1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,300 She was a people pleaser. She enjoyed helping people. 2 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:15,867 But these women just weren't her friends. 3 00:00:15,967 --> 00:00:17,900 They were just so dangerous. 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,400 They were terrible, the ultimate mean girls. 5 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:28,100 JERRY: She's not creating this persona. 6 00:00:28,166 --> 00:00:29,767 She's willing to hurt somebody. 7 00:00:29,767 --> 00:00:30,000 She enjoys it -- that's who she is. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,567 She enjoys it -- that's who she is. 9 00:00:32,567 --> 00:00:35,500 It wasn't surprising that... 10 00:00:35,567 --> 00:00:37,166 women did it. 11 00:00:37,166 --> 00:00:39,967 Women in this group can be ruthless. 12 00:00:41,266 --> 00:00:44,166 [theme music playing] 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,867 [rock music playing] 14 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:59,000 JIMI: Albuquerque definitely does have an edge. 15 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:00,000 You could say that it has a Wild West kind of feel to it. 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,000 You could say that it has a Wild West kind of feel to it. 17 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:07,066 NARRATOR: Set along Route 66, 18 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:09,066 it's no surprise that Albuquerque, 19 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:13,100 New Mexico, is home to an outlaw party scene, full of 20 00:01:13,166 --> 00:01:15,200 tough guys and wild women. 21 00:01:16,467 --> 00:01:19,300 They just kind of went with the flow of things. 22 00:01:19,367 --> 00:01:22,600 They got drawn into the party life scene, 23 00:01:22,667 --> 00:01:25,000 and the party is neverending. 24 00:01:25,066 --> 00:01:27,800 We wanted to go hang out with these people, 25 00:01:27,867 --> 00:01:30,000 because they were fun, and they had the parties. 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,166 because they were fun, and they had the parties. 27 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:33,266 Gradually, the groups got more 28 00:01:33,367 --> 00:01:35,967 adventurous, and the parties got crazier. 29 00:01:35,967 --> 00:01:38,800 It's kind of like a home for lost souls, 30 00:01:38,867 --> 00:01:41,600 women that maybe have left something behind, 31 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:44,500 left their family behind, and kind of get together 32 00:01:44,567 --> 00:01:46,900 their party together, and kind of 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,066 create a new life and new family there. 34 00:01:51,066 --> 00:01:52,800 In this scene, they'll often 35 00:01:52,867 --> 00:01:56,000 refer to people as my daughter, my sister. 36 00:01:56,066 --> 00:01:58,100 And if you could trust somebody in this world, 37 00:01:58,166 --> 00:02:00,000 that's huge, that's priceless. 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:00,100 that's huge, that's priceless. 39 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,600 NARRATOR: And at the heart of this found family 40 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:09,000 are the queen bees who call the shots. 41 00:02:09,066 --> 00:02:12,767 JERRY: What people don't know is women in this group 42 00:02:12,767 --> 00:02:14,600 can be ruthless. 43 00:02:15,667 --> 00:02:17,867 I've seen some vicious women out there. 44 00:02:17,967 --> 00:02:19,700 They were not gonna put up with anybody else's 45 00:02:19,767 --> 00:02:21,567 attitude but their own. 46 00:02:21,667 --> 00:02:22,800 They were always talking [bleep]. 47 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,166 You've got your leaders, and you've got your followers. 48 00:02:27,667 --> 00:02:28,767 NARRATOR: On the surface, 49 00:02:28,867 --> 00:02:30,000 29-year-old Tiffany Boyer doesn't seem to 50 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,100 29-year-old Tiffany Boyer doesn't seem to 51 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:35,000 fit in with this badass group of women. 52 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:37,166 TERESA: Tiffany was a people pleaser. 53 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:38,767 She enjoyed helping people. 54 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:45,066 Tiffany's outlook on life was nothing could be wrong. 55 00:02:48,567 --> 00:02:50,000 And if you were having a bad day, 56 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:52,567 she figured out how to make it better. 57 00:02:52,667 --> 00:02:53,800 She loved life. 58 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:57,266 BLAIR: Tiffany had an unfortunate accident when 59 00:02:57,367 --> 00:02:59,266 I think she was about five years old where a bunch of 60 00:02:59,266 --> 00:03:00,000 kids were playing in the backyard, and her brother 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,867 kids were playing in the backyard, and her brother 62 00:03:01,967 --> 00:03:04,767 threw a pretty sizable rock, and it fractured her skull. 63 00:03:06,367 --> 00:03:07,967 She had to have brain surgery. 64 00:03:09,166 --> 00:03:11,667 Her first seizure was at age 12. 65 00:03:11,667 --> 00:03:13,367 She would have grand mal seizures. 66 00:03:14,567 --> 00:03:17,467 NARRATOR: Tiffany's unpredictable health fuels 67 00:03:17,467 --> 00:03:19,867 a sometimes fearless lifestyle. 68 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:21,967 KRISTAL: Tiffany, she was just playful. 69 00:03:21,967 --> 00:03:24,166 There was never really anything that she was afraid 70 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:28,166 to do, and she just kept one-upping herself. 71 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:30,000 HOLLY: Tiffany was definitely a free spirit. 72 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:30,567 HOLLY: Tiffany was definitely a free spirit. 73 00:03:30,667 --> 00:03:34,200 She wanted to do everything the way she wanted to do it. 74 00:03:34,266 --> 00:03:36,467 SHARON: She was the adventurous one. 75 00:03:36,467 --> 00:03:38,266 Tiffany was the life of the party. 76 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:41,467 She basically brought the party to the party. 77 00:03:45,567 --> 00:03:47,667 JIMI: Tiffany was definitely a wild one. 78 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:50,567 But her settling down, that might have been 79 00:03:50,667 --> 00:03:53,000 an unrealistic reality, 80 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,767 because she was such a wild and free spirit. 81 00:03:55,867 --> 00:03:57,967 It's like a wild horse that couldn't be tamed. 82 00:03:59,767 --> 00:04:00,000 NARRATOR: After two failed relationships, 83 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,867 NARRATOR: After two failed relationships, 84 00:04:01,967 --> 00:04:04,967 Tiffany clearly isn't the marrying kind, 85 00:04:04,967 --> 00:04:09,266 but by 22, she's a devoted single mom to two children, 86 00:04:09,266 --> 00:04:11,000 Sevennah and Patrick. 87 00:04:12,967 --> 00:04:15,767 Just to see how she naturally navigated into that 88 00:04:15,767 --> 00:04:18,567 role of being a mother was pretty cool to watch. 89 00:04:18,667 --> 00:04:19,767 She was good at it. 90 00:04:21,567 --> 00:04:24,100 HOLLY: But her mother took custody of her kids 91 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:26,400 when she started having more seizures. 92 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,667 But she also understood and knew it was 93 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:30,000 for the safety of her and her kids. 94 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,667 for the safety of her and her kids. 95 00:04:36,266 --> 00:04:38,700 NARRATOR: Without full-time custody of her kids, 96 00:04:38,767 --> 00:04:43,000 Tiffany is free to live her life and hang out in biker bars 97 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,000 with whomever she sees fit, 98 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:47,567 including leaders of the local party crowd, 99 00:04:47,667 --> 00:04:51,000 34-year-old Shawna Cannon and sidekick 100 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:53,767 21-year-old Stephanie Rai Rai Stepp. 101 00:04:53,867 --> 00:04:56,500 Shawna didn't care who she stepped on 102 00:04:56,567 --> 00:04:58,300 to get what she wanted. 103 00:04:58,367 --> 00:05:00,000 She was a leader, and some of the girls looked 104 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,867 She was a leader, and some of the girls looked 105 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:05,667 up to her, because she is crazy, and she was ruthless. 106 00:05:05,667 --> 00:05:07,367 JERRY: People knew her as a shot caller. 107 00:05:07,467 --> 00:05:09,500 If you wanted something done, it was gonna get done. 108 00:05:09,567 --> 00:05:12,066 She was going to make it happen. 109 00:05:12,066 --> 00:05:14,667 I think Shawna did like her reputation. 110 00:05:14,667 --> 00:05:16,800 She enjoyed the narcissism of it. 111 00:05:16,867 --> 00:05:20,066 JIMI: As long as she got what she aimed to get, 112 00:05:20,066 --> 00:05:21,467 that's all she cared about. 113 00:05:22,867 --> 00:05:24,867 Stephanie, which everybody knew as Rai Rai, 114 00:05:24,967 --> 00:05:26,867 she was definitely a wild one. 115 00:05:26,867 --> 00:05:30,000 DANA: Stephanie is five-foot-two, 130 pounds, 116 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:30,066 DANA: Stephanie is five-foot-two, 130 pounds, 117 00:05:30,066 --> 00:05:34,100 a small stature, but she is tough. 118 00:05:34,166 --> 00:05:38,200 Stephanie's life in this world started where she ran away. 119 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:41,667 I believe she was 14 when she moved in with a guy who 120 00:05:41,767 --> 00:05:46,166 was in a biker gang, and he was also part of that party scene. 121 00:05:47,166 --> 00:05:50,066 If she got news of someone wronging a friend, 122 00:05:50,066 --> 00:05:51,567 she'd be the first one to say that, 123 00:05:51,567 --> 00:05:53,166 "Oh, I'll take care of it." 124 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:54,800 That was a thrill to her. 125 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:56,900 She liked to scrap. 126 00:05:58,667 --> 00:06:00,000 KRISTAL: Shawna and Stephanie, they just 127 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,200 KRISTAL: Shawna and Stephanie, they just 128 00:06:01,266 --> 00:06:02,867 looked out for themself. 129 00:06:02,967 --> 00:06:05,800 They didn't give a [bleep] about anything else. 130 00:06:05,867 --> 00:06:07,400 I knew the people that she was 131 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,767 hanging out with were not good people. 132 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:12,166 These are not your people, Tiffany. 133 00:06:12,166 --> 00:06:15,800 I always worried about Tiffany, but Tiffany liked Shawna. 134 00:06:15,867 --> 00:06:18,166 She had good respect for her. 135 00:06:18,166 --> 00:06:20,166 She called her a friend. 136 00:06:20,166 --> 00:06:22,400 I'm sure she probably wanted to impress her 137 00:06:22,467 --> 00:06:25,066 and get respect from her. 138 00:06:28,467 --> 00:06:30,000 Tiffany would definitely always want to fit in. 139 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,300 Tiffany would definitely always want to fit in. 140 00:06:31,367 --> 00:06:35,100 She wanted to fit in with them and get them to like her. 141 00:06:36,266 --> 00:06:39,900 She was so friendly and just so outgoing. 142 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:43,367 But I was surprised that she was close 143 00:06:43,367 --> 00:06:45,600 to women like that -- in my relationship with her, 144 00:06:45,667 --> 00:06:47,567 she'd always go towards the guys. 145 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:51,300 But Tiffany wanted to go hang out with these 146 00:06:51,367 --> 00:06:53,967 women, because they were fun and they had the parties. 147 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,166 It was the feeling and the euphoria of that high, 148 00:06:59,266 --> 00:07:00,000 and, you know, being with individuals 149 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,200 and, you know, being with individuals 150 00:07:01,266 --> 00:07:04,900 who were like-minded in that moment with her. 151 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,100 She was always just like, let's have fun, and we'll deal 152 00:07:07,166 --> 00:07:09,667 with the problems, you know, later. 153 00:07:09,767 --> 00:07:11,400 That's just how she was, 154 00:07:11,467 --> 00:07:14,200 and she liked to meet new people. 155 00:07:14,266 --> 00:07:16,567 Tiffany was the flirt. 156 00:07:16,567 --> 00:07:20,200 If the guy was nice and fun, she would be like, "Hey," 157 00:07:20,266 --> 00:07:21,500 and before you know it, it's like, oh, 158 00:07:21,567 --> 00:07:23,867 Tiffany's dating that guy -- here she's dating that one. 159 00:07:29,567 --> 00:07:30,000 NARRATOR: But even after several years in the group, 160 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,166 NARRATOR: But even after several years in the group, 161 00:07:32,166 --> 00:07:35,600 what Tiffany never seems to learn is that in this so-called 162 00:07:35,667 --> 00:07:38,166 sisterhood, there are rules, 163 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:39,967 and rule number one 164 00:07:39,967 --> 00:07:44,100 is never steal the spotlight from Shawna and Stephanie. 165 00:07:44,166 --> 00:07:46,767 JAKE: I was at a friend's house. 166 00:07:46,767 --> 00:07:49,900 Tiffany and a couple of her friends had showed up. 167 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,867 I thought she was pretty hot. 168 00:07:51,867 --> 00:07:54,066 She was gonna kind of put on 169 00:07:54,066 --> 00:07:56,100 some sort of fashion show or something 170 00:07:56,166 --> 00:07:57,767 and then left the door open, and she was 171 00:07:57,867 --> 00:08:00,000 getting changed, and he happened to see her getting undressed. 172 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,400 getting changed, and he happened to see her getting undressed. 173 00:08:02,467 --> 00:08:05,667 And so that was how their relationship started. 174 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:08,100 JAKE: That's when we started really talking 175 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:09,567 and getting to know each other. 176 00:08:11,166 --> 00:08:12,800 NARRATOR: After they start dating, 177 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:16,100 Jake learns that while Tiffany can be sweet, 178 00:08:16,166 --> 00:08:19,867 she can also be spicy, and that aggravates 179 00:08:19,867 --> 00:08:22,667 the biker chick clique, especially the two women 180 00:08:22,667 --> 00:08:26,000 at the top, Shawna and Stephanie. 181 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:28,000 JAKE: Tiffany thought she was hot [bleep]. 182 00:08:28,066 --> 00:08:29,266 She walked around like... 183 00:08:30,767 --> 00:08:33,000 she didn't care, and people didn't like it. 184 00:08:34,166 --> 00:08:36,266 She just enjoyed the attention. 185 00:08:37,300 --> 00:08:39,200 I could see there being jealousy. 186 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,800 I think Tiffany needed to understand the hierarchy 187 00:08:45,867 --> 00:08:47,266 that already existed, 188 00:08:47,367 --> 00:08:51,767 that Shawna and Stephanie were already at the top. 189 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:56,467 I don't think Shawna and Stephanie would have 190 00:08:56,467 --> 00:09:00,000 liked that she was being overly flirtatious 191 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,667 liked that she was being overly flirtatious 192 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:03,166 or seductive. 193 00:09:03,166 --> 00:09:05,967 They believed it was manipulative. 194 00:09:05,967 --> 00:09:11,166 Her manipulative ways 195 00:09:11,266 --> 00:09:15,266 were getting her in trouble with some women along the way. 196 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:18,000 Eventually, it catches up. 197 00:09:22,467 --> 00:09:26,367 NARRATOR: In the spring of 2015, Jimi Gillentine helps Tiffany 198 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:28,467 get a job as a live-in caregiver 199 00:09:28,467 --> 00:09:30,000 to a disabled woman named Denise Cole. 200 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,767 to a disabled woman named Denise Cole. 201 00:09:31,867 --> 00:09:35,367 JIMI: Tiffany met Denise because of me. 202 00:09:35,467 --> 00:09:37,500 I explained to her the situation. 203 00:09:37,567 --> 00:09:41,367 So, of course, Tiffany being Tiffany, took over. 204 00:09:41,467 --> 00:09:45,000 It was getting Denise back into health, and 205 00:09:45,066 --> 00:09:46,667 instead of her being in bed all the time, 206 00:09:46,767 --> 00:09:48,867 she was getting up and moving around and coming outside. 207 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,000 DANA: Denise was another extension of this group, 208 00:09:54,266 --> 00:09:56,900 who they referred to as Mom, 209 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 and she needed a caretaker. 210 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,867 and she needed a caretaker. 211 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:02,700 Tiffany would help clean and fix 212 00:10:02,767 --> 00:10:04,600 her dinners and take care of her, 213 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:05,967 spend time with her. 214 00:10:05,967 --> 00:10:08,367 Tiffany thought of Denise as a mother, 215 00:10:08,367 --> 00:10:12,600 a second mother -- as a person, she loved her. 216 00:10:12,667 --> 00:10:15,066 NARRATOR: But soon after moving in with Denise, 217 00:10:15,066 --> 00:10:18,166 Tiffany becomes the target of nasty gossip. 218 00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:25,700 Rumors were spreading that Tiffany was stealing 219 00:10:25,767 --> 00:10:27,367 from Denise. 220 00:10:27,367 --> 00:10:29,266 DANA: You know, in this group, they have their own set 221 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:30,000 of morals. 222 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,567 of morals. 223 00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:32,600 You don't steal from Mom. 224 00:10:32,667 --> 00:10:33,767 JERRY: Those are the rumors. 225 00:10:33,767 --> 00:10:35,767 I don't know if Tiffany ever did that. 226 00:10:35,767 --> 00:10:38,567 That's what Robert McGuire was saying. 227 00:10:38,567 --> 00:10:42,800 Robert McGuire, who was also part of that party scene, 228 00:10:42,867 --> 00:10:45,867 I knew him as Machete Bob. 229 00:10:45,867 --> 00:10:47,200 That's his name on the streets. 230 00:10:48,266 --> 00:10:51,100 Robert McGuire, Machete Bob, he was my friend. 231 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:55,467 He was a character. He was a wild one. 232 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,266 He could be your best friend, or he could be 233 00:10:58,367 --> 00:10:59,967 your worst enemy. 234 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:02,467 JERRY: He's also friends with Denise Cole. 235 00:11:02,467 --> 00:11:06,300 So he steps in, kicks Tiffany out, says you're not stealing 236 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:07,900 from Denise, 237 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,767 and that becomes Robert McGuire's job is to watch 238 00:11:11,867 --> 00:11:14,467 Denise Cole and stay at the residence. 239 00:11:14,467 --> 00:11:17,900 NARRATOR: According to Tiffany, she's the real victim, 240 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,400 not Denise. 241 00:11:19,467 --> 00:11:20,800 SEAN: Tiffany made the allegation 242 00:11:20,867 --> 00:11:23,000 that Robert McGuire had raped her. 243 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,166 And so that rumor spread very quickly. 244 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:30,000 I don't think she understood what this implication 245 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,667 I don't think she understood what this implication 246 00:11:31,767 --> 00:11:34,800 of rape meant to women in this group. 247 00:11:34,867 --> 00:11:37,066 JIMI: I don't know what went down. 248 00:11:37,066 --> 00:11:40,100 Bob probably physically assaulted her. 249 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:43,367 I don't know about sexually assaulting her. 250 00:11:43,467 --> 00:11:45,000 To make something up like that, 251 00:11:45,066 --> 00:11:47,300 I just don't think that she would do something like that. 252 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:50,467 DANA: Who knows whether it's true or not, 253 00:11:50,467 --> 00:11:53,300 but these rumors are spreading, and people 254 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:55,500 are believing what they want to believe. 255 00:11:57,567 --> 00:12:00,000 JAKE: I want to believe everything she ever told me was true, 256 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:00,567 JAKE: I want to believe everything she ever told me was true, 257 00:12:00,567 --> 00:12:02,600 but I honestly don't know now. 258 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,367 JERRY: I get a call from an informant, 259 00:12:12,367 --> 00:12:15,000 one of the people that works for me, people on the street, 260 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:17,867 and they said that there's a crime that may have occurred, 261 00:12:17,967 --> 00:12:19,266 but it may not be true. 262 00:12:19,266 --> 00:12:21,367 So I have to start asking questions. 263 00:12:21,467 --> 00:12:24,467 I have no idea truly what happened at that point. 264 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:26,900 But the person said, "Hey, 265 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,767 Machete Bob's missing." 266 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:40,100 A different person calls me, "Hey, Machete Bob's dead. 267 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:41,300 "He's been seen in the back of 268 00:12:41,367 --> 00:12:44,367 a trunk in Los Lunas in this parking lot." 269 00:12:44,367 --> 00:12:46,667 When I get the second tip 270 00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:49,700 that matches everything that the first tip said, 271 00:12:49,767 --> 00:12:52,600 I realized that this could potentially be true, 272 00:12:52,667 --> 00:12:55,467 and it's something I should probably start looking into. 273 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,900 So Los Lunas P.D., 274 00:13:00,066 --> 00:13:01,000 they go look for me, and they go to McDonald's parking lot, 275 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,900 they go look for me, and they go to McDonald's parking lot, 276 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,467 and there's no car, 277 00:13:05,467 --> 00:13:07,900 there's no body, there's nothing there. 278 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:12,100 NARRATOR: Meanwhile, police pay a visit to the home of 279 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:16,266 Denise Cole, where Bob had lived after kicking Tiffany out. 280 00:14:02,867 --> 00:14:05,166 The name Tiffany Boyer came up and I said, "Who?" 281 00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:06,200 Like, who's that? 282 00:14:06,266 --> 00:14:07,667 I don't -- I don't know Tiffany. 283 00:14:09,767 --> 00:14:10,867 OFFICER: When you say... 284 00:14:12,767 --> 00:14:13,867 OFFICER: Oh, wow. 285 00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:23,166 NARRATOR: Denise believes Tiffany convinced 286 00:14:23,266 --> 00:14:25,400 a man to retaliate against Bob. 287 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:37,900 JERRY: So once Tiffany's name comes up multiple times, 288 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,567 the thing I realized my next step was gonna 289 00:14:40,567 --> 00:14:42,100 be is I gotta find Tiffany. 290 00:14:42,166 --> 00:14:45,367 Gotta find Tiffany and question her and see what's true 291 00:14:45,367 --> 00:14:46,367 and what's not, 292 00:14:46,367 --> 00:14:48,800 see if the rape allegation was true, 293 00:14:48,867 --> 00:14:53,066 see if she set up this potential hit on Robert McGuire. 294 00:14:53,066 --> 00:14:55,367 I had a thousand questions to ask her. 295 00:14:55,367 --> 00:14:58,266 So after that, I attempted to locate her, 296 00:14:58,266 --> 00:15:01,000 but initially, we were unable to do so. 297 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 but initially, we were unable to do so. 298 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:06,066 NARRATOR: As police continue tracking Tiffany down, 299 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:08,667 Detective Koppman gets a big tip. 300 00:15:08,667 --> 00:15:10,367 And they said, "Hey, if you want to solve 301 00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:12,367 "this Machete Bob thing, you need to 302 00:15:12,467 --> 00:15:13,600 talk to Shawna Cannon." 303 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:20,166 I meet up with Shawna, and Shawna starts telling me 304 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:22,800 she thought something happened to Bob, 305 00:15:22,867 --> 00:15:25,467 and she has the means to solve it, because she feels like 306 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:27,467 she is kind of a boss. 307 00:15:27,567 --> 00:15:30,500 So she's gonna go grab 10 of her biggest, 308 00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:31,000 closest friends and get to the bottom of this. 309 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,567 closest friends and get to the bottom of this. 310 00:15:33,567 --> 00:15:37,000 She tells me that Robert McGuire was killed 311 00:15:37,066 --> 00:15:40,867 because Tiffany had said that he raped her. 312 00:15:40,867 --> 00:15:44,300 She believes Tiffany had Robert McGuire set up. 313 00:15:47,367 --> 00:15:50,967 DANA: At this point, Tiffany's reputation is not 314 00:15:50,967 --> 00:15:52,967 a reputable one. 315 00:15:52,967 --> 00:15:56,367 I don't think they believed her to be truthful. 316 00:15:56,467 --> 00:16:00,367 In fact, Shawna calls Tiffany a liar and a whore. 317 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:03,600 KRISTAL: I never really felt like Tiffany was trying to hurt 318 00:16:03,667 --> 00:16:05,500 anybody or trying to get anybody 319 00:16:05,567 --> 00:16:09,500 in trouble or blame anything on anybody with a lie. 320 00:16:09,567 --> 00:16:11,467 This was her story. 321 00:16:11,567 --> 00:16:13,000 DANA: With Shawna saying maybe 322 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:15,567 Tiffany had something to do with Machete Bob's 323 00:16:15,667 --> 00:16:18,967 disappearance, well then, let's find Tiffany. 324 00:16:18,967 --> 00:16:22,767 And at that point, when the investigator asks Shawna, 325 00:16:22,867 --> 00:16:24,767 where's Tiffany? She just... 326 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,000 shrugs, like we don't know. 327 00:16:30,567 --> 00:16:31,000 JERRY: And Shawna says, "I'm sure she's just 328 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,367 JERRY: And Shawna says, "I'm sure she's just 329 00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:34,100 "laying low somewhere. 330 00:16:34,166 --> 00:16:36,100 "She's laying low, trying to avoid the heat. 331 00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:37,000 "She's out there. 332 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,467 "She's alive and well, and she's 333 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:41,200 "hoping that everybody thinks she's dead. 334 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:42,400 That's her master plan." 335 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:46,867 [phone ringing] 336 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:10,467 OPERATOR: Mm-hmm. 337 00:17:26,367 --> 00:17:28,266 HOLLY: There would be periods of time 338 00:17:28,367 --> 00:17:30,700 where her mom wouldn't hear from her. 339 00:17:30,767 --> 00:17:31,000 Her dad wouldn't hear from her. 340 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:31,867 Her dad wouldn't hear from her. 341 00:17:31,967 --> 00:17:33,266 Nobody would hear from her. 342 00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:37,166 But she never went long without calling or coming by. 343 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,667 I didn't know where she was. 344 00:17:40,767 --> 00:17:42,900 I didn't know what was going on. 345 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,900 The longest she went without seeing us was like a week. 346 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:48,600 I thought she would be coming back. 347 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:52,400 I didn't understand what was happening. 348 00:17:52,467 --> 00:17:54,767 KRISTAL: Her sister had called me and asked me, 349 00:17:54,767 --> 00:17:56,266 "Do you know where Tiffany is?" 350 00:17:56,266 --> 00:17:59,000 I said, "No, I haven't talked to her." 351 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:00,300 "Oh, okay. She's missing." 352 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:01,000 And I said "What happened?" 353 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:01,500 And I said "What happened?" 354 00:18:01,567 --> 00:18:04,000 "We don't know. She just -- we can't find her. 355 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:05,767 She just disappeared one day." 356 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:09,567 SHARON: I knew something wasn't right. 357 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:12,967 I've got a bad feeling, you know? 358 00:18:29,667 --> 00:18:32,500 NARRATOR: Now the Albuquerque Police are investigating 359 00:18:32,567 --> 00:18:36,266 two missing persons, and they seem connected. 360 00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:39,400 The statement that I heard is that Robert McGuire 361 00:18:39,467 --> 00:18:44,400 was killed because Tiffany had said that he raped her, 362 00:18:44,467 --> 00:18:46,166 and Tiffany is just laying low. 363 00:18:47,367 --> 00:18:49,300 NARRATOR: After Teresa makes her report, 364 00:18:49,367 --> 00:18:51,667 Police look to Tiffany's boyfriend, 365 00:18:51,767 --> 00:18:55,567 Jake Seale, hoping he can shed light on her disappearance. 366 00:19:00,767 --> 00:19:03,300 SEAN: Jake Seale, he was clearly scared to talk to 367 00:19:03,367 --> 00:19:04,767 law enforcement. 368 00:19:04,867 --> 00:19:06,900 When we finally located and spoke to Jake 369 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,100 for the first time, 370 00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:10,867 he's very reticent in providing information. 371 00:19:10,967 --> 00:19:13,467 You could see that there was this sort of internal tension 372 00:19:13,567 --> 00:19:14,800 that he was fighting, 373 00:19:14,867 --> 00:19:16,804 which is I really care about Tiffany, and I really want to 374 00:19:16,804 --> 00:19:18,567 which is I really care about Tiffany, and I really want to 375 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:21,900 provide all the information that I have to help you all, 376 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,367 but I have my own personal safety to consider. 377 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:25,867 And so I -- you could see him 378 00:19:25,867 --> 00:19:28,767 early on fighting that tension within himself. 379 00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:32,967 NARRATOR: Jake eventually shares with police that on August 19th, 380 00:19:32,967 --> 00:19:34,467 he was at a friend's house when 381 00:19:34,467 --> 00:19:37,567 Tiffany showed up unexpectedly in someone else's car. 382 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,266 Well, Tiffany just had a look on her face that... 383 00:19:41,367 --> 00:19:43,600 I knew wasn't right. 384 00:19:46,867 --> 00:19:48,567 And that's how I ended up in the car. 385 00:19:49,567 --> 00:19:51,767 NARRATOR: Jake won't tell the detective who was 386 00:19:51,867 --> 00:19:54,567 driving the car or where they were taken 387 00:19:54,667 --> 00:19:58,367 but says he was worried enough about Tiffany to ride along. 388 00:19:58,367 --> 00:20:01,266 Makes sense, because she -- I mean, she picked good guys. 389 00:20:01,367 --> 00:20:04,000 Like they weren't the best dudes, 390 00:20:04,066 --> 00:20:08,300 but they cared about her in whatever way they could. 391 00:20:08,367 --> 00:20:10,600 She trusted Jake. 392 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,767 He wanted to protect her. 393 00:20:12,867 --> 00:20:14,066 JAKE: We went to a house. 394 00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:16,804 We all just sat around the living room. 395 00:20:16,804 --> 00:20:17,367 We all just sat around the living room. 396 00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:22,900 People -- some various people were... 397 00:20:24,767 --> 00:20:27,700 making verbal comments to Tiff and calling her names. 398 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,467 It becomes clear to Jake that everybody is there 399 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,600 to get information from Tiffany Boyer 400 00:20:36,667 --> 00:20:38,266 about Machete Bob. 401 00:20:38,266 --> 00:20:40,567 That's when everything kinda changed. 402 00:20:40,567 --> 00:20:42,600 NARRATOR: As the scene intensifies, 403 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:46,266 Jake states he was stripped down and thrown into a closet, 404 00:20:46,367 --> 00:20:46,804 the door nailed shut. 405 00:20:46,804 --> 00:20:47,567 the door nailed shut. 406 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:56,967 It sounds like walls being crushed in 407 00:20:56,967 --> 00:20:59,900 or something being thrown through them. 408 00:21:02,166 --> 00:21:04,400 Took me about a year, 409 00:21:04,467 --> 00:21:05,700 little over a year, 410 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:10,567 to be able to close my eyes and not hear her scream. 411 00:21:14,166 --> 00:21:16,804 NARRATOR: Sometime later, Jake is let out of the closet, 412 00:21:16,804 --> 00:21:17,200 NARRATOR: Sometime later, Jake is let out of the closet, 413 00:21:18,266 --> 00:21:20,367 and Tiffany is gone. 414 00:21:20,367 --> 00:21:22,600 I woke up to a whole new world. 415 00:21:25,567 --> 00:21:27,467 JERRY: Jake Seale had been threatened 416 00:21:27,567 --> 00:21:29,467 to keep his mouth shut. 417 00:21:29,467 --> 00:21:32,166 From the moment he was taken out of the closet, 418 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,367 they said, "Keep your mouth shut. 419 00:21:33,467 --> 00:21:36,166 You're not gonna talk about this to anybody." 420 00:21:36,266 --> 00:21:40,100 SEAN: Jake Seale was present in the home in the closet. 421 00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:41,667 So when he tells that story, 422 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:45,166 I think what potentially could have been a simple missing 423 00:21:45,166 --> 00:21:46,804 person's investigation was very obviously not so 424 00:21:46,804 --> 00:21:48,166 person's investigation was very obviously not so 425 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:50,367 after that point. 426 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:54,000 NARRATOR: Police know something horrific went down in the house. 427 00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:57,000 But with Jake too scared to give up any names and no sign 428 00:21:57,100 --> 00:22:00,166 of Tiffany, the investigation stalls. 429 00:22:04,266 --> 00:22:06,967 As the days tick by, Tiffany's friends 430 00:22:06,967 --> 00:22:10,567 and family begin to lose faith that she'll be found. 431 00:22:10,567 --> 00:22:13,567 And there was one percent -- 432 00:22:13,567 --> 00:22:16,804 the one percent of hope of, 433 00:22:16,804 --> 00:22:17,166 the one percent of hope of, 434 00:22:17,266 --> 00:22:18,667 okay, she's hiding somewhere. 435 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:22,166 She's a fighter. She's fierce. 436 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:24,467 And it was the one percent that was 437 00:22:24,567 --> 00:22:29,667 absolutely the most agonizing space to be in, 438 00:22:30,667 --> 00:22:33,867 because you just held on to that hope. 439 00:22:35,567 --> 00:22:37,100 NARRATOR: With no strong leads, 440 00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:40,266 Detective Koppman is at a loss. 441 00:22:40,367 --> 00:22:43,000 So he goes back to queen bee, Shawna Cannon. 442 00:22:44,567 --> 00:22:46,467 So originally, she tells me, "Well, 443 00:22:46,567 --> 00:22:46,804 I don't really know much about anything," 444 00:22:46,804 --> 00:22:49,100 I don't really know much about anything," 445 00:22:49,166 --> 00:22:54,500 but me and her actually begin talking on the phone routinely. 446 00:22:54,567 --> 00:22:58,166 So very quickly, she began to trust me. 447 00:22:58,266 --> 00:23:00,200 But throughout various conversations, 448 00:23:00,266 --> 00:23:01,800 I got more and more. 449 00:23:01,867 --> 00:23:04,100 NARRATOR: In her mind, Shawna is working 450 00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:07,000 towards her goal, helping to find Bob. 451 00:23:17,066 --> 00:23:20,367 But then Shawna's telling me, "We had her taken." 452 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:21,867 That's when I realized, okay, 453 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:24,500 Shawna definitely knows what's going on here. 454 00:23:24,567 --> 00:23:28,000 NARRATOR: Detective Koppman listens as Shawna explains 455 00:23:28,066 --> 00:23:30,100 she was the one who had Tiffany in the car in 456 00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:31,600 Jake's story. 457 00:23:31,667 --> 00:23:33,967 She says Jake Seale wanted to come along. 458 00:23:51,567 --> 00:23:53,667 JERRY: Shawna didn't want to seem like a bad guy. 459 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:56,066 She was just concerned about Bob, and the way 460 00:23:56,066 --> 00:23:59,166 to find Bob is to do X, Y, and Z. 461 00:24:00,667 --> 00:24:04,800 So Shawna takes Tiffany herself and Jake Seale 462 00:24:04,867 --> 00:24:08,000 in her car, drives them over to Rob Rose's house. 463 00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:12,867 Rob Rose was known in this group as somebody who was just 464 00:24:12,867 --> 00:24:15,066 always around, his house was sort of 465 00:24:15,066 --> 00:24:16,804 a get-together location. 466 00:24:16,804 --> 00:24:17,100 a get-together location. 467 00:24:19,967 --> 00:24:21,500 JERRY: Yeah. 468 00:24:41,467 --> 00:24:45,300 NARRATOR: Shawna Cannon has spent years as the queen bee in her circle. 469 00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:48,567 She knows how to use her power to get what she wants. 470 00:24:48,667 --> 00:24:51,166 And she's convinced Detective Koppman will fall under 471 00:24:51,266 --> 00:24:52,567 her spell. 472 00:24:52,667 --> 00:24:54,567 JERRY: Shawna liked talking to me. 473 00:24:54,567 --> 00:24:57,300 What I learned about her is she justifies everything, 474 00:24:57,367 --> 00:24:59,367 and she truly thought she was a good person. 475 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:03,467 And she ended up telling me certain details that she just 476 00:25:03,467 --> 00:25:04,667 should not have told me. 477 00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:06,141 I'm not gonna solve this case if Shawna doesn't open 478 00:25:06,141 --> 00:25:07,600 I'm not gonna solve this case if Shawna doesn't open 479 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:11,166 her mouth, and she opened it quite a bit. 480 00:25:11,266 --> 00:25:13,967 NARRATOR: Shawna says she made a few phone calls 481 00:25:13,967 --> 00:25:15,767 once Tiffany was at the house, 482 00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:17,667 including to her second-in-command, 483 00:25:17,767 --> 00:25:19,667 Stephanie Rai Rai Stepp. 484 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,166 JERRY: William Paul Alexander, 485 00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:33,367 he's been known in the party scene for decades, 486 00:25:33,467 --> 00:25:36,141 and he's also known as somebody that's very violent. 487 00:25:36,141 --> 00:25:36,867 and he's also known as somebody that's very violent. 488 00:25:36,867 --> 00:25:39,600 SEAN: He was an individual in his sixties, I believe -- 489 00:25:39,667 --> 00:25:43,066 late fifties, early sixties -- they called him Uncle Paul. 490 00:25:43,066 --> 00:25:46,000 It was a -- it was a sign of respect. 491 00:25:55,867 --> 00:25:58,000 SEAN: When Stephanie Stepp got the call from 492 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,800 Shawna Cannon that they had Tiffany Boyer 493 00:26:00,867 --> 00:26:02,900 at Rob Rose's house, and they were questioning 494 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,500 Tiffany about Robert McGuire's disappearance, 495 00:26:05,567 --> 00:26:06,141 Stephanie Stepp went to go immediately to Rob Rose's 496 00:26:06,141 --> 00:26:08,567 Stephanie Stepp went to go immediately to Rob Rose's 497 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,900 house to involve herself in the situation. 498 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,367 I think it demonstrates Shawna Cannon's reputation in this 499 00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:18,266 group, that Shawna Cannon could reach out to Stephanie Stepp, 500 00:26:18,266 --> 00:26:21,667 and Stephanie Stepp would drop whatever she was doing to go 501 00:26:21,767 --> 00:26:22,867 and attend to this situation. 502 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:34,467 SEAN: Her statement to law enforcement is, "I just 503 00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:36,141 "wanted to know what happened to Robert McGuire. 504 00:26:36,141 --> 00:26:37,567 "wanted to know what happened to Robert McGuire. 505 00:26:37,667 --> 00:26:39,000 "I put Tiffany in my car. 506 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:40,667 "Yes, she wasn't free to leave, and yes, 507 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:43,166 "I drove her to Rob Rose's house, but I left, 508 00:26:43,266 --> 00:26:46,400 so my hands are clean." 509 00:26:46,467 --> 00:26:48,667 NARRATOR: Shawna's account gives Detective Koppman 510 00:26:48,767 --> 00:26:51,567 a location, but he's no closer to having 511 00:26:51,667 --> 00:26:54,367 concrete proof that Tiffany Boyer was murdered, 512 00:26:54,467 --> 00:26:56,700 and with Tiffany still missing, 513 00:26:56,767 --> 00:26:59,367 he needs to track down the other players in Shawna's 514 00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:02,000 story to corroborate what he's hearing. 515 00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:09,166 JERRY: I grab a couple of guys, and we go do 516 00:27:09,266 --> 00:27:11,467 a search warrant on Rob Rose's house. 517 00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:14,467 I see Rob Rose leaving his house, and I ask him, 518 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:15,667 "Do you have any weapons on you?" 519 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:18,367 He said, "Yeah, I have a gun on me," so I get the gun, 520 00:27:18,367 --> 00:27:20,100 and I place him in cuffs, because at this point, 521 00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:22,667 I know he's a convicted felon, and he's prohibited from 522 00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:24,000 carrying firearms. 523 00:27:24,066 --> 00:27:26,600 They were looking for any physical evidence to show that 524 00:27:26,667 --> 00:27:29,467 a struggle is there, to show that a crime may have 525 00:27:29,567 --> 00:27:30,867 been committed. 526 00:27:30,867 --> 00:27:34,400 Detectives locate that closet door, and they're seeing holes, 527 00:27:34,467 --> 00:27:36,141 and these holes are specifically on the door frame, uh, 528 00:27:36,141 --> 00:27:38,867 and these holes are specifically on the door frame, uh, 529 00:27:38,867 --> 00:27:40,800 into the door, 530 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:44,166 where you would actually be able to secure the door using 531 00:27:44,166 --> 00:27:45,266 screws and nails, 532 00:27:45,266 --> 00:27:47,567 which matches exactly what Jake Seale had 533 00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:49,100 previously stated. 534 00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:51,266 They were successfully able to 535 00:27:51,367 --> 00:27:53,200 observe what appeared to be blood 536 00:27:53,266 --> 00:27:55,000 that was at the scene where 537 00:27:55,066 --> 00:27:57,600 Jake Seale stated that Tiffany was beaten. 538 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:00,200 NARRATOR: During the search, 539 00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:02,900 Rob Rose is questioned about the allegations 540 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,166 of what went down inside his home. 541 00:28:05,266 --> 00:28:06,141 Some people are fairly decent liars, 542 00:28:06,141 --> 00:28:09,367 Some people are fairly decent liars, 543 00:28:09,467 --> 00:28:12,000 uh, when we question them -- others, not so much. 544 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,800 Rob falls in the category of a horrible liar. 545 00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:17,000 We asked him about the holes in the -- 546 00:28:17,066 --> 00:28:21,100 the frame of the closet door, and he just basically blamed 547 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:25,100 that on his weird roommate that he does weird things, and at 548 00:28:25,166 --> 00:28:28,467 that moment, he was being very uncooperative. 549 00:28:28,467 --> 00:28:31,066 We weren't believing a word he was saying the whole time. 550 00:28:31,066 --> 00:28:34,100 We know his involvement is pretty deep at this point. 551 00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:36,141 NARRATOR: But Detective Koppman senses that the women 552 00:28:36,141 --> 00:28:36,567 NARRATOR: But Detective Koppman senses that the women 553 00:28:36,567 --> 00:28:38,567 are at the heart of this crime. 554 00:28:38,667 --> 00:28:41,166 He needs to find Stephanie Stepp. 555 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:44,166 I get a call, a tip, saying, 556 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:45,900 "I know where Stephanie Stepp's at. 557 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,100 "You better hurry. 558 00:28:47,166 --> 00:28:49,066 I don't know how long she's gonna be at this house." 559 00:28:49,066 --> 00:28:53,100 So me and this detective fly over there as fast as we can. 560 00:28:53,166 --> 00:28:55,100 I know that she knows me. 561 00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:56,867 We pull her aside, 562 00:28:56,867 --> 00:28:59,266 and I talk to her low-key casual, like, 563 00:28:59,266 --> 00:29:00,600 "Hey, what's up? You remember me?" 564 00:29:00,667 --> 00:29:02,166 She's like, "Yeah, Koppman, what's up?" 565 00:29:58,967 --> 00:30:00,266 The more she started talking, 566 00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,967 the more her ego started taking over, and then she 567 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:04,200 started bragging about it, 568 00:30:04,266 --> 00:30:06,141 and that's when she's telling me she's dropping elbows, 569 00:30:06,141 --> 00:30:06,600 and that's when she's telling me she's dropping elbows, 570 00:30:06,667 --> 00:30:08,000 punches, kicks. 571 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,700 So she was bragging, and she said, "I beat that bitch's ass." 572 00:30:23,266 --> 00:30:25,000 So I act like it's no big deal. 573 00:30:25,066 --> 00:30:26,767 Wow, you beat her that bad, huh? 574 00:30:26,767 --> 00:30:29,767 Okay, cool. She was gagged and bound? 575 00:30:29,767 --> 00:30:31,967 Okay, well, how's everything else going? 576 00:30:47,567 --> 00:30:48,767 DETECTIVE: Okay. 577 00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:53,767 I've never had somebody brag to me as a cop before about 578 00:30:53,867 --> 00:30:57,100 kidnapping somebody and just beating them as bad as she 579 00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:58,900 was saying she did, 580 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,900 but she was pretty proud of it. 581 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,967 And then she said, "Well, I don't think Tiffany is dead. 582 00:31:03,967 --> 00:31:05,467 I believe Tiffany is still alive." 