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Daniels: MICHAEL MacIVOR WAS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME.
MISSY WAS EXCITED ABOUT LIFE.
THEY WERE HAPPY.
THEY WERE ANTICIPATING THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR SON, KYLE.
JUST A PERFECT BEGINNING TO A PERFECT LIFE.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
TUESDAY NIGHT, WENT TO LAMAZE CLASS.
THEY GOT BACK EARLY.
AND THEY WERE EARLY TO BED.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
AFTER THAT, THIS PERSON DECIDED TO ENTER THEIR HOUSE.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
WHO AND WHY?
[ GRUNTS ]
Missy: [ CRIES ] NO, STOP!
MIKE!
WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE?
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[ SEAGULLS CRYING ]
Sharon: THAT MORNING,
I JUST REMEMBER AS BEING REALLY QUIET,
AND MY PHONE RANG.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
HELLO?
WOMAN: Sharon?
HI, MOM.
IT WAS MY MOM. "HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MISSY?"
NO.
"HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MICHAEL?"
I GO, "NO, WHY? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?"
"THEY'RE CALLING FROM HER SCHOOL.
SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR WORK THIS MORNING."
[ TELEPHONE BEEPING ]
SO, I CALLED THEIR HOUSE.
[ Telephone ringing ]
SO, IT KEPT RINGING AND RINGING AND RINGING.
THEIR ANSWERING MACHINE DIDN'T PICK UP, WHICH WAS ODD.
[ Ringing continues ]
I STARTED GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD FEELING.
[ Ringing continues ]
Narrator: IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR MIKE AND MISSY MacIVOR
TO JUST VANISH.
SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT,
AND SHARON'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WORRYING.
HELLO?
WHEN THEY CAN'T REACH THEIR PREGNANT FRIEND,
TWO OF MISSY'S COLLEAGUES DRIVE TO HER HOUSE.
THE DOOR WAS LOCKED,
BUT AS THEY PEERED THROUGH THE GLASS WINDOW...
HELLO?
...THEY COULD SEE MIKE'S BODY ON THE FLOOR OF THE LIVING ROOM.
OH, MY GOD. THAT'S MIKE.
Narrator: THE HORRIFYING SIGHT SENDS THEM
RUSHING TO A NEIGHBOR'S TO CALL THE POLICE.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
STILL DESPERATE FOR NEWS,
SHARON CALLS A FRIEND AT THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TO SEE IF SHE KNOWS ANYTHING.
Sharon: SHE TOLD ME THEY'RE DOING A CHECK ON THE HOUSE.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
Narrator: MONROE COUNTY DETECTIVE JERRY POWELL
IS ONE OF THE FIRST AT THE MacIVOR HOME.
WHAT HE SEES IS SHOCKING.
Powell: MIKE WAS FOUND ON HIS BACK.
MASKING TAPE WAS WRAPPED AROUND HIS HEAD AND HIS MOUTH,
AND BENEATH THE MASKING TAPE OVER EACH EYE
WAS A WHITE SOCK OF THE TYPE THAT MIKE WAS WEARING.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
WAS THE MASKING TAPE OVER HIS EYES
IN ORDER TO LEAD HIM ABOUT THE HOUSE,
TO TORTURE HIM IN SOME MANNER,
TO KEEP HIM FROM SEEING
WHAT OBVIOUSLY HAD BEEN DONE TO HIS WIFE?
MISSY WAS FOUND ON A COMFORTER
THAT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE BED.
SHE HAD PIECES OF MASKING TAPE OVER EACH EYE.
SHE WAS HOG TIED.
HER HANDS WERE TOGETHER AND THEN TIED TO THE LEGS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS USED TO BIND HER,
ONE OF WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A HOBBLE --
CLOTHESLINE TIED AROUND BOTH ANKLES,
BUT WITH ENOUGH LEEWAY THAT SHE PROBABLY HAD BEEN WALKED.
Narrator: IT GETS WORSE.
THE YOUNG EXPECTANT MOTHER HAS BEEN *** AND STRANGLED.
Ellsworth: THE LUMINOL LIGHT INDICATED
THE PRESENCE OF SEMINAL FLUID AROUND THE BODY.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A *** ASSAULT.
THIS WAS A PREMEDITATED CRIME.
THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED.
SOMEONE HAD A PLAN.
Narrator: AS INVESTIGATORS PORE OVER
THE GUT-WRENCHING SCENE INSIDE THE HOUSE,
SHARON ARRIVES,
AND HER WORLD CRUMBLES.
Sharon: MY MOM AND DAD WERE ALREADY THERE.
[ CRIES ]
IT WAS SHOCKING.
IT WAS SHOCKING.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS SURREAL.
WE ALL KIND OF HAD
THE SAME LOOK ON OUR FACE -- BLANK.
LIKE, THIS WASN'T OUR FAMILY.
THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY "TAPE," AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
WELL, TAPE WAS AROUND ONE OF THEIR FACES.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TERRIBLE MOMENTS IN LIFE,
AND THERE'S NO WORDS.
I WAS HOPING DEATH WAS QUICK FOR HER.
Narrator: MIKE AND MISSY MacIVOR ARE THE ALL-AMERICAN COUPLE
JUST STARTING THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.
Sharon: MY BROTHER, MICHAEL,
WAS HANDSOME -- STRIKING, ACTUALLY --
ATHLETIC, THE PICTURE OF VITALITY,
HAPPY, OUTGOING, THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.
EVERYONE LOVED MISSY.
SHE HAD A VERY SWEET DEMEANOR.
QUIET, I WOULD SAY VERY PEACEFUL PERSON.
MIKE MET MISSY THROUGH ME.
MY BROTHER WAS LIKE, "YOU KNOW,
"I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS BAR-SCENE STUFF.
"I JUST WISH I COULD MEET A GIRL AND, YOU KNOW,
SETTLE DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, GET MARRIED."
I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INTERESTING.
I MET A REALLY NICE GIRL HERE LAST WEEK."
AND I SAID, "IN FACT,
THERE SHE IS COMING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER."
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE, YOU KNOW?
I INTRODUCED THE TWO AND THEY STARTED TALKING,
AND THAT WAS IT.
HI. I'M MIKE.
Narrator: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
FATE.
CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL.
WITHIN WEEKS, THESE TWO SOUL MATES KNOW
THEY'RE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER FOR LIFE.
James: SHE WAS VERY WHOLESOME. YOU KNOW, VERY ALL AMERICAN.
SHE WAS VERY SWEET.
THEY WERE JUST, LIKE, TOGETHER LIKE GLUE.
Narrator: JUST A YEAR AFTER GETTING MARRIED,
MIKE, MISSY, AND THEIR UNBORN FIRST CHILD ARE DEAD --
A TRAGIC END TO THIS FAIRY TALE ROMANCE.
AS EVIDENCE OF THEIR ATTACK IS COLLECTED,
IT BECOMES CLEAR
THE MacIVORS SUFFERED UNIMAGINABLE BRUTALITY.
Daniels: ON THE FLOOR, THERE WAS A METAL PIPE,
AND IT HAD A TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND IT.
AND THAT PIPE WAS MOST LIKELY USED
TO SUBDUE MICHAEL MacIVOR.
Powell: DID THEY KNOW WHO ENTERED?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD IT TAKE TO TAKE MIKE DOWN,
'CAUSE MIKE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Daniels: A LADDER WAS PLACED AGAINST THE BACK PORCH,
AND THAT WAS USED TO GAIN ENTRY INTO THE HOUSE,
AND THE DOORS WERE SLIDING DOORS --
WERE JUST SLID OPEN TO ALLOW ENTRY.
Narrator: THERE'S ONE DISCOVERY THAT STANDS OUT TO THE TEAM.
THE TELEPHONE WIRE HAD BEEN CUT.
Narrator: IT'S THE MARK OF AN EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL --
PERHAPS THE WORK OF A BURGLAR.
BUT THE ONLY THINGS MISSING ARE PAGES TORN FROM AN ADDRESS BOOK.
WHAT DID WE MAKE OF THAT? IS IT A CLUE?
WHAT WAS ON THOSE PAGES?
WE CAME UP WITH NO FINGERPRINTS.
IT WAS A CONFUSING CASE IN THAT REGARD.
Ellsworth: I HAD BEEN TO A NUMBER OF HOMICIDE SCENES,
AND I DON'T EVER RECALL ONE THAT WAS THIS TERRIBLE.
Narrator: WITH SO LITTLE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT THE CRIME SCENE,
DETECTIVES KNOW THE HARD WORK IS JUST BEGINNING.
Powell: EARLY ON IN THE INVESTIGATION,
OF COURSE, WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE.
Narrator: IN MULTIPLE MURDERS,
ONE PERSON IS USUALLY THE MAIN TARGET
WHILE THE OTHER IS KILLED TO ELIMINATE A WITNESS.
IT IS?
SO, WHO WAS THE KILLER AFTER --
MIKE OR MISSY?
Powell: THE MOTIVE DEVELOPED AROUND MIKE.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
TIPS, LEADS, SUGGESTIONS
CAME FLOWING IN SO QUICKLY,
AND ALL OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH MIKE.
Narrator: THE PICTURE OF A CHARMING, POPULAR, EXPECTANT FATHER
IS STARTING TO FADE,
BUT WHAT COULD MIKE POSSIBLY HAVE DONE
FOR SOMEONE TO WANT HIM DEAD?
A MILLION THINGS FLASHED IN MY HEAD. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE, AND IT JUST DIDN'T END.
Narrator: KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, IS JUST AN HOUR SOUTH OF MIAMI,
BUT A WORLD AWAY FROM THE BUSTLING METROPOLIS.
IT'S GOT A LAID-BACK CARIBBEAN FLAVOR,
UNDERWATER ATTRACTIONS,
AND NEAR-PERFECT CLIMATE.
NO WONDER IT DRAWS MILLIONS OF TOURISTS EVERY YEAR.
WHAT BRINGS *** VICTIMS MIKE AND MISSY MacIVOR HERE
IS A UNIQUE SUBDIVISION PERFECTLY SUITED TO THEM.
Powell: TAVERNAERO CONSISTED OF A GRASS RUNWAY
WITH HOMES ON EACH SIDE,
OBVIOUSLY MEANT FOR PEOPLE IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY,
AND MOST OF WHOM FLEW THEIR OWN AIRPLANES,
AND THAT FIT MIKE TO A "T."
Narrator: THERE'S ANOTHER BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TAVERNAERO AND THE CITIES TO THE NORTH --
CRIME IS ALMOST UNKNOWN.
AROUND HERE, PEOPLE DON'T LOCK THEIR DOORS.
Sharon: I ACTUALLY MENTIONED IT.
"WHY DO YOU LEAVE YOUR DOORS UNLOCKED?"
AND HE'S LIKE, "NO, NO, NO. IT'S PERFECTLY SAFE HERE.
THERE'S NO REASON TO LOCK THE DOORS."
Narrator: FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS PEACEFUL COMMUNITY,
NEWS OF THE MacIVOR MURDERS IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING.
Powell: MIKE AND MISSY'S *** WAS SENSATIONAL.
IT WAS A VERY UNUSUAL HOMICIDE,
AND OF COURSE, THE FACT THAT MISSY WAS NEAR DELIVERY
MADE IT OF A LOT OF INTEREST.
Narrator: THIS ISN'T JUST ***.
IT'S A SADISTIC KILLING,
MAKING FOR COUNTLESS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN TAVERNAERO.
Powell: WHEN THIS KIND OF A HOMICIDE TAKES PLACE,
WHEN NO ONE IS CERTAIN OF THE MOTIVE,
WHY IT WAS DONE, IT MAKES EVERYBODY NERVOUS
BECAUSE IT HAD ENTERED THEIR TERRITORY.
Narrator: THE AUTOPSIES REVEAL BOTH MIKE AND MISSY
ARE TORTURED BEFORE THEY'RE STRANGLED TO DEATH.
