1 00:00:01,086 --> 00:00:02,963 ♪ If I tell you a secret ♪ 2 00:00:03,046 --> 00:00:05,048 [narrator] 16-year-old Jholie Moussa 3 00:00:05,131 --> 00:00:08,677 only trusted one person with her deepest secrets. 4 00:00:09,177 --> 00:00:11,096 Her twin sister, Zhané. 5 00:00:11,179 --> 00:00:12,556 [muffled chatter] 6 00:00:12,639 --> 00:00:15,100 She confided everything to me. 7 00:00:15,725 --> 00:00:19,020 [narrator] That's until January 12, 2018, 8 00:00:19,104 --> 00:00:21,648 when Jholie goes missing. 9 00:00:21,731 --> 00:00:25,527 [sighs] This can't be happening. Not right now. Not right now. 10 00:00:26,111 --> 00:00:28,947 [narrator] And the secrets that they were supposed to take to the grave 11 00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:31,032 rise up again. 12 00:00:31,116 --> 00:00:32,616 What are good secrets? What are bad secrets? 13 00:00:32,701 --> 00:00:34,786 I don't know if I wanna tell my dad yet. 14 00:00:34,869 --> 00:00:37,539 [narrator] And what shockingly comes to light... 15 00:00:37,622 --> 00:00:41,585 -[police radio chatter] -It was horrendous. It was horrible. 16 00:00:41,668 --> 00:00:43,128 ♪♪ 17 00:00:43,211 --> 00:00:45,505 [narrator] ...is a web of disturbing discoveries... 18 00:00:45,589 --> 00:00:47,132 [inaudible] 19 00:00:47,215 --> 00:00:50,594 She did a really good job of leaving breadcrumbs for us. 20 00:00:51,553 --> 00:00:54,681 [narrator] ...that ultimately reveals the chilling truth. 21 00:00:54,764 --> 00:00:57,976 When you love someone, you believe that they love you, too. 22 00:00:59,561 --> 00:01:01,605 [emotional breathing] 23 00:01:02,397 --> 00:01:04,733 [speaker 1] She solved her own murder from beyond the grave. 24 00:01:04,816 --> 00:01:08,445 [speaker 2] The fitness app on the phone, it was overwhelming evidence. 25 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:12,407 ♪ I've been haunted by these visions ♪ 26 00:01:12,490 --> 00:01:15,744 ♪ That I've seen with my own eyes ♪ 27 00:01:15,827 --> 00:01:18,788 ♪ And the only way to find you ♪ 28 00:01:19,289 --> 00:01:22,876 ♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪ 29 00:01:24,127 --> 00:01:26,338 [speaker 3] She did help catch this killer. 30 00:01:29,674 --> 00:01:32,344 [♪ dramatic music playing] 31 00:01:32,886 --> 00:01:34,971 [narrator] Mount Vernon, Virginia. 32 00:01:35,055 --> 00:01:37,307 It's picturesque, 33 00:01:37,390 --> 00:01:39,893 quiet, and, most of all, safe. 34 00:01:39,976 --> 00:01:42,270 [children laughing] 35 00:01:42,354 --> 00:01:44,022 You couldn't ask for a better place 36 00:01:44,105 --> 00:01:46,107 for a couple of teenage sisters 37 00:01:46,191 --> 00:01:48,693 like Zhané and Jholie Lee to grow up. 38 00:01:49,945 --> 00:01:52,989 And you know that special bond you hear about between twins? 39 00:01:53,073 --> 00:01:58,036 [overlapping singing, chatter] 40 00:01:58,119 --> 00:02:00,121 These two have got it. 41 00:02:01,081 --> 00:02:04,626 That was until January 12, 2018. 42 00:02:04,709 --> 00:02:07,379 [all singing] 43 00:02:07,462 --> 00:02:09,047 ♪♪ 44 00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:11,258 [♪ singing fades out] 45 00:02:14,427 --> 00:02:17,639 So, it's Friday. My dad's outta town. 46 00:02:18,223 --> 00:02:21,685 -[♪ upbeat R&B music playing] -We're all vibing, having a good time. 47 00:02:22,352 --> 00:02:24,354 I am Zhané Ervin, 48 00:02:26,773 --> 00:02:28,817 Jholie Moussa's twin sister. 49 00:02:29,401 --> 00:02:30,944 ♪♪ 50 00:02:31,027 --> 00:02:34,531 [narrator] It's Martin Luther King weekend, and for the first time ever, 51 00:02:34,614 --> 00:02:37,742 the 16-year-old twins will be home alone. 52 00:02:37,826 --> 00:02:40,412 Their uncle Christopher isn't far away 53 00:02:40,495 --> 00:02:43,873 and the girls are just planning to have a chill evening. 54 00:02:43,957 --> 00:02:45,584 [♪ dissonant sting] 55 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:47,460 -Or so Zhané thought. -[text chimes] 56 00:02:48,420 --> 00:02:50,255 [Zhané] While she's doing my hair, 57 00:02:50,338 --> 00:02:53,008 my sister is constantly looking at her phone... 58 00:02:53,091 --> 00:02:54,759 [phone chimes] 59 00:02:56,219 --> 00:02:59,222 ...and seems a little bit like in a rush. 60 00:02:59,306 --> 00:03:00,724 [inaudible] 61 00:03:00,807 --> 00:03:05,228 Like she has... like stuff going on. 62 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:11,318 She tells me that she has to go real quick, and she'll be back. 63 00:03:12,235 --> 00:03:14,946 [echoing footsteps] 64 00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:17,324 [door clicks, creaks] 65 00:03:17,407 --> 00:03:19,784 [♪ ominous music playing] 66 00:03:19,868 --> 00:03:22,370 [narrator] An hour after Jholie has left, 67 00:03:22,454 --> 00:03:25,206 her friend, Leslie, arrives. 68 00:03:26,791 --> 00:03:29,169 My sister's best friend Leslie pulls up. 69 00:03:29,252 --> 00:03:31,755 -[doorbell rings] -[door creaks] 70 00:03:31,838 --> 00:03:34,382 She comes and says, "Where's your sister?" And I'm like, 71 00:03:34,466 --> 00:03:37,135 "You don't know where she is?" And she said no. 72 00:03:37,219 --> 00:03:39,471 ♪♪ 73 00:03:39,554 --> 00:03:42,140 That's when I text her and be like, "That's kinda rude for you 74 00:03:42,224 --> 00:03:45,101 "to not tell Leslie where you are. 75 00:03:45,185 --> 00:03:48,271 Leslie's supposed to be picking you up today." 76 00:03:48,355 --> 00:03:51,358 You know? Like, "Why aren't you here?" 77 00:03:51,441 --> 00:03:53,735 [♪ ominous crescendo] 78 00:03:53,818 --> 00:03:55,946 [echoing text bloop] 79 00:03:56,029 --> 00:03:57,530 [echoing phone chime] 80 00:03:57,614 --> 00:03:59,449 She texted me. 81 00:03:59,532 --> 00:04:01,493 She said she's going to a party in Norfolk. 82 00:04:01,576 --> 00:04:02,953 ♪♪ 83 00:04:03,036 --> 00:04:05,413 [narrator] For Zhané, this all feels wrong. 84 00:04:06,122 --> 00:04:08,917 This isn't like Jholie at all. 85 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,044 [Zhané] She never went to parties. 86 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:13,713 And I was like, "That's weird that you're going to a party, 87 00:04:13,797 --> 00:04:15,882 but you didn't wanna tell Leslie that?" 88 00:04:15,966 --> 00:04:18,343 ♪♪ 89 00:04:18,426 --> 00:04:21,721 And she was like, "I'll be fine. I'm okay." 90 00:04:22,973 --> 00:04:25,350 [narrator] Zhané knows that she and Jholie 91 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:26,977 never lie to each other, 92 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:30,564 so when her twin tells her she's fine, Zhané believes her. 93 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:35,610 [♪ gentle music playing] 94 00:04:35,694 --> 00:04:39,114 But morning comes, and Jholie still isn't home. 95 00:04:40,991 --> 00:04:42,617 [Zhané] As soon as I woke up, I called. 96 00:04:42,701 --> 00:04:44,327 [echoing phone ringing] 97 00:04:45,203 --> 00:04:46,621 And it went straight to voicemail. 98 00:04:46,705 --> 00:04:48,456 [voicemail] [distorted] Your call has been forwarded 99 00:04:48,540 --> 00:04:49,958 to an automatic voice message... 100 00:04:50,041 --> 00:04:51,918 And then, that's when my stomach started dropping. 101 00:04:52,002 --> 00:04:54,963 [♪ suspenseful music playing] 102 00:04:56,089 --> 00:04:57,883 [narrator] Deep down inside, 103 00:04:57,966 --> 00:05:00,302 Zhané knows that something is desperately wrong. 