WEBVTT 00:00:01.589 --> 00:00:06.344 They met on a night on the town here in Orlando. 00:00:06.386 --> 00:00:08.138 It's happened to many of us, 00:00:08.179 --> 00:00:10.223 that exhilarating feeling. 00:00:10.306 --> 00:00:13.017 Love at first sight can be real. 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.147 She was just so enamored with him. 00:00:17.188 --> 00:00:19.983 She was like the best thing that ever happened to him. 00:00:21.484 --> 00:00:24.988 Two people make an instant connection. 00:00:25.029 --> 00:00:28.032 He buys her gifts and he makes her feel special. 00:00:28.074 --> 00:00:30.160 "This is the right guy for me." 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:33.037 But that initial spark 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.082 doesn't always mean it will last forever. 00:00:36.124 --> 00:00:38.585 Their relationship went from calm to stormy. 00:00:38.626 --> 00:00:41.045 It's like, everything have changed. 00:00:41.713 --> 00:00:45.091 And when that attraction leads to obsession... 00:00:45.633 --> 00:00:46.885 Who was the target? 00:00:46.926 --> 00:00:48.553 We have two victims here. 00:00:49.471 --> 00:00:51.055 It can quickly turn into... 00:00:51.097 --> 00:00:53.683 I think that all equal cold-blooded. 00:00:53.725 --> 00:00:56.019 A killer relationship. 00:01:00.273 --> 00:01:02.025 When we hear love at first sight, 00:01:02.025 --> 00:01:05.028 we often think that a future together is meant to be. 00:01:05.111 --> 00:01:08.406 As if an attraction that immediate and powerful 00:01:08.448 --> 00:01:09.657 must mean that destiny 00:01:09.699 --> 00:01:12.494 has brought two people together forever. 00:01:12.994 --> 00:01:15.038 The moment that Griselda Cassamajor 00:01:15.121 --> 00:01:19.209 locks eyes with Drinel Joseph across a crowded dance floor, 00:01:19.250 --> 00:01:22.212 their connection is undeniably electric. 00:01:22.629 --> 00:01:27.008 But neither one of them can possibly know what lies ahead. 00:01:27.008 --> 00:01:32.096 That two young lives will be senselessly lost forever. 00:01:35.391 --> 00:01:38.895 It's a warm August night in 2006, 00:01:38.937 --> 00:01:42.523 26-year-old Griselda Cassamajor is out with friends 00:01:42.565 --> 00:01:45.985 partying at one of her favorite Orlando hotspots. 00:01:46.611 --> 00:01:48.363 She was really tall. 00:01:48.404 --> 00:01:50.740 She had a beautiful skin complexion. 00:01:50.782 --> 00:01:52.951 Very confident in herself. 00:01:52.992 --> 00:01:55.078 She was always gonna look her best 00:01:55.078 --> 00:01:56.913 and she's gonna smell amazing. 00:01:56.955 --> 00:01:59.207 She definitely was like the queen of self-care. 00:01:59.249 --> 00:02:01.167 Like, she was your girly girl. 00:02:01.751 --> 00:02:03.461 A beautiful woman, very outgoing, 00:02:03.503 --> 00:02:06.172 and full of energy. 00:02:06.214 --> 00:02:07.840 Any man that will see Griselda 00:02:07.882 --> 00:02:10.927 will wanna approach her and talk to her. 00:02:10.969 --> 00:02:12.470 That night at the club, 00:02:12.512 --> 00:02:16.516 that's precisely what 27-year-old Drinel Joseph does. 00:02:16.557 --> 00:02:19.769 One of her things is tall, fit guys. 00:02:19.811 --> 00:02:22.146 And I think that was what it was about him. 00:02:23.022 --> 00:02:24.399 He was attractive. 00:02:24.440 --> 00:02:27.568 She just thought he was just such a charming guy. 00:02:27.610 --> 00:02:28.528 He dressed nice. 00:02:28.569 --> 00:02:29.570 He smelled good. 00:02:29.612 --> 00:02:31.030 He was so cool. 00:02:31.072 --> 00:02:33.408 She goes like, "Hey, I met this guy named Drinel 00:02:33.449 --> 00:02:35.868 and he's really nice." 00:02:35.910 --> 00:02:38.413 I'm pretty sure when Drinel laid eyes on her, 00:02:38.454 --> 00:02:40.957 he was like, "Hey, this is a catch." 00:02:40.999 --> 00:02:44.752 A flurry of texts back and forth between Griselda and Drinel 00:02:44.794 --> 00:02:47.130 leads quickly to their first date, 00:02:47.130 --> 00:02:49.382 which leads to a second night out, 00:02:49.424 --> 00:02:50.717 and, before long, 00:02:50.758 --> 00:02:53.428 the couple is seeing each other whenever possible. 00:02:53.469 --> 00:02:56.014 They bond over their shared backgrounds 00:02:56.055 --> 00:02:58.057 as they're both of Haitian descent. 00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:02.145 Although Griselda grew up in the Dominican Republic. 00:03:02.145 --> 00:03:06.024 Griselda was between 19 and 21 when she moved stateside. 00:03:06.065 --> 00:03:10.570 She moved here to pursue just a better life. 00:03:10.611 --> 00:03:14.365 We have family here, so it was easy transition for her. 00:03:15.366 --> 00:03:17.994 Griselda is actually my cousin. 00:03:18.036 --> 00:03:20.830 So, it was like having an older sister. 00:03:21.122 --> 00:03:23.791 When that older sister meets Drinel, 00:03:23.833 --> 00:03:26.335 Daphney knows this relationship, 00:03:26.377 --> 00:03:28.546 this one is something different. 00:03:28.963 --> 00:03:30.965 She was just so enamored with him. 00:03:31.007 --> 00:03:34.010 And he bragged about how beautiful she was 00:03:34.051 --> 00:03:35.636 and how she was like the best thing 00:03:35.678 --> 00:03:36.888 that ever happened to him. 00:03:36.929 --> 00:03:39.265 They were the perfect match. 00:03:39.974 --> 00:03:41.350 He would buy her flowers. 00:03:41.392 --> 00:03:45.271 He buys her gifts and he makes her feel special. 00:03:45.313 --> 00:03:47.523 I never seen her so happy. 00:03:49.025 --> 00:03:51.235 It was really nice when I met him. 00:03:51.277 --> 00:03:53.488 I appreciated how welcome he was 00:03:53.529 --> 00:03:55.990 in taking me in like his little cousin. 00:03:56.032 --> 00:03:57.200 We would talk on the phone, 00:03:57.283 --> 00:03:58.159 "Cuz, what you doing today? 00:03:58.201 --> 00:03:59.452 What'd you do today? 00:03:59.494 --> 00:04:00.286 You need anything?" 00:04:00.369 --> 00:04:01.704 He became part of the family 00:04:01.746 --> 00:04:02.955 and whenever he was around, 00:04:02.997 --> 00:04:04.999 it was just a welcoming feeling. 00:04:05.625 --> 00:04:07.043 She was really into him. 00:04:07.084 --> 00:04:12.048 Somebody that she envisioned with a good future with. 00:04:12.507 --> 00:04:14.467 Griselda's future, she hopes, 00:04:14.509 --> 00:04:17.011 also includes becoming a chiropractor 00:04:17.053 --> 00:04:19.931 and she's learning the ropes at her uncle's clinic. 00:04:20.431 --> 00:04:23.142 She loved that job because she was at the front desk. 00:04:23.184 --> 00:04:26.103 Any job that she's having to deal with people, 00:04:26.145 --> 00:04:29.649 she flourishes in because she's such a people person. 00:04:30.358 --> 00:04:33.694 Her aspiration is always to own her own business 00:04:33.736 --> 00:04:35.780 'cause she always dreamed big, 00:04:35.821 --> 00:04:37.114 preaching about, "Sky's the limit. 00:04:37.156 --> 00:04:39.575 Everything that you can do, you can achieve it." 00:04:40.201 --> 00:04:42.870 Drinel finds himself completely taken 00:04:42.912 --> 00:04:45.540 with Griselda's confidence and spirit. 00:04:45.581 --> 00:04:47.917 He doesn't even mind the four-hour drive 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:51.003 from his place in Homestead to Orlando. 00:04:51.045 --> 00:04:54.423 Sometimes twice a week just to be with her. 00:04:54.465 --> 00:04:56.926 And it's always extra special 00:04:56.968 --> 00:05:00.638 when Drinel brings his two young daughters along for the ride. 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:02.557 Griselda would always, you know, try to get something 00:05:02.598 --> 00:05:03.933 for the girls. 00:05:03.975 --> 00:05:05.351 So she loved the fact that he had two little girls. 00:05:05.393 --> 00:05:07.019 They were the cutest little things. 00:05:07.061 --> 00:05:08.980 Drinel's certainly putting in the time 00:05:09.021 --> 00:05:11.732 to help their budding relationship blossom. 00:05:11.774 --> 00:05:13.234 But after a few months, 00:05:13.276 --> 00:05:15.278 he takes an even bigger step, 00:05:15.361 --> 00:05:18.572 getting a job at a high-end steak house in Orlando 00:05:18.614 --> 00:05:20.533 to be closer to Griselda. 00:05:20.574 --> 00:05:23.452 Now he's here on a consistent basis. 00:05:23.536 --> 00:05:24.537 He's at the house. 00:05:24.578 --> 00:05:26.747 Things are coasting. 00:05:26.789 --> 00:05:29.041 He eventually moved in. 00:05:29.834 --> 00:05:32.169 Six months after that first night in the club, 00:05:32.211 --> 00:05:35.172 their relationship takes a huge leap forward 00:05:35.214 --> 00:05:38.050 when Griselda finds out that she's pregnant. 00:05:38.092 --> 00:05:41.762 One day she come to church and the belly start poking out, 00:05:41.804 --> 00:05:43.222 and, I was like, "What's going, what is this?" 00:05:43.264 --> 00:05:45.099 I was like, "I gotta take you to the gym." 00:05:45.141 --> 00:05:46.934 But she was like, "No, I'm pregnant." 00:05:46.976 --> 00:05:48.644 I was like, "What?" 00:05:49.186 --> 00:05:51.230 It was just so, like, "Oh, my gosh, 00:05:51.272 --> 00:05:54.108 like, you're having a baby." 00:05:55.443 --> 00:05:56.527 And we just couldn't stop saying it, like, 00:05:56.569 --> 00:05:57.945 "Oh, my gosh, you're having a baby. 00:05:57.987 --> 00:05:59.655 Oh, my gosh, we're having a baby." 00:06:03.492 --> 00:06:06.120 It's just six months into their relationship 00:06:06.162 --> 00:06:09.206 but Griselda is head over heels for Drinel. 00:06:09.248 --> 00:06:12.960 She sees this baby growing inside her as a symbol 00:06:13.002 --> 00:06:15.129 of their deep love and connection. 00:06:15.171 --> 00:06:18.340 And so she is heartbroken by Drinel's reaction 00:06:18.424 --> 00:06:20.801 when she shares the news. 00:06:20.843 --> 00:06:22.219 This is their baby. 00:06:22.261 --> 00:06:26.098 She expected him to be as excited as he was about -- 00:06:26.140 --> 00:06:27.933 finding out that she was pregnant. 00:06:27.975 --> 00:06:29.810 He just was so dismissive. 00:06:30.436 --> 00:06:33.147 And their relationship went from calm to stormy. 00:06:34.857 --> 00:06:36.192 Griselda holds steady, 00:06:36.233 --> 00:06:38.319 hoping that once the baby arrives, 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.781 Drinel will open up and be excited to be a dad. 00:06:41.822 --> 00:06:45.242 But then, when she's a few months along, 00:06:45.284 --> 00:06:47.661 Griselda loses the baby. 00:06:50.706 --> 00:06:52.875 She ended up in the hospital, she miscarried. 