Well, please just not be a body or something. There's someone dead in back. >> I made the joke and then I was a nook >> that it was a white female that took off. Uh, we just found a body in the bed of the truck. >> Cops come across every time, but sometimes they find a similar homicidal pattern that tells them that there's a chance that there is some homicidal suspect who takes pleasure in taking people's lives. I didn't put that in the suitcase, but I I put a a wrap or put it on the just leave it on the bed. >> Did you do anything else with her or you try to like or anything? >> I didn't do it. >> Okay. Who Who did it? >> I don't know who did it. >> To a trail of crimes that are too visible to dismiss. Here are the times when cops realize that a serial killer is on the loose. signing with Nicholas Nelson, who had six [snorts] victims in one day, and he still strongly believed that he could get away with it. >> I've got a black male victim that's down uh the front steps on the porch. I've got a white male victim down on the porch. Uh the corner is in route. >> You say you ain't got no bait for nobody. >> I don't I don't That don't make people like you. You see what I'm saying, >> bro? That wasn't me. That wasn't me today. I ain't even I don't even know that's my car. >> On the 6th of November 2020, officers responded to a 911 call reporting that [music] two men had been on their front porch. When they arrived, the scene raised more questions than answers. Was gone. >> There's one there, one up here. >> Looks like he brea 3 1033. >> I'm holding here. >> POLICE DEPARTMENT. ANYBODY INSIDE, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP. >> Anybody else inside this res come out with your hands up? >> Clear. >> Got you. >> Clear. >> Come out with your hands up. >> Got you. >> Clear. Right now. You got a room here to the left. I'm going to the right. >> Got you. >> Holding left. Y'all work right. >> Go ahead. >> Clear here. >> Anybody sit down? >> We're with you. Go forward. That's the bathroom. Got you. >> Ter, anybody in here? >> PD. >> Go ahead and step in. Clear that. Make sure there's nobody behind the door. >> Bathroom clear. >> Witnesses were shaken, but their accounts didn't fully line up. >> The gentleman, Jim Bug, Willie B came in the door, asked me to charge his phone to hang it on, shut the door, sick from where? >> Out here. I'm in the house cleaning up my >> Do you know where they were coming from? I've got a black male victim that's down uh the front steps on the porch. I've got a white male victim down on the porch. Uh the corner is in route. >> Either one of them to shoot. >> Uh at this point, we don't know. Sir, >> did they see what happened or do you know? >> Um that I'm not completely sure. Um once I get some more information, I can either text it to you [music] or I can call you back. With the suspect still at large, officers began piecing together what had happened, working quickly to stop whatever came next. >> We see any projectiles underneath the porch? >> I've got one that smacked his wall and fell down behind his wall. >> Okay. >> Maybe another one on the ground down there. I just saw another strike right there. So, >> okay, hold on. Let me get around where like right there. There's a strike in the wall right there. >> Where's that? >> Where I marked number four? Just trying to see if these >> any signs of a another projectile down here somewhere. >> Both victims were pronounced the scene. 39year-old Willie Buouie and 43-year-old Kevin Robbins. The motive remained unclear though police suspected [music] a possible dispute over a bicycle which they couldn't confirm. As the investigation continued, another was reported nearby, [music] this time involving 39year-old Warner Parks. >> Hey, excuse me, sir. >> Excuse me, sir. What what's your father's name? >> Warner Mandre Parts. >> Okay. How do you spell his first name? >> Warner. >> Warren. >> Warner. >> Warner. Okay. >> Okay. So, Warner Mandrel Parts and it's 381. Uh-huh. Okay. >> What's going on in there? >> What's going on? >> My daddy, bro. Nobody. >> Oh my god, man. >> Hey, me and you talked. Hey, you remember me? >> So, you didn't move him at all? You just flipped him over? >> Yeah. Just flipped him over. >> So, was he laying face down like style? >> We laying like Okay. All right. I'm I'm trying to I'm trying to figure out where where the >> came from that way. From this way. >> Somebody gave me a knife and I took the shirt. >> Okay. And I fell right there. >> Yeah. >> And you didn't feel when I did this. I did I didn't There was a carrot. >> Let me go inside. See if this went all the way through. Is this Have you ever seen this hole before? >> Even with several witnesses, [music] no one initially spoke up until a 10-year-old identified the suspected shoot. >> Who else was anybody else right in here and there with you when they were talking to you? I know there was a couple people. >> My little boy seen My said he seen the whole thing. >> How old was he? >> 10. >> 10. >> 12. >> 12. Did you tell the detectives that >> when you talked to them? >> I I got you. Um, we ain't gonna bring him out here in front of everybody, obviously. If y'all don't want that. >> You got him. All right. Just let me know. >> I got a 10-year-old boy that says he saw everything. Said he saw the whole thing happen. His mom's going to get him now. >> Okay. >> Yeah. She said she didn't want to bring him out here and all this, but then she said, "It doesn't matter. I'll bring him out to you." So, I told her just to hang out. We'll bring them. >> All right. I figured maybe one of y'all want to talk to I know y got 1002 to find out right there white shirt on. Uh he's got he said his 10-year-old son saw everything. The whole thing happened. Mom's going to get him now and she said she's going to bring him out. >> Okay. Instead of making a scene. >> Yeah, that's what I told her. >> I'm going to introduce him to the coolest cop I know. >> No, I don't. >> Nicholas Nelson. Local guy. >> I'm sure >> I know Nicholas Nelson >> tattoos. They may have >> I know where he stays at. >> That's That's his right address. Yeah. I just talked to him like a couple days ago. He told me he lives there. >> What did you talk to him? >> Remember it may not been a couple days ago, but a couple weeks ago when that stolen car and we got it at uh >> What kind of car was it? Was it a brown Crown Vic? >> Older model, I think. >> Was it for the tag on? >> I think so. >> Did you do a report? >> Marcus did a report on it. I think it's I think it was a Crown Vic. >> He's a He's a pretty easy guy to ident. He's a big dude. Swoll tattoos all over him. >> Police believe the man was 38-year-old Nicholas Nelson driving a Crown Victoria. Before they could locate him, another occurred at a hotel. Inside, officers found three more victims. Tanga Molden, Monty Ballard, and Michael Lang. Shell casings at the scene matched those from earlier, linking [music] all three incidents. Realizing the attacks were escalating, police moved quickly. Hours later, an officer located the suspect's vehicle at another hotel, and he, although he appeared unusually calm, >> officers got the hotel. Your car was still warm to the touch like it's been driven. Why would that be? >> I mean, I mean, it's a