104 00:05:01,595 --> 00:05:05,307 So she tells Uncle Christopher that Jholie didn't come home last night. 105 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:06,516 [line ringing] 106 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,144 And I was crying and scared. 107 00:05:10,020 --> 00:05:11,897 He said, "Did you tell your mom?" I said no. 108 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:14,941 "Did you tell your dad?" I said no. Like... 109 00:05:15,734 --> 00:05:17,444 He said, "Well, I'm gonna have to." 110 00:05:17,527 --> 00:05:20,155 ♪♪ 111 00:05:20,238 --> 00:05:23,950 [narrator] Uncle Christopher makes a call that no parent wants to receive. 112 00:05:24,034 --> 00:05:25,869 [line ringing] 113 00:05:26,453 --> 00:05:28,455 [Cyrille Moussa] I could just feel it, something's not right. 114 00:05:29,706 --> 00:05:31,416 I don't know. I start to tear up. 115 00:05:31,499 --> 00:05:33,168 ♪♪ 116 00:05:33,251 --> 00:05:38,506 I'm Cyrille Moussa. I'm the father of Jholie and Zhané Moussa. 117 00:05:38,590 --> 00:05:39,674 [echoing dialing] 118 00:05:39,758 --> 00:05:42,427 [narrator] Cyrille calls the twin's mom, Syreeta, 119 00:05:42,510 --> 00:05:45,305 his ex-wife, who now lives in Texas. 120 00:05:46,890 --> 00:05:48,350 [Syreeta Steward-Hill] Cyrille's flipping out 121 00:05:48,433 --> 00:05:50,644 cause this is so out of character for her. 122 00:05:50,727 --> 00:05:52,479 ♪♪ 123 00:05:52,562 --> 00:05:54,981 So I called her. She didn't answer her phone. 124 00:05:55,065 --> 00:05:56,107 It went straight to voicemail. 125 00:05:58,443 --> 00:06:01,404 In that very moment, I got this pit in my stomach. 126 00:06:02,614 --> 00:06:05,033 [Cyrille] If nobody has heard from Jholie, 127 00:06:05,116 --> 00:06:08,203 maybe we have to call the police and report a missing person or something. 128 00:06:09,704 --> 00:06:12,624 [narrator] So her parents instruct Uncle Chris to file a police report 129 00:06:12,707 --> 00:06:15,460 while they scramble to get back to Virginia. 130 00:06:16,503 --> 00:06:19,756 [police radio chatter] 131 00:06:20,423 --> 00:06:22,592 [Brian Byerson] My name is Detective Brian Byerson, 132 00:06:22,676 --> 00:06:26,179 Fairfax County Police, Major Crimes Bureau. 133 00:06:27,889 --> 00:06:29,933 When I first heard about Jholie Moussa, 134 00:06:30,016 --> 00:06:31,851 she was a missing person, 135 00:06:31,935 --> 00:06:35,981 and we had a specific unit that worked missing persons cases. 136 00:06:37,023 --> 00:06:39,317 They got some information about Jholie. 137 00:06:40,318 --> 00:06:44,614 We heard some of the specifics around how she went missing. 138 00:06:45,490 --> 00:06:48,285 Her voluntarily leaving on her own accord, 139 00:06:48,368 --> 00:06:51,454 telling her sister she was leaving, walking out the door, 140 00:06:51,538 --> 00:06:53,081 and that's all. 141 00:06:53,164 --> 00:06:55,333 [door creaks, shuts] 142 00:06:55,417 --> 00:06:58,962 The detective who they assigned to the case, 143 00:06:59,045 --> 00:07:01,840 he was kind of still like, "She might've just ran away." 144 00:07:03,508 --> 00:07:05,135 And we're like, 145 00:07:05,677 --> 00:07:08,096 he's not listening. We know she didn't run away. 146 00:07:08,179 --> 00:07:09,890 ♪♪ 147 00:07:09,973 --> 00:07:12,893 That Monday was MLK, 148 00:07:12,976 --> 00:07:16,771 and apparently police doesn't work on Martin Luther King Day. I don't know. 149 00:07:16,855 --> 00:07:20,483 We're like, what? What sense does that make? [laughs] 150 00:07:20,567 --> 00:07:23,862 So, what, so there's no criminals on holidays? 151 00:07:23,945 --> 00:07:25,530 ♪♪ 152 00:07:25,614 --> 00:07:27,198 We weren't getting anywhere. 153 00:07:27,991 --> 00:07:29,743 [Rynata Leach] If Jholie was a white girl, 154 00:07:29,826 --> 00:07:31,912 I think it would've been taken more seriously. 155 00:07:34,497 --> 00:07:36,333 My name is Rynata Leach, 156 00:07:36,416 --> 00:07:38,919 and I am Jholie's cousin. 157 00:07:41,129 --> 00:07:44,090 The police told us that we would be better off searching for her ourselves. 158 00:07:44,174 --> 00:07:46,134 ♪♪ 159 00:07:46,218 --> 00:07:49,763 [narrator] The first thing the family does is check the doorbell camera. 160 00:07:49,846 --> 00:07:52,641 Maybe it captured a clue to where Jholie went. 161 00:07:52,724 --> 00:07:55,101 ♪♪ 162 00:07:55,185 --> 00:07:58,355 This footage was the last footage that we had 163 00:07:58,438 --> 00:07:59,773 of her leaving the house. 164 00:07:59,856 --> 00:08:00,857 [glitching] 165 00:08:00,941 --> 00:08:04,486 ♪ Time slowly ticks away ♪ 166 00:08:05,737 --> 00:08:07,656 She was now gone. 167 00:08:08,823 --> 00:08:12,827 [narrator] Has Jholie decided she wants a secret for herself this time? 168 00:08:12,911 --> 00:08:15,789 One that she doesn't have to share with her twin sister, 169 00:08:15,872 --> 00:08:17,457 that's all hers? 170 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:20,210 Growing up, that was never their relationship. 171 00:08:22,212 --> 00:08:24,464 [tape rewinding] 172 00:08:25,465 --> 00:08:27,759 [♪ tense music playing] 173 00:08:30,762 --> 00:08:33,139 [Zhané] The person that was born first was Jholie. 174 00:08:35,475 --> 00:08:38,103 Two minutes older. [giggles] Bossed me around. 175 00:08:38,186 --> 00:08:40,564 [♪ vocalizing] 176 00:08:42,232 --> 00:08:45,151 They had their own language. [laughs] 177 00:08:45,235 --> 00:08:47,404 And nobody else knew it. 178 00:08:47,487 --> 00:08:49,197 It's like they lived in their own world. 179 00:08:50,156 --> 00:08:54,578 [narrator] Although lovingly bossy at times, it doesn't matter. 180 00:08:54,661 --> 00:08:58,039 The twins' bond becomes stronger with each passing year. 181 00:08:58,123 --> 00:09:01,001 [♪ upbeat electronic music playing] 182 00:09:01,084 --> 00:09:04,713 [Zhané] Me and my twin sister got a tattoo on our 16th birthday, 183 00:09:04,796 --> 00:09:08,383 saying basically "forever Zhané and Jholie." 184 00:09:08,466 --> 00:09:10,594 ♪♪ 185 00:09:10,677 --> 00:09:14,514 [narrator] But forever is shattered with Jholie's disappearance, 186 00:09:14,598 --> 00:09:17,017 and her family will do anything to bring her back. 187 00:09:18,351 --> 00:09:20,770 And I'm putting all these clues together. 188 00:09:20,854 --> 00:09:24,357 I saw it in the camera footage. I could see her on the phone, 189 00:09:24,441 --> 00:09:26,860 and then I can see her looking at the garage door. 190 00:09:26,943 --> 00:09:28,486 [quiet street noise] 191 00:09:28,570 --> 00:09:29,821 She was going to meet somebody. 192 00:09:31,823 --> 00:09:34,451 [narrator] Could this mystery person know what happened to Jholie? 193 00:09:35,118 --> 00:09:36,119 [rewinding] 194 00:09:36,578 --> 00:09:39,289 Or could they have abducted her themselves? 195 00:09:40,665 --> 00:09:43,418 As a family, we knew we needed to figure out who she was going to meet. 196 00:09:43,501 --> 00:09:45,503 ♪♪ 197 00:09:45,587 --> 00:09:47,923 [narrator] It's not much, but it's something. 198 00:09:49,174 --> 00:09:51,134 And Jholie's sister Zhané has an idea 199 00:09:51,218 --> 00:09:53,720 of just who she was talking to as she left. 200 00:10:01,436 --> 00:10:04,648 [narrator] But why wouldn't she just tell Zhané? 201 00:10:04,731 --> 00:10:08,568 Why is this the one secret she didn't share? 