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Shawna: LIFE IS MESSY.
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
CLEANING UP THOSE MESSES, WELL, THAT'S ALL UP TO YOU.
BUT DEATH?
THAT CAN GET DOWNRIGHT DIRTY,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ***.
[ GUNSHOT ]
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PEOPLE USED TO SAY I WAS JUST LIKE TEXAS --
BIGGER THAN LIFE, BRASH AS HELL,
AND ALWAYS KICKING UP A CLOUD OF DIRT.
SHAWNA HAD A VERY, VERY STRONG PERSONALITY.
SHE WAS VERY HEADSTRONG, VERY HARDHEADED.
Courtney: WE GREW UP LIKE SISTERS.
WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
WE FOUGHT TOGETHER, WE PLAYED TOGETHER, WE -- EVERYTHING.
TEXAS COUNTRY GIRLS.
GROWING UP IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN,
NO ONE COULD KEEP A LID ON ME.
I WOULDN'T WALK AWAY FROM A FIGHT OR A GOOD TIME.
Courtney: AS WE GREW UP, SHAWNA WAS STILL WILD,
STILL PARTYING, STILL TRYING TO FIND HERSELF.
Lancaster: SHE STOLE FROM US AND WENT TO THE PAWN SHOP
AND HOCKED IT FOR FOOD OR FOR DRUGS.
SHE MADE BAD CHOICES WITH MEN.
SHE MADE BAD CHOICES WITH PEOPLE.
I MEAN, SHE JUST MADE BAD CHOICES WITH EVERYTHING.
BUT THE BEST KIND OF GOOD CAME OUT OF THOSE BAD CHOICES --
MY LITTLE GIRL.
Courtney: I THINK THAT RAISING HER DAUGHTER
REALLY SET HER BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
Lancaster: SHE WAS STARTING
TO TRY TO BUILD A LIFE FOR HER AND HER DAUGHTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WOULD'VE EVER GOT THERE,
BUT SHE STARTED TRYING.
WITH MY CHECKERED PAST BEHIND ME,
I SAW A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ME AND MY GIRL.
BUT BEING A SINGLE MOM ISN'T EASY,
AND WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH,
I'D TURN TO MY CLOSEST FRIEND, ROBYN.
Lancaster: ROBYN WAS A SINGLE MOM,
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE BOND BEGAN
WAS CHILDREN AND NO HUSBANDS.
SHAWNA WAS GONNA STAY HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER THAT NIGHT,
BUT ROBYN CALLED SHAWNA AND ASKED HER TO GO OUT.
SO, ROBYN AND SHAWNA HAD GONE OUT TO EAT.
GONNA HAVE A FEW DRINKS.
I HAD HAD MORE THAN MY SHARE
OF LONG NIGHTS AND LONGER RECOVERIES,
BUT THIS WAS ONE NIGHT I'D NEVER BOUNCE BACK FROM.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
911. OKAY.
WHAT DOES THE VEHICLE LOOK LIKE?
[ SIREN WAILS ]
Grizzard: ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 28, 2008,
AN EMPLOYEE AT A STORE IN A SHOPPING CENTER
HERE IN GRANBURY CALLED 911
TO REPORT THERE WERE TWO WOMEN IN A VEHICLE
THAT THEY BELIEVED MIGHT BE ASLEEP.
IT WAS A BIT UNUSUAL,
SO OUR OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.
Briley: WHEN I WENT TO THE SCENE,
I FOUND THERE WAS A VEHICLE WITH TWO WOMEN IN THE FRONT SEATS.
BOTH THE WINDOWS WERE DOWN.
BOTH WOMEN WERE -- THEIR HEADS WERE SLUMPED INWARD...
AS IF THEY WERE SLEEPING.
IT MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE WE WERE SLEEPING,
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING PEACEFUL ABOUT THIS SCENE.
THERE WAS DRIED AND CAKED BLOOD ON THEIR HEADS.
THE WOMEN WERE ACTUALLY DECEASED.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Briley: THE BULLET WOUNDS COULD NOT BE EXAMINED
BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD AROUND THE WOUNDS.
Grizzard: THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE
EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF WEAPON HAD BEEN USED.