whole car. I don't know. So, you say nobody borrows your car. You ain't been nowhere but other earlier today. We went to Walmart, Chase Bank, Flea Market, Franklin Highway. Then you walked over to Joel's make dinner. Other than that, you ain't been nowhere. Nobody borrows your [music] car. Say you ain't been to Eastgate today. So why is everybody telling me you've been in East Gate today? I don't know why they were. I had no idea. I mean, people always saying Nick speak about something. You know what I'm saying? >> Why would people always say something about Nick? >> Why they do that? I don't know. I have no idea about that type. >> You say you ain't got no bait for nobody. >> I don't I don't that don't make people like you. You see what I'm saying? Because just because you don't you don't have any be that don't make them like you. Me and you me and you ain't got no problem. But they don't make you like me or they don't make me like you. You see what I'm saying? But I don't know why people would say that why they why they say what they say. >> He attempted to explain his movements, but the details didn't hold up. He probably wasn't happy that the cops had brought his awful spree to an end. >> Help me out with this. Why is everybody telling us you've been in East Gate tonight? >> I have no idea. >> And why would everybody have why would everybody have your name on their mouse? Dope. They've been like this for years. Everything, everybody, every that been that been that that's that's I can't tell you why. >> And look, I've been I've been doing this a long time. Your name has never come up in anything I've been dealing with. >> No, but when when uh when uh when uh Todd and all them was like that people and [ __ ] that was the only thing people saying >> the police been around here. >> Right. And I ain't been in no trouble in a long time. [laughter] >> Like I don't >> I've been doing this almost a decade >> in prosecution. Your name's not popping up. There's a lot of names regardless name pops up all the damn time. Doc name pops up all the damn time. >> I know all these guys whose names pop up all the time. Why is your name all of a sudden popping up in like everybody's mouth tonight? >> I don't know. >> You weren't over there. >> No. Did >> you cruise through there? No, I don't know. I don't know what why it was. >> You know, men drills, >> right? >> I don't I've been like I been over there. I'm know that. I don't watch the news. I don't like I don't talk to people. I don't talk nobody at all. So, I don't Nobody gave me no information. I had asking the police and they got me. So [music] why is why is everyone telling us that you pull the trigger? >> I don't know. Like I don't know. I >> You do know. You do know why it's being said. Come on, man. Your name ain't come come come up in I don't know how long. And [music] all of a sudden I got Mandre >> and everybody running with your name in their mouth. >> Here's the thing. We're trying to get justice for him, right? He's he's gone. He's got siblings. He got nieces, nephews, cousins, and we're trying to figure out how we can get him justice. And everybody's pointing the finger at you. You tell me you don't have any beef over there. >> I mean, that I know. >> So, so, so nobody's going to be sitting there lying on you. They don't have a reason to lie on you. >> I mean, I don't know the people that I mean, Have you done Have you done something to I mean we didn't go asking hey was it Nick Nelson tell me if it was Nick Nelson right I don't know why >> you and I have never met before right >> we haven't >> and most people are glad when they don't get a chance to meet me that means they're having a bad day and unfortunately right now that's one of your days right now cuz right now everybody is pointing the finger at you. >> Detectives pressed further. The evidence was already building and his story couldn't keep up. >> I got a question for you. Why were you in Eastgate at 1725 right when happened? >> We got on video, man. We got you hauling out down the street, burning the stop sign, coming out on MLK. We got video of right after you pass the camera. Everybody's scattering coming to where this happened. Hey, look. Like, >> you want to see? >> No. There's your car right there. That's you. >> That's you. >> So, how many other How many other Brown Crown Vicks we got with no with no tag on? >> No tag on. That could ain't me, bro. I don't want me. I probably I take this sh >> look at real quick look look at the video of uh this car >> that you're saying it's not yours that was me, bro. >> Then who had your car? >> That's not your car. >> That was me. >> That's not your car. >> Oh, that was me. >> Then who had your car? >> Who had your car? >> Oh, that wasn't me. >> Who had your car then? >> I don't know. That wasn't me though, bro. That wasn't me. That wasn't me. Dig. I don't even know this. That's my car. >> That's not your car. >> Show them the other video. >> That's not your car with the messed up front end. That's you driving. That's you running the stop sign. >> What are we going to find in your hotel room? >> Go in there. >> What are [music] we going to find? >> Go in there. Nothing in there. >> Mask that the person who did the Not going to find a mask in there. >> I got 100 masks. >> Are we going to find gloves? Ain't nothing in there. >> I'm I'm asking. Are we going to find a mask and gloves? >> Ain't nothing in there. >> So there no mask, no gloves. >> Nothing in there. >> So if our was wearing a mask and gloves, we shouldn't find those in your room. >> I mean, >> and when I go pull the cameras from Joel's, I'm going to find you in there at the time you said you were in there, which would be the time your car was going through Eastgate. >> Are we going to find? >> No. >> Are we going to find gloves? >> No. >> We going to find a mask? >> No. >> You're not lying to me? No. >> Then why they already tell me they got the mask and the gloves in your room? >> I mean, I don't I didn't >> I mean, you you're telling me you're telling me you're not going to lie to me. >> You're telling me that you weren't at Eastgate. >> Your car wasn't at Eastgate, but we just showed you a video of your car at Eastgate showing you were in Eastgate. And don't you think it makes it a little I'm going to start thinking you might have taken your own tag off cuz you had a plan? Do you agree that's your car? >> I'm not agreeing to that. >> Have you ever seen you you've been living in non all your life, right? >> I've seen a lot of crown vig. >> In the past year, when was the last time you saw a brown 94 crown pig that matches yours? >> I don't know. I don't know. I don't be running around looking for crown picks. So, I don't know, >> man. You know that car stands out. Come on. It's not a question. I mean, here here's the thing. This is this isn't a question to me at this point. Just hear me hear me out. Hear me out real quick. This isn't a question at this point, right? We got a video. >> Okay, >> we got the video of you coming in East gate. We got a video you circling east gate right after you pass out of that camera. You see all the people alert and there was a [music] go running over there. Less than a minute later, we got your car hauling going around that southside nearly