I work for you guys, okay? Long story short, I work for you guys. Please get out of here. You guys are blowing the spot up. All right? >> Who do you work for? >> I can't tell you that. >> Why? >> I cannot tell you that because I'm not allowed to tell you that. >> On May 2nd, 2023, Cleveland police responded to a report of a woman tied up in a basement. The man at the house was Delonte Geiger. >> Bro, you You guys can't be here like this. >> I don't um >> You can't be here like this. >> Nope. >> Hey, I'm just knocking on your door. >> I I understand that, but you're making me You're making me hot. >> What? >> You're making me hot. >> What does that mean? >> I'm about to come out. >> All right, come on out. How you doing, sir? >> You guys can't be out here like this. >> My name's Officer Robles, that's Officer Obed. Just so you know, everything's recorded. >> Listen. >> Yes? >> Turn those cameras off, please. >> What's What's going on? >> Could you please turn the cameras off? >> You have to give me a reason that I can. >> I work for you guys, okay? Long story short, I work for you guys. Please get out of here. You guys are blowing the spot up. >> Who do you work for? >> I can't tell you that. >> Why? >> I cannot tell you that because I'm not allowed to tell you that. Okay? So, just understand that. >> Well, here, we have a call. Here, sir, let me just tell you why we're here and then we'll leave. It could be nothing. I don't know. I don't know anything about you. >> I'm just saying y'all can't be here. Y'all making my spot hot. All right? >> Well, that doesn't make any That doesn't make any sense. >> Don't I don't I don't You don't even make sense to y'all. You hear me? So, uh what I need y'all to do is >> Hey, sir, can you come over to this address for a minute? >> Bro, don't don't do that, bro. You're blowing the spot up. >> Hey. >> [clears throat] >> This would be crazy. >> Yeah, we have a male in the back. >> What's What was your call about? >> Did you have a female here earlier that was uh a white female in a black coat? >> Hell no, bro. >> All right, well, here's the complaint Here's the complaint. What's the complaint? She made a complaint that says somebody was in the basement and they were injured. >> Y'all got to go. Y'all got to go. >> Well, I got to ask. I mean, cuz you're making me >> No, sir. No, sir. >> Well, you're making me a little suspicious now. >> Man, listen, you need to leave. >> Do you live here? >> Y'all need to leave. >> Sir, do you live here? >> Yes, sir. >> Is this your truck? >> My dump truck? >> Yeah. >> That doesn't matter. You're asking the wrong questions. >> All right. >> That dump truck has nothing to do with the questions that >> Was anybody in your house injured? >> No, sir. >> All right. >> I live by myself. >> All right. >> I'm a business owner. >> All right. >> You feel me? Like I apologize about your car. I'm trying to make it my spot out. You know what I'm saying? Um >> Do you do me a favor and take your hands out of your pants? I mean, my hands are out of my pants, so >> Listen, I ain't got nothing going on, but y'all need to leave. I ain't got nothing going on, but y'all need to leave. >> All right. >> Y'all please leave. >> Let me ask my boss and then we'll go. >> Man, I'm I'm going to go back inside. I don't care what you ask your boss. >> Well, let me say just say this, sir. You're acting very suspicious, so that makes me more suspicious. >> I don't care. I asked I asked the questions. There's nothing going on. >> Well, we could squash it right now and that'll be the end of it. >> I'm trying to please listen. I'm trying to tell you all I have to say is I really need you guys to leave. >> What's your name? You American? Call the police. Find out. >> Nice to meet you. >> I just called. I live here. I remodeled our house. >> You live here or you don't? >> Listen, I I helped you out. I worked with y'all. I I worked with you guys. Okay? Long story short, I need y'all to leave. Make a phone call. >> Well, we're not going to leave that quickly until we figure out what's going on. >> There's nothing to do. >> So, we were told there's a lady tied up in the basement. >> There ain't nobody tied up in the basement. >> Can we look? >> No. No, but >> Why not? >> Because I say so. >> Is someone tied up down there? >> No. >> What's your What's your name, buddy? >> I can't tell you that, bro. >> What do you mean you can't tell me? Is this your truck? >> My dump truck? That's my company truck. Okay. This is my business. Yeah, there's nothing going on with it. >> Is it in your name? >> No. >> Then why why don't you want to tell us where you are? >> Ooh, I'm trying to tell you I'm in a confidential informant. That's all I have to say. You guys are bugging right now. You guys are bugging. >> No, that's not all you have to say. >> That's >> Who told you that? >> I I can't say nothing else. >> Well, if there's something down in the basement, we got to know. >> in the basement. I just What I really >> So, why can't I look? >> Why do you Why do you >> Because All that stuff that went on in the past with those three girls, man, we got to take this seriously. >> What three girls? What