WE HAD TO WAIT FOR AN AUTOPSY AND BALLISTIC REPORTS
TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE CONTINUED TO ANALYZE, EXAMINE, THE SCENE,
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE.
Grizzard: THEIR PURSES WERE IN THE VEHICLE.
THE WALLETS WERE SITTING IN THE PURSES,
SO IT DIDN'T APPEAR INITIALLY
THAT ROBBERY WOULD'VE BEEN A MOTIVE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
BASED ON THE WINDOWS BEING DOWN,
WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST A POSSIBILITY
THAT THE VICTIMS KNEW THE PERSON WHO HAD SHOT THEM.
[ SNAKE RATTLES ]
Courtney: I HEARD ABOUT SHAWNA'S DEATH FROM MY MOTHER.
SHE ACTUALLY CALLED ME, AND I WAS ASLEEP.
HONESTLY, I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING, HAVING A NIGHTMARE.
I MADE HER REPEAT HERSELF THREE TIMES.
MY *** WAS A NIGHTMARE,
AND WHILE EVERYONE KNEW HOW IT ENDED,
INVESTIGATORS HAD TO PIECE TOGETHER HOW IT ALL BEGAN.
WE HAD A THEORY THAT THE HOMICIDE HAD OCCURRED AT NIGHT.
THERE WAS A RESTAURANT NEARBY.
WE NEEDED TO CONTACT EVERYONE THAT WAS IN THE RESTAURANT
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SEE IF THEY KNEW THE VICTIMS, SEE IF THEY COULD RECALL
OR STATE WHAT THEY REMEMBER HAPPENING.
EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS WHO WERE AT THE RESTAURANT
TOLD US ABOUT A MAN NAMED FRED INGERSON,
WHO WAS A REGULAR CUSTOMER.
THEY SAID HE WAS WITH THE VICTIMS THE NIGHT BEFORE.
I'D MET FRED ONCE OR TWICE.
THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS QUITE THE LADIES' MAN.
WE CALLED HIM AND ASKED HIM TO COME TALK TO US
MORE AS A PERSON WHO WAS WITH THE VICTIMS MORE THAN A SUSPECT.
WHEN HE CAME IN FOR HIS INTERVIEW,
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DID KNOW BOTH OF THE VICTIMS,
BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW THEM VERY WELL AT ALL.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE WAS WITH BOTH THE VICTIMS
AT THE RESTAURANT THE NIGHT BEFORE BUT THAT HE LEFT
AND THEY WERE STILL ALIVE WHEN HE LEFT.
Briley: AFTER FRED LEFT THE RESTAURANT,
HE WENT TO HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE.
I DID SPEAK TO HIS GIRLFRIEND,
AND SHE DID CONFIRM HE WENT TO HER HOUSE.
I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS GUY FRED,
AND HE SURE DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW MUCH ABOUT OUR MURDERS.
Grizzard: BASED ON HIS STATEMENTS,
THERE WAS NOT A STRONG CONNECTION
BETWEEN HIM AND EITHER ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD ASSIST US
IN DETERMINING WHO A SUSPECT MIGHT BE.
IN OUR DAY, ROBYN AND I
BOTH LEFT QUITE A TRAIL OF MEN IN OUR DUST.
INVESTIGATORS JUST NEEDED TO FOLLOW IT.
Grizzard: WE TALKED TO ONE OF SHAWNA'S FRIENDS,
AND HE TOLD US ABOUT CARL BOOKSTON.
CARL BOOKSTON WAS AN EX-BOYFRIEND OF SHAWNA FERRIS',
AND THEY HAD A CHILD TOGETHER.
CARL'S BACKGROUND WAS LOOKED AT,
AND THERE WAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY.
HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR INJURING A CHILD
AND HAD DONE THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR THAT.
BASED ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SHAWNA,
WE BELIEVED THAT HE COULD BE A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE.
CARL WAS THE KIND OF TROUBLE I WAS TRYING TO LEAVE BEHIND,
BUT THE SKELETONS IN YOUR CLOSET WILL FIND A WAY OUT
SOONER OR LATER.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
Shawna: I NEVER LIKED BEING TOLD
WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TO BELIEVE,
BUT ONE DAY I STOPPED KICKING AND STARTED LIVING.
I WAS JUST A LITTLE LATE IN GETTING THERE.
