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narrator: A well-respected
Atlanta police lieutenant
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vanishes without a trace.
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- When I initially heard
of Doug's disappearance,
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I didn't know what to think.
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narrator:
But an unexpected tip
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takes everyone by surprise.
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- A fisherman finds a body
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at Lake Thurmond.
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- We determined he died
of multiple gunshot wounds.
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[camera shutter snaps]
- This is no longer
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a missing persons
investigation.
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This is a murder investigation.
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- Got to find out
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who would want
to kill a police officer
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and why they would want
to do it.
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narrator: Was the motive
behind this brutal killing
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personal...
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- The location of those wounds
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was close to the genitalia.
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narrator: Or was it connected
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to something more sinister?
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- Doug owed a lot of money.
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- Could he have been murdered
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by loan sharks
that he owed money to?
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[gunshot]
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- Evil lives among us.
It does.
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[sirens wailing]
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narrator:
15 miles south of Atlanta
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lies the suburb of Jonesboro,
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a picturesque town
known for its Southern charm.
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- It's a nice sleepy town,
a quiet town.
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A nice place to raise a family.
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narrator:
Nearly 100 years ago,
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the quaint hamlet
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and its lush,
rural surroundings
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soared to fame as the backdrop
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for a great American classic.
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- Jonesboro was put on the map
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with the "Gone with the Wind"
book
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when it was written and set
in the city of Jonesboro.
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narrator:
Today, Jonesboro still retains
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much of its storied past,
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with its antebellum homes
and comfortable lifestyle.
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- If you work in Atlanta,
you don't wanna
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necessarily live
where it's all so--
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quite so busy,
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it's a nice, quieter place
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to retreat to the suburbs.
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[bell dinging]
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narrator:
But in September of 1994,
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the peaceful town is rocked
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when one
of its finest disappears.
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- On Wednesday,
September 28th,
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a woman named
Candace Overstreet
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called the Clayton County
Police Department.
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An officer responded
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and she reported
her husband missing.
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Her husband was named
Doug Overstreet.
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She, at that time,
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identified him as a lieutenant
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with the Atlanta
Police Department.
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narrator:
Frantic and worried,
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Candace says
she's tried to reach Doug
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but hasn't seen
or heard from him
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since Sunday,
nearly three days ago.
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- She explained to him
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that they had
an uneventful weekend.
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They went to a Georgia Tech
football game.
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He had several part-time jobs,
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and he went to a part-time job
that he had that weekend.
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I believe it was at
a drinking establishment.
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And at that point--
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she never saw him
after he went
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to that part-time job.
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- Candace just couldn't
understand where Doug was,
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had no idea what could have
happened to him.
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She said
it was the perfect marriage
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and he was the perfect husband.
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- She said it was normal
for him
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to want to spend time
by himself.
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He also liked to camp,
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spend times in the wood
by himself just to reflect.
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So it was not uncommon
for him to be gone
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for several days.
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And so she didn't think
anything of it
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to start off with.
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But when he hadn't shown up
by Wednesday,
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she was worried at that point.
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narrator:
She tells the officer
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she's reached out
to Doug's friends.
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- Candace and I talked
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for probably an hour
and a half.
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She didn't know where he was.
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She wanted to know
if I had any idea
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where he could be.
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And at that point in time,
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I was like,
"Okay, maybe he did
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"just take off for a while
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and he felt he needed
to get away."
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narrator: A panicked Candace
tells the officer
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she's even spoken
with Doug's boss.
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- Candace Overstreet
actually went
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to Doug's employer,
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the Atlanta Police Department.
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And at that point,
she reported
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that she had not seen him.
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They acknowledged the fact
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that they had not had contact
with him either.
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They urged her to go ahead
and report him missing
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because the fact
that she had not seen him
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in the last several days.
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- After Candace
fills in the police
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that Doug is missing,
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he doesn't waste any time.
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He files
the missing person report
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and tells Candace
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that detectives
will be in touch soon.
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- When I initially heard
of Doug's disappearance,
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I didn't really know
quite what to think.
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It doesn't seem
to be consistent
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with his general behavior
and demeanor.
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- Doug Overstreet
is an Atlanta police officer
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who headed up
the burglary division.
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He's well-respected,
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well-liked by his coworkers.
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And he has
15 years' experience
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as a police veteran.
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- Family was important to him.
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He talked to Candace
on a regular basis.
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He would stop almost every hour
to call her.
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His comment was that,
"She doesn't feel comfortable,
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so I just call and tell her
everything's fine."
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- Doug's wife of ten years,
Candace,
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has two daughters
who are his stepdaughters.
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And he dotes on them.
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And he wants to be able
to provide for his wife
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and his stepdaughters.
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Candace is close
to both of her daughters--
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Brandy, 21 years old,
who lives at home,
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and Keisha, 19 years old,
who's away at college.
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- They talked about the girls
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who were his stepdaughters.
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He was proud of them.
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- Doug was working hard also
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because he wants to be able
to provide for his wife
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and provide
for both of the girls
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for college as well.
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- He was a good guy.
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It was just strange
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that he had just disappeared
off the face of the earth.
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It was kind of hard to take,
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'cause I considered him
a friend.
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- After the missing persons
report is filed,
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detectives rush over
to the Overstreets' home
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to talk to Candace
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to see if anything
was troubling Doug.
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- Candace touched on the fact
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that he was going through
some problems at work,
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had been passed over
for promotions.
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There was talk
about a GBI investigation
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into some statistical data
that had come out of his unit.
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And that had Doug
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under some stress
at that point,
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which would all have made it
more understandable
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or easy to understand
that he had gone off
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to get away and think
by himself for a while.
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narrator: But it's what
Candace reveals next
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that worries detectives.
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- Based on the fact
that Candace touched on
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all the problems
that he was having at work,
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plus being passed over
promotion,
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she was worried
that he may have hurt himself.
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She actually mentioned to us
that she was scared
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that he may have gone off
and--and killed himself.
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Based on my training
and experience,
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I'm thinking,
"If he got so depressed
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"and he went off on his own,
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he may have caused
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police are just trying
to figure out
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where he might be.
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They're just kind of
checkin' out
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some of the places
where he frequents,
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including the land
in Henry County
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that he and Candace
had purchased
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to build a brand-new home.
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- Several detectives
went to that location,
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10 or 15 miles from
where they lived in Jonesboro,
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hoping maybe he had
gone there.
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But there was
no signs of Doug.