on two wheels. burning the stop sign at MLK. So, either one of two things happen. Either you're covering for somebody because you lent in your car and you're having an O moment cuz somebody lent barred your car and they him or you. Why is the engine warm when the sheriff's office finds you? >> If you get get my car, it's a screwdriver. car. >> Anybody should crank my car. Anybody. >> So why would they take your car and bring it back? >> I don't know. Like it's a lot of people standing out. I don't know. I a Listen, I haven't been over there. I ain't done nothing. I'm telling you, I haven't been over there. I haven't done nothing. Like I I don't know. And like I can't tell. This is like when my car got stolen, I went right I that's where I found it at the red roof when it got stolen from Walmart. I didn't I didn't like that wasn't me. I don't know. >> It hasn't been cold enough. What are you wearing that mask for? Why is it on your bedside table? >> It's a mask on my car. Three two. >> I'm not talking about the mask out in your car. I'm talking about the one that's on your bedside table >> with the gloves. >> How's it been cold? It hasn't been cold enough to be wearing no mask or gloves. >> Who had it on? >> Who said I had it on? >> I didn't when y'all when y'all see when I came out of Joel, I didn't have a mask on. Yeah, cuz it was in your room >> or no gloves. >> Cuz it was in your room already. >> You told us. You told us you were coming straight from Joe Ellis. >> I did. >> When Sergeant Windom caught you. >> I did. I was. >> So that glove and that mask were already up in the room. >> They weren't on you. Yeah. >> Right. Right. >> Because you came from East Gate and put them back up there. >> No, I don't. >> I'm done. I mean All right. >> It's all pointing at you, B. It's all pointing at you. Your car, your name, >> folks over there seeing you. >> Okay. >> I mean, >> I mean, how people do, so >> you willing to accept that? >> I got to got to accept it. >> I know I ain't did nothing. I just I know I ain't did nothing. In the end, Nicholas Nelson was charged with six counts of and sentenced to life without parole. When Nicholas Nelson's actions drew immediate attention, Jeremy Van Vorhees relied on silence and kept his victims remained dumped in plain sight. >> You smell that smell? >> There's one in the corner. Serious. That's three bodies, bro. Three bodies, dude. Three bodies. Put your window down. Put both hands outside the car. On the 16th of April, [music] 2024, officers were dispatched to a residence after a woman reported finding her husband unresponsive in their garage. The victim, Clinton James Pierce, had a history that led some to assume an overdose, but the scene suggested otherwise. >> I'm the one who did the report. >> Okay. Well, can you come here with me? Hey, we're pretty sure our shoes are in here underneath the padding. This is your son's wife. >> Why don't you guys come back? >> Thought you guys were actually in the garage. >> Well, yeah. This is all my personal stuff. And over here underw you step out. >> And do you see that thing of candy right there where you're standing here? Right. That's Do you smell that smell? >> I smell something under this one. He's going to be back. Back on. >> Eventually, witnesses started to come forward. And at that moment, the officers started to realize that this wasn't an isolated situation. It was necessary for them to take a closer look. >> You got in the garage. Yo, >> bro. >> Serious. That's three bodies. >> Why would you say anything? How do we get this down? >> Because the man who lives here has moved out. They left. >> He's in there. >> Yes. Three people. >> This is not his first time. >> It's not the first time. This is not his first time. We tried telling him to come up here. We told our detective he's been missing since July 15th. >> Carly would have been on. >> You guys can be as mad as if you guys move down the alley. >> Back up. Come on. >> Well, I have the officers here. I'm about the only one calm enough to talk to them. So, I'm going to stand here and talk with these two officers. >> Go down. >> What do you want us to do? >> Go down there with And these guys didn't do it. This man came out to the report. I mean, and just because Jay Hart said he's a dope dude that don't they're going to have the evidence to get Jay now. >> He's got as soon as I saw him not touching it until >> they have in his garage regardless. He's got his answer. >> Where's Jay at now? >> They're going to get him. Go get him. Go get him. >> When the name Jay surfaced, Officer Floyd immediately recognized it from a missing person report that had previously been disregarded. Jay, CJ's longtime friend and business partner, had since vanished. What Floyd didn't yet understand was that Jay hadn't made any real effort to cover up his actions. >> Sergeant, you just you just >> help out your family a little bit and then uh we'll do everything we can. Okay, >> it's going to be a Has to be. He's a missing person. Super suspicious circumstances. This house is owned by family members, but there was a guy that was living here. He just recently moved out. These guys have been looking for him non-stop. They drove past the garage today. The door was cracked. I'm not sure the situation there, but there was a smell of it. They opened the door and it was stronger. There's carpet and a whole bunch of like uh floor padding and stuff all in the corner and it's covering his body. I saw his leg. There's his shoe and then you can see his leg. I put everything else back. >> What was the circumstances about him? >> Um so he works he's got a work van. He works with the guy that lived here. He just got moved out or got evicted. Amanda. >> Yeah. >> Amanda, I know you're not going anywhere. However, so you you own that house, correct? [music] >> Yes, sir. So the reason so everybody knows the reason we're not just ping that door and grabbing whoever we can is because if we do that right now without a warrant it throws out a lot of evidence so the detectives understand I told you there wasn't something right about there that's why that's why they didn't want me around this mother and detective I've been telling him for a month [singing and music] they're not letting me in the house or the garage there's something wrong we can't do nothing we can't do nothing you son of Now, what are you going to [music] do? You're really not going to do nothing now. How's the story pan out now that he really jumped out of a car and got someone [music] else's car, didn't he? >> The whole time my baby's been right here underneath my nose. My baby's been sitting in his garage away like a >> closer than you got him now though, baby. >> We gave this son of a to live. >> We gave him a place to live. We gave him a job. We got him out of jail. We throw our house over and we get out of jail. >> At this point, officer Floyd was [music] fully determined to uncover the truth, even though it meant proving his department wrong. >> The family was back cuz I guess somebody from the family called one of the detectives and told one of the detectives that he was like aer. But the initial story was like he doesn't has any with us for like 12 years. So he didn't have anything. He's like a steady job, has grandkids and