SHAWNA WAS A LEADER, NOT A FOLLOWER.
Courtney: IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO THINK THAT...
THAT SOMEONE HAD GOT THE BETTER OF HER.
SHAWNA DIDN'T LET ANYBODY GET THE BETTER OF HER.
SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY TO DESERVE THIS.
Grizzard: SHAWNA FERRIS AND HER FRIEND ROBYN RICHTER
HAD BEEN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN ROBYN'S VEHICLE.
Briley: WE LEARNED THE SHAWNA FERRIS
HAD AN EX-BOYFRIEND NAMED CARL BOOKSTON
AND THAT HE WAS THE FATHER OF HER CHILD.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT HE HAD A CRIMINAL PAST,
AND WE CONSIDERED HIM A SUSPECT.
IN MY HEAD, I KNEW CARL WAS NO GOOD FOR ME.
IT JUST TOOK ME A WHILE TO SEE THAT,
BUT POLICE HAD TO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES.
Briley: I CALLED CARL IN FOR AN INTERVIEW,
AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SHAWNA.
CARL ADMITTED HIS PAST WASN'T GREAT
AND THAT THE RELATIONSHIP HE HAD WITH SHAWNA
WASN'T ALWAYS PERFECT.
Grizzard: WHEN CARL WAS ASKED
ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERS,
HE SAID HE WAS IN FORT WORTH THE ENTIRE NIGHT
AND WAS NOT IN GRANBURY FOR ANY PORTION OF THAT NIGHT.
Briley: CARL BROKE DOWN CRYING
AND STATED THAT HE HAD NOT MURDERED SHAWNA,
THAT SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD,
AND HE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HARM SHAWNA OR HIS DAUGHTER.
HE STATED THAT HE WAS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.
HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS INTERVIEWED.
THE INFORMATION MATCHED WHAT HE WAS SAYING TO US.
Grizzard: HIS ALIBI WAS CONFIRMED,
AND THAT ELIMINATED HIM AS A SUSPECT.
IT LOOKED LIKE CARL WAS NOTHING BUT A DEAD END,
BUT THE BULLET THAT KILLED ME
WAS ABOUT TO POINT POLICE IN A WHOLE NEW DIRECTION.
Grizzard: AFTER THE AUTOPSY, WE RECOVERED A SPENT BULLET.
THAT BULLET WAS SENT
TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CRIME LAB
FOR ANALYSIS.
THE FIREARMS FORENSIC EXAM WAS VERY HELPFUL,
BUT, STILL, A LOT OF WORK HAD TO BE DONE
TO FIND A COLT .38 SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS.
TROUBLE IN TEXAS IS THAT GUNS ARE LIKE BOOTS --
EVERYBODY'S GOT A PAIR.
SO UNTIL INVESTIGATORS HAD A SUSPECT,
THEY WERE SHOOTING IN THE DARK.
AND IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL ONE CAME CALLING.
Grizzard: DURING THE INVESTIGATION,
WE GOT A CALL FROM THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
THAT THEY HAD INFORMATION FROM AN INFORMANT
THAT A MAN BY THE NAME OF RUFUS HICKS
KILLED THE VICTIMS IN OUR GRANBURY HOMICIDE.
Briley: RUFUS HICKS WAS ALLEGED TO BE
AN ***-BROTHERHOOD MEMBER.
THE *** BROTHERHOOD IS A VIOLENT GANG
ENGAGED IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
YOU LIVE 'ROUND HERE LONG ENOUGH,
YOU KNOW ABOUT THE *** BROTHERHOOD,
BUT WHAT THESE GUYS MIGHT'VE WANTED WITH ME AND ROBYN
WAS ANYONE'S GUESS.
COMMITTING A *** LIKE THIS TO ELEVATE STATUS WITHIN A GANG
WOULD BE A REASON WHY *** BROTHERHOOD MIGHT BE INVOLVED.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET A POSSIBLE ADDRESS FOR HICKS IN FORT WORTH.
WE WENT TO HIS HOUSE SO WE COULD INTERVIEW HIM.
Briley: ME AND DETECTIVE GRIZZARD
WALKED UP TO THE HOUSE
AND WE KNOCKED ON THE FRONT DOOR,
AND THE FATHER CAME TO THE DOOR.