three girls? >> Gina DeJesus >> I don't know them. I don't >> You know what I'm saying? If we don't take this seriously, there's something going on. >> I'm about to give you my social security number. >> Oh, yeah? >> Here you go. Stop. Please don't. Here you go. Here you >> That's what you said for the last 10 or 15 minutes. >> There's nothing going on. Please do your sort Please do your homework and research. >> I have no homework and I have no research. >> Call your detective, sir. >> And what's he going to tell me? >> He's going to tell you that I am valid and everything is okay. >> Okay, but is he going to tell me that there's not a girl tied up in your basement? >> Of course, cuz he's never been here. >> Okay, is he going to be for sure? >> Yes. >> How do I know? >> But how does he know? >> Yeah, how does he know? >> he's never been here. How does he know there's not a girl tied up? Well, so I guess you guys are going to take the cop here's word off the mouth. Nobody knows. >> We'll see. We're staying here. If we If we If we were just going to do what we're going to do, we wouldn't be staying here. We wouldn't be saying anything. So, >> What I really need you to do is take my word. Listen. >> Right, does that sound how it works? >> how it works. >> Does that sound how it >> No, it don't because you're saying you want us to do that, but that isn't I'm honest. >> That's not how it works. >> want it to work the way you want it to work. >> No, no, no, no, no. We We're telling you the law. All right, if we wanted it to work the way we wanted it to work, I We'd already been in there. Yeah, we'd probably looked in the basement and you'd be in the car. So, but we're not. We're actually taking the time to figure out what you're doing. All right? >> I'm trying to >> And we're trying to protect you because somebody made a a false claim about you, then >> Yeah, that's what it is. That's all it is. >> But here we are, right? >> and I know I overreacted. >> Yes, you did. >> like I just said, I'm on probation. I got jammed up by Detective Sims not so long ago. You feel me? And this is the first time this [ __ ] has happened. This is the first time somebody's made a complaint. This is the first time five cops have pulled up on my house while I was working with him. Okay? So like like this is the first time. I'm overreacting. I'm I'm sorry. Hands up here. I know I'm overreacting, bro. >> I know. Well, how about we get my sergeant? He's got something to say about what's going to happen. >> apologize about that. Like I said, I was being >> But do you understand our point at least? >> I totally understand. I totally understand. I swear to God I do. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to [ __ ] you guys. I I was waiting yesterday at 5:00 from 5:00 to 6:30. You know what I'm saying? I'm just trying to get off probation and out of Cleveland. There's going to be people talking about me for the boom. He jammed me up. >> Breaking the law. >> So yeah, >> People are going to be mad. >> We aren't here and we're not here to jam you up. We're just trying to make sure everybody's safe. >> everybody's safe. I can get you that. >> All right, so usually when we find that people don't want us to do certain things, >> No, it ain't about that. >> If you enjoy our work and want to keep up with our latest videos, please subscribe to the channel. Now, let's get back to the footage. >> a false police report. I need to go arrest that person. I'm about to go back inside, okay? >> Well, I ain't done. Let me talk to the sergeant and then we'll figure >> hanging on for? >> Well, we want you to talk to the sergeant to see what he wants to do. >> to call Detective Smith cuz I can't do this. >> now. I can't do this, bro. Call him up right now and just tell him what's going on. >> Yeah, I can't do this, bro. >> he says to say about it. >> Shh. I'm about to go back inside. Y'all can figure out what y'all got going on out here, but I can't be out here talking to y'all cuz too much wrong. >> Well, let let me let let's my This guy is going to go ask the sergeant what he's going to do here. >> I know my rights, okay? >> I didn't say you did, but he's going to >> I don't have to be out here while you guys do your investigation. >> Well, I don't want to have to come in. >> saying? You don't You don't have the right to come in. >> I don't. >> So, you you you can't come in. >> Well, >> I know my rights. I'm trying to work with you guys, but you guys I feel like y'all ain't trying to work with me. I know my rights. >> What are they? >> [cheering] >> I know the rights. I know my rights. >> All right. >> You know what I'm saying? So, like it That [ __ ] dead. >> [cheering] >> That [ __ ] is dead. It's dead. All the way dead. You feel me? So, like there's There's not about to go down like that. I know my rights. So, I'm I'm about to go back inside. Let y'all knock. I'm I'm I'm going to call the Texas Rangers, all right? Texas Rangers. >> us to Well, tell me you want us to go back inside, so >> go back inside. You're not going to stop me from doing that. >> Listen, just give us a minute, okay? >> I gave you 15 minutes of my life already. >> I