stuff, has a family, has a house that he lives with his fiance for the last like 15 years. And somebody was like, "He's 13." And so in [music] the email then one of the detectives sent out might overdose. But I'm like that's even if he did that's not how he would have been found. >> They explained that what she knew that she [music] >> So I was in we did the initial missing on the 16th or 17th of July. Family basically said got a steady life secure job no runs with police for 12 years good life. His coworker lived here. The deceased family actually owns the house. They allowed him to live here. He's got residency here. They were co-orkers. [music] They went to work. They came home. He was acting a little funny like he was had something on his mind and that was the last time he was seen. >> An arrest warrant was issued for Jeremy Van Vorhees on suspicion of as residents cleared the area. Officers returned to the station hoping the autopsy would move the case forward. They finally had a lead but no one knew how far Jeremy might go to avoid capture and as expected of a didn't mind that others were put at risk. The next day the results confirmed a shot wound to the back of the head. The body was badly decomposed and investigators believed CJ had died about a month earlier around when he was reported missing. As the search intensified, Officer Floyd contacted CJ's wife, hoping for answers about what may have pushed Jeremy over the edge. >> Said anything then, have you had any conver any conversations about have you asked him? Did he do this? >> I have asked him and he said no. and he said, you know, just like have faith in me and we've been married almost well not we I stay married but we've been together for almost 30 years, you know, so it's like almost married >> pretty much and all I can do is just cry. I'll be honest, that's all I can do is just cry right now. >> I have to say when he says trust me, faith to me. >> How were they doing that? And you know, were they issuing one check that they would then divide or were they issuing a check to Jay and a check to CJ? >> They issue one check and this is the same way it was done to Sheron Williams. Um, when you're a subcontractor, you have like a leader of the crew, >> you know. So, um, you have to carry a certain amount of insurance and all that good stuff. So, everything is in CJ's name. So, there's one check and then after they would pay, we have a >> Would they use that that white work van? Was that >> Yeah. >> Obviously, you know that uh CJ had been reported missing [music] >> and then his body was discovered in the garage at For Park where you guys were living >> and like the last one was um where's the phrase? The phrase pavilion in there is an old folk something right there. >> That was the one big job that Jay did [music] without CJ, although he should have been there. only job that I can think of that was big money. >> Okay. >> Obviously around the time that this happened or he went missing or he may have came into a bunch of money. >> There's no $4,000. >> The break [music] came when Jeremy's best friend Sha stepped forward. His cooperation led to a pursuit that ended in a failed escape. Can you well slowing down slowing down to might want you package. >> You guys have a dog [music] with you. >> Put your window down. Put both hands outside the car. Suspect, with your LEFT HAND, REACH OUT AND OPEN THE CAR DOOR. outside the car. Keep your hands in the air. Step out. Grab the back of your shirt and lift it. Come back to the sound of my voice. Back. Back. Back. >> Hands up. >> I got cuff. I got cuff. >> Cross your ankle. Cross your ankle. >> Despite asking for a lawyer, the evidence [music] was already in place. In the end, Jeremy Van Vorhees was charged with two counts of felonious tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse. He was sentenced to 22 years to life [music] in prison. Where the previous case relied on someone stepping forward, this one followed a suspect who revealed [music] everything himself. Maybe I should probably look on my phone on the camera. Well, it'll be the bodies of the two people I'm tonight. One of them is in uh the place I was just at. Nights in East Lancing. Nights in East Lanc 215. She's in Nevada. >> I just wanted to kill her, you know. I just it was like a strongest desire I've ever had. >> On the 9th of May 2019, police responded to a 911 call from a woman named Christina who reported that her ex-boyfriend [music] was sending threatening messages and had shown up outside her apartment despite an active protection order. Gin and Brown was seen outside the building but fled before police arrived. His record quickly raised concerns because he had recently [music] been released after a violent strangulation case and was under parole conditions that barred any contact with Christina and ordered that he was already breaking through threatening messengers. One text suggesting he had brought friends to the party made officers fear that he might be armed or planning something more serious. At that time, law enforcement didn't realize that he had already [music] taken the lives of two people and was about to strike again. >> I just saw your car driving. >> You need a bag, dude? >> No, I got most of you got one. Yeah, cuz I got most of his stuff in my >> I couldn't find one, dude. Sorry. I thought I had one. >> I got one. >> I always wanted it, but I don't know what we're doing. >> He's got to go to Sparrow to get an ev Okay. Um, we got to get that done first and then he's going to get lodged on a parole. Got a warrant and egg stalking. >> Hey, we about to Where you from? >> Yeah. >> You want to tow your car? Countryside out of Charlotte or Davis out of Charlotte? >> No. Hey, put this in the car. So, maybe I should probably look on my phone on the camera. >> Got to be honest with you, dude. I don't care. >> Well, it'll be the bodies of the two people I >> Okay. >> Have you read him, Miranda? No, I have not. >> You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can only be against you in the court of law. You have rights to an attorney to be with you present with you before, during, or after any questioning. You have right to uh wave your right to remain silent if you wish to stop answering questions. Waver have an attorney present later change your mind. Any question will stop. You spoke with a lawyer. You understand all those? So couple people tonight. >> Where was that at? >> Okay. Can you step over here for me, sir, please? I'm going to have you have a seat right in the back seat here. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Can you see in there all right or no? >> Huh? >> Can you see in there? All right. >> No, but I'm good. >> All right. We'll talk with you in just a sec. Okay, bud. Watch your foot. Okay. >> Hold on. Let me Let me go get your phone cuz you want me to look at your phone. Okay. Where's your phone at? >> Uh >> Oh, we already have it. >> Yeah, we got >> Okay, we'll look What do we look at on there? >> Uh the camera. >> The camera? >> Okay, we'll do. >> Where's his phone at? emergency to check in. >> Yeah, he's saying two people. >> Yeah. >> What followed was unusual. Brown effectively provided details that would later expose his own crimes. >> Yeah. >> That's what he said. He said to look at his phone on the camera. Oh boy. >> Jesus. What? He sure did. >> What the hell? >> Yeah. He pregnant. >> What's it? What's this saying? >> I don't know, dude. It's my co might have to list for evidence. Is there another one? Supposed just >> All right, take him take him back to Charlotte. Okay. >> Um, take him to be interviewed. He said this is his said this is his coworker, Julie. Jesus Christ. >> So, you should be able to swipe. >> You said there's two, right? >> Yeah. >> And it'll click on that one, then swipe on the bottom left one. Swipe. >> I think it's because she's pregnant. >> Stacking. What the >> Is that the same girl? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Flipped over. >> Is that motel 6? >> No. There's a weird >> Where is it? I don't know yet. All right. Okay. >> How How do I look at when these photos were taken and stuff? >> So, there should be >> Yeah. >> Is that a third person? Cuz the one was blonde, right? >> So, details May 9th at 8:30 p.m. >> Okay. >> Even after revealing [music] information, he remained unusually calm as the case escalated around him. What's your first name? Kier Kieran. Is that how you pronounce Kieran? I don't I don't want to pronounce it incorrectly. You're a smart guy. I'm sure. Pretty intelligent. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Where are those people at, man? >> You let me out. I'll tell you. Back hurts. >> I'm sorry. What? I couldn't hear you, buddy. With >> out and I'll tell you my back hurts. I can't go nowhere. >> Yeah. Go ahead and stand out here if that if that's Watch your step, man. Okay. You okay? >> Yeah. >> All right. Where they at? One of them is in uh the place I was just at. Nights and East Lancing. >> Nights in East Lancing. >> Room 215. She's in the bathtub. >> Okay. Lights in the other room. >> Room 215 in East Lancing. >> Oh, Dorchester Apartments somewhere. >> Okay. Night in East Lancing. >> No. And who's any who's at the night center in East Lancing? Who is that? >> Julie Mooney. >> Julie Mooney. >> Yeah. >> Okay. And then on Doorchester, what's that person's name? >> Kaylee. >> How do you spell that? Do you know? >> K A Y L E. >> Okay. What's her last name? >> Brock. >> Brock. >> Mhm. >> B R O C K. >> Yeah. >> About how old is Kaylee? >> I don't know. >> Older than 30? Younger than 30? >> Probably 30. about 30. And what about Julie? >> 30. >> 30. Okay. And you're and you're saying you these people? >> Yeah. >> All right. While Ken and Brown was taken in for questioning, officers moved to the locations that he had named. At the night in motel, they found Julie Mooney cold and unresponsive in a bathtub with severe blunt force and cutting injuries along with signs of an attempted cleanup. At the Doorchester complex, they found Kaye Brock on a bed with fatal head trauma and multiple wounds. after forcing entry into her apartment. Both scenes showed similar extreme violence, confirming Brown's confession and pointing to a broader pattern of attacks. >> So, what led [music] you to to Kayle's apartment yesterday? >> I just went over there. >> Okay. She let you in. >> Mhm. >> Okay. And then what happened when you got inside? >> I said we just talked. >> We just talked. >> Mhm. What led to [music] the altercation that you had with her? >> You have an altercation? >> No altercation? >> Mm-m. >> What about Julie? Did you have an altercation with Julie? >> No. >> No altercation. >> How'd you end up meeting up with Julie? >> Submit myself to get mentally evaluated. She's trying to help me. >> Julie was trying to help you? >> Yeah. >> Why are you trying to submit yourself to get mentally evaluated? You having on a hard time with something? You got PTSD from something or? >> Yeah, as you can tell, I got a lot wrong with me. But I'm guessing was too late. You mean it's too late? What do you mean by that? Damage is done. >> Were they bad people? No. Kay wasn't. She was just trying to help people. Okay. How How long have you known you've known you for a couple months? >> All right. Six months. >> Yeah. something inside of me saying it actually started like it's like >> yeah I might be crazy but I was standing next to Julie the other day and like I just wanted to kill her you know I just it was like a strongest desire I've ever had. Feels weird. >> You've had this before, but this [music] was the It felt different. >> I had it before. Yeah. >> It happened before. >> The feeling the girl that I went to prison for. >> But you didn't follow through on that. [music] >> No. What did you go to prison for? >> As the investigation continued, it became clear that the crimes were not isolated. So now detectives had [music] to prove that this was something Brown had carefully orchestrated. >> Tell me how you killed Kayla with the hammer. >> With the hammer [music] on the butt involved in ball where in her apartment in the bedroom and there was no argument or altercation or anything? >> No. [music] >> Just kind of snapped or was that what you thought you were going to do when you went there? No, no, no. It's occasionally [music] just happened. >> Okay. What about Julie? Where did you live? >> Same hand, man. >> So, did you Kayie or Julie first? >> Kayie. >> Kaye. And then he drove to the hotel room. >> Mhm. >> And did you call Julie over or was Sher there? >> I called her over. She's on her way anyways. [music] >> Okay. You guys are just going to kick it for the night. >> Yeah. >> Do you [music] like your plan to keep going or was it planned for just these two? [music] >> No. Keep going. So, do you think by you cleaning up the motel room, >> was that how you [music] planned on keeping people coming in and you're just going to keep putting them in? How do you think you would have done it? >> Yeah. She's the girl I always wanted to have. >> You know, I'm smoking the girls. >> Mhm. >> I wasn't like I didn't have that eligibility or Kaye. >> How would you think you would have done it differently? I would have did it I probably I would have did it the same way the initials and the lines and >> but you think you would have actually killed her differently like not with a hammock. >> What do you mean by that? >> They probably would have been a component. >> During interrogation, Kenan Brown revealed that his plan had been far more extensive. He admitted that he intended to several more people and had already selected additional targets, including two women he had contacted that night. One was a co-orker and the other was a former classmate who had recently borrowed a book from him. Both ultimately avoided meeting him, a coincidence that likely saved their lives with his statements and other evidence secured. Investigators built a strong case linking him to the Julie Mooney and Kaye Brock. Surveillance footage showed him purchasing weapons days earlier and entering the motel with Mooney before her Additional evidence from his vehicle matched the victim's DNA, and phone records confirmed his movements. Despite the overwhelming case, Brown's mental health claims led to lengthy evaluations and prolonged legal proceedings. After negotiations failed, he accepted a plea deal in 2022, pleading guilty to two counts of secondderee. In the end, he was later sentenced to 70 to 100 years in [music] prison, effectively ensuring he would remain incarcerated for life. The last case ended with a plea deal after overwhelming evidence. This one follows Steven Tanuion where denial continued even after disturbing discoveries in his tent. >> We're investigating a crime right now and you are a possible suspect in that crime. Okay. >> I didn't worry about it cuz I don't have nothing. >> All right. Well, they pulled a suitcase out of your tent and the suitcase was really smelly. Did you do anything else with her? Did you try to like her or anything? >> I didn't do it. >> Okay. Who Who did it? >> I don't know who did it. >> On the 27th of September 2024, cleanup crews in Washington were sent to clear a massive homeless encampment known as the jungle, [music] an area linked to violence and unsafe conditions. During the operation, a social worker noticed a strong unusual odor coming from one of the tents. When they returned with Sergeant Branded Volante and a search warrant, they searched [music] the tent and found a suitcase wrapped in plastic. Inside was a badly decomposed body. Before the discovery, a man living in the encampment had already entered the tent and told the detectives who he believed was responsible. >> Tell us a little bit about yourself and like how you came about knowing what you know. >> So, so I was camped uh basically where those remains were found. I was camped a little bit down further down the path from that. And um so to towards the end of uh that path that the remains were found by the barrier by the freeway, there was a tree fort. Uh that was like a that was a spot to get it was like a a trap. Uh so periodically uh I would go down there to trade stuff for for for do and um so I'd have to walk down you know that that path right there. and uh you know where where you come off the uh the concrete path and then there's a fence and then you go down the dirt path, right? So going down the dirt path uh for maybe uh at least I'd say up to a month. Uh me and you know other people in the camps that would go down there would notice a stench coming from the generally it was the towards the middle of that dirt path um which was right in front of a particular structured tent. Um, so yeah, I started noticing a smell uh coming from there. >> Okay. >> Periodically. Um, at first I'm thinking dad possibly, >> right? >> Uh, and then and then after a while it's like, dude, it's not going away. I knew him by face. I I probably assumed him for the first time last summer. Uh, he would ride around on electric scooter pretty much. He he kept to himself for the most part. He was kind of quiet. Uh, he he never not real friendly. uh you know, even the people he kind of like uh you know, knew by face or whatever. Anytime I would say hi to, you know, anybody that I was familiar with going, let's say I'm going across the bridge and he's coming back across on a scooter, I say hi to him. He'd never say hi back. Uh he always had a real uh uh I don't know, just the expression on his face was always just, you know, irritated or pissed off. I mean, people uh word word around the street about him was uh you know, he was kind of uh kind of maybe uh creepy or whatever you want to say. Um he would wear he a lot of times he would wear uh they call them giddy suits. Uh where do you know what I mean? Uh so it's like when you're wearing camouflage, but it's like you're trying to camouflage yourself with the elements. >> It's a ghilly suit. Gilly. Gilly. Yes. >> Yeah. So he would he would wear ghillie suits with literal I don't know if they were real or not but like plants on his head on his hat and stuff like that you know like I know all over his uh like jacket or whatever. At this point suspicion had fully turned to Steven Tan. With no fixed address he was difficult to track making the search more urgent. Fortunately Matt was able to provide details about Steven's routine giving investigators a clearer direction. The Washington State Patrol widened their search and discovered that Steven already had an outstanding warrant for prior offenses. This led them to another encampment in Seattle's International District near Dearbornne. After 6 days of searching, officers finally located him on the 3rd of October, 2024. >> Hey sir, how's it going? >> Sit up. Please report. >> You stand up and come over here for me. Don't touch anything. Just come up up up up over here. What's your last name? >> What? >> What's your first name? Uh, >> Liam. >> What's your name? >> Liam. >> Lamb. >> Yeah. >> What's your full name? >> Uh, Liam. >> Liam. What? >> Liam win. >> Are you lying about your name? >> You sure? >> Hey, so my name is Sergeant Quettle. Please. All my contacts are recorded. We're investigating a crime right now, and you are a possible suspect in that crime. Okay. >> Okay. We just need to figure out what's going on. Uh who you are so in case we don't arrest you today. And if you are the suspect, we can arrest you later if you are the suspect. Okay. >> So, uh what what is your real name? >> Okay. So, you have do you know you have a DLC warrant for your arrest? >> No, I didn't. >> You didn't know that? >> No. >> You're on DLC? You didn't know that? >> No. >> Detectives wasted no time in questioning him. >> The reason why we're here is your campment got swept. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> my social workers. And part of that was dismantling [music] tents. All the tents got dismantled. >> Mhm. >> Any idea what they found in in your tent? What' they find in your tent? >> What they find? >> I'm asking you. >> I don't know. >> You don't know? What? What? Tell me what what if >> I know >> what all was in the tent. >> If I know, I wouldn't be around here. >> If you knew, you wouldn't be around here. Yeah. >> What do you mean by that? But I don't I heard some of it, but uh really I don't know what they found. >> What' you hear? What do you mean you heard some of it? >> They say, "Oh, they found something in your tent." I say, "What they found in my tent?" >> Who told you this? >> Well, some of the people that on the street. >> So, you never asked them. People said, "Hey, they found stuff at your tent. They pulled stuff out." And you never said what they ask or >> what they pulled out. You ever asked him? >> I didn't worry about it cuz I don't have nothing. >> All right. Well, they pulled a suitcase out of your tent and the suitcase was really smelly. >> H ring a bell. >> What about this one? >> Ever seen that suitcase before? >> Oh, yeah. This is too. But I don't haven't seen this one yet. >> What did you say? >> No. >> And you never touched it then? It sounds like Is that Is that accurate? >> Could be. But uh I don't know. >> H What do you mean? >> I don't even know what's in there. >> What do you mean you could be? >> What do you mean about that when you say could be? Could be. You touched it. I don't remember when I touch it or not. >> His statements aligned with the disappearance of Shannon and only deepen suspicion. >> Does the name April ring the bell? >> April? >> No. >> How about um How about Stacy? How about uh Jacqueline? No. >> Okay. How about Shannon? Shannon, I think there's two Shannon. >> Okay, talk to me about that. >> Shannon, I know the Indian girl is named Shannon. She's my best friend uh daughter. >> Okay, so that's first Shannon. She's your best friend's daughter. How old is she? I think 30 36 I think. >> Okay. Can you describe her to me? >> Uh kind of punky hair. She save on the side. >> Okay. >> Skinny. >> Skinny. Okay. And that's your uh where where is she? She's uh up I think uh big city. >> And when was the last time you saw her? >> 3 4 days ago. >> Okay. What about the other Shannon? >> Other Shannon I haven't seen uh I haven't seen. >> You you saw her in the past at some point. >> What? >> You s you told us that you know two Shannons, right? So two few of Shannon I know. >> Okay. So, one Shannon is your uh friend's daughter. What about the other Shannon that you know? >> The other one, she's not here. >> Where is she? >> I don't know. >> Okay. And when was the last time you saw her? >> Say uh summer time. >> His attempt to downplay the situation and distance himself from the scene failed to convince investigators. But I find it hard that you've been there living there at that place for that long. >> But not every night though. >> Not every night. Correct. >> Yes. >> And then one day you come back and there's a nice big wooden box built that takes up most of your tent and you're like, "All right, cool." And then you have a huge smell coming. It's not the small smell. It is >> when I when I went in there, the smell was in there. >> That smell is there. That smell was intense. We could smell that smell from 50 ft away. >> That smell was a suitcase. >> Wow. >> So, and there was a person person's remains in that suitcase. Her name was Shannon. And let me ask you this. We will never find your DNA in her in her. Is there any reason why your DNA would be in this? >> We has. So, you know her? >> You said you had >> picture looked different though. You have sex with her. >> Why does it look different? What's different about that versus the girl you had with? >> It's just been a while. I don't remember. >> Okay. >> So, let's hypothetically imagine if this is the girl you slept with, we would find her your DNA in her. But if you did not sleep with her, if you did not sleep with her, we would not find your DNA in her. >> Yeah. >> Correct. And you saying if that's the girl that you slept with why it look different. >> Okay. If that's the girl that you slept with, you slept with her on top of the bed which was already on the podium. Is this her? Wow, look different. >> No proper detective would buy his side of the story. >> So, here's what I can tell you. All right, I've done this for a lot of years. >> This isn't the first person I've found in a suitcase. Okay. >> The other ones that I found that I've investigated, looked at, they overdoses and the person was worried because they didn't want to get the police looking at them for whatever reason. So, they they they wrapped them up, put them in a suitcase, and put them somewhere. >> That's common. >> That's common, right? Yeah, it is. Yeah. Is that what happened here? I mean, you didn't want to get in trouble. Did she overdose while she was with you? I mean, I mean, it's that's not a that's not a felony crime. If someone overdoses and you just don't notify it's is that what happened here? That's what happened on my last case that same pretty similar situation. >> There's a lot of overdose I've been >> Yeah. >> trying to save lately. >> Okay. But her I want to know about her. Is that what happened with her? cuz there were flowers put on top of her. So, whoever whoever put her in that suitcase had an emotional tie. It makes sense. It's you. It's your tent. It's your structure. >> You know, Shannon, you've been having Shannon. You guys smoke together. I mean, if someone in my tent and I was afraid to tell the police, understandable. People don't like talking to law enforcement. Then you know you you try to just put her wrap her up suitcase whatever the case is put flowers on top. I mean that that doesn't mean you did it. It just means she overdosed and you were there. >> Yes. >> You know >> is that what happened? >> It's it's okay to admit if that's what happened. We just need to know what happened. We You're our guy to talk to. >> Yeah. that that's refilled the people I've been saving. [music] So there's a lot of overdose lately around. >> Is that what happened with her though? >> She's one of them. >> She's one of them. The overdose. >> Eventually Steven was confronted with the evidence and gave [music] further details. >> I didn't put in the suitcase, but I I put a a wrap or put it on the just leave it on the bed. What did he wrap her in? >> Just cover with a blanket. We kicked together and we we had and she got too much of a I think I guess that time the stuff was too strong. >> Okay. Yeah. People are overdosing all the time on >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So earlier you said you wrapped her Did Did you wrap her in that plastic or did someone else come through and wrap her in the plastic? It's okay if [music] you did. We just want to know the truth. >> Well, I didn't. The plastic. It's a garbage bag. >> All right. Where'd it come from? >> From the park. >> Did you do anything else with her? You try to like dismember her or anything. >> She had a big old She had a mark on the back of her head and I have no idea. just like is that caused when you were trying to re uh like do CPR on her, resuscitate her, or was that caused? Did she fall and hit her head on something? She uh she came back I think uh that day was raining and she slip and fall. >> Okay. >> And she's already hurt when she came back to me. >> Okay. >> Yeah. What was she wearing? >> Just sweat. >> Do you remember the type of clothing she was wearing? >> Not that I remember. >> All right. >> But uh >> was she complaining about her head injury when she slipped and fall? She told me she had dizzy and uh she was fall she got hurt off the jaw too. >> So the day that she showed up and it was raining and she had slipped and fallen and hit her head. >> She's pretty bad hurt that day. >> Is she okay? >> Yeah. >> At the time he was unaware that preliminary autopsy results were already available. The findings revealed significant trauma to Shannon's head and neck inconsistent with the fall, instead pointing to repeated blunt [music] or sharp force impact. The report also ruled out injuries consistent with the body being placed into a suitcase. He had no way out. >> Again, let me reiterate, if someone overdoses, that's not a crime. >> Okay. >> All right. We're here cuz your story is not making sense at this point to me. I've been following you along. I want to know like >> my head is not straight. Okay. Well, mine mine's becoming a noodle at this time frames. I'm trying to figure out. >> Okay. >> All right. So, you said Shannon uh overdosed in your tent. You tried CPR on her. Is that right? >> Yes. >> All right. Didn't work. You put her in the in the packaging in your in your sleeping bag. You put her in the suitcase. But then earlier you said that structure that she was under >> had been there for a while before that, right? You said that. >> So how did you get her under? You took off the front door then? Is that what happened? Like how does she she doesn't just go through the you know you got take off the front and put her in then, right? Is there a back door that I