THE FATHER SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE RUFUS WAS AT,
BUT HE MAY HAVE RAN OFF BECAUSE HE'S SCARED.
"BUT YOU CAN COME IN AND LOOK FOR HIM."
OUR GUNS WERE DRAWN
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ***-BROTHERHOOD GANG MEMBER.
HE COULD BE VIOLENT, SO WE'RE EXPECTING A FIGHT.
WE CLEARED EACH ROOM,
BUT WHEN WE REACHED THE LAST ROOM,
WE COULD HEAR SOME NOISE UP IN AN ATTIC.
GRIZZARD WAS SAYING, "WE'RE THE POLICE.
COME DOWN WITH YOUR HANDS UP."
I WAS SAYING, "I'M WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS.
COME DOWN NOW."
THE *** BROTHERHOOD WILL COMMIT CRIMES
SUCH AS ATTEMPTED ***, ***.
[ GUNSHOT ]
WE WERE ENTERING INTO A STANDOFF-TYPE SITUATION
WITH A PERSON THAT COULD HAVE ALREADY MURDERED TWO PEOPLE.
I'LL ADMIT I HAD A HISTORY OF CHOOSING BAD BOYS,
BUT THESE SO-CALLED BROTHERS WERE BEYOND BAD.
QUESTION IS, WERE THEY NATURAL-BORN KILLERS?
Shawna: A TREE'S ROOTS KEEP IT GROUNDED.
AND WHEN A STORM IS BLOWING ITS WORST,
YOU FIND OUT HOW STRONG THOSE ROOTS REALLY ARE.
Lancaster: SHAWNA WAS IN A FAMILY
FULL OF VERY-STRONG WOMEN.
WE LOVE EACH OTHER WITH UNCONDITIONAL TERMS.
EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER IN A GROUP AND PRAYED FOR JUSTICE.
WE WANTED TO SEE IT FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
Grizzard: DURING THE INVESTIGATION,
WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
THAT A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS RUFUS HICKS
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDERS IN GRANBURY.
HE WAS CONNECTED TO THE *** BROTHERHOOD.
WE TRACKED HIM DOWN TO HIS PARENTS' HOUSE.
WHEN WE ARRIVED AND TRIED TO TALK TO HIM,
HE RAN INTO THE ATTIC AND WAS HIDING IN THE ATTIC.
IN A TEXAS STANDOFF,
THERE'S ALWAYS A WINNER AND A LOSER.
POLICE WERE ABOUT TO FIND OUT
WHICH SIDE OF THE FENCE THEY WERE GONNA LAND ON.
WE DREW OUR WEAPONS, AND WE JUST REINFORCED TO HIM
THAT WE NEEDED HIM TO COME OUT
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GET HURT.
HE FINALLY SAID, "OKAY,"
AND STUCK HIS HANDS THROUGH THE ACCESS,
WHERE WE COULD SEE HIS HANDS, AND THEN CLIMBED DOWN.
Briley: WE TOLD HICKS
THAT WE HAD HEARD HE HAD TALKED TO SOMEONE
AND BRAGGED THAT HE HAD KILLED THESE WOMEN,
AND WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THAT INFORMATION,
HE DENIED IT.
STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SAID THAT AT ALL.
HIS STATEMENT WAS HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WOMEN IN GRANBURY.
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO GRANBURY OR WHERE GRANBURY WAS.
A TOUGH GUY LIKE HICKS
DOESN'T HIDE IN DADDY'S ATTIC FOR NOTHING.
OH, THERE WAS MORE TO HIS STORY, ALL RIGHT.
Briley: HE TOLD ME HE WAS HIDING
BECAUSE HE HAD TRAFFIC WARRANTS...
...AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL FOR THOSE TRAFFIC WARRANTS.
HERE'S A GUY THAT'S BEEN IN AN ATTIC.
WE'VE HAD OUR GUNS ON HIM.
HE'S BEEN PRETTY SCARED.
HE'S PROBABLY WANTING TO TELL THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW?
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE A GUY LIKE RUFUS
WOULD BE SWEATING TRAFFIC TICKETS
MORE THAN A DOUBLE-*** CHARGE.
WE BELIEVED THAT HICKS WAS TELLING THE TRUTH
WITH THE STORY HE WAS GIVING.
WHAT PROBABLY HAPPENED IS
THE CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION,
PROBABLY WORKING OFF A CASE THAT HE WAS IN TROUBLE FOR.
WE HAD NO EVIDENCE TO PUT HIM IN GRANBURY.
WE HAD NO EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS CONNECTED
TO EITHER ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE,
IT JUST DIDN'T FIT.
LIKE A HOT PRAIRIE WIND,
ANOTHER SUSPECT HAD EVAPORATED BEFORE INVESTIGATORS' EYES,
AND THINGS WERE ABOUT TO DRY UP COMPLETELY.
Grizzard: AS WE INTERVIEWED MORE AND MORE PEOPLE,
THE LIST, OBVIOUSLY, GOT SHORTER,
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING DEFINITIVE.
Courtney: I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE AN UNSOLVED CASE.
FOR A LONG TIME, THERE WAS NO UPDATES.
FINGERS WERE POINTING IN LOTS OF DIRECTIONS,
BUT IT WAS ONE VERY LITTLE FINGER
THAT WAS ABOUT TO SEND INVESTIGATORS
BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ABOUT ONE MONTH INTO THE INVESTIGATION,
SHAWNA'S DAUGHTER SAID
THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE CASE.
NORMALLY, I DON'T HAVE
8-YEAR-OLDS ON OUR WITNESS LIST OF CRIMINAL CASES,
BUT SHAWNA'S AUNT BROUGHT HER
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK TO ME.
MY LITTLE GIRL HAD MUSTERED UP SO MUCH COURAGE,
GOING TO THE POLICE LIKE THAT,
AND SHE WAS GOING TO NEED EVERY OUNCE
TO GET THE NEXT WORDS OUT OF HER MOUTH.
Grizzard: SHE SAID SHE KNEW WHO HAD KILLED HER MOTHER.
I TAUGHT MY GIRL RIGHT FROM WRONG,
AND WHILE NOBODY LIKES A TATTLETALE,
SHE KNEW SHE WAS DOING RIGHT BY ME
BY TELLING ON MY KILLER.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Shawna: I USED TO TELL MY FRIENDS
THAT MY DAUGHTER SAVED MY LIFE.
I NEVER IMAGINED SHE'D HELP SOLVE MY ***, TOO.
Grizzard: ABOUT FOUR WEEKS
INTO THE *** INVESTIGATION OF SHAWNA FERRIS,
HER 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SAID SHE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT,
SO HER AUNT BROUGHT HER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK TO ME.
SHE SAID THAT SHE KNEW WHO KILLED HER MOTHER.
I KNEW WHO MURDERED ME,
AND IT TURNED OUT MY DAUGHTER DID, TOO.
HECK, IT'S HARD FOR ANYONE TO FORGET
SHAKING THE HAND OF A KILLER.
Grizzard: SHAWNA'S DAUGHTER TOLD ME
THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ***,
SHE WENT TO EAT AT A RESTAURANT
WITH SHAWNA, ROBYN RICHTER, AND ANOTHER MAN,
AND DURING DINNER, THE MAN HAD TOLD HER
THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO HER HOUSE.
THE DAUGHTER ASKED THE MAN WHY THAT WAS,
AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE HER MOTHER AND ROBYN
TO A BAR AND TO A MOTEL.
SHE SAID HE TOLD HER HE HAD A GUN.
SHE IDENTIFIED THE MAN AS FRED INGERSON.
Grizzard: FRED INGERSON WAS A MAN WHO WAS WITH
BOTH OF THE VICTIMS AT THE RESTAURANT
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDERS.
HE INITIALLY LED US TO BELIEVE
THAT IT WAS A VERY CASUAL RELATIONSHIP.
HE EVEN MADE THE STATEMENT THAT HE HARDLY KNEW THEM.
GROWING UP IN THE TEXAS FOOTHILLS,
I'D KILLED A SNAKE OR TWO,
BUT A SNAKE IS TOUGHER TO CATCH
WHEN IT'S WEARING A SUIT AND A SMILE.
WE STARTED LOOKING INTO FRED INGERSON ANOTHER TIME.
WE BEGAN FOCUSING IN ON MORE THINGS ABOUT HIM.
WE FOUND THAT FRED PURCHASED TWO GUNS
WITH A CHECK HE STOLE
FROM THE FAMILY BUSINESS HE WORKED FOR.
WE FOUND THAT ONE OF THOSE GUNS WAS A COLT .38 SPECIAL REVOLVER,
WHICH WAS THE SAME TYPE, MAKE, AND MODEL
OF THE GUN WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN A DOUBLE ***.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
IN TEXAS, LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE GUNS,
BUT IT LOOKED LIKE FRED HAD GUNS
AND AN OBSESSION WITH ROBYN,
AND THAT CAN BE A LETHAL COMBINATION.
Briley: WE TALKED TO ROBYN'S CO-WORKERS AND FRIENDS.
THEY SAID THAT FRED WAS PURSUING ROBYN.
FRED KEPT PUSHING FORWARD WHEN HE WASN'T WANTED.
Grizzard: WE GOT ROBYN'S PHONE RECORDS FROM THE PHONE COMPANY.
THERE WAS 264 CALLS BETWEEN FRED INGERSON AND ROBYN RICHTER
IN A PERIOD OF ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF.
I DON'T EVEN CALL MY WIFE THAT MUCH.
FRED WAS A SNAKE, ALL RIGHT,
BUT THE POLICE WERE ONTO HIM NOW
AND THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET HIM SLITHER AWAY AGAIN.
WE THOUGHT OUR CASE WAS STRONG ENOUGH
TO TAKE IT TO THE GRAND JURY.
WE PRESENTED THE CASE TO THE GRAND JURY IN HOOD COUNTY.
THEY RETURNED AN INDICTMENT AND ISSUED A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST.
WE CONTACTED MR. INGERSON'S ATTORNEY
AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR HIM TO TURN HIMSELF IN THE NEXT MORNING.
THE ONLY THING HE SAID WHEN WE ARRESTED HIM
WAS THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO US.
I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
I GOT MYSELF INTO SOME TIGHT SPOTS IN MY DAY,
BUT THIS TIME AROUND,
I WAS JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
FRED INGERSON NEVER CONFESSED TO THIS CRIME,
BUT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE,
WE BELIEVE THAT FRED INGERSON
MET THE TWO VICTIMS AT THE RESTAURANT THAT NIGHT.
THEY HAD SOME DRINKS.
FRED INGERSON WAS MAKING *** ADVANCES
TOWARD ONE OR BOTH OF THE VICTIMS, WHICH WERE REJECTED.
BASED ON THE FACT THAT HE WAS INTOXICATED
AND THE REJECTION THAT HE HAD SUFFERED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING,
WE BELIEVE HE JUST SNAPPED,
GRABBED HIS GUN,
AND SHOT BOTH OF THE VICTIMS WHILE THEY SAT IN THE CAR...
[ GUNSHOTS ]
...AND THEN DROVE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE.
AT SOME POINT, MR. INGERSON DISPOSED OF THE *** WEAPON.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS GUN.
THIS GUY FRED WAS A REAL PIECE OF WORK.
HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED,
AND WHEN HE FINALLY REALIZED HE COULDN'T HAVE IT,
HE SNAPPED LIKE A TWIG.
Courtney: KNOWING THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN ARRESTED,
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED FEELING SOME RELIEF,
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE UNSOLVED FOREVER.
Lancaster: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT SHAWNA'S TRIAL WAS SEEN FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
WE STAYED THERE FULL TWO WEEKS.
Courtney: SHAWNA DESERVED THAT SUPPORT AND NEEDED THAT SUPPORT.
Lancaster: I KNOW JUSTICE WAS SERVED,
BUT I STILL DON'T FEEL THE CLOSURE WITH SHAWNA
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL,
BECAUSE IT WAS A SENSELESS ***,
JUST SENSELESS, ON BOTH GIRLS' PARTS.
THERE'S NO MAKING SENSE OF ALL THE EVIL IN THIS WORLD.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL WHEN I LEFT,
MY HEART WAS FULL OF LOVE AND MY HEAD WAS CLEAN AND CLEAR.
I THANK MY DAUGHTER FOR GIVING ME MY LIFE BACK
AND FOR LETTING ME REST IN PEACE.