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narrator:
Atlanta's notorious club scene
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is rocked by a brutal slaying.
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[gunshot]
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- One gunshot wound
through her left eye.
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[gunshot]
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One gunshot wound
to her torso.
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[gunshot]
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- I go, "Murdered?
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You gotta be kidding me."
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narrator:
And detectives discover
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this isn't the first murder
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tied to a DJ
at this iconic club.
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- A masked man shot him
right in his driveway.
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[gunshot]
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narrator:
Investigators must determine
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if the victims were caught
in the crossfire
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of an ongoing feud...
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- People would pay
any amount of money
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to get the song played.
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But they can flip
at any point in time.
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- Cell phone location data
put him in the neighborhood
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at the time
leading up to the murder.
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narrator: Or if the killer's
motive was personal.
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- They had gone
on vacations together.
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He was in their wedding.
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- He was a psychopath.
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Cold, calculating.
Just a killer.
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[dramatic music]
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[sirens wailing]
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[dramatic music]
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narrator:
Atlanta's iconic club scene
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has dominated its nightlife
for decades
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and is responsible
for setting music trends
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all over the world.
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- Well, the hip-hop scene
in Atlanta
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was very big in 2014,
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especially in the club scene.
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- The strip club culture
in the ATL is...
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it's like a rite of passage.
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You'll see
the most elite people,
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the biggest stars
that you can imagine.
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You can run into them
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at any given night
at the strip club.
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narrator: At the epicenter
of these infamous nightclubs
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are the DJs.
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- Being a DJ meant a lot
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because you gonna make
some good money
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and you gonna meet
every celebrity.
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- If the strip club DJ
could make you dance to a song,
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then it was absolute gold.
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And you would have every
unknown and known celebrity
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trying to get at them
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just so they could get
their record played.
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They were the radio.
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Truly, the power
was in their hands.
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narrator:
But in the early morning hours
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of November 23, 2014...
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[line ringing]
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narrator: A 911 call comes in
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that brings the turntables
to a screeching halt.
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- When the 911 call was made
a little bit after 6:00
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by Andre Pugh,
he was in the driveway
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and was saying
that his wife had been killed
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inside the home.
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- Andre Pugh worked as a DJ
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at a strip club
in metro Atlanta called Onyx.
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He reported that he came home.
He went inside.
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He found his wife unresponsive.
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And then he went outside
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and waited
for police to arrive.
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The responding officers
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conducted what's called
a protective sweep
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of the house,
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checking
for potential intruders,
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making sure that the house
is safe to enter.
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Most disturbingly,
they went into a guest bedroom
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on the main floor of the house
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where they located
the victim in bed.
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narrator:
The victim is 30-year-old
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Tiffany Jackson Pugh.
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Tiffany has been brutally shot
through the head
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and is pronounced dead.
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- But on top of Tiffany
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were Andre and Tiffany's
three-year-old son.
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- He was hitting on his mommy
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and--and trying to wake her up.
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And it was just heartbreaking
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knowing that this little boy
and little girl,
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who was upstairs,
would not be able to have
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their mother
in their life anymore.
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[indistinct
police radio chatter]
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- When I arrived on the scene,
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Mr. Pugh was advised
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that his wife
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He was able to get
the two-year-old
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and other children
out of the home.
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He was crying,
and he did appear distraught.
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- I woke up to several
missed calls from Andre.
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And when I called him back,
first thing he said
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when he answered the phone,
he said,
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"Tamika, go to the house.
go to the house,"
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and asked me
to go and pick up the kids.
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narrator:
Police try to comfort
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the devastated husband
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as detectives notify
the rest of Tiffany's family.
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- Early Sunday morning,
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my phone rang,
and it was Andre's brother.
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He said, "I got some bad news
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that you might want
to sit down."
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He said, "Well, Tiffany
was murdered last night."
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I go, "Murdered?
You gotta be kidding me."
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Well, Tiffany was born
in Rochester, New York.
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The firstborn with my wife,
Patricia Jackson.
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Tiffany was a great young lady.
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After growing up, she applied
at Clark Atlanta University,
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was accepted.
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She was adamant
about coming to Atlanta.
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There was just
more to offer here
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far as she was concerned.
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- Tiffany graduated college,
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got her dream job at Delta.
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- Delta's probably one
of the largest corporations
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in the city.
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It's a staple
in the Atlanta community.
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- If you secure
a top job with them,
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then you're really makin'
a great living for yourself.
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- Her dream was mainly
to be successful.
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She had just gotten promoted.
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So she was on
a pretty good career path.
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- Tiffany was very well-liked
within Delta Airlines
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and was really pegged
as one of those young women--
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the one to watch.
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narrator:
Tiffany's personal life
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is taking off as well
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when she falls for Andre Pugh,
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who has been making
a name for himself
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in the Atlanta club scene
as DJ Awesome.
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- She introduced us to Andre.
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He was a DJ
at one of the clubs.
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He seemed like
a good young man.
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They got married back in 2009.
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- He was a cool,
positive person,
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very energetic,
always cracking jokes.
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Always having fun.
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- Tiffany and Andre
were growing a family.
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First baby was a girl.
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The second one would be a boy.
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Tiffany loved being a mother.
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She loved being a wife.
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Just to--to see them grow
was very exciting.
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narrator: They soon settle
into family life
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in the quaint Atlanta suburb
of East Point.
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- There's a big
Delta community in East Point.
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They bought
the Lake Haven Way house.
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It was a nice, large house.
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- A very nice neighborhood.
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Brand-new houses.
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Her neighborhood
was very family-oriented
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and very safe.
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narrator: Which makes
Tiffany's brutal murder
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all the more shocking
to her community.
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- The environment at work
at Delta Airlines,
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I gotta tell you,
was very sad.
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It was a lot of tears.
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You couldn't believe it.
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- Tiffany had one gunshot wound
through her left eye,
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one gunshot wound
to her torso,
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and then there was
a third gunshot
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that had gone into the wall.
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- I notice nothing in shambles
at the home.
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And she appeared to be asleep
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at the time
of her being killed.
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narrator:
As the medical examiner
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arrives on scene,
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they determine
Tiffany's time of death
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was just minutes
before police arrived.
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They then discover
a vital detail
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about her murder.
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- One of the big pieces
of evidence
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is what's called stippling
around the bullet wound.
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It'll burn the skin.
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The gunshot
to Ms. Jackson Pugh's face
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was very close range.
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So that did tell us a lot.
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If it's
an accidental shooting,
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there's never any stippling.
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When it's within two feet,
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it's--it's on purpose.
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We brought in metal detectors,
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but no shell casings
were found.
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- There was one bullet found
right by her neck.
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And we sent that
to the Georgia Bureau
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of Investigations
for them to test.
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- I can't even imagine
the type of person
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that would do this.
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But I initially think
psychopath.
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No conscience.
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Cold, calculating.
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Just a killer.
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narrator: After examining
the body in the bedroom,
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investigators turn
their attention
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to the rest of the house.
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- Downstairs, in a back room,
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we located a window
that had been open
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and the screen had been cut
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and the blinds
were disheveled.
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It initially appeared to be
the point of entry
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into the home by the suspect.
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- Immediately,
police were assuming
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that maybe this was a burglary,
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but as they began
to process the scene
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and look at the house,
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they realized
that nothing had been taken.
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- Nothing seemed to be
destroyed in the home.
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Nothing seemed to be
out of place.
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TVs weren't ripped
from the walls.
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My thought was home invasion,
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but of course,
I couldn't get by head around
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why nothing was taken.
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- All the person did
that broke into the house
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was go straight
to Tiffany's room,
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shoot her, and then leave.
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narrator: Forensic technicians
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dust the house for prints
and swab for DNA
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but come up empty.
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But as detectives
make their way
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through the crime scene,
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something catches
their attention
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that could give them
the answers they need.
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- As I was walking
through the home,
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I did notice
a surveillance system
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with several cameras
throughout the home,
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inside and out.
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- They had a number
of different angles.
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The front, the back...
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the side of the home,
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as well as inside of the home.
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- I did check and see
if they were recording,
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and it did appear
that they were.
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My thought was
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maybe in that
surveillance video
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we're able to see
the perpetrator
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or perpetrators
in front of the cameras.
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We really needed to look
at those videos.
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There was a DJ
that had been murdered
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a few months prior.
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- It was obvious
it wasn't a robbery.
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It was an ambush.
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- They were both shot
in the head.
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They both had a connection
with Club Onyx
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and, quite frankly, Andre Pugh.
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narrator:
After Tiffany Jackson Pugh
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is viciously executed
in her sleep,
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investigators thoroughly scour
her East Point home...
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And discover security cameras
are everywhere.
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Detectives immediately view
the footage
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in the hopes of catching
a glimpse of the killer.
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- There were several cameras
that captured different angles.
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So hopefully
it clearly captured someone.
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narrator: Police scrubbed
through the surveillance video
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for any activity
that may have been captured
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during the murder.
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- There was a camera
outside of Tiffany's room.
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- But in reviewing
the footage,
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the perpetrator never went
in front of any of the cameras.
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Otherwise, there's not
a whole lot of evidence
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that we found on the camera.
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narrator: It's a major letdown
for investigators.
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So detectives leave the house
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and canvass the neighborhood
for witnesses.
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[tense music]
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- The police went
and canvassed the area.
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Two houses down,
there was a neighbor
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who had a surveillance system.
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- So at 4:45,
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we see a black car
circling the block.
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Then at 5:45,
we see on surveillance video
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the same black car
circling the block.
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And then we see a third time
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it stays
in front of their home
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for a period of time.
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And that time frame
all matched up
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that the alarm goes off.
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And that's when
the murder occurred.
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- The surveillance footage
was actually pretty critical.
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It captured
the vehicle parking
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just past the driveway.
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Then it didn't capture
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any individual
get out of the car,
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but it did clearly capture
someone moving,
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because there are
motion lights in the back.
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So you can see
a motion light come on.
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- We could not get
any identifying information
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about that car
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because the surveillance video
didn't pick up a tag.
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And the person driving the car
was smart enough
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to drive past the house
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so we could not zoom in
on the tag.
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But the black car's
very distinctive
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because the driver's side light
is out.
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narrator:
Detectives turn to the person
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closest to Tiffany,
her husband, Andre,
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for more information.
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- Once the police on the scene
sort of got the--
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the picture
of what had happened,
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they asked Andre
if he would come
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to the East Point
Police Department
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and give a statement,
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and he agreed to do that.
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- When I got there,
he was already at the station.
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And Officer Cooper told me,
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"Guy's been cryin'
the whole time."
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narrator:
After he composes himself,
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Andre walks investigators
through what happened
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the night
his wife was murdered.
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- He was a willing,
cooperating, grieving husband.
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narrator:
Andre tells detectives
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he never expected
the love of his life
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would be taken from him
so suddenly.
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- Mm-hmm.
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narrator: Andre claims
he was working at Club Onyx
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the night Tiffany was killed,
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so detectives head to the club
to confirm his story.
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- When I went up to interview
the Club Onyx management,
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they confirmed that Andre Pugh
was working on that night.
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narrator: As investigators
turn to leave,
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Andre's manager confides
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that this is not
the first murder
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Club Onyx
has been involved in.
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- The Club Onyx management
did mention to me
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that there was a DJ
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that had been murdered
a few months prior.
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[gunshots]
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That was DJ Nando,
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who was a very prominent
Atlanta DJ.
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narrator: It's a coincidence
too big for police to ignore.
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[phone rings]
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- I started looking
at parallels
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between the two cases.
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I reached out to detectives
in Clayton County
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where the incident occurred,
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and I got a copy
of the case file.
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In looking
at the connections--
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both shot in the head,
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they both have connections
to Club Onyx
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and, quite frankly, Andre Pugh.
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There was a possibility
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that DJs and their families
may have been targeted,
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and we felt that
we really needed
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to look further into that.
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While investigating
the shooting death
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of 30-year-old
Tiffany Jackson Pugh,
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police learned
that her husband's coworker
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DJ Nando,
a fellow DJ at Club Onyx,
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had been similarly murdered...
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[gunshot]
Just a few months earlier.
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As investigators delve
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into the assassination
of DJ Nando,
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Tiffany's family
lay her to rest.
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[birds chirping]
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- Tiffany's funeral
was that Saturday.
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And Andre had some input,
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but he let me make
a lot of the decisions
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that he could not
bring himself to.
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narrator:
As friends and family
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support Tiffany's
grieving husband,
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the community of East Point
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reels from the shocking death
of the wife
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of this beloved and prominent
Atlanta power couple.
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- In the industry,
people were absolutely shocked
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that Tiffany was murdered.
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To hear that someone
was able to take her life
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while she was sleeping
was just...
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Horrible.
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- Tiffany's funeral,
it was a beautiful service.
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Coworkers from Delta Airlines
showed up with amazing support.
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- There was a lot of emotions
in the church.
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I think there were a lot
of mixed emotions.
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'Cause at the time, you know,
there was no arrest made
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or any suspects named.
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- My whole family's
been changed.
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We have a great loss,
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one that we'll never get--
we'll never get over.
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- This case
was one of those cases
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that I didn't go home
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to my wife and my kids
for several nights,
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several days...
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to make sure
that we solved this
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and that we brought closure
to this family.
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narrator:
As the community mourns
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this beloved young mother,
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investigators dive
into the case
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to see if Tiffany's killing
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was related to the murder
of one of Andre's fellow DJs.
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- A gunman shot
and killed DJ Nando
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earlier this year,
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and so far no one has found
DJ Nando's killer.
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- He got out of his car,
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and a masked man came up
and shot him...
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[gunshot]
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Right in his driveway.
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- People didn't realize
Nando's status.
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He was a legend
to the DJ world.
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[dramatic music]
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- DJ Nando truly became
a staple DJ in this city.
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He broke
a whole lot of records.
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At Club Onyx,
he developed his own night
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and brought in plenty of money
and plenty of people.
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- When Nando was murdered,
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it made a lot of DJs nervous.
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People didn't know
why he was murdered.
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[gunshot]
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- Maybe somebody just tried
to rob him on a whim.
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But he still had
his jewelry on him.
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There was money
that was still there.
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So it was obvious
it wasn't a robbery.
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It was an ambush.
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[camera shutter snapping]
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It was a hit.
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[gunshot]
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- After getting
the information
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from Club Onyx,
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we did find out that DJ Nando
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was a prominent DJ
at Club Onyx
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and people pay him
so that they can either go big
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or get record deals.
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So a lot of money
is exchanging hands.
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- People would pay
any amount of money
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to get the song played.
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But if you don't fulfill
their want
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for spending their money,
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they can flip
at any point in time.
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You gotta look
over your shoulder 24/7.
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- Could it have been a--
an up-and-coming rapper
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that Nando didn't like
his music
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and said, "I'm not playing it"?
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Could it have been that?
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narrator: As investigators
search for parallels
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between the two cases,
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they grow
increasingly frustrated
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as the connections
fail to materialize.
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- But going through
the case file,
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I didn't see anything
that stood out
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to determine
that DJs were being targeted.
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At this point,
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there's just not
enough evidence
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to connect the DJ Nando case
to this case.
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narrator:
Andre's workplace, Club Onyx,
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appears to be a dead end.
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So detectives switch gears
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and focus
on Tiffany's workplace,
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Delta Airlines.
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Can Tiffany's coworkers
help provide answers
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as to who would have wanted
to kill her?
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- When we first interviewed
Tiffany's coworkers,
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it was obvious that she was
a wonderful human being.
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She didn't have
any enemies whatsoever.
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- She was so busy
being a good mom
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and trying to further
her career.
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Tiffany just did not have
any enemies.
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narrator: Although it appeared
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Tiffany was living
a charmed life,
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investigators are shocked
when they uncover
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a startling reality.
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- According to her friends,
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she did have marital problems.
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- Her friends said
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Tiffany wanted to start
divorce proceedings.
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She was, at the point
where she got murdered,
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was ready to divorce him
and leave him
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and move on with her life.
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narrator: To investigators,
this surprising revelation
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that Tiffany and Andre's
marriage was collapsing
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did not add up
with the fairy-tale picture
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Andre had described
to detectives.
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Why would Andre lie to police?
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What else was he hiding?
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- That will get yourself
added to the suspect list.
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And that's what we did
with Andre Pugh.
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[dramatic music]
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[tense music]
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[tense music]
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narrator:
East Point detectives
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are investigating the death
of Tiffany Jackson Pugh,
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who was executed
while sleeping in her home.
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After interviewing Tiffany's
coworkers at Delta Airlines,
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investigators have learned
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her marriage
to Atlanta DJ Andre Pugh
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may not have been rock-solid.
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- During the course
of our investigation,
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we did interview the employees
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that worked
with Ms. Jackson Pugh.
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And one of them,
he did mention to us
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that the marriage
that Tiffany had with Andre
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wasn't as good a marriage
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as it may have seemed
from the outside.
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- There were times
that she wouldn't agree
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with some of his behavior
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and how he spoke to her
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or how he may have reacted
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to something as simple
as leaving something out.
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- Tiffany was very quiet,
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but she did begin
to talk about that
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as our relationship grew.
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Nothing specific,
525
00:25:29,596 --> 00:25:32,265
but just that she had some--
some tough decisions to make
526
00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:34,567
for her and her children.
527
00:25:34,601 --> 00:25:37,103
- There were some things
going on between her and Andre
528
00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:38,371
and she was ready to go.
529
00:25:38,405 --> 00:25:39,706
She was done with him.
530
00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:41,541
narrator: As they gather
more information
531
00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:45,578
on Pugh's rocky relationship,
532
00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:47,914
detectives decide
to go to the source
533
00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:50,316
and bring Andre back in
for questioning
534
00:25:50,350 --> 00:25:52,452
about his marriage.
535
00:25:52,485 --> 00:25:55,355
- They asked Andre
about the depth and the scope
536
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,691
of their pending divorce.
537
00:25:57,724 --> 00:25:59,492
He claimed to investigators
538
00:25:59,526 --> 00:26:01,394
that they were a young couple,
they had problems,
539
00:26:01,428 --> 00:26:03,697
and he was trying
to work it out.
540
00:26:03,730 --> 00:26:05,598
narrator: Despite his denial,
541
00:26:05,632 --> 00:26:09,035
the lies and inconsistencies
in Andre's story
542
00:26:09,069 --> 00:26:10,570
are piling up,
543
00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:12,105
and investigators are growing
544
00:26:12,138 --> 00:26:14,541
more and more suspicious
of him.
545
00:26:14,574 --> 00:26:15,875
- I went ahead and secured
a search warrant
546
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:17,277
on his cell phone number
547
00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:18,878
and then went out
to Mr. Pugh's home
548
00:26:18,912 --> 00:26:21,614
and was able to retrieve
that cell phone from him.
549
00:26:23,450 --> 00:26:26,519
narrator: As they review
Andre's cell phone,
550
00:26:26,553 --> 00:26:29,823
detectives are stunned
to uncover the truth
551
00:26:29,856 --> 00:26:33,093
about the Pughs' seemingly
perfect relationship.
552
00:26:33,126 --> 00:26:36,596
- Andre had been telling us
over and over again
553
00:26:36,629 --> 00:26:39,666
that the marriage
was like any other marriage.
554
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:41,101
But then
when you start looking
555
00:26:41,134 --> 00:26:43,269
into the text messages,
556
00:26:43,303 --> 00:26:47,240
nothing could be
farther from the truth.
557
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,509
It became very obvious
558
00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:52,512
that what Mr. Pugh told us
about the marriage
559
00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:56,649
was inconsistent
with the conversations
560
00:26:56,683 --> 00:27:00,020
that he was having
with Tiffany.
561
00:27:00,053 --> 00:27:02,455
- The main text thread
that was most illuminating
562
00:27:02,489 --> 00:27:04,691
was with his wife, Tiffany.
563
00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:07,694
He was kind of begging her
not to leave him.
564
00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:10,096
Parallel to this conversation
with his wife,
565
00:27:10,130 --> 00:27:11,765
he's having conversations
566
00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:15,502
with at least seven,
eight different women--
567
00:27:15,535 --> 00:27:18,772
sexting,
exchanging lewd photographs,
568
00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:21,574
having rendezvous
for sexual encounters,
569
00:27:21,608 --> 00:27:25,445
soliciting prostitutes
while Tiffany's out of town.
570
00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:27,347
- I kept sayin',
"I don't wanna believe that,"
571
00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:30,050
but infidelity was huge
in the marriage.
572
00:27:30,050 --> 00:27:31,551
He was so disrespectful,
573
00:27:31,584 --> 00:27:33,753
he would bring women
to the house.
574
00:27:33,787 --> 00:27:35,889
Unfortunately,
it was just who he was.
575
00:27:35,922 --> 00:27:38,058
Not a very good person.
576
00:27:38,058 --> 00:27:42,195
- He had to have ladies
around him all the time.
577
00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:45,065
- Her friends and colleagues,
578
00:27:45,065 --> 00:27:46,599
there were mixed views
579
00:27:46,633 --> 00:27:50,370
'cause only her close friends
580
00:27:50,403 --> 00:27:53,340
knew some of the details
about the marriage.
581
00:27:53,373 --> 00:27:56,743
* *
582
00:27:56,776 --> 00:27:59,446
narrator: Suspicions
against Andre are mounting
583
00:27:59,479 --> 00:28:01,481
as investigators decide
to dive into
584
00:28:01,514 --> 00:28:03,383
the couple's financial records
585
00:28:03,416 --> 00:28:06,152
to search for
a possible motive.
586
00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:11,224
- There's so much money
available in the strip clubs.
587
00:28:11,257 --> 00:28:14,561
But as far as I'm concerned,
588
00:28:14,594 --> 00:28:19,599
Andre never had
a poppin' night at a club
589
00:28:19,632 --> 00:28:22,035
that he built on his own.
590
00:28:22,035 --> 00:28:26,706
He was definitely trying
to climb his way to the top.
591
00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,074
- When Tiffany
was gonna move out,
592
00:28:28,108 --> 00:28:30,210
Andre was trying to figure out
how he could switch
593
00:28:30,243 --> 00:28:31,544
the mortgage into his name.
594
00:28:31,578 --> 00:28:33,046
But the bank wouldn't do it
595
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:35,048
because he didn't have credit.
596
00:28:35,048 --> 00:28:37,450
He was not going to be able
to keep the--
597
00:28:37,484 --> 00:28:39,352
the house that they had
on Lake Haven Way.
598
00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:42,255
And he was very proud
of the house.
599
00:28:42,288 --> 00:28:44,824
To him it was a status symbol.
600
00:28:44,858 --> 00:28:48,294
So the motive became clear
that is was financial.
601
00:28:50,530 --> 00:28:52,966
narrator: With Andre's motive
now crystal clear,
602
00:28:53,066 --> 00:28:56,069
detectives move him to the top
of the suspect list.
603
00:28:56,069 --> 00:29:00,607
But they know he couldn't
have pulled the trigger.
604
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,343
- In reviewing
that cell phone location,
605
00:29:03,376 --> 00:29:05,045
it confirmed the alibi
606
00:29:05,078 --> 00:29:08,014
that Andre Pugh was working
on that night
607
00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:10,417
and that he didn't commit
the murder.
608
00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:13,019
But then
who would have killed her?
609
00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:14,387
[gunshot]
610
00:29:16,156 --> 00:29:17,457
I was able to determine
611
00:29:17,490 --> 00:29:19,659
that minutes
before the murder,
612
00:29:19,693 --> 00:29:22,295
Andre was speaking to someone.
613
00:29:22,328 --> 00:29:24,397
- He was in their wedding.
614
00:29:24,431 --> 00:29:27,300
And he was a pallbearer
of Tiffany's.
615
00:29:27,334 --> 00:29:31,438
- He had a parking light out
on his car
616
00:29:31,471 --> 00:29:34,374
which matched
some surveillance video
617
00:29:34,407 --> 00:29:37,377
that we had gotten
from a neighbor of Tiffany's.
618
00:29:37,410 --> 00:29:38,712
[gunshot]
619
00:29:38,745 --> 00:29:44,651
* *
620
00:29:49,688 --> 00:29:51,290
uspenseful music]
narrator:
East Point detectives
621
00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,891
are convinced
Andre Pugh was involved
622
00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:56,662
in the death of his wife,
Tiffany.
623
00:29:56,695 --> 00:29:58,697
Investigators have now started
to analyze
624
00:29:58,731 --> 00:30:01,934
Andre's call records
to see who he spoke to
625
00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:04,536
in the moments
leading up to the murder.
626
00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:06,805
- In reviewing
the cell phone records,
627
00:30:06,839 --> 00:30:08,273
I was able to determine
628
00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:10,542
that minutes before the murder,
629
00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:14,046
Andre was speaking to someone
in his contacts list
630
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,281
named Adrian Harley.
631
00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:20,919
In doing a investigative
search of Adrian,
632
00:30:20,953 --> 00:30:25,457
we determined
he was Andre's best friend.
633
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:29,194
That was the start of us
looking into Adrian Harley.
634
00:30:29,228 --> 00:30:33,165
* *
635
00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:35,534
- Once Andre got the DJ job,
636
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:38,570
he is the one
that brought Adrian on
637
00:30:38,604 --> 00:30:40,873
and kind of got Adrian
a job at the club.
638
00:30:40,906 --> 00:30:45,611
He kind of rode
on Andre's coattails.
639
00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:48,781
- Adrian Harley
was DJ Awesome's money man.
640
00:30:48,814 --> 00:30:53,385
He maintains the money
for DJ Awesome.
641
00:30:53,419 --> 00:30:56,455
- Adrian and Andre
were very good friends.
642
00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:59,925
They had gone
on vacations together.
643
00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:03,062
Adrian was in their wedding.
644
00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:06,065
And he was a pallbearer
of Tiffany's.
645
00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:09,868
* *
646
00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:12,538
- Once I got information
about Adrian,
647
00:31:12,571 --> 00:31:14,340
I made a phone call to him,
648
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,109
said,
"I'm investigating this case.
649
00:31:17,142 --> 00:31:18,210
"Just wanted to talk to you
650
00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,778
about your whereabouts
that night."
651
00:31:19,812 --> 00:31:23,349
And he was very cordial
and said, "Okay."
652
00:31:25,818 --> 00:31:28,120
narrator: Detectives head
to Harley's house
653
00:31:28,153 --> 00:31:31,357
to question him
about the night of the murder.
654
00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:35,461
- And I walked up
to Mr. Harley,
655
00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,696
introduced myself.
656
00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,598
Seemed cordial at the time.
657
00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:43,268
I asked him
about his whereabouts.
658
00:31:43,302 --> 00:31:45,237
He gave me several locations
659
00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:48,540
of where he was in Atlanta,
660
00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:51,944
at different clubs
after Club Onyx.
661
00:31:51,977 --> 00:31:53,779
And he said he had
his cell phone with him
662
00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:55,447
the whole night.
663
00:31:55,481 --> 00:31:56,715
At one point I asked
664
00:31:56,749 --> 00:31:58,217
Adrian Harley
for his cell phone,
665
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,052
as I had a search warrant,
666
00:32:00,052 --> 00:32:04,656
and the conversation
went downhill from there.
667
00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:08,927
- He became combative,
noncooperative,
668
00:32:08,961 --> 00:32:10,596
began to yell,
which only further
669
00:32:10,629 --> 00:32:13,098
aroused their suspicions.
670
00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:15,334
- It was bad,
the conversation that we had,
671
00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:17,503
but that didn't give me
quite enough
672
00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:20,506
to secure an arrest warrant,
673
00:32:20,539 --> 00:32:22,408
so he was released
from the scene.
674
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,411
* *
675
00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:26,545
Our next steps
676
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:28,347
after interviewing
Adrian Harley
677
00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:32,818
was that I looked
at his alibi.
678
00:32:32,851 --> 00:32:34,687
narrator: Suspicious
that Harley is lying
679
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,556
about his whereabouts
when Tiffany was killed,
680
00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:41,360
the team traces
his cell phone location.
681
00:32:41,393 --> 00:32:46,131
- Adrian Harley's
cell phone location data
682
00:32:46,165 --> 00:32:49,601
put him on the block
in the neighborhood
683
00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:54,540
at the time
leading up to the murder.
684
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,542
- His cell phone records
didn't match up
685
00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:58,110
to where he said he was,
686
00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:00,312
which means he was lyin'.
687
00:33:00,346 --> 00:33:05,084
* *
688
00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:07,052
narrator:
Investigators feel confident
689
00:33:07,052 --> 00:33:09,621
that they have what they need
to secure a search warrant
690
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:12,858
for Harley's vehicle.
691
00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:14,193
- We got search warrants,
692
00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:17,663
and I looked
at Mr. Harley's car.
693
00:33:17,696 --> 00:33:21,567
And he had a parking light out
on his car
694
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,837
which matched
some surveillance video
695
00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:28,841
that we had gotten
from a neighbor of Tiffany's.
696
00:33:28,874 --> 00:33:31,844
narrator: With this
new evidence in hand,
697
00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,413
detectives now believe
they can piece together
698
00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:37,950
the events
that led to Tiffany's killing.
699
00:33:40,085 --> 00:33:43,088
- The key evidence for me
was Andre's cell phone,
700
00:33:43,088 --> 00:33:45,557
which really told
the whole story.
701
00:33:45,591 --> 00:33:48,093
The only way that he could
keep that lifestyle
702
00:33:48,127 --> 00:33:50,763
is that
if he had Tiffany killed
703
00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:54,767
and the property
would pass to him.
704
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,269
He couldn't be the one
to actually pull the trigger,
705
00:33:57,302 --> 00:34:01,206
so he solicited his friend
to come do it.
706
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,541
Andre wasn't the one
707
00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:04,576
who directly committed
the crime,
708
00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:06,845
but he was in communication
with Adrian Harley.
709
00:34:06,879 --> 00:34:10,683
And the cell phone tower
put Adrian Harley
710
00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:13,919
in the area
at the time of the murder.
711
00:34:13,952 --> 00:34:16,522
And his vehicle appeared
to be the same vehicle
712
00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:19,058
on the video surveillance
from the night of.
713
00:34:19,058 --> 00:34:21,960
[dramatic music]
714
00:34:22,061 --> 00:34:27,933
* *
715
00:34:27,966 --> 00:34:31,170
Once they sort of started
putting those pieces together,
716
00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:33,772
it became clear
that Andre Pugh
717
00:34:33,806 --> 00:34:36,508
was the suspect
for orchestrating the murder,
718
00:34:36,542 --> 00:34:38,510
and Adrian Harley
was the suspect
719
00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:41,714
for actually perpetrating
the murder.
720
00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:43,916
narrator:
Police now have what they need
721
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:46,318
to charge the two men.
722
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,091
On December 5, 2014,
723
00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:56,695
Andre Pugh and Adrian Harley
are arrested at Club Onyx.
724
00:34:58,831 --> 00:35:01,166
- We did know
that they were both working
725
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:02,634
at Club Onyx that night.
726
00:35:02,668 --> 00:35:04,903
I met with
Atlanta Police Department's
727
00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:06,739
Fugitive Squad.
728
00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:10,042
And we waited
on the club to close.
729
00:35:10,042 --> 00:35:14,046
And we were able to arrest
Andre Pugh and Adrian Harley.
730
00:35:14,046 --> 00:35:16,515
[phone buzzing]
731
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:19,251
- The police called to tell me
about the arrest.
732
00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:20,586
I was happy that they had--
733
00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:22,821
first of all,
they'd made an arrest.
734
00:35:22,855 --> 00:35:26,425
I was sad that these two guys
were involved
735
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,927
with the whole thing.
736
00:35:28,961 --> 00:35:30,629
You know,
I should have been angry.
737
00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:32,765
But I couldn't--
I was trying to figure out
738
00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:35,634
why would--
he would go that route
739
00:35:35,668 --> 00:35:38,404
and destroy your life
and my daughter's life.
740
00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:40,072
Why would you do that?
741
00:35:40,072 --> 00:35:42,408
And the children's life.
742
00:35:42,441 --> 00:35:47,079
- I just could not believe
that the man--
743
00:35:47,112 --> 00:35:49,848
the father of her children,
her husband,
744
00:35:49,882 --> 00:35:51,250
would do this.
745
00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:52,384
I didn't realize
how serious it was
746
00:35:52,418 --> 00:35:53,919
until she was dead.
747
00:35:56,188 --> 00:35:57,756
narrator: Now Andre is back
748
00:35:57,790 --> 00:36:00,626
at the East Point
Police Department,
749
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:04,530
this time
as an alleged killer.
750
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:11,804
- The police
interrogated Andre.
751
00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:13,372
It was a long process.
752
00:36:34,460 --> 00:36:35,794
narrator: Andre insists
753
00:36:35,828 --> 00:36:38,564
he played no role
in murdering his wife.
754
00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:41,066
But he says Harley made
a damning confession
755
00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:44,069
just a few hours
before they were brought in.
756
00:36:44,103 --> 00:36:46,638
- He said that the night
he was arrested,
757
00:36:46,672 --> 00:36:50,275
Adrian Harley
had come to the DJ booth
758
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:51,810
and confessed to him
759
00:36:51,844 --> 00:36:54,179
that he was the one
that murdered Tiffany.
760
00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,354
- Andre told police
761
00:37:02,388 --> 00:37:04,923
that Tiffany owed Adrian
some money,
762
00:37:05,024 --> 00:37:08,594
that that's why
Adrian had murdered her.
763
00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:14,800
- Mm-hmm.
764
00:37:15,501 --> 00:37:17,603
narrator:
Andre then lays out a timeline
765
00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:19,271
for the night of the murder.
766
00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:40,392
narrator: But Andre's story
isn't adding up.
767
00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:41,593
- There was no evidence
768
00:37:41,627 --> 00:37:44,463
that Tiffany owed Adrian money.
769
00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:46,065
There's no evidence
that Tiffany would need
770
00:37:46,065 --> 00:37:48,634
any money from Adrian.
771
00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:53,505
The interpretation of that
was that was Andre's response
772
00:37:53,539 --> 00:37:55,307
to thinking
that he had been caught
773
00:37:55,341 --> 00:37:57,109
and really just trying to throw
his friend Adrian
774
00:37:57,142 --> 00:37:58,677
under the bus.
775
00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:06,418
- Andre Pugh struck me
as psychopath/narcissist,
776
00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:08,020
where you think
you're the smartest person
777
00:38:08,020 --> 00:38:09,788
in the room,
778
00:38:09,822 --> 00:38:11,023
that you can keep talking
779
00:38:11,023 --> 00:38:12,691
and they're gonna believe
everything you say.
780
00:38:17,029 --> 00:38:18,464
narrator: With Andre denying
781
00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:21,233
any involvement
in his wife's murder,
782
00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:23,035
detectives press Harley
783
00:38:23,035 --> 00:38:26,338
to tell them
what really happened.
784
00:38:26,372 --> 00:38:29,041
- Some of Andre's story
didn't add up.
785
00:38:29,074 --> 00:38:30,409
So now law enforcement
786
00:38:30,442 --> 00:38:32,211
wanted to interview
Adrian Harley.
787
00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:42,187
* *
788
00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:52,064
*
789
00:38:52,064 --> 00:38:54,500
narrator: In December of 2014,
790
00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:57,236
Andre Pugh and Adrian Harley
were arrested
791
00:38:57,269 --> 00:38:59,138
for the murder
of Andre's wife,
792
00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:01,440
Tiffany Jackson Pugh.
793
00:39:01,473 --> 00:39:04,243
Andre has just told police
that Adrian
794
00:39:04,276 --> 00:39:06,912
is solely responsible
for the murder.
795
00:39:07,012 --> 00:39:09,114
Now detectives
are interviewing Harley
796
00:39:09,148 --> 00:39:12,584
to hear his side of the story.
797
00:39:18,157 --> 00:39:20,592
- And so went
to go interview him,
798
00:39:20,626 --> 00:39:23,395
but Adrian did not make
a statement to police
799
00:39:23,429 --> 00:39:24,630
when he was arrested.
800
00:39:33,072 --> 00:39:34,273
- Okay.
801
00:39:34,306 --> 00:39:36,342
- He invoked
his right to counsel.
802
00:39:37,643 --> 00:39:40,145
And so that was his statement.
803
00:39:40,179 --> 00:39:43,615
* *
804
00:39:43,649 --> 00:39:46,485
narrator: Both men
are charged with murder
805
00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:48,620
and plead not guilty.
806
00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:53,058
But in a shocking
turn of events,
807
00:39:53,058 --> 00:39:58,430
the judge grants bail
for both accused murderers.
808
00:39:58,464 --> 00:40:00,099
- When I found out
they would be
809
00:40:00,132 --> 00:40:01,700
on the streets free,
it was upsetting,
810
00:40:01,734 --> 00:40:05,304
because I felt like the system
had failed Tiffany.
811
00:40:07,039 --> 00:40:08,407
- How could you
release someone
812
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,843
that's accused
of being a murderer?
813
00:40:12,111 --> 00:40:13,579
I never thought these guys
814
00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:17,182
could be out
as long as it was.
815
00:40:17,216 --> 00:40:19,718
- Anytime you have
a case like this,
816
00:40:19,752 --> 00:40:23,322
where you have
a true innocent victim,
817
00:40:23,355 --> 00:40:25,557
you've got small children
818
00:40:25,591 --> 00:40:27,493
who have been devastated
by this,
819
00:40:27,526 --> 00:40:30,863
there's a lot of pressure
to get it right.
820
00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:35,034
narrator:
Finally, in September 2018,
821
00:40:35,067 --> 00:40:37,836
Andre Pugh goes on trial first
822
00:40:37,870 --> 00:40:40,606
for the murder
of his wife, Tiffany.
823
00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:44,410
* *
824
00:40:44,443 --> 00:40:46,679
- Sitting there,
processing all the information
825
00:40:46,712 --> 00:40:49,615
that all
of the forensic experts
826
00:40:49,648 --> 00:40:53,352
and all those folks
were going through--
827
00:40:53,385 --> 00:40:57,823
where the shots, you know,
entered her body
828
00:40:57,856 --> 00:40:59,391
and where they exited,
829
00:40:59,425 --> 00:41:00,793
and what actually killed her--
830
00:41:00,826 --> 00:41:03,195
that was pretty, uh--
pretty traumatic,
831
00:41:03,228 --> 00:41:05,264
but I was able
to get through it.
832
00:41:07,066 --> 00:41:08,600
- The case went to the jury,
833
00:41:08,634 --> 00:41:10,336
and after about a few hours,
834
00:41:10,369 --> 00:41:13,138
they returned a guilty verdict
on all charges...
835
00:41:13,172 --> 00:41:15,174
[gavel bangs]
836
00:41:15,207 --> 00:41:17,743
And Mr. Pugh was sentenced
to life
837
00:41:17,776 --> 00:41:21,914
without the opportunity
of parole.
838
00:41:21,947 --> 00:41:24,249
- I cried.
839
00:41:24,283 --> 00:41:27,319
I was relieved.
840
00:41:27,353 --> 00:41:30,389
We knew that Andre
was put away,
841
00:41:30,422 --> 00:41:32,458
which he deserved to be.
842
00:41:32,491 --> 00:41:34,093
But I knew
there was still work
843
00:41:34,093 --> 00:41:37,563
that needed to be done
to get Adrian convicted.
844
00:41:39,631 --> 00:41:41,200
narrator:
Buy Tiffany's loved ones
845
00:41:41,233 --> 00:41:43,569
would have to wait
four more years
846
00:41:43,602 --> 00:41:47,539
until Adrian Harley
is finally brought to trial.
847
00:41:47,573 --> 00:41:49,475
- Her family had already been
through it once,
848
00:41:49,508 --> 00:41:51,110
and it had been so long.
849
00:41:51,143 --> 00:41:52,644
The mood was,
850
00:41:52,678 --> 00:41:54,947
"Thank you for getting us
to this place.
851
00:41:54,980 --> 00:41:58,450
Let's try to get
to the other side of closure."
852
00:41:58,484 --> 00:42:01,854
My primary focus
was putting Adrian Harley
853
00:42:01,887 --> 00:42:04,156
on the scene of the crime.
854
00:42:04,189 --> 00:42:06,825
And not only do we have
his phone puts him there,
855
00:42:06,859 --> 00:42:09,261
but the surveillance video
puts his black car there
856
00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:10,963
at the same time as well.
857
00:42:11,063 --> 00:42:15,534
* *
858
00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:18,971
narrator: On October 18, 2022,
859
00:42:19,071 --> 00:42:23,308
Harley is found guilty
on all counts.
860
00:42:23,342 --> 00:42:25,477
He is sentenced
to life in prison
861
00:42:25,511 --> 00:42:28,180
without the possibility
of parole.
862
00:42:29,648 --> 00:42:32,484
- Well, nobody really wins
in this--in this case.
863
00:42:32,518 --> 00:42:34,486
You know, everyone loses.
864
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,723
The kids lose their father,
you know?
865
00:42:37,756 --> 00:42:39,124
They lose a mother.
866
00:42:39,158 --> 00:42:42,094
Mr. Jackson lost his daughter.
867
00:42:42,127 --> 00:42:43,796
No one wins, right?
868
00:42:45,531 --> 00:42:47,166
narrator:
After waiting for justice
869
00:42:47,199 --> 00:42:49,468
for nearly eight years,
870
00:42:49,501 --> 00:42:52,137
Tiffany's family
can finally put the focus
871
00:42:52,171 --> 00:42:54,540
back on celebrating her life.
872
00:42:56,975 --> 00:43:01,046
- Delta Airlines honored
Tiffany Jackson Pugh's legacy
873
00:43:01,046 --> 00:43:03,916
through a scholarship
for Clark Atlanta University.
874
00:43:03,949 --> 00:43:07,486
We wanted her children
to know their mother,
875
00:43:07,519 --> 00:43:08,620
although she was a victim.
876
00:43:08,654 --> 00:43:10,656
But she did great things.
877
00:43:13,425 --> 00:43:16,895
- Tiffany was a great daughter
878
00:43:16,929 --> 00:43:21,066
that I miss, you know,
obviously, every day.
879
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:22,501
And the world should know
880
00:43:22,534 --> 00:43:23,936
that she loved her community.
881
00:43:23,969 --> 00:43:25,838
She loved Atlanta.
882
00:43:25,871 --> 00:43:29,475
She loved her children,
her family.
883
00:43:29,508 --> 00:43:30,876
We'll never get over it
884
00:43:30,909 --> 00:43:33,212
no matter what
somebody tells you you might.
885
00:43:33,245 --> 00:43:35,280
You'll look back and smile,
886
00:43:35,314 --> 00:43:36,982
but you'll also cry.
887
00:43:37,082 --> 00:43:40,419
* *