know. >> I'm not about to give y'all no more time, bro. My life is on the line. I could lose my life. >> Listen, do you want me to be honest? We got a call, you're acting very >> I'm acting I'm acting like my life is on the >> I actually like Cuz I am a confidential informant, and you lose five cops outside my house. >> if you wouldn't have said any of that, nobody would have known. >> I'll let you know. I got to let you know. I got to let you know. >> You don't You don't have to. I'm pretty sure that's what he said. >> I'm going to go back inside. >> Well, hang on, because I don't know what's going on. >> What do you mean? I don't have to hear you. >> just asking you for the investigation. I just want to ask you to be patient. I'm not going in your house, but just just stand here with me for a minute. >> I know my rights. I don't have to stand. You're asking me a question, and I'm going to get And I have the right to give you a warning. >> Sir, I don't I don't want to fight with you. I don't want to Just give us a minute, and we'll figure it out. >> Well, you've had >> I know. I'm I'm impatient, too. At this point, I I want to know. >> If there's nothing He He does nothing. He's about to find out. I'm going back inside. And I will not be >> Once he finds out you're a confidential informant, then we're good. Don't you >> What are you talking about? I'm telling you I am. >> I don't know that. Well, don't know it. Do you know how many people say that? >> Well, don't know it. I'm not breaking no laws. You guys are not about to stop me from going in my house. >> Well, I don't want to. >> Listen. Thank you, sir. I have to go. >> You got to go? You leaving? >> I have to go inside, bro. I cannot be out here. I don't I don't be out here like that. >> we're going to hang out a minute. I'm going to talk to the detectives and see if they're going to want us to come in. >> All right. >> You're good to go. You got any weapons in there? >> I don't know. >> All right. What are you trying to do to me? >> tied up in there? >> Please don't do me like I cannot go like Call Detective Smith. Please. What what department? Second district. This phone number is right here. I just left I just left downtown. Before you guys got here, I had a probation appointment. Look. I had a probation I just got home. >> What's his number? >> Like this is crazy. >> Uh right here. Here. All right, I'll give him a call. >> Please. >> Well, you can go in there and we'll talk to the detectives. You want me to knock on the door and let you know what we're doing? >> I don't get What are y'all doing? Y'all not coming inside. >> Well, I figured you weren't going >> This probably not going to happen, bro. I work here. >> You got a firearm? >> Just just >> Well, I mean that's There's nothing to do with what's going on today. >> I didn't say that, man. This is a [ __ ] crazy. Please. That's all I wanted to say, like >> All right, we're going to go and check it out. Yeah. And your parents expect you. >> Does this guy have a gun? >> Yeah. >> He went to the apartment. Did he give you this gun? >> He used to be a process server trying to be a CI. He's working with his probation officer and all that. So, okay. >> I mean Yeah, they kind of >> He said no one's in there. >> Okay. >> Uh no females >> I thought that was going to >> You shouldn't have, bro. >> I know. >> I'll talk to your officers coming. Talk to Detective Smith only if >> I already did, too. I only want you I only need you in my house, bro. >> He's a civilian guy. >> Please. We'll be fine. >> Please. >> Please. You understand the the safety issue of it, right? For a police officer. Bro, you know what I mean? Trust me, y'all going to be >> civilian guy. >> Uh anybody got a lighter? I smoke my nerves >> I do. >> My nerves are >> Let's get out of the rain. >> I got a lighter. >> Just stay here. >> Dude, I want to get out of here, too. >> Just stay here. >> I talked to the detective next door, but >> Hey. Do you mind if we look around? >> No, dude. There's too much going on. No. >> Just wait. >> No. No. No. >> All right. Stay outside. Leave this crack open in case he screams. >> Ain't nobody about to do nothing to y'all, dude. You got >> You got that gun on you? >> No, no, no, no. We can go out. >> Come on. >> Seriously. >> Yeah. >> Correct. Just in case he screams. >> Hold on. What are you >> They're not coming in. Oh, you have my word. >> Unless he starts screaming. >> Unless he starts screaming. But does that make sense? >> Yeah, dude. >> Don't steal my lighter. I'm really going to I think I shouldn't have let you guys in. >> Shouldn't have came in >> Just check the basement. That's That's what >> All right. >> stabbed seven times, shot twice. >> Well, have we done any of that to you? >> No, no, no, no, no, no. It's just >> Power. >> I said, I'm trying to change my life and work with the police. And like, this [ __ ] I don't I just don't do that every day. >> Do you feel me? >> I'm going to wait here till I die. >> Turn that down for a minute. Yeah, there you go. Actually, turn it off until we leave and then you can do what you want. That way I can hear everybody. All right? >> Yes, sir. I'm going to walk to the store right behind you guys. >> Okay. >> All right, Albert. See you about >> The officers checked the basement and left without finding the woman. Later that evening, a witness gave police new information. >> I saw him leave the basement to attic. I didn't see him leave. She took him out of her purse. She made like a noose out of the picture. >> Huh? He killed her by the fireplace and he ripped it all out? >> Yeah, he's I'm supposed to help her paint it tomorrow. And I can't answer any differently. I have to tell her about Craig to be normal. You don't see it. I don't want this man to kill me. I mean, he was telling me [ __ ] about my mother and father that nobody could ever know. >> When did he tell you this? >> An hour before I seen you guys. >> When I was here? >> He gave me some crack. He's like, "I want you He's like, "Hit that." So, I'm like, "I want you to try it." And I did. He's like, "I killed I said, "Man, you didn't kill her." Then he proceeded to show me pictures in vivid detail how he did >> Did you see her body? When did you see that? >> I seen it an hour ago, hour and a half ago when he showed me these He's He took pictures of her. And he kept showing me the pictures over and over again. I'm like, "You're psychotic, man. Like, I can't believe he's telling me this. You know what I'm saying?" >> Did you see her actual body, though? >> No, I No, I seen it on the phone, pictures. He took pictures of when he was when he was torturing her, making her write write out that she was a rat, stitched cuz she was naked, like hog- like tied with zip ties, in front of the fireplace. It's on his phone right now. >> When did he supposedly do this? >> He told me he did it last night. He tortured her for 3 hours and then murdered her. He told me he tied her up. This is Christmas. You know what I'm I planned on telling you guys but I just like I'm so scared. I don't know what to do at this point. I didn't >> The witness had only seen photographs and believed the woman was dead. After midnight, police returned to the house. >> What's up, bro? How y'all doing? Same people, same people, same people. >> Mhm. >> I don't even know what we're talking about, man. >> I need y'all to come through the back door, okay? >> Where you going? >> Back door? >> Yeah, yeah. >> You sure? >> Yeah, I'm sure. Sorry for not letting you in earlier, bro. Sorry for my attitude, okay? >> It's all good. >> Give me 5 seconds. I'll meet you in the back there. >> All right, y'all. >> All right. >> I'm going to look again. >> I understand, bro. Basically. How you doing, big dog? >> I'm good. I'm going to go outside. Yes, sir. Just turn that down for a second. >> [music] >> Do you guys mind if I come in? Sir. Turn it down. Push it down. All the way down for me. >> [music] >> Can you please turn it all the way down? >> Do you mind if I come in? >> Sir. Sir. >> All right. Yeah, there's something on the floor. >> I know that. I I know you see something on there. I want I want I want to turn the music down. >> Okay. >> Can you turn the music down? Can [music] you? >> All right. >> Yeah, stay where you're at. I want you to stay where you're at for a moment. >> Okay. >> I'm going to put the handcuffs on you. I'm going to put the handcuffs on you. Now, turn that music off. Is anybody on that front porch? >> No. >> So, what's that noise I keep hearing that you keep turning the music up on every time I hear something? Is anybody on there? >> I heard them dragging something out when we went from the front to the back, too, just so you know. >> Is anybody in that front area cuz I heard voices and or or movement or noise? Yeah. Who's out there? Who's out there? >> I'm sweating a lot. >> What is that? >> Can you hear it? >> So, police. >> Who's out there? Where are you at? >> She's under. There's a thing under. Remember I shined my flashlight? When you guys went back there? >> All right. >> Police. >> All right. Yeah, I heard him sliding something under there when he went from the front to the back. Where are you at? Where are you at, ma'am? >> Police found her alive in a plastic container on the enclosed porch. Parts of the rescue footage were blacked out in the released recording. >> All right. How old are you? >> I'm 60 years old. >> 60 year old female. >> Oh my god. Yes. >> Are you injured besides that? >> I'm paralyzed. >> You're paralyzed. Help's coming. I don't want to move you cuz I don't want to hurt you more. Can you breathe? Hey, is there anyone else here with you that this happened to? Help's on the way. How long? >> I don't know. >> Okay. Who's Let's get He needs to get her in here. >> So, like, what condition I mean I mean she was in bad condition. >> Yeah, so she is in a I'll be 100% honest real bad condition from what I know. I didn't see her like talk to her or anything like that, but from what I was told she's in critical condition right now. She is still alive at the hospital, but at this moment she is in critical. So, but I mean at this moment obviously she's alive cuz of you. >> Sounds good. Perfect. >> Later on, May 3rd, detectives questioned Geiger. His account of what happened would change as they pressed him for details. >> Let me uh I'll start off real quick. I'm going to just read you Miranda warnings and stuff. We'll go over them but I I want to give you a chance to talk and go from there, okay, man? So, there's always the whole bunch, but right now you do have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You do have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one can be presented to you during any time during any questioning. Do you understand your rights? Lieutenant Sligo. So, real quick, man, obviously we know some bad things did go down yesterday. Do you want to give you a chance to go over it on a confidential informant? >> For a detective uh Larry Smith out of the second district. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um >> How long have you been doing that for? >> About a week and a half now. >> Okay. >> About a week and a half. >> [groaning] >> And I I was cool with his herb, but like I wasn't going to kill him, though. I wasn't going to pop him either, and you know what I'm saying? But I just can't have her out on the streets. I just cuz I'm working with Detective Smith trying to get him two hands, five AKs, four Glocks, three that's supposed to be going into the valley like next week. You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to get him who uh moves six ounces of day on coke, crack. You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to get him six ounces a day, but like about half that. It's that, and you know what I'm saying? And like what if >> What if you found out that what? >> That that that the lady that I that that what I was taking care of in my house is a rat, and if she was to get back out on the streets, I'd be exposed. >> Okay. >> And if I die, I get killed, you know what I'm saying? So, like I'm new to this [ __ ] I understand I'm [ __ ] up. I know I can't get out of this. This is bad. You know what I'm saying? I know it's I know it's bad. >> So, the person where you're saying you found out she's a rat, like walk me through that. What happened with that situation? Like how did you find out that she's snitching on you? >> Well, the way the way he had happened for me coming >> [clears throat] >> confidential for me. You know what I mean? It's all about a few days ago take me up to when you and I he come back into play. She She's always at my house smoking dope. >> Okay. >> So I'm trying to take care of everybody on the streets, all the fiends. You know what I'm saying? Like I ain't going to lie to y'all last night I worked for y'all. All right. All the fiends be coming to my house and Spencer knows that. You know what I'm saying? Because we trying to take down the city of Cleveland. You feel me? So boom! [snorts] Like yeah, so like they they come over there and they get fed, they stay the night. They eat, sleep, [ __ ] wash up all day long. That's I swear to god. I swear to god. I swear to god. You know what I'm saying? Like that was just it. Yeah, I beat her up a little bit and I took care of her. What was the deal? >> Okay. >> Beat her up and took care of her. >> Did you just like see her on the street or you call her up say hey >> She She comes to my house. Yeah, they come to my house every day, [ __ ] bro. >> So when did when did she come to your house? >> I can't I don't really I don't like They just That's That's where they live. >> Okay. >> You know what I'm saying? Long story short. All right. That's That's ground zero for the crackheads. >> So So with everything with her yesterday and everything that transpired >> Oh, no, she had been at my house probably like a day before that. >> Okay, so she was So yesterday was Tuesday, so she probably got there like Monday or something. >> Yeah, Monday she was kicking it true, cool, calm, collected. Booda booda booda. You know what I'm saying? Eating, lying to me, acting like she didn't know what I was talking about. You know what I'm saying? So that's how that worked out, bro. And I was like I I apologize, bro. >> Okay. >> But I would have just I I just take turns dying on these streets with all with these crackheads. Cuz they I I keep on telling them like I need to talk to a corporal. Put me in a room by myself. Like the way y'all played that out it was 50 cars in front of my house. I don't think the streets talk. You know what I'm saying? That type of [ __ ] Like so like look, bro, but like I'm new to this [ __ ] >> Mhm. >> And I felt like my life is in danger. Like people are trying to kill me. It's three times already, you feel me? I've already been shot in my ass. They don't mean my mother arm blood, all type of weird [ __ ] This [ __ ] is crazy. And I felt like I was going to die if I didn't hold her for like 2 days and tell her like let her know what was going on. >> Yeah. >> I beat her up, I fed her, showered her. Did all type of weird [ __ ] Made sure she ate. But I just could not let her go back on the streets and tell everybody that I was working for y'all. I couldn't. >> So what what was going when this is all going on, it's you who else is all around during this time when you >> Nobody, bro. There ain't that type of party, bro. I was about to put her out of my business, bro. >> Okay, so it was just you two there the whole the two days together and stuff. Okay. >> You know what I'm saying? But people come in and dope and stuff like that. Don't nobody know what's going on. >> So you're still serving and stuff like that. When you Okay. When she was there with you and stuff, was she just like you like kept her off in the basement >> Yeah, I kept her in the basement or bedroom or something. Cool. >> Okay. So she's up there doing all that crap. Would you mind walking me through again? I I know it's a little tough right now and [ __ ] It's it's bad time, but but everything [snorts] that went through like the time where you were together, like what happened during those days? >> I punched her, I slapped her, I told her Punched her, slapped her, punched her, told her to get up. Punched her, slapped her, punched her, slapped her, punched her. Punched her, slapped her, punched her, moved her from the basement to another room. Fed her, showered her. Gave her some water, put a blanket over her. I'm just telling you the truth, believe me. >> No, that's fine. >> But I was I wasn't raping her. No. >> Okay. >> Is that what you were going to ask me? >> No, I I'll put it that way. No, like were you giving her drugs and stuff like that? Were >> No. Why would I give her my drugs? I don't Why would I do that? >> Excuse me, man. I didn't know I didn't know that. All right. So at that any point were when she Was she asking to leave, different things like that? >> She has nowhere to go. >> Okay. >> She has nowhere to go. All she was just asking was why. Stop. I won't do it again. I will never tell. I will never tell. I will never tell. Please, please, I will never tell. I know I deserve this, but I will never tell. Like that's a code in the streets. >> I know what you're saying. >> I will beat you up. I got four beautiful kids. >> Okay. So, during this time when the traffic stop occurs and she goes on her way, was there anybody that ever said like besides like if she I appreciate it, man. So, what happened the first time yesterday with you and stuff like that? They They were >> They actually checked the basement. >> Yeah. >> She wasn't in the basement. She was upstairs laying down in the bed. She only went down in the basement. >> So, let me ask you cuz there was a moment in time. I wasn't there, so I can't speak on it or anything. So, there was a moment to where like you were still inside the house for a little bit. Did you have to call anybody to ask if you should let the cops in or anything like that? >> My detectives. >> Okay, so you called >> Yeah, detective Smith. Don't get him in trouble, bro. >> No, no, and that's what we're We're trying to make sure to keep him like out of everything right now. We want to make sure there wasn't nothing dirty or anything out of it. So, >> No, he ain't got nothing to I just called him to let him know what was going I was letting him know what was going >> He was 100% like, "Hey, let them in." >> Yes, that's why they came back. Yes. He was Bro, you got to let them in. >> So, at that point was she in the basement and then did you like put her up in the bedroom or anything like that? Okay, so she was in the basement before you let the police in? >> No, she wasn't No, she wasn't like in in the bed bedroom upstairs. >> Okay, so I let the police in. >> No, no, he He wasn't trying to He ain't I I just told I called him like, "Bro, I called him. I'm like, "Bro, you can't be doing this." He didn't even know what was going on for I called him. I'm like, "Bro, like what you got going on?" He like, "What you mean?" I'm like, "Bro, you got police officers at my house outside my house. You can't You can't let this happen." He like, "Whoa, what's going on?" I'm like, "Man, they want to come in. They told me there's a body inside the house." He like, "Dude, just let them in the house. There's nobody in the house." All right, bro. I'm going to back, bro. >> Okay. >> All right. They just wanted to search my room. They searched that one room. She wasn't there. They left. >> Okay. >> Stupid dude. >> All right. So >> Right? You should search the house. >> Yeah. >> We found somebody We heard somebody's in the basement. Okay, come on in. Check out >> I'm in the basement. Nobody's there. >> See you later, sir. Shitty job. Y'all supposed to check the tables, open the refrigerator. That's horrible job y'all did. Horrible job y'all did. I'll be the first to say it. Came in the basement the first time, checked three of four, walked right out. Y'all are sweet. I'm just being honest. So when they checked was the basement the first time, didn't check this. So >> So the second time when they came back and stuff like that >> And they only found her because she was laying on the floor. That's shitty [ __ ] that went on with you. >> All right. Look, I mean, were you just scared and that's why you you put her in the box and you were like I mean, okay. So you were just trying to conceal her in there. >> almost went to the whole house and didn't find >> So after all of that was going on >> Am I crazy to you? >> No. >> All right. >> After all that [ __ ] was going on, what was your intentions with her? I >> I told you already, bro. I just couldn't let her go nowhere. She wouldn't go go home, bro. She wouldn't go go home and clean up. Go drop her ass off in Akron somewhere or something like that. She couldn't be out here. >> Is that where she's from at? >> I don't know where. I'm just saying. See, what do I do being in this area? Like I couldn't have >> Just so you could keep your >> I don't want to talk about no killing, bro. I got four kids, bro. Four families and [ __ ] like that, man. She's going to be dead. Would have been dead in the lake by now. Y'all would have never found her. Real spill, I had more more than enough time to do what I do. They came at 9:00 in the morning, didn't show back up until midnight. Bingo. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Agreed. >> I should have could have loaded her in my dump truck and went to Rocky and dumped her in the dumpster. Like I'm just trying to be honest with y'all. You know what I'm saying? I could have did that. And whose fault would that have been? The police department's, right? >> I mean it would have been kind of both of our Right? But But if >> It would have been my fault. >> Well, yeah. Well, when the first time they showed up, if they had gone upstairs >> They would have found her. >> And would she would have been >> Okay. They should have They would have found her. >> And she would have been just laying on the bed >> Okay. >> Okay. >> They would have found her. >> Was that when you did have her put in the box is when they came back the second time when you I mean, you you knew [ __ ] was going on at that point. >> Yeah. And I almost got away with it. Like I almost like Like dude, if she wouldn't make a noise >> Sounds like the Scooby Doo part right there. Almost got away with it. >> No, I'm just being honest. I'm just being honest, bro. I ain't no [ __ ] >> All right. I get you. >> I'm not trying to brag or nothing like that either to you, bro. This is serious. >> Yeah. >> But try to do a better job. >> I agree. >> I'll be the one to tell y'all this. I'll be the one to in the ass for y'all, too. You know what I'm saying? >> I I mean, I 100% agree with you, sir. >> Listen, that's all you're going to get is 100% respect out of me, bro. But I'll tell the police officers do a better job with something like coming up like this. Facts. Tell the sergeant everything. Okay? Please do that for me because people This lives are serious and like they did that like what? I had 24 hours before >> Yeah. >> Before like they actually got her. That's not cool. At all. You got the sergeant out there searching, the senior senior officer out there searching, y'all missed everything. >> Yeah. Okay. >> He initially said she was already upstairs. Detectives returned to the phone call and the timing of his first encounter with police. >> the traffic stop. So, is Is that who was in the car? Is that her name? So, did Did Detective Smith tell you anything concerning Cece after he signed you up as an informant. >> Um >> When when he when you talked to him on the phone yesterday, can you just kind of run through that conversation of how that transpired and what >> Yeah, cuz anytime police pull up at my house, I I let him know like, "Bro, like this can't Like it's too many cops out here, bro. Like I got That's That's hot. Guys are Police can't keep on pulling up to my house and then I don't know nowhere. >> Yeah. >> Bro, I can't keep doing that. You can't just pull up to my house five cars deep and all of a sudden I don't get arrested. It's not >> No, I get it. >> That's not cool. You know what I'm saying? So I told him I was going to call him and tell him Yeah, bro. I don't I'm not no bullshitter, bro. Like I'm working for you. I have to. Like yo, DT, like there's cops all over the place. What's going on? I don't know. You need to call the police and find out. So that's what we do. Calls back in 5 minutes. Bro, they said you got a body in the basement. Do you? No, I ain't got nobody in the basement, bro. What are you talking about? Why would you say that? Well, that's what they saying. Let them in. Let them check the basement. They only want to check the basement. Okay. 5 minutes later, what do we got? The cops came in. They checked the basement. They went home. Like stupid. Like stupid people. Man, that was terrible. And you know I'm I'm not trying to talk about y'all, but yeah. For real. So that's what happened. He didn't know nothing about it. I I lied to my detective the whole time. >> You lied to who? >> My detective. About the body being in my house. >> So you did not tell him when he called you and said, "Hey, they're there." You did not >> tell him. He asked me to You got a body in the house? I told him no. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I don't know. You know what I'm I'm what I'm saying? >> So then at that point he told you just to let them in if they want to check the basement. >> He said they're not going to He said, "Case like the matter like this, they're not going anywhere until you let them in the house and check the basement. If you don't, they're just going to come back with a search warrant and check it anyways." I said, "All right, bet. 5 minutes. They're going to come in in 5 minutes." Took me 3 minutes to put her upstairs in the bed. And 2 minutes to let her in the house there. 