583 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,667 She said, "If she was killed, I wasn't there." 584 00:31:34,567 --> 00:31:36,141 Inside, I'm like, this girl's crazy. 585 00:31:36,141 --> 00:31:38,100 Inside, I'm like, this girl's crazy. 586 00:31:38,166 --> 00:31:40,500 But we did exchange numbers after that. 587 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:42,800 We let her go like it was no big deal. 588 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:46,100 But as crazy as it sounded that I was playing nonchalant, 589 00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:47,967 I'm gonna need this girl down the line. 590 00:31:47,967 --> 00:31:50,767 That's the long game of solving all of this. 591 00:31:50,767 --> 00:31:52,667 NARRATOR: Stephanie said when she left, 592 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:54,767 Tiffany was still alive. 593 00:31:54,767 --> 00:31:58,667 We put forth a lot of effort, and we were unable to locate 594 00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:01,100 Tiffany or any signs of her. 595 00:32:01,166 --> 00:32:03,867 We're believing probably a homicide at that point. 596 00:32:05,266 --> 00:32:06,141 NARRATOR: Frustrated, Detective Koppman 597 00:32:06,141 --> 00:32:07,567 NARRATOR: Frustrated, Detective Koppman 598 00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:10,300 turns to Shawna Cannon, hoping she'll 599 00:32:10,367 --> 00:32:13,667 be happy to snitch on her friends one more time. 600 00:32:13,667 --> 00:32:17,400 JERRY: So Shawna was definitely lying to me from the beginning, 601 00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:20,367 if anything else, just by keeping information from me. 602 00:32:20,367 --> 00:32:23,000 So that night is when she really broke it down. 603 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,266 She said, "Oh, I talked to Stephanie. 604 00:32:25,367 --> 00:32:28,266 Like, you're gonna want to hear this." 605 00:32:28,266 --> 00:32:30,266 I was like, "Okay, what's up?" 606 00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:31,767 She said, "Well, Stephanie said that she was 607 00:32:31,767 --> 00:32:34,200 "trying to strangle her to death, 608 00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:36,141 "strangle Tiffany to death, 609 00:32:36,141 --> 00:32:36,400 "strangle Tiffany to death, 610 00:32:36,467 --> 00:32:37,967 but she didn't quite do it." 611 00:32:39,367 --> 00:32:41,300 She's not even considering the loyalty with 612 00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:42,767 Stephanie Stepp -- that's not important. 613 00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:45,800 Who cares, and then she brought us something about 614 00:32:45,867 --> 00:32:49,166 a hammer, and I said, "What was that?" 615 00:32:49,166 --> 00:32:50,867 And she kind of whispers, "A hammer." 616 00:32:52,166 --> 00:32:54,767 I was like, "Okay, who used the hammer?" 617 00:32:54,867 --> 00:32:57,367 "You're gonna have to figure that out, ask around. 618 00:32:57,467 --> 00:32:59,867 I don't know, I gotta go." 619 00:32:59,967 --> 00:33:03,100 So the next day, I already know I have 620 00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:06,141 to go locate, uh, Stephanie Stepp and reinterview her, 621 00:33:06,141 --> 00:33:06,667 to go locate, uh, Stephanie Stepp and reinterview her, 622 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:07,867 and that's what I did. 623 00:33:09,166 --> 00:33:12,400 Had her step out of the house and step into the vehicle. 624 00:33:12,467 --> 00:33:14,000 I said, "Stephanie, listen, 625 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:16,467 "like, you've given me some information. 626 00:33:16,567 --> 00:33:19,266 "That's great. Uh, but now I received all of 627 00:33:19,367 --> 00:33:20,567 "the information. 628 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,266 "So no more BSing me, like, I'm gonna tell you right now 629 00:33:24,367 --> 00:33:27,300 stuff that I already know -- tell me about the hammer." 630 00:33:27,367 --> 00:33:29,667 She's stressed out, her heart is pounding. 631 00:33:29,767 --> 00:33:32,166 I'm looking at her straight in the face. 632 00:33:32,266 --> 00:33:35,667 And under that extreme stress, she answers the question. 633 00:33:36,767 --> 00:33:40,166 And what she told me was shocking to me. 634 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,367 NARRATOR: Detective Koppman has mean girl, 635 00:33:50,467 --> 00:33:52,867 Stephanie Rai Rai Stepp, cornered. 636 00:33:52,867 --> 00:33:54,166 I think at that point, 637 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:56,867 Stephanie had no idea who turned on her. 638 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,367 She knew somebody did, because there was only a few people 639 00:34:01,367 --> 00:34:03,367 there besides herself, 640 00:34:03,367 --> 00:34:05,300 but she wasn't able to figure it out at that moment that it 641 00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:06,667 was Shawna, absolutely not. 642 00:34:20,867 --> 00:34:22,066 Like, tell me about the hammer. 643 00:34:22,066 --> 00:34:25,567 Who used the hammer on Tiffany Boyer? 644 00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:28,367 And she says, "Well, the boys took care of all that. 645 00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:31,967 I was trying to choke her out. I was trying to kill her." 646 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,266 Her emotional level was very high, 647 00:34:36,266 --> 00:34:40,266 and she was acting it out, trying her hardest 648 00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:43,967 to use that emotion and anger to kill Tiffany. 649 00:34:45,767 --> 00:34:48,567 NARRATOR: But it turns out Rai Rai isn't as 650 00:34:48,567 --> 00:34:50,166 tough as she thinks. 651 00:35:14,166 --> 00:35:14,188 NARRATOR: According to Stephanie, it was one blow to 652 00:35:14,188 --> 00:35:16,767 NARRATOR: According to Stephanie, it was one blow to 653 00:35:16,867 --> 00:35:19,367 the head by Uncle Paul that killed Tiffany. 654 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,600 JERRY: It was not a big deal for Paul. 655 00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:24,767 He stepped in in a cold fashion, 656 00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:27,867 had a hammer, and was able to complete the act 657 00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:29,667 in a manner of two seconds. 658 00:35:32,367 --> 00:35:35,266 And he took a life like it was nothing. 659 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:40,667 She said, "And from there, we rolled her up in a rug, 660 00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:44,188 and we put her in the back of Rob Rose's car in the trunk." 661 00:35:44,188 --> 00:35:44,667 and we put her in the back of Rob Rose's car in the trunk." 662 00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:48,166 She said, "And from there, Paul and Rob Rose 663 00:35:48,166 --> 00:35:49,600 drove off with her." 664 00:35:51,166 --> 00:35:54,000 And they came back several hours later, 665 00:35:54,066 --> 00:35:55,166 and all they had to say at 666 00:35:55,166 --> 00:35:58,100 that point was, "She's now coyote food." 667 00:36:02,367 --> 00:36:04,967 NARRATOR: When Jake was finally let out of the closet, 668 00:36:04,967 --> 00:36:09,100 he feared for his life and agreed not to tell a soul. 669 00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:12,667 At that moment, Tiffany's missing person 670 00:36:12,767 --> 00:36:14,188 investigation truly becomes a homicide investigation. 671 00:36:14,188 --> 00:36:17,100 investigation truly becomes a homicide investigation. 672 00:36:17,166 --> 00:36:20,100 NARRATOR: But without a body or manner of death confirmed, 673 00:36:20,166 --> 00:36:22,500 Albuquerque Police can't arrest 674 00:36:22,567 --> 00:36:25,300 Shawna, Stephanie, or Uncle Paul. 675 00:36:25,367 --> 00:36:28,100 That was really just the point of saying we need to double 676 00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:30,066 our efforts, and we need to figure out 677 00:36:30,066 --> 00:36:32,367 who can help us find the remains, 678 00:36:32,367 --> 00:36:36,266 where it became essential that Rob Rose be on our side. 679 00:36:36,367 --> 00:36:38,100 NARRATOR: With an offer of immunity, 680 00:36:38,166 --> 00:36:40,467 Rob Rose flips and agrees to 681 00:36:40,567 --> 00:36:43,000 show detectives where Tiffany's body was dumped. 682 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,367 Almost three months after she was reported missing, 683 00:36:51,467 --> 00:36:53,767 detectives locate Tiffany's body. 684 00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:57,867 We turned that corner around the bush, 685 00:36:57,967 --> 00:37:00,734 and there she is, all of her. 686 00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:04,100 Tiffany. 687 00:37:06,767 --> 00:37:08,867 And we were just silent for 688 00:37:08,867 --> 00:37:12,967 a minute, just staring, like all the madness 689 00:37:12,967 --> 00:37:14,188 had kind of come down to this point. 690 00:37:14,188 --> 00:37:15,467 had kind of come down to this point. 691 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:21,967 NARRATOR: Later that evening, Tiffany's loved 692 00:37:21,967 --> 00:37:24,066 ones are notified about the discovery. 693 00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:27,166 TERESA: I was training at a store out of town 694 00:37:27,266 --> 00:37:28,734 when I got the call. 695 00:37:28,734 --> 00:37:31,467 I cried, because it finally hit home. 696 00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:35,467 I came back to Albuquerque. 697 00:37:35,467 --> 00:37:38,000 I just felt like I needed to be back here where she was. 698 00:37:40,867 --> 00:37:42,500 BLAIR: The phone rings. 699 00:37:42,567 --> 00:37:44,188 Unknown caller. 700 00:37:44,188 --> 00:37:45,166 Unknown caller. 701 00:37:45,266 --> 00:37:48,867 The detective identified himself and said, "We're sorry. 702 00:37:52,467 --> 00:37:55,867 "I'm sorry to tell you that we've positively identified 703 00:37:55,967 --> 00:37:58,467 the remains as your daughter, Tiffany Boyer." 704 00:37:59,734 --> 00:38:02,166 I can hear him on the phone when he said that, it's just, 705 00:38:02,266 --> 00:38:04,900 it's burned into my memory for the rest of my life. 706 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,066 I'll never forget it. 707 00:38:07,367 --> 00:38:09,266 KRISTAL: When I found out that they found her, 708 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,767 um... 709 00:38:12,767 --> 00:38:13,767 I cried, 710 00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:16,500 and I hugged my kids. 711 00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,600 She was a good person, 712 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,667 and she meant a lot in my life. 713 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:32,000 NARRATOR: While investigators wait for 714 00:38:32,066 --> 00:38:34,066 the medical examiner's report, 715 00:38:34,066 --> 00:38:36,767 a discovery is made in the desert. 716 00:38:36,767 --> 00:38:40,667 JERRY: Bob McGuire's body was found in a shallow grave. 717 00:38:40,734 --> 00:38:43,100 I believe it was Los Lunas -- to this day, 718 00:38:43,166 --> 00:38:44,188 who knows? Maybe somebody did observe him in a trunk. 719 00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:46,100 who knows? Maybe somebody did observe him in a trunk. 720 00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:50,800 Robert "Machete Bob" McGuire was never proven to have 721 00:38:50,867 --> 00:38:54,567 raped Tiffany, and his murder is still officially unsolved. 722 00:39:03,367 --> 00:39:06,900 A forensic anthropologist is finally able to determine that 723 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,767 Tiffany was killed by blunt force trauma to the head. 724 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,467 After the long, frustrating wait, 725 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:23,467 investigators can finally make their move. 726 00:39:23,567 --> 00:39:26,867 JERRY: The arrests are a very coordinated effort. 727 00:39:26,867 --> 00:39:30,867 I knew that Shawna was in some type of beauty school. 728 00:39:30,967 --> 00:39:32,600 So I sent somebody there. 729 00:39:32,667 --> 00:39:35,867 I knew Paul's location, so we got him at that house. 730 00:39:35,867 --> 00:39:38,266 I had somebody that was into Stephanie Stepp. 731 00:39:38,367 --> 00:39:40,200 We sent somebody over to that house, 732 00:39:40,266 --> 00:39:43,000 and we were able to take them down simultaneously. 733 00:39:44,066 --> 00:39:44,188 NARRATOR: Uncle Paul Alexander receives 734 00:39:44,188 --> 00:39:46,467 NARRATOR: Uncle Paul Alexander receives 735 00:39:46,567 --> 00:39:49,567 a first-degree murder conviction and a life sentence. 736 00:39:49,667 --> 00:39:53,100 Stephanie Rai Rai Stepp pleads guilty to 737 00:39:53,166 --> 00:39:57,266 second-degree murder and receives a 24-year sentence. 738 00:39:57,266 --> 00:40:00,166 Tiffany was flirtatious with the guys, 739 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:03,166 and she got attention that way. 740 00:40:03,266 --> 00:40:07,166 Stephanie had anger issues, and I think she was 741 00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:10,500 looking for an opportunity to take it out on Tiffany. 742 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,188 NARRATOR: Shawna Cannon pleads guilty to kidnapping 743 00:40:14,188 --> 00:40:14,400 NARRATOR: Shawna Cannon pleads guilty to kidnapping 744 00:40:14,467 --> 00:40:16,166 and receives six years. 745 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:20,867 DANA: Shawna took things into her own hands, 746 00:40:20,867 --> 00:40:23,367 and that's what she's always done. 747 00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:28,600 Shawna orchestrates this kidnapping of Tiffany, 748 00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:30,867 taking her back to question her 749 00:40:30,867 --> 00:40:34,467 and maybe help solve the murder of Machete Bob. 750 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,500 NARRATOR: Free-spirited Tiffany never understood 751 00:40:38,567 --> 00:40:42,300 how vicious these queen bees could be until it was too late. 752 00:40:51,467 --> 00:40:55,400 She was such a special girl, 753 00:40:55,467 --> 00:40:57,400 and she was so bright, 754 00:40:57,467 --> 00:40:59,767 and she was so beautiful. 755 00:40:59,867 --> 00:41:01,767 Oh, my gosh, man. 756 00:41:01,767 --> 00:41:06,900 And she brought two beautiful, amazing humans into the world. 757 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,600 She was an absolutely incredible human being. 758 00:41:10,767 --> 00:41:14,188 TERESA: Sevennah is Tiffany all over again. 759 00:41:14,188 --> 00:41:15,100 TERESA: Sevennah is Tiffany all over again. 760 00:41:15,166 --> 00:41:16,867 And I really do think 761 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,467 God did that for me. 762 00:41:20,867 --> 00:41:24,200 I don't think I could have gone on. 763 00:41:24,266 --> 00:41:25,867 She was my sister. 764 00:41:25,867 --> 00:41:27,734 She was my best friend. 765 00:41:27,734 --> 00:41:30,266 She was there when I needed her, um... 766 00:41:33,467 --> 00:41:35,367 I loved the [bleep] out of that girl, like... 767 00:41:37,467 --> 00:41:38,900 And when she was taken, I felt 768 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,066 like they took something from me, too. 769 00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:44,188 I do believe my mom's goodness does live with me. 770 00:41:44,188 --> 00:41:45,767 I do believe my mom's goodness does live with me. 771 00:41:45,867 --> 00:41:49,200 I have a big part of her in me, and I think that's just great. 772 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,600 It's just a great blessing to know that, 773 00:41:52,667 --> 00:41:54,667 um, she did love us before she left. 774 00:41:56,166 --> 00:41:58,767 PATRICK: I love my mom with 110 percent. 775 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,767 I want people to know that she had a heart of gold.