00:06:52.917 --> 00:06:56.212 And Drinel didn't take the time to show up. 00:06:56.253 --> 00:06:58.005 And I think it was one of those things 00:06:58.047 --> 00:07:00.299 that it was a gut punch for her 00:07:00.341 --> 00:07:04.845 'cause she didn't expect him to react that way. 00:07:04.887 --> 00:07:06.263 And not just like, 00:07:06.305 --> 00:07:08.140 "Well, I'm busy, I'm working and I can't make it." 00:07:08.182 --> 00:07:10.726 It was a relief for him. 00:07:10.768 --> 00:07:11.936 And, whereas to her, 00:07:11.977 --> 00:07:14.188 it was the worst thing that could happen. 00:07:14.230 --> 00:07:16.232 Having a child is an experience 00:07:16.273 --> 00:07:19.193 that can truly bond couples tighter together. 00:07:19.235 --> 00:07:22.446 But, sometimes, it can break them apart. 00:07:22.905 --> 00:07:24.532 I can't imagine the double loss 00:07:24.573 --> 00:07:27.243 that Griselda feels at this moment, 00:07:27.284 --> 00:07:28.661 losing her baby 00:07:28.702 --> 00:07:30.579 and wondering what happened to the man 00:07:30.621 --> 00:07:33.123 who seemed to love her so much, 00:07:33.165 --> 00:07:35.709 he was willing to uproot his life to be with her? 00:07:35.751 --> 00:07:39.213 Why would he abandon her when she needed him most? 00:07:40.214 --> 00:07:45.010 It was just really shocking that he acted the way he did 00:07:45.052 --> 00:07:46.804 when she lost the baby. 00:07:46.845 --> 00:07:50.057 He doesn't act the same way towards her anymore. 00:07:50.099 --> 00:07:52.351 They don't spend as much time anymore. 00:07:52.393 --> 00:07:56.313 He'll go out with friends and spend the entire night out 00:07:56.355 --> 00:07:57.398 and don't come home. 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:59.775 It's like everything have changed. 00:08:01.110 --> 00:08:04.822 Drinel spends less and less time with Griselda, 00:08:04.863 --> 00:08:07.825 while she finds comfort spending more and more time 00:08:07.866 --> 00:08:09.326 with her family and friends 00:08:09.368 --> 00:08:12.663 who shower her with love and support. 00:08:12.955 --> 00:08:14.081 She's a people person. 00:08:14.123 --> 00:08:16.208 So, she had friends at her church, 00:08:16.250 --> 00:08:18.085 the people at her, the hair salon, 00:08:18.127 --> 00:08:19.753 where she went and got her hair done, 00:08:19.795 --> 00:08:23.090 and the people that she met at work. 00:08:23.966 --> 00:08:26.260 As she recovers from the miscarriage, 00:08:26.302 --> 00:08:29.805 Griselda's ready to part ways with Drinel. 00:08:29.847 --> 00:08:31.223 The final straw comes 00:08:31.265 --> 00:08:34.226 when she discovers an important personal detail 00:08:34.268 --> 00:08:37.021 Drinel never shared with her. 00:08:37.062 --> 00:08:40.024 Someone called Griselda to tell her 00:08:40.065 --> 00:08:45.112 that Drinel was actually still married to his wife. 00:08:47.823 --> 00:08:50.242 "I had known that you were married, 00:08:50.284 --> 00:08:53.162 but you said you and your wife had been divorced." 00:08:54.079 --> 00:08:57.583 I came to church and as I'm walking in, she pulled me out. 00:08:57.666 --> 00:08:59.668 She said, "I need to talk to you." 00:09:00.836 --> 00:09:02.921 The next phone call I get is the detective. 00:09:02.963 --> 00:09:06.675 And I remember my knees buckling from up under me 00:09:12.056 --> 00:09:16.518 After suffering through a devastating miscarriage alone, 00:09:16.602 --> 00:09:20.189 Griselda Cassamajor has just received a concerning call, 00:09:20.230 --> 00:09:22.775 that her boyfriend, Drinel Joseph, 00:09:22.816 --> 00:09:26.153 is also still very much married to another woman. 00:09:26.487 --> 00:09:29.615 It's not clear how the caller found out about Griselda. 00:09:29.656 --> 00:09:32.951 Whether Drinel's wife spotted a message on his phone, 00:09:32.993 --> 00:09:36.497 or if his daughters mentioned something about the new woman 00:09:36.497 --> 00:09:40.167 he'd been spending so much time with in Orlando. 00:09:40.209 --> 00:09:43.128 But one thing certainly is clear, 00:09:43.170 --> 00:09:46.256 for Griselda, this relationship 00:09:46.298 --> 00:09:47.633 is now over. 00:09:50.677 --> 00:09:51.845 She had gotten to that point where, 00:09:51.887 --> 00:09:54.473 "I'm not going to entertain you any further 00:09:54.515 --> 00:09:56.975 because not only have you lied to me all these months 00:09:57.017 --> 00:09:58.185 that we've been together, 00:09:58.227 --> 00:09:59.812 like, I know about your children. 00:09:59.853 --> 00:10:01.855 I had known that you were married, 00:10:01.897 --> 00:10:05.109 but you said you and your wife had been divorced." 00:10:06.944 --> 00:10:10.405 Even though Griselda is determined to move on with her life, 00:10:10.447 --> 00:10:14.868 Drinel resist the idea of letting her go. 00:10:16.161 --> 00:10:18.664 She'd be at work and he's calling the office phone 00:10:18.705 --> 00:10:20.791 or constantly calling her cell phone. 00:10:20.833 --> 00:10:22.042 And every time I talked to her it's, 00:10:22.084 --> 00:10:23.961 "I had to change my number again." 00:10:24.002 --> 00:10:28.257 He paid her a few visits, popping up to her house. 00:10:28.298 --> 00:10:30.759 It was just, "You're not leaving me. 00:10:30.801 --> 00:10:33.011 I'm always going to be in the picture." 00:10:34.847 --> 00:10:37.266 She made it seem like she had a handle of it. 00:10:37.307 --> 00:10:40.894 So as to not worry her friends and family. 00:10:41.436 --> 00:10:43.230 I'm like, "Are you sure he's not coming back?" 00:10:43.272 --> 00:10:45.440 She was like, "Yes, I'm sure. 00:10:45.482 --> 00:10:47.317 So this is the end of it. 00:10:48.026 --> 00:10:50.445 You will never hear from him again." 00:10:55.742 --> 00:10:57.578 Heartbreak is never easy. 00:10:57.619 --> 00:11:01.039 It can take a while for a jilted lover to get the hint. 00:11:01.081 --> 00:11:04.209 But the calls, texts, and unexpected visits 00:11:04.251 --> 00:11:06.420 slowly trickled to a stop. 00:11:06.461 --> 00:11:08.839 It's a weight off Griselda's shoulders. 00:11:08.881 --> 00:11:11.884 And, a few weeks later, she meets someone new, 00:11:11.925 --> 00:11:14.636 a local barber who seems to be everything 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.471 that Drinel was not. 00:11:16.513 --> 00:11:20.475 He was just such a sweetheart. 00:11:20.517 --> 00:11:22.686 Tall, dark, handsome, 00:11:22.769 --> 00:11:25.147 like, really well put together. 00:11:25.188 --> 00:11:27.482 Just really cared about who she was 00:11:27.524 --> 00:11:28.483 and cared about her dreams, 00:11:28.525 --> 00:11:29.776 and cared about her wants, 00:11:29.818 --> 00:11:32.154 and just cared about her as a human being. 00:11:32.195 --> 00:11:35.866 And then that's when she start being herself again, 00:11:35.907 --> 00:11:37.326 the person that everybody knows, 00:11:37.367 --> 00:11:41.079 that's like very happy and cheerful. 00:11:41.830 --> 00:11:44.291 By the summer of 2007, 00:11:44.333 --> 00:11:46.793 just short of a year after meeting Drinel, 00:11:46.835 --> 00:11:48.879 Griselda's life is on the upswing. 00:11:48.920 --> 00:11:50.756 She's dating a wonderful new guy 00:11:50.797 --> 00:11:52.883 who genuinely appreciates her, 00:11:52.924 --> 00:11:55.344 she's doing a great job at her uncle's clinic, 00:11:55.385 --> 00:11:57.763 and her friends and family are close. 00:11:57.804 --> 00:11:59.765 On the morning of July 2nd, 00:11:59.806 --> 00:12:02.309 Griselda gets stuck on her way to work. 00:12:02.351 --> 00:12:04.728 Her cousin, Daphney, comes to the rescue 00:12:04.811 --> 00:12:06.938 when her car won't start. 00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:08.648 Griselda was having car trouble, 00:12:08.690 --> 00:12:10.025 so I took her to work 00:12:10.067 --> 00:12:13.403 and then I went back to the office for lunch. 00:12:13.445 --> 00:12:14.821 Her, Daniel, and I, 00:12:14.863 --> 00:12:16.656 just sat and we were having a good time 00:12:16.698 --> 00:12:18.909 like we do any other time. 00:12:18.950 --> 00:12:23.121 Daniel Rivera is the new massage therapist at the office. 00:12:23.163 --> 00:12:25.123 Sweet and full of energy, 00:12:25.165 --> 00:12:28.543 20-year-old Daniel loves to joke around with Griselda 00:12:28.585 --> 00:12:30.253 and Daphney. 00:12:30.295 --> 00:12:32.089 Before I left, Griselda said, 00:12:32.130 --> 00:12:33.632 "Don't forget about me. 00:12:33.673 --> 00:12:35.634 You know you have to get, come and pick me up from work." 00:12:35.675 --> 00:12:37.928 Because I was her ride back. 00:12:37.969 --> 00:12:39.596 I was like, "I'm not gonna forget. 00:12:39.638 --> 00:12:42.265 I know, that's why I have to get outta here." 00:12:44.017 --> 00:12:47.062 Later that afternoon, Griselda's aunt, Jonice, 00:12:47.104 --> 00:12:50.816 who's also a part-time manager at the family-run clinic, 00:12:50.857 --> 00:12:53.151 arrives just before closing. 00:12:53.193 --> 00:12:54.569 As she enters the office, 00:12:54.611 --> 00:12:58.532 she spots Daniel Rivera hunched over his computer. 00:12:58.573 --> 00:13:00.826 He looks like he's asleep. 00:13:00.867 --> 00:13:02.994 But, when Jonice tries to wake him, 00:13:03.036 --> 00:13:06.456 she realizes something is terribly wrong. 00:13:06.498 --> 00:13:08.041 Daniel isn't moving. 00:13:09.626 --> 00:13:12.254 Jonice sees Daniel. 00:13:12.295 --> 00:13:14.005 Blood's pouring out of him, 00:13:14.047 --> 00:13:16.341 and she actually calls Griselda, 00:13:16.383 --> 00:13:19.219 and calls her but doesn't get an answer. 00:13:19.261 --> 00:13:21.096 She calls her husband 00:13:21.138 --> 00:13:23.181 and then he calls 911. 00:13:26.518 --> 00:13:27.435 Ten minutes later, 00:13:27.477 --> 00:13:29.604 Orlando PD show up at the scene 00:13:29.646 --> 00:13:31.606 and proceed inside cautiously, 00:13:31.648 --> 00:13:33.650 weapons drawn. 00:13:33.692 --> 00:13:37.362 When we entered the door and we walked into the office, 00:13:37.404 --> 00:13:39.614 we observed a male with the head down. 00:13:39.656 --> 00:13:42.409 I remember the blood in the top of his head. 00:13:42.450 --> 00:13:45.036 It looked like a gunshot wound. 00:13:45.078 --> 00:13:47.747 So I went to see if there are signs of life. 00:13:47.747 --> 00:13:49.207 We found none. 00:13:50.041 --> 00:13:53.044 His right hand was on a computer mouse. 00:13:53.086 --> 00:13:56.006 He was playing solitaire at the time. 00:13:56.298 --> 00:13:58.049 He didn't see this coming. 00:13:58.091 --> 00:13:59.634 And then they clear the rest of the clinic 00:13:59.676 --> 00:14:02.220 to make sure the shooter is not still there. 00:14:03.263 --> 00:14:05.932 They find a woman under this desk, 00:14:05.974 --> 00:14:08.768 gasping for air, clinging to life, 00:14:08.810 --> 00:14:10.061 but unconscious. 00:14:10.103 --> 00:14:12.814 She was shot two times in the head. 00:14:13.690 --> 00:14:14.941 There was no exit wound. 00:14:14.983 --> 00:14:16.776 The bullets were still within her. 00:14:16.818 --> 00:14:18.486 So an ambulance is called right away 00:14:18.528 --> 00:14:21.114 in hopes she's going to survive. 00:14:21.990 --> 00:14:23.366 Jonice returns to the clinic 00:14:23.408 --> 00:14:27.162 and identifies the badly injured woman for the police. 00:14:28.204 --> 00:14:29.497 It's Griselda. 00:14:30.749 --> 00:14:34.044 Griselda's shocked family rushes to her bedside 00:14:34.085 --> 00:14:35.295 at the hospital. 00:14:35.337 --> 00:14:37.047 Praying for miracle. 00:14:41.509 --> 00:14:45.472 But unfortunately, she passed away in a couple of hours. 00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:50.602 I remember my knees buckling from up under me 00:14:50.644 --> 00:14:51.895 and just screaming. 00:14:51.978 --> 00:14:53.730 I just saw her. 00:14:53.730 --> 00:14:55.231 I just was with her. 00:14:55.273 --> 00:14:58.526 I still remember hearing her laugh that day. 00:14:58.568 --> 00:15:00.945 I still remember the meal we had, 00:15:00.987 --> 00:15:02.447 we had Chinese food for lunch. 00:15:02.489 --> 00:15:07.202 Like I, it was so frustrating to me 00:15:07.243 --> 00:15:10.413 to know that I would never have those moments with her. 00:15:12.832 --> 00:15:16.461 I mean, our friends, all circle was like devastated, 00:15:16.503 --> 00:15:17.796 broken. 00:15:17.837 --> 00:15:19.506 It's just a sudden death. 00:15:19.547 --> 00:15:22.759 And, I can't really describe how I felt. 00:15:22.801 --> 00:15:24.511 You could have just prayed to God and said, 00:15:24.552 --> 00:15:27.430 "Why did you allow this to happen?" 00:15:28.807 --> 00:15:30.934 As Griselda's family tries to process 00:15:31.017 --> 00:15:32.894 what has happened, 00:15:32.894 --> 00:15:36.731 Daniel's family finds themselves equally stunned 00:15:36.773 --> 00:15:38.566 and devastated. 00:15:39.526 --> 00:15:40.985 I got a call. 00:15:41.027 --> 00:15:43.988 They told me Danny has been shot. 00:15:44.030 --> 00:15:45.824 "Okay, you're saying Danny's shot. 00:15:45.865 --> 00:15:47.283 Was he shot in his arm? 00:15:47.325 --> 00:15:48.243 Is he shot in his leg? 00:15:48.284 --> 00:15:49.869 Where is he shot?" 00:15:49.911 --> 00:15:52.080 And then they said, "He's dead. 00:15:52.122 --> 00:15:53.623 He's dead, Danny's dead." 00:15:53.665 --> 00:15:54.833 And, "Danny's dead." 00:15:54.874 --> 00:15:56.835 And your world stops. 00:15:58.044 --> 00:15:59.546 I got to my apartment, 00:15:59.587 --> 00:16:01.673 and, you know, the sheriff, he said, 00:16:01.714 --> 00:16:03.133 "Well, your brother's been in an accident." 00:16:03.174 --> 00:16:04.968 You know, "He's been shot." 00:16:05.051 --> 00:16:07.220 It just, it didn't hit me yet. 00:16:07.929 --> 00:16:12.517 I'm gonna have to call my mom just to tell her, like, 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.602 you know. 00:16:18.481 --> 00:16:21.401 It was hard, really hard. 00:16:25.238 --> 00:16:28.741 Being Danny's little brother was a privilege. 00:16:29.033 --> 00:16:30.827 He took care of me a lot, he did. 00:16:30.869 --> 00:16:33.204 He was the go-to guy if you were in trouble, 00:16:33.246 --> 00:16:36.708 or had a question, or just wanted to vent. 00:16:36.749 --> 00:16:38.376 He was that guy. 00:16:40.378 --> 00:16:42.797 Two brutal murders, 00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:44.966 two devastated families, 00:16:45.049 --> 00:16:46.968 and numerous questions. 00:16:46.968 --> 00:16:51.306 Who would want these two amazing young people dead? 00:16:51.347 --> 00:16:54.559 Who would be so angry with Daniel and Griselda, 00:16:54.601 --> 00:16:56.811 they robbed them of their future? 00:16:56.853 --> 00:16:58.062 And why? 00:16:59.689 --> 00:17:02.066 Investigators began to piece together 00:17:02.150 --> 00:17:04.402 what little evidence they have. 00:17:04.444 --> 00:17:07.071 We didn't find much of anything at the scene. 00:17:07.113 --> 00:17:09.199 We didn't find any surveillance cameras. 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.075 We didn't find the shell casing. 00:17:11.117 --> 00:17:13.411 We did not find blood transfer 00:17:13.453 --> 00:17:16.581 to any item inside the clinic, 00:17:16.623 --> 00:17:19.334 leading out or outside of the clinic. 00:17:19.792 --> 00:17:22.837 We know that Daniel has talked to his fiance 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:25.256 up to about 5:21. 00:17:25.298 --> 00:17:27.342 We know that the first deputy 00:17:27.383 --> 00:17:29.552 went into the clinic about six o'clock. 00:17:29.594 --> 00:17:32.096 So Jonice was a few minutes earlier. 00:17:32.138 --> 00:17:34.098 So we have a really narrow timeframe 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:36.517 that he had to have gone in there, 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.269 shot Daniel, shot Griselda, 00:17:38.311 --> 00:17:40.647 and gotten out fairly quickly. 00:17:40.688 --> 00:17:42.440 The human side of me is thinking, 00:17:42.482 --> 00:17:44.150 "Who did this and why?" 00:17:44.192 --> 00:17:47.487 My next question, "Who was the target?" 