lenox Square in Buckhead. 208 00:11:02,683 --> 00:11:10,329 The artist was Lil Yachty, great event, big crowd, 209 00:11:10,433 --> 00:11:11,962 everyone was very happy. 210 00:11:12,066 --> 00:11:20,093 George returns home late at night, between 11:23 and 11:25. 211 00:11:20,198 --> 00:11:23,186 He gets out of his vehicle, puts his key 212 00:11:23,291 --> 00:11:25,584 in the lock of the front door, and just 213 00:11:25,688 --> 00:11:26,938 as he's turning it, boom! 214 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:29,928 Out of nowhere, two gunshots. 215 00:11:30,032 --> 00:11:31,422 One to the chest. 216 00:11:31,526 --> 00:11:32,464 One to the face. 217 00:11:32,568 --> 00:11:33,820 He was shot from the side. 218 00:11:33,924 --> 00:11:34,862 He was ambushed. 219 00:11:34,966 --> 00:11:36,669 He never saw the shooter coming. 220 00:11:39,762 --> 00:11:41,673 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: What is going on? 221 00:11:41,777 --> 00:11:44,695 This is Montauk Hill, not somewhere you 222 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,745 expect to hear gunfire. 223 00:11:46,850 --> 00:11:50,811 I was actually out with some friends and I got a call 224 00:11:50,915 --> 00:11:52,723 from my daughter who was babysitting, 225 00:11:52,827 --> 00:11:54,425 we had a four-month-old baby. 226 00:11:54,530 --> 00:11:58,457 I got a call that she had heard a gunshot very close, 227 00:11:58,561 --> 00:12:00,333 it almost sounded like it was inside the house. 228 00:12:00,437 --> 00:12:02,417 She was scared. 229 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:04,468 Told her to run upstairs and check on the baby 230 00:12:04,572 --> 00:12:07,734 to make sure somebody didn't shoot a gun from outside 231 00:12:07,838 --> 00:12:09,507 and come into the house. 232 00:12:09,610 --> 00:12:11,591 And told her to call 911 233 00:12:11,695 --> 00:12:14,093 WOMAN 1: 911, what's your emergency? 234 00:12:14,197 --> 00:12:16,803 Tia says she was asleep when all of a sudden 235 00:12:16,908 --> 00:12:17,986 she heard this noise. 236 00:12:18,090 --> 00:12:20,590 And she was afraid. 237 00:12:20,695 --> 00:12:22,190 She didn't know what was going on. 238 00:12:22,294 --> 00:12:25,839 About six minutes after the shots were fired, 239 00:12:25,943 --> 00:12:27,820 Tia called 911 240 00:12:27,924 --> 00:12:29,279 TIA YOUNG: I just heard a gunshot. 241 00:12:29,383 --> 00:12:30,843 And said she believes her husband 242 00:12:30,947 --> 00:12:33,239 had been shot but she didn't want to go downstairs 243 00:12:33,343 --> 00:12:35,533 because she was squeamish and she didn't want 244 00:12:35,638 --> 00:12:37,444 to see her husband like that. 245 00:12:37,548 --> 00:12:39,146 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Does that sound right? 246 00:12:39,251 --> 00:12:42,032 We have our first red flag. 247 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:45,437 I think it is a ridiculous alibi that a loving 248 00:12:45,542 --> 00:12:47,905 and doting wife would not go and check 249 00:12:48,009 --> 00:12:50,128 on your husband's dead body. 250 00:12:50,232 --> 00:12:52,179 I don't care how squeamish you feel, 251 00:12:52,283 --> 00:12:53,499 how much you don't like blood. 252 00:12:53,603 --> 00:12:55,688 This is the blood of the love of your life. 253 00:12:55,792 --> 00:12:59,372 And anybody would, in that particular situation, 254 00:12:59,476 --> 00:13:01,698 would not be thinking about their squeamishness 255 00:13:01,803 --> 00:13:03,472 and would just be running out there to see 256 00:13:03,576 --> 00:13:05,071 what happened to their husband. 257 00:13:07,989 --> 00:13:10,317 George dies at the scene. 258 00:13:10,421 --> 00:13:16,190 On the 911 call, Tia explains that Timothy is her brother. 259 00:13:16,294 --> 00:13:19,387 And that after hearing the shots, he got his shotgun 260 00:13:19,491 --> 00:13:22,167 and went outside to investigate. 261 00:13:22,271 --> 00:13:26,162 And that's where Timmy found George dead. 262 00:13:26,266 --> 00:13:30,923 When Tia calls 911, a couple of things stick out. 263 00:13:31,027 --> 00:13:38,637 One is she's referring to Tim as her brother 264 00:13:38,741 --> 00:13:42,946 and it's pretty apparent that's not the case. 265 00:13:43,050 --> 00:13:46,456 And the other thing is she tells them, 266 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:51,216 please, when you arrive don't bring the lights and sirens. 267 00:13:51,321 --> 00:13:53,302 I really would rather not wake my children. 268 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:00,043 Who does that? 269 00:14:00,147 --> 00:14:06,089 Who in a situation, your husband is murdered 270 00:14:06,193 --> 00:14:09,633 and you don't want the police to turn on their-- 271 00:14:09,738 --> 00:14:11,962 get them over here as soon as they can. 272 00:14:12,066 --> 00:14:14,011 The quicker they can collect evidence, , 273 00:14:14,115 --> 00:14:18,008 the quicker they can get camera, possible camera footage, 274 00:14:18,111 --> 00:14:20,474 whatever it takes, do it. 275 00:14:20,578 --> 00:14:25,304 But no, she doesn't want them to wake up the kids. 276 00:14:25,408 --> 00:14:26,903 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: But here's something 277 00:14:27,007 --> 00:14:29,058 else that doesn't smell right. 278 00:14:29,162 --> 00:14:31,073 The boys won't wake up until long 279 00:14:31,177 --> 00:14:33,123 after the cops have arrived. 280 00:14:33,228 --> 00:14:34,583 How do you figure that one? 281 00:14:34,687 --> 00:14:38,091 It is speculated that he may have given them 282 00:14:38,196 --> 00:14:42,714 medication to keep them asleep so they wouldn't 283 00:14:42,818 --> 00:14:43,964 hear what was going on. 284 00:14:44,069 --> 00:14:47,405 My guess is that she didn't want them 285 00:14:47,510 --> 00:14:52,583 to wake up and discover what was going on and thwart her plans. 286 00:14:52,687 --> 00:14:54,772 If a woman is going to kill her husband, 287 00:14:54,876 --> 00:14:57,621 she's probably not a good mother either. 288 00:14:57,726 --> 00:15:02,000 So I imagine it wasn't to save them from any trauma, 289 00:15:02,104 --> 00:15:05,579 it was to save her from being caught. 290 00:15:05,683 --> 00:15:07,213 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Here's what 291 00:15:07,317 --> 00:15:10,791 first responders find when they approach the Young family home. 292 00:15:10,895 --> 00:15:16,177 A 43-year-old man, George Young, dead on the front steps. 293 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:18,575 No gunman to be seen. 294 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,902 Are we looking at a robbery here? 295 00:15:21,006 --> 00:15:24,551 The house and yard are taped off with crime scene tape, 296 00:15:24,656 --> 00:15:26,393 a pretty rare sight in this cute, 297 00:15:26,498 --> 00:15:29,035 family friendly neighborhood. 298 00:15:29,139 --> 00:15:33,275 There was cops and news reporters everywhere. 299 00:15:33,379 --> 00:15:35,706 You couldn't even-- it was a half mile from the beginning 300 00:15:35,811 --> 00:15:38,729 of the neighborhood to my house, and I pretty much 301 00:15:38,833 --> 00:15:41,058 had to walk it because they had everything, 302 00:15:41,162 --> 00:15:42,761 there was just cars everywhere. 303 00:15:42,865 --> 00:15:44,741 Once all the kids were checked on, everything was fine, 304 00:15:44,845 --> 00:15:48,215 I could actually see George laying 305 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,718 on the sidewalk of his doorway. 306 00:15:50,822 --> 00:15:52,351 When detectives arrived on scene, 307 00:15:52,455 --> 00:15:54,783 they realized, pretty quickly realized, 308 00:15:54,888 --> 00:15:56,242 that this was not a robbery. 309 00:15:56,347 --> 00:15:58,814 Everything of value that George had was 310 00:15:58,918 --> 00:16:02,671 still present, his wallet, his iPad, his keys, cell phone. 311 00:16:02,775 --> 00:16:05,347 Anything of value was still there so robbery 312 00:16:05,451 --> 00:16:08,091 was probably not the motive. 313 00:16:08,196 --> 00:16:11,498 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: That's one motive struck off the list. 314 00:16:11,601 --> 00:16:14,867 So what are investigators looking for right 315 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:17,300 now at the Young family home? 316 00:16:17,404 --> 00:16:19,420 They're asking if the clues at the scene 317 00:16:19,524 --> 00:16:22,374 match what they're being told about the shooting. 318 00:16:22,478 --> 00:16:25,501 It's not necessarily just the firearms evidence 319 00:16:25,606 --> 00:16:26,612 that you collect. 320 00:16:26,716 --> 00:16:29,290 It's the firearms evidence that's missing. 321 00:16:29,394 --> 00:16:31,479 If there is a shell casing missing, 322 00:16:31,582 --> 00:16:34,154 when we know there should be two and there's only one present, 323 00:16:34,258 --> 00:16:37,976 then that suggests that someone moved the first shell casing. 324 00:16:38,079 --> 00:16:41,589 Those are all very important points because a person may 325 00:16:41,693 --> 00:16:44,752 have just missed the first shell casing 326 00:16:44,856 --> 00:16:46,976 and found the second one. 327 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,582 Or, in their haste, they only collected one. 328 00:16:49,686 --> 00:16:53,405 It's as if the scene has been cleaned up. 329 00:16:53,509 --> 00:16:56,219 But if this just happened as they they're describing it, 330 00:16:56,323 --> 00:16:57,714 it doesn't add up. 331 00:16:57,819 --> 00:17:00,076 More and more things are not adding up. 332 00:17:00,181 --> 00:17:02,648 Investigators were a little discouraged 333 00:17:02,752 --> 00:17:04,246 to find out that there was security 334 00:17:04,352 --> 00:17:08,485 surveillance at the home, but the particular camera 335 00:17:08,589 --> 00:17:09,946 was not operable. 336 00:17:10,050 --> 00:17:14,080 That camera was disconnected, so police naturally 337 00:17:14,184 --> 00:17:16,479 get suspicious about that. 338 00:17:16,582 --> 00:17:20,057 But as it turns out, George had just been 339 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,350 too busy helping his customers. 340 00:17:22,455 --> 00:17:25,825 And when talking to George's son, George's son 341 00:17:25,929 --> 00:17:29,197 explained that George had talked about fixing the camera 342 00:17:29,301 --> 00:17:31,246 but never got around to doing so. 343 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:34,165 It seemed that he was putting up security and making 344 00:17:34,270 --> 00:17:37,084 sure cameras were working everywhere else 345 00:17:37,188 --> 00:17:39,378 but neglected his own. 346 00:17:39,481 --> 00:17:40,628 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Can you imagine 347 00:17:40,733 --> 00:17:43,617 how frustrated detectives are right now? 348 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,702 Maybe the family can tell them more. 349 00:17:45,807 --> 00:17:48,447 Tia start throwing out things to detectives. 350 00:17:48,551 --> 00:17:53,207 And maybe it was gang initiation or gang violence. 351 00:17:53,312 --> 00:17:57,343 Maybe it was George's work with a rapper. 352 00:17:57,447 --> 00:18:01,060 Anything that she could do to kind of give them a clue 353 00:18:01,165 --> 00:18:02,623 of what may have happened. 354 00:18:02,730 --> 00:18:05,995 She was asking me, hey, what happened? 355 00:18:06,099 --> 00:18:07,212 What happened today? 356 00:18:07,315 --> 00:18:08,984 What happened at the job? 357 00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:11,069 What happened at the detail? 