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narrator: While detectives
can't rule out
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the possibility of suicide,
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they devise a new strategy
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and cast a wider net.
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- The next step is to put out
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an APB for his vehicle
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and to see if they get
any hits back
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as to,
"Has anyone seen his car?
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Has anyone seen
Doug Overstreet?"
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narrator: Meanwhile, the team
doesn't waste any time
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and begins to focus
on a terrifying possibility--
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Lieutenant Overstreet
may be the victim
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of a revenge killing.
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- They look into
does he have any enemies?
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Is there someone
that he arrested
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who's just gotten out of jail
that had a reason
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to wish him any harm
or do any harm to him?
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- So the detectives
investigating the case
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had to delve
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into Doug's past cases
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to find out which people
that he arrested
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would have a motive, a reason,
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and an opportunity
to kill Doug.
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So retaliation
from a former defendant
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was in the mix.
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- After Atlanta
Police Department
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looked through those files,
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there was nothing
that stood out
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as an obvious suspect
as far as revenge.
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There was nothing else
to follow at that point.
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narrator: With the revenge
theory a bust,
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police soon make a discovery
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that alters the course
of the investigation.
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- Just a few hours
after the BOLO is released,
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police get the big break
that they were hoping for.
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- We located Doug's truck.
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But it opened up more questions
than it answered.
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- This is a police officer
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who's missing
in the line of duty,
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and we have no idea
where he is,
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so everybody had to join in.
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[siren wails]
- They check the car
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for fingerprints and they find
that the fingerprints
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are those that you would expect
to be there.
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- It brought up
other questions.
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Did someone dump
his truck there
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to throw off any investigation?
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[soft tense music]
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[soft tense music]
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narrator: When Atlanta
police lieutenant
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Doug Overstreet
disappears without a trace,
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his wife Candace
reports him missing.
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Detectives have put out
an alert
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to surrounding law enforcement
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to be on the lookout
for any signs of Doug.
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- The Clayton County Police
release an APB
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on Lieutenant Doug Overstreet's
vehicle,
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just trying to find out
where he may be.
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And turns out
that his truck is found
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in the long-term parking lot
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at Atlanta airport.
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And that's the first break
in the case.
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- It was in long-term parking,
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which is what led us
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to bring in
the federal authorities
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because we were thinking
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if he was taken
out of state involuntarily,
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or if he had gone out of state
and done something to himself,
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that it may become
a federal crime.
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And so that
is when we brought in the FBI.
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- The FBI
has incredible resources
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that can be brought to bear
very, very quickly.
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Shortly after being advised
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that Lieutenant Overstreet
was missing,
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we went there to meet
with Clayton County
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and Atlanta Police
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that share jurisdiction
at the airport.
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- We had about three
or four other agents
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that were involved
in the investigation.
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They were acting as liaison,
assisting, etcetera.
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This is a police officer
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who's missing
in the line of duty,
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and we have no idea
where he is,
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so everybody had to join in.
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When I went down there,
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we photographed the truck...
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[camera shutter snapping]
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And had it moved
to a secure warehouse
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where we took the truck,
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and I processed the truck
for evidence.
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- Back in '94, you didn't have
cameras everywhere
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like you do now.
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And so there's no video footage
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to take a look and see
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who might have left
that car there.
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The FBI, they check
the truck for fingerprints
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and any evidence.
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And they find
that the fingerprints
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are those that you would expect
to be there--
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Doug Overstreet's fingerprints
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and those
of his family members.
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- We had information
from both Candace
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and some of his coworkers
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that Doug would like
to go off by himself,
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get away from it all.
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And so finding his truck
at the airport
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led us to the possibility
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that maybe he'd got on a flight
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and just had planned to go away
for a little while.
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- They contacted
all the carriers
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and tried to find out
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whether he was passenger
on any flights
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during the period of time
when the truck was there,
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and found out no, he'd--
he--he was not.
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He was not on any flight,
at least under his--
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that name
of Douglas Overstreet.
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[dramatic music]
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- So it brought up
other questions.
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He could have gotten
into another car
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with someone else
voluntarily or involuntarily.
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Or did someone dump
his truck there
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to throw off
any investigation?
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* *
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- I remember we were
actually in the parking lot
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at the Atlanta Hartsfield
International Airport
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when we got notification
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that a sheriff's department
in South Carolina
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had located
an unidentified white male.
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- The fisherman or fishermen
had discovered the body
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floating in Lake Thurmond.
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[siren wails]
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- EMTs get there.
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When they pulled the body
out of the water,
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they noticed the bullet holes.
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They attempted any sort
of life-saving measures.
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And they were not able
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to resuscitate him
at that point.
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- He was nude.
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There's no identification.
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The body being in the lake
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speeds up decomposition
in the body,
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making it more difficult
to identify.
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- But the body fit
Doug's basic description--
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height, weight, hair color.
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We were thinking at that point
it probably was Doug.
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- There's nothing
that they can really determine
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at this point from his body...
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except that he had
15 gunshot wounds.
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narrator:
The decomposed corpse is sent
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to the medical examiner's
office for evaluation.
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Meanwhile,
the South Carolina team
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hunts for any clues
to explain what happened.
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- I know that initially
the local sheriff's department
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had checked
the bottom of the lake
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in the area where he was found
for any possible evidence.
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They found none.
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- I got on a jet
with some other folks
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representing the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation
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and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
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And we headed
to South Carolina.
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- The SLED agent was handed
the fingerprint card
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from Doug's personnel file.
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It took him
less than 15 seconds
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to make the identification.
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This is no longer
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a missing persons
investigation.
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This is a murder investigation.
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- It puts a chill
in the investigators.
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They wish
they could have found him.
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But now they've got
a fire building
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to punish the person
that did this
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to a fellow police officer.
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- We determined that he died
of multiple gunshot wounds.
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It let us know
that some of the ideas
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that we had been tracing
from the beginning
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about a suicide
were no longer an option.
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At that point,
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what was goin'
through my mind is,
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"The real work
is gonna start."
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Because now we have to recreate
what may have happened.
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narrator:
Detectives start by focusing
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on the number and placement
of gunshot wounds
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on Doug's body.
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- The location
of some of the wounds--
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there were several wounds.
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Four or five of the wounds
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were on his inner right thigh,
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one wound in his groin.
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From the location
of some of the wounds,
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there was
a slight sexual overtone.
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narrator: Could the killer
have been sending a message?
