WEBVTT 00:00:01.881 --> 00:00:04.426 Horror strikes a stylish Atlanta neighborhood 00:00:04.467 --> 00:00:06.928 when a mother goes looking for her son. 00:00:06.970 --> 00:00:08.388 She goes upstairs, 00:00:08.388 --> 00:00:13.184 and they hear this bloodcurdling scream. 00:00:17.731 --> 00:00:21.568 He was not just murdered. He was bludgeoned. 00:00:21.568 --> 00:00:25.780 Based on the injuries to him, as well as the blood 00:00:25.822 --> 00:00:28.783 on the wall, somebody was out of control. 00:00:28.825 --> 00:00:33.413 The person that committed the homicide took a shower 00:00:33.455 --> 00:00:35.040 before leaving the residence. 00:00:35.040 --> 00:00:37.167 Whoever was responsible for the murder 00:00:37.208 --> 00:00:40.086 had to be someone that Lance knew. 00:00:40.170 --> 00:00:41.838 The victim 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:45.175 is one of the city's most influential entrepreneurs. 00:00:45.216 --> 00:00:46.509 He wasn't just my dad, right? 00:00:46.593 --> 00:00:49.512 He was really this amazing man that, you know, 00:00:49.554 --> 00:00:51.639 in a small way, changed Atlanta. 00:00:51.681 --> 00:00:54.893 And the deeper detectives dive into the case, 00:00:54.934 --> 00:00:56.352 the more they uncover 00:00:56.352 --> 00:00:59.522 what appears to be a crime of passion. 00:00:59.522 --> 00:01:03.318 The husband knew that she was having an affair. 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:05.862 He was going to, you know, break off the relationship. 00:01:05.904 --> 00:01:07.489 It could, you know, 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:10.658 make you enraged enough to commit a homicide. 00:01:10.992 --> 00:01:16.873 That was the piece that gave us confidence that we, in fact, 00:01:16.873 --> 00:01:21.336 had identified the right person to charge with Lance's murder. 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:39.354 In the late 1990s, 00:01:39.395 --> 00:01:42.148 the city of Atlanta is on fire. 00:01:42.190 --> 00:01:43.608 Atlanta was the place to be. 00:01:43.650 --> 00:01:45.735 There was a real buzz in the city. 00:01:45.777 --> 00:01:47.278 A real electricity. 00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:49.322 It was a land of opportunity. 00:01:49.364 --> 00:01:52.826 It was just very, very much booming and alive. 00:01:52.909 --> 00:01:55.537 A lot of folks in their 20s and 30s 00:01:55.578 --> 00:01:57.247 doing a lot of great things. 00:02:03.253 --> 00:02:07.132 Atlanta was just aspirational. 00:02:07.173 --> 00:02:10.468 It was big and robust. 00:02:10.510 --> 00:02:12.512 Atlanta was ripe for young capitalists. 00:02:12.512 --> 00:02:17.225 It is within that context that Lance Herndon was able 00:02:17.267 --> 00:02:21.771 to develop a very successful business 00:02:21.771 --> 00:02:23.273 as a consultant 00:02:23.314 --> 00:02:27.235 for his own personal software technology company. 00:02:27.277 --> 00:02:30.029 Lance had moved into one of Atlanta's 00:02:30.113 --> 00:02:33.283 suburban jewels, the city of Roswell, 00:02:33.283 --> 00:02:36.619 a bucolic haven of horse farms and handsome homes, 00:02:36.661 --> 00:02:40.957 a refuge from the fast-paced metro city life. 00:02:40.999 --> 00:02:45.128 But on Thursday, August 8, 1996, 00:02:45.170 --> 00:02:47.964 that quiet is shattered. 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:02.353 The paramedics arrived, but he was gone. 00:03:02.395 --> 00:03:06.566 He was gone. They found his body in his bedroom. 00:03:06.649 --> 00:03:09.360 He was not just murdered. He was bludgeoned. 00:03:09.402 --> 00:03:12.113 Moments later, 00:03:12.155 --> 00:03:14.699 detectives are on scene at the home 00:03:14.741 --> 00:03:17.994 and speak with the distraught 911 caller, 00:03:18.077 --> 00:03:20.455 Lance Herndon's mother, Jackie. 00:03:20.496 --> 00:03:24.626 She told investigators Lance--he had three employees 00:03:24.667 --> 00:03:28.004 that worked for him downstairs in his home. 00:03:28.004 --> 00:03:33.760 And that morning when they showed up, there was no Lance. 00:03:33.801 --> 00:03:35.303 They got worried. 00:03:35.345 --> 00:03:37.889 Lance didn't call. here was nothing. 00:03:37.931 --> 00:03:43.186 So they called Lance's mom who lived around the block, 00:03:43.186 --> 00:03:46.856 so she comes over, and she goes upstairs. 00:03:46.856 --> 00:03:51.611 After a few minutes, there was this bloodcurdling scream. 00:03:54.197 --> 00:03:58.743 She was shocked when she pulled back the comforter 00:03:58.826 --> 00:04:01.496 to see her only child 00:04:01.537 --> 00:04:05.166 laying in the bed face up. 00:04:05.208 --> 00:04:08.503 Investigators begin their exploration 00:04:08.544 --> 00:04:11.047 of the murder scene and quickly discover 00:04:11.130 --> 00:04:15.677 they have a complex and confounding series of clues. 00:04:15.718 --> 00:04:20.306 Someone struck his forehead and top of his head 00:04:20.348 --> 00:04:22.350 with such force that 00:04:22.392 --> 00:04:26.646 there were streaks of blood droplets 00:04:26.729 --> 00:04:31.859 that were streaming down the wall. 00:04:31.901 --> 00:04:36.781 This appeared to be someone in a bit of a rage, 00:04:36.823 --> 00:04:40.243 because based on the injuries to him, 00:04:40.285 --> 00:04:42.412 as well as the blood on the wall, 00:04:42.495 --> 00:04:45.498 somebody was out of control that did this. 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:49.085 Detectives notice there's a significant amount 00:04:49.127 --> 00:04:51.921 of blood spatter on Lance's upper torso, 00:04:51.963 --> 00:04:55.174 but very little blood below Lance's waist. 00:04:55.258 --> 00:04:57.343 Our theory was that the killer 00:04:57.385 --> 00:05:00.471 climbed onto his * body and straddled him, 00:05:00.513 --> 00:05:02.932 struck him in the head and face, 00:05:02.932 --> 00:05:04.726 causing his death. 00:05:06.769 --> 00:05:09.397 The instrument used to bludgeon Lance 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.316 is nowhere to be found, 00:05:11.357 --> 00:05:14.569 but left unique and perplexing wounds. 00:05:14.610 --> 00:05:16.195 We didn't know what the murder weapon was. 00:05:16.237 --> 00:05:20.658 Was it a bat? Was it a cane? Was it a brick? 00:05:20.700 --> 00:05:22.869 Like, what could have caused it? 00:05:22.952 --> 00:05:24.996 One of the things that was very obvious 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:27.165 was a blood trail. 00:05:27.248 --> 00:05:32.587 Blood droplets that led from the bed, out of the bedroom, 00:05:32.628 --> 00:05:37.925 and into the master bathroom wherein they found 00:05:37.967 --> 00:05:44.307 a bloody pillowcase stuffed down in the toilet. 00:05:44.307 --> 00:05:45.933 We used Luminol and things like that, 00:05:45.975 --> 00:05:48.561 and it highlights the blood, and it was all in the shower, 00:05:48.603 --> 00:05:53.024 so the person that committed the homicide took a shower 00:05:53.066 --> 00:05:57.153 before leaving the residence. 00:05:57.195 --> 00:05:59.447 The investigators noticed there were no signs 00:05:59.489 --> 00:06:02.825 of forced entry to the house. They checked all the doors. 00:06:02.909 --> 00:06:05.787 All the windows around the home. 00:06:05.828 --> 00:06:10.333 So whoever was responsible for the murder had to be someone 00:06:10.375 --> 00:06:13.086 that Lance knew and might have been familiar with, 00:06:13.127 --> 00:06:16.255 because they were given access to the home. 00:06:16.297 --> 00:06:19.008 As they continue working the crime scene 00:06:19.008 --> 00:06:20.051 looking for evidence, 00:06:20.134 --> 00:06:23.179 they also find three alarm clocks. 00:06:23.179 --> 00:06:27.642 All three of these alarm clocks had been unplugged 00:06:27.683 --> 00:06:31.104 from the wall, which was very unusual. 00:06:31.187 --> 00:06:33.481 Two of the clocks did not have the time, 00:06:33.523 --> 00:06:36.651 but one of the clocks did, 00:06:36.692 --> 00:06:40.238 and the time that was frozen for eternity 00:06:40.321 --> 00:06:44.826 was 4:10 a.m. 00:06:48.371 --> 00:06:53.042 Investigators viewed that as maybe one clue 00:06:53.042 --> 00:06:55.044 into his time of death 00:06:55.086 --> 00:06:59.298 and when the murder may have taken place. 00:06:59.340 --> 00:07:01.884 In speaking with family members and friends 00:07:01.968 --> 00:07:04.387 who were familiar with his sleeping habits, 00:07:04.429 --> 00:07:08.057 we know that the clock on the nightstand 00:07:08.057 --> 00:07:11.602 was set to go off at 4:00. 00:07:11.644 --> 00:07:17.442 We know that a second clock was set to go off at 4:05, 00:07:17.483 --> 00:07:21.904 and the third clock was set to go off at 4:10. 00:07:21.904 --> 00:07:24.949 The theory is that the killer was there at 4:00 00:07:25.032 --> 00:07:28.202 when those clocks began going off and unplugged them 00:07:28.244 --> 00:07:31.038 rather than allow them to continue to blare. 00:07:31.080 --> 00:07:35.251 The intricate puzzle of clues multiplies 00:07:35.334 --> 00:07:39.255 as investigators continue their search of the room. 00:07:39.255 --> 00:07:41.257 The other thing that was unusual 00:07:41.340 --> 00:07:45.553 was he had a photograph at his bedside, 00:07:45.595 --> 00:07:47.972 and that picture was face down. 00:07:48.014 --> 00:07:50.516 When we turn that picture up, we could see 00:07:50.558 --> 00:07:55.938 that that is a current or ex-girlfriend of Mr. Herndon. 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:57.899 She's in, like, a little teddy, 00:07:57.940 --> 00:07:59.817 and she's right there, by his bed. 00:07:59.901 --> 00:08:01.110 You know, who is this person? 00:08:01.194 --> 00:08:03.070 We need to figure out who this person is. 00:08:03.112 --> 00:08:06.115 Why is this one picture turned over? 00:08:10.203 --> 00:08:12.497 Another thing was that outside of the home, 00:08:12.538 --> 00:08:15.082 in the driveway, in a trail, 00:08:15.124 --> 00:08:20.129 like breadcrumbs leading through the garage of the home, 00:08:20.129 --> 00:08:25.968 they found silver chewing gum wrappers, 00:08:26.052 --> 00:08:29.847 many of them, that they thought was very unusual. 00:08:29.931 --> 00:08:33.392 Lance was not known to be a gum chewer, 00:08:33.434 --> 00:08:36.270 and so because he was so meticulous 00:08:36.312 --> 00:08:39.649 about the way his house looked, and it's something 00:08:39.690 --> 00:08:43.653 that he would not have allowed to occur. 00:08:43.694 --> 00:08:45.947 Investigators question Lance's mother 00:08:45.988 --> 00:08:48.699 and his employees to try to understand 00:08:48.741 --> 00:08:51.786 how such an aspirational community figure 00:08:51.827 --> 00:08:54.956 could elicit such a violent end. 00:08:54.997 --> 00:08:58.125 Lance Herndon was a fascinating figure, 00:08:58.167 --> 00:09:02.213 just right off the bat. He's an entrepreneur. 00:09:02.255 --> 00:09:06.092 Born and raised in New York, but migrated to Atlanta, 00:09:06.133 --> 00:09:08.594 which was the epicenter, at the time, 00:09:08.636 --> 00:09:12.682 for sort of the Black nouveau riche. 00:09:12.682 --> 00:09:17.979 He was a generous man. He was a loving father. 00:09:18.020 --> 00:09:20.731 He had recently gotten divorced from his wife, 00:09:20.773 --> 00:09:22.775 and so they shared responsibilities 00:09:22.858 --> 00:09:26.028 for raising their son and did so together 00:09:26.112 --> 00:09:29.198 in a very positive environment. 00:09:29.198 --> 00:09:31.033 I remember my mother telling me 00:09:31.117 --> 00:09:33.494 that my father wasn't gonna be around anymore. 00:09:33.536 --> 00:09:36.038 I was four years old when Lance was murdered. 00:09:36.122 --> 00:09:37.748 I can remember that day like it's yesterday. 00:09:37.790 --> 00:09:39.125 Looking out into our backyard, 00:09:39.166 --> 00:09:40.793 and leaves blowing all over the place, 00:09:40.835 --> 00:09:44.797 and my mom telling me that my father was gone. 00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:47.466 I started to realize it when my dad wasn't at little league 00:09:47.508 --> 00:09:49.051 sporting events. You know, little things 00:09:49.051 --> 00:09:52.346 like that where other kids had their fathers around. 00:09:52.388 --> 00:09:54.390 There's sadness of not being able to spend 00:09:54.473 --> 00:09:56.726 that time with my father, 00:09:56.767 --> 00:09:57.977 but he wasn't just my dad, right? 00:09:58.060 --> 00:09:59.854 He was really this amazing man 00:09:59.895 --> 00:10:01.856 that changed the landscape of Atlanta 00:10:01.897 --> 00:10:06.027 by being one of the first businessmen 00:10:06.068 --> 00:10:09.405 to work in the IT field 00:10:09.488 --> 00:10:11.073 while also being an African American. 00:10:11.073 --> 00:10:13.075 You know, that's a one-in-a-million story. 00:10:13.075 --> 00:10:16.162 Lance had built a thriving business 00:10:16.203 --> 00:10:19.832 from his home, which leads investigators to ask employees 00:10:19.874 --> 00:10:22.835 working there that morning if he had been robbed. 00:10:22.877 --> 00:10:25.880 The workers at the house searched for anything 00:10:25.921 --> 00:10:29.133 that was out of place or suspicious, 00:10:29.175 --> 00:10:30.760 and they immediately noticed 00:10:30.843 --> 00:10:36.182 that a very expensive laptop was missing. 00:10:36.223 --> 00:10:41.520 The case was there, but the laptop was not, 00:10:41.604 --> 00:10:42.730 which was really unusual, 00:10:42.772 --> 00:10:45.441 because Lance was really fastidious, 00:10:45.483 --> 00:10:48.402 and Lance rarely let, like, 00:10:48.444 --> 00:10:52.698 the laptop and the case ever become disconnected. 00:10:52.782 --> 00:10:56.911 Lance's employees also helped 00:10:56.952 --> 00:11:00.456 by identifying the woman in the bedside photograph 00:11:00.456 --> 00:11:02.917 as Kathy Collins. 00:11:02.958 --> 00:11:05.961 We learned that Kathy and Lance were dating, 00:11:05.961 --> 00:11:07.129 We learned that Kathy and Lance were dating, 00:11:07.129 --> 00:11:09.965 were intimate, and that Lance was getting ready 00:11:10.007 --> 00:11:14.470 to break off his relationship with Kathy. 00:11:14.470 --> 00:11:16.889 If Lance had mentioned to her or had conversations with her 00:11:16.931 --> 00:11:18.641 that he was going to, 00:11:18.641 --> 00:11:20.142 you know, break off the relationship, 00:11:20.142 --> 00:11:21.769 it could, you know, 00:11:21.811 --> 00:11:26.315 make you enraged enough to commit a homicide. 00:11:26.357 --> 00:11:30.236 Lance had a reputation of being kind of 00:11:30.277 --> 00:11:33.823 just a serial philanderer. 00:11:33.906 --> 00:11:37.076 A very large consideration was the motive in this case. 00:11:37.076 --> 00:11:39.954 He knew that she was having an affair, 00:11:39.995 --> 00:11:42.665 and so there's motive right there. 00:11:52.258 --> 00:11:54.093 Roswell police detectives grapple 00:11:54.093 --> 00:11:57.513 with the brutal homicide of tech mogul Lance Herndon 00:11:57.555 --> 00:12:01.183 who's been found bludgeoned to death in his own bed. 00:12:01.267 --> 00:12:03.769 Hours into the investigation, 00:12:03.811 --> 00:12:06.272 and with few solid leads to go on, 00:12:06.272 --> 00:12:09.066 detectives focus on a turned-down photo 00:12:09.108 --> 00:12:13.028 of a girlfriend of Lance's named Kathy Collins. 00:12:13.112 --> 00:12:16.574 People describe Kathy Collins as really smart. 00:12:16.615 --> 00:12:18.117 Very attractive. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:21.829 Lance's trusted, public girlfriend. 00:12:21.871 --> 00:12:23.998 Lance had been dating Kathy Collins 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:25.958 for years, on and off. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:27.668 They were really, really good friends 00:12:27.752 --> 00:12:29.628 and took a lot of trips together, 00:12:29.628 --> 00:12:31.297 and they were quite close. 00:12:31.297 --> 00:12:34.633 Typically, if he had special events to go to, 00:12:34.633 --> 00:12:37.344 he would usually take Kathy Collins. 00:12:37.386 --> 00:12:39.513 They looked good together, as a couple. 00:12:39.597 --> 00:12:41.599 Before detectives 00:12:41.640 --> 00:12:44.435 can begin their search for Ms. Collins, 00:12:44.477 --> 00:12:47.980 she shows up unannounced at the crime scene. 00:12:48.022 --> 00:12:50.649 Kathy showed up while they were still 00:12:50.691 --> 00:12:52.443 investigating the crime. 00:12:52.485 --> 00:12:54.403 She wanted her clothes out of there. 00:12:54.445 --> 00:12:57.156 She came back to the house and caused a big scene. 00:12:57.198 --> 00:12:59.658 She wanted to recover personal effects from the house 00:12:59.700 --> 00:13:01.327 and caused a ruckus. 00:13:03.329 --> 00:13:05.080 For someone to be Lance's public girlfriend, 00:13:05.164 --> 00:13:07.082 her behavior is odd. detectives are dumbfounded, 00:13:07.166 --> 00:13:09.084 'cause she didn't seem too concerned 00:13:09.168 --> 00:13:12.171 that Lance was murdered. 00:13:12.171 --> 00:13:15.341 Detectives asked, "Could Kathy 00:13:15.341 --> 00:13:18.344 "be cold-hearted enough to kill Lance 00:13:18.427 --> 00:13:21.388 and then return for clothes the next day?" 00:13:21.472 --> 00:13:25.100 During our interview, she came off very genuine, 00:13:25.184 --> 00:13:27.937 and she provided us with an alibi. 00:13:27.978 --> 00:13:29.772 Kathy Collins had a boyfriend. 00:13:29.814 --> 00:13:31.190 I don't know whether Lance knew it, 00:13:31.232 --> 00:13:33.317 but they were together the night before, 00:13:33.359 --> 00:13:37.363 and was able to exonerate herself. 00:13:37.363 --> 00:13:40.699 With Kathy's whereabouts accounted for, 00:13:40.783 --> 00:13:42.827 detectives are stymied. 00:13:42.868 --> 00:13:45.830 Who would have taken the time to turn down her photo 00:13:45.871 --> 00:13:48.415 while committing a homicide? 00:13:48.457 --> 00:13:53.838 One of the primary suspects in this murder, 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:58.050 the natural person that you would sort of question, 00:13:58.133 --> 00:14:01.303 would be Lance's ex-wife, 00:14:01.345 --> 00:14:05.349 because she could stand to gain millions 00:14:05.391 --> 00:14:08.477 through his insurance policy. 00:14:10.354 --> 00:14:14.817 Janine Price was from Kansas City. 00:14:14.859 --> 00:14:17.903 A dancer before she moved on 00:14:17.945 --> 00:14:19.989 to work as a corporate flight attendant. 00:14:20.072 --> 00:14:24.493 My parents met under the figure of Christ 00:14:24.535 --> 00:14:29.248 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A pretty crazy story. 00:14:29.248 --> 00:14:33.085 I think my mom walked up to my dad and introduced herself, 00:14:33.085 --> 00:14:35.754 'cause she saw, as she describes, 00:14:35.838 --> 00:14:38.424 "A cute-looking brother in Rio." 00:14:38.424 --> 00:14:42.428 Within months, Lance and Janine are married 00:14:42.469 --> 00:14:44.263 in a lavish ceremony. 00:14:44.305 --> 00:14:48.601 And within a year, Harrison is born. 00:14:48.642 --> 00:14:51.520 It was, you know, a pretty normal family relationship 00:14:51.562 --> 00:14:55.107 with, you know, mom and dad both in the household. 00:14:55.190 --> 00:14:58.152 It was a happy time. 00:14:58.235 --> 00:15:01.739 They seemed to be happily married. 00:15:01.780 --> 00:15:04.992 The thing of it is, with Lance being so popular 00:15:05.075 --> 00:15:09.288 and so successful, I think a lot of females 00:15:09.288 --> 00:15:12.416 thought he just would be a great catch. 00:15:12.458 --> 00:15:15.794 Lance had a reputation of being kind of 00:15:15.836 --> 00:15:20.007 just a serial philanderer. 00:15:20.049 --> 00:15:22.343 Janine just got sick of it. 00:15:22.426 --> 00:15:25.137 She loved him, but she couldn't take the infidelity, 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:26.931 She loved him, but she couldn't take the infidelity, 00:15:26.972 --> 00:15:29.183 and so she filed for divorce. 00:15:32.269 --> 00:15:35.522 Not only had they recently been divorced, 00:15:35.564 --> 00:15:39.568 but Lance also had a $1 million life insurance policy 00:15:39.568 --> 00:15:43.280 that listed Janine as a beneficiary. 00:15:43.322 --> 00:15:45.908 We began to just look at her very closely 00:15:45.908 --> 00:15:49.411 as a person who may have had an emotional motivation 00:15:49.411 --> 00:15:53.374 and a financial motive to want to murder Lance. 00:15:55.334 --> 00:15:57.127 She provided us with an alibi. 00:15:57.211 --> 00:16:00.881 She was out to dinner with a boyfriend of hers, 00:16:00.923 --> 00:16:04.593 and all of that was confirmed through our investigation. 00:16:04.677 --> 00:16:07.930 With no suspects in custody, 00:16:07.972 --> 00:16:11.809 panic begins to spread around the town of Roswell. 00:16:11.850 --> 00:16:15.938 The way it was committed and the viciousness of the attack 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:19.566 really created a sense of fear 00:16:19.608 --> 00:16:23.404 and concern amongst the neighborhood. 00:16:23.445 --> 00:16:28.283 36 hours into the investigation, 00:16:28.325 --> 00:16:31.286 the medical examiner's report comes in 00:16:31.328 --> 00:16:35.124 and adds to the horror of Lance's murder. 00:16:35.165 --> 00:16:39.545 And he found that there were no injuries to Lance's hands 00:16:39.586 --> 00:16:43.382 at all, which means he did not do anything to defend himself 00:16:43.465 --> 00:16:45.843 to ward off these blows. 00:16:45.884 --> 00:16:48.846 It appears that he may have been asleep 00:16:48.887 --> 00:16:52.057 at the time that this incident took place. 00:16:52.057 --> 00:16:53.392 Investigators are at a loss 00:16:53.434 --> 00:16:55.769 about the weapon used in the murder, 00:16:55.811 --> 00:17:00.607 until the ME meticulously studies the wounds. 00:17:00.649 --> 00:17:06.405 He said the object had a texture and a shape to it, 00:17:06.447 --> 00:17:10.075 and it was just a curved pattern that he noticed 00:17:10.117 --> 00:17:12.619 that was very particular. 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:15.205 And within that curved pattern, he noticed that 00:17:15.289 --> 00:17:19.960 there were these linear lines that showed a pattern. 00:17:20.002 --> 00:17:24.131 That pattern reminds the medical examiner 00:17:24.173 --> 00:17:26.592 of a case he'd done years before. 00:17:26.633 --> 00:17:28.719 He showed me a dissertation paper 00:17:28.761 --> 00:17:32.598 he had written years earlier. 00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:35.142 The medical examiner felt very, very confident 00:17:35.184 --> 00:17:38.145 that the murder weapon that was used 00:17:38.228 --> 00:17:40.564 was an adjustable crescent wrench. 00:17:40.606 --> 00:17:43.817 One that is just like this one. 00:17:51.325 --> 00:17:54.328 Three days after Atlanta tech mogul 00:17:54.328 --> 00:17:56.705 Lance Herndon was bludgeoned to death in his home, 00:17:56.747 --> 00:17:58.415 the medical examiner has identified 00:17:58.457 --> 00:18:02.211 an adjustable crescent wrench. 00:18:02.294 --> 00:18:05.255 Now, detectives need to find the instrument 00:18:05.297 --> 00:18:07.007 that delivered the killing blow. 00:18:09.468 --> 00:18:11.011 I went back to the house. 00:18:11.053 --> 00:18:13.764 I went to a shed, like a toolshed area, 00:18:13.806 --> 00:18:17.101 and it was very immaculate. The man was very, very neat. 00:18:17.184 --> 00:18:20.521 And he had all of his tools, like, traced out 00:18:20.521 --> 00:18:22.731 and placed out onto his pegboard. 00:18:22.773 --> 00:18:24.900 Only tool that was missing was 00:18:24.942 --> 00:18:28.195 a 16-inch adjustable or crescent wrench. 00:18:28.237 --> 00:18:31.824 We reinterviewed several of the persons 00:18:31.865 --> 00:18:33.283 that had been in the house 00:18:33.325 --> 00:18:35.744 in the days and weeks leading up to the murder. 00:18:35.828 --> 00:18:38.455 And what one of the housekeepers told us 00:18:38.497 --> 00:18:42.126 is that Mr. Herndon had a wrench just like this one 00:18:42.167 --> 00:18:45.671 in his bedroom on the night that he was murdered. 00:18:45.712 --> 00:18:49.550 She said that Mr. Herndon was gonna be putting together 00:18:49.591 --> 00:18:51.885 a piece of exercise equipment, 00:18:51.927 --> 00:18:55.097 and so the crescent wrench had been there in his bedroom, 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:57.391 which made it readily accessible 00:18:57.391 --> 00:18:59.059 for the killer to use. 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:01.645 Despite this new information, 00:19:01.687 --> 00:19:05.065 investigators still struggle to locate the wrench. 00:19:05.065 --> 00:19:07.067 But confirming it was last seen in the bedroom 00:19:07.067 --> 00:19:10.070 where he was killed, they now believe Lance's murder 00:19:10.070 --> 00:19:12.030 may not have been premeditated, 00:19:12.072 --> 00:19:15.325 but was instead a crime of passion. 00:19:15.367 --> 00:19:17.578 During the course of our investigation, 00:19:17.661 --> 00:19:20.247 it became known to us that Mr. Herndon 00:19:20.289 --> 00:19:21.456 had a lot of women in his life, including Ms. Talana, 00:19:21.456 --> 00:19:24.418 Talana Caraway and Lance Herndon were friends. 00:19:24.459 --> 00:19:28.589 Earlier in their relationship, they dated 00:19:28.630 --> 00:19:30.674 and had actually been intimate, 00:19:30.757 --> 00:19:36.138 but at the time of his death, they were platonic friends. 00:19:36.138 --> 00:19:39.516 And on the night of Lance's murder, 00:19:39.558 --> 00:19:43.812 Talana Caraway was scheduled to work from 6:00 until 10:30. 00:19:43.896 --> 00:19:47.524 up until around 10:30, at which time she left Lance's house 00:19:47.566 --> 00:19:49.943 and went straight home, according to her. 00:19:49.985 --> 00:19:52.863 She said when she got home around 11:30, 00:19:52.905 --> 00:19:57.576 she had a message on her answering machine from Lance 00:19:57.576 --> 00:19:59.953 checking to see if she made it home okay. 00:19:59.953 --> 00:20:01.580 And so the theory is that there was only one opportunity 00:20:01.663 --> 00:20:05.375 to commit this murder. 00:20:05.375 --> 00:20:08.128 It was a very narrow window of time, 00:20:08.170 --> 00:20:13.008 and it was from midnight when he was talking to Talana 00:20:13.050 --> 00:20:15.719 to 4:00 a.m. because 00:20:15.802 --> 00:20:21.475 his clock is unplugged at 4:10 a.m. 00:20:21.558 --> 00:20:23.185 During her police interview, 00:20:23.227 --> 00:20:26.063 Talana claims she didn't go back to Lance's house 00:20:26.063 --> 00:20:30.275 that night and quickly points the finger elsewhere. 00:20:30.317 --> 00:20:34.655 She told us that he was dating a woman 00:20:34.738 --> 00:20:36.365 who, several months earlier, 00:20:36.406 --> 00:20:40.077 had come into his life named Dionne Baugh. 00:20:40.077 --> 00:20:44.164 Dionne Baugh was a 28-year-old college student 00:20:44.206 --> 00:20:46.375 at Georgia State University here in Atlanta. 00:20:46.416 --> 00:20:49.878 She originally is from Jamaica, 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:52.464 and she and Lance began a relationship. 00:20:52.506 --> 00:20:56.551 Talana explains that Dionne and Lance 00:20:56.593 --> 00:20:59.137 met at his 41st birthday party, 00:20:59.179 --> 00:21:01.932 and he was immediately captivated. 00:21:02.015 --> 00:21:04.851 Dionne has both beauty and brains. 00:21:04.893 --> 00:21:07.187 When he met her, he was smitten, 00:21:07.229 --> 00:21:12.276 and they started dating and it quickly turned *. 00:21:14.069 --> 00:21:19.408 Talana told investigators that Lance loved to wine and dine, 00:21:19.449 --> 00:21:22.953 and he didn't spare any expense on Dionne. 00:21:23.036 --> 00:21:25.038 You know, he bought her a Mercedes. 00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:27.040 They traveled together. 00:21:27.082 --> 00:21:32.129 He lavished Dionne with a lot of material goodies. 00:21:32.129 --> 00:21:36.258 What Lance didn't realize was that Dionne Baugh 00:21:36.300 --> 00:21:40.679 was probably as much a player as him. 00:21:42.264 --> 00:21:45.225 She didn't tell him, but she was married. 00:21:45.350 --> 00:21:48.478 at the time that she and Lance began a relationship, 00:21:48.562 --> 00:21:50.731 Dionne Baugh was actually married. 00:21:50.772 --> 00:21:56.403 It then immediately created a real interest 00:21:56.403 --> 00:21:57.738 in her husband Shaun, 00:21:57.821 --> 00:22:01.825 a Jamaican resident who worked as an airline pilot. 00:22:01.867 --> 00:22:04.411 Investigators suddenly need to speak 00:22:04.411 --> 00:22:08.123 with Ms. Baugh to know if Lance's amorous activities 00:22:08.165 --> 00:22:12.336 landed him at the deadly corner of a love triangle. 00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:15.422 We were able to speak with Dionne Baugh. 00:22:15.464 --> 00:22:19.593 She indicated that she and Lance were madly in love. 00:22:19.593 --> 00:22:23.805 That Lance was enamored with her. 00:22:23.847 --> 00:22:27.267 She claimed she did tell her husband that Lance Herndon 00:22:27.267 --> 00:22:31.772 was just a mentor and a friend, but I would say 00:22:31.772 --> 00:22:34.900 that it was probably hard to explain the Mercedes, 00:22:34.941 --> 00:22:37.527 and the extra money, and all of the other stuff. 00:22:37.611 --> 00:22:42.074 The husband caught on pretty quickly. 00:22:42.115 --> 00:22:45.952 Shaun knew that she was having an affair, 00:22:46.036 --> 00:22:49.373 and so there's motive right there. 00:22:49.414 --> 00:22:53.126 And very early on, what the investigation revealed, 00:22:53.168 --> 00:22:58.548 very interestingly, is that Shaun had been in Atlanta 00:22:58.590 --> 00:23:03.595 the night of Lance's murder. 00:23:04.096 --> 00:23:06.807 Mr. Herndon called us and asked for her 00:23:06.890 --> 00:23:09.309 to be removed from the property and, in turn, 00:23:09.351 --> 00:23:13.522 be given a criminal trespass warning not to return. 00:23:13.605 --> 00:23:16.650 Investigators get a tip. 00:23:16.650 --> 00:23:21.321 We were shocked to see inside of her purse 00:23:21.363 --> 00:23:26.618 the silver foil gum wrappers, like we had seen 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:32.082 in the driveway of Lance Herndon's home. 00:23:42.175 --> 00:23:43.844 Detectives are hot on the heels 00:23:43.844 --> 00:23:47.597 of a new person of interest in the murder of Lance Herndon. 00:23:47.681 --> 00:23:51.685 One of Herndon's lovers, college student Dionne Baugh, 00:23:51.685 --> 00:23:54.229 has revealed that she's not only married, 00:23:54.312 --> 00:23:57.524 but that her husband Shaun, who lives in Jamaica, 00:23:57.607 --> 00:24:03.655 was in Atlanta on the evening of the murder. 00:24:03.697 --> 00:24:09.035 She said he got on his 8:00-ish p.m. flight, 00:24:09.077 --> 00:24:10.620 and then she went back home, 00:24:10.662 --> 00:24:12.706 and she did a late-night study session 00:24:12.789 --> 00:24:17.043 from 9:00 to 10:30-ish. 00:24:17.085 --> 00:24:20.464 That's how she described that night. 00:24:20.547 --> 00:24:23.049 Investigators check flight records 00:24:23.133 --> 00:24:25.760 to determine if Shaun was actually on the plane 00:24:25.844 --> 00:24:29.723 as scheduled the night Lance was killed. 00:24:29.806 --> 00:24:33.560 We were able to confirm that Shaun did actually 00:24:33.602 --> 00:24:35.979 have a reservation to catch a flight. 00:24:36.021 --> 00:24:41.193 And then we learned that he was physically on the plane, 00:24:41.234 --> 00:24:45.614 which means that at the time of Lance's death, 00:24:45.655 --> 00:24:50.035 Shaun would have been 1,000 miles away 00:24:50.076 --> 00:24:51.536 at home in Jamaica. 00:24:51.578 --> 00:24:55.999 So he was able to be eliminated as a suspect. 00:24:56.041 --> 00:24:58.043 As Shaun is taken off the list 00:24:58.084 --> 00:24:59.586 of viable suspects, 00:24:59.586 --> 00:25:02.923 detectives turn back to the other side 00:25:02.964 --> 00:25:04.549 of the lover's triangle 00:25:04.591 --> 00:25:05.217 and focus in on Lance's current lover, Dionne Baugh. 00:25:05.217 --> 00:25:08.887 and focus in on Lance's current lover, Dionne Baugh. 00:25:08.970 --> 00:25:10.514 A short time later, 00:25:10.555 --> 00:25:15.268 in some of the interviews with the workers at the office, 00:25:15.310 --> 00:25:18.188 they told us about a prior incident 00:25:18.230 --> 00:25:21.316 involving Lance Herndon and Dionne Baugh 00:25:21.358 --> 00:25:25.028 that occurred at the house late one night, 00:25:25.070 --> 00:25:28.156 about 30 days before the murder. 00:25:28.198 --> 00:25:32.702 Dionne showed up at Lance's house unannounced. 00:25:32.744 --> 00:25:36.373 Dionne was able to see Kathy Collins 00:25:36.456 --> 00:25:41.545 walking through the house with a towel on. 00:25:41.545 --> 00:25:46.508 Dionne became very enraged. She began to ring the doorbell, 00:25:46.550 --> 00:25:48.260 beat on the door, kick the door, 00:25:48.343 --> 00:25:50.387 and try to gain access to the house 00:25:50.387 --> 00:25:53.807 so that she could confront Lance about what she had seen. 00:25:53.890 --> 00:25:57.352 Lance refused to answer the door. 00:25:57.394 --> 00:26:00.105 He called 911. 00:26:00.188 --> 00:26:02.190 Mr. Herndon called us 00:26:02.232 --> 00:26:04.568 and asked for her to be removed from the property 00:26:04.609 --> 00:26:09.281 and in turn be given a criminal trespass warning not to return. 00:26:09.322 --> 00:26:10.782 That's when the fight kicked off. 00:26:10.824 --> 00:26:14.536 She started scrapping, struggling, pushing. 00:26:14.578 --> 00:26:17.038 You got two fully-grown police officers here 00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:20.375 handling a 5'7", 5'8" female. 00:26:20.417 --> 00:26:23.420 So we managed to get her under control. 00:26:23.503 --> 00:26:27.799 We got her handcuffed, and got cursed and kicked, 00:26:27.841 --> 00:26:31.845 and everything all the way to the jail 00:26:31.886 --> 00:26:34.764 and booked her in for trespassing. 00:26:34.806 --> 00:26:37.726 They arrested her and they charged her with a misdemeanor 00:26:37.767 --> 00:26:40.145 of criminal trespassing for being on this property 00:26:40.186 --> 00:26:41.771 without his permission or authority. 00:26:41.813 --> 00:26:44.983 They flat-out take her to jail, 00:26:45.025 --> 00:26:48.570 and Lance never-- he didn't bail her out. 00:26:48.612 --> 00:26:50.280 He didn't do anything. 00:26:50.322 --> 00:26:54.951 And that criminal case was scheduled to go to court 00:26:55.035 --> 00:26:57.037 on the day 00:26:57.078 --> 00:27:03.543 that Lance Herndon's body was discovered by his mother. 00:27:03.585 --> 00:27:05.378 Although Dionne's arrest had 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:07.464 been a month before the murder, 00:27:07.505 --> 00:27:11.301 detectives must now scrutinize a potential motive. 00:27:11.301 --> 00:27:12.969 Was she trying to silence Lance 00:27:13.011 --> 00:27:16.723 before he was due to testify against her in court? 00:27:16.765 --> 00:27:20.310 Detectives bring Dionne back in for questioning 00:27:20.310 --> 00:27:23.021 where she makes a surprising admission. 00:27:23.104 --> 00:27:24.522 During that interview, 00:27:24.564 --> 00:27:27.108 she indicated that on the night of his death, 00:27:27.150 --> 00:27:30.403 that he in fact came to her home, 00:27:30.445 --> 00:27:33.323 which was located in Norcross, Georgia, 00:27:33.365 --> 00:27:37.744 and brought her his laptop computer 00:27:37.786 --> 00:27:41.164 for her to use for a class. 00:27:41.206 --> 00:27:43.500 She claimed that he came to her house 00:27:43.583 --> 00:27:47.253 sometime in between 9:00 and 10:30 p.m., 00:27:47.337 --> 00:27:50.465 dropped off the computer, and left. 00:27:50.507 --> 00:27:54.427 And that was the last time that she saw him alive. 00:27:54.469 --> 00:27:57.472 But Dionne's explanation doesn't match 00:27:57.514 --> 00:28:00.850 with Talana Caraway's account from that night. 00:28:00.850 --> 00:28:04.312 Talana Caraway is there in the office with Lance, 00:28:04.354 --> 00:28:06.648 and she doesn't leave until 10:30. 00:28:06.690 --> 00:28:11.027 And she says Lance never left the house. 00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:14.447 It would have been impossible for Lance 00:28:14.489 --> 00:28:19.202 to have left his home, to bring the computer 00:28:19.285 --> 00:28:22.747 and drop it off and leave during this window. 00:28:22.789 --> 00:28:26.209 All of this was confirmed with her records, 00:28:26.292 --> 00:28:30.797 so that kind of led us to Ms. Baugh. 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.632 We have no alibi for her, 00:28:32.674 --> 00:28:36.386 so we're really concentrating on her. 00:28:36.386 --> 00:28:37.887 Considering her possession 00:28:37.929 --> 00:28:39.723 of the missing laptop, 00:28:39.723 --> 00:28:42.559 a court date with Lance scheduled just hours after 00:28:42.642 --> 00:28:45.562 he was found murdered, and no alibi, 00:28:45.645 --> 00:28:49.774 detectives are convinced Dionne Baugh is their killer. 00:28:49.816 --> 00:28:52.235 But with no eye witnesses or evidence 00:28:52.277 --> 00:28:53.653 tying her to the crime scene, 00:28:53.653 --> 00:28:56.573 There were some really serious forensic challenges 00:28:56.656 --> 00:28:58.283 to the case. 00:28:58.324 --> 00:29:00.910 There were no fingerprints of anyone there in the bedroom 00:29:00.952 --> 00:29:03.413 other than Lance Herndon's fingerprints that were found. 00:29:03.455 --> 00:29:07.625 We've done forensic testing on the hair 00:29:07.667 --> 00:29:11.296 and on the materials found underneath the fingernails 00:29:11.337 --> 00:29:14.090 of Lance Herndon during the autopsy. 00:29:14.132 --> 00:29:17.302 We looked at all aspects of Lance Herndon's life. 00:29:17.343 --> 00:29:20.930 We did a really deep dive into his finances. 00:29:20.930 --> 00:29:23.099 We've exhausted every lead. 00:29:23.141 --> 00:29:25.643 Then we've done all the interviews and reinterviews 00:29:25.685 --> 00:29:31.316 that we can find, so the case goes cold. 00:29:31.357 --> 00:29:35.278 Based on the fact that it took so long, 00:29:35.320 --> 00:29:39.324 none of us had a lot of hope. I did not have a lot of faith 00:29:39.365 --> 00:29:42.285 in the Roswell Police Department 00:29:42.368 --> 00:29:45.413 because it was just too long of a period of time. 00:29:45.455 --> 00:29:49.751 Over a year and a half passes with no new leads 00:29:49.793 --> 00:29:52.212 until detectives get a call 00:29:52.295 --> 00:29:55.757 from someone close to their prime suspect. 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:59.093 Eventually, the investigation gets a break. 00:29:59.135 --> 00:30:01.471 We get a phone call from an Atlanta attorney 00:30:01.471 --> 00:30:04.933 who represents Shaun in a divorce action 00:30:04.974 --> 00:30:07.977 against his wife, Dionne Baugh. 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:11.898 And that Shaun would like to make a statement 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:15.151 to the investigators that he has some information 00:30:15.235 --> 00:30:19.113 that is relevant to the murder of Lance Herndon. 00:30:29.999 --> 00:30:33.545 The case of Lance Herndon's murder had gone cold 00:30:33.586 --> 00:30:35.004 for more than a year 00:30:35.088 --> 00:30:38.007 despite exhaustive efforts by the police. 00:30:38.091 --> 00:30:42.971 Then a call sparks the investigation back to life. 00:30:43.012 --> 00:30:47.559 In 1998, investigators get a tip, 00:30:47.642 --> 00:30:52.814 and it comes in from Dionne Baugh's husband Shaun himself. 00:30:52.856 --> 00:30:54.691 Shaun is here in Atlanta 00:30:54.774 --> 00:30:59.195 in a divorce action against his wife Dionne Baugh, 00:30:59.237 --> 00:31:04.033 and he would like to make a statement to the investigators. 00:31:04.075 --> 00:31:08.329 Shaun indicates that several months earlier, 00:31:08.371 --> 00:31:13.001 while Dionne had been in Jamaica visiting, 00:31:13.042 --> 00:31:18.256 they got into an argument over her relationship 00:31:18.298 --> 00:31:19.924 with Lance Herndon. 00:31:20.008 --> 00:31:22.886 And he confronted her about whether or not 00:31:22.886 --> 00:31:26.431 she had anything to do with Lance's death. 00:31:28.516 --> 00:31:32.562 She has a very hot temper, 00:31:32.562 --> 00:31:35.732 and she begins to curse him out, 00:31:35.732 --> 00:31:38.234 kick him, and beat him. 00:31:39.944 --> 00:31:42.614 And she makes the statement that 00:31:42.655 --> 00:31:46.075 she will kill Shaun 00:31:46.075 --> 00:31:50.830 just like she did Lance. 00:31:53.708 --> 00:31:59.213 That was the piece that gave us confidence that we in fact 00:31:59.255 --> 00:32:01.758 had identified the right person 00:32:01.841 --> 00:32:05.261 to charge with Lance's murder. 00:32:07.096 --> 00:32:09.474 Shaun then tells investigators 00:32:09.515 --> 00:32:13.102 that he and Dionne will soon be in divorce court, 00:32:13.144 --> 00:32:15.772 giving police the opportunity to use any statement 00:32:15.772 --> 00:32:20.193 she makes under oath against her in their criminal case. 00:32:20.234 --> 00:32:23.905 I watched Dionne Baugh testify under oath 00:32:23.947 --> 00:32:26.407 that she and Lance Herndon 00:32:26.407 --> 00:32:30.828 never had an intimate or * relationship. 00:32:30.870 --> 00:32:35.333 That she and Lance Herndon were just merely casual friends. 00:32:35.375 --> 00:32:38.086 That statement made under oath 00:32:38.127 --> 00:32:41.255 was a completely different statement 00:32:41.297 --> 00:32:44.509 than the one she had given to our investigators 00:32:44.550 --> 00:32:47.136 on the day after Lance's death 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:51.099 where she indicates that they were madly in love 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:53.768 and had shared a very intimate 00:32:53.810 --> 00:32:57.480 and personal * relationship. 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:59.524 Denying an adulterous relationship 00:32:59.607 --> 00:33:03.486 with Lance, Dionne also makes a perplexing admission 00:33:03.528 --> 00:33:05.071 about Lance's laptop, 00:33:05.113 --> 00:33:07.824 which she had previously told detectives 00:33:07.824 --> 00:33:09.826 he dropped at her house. 00:33:09.826 --> 00:33:14.664 At this divorce hearing, which was based on infidelity, 00:33:14.706 --> 00:33:19.419 Dionne said that she actually left the house that night, 00:33:19.502 --> 00:33:24.340 went and picked up the laptop from Lance's home, 00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:28.011 which placed her at the scene of that crime. 00:33:28.094 --> 00:33:32.140 And it's also a contradiction to what she had said 00:33:32.181 --> 00:33:36.019 two years prior to investigators. 00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:39.272 Dionne has finally admitted on record 00:33:39.313 --> 00:33:44.193 that she was at Lance's house the night he was killed. 00:33:44.277 --> 00:33:48.698 It was one of those things that added to this 00:33:48.698 --> 00:33:53.703 ever-evolving clear picture about what happened 00:33:53.703 --> 00:33:56.706 the night that Lance Herndon was murdered. 00:33:56.706 --> 00:33:58.499 It was big. 00:33:58.541 --> 00:34:02.086 So at this point, police have what they need 00:34:02.128 --> 00:34:06.257 to make the arrest and charge Dionne Baugh 00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:08.885 with the murder of Lance Herndon. 00:34:10.636 --> 00:34:14.182 When we arrested Dionne Baugh, 00:34:14.223 --> 00:34:17.894 the vehicle and her purse were searched. 00:34:17.894 --> 00:34:23.024 Inside of her purse, we were shocked 00:34:23.066 --> 00:34:27.403 to see it filled with literally hundreds 00:34:27.445 --> 00:34:31.741 of these silver foil gum wrappers, 00:34:31.741 --> 00:34:33.034 like we had seen 00:34:33.076 --> 00:34:36.913 in the driveway of Lance Herndon's home 00:34:36.996 --> 00:34:39.749 on the night his body was found. 00:34:42.835 --> 00:34:45.713 I got the news that Dionne was arrested, 00:34:45.755 --> 00:34:49.133 and it was the greatest news we'd ever gotten. 00:34:49.175 --> 00:34:51.302 The first thing I did is I called my husband, 00:34:51.344 --> 00:34:54.097 and I called, you know, everyone close to me 00:34:54.138 --> 00:34:55.473 and close to the situation 00:34:55.556 --> 00:34:59.060 to let them know Dionne was finally arrested. 00:34:59.102 --> 00:35:03.272 I felt, you know, at such peace. 00:35:03.314 --> 00:35:06.651 It takes more than three years for prosecutors 00:35:06.734 --> 00:35:12.156 to bring Dionne to court to face charges of murder. 00:35:12.198 --> 00:35:17.245 Because there were no eye witnesses to this murder, 00:35:17.286 --> 00:35:18.788 I thought it was very important 00:35:18.788 --> 00:35:21.332 that a demonstration needed to be done 00:35:21.374 --> 00:35:25.044 to show the jurors a very clear picture 00:35:25.086 --> 00:35:29.549 how this kind of very vicious, 00:35:29.632 --> 00:35:33.094 rage-filled murder happened. 00:35:33.136 --> 00:35:37.140 Dionne Baugh wanted what Lance Herndon had. 00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:38.975 She was a person who was 00:35:39.058 --> 00:35:40.977 accustomed to being in control, 00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:42.979 getting her way, 00:35:42.979 --> 00:35:48.151 and when Lance refused to continue 00:35:48.192 --> 00:35:50.319 having this relationship with her, 00:35:50.361 --> 00:35:54.198 had gone so far as to have her arrested 00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:56.325 for being on his property, 00:35:56.325 --> 00:36:01.414 that really was kind of the straw that broke her back. 00:36:01.497 --> 00:36:03.207 And she had to do something about it, 00:36:03.249 --> 00:36:05.126 and she had to do something about it 00:36:05.168 --> 00:36:09.547 before her court appearance the next day. 00:36:09.630 --> 00:36:13.968 This was gonna be a uphill battle for the prosecution, 00:36:14.010 --> 00:36:19.390 because this case was built all on circumstantial evidence. 00:36:19.432 --> 00:36:23.186 There was no murder weapon. No fingerprints. 00:36:23.186 --> 00:36:25.897 It was just thin. Just thin. 00:36:34.906 --> 00:36:36.532 Almost five years 00:36:36.574 --> 00:36:40.536 after the death of high tech mogul Lance Herndon, 00:36:40.578 --> 00:36:44.332 the trial of Dionne Baugh gets underway. 00:36:44.373 --> 00:36:47.668 She's charged with murder and aggravated assault 00:36:47.752 --> 00:36:51.130 and faces a term of life in prison. 00:36:51.214 --> 00:36:53.883 With no forensic evidence or murder weapon 00:36:53.966 --> 00:36:55.593 tying her to the homicide, 00:36:55.635 --> 00:37:01.015 the prosecution is relying on circumstantial evidence. 00:37:01.098 --> 00:37:02.475 It was a circumstantial evidence case, 00:37:02.516 --> 00:37:06.145 but all of the pieces of circumstantial evidence 00:37:06.229 --> 00:37:08.898 that really pointed to Dionne Baugh 00:37:08.981 --> 00:37:11.317 and to Dionne Baugh alone. 00:37:11.317 --> 00:37:14.153 Fundamentally, the one piece of evidence 00:37:14.237 --> 00:37:19.492 that tied all of this together was... 00:37:19.533 --> 00:37:23.162 the laptop computer. 00:37:23.204 --> 00:37:27.959 The consistent theme I pointed out to the jury is 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:33.005 when did Dionne get the laptop? 00:37:33.047 --> 00:37:35.341 There was only one opportunity for her to do it, 00:37:35.383 --> 00:37:40.012 and that was when she came to the house at midnight. 00:37:40.054 --> 00:37:42.223 When he fell asleep, she picked up the wrench 00:37:44.058 --> 00:37:46.644 She would have been covered with blood spatter. 00:37:46.644 --> 00:37:50.314 Would have used the bloody pillowcase on the bed 00:37:50.356 --> 00:37:52.817 to perhaps wipe off, 00:37:52.817 --> 00:37:54.151 deposit it in the toilet, 00:37:54.235 --> 00:37:56.904 hopefully trying to destroy any evidence 00:37:56.988 --> 00:37:59.282 that could be recovered from the pillowcase. 00:37:59.323 --> 00:38:03.035 She was there at 4:00 when those clocks began going off, 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:04.829 and she unplugged them, 00:38:04.870 --> 00:38:07.999 rather than allow them to continue to blare. 00:38:07.999 --> 00:38:10.793 And then she went back to the basement 00:38:10.835 --> 00:38:12.545 where the office was located, 00:38:12.586 --> 00:38:16.590 took that laptop computer that she knew was very expensive, 00:38:16.632 --> 00:38:19.510 and gone out of the garage, 00:38:19.593 --> 00:38:23.347 dropping those silver gum wrappers 00:38:23.431 --> 00:38:28.185 in the garage and driveway as she fled the scene. 00:38:31.772 --> 00:38:34.108 The prosecution rests, 00:38:34.191 --> 00:38:37.528 and the jury returns a swift verdict. 00:38:37.611 --> 00:38:39.864 So after a two-week trial, 00:38:39.905 --> 00:38:44.118 Dionne Baugh was found guilty of murder 00:38:44.201 --> 00:38:47.621 and sentenced to life in prison. 00:38:47.705 --> 00:38:51.542 When the jury found Dionne Baugh guilty, 00:38:51.584 --> 00:38:54.378 I was so elated. 00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:57.673 I just wanted to shout at the top of my lungs, 00:38:57.715 --> 00:38:59.300 "Thank God." 00:38:59.383 --> 00:39:04.388 I just felt like justice had finally been served. 00:39:04.972 --> 00:39:07.433 With Dionne Baugh behind bars, 00:39:07.475 --> 00:39:09.393 the ordeal is over, 00:39:09.435 --> 00:39:13.105 but two years later, she turns the tables 00:39:13.147 --> 00:39:16.734 on everyone who cared about Lance Herndon. 00:39:16.817 --> 00:39:19.612 Dionne Baugh was able to successfully 00:39:19.653 --> 00:39:21.614 have her conviction overturned 00:39:21.655 --> 00:39:26.160 based on a technicality 00:39:26.243 --> 00:39:29.997 involving the detectives' testimony 00:39:30.081 --> 00:39:31.999 during the trial process. 00:39:32.083 --> 00:39:37.213 I was furious. I felt like, "This is so unfair." 00:39:37.254 --> 00:39:39.882 Dionne Baugh's second trial 00:39:39.924 --> 00:39:42.343 doesn't go as smoothly as the first, 00:39:42.426 --> 00:39:46.680 as the jury deadlocks and a mistrial is declared. 00:39:46.722 --> 00:39:48.182 One year later, 00:39:48.265 --> 00:39:52.103 the prosecution prepares for yet another trial. 00:39:52.144 --> 00:39:54.772 So by the third trial, what was clear 00:39:54.772 --> 00:39:59.610 was that the prosecution really had its work cut out for 'em. 00:39:59.610 --> 00:40:04.156 I mean, this case was built all around circumstantial evidence, 00:40:04.198 --> 00:40:08.244 and there was a lot of just emotional fatigue. 00:40:08.285 --> 00:40:12.331 Particularly, Lance's mom did not want to sit through 00:40:12.373 --> 00:40:13.999 another trial. 00:40:14.041 --> 00:40:17.294 Shortly before the third trial is set to begin, 00:40:17.336 --> 00:40:20.798 prosecutors get a call from Dionne's defense team. 00:40:20.881 --> 00:40:24.093 Dionne Baugh's lawyers came and indicated 00:40:24.135 --> 00:40:27.012 that she was willing to accept responsibility, 00:40:27.054 --> 00:40:30.433 and so we allowed Dionne Baugh to plead guilty 00:40:30.474 --> 00:40:32.560 to a manslaughter charge 00:40:32.601 --> 00:40:36.313 and receive a sentence of ten years to serve. 00:40:39.483 --> 00:40:43.070 Nearly a decade after Lance's brutal murder, 00:40:43.154 --> 00:40:45.990 the family can finally move on. 00:40:46.031 --> 00:40:47.992 Those that were close to him 00:40:48.033 --> 00:40:50.661 still remember Lance as a game-changer 00:40:50.744 --> 00:40:54.039 that opened the high tech landscape of Atlanta 00:40:54.081 --> 00:40:57.835 to African-American entrepreneurs. 00:40:57.835 --> 00:41:01.088 Just a great man. He was a great friend. 00:41:01.130 --> 00:41:02.798 I think about him quite often. 00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:05.217 I miss him. I will always miss him. 00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:08.137 When I see Harrison, I see Lance. 00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:11.432 I see a lot of Lance in Harrison. 00:41:11.515 --> 00:41:13.434 I think ever since I was 16 years old 00:41:13.517 --> 00:41:16.479 when I started my first company, I wanted to be Lance. 00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:18.981 I wanted to be as successful as Lance, 00:41:19.023 --> 00:41:21.192 and I wanted to have the life that Lance had. 00:41:21.233 --> 00:41:23.527 I think that in a lot of ways, 00:41:23.527 --> 00:41:27.198 Lance's murder is what's really driven me 00:41:27.198 --> 00:41:30.618 to try and continue his legacy 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:32.203 by being as close to him as possible. 00:41:32.244 --> 00:41:35.164 And I hope that he looks down on me from heaven 00:41:35.206 --> 00:41:36.540 knowing how hard I work 00:41:36.624 --> 00:41:40.127 and how hard I try to continue that legacy. 00:41:40.211 --> 00:41:41.545 We're Herndons, you know, 00:41:41.629 --> 00:41:45.216 and not everybody looks at the world that way.