1 minute for them to not do their job and go home. A missing body. >> Pretty serious? >> Yeah. >> Do you think so? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, next time take it serious. That's all I ask. >> Yeah. Yeah, and we'll we'll we'll relay that message because again, we're more of the investigative aspect after the fact. >> to do something about this incident. I know I got to but >> Okay. You guys need anything else? >> Yeah, so the the first time the police came, you said you moved her upstairs, right? And then she was upstairs. Obviously, the second time the police came, she was in that tote, right? What How did that go down in between there? >> Well, they really wanted to check upstairs. >> Right, but I'm I'm saying how did she get in there? >> I put her in there. >> Okay. >> Put her upstairs and put her on the porch. >> Okay. >> Anything else? >> Why do you why do you have the music going so loud? >> Shh. Just in case if she made noise, they wouldn't hear her. >> So >> I >> Was the music going the first time the cops were there? >> I had the music playing all night. >> Okay. So, you had her up in the What did you Was she in the box already upstairs or not? >> She was on the porch cuz they really wanted to search the >> No, no. I'm saying the first time when they checked the basement. >> No, bro. She wasn't ever in the box, bro. She's always been taken care of. >> Was she in that bedroom with like the actual mattress and the air mattress and it had a little heater? Or did it have something else in there like They said >> She was in my attic. She was in my attic. There's not very much stuff up there. >> Oh, okay. >> People Yeah, people would like people would sleep in all the time. That That house is huge. I let people sleep in there. My wife's cool with it. I get paid money. Everybody brings me $200, $300 a day. >> And just they stay in your house. >> Yeah, they stay there. You guys can do what you want to. If my wife's not home, as soon as she get home, go home. So, it's like a home. It's like >> They just come and go. >> They come and go. Let me sell my drugs, work for the police, watch the stick. Oh, they all liars. I swear to god. >> The only other thing Well, I think I'm pretty much good right now. >> What y'all going to do with the gun? >> Well, right now it is uh I'll be honest, it is being held right now for a little bit. And then uh once everything's settled up >> It's actually supposed to go to DT Smith. >> Okay. Why is that? >> Cuz I got it off the streets. It's off the streets. >> Okay. >> You want some proof? >> How long have you had it for? >> Don't worry about it. Y'all want some proof? I'll show you how I can work and get y'all some [ __ ] >> [clears throat] >> Goes in. Goes in. >> Okay. >> Two days before that, you going to see me telling him that I can get you keys. I can get you Glocks, and I can get you this, and I can get you that. You know what I'm saying? >> And what's he doing for you for this besides that? >> Getting me off of probation and out of Cleveland, Ohio. And that's all I need. There you go, bro. Like I'm not playing with y'all. >> So, he's letting you work off the case and >> Yeah, I just got to report to my I can't be out here stupid as breaking laws. I know it's against the law to sell drugs, but I got to do that [clears throat] to do this. He already told me there's no free pass on what you're doing. I know that, but I'm not going to be stupid with what I'm doing. You know what I'm saying? Like Yeah, I know that. But yeah, I got to do You Y'all know we I got to do this to do that to to work with y'all. You know what I'm saying? I got to do this [ __ ] to be an informant. >> To be in the game? >> Yeah, I have to sell drugs. I probably got dope in my system. with y'all. What you think? Yeah, so like >> Okay. All right, the last thing I got >> What's up, there, though? >> And you you have not given >> [clears throat] >> any police officer any money or cash for any kind of information, or have you? >> Never. I What do you mean? >> I'm just ask I just had to ask that question. I just want to make sure that there's nothing going back and forth between like, you know, if you haven't been signed up as a CI yet. >> Oh, no, I am a CI, bro. I know the pro- the the process of being a CI. I I know that up until the like I know how that go now. I'm a I'm a CI, bro. I signed my paperwork. >> And this first time you ever got a CI? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I I signed my paperwork. It's like four or five pages, initials. Um my name is Slick. >> Mhm. >> So, I got a ODD number, type [ __ ] How would How would I know about all that? >> [laughter] >> You know what I'm saying? >> So, so that's that's the name Detective Smith gave you to slick and work on? >> I got ODD number and all type of [ __ ] bro. How would I should know nothing about that. Yeah, I'm a confidential informant. >> On November 30th, 2023, Geiger was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison.