1 00:00:03,867 --> 00:00:06,567 [eerie churning] 2 00:00:14,166 --> 00:00:16,867 We have to hand it to the criminal. 3 00:00:16,867 --> 00:00:19,734 A conscious effort was made to conceal this crime 4 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:20,834 from everyone. 5 00:00:20,834 --> 00:00:24,333 Little did we know how gruesome, how terrifying, 6 00:00:28,100 --> 00:00:31,433 [Paula] I can't even believe that somebody 7 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,834 could do this to a human being. 8 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,166 [Jamie] I don't know if they thought 9 00:00:35,166 --> 00:00:36,634 they were outsmarting us. 10 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,166 You start questioning, is he really here? 11 00:00:47,166 --> 00:00:48,834 outside-the-box thinking. 12 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:53,500 [Paula] Nick was missing for a year. 13 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:28,166 was contacted by the Barberton Police Department that is 14 00:01:28,166 --> 00:01:30,033 located just northwest of us. 15 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:32,033 and they advised that a Nick Stein, 16 00:01:45,767 --> 00:01:48,166 believing that Nicholas Stein was missing 17 00:01:48,166 --> 00:01:50,000 and possibly harmed. 18 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:02,133 a detective that a 25-year-old boy is gone. 19 00:02:03,867 --> 00:02:05,934 Not that he's ran away. 20 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,467 Not that he's missing because he wants to be. 21 00:02:08,467 --> 00:02:10,266 I'm like, no, you don't understand. 22 00:02:10,266 --> 00:02:12,634 I can show you text messages every day. 23 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:14,600 I can show you phone calls every day. 24 00:02:16,467 --> 00:02:18,700 Nick was just like my second son. 25 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:25,433 When my son Gunner got sick with brain cancer, 26 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:29,367 most children, they just walk away because they fear 27 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,133 Nick kept him laughing, playing video games, 28 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,233 hung out with him like he was just a normal kid. 29 00:02:39,300 --> 00:02:41,734 He never gave up on Gunner, who is still alive today 30 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:54,667 [Shaun] We learned Nick came from a challenged background 31 00:02:54,667 --> 00:02:56,066 in regards to his family. 32 00:02:56,066 --> 00:02:58,367 That being said, probably resilient, 33 00:02:58,367 --> 00:03:00,100 looking to do more. 34 00:03:00,967 --> 00:03:03,066 [Paula] I kept in touch constantly with him, 35 00:03:03,066 --> 00:03:07,333 in text messages, on social media, the telephone. 36 00:03:10,767 --> 00:03:13,000 Then he struggled with just trying to even find a job 37 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,033 in the area. 38 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:25,467 to social media, bank accounts, records, phones. 39 00:03:25,467 --> 00:03:28,233 All activity had stopped in regards to Nick Stein 40 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,233 and his personal life. 41 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:32,900 Nick just disappeared. 42 00:03:39,767 --> 00:03:42,567 But we learned he came to Massillon 43 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:53,667 Nick told me he wasn't making any money, and he said, 44 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:02,367 But he believed everything Bryan told him. 45 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:07,133 So we decide we want to interview Bryan Gentry. 46 00:04:10,066 --> 00:04:14,233 Bryan Gentry was renting a house on 8th Street. 47 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:18,166 He was a decorated war veteran who fought four tours in 48 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:21,000 Afghanistan before he was ultimately discharged from 49 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:29,834 [Jamie] Him and his girlfriend, Kristen Lain, 50 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:32,867 they decided they wanted to start a tree trimming business 51 00:04:32,867 --> 00:04:37,333 with Nick to cut trees in the summer and to plow snow 52 00:04:42,767 --> 00:04:46,433 best to save gas money, and to save time, 53 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:49,467 that Nick just move in with them. 54 00:04:49,467 --> 00:04:52,133 [Shaun] The couple had three small children living in 55 00:04:57,567 --> 00:04:58,667 from middle school. 56 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:03,400 Bryan took charge of the house. He was the ringmaster. 57 00:05:04,367 --> 00:05:07,667 They were very cooperative, invited us in, 58 00:05:07,667 --> 00:05:09,166 answered our questions. 59 00:05:09,166 --> 00:05:12,166 When we first arrived at the location, 60 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:13,133 everything looked normal. 61 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:19,834 When interviewed, the occupants of the house 62 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:25,467 stated that Nick Stein had left on Wednesday, February 1, 63 00:05:25,467 --> 00:05:28,266 and had not been seen since. 64 00:05:28,266 --> 00:05:31,867 They had been the last people that were known to have seen 65 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:42,166 and his whereabouts. 66 00:05:42,166 --> 00:05:47,000 But Bryan said that one of the reasons why Nick may have 67 00:05:58,767 --> 00:06:02,100 had left the house and was going downtown to 68 00:06:04,767 --> 00:06:06,867 back to Barberton. 69 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:11,767 We did spend hours looking for video footage from local 70 00:06:11,767 --> 00:06:15,333 residents, business, and ultimately... 71 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,834 ...there was no video located. 72 00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:26,934 leads you to question, was he trying to be deceptive 73 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,600 and mislead investigators? 74 00:06:34,867 --> 00:06:36,300 for further interview. 75 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:42,266 During our interviews, we're looking for potential 76 00:07:04,767 --> 00:07:08,133 You're always looking to get to the truth as fast as you can. 77 00:07:29,667 --> 00:07:34,333 the 8th Street address was not your typical residence. 78 00:07:43,166 --> 00:07:44,700 and left that evening. 79 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,867 Nick to have sex with Kristen, 80 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:20,667 [Paula] Bryan was well aware of the sex triangle, 81 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,100 [Jamie] Once we found out about this love triangle, we didn't know 82 00:08:43,667 --> 00:08:46,767 [Shaun] We looked back on those first interviews. 83 00:08:49,266 --> 00:08:51,867 And that's why it was imperative that we return 84 00:08:51,867 --> 00:08:53,166 to the residence. 85 00:09:00,767 --> 00:09:05,567 she did state that she was in a relationship with Nick Stein 86 00:09:05,567 --> 00:09:06,634 and also Bryan. 87 00:09:06,634 --> 00:09:09,467 And she said that Nick wanted to have an exclusive 88 00:09:09,467 --> 00:09:13,000 relationship with her, and there was an argument. 89 00:09:16,567 --> 00:09:19,567 an exclusive relationship, and that Nick got upset 90 00:09:19,567 --> 00:09:21,033 and left that evening. 91 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:25,266 Once we hear this, we started wondering, there is 92 00:09:25,266 --> 00:09:28,166 way more going on here than just a missing person. 93 00:09:28,166 --> 00:09:33,634 When the two guys are sexually active with a single female, 94 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:37,266 then somebody lets their feelings get involved, 95 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:39,333 bad things tend to happen. 96 00:09:41,767 --> 00:09:45,166 [Shaun] So during questioning, the occupants invited us into 97 00:09:45,166 --> 00:09:47,300 the home to have a further look. 98 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,667 [Jamie] When we went into the basement, 99 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:11,767 his injuries in the Army, the VA recommended that 100 00:10:11,767 --> 00:10:13,000 he replace the stairs. 101 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,734 So he took them out, 102 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,600 and they were going to be replaced shortly. 103 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:29,433 the basement that had a stain. 104 00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:36,367 So I asked Kristen about this stain. 105 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:47,166 But if something bad did happen to Nick, I thought to myself, 106 00:10:47,166 --> 00:10:49,000 is this evidence? 107 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,700 and send it off to be tested. 108 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,033 After we left that house on 8th Street, 109 00:11:06,567 --> 00:11:09,333 and thought, where's Nick? 110 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,600 I'm going to find Nick one way or another. 111 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,600 Little did we know how horrific this case was going to get. 112 00:11:28,667 --> 00:11:31,967 a 25-year-old male, was possibly missing from 113 00:11:31,967 --> 00:11:33,900 his residence on 8th Street. 114 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,533 After we interviewed the occupants of the house, 115 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,800 We began to think this was a cat and mouse game. 116 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:45,033 Are these individuals trying to steer you in 117 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:51,333 sparked interest 118 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,767 About a week later, we get the information back 119 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:18,033 that it was not human blood, that it was, in fact, 120 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:21,100 soda that Kristen had spilled on the mattress, 121 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:23,100 just like she told us. 122 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,133 start over at square one. 123 00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:43,567 If, in fact, Bryan or Kristen 124 00:12:43,567 --> 00:12:48,266 or Carl did do something to Nick Stein, these people went 125 00:12:48,266 --> 00:12:52,400 to great extents to conceal any kind of evidence. 126 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,100 Calling Detective Slutz, he's probably thinking 127 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:08,166 I'm crazy. 128 00:13:08,166 --> 00:13:11,533 But I was Nick's voice. I was the only voice Nick had. 129 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,100 And then after that, his mother struggled to get on 130 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:22,266 her feet and make it because she hadn't worked for a few years. 131 00:13:22,266 --> 00:13:25,066 It was just him and his brother. 132 00:13:25,066 --> 00:13:28,000 So I was like Nick's second mom. 133 00:13:34,767 --> 00:13:37,900 I just wouldn't let Detective Slutz stop. 134 00:13:43,467 --> 00:13:47,266 So in the spring, I get a phone call from Nick's brother. 135 00:13:47,266 --> 00:13:50,900 He believes Nick made it back home to Barberton. 136 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:58,133 [Shaun] And he believes that Nick's mother's boyfriend, Andy, 137 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,400 was somehow involved with the disappearance. 138 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:11,166 Her boyfriend wouldn't allow it. 139 00:14:11,166 --> 00:14:14,133 He just, he was so jealous of Nick. 140 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:18,934 When the search was going on for Nick, you would think that 141 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,433 her boyfriend would be out looking. 142 00:14:22,467 --> 00:14:24,667 Well, he never left the house. 143 00:14:24,667 --> 00:14:27,233 And he wouldn't allow Nick's mom to leave the house. 144 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,166 That's what made me more curious that 145 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:36,000 he might be behind it. 146 00:14:47,767 --> 00:14:50,533 [Jamie] I asked Nick's brother to meet me at 147 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,166 And it had some very disturbing comments. 148 00:15:12,467 --> 00:15:14,166 and it was quoted, 149 00:15:24,567 --> 00:15:27,333 [suspenseful tones] 150 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,266 Nick's brother stated that he believed, based on those 151 00:15:36,266 --> 00:15:39,700 in a wooded area near Nick's mother's home. 152 00:15:48,767 --> 00:15:52,133 And he just said he had a lot going on in his life. 153 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,333 He was a dark person and just put things to paper. 154 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,767 But those writings were unrelated to the incident that 155 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:01,367 we were investigating. 156 00:16:23,266 --> 00:16:29,667 And they sent out officers to check the area and to look for 157 00:16:34,767 --> 00:16:39,333 any kind of sign that there was a body buried in these woods. 158 00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:45,634 It's months... 159 00:16:46,367 --> 00:16:48,233 ...since anybody's heard from Nick. 160 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,600 but more of a possible homicide. 161 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,767 Whoever was responsible, they're trying to 162 00:17:08,767 --> 00:17:10,934 get away with murder. 163 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,433 -[crickets chirping] -[owl hooting] 164 00:17:18,166 --> 00:17:21,634 [Shaun] So at this point, we're coming up on four months 165 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:22,567 in the investigation. 166 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:36,867 It's our job to figure out what his involvement was. 167 00:17:36,867 --> 00:17:40,667 We felt like maybe there could be something in those woods in 168 00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:51,233 But you have a lot of ground to cover. 169 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:01,166 So it was very difficult to certainly find what 170 00:18:01,166 --> 00:18:02,700 you were looking for. 171 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:06,934 Barberton Police Department sent out officers to 172 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,200 check the area, and they were unable to find anything. 173 00:18:12,367 --> 00:18:14,500 So that's another dead end. 174 00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:23,166 It was emotional when Detective Slutz would call and tell me 175 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,767 push stronger, and never to give up on him. 176 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:40,100 if she would go around and look in the wooded areas 177 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:52,533 Nick's shoes, and, um, it never was. 178 00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:14,667 [Justin] So in the law, there's a concept called 179 00:19:14,667 --> 00:19:17,867 corpus delecti, and it means body of the crime. 180 00:19:17,867 --> 00:19:21,467 Ultimately, what that means is you have to have more than 181 00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:33,500 And we just didn't have that. 182 00:20:15,667 --> 00:20:19,000 [Shaun] Then we were made aware that Nick's roommate, Bryan Gentry, 183 00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:35,233 And she was pregnant. Carl Spencer was the father. 184 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:41,667 Now, there was more than just a love triangle. 185 00:20:41,667 --> 00:20:45,233 Carl Spencer was involved with these individuals as well. 186 00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:48,367 [Justin] Matters of the heart certainly can be 187 00:20:48,367 --> 00:20:50,967 a motive for murder. It's one of the oldest ones. 188 00:20:50,967 --> 00:20:53,333 If not for greed and money, 189 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,400 then love, lust, revenge, or hate. 190 00:20:56,900 --> 00:21:00,934 But at this stage in the case, we knew that there was no proof 191 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,400 that a crime had been committed without a body. 192 00:21:22,767 --> 00:21:23,867 for child neglect. 193 00:21:23,867 --> 00:21:27,600 So she gets arrested, and is in the Stark County jail. 194 00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:35,400 [Shaun] And then a confidential informant contacted me. 195 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:39,467 This confidential informant was someone that I had worked with 196 00:21:39,467 --> 00:21:42,900 for several months, and he was reliable. 197 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:47,767 [Jamie] Once Bryan went to prison, Kristen has other people over 198 00:21:47,767 --> 00:21:49,934 to the house to continue to party. 199 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:15,667 [Shaun] There are certainly moments as an investigator 200 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,033 where you feel that... 201 00:22:17,967 --> 00:22:20,467 ...what you've been working on has changed. 202 00:22:20,467 --> 00:22:21,867 The mood has changed. 203 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:30,166 We knew that we had to go back to that common ground, 204 00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:33,934 and that common ground was 8th Street 205 00:22:37,667 --> 00:22:39,200 [Jamie] We go to the house. 206 00:22:39,867 --> 00:22:41,300 Carl's moved out. 207 00:22:43,166 --> 00:22:47,934 The homeowner is at this house, and we explain to him that 208 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,834 there's an investigation going on, and nobody's heard from 209 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:53,667 Nick Stein for a year. 210 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:06,266 As we opened that black box, we found the ashes 211 00:23:06,266 --> 00:23:07,600 of a human body. 212 00:23:09,467 --> 00:23:12,400 So I look at this box, and I think, 213 00:23:32,967 --> 00:23:36,433 whereabouts being the 8th Street residence, when given 214 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:40,333 the ashes and remains of a human body, at the time, 215 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,433 the obvious question was, who was this? 216 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,033 Where did these come from? 217 00:23:50,467 --> 00:23:55,467 We later found out through Paula Cline that those ashes, 218 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,800 in fact, belonged to Nick Stein's father. 219 00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:04,133 [Paula] Nick's father tragically took his own life 220 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,166 when Nick was 17 years of age. 221 00:24:06,166 --> 00:24:12,000 And from then on, Nick struggled with trying to 222 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,467 find the man that he wanted to grow up to be. 223 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,767 I knew at that point that Nick was 224 00:24:20,767 --> 00:24:23,133 no longer with us, here on Earth. 225 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,700 But I kept saying, "Keep up the fight, never give up." 226 00:24:41,367 --> 00:24:44,367 danced around questions pertaining to Nick. 227 00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:55,166 So I told Detective Dadisman we need to go over and talk to 228 00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:57,467 Kristen at the county jail. 229 00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:03,500 she wanted her three kids back. 230 00:25:04,467 --> 00:25:08,333 Now is your time to help yourself and help us. 231 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:23,033 The challenge of being a detective is obviously 232 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,767 working with individuals who are trying to deceive you. 233 00:25:25,767 --> 00:25:27,800 They want to take you down that wrong path. 234 00:26:29,467 --> 00:26:32,333 She still would not give specific information. 235 00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:47,266 So after interviewing Kristen, there was certainly a pause 236 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:57,433 this entire time. 237 00:26:58,467 --> 00:27:00,867 We thought, boy, if he's buried in the backyard, 238 00:27:00,867 --> 00:27:02,533 this is pretty bold. 239 00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:13,400 potentially a body buried in that yard. 240 00:27:20,567 --> 00:27:23,166 Are they going to use just a shovel? 241 00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:26,767 That would take a lot of work and a lot of strength to dig 242 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:33,433 I thought to myself, well, maybe 243 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:36,300 they rented an excavator. 244 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,767 and they did dig through their files, and they were able 245 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:48,467 to locate a receipt. 246 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:57,734 on February 2nd of 2017 of a Kubota backhoe. 247 00:28:15,166 --> 00:28:19,634 [Shaun] The receipt provided to us by the manager 248 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:21,500 did, in fact, say Bryan Gentry. 249 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:27,000 And he then provided us a driver's license. 250 00:28:32,467 --> 00:28:36,166 Our prime suspects in Nick's disappearance clearly become 251 00:28:36,166 --> 00:28:38,533 Carl Spencer and Bryan Gentry. 252 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:58,166 We arrived at the residence to ultimately start digging in 253 00:28:58,166 --> 00:28:59,500 that backyard. 254 00:29:09,467 --> 00:29:10,667 [dog barks] 255 00:29:10,667 --> 00:29:14,467 [Jamie] It's the first day of February in Northeast Ohio. 256 00:29:14,467 --> 00:29:15,767 It's cold. 257 00:29:21,767 --> 00:29:23,834 and we dig for hours. 258 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:26,333 And we're not able to find Nick. 259 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,133 Took a lot of wind out of our sails. 260 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,066 I told Detective Dadisman, we need to go back over 261 00:29:43,066 --> 00:29:45,233 and talk to Kristen again. 262 00:29:48,567 --> 00:29:52,400 It was an audio interview at the Stark County Jail. 263 00:29:59,767 --> 00:30:01,634 We show her this picture 264 00:30:06,967 --> 00:30:08,600 "What's this picture of?" 265 00:30:21,166 --> 00:30:25,934 [Shaun] We proceeded to show her the receipt from the rental place. 266 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,233 And we just let all this build up, 267 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:31,800 so that way, she could tell us her story. 268 00:30:48,066 --> 00:30:50,800 So I take out this piece of notepaper, 269 00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:56,133 of their backyard. 270 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:10,400 and I slam my pen down. 271 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,033 And I say... 272 00:31:24,767 --> 00:31:27,333 And she looks at me. 273 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,133 After she draws this circle, 274 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:46,000 in that circle, what's there. And she looks at me, 275 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:56,266 And it's like darn near in slow motion because of 276 00:31:56,266 --> 00:31:58,934 the excitement that I'm feeling inside. 277 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,467 So she writes the N, she writes the I, 278 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,333 And she makes the K. 279 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,767 And inside I'm thinking, 280 00:32:19,767 --> 00:32:23,000 holy [bleep], she just told us where Nick is. 281 00:32:30,166 --> 00:32:32,934 [Shaun] Kristen Lain circled a location in the backyard 282 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,367 where Nick's body was. 283 00:32:34,367 --> 00:32:36,567 She knows that, hey, we're caught now. 284 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:04,967 where an odor had rised into the air, and there was a black 285 00:33:10,867 --> 00:33:14,000 Their coroner investigator jumps down and looks in this hole, 286 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,500 and he goes, "There's skeletal remains in there." 287 00:33:20,767 --> 00:33:25,367 We were also able to determine that they encased his body in 288 00:33:25,367 --> 00:33:29,133 cement within that box, which hampered 289 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,734 our investigation the day before with the cadaver dogs. 290 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,166 Being encased in cement, 291 00:33:40,567 --> 00:33:45,166 It was a feeling of great relief that we had found 292 00:33:47,867 --> 00:33:53,266 although we had not confirmed that it was Nick Stein yet. 293 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,266 but we can tell you the remains were taken to 294 00:33:58,266 --> 00:34:00,100 the Stark County Coroner's Office. 295 00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:02,834 For the second day in a row, BCI agents and police 296 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:04,000 were out here. 297 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,767 They were digging up this backyard, and this morning 298 00:34:05,767 --> 00:34:08,967 a body was found stuffed in a container right in that area 299 00:34:14,266 --> 00:34:18,800 [Jamie] The next day, Detective Dadisman and I went to the autopsy. 300 00:34:20,066 --> 00:34:24,467 Seeing this body folded up, basically, 301 00:34:24,467 --> 00:34:29,000 and encased in this cube of cement, 302 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,133 It was horrifying to see. 303 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,400 I thought to myself... 304 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,233 except for pure evil. 305 00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:01,467 we were able to determine that the remains in that box were 306 00:35:08,266 --> 00:35:11,066 When Detective Slutz called me the morning before they were 307 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,800 I knew that I couldn't be there. 308 00:35:44,567 --> 00:35:49,033 [Jamie] Even though we had closure for the family, we still didn't end 309 00:35:53,867 --> 00:35:57,266 the Marlboro Township area, located east of us, 310 00:35:57,266 --> 00:35:58,800 about 30 minutes. 311 00:36:01,567 --> 00:36:05,467 And detectives located Carl and advised him we had 312 00:36:11,867 --> 00:36:13,867 And then Carl Spencer 313 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:06,133 [Justin] Ultimately, the three individuals pled guilty as 314 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,400 opposed to having trials for their guilt or innocence. 315 00:38:10,867 --> 00:38:13,867 Kristen Lain pled guilty to abuse of a corpse, 316 00:38:19,767 --> 00:38:22,433 In his connection with his testimony against Bryan, 317 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:25,767 Carl takes a plea deal and is sentenced to 11 years. 318 00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:41,266 Sometimes in our profession, we have to hand it 319 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:42,433 to the criminal. 320 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:53,000 and eight feet below in February. 321 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,266 And Bryan Gentry has a background in landscaping 322 00:38:56,266 --> 00:38:57,467 and heavy machinery. 323 00:38:57,467 --> 00:39:00,433 And he hid Nick in an unwitting neighborhood 324 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:01,767 in an unwitting town. 325 00:39:01,767 --> 00:39:06,800 He'd made a conscious effort to hide this body in plain sight. 326 00:39:07,967 --> 00:39:11,100 Quite honestly, he may never have been found if but for 327 00:39:18,467 --> 00:39:21,567 [Jamie] Bryan Gentry was very smug. 328 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:28,567 than detectives were. You know, it motivated me more. 329 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:31,467 It's like, OK, I'm going to figure this out, 330 00:39:31,467 --> 00:39:33,033 and you're going to prison for it. 331 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:41,567 They released Nick's body to me. 332 00:39:41,567 --> 00:39:45,000 At one point, there was a little talk from some friends 333 00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:55,433 Nick would not be buried in the ground again. 334 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:58,734 And I was able to have him cremated. 335 00:40:12,266 --> 00:40:15,200 I set his urn box on my lap 336 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:17,800 and I cried like a baby. 337 00:40:49,266 --> 00:40:52,433 [man 3] He took my wife, my child. 338 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,867 [man 4] Like some sort of Vegas magic act, 339 00:41:16,567 --> 00:41:19,834 She was located encased in cement 340 00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:21,367 in a remote desert area. 341 00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:23,934 He's thrown her into the mine shaft, too. 342 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,433 [man 6] The come to Jesus moment 343 00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:28,033 is when everything is on the table, 344 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,000 and you really have to wonder what happened.