Powell: THERE WAS MASSIVE TRAUMA TO HIS NECK,
AS IF HE HAD BEEN STEPPED OR KNELT UPON.
Narrator: MISSY'S WOUNDS SHOW HER ASSAULT
IS FAR MORE BARBARIC.
SHE HAD BEEN TIED UP, UNTIED,
AND THEN RE-TIED A NUMBER OF TIMES,
AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT SHE WAS NOT UNCONSCIOUS
AT THE TIME SHE WAS STRANGLED.
HER HANDS WERE IN A CLENCHED POSITION.
YOU'RE FEELING WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU,
AND YOU CLENCH YOUR HANDS IN PAIN.
THERE WAS NO ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES
THAT WOULD CAUSE ANYONE TO THINK
THEY WOULD BE VICTIMS OF SUCH A CRIME.
Narrator: MIKE AND MISSY ARE MURDERED
JUST AS THEIR LIFE TOGETHER IS TAKING OFF.
MIKE, AN AVID PILOT, BUYS AND SELLS AIRPLANES
AND MANUFACTURES SPARE PARTS.
HE WAS AN INNOVATOR.
HE WAS REALLY INTO TRYING TO INVENT THINGS.
HE WANTED TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE IT BIG SOMEHOW.
Michael: LIGHTENED IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
HEY.
Narrator: MISSY, AN ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL TEACHER,
IS THRILLED TO BE STARTING A FAMILY.
THE WALLS LOOK AMAZING.
THEY SPOKE ABOUT HAVING FIVE KIDS.
SO, THEY WERE EMBARKING ON THAT JOURNEY
OF HAVING THEIR HUGE FAMILY.
IT WAS JUST A PERFECT BEGINNING TO A PERFECT LIFE.
Narrator: WHY DID IT END SO TRAGICALLY?
THE MacIVOR FAMILY STRUGGLES FOR ANSWERS.
MIKE'S OLDER BROTHER, JIM, IS ALSO IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
AND KNOWS MIKE'S BUSINESS BETTER THAN ANYONE.
MY DAD SAID, YOU KNOW, "WHAT WAS HE INTO?
"LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A HIT THING,
OR HE CROSSED UP WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE OR SOMETHING."
Narrator: JIM COMES TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS HIS FATHER.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH,
MIKE FLIES TO BELIZE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
TO SEE ABOUT BUYING A PLANE.
IT'S A REGION WELL KNOWN FOR
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
James: I JUST FIGURED THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE STEPPED ON SOMEBODY'S TOES AND REALLY UPSET SOMEONE,
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HE DID A BUM DEAL.
Narrator: MIKE RETURNS TO FLORIDA
WITH PLANS TO GO BACK IN A FEW WEEKS
SO HE CAN FLY HIS NEW PLANE HOME.
BUT BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT, HE'S MURDERED.
JIM TAKES HIS SUSPICIONS TO THE POLICE.
James: I GAVE HIM EVERY LAST PENNY OUT OF MY ACCOUNT
TO BUY THIS AIRPLANE DOWN IN CENTRAL AMERICA,
AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE AIRPLANE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE'S DEALING WITH.
EVERYTHING I WAS TELLING THEM,
IT KIND OF LED THEM TO BELIEVE
THAT'S THE DIRECTION THEY NEEDED TO GO.
Narrator: IT'S THE BEST LEAD INVESTIGATORS HAVE.
SO DETECTIVE POWELL FLIES TO BELIZE
TO SEE WHAT HE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT MIKE'S MYSTERIOUS DEAL.
WHO OWNED IT BEFORE?
Powell: THE PLANE IN BELIZE HAD A MIXED HISTORY.
IT HAD REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON IT
THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO THAT PLANE.
NO ONE WAS QUITE CERTAIN WHERE IT CAME FROM.
IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DRUG TRADE.
IT WAS CONFISCATED BY THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT
AND SOLD OFF,
AND THAT'S WHERE MIKE BECAME INVOLVED WITH IT.
Narrator: BUYING A PLANE THAT USED TO BELONG TO A DRUG SMUGGLER
MAY HAVE BEEN A RISKY MOVE,
BUT DETECTIVE POWELL DISCOVERS SOMETHING EVEN MORE TROUBLING.
HOW DID MR. MacIVOR PAY FOR THE PLANE?
Powell: WHAT CONCERNED US MOST WAS NOT THAT
JAMES HAD LOANED HIS BROTHER MONEY.
IT WAS ABOUT $17,000 TO PURCHASE THE PLANE IN BELIZE.
OF MORE CONCERN WAS WE'D UNDERSTOOD
THE PLANE ACTUALLY SOLD FOR SOMETHING LIKE $34,000,
SO WHERE DID THE REST OF THE MONEY COME FROM?
Narrator: IT DIDN'T COME FROM MIKE'S BANK ACCOUNT.
MIKE WAS NOT BRINGING IN A LOT OF FINANCES WITH HIS WORK.
Narrator: A MYSTERIOUS PLANE AND QUESTIONABLE FINANCING.
DID MIKE DO SOMETHING FOOLISH TO MAKE THE PURCHASE?
Powell: HE WAS A GUY WHO FELT LIKE HE WAS BULLETPROOF,
COULD DO ANYTHING HE WANTED WITH ANYBODY HE WANTED,
BUT NOBODY WAS GONNA HURT HIM.
IT MAKES YOU WONDER, WHO DID HE HANG OUT WITH
AND WHO WAS IT THAT MIGHT'VE HURT HIM?
MIKE DID RUB SHOULDERS WITH SOME PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR IMPORTATION OF DRUGS.
Narrator: AND IN THIS DRUG-RUNNING CORRIDOR,
BEING AROUND SHADY PEOPLE GETS YOU ON THE POLICE RADAR,
NO MATTER HOW OLD OR HOW TENUOUS THESE CONNECTIONS ARE.
Powell: MICHAEL HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH CRASH LANDING A PLANE.