00:17:49.322 --> 00:17:50.865 Was the male victim the target 00:17:50.907 --> 00:17:53.451 and the female victim just happened to be there? 00:17:53.493 --> 00:17:55.286 Or was it the female victim that was the target 00:17:55.328 --> 00:17:57.538 and the male victim just happened to be there? 00:17:58.498 --> 00:18:01.876 We realized immediately it was gonna be a challenge 00:18:01.918 --> 00:18:03.419 solving this case. 00:18:08.132 --> 00:18:09.967 Imagine that in an instant, 00:18:10.009 --> 00:18:11.886 your daughter or your brother 00:18:11.928 --> 00:18:15.890 has been taken forever by a sudden act of violence. 00:18:15.932 --> 00:18:19.018 As a former prosecutor for the Manhattan DA's office, 00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:21.145 I frequently fought for justice 00:18:21.187 --> 00:18:24.148 for families facing this reality. 00:18:24.190 --> 00:18:26.901 Families like those of Griselda Cassamajor, 00:18:26.943 --> 00:18:28.611 and Danny Rivera. 00:18:28.653 --> 00:18:32.824 To investigators, the murders appear carefully planned 00:18:32.865 --> 00:18:36.369 and they wonder who was the intended target. 00:18:39.163 --> 00:18:41.916 This was something someone had to do. 00:18:41.958 --> 00:18:43.459 No matter what, they were gonna do it, 00:18:43.501 --> 00:18:46.212 and this was the time they were gonna do it. 00:18:46.671 --> 00:18:48.464 Daniel never saw what was coming. 00:18:48.506 --> 00:18:50.925 He was just shot, execution-style. 00:18:51.884 --> 00:18:54.303 Griselda was trying to get away and cowering. 00:18:54.345 --> 00:18:57.098 And so, she didn't have an opportunity to struggle. 00:18:57.181 --> 00:18:59.976 It was clear the shooter came in 00:19:00.017 --> 00:19:02.562 and went out really quickly. 00:19:04.355 --> 00:19:05.857 We were looking for shell casings. 00:19:05.898 --> 00:19:08.192 We were looking for something knocked over. 00:19:08.234 --> 00:19:09.318 We're looking to see if maybe 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:12.530 there was transfer blood on a doorpost. 00:19:12.572 --> 00:19:13.656 We'd be looking for anything, 00:19:13.698 --> 00:19:16.826 fingerprints, surveillance cameras. 00:19:16.868 --> 00:19:18.870 We found none of those things. 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.706 This is not a gang area 00:19:21.747 --> 00:19:24.667 that you think drive-bys may happen, 00:19:24.709 --> 00:19:26.669 or people may be shot. 00:19:26.711 --> 00:19:28.421 It is a place of business, 00:19:28.463 --> 00:19:29.964 a place of healing, 00:19:30.006 --> 00:19:32.633 but the place doesn't really look touched 00:19:32.675 --> 00:19:34.969 except for the two people shot. 00:19:35.887 --> 00:19:38.973 So then the detectives are gonna look into 00:19:39.015 --> 00:19:41.726 what's going on in the personal life of these people. 00:19:42.310 --> 00:19:44.061 Police conduct extensive interviews 00:19:44.103 --> 00:19:47.440 with the families and friends of the two victims. 00:19:50.026 --> 00:19:52.987 My brother, he'd never been involved in wild things. 00:19:53.029 --> 00:19:56.365 He was never drugs and, or crazy people. 00:19:56.407 --> 00:19:58.618 He's always been the charismatic, heroic person, 00:19:58.659 --> 00:20:01.412 you know, just positive. 00:20:02.038 --> 00:20:03.206 When the cops asked me, you know, 00:20:03.289 --> 00:20:05.458 "Did Danny have any enemies?" 00:20:05.499 --> 00:20:08.961 I said, "No, Danny's, he's a loving person." 00:20:10.254 --> 00:20:14.217 Griselda had a lot of room in her heart for a lot of people. 00:20:14.258 --> 00:20:15.885 And she lived her life that way. 00:20:15.927 --> 00:20:18.262 If you were around her, you felt her love, 00:20:18.304 --> 00:20:20.973 you felt her comfort, you felt her warmth. 00:20:22.892 --> 00:20:25.228 Although they were both in relationships, 00:20:25.269 --> 00:20:28.147 Danny and Griselda are young, outgoing, 00:20:28.147 --> 00:20:29.732 and attractive people. 00:20:29.774 --> 00:20:31.234 It wouldn't be the first time 00:20:31.275 --> 00:20:34.195 an office friendship turned into an office romance. 00:20:34.195 --> 00:20:36.405 I've certainly seen it before. 00:20:36.447 --> 00:20:37.823 And, if that's the case, 00:20:37.865 --> 00:20:41.619 could their relationship have incited a jealous rage? 00:20:43.621 --> 00:20:45.206 First thing we're gonna look at is their life 00:20:45.289 --> 00:20:48.709 and find out what's going on with their current boyfriend, 00:20:48.751 --> 00:20:50.920 is there a love triangle? 00:20:50.962 --> 00:20:53.214 So investigators sit down with the man 00:20:53.297 --> 00:20:57.635 Griselda's been dating to ask him a couple of questions. 00:20:57.677 --> 00:20:58.803 Lou was trying to provide us 00:20:58.844 --> 00:21:00.721 with as much information as he could. 00:21:00.763 --> 00:21:04.725 He was clearly devastated about Griselda being killed. 00:21:04.767 --> 00:21:08.020 And, we were able to establish the fact that Lou was at work 00:21:08.062 --> 00:21:10.314 when the murder took place 00:21:10.356 --> 00:21:13.234 and he was not involved in the case. 00:21:14.110 --> 00:21:15.403 I do know for sure, 00:21:15.444 --> 00:21:17.905 Danny and Griselda we're acquaintances from work, 00:21:17.947 --> 00:21:19.949 but nothing more than that at all. 00:21:19.991 --> 00:21:22.368 It was more so of a work companion. 00:21:22.910 --> 00:21:24.870 He was living with his girlfriend. 00:21:24.912 --> 00:21:27.206 He had plans for the future. 00:21:27.206 --> 00:21:28.165 He loved her dearly. 00:21:28.207 --> 00:21:30.084 He took her very serious. 00:21:30.126 --> 00:21:31.794 I know that for sure. 00:21:34.588 --> 00:21:36.257 No one knew what to think. 00:21:36.257 --> 00:21:39.343 So, it's like, who would go to a chiropractor office 00:21:39.385 --> 00:21:40.428 and do this? 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:46.142 The way someone is killed often provides a window 00:21:46.183 --> 00:21:48.352 into why they were killed. 00:21:48.394 --> 00:21:51.147 Danny had been shot in the back of the head 00:21:51.188 --> 00:21:53.816 and never saw his killer coming. 00:21:53.858 --> 00:21:56.861 It's an efficient technique used by hitmen 00:21:56.902 --> 00:21:59.530 and other experienced killers. 00:21:59.572 --> 00:22:02.783 Investigators take a closer look at the business. 00:22:02.825 --> 00:22:06.704 Wondering if there was anything that somehow triggered a hit 00:22:06.746 --> 00:22:08.205 on the clinic. 00:22:09.165 --> 00:22:11.584 The clinic is sort of a setup between chiropractors, 00:22:11.625 --> 00:22:12.835 massage therapists, 00:22:12.877 --> 00:22:15.212 where people who are involved in accidents 00:22:15.254 --> 00:22:18.716 are referred to the clinic to get treatment. 00:22:19.633 --> 00:22:21.010 I'm looking at the place 00:22:21.051 --> 00:22:23.012 and it just seems to be some things missing 00:22:23.053 --> 00:22:26.140 that should be there for so-called treatment. 00:22:26.182 --> 00:22:30.144 There didn't appear to be supplies inside the rooms. 00:22:30.186 --> 00:22:34.523 It didn't look like there was a lot of patients coming in and out of there. 00:22:34.565 --> 00:22:37.026 How are you keeping this place open? 00:22:37.067 --> 00:22:39.069 Is this a front for something else? 00:22:40.946 --> 00:22:42.907 It also strikes police as suspicious 00:22:42.948 --> 00:22:46.952 that Jonice Leonard didn't call 911 herself, 00:22:46.994 --> 00:22:49.330 but called her husband instead. 00:22:49.830 --> 00:22:51.916 Well, when they spoke to the uncle, the obvious question, 00:22:51.957 --> 00:22:55.503 "Why did your wife call you rather than calling the police?" 00:22:57.796 --> 00:23:02.343 And, I'm wondering if she may have been the target. 00:23:02.426 --> 00:23:05.054 If her husband also may have been the target. 00:23:05.095 --> 00:23:07.139 Did someone come in looking for them? 00:23:07.181 --> 00:23:08.807 They weren't there, 00:23:08.849 --> 00:23:11.310 and decided to kill the two people that were there instead. 00:23:12.102 --> 00:23:14.522 Investigators probe company records, 00:23:14.605 --> 00:23:17.566 looking for any evidence of shady dealings. 00:23:17.608 --> 00:23:20.069 You have to consider all possibilities 00:23:20.110 --> 00:23:22.404 because when you're searching for evidence, 00:23:22.446 --> 00:23:25.407 you need to look for that possibility. 00:23:26.283 --> 00:23:30.746 But we never found any evidence of criminal activity 00:23:30.788 --> 00:23:32.164 in the practice. 00:23:32.873 --> 00:23:34.959 But, as they combed through the office logs, 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:39.922 detectives do come across what could be a key to the case. 00:23:39.964 --> 00:23:41.590 During the 30-minute window 00:23:41.632 --> 00:23:44.802 between Danny's last phone call to his girlfriend 00:23:44.843 --> 00:23:46.929 and the 911 call, 00:23:46.971 --> 00:23:48.597 a woman entered the office 00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:51.183 and signed her name on the admission sheet 00:23:51.225 --> 00:23:52.810 at the front desk. 00:23:53.143 --> 00:23:54.770 We went to talk to her about it, because, you know, 00:23:54.812 --> 00:23:56.981 at the time we didn't know what she had seen. 00:23:57.022 --> 00:23:59.483 Was someone in here when you got here? 00:23:59.525 --> 00:24:01.235 Was someone leaving out when you got here? 00:24:01.277 --> 00:24:04.446 What, if anything, did you observe when you got here? 00:24:12.121 --> 00:24:13.914 Investigators probing the murders 00:24:13.956 --> 00:24:17.251 of Griselda Cassamajor and Daniel Rivera 00:24:17.292 --> 00:24:18.836 keep bumping up against the fact 00:24:18.877 --> 00:24:22.339 that there's seemingly nothing about Griselda or Daniel 00:24:22.381 --> 00:24:25.801 that would give anyone a reason to take their lives. 00:24:26.427 --> 00:24:29.388 Detectives hope the woman who arrived at the massage clinic 00:24:29.430 --> 00:24:33.100 right after the murders will be the key to this mystery. 00:24:33.684 --> 00:24:36.103 They track her down for an interview. 00:24:36.562 --> 00:24:39.606 She came in around 5:45 or so, 00:24:39.648 --> 00:24:42.317 and couldn't get anyone to respond to her, 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:44.153 thought Daniel was asleep. 00:24:44.778 --> 00:24:46.280 She couldn't get his attention. 00:24:46.321 --> 00:24:48.741 Keep in mind that she's looking over this counter. 00:24:48.782 --> 00:24:51.035 She's looking at him and his head is down. 