didn't see? It's okay. It's overdose. We get it. We need to hear the truth. We want to know the whole truth because when we talk to Shannon's family, we want to say this is what happened. You know, Steve was there. Steve tried to save her. She was a addict. She overdosed. Steve was afraid of getting in trouble. So, he put her there. He put flowers in the suitcase, put her there. And that's okay. We just need to hear the truth so we can let them know when the time comes. >> Only thing I remember is it from the overdose. >> All right. and just trying to put the put the body away. That's all. >> So, the head injury that we're talking about, I saw it and it's not an injury that's consistent with falling on a rock. It It's very obvious it's some type of tool that was used. >> Whoa. If you trying to say, but I didn't beat her up. >> You didn't beat her up. Okay. >> I tell you I didn't beat her up. >> Okay, good. >> That's all it is. >> Is it possible she showed up there with that with that injury? It wasn't from the rocks. >> Cuz it it's it's even the bone her skull has the marks like this big. It's like that big right behind her ear. It's actually this side. >> And that same exact mark, it actually is the same mark in her skull and her head. >> I didn't do it. >> Okay. Who Who did it? >> I don't know who did it. In the end, Steven was charged with murder in the second degree and as writing this is still awaiting trial. There was no routine response here. What began as a traffic crime investigation turned into a discovery in the truck bed. >> Holy. This just happened. I don't know what's going on, but >> hit the tire. >> It hit a tire. It's just got some marks on it. You got your ID? I guess since you're the the driver of that took off. >> Well, I see an old very old tag on the plate. So, I guess we got Well, please just not be a dead body or something. There's someone back. >> I made the joke and then Wilson. >> On the 27th of October 2022, police were dispatched to a hit and run scene after one driver fled. What initially appeared to be routine quickly shifted as officers realized the bed of the truck held very disturbing evidence that would change the trajectory of that day. >> Uh heading southbound on Hayes on this side of Hayes on foot. >> Okay. So, you just walked up. I have absolutely no idea what you're saying. >> Oh, no. I I was talking to him. Uh okay. >> I actually I don't know if I was like the first one to call, but uh picking my kids up. It's just sitting here and then I noticed that truck had a little bit of smoke coming off it. That student driver semi. And uh there was we were kind of stuck here in traffic and the younger dude that was driving was getting down pretty good on foot going down haze. So when I called the dispatch asked me for the plate number and I recognized that the plate was uh way expired. >> Okay. >> Were you involved in this? >> Let me drive this guy. >> Were you involved? >> No. >> Hold on. Did you get in an accident? >> Yes. >> Okay. I need you to pull that further forward so it's on the curb so it's not blocking the road. Okay. The Witnesses described the driver who fled, [music] but at first the details didn't raise immediate alarm. >> The driver that took off. >> Well, I see an old very old tag on the plate, so I can take the guy. >> Yeah. Well, whoever's driving it is a white female, reddish hair, shoulder length, took off. >> Yeah. Gabzilla. >> Probably Gabzilla. >> It says on me. >> Yeah. You don't want me to do the imp for you? >> It don't matter. >> Hello. >> Hi. >> I was worried somebody hit my truck. >> No, you're okay. >> Can I do it? >> Nope. You're good. >> As much damage is on that thing. It hit the tire on the trailer. >> Really? >> And it it did it like caused no damage to the tractor trailer. >> Uh somebody else's car. >> Yeah. Truck. >> They were turning and this car came flying up and hit [music] the back end. hit the trailer of this truck and then this person took off running. >> Yeah. >> Oh, they took off. >> Yeah. >> That changed [music] once officers began examining the pickup truck involved. >> Well, please just not be a or something. I was kidding. Hey, come here. >> I was just kidding. >> What? >> There's someone dead back. >> Are you kidding me? I made the joke and then it wasn't okay. >> There goes the explanation. >> Go ahead. >> That might be the only down and a >> I'm not going to touch anything else. >> Okay, he's landing a girl. >> You're going to want to um you're going to leave this for right now. >> There's there's someone back. >> Okay. Yeah, I'm calling my dispatch right now. >> I got to shut this road down. >> Yeah. >> Shut the whole thing down probably. >> You know what? >> Hey, it's Lee. Uh this accident uh supposedly a truck made a turn on the common road uh hit the the car. They said it was a white female that took off. Uh we just found a body in the bed of the truck. Yeah. So notes and it was in the it was Chris uh was doing the impound so he started searching the bed of the truck for me and he found dead body >> with varying descriptions coming [music] in tracking the suspect became more difficult that changed when a witness later provided live video of the aftermath fully changing the direction of the investigation. >> What's going on here? >> If you go to Yeah, you should be able to do that and you should be able to email >> save to your videos later. Holy. Holy. This just I don't know what's going on, but Whoa. Police later found a duffel bag containing ID for 19-year-old [music] Steven Lee Freeman. Surveillance and witness accounts showed him lingering outside the victim's apartment before repeatedly moving items into a truck in [music] short bursts. Shortly after, the vehicle left the area without its headlights on. Inside the apartment, officers found signs of forced entry, cleanup attempts, and bedding [music] linked to the victim. Investigators concluded Freeman had broken in while she was away and later attacked [music] her when she returned home before moving her body. 2 days later, he was found hiding in a car and taken [music] into custody. During a later jail call, investigators recorded a conversation between him and a friend. >> What is the news saying about me? >> Huh? >> What is the news saying? >> There's a lot being said right now. >> Tell me something, dude. I don't even know. >> Okay, so then I need you to tell me what was going on. >> After court, dude. >> Well, you know, that's what I'm saying. Like, but there it's a lot being said like um they're saying that you were living with her. Uh like that the media turned you into a monster. So, I was the one that was defending you in the comments and everything. >> Huh? >> I There's like no audio right now >> at all. >> Huh? Okay, there it goes. >> I woke up with her hands around my neck. >> What did Okay. Did you told that to the detectives when I got you? No, bro. I'm waiting to see >> No, bro. I'm waiting to see a lawyer. I still haven't talked to my lawyer. I went to court today and still don't have a lawyer. >> In the end, Steven Lee Freeman was charged with first-degree first-degree home invasion, secondderee [music] criminal conduct, felony murder, concealing the individual, and receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle.