Taylor Foster Hendricks, come here. The car was stolen. >> Okay, it's not stolen yet. Okay, but the owner was found deceased. That's where we're at. >> This [snorts] is Taylor Elkins. Just 2 hours ago, Taylor's teacher, 72-year-old William Dubois, was discovered, brutally beaten, and deceased inside his home. >> Hey, are they homicide or I don't know that? >> Really? What's interesting is that days later, Taylor would be found driving her now dead teacher's car. >> Do you know why that's Bill's car? Cuz he's dead. >> Well, I don't know. I don't pay attention to him, but he ain't nothing. >> He's been beat to death and you're driving the car. I don't know that you ain't got something to do with it. >> But what seemed like a straightforward case would turn out to be a complicated mess of neighborhood drama, secret affairs, and deadly conflicts. I was in bed and I heard a big boom. That's something wrong. >> I called the police on the other side. I've said if anybody did anything, it would be them. >> Could be a burglary. Could be somebody that he wronged and they're coming back for vengeance. >> You're a rude, cold, heartless murderer. This is not going to go away. This is not going to quit. You're going to keep having your little nightmares that you have and I hope you do for the rest of your life. >> [music] >> On July 11th, 2019, officers in Fort Smith, Arkansas, received a call from a neighbor requesting a welfare check at the home of 72-year-old William Dubois Jr. The neighbor had grown increasingly worried when he heard an unusual noise coming from William's home a few days earlier and had seen no sign of him since. Officers were quickly dispatched to investigate further. Hello. >> How are you, man? >> Good. Him? >> This is Denton Stringer, the neighbor who called 911 to request a welfare check. He would soon prove to be more involved in this case than just being a neighbor. >> He's not answered. >> He's not answered, but uh I was laying in my bed the other night. >> I heard something fall. Sound like a >> Do you have a car? >> Yeah, I had a car. But >> where's his car? >> His car has been gone for 2 three days. Well, maybe he's gone. >> Okay. >> He even told us. >> Okay. >> You he would told us, man. >> Okay. >> You know what position his bedroom is at? >> Back that way up there. >> Okay. I'll come back and talk to you in just a second. Okay. >> The officer believes William might just have left. That is until she discovers a disturbing odor coming from inside the house. >> Why station? Can we have an operator meet me on 3, please? >> Due to the unusual situation, officer Hrix calls for a backup officer who arrived quickly and would be briefed on the discoveries. >> I have one piece of mail. He said two nights ago, he heard a really loud boom. There's a odd smell when I opened the door. No flies up here. When I rounded the corner, you only get it every now and then. Wait till you round the corner. That's when I really Yeah, you Oh, I'm getting it every Yeah. Right here. I know that smell. >> That odor could have been coming from the trash can, but Officer Hrix was convinced it was coming from inside the house. The officers needed to get in. However, a strange odor alone was not enough to obtain a search warrant. So, Officer Hrix decided to ask around the neighborhood, and she would soon discover that Denton Stringer had done some suspicious things since William's disappearance. With that said, let's get back to the officers on the scene. Officer Hendris didn't waste any time [music] and decided to head to the store directly across from Williams house to see if anyone had seen or heard anything. >> Yeah, it's hot. So, okay. So, the neighbor over there says that that man sometimes comes over and talks with y'all. >> He does, man. >> Last time he saw him or his car just not seen it probably two days, but that's what he's saying. >> I'm not for sure when the last time, but I know it's been two days and it has there. >> Yeah. The next people next door, we've had some problems. probably not necessarily, but they find out there. But Bill's always been really great. He said, "Watch our place." >> Okay. >> The guy in the neighbor there's some there's >> And he come over here to call Bill's number like a 1800 number. And listen, I called the police on the other side because of the women out there fighting everything, screaming from the kids. So >> on his side. >> Yes. So I've said if anybody did anything, it would be them. I mean that's you shouldn't even say that but [laughter] because it's just odd that they come over here and then he's telling us to call Bill like this should check on this one cuz he doesn't have a phone. >> Yeah, that's what he said. He said his daughter stole his phone or zero. >> Hey, he was a teacher at my junior high. So, uh these people over here are saying that the guy next door >> Uhhuh. is like always has some type of drama going on. They're him and whoever are always fighting. Not him and Bill, but him and someone else. I mean, worst case scenarios, somebody's, you know, done something bad and took his car. >> What the shop owner just revealed is very significant. Firstly, William, who is known around the neighborhood by Bill, hasn't been seen for the past 2 to three days, which is highly unusual according to the shop owner. Secondly, William's neighbor, Denton Stringer, is known to have frequent drama at his house involving various women. Recently, Denton had asked the shop owner to call William to check on him, explaining that his daughter had stolen his phone. If true, this daughter might be the same woman Denton argues with often, and if she took his phone, there is a possibility she could also be linked to William's car missing. Finally, the shop owner claims that if something bad happened to William, it would be them, suggesting that Denton and the daughter were likely involved. All of this casts suspicion on both Denton and his daughter. Officers hope that whatever they find inside Williams house might reveal just how involved they were in his disappearance. With all of this in her head, Officer Hris returns to Williams house where officers had managed [music] to contact the landlord for an additional key. Nothing could have prepared them for the horrifying scene they would discover inside everywhere. >> Really? >> There's some here. >> Know what it is. Uh, and there's no TV in the living room that's missing. >> As officers enter the house, they find Williams lifeless body in the bathroom. It soon becomes clear that this was no natural passing. >> Is that splatter on the door frame? >> What >> is that splatter on the door flame? >> Yes, splatter. >> Okay. >> There's right there. >> Oh, wow. Maybe his door was unlocked. There's no phone either. What the officers had discovered was nothing short of horrific. But the attacker had left a lot of clues, meaning police could piece together a story. For starters, the body had a strong rotten smell, indicating that William had likely been dead for over 24 hours. Throughout the house, shelves and drawers had been left open with numerous valuables missing. This initially led investigators to believe it was a robbery. However, this is where they discovered something very curious. The front door had been locked from the outside and there were no signs of forced entry. Officers realized that a scenario like this couldn't be possible unless William's attacker somehow had a key to his house. In other words, whoever did this to William must have a closer connection to him than a random burglar. This made the shop owner's earlier comments even more interesting to police. They had mentioned that if anything happened to William, it would probably be Denton and his so-called daughter, both of whom were close enough to William to have been given a spare key. So, with no better leads, Denton quickly became the main focus of the investigation, and police began to wonder if he was simply a concerned neighbor or if he knew far more about Williams death than he was letting on. His I didn't even notice his TV's missing, too. TV's missing. No wallet, no phone. Um, no. Force entry. I think we need to talk to this guy. >> He just got here. Oh, I told Jeff. Um, >> told Jeff. >> Yeah, they I talked with them over there. They said he comes over a lot and talks with them. And they said if anything ever happened to him, it would be because of somebody over at his apartment. You noticing there's some red fuzz all over the place. I'm not sure what >> he's laying on the blanket that the fuzz I think came from, >> but there's fuzz in like the kitchen. There's fuzz on this on this couch right here. >> All the doors in his bedroom are open. Keys, wallet, phone, stuff that normally would be laying out. >> What kind of car is it? I got He just told me it was red. >> It's a red Ford Focus. We have the tag and everything. And Courtney just sent out a bolo. Did not release any information. Just said just stop this vehicle. Notify our department >> to find answers. The cops needed to locate that [music] red Ford Focus, which was now on the radar of the entire Fort Smith Police Department. Whoever had possession of William's vehicle could undoubtedly help solve this case. But the officers had no idea where to start looking until William's son arrived at the scene, providing them with a major breakthrough. >> That's his son. >> That's his son. >> Try unit out here, please. Uh, black box >> in the uh tractor. >> Tractor. Yeah. >> Did you say where it went? Where where the car? >> Mom does that with her cars. >> She says there [laughter] is a train, but it's not at his mom's house. >> Mom does it with >> But the car is not at the mom's house. >> No. >> According to the son, William had a GPS tracking device [music] installed in his car. And the car is actually owned by William's wife, Susan, who has access to a mobile app that could track his location. The cops now know this tracking device is their only key to crack the case wide open and catch the killer. So with this in mind, officers would quickly redirect their attention to Susan's home. But unfortunately, they'd also have the difficult task of informing Susan that her husband passed away. I need him up now. >> Go cage. >> I can't. You got to sit here and talk to the officers. >> Okay. [snorts] >> Hi, Miss Susan. I'm Officer Hrix. I'm sorry meeting you under these circumstances. >> You know me. >> I've seen you at Northside games. >> I have been there. >> [laughter and gasps] >> Now >> during you want to sit down for a minute. >> No, I'm fine. >> Okay, fine. >> It might it might be better on your legs. >> Just just experience with experiencing. >> In every death investigation, we do a complete investigation from top to bottom because we don't want to leave any stone unturned. Does that make sense? >> I'm a retired nurse. So, >> okay. Well, he and and we're not saying this is a homicide at this point. Okay. know he had a heart condition and strokes >> and he could have fell and hit his head but there's some blood there that we're concerned about. Does that make sense? >> He probably fell. >> Okay, he's acting so strange Saturday. >> Here's our biggest issue. He was acting strange Saturday. Okay, here's our biggest right now is the car is missing. >> Oh no. >> Yes. >> Where's your tracker? >> Do you have a tracker on that car? >> I see it. >> Okay. >> Her phone right here. Right here. >> No, that's Tracy's. Mine's in the little kitchen or in the bathroom. >> Somebody run and get her phone. If you can try to get me a location on that car, that's going to help. >> It's going to be tremendous. >> And it could be the fact that you left it somewhere and got home with somebody station. You get your next step right here. My location >> off Kelly Highway. That's it. Sure. It's stationary. It's parked at a house. >> Oh snap. >> And it's [snorts] through JB by Rider, too. >> The car is at JP. >> Who's north? >> It's for JP Y Rider. >> What? [laughter] >> Okay. >> Thanks to Susan, the cops now know where the missing vehicle is. Without wasting any time, officers quickly leave Susan's house and head towards the location of the car. But they have no idea who has it or what kind of danger they could be facing when they find it. After all, this is the stolen car of a murdered man. >> Hello. >> How you doing? >> Y'all live here? >> I don't. >> Okay. You live here? >> No. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> They're looking out the window. We got people looking out the window. So, let's >> You got an ID on you? >> Yes, ma'am. >> I have an ID. I mean, no, it's not as soon. >> Okay, let's go inside. >> Let's go inside. Let's go get your wallet. >> Uh, no, no, no. You can go. You can do whatever you got to do. >> Make her go too. >> Oh, hang tight. We're going to be parked there for a second. >> She should have to go to >> go where? >> Whoever uh >> go inside with us. I mean, she can hang tight for me right here. >> We're going to come. We're going to all go over here. Let's all go over here. What's going on? >> I don't know. Let's go over here. >> I mean, what? Have we got something wrong? >> Yeah. Yeah. Something Something's going on. Go over there and we'll explain it to you. >> It seems there's someone in this house who wants to avoid the cops. And these officers know they could be walking into an ambush. So, everybody behind that door is a person of interest. >> Okay. So, uh basically they came out the back. They tried to go out the back. Uh they said they were going outside to smoke. Somebody just shut the front door on me. So, >> police department. >> Hey, come out with your hands up. We know you're in here. Come out. >> Formith police department. Go ahead. Hold >> traffic. >> Going on. Come on. >> Hey. Hey. Come out. Come out. It's okay. It's okay. Just come out on the side of the house. >> What have we done wrong? >> Who else is here? >> It's an investigation. Investigation. >> We're going to explain that. We're going to explain that. Who else is in here? Come on. What's going on? >> Just walk out to that side of the house for me. Who else is in here? Is anybody else in here? >> Just walk out here. Right here to the right. Thank you. >> What's going on here? >> Taylor. >> That's Taylor. Who else is in here? >> Go ahead and step out. >> No. Go ahead and step over. >> Forcement police. This is your last TIME TO COME OUT FREELY. Come out with your hands up. Keep your hands in the air where I can see them. Keep your hands in the air where I can see them. Good. Keep walking. Keep walking. Walk toward me. >> Randall Perkins. Correct. >> Pick. Okay. Randall, go ahead. Step off that porch and to your right on the side of the house. Okay. >> Okay. >> Who else is back here? >> How many more? >> Be real with me. >> I don't know who came out. >> Officers would go on to conduct a room by room sweep of the house and confirm it was empty before returning outside to face a different challenge. a handful of detained suspects with potential ties to Williams missing car. Among the small group, officers noted a mix of faces, some nervous, some indifferent, but it wasn't immediately clear who knew what until the question of the red car came up. >> All these subjects were inside the house. Um, when asked any of them, who's this red car? They all pointed to Taylor Elkins. The moment officer Shelby asked who owned the red Ford parked out front, everyone pointed without hesitation at the same person. Taylor Elkins, the first woman who exited the house earlier when police barged inside. Having possession of a man's car who had just turned up dead is naturally going to raise suspicion. And surprisingly, Taylor herself would go on to admit that indeed the car belongs to her. Here's the deal. One of the females that we got out of here, uh, when I said, "Who's this car belong to right here?" And everyone now and I said, "That's your car?" She said, "Yeah, that's my car." >> With this revelation, the focus was pinned directly on Taylor. And it was time for her to explain how she ended up in the possession of a dead man's car. >> Taylor Officer Dris, obviously. Did he read you your Miranda rights? >> Yeah, >> he did. Like your rides, your rights to an attorney, everything like that. >> Okay. Where'd you get the car? >> I already told him. >> You tell me. >> Okay. That boardwalk. It's just like a friend. That's it. His name is Sean, but I don't know his last name. >> White or black? >> He's white. But I don't think he thought it was stolen. I don't >> No, I didn't say it was stolen. >> No, I'm saying like I don't know. >> Okay. I'm just asking know how he got it though. But I'm just saying like I was like, "Dude, like >> you got your phone on you?" No, we don't got nothing on your other. >> Where's your phone at? In there. >> I ain't got a phone. >> Come on. Everybody got a phone? >> [ __ ] She had a phone when I arrest her too. >> Thank you. I believe I don't. My daughter is sh's phone at the time. >> So, you got it from Sean in the first entrance off of Albert Pike to to 4201 King. Dude, he's a crackhead. Whatever. >> That's okay. You give him any money for it or >> No, he likes him like that. We're just friends. >> What's his name on Facebook? So, I don't know. >> I don't know. I don't have a phone. I don't get on my Facebook. >> All right. >> Despite Taylor's vague recollection of how she came in possession of Williams car, officers managed to get a name from her. Shawn, who is a friend of Taylor that she borrowed the car from, or at least that's what she claims. If her story is not a complete fabrication, then whoever Shawn is could be the key to solving this case. However, it's at this time that officers realized they didn't know nearly enough about Taylor, her background, her relationships, and whether she might be tied to Denton Stringer, the neighbor who is already under suspicion. So, over the next few minutes, we will follow these officers in real time as they connect the dots and discover critical information in one of the best detective works we have ever covered. Hey, >> I arrested her lucky >> few weeks ago >> or Elkins >> white guy. >> Yeah. >> I think that's a baby daddy to her or something like that. >> Her baby daddy. >> She's got two kids. >> Okay. Yes. >> Hey, check them. >> Come here. >> That's Taylor's grandparents house. >> That's That's what I said cuz the address look familiar. And then when I heard she coming out here, I was like, I know this chick. Hey, are they homicide or >> I don't know. So beat to that. >> Really? >> Where's she at? Taylor's using a Rebecca Shield's car. >> Hey, you know that's her grandparents house, right? >> The South Greenwood address is her grandparents house. >> Hers? >> Yeah. I swear to you, she's bonded out to that address out of Crawford County. She's got like 10 felonies pending. >> I swear to you. Is it >> The officer just made a crucial connection. Taylor's last known address given to police during her previous arrest was her grandparents house and the same duplex that William lived in. >> Shut up. Would you tell Shelby? >> I said I think that's Yeah. >> 1800 South Greenwood. >> Hey, Sarge. Serge. Serge. >> Give me just a Her address is the neighbor's address. >> Huh? >> Her address is the neighbor's 1800 South Greenwood is her uncle or her grandpa or her dad. >> That's what I'm telling you. That's her grandpa's house and she's bonded out there. She's got like 10 >> 1800 South Greenwood is all in ISIS about it. >> I think we uh this is >> she's bonded out there cuz I arrested her two weeks ago and then like the week after her address is >> 1800 South Greenwood. She got domestic assault the guy that called it in. Wow. >> That's his is 1800 cuz our guys is 1800. >> The officers figured it out. The two prime suspects were related. Taylor was Denton's granddaughter and likely the daughter, the woman in the shop had found suspicious earlier, but what these officers are about to discover next would put the spotlight solely on Taylor. >> Balman has her on camera leaving on the eighth in the car. Leaving the address 8. Yeah. >> Three days. >> About three days. Yeah. >> Monday night. >> Well, she lost. >> Yeah. The demp. The decomp. Yeah. It's about 2 days. 3 days. >> With this final piece of evidence, it is safe to conclude that Taylor Elkins has a major role in Williams death, and detectives needed to get to the bottom of her involvement. The other detained individuals were briefly questioned, but no one had direct ties to William or knew anything about the stolen vehicle. So, with no solid evidence against them, they were released. With the onseen investigation at its end, the next move was obvious, taking in for a formal interrogation. A few hours later, Taylor is placed inside an interrogation room and left by herself for the next 10 minutes, giving her enough time to come up with a plausible alibi to go with. What Taylor doesn't realize is that when the detective walks in, he has information that will completely disprove every excuse [music] she has. >> Hello. How are you? >> Good. >> Could been better. >> All right, Taylor. So you you know why you're down here, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Why are you down here? >> So supposedly the car is stolen. I don't know. Um I had it in my Well, I didn't have it in my um c Well, I don't know how to say it. It wasn't in my property. I didn't I wasn't in the car or nothing like that, but it was stolen and everybody pointed their fingers at me and I mean I admitted to driving it, so it Okay. And where did you get it from? >> This dude named Sean. Sean Hoo. >> I don't know his last name. I really I don't know his last name. I just call I say hate to to him basically. Um he he's just a friend. Like he does drugs, you know. So I mean you don't I don't know everybody last night. >> You been you've been arrested lately? >> Yeah. >> When's the last time you arrested? >> Uh last week. That's when I got my kids taken. Okay. >> That was Miller and this other guy. >> And when you when you bonded out? >> Uh I see one. >> Okay. Hey, what address did you use when you bought out? >> It's Winder. You >> sure? >> Where's my grandpa's? >> Who's your grandpa? >> Didn't >> Sugar bought it out, too? >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah, I bought >> Did he Did he bond you out? >> No. >> Oh, okay. >> No, he had a 40,800. >> 1800 what? >> Greenwood Avenue. >> Okay. When's the last time prior to that you were over there? >> Two days ago. >> And what were you doing over there? >> My grandpa. I am born in Atlanta's children. >> His children. >> Yeah. >> In just a few minutes, this detective was able to make Taylor confirm most of the evidence connecting her to the crime. In her own words, Taylor admitted that Denton Stringer is indeed her grandfather. She had William's car for a few days. And most importantly, she was at Denton's house the same period when William was killed. But this detective was just getting started. And he's about to make Taylor dig her own grave. So, what about the guy that lives right next door to him? You know him? >> Yeah. >> Who's that? >> His name's Bill. >> Bill what? >> I don't know. >> Oh, >> I don't know. I don't know people's name. >> Yeah. >> How old was Bill? >> Oh, I don't know. >> Was last time you seen Bill? >> I don't know. >> I don't know. He works down there. >> So, this car you've been riding around in, whose car is that? >> I don't know. >> You never seen that car before? >> I've seen it. >> Where? >> There. >> Where? >> Oh my god. Where Taylor? >> Oh my god. >> Where Taylor? >> There. Wow. >> I think you kind of knew that. >> No, I didn't. I really got in. >> I think you did. >> I didn't. >> I think you did. >> I did. I think I think you know Bill. >> I know Bill. Yeah. >> How well do you know him? >> I don't know him that well. >> And when's the last time you seen him? >> Like I said, like he come in. I don't know. I don't pay attention to him. Like he ain't nothing to me. >> Really? >> He ain't nothing to me. >> You kind of got on defensive all of a sudden on me. I'm just kind of curious. >> Cuz you all look in my face now. >> No, you got on defensive before I ever >> No, like you're in my face like >> this. I want to make sure that we're understanding each other. [music] >> And we are. >> Okay. >> I really I don't like I don't know. I can like pay attention. I be doing my own thing all night. >> Okay. >> So, why are you staring at me like that? >> Okay. I'm just trying to figure out if you're being honest with me. >> I am. I'm actually >> Taylor is trapped. She just implicated herself further by admitting that she knows William and to her surprise was driving his very car. After this brilliant line of questioning, the detective tells Taylor to sit tight and leaves the room. During this time, he would make a phone call to Taylor's grandfather, Denton Stringer, and Denton would tell him that Taylor was at his house a few days ago along with two white males. With this information at hand, the detective comes back to the interrogation room with one goal. Make Taylor confess to whatever she did inside Williams home. >> You take a nap. >> Tired. >> Oh, you and me both, girl. >> I'm old. I need my beauty sleep. Can't you tell? >> Legit tired. >> So, let me let me ask you something. >> Um, do you have a phone? >> No. >> You don't have a phone? How come? My daughter Saturday. >> Oh, how long you been without a phone? >> Huh? >> How long you been without phone? Told two and a half. >> Okay, Taylor, you uh you went to your dad's today. Were you there earlier this week, like Monday or Tuesday? Let me rephrase that. You were there earlier this week and you had two white males with you. Who was those two white guys that are with you? >> I don't know. Cuz I've already talked I've already talked to you, Grandpa. >> Okay. And right there by the side, your grandpa's at school. >> Yeah. >> That school's got video and it shows you showing up with two white males. So I'm just kind of curious. Who are those two white males on? >> I remember two white. >> You don't. >> So you don't think that's Bill's car? >> I mean, if it is, that's [ __ ] amazing. Even when directly confronted with undeniable facts, Taylor continues to play dumb, even making a mockery of the entire situation. So, in order to make it clear to Taylor that this is a serious situation, the detective would reveal the true reason she's in the interrogation room because she is a murder suspect. >> Do you know why that's Bill's car? >> Why? >> Cuz he's dead. They beat him to death. And you're driving the car from a man who's been beat to death. >> And I don't know that you ain't got something to do with it. And you want to play tough girl with me. And let me tell you, this is not going to work out for you real good. >> He's been beat to [music] death. >> No. >> You think I'm lying? You think Why the hell you think I'm here? You know why I'm here? Do you know what my title is? Huh? Homicide. Hey, it's got real. You talking about losing your girls? If they can lose them for a lifetime, though, >> you know what? You're you're you're knee deep in this [ __ ] right now. This reality, >> you better start coming clean with >> I told you. >> I'm I'm just letting you know. Here's here's where we're at, Taylor. I'm going to be honest with you. This can go either really good for Taylor or this can go really bad for Taylor because I can promise you I'm really good at what I do. If I can catch you in a lie, and if you lie to me, I will. I will put you in prison for the rest of your little life. Just know that. >> Now that Taylor understands the severity of everything [snorts] and is deeply emotional, the detective will seize the moment to confront her by exploiting her vulnerable state in hopes that the emotional pressure will break her defenses and compel her to finally tell the truth. >> I'm not threatening you. >> I am promising you. So if you give a damn about Phil I >> if you didn't kill him >> if you didn't beat the hell out of that old man. >> Why would I do that? >> You're driving the car >> that was taken after they beat him. You better come up with who had this damn car or who you took over there with you that seen him and went back and targeted him. >> I told you. I told you. I got >> Listen to me. Here's here's >> the truth. >> You better start coming up with some full names because you know what? Who do you need to think of right now? Who's the most important person in your life right now? >> Baby. >> You You and your babies and you better take care of them. >> Dude, I tell you, >> you better think. You better think hard cuz we I got all night. Hell, I get paid by an hour. I'll stay here all weekend. You're driving around a dead man's car. >> I didn't know he was dead. I wasn't there. >> But you know the people who probably killed him. >> I told you I got the corpse. >> Sean who? in the apartment that you pointed out. >> Yeah. >> The guy old man died in had a heart attack and died in one last week and the other one's got an old woman that lives in it. >> That's I'm just I'm giving you an opportunity right now. >> Okay. I'm telling you. >> Okay. Tell me. >> I told you. I'm telling you. Like, bro. >> Let me ask you this. If you had to get Shawn right now, where would you go get him at? >> What apartment number? It's It's a corner. If there's four, five, six, seven, it's either five or six. >> Now, it seems like Taylor has a story to prove her alibi. Taylor claims that William's car belongs to a man named Shawn, who she borrowed the car from recently. If what she's saying is true, then Shawn could very well be the perpetrator of this evil crime. However, Taylor would also proceed to point more accusations towards Shawn, telling the detective that he assaulted her, ruined her life, and took her kids away. This means that Taylor was likely involved in a relationship with Shawn for a good amount of time. But what's strange about this entire story is that every time the detective asks Taylor for personal information about this Shawn guy, she dodges the questions and refuses to give any information away. So, with Taylor seemingly uncooperative, the detective would end this interview to get to the bottom of her claims and figure out who Shawn really is. And what they discovered would put Taylor in an even worse situation. You >> been thinking about anything? I thought is So, this the guy you saying you got a car from? >> Are you sure? Well, I told you he's in jail. >> I don't know. >> Well, told you he's been in jail since June the 6th. >> I don't know. >> You think I'm making this up? >> No. So if he's in jail, I have to give you the car. It was him. >> You better rethink this, Taylor. That's looking like you killed him. >> No. Yeah. >> You think it's funny? >> No, I wasn't me. >> Well, you better figure it out then, cuz you just lied. >> No, I didn't. Shawn giving her the car was a completely fabricated story and the detective just proved it. So with this major lie exposed, Taylor is taken away to sleep in jail while detectives work on finding more incriminating evidence against her. The next day, Taylor is brought back into the interrogation room in an orange jumpsuit. This time, the detective has prepared undeniable evidence to thoroughly debunk her entire alibi and make her confess. [music] >> [music] >> I didn't want to see a picture of him. >> You believe he's dead now? >> Yeah. [music] >> You still think this is all a joke? [music] >> Really? >> You sleep last night, did you? You won't [music] sleep. That's what haunted you. There's only one way you're ever going to get any relief [music] or you're going to get any closure. You're going to have to tell us the truth of everything you know. And you haven't done it yet. And it's going to be the hardest thing for you to do. [music] But it's the only way you're going to get any peace ever >> at at a minimum. But if you didn't do it, you know who did. >> Are you scared of the person who's involved in this? >> I don't know who's involved in it. You really do get stuff out of people by threatening them. >> Their face. I haven't got a new face. I'm saying that you >> I had threatened you. I'll let you know what's fix to happen to you. [music] >> Cuz you don't believe anything. >> I'm sorry. >> You don't believe anything. >> I don't believe liars. Okay. >> And you're a damn liar. >> You need to be out there getting a real killer. >> Well, you need to be helping us. If you even cared about the old man that's been beat to death and shot, you need to be helping us. [music] >> He was shot. >> You don't think he was shot? >> Was he? >> You tell me. >> You just showed me the top. [music] You're not seeing enough. You want to see it again and get a better look? >> I want you to remember that picture every night of your life. >> Every night. >> Alen's body language has shifted from cocky and playful to scared and confused and just about everything else in between. Her behavior would change again after she's allowed to make a phone call to her mother where she'd stop pleading innocence and start playing the victim. She's now going to paint a picture of a man named Joseph Rogers, better known as Joe, that will make him out to be the bad guy. >> So, we let you talk to your mom. So, now what I would like to ask you for you to tell us the truth. >> The truth. I mean, I told y'all the truth today, but I didn't tell y'all of it. >> Tell us from the beginning what happened and exactly the truth the way it happened. Okay. like Joe came over that night and um he he asked me what he had in the house and I told him that he didn't have [ __ ] He's like, "Will you knock on the door?" I knocked on the door and then he went in. I left. That's when I went to McDonald's and I came back. He told he took care of it. I didn't kill him. I didn't do nothing like that. when he said he took care of it. >> He told me that at the casino cuz I asked I kept asking him what happened cuz I didn't want to pardon him. So I'm scared, you know. I didn't want to go in there or nothing. I didn't know what happened. [clears throat] And I just I kept asking him what happened. What happened? What happened? He kept telling me that he took care of it, that it's okay, that he finished it, blah blah nothing would come about it. And he just he just kept telling me that he's like you get rid of them blah blah blah. He's like I'm not touching them and that's the way I had pee on him. Like I didn't know if I knew all that I would have took his car if I knew if I knew he was dead dead like that where you know like I >> Elkins has implicated Joe by claiming he'd taken care of William while he was robbing him of his belongings. She also claims he's behind the whole thing and she was too terrified to stop him. If this wasn't the third story she'd came up with, the detectives may have believed her. But what Elkins doesn't realize is that the detectives have potential evidence that will place her at the scene of the crime and prove she's been lying all along. >> Taylor, one thing that is concerning is the fact that Bill does have hair in his hand. Okay. And we had a detective down there during his autotosing >> who states that the hair is the same color as yours and Joe doesn't have any hair. So where would that come [music] from? >> Cuz I didn't see that. That's true. That's why I gave a hair simple eyes. [music] Yeah. I just want to get my hair focusing. >> Did you ever see Bill after McDonald's? >> If that lock of hair they found on William's body belongs to Elkins, then her stories will mean nothing as the physical evidence will do the talking for her. [music] But right now, that's not the only thing she has to worry about, as detectives have even more evidence that proves her whole story has been a lie from the very beginning. And it's all thanks to the GPS tracker William's wife installed in his car. That GPS tracker would also help detectives to map everywhere she had been from the very moment she stepped in the car and then used the CCTV to determine who was inside the vehicle. I know you don't have me. I'm sorry. Got a job to do. I hope you understand that. Let me show you another picture. [music] Who's that? >> Where is that at? Well, >> there he is in the car with you in Bill's car. [music] >> That's Joe. >> Is Joe the one killed him? Joe was with you when you left the house and when y'all went to the casino. Did Joe kill him? Here's your Here's your opportunity. We got the evidence. There's a tracker on the car. We take it straight from when you left there. You go to Kavanaaugh, [music] you go to the casino. So, you need to get this gets real real for you real quick. So, you need to think about this [music] cuz we're fix to take this to the prosecutor to get a warrant for you for murder. So, you better start thinking if you want to take the rap or you want to be honest because we're we're running out of time. >> No, you ain't. No, you ain't. >> Okay. >> I just showed you. I'm not watch. >> I'm not hit nothing. I didn't say you watch. >> I didn't say you watch, but I said you know. But here's the thing. >> Wait. Okay. So, people are just supposed to come up and tell me, right? >> Now that you're protecting him, you'll be charged as a crime. >> How am I protecting him? >> You know what happened? >> So, people just come up and tell me all now that people murder somebody. No, >> this is your last chance. This is your last. I'll be back with that murder warrant. Okay, come back with us. >> Taylor's arrogance with the entire situation has seemed to finally have caught up to her, and her extreme stubbornness has left the detectives with no choice other than to resort to other methods of incriminating suspects, such as DNA samples, hair samples, and last but not least, the polygraph. The polygraph test was done off camera. However, the polygraph examiner would have some harsh words for Taylor after the test had concluded. >> The test results were not good showing that you were showing deception. Deception means that you're trying to deceive. You're not being truthful. >> I am. >> I brought this in here to show you. You see that question that says R5 >> and that big spike on it? >> That's where you were telling us a lie. You were lying to me when I asked you in the test. Were you present when he was attacked? >> Not when he was killed, but attacked. Maybe not killed. >> When I asked you, did you kill him? Your reading is stronger than that. >> Oh my god. >> Leave just cuz you're just getting winners right now. I'm not rude today. I've had >> Well, I really don't give a [ __ ] if you're in the mood or not. >> Of course you don't. All right. I'm a rude person. >> I'm not a rude person. >> Yes, you are. >> You're a rude, cold, heartless murderer. That's what you are. >> No, I'm not. >> Look at you. You have no defense for yourself. >> I'm not >> cuz you killed the old man. >> No, I didn't. I know what I'm capable of. I >> Yeah, you're capable of that. You're right in the middle of all of it. >> And why you don't think you think you're so tough? >> I told you what happened. >> You ain't told us nothing. You make up everything to point the finger at everybody else. >> But I don't. >> You do 100%. >> I don't. >> This is not going to go away. This is not going to quit. >> You're going to keep having your little nightmares that you have, and I hope you do for the rest of your [ __ ] life. >> Taylor would never formally confess during the rest of the interrogation, continuing to point fingers, blame others, sometimes being completely imaginary people, and playing the victim. William Dubois Jr. had suffered from 27 impact injuries and met a terrifying end the day of his death. The hair sample found in Williams hand was eventually matched to the hair of Taylor's, adding one final cherry on top to help convict her. Detectives ultimately believed Elkins was responsible. Although she didn't confess to the cops, she allegedly made a confession during her incarceration. She also told another inmate that she went to William's house to borrow some money and had become angry when he didn't have any. So, out of both frustration and pure evil, she grabbed a hammer and beat the life out of William without any remorse. Taylor's grandfather, Denton Stringer, was initially investigated as a potential suspect. However, [music] with no solid evidence connecting him to Williams murder or Taylor's involvement, authorities ruled him out. As for Joseph Rogers and Shawn, they were both cleared of any involvement in Williams death, the two had nothing to do with the crime whatsoever and were simply scapegoats for Taylor to point fingers at. As for Taylor, she was charged with first-degree murder on October 9th, 2019. And in January 2020, she accepted a plea deal that meant she'd avoid a life sentence. Instead, she was sentenced to over 40 years in prison. Her first chance at parole will come in 2015.