358 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:14,404 And you know, I'm, everything, and this is over the phone. 359 00:18:14,508 --> 00:18:16,698 And I'm saying, everything was fine, Tia. 360 00:18:16,802 --> 00:18:18,296 Everything was fine. 361 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,764 George was not in harm's way. 362 00:18:20,868 --> 00:18:22,466 I don't know what's going on. 363 00:18:22,570 --> 00:18:24,585 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Next on detectives' radars 364 00:18:24,689 --> 00:18:27,887 is Tim Lee, the guy who's at home with Tia 365 00:18:27,991 --> 00:18:29,589 when George is shot. 366 00:18:29,694 --> 00:18:32,126 He seems like a credible witness. 367 00:18:32,231 --> 00:18:34,732 No reason not to trust him. 368 00:18:34,836 --> 00:18:38,520 Till a few hours later, when Rod Strickland and his wife 369 00:18:38,625 --> 00:18:41,474 get to the scene, and cops realize 370 00:18:41,577 --> 00:18:44,636 Tim is not who he says he is. 371 00:18:44,741 --> 00:18:47,868 Eventually, one of the detectives showed up 372 00:18:47,971 --> 00:18:49,848 and said, well, who are you guys? 373 00:18:49,952 --> 00:18:53,080 And I explained to him who we were 374 00:18:53,184 --> 00:18:56,519 and we asked him what happened. 375 00:18:56,624 --> 00:19:01,490 He said, well, you know, someone shot him 376 00:19:01,593 --> 00:19:04,407 as he put his key in the door. 377 00:19:04,513 --> 00:19:13,547 So we were just questions, all kind of questions for him. 378 00:19:13,651 --> 00:19:17,091 And he said, yeah, well we just talked to Tia and her brother. 379 00:19:19,558 --> 00:19:22,026 And we were whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 380 00:19:22,130 --> 00:19:23,067 Wait a minute. 381 00:19:23,172 --> 00:19:24,527 Wait a minute. 382 00:19:24,632 --> 00:19:27,170 Tia and her brother? 383 00:19:27,273 --> 00:19:29,705 She doesn't have a brother. 384 00:19:29,809 --> 00:19:32,275 And the detective said, really? 385 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:36,307 She said this person over there is her brother. 386 00:19:36,412 --> 00:19:38,044 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Riddle me this, everyone. 387 00:19:38,148 --> 00:19:41,033 Why on Earth is Tia Young pretending to cops 388 00:19:41,138 --> 00:19:44,265 that Tim Lee is her brother? 389 00:19:44,368 --> 00:19:47,496 When it got to day three, I realized there's 390 00:19:47,601 --> 00:19:49,546 something going on here. 391 00:19:49,651 --> 00:19:53,995 There is definitely something going on between Tia and Tim. 392 00:19:54,099 --> 00:19:57,783 [dramatic music] 393 00:20:10,675 --> 00:20:12,341 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Can you imagine 394 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:14,914 George's family getting the news out of the blue 395 00:20:15,018 --> 00:20:16,374 that he's been killed? 396 00:20:16,478 --> 00:20:21,378 His sister, Ivy Barnhill, lives six hours away in Myrtle Beach. 397 00:20:21,481 --> 00:20:26,171 She calls Tia right away, and immediately she smells a rat. 398 00:20:26,276 --> 00:20:29,230 Call it sisterly instinct. 399 00:20:29,335 --> 00:20:31,627 George's your sister Ivy called 400 00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:35,034 after she heard of the incident, Tia, 401 00:20:35,137 --> 00:20:38,229 but Timmy answered Tia's phone. 402 00:20:38,333 --> 00:20:42,677 And she didn't know that someone had been living with them 403 00:20:42,782 --> 00:20:44,554 and she didn't think that there was 404 00:20:44,659 --> 00:20:47,856 a man that would be comfortable enough to answer their phones. 405 00:20:47,959 --> 00:20:49,975 Ivy goes to the home. 406 00:20:50,078 --> 00:20:51,886 She wants to know what has happened 407 00:20:51,991 --> 00:20:53,346 and how can this be true. 408 00:20:53,450 --> 00:20:55,256 Could her brother really be dead? 409 00:20:55,360 --> 00:21:01,685 Ivy he gets to the house and she finds Tia and Tim in a bedroom, 410 00:21:01,789 --> 00:21:04,326 close together, which is odd. 411 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:05,473 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Tim hanging 412 00:21:05,577 --> 00:21:07,522 around doesn't seem right. 413 00:21:07,628 --> 00:21:10,650 It's kind of giving everyone a bad feeling. 414 00:21:10,755 --> 00:21:12,875 Whole family didn't know anything, you know, 415 00:21:12,978 --> 00:21:14,716 what was going on except for them two. 416 00:21:14,822 --> 00:21:18,677 So I just felt like, even when I was over there bringing stuff 417 00:21:18,781 --> 00:21:22,709 over for the kids and hanging out with the little one, 418 00:21:22,813 --> 00:21:25,522 it just seemed very, like, put on. 419 00:21:25,628 --> 00:21:27,539 Like a show was being put on. 420 00:21:27,643 --> 00:21:30,839 The other thing that concerned Ivy was that Tia didn't 421 00:21:30,944 --> 00:21:32,856 seem to show a lot of emotion. 422 00:21:32,959 --> 00:21:36,295 She appeared maybe to be upset, but there were no tears. 423 00:21:36,399 --> 00:21:40,605 And when she greeted Ivy she just acted as if though it 424 00:21:40,709 --> 00:21:43,454 was a regular visit. 425 00:21:43,558 --> 00:21:46,025 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: So let's get the straight. 426 00:21:46,130 --> 00:21:48,457 Tia's husband has been murdered. 427 00:21:48,562 --> 00:21:51,203 The father of her three kids. 428 00:21:51,307 --> 00:21:54,121 And she can't squeeze out a tear or two? 429 00:21:54,226 --> 00:21:55,893 Walked inside. 430 00:21:55,997 --> 00:21:57,423 Tia met us all. 431 00:21:57,527 --> 00:22:03,817 She was, she seemed a bit more cordial than anything else. 432 00:22:03,921 --> 00:22:04,754 Hey! 433 00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:07,673 Hey, guys. 434 00:22:07,777 --> 00:22:09,446 You want something to drink? 