202 00:10:08,652 --> 00:10:11,071 Will Zhané ever learn the dreadful truth? 203 00:10:11,154 --> 00:10:13,448 ♪♪ 204 00:10:21,039 --> 00:10:23,041 ♪♪ 205 00:10:25,377 --> 00:10:27,337 [narrator] 16-year-old Jholie Moussa 206 00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:30,090 vanished more than 24 hours ago, 207 00:10:30,173 --> 00:10:34,302 after walking out the door while talking to someone on the phone. 208 00:10:34,386 --> 00:10:36,429 ♪♪ 209 00:10:36,513 --> 00:10:40,350 And her twin sister, Zhané, has a pretty good idea of who. 210 00:10:41,977 --> 00:10:44,020 A local boy named Gio. 211 00:10:46,147 --> 00:10:49,859 He was just a boy that I didn't really personally know. 212 00:10:49,943 --> 00:10:51,736 ♪♪ 213 00:10:51,820 --> 00:10:55,448 I've seen them talk, and they seemed really cool, 214 00:10:55,532 --> 00:10:57,993 but it gave more of a friend vibe. 215 00:10:58,076 --> 00:10:59,661 [phone chimes, pops] 216 00:10:59,744 --> 00:11:01,830 -I wouldn't even say they were dating. -[popping, chiming] 217 00:11:01,913 --> 00:11:03,957 She was like, "Oh, I talk to him sometime." 218 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:05,250 [popping, chiming] 219 00:11:05,792 --> 00:11:08,253 [narrator] But she's seen them texting a lot recently, 220 00:11:08,336 --> 00:11:10,922 so Zhané is pretty sure this is the guy 221 00:11:11,006 --> 00:11:13,633 Jholie was talking with before disappearing. 222 00:11:15,468 --> 00:11:17,637 And because it's been more than 24 hours 223 00:11:17,721 --> 00:11:20,807 since her twin sister has gone missing, 224 00:11:20,891 --> 00:11:23,435 Zhané does the unthinkable to help find her. 225 00:11:24,728 --> 00:11:27,898 -She shares her sister's secret. -[line ringing] 226 00:11:27,981 --> 00:11:32,193 Jholie never mentioned a Gio to me at all, ever, right? 227 00:11:32,277 --> 00:11:35,238 Which is odd. If she liked him, she would've said something about him. 228 00:11:36,781 --> 00:11:39,492 But we still follow every lead, right? 229 00:11:39,576 --> 00:11:40,785 ♪♪ 230 00:11:40,869 --> 00:11:43,496 [narrator] There's just one problem with that. 231 00:11:43,580 --> 00:11:45,540 I didn't have Gio's number, 232 00:11:45,624 --> 00:11:48,752 so I didn't know what else to do. 233 00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:53,256 [Syreeta] We started asking around. 234 00:11:54,758 --> 00:11:57,510 Cyrille is asking people at the barbershop, like, "Hey, 235 00:11:57,594 --> 00:12:00,680 does anybody know a Gio that lives in this area?" 236 00:12:01,932 --> 00:12:03,975 ♪♪ 237 00:12:04,059 --> 00:12:05,477 We couldn't find anybody named Gio. 238 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:07,479 ♪♪ 239 00:12:07,562 --> 00:12:10,857 [narrator] Meanwhile, the investigators are taking a deeper look 240 00:12:10,941 --> 00:12:12,525 and following up on leads. 241 00:12:13,401 --> 00:12:17,906 [Brian] There were some text messages that indicated Jholie had gone to Norfolk 242 00:12:17,989 --> 00:12:19,449 to go to a frat party. 243 00:12:19,532 --> 00:12:20,909 ♪♪ 244 00:12:20,992 --> 00:12:22,827 But there was really no way to prove 245 00:12:22,911 --> 00:12:26,039 whether or not she had actually attended that frat party. 246 00:12:26,122 --> 00:12:27,958 [muffled chatter] 247 00:12:28,041 --> 00:12:29,334 I mean, there's a college down there. 248 00:12:30,585 --> 00:12:32,796 There's probably a lot of frat parties that took place that weekend. 249 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:38,385 [narrator] The police are hoping Jholie's cell phone data 250 00:12:38,468 --> 00:12:40,470 will confirm the Norfork lead. 251 00:12:40,554 --> 00:12:43,974 But processing the necessary warrant will take time. 252 00:12:44,057 --> 00:12:48,812 But another warrant gives the police early access to her cell tower data 253 00:12:48,895 --> 00:12:51,481 in hopes of tracking her movements that night. 254 00:12:52,065 --> 00:12:55,652 Her cell site data was not helpful for that 255 00:12:55,735 --> 00:12:57,904 because, at some point, it cuts off. 256 00:12:59,864 --> 00:13:01,741 We know that she leaves the house, 257 00:13:01,825 --> 00:13:05,453 and we know that she goes over to the area of Woodlawn Park. 258 00:13:07,706 --> 00:13:10,333 We didn't have any evidence that she ever went to Norfolk. 259 00:13:10,417 --> 00:13:11,918 ♪♪ 260 00:13:14,254 --> 00:13:16,172 [narrator] By Sunday, 261 00:13:16,256 --> 00:13:18,466 Cyrille and Syreeta are back in Virginia. 262 00:13:20,051 --> 00:13:22,220 Though the twins lived with Syreeta 263 00:13:22,304 --> 00:13:25,265 after their parents' separation over a decade ago, 264 00:13:25,348 --> 00:13:28,184 when their mom remarried and relocated to Texas, 265 00:13:28,268 --> 00:13:30,478 they decided to live with their dad. 266 00:13:32,606 --> 00:13:36,151 Now, Cyrille fears that was a terrible mistake. 267 00:13:36,234 --> 00:13:38,904 [♪ somber music playing] 268 00:13:38,987 --> 00:13:40,947 It was snowballing in my head, 269 00:13:41,031 --> 00:13:43,658 just the, the, the self-blame 270 00:13:43,742 --> 00:13:45,785 and the everything else, 271 00:13:45,869 --> 00:13:49,372 and the more people would keep saying that, 272 00:13:49,456 --> 00:13:51,333 "It's not your fault, Cyrille, it's not your fault," 273 00:13:51,416 --> 00:13:52,500 it would make it even worse. 274 00:13:56,922 --> 00:13:59,716 [♪ somber vocalizing] 275 00:14:00,634 --> 00:14:02,010 [narrator] It's Monday. 276 00:14:02,093 --> 00:14:04,179 Jholie has been missing for three whole days, 277 00:14:04,262 --> 00:14:06,723 and the Moussa family is desperate. 278 00:14:07,974 --> 00:14:10,644 [Cyrille] So, Syreeta takes it upon herself, 279 00:14:10,727 --> 00:14:14,022 and she called Peggy Fox. 280 00:14:14,105 --> 00:14:16,942 ♪♪ 281 00:14:17,025 --> 00:14:19,361 [Peggy Fox] I was in the newsroom when a call came in 282 00:14:19,444 --> 00:14:21,738 from a woman who said her daughter was missing. 283 00:14:23,198 --> 00:14:26,201 There was just something about the tone of this woman's voice. 284 00:14:27,118 --> 00:14:29,746 Like she had a mission 285 00:14:29,829 --> 00:14:32,707 that she needed somebody to come out and listen. 286 00:14:33,583 --> 00:14:36,002 Here in Alexandria with the Moussa Family, 287 00:14:36,086 --> 00:14:37,921 -and this is Zhané. -[Syreeta] Thank you. 288 00:14:38,004 --> 00:14:40,507 And she's the twin sister of Jholie, 289 00:14:40,590 --> 00:14:43,176 and Jholie went missing on 290 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:44,844 -Friday afternoon, right? -Yes. 291 00:14:44,928 --> 00:14:47,305 So, Zhané, why don't you tell us what happened? 292 00:14:47,389 --> 00:14:50,809 In past missing person cases I had covered, 293 00:14:50,892 --> 00:14:53,478 it seemed like there was more concern, 294 00:14:53,562 --> 00:14:56,189 community concern, more police concern. 295 00:14:56,273 --> 00:14:59,234 I felt like maybe the police just hadn't pieced it all together. 296 00:14:59,317 --> 00:15:00,902 ♪♪ 297 00:15:00,986 --> 00:15:03,113 So this right here is a picture of what her... 298 00:15:03,196 --> 00:15:05,031 -What she looks like. -[Peggy] What she looks like. 299 00:15:05,115 --> 00:15:07,701 -She has braids. [indistinct] -[overlapping chatter] 300 00:15:07,784 --> 00:15:10,704 [Cyrille] She just got new blonde braids for Christmas. 