HE WAS NOT FOUND WITH ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS,
BUT THE CONSENSUS IN THOSE DAYS AND THOSE TIMES
WITH CRASH LANDING PLANES IN VACANT FIELDS
LED US TO BELIEVE THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH SOME MARIJUANA SMUGGLING.
Narrator: AND THERE'S MORE.
Daniels: THE CUSTOMS SERVICE HAD INVESTIGATED A LANDING
THAT MIKE MacIVOR MADE IN A RURAL AIR STRIP,
AND THEY FOUND A FEW SEEDS OF MARIJUANA --
NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE A SEIZURE.
YOU COULD CONCLUDE THAT, AT ONE TIME,
THAT THE WHOLE PLANE WAS LOADED WITH IT.
THAT RAISED OUR SUSPICION.
Narrator: STORIES APPEAR IN THE LOCAL PRESS
TYING MIKE TO THE DRUG TRADE
EVEN THOUGH HE'S NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
MY BROTHER IS NOT HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
HIS SISTER, SHARON, IS ENRAGED BY THE MEDIA COVERAGE.
Sharon: MY BROTHER WASN'T HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF,
AND THE ALLEGATIONS THAT ROSE
WERE NOT FAIR.
THEY WERE VERY HURTFUL,
AND WE'VE ALREADY SUFFERED A LOT,
AND IT WAS UNCALLED FOR.
Narrator: DESPITE THE FAMILY'S CLAIMS,
INVESTIGATORS HAVE TROUBLE SEEING MIKE
AS AN INNOCENT VICTIM.
Powell: THERE WAS SO MUCH INSINUATION ABOUT MIKE AND DRUGS
THAT YOU COULDN'T IGNORE IT BY ANY MEANS.
Narrator: THE DRUG ANGLE IS AN OBVIOUS ONE,
BUT IS IT SO TANTALIZING
IT'S CLOUDING THE VISION OF INVESTIGATORS?
Narrator: UP UNTIL THE DAY THEY'RE MURDERED,
MIKE AND MISSY MacIVOR ARE LEADING A CHARMED LIFE.
Michael: SHE LOVES WINE.
MISSY, A TEACHER,
IS GETTING READY TO GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY.
MIKE IS AN UP-AND-COMER IN THE AVIATION BUSINESS.
THE *** OF THIS YOUNG FAMILY
DEVASTATES EVERYONE CLOSE TO THEM.
James: I COULDN'T SLEEP FOR NIGHTS.
YOUR HEART, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S BEATING THROUGH YOUR CHEST.
THERE WAS JUST NIGHTS ON END LIKE THAT.
Narrator: THE FAMILIES BELIEVE
THEIR SEARCH FOR JUSTICE IS BEING DERAILED.
Sharon: DETECTIVE! I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M SEEING...
MIKE'S SISTER, SHARON, IS THEIR ADVOCATE.
TOTALLY OUT OF LEFT FIELD.
SHE'S CONVINCED DETECTIVES ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK
CONNECTING HER BROTHER TO THE DRUG TRADE.
Sharon: I KIND OF DID PUMMEL THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
DOWN THERE PRETTY HEAVILY.
I WAS ON THEIR CASE, LIKE CONSTANTLY.
FOR MY PARENTS' SAKE, AT THIS POINT,
I FOUND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE
THAT WE BRING THIS KILLER TO JUSTICE.
AND BESIDES THE FACT THAT EVERY DAY THAT I LIVED,
I WAS WORRIED, TOO, BECAUSE I LIVED IN FEAR.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Narrator: WHEN POLICE FIRST WENT OVER THE CRIME SCENE,
THEY FOUND AN ADDRESS BOOK WITH PAGES TORN OUT.
Sharon: MY ADDRESS WAS THERE, MY PHONE NUMBER,
SO THEY WOULD BE COMING TO MY HOUSE AT NIGHT.
IT STILL WAS A FEAR I HAD.
THIS WAS A PERVERSE CRIME,
AND THAT PERSON WAS STILL NEARBY, IN MY OPINION.
YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
Narrator: DETECTIVES DON'T SHARE HER OPINION...
...ESPECIALLY AFTER A NEW LEAD COMES IN,
MAKING THE MURDERS LOOK EVEN MORE LIKE A DRUG HIT.
Powell: IT CAME THROUGH SOME FAA PERSONNEL
WHO WERE APPROACHED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO SAID
HE KNEW WHO HAD COMMITTED THIS CRIME.
THAT INFORMANT, TURNS OUT, WAS UNDER ARREST
FOR ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A *** AIRPLANE KIND OF DEAL.
Daniels: HE FELT THE BEST WAY OUT OF THIS
WAS TO TELL US SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO KNOW
IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT AN INFORMANT DOES.
OKAY, LOOK.
SO, HE TOLD US THAT MICHAEL MacIVOR
WAS INVOLVED WITH NELSON AND IVAN CLAVEJO,
WHO WERE COLUMBIAN DRUG SMUGGLERS,
AND THAT THOSE DRUG SMUGGLERS
WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY MICHAEL MacIVOR.
Powell: THESE SAME TWO COLOMBIANS
WHO WERE IN THE DRUG-TRAFFICKING BUSINESS
WERE KNOWN BY OTHER PEOPLE --
OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIKE KNEW.
THERE WERE SOME CONNECTIONS COMING TOGETHER WITH THAT.
Narrator: THE INFORMANT CLAIMS
MIKE SOLD THE BROTHERS A PLANE
FOR A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS
AND NEVER DELIVERED IT.
I MEAN, THE GUY BEGGED HIM. HE GOT UP...
Daniels: THOSE BROTHERS THEN WENT TO EXACT...
Man: MacIVOR!
...THEIR MONEY BACK FROM MICHAEL MacIVOR --
WENT TO HIS HOUSE IN THE KEYS,
TORTURED HIS WIFE,
TORTURED MIKE,
AND EVENTUALLY KILLED HIM,
AND THE INFORMANT SAID THAT THEY ADMITTED TO HIM
THAT THEY HAD DONE THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT INFORMANT CONVINCED US
THAT THAT WAS A VIABLE STORY.
YOU LOOK AT THE MacIVOR CRIME SCENE,
AND YOU SEE THAT MIKE MacIVOR IS IN THE LIVING ROOM
WITH TAPE OVER HIS FACE,
AND MISSY MacIVOR IS IN THE BEDROOM,
LAYING ON THE FLOOR HOGTIED.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO DO THIS.
AND THE CLAVEJO BROTHERS COULD'VE ENGINEERED THIS.
Powell: THE DESCRIPTION HE GAVE OF THE CRIME SCENE
THAT HE SAID HE HAD HEARD FROM THESE PEOPLE,
THERE WAS ENOUGH SIMILARITY
FOR US TO BECOME VERY INTERESTED IN THESE PEOPLE.
Narrator: TO BUILD THEIR CASE,
DETECTIVES NEED TO FIND THE NOTORIOUS CLAVEJO BROTHERS.
Daniels: WE FOUND IVAN AND NELSON CLAVEJO
IN DRIVER'S LICENSE RECORDS.
Narrator: THIS INFORMATION DOESN'T HELP.
THE ADDRESSES ARE FAKE.
WE COULDN'T FIND A TRACE OF THEM.
Narrator: WHILE DETECTIVES PURSUE THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION,
SHARON IS DETERMINED TO CLEAR HER BROTHER'S NAME
AND LAUNCHES HER OWN INVESTIGATION.
TO THE POINT WHERE IT CONSUMED ME.
[ TELEPHONE BEEPING ]
EVEN THOUGH I HAD CHILDREN, I SPENT EVERY DAY CALLING.
I WORKED MY WAY ALL THE WAY TO THE FBI,
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
THIS LOOKED TO ME LIKE IT WAS THE WORK OF A SOCIOPATH.
IT WAS SEXUALLY MOTIVATED, WHICH IS
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CRIME THAN IF YOU'RE MAD AT SOMEBODY.
Narrator: DESPITE SHARON'S EFFORTS,
NOTHING CHANGES.
AFTER NINE MONTHS OF PAINSTAKING WORK,
DETECTIVES FINALLY GET A LINE ON THE CLAVEJO BROTHERS.
IT'LL BE TOUGH TO INTERROGATE THEM.
THEY'VE LEFT FLORIDA FOR COLUMBIA.
Daniels: THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD GO TO COLUMBIA
AND TRY TO LOCATE THEM.
WE'D PROBABLY END UP IN A COFFIN IF WE DID.
Narrator: BEFORE DETECTIVES CAN MOVE THE CASE FORWARD,
THEY NEED TO BE SURE THEIR INFORMATION IS RELIABLE,
SO THEY INSIST THEIR INFORMANT TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.
HE REFUSES.
TO TOP IT OFF, HE DELIVERS
A CRIPPLING BLOW TO THE INVESTIGATION.
Daniels: HE SAID TO ME, "THE TRUTH IS,
"I MADE THE WHOLE THING UP.
THE CLAVEJO BROTHERS WERE NOT INVOLVED WITH MIKE MacIVOR."
I MADE IT UP, OKAY?
AND THAT JUST FLOORED US -- TOOK THE WIND OUT OF OUR SAILS.
IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING, BECAUSE WE'D SPENT ALL THIS TIME.
EVERYTHING -- I MADE UP THE WHOLE THING.
THE BEST LEAD WAS GONE.
Narrator: WITH NO EVIDENCE AT ALL
MIKE MacIVOR WAS INVOLVED IN DRUG SMUGGLING,
DETECTIVES NEED TO LOOK AT THE MURDERS
IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT.
Powell: WHO WAS THE TARGET?
WHEN WE LOOKED MORE CLOSELY,
WITH WHOM DID THE BAD GUY SPEND THE MOST TIME?
THAT APPEARED TO BE MISSY INSTEAD OF MIKE.
MIKE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT DISCARDED
AND LEFT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
MISSY, ON THE OTHER HAND,
UNFORTUNATE AND AS SAD AND AS HEINOUS AS IT SOUNDS,
WAS THE PERSON WITH WHOM MORE TIME --
MORE TORTURE -- WAS SPENT.
Narrator: HAVE DETECTIVES WASTED NEARLY A YEAR?
IT'S CERTAINLY STARTING TO LOOK THAT WAY.
TO SOLVE THIS CRIME,
THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER A FAR-FETCHED POSSIBILITY.
THE KILLER'S TARGET WASN'T MIKE.
IT WAS MISSY.
Narrator: THIS INFORMATION DOESN'T HELP.
THE ADDRESSES ARE FAKE.
WE COULDN'T FIND A TRACE OF THEM.
Narrator: WHILE DETECTIVES PURSUE THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION,
SHARON IS DETERMINED TO CLEAR HER BROTHER'S NAME
AND LAUNCHES HER OWN INVESTIGATION.
TO THE POINT WHERE IT CONSUMED ME.
[ TELEPHONE BEEPING ]
EVEN THOUGH I HAD CHILDREN, I SPENT EVERY DAY CALLING.
I WORKED MY WAY ALL THE WAY TO THE FBI,
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
THIS LOOKED TO ME LIKE IT WAS THE WORK OF A SOCIOPATH.
IT WAS SEXUALLY MOTIVATED, WHICH IS
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CRIME THAN IF YOU'RE MAD AT SOMEBODY.
Narrator: DESPITE SHARON'S EFFORTS,
NOTHING CHANGES.
AFTER NINE MONTHS OF PAINSTAKING WORK,
DETECTIVES FINALLY GET A LINE ON THE CLAVEJO BROTHERS.
IT'LL BE TOUGH TO INTERROGATE THEM.
THEY'VE LEFT FLORIDA FOR COLUMBIA.
Daniels: THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD GO TO COLUMBIA
AND TRY TO LOCATE THEM.
WE'D PROBABLY END UP IN A COFFIN IF WE DID.
Narrator: BEFORE DETECTIVES CAN MOVE THE CASE FORWARD,
THEY NEED TO BE SURE THEIR INFORMATION IS RELIABLE,
SO THEY INSIST THEIR INFORMANT TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.
HE REFUSES.
TO TOP IT OFF, HE DELIVERS
A CRIPPLING BLOW TO THE INVESTIGATION.
Daniels: HE SAID TO ME, "THE TRUTH IS,
"I MADE THE WHOLE THING UP.
THE CLAVEJO BROTHERS WERE NOT INVOLVED WITH MIKE MacIVOR."
I MADE IT UP, OKAY?
AND THAT JUST FLOORED US -- TOOK THE WIND OUT OF OUR SAILS.
IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING, BECAUSE WE'D SPENT ALL THIS TIME.
EVERYTHING -- I MADE UP THE WHOLE THING.
THE BEST LEAD WAS GONE.
Narrator: WITH NO EVIDENCE AT ALL
MIKE MacIVOR WAS INVOLVED IN DRUG SMUGGLING,
DETECTIVES NEED TO LOOK AT THE MURDERS
IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT.
Powell: WHO WAS THE TARGET?
WHEN WE LOOKED MORE CLOSELY,
WITH WHOM DID THE BAD GUY SPEND THE MOST TIME?
THAT APPEARED TO BE MISSY INSTEAD OF MIKE.
MIKE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT DISCARDED
AND LEFT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
MISSY, ON THE OTHER HAND,
UNFORTUNATE AND AS SAD AND AS HEINOUS AS IT SOUNDS,
WAS THE PERSON WITH WHOM MORE TIME --
MORE TORTURE -- WAS SPENT.
Narrator: HAVE DETECTIVES WASTED NEARLY A YEAR?
IT'S CERTAINLY STARTING TO LOOK THAT WAY.
TO SOLVE THIS CRIME,
THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER A FAR-FETCHED POSSIBILITY.
THE KILLER'S TARGET WASN'T MIKE.
IT WAS MISSY.
Narrator: FOR ALMOST A YEAR, DETECTIVES IN KEY LARGO, FLORIDA,
HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR HUNCH MIKE MacIVOR
WAS THE TARGET OF VENGEFUL DRUG DEALERS,
AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE, THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
NOW THEY THINK THEY HAD IT ALL WRONG.
SO MUCH HAD DEVELOPED AROUND MIKE
THAT IT OVERSHADOWED, IN LARGE DEGREE,
MISSY BEING A TARGET.
MISSY WAS JUST SO WELL-LIKED.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN HER ACTIVITIES
THAT WOULD INDICATE A MOTIVE FOR HER DEATH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AGAIN.
Sharon: YOU'RE WELCOME.
Narrator: POLICE TURN TO THE MacIVOR FAMILY FOR HELP.
CAN THEY THINK OF ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO HARM
THE CHARMING, YOUNG SCHOOL TEACHER?
NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THEY CAN'T.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE LEAD POINTING IN THAT DIRECTION.
AS POLICE CONSIDER WHERE TO TURN NEXT,
A MONROE COUNTY DETECTIVE WORKING BURGLARIES
BRINGS UP ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.
HE'S ON THE TRAIL OF CAREER CRIMINAL THOMAS OVERTON.
Andrews: HE WAS A SUSPECT IN A NUMBER OF CRIMES IN THE KEYS --
I MEAN ROBBERY, BURGLARIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
MADE HIM KIND OF A PET PROJECT.
Narrator: DETECTIVE ANDREWS SUSPECTS
OVERTON MIGHT HAVE GONE WELL BEYOND SIMPLE BREAK-INS.
Andrews: THOMAS OVERTON WAS A SUSPECT
IN A PREVIOUS HOMICIDE IN THE KEYS.
Narrator: BUT HE'S NOT A SUSPECT IN THE MacIVOR MURDERS.
DETECTIVES ANDREWS' PET PROJECT GOES NOWHERE.
WE HAD HIT A MUDDY SPOT WHERE THE WHEELS STOPPED TURNING
AND YOU JUST KEEP SLUGGING, SLOGGING YOUR WAY THROUGH.
I WAS GETTING A LITTLE DESPERATE BECAUSE NOW I'M THINKING,
"OH, GOSH, THIS IS GOING INTO A COLD CASE."
YOU KNOW, "THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE."
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING HERE.
I WAS OBSESSED.
THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING I DID BEFORE I DRANK MY COFFEE,
WAS THE CASE.
Narrator: SHARON PUTS UP BILLBOARDS AROUND TOWN
OFFERING A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION.
AND HER TENACITY PAYS OFF.
Powell: WE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF TIP-LINE CALLS,
ONE OF WHICH ORIGINATED WITH THE BILLBOARDS THAT HAD BEEN PUT UP,
AND CAME IN A VERY STRANGE WAY --
THAT SOMEONE HAD OVERHEARD IN A LOCAL BAR.
Daniels: HE SAID HE WAS IN THE MEN'S ROOM...
Man: [ CRYING ]
OH, I FEEL SO BAD.
...AND HE OVERHEARD SOMEBODY IN THERE
KIND OF GIVING A CRYING, SAD RENDITION
ABOUT, "I'M SO SORRY."
I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT.
"I FEEL SO BAD ABOUT THE BABY AND THE MOTHER,
"AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
AND I'M AT MY WIT'S END AND I FEEL HORRIBLE ABOUT IT."
Narrator: THE TIPSTER HAS MORE THAN A STORY.
HE CAN LEAD POLICE TO THE CRYING MAN.
HE SAYS HE SAW HIM GET INTO A TRUCK
WITH A PHONE NUMBER ON THE SIDE.
FINDING HIM IS A BREEZE.
Daniels: WE STARTED AN INVESTIGATION.
WE FOUND OUT THROUGH HIGH-SCHOOL RECORDS
THAT HE AND MISSY MacIVOR
WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL IN SOUTH MIAMI.
AND THAT MADE A CONNECTION THAT WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT.
[ DOG BARKING ]
Narrator: AFTER TWO MONTHS, DETECTIVES FINALLY HAVE ENOUGH
TO CONFRONT THEIR PROMISING NEW SUSPECT.
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
HE TELLS POLICE HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ***.
NO, I'M NOT A MURDERER.
THEN HE CLAMS UP.
HOWEVER, HE DID GIVE US A SAMPLE OF HIS DNA.
AND WE RAN A MATCH.
Narrator: THE LAB COMPARES IT TO DNA
FROM *** FOUND AT THE CRIME SCENE.
IT DOESN'T MATCH.
ANOTHER DEAD END.
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
FOUR MORE YEARS PASS WITHOUT POLICE MAKING ANY HEADWAY.
MONROE COUNTY DETECTIVES ARE DESPERATE FOR SOMETHING,
ANYTHING THEY CAN WORK WITH,
SO THEY QUESTION THE MacIVORS ONCE MORE --
DID MISSY SAY OR DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO HER ***?
ANYTHING?
THAT'S WHEN SHARON REMEMBERS SOMETHING --
A SEEMINGLY TRIVIAL COMMENT MISSY MADE
A FEW WEEKS BEFORE SHE AND MIKE ARE MURDERED.
YOU KNOW... I DO REMEMBER HER...
Sharon: SHE HAD JUST MENTIONED IN PASSING,
"WELL, THE GUY AT THE GAS STATION'S, LIKE, A REAL CREEP.
HE'S, LIKE, HITTING ON ME."
YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE,
"GOD, YOU'RE, LIKE, NINE MONTHS PREGNANT. WHO DOES THAT?"
AND IT WASN'T EVEN, LIKE, A COMMENT THAT I PAID ATTENTION TO
OR THAT I THOUGHT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
Narrator: POLICE VISIT THE GAS STATION TO GET EMPLOYEE RECORDS
FROM THE TIME OF THE MacIVOR MURDERS.
GOOD. WHAT DO YOU GOT?
THEY DISCOVER ONE OF THE WORKERS DURING THAT PERIOD
IS SOMEONE THEY PREVIOUSLY DISMISSED --
BURGLAR THOMAS OVERTON.
Daniels: WE REGROUPED
AND WE REVIEWED.
WE KNEW HE WAS A BURGLAR,
WE KNEW THAT HE LIKED TO DO BURGLARIES
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON A RAINY NIGHT.
WE KNEW THAT HE LIKED TO CUT TELEPHONE LINES,
WE KNEW THAT HE LIKED TO COME IN AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
WE KNEW A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THIS GUY.
Narrator: A SIMILAR M.O., YES,
BUT JUST CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
IT ISN'T GOING TO PUT HIM BEHIND BARS.
Daniels: THIS WAS A HARDENED CRIMINAL.
THIS WAS A GUY THAT HAD BEEN AROUND.
HE'D BEEN IN JAIL.
YOU JUST COULDN'T WALK UP TO HIM AND SAY,
"WOULD YOU GIVE ME YOUR DNA?
I WANT TO SEE IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A CASE."
SO I KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE TOUGH.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NEED TO GET OVERTON IN CUSTODY
AND THEN FIND A REASON TO GET HIS DNA,
BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO ARREST HIM FOR.
THEY'RE AT A LOSS...
UNTIL THE SOLUTION WALKS RIGHT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
ALONG COMES AN INFORMANT THAT SAYS,
"I WANT TO WORK OFF A MARIJUANA CHARGE."
WE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW THOMAS OVERTON?"
HE SAYS, "WELL, I KNOW OF HIM."
YEAH.
HELP US?
Narrator: THE INFORMANT GETS CLOSE TO OVERTON.
HE'S JUST LOST HIS LICENSE
AND IS LOOKING FOR A GETAWAY DRIVER.
Daniels: HE OPENS UP TO HIM AND HE TELLS HIM,
"I WANT TO BURGLARIZE A HOUSE."
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
Narrator: TRUE TO FORM, OVERTON MAKES HIS MOVE
ON THE NEXT RAINY NIGHT.
THE COPS ARE READY.
Ellsworth: THOMAS OVERTON SHOWED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
AND HE WAS WEARING A BLACK NINJA-TYPE OUTFIT,
HE WAS CARRYING A BAG FULL OF VARIOUS
BURGLARY TOOLS AND WEAPONS.
FIRST THING HE DID, HE CUT THE PHONE LINES
WHEN THE POLICE MOVED IN AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
Man: WHY?
I JUST...I -- THERE'S NO REASON.
Narrator: OVERTON DENIES KNOWING THE MacIVORS.
HE SAYS HE'S NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE HOUSE.
NO.
AND HE REFUSES TO GIVE A DNA SAMPLE.
I'M NOT GIVING YOU MY DNA.
WHY?
IN HIS CELL, HE COMES UP WITH
A BOLD PLAN TO BREAK OUT OF JAIL.
Ellsworth: HE ASKED FOR A RAZOR TO SHAVE, AND THEY PROVIDE HIM WITH ONE,
AND USING A WIRE HE GRABBED OUT OF AN AIR-CONDITIONING FIXTURE,
HE POPS OUT THE RAZOR...
AND THEN CUTS HIMSELF.
IT WASN'T A VERY DEEP CUT,
BUT ONE THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THERE'S BLOOD NOW ON THE FLOOR, ON OVERTON,
AND SO THE JAILERS RUSH IN,
THEY USE A TOWEL TO COMPRESS THE WOUND ON HIS NECK,
AND THEY TRANSPORT HIM OVER TO THE HOSPITAL.
Daniels: WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO WAS
GET OVER TO THE HOSPITAL AND ESCAPE,
BUT THE JAILERS WERE A LITTLE BIT TOO SMART FOR THAT.
THEY SENT FIVE GUYS OVER
TO STAND AROUND THE BED WHILE THEY TREATED HIM.
Powell: THE BLOOD-SOAKED RAG THAT WAS HELD AGAINST HIM WAS DISCARDED.
IT BECAME TRASH, SO IT BECAME ANYBODY'S TRASH,
AND IT BECAME OUR BLOOD SAMPLE.
Narrator: THE TOWEL IS SENT TO THE FLORIDA STATE CRIME LAB
TO COMPARE OVERTON'S DNA TO THE DNA FOUND
IN THE SEMINAL FLUID RECOVERED FROM THE CRIME SCENE.
DETECTIVES CAN ONLY PRAY THERE'S A MATCH.
Narrator: FIVE YEARS ON,
AND THE MURDERS OF MIKE AND MISSY MacIVOR
ARE STILL UNSOLVED.
BUT NOW, A DNA TEST WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER THOMAS OVERTON'S BOTCHED ESCAPE ATTEMPT
WILL SEND HIM TO DEATH ROW.
Daniels: THE LAB EXAMINER CALLED ME, AND HE SAID,
"SCOTT, YOU HAVE YOUR MAN."
AND YOU COULD'VE PUSHED ME OVER WITH A FEATHER.
Powell: ALL I COULD THINK OF...
[ SIGHS ]
...WAS...
[ CHUCKLES ]
...MISSY AND THAT BABY.
THAT HAS ALWAYS BOTHERED ME ABOUT --
I THINK IT BOTHERS ALL OF US ABOUT THAT CASE.
MY WIVES HAVE GIVEN BIRTH, MY DAUGHTERS HAVE GIVEN BIRTH,
AND I KNOW THAT'S THEIR WORLD.
THAT'S ALL SHE THOUGHT ABOUT.
FIRST QUESTION I ASKED WAS, "WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE?
WAS THIS RETALIATION, OR WHAT WAS IT?"
AND THEY SAID, "NO. PSYCHO."
Sharon: IT WAS SHOCKING.
NOW THE HARD PART CAME -- CONVICTING HIM.
Narrator: IN JANUARY, 1999,
A NEW ORDEAL BEGINS FOR MIKE AND MISSY'S FAMILIES --
THOMAS OVERTON'S TRIAL.
HE HAD A COLD DEMEANOR,
AND WHEN HE'D TURN AROUND TO LOOK AT YOU,
YOU GOT CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPINE.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE EYES.
Narrator: THE STAR WITNESSES AT THE TRIAL ARE TWO JAILHOUSE INFORMANTS.
THEY REPEAT FOR THE JURY THE CONFESSION OVERTON MADE TO THEM
ABOUT HIS VISIT TO THE MacIVOR HOUSE
ONE STORMY NIGHT MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS AGO.
Ellsworth: OVERTON HAD MET MISSY MacIVOR AT THE GAS STATION,
AND HE BELIEVED THAT SHE AND HE HAD SOME SORT OF ATTRACTION,
AND THAT HE HAD DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO,
YOU KNOW, HAVE SEX WITH HER.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
HE FOUND OUT HER ADDRESS FROM A CHECK
THAT SHE HAD PAID AT THE GAS STATION ONE TIME.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
HE WENT IN THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR
INTO THE BABY'S ROOM THAT WAS BEING REFURBISHED.
HE STARTED TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE.
MIKE MacIVOR GOES TO THE REFRIGERATOR AND OPENS IT,
AND OVERTON IS LITERALLY STANDING A FEW FEET AWAY,
AND SO FAR, MIKE MacIVOR HAS NOT REALIZED HE'S THERE.
[ GRUNTS ]
MIKE MacIVOR IS STUNNED.
MISSY MacIVOR, APPARENTLY HEARING SOMETHING GOING ON,
RUNS OUT OF THE BEDROOM AND JUMPS ON HIS BACK.
OVERTON GRABS HER AND TAKES HER INTO THE BEDROOM
AND TELLS HER THAT, "IF YOU JUST BE QUIET,
EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET OUT OF THIS OKAY,"
AND TIES HER UP.
AND THEN HE RETURNS TO MIKE MacIVOR
AND HITS HIM AGAIN TO MAKE SURE HE'S UNCONSCIOUS
AND THEN TAPES HIS EYES.
THE REASON HE TAPED HIS EYES WAS THAT
HE BELIEVED THAT DURING THE STRANGULATION PROCESS,
THE EYES WOULD BULGE OUT AND HE WOULD BLEED,
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET BLOOD ON HIMSELF,
AND THEN HE STRANGLES MIKE MacIVOR.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
THEN HE GOES BACK
AND HE RAPES MISSY MacIVOR.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ CRYING ]
STOP!
AND HE CHOKED HER TO DEATH
WITH THE TIES THAT HE FOUND IN THE HOUSE.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
UM... [ SIGHS ]
AND THEN HE DESCRIBES, AFTER SHE'S DEAD,
SEEING HER STOMACH MOVE...
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
...AND REACHING DOWN AND TOUCHING HER STOMACH
AND FEELING THE BABY KICK.
Sharon: IT WAS TOO MUCH.
THERE WERE DETAILS THAT YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T KNOW,
AND ONCE YOU KNOW THEM, UM...
IT'S HARD TO QUIET THEM.
Narrator: OVERTON IS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH
FOR THE MURDERS OF MIKE, MISSY,
AND THEIR UNBORN CHILD, KYLE PATRICK.
James: THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND
PROVING THAT HE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL.
YOU KNOW, HE'S EVIL, HE'S SATAN, HE NEEDS TO BE GONE.
Narrator: IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 14 YEARS SINCE OVERTON'S CONVICTION,
AND HE REMAINS ON DEATH ROW, TRYING TO APPEAL.
Sharon: AFTER THE TRIAL,
MY FATHER SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND DIED.
MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY EARLY, AS WELL.
THE HEARTBREAK CUT SHORT THEIR LIFE.
James: I THINK ABOUT HIM OFTEN,
ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M COMING BACK UP
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA OR SOUTH AMERICA
AND THE ROUTE TAKES US OVER THE KEYS,
BECAUSE I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY THAT NIGHT,
THE SUN WAS SETTING AND THE KEYS WERE JUST, LIKE, AGLOW,
AND WE FLEW OVER HIS HOUSE,
AND I SAID TO THE OTHER GUY WHO WAS FLYING, I GO,
"THAT'S WHERE MY BROTHER LIVES DOWN THERE."
IT WAS HIS DREAM HOUSE.