435 00:22:09,550 --> 00:22:14,207 No, no, no one wants anything to drink. 436 00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:16,222 Tia, what happened? 437 00:22:16,327 --> 00:22:17,716 What happened? 438 00:22:17,820 --> 00:22:23,796 So then she starts talking but then the phone rings. 439 00:22:23,901 --> 00:22:28,975 So somehow she gets on the phone and now 440 00:22:29,079 --> 00:22:36,932 she's talking to the donor group about his parts, his body 441 00:22:37,036 --> 00:22:38,323 parts. 442 00:22:38,427 --> 00:22:40,998 And they're talking about, and we're 443 00:22:41,102 --> 00:22:44,751 all there listening to her. 444 00:22:44,856 --> 00:22:48,955 And she's very OK on the phone. 445 00:22:49,059 --> 00:22:53,855 His eyes, his this, his that. 446 00:22:53,959 --> 00:22:54,828 OK, you're going to-- 447 00:22:54,932 --> 00:22:56,288 OK. 448 00:22:56,392 --> 00:22:59,901 And in my mind I'm going, is this what happens? 449 00:23:00,004 --> 00:23:01,985 How are you capable of doing this? 450 00:23:02,091 --> 00:23:05,877 I think the way people grieve is completely different 451 00:23:05,981 --> 00:23:08,311 all across the spectrum. 452 00:23:08,415 --> 00:23:11,854 But there are some things that just don't make a lot of sense. 453 00:23:11,959 --> 00:23:18,248 So if someone is appearing to be nonchalant about someone being 454 00:23:18,353 --> 00:23:22,731 murdered, it's not necessarily indicative of them 455 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:24,363 being suspicious. 456 00:23:24,468 --> 00:23:28,603 But if they're nonchalant and in the bedroom with another man, 457 00:23:28,707 --> 00:23:30,827 that kind of adds to the suspicion. 458 00:23:30,932 --> 00:23:32,635 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: And when she talks to Rob, 459 00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:35,970 Tia is messing up all over the place. 460 00:23:36,074 --> 00:23:39,203 The more she kept talking, the more pieces 461 00:23:39,306 --> 00:23:44,414 she would give, including up to what happened that night. 462 00:23:44,519 --> 00:23:47,716 It would change a bit regarding where Tim was. 463 00:23:47,820 --> 00:23:52,580 First Tim was downstairs, but then Tim was upstairs. 464 00:23:52,685 --> 00:23:57,862 And the more pieces I'm getting here I'm saying to myself, 465 00:23:57,966 --> 00:24:00,468 I think I'm reaching a part where 466 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,901 I need to talk to the police. 467 00:24:03,005 --> 00:24:04,187 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: It's no secret 468 00:24:04,291 --> 00:24:06,028 that when there's a murder at home 469 00:24:06,132 --> 00:24:07,868 there's a big chance the victim's 470 00:24:07,975 --> 00:24:09,920 other half is involved. 471 00:24:10,024 --> 00:24:10,928 We know it. 472 00:24:11,032 --> 00:24:12,873 The detectives know it. 473 00:24:12,977 --> 00:24:15,480 So two days after George was shot, 474 00:24:15,585 --> 00:24:17,911 the cops have a lot more questions 475 00:24:18,016 --> 00:24:22,881 for Tia Young and the guy she keeps calling her brother. 476 00:24:22,985 --> 00:24:26,912 During their interviews, both seem to change 477 00:24:27,018 --> 00:24:28,337 their stories quite a bit. 478 00:24:28,442 --> 00:24:31,463 There are inconsistencies between the two stories. 479 00:24:31,568 --> 00:24:34,591 And as they change, it's obvious that they can't 480 00:24:34,697 --> 00:24:37,824 keep their stories straight. 481 00:24:37,928 --> 00:24:43,556 On the 911 call, Tia tells the police dispatchers 482 00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:46,164 that she heard what she thought may 483 00:24:46,268 --> 00:24:48,491 have even been firecrackers. 484 00:24:48,595 --> 00:24:51,063 And on that same call, you can hear 485 00:24:51,167 --> 00:24:55,127 Lee coming into the room saying that George had been shot. 486 00:24:58,186 --> 00:25:00,340 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Sitting in front of cops on November 487 00:25:00,444 --> 00:25:04,719 18, Tia and Tim are each telling a different version 488 00:25:04,823 --> 00:25:06,490 of the story. 489 00:25:06,595 --> 00:25:09,897 Guys, shouldn't you have worked this stuff out? 490 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,336 The story that Timmy told investigators is that he heard 491 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,159 gunshots, he grabbed his gun, he went out to investigate, 492 00:25:17,263 --> 00:25:20,009 and came back inside and told Tia. 493 00:25:20,113 --> 00:25:23,345 Whereas Tia's saying she heard the noise, 494 00:25:23,449 --> 00:25:26,750 and she went looking for him and said, did you hear that? 495 00:25:26,855 --> 00:25:29,669 So obviously the stories are inconsistent. 496 00:25:29,773 --> 00:25:32,345 The cops are thinking something's up here. 497 00:25:32,449 --> 00:25:36,548 But there's not enough to determine 498 00:25:36,652 --> 00:25:38,078 what exactly happened here. 499 00:25:38,182 --> 00:25:40,162 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: The cops are suspicious, 500 00:25:40,267 --> 00:25:43,359 but what evidence do they really have? 501 00:25:43,464 --> 00:25:46,974 A lot of questions, not many answers. 502 00:25:47,077 --> 00:25:51,595 Are Tia and Tim responsible for Georgia's death? 503 00:25:51,699 --> 00:25:53,402 Why would they kill him? 504 00:25:53,506 --> 00:25:58,337 Maybe Mrs. Young's next move will give something away. 505 00:25:58,441 --> 00:26:00,351 How am I going to do it by myself? 506 00:26:00,456 --> 00:26:02,854 Everybody loved George. 507 00:26:02,958 --> 00:26:07,370 She goes on the television news and she plays her role. 508 00:26:07,475 --> 00:26:08,796 She is sobbing. 509 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:10,672 She is shocked and horrified. 