301 00:15:10,787 --> 00:15:12,414 A lot of people praying for Jholie's safe return. 302 00:15:12,497 --> 00:15:13,540 Thank you so much. 303 00:15:16,793 --> 00:15:18,420 ♪♪ 304 00:15:18,503 --> 00:15:20,964 [narrator] The story goes out on Facebook Live, 305 00:15:21,047 --> 00:15:25,218 and within 15 minutes, it has 50,000 views. 306 00:15:25,302 --> 00:15:27,137 Hashtag findjholie goes viral, 307 00:15:27,220 --> 00:15:29,931 with celebrities Meagan Good and Eva Marcille 308 00:15:30,015 --> 00:15:32,434 -sharing the missing teen's photo. -[text chimes] 309 00:15:32,517 --> 00:15:36,354 -[phones ringing] -[♪ dramatic crescendo] 310 00:15:36,438 --> 00:15:38,523 [Syreeta] Social media helped us out a lot. 311 00:15:38,607 --> 00:15:42,694 People from Massachusetts drove down to help look for her. 312 00:15:42,777 --> 00:15:44,654 It was crazy how much support we were getting. 313 00:15:45,780 --> 00:15:48,241 Cyrille's got all these papers, 314 00:15:48,325 --> 00:15:52,537 and he's on his computer, and he's trying to track down information. 315 00:15:53,622 --> 00:15:54,623 [narrator] Syreeta reaches out 316 00:15:54,706 --> 00:15:57,500 to all of Jholie's friends and acquaintances, 317 00:15:57,584 --> 00:15:59,961 looking for anyone who might know anything. 318 00:16:00,045 --> 00:16:02,088 ♪♪ 319 00:16:02,172 --> 00:16:05,217 And that's when I thought, "Okay, has anybody checked Nebiyu?" 320 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:06,718 [♪ dark music playing] 321 00:16:06,801 --> 00:16:09,262 [narrator] Nebiyu was Jholie's first boyfriend 322 00:16:09,346 --> 00:16:11,014 and her first heartbreak. 323 00:16:12,015 --> 00:16:15,227 Not to say that she didn't think little boys were cute before 324 00:16:15,977 --> 00:16:17,854 but this was the first time she's like, 325 00:16:17,938 --> 00:16:19,773 "Oh, my goodness, I'm in high school now, 326 00:16:19,856 --> 00:16:22,651 so I'm allowed to have a boyfriend." [laughs] 327 00:16:23,276 --> 00:16:26,112 [narrator] But that was then, and this is now. 328 00:16:26,196 --> 00:16:31,201 At this point, her and Nebiyu are not speaking. 329 00:16:31,284 --> 00:16:32,410 They're not cool. 330 00:16:32,494 --> 00:16:36,081 They do not have any contact with each other at all. 331 00:16:37,165 --> 00:16:39,042 They're not together. 332 00:16:39,125 --> 00:16:41,962 She had a bad altercation with him beforehand. 333 00:16:42,045 --> 00:16:45,173 ♪♪ 334 00:16:46,341 --> 00:16:48,218 [narrator] With little else to go on, 335 00:16:48,301 --> 00:16:51,429 the family starts to consider all possible options. 336 00:16:51,513 --> 00:16:53,098 [♪ ominous sting] 337 00:16:53,181 --> 00:16:54,641 Might Jholie's disappearance 338 00:16:54,724 --> 00:16:57,477 have to do with her troubled past with Nebiyu? 339 00:16:58,311 --> 00:17:00,981 Right away, I'm thinking, 340 00:17:01,064 --> 00:17:04,109 "I'm gonna go see this boy. I'm gonna go see Nebiyu." 341 00:17:04,192 --> 00:17:05,777 ♪♪ 342 00:17:05,860 --> 00:17:09,823 [narrator] But Zhané is sure that Nebiyu has nothing to do with it 343 00:17:09,906 --> 00:17:11,783 because there's no way Jholie 344 00:17:11,866 --> 00:17:14,494 would ever speak to Nebiyu again after what happened. 345 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:18,873 You see, there's a horrible secret between the three of them. 346 00:17:19,749 --> 00:17:22,168 One that threatens to change everything. 347 00:17:22,252 --> 00:17:25,422 [♪ dramatic crescendo] 348 00:17:29,175 --> 00:17:32,679 ♪♪ 349 00:17:32,762 --> 00:17:35,181 [narrator] It's now been 72 hours since Jholie Moussa 350 00:17:35,265 --> 00:17:38,184 said goodbye to her twin sister, Zhané, 351 00:17:38,268 --> 00:17:41,396 and walked out the front door. 352 00:17:41,479 --> 00:17:44,274 She was talking to someone on the phone as she went 353 00:17:44,357 --> 00:17:46,234 and hasn't been heard from since. 354 00:17:48,069 --> 00:17:52,908 Now, the only hopes of finding her are a mysterious boy named Gio 355 00:17:52,991 --> 00:17:55,160 and an ex named Nebiyu. 356 00:17:56,328 --> 00:17:58,204 [♪ somber music playing] 357 00:17:58,288 --> 00:18:01,291 Nebiyu was Jholie's first boyfriend, 358 00:18:01,374 --> 00:18:03,335 so this was new territory for us. 359 00:18:03,418 --> 00:18:06,796 ♪ Please be gentle with me ♪ 360 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,799 ♪ I'm not as hard as I seem ♪ 361 00:18:09,883 --> 00:18:11,509 There were moments where I would hear them arguing. 362 00:18:11,593 --> 00:18:14,596 ♪ Sometimes I push the people away that I really need ♪ 363 00:18:14,679 --> 00:18:16,556 I thought it was like puppy love, like teenagers. 364 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,393 They break up, and it is what it is, and they move on. 365 00:18:20,477 --> 00:18:23,605 -[birds chirping] -[narrator] Like most teenage loves, 366 00:18:23,688 --> 00:18:26,566 they burn brightly, and then burn out just as quickly. 367 00:18:27,275 --> 00:18:30,570 After six months, it was over. 368 00:18:30,654 --> 00:18:34,616 Jholie was done, but was Nebiyu? 369 00:18:35,533 --> 00:18:37,744 Towards the end of September, I leave work. 370 00:18:39,204 --> 00:18:43,041 On the way home, I look at my Ring video feed, 371 00:18:43,124 --> 00:18:46,211 and I see that the police had came to the house. 372 00:18:46,294 --> 00:18:48,880 [police radio chatter] 373 00:18:48,964 --> 00:18:51,800 Jholie said she was walking home from school, 374 00:18:51,883 --> 00:18:56,304 and Nebiyu popped out of nowhere 375 00:18:56,388 --> 00:18:59,182 and was trying to get her to talk to him 376 00:18:59,266 --> 00:19:01,643 'cause they had broken up at this point. 377 00:19:01,726 --> 00:19:06,398 He proceeded to push her into some bushes by the house. 378 00:19:07,357 --> 00:19:11,236 Then, Nebiyu got up and ran, and then the neighbor called the police. 379 00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:13,238 ♪♪ 380 00:19:13,321 --> 00:19:15,949 -[radio beeps] -[police radio chatter] 381 00:19:16,032 --> 00:19:19,369 The next day, I take off work, and me and Jholie 382 00:19:19,452 --> 00:19:22,497 go to the courthouse to get a restraining order. 383 00:19:22,581 --> 00:19:25,083 ♪♪ 384 00:19:25,667 --> 00:19:27,544 But Jholie told me 385 00:19:27,627 --> 00:19:32,132 that she didn't want to press criminal charges. 386 00:19:32,215 --> 00:19:34,885 She was like, "The restraining order is enough. 387 00:19:34,968 --> 00:19:37,262 We don't need to ruin his life by sending him to jail." 388 00:19:38,054 --> 00:19:40,473 The school took it upon themselves 389 00:19:40,557 --> 00:19:43,518 to relocate him from Mount Vernon High School altogether 390 00:19:43,602 --> 00:19:46,980 and put him in another school within the Fairfax County District. 391 00:19:47,063 --> 00:19:50,025 ♪♪ 392 00:19:50,108 --> 00:19:53,361 [narrator] It's been four months since that alarming incident. 393 00:19:53,445 --> 00:19:57,616 Surely Nebiyu is a thing of the past, right? 394 00:19:58,783 --> 00:20:02,829 I go over to Nebiyu's house. Maybe he knows where Jholie's at, right? 395 00:20:02,913 --> 00:20:05,290 ♪♪ 396 00:20:06,207 --> 00:20:07,500 Nebiyu comes down the stairs. 397 00:20:08,043 --> 00:20:10,003 I'm asking him, "Where's Jholie? 398 00:20:11,087 --> 00:20:13,089 I know you know where she's at. Where's Jholie?" 399 00:20:13,882 --> 00:20:15,467 He's like, "I haven't seen her. I haven't seen her. 400 00:20:15,550 --> 00:20:19,512 I stayed away from her since. You know, I haven't seen her." 401 00:20:19,596 --> 00:20:23,433 At that point, I believe what he's telling me. 402 00:20:23,516 --> 00:20:24,809 ♪♪ 403 00:20:24,893 --> 00:20:29,105 [narrator] Jholie's family seems to accept that Nebiyu is not involved, 404 00:20:29,189 --> 00:20:32,776 but because of his past, investigators remain suspicious 405 00:20:32,859 --> 00:20:35,070 and decide to interview him. 406 00:20:35,153 --> 00:20:38,240 We were hoping to locate her maybe in Nebiyu Ebrahim's home. 407 00:20:39,032 --> 00:20:41,826 Officers came out and interviewed him. 408 00:20:41,910 --> 00:20:46,081 He says that he hasn't seen her in some time. They don't talk. 409 00:20:47,332 --> 00:20:49,167 He's trying to move on with his life. 410 00:20:50,377 --> 00:20:52,879 ♪♪ 411 00:20:52,963 --> 00:20:56,341 [narrator] The investigators know it's not much of an alibi, 412 00:20:56,424 --> 00:20:59,719 but there's nothing else pointing at Nebiyu's guilt either. 413 00:20:59,803 --> 00:21:02,389 So they turn their investigation 414 00:21:02,472 --> 00:21:04,224 back to the elusive Gio. 415 00:21:05,475 --> 00:21:07,394 [Brian] So as the investigation is continuing, 416 00:21:07,477 --> 00:21:09,354 we're going through her social media. 417 00:21:10,689 --> 00:21:12,315 We knew that she was corresponding 418 00:21:12,399 --> 00:21:14,943 with someone that went by the name Gio 419 00:21:15,026 --> 00:21:16,486 around the time of her disappearance. 420 00:21:17,445 --> 00:21:21,908 [narrator] But finding him is harder than they anticipated, until... 421 00:21:21,992 --> 00:21:24,953 [distant phone ringing] 422 00:21:25,036 --> 00:21:28,582 Someone knew a Gio at the barbershop, and they contacted Gio, 423 00:21:28,665 --> 00:21:30,792 and they said, "Hey, if you know where this girl is 424 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:33,795 or if you know anything about this girl, you need to call and let someone know." 425 00:21:33,879 --> 00:21:37,173 [phone ringing] 426 00:21:37,257 --> 00:21:38,800 Gio ended up calling me. 427 00:21:39,885 --> 00:21:42,220 We had a lengthy conversation 428 00:21:42,304 --> 00:21:46,224 and he seemed very adamant that he did not know her. 429 00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:49,185 Didn't know anything about her. 430 00:21:50,395 --> 00:21:51,980 And to be honest with you, 431 00:21:52,814 --> 00:21:54,566 I believed him. 432 00:21:54,649 --> 00:21:56,860 [phone ringing] 433 00:21:56,943 --> 00:21:59,571 [Brian] The family's advice to him was to call the police, 434 00:21:59,654 --> 00:22:02,449 which he did. 435 00:22:02,532 --> 00:22:05,535 We were able to speak to him 436 00:22:05,619 --> 00:22:07,370 and alibi him out. 437 00:22:08,204 --> 00:22:12,208 [narrator] So, this guy isn't the Gio that everybody has been looking for 438 00:22:13,043 --> 00:22:14,836 but someone is. 439 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,713 Zhané has seen it. 440 00:22:17,172 --> 00:22:19,716 They would text long paragraphs to each other, 441 00:22:19,799 --> 00:22:24,179 and it was just like the most dramatic relationship I ever seen. 442 00:22:25,347 --> 00:22:29,476 ♪ Twisting, spinning ♪ 443 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:35,774 ♪ Splitting me in two ♪ 444 00:22:36,399 --> 00:22:40,904 [narrator] The answers have to be in Jholie's cell, but that's locked. 445 00:22:41,905 --> 00:22:45,867 Police had to get a warrant to find out what was in her phone, 446 00:22:45,951 --> 00:22:49,704 and that warrant wouldn't come until weeks after. 447 00:22:49,788 --> 00:22:50,789 [sniffles] 448 00:22:52,499 --> 00:22:54,918 ♪♪ 449 00:22:55,001 --> 00:22:58,088 [narrator] Jholie's family can't wait weeks to find her. 450 00:22:58,171 --> 00:23:00,298 They need access now. 451 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:05,470 I'm still playing daddy detective. 452 00:23:05,554 --> 00:23:07,681 I come up with the idea that, hey, 453 00:23:08,807 --> 00:23:11,893 our phone records, we all have the same plan. 454 00:23:13,144 --> 00:23:16,898 [narrator] Finally, a way to find the last phone number Jholie had called... 455 00:23:16,982 --> 00:23:19,609 [♪ music building] 456 00:23:19,693 --> 00:23:22,862 ...and the last person she talked to when she disappeared. 457 00:23:24,990 --> 00:23:28,243 We called that number to find out who called her phone. 458 00:23:28,326 --> 00:23:29,578 [phone ringing] 459 00:23:29,661 --> 00:23:32,122 [narrator] Someone picks up immediately, 460 00:23:32,205 --> 00:23:35,125 but it isn't Gio on the line. 461 00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:37,878 And it isn't Nebiyu either. 462 00:23:37,961 --> 00:23:39,963 [speaker] [on phone] Hello? 463 00:23:44,426 --> 00:23:47,178 ♪♪ 464 00:23:47,262 --> 00:23:50,765 [narrator] It's been 10 days since Jholie Moussa walked out her front door 465 00:23:51,433 --> 00:23:53,310 and nobody's seen her since. 466 00:23:56,396 --> 00:24:00,233 But daddy detective Cyrille looks through his phone bill 467 00:24:00,317 --> 00:24:03,361 and discovers the last number that his missing daughter called 468 00:24:03,445 --> 00:24:04,863 and dials it. 469 00:24:04,946 --> 00:24:06,781 [echoing phone ringing] 470 00:24:06,865 --> 00:24:08,450 [child] Hello? 471 00:24:08,533 --> 00:24:10,577 [Cyrille] It was a little boy who picked up. 472 00:24:10,660 --> 00:24:12,621 I think the boy was like 10 or something. 473 00:24:12,704 --> 00:24:13,788 ♪♪ 474 00:24:13,872 --> 00:24:15,582 And the boy was like, "I don't know who Jholie is. 475 00:24:16,583 --> 00:24:18,126 I didn't call that number." He was like, 476 00:24:18,209 --> 00:24:21,171 "But somebody at the park used my phone. Maybe that person called." 477 00:24:21,254 --> 00:24:22,464 [inaudible] 478 00:24:22,547 --> 00:24:24,758 [narrator] It's not what Cyrille hoped for, 479 00:24:24,841 --> 00:24:26,343 but it's something. 480 00:24:26,426 --> 00:24:28,386 He needs to learn more. 481 00:24:28,470 --> 00:24:30,639 ♪♪ 482 00:24:30,722 --> 00:24:32,766 [Cyrille] We went to the basketball court 483 00:24:32,849 --> 00:24:35,310 where all the kids would be playing at. 484 00:24:36,728 --> 00:24:39,356 The boy described the person who used his phone. 485 00:24:39,898 --> 00:24:41,983 He described him as an older person 486 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:47,113 with a low haircut, who was like six-foot-tall or whatever. 487 00:24:47,197 --> 00:24:49,950 [narrator] This has to be the guy 488 00:24:50,033 --> 00:24:52,285 Jholie was on her way to meet. 489 00:24:52,369 --> 00:24:54,079 [Peggy] Why would anyone ask 490 00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:56,623 to use someone else's phone? Everyone's got a cell phone. 491 00:24:56,706 --> 00:24:59,501 He doesn't want anyone to trace his phone. 492 00:25:02,045 --> 00:25:03,880 [♪ ominous sting] 493 00:25:03,964 --> 00:25:05,423 [narrator] It's now been 12 days 494 00:25:05,507 --> 00:25:07,968 since Jholie vanished into the cold winter night, 495 00:25:08,051 --> 00:25:10,220 and the search for her has stretched 496 00:25:10,303 --> 00:25:13,390 all the way from West Virginia to Philadelphia, 497 00:25:13,473 --> 00:25:15,016 only to come up empty. 498 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:17,602 ♪♪ 499 00:25:17,686 --> 00:25:20,647 So, with no other way to move forward, 500 00:25:20,730 --> 00:25:24,109 investigators go back to Jholie's last-known location 501 00:25:24,192 --> 00:25:27,112 to see if there is anything they might have missed. 502 00:25:30,824 --> 00:25:33,910 [Brian] On January 26, 2018, I got a phone call 503 00:25:33,994 --> 00:25:36,913 saying that Search and Rescue was out at Woodlawn Park. 504 00:25:38,081 --> 00:25:41,334 [narrator] The park has been searched several times before, 505 00:25:41,418 --> 00:25:43,712 but this time is different. 506 00:25:43,795 --> 00:25:45,755 ♪♪ 507 00:25:45,839 --> 00:25:48,800 The only thing that they told me was that they had found what they believed 508 00:25:48,884 --> 00:25:51,511 to be human remains. 509 00:25:51,595 --> 00:25:53,889 ♪♪ 510 00:25:53,972 --> 00:25:55,932 As I'm driving in, I can see 511 00:25:56,016 --> 00:25:58,059 the crime scene tape that's up. 512 00:25:58,143 --> 00:26:01,104 I could see that there were media vehicles here. 513 00:26:01,187 --> 00:26:02,772 I'm just trying to get under the tape, 514 00:26:02,856 --> 00:26:07,027 so I can get out and actually see what it is that we're dealing with. 515 00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:10,155 ♪♪ 516 00:26:11,239 --> 00:26:13,158 So, off the path over here, 517 00:26:13,742 --> 00:26:16,828 in this little depression next to this tree, 518 00:26:17,787 --> 00:26:19,915 is where we ultimately find the body. 519 00:26:22,792 --> 00:26:26,630 She was probably 10 feet off of this path, 520 00:26:26,713 --> 00:26:29,132 completely covered with leaves. 521 00:26:31,635 --> 00:26:33,553 And who knows how many people 522 00:26:33,637 --> 00:26:35,722 unknowingly walked right by her 523 00:26:35,805 --> 00:26:37,307 in those two weeks that she was out here? 524 00:26:37,390 --> 00:26:39,809 ♪♪ 525 00:26:39,893 --> 00:26:44,314 As we were excavating, there was a tattoo that was visible, 526 00:26:44,397 --> 00:26:47,734 and that tattoo was the same tattoo that her sister has, exactly. 527 00:26:47,817 --> 00:26:49,819 ♪♪ 528 00:26:49,903 --> 00:26:52,280 So, at that point, I was confident 529 00:26:52,364 --> 00:26:53,782 that this was Jholie Moussa. 530 00:26:53,865 --> 00:26:56,409 [♪ somber music playing] 531 00:26:56,493 --> 00:26:57,577 I left the scene 532 00:26:58,328 --> 00:27:00,622 and I went over and I met the Moussa family. 533 00:27:03,959 --> 00:27:07,921 I'm in the basement, so I see them go straight upstairs, 534 00:27:08,004 --> 00:27:10,298 and then I hear my mom screaming. 535 00:27:11,091 --> 00:27:12,884 That's when I knew. 536 00:27:13,134 --> 00:27:16,137 ♪ We'll make it out alive ♪ 537 00:27:16,221 --> 00:27:19,808 ♪♪ 538 00:27:22,394 --> 00:27:24,396 Why would you just leave me... 539 00:27:25,355 --> 00:27:27,065 [inhales] 540 00:27:27,148 --> 00:27:30,402 here by myself? [sobs] 541 00:27:33,405 --> 00:27:36,199 And I'm still here by myself. [gasps] 542 00:27:38,493 --> 00:27:39,494 [inhales] 543 00:27:44,165 --> 00:27:45,166 [glitches] 544 00:27:47,085 --> 00:27:48,920 ♪♪ 545 00:27:49,004 --> 00:27:51,172 [Brian] I remember telling Cyrille 546 00:27:51,256 --> 00:27:53,758 that I had a 15-year-old as well 547 00:27:54,634 --> 00:27:57,387 and that I would do everything in my power 548 00:27:57,470 --> 00:27:59,598 to bring someone to justice 549 00:27:59,681 --> 00:28:01,308 for what happened to his daughter. 550 00:28:03,226 --> 00:28:04,769 [Cyrille] And he looked at me, and he was like, 551 00:28:04,853 --> 00:28:06,855 "I'm gonna find the person who did this. 552 00:28:06,938 --> 00:28:10,275 I'm gonna treat it like, like, this was my daughter." 553 00:28:13,737 --> 00:28:15,071 ♪♪ 554 00:28:15,155 --> 00:28:16,615 [Brian] The autopsy of Jholie Moussa 555 00:28:16,698 --> 00:28:20,035 occurred on January 27, 2018, 556 00:28:20,118 --> 00:28:23,872 at the Northern District medical examiner's office. 557 00:28:26,166 --> 00:28:29,669 We were able to establish that she had been manually strangled. 558 00:28:31,004 --> 00:28:34,174 There was some damage in and around her neck 559 00:28:34,257 --> 00:28:35,508 that would've indicated that. 560 00:28:36,676 --> 00:28:39,638 Took swabs all the way around Jholie's neck 561 00:28:39,721 --> 00:28:41,097 and a whole bunch of other places. 562 00:28:42,349 --> 00:28:46,061 We were able to get DNA off of her neck from multiple different spots. 563 00:28:46,144 --> 00:28:48,230 ♪♪ 564 00:28:48,313 --> 00:28:51,608 [narrator] Finding DNA gives investigators hope. 565 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:54,110 But whose DNA is it? 566 00:28:56,196 --> 00:28:58,907 Meanwhile, Jholie Moussa is laid to rest. 567 00:28:59,324 --> 00:29:00,742 [church bell tolling] 568 00:29:00,825 --> 00:29:04,454 [♪ somber vocal music playing] 569 00:29:09,167 --> 00:29:11,503 Jholie's funeral was massive. 570 00:29:11,586 --> 00:29:13,171 [♪ vocalizing continues] 571 00:29:13,255 --> 00:29:15,465 It was like about 200 people showed up. 572 00:29:16,508 --> 00:29:18,426 It was very emotional 573 00:29:18,510 --> 00:29:21,012 and I just remember Zhané... 574 00:29:21,096 --> 00:29:23,181 losing her mind. 575 00:29:23,265 --> 00:29:26,726 ♪ The darkness comes over me ♪ 576 00:29:26,810 --> 00:29:30,313 And she jumps up, and she started screaming. 577 00:29:32,148 --> 00:29:35,652 Several people grabbed her to try to calm her down. 578 00:29:36,695 --> 00:29:39,739 And I think that's when she realized her sister was gone. 579 00:29:39,823 --> 00:29:42,117 ♪♪ 580 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,244 [Zhané] I was so angry. 581 00:29:44,327 --> 00:29:46,830 I had to get picked up and taken out. 582 00:29:46,913 --> 00:29:49,708 ♪♪ 583 00:29:53,753 --> 00:29:55,130 ♪♪ 584 00:29:55,213 --> 00:29:58,550 [narrator] As the family tries to accept their new reality, 585 00:29:58,633 --> 00:30:00,343 it's becoming abundantly clear 586 00:30:00,427 --> 00:30:02,971 that Zhané is struggling with more than just grief. 587 00:30:04,347 --> 00:30:07,058 [Cyrille] She was crying like crazy. 588 00:30:07,142 --> 00:30:09,644 The thing is, Zhané, she was hiding a secret. 589 00:30:09,728 --> 00:30:10,854 ♪♪ 590 00:30:10,937 --> 00:30:13,982 [narrator] Zhané is haunted by a disturbingly dark secret 591 00:30:14,065 --> 00:30:17,193 her twin Jholie told her shortly before she disappeared. 592 00:30:19,738 --> 00:30:21,156 I don't wanna tell my dad yet... 593 00:30:21,239 --> 00:30:23,366 [inaudible] 594 00:30:23,450 --> 00:30:26,912 ...'cause then that means that this whole thing is actually more real. 595 00:30:27,704 --> 00:30:31,082 [narrator] It's a secret that may lead to Jholie's killer. 596 00:30:31,166 --> 00:30:34,502 [♪ intense crescendo] 597 00:30:37,923 --> 00:30:41,593 [♪ somber music playing] 598 00:30:42,219 --> 00:30:46,056 [narrator] Jholie Moussa's body has been found and laid to rest. 599 00:30:46,932 --> 00:30:50,185 But now that her twin sister is gone forever, 600 00:30:50,268 --> 00:30:53,563 Zhané realizes that a secret Jholie told her, 601 00:30:54,272 --> 00:30:56,608 a secret she has never shared with anyone, 602 00:30:56,691 --> 00:30:59,236 could be the key to catching her killer. 603 00:30:59,819 --> 00:31:02,489 [♪ suspenseful music playing] 604 00:31:03,823 --> 00:31:05,867 [Zhané] Jholie and Nebiyu, 605 00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:07,786 they would see each other in secret, 606 00:31:07,869 --> 00:31:10,705 like, even after the whole situation with him. 607 00:31:10,789 --> 00:31:12,874 ♪♪ 608 00:31:14,501 --> 00:31:17,379 I didn't know at first, but then she told me, 609 00:31:17,462 --> 00:31:18,880 and when she did tell me, 610 00:31:18,964 --> 00:31:21,299 she was just like, "It's not even that big of a deal." 611 00:31:22,259 --> 00:31:23,510 I was just like, "Okay." 612 00:31:24,844 --> 00:31:26,930 [narrator] Jholie goes on to tell her twin 613 00:31:27,013 --> 00:31:28,723 that the last time she saw Nebiyu 614 00:31:28,807 --> 00:31:33,270 was actually in December, but this time, it was different. 615 00:31:34,396 --> 00:31:35,939 It was terrifying. 616 00:31:36,022 --> 00:31:38,233 ♪♪ 617 00:31:38,316 --> 00:31:41,820 [Zhané] He was blaming her for the fact 618 00:31:41,903 --> 00:31:44,114 that he got himself in trouble, 619 00:31:44,197 --> 00:31:46,324 blaming her 620 00:31:46,408 --> 00:31:49,703 because he had gotten locked up, 621 00:31:50,537 --> 00:31:52,247 ended up going to a new school. 622 00:31:52,330 --> 00:31:54,958 He was looked at badly. 623 00:31:55,041 --> 00:31:57,294 He was blaming her because he's like, 624 00:31:57,377 --> 00:31:59,838 "All of this wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for you." 625 00:31:59,921 --> 00:32:03,842 They were arguing about that, and he ended up strangling her. 626 00:32:03,925 --> 00:32:06,845 [♪ suspenseful music playing] 627 00:32:06,928 --> 00:32:10,140 Nebiyu put his arms around her neck and strangled her, 628 00:32:10,223 --> 00:32:13,226 and she passed out. 629 00:32:17,898 --> 00:32:20,567 When she woke up, her neck hurt. 630 00:32:21,234 --> 00:32:25,196 She heard him on the phone, talking to a friend, 631 00:32:26,364 --> 00:32:29,492 and he was like, "Oh, I think I killed her." 632 00:32:31,536 --> 00:32:34,205 He does let her leave, but at the same time, 633 00:32:34,289 --> 00:32:37,626 he's kinda begging her to like forgive him, 634 00:32:37,709 --> 00:32:39,628 and he's sorry, 635 00:32:39,711 --> 00:32:42,088 and all that stuff that he would do. 636 00:32:42,589 --> 00:32:45,675 She was like, "I can't stay here. I gotta go." 637 00:32:47,344 --> 00:32:48,637 And when she told me about it, 638 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,765 we cried in each other's arms. 639 00:32:52,849 --> 00:32:55,185 She told me, "I can't see him again. 640 00:32:55,268 --> 00:32:57,312 We can't talk, we can't date." 641 00:32:57,395 --> 00:32:58,939 And I was like, "What do you mean you can't?" 642 00:32:59,022 --> 00:33:00,732 She was like, "I'm not going to." 643 00:33:00,815 --> 00:33:02,400 ♪♪ 644 00:33:02,484 --> 00:33:07,364 The time, I felt like I knew that she was not gonna talk to him again. 645 00:33:07,447 --> 00:33:09,824 That was the last straw. Nobody would go back to that. 646 00:33:09,908 --> 00:33:11,368 ♪♪ 647 00:33:11,451 --> 00:33:14,162 [narrator] Confident that this time Nebiyu was gone for good, 648 00:33:14,871 --> 00:33:18,750 Zhané kept her sister's secret about that terrible night, 649 00:33:18,833 --> 00:33:22,170 even after she disappeared. 650 00:33:22,254 --> 00:33:26,132 But once Zhané learns that Jholie's killer strangled her, 651 00:33:26,216 --> 00:33:28,385 alarm bells go off. 652 00:33:28,468 --> 00:33:30,095 That's when I knew. 653 00:33:31,388 --> 00:33:34,349 I know that Nebiyu had something to do with it. 654 00:33:35,350 --> 00:33:38,061 [narrator] Zhané can no longer keep her twin's secret. 655 00:33:39,479 --> 00:33:43,650 And when Zhané told me, I was like, "Why didn't you tell me these things? 656 00:33:43,733 --> 00:33:45,986 ♪♪ 657 00:33:46,069 --> 00:33:47,988 "Y'all could've just told me. Y'all could've told me. 658 00:33:48,071 --> 00:33:50,156 I would've been there. I would've helped you." 659 00:33:51,199 --> 00:33:54,703 [narrator] And when Cyrille brings these new details to Detective Byerson, 660 00:33:54,786 --> 00:33:57,706 the investigators immediately make their move. 661 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,336 We decided to utilize the unreported strangulation 662 00:34:03,420 --> 00:34:07,382 and see if we could charge him with it, in the hopes to get a little bit more time 663 00:34:07,465 --> 00:34:09,801 to shore up this murder charge. 664 00:34:09,885 --> 00:34:11,553 [♪ dramatic sting] 665 00:34:11,636 --> 00:34:15,599 Some officers interviewed Nebiyu about this allegation of strangulation. 666 00:34:16,266 --> 00:34:18,560 He talked about it. He said it happened. 667 00:34:19,853 --> 00:34:21,187 Made some confessions about that, 668 00:34:21,271 --> 00:34:23,732 and he was subsequently charged with a strangulation at that point. 669 00:34:25,650 --> 00:34:29,696 [narrator] Nebiyu pleads guilty to assault for the December 16 attack 670 00:34:29,779 --> 00:34:32,449 and is sentenced to six months detention. 671 00:34:34,034 --> 00:34:35,619 [♪ intense music playing] 672 00:34:35,702 --> 00:34:38,038 [Casey Lingan] My name is Casey Lingan, 673 00:34:38,121 --> 00:34:41,082 and in 2018, I was the Chief Deputy Commonwealth's attorney 674 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:42,918 for Fairfax County. 675 00:34:44,294 --> 00:34:47,881 We executed on Nebiyu Ebrahim for his DNA, 676 00:34:47,964 --> 00:34:49,966 and that was submitted to the lab for comparison 677 00:34:50,050 --> 00:34:53,094 to a number of swabs from Jholie's neck. 678 00:34:54,137 --> 00:34:56,056 And what we came to find out 679 00:34:56,139 --> 00:34:58,683 was that his DNA... 680 00:34:58,767 --> 00:35:00,852 [♪ tense crescendo] 681 00:35:00,936 --> 00:35:02,562 was on her neck. 682 00:35:02,646 --> 00:35:04,397 ♪♪ 683 00:35:04,481 --> 00:35:06,524 [narrator] So as Nebiyu is released from detention 684 00:35:06,608 --> 00:35:08,276 for the December assault charge, 685 00:35:09,653 --> 00:35:12,948 Detective Byerson is waiting for him. 686 00:35:13,031 --> 00:35:16,034 As I was placing handcuffs on him, 687 00:35:16,117 --> 00:35:18,787 he just turned his head over his right shoulder 688 00:35:18,870 --> 00:35:21,039 and asked me if there was somewhere we could talk. 689 00:35:21,122 --> 00:35:22,249 And I said yeah. 690 00:35:22,332 --> 00:35:24,251 [clock ticking] 691 00:35:24,334 --> 00:35:27,879 Nebiyu walked me through that day. 692 00:35:30,090 --> 00:35:32,634 We knew that she was corresponding with someone 693 00:35:32,717 --> 00:35:34,219 that went by the name Gio 694 00:35:34,302 --> 00:35:36,763 -around the time of her disappearance. -[echoing ding] 695 00:35:37,889 --> 00:35:40,392 Gio was... 696 00:35:41,393 --> 00:35:42,477 Nebiyu. 697 00:35:42,561 --> 00:35:44,437 [♪ dramatic sting] 698 00:35:45,939 --> 00:35:50,777 Jholie was utilizing the name Gio 699 00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:54,197 because she did, in fact, know someone named Gio. 700 00:35:54,281 --> 00:35:57,242 And when she would be questioned 701 00:35:57,325 --> 00:36:00,495 by family or sister or mom, her dad or stepdad, 702 00:36:00,579 --> 00:36:02,581 about who she was corresponding with, 703 00:36:02,664 --> 00:36:04,624 she knew that she was speaking to Nebiyu, 704 00:36:04,708 --> 00:36:06,585 which she wasn't supposed to be doing. 705 00:36:06,668 --> 00:36:08,545 ♪♪ 706 00:36:08,628 --> 00:36:12,173 [narrator] The Gio that Syreeta and the investigators had spoken to 707 00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:14,676 was simply the wrong guy. 708 00:36:14,759 --> 00:36:17,095 The Gio that Jholie was talking to 709 00:36:17,178 --> 00:36:19,472 had been Nebiyu all along. 710 00:36:19,556 --> 00:36:21,057 ♪♪ 711 00:36:23,393 --> 00:36:26,646 -[kids chattering] -[Brian] He told me that 712 00:36:26,730 --> 00:36:29,190 he had met up with the two boys at the park, 713 00:36:29,274 --> 00:36:31,276 at the basketball court. 714 00:36:31,359 --> 00:36:33,069 He had asked to use one of their phones. 715 00:36:33,153 --> 00:36:35,071 He had called Jholie from that phone. 716 00:36:35,155 --> 00:36:36,197 [echoing dialing] 717 00:36:36,281 --> 00:36:38,742 He had asked her to come down to meet him in Woodlawn Park. 718 00:36:38,825 --> 00:36:40,660 [line ringing] 719 00:36:40,744 --> 00:36:42,495 ♪♪ 720 00:36:42,579 --> 00:36:44,956 [narrator] When Jholie arrives at the park, 721 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:46,833 an argument ensues. 722 00:36:47,542 --> 00:36:51,504 [Brian] Nebiyu tells me that he decides to place her in... 723 00:36:52,422 --> 00:36:55,091 an MMA-style choke hold. 724 00:36:55,175 --> 00:36:56,801 [♪ tense crescendo] 725 00:36:56,885 --> 00:36:58,720 He squeezes... 726 00:36:58,803 --> 00:37:00,597 ♪♪ 727 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,433 until her body becomes limp. 728 00:37:03,516 --> 00:37:05,352 [♪ tense crescendo] 729 00:37:05,435 --> 00:37:08,939 [♪ somber music playing] 730 00:37:12,776 --> 00:37:15,612 He says that, after the strangulation, 731 00:37:15,695 --> 00:37:18,240 that he goes to move her body 732 00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:21,534 off into the wood line, 733 00:37:21,618 --> 00:37:22,619 covering her with leaves. 734 00:37:22,702 --> 00:37:26,373 -[leaves rustling] -[♪ soft vocalizing] 735 00:37:30,085 --> 00:37:32,796 Then, Nebiyu also confesses to me 736 00:37:32,879 --> 00:37:36,341 that that whole text message about going to the party in Norfolk, 737 00:37:37,133 --> 00:37:40,178 he authors that message on her phone and sends it out 738 00:37:40,262 --> 00:37:43,765 in hopes that it'll confuse everybody 739 00:37:43,848 --> 00:37:45,725 as to what her location is. 740 00:37:45,809 --> 00:37:47,769 ♪♪ 741 00:37:47,852 --> 00:37:51,898 He puts a weight in a bag with the phone and throws the phone into the pond. 742 00:37:55,026 --> 00:37:57,737 And as evidence kept coming in, cell phone records, 743 00:37:57,821 --> 00:38:01,741 talking to other witnesses, and ultimately DNA evidence 744 00:38:01,825 --> 00:38:04,786 and the medical examiner's report and the cause of death, 745 00:38:04,869 --> 00:38:07,956 we were developing a strong case 746 00:38:08,039 --> 00:38:11,418 that Nebiyu Ebrahim was responsible and had murdered her. 747 00:38:12,711 --> 00:38:14,838 And so, he was charged with first-degree murder. 748 00:38:17,924 --> 00:38:20,302 [narrator] But before it can get to trial, 749 00:38:20,385 --> 00:38:23,972 investigators are met with another surprise. 750 00:38:24,055 --> 00:38:26,224 [Casey] We were scheduled for a status hearing 751 00:38:26,308 --> 00:38:28,476 to set a trial date, 752 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,397 and we got word that Nebiyu had decided to plead guilty. 753 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,190 After Ebrahim pleaded guilty, 754 00:38:34,274 --> 00:38:37,110 the judge convicted him of first-degree murder. 755 00:38:37,193 --> 00:38:41,448 He will spend between 20 years and life behind bars. 756 00:38:41,531 --> 00:38:43,909 ♪♪ 757 00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:47,829 [Cyrille] I felt like, you know... 758 00:38:48,872 --> 00:38:50,498 I mean... [sighs] 759 00:38:51,374 --> 00:38:53,043 Justice was done, right? 760 00:38:53,126 --> 00:38:55,253 To me it's not enough, you know? 761 00:38:56,379 --> 00:38:59,382 He gets to live in that jail cell. 762 00:39:01,218 --> 00:39:03,303 It's our law, it's our system. 763 00:39:03,386 --> 00:39:06,056 ♪ How will you feel... ♪ 764 00:39:06,139 --> 00:39:09,684 And at least I can say that the system didn't fail Jholie. 765 00:39:10,518 --> 00:39:14,022 And that's probably the most I can say... 766 00:39:15,357 --> 00:39:19,444 ♪ Now you're on the other side ♪ 767 00:39:21,404 --> 00:39:22,697 ♪ Will I see you again ♪ 768 00:39:22,781 --> 00:39:26,159 Jholie was cremated, so I have her remains. 769 00:39:26,243 --> 00:39:28,620 And I can't go overnight someplace 770 00:39:28,703 --> 00:39:31,414 without her remains with me. 771 00:39:31,498 --> 00:39:34,709 This is how I cope. Like, I left her, and this happened, 772 00:39:34,793 --> 00:39:36,169 so I'm never gonna leave her again. 773 00:39:36,253 --> 00:39:38,255 I'm never leaving her again. 774 00:39:40,799 --> 00:39:42,008 [electronic beeping] 775 00:39:42,092 --> 00:39:44,302 [Rynata] It took us a while to figure out, 776 00:39:44,386 --> 00:39:46,596 how do we keep her name alive? 777 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,975 [♪ somber electronic music playing] 778 00:39:50,058 --> 00:39:52,852 We started a nonprofit, The Importance of You, 779 00:39:52,936 --> 00:39:55,272 to help educate our community 780 00:39:55,355 --> 00:39:57,691 on intimate partner violence and mental health issues. 781 00:39:59,067 --> 00:40:00,819 What are good secrets? What are bad secrets? 782 00:40:01,695 --> 00:40:03,697 If you don't feel comfortable sharing it with your family, 783 00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:05,782 you can share it with us. We can help. 784 00:40:06,950 --> 00:40:08,868 [birds chirping] 785 00:40:09,703 --> 00:40:11,621 [Brian] Jholie Moussa did a really good job 786 00:40:11,705 --> 00:40:13,873 of leaving breadcrumbs for us 787 00:40:13,957 --> 00:40:15,625 that eventually led back to Nebiyu. 788 00:40:15,709 --> 00:40:17,502 ♪♪ 789 00:40:17,586 --> 00:40:21,047 She told people about the strangulation. She told people about the relationship. 790 00:40:21,131 --> 00:40:24,676 She left us a lot of very important evidence 791 00:40:24,759 --> 00:40:28,221 that really assisted us in capturing her killer. 792 00:40:30,307 --> 00:40:33,810 [Zhané] Had she not told me that 793 00:40:33,894 --> 00:40:37,063 she had gotten strangled the first time from Nebiyu, 794 00:40:37,147 --> 00:40:39,399 we wouldn't have been able to build a case 795 00:40:39,482 --> 00:40:42,652 on him murdering my sister. 796 00:40:42,736 --> 00:40:45,572 ♪♪ 797 00:40:45,655 --> 00:40:49,784 I believe she kinda solved her own murder. 798 00:40:55,582 --> 00:40:58,752 ♪ I don't know where my head is lately ♪ 799 00:40:58,835 --> 00:41:01,087 ♪ Have I lost my mind? ♪ 800 00:41:01,171 --> 00:41:03,632 ♪♪ 801 00:41:03,715 --> 00:41:04,716 [exhale] 802 00:41:09,012 --> 00:41:12,474 ♪ But I know that I have a secret ♪ 803 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:15,060 ♪ And it's only mine ♪ 804 00:41:16,645 --> 00:41:19,648 [♪ vocalizing] 805 00:41:22,692 --> 00:41:26,238 ♪ And the only way to find me ♪ 806 00:41:26,321 --> 00:41:30,242 ♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