it really was a needle in a haystack.
[Jeff] This case took a toll.
Whoever did this believed that he had done such a good job,
and it unleashed something we never even fathomed.
And they were reported missing
But from what their families had indicated,
And it was through that summer
that Breezy and Riley had started to date.
and have some stability in their life.
Uh, it's kind of in a canyon there.
So, we really felt the pressure on this one.
for the missing kids so that people could be aware.
So, cops subpoenaed the records
in not being able to just find them,
in an area called Cherry Creek.
out in this vast desert off the side of the road.
and there was no Breezy and Riley,
Investigators wondered what could've happened.
and the cold weather,
all the clothing, identification in the back,
[Bill] When we found the Jeep and they weren't there, and...
right around the time of New Year's.
Right in the middle
when Riley and Breezy were reported missing.
Riley had been taken from her.
But being that they were in a small town
and it's his mom,
which really didn't make the rest of his family very happy.
[Talia] So, there were a lot of questions.
[Talia] After finding those straps, police wondered...
Lee did state that he towed a vehicle
about Breezy and Riley's disappearance.
because it took so much out of me.
but that was the last person that they had talked to,
and so we let them go.
we found that the last transaction
We went to that gas station,
What was interesting was that there was no Breezy.
And when Riley left the gas station,
Investigators wondered, what does this mean?
We had learned that Riley had met Morgan that summer
[Jeff] Then on March 25th, 2018,
a traffic stop was conducted on Morgan.
Police found some weapons in the car she was driving
under any circumstance.
Jerrod was in jail,
Jerrod found out Morgan had a relationship with Riley.
when she said that Breezy and Riley hadn't come to her house.
you know, what do you know,
where, you know, do you know where they are?
She instantly started crying, um, visibly shaking.
of the area around the Tintic Standard Mine Number Two.
It's a massive hole. It's about 30 feet across,
based upon Morgan's odd behavior in the car.
I was getting ready to leave
So then we decide to try and swing that camera
[Steven] ...this is definitely murder.
"Hey, we found them.
basically reenact a scene.
They came to the house.
And they're in the very back of the jeep.
And Morgan knew at that point he was dead.
We strongly believed Morgan's story,
But based upon everything that Morgan had told us,
And as much as I don't like to admit it, Jerrod was clever.
and her willingness to assist in the investigation,
more than she can ever imagine.