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<i> [dramatic twangy music]</i>

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<i> - Outside the southern mecca</i>
<i> of memphis,</i>

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<i> A couple is living high</i>
<i> on the hog...</i>

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- They've made big money.

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<i> Some people go on</i>
<i> hunting trips.</i>

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Joe bought cars.

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<i> - Until one of them</i>
<i> is found murdered</i>

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<i> In a bizarre situation.</i>

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- Why would somebody put them
in the back of a car like that?

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<i> This is not a robbery.</i>

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<i> Something doesn't make sense.</i>

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<i> - Police uncover</i>
<i> a bevy of sins</i>

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<i> Beneath the perfect</i>
<i> marriage...</i>

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<i> - There was rumblings</i>
<i> of excessive gambling.</i>

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<i> - I had a really good friend</i>
<i> that worked at the bank.</i>

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She said this is fraud.

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- We have to rule out
all these people.

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<i> - And discover</i>
<i> pivotal evidence</i>

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<i> Extremely close to home.</i>

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<i> - And we're like,</i>
<i> what do you mean</i>

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<i> You have video of</i>
<i> what happened that day?</i>

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<i> And they said,</i>
<i> do y'all need a key?</i>

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Oh, holy smoke.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> [crow cawing]</i>

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<i> ["just another ghost"]</i>

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<i> - ♪ oh, child ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

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<i> [country rock music]</i>

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<i> - When people think</i>
<i> of memphis, tennessee,</i>

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<i> They think of beale,</i>
<i> bourbon, and barbecue.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> But when the crow flies</i>
<i> about 20 miles,</i>

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<i> It lands on a tree branch in</i>
<i> the emerald suburb of cordova.</i>

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- You had to have
a little money to live

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Out in cordova at the time.

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<i> There were nice homes,</i>
<i> and the neighborhood</i>

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<i> Was well-maintained.</i>

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<i> It was around the</i>
<i> colonial country club</i>

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<i> Where the pga tournament</i>
<i> was held here.</i>

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<i> Tina and joe lived</i>
<i> out in cordova.</i>

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<i> It's really a safe area.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - It's here in</i>
<i> this garden of eden</i>

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<i> Where the couple met</i>
<i> in 1993,</i>

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<i> When joe caronna worked as a</i>
<i> salesman at a shoe carnival.</i>

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<i> - He was very nice to her.</i>

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He told her to come back
by the shoe carnival,

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And he bought her
a pair of boots

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That she'd been looking at.

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- He swept her off her feet
in a very quick way.

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<i> - They got married</i>
<i> within a year.</i>

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<i> There was a party on the boat,</i>
<i> the "memphis queen."</i>

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It was a beautiful wedding.

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[boat whistle blowing]

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<i> - We were on the</i>
<i> mississippi river.</i>

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He's from rockford, illinois.

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So I'm thinking
he's a damn yankee.

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<i> But they're happy,</i>

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<i> And they're not going</i>
<i> to have any children.</i>

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<i> - The caronnas'</i>
<i> biggest shared affinity</i>

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<i> Is their love for</i>
<i> collecting expensive cars.</i>

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- Joe and tina had quite an
extensive collection of cars,

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Very nice cars,
everything from hummers

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<i> To porsche turbos</i>
<i> to older corvettes.</i>

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They were members of
the memphis corvette club.

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<i> Tina was president-elect,</i>
<i> actually.</i>

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<i> We loved cars here in memphis.</i>

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[engine whooshing]

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<i> - On Saturday,</i>
<i> October 25, 2008,</i>

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<i> The corvette club prepares</i>
<i> for the shindig of a lifetime.</i>

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<i> - What was to take place</i>
<i> on that Saturday</i>

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Was what we called
a progressive dinner.

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<i> The main course house</i>
<i> was going to be my house.</i>

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<i> It was going to be</i>
<i> a cookout,</i>

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And we were going to
have a big bonfire.

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<i> And we were probably</i>
<i> going to have</i>

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<i> 50 corvettes in attendance.</i>

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[engine revving]

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<i> It was going to be</i>
<i> a good time.</i>

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<i> Tina was supposed to</i>
<i> bring the meat by,</i>

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But the meat had never arrived.

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<i> Nobody could reach tina</i>
<i> by phone or any other means.</i>

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<i> There's starting to be an</i>
<i> element of concern and worry.</i>

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Where's the meat,
and where's tina?

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<i> [dramatic musical sting]</i>

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<i> We were in contact with joe,</i>

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<i> And he doesn't know anything,</i>
<i> is the response.</i>

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<i> And he's frantically</i>
<i> trying to reach her.</i>

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<i> [tense music]</i>

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<i> - There was a report</i>
<i> filed by joe</i>

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<i> That she was missing</i>
<i> around 11:30</i>

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Out of the
memphis police department

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Appling farms station.

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<i> And he said</i>
<i> he's probably the last person</i>

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<i> To see her that morning.</i>

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<i> Tina was driving</i>
<i> the avalanche.</i>

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<i> It was a nice truck.</i>

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<i> So we started</i>
<i> investigating that.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - The day following</i>
<i> tina's disappearance,</i>

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<i> Police see no sign of her.</i>

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<i> And her loved ones</i>
<i> remain fearful.</i>

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<i> But on Monday morning, patrol</i>
<i> officers in the memphis area</i>

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<i> Discover a dark clue.</i>

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<i> - I was in the office</i>
<i> with my partner,</i>

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<i> And we heard a call</i>
<i> go out on the radio</i>

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Regarding a abandoned vehicle
at a location in bartlett.

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<i> We needed to go to the scene</i>
<i> where the vehicle was found.</i>

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<i> The bartlett side is not</i>
<i> a very high crime rate area,</i>

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<i> But this was one of the</i>
<i> last streets in bartlett</i>

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<i> And butts up to memphis.</i>

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There was locations
that were high crime areas.

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<i> And it was an avalanche.</i>

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<i> They ran the tags,</i>
<i> and it came back on</i>

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<i> A ncic hit</i>
<i> for a missing person.</i>

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<i> Once we got there,</i>
<i> we talked to the neighbors,</i>

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And they tell us that
that vehicle had

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Been parked there
a couple days

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<i> In front of a no parking sign.</i>

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<i> And it just seemed odd</i>
<i> to them that someone</i>

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Would park that vehicle
right under that sign.

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<i> We looked around.</i>

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<i> There was the avalanche.</i>

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<i> Once we find vehicles,</i>
<i> most of the time,</i>

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<i> If they've been used</i>
<i> in other crimes or wrecked,</i>

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They're trashed on the inside.

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<i> But this is different.</i>

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<i> Windows were rolled up.</i>
<i> The doors were locked.</i>

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<i> We kind of peered in</i>
<i> through the back window</i>

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And saw a foot
in the back seat...

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Protruding out from</i>
<i> blankets or towels.</i>

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<i> We bang on the windows,</i>
<i> trying to see</i>

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<i> If the person is asleep,</i>
<i> trying to get them awake.</i>

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But that didn't work.

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<i> [dramatic music]</i>

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<i> [police radio chatter]</i>

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We made the assumption that
that person is deceased.

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<i> [police radio chatter]</i>

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<i> - I knew that my</i>
<i> sister was missing.</i>

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<i> I'm definitely nervous.</i>

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I get a call from a friend who
is on the police department.

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And he said, I can't
tell you whether or not

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This is your sister,

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<i> But they did find</i>
<i> this vehicle that</i>

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<i> Matched the description</i>
<i> that also has</i>

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A female body inside of it.

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<i> So my wife and I</i>
<i> got in a vehicle,</i>

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<i> And we drove to the vicinity.</i>

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And so by the time we pulled up
to where the truck was,

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They had crime tape around it.

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<i> And the news station crew</i>
<i> was already out</i>

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<i> And had their cameras going.</i>

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And I got out, went over to
one of the detectives' cars.

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And my nerves got me.

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I had--just got sick right
there on the side of the car.

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<i> This is not</i>
<i> looking good at all.</i>

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<i> [tense music]</i>

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- Instead of making
our evidence collection

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And everything on a street,
we decided to tow that vehicle

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<i> To our police department</i>
<i> where we can</i>

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<i> Methodically go through it.</i>

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<i> One of my supervisors</i>
<i> went to the house</i>

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And retrieved keys
from joe caronna.

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<i> So he knew what was going on.</i>

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He was sad and very upset.

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<i> Once we get to our</i>
<i> police department,</i>

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<i> It was tina's body inside.</i>

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She was pressed down
between the back seat

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And the front seat.

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<i> You hate to see anybody</i>
<i> in that position.</i>

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<i> Why would somebody stuff her</i>

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<i> In the back of a car</i>
<i> like that?</i>

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[camera shutter clicks]

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<i> We see that the hands</i>
<i> have duct tape</i>

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<i> And the feet, duct tape.</i>

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But all this was
loosely placed on her.

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<i> It was kind of odd.</i>

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<i> In my experience</i>
<i> working cases,</i>

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<i> If you're going to</i>
<i> tie someone up,</i>

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You're going to
tie someone up.

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<i> Then as we continued, there</i>
<i> were no bruising that we could</i>

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<i> See at first on the body.</i>

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<i> There's no bleeding.</i>

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Someone killed her,
but there was nothing

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<i> That we found that</i>
<i> we could determine</i>

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<i> Was used to strangle her</i>
<i> or choke her with.</i>

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I'm thinking it's a body dump.

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Someone killed her and
dumped her on the street.

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<i> - But the more evidence</i>
<i> detectives uncover,</i>

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<i> The less evident</i>
<i> the motive becomes.</i>

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<i> We also noticed $30,000 worth</i>
<i> of rings on her finger.</i>

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If I'm a bad guy,
why would I not

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Take those rings
if I murdered somebody?

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<i> [dramatic music]</i>

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<i> This is not a robbery.</i>

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<i> Is this a kidnapping</i>
<i> that went wrong?</i>

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<i> Once we moved the body</i>
<i> out of the vehicle,</i>

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We took swabs of the door
handles, the door armrests,

201
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<i> The adjustment for the seats,</i>
<i> and steering wheel</i>

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<i> For dna testing.</i>

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<i> With the medical examiner,</i>

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<i> They go and they do</i>
<i> the autopsy.</i>

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<i> - What happened that</i>
<i> caused all this?</i>

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Did something happen
on the road

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Between point a and point b?

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<i> This really is a mystery.</i>

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- We have all these people
that we need to talk to.

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<i> We kick it up into high gear</i>
<i> on this investigation.</i>

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<i> - Coming up...</i>

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- I had plans to call her
on Saturday to see how

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The closing went,
but she went missing.

214
00:10:35,968 --> 00:10:38,236
<i> - My wife goes</i>
<i> missing that morning,</i>

215
00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:40,472
And I'm not going to
contact the police

216
00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:42,640
<i> Until 11:30 at night?</i>

217
00:10:42,709 --> 00:10:44,976
<i> There's something odd</i>
<i> about that in itself.</i>

218
00:10:49,448 --> 00:10:52,317
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

219
00:10:54,286 --> 00:11:00,858
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

220
00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:03,961
<i> [tense music]</i>

221
00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:06,797
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

222
00:11:06,799 --> 00:11:10,902
<i> - In the missing persons case</i>
<i> turned murder of tina caronna,</i>

223
00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:14,672
<i> Investigators have discovered</i>
<i> her body in the back seat</i>

224
00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:17,241
<i> Of her vehicle.</i>

225
00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:20,412
<i> Word of her murder spreads</i>
<i> among the local community</i>

226
00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,848
<i> And her loved ones.</i>

227
00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:28,786
- I woke up to the avalanche
on the news.

228
00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:32,457
And I fell down my stairs.

229
00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:37,362
<i> I immediately jumped in</i>
<i> my car and drove to joe.</i>

230
00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:40,932
<i> I hug him.</i>

231
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,102
<i> I tell him how sorry I am.</i>

232
00:11:44,170 --> 00:11:46,904
<i> The next thing that happened,</i>

233
00:11:46,973 --> 00:11:50,274
<i> I saw the detectives arrive.</i>

234
00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:54,145
<i> I saw a picture in their hand.</i>

235
00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:57,615
<i> [film reel whirring]</i>

236
00:11:57,684 --> 00:12:00,418
They were trying
to identify tina.

237
00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:06,891
<i> When the police showed him</i>
<i> the picture of tina...</i>

238
00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:11,963
He cried out.

239
00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:14,932
<i> He collapsed.</i>

240
00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:16,868
<i> His legs went out</i>
<i> from underneath him,</i>

241
00:12:16,936 --> 00:12:18,803
<i> And his brothers</i>
<i> took him by his arms</i>

242
00:12:18,872 --> 00:12:20,505
And carried him into the house.

243
00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:28,980
- When I found out,
my heart just sunk.

244
00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:31,483
<i> I was just in a daze.</i>

245
00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:35,119
<i> I just didn't think</i>
<i> it was real.</i>

246
00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:36,887
<i> I didn't sleep any.</i>

247
00:12:36,957 --> 00:12:39,257
<i> It was awful.</i>

248
00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:45,096
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

249
00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:47,665
<i> - Detective martin</i>
<i> gives tina's family</i>

250
00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,133
<i> Some time to grieve.</i>

251
00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:52,436
<i> Then the day after</i>
<i> tina's body was found,</i>

252
00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:56,407
<i> He brings in her husband</i>
<i> of 15 years for an interview.</i>

253
00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:58,142
<i> - Of course, we're going</i>
<i> to talk with the husband.</i>

254
00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,244
<i> We have joe come in.</i>

255
00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:02,680
Usually, everyone wants
to point at the husband,

256
00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:05,183
But we can't jump
to conclusions.

257
00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:07,852
<i> I'm just trying to find out</i>
<i> information in general</i>

258
00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:11,122
<i> About what's going on.</i>

259
00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:13,657
<i> So we ask him,</i>
<i> has anybody followed her?</i>

260
00:13:13,727 --> 00:13:17,195
<i> Anything about anybody making</i>
<i> any gestures toward her</i>

261
00:13:17,263 --> 00:13:20,097
On the interstate, road rage,
anything of that nature,

262
00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:22,533
Any weird phone calls,
anything like that?

263
00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:24,669
And the answer was no.

264
00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:27,004
<i> - Detective martin</i>
<i> listens carefully</i>

265
00:13:27,073 --> 00:13:29,907
<i> As joe recounts</i>
<i> his whereabouts</i>

266
00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:31,976
<i> The day tina disappeared.</i>

267
00:13:32,044 --> 00:13:33,645
<i> - Joe said the last time</i>
<i> he saw her,</i>

268
00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:35,146
<i> She was leaving</i>
<i> to go to purchase</i>

269
00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:39,183
<i> Meat items that morning.</i>

270
00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:40,418
<i> He didn't keep a watch,</i>
<i> but he thought</i>

271
00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,554
<i> She had left around 10:00-ish</i>
<i> or something like that.</i>

272
00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:45,489
<i> And then he left and went</i>
<i> to his friend's house</i>

273
00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:48,493
<i> To work on this muscle car,</i>
<i> the chevelle.</i>

274
00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:03,707
<i> - Then as we continue to talk,</i>
<i> joe is friendly, cooperative.</i>

275
00:14:03,777 --> 00:14:07,311
<i> But you could tell</i>
<i> he was very uncomfortable.</i>

276
00:14:07,313 --> 00:14:10,814
<i> Joe does tell us the day</i>
<i> before tina went missing,</i>

277
00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:15,753
They were supposed to buy a
huge home out in the eads area.

278
00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:17,989
<i> But it fell through.</i>

279
00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:19,723
<i> - It was beautiful.</i>

280
00:14:19,725 --> 00:14:21,959
<i> I mean, it's like,</i>
<i> oh, my goodness.</i>

281
00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:24,862
I just couldn't believe they
would buy a house that big.

282
00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:28,499
And I was happy for her.

283
00:14:28,568 --> 00:14:30,401
<i> - The Thursday before</i>
<i> she was killed,</i>

284
00:14:30,469 --> 00:14:34,038
She called me and talked
to me about the house

285
00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,473
Her and joe were going to buy.

286
00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:39,110
<i> She was so excited</i>
<i> about this house.</i>

287
00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:41,479
And she said,
oh, we're closing tomorrow.

288
00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:44,248
I had plans to call her
on Saturday to see how

289
00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:47,552
The closing went,
but she went missing.

290
00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:52,824
<i> - Detective martin notes</i>
<i> the real estate fiasco</i>

291
00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:55,426
<i> As something to keep in mind.</i>

292
00:14:55,495 --> 00:14:58,129
<i> But he is more curious</i>
<i> about the timing</i>

293
00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:00,632
<i> Of when joe reached out</i>
<i> to the police.</i>

294
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:04,234
<i> - There's the missing person</i>
<i> report.</i>

295
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:06,637
<i> Now, my wife goes</i>
<i> missing that morning</i>

296
00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:08,839
<i> And I'm not going to</i>
<i> contact the police</i>

297
00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,608
<i> Until 11:30 at night?</i>

298
00:15:10,677 --> 00:15:14,579
There's something--something
odd about that in itself.

299
00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:17,248
<i> So we asked joe,</i>
<i> and he says, well,</i>

300
00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:19,650
<i> She's late a lot of times.</i>

301
00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:22,753
But if she's gone
till 11:30 at night,

302
00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:25,389
That's a little bit
more than late.

303
00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:26,924
<i> And then he gets really weird.</i>

304
00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:30,494
<i> He brought up, well, tina and</i>
<i> I always had this agreement</i>

305
00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:32,864
That we would never
embarrass each other

306
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,532
If something happens.

307
00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,834
And I'm like,
whoa, what is this?

308
00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:39,470
<i> But he doesn't give us</i>
<i> any more information.</i>

309
00:15:39,539 --> 00:15:43,807
<i> Some of this</i>
<i> off behavior was odd.</i>

310
00:15:43,877 --> 00:15:48,612
We have our suspicion, but he
looks like a grieving husband.

311
00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:52,149
<i> So after the interview,</i>
<i> we checked his alibi.</i>

312
00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:55,085
And we went out and
spoke with the friend.

313
00:15:55,155 --> 00:15:58,823
[siren wailing]

314
00:15:58,891 --> 00:16:00,291
<i> - Coming up...</i>

315
00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:01,693
<i> - We're trying to figure out,</i>
<i> hey, is there</i>

316
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,528
A love triangle thing here?

317
00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:06,130
<i> - I saw them at</i>
<i> a movie theater,</i>

318
00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:09,833
And I saw them,
and my heart just froze.

319
00:16:09,903 --> 00:16:13,471
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

320
00:16:15,006 --> 00:16:21,845
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

321
00:16:21,915 --> 00:16:24,982
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

322
00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:27,885
[siren wailing]

323
00:16:27,953 --> 00:16:31,723
<i> - As detectives investigate</i>
<i> the murder of tina caronna,</i>

324
00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:34,858
<i> They're eager to see</i>
<i> if her husband joe's alibi</i>

325
00:16:34,928 --> 00:16:37,294
<i> Holds true.</i>

326
00:16:37,363 --> 00:16:39,129
- We spoke with the friend
and he said yes,

327
00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:41,432
That he did come over.

328
00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:43,634
<i> It's a solid alibi until</i>
<i> we can figure out</i>

329
00:16:43,703 --> 00:16:45,569
<i> What's going on.</i>

330
00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:48,139
<i> Maybe joe doesn't have</i>
<i> anything to do with it.</i>

331
00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:51,475
Maybe he does.
We don't know yet.

332
00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:53,477
<i> - Keen to learn</i>
<i> more about tina</i>

333
00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:55,146
<i> And her suspicious husband,</i>

334
00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:59,017
<i> Police delve into</i>
<i> their recent pasts.</i>

335
00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:03,487
<i> Tina's friends and family</i>
<i> say she was a hotshot banker</i>

336
00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:06,424
<i> Who sought similar success</i>
<i> for joe.</i>

337
00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:08,792
- We were bank tellers
together.

338
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:11,429
<i> - And she just went up</i>
<i> the ladder from then.</i>

339
00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:16,934
Tina was vice president
over small-business loans.

340
00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:21,372
<i> James, my husband,</i>
<i> had his own insurance agency.</i>

341
00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:25,276
And after she married joe,
tina went to her dad and said,

342
00:17:25,344 --> 00:17:29,413
Can you take him into
your office and train him?

343
00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:32,750
<i> - He got started into</i>
<i> the insurance sales.</i>

344
00:17:32,819 --> 00:17:36,286
And then after that,
I remember joe starting

345
00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:38,589
Joe caronna investments.

346
00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:43,260
<i> He had rented an office</i>
<i> in bartlett.</i>

347
00:17:43,329 --> 00:17:46,630
- My dad passed away,
and I called tina up.

348
00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,131
And I said, you know what?

349
00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,533
I got to get some
life insurance.

350
00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:52,269
And she said,
oh, joe can do that.

351
00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:54,972
<i> And so they both</i>
<i> came to my house.</i>

352
00:17:55,041 --> 00:17:57,208
<i> We go through</i>
<i> the life insurance thing.</i>

353
00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:59,643
<i> And as we're sitting</i>
<i> at the table,</i>

354
00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:03,747
I said, well, if I'm going to
get life insurance with you,

355
00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:06,884
I might as well give you
my annuity too.

356
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:11,755
<i> - Over the next few years,</i>
<i> joe builds a booming business.</i>

357
00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:14,958
<i> The caronnas find themselves</i>
<i> in high cotton,</i>

358
00:18:15,028 --> 00:18:18,429
<i> And their large income</i>
<i> fuels their good times</i>

359
00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:22,566
<i> At a staple of</i>
<i> southern leisure, casinos.</i>

360
00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:26,637
<i> - Tina and joe liked to party.</i>

361
00:18:26,706 --> 00:18:31,209
Going to the casinos
was a lot of their fun.

362
00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:32,809
<i> - It was my understanding</i>
<i> that joe</i>

363
00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:35,513
<i> Had achieved</i>
<i> seven-star status</i>

364
00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:38,782
<i> At one of the casinos</i>
<i> in tunica.</i>

365
00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:42,753
And you had to have had
in play at some point

366
00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:47,991
In excess of $1 million
to be a seven star.

367
00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:51,095
<i> There was rumblings</i>
<i> of excessive gambling.</i>

368
00:18:51,164 --> 00:18:54,298
[chips clinking]

369
00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:57,468
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

370
00:18:57,537 --> 00:18:59,871
<i> - Two days after</i>
<i> finding tina's body,</i>

371
00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:02,840
<i> Detective martin's canvass</i>
<i> also includes</i>

372
00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:06,610
<i> The couple's friends</i>
<i> from the corvette club.</i>

373
00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:08,312
- We interviewed
the people that were

374
00:19:08,380 --> 00:19:11,448
Having the progressive dinner.

375
00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:14,618
<i> - They asked me questions</i>
<i> about my personal relationship</i>

376
00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:17,421
With joe,
my relationship with tina.

377
00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:20,891
They asked anything
and everything.

378
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,360
<i> So we get information</i>
<i> from people,</i>

379
00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:24,828
<i> Then we have to verify it.</i>

380
00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,765
<i> We have to rule out</i>
<i> all these people.</i>

381
00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,001
But everyone can account
for where they're at

382
00:19:30,069 --> 00:19:31,969
And what they're doing.

383
00:19:32,037 --> 00:19:33,905
<i> But we also found out</i>

384
00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:37,040
<i> Through one of the members</i>
<i> of the corvette club,</i>

385
00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:42,780
Joe didn't keep all those cars
at that house in cordova.

386
00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:47,084
He had a storage facility
that's up on highway 70

387
00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:48,386
At elmore road.

388
00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:50,588
<i> And that's where</i>
<i> he kept the cars.</i>

389
00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:53,057
<i> Well, that's very interesting</i>
<i> because that is</i>

390
00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:56,227
<i> A half a block</i>
<i> from where the body was.</i>

391
00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:58,562
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

392
00:19:58,631 --> 00:20:01,932
<i> - Days into the investigation,</i>
<i> the medical examiner</i>

393
00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:06,337
<i> Delivers their findings on the</i>
<i> evil way tina was murdered.</i>

394
00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:08,472
<i> - They listed on</i>
<i> the autopsy report</i>

395
00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:10,974
That 48 hours from
when the body was found

396
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,010
Is probably
the time of the death.

397
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:17,114
<i> And it said the death was</i>
<i> caused by asphyxiation,</i>

398
00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:20,651
<i> Which means basically</i>
<i> her air was cut off</i>

399
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,755
By a bag over her head
or something of that nature.

400
00:20:24,823 --> 00:20:28,225
<i> The autopsy showed some</i>
<i> bruising around her neck.</i>

401
00:20:28,294 --> 00:20:30,594
<i> There were broken fingernails.</i>

402
00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:32,462
There were also bruises
on the lower part

403
00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:34,065
Of the body, the legs.

404
00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:37,468
<i> It looked like it was</i>
<i> some type of struggle.</i>

405
00:20:37,536 --> 00:20:39,370
<i> Most of these were on</i>
<i> the back side,</i>

406
00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:42,873
Like someone had come from
behind and attacked her.

407
00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:50,280
Man, it's horrible.

408
00:20:50,282 --> 00:20:52,750
<i> But it wasn't in that car.</i>

409
00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:55,586
<i> We didn't see any signs of</i>
<i> struggle in the avalanche.</i>

410
00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:57,855
<i> It was somewhere else.</i>

411
00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:00,357
I'm thinking,
we have another crime scene

412
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,125
Somewhere that we have to find.

413
00:21:02,195 --> 00:21:05,729
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

414
00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:08,565
<i> - Then detective martin</i>
<i> receives</i>

415
00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:13,937
<i> A startling tip about some</i>
<i> sins in the caronna household.</i>

416
00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:15,773
<i> - Her brother comes in,</i>
<i> he goes,</i>

417
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:18,008
<i> I think joe's been</i>
<i> cheating on my sister</i>

418
00:21:18,077 --> 00:21:19,577
For years with a lady.

419
00:21:19,645 --> 00:21:23,414
And he gives us a name,
becky black.

420
00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:26,149
<i> - I felt like joe</i>
<i> had an attraction</i>

421
00:21:26,151 --> 00:21:30,020
To becky at some time
just because you can tell

422
00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:33,024
Somebody is just
acting weird around you

423
00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:35,759
Or around someone else.

424
00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:38,963
<i> - Tina called me in 2002.</i>

425
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:46,170
<i> And she didn't feel that</i>
<i> joe was attracted to her.</i>

426
00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:50,641
She said that
she had suspected

427
00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:55,345
Some things going on
between joe and becky.

428
00:21:55,415 --> 00:21:59,683
<i> - I had caught joe with becky</i>
<i> at a movie theater,</i>

429
00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:04,822
And, oh, I saw them,
and my heart just froze.

430
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,426
<i> - When becky black came up</i>
<i> to be interviewed,</i>

431
00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:13,096
<i> Her husband came with her.</i>

432
00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:15,666
<i> She says joe's family</i>
<i> and her family</i>

433
00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:17,835
<i> Went to the same church.</i>

434
00:22:17,903 --> 00:22:20,071
<i> They did things together.</i>

435
00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:24,408
And then we basically got
to the point where I said,

436
00:22:24,477 --> 00:22:27,811
Ms. Black, here's the thing.

437
00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:31,615
We've got physical evidence
from that vehicle.

438
00:22:31,684 --> 00:22:35,386
<i> Is there any way</i>
<i> that any of your dna</i>

439
00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:38,355
<i> Or anything</i>
<i> is in that vehicle?</i>

440
00:22:38,423 --> 00:22:42,692
And at that point,
she said, yes,

441
00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:45,863
Because joe and her
had sex in that vehicle.

442
00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:48,999
<i> [dramatic musical sting]</i>

443
00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:52,670
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

444
00:22:54,238 --> 00:23:01,011
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

445
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,114
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

446
00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:07,918
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

447
00:23:07,987 --> 00:23:12,156
<i> - Detectives are interrogating</i>
<i> joe caronna's mistress, becky,</i>

448
00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:16,393
<i> As her poor husband looks on</i>
<i> with a hound dog's face.</i>

449
00:23:16,462 --> 00:23:21,198
- She tells us they had sex
in that vehicle, the avalanche.

450
00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:26,269
<i> She was very truthful,</i>
<i> even in front of her husband.</i>

451
00:23:26,271 --> 00:23:28,906
She's been meeting joe
secretly, like,

452
00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:31,409
Two or three times
a week.

453
00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:34,078
<i> Her husband was</i>
<i> kind of dumbfounded.</i>

454
00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:38,349
<i> Well, I'm thinking,</i>
<i> joe's got tina,</i>

455
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:41,419
<i> But maybe he doesn't</i>
<i> find desirable anymore,</i>

456
00:23:41,487 --> 00:23:43,987
And he wants to have becky.

457
00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:45,889
<i> We're trying to</i>
<i> figure out, hey,</i>

458
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:48,058
<i> Is there a love triangle</i>
<i> thing here?</i>

459
00:23:48,127 --> 00:23:51,862
Becky and joe are both up on
the top list of the suspects.

460
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,899
<i> [dramatic musical sting]</i>

461
00:23:56,402 --> 00:23:58,669
<i> - Not wanting</i>
<i> to spook becky or joe,</i>

462
00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:03,307
<i> Police refrain from further</i>
<i> interrogating either of them.</i>

463
00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:06,710
<i> Nevertheless, with his eye</i>
<i> on the two paramours,</i>

464
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:09,280
<i> Detective martin hunts</i>
<i> for further evidence</i>

465
00:24:09,348 --> 00:24:12,883
<i> Of their involvement</i>
<i> in tina's murder.</i>

466
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,085
<i> - When the dna comes back</i>
<i> from the lab,</i>

467
00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:17,788
It tells us what we know,
that joe was in the vehicle.

468
00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:19,456
Tina's in the vehicle.

469
00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:22,792
And becky black's
in the vehicle.

470
00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:26,196
<i> Then we pulled the video</i>
<i> from all the businesses</i>

471
00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:30,701
<i> That tina was supposed to go</i>
<i> to the day she went missing.</i>

472
00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:34,104
<i> We didn't see any signs</i>
<i> of her or the suspects.</i>

473
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:38,676
Someone killed her
before she went shopping.

474
00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:41,078
<i> Maybe joe killed her</i>
<i> at their house.</i>

475
00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,113
<i> We'd like to get</i>
<i> a search warrant,</i>

476
00:24:43,182 --> 00:24:47,250
But we have nothing--
I mean, not anything.

477
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,219
<i> We need more information.</i>

478
00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,622
<i> We're kind of stuck.</i>

479
00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:54,958
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

480
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,627
- It was driving me crazy.

481
00:24:57,697 --> 00:24:59,196
It was awful.

482
00:24:59,265 --> 00:25:02,099
It was the worst christmas
I've ever had.

483
00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:05,002
<i> - The case remains stuck</i>
<i> for four long months.</i>

484
00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:08,638
<i> But then in February 2009,</i>

485
00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:11,175
<i> In walks becky black again.</i>

486
00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:17,915
<i> - So becky wants</i>
<i> to come speak to us.</i>

487
00:25:17,983 --> 00:25:21,484
She said she was
very concerned about joe.

488
00:25:21,554 --> 00:25:23,520
<i> She wanted to cut off</i>
<i> the relationship,</i>

489
00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:25,255
<i> But he continued to persist.</i>

490
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:28,926
<i> Down at the casino, he</i>
<i> showed up at a birthday party</i>

491
00:25:28,994 --> 00:25:31,862
That her family had for her.

492
00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:35,398
<i> He told her that either you're</i>
<i> going to be with your husband</i>

493
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,868
<i> Or be with me.</i>

494
00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:41,805
And in her words, basically,
he made an ass of himself

495
00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,274
<i> In front of her and the kids</i>
<i> and her husband.</i>

496
00:25:44,343 --> 00:25:48,679
<i> He is still contacting her,</i>
<i> so I'm thinking,</i>

497
00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:52,115
The one thing that would clear
it up so you could be with her,

498
00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:54,551
Kill your wife.

499
00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:58,589
So we say, becky, would you
be willing to meet with him

500
00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:03,593
<i> And wear a body wire</i>
<i> and try to get him to confess?</i>

501
00:26:03,663 --> 00:26:05,829
<i> We'd listen in and watch</i>
<i> and make sure you're safe</i>

502
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,164
<i> And everything else.</i>

503
00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:08,399
And she agreed to.

504
00:26:08,467 --> 00:26:12,202
<i> [suspenseful music]</i>

505
00:26:12,271 --> 00:26:16,439
<i> So we set up the meeting</i>
<i> in a parking lot,</i>

506
00:26:16,509 --> 00:26:18,309
<i> And we had surveillance.</i>

507
00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:22,445
<i> People were watching</i>
<i> the vehicle.</i>

508
00:26:22,515 --> 00:26:25,716
<i> And he gets in, and he</i>
<i> gives her this love letter.</i>

509
00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:36,593
- He tells her that she's
the love of his life

510
00:26:36,662 --> 00:26:39,496
And that he would
do anything for,

511
00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:41,932
<i> Bleeding his heart out to her.</i>

512
00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:45,736
<i> And then she says,</i>
<i> well, did you do that?</i>

513
00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:54,244
- And he's like, what?

514
00:27:03,889 --> 00:27:06,823
<i> - Then she's like,</i>
<i> ok, joe, thanks,</i>

515
00:27:06,892 --> 00:27:10,093
And then parted ways.

516
00:27:10,162 --> 00:27:13,363
I did not get what I wanted.

517
00:27:13,432 --> 00:27:17,300
So we're still
working the grind.

518
00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:20,771
<i> - And days later,</i>
<i> they get an extraordinary tip</i>

519
00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:24,274
<i> From one of tina's</i>
<i> nearest and dearest.</i>

520
00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:27,344
<i> - I had my annuity</i>
<i> with joe caronna,</i>

521
00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:30,481
And I had a credit card
I wanted to pay off.

522
00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:32,649
<i> I told joe</i>
<i> I wanted to withdraw</i>

523
00:27:32,717 --> 00:27:34,017
<i> A certain amount of money.</i>

524
00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:36,653
<i> He immediately was like,</i>
<i> no, no, no,</i>

525
00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,521
<i> You don't want to do that.</i>

526
00:27:38,591 --> 00:27:42,225
I said, no, joe,
I want my money.

527
00:27:42,294 --> 00:27:43,493
<i> He said, ok,</i>

528
00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:48,231
<i> And then the wire transfer</i>
<i> had tina's name on it.</i>

529
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:51,868
Why would my wire transfer
from my insurance company

530
00:27:51,937 --> 00:27:53,604
Have tina's name on it?

531
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:56,573
What the heck is going on?

532
00:27:56,642 --> 00:27:58,208
<i> I was very angry.</i>

533
00:27:58,210 --> 00:28:01,178
I was like a wild banshee.

534
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:06,717
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

535
00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:14,891
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

536
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,693
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

537
00:28:16,762 --> 00:28:18,561
[siren wailing]

538
00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:20,563
<i> - After the murder</i>
<i> of tina caronna,</i>

539
00:28:20,633 --> 00:28:23,833
<i> Her best friend carrie's</i>
<i> suspicion is growing</i>

540
00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:26,503
<i> That joe has deceived her.</i>

541
00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:30,541
- I had gotten money out of
my annuity with joe caronna.

542
00:28:30,609 --> 00:28:35,078
<i> And I thought back</i>
<i> to that withdrawal,</i>

543
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,815
Wire transfer.

544
00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:40,950
<i> It had tina's name on it.</i>

545
00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:44,054
And so I did find that weird.

546
00:28:45,491 --> 00:28:47,357
<i> I had a really good friend</i>
<i> that worked at the bank.</i>

547
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:48,458
<i> I called her.</i>

548
00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:50,961
Could you please pull
that wire transfer up,

549
00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:53,330
<i> Tell me where it came from?</i>

550
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,232
<i> She said, carrie,</i>
<i> this money came from</i>

551
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:57,468
<i> Their checking account.</i>

552
00:28:57,536 --> 00:29:00,337
This did not come from
your insurance company.

553
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:02,605
She said, this is fraud.

554
00:29:02,675 --> 00:29:05,242
<i> [dramatic musical sting]</i>

555
00:29:07,713 --> 00:29:09,546
I called the police.

556
00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:11,514
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

557
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,383
<i> [phone rings]</i>

558
00:29:13,452 --> 00:29:17,387
<i> - Then out of the blue, we get</i>
<i> a call from carrie brown.</i>

559
00:29:17,456 --> 00:29:19,823
<i> We talked with carrie,</i>
<i> and she's like,</i>

560
00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:21,658
Who does business like this?

561
00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:24,227
No one.

562
00:29:24,229 --> 00:29:26,129
<i> This is different</i>
<i> from the murder.</i>

563
00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:29,432
But this might have
something to do with it.

564
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:33,470
<i> We start looking</i>
<i> into joe's finances.</i>

565
00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:36,239
<i> Maybe joe had some</i>
<i> money problems.</i>

566
00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:39,476
Joe gambled all the time.

567
00:29:39,544 --> 00:29:42,145
<i> Maybe he's covering</i>
<i> a gambling debt.</i>

568
00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,114
<i> We also found out</i>
<i> through our investigation</i>

569
00:29:44,183 --> 00:29:49,252
That joe had
a mail drop location

570
00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:51,988
<i> Away from the business.</i>

571
00:29:52,057 --> 00:29:54,291
<i> And we're like,</i>
<i> why in the world</i>

572
00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:57,294
Would you not have all this
stuff coming to your office?

573
00:29:57,362 --> 00:29:59,696
<i> So we asked</i>
<i> the postal inspectors</i>

574
00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:02,665
<i> To help us with this case.</i>

575
00:30:02,735 --> 00:30:05,135
<i> The postal inspectors,</i>
<i> being a federal agency,</i>

576
00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:06,803
<i> They're digging in.</i>

577
00:30:06,872 --> 00:30:08,438
We subpoena some of the stuff.

578
00:30:08,507 --> 00:30:10,540
<i> We look at the</i>
<i> insurance policies.</i>

579
00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:12,809
<i> We start looking</i>
<i> at bank accounts.</i>

580
00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:14,577
<i> We start looking</i>
<i> at investments.</i>

581
00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:17,947
We finally get this break
in the case.

582
00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:20,317
<i> And so what we found is,</i>

583
00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:22,953
Basically he was
taking money from people,

584
00:30:23,021 --> 00:30:27,290
<i> Saying he was investing it but</i>
<i> paying other people with money</i>

585
00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:30,227
That he's supposed
to be investing.

586
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:32,896
<i> You're stealing from peter</i>
<i> to pay paul.</i>

587
00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:35,866
Joe was running a ponzi scheme.

588
00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:38,501
<i> And he kept some of it</i>
<i> himself.</i>

589
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:41,672
<i> The victims are people</i>
<i> from the corvette club,</i>

590
00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:43,340
<i> Family members of tina's.</i>

591
00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:48,245
We found almost $750,000
in fraud that he's committed.

592
00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:52,015
And I'm like, oh, holy smoke.

593
00:30:52,084 --> 00:30:54,417
<i> - Investigators now</i>
<i> have a new angle</i>

594
00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:57,688
<i> To investigate joe further.</i>

595
00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,656
<i> - They did search warrants</i>
<i> at his business</i>

596
00:30:59,725 --> 00:31:03,393
<i> And at his house</i>
<i> in conjunction with the fraud,</i>

597
00:31:03,462 --> 00:31:06,496
<i> Seized the vehicles</i>
<i> and everything else.</i>

598
00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:10,701
<i> - Police uncover</i>
<i> no evidence of murder.</i>

599
00:31:10,769 --> 00:31:15,873
<i> But then a neighbor comes</i>
<i> forward with unexpected news.</i>

600
00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:19,576
<i> - And then I got the surprise.</i>

601
00:31:19,645 --> 00:31:21,978
<i> Jeff cox, who lived</i>
<i> across the street,</i>

602
00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:24,681
Walked over and explained
that he did have

603
00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:27,250
A surveillance camera
that had video

604
00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:31,087
<i> Showing the day tina caronna</i>
<i> had gone missing.</i>

605
00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:33,223
And we're like,
what do you mean

606
00:31:33,292 --> 00:31:36,759
You have video
of what happened that day?

607
00:31:36,829 --> 00:31:38,495
<i> He said, I told joe I had it.</i>

608
00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:40,897
And joe said, hey,
don't worry about it.

609
00:31:40,966 --> 00:31:42,232
The police don't need it.

610
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,402
You can go on and delete it.

611
00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,404
<i> And then something</i>
<i> with his system,</i>

612
00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:52,208
<i> It rolled over every</i>
<i> two weeks, so it was deleted.</i>

613
00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:55,245
But mr. Cox remembered
watching the video

614
00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:58,481
And watching the car pull out.

615
00:31:58,550 --> 00:32:03,052
<i> And you couldn't tell who</i>
<i> was driving the avalanche.</i>

616
00:32:03,054 --> 00:32:07,490
<i> Mr. Cox said, no other</i>
<i> vehicles ever left that day.</i>

617
00:32:07,492 --> 00:32:10,893
But joe came back
in a chevelle.

618
00:32:10,895 --> 00:32:15,832
<i> And he knew it because</i>
<i> it's a very loud muscle car.</i>

619
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:19,268
We've got one truck leaving,

620
00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:21,004
<i> But we don't have</i>
<i> mr. Caronna</i>

621
00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:23,440
<i> Ever leaving that house</i>
<i> in another car.</i>

622
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:26,543
<i> We got someone who could</i>
<i> actually testify about it.</i>

623
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:29,412
That was big
in the investigation.

624
00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:31,481
<i> - With this new evidence</i>
<i> in hand,</i>

625
00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:34,050
<i> Detective martin</i>
<i> formulates a theory</i>

626
00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:36,219
<i> Of the case against joe.</i>

627
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:40,023
<i> So I would think joe drove the</i>
<i> avalanche with the body in it.</i>

628
00:32:40,091 --> 00:32:45,027
<i> He crammed her in the back to</i>
<i> try to hide her or whatever.</i>

629
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:45,996
<i> And he parked it</i>
<i> on the street,</i>

630
00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:49,832
<i> Walked a half a block</i>
<i> to the storage facility...</i>

631
00:32:49,902 --> 00:32:52,068
[crow cawing]

632
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:55,772
<i> And got in the chevelle and</i>
<i> drove it over to the house.</i>

633
00:32:55,841 --> 00:33:02,545
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

634
00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:05,715
<i> Days later, we've got</i>
<i> a first-degree murder warrant.</i>

635
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,650
It was a good feeling.

636
00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:09,852
<i> - But what's not</i>
<i> such a good feeling</i>

637
00:33:09,854 --> 00:33:13,089
<i> Is that while the warrant for</i>
<i> murder was being processed,</i>

638
00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:16,093
<i> Joe appears to have</i>
<i> gone on the lam.</i>

639
00:33:16,095 --> 00:33:20,029
<i> - Our problem is,</i>
<i> joe is nowhere to be found.</i>

640
00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:23,733
<i> He was gone.</i>

641
00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:26,803
<i> - When I found out</i>
<i> he was on the run,</i>

642
00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:28,371
<i> I was a little bit shocked,</i>

643
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:33,276
A little bit nervous,
to say the least,

644
00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:35,278
<i> Because here's somebody</i>
<i> that I believe</i>

645
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:37,013
<i> Has murdered my sister.</i>

646
00:33:37,082 --> 00:33:42,085
<i> And I believe that he would</i>
<i> do the same thing to us.</i>

647
00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:44,887
So we were on
pins and needles.

648
00:33:44,889 --> 00:33:47,156
<i> [suspenseful music]</i>

649
00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:51,361
- We put it out as, like, a
most wanted bolo for his arrest

650
00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:53,630
<i> On crime stoppers.</i>

651
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:57,767
<i> And about 18 days later,</i>
<i> we get a crime stoppers tip</i>

652
00:33:57,836 --> 00:34:01,371
From jackson, tennessee,

653
00:34:01,439 --> 00:34:04,641
<i> Which is about</i>
<i> 90 miles from memphis.</i>

654
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:07,644
<i> The person says,</i>
<i> I believe that joe caronna</i>

655
00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:10,713
Is coming through
my drive-through window

656
00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:13,417
At mcdonald's every morning
to get breakfast.

657
00:34:15,821 --> 00:34:18,455
<i> We went and met</i>
<i> with the manager,</i>

658
00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:21,023
<i> And she pulled the video.</i>

659
00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:22,525
<i> And sure enough,</i>

660
00:34:22,594 --> 00:34:25,462
It was joe caronna
in the drive-through.

661
00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:29,932
<i> He's driving a hummer,</i>
<i> a h3, gray.</i>

662
00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:34,304
<i> So now we're like, ok, we know</i>
<i> he's in the jackson area.</i>

663
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:36,172
<i> What are we going to do?</i>

664
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,842
We're going to try
to get with jackson pd.

665
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,578
<i> And as we were going down</i>
<i> christmasville road,</i>

666
00:34:41,646 --> 00:34:45,848
I just happened to look over
at a howard johnson

667
00:34:45,918 --> 00:34:49,085
Right there by the interstate,
and I saw a gray hummer.

668
00:34:49,154 --> 00:34:51,721
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

669
00:34:51,790 --> 00:34:55,525
And I said,
it cannot be that easy.

670
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:57,827
My partner goes,
we're going to turn around.

671
00:34:57,896 --> 00:35:00,096
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

672
00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:02,933
<i> We did a u-turn,</i>
<i> and when we pulled on the lot</i>

673
00:35:03,001 --> 00:35:05,902
<i> Of the howard johnson,</i>
<i> sure enough,</i>

674
00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:08,438
The tag had came back
to joe caronna's vehicle.

675
00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:11,241
That was him.
He was at that location.

676
00:35:13,077 --> 00:35:16,212
<i> My heart was thumping.</i>
<i> We got to make a plan.</i>

677
00:35:16,214 --> 00:35:17,780
<i> We needed backup.</i>

678
00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:21,618
I had a friend who was on
a federal fugitive task force

679
00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:22,552
In jackson.

680
00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:25,555
So I called him,
and he got his team there.

681
00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:29,759
<i> We go in, and we talk</i>
<i> to the desk clerk.</i>

682
00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,494
<i> We describe joe.</i>

683
00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:33,463
They said, yeah,
he was driving the hummer.

684
00:35:33,532 --> 00:35:38,935
And he put his name down as
joe jerome and not caronna.

685
00:35:39,004 --> 00:35:41,404
<i> And they said,</i>
<i> do y'all need a key?</i>

686
00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:43,406
<i> Said yes, we need a key</i>
<i> for this hotel room.</i>

687
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:47,009
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

688
00:35:47,079 --> 00:35:49,412
<i> I was going to hit the key,</i>

689
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:53,683
And they were supposed to
bum-rush and try to get him.

690
00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:57,787
<i> We went up, and I let</i>
<i> the marshals take the lead.</i>

691
00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:01,858
<i> We get to the room,</i>
<i> and we get ready.</i>

692
00:36:01,926 --> 00:36:05,494
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

693
00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:09,098
<i> He tried the key,</i>
<i> and it was wild.</i>

694
00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,502
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

695
00:36:14,037 --> 00:36:20,844
<i> - ♪ judgement day shall come ♪</i>

696
00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:24,914
<i> - After joe caronna's</i>
<i> flight from justice,</i>

697
00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:28,384
<i> Detective kevin martin</i>
<i> and a whole bunch of marshals</i>

698
00:36:28,453 --> 00:36:30,753
<i> Are fixing to turn</i>
<i> his hotel room door</i>

699
00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:33,690
<i> Into a pile of splinters.</i>

700
00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:37,093
<i> - When I tried the key,</i>
<i> it unlocked the door.</i>

701
00:36:37,162 --> 00:36:41,831
But he had the bolt
on the inside locked.

702
00:36:45,003 --> 00:36:47,570
<i> And so he was like,</i>
<i> who's there?</i>

703
00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:50,573
<i> [suspenseful music]</i>

704
00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:54,110
<i> I said, joe,</i>
<i> it's detective martin.</i>

705
00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:55,745
<i> He goes, what do y'all want?</i>

706
00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:58,080
<i> I said, you're going to</i>
<i> have to come with us.</i>

707
00:36:58,150 --> 00:37:00,883
<i> And he's like,</i>
<i> I have guns in here.</i>

708
00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:04,754
And I said, well, I got
a lot of guns out here too.

709
00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:08,124
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

710
00:37:08,192 --> 00:37:12,095
We were concerned about
the aggressiveness of joe

711
00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:14,697
And what he's trying to do.

712
00:37:14,766 --> 00:37:16,366
<i> I said, you need to put</i>
<i> all your guns down.</i>

713
00:37:16,434 --> 00:37:18,468
<i> You need to put them</i>
<i> on the bed.</i>

714
00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:21,704
<i> And so we waited.</i>

715
00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:23,806
<i> Heard a bunch of stuff.</i>

716
00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:27,209
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

717
00:37:27,211 --> 00:37:30,447
<i> Finally he came</i>
<i> and unlocked the door.</i>

718
00:37:32,317 --> 00:37:35,852
He didn't have a gun on him.

719
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,254
<i> So we took him into custody.</i>

720
00:37:38,323 --> 00:37:40,423
That's huge.

721
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:46,729
- We were just glad that
they had gotten ahold of him.

722
00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:49,465
<i> - You know, what goes around</i>
<i> comes around.</i>

723
00:37:49,534 --> 00:37:52,902
And now he's going to get paid
for what he's done.

724
00:37:56,274 --> 00:38:00,276
<i> - Joe pleads not guilty</i>
<i> to the murder charge</i>

725
00:38:00,345 --> 00:38:02,178
<i> And gets thrown</i>
<i> in the slammer.</i>

726
00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:05,147
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

727
00:38:05,217 --> 00:38:09,018
<i> The feds add 57 counts</i>
<i> of fraud to his bill,</i>

728
00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:12,422
<i> And he's left to stew</i>
<i> for three years</i>

729
00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:14,524
<i> Till the</i>
<i> first-degree murder trial</i>

730
00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:17,894
<i> Begins in October of 2012.</i>

731
00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:21,698
- It's biggest case
in bartlett's history.

732
00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:24,834
Family and friends are there.
The tensions are high.

733
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:31,307
- I can't explain the emotion

734
00:38:31,376 --> 00:38:33,443
That went through my body

735
00:38:33,511 --> 00:38:36,345
When he walked in there.

736
00:38:36,347 --> 00:38:40,917
- I told scott, they better
worry about me hitting him.

737
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:44,053
<i> - As the prosecution</i>
<i> presents their case,</i>

738
00:38:44,122 --> 00:38:48,324
<i> They suggest that tina caught</i>
<i> wind of joe's massive fraud</i>

739
00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:51,594
<i> Just before they were to close</i>
<i> on her dream house.</i>

740
00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:54,297
<i> - They were supposed</i>
<i> to buy a huge home</i>

741
00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,632
<i> Out in the eads area.</i>

742
00:38:56,701 --> 00:38:59,369
<i> Joe was in charge</i>
<i> of the finances,</i>

743
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:02,338
<i> But every time the brokers</i>
<i> who were selling the home</i>

744
00:39:02,407 --> 00:39:04,507
<i> Would say, hey, we need</i>
<i> more detailed information,</i>

745
00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:06,375
He would always come up
with an excuse.

746
00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:08,678
So it seemed like
joe was delaying

747
00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:13,683
Being able to have
his financials up front

748
00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:16,586
<i> For someone to view.</i>

749
00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:18,888
<i> In fact, we found out</i>
<i> that they were</i>

750
00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:21,858
<i> A couple hundred</i>
<i> thousand dollars in debt.</i>

751
00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:26,061
<i> We think tina must have</i>
<i> found out and confronted him.</i>

752
00:39:26,131 --> 00:39:29,231
And he would rather
get rid of her

753
00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:32,134
Than to lose his lifestyle

754
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:37,006
And be back to square one
and selling shoes again.

755
00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:40,110
<i> - Then the prosecution</i>
<i> introduces someone</i>

756
00:39:40,178 --> 00:39:44,246
<i> Who makes the courtroom</i>
<i> sit up and go silent.</i>

757
00:39:44,248 --> 00:39:46,483
- And now all of a sudden,
we got this witness

758
00:39:46,485 --> 00:39:48,017
That's a confidential informant

759
00:39:48,086 --> 00:39:50,887
For the memphis
police department.

760
00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:55,124
<i> And he was in the cell</i>
<i> with joe in federal prison,</i>

761
00:39:55,193 --> 00:39:58,528
<i> And he has information</i>
<i> about what joe</i>

762
00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:00,630
Told him regarding the murder.

763
00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:03,333
And I'm like, wow.

764
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,135
It was like icing on the cake.

765
00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:11,173
- In jail, joe was saying he
went up behind her with a bag

766
00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:12,342
And suffocated her.

767
00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:16,246
<i> [ominous music]</i>

768
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:18,280
<i> The only person</i>
<i> who would know is</i>

769
00:40:18,350 --> 00:40:21,651
<i> The person that's responsible.</i>

770
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,387
<i> Joe killed her at their house</i>

771
00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:29,491
<i> And dumped her on the street,</i>

772
00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:33,596
<i> Walked a half a block</i>
<i> to the storage facility,</i>

773
00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:37,299
<i> Got in the chevelle,</i>
<i> and went to his friend's house</i>

774
00:40:37,369 --> 00:40:38,901
<i> To work on it.</i>

775
00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:41,504
<i> Then he went home</i>
<i> and then started the process</i>

776
00:40:41,573 --> 00:40:43,173
Of, oh, well, tina's not here.

777
00:40:43,241 --> 00:40:45,207
Has anybody heard from her?

778
00:40:45,277 --> 00:40:48,144
- Who gives those kind
of details at all,

779
00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:49,712
Much less to a prisoner

780
00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:54,050
<i> That you don't even know?</i>

781
00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:56,986
<i> [somber music]</i>

782
00:40:57,055 --> 00:41:01,991
<i> - The jury's deliberation</i>
<i> is a mere 90-minute affair.</i>

783
00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:05,962
- It was so fast that I was
like, what is going on here?

784
00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:10,232
But it was guilty.

785
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:13,836
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

786
00:41:13,904 --> 00:41:17,106
<i> - Four years,</i>
<i> four years to the day</i>

787
00:41:17,175 --> 00:41:21,343
She was buried,
he was convicted.

788
00:41:21,345 --> 00:41:25,848
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

789
00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:28,084
<i> - For the murder</i>
<i> of his wife, tina,</i>

790
00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:32,522
<i> Joe receives a sentence</i>
<i> of life in prison.</i>

791
00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:36,993
<i> In may 2013, he pleads guilty</i>
<i> to the fraud charges</i>

792
00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:39,496
<i> In federal court,</i>
<i> where the judge issues</i>

793
00:41:39,564 --> 00:41:42,531
<i> A sentence of 85 months.</i>

794
00:41:42,601 --> 00:41:47,970
<i> And the postal inspectors</i>
<i> sell all his precious cars.</i>

795
00:41:48,039 --> 00:41:52,375
- The money went back to some
of the victims of the fraud.

796
00:41:52,443 --> 00:41:54,376
<i> I felt real good about that.</i>

797
00:41:54,378 --> 00:41:57,713
<i> He's going to die in jail.</i>

798
00:41:57,782 --> 00:42:00,182
<i> - Joe's sins of</i>
<i> greed and vanity</i>

799
00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:03,086
<i> Would appear impossible</i>
<i> to forgive.</i>

800
00:42:03,154 --> 00:42:04,620
<i> And yet...</i>

801
00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:08,991
- I've forgiven joe
for what awful thing

802
00:42:08,993 --> 00:42:11,160
He's done to my sister.

803
00:42:11,229 --> 00:42:13,996
<i> It happened.</i>
<i> It was horrible.</i>

804
00:42:14,065 --> 00:42:18,734
I hate it.
But we have to go on.

805
00:42:18,803 --> 00:42:20,937
[crickets chirping]

806
00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:24,206
<i> [steel guitar twangs]</i>

807
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:28,077
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

808
00:42:28,079 --> 00:42:30,980
- For years, I was by here

809
00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:32,882
Every day when
I got off of work.

810
00:42:34,653 --> 00:42:38,220
<i> I just feel so close</i>
<i> to her here.</i>

811
00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:41,724
I know she's in heaven and
I'll get to see her again.

812
00:42:41,792 --> 00:42:44,861
<i> ♪ ♪</i>