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- The way the crime
was committed,
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seemed to be
a very personal attack
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by someone who was very angry.
394
00:17:21,674 --> 00:17:22,474
narrator:
Four days after Atlanta
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police lieutenant
Doug Overstreet disappears,
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his naked body is discovered
in a South Carolina lake.
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Detectives must now break
the devastating news
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to his family.
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- Candace was distraught,
overcome...
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with anxiety and fear and...
401
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They say she passed out
at their feet.
402
00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:54,473
- She took it very hard.
She was very upset.
403
00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:57,976
Candace's daughter Brandy
was with her
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00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:01,046
and she was emotional as well.
405
00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:04,783
narrator: When Candace
regains her composure,
406
00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:07,019
detectives explain
the circumstances
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00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:09,388
surrounding Doug's death.
408
00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:11,623
Given the personal nature
of the attack,
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00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:14,293
they inquire
about their marriage.
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00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:15,527
- In the beginning,
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00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:18,564
Candace painted
the perfect marriage--
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the picture
of a perfect marriage.
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00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:22,768
Well, that began to slip away
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00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:25,637
because Candace brought up
the fact
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00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:29,241
that he might have been
having an affair.
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00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:32,644
He might have left
with that person.
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00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:35,280
- Candace says she's been
home with her daughter
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the entire time and she was
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nowhere near Lake Thurmond,
South Carolina.
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00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:42,054
Candace doesn't really offer
any details
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00:18:42,087 --> 00:18:44,923
about Doug's alleged affair,
422
00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:47,559
just to say that Doug's
been acting suspicious.
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00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:53,065
narrator:
Shortly after Doug's family
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00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:55,834
receives the horrifying news,
425
00:18:55,868 --> 00:18:58,637
so does the rest of Atlanta.
426
00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:03,475
- When this murder
hit the airwaves in 1994,
427
00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:05,844
the community was shocked.
428
00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:10,015
You wouldn't expect
a well-respected
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and well-liked police officer
to be murdered
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and then his body dumped
in a lake.
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00:19:18,624 --> 00:19:23,195
- When I got the first message
that Doug had been murdered,
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00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:24,830
I played it again.
433
00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:28,634
It hurt.
434
00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:31,870
I just kind of...
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00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:33,238
[sighs]
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00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:34,907
I've--I've--I cried a lot.
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00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,843
[somber music]
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00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:42,281
He was too good a guy to have--
have that happen to him.
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00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:47,619
* *
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00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:49,621
narrator: While Doug's
friends and family
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00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:52,725
try to come to terms
with what happened,
442
00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:56,562
investigators start digging
into Doug's personal life,
443
00:19:56,595 --> 00:20:00,766
looking for any signs
of a relationship gone sour.
444
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,703
- The police investigate
445
00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:06,605
some of the places
where he was moonlighting.
446
00:20:06,638 --> 00:20:10,075
Did he happen to meet
a woman there?
447
00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:12,044
- He had his part-time job
448
00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:16,115
at this bar up in Buckhead,
Rio Bravo.
449
00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:17,449
He was doing part-time work
450
00:20:17,483 --> 00:20:19,752
as a security officer there.
451
00:20:22,121 --> 00:20:23,622
- Rio Bravo in the early '90s
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00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:26,592
was the place to be
on Thursday nights.
453
00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:28,794
It was always packed.
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00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:31,930
Doug was the officer
that sort of controlled--
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00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:34,233
made sure that it was safe.
456
00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:35,267
- 'Course there would be
some girls
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00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,368
want to flirt with him,
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which, normally in a bar,
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00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:39,638
girls wanna flirt
with the guys at the door
460
00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:42,975
who can maybe do 'em a favor
down the road.
461
00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:44,710
- Doug wore a pager.
462
00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:46,478
The pager
was constantly going off
463
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from somebody...
[pager buzzing]
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That was trying to pursue Doug.
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And I don't know
if it was really
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as much for a relationship,
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00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:58,290
but it sure gave
the impression
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that there was
a relationship there.
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00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:03,195
In the back of my mind I knew
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that the pager
was probably going off
471
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with one young lady's
phone number
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multiple times a day.
473
00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:12,571
narrator: Investigators learn
from Doug's coworkers
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that Candace was well aware
of his socializing.
475
00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:21,180
- I probably met Candace
two, three times at Rio Bravo.
476
00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:24,983
She came by to either grab
something from Doug,
477
00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:26,552
maybe grab some dinner.
478
00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,754
Candace was maybe
a little bit controlling,
479
00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:32,391
maybe wanted to know
what he was up to.
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- Detectives speak
481
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with both friends
and coworkers
482
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to see if there's any truth
behind what Candace suspects.
483
00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:42,234
- Various avenues
of investigation
484
00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:44,303
were dealt with
pretty quickly.
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00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:46,305
There was a woman
he was talking to
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at his extra job that,
it was alleged,
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00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:50,109
might be a girlfriend.
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00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:53,212
The woman was identified.
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00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,147
- She was tracked down.
490
00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:57,316
And she had a solid alibi
491
00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:58,584
which covered her
during the time
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00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:01,587
that--that Doug was shot.
493
00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:04,223
narrator: Detectives
are back to square one
494
00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:06,291
but not for long.
495
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:08,127
When the autopsy report
is released,
496
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,063
the medical examiner's office
is able to provide
497
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a surprising new twist.
498
00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,769
- The medical examiner
was able to let us know
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00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,738
that--that some of the bullets
he recovered from Doug
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were both 9mm and .38 caliber,
which let us know
501
00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:27,579
there was at least two guns
used on the assault of Doug.
502
00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:29,715
At that point, it opened up
503
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:32,084
the field of suspects
exponentially.
504
00:22:32,084 --> 00:22:33,585
- When you would find
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00:22:33,619 --> 00:22:36,422
that two firearms were used,
you would suspect
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00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:38,290
that there would be
two shooters.
507
00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:40,893
[gunshots]
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00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:42,461
- Police go back to talk
509
00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:44,897
to Doug Overstreet's widow,
Candace, to see
510
00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:47,333
what else she can add
to the investigation,
511
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,701
if she can shed
some more light
512
00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,669
on what was going on
with Doug Overstreet.
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narrator:
Investigators ask Candace
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if there are any other secrets
in Doug's life
515
00:22:57,409 --> 00:22:59,278
that could have
gotten him killed,
516
00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:01,747
and she drops a bombshell.