510 00:26:10,776 --> 00:26:12,410 She is the grieving widow. 511 00:26:15,434 --> 00:26:17,448 There is nothing uncommon about people 512 00:26:17,553 --> 00:26:21,549 making appeals to the media or to the public for finding 513 00:26:21,653 --> 00:26:24,016 someone who committed a crime. 514 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,901 In fact, it's often helpful. 515 00:26:27,005 --> 00:26:32,600 But for an investigator, the focus is now on the person 516 00:26:32,704 --> 00:26:34,197 who's making the appeal. 517 00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:35,900 How am I going to do it by myself? 518 00:26:36,004 --> 00:26:37,359 Everybody loved George. 519 00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:39,583 I think on the one hand, Tia was 520 00:26:39,687 --> 00:26:42,467 somebody who was trying to cover her tracks and have an alibi. 521 00:26:42,572 --> 00:26:46,429 So it makes sense that she might express to family and friends 522 00:26:46,533 --> 00:26:48,931 how sad she was to have lost her husband. 523 00:26:49,035 --> 00:26:51,920 But to go on TV and put this public persona out there 524 00:26:52,024 --> 00:26:53,969 and basically become a mini celebrity 525 00:26:54,073 --> 00:26:57,479 and her community is a completely other thing. 526 00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,537 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Dr. Judy Ho, a forensic psychologist, 527 00:27:00,641 --> 00:27:04,082 knows how people like Tia's mind works. 528 00:27:04,185 --> 00:27:07,662 And she's got a tip for Gwinnett County police. 529 00:27:07,765 --> 00:27:09,815 What it shows me about Tia is that she 530 00:27:09,918 --> 00:27:13,046 was somebody who desired not only fortune but fame. 531 00:27:13,151 --> 00:27:15,861 I think she was liking all of the attention 532 00:27:15,965 --> 00:27:17,285 that she was getting from the tragedy. 533 00:27:17,390 --> 00:27:19,684 And she enjoyed playing this role of the doting 534 00:27:19,789 --> 00:27:21,978 wife and wonderful mother. 535 00:27:22,081 --> 00:27:23,506 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Now, I know actors. 536 00:27:23,610 --> 00:27:26,738 And believe me, Tia's not winning any Oscars here. 537 00:27:26,842 --> 00:27:30,213 And when the grieving widow act gets too much for her, 538 00:27:30,317 --> 00:27:33,931 George's friends start thinking maybe his murder 539 00:27:34,035 --> 00:27:36,710 was all about the Benjamins. 540 00:27:36,814 --> 00:27:41,470 The day of the murder we were there most of the day. 541 00:27:41,575 --> 00:27:43,487 It was getting pretty late. 542 00:27:43,591 --> 00:27:46,023 And I said hey, Tia, the wife and I, 543 00:27:46,128 --> 00:27:47,934 we're going to have to take off. 544 00:27:48,039 --> 00:27:49,915 We'll get some change of clothes, 545 00:27:50,020 --> 00:27:51,549 we're going to come back. 546 00:27:51,653 --> 00:27:55,787 And she said, before you go, can you help 547 00:27:55,893 --> 00:27:59,158 me find the insurance policy? 548 00:27:59,262 --> 00:28:00,860 This is not normal widow behavior. 549 00:28:00,965 --> 00:28:03,989 I would imagine that the widow of someone who 550 00:28:04,093 --> 00:28:06,385 was taken so tragically, this would 551 00:28:06,489 --> 00:28:08,089 be the last thing on her mind. 552 00:28:08,193 --> 00:28:11,529 In fact, someone might have to remind her that there's a will. 553 00:28:11,633 --> 00:28:14,136 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Now Rob doesn't rush to the cops, 554 00:28:14,239 --> 00:28:16,150 but there's nothing like a grieving 555 00:28:16,255 --> 00:28:18,617 sister to get things done. 556 00:28:18,721 --> 00:28:23,274 Ivy told investigators that there was a life insurance 557 00:28:23,379 --> 00:28:27,549 policy and Tia was the sole beneficiary 558 00:28:27,653 --> 00:28:29,355 of that life insurance policy. 559 00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:33,039 Once detectives found out about the life insurance policy, 560 00:28:33,143 --> 00:28:35,401 they discovered that within 24 hours 561 00:28:35,506 --> 00:28:39,884 Tia had attempted to cash in on that policy. 562 00:28:39,988 --> 00:28:42,594 A life insurance policy on George 563 00:28:42,698 --> 00:28:49,475 worth a million dollars, and Tia is the sole beneficiary. 564 00:28:49,579 --> 00:28:53,888 And she started just talking about the money 565 00:28:53,992 --> 00:28:56,634 and what the money was going to do. 566 00:28:56,738 --> 00:28:58,857 And that didn't sit right with me. 567 00:28:58,961 --> 00:29:00,386 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: OK. 568 00:29:00,490 --> 00:29:05,355 Is it just me or is Tia's behavior looking very shady? 569 00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:07,614 Detectives know something is off, 570 00:29:07,717 --> 00:29:10,706 but there is nothing to pin on her. 571 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:15,015 Until a witness comes forward and drops a bombshell 572 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,759 into the investigation. 573 00:29:17,864 --> 00:29:21,966 The evidence was provided by me and my oldest daughter. 574 00:29:22,069 --> 00:29:23,528 When she was on the phone with 911, 575 00:29:23,632 --> 00:29:26,205 she was looking outside to see if she could see anything. 576 00:29:26,309 --> 00:29:29,296 And actually saw a male figure run outside, 577 00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:31,590 and run underneath George's truck, 578 00:29:31,695 --> 00:29:34,995 and do something, and then run back into the house. 579 00:29:35,099 --> 00:29:37,115 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Who's the only man in the house 580 00:29:37,220 --> 00:29:39,373 at the time of George's murder? 581 00:29:39,479 --> 00:29:41,668 That's right, it's Tim Lee. 582 00:29:41,772 --> 00:29:45,282 When police questioned Tim and they say, look, 583 00:29:45,386 --> 00:29:47,714 the neighbor saw you out there. 584 00:29:47,818 --> 00:29:50,355 Said you ran outside right after the shooting. 585 00:29:50,459 --> 00:29:53,585 You grabbed something from under George's vehicle. 586 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,394 What were you getting, Tim? 587 00:29:55,499 --> 00:29:57,513 And Tim says, oh yes, well yes. 588 00:29:57,618 --> 00:30:00,814 I did, I had a GPS tracker, that George 589 00:30:00,918 --> 00:30:04,602 had asked me to put a GPS tracker on his vehicle 590 00:30:04,706 --> 00:30:06,095 to keep him safe. 591 00:30:06,201 --> 00:30:07,938 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: I think we can all take a guess 592 00:30:08,042 --> 00:30:10,613 at why cheating Tim might want to track 593 00:30:10,717 --> 00:30:13,325 Tia's husband's whereabouts. 594 00:30:13,428 --> 00:30:16,798 We found out later that there was a GPS locator 595 00:30:16,903 --> 00:30:19,301 on George's truck so that they could figure 596 00:30:19,405 --> 00:30:21,004 out when he was coming home. 597 00:30:21,108 --> 00:30:24,373 Timmy's explanation for the GPS tracker 598 00:30:24,477 --> 00:30:27,571 was an outlandish that George asked 599 00:30:27,674 --> 00:30:30,767 him to put the tracking device on his vehicle 600 00:30:30,871 --> 00:30:33,305 for his, George's, safety. 601 00:30:33,409 --> 00:30:36,326 Timmy me claimed that George was a gunrunner 602 00:30:36,432 --> 00:30:39,386 and that he didn't want his family or friends 603 00:30:39,490 --> 00:30:40,844 and know that. 604 00:30:40,949 --> 00:30:45,327 So he removed the GPS tracker so no one would discover this. 605 00:30:45,433 --> 00:30:48,663 Your friend has just been gunned down on his porch. 606 00:30:48,767 --> 00:30:51,303 And you jump over the bloody body, 607 00:30:51,409 --> 00:30:53,458 and your first thought is, I need to get 608 00:30:53,562 --> 00:30:55,023 the GPS tracker off the truck. 609 00:30:55,127 --> 00:30:56,552 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: I mean this story 610 00:30:56,656 --> 00:30:58,496 is a little unlikely. 611 00:30:58,602 --> 00:31:02,424 I had a talk with Tim, I said, Tim, what's going on? 612 00:31:02,529 --> 00:31:03,953 The police interviewed you. 613 00:31:04,057 --> 00:31:07,046 He says, yeah He says, I know you're not 614 00:31:07,150 --> 00:31:10,624 going to believe me when I tell you this but 615 00:31:10,728 --> 00:31:12,327 George was a gun runner. 616 00:31:12,431 --> 00:31:15,663 I'm fighting everything in my body 617 00:31:15,768 --> 00:31:20,459 not to grab him by the throat and throw him to the ground. 618 00:31:20,562 --> 00:31:22,961 But I know that's the worst thing 619 00:31:23,065 --> 00:31:25,775 I can do for a lot of reasons. 620 00:31:25,879 --> 00:31:28,242 What I have to do is listen. 621 00:31:28,347 --> 00:31:30,431 I said, really? 622 00:31:30,534 --> 00:31:31,196 Yes. 623 00:31:31,301 --> 00:31:32,586 George was gun running. 624 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:36,686 George was moving guns from Florida to Georgia. 625 00:31:36,790 --> 00:31:38,007 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Detectives 626 00:31:38,111 --> 00:31:39,501 aren't buying it either. 627 00:31:39,605 --> 00:31:43,949 Police are still having trouble getting enough evidence 628 00:31:44,054 --> 00:31:45,374 to bring charges. 629 00:31:45,478 --> 00:31:50,065 But they are pretty convinced that this Tim and this Tia, 630 00:31:50,169 --> 00:31:52,080 they're behind this murder. 631 00:31:52,184 --> 00:31:54,269 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: The detectives' case is looking 632 00:31:54,373 --> 00:31:56,771 stronger and stronger, but the puzzle is still 633 00:31:56,876 --> 00:31:58,751 missing a couple of pieces. 634 00:31:58,856 --> 00:32:04,137 Such as what exactly is going on between the two prime suspects? 635 00:32:04,242 --> 00:32:06,430 If they're going to bring charges, 636 00:32:06,535 --> 00:32:09,211 they need proof of what Tia is doing 637 00:32:09,316 --> 00:32:11,260 behind her husband's back. 638 00:32:11,365 --> 00:32:15,293 They provide evidence from cell phones, conversations 639 00:32:15,397 --> 00:32:16,439 that the two have had. 640 00:32:16,543 --> 00:32:19,427 And they corner them on this relationship. 641 00:32:19,532 --> 00:32:23,250 [dramatic music] 642 00:32:38,469 --> 00:32:40,346 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Five months after the shooting, 643 00:32:40,451 --> 00:32:44,968 detectives have bagged some circumstantial evidence 644 00:32:45,072 --> 00:32:46,462 and a lot of theories. 645 00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:52,057 They still can't prove who killed George. 646 00:32:52,161 --> 00:32:54,906 Then forensic technicians get around 647 00:32:55,011 --> 00:32:59,007 to looking at the contents of Tim and Tia's cell phones 648 00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:01,995 and it makes for very racy reading. 649 00:33:02,099 --> 00:33:06,861 Investigators now have possession of text messages, 650 00:33:06,964 --> 00:33:11,203 email messages, and it shows a very 651 00:33:11,307 --> 00:33:15,200 intimate and sexual relationship between Tia and Timmy. 652 00:33:15,304 --> 00:33:19,300 Sexually suggestive text messages and funny memes, 653 00:33:19,404 --> 00:33:21,384 talking about cheating on your husband 654 00:33:21,489 --> 00:33:23,434 and killing your husband. 655 00:33:23,539 --> 00:33:24,824 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: At Gwinnett PD, 656 00:33:24,930 --> 00:33:27,223 there's a fascinating picture developing. 657 00:33:27,327 --> 00:33:31,184 Not only of Tia and Tim's motive, but also something 658 00:33:31,288 --> 00:33:33,790 that looks like premeditation. 659 00:33:33,894 --> 00:33:35,840 In some ways, the joking around 660 00:33:35,944 --> 00:33:37,474 was probably a way that they tested 661 00:33:37,578 --> 00:33:39,246 that water with one another. 662 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,566 Well, are you willing to do this? 663 00:33:40,670 --> 00:33:42,059 Because if you are, I am. 664 00:33:42,163 --> 00:33:43,833 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Time to haul the lovebirds 665 00:33:43,937 --> 00:33:46,092 back in for a deep and meaningful 666 00:33:46,195 --> 00:33:48,280 conversation with the cops. 667 00:33:48,384 --> 00:33:49,879 Tia finally breaks. 668 00:33:49,983 --> 00:33:55,161 And she admits to police that, yeah, they were having 669 00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:57,559 an affair, but this had nothing to do 670 00:33:57,662 --> 00:33:59,469 with what happened to George. 671 00:33:59,573 --> 00:34:01,971 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: The cards are stacking up 672 00:34:02,075 --> 00:34:05,445 and they aren't in Tia and Tim's favor. 673 00:34:05,550 --> 00:34:08,469 The cops know now that the cheating couple has 674 00:34:08,574 --> 00:34:10,867 been lying to them for months. 675 00:34:10,971 --> 00:34:15,002 They also know Tia's shown an unhealthy interest 676 00:34:15,106 --> 00:34:18,999 in cashing in on her husband's life insurance. 677 00:34:19,102 --> 00:34:21,500 Come on, it is a million dollars. 678 00:34:21,605 --> 00:34:26,678 Now police have the life insurance policy, the affair, 679 00:34:26,782 --> 00:34:28,068 they have motive. 680 00:34:28,172 --> 00:34:29,144 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Hang on. 681 00:34:29,248 --> 00:34:30,500 There's more. 682 00:34:30,605 --> 00:34:33,871 Police are searching through Tia and Tim's 683 00:34:33,975 --> 00:34:37,347 electronic devices, their computers, their phones, 684 00:34:37,451 --> 00:34:39,291 and they find that Tim has been doing 685 00:34:39,396 --> 00:34:40,994 some interesting searches. 686 00:34:41,098 --> 00:34:44,261 He had some very odd internet searches for things 687 00:34:44,365 --> 00:34:47,979 like snake venom, Black Widow spider 688 00:34:48,083 --> 00:34:51,037 venom, or other deadly toxins. 689 00:34:51,140 --> 00:34:53,782 Various kinds of ways one might 690 00:34:53,886 --> 00:34:57,569 poison someone in case someone might want to poison someone. 691 00:34:57,673 --> 00:34:58,751 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Can anyone 692 00:34:58,856 --> 00:35:00,523 else hear the sound of corks being 693 00:35:00,627 --> 00:35:02,470 popped down at the station? 694 00:35:02,573 --> 00:35:05,526 Late April of 18 both of them are charged with murder, 695 00:35:05,630 --> 00:35:06,847 and they both plead not guilty. 696 00:35:06,952 --> 00:35:08,410 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: 697 00:35:08,516 --> 00:35:11,052 TIA YOUNG: It's not over m though, it's now up to a jury 698 00:35:11,155 --> 00:35:15,118 to decide if the evidence is strong enough to prove Mrs. 699 00:35:15,222 --> 00:35:18,210 young and her lover, Tim Lee, really are 700 00:35:18,314 --> 00:35:20,990 a pair of cold-blooded killers. 701 00:35:21,095 --> 00:35:26,759 March 28th, 2019, testimony gets underway in the murder 702 00:35:26,862 --> 00:35:29,225 trial of Tia and Tim. 703 00:35:29,329 --> 00:35:33,743 The jury will hear testimony that includes the fact 704 00:35:33,848 --> 00:35:36,905 that this brother-sister relationship was 705 00:35:37,009 --> 00:35:39,998 actually an affair the two were carrying 706 00:35:40,102 --> 00:35:42,013 on behind George's back. 707 00:35:42,117 --> 00:35:45,905 The jury will hear about a $1 million 708 00:35:46,009 --> 00:35:51,778 life insurance policy where the sole beneficiary was Tia. 709 00:35:51,881 --> 00:35:57,198 And the jury will also hear that there was a GPS tracker 710 00:35:57,303 --> 00:36:00,534 that Tim had placed on George, the victim's, vehicle, 711 00:36:00,639 --> 00:36:05,051 and found the need to, immediately after the murder, 712 00:36:05,156 --> 00:36:07,415 run and retrieve it from George's truck 713 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:08,770 rather than helping George. 714 00:36:08,874 --> 00:36:10,125 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: So this is 715 00:36:10,230 --> 00:36:12,350 what the prosecution is saying. 716 00:36:12,454 --> 00:36:15,684 The tracker meant Tim knew, to the second, 717 00:36:15,789 --> 00:36:17,318 when George would be getting home 718 00:36:17,423 --> 00:36:21,071 from work on November 16, 2017. 719 00:36:21,175 --> 00:36:25,033 As George's truck pulled up, Tim was waiting in the front yard. 720 00:36:25,137 --> 00:36:28,298 He shot George twice then ran back into the house 721 00:36:28,403 --> 00:36:29,862 through the back door. 722 00:36:29,966 --> 00:36:34,275 George's friend, Rob, just can't fathom such an evil act. 723 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:37,299 When you go home, it's that time 724 00:36:37,403 --> 00:36:40,530 where everything just drops. 725 00:36:40,635 --> 00:36:43,415 And to know he's going in that door 726 00:36:43,519 --> 00:36:46,159 and, putting his key in that door, 727 00:36:46,263 --> 00:36:52,588 and he is ambushed by the people who he thought loved him 728 00:36:52,692 --> 00:36:54,708 and who he trusted. 729 00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:56,202 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: And their motive? 730 00:36:56,306 --> 00:36:57,522 It's a no-brainer. 731 00:36:57,627 --> 00:37:01,102 It was about the money. 732 00:37:01,206 --> 00:37:03,255 It was about that $1 million. 733 00:37:06,036 --> 00:37:11,075 It was about her and Tim having a relationship 734 00:37:11,178 --> 00:37:17,051 and being able to start over again with the $1 million. 735 00:37:17,155 --> 00:37:21,846 Tim and Tia started having an affair 736 00:37:21,951 --> 00:37:24,175 and basically they wanted to be together. 737 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,477 And George had a very high insurance, 738 00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:28,623 life insurance policy. 739 00:37:28,727 --> 00:37:30,500 And that's what the plan was, was 740 00:37:30,604 --> 00:37:32,897 to kill him, collect the insurance, 741 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,737 and then be together. 742 00:37:34,843 --> 00:37:43,114 So while my friend, my cousin, every other great name I could 743 00:37:43,217 --> 00:37:47,630 ever call him, was breaking his behind, 744 00:37:47,734 --> 00:37:50,863 working three different jobs, doing 745 00:37:50,967 --> 00:37:53,537 the best he could to love his family, 746 00:37:53,642 --> 00:37:56,943 her and Tim were starting their own family. 747 00:37:57,047 --> 00:37:58,646 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: The courtroom was packed 748 00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:00,662 with people who loved George. 749 00:38:00,766 --> 00:38:05,386 Hearing the word guilty is a bittersweet moment for them. 750 00:38:05,491 --> 00:38:09,731 After all, the deliberation and everything that happened, 751 00:38:09,835 --> 00:38:13,345 we heard guilty verdicts at the end. 752 00:38:16,263 --> 00:38:19,773 First off, you get a real quick feeling that comes, 753 00:38:19,878 --> 00:38:22,761 first feeling comes. 754 00:38:22,865 --> 00:38:26,167 George isn't coming back. 755 00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:28,704 That guilty verdict doesn't, doesn't 756 00:38:28,808 --> 00:38:33,394 all of a sudden he walks to the courtroom miraculously. 757 00:38:33,499 --> 00:38:35,237 He's not coming back. 758 00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:37,738 But the second piece of that is the people 759 00:38:37,842 --> 00:38:42,395 who are responsible for his murder are going to pay for it. 760 00:38:42,498 --> 00:38:44,861 Tia was sentenced to life in prison 761 00:38:44,967 --> 00:38:48,859 with the possibility of parole plus 3 years. 762 00:38:48,962 --> 00:38:50,284 Lee was sentenced to life in prison 763 00:38:50,387 --> 00:38:52,993 without the possibility of parole. 764 00:38:53,097 --> 00:38:55,912 The judge said, you know, he thought 765 00:38:56,017 --> 00:38:59,664 that if the two had not had this affair, 766 00:38:59,769 --> 00:39:02,411 George might still be alive today. 767 00:39:02,514 --> 00:39:07,031 He actually put the bulk of the blame on Tim Lee. 768 00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:11,166 Here was a man that George had opened his home to. 769 00:39:11,270 --> 00:39:15,857 He had given him a job because this man was down on his luck. 770 00:39:15,963 --> 00:39:18,186 And how was he repaid? 771 00:39:18,290 --> 00:39:23,189 He was repaid by having Tim steal his wife, 772 00:39:23,293 --> 00:39:26,492 attempt to steal his life insurance, 773 00:39:26,596 --> 00:39:29,827 and ultimately to steal his life. 774 00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:31,877 It was the ultimate betrayal. 775 00:39:31,982 --> 00:39:33,197 The judge wanted to make that clear 776 00:39:33,302 --> 00:39:35,629 and make sure that Tim Lee would never see 777 00:39:35,734 --> 00:39:37,785 another day as a free person. 778 00:39:41,016 --> 00:39:42,442 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: The sentencing of Tia 779 00:39:42,545 --> 00:39:45,916 young and Tim Lee brings a kind of closure 780 00:39:46,019 --> 00:39:47,932 for George's loved one's. 781 00:39:48,036 --> 00:39:50,468 Justice has been done for George. 782 00:39:50,572 --> 00:39:53,177 But can anyone ever really wrap their head 783 00:39:53,281 --> 00:39:55,263 around that kind of betrayal? 784 00:39:55,367 --> 00:39:58,634 Cheating on your husband of 22 years. 785 00:39:58,738 --> 00:39:59,989 Killing him. 786 00:40:00,094 --> 00:40:02,734 Taking away your son's dad. 787 00:40:02,838 --> 00:40:04,923 What in the world? 788 00:40:05,027 --> 00:40:06,730 What in a world in life could cause 789 00:40:06,834 --> 00:40:11,560 you to think that this was a way, that this was the answer? 790 00:40:11,664 --> 00:40:16,460 To take a man like that away from his children, 791 00:40:16,564 --> 00:40:19,310 from his family. 792 00:40:19,414 --> 00:40:21,984 Do you know how much he loved you? 793 00:40:22,089 --> 00:40:28,587 Do you know how much he talked about you and his family? 794 00:40:28,691 --> 00:40:31,367 Do you know the dreams that he had? 795 00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:34,251 Do you know why he worked so hard? 796 00:40:34,356 --> 00:40:39,186 He would talk about his loving wife. 797 00:40:39,290 --> 00:40:41,861 He trusted you. 798 00:40:41,966 --> 00:40:43,946 He trusted you more than anything 799 00:40:44,050 --> 00:40:50,375 else in this entire world and you betrayed that trust. 800 00:40:50,479 --> 00:40:58,888 And I hope, I hope she suffers every day. 801 00:40:58,992 --> 00:41:02,745 Every day. 802 00:41:02,849 --> 00:41:04,969 MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: Tia young and Timothy Lee 803 00:41:05,073 --> 00:41:09,799 were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. 804 00:41:09,904 --> 00:41:14,316 One in five murder victims are killed by their spouse. 805 00:41:14,422 --> 00:41:20,676 George Young had the misfortune to love the wrong woman. 806 00:41:20,781 --> 00:41:24,951 I'm Michelle Trachtenberg and I'll see you next time 807 00:41:25,055 --> 00:41:28,320 on "Meet Mary Murder." 808 00:41:28,424 --> 00:41:32,038 [theme music]