517
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,782
- Candace was talking
about Doug and said
518
00:23:03,816 --> 00:23:07,252
that Doug had
a very bad habit--
519
00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:11,123
very expensive taste,
lavish spending,
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00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:13,792
would borrow
lots and lots of money,
521
00:23:13,826 --> 00:23:15,728
and actually racked up
quite a bit of debt
522
00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:17,863
based on his spending habits.
523
00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:21,433
She said she's not sure
524
00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:24,069
who he may have borrowed
money from.
525
00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:25,471
narrator:
But the team is curious
526
00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:27,306
as to why Candace
didn't mention
527
00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:29,141
Doug's debt sooner.
528
00:23:29,174 --> 00:23:32,578
- Candace says Doug's spending
has been a secret
529
00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:35,481
that she's been ashamed of
and didn't want to admit.
530
00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:37,950
She didn't want to spoil
Doug's good name
531
00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:39,351
by talking about it.
532
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,789
narrator:
With this new revelation,
533
00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:45,824
detectives now have
to consider
534
00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:49,361
whether Doug's murder
was payback for an old debt.
535
00:23:49,395 --> 00:23:52,531
- Doug might have owed money
to a lot of people.
536
00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:54,199
So that had to be checked out.
537
00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:57,970
And if Doug
was unable to pay his debt...
538
00:23:58,003 --> 00:24:00,839
did he disappear
because of the debt?
539
00:24:00,873 --> 00:24:03,042
That was something
we had to look into.
540
00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,910
[gunshots]
541
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:12,967
[suspenseful music]
542
00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:17,322
[suspenseful music]
543
00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,758
narrator:
Detectives have a new lead
544
00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,193
in the murder investigation
545
00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:24,329
of Atlanta police lieutenant
Doug Overstreet.
546
00:24:24,363 --> 00:24:26,732
After speaking
with Doug's wife, Candace,
547
00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:29,101
they've learned
the family's finances
548
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:30,736
were in shambles.
549
00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:35,941
- Candace informed
the detectives
550
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:39,278
that Doug was in debt,
deeply in debt--
551
00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:41,080
that he owed a lot of money.
552
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:41,980
And one of the reasons
553
00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:44,983
I had to look
into the possibility of debt
554
00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:45,851
was the possibility
555
00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:48,620
that somebody wanted
their money back.
556
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,723
And if they can't get
their money back,
557
00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:53,192
something's gonna happen
to the person that owes it.
558
00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:55,794
They might disappear.
559
00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:57,963
- We looked at his financials
560
00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,598
to see
if maybe that could have been
561
00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:02,167
the cause of--
of whatever he ran into.
562
00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:04,803
- Detectives found
563
00:25:04,837 --> 00:25:06,772
that he did,
in fact, borrow money
564
00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:08,507
and he owed money.
565
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,809
Uh, his friends knew
all about this.
566
00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:13,245
His friends loaned him money.
567
00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:16,815
We found out that Doug
was borrowing so much money
568
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:19,818
in order to keep Candace happy
569
00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,820
and keep the family happy.
570
00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,055
- Doug talked about his wife.
571
00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:24,757
She liked nice things,
you know.
572
00:25:24,790 --> 00:25:26,825
And so being a little bit
high-maintenance, you know,
573
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:28,827
he worked these other jobs
to make sure
574
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:31,630
he could fulfill
that expectation.
575
00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:34,099
- We were never able
to confirm
576
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:38,070
that any money that he owed
or that he borrowed
577
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:39,538
came from any--
578
00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:43,208
anybody that would have
caused him any harm.
579
00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:47,546
So we were not able to trace
his financial problems
580
00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:50,115
to what lead to his death.
581
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,086
narrator:
It's been three days
582
00:25:54,086 --> 00:25:56,221
since Doug's body
was discovered.
583
00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:58,557
Detectives decide
to check-in with Candace
584
00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:01,360
to see how she's coping.
585
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,028
- A team of detectives
586
00:26:03,062 --> 00:26:06,865
does a condolence visit
to Candace, to her home,
587
00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:08,834
to check on her,
see how she's doing,
588
00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:11,537
and update her
on the investigation.
589
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:17,343
- They went to Candace's house
and Brandy was there.
590
00:26:17,376 --> 00:26:18,744
Brandy lived in the house.
591
00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:19,878
She couldn't afford to stay
592
00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,280
in her college apartment
anymore.
593
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,082
She had to move back home.
594
00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:29,121
Brandy was acting odd...
595
00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:32,424
very quiet,
wouldn't say anything.
596
00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:34,660
And they were carrying on
the conversation
597
00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:38,330
with--with Candace
about funeral preparation
598
00:26:38,364 --> 00:26:39,865
and things like that.
599
00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:45,904
- She let
several detectives know
600
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:51,076
that she was going to bury Doug
with his badge.
601
00:26:51,076 --> 00:26:52,678
And so at that point,
someone said,
602
00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:54,880
"D--do you have his badge?"
603
00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:57,683
She said, "Yes, I have
his badge and his gun."
604
00:27:00,019 --> 00:27:01,920
- Candace runs upstairs,
gets the badge,
605
00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:03,689
brings it back down,
606
00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:06,692
and gives it to the detectives.
607
00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:10,095
- And that stood out
as very odd.
608
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:13,165
[dramatic music]
609
00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:15,734
There's the fact
that most police officers
610
00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:20,105
don't leave their house
without their badge.
611
00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:21,573
narrator:
Investigators are
612
00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:24,309
more than just a little
suspicious.
613
00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:27,846
- The detectives,
being very nice and polite,
614
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,948
said,
"You mind if we look around
615
00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:32,117
"to see if there's
anything we missed
616
00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:35,454
in the house,
anything we can use?"
617
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,891
- She said, "I don't have
one bit of problem whatsoever."
618
00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:41,527
- Detectives went upstairs
to the master bedroom.
619
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,829
And...[chuckles lightly]
First thing he noticed...
620
00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:45,698
[door squeaks]
621
00:27:45,731 --> 00:27:47,299
In the closets,
622
00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:51,103
none of Doug's
personal possessions are there.
623
00:27:52,805 --> 00:27:56,809
So he opens
a couple of drawers and...
624
00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:59,178
none of Doug's
personal possessions
625
00:27:59,211 --> 00:28:01,847
are in the drawers.
626
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,550
Doug, his--his presence
has been wiped away
627
00:28:04,583 --> 00:28:06,151
from the master bedroom.
628
00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:13,392
- Also, it was odd
that she was taking this time
629
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,727
to make some home renovations
630
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,495
at the same time
that finding out
631
00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,030
her husband has been killed.
632
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:19,832
There was new carpet
on the floor,
633
00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:21,900
but the carpet
had not been installed.
634
00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:24,770
It had been unrolled
up against the walls,
635
00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:26,605
but had not been installed--
636
00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:28,607
was not on the floor,
637
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,276
was not under the baseboards.
638
00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,946
narrator: When detectives walk
across the bedroom,
639
00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:37,383
something else
catches their attention.
640
00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:39,251
- He heard a squeak
in the floor.
641
00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:41,420
And he looks down
and looks around the carpet.
642
00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:45,257
You could see it hadn't been
professionally laid.
643
00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:47,292
- They could tell
that there was a plank
644
00:28:47,326 --> 00:28:48,894
or some sort of wood
645
00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:50,729
that did not match up
646
00:28:50,763 --> 00:28:53,265
with the other flooring
under the carpet.
647
00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:57,803
And they could rock on it
back and forth.
648
00:28:57,836 --> 00:28:59,705
- He pulled the carpet back
649
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,474
and saw where a piece
of the subfloor
650
00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:04,309
had been cut out
651
00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:08,080
and replaced
with another piece of plywood.
652
00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:13,419
- At that point, they noticed
what looked like dried blood
653
00:29:13,452 --> 00:29:14,853
on the subflooring.
654
00:29:14,887 --> 00:29:18,390
* *
655
00:29:18,424 --> 00:29:20,626
At that point,
they covered it back
656
00:29:20,659 --> 00:29:23,028
and left the bedroom.
657
00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:27,333
- Detectives see that Doug's
clothes are missing.
658
00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:29,301
There are only women's clothing
in the bedroom.
659
00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:33,072
And they see that the carpet
has been untacked
660
00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:36,041
and there's blood
on the subflooring.
661
00:29:36,041 --> 00:29:38,510
And they're like,
"What's goin' on?"
662
00:29:38,544 --> 00:29:41,080
narrator:
Investigators are stunned
663
00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:44,049
by what they have
just uncovered.
664
00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:48,053
- It raises a red flag
and causes them to think,
665
00:29:48,053 --> 00:29:50,189
"Did something happen to him
in this home?"
666
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:53,359
[gunshots]
667
00:29:56,061 --> 00:29:58,063
- And we could see
668
00:29:58,063 --> 00:29:59,865
lotta bloodstains there.
669
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,033
I mean, this wasn't--
[chuckles]
670
00:30:01,066 --> 00:30:04,603
this--this was not
a shaving accident.
671
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,473
- They found the blood trail
down the hallway.
672
00:30:07,506 --> 00:30:09,942
They found the blood trail
across the basement,
673
00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:12,911
the blood trail to the van.
674
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,781
- At that point,
675
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:18,117
we were looking
at family members.
676
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:20,686
There's nobody else
living in the home.
677
00:30:26,025 --> 00:30:28,033
[suspenseful music]
678
00:30:28,033 --> 00:30:32,065
[suspenseful music]
679
00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,402
narrator: Three days
into the murder investigation
680
00:30:35,435 --> 00:30:38,271
of Atlanta police lieutenant
Doug Overstreet,
681
00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:41,808
detectives are shocked
by what they've discovered
682
00:30:41,841 --> 00:30:44,644
inside the Overstreet
master bedroom.
683
00:30:44,678 --> 00:30:47,580
[camera shutter snapping]
684
00:30:47,614 --> 00:30:50,884
- After the detectives
noticed the dried blood,
685
00:30:50,917 --> 00:30:52,986
they ended their meeting
with Candace,
686
00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:55,221
not wanting to give her
any indication
687
00:30:55,255 --> 00:30:57,223
that they had noticed
anything suspicious,
688
00:30:57,257 --> 00:30:58,992
for fear
that when they left the house,
689
00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:01,728
she would have access to this.
She could destroy it,
690
00:31:01,761 --> 00:31:03,063
could haul it off,
691
00:31:03,063 --> 00:31:05,298
could do anything
to this evidence.
692
00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:09,069
At that point,
they notified me
693
00:31:09,069 --> 00:31:13,440
to obtain the search warrant
for the house.
694
00:31:13,473 --> 00:31:15,175
- So they get
the crime scene technicians
695
00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:18,545
to come in
and process the scene.
696
00:31:18,578 --> 00:31:19,846
- When we got in there,
697
00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:20,914
you know, the carpet
had been torn up
698
00:31:20,947 --> 00:31:24,484
all over the--in the hallway
and in the bedroom.
699
00:31:24,517 --> 00:31:26,086
And there was
this piece of plywood
700
00:31:26,086 --> 00:31:28,488
laying over a hole
in the floor
701
00:31:28,521 --> 00:31:30,323
that had been cut out.
702
00:31:30,357 --> 00:31:34,260
And we could see
lotta bloodstains there.
703
00:31:34,294 --> 00:31:35,528
I mean, this wasn't--
[chuckles]
704
00:31:35,562 --> 00:31:39,099
this--this was not
a shaving accident.
705
00:31:39,099 --> 00:31:42,002
- Investigators
don't just find some blood.
706
00:31:42,102 --> 00:31:45,271
They find a lot of blood.
707
00:31:45,305 --> 00:31:46,940
narrator:
When Agent McFarlane
708
00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:49,009
removes the loose piece
of plywood,
709
00:31:49,109 --> 00:31:51,678
he can't believe
what he uncovers.
710
00:31:51,711 --> 00:31:52,979
- What was real interesting,
711
00:31:53,013 --> 00:31:54,114
is when I looked
down the hole,
712
00:31:54,114 --> 00:31:55,548
which goes into the basement,
713
00:31:55,582 --> 00:31:57,117
you have the--the rafters
714
00:31:57,117 --> 00:31:58,585
that are supporting the floor.
715
00:31:58,618 --> 00:32:02,522
And I believe there is one
or maybe two bullets
716
00:32:02,555 --> 00:32:06,960
that were in the rafters
at a downward angle.
717
00:32:07,060 --> 00:32:08,561
- There's no reason
anyone should have
718
00:32:08,595 --> 00:32:10,063
bullets in the flooring.
719
00:32:10,063 --> 00:32:12,065
Detectives have found
the crime scene.
720
00:32:12,065 --> 00:32:13,700
This is it.
- And, of course,
721
00:32:13,733 --> 00:32:16,069
the bullet which we recovered,
it was compared
722
00:32:16,069 --> 00:32:17,070
with the bullets
723
00:32:17,103 --> 00:32:18,872
that were found
in Doug's body.
724
00:32:18,905 --> 00:32:20,707
And they came
from the same weapon.
725
00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:23,343
narrator: This shocking
discovery confirms
726
00:32:23,376 --> 00:32:27,747
that the team has identified
the scene of Doug's murder.
727
00:32:27,781 --> 00:32:30,917
But it's only after the agents
spray the adjoining area
728
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:32,986
with the chemical agent
luminol
729
00:32:33,086 --> 00:32:35,221
that the rest
of the gristly story
730
00:32:35,255 --> 00:32:38,324
comes into focus.
731
00:32:38,358 --> 00:32:40,827
- Luminol is a spray
that--that reacts
732
00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:42,829
with the proteins in blood.
733
00:32:42,862 --> 00:32:44,097
You look at it
734
00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:45,398
under an alternate
light source
735
00:32:45,432 --> 00:32:49,336
to look for evidence of blood
which may have been cleaned.
736
00:32:49,369 --> 00:32:52,105
- The luminol,
it gives an--us an idea
737
00:32:52,138 --> 00:32:56,309
as to where
the victim was killed,
738
00:32:56,343 --> 00:32:59,379
where he was taken from--
from point A to point B--
739
00:32:59,412 --> 00:33:01,548
'cause he's left
a blood trail behind.
740
00:33:01,581 --> 00:33:05,618
- They found the blood trail
down the hallway.
741
00:33:05,652 --> 00:33:07,854
They found the blood trail
down the steps.
742
00:33:07,887 --> 00:33:10,623
They found the blood trail
across the dining room.
743
00:33:10,657 --> 00:33:13,560
They found the blood trail
down the basement steps,
744
00:33:13,593 --> 00:33:15,695
the blood trail
across the basement,
745
00:33:15,729 --> 00:33:18,732
the blood trail to the van.
746
00:33:18,765 --> 00:33:20,700
- When we got to the van,
747
00:33:20,734 --> 00:33:22,736
we saw this reddish substance.
748
00:33:22,769 --> 00:33:24,738
The carpet
in the back of the van was wet.
749
00:33:24,771 --> 00:33:26,306
It was soaking wet.
750
00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:27,640
And when I open up the door,
751
00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:29,576
I see this red substance
752
00:33:29,609 --> 00:33:31,845
dripping down
into the stepwell
753
00:33:31,878 --> 00:33:33,913
going into the sliding door.
754
00:33:33,947 --> 00:33:35,148
Doug was a big man.
755
00:33:35,181 --> 00:33:37,083
He was not just picked up
in his--
756
00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:39,152
in some person's arms
and carried.
757
00:33:39,185 --> 00:33:41,554
So it was two people.
758
00:33:41,588 --> 00:33:43,790
narrator: Based on all
the evidence collected,
759
00:33:43,823 --> 00:33:48,728
the team develops their theory
as to how Doug was killed.
760
00:33:48,762 --> 00:33:50,163
- I suspect
761
00:33:50,196 --> 00:33:52,132
Doug was shot...
[gunshot]
762
00:33:52,165 --> 00:33:53,800
Facing the shooter.
763
00:33:53,833 --> 00:33:56,002
[gunshots]
764
00:33:57,671 --> 00:34:01,474
Doug's a big man--6'2". 6'4",
200 plus pounds.
765
00:34:01,508 --> 00:34:04,044
He falls into the--
the table itself,
766
00:34:04,044 --> 00:34:05,545
maybe breaks it.
767
00:34:05,578 --> 00:34:07,047
And the shooter
keeps shooting.
768
00:34:07,047 --> 00:34:09,616
[gunshots]
769
00:34:11,351 --> 00:34:14,187
Bullets go through him
and hit the side table.
770
00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:16,923
He's down on the floor,
shot again.
771
00:34:16,956 --> 00:34:19,192
[gunshots]
And then
772
00:34:19,225 --> 00:34:21,294
subsequently drug
down the hallway
773
00:34:21,327 --> 00:34:23,329
and into the basement
and into the van.
774
00:34:27,167 --> 00:34:29,369
- After detectives
locate the bullets,
775
00:34:29,402 --> 00:34:32,505
they figure Candace and Brandy
must have been involved.
776
00:34:32,539 --> 00:34:33,973
They're the only two people
who live in the home.
777
00:34:34,074 --> 00:34:36,509
And they wonder,
"Are they involved?
778
00:34:36,543 --> 00:34:38,211
What's going on?"
779
00:34:38,244 --> 00:34:39,479
- We still thought
780
00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:41,081
that there was
multiple suspects
781
00:34:41,114 --> 00:34:43,216
because the fact that we had
multiple calibers
782
00:34:43,249 --> 00:34:46,219
of weapons that were used
to kill Doug.
783
00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:49,222
- And it was at that point
that they requested
784
00:34:49,255 --> 00:34:51,958
that Candace and Brandy
go to the police department
785
00:34:51,991 --> 00:34:53,693
for a further interview.
786
00:34:56,262 --> 00:34:57,464
narrator:
At headquarters,
787
00:34:57,497 --> 00:35:01,034
detectives press Candace
for information,
788
00:35:01,034 --> 00:35:03,370
but she refuses to talk.
789
00:35:03,403 --> 00:35:05,505
- The interview
at the police department
790
00:35:05,538 --> 00:35:07,841
with Candace was very short.
791
00:35:07,874 --> 00:35:09,843
She pled the Fifth.
792
00:35:09,876 --> 00:35:12,512
It was hard for the detectives
to understand
793
00:35:12,545 --> 00:35:14,247
why she would plead the Fifth
794
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:18,785
when they're investigating
the death of her husband.
795
00:35:18,818 --> 00:35:21,121
narrator: Investigators hope
they'll have better luck
796
00:35:21,154 --> 00:35:23,256
with 21-year-old Brandy
797
00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:27,494
and that she'll reveal
what really happened.
798
00:35:27,527 --> 00:35:29,529
- One of the things
that the detectives did
799
00:35:29,562 --> 00:35:32,699
when they interviewed Brandy
is they used a tactic
800
00:35:32,732 --> 00:35:35,535
and told her that her mother
had already admitted
801
00:35:35,568 --> 00:35:37,871
which took
some of the pressure
802
00:35:37,904 --> 00:35:40,073
off of Brandy
where Brandy was trying
803
00:35:40,073 --> 00:35:42,642
to, maybe, protect her mother.
804
00:35:44,844 --> 00:35:47,447
narrator: The detectives'
strategy pays off.
805
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,150
Brandy takes the bait.
806
00:35:50,183 --> 00:35:53,953
- She thinks that her mother
has already admitted her part.
807
00:35:53,987 --> 00:35:57,290
Brandy's more willing
to give honest information
808
00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:59,459
about what she knows.
809
00:35:59,492 --> 00:36:01,795
- When Brandy is interviewed,
810
00:36:01,828 --> 00:36:04,230
thank goodness,
the first time she speaks
811
00:36:04,264 --> 00:36:06,166
she tells the truth.
812
00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:07,867
narrator:
Brandy finally agrees
813
00:36:07,901 --> 00:36:10,303
to tell investigators
exactly what happened
814
00:36:10,337 --> 00:36:13,139
the evening Doug was murdered.
815
00:36:13,173 --> 00:36:14,574
- Brandy's story is
816
00:36:14,607 --> 00:36:18,745
that she was awakened
at night by her mother.
817
00:36:18,778 --> 00:36:22,849
Her mother takes her
into the master bedroom
818
00:36:22,882 --> 00:36:26,886
and she points out Doug,
laying on the floor.
819
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:31,825
She explains
that she shot and killed him.
820
00:36:31,858 --> 00:36:35,729
- Doug's laying on the floor,
blood everywhere.
821
00:36:35,762 --> 00:36:38,765
'Course, Brandy
is just totally in shock,
822
00:36:38,798 --> 00:36:40,166
doesn't know what to do.
823
00:36:42,635 --> 00:36:47,474
- Because the fact that Candace
was a very small woman,
824
00:36:47,507 --> 00:36:51,344
she told Brandy that she needed
Brandy to help her
825
00:36:51,378 --> 00:36:54,347
transport Doug's body
into the basement
826
00:36:54,381 --> 00:36:57,784
so that they could load it
in Candace's van.
827
00:36:59,352 --> 00:37:04,591
She said she's always done
what her mother says.
828
00:37:04,624 --> 00:37:06,626
- Candace is in control
and says,
829
00:37:06,659 --> 00:37:09,162
"You're gonna help me.
You're gonna help me now."
830
00:37:11,031 --> 00:37:14,668
- I gotta believe there's
some fear involved in that...
831
00:37:14,701 --> 00:37:17,637
where if I say, "No, I'm
'bout to call the police,"
832
00:37:17,671 --> 00:37:20,640
am I gonna be laying
next to Doug?
833
00:37:20,674 --> 00:37:22,842
- The murder is horrific.
834
00:37:22,876 --> 00:37:24,310
It's like somethin'
out of a movie.
835
00:37:34,687 --> 00:37:36,088
[soft tense music]
836
00:37:36,889 --> 00:37:38,357
narrator:
Investigators believe
837
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:40,726
Atlanta police lieutenant
Doug Overstreet
838
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:44,496
was viciously murdered
by his wife, Candace.
839
00:37:44,530 --> 00:37:47,266
They question
Doug's stepdaughter Brandy
840
00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:49,234
who says Candace enlisted her
841
00:37:49,268 --> 00:37:52,571
to help dispose of the body.
842
00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:54,506
- Some of the information
that we had gathered--
843
00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:58,177
Candace had a very, very
explosive temper
844
00:37:58,210 --> 00:38:02,681
and that she did not have
one bit of problem lashing out.
845
00:38:02,715 --> 00:38:05,017
- Brandy,
being the loving daughter,
846
00:38:05,017 --> 00:38:08,153
helps Candace drag Doug's body
847
00:38:08,187 --> 00:38:11,123
to the garage floor.
848
00:38:11,156 --> 00:38:15,828
And they put the body
in the back of the van.
849
00:38:15,861 --> 00:38:18,597
The next thing they do,
according to Brandy,
850
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:22,768
is they drive Doug's body
to South Carolina...
851
00:38:24,236 --> 00:38:26,071
To dispose of the body.
852
00:38:26,105 --> 00:38:29,942
* *
853
00:38:30,042 --> 00:38:31,577
Then on the way back,
854
00:38:31,610 --> 00:38:33,645
Candace had both handguns.
855
00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:35,147
She took those two handguns,
856
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:40,052
threw them in the river
to hide that evidence,
857
00:38:40,052 --> 00:38:43,522
and returned to the house.
858
00:38:43,555 --> 00:38:45,791
- One of the things
that Brandy was able to confirm
859
00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:48,293
was that Candace
admitted to her
860
00:38:48,327 --> 00:38:51,797
that she used
two separate weapons
861
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,065
to shoot Doug,
862
00:38:53,098 --> 00:38:56,935
a .38 caliber and a 9mm,
863
00:38:56,969 --> 00:38:59,905
and--and emptied both guns
into Doug.
864
00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:03,075
[gunshots]
865
00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:04,510
narrator: Brandy says
that when they returned
866
00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:05,911
to Jonesboro,
867
00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:09,581
Candace put the rest
of her plan into action.
868
00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:13,519
- Brandy's mother got her
to follow her to the airport.
869
00:39:13,552 --> 00:39:14,720
And they went to the airport
870
00:39:14,753 --> 00:39:16,722
to drop Doug's truck off
871
00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:19,558
in the long-term parking
and leave it there
872
00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:23,729
in hopes of making it look
like Doug left the area.
873
00:39:25,297 --> 00:39:28,100
- They mopped up as much
of the blood as they could.
874
00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:31,737
They pulled up the carpet.
It was blood-soaked.
875
00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:34,340
It had soaked
into the subfloor.
876
00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:37,676
She cuts out
the plywood subfloor.
877
00:39:37,710 --> 00:39:40,112
And then at some point,
they go to Home Depot
878
00:39:40,145 --> 00:39:41,347
and buy carpet.
879
00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:43,349
Then they go back to the house
880
00:39:43,382 --> 00:39:48,253
and Candace and Brandy
scrub the crime scene
881
00:39:48,287 --> 00:39:49,722
and they clean the van.
882
00:39:49,755 --> 00:39:51,757
And then they lay the carpet.
883
00:39:51,790 --> 00:39:54,793
She had gotten rid
of all the evidence she could.
884
00:39:57,796 --> 00:39:58,764
narrator:
With Brandy's statement
885
00:39:58,797 --> 00:40:02,368
and the evidence
collected at the scene...
886
00:40:02,401 --> 00:40:04,636
detectives arrest
Candace Overstreet
887
00:40:04,670 --> 00:40:07,639
for the murder of her husband.
888
00:40:09,742 --> 00:40:12,378
- On December 21, 1994,
889
00:40:12,411 --> 00:40:15,881
Candace Overstreet is indicted
on two counts of felony murder
890
00:40:15,914 --> 00:40:20,386
in the death of her husband,
Lieutenant Doug Overstreet.
891
00:40:20,419 --> 00:40:23,889
narrator: Doug's neighbors
and the rest of Jonesboro
892
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:25,691
are also shaken.
893
00:40:25,724 --> 00:40:27,059
- You know, ever time
you go by the house,
894
00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:28,327
you gotta look at it
895
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,995
and think
about what happened there.
896
00:40:30,029 --> 00:40:31,764
It's scary to think
that things like that
897
00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:35,067
do happen to all of us
every day.
898
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:38,370
- Candace never reveals
her motive for the murder.
899
00:40:38,404 --> 00:40:40,072
But given her suspicions
900
00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:42,207
that Doug was having
an affair,
901
00:40:42,241 --> 00:40:46,679
it's possible that jealousy
and rage took over.
902
00:40:46,712 --> 00:40:49,948
- My speculation
was that Candace
903
00:40:49,982 --> 00:40:55,287
was a very manipulative,
jealous person.
904
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,722
She was greedy.
905
00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:59,425
She wanted anything
that Doug could buy her.
906
00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:02,828
And they were also going
through a hard time,
907
00:41:02,861 --> 00:41:04,363
'cause Doug
was deeply in debt.
908
00:41:04,396 --> 00:41:07,199
And that maybe Doug
had been fed up with Candace
909
00:41:07,232 --> 00:41:08,600
and he was gonna leave.
910
00:41:08,634 --> 00:41:09,868
And if Doug was leaving,
911
00:41:09,902 --> 00:41:13,572
she was gonna put a stop to it.
912
00:41:13,605 --> 00:41:16,375
narrator: In exchange
for her cooperation,
913
00:41:16,408 --> 00:41:18,077
Brandy is given immunity
914
00:41:18,077 --> 00:41:21,580
and agrees to testify
against her own mother.
915
00:41:21,613 --> 00:41:23,582
- I think
giving Brandy immunity
916
00:41:23,615 --> 00:41:25,451
and getting
the testimony from her
917
00:41:25,484 --> 00:41:26,685
closed the loop on the case.
918
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:30,456
I think
that makes complete sense.
919
00:41:30,489 --> 00:41:31,857
narrator:
As the trial approaches,
920
00:41:31,890 --> 00:41:34,360
Candace maintains
her innocence
921
00:41:34,393 --> 00:41:39,231
and insists she is the victim,
not the perpetrator.
922
00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:40,432
- One of the things
923
00:41:40,466 --> 00:41:42,468
that the defense
was going to do
924
00:41:42,501 --> 00:41:46,138
was say Doug was possibly
sexually assaulting
925
00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:47,473
his stepdaughters
926
00:41:47,506 --> 00:41:49,775
and that Candace
shot and killed Doug
927
00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:51,977
to protect her daughters.
928
00:41:52,011 --> 00:41:53,979
During the investigation
of Doug's death,
929
00:41:54,013 --> 00:41:56,648
we were never able to find
any evidence
930
00:41:56,682 --> 00:42:00,052
that Doug had
any inappropriate contact
931
00:42:00,052 --> 00:42:01,787
with either
of his stepdaughters.
932
00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:05,057
And we had interviewed
Brandy at length.
933
00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:07,059
narrator:
Prosecutors must now make
934
00:42:07,092 --> 00:42:08,894
an agonizing choice.
935
00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:10,496
- It was decided in this case
936
00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:15,067
we weren't gonna let them drag
Doug's name through the mud,
937
00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:17,136
'cause Doug Overstreet
was a good man.
938
00:42:17,169 --> 00:42:18,637
So the decision was made
939
00:42:18,671 --> 00:42:21,640
to let her plead
to voluntary manslaughter.
940
00:42:21,674 --> 00:42:24,176
And she was given
a 40-year sentence.
941
00:42:28,981 --> 00:42:33,085
narrator: After serving
26 years in prison,
942
00:42:33,085 --> 00:42:36,722
Candace Overstreet is paroled.
943
00:42:36,755 --> 00:42:40,426
- December 1, 2021,
944
00:42:40,459 --> 00:42:44,263
Candace Overstreet got
the greatest Christmas present
945
00:42:44,296 --> 00:42:45,531
she could ever get.
946
00:42:45,564 --> 00:42:47,099
She got her freedom.
947
00:42:47,132 --> 00:42:49,768
Doug Overstreet's family
can't celebrate
948
00:42:49,802 --> 00:42:53,472
any holidays
or special occasions with him,
949
00:42:53,505 --> 00:42:55,708
so it's sad.
950
00:42:57,576 --> 00:43:00,479
narrator:
Today, Doug's friends
951
00:43:00,512 --> 00:43:02,681
continue to honor his memory
952
00:43:02,715 --> 00:43:05,784
and remember the man
who dedicated his life
953
00:43:05,818 --> 00:43:08,220
to protecting
and serving others.
954
00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:10,789
- The city of Atlanta
lost a good lieutenant
955
00:43:10,823 --> 00:43:14,126
and someone that still had a--
had a lot of potential
956
00:43:14,159 --> 00:43:18,530
and probably would have gone
into--into the command ranks.
957
00:43:19,598 --> 00:43:21,400
- Doug was a straight arrow.
958
00:43:21,433 --> 00:43:23,535
He always tried to do right.
959
00:43:23,569 --> 00:43:25,237
You wish you could just have
Doug around
960
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:27,573
just to say, "Hey, what's up?"
961
00:43:27,606 --> 00:43:29,875
It's something...
962
00:43:29,908 --> 00:43:33,512
that pops up from time to time.
963
00:43:33,545 --> 00:43:35,881
And, um...
964
00:43:35,914 --> 00:43:37,249
you know, when you--
when you have a good friend
965
00:43:37,282 --> 00:43:40,085
and they're not there,
you know, you miss them.