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:53.746 The way his head was angled, 00:24:53.787 --> 00:24:56.290 she had no way of seeing the blood from her angle 00:24:56.331 --> 00:24:57.750 or from where she was, 00:24:57.791 --> 00:25:00.294 so she just assumed he was asleep, 00:25:00.335 --> 00:25:02.296 and she was never gonna get his attention. 00:25:03.464 --> 00:25:05.424 She didn't see Griselda's body, 00:25:05.466 --> 00:25:07.301 there's nothing seen in the parking lot. 00:25:07.342 --> 00:25:12.139 So, she signs in on the sign-in sheet and she leaves. 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.975 Detectives are frustrated 00:25:15.017 --> 00:25:17.978 that this promising lead goes nowhere. 00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:21.398 Meanwhile, Griselda and Daniel's families and friends 00:25:21.398 --> 00:25:25.152 struggle with the grief of this senseless loss. 00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:28.614 Nobody seen it coming, 00:25:28.697 --> 00:25:33.410 but, everybody got affected by it big time. 00:25:35.370 --> 00:25:36.705 I couldn't handle this. 00:25:36.747 --> 00:25:38.999 It was every day, I'm not eating, I'm not drinking, 00:25:39.041 --> 00:25:41.168 and all I'm doing is crying. 00:25:41.210 --> 00:25:43.170 That's all I did. 00:25:44.296 --> 00:25:45.672 There was nothing about Griselda 00:25:45.714 --> 00:25:47.966 that would make you not like her. 00:25:48.008 --> 00:25:51.178 If you didn't like her, it's because you were the problem. 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:59.686 Then, nine days after the murders, 00:25:59.728 --> 00:26:02.189 when Griselda's mother finally brings herself 00:26:02.231 --> 00:26:04.399 to look through her daughter's room, 00:26:04.441 --> 00:26:06.944 detectives catch a break. 00:26:06.985 --> 00:26:09.947 It's a voice from the grave. 00:26:09.988 --> 00:26:13.825 A handwritten note tucked in the back of her dresser drawer. 00:26:16.870 --> 00:26:18.497 Griselda writes a letter that's saying 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:21.500 if anything happens to her, 00:26:21.542 --> 00:26:24.211 the police should look at Drinel Joseph. 00:26:29.216 --> 00:26:30.467 It basically said, 00:26:30.509 --> 00:26:33.095 "If you're reading this letter, 00:26:33.136 --> 00:26:35.764 I'm dead and Drinel Joseph did it." 00:26:37.307 --> 00:26:40.060 As they started to dig into her background more, 00:26:40.102 --> 00:26:44.439 they found out that he was very possessive and jealous 00:26:44.481 --> 00:26:46.400 and there were a lot of arguments. 00:26:47.276 --> 00:26:50.612 It appears that Griselda was developing 00:26:50.696 --> 00:26:55.033 a certain fear factor regarding Drinel. 00:26:55.450 --> 00:26:58.912 And, it appears that Griselda was desperately attempting 00:26:58.954 --> 00:27:03.041 to distance herself more from Drinel. 00:27:06.003 --> 00:27:07.462 And it turns out 00:27:07.504 --> 00:27:11.883 that a few weeks before they broke up in March of 2007, 00:27:11.925 --> 00:27:15.804 Drinel had become violent towards Griselda. 00:27:16.346 --> 00:27:18.932 One day she called me, 00:27:18.974 --> 00:27:21.560 and she was telling me he was being physical. 00:27:21.601 --> 00:27:23.270 So, I'm like, "That's not good." 00:27:23.312 --> 00:27:25.856 And she was like, "I think he was drunk, 00:27:25.897 --> 00:27:29.026 and I don't think that he was normal state of mind. 00:27:29.067 --> 00:27:32.571 That's probably why he had that reaction so." 00:27:33.322 --> 00:27:35.782 For somebody to be physically abusive to you, 00:27:35.824 --> 00:27:37.075 it's a big deal. 00:27:39.328 --> 00:27:40.662 In family court, 00:27:40.704 --> 00:27:42.873 I've seen countless women in Griselda's position 00:27:42.914 --> 00:27:46.043 downplay what's going on behind closed doors, 00:27:46.084 --> 00:27:49.796 either out of fear or hoping that things will improve. 00:27:49.838 --> 00:27:52.382 It's a reality that's heartbreaking. 00:27:52.424 --> 00:27:53.842 And, in my experience, 00:27:53.884 --> 00:27:58.972 often escalates and turns even more dangerous. 00:28:00.223 --> 00:28:04.019 I only wish she could have told me. 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:07.189 There was a Saturday morning I came to church 00:28:07.230 --> 00:28:09.566 and, as I'm walking in, she pulled me out. 00:28:09.608 --> 00:28:10.901 She said, "I need to talk to you." 00:28:10.942 --> 00:28:12.277 And, she was like, 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:14.488 "Hey, do you know, he just pulled out a gun on me 00:28:14.529 --> 00:28:16.031 and he's trying to control me. 00:28:16.073 --> 00:28:17.199 I couldn't go nowhere. 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.159 I can't talk to nobody on the phone." 00:28:20.035 --> 00:28:23.663 I told her, "Don't be afraid to make a police report." 00:28:23.663 --> 00:28:26.541 But, she told me, "No, we broke up. 00:28:26.583 --> 00:28:28.293 He went back to Miami. 00:28:28.335 --> 00:28:29.878 He moved out." 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.380 Griselda tries to give her friends the impression 00:28:32.422 --> 00:28:36.426 she shut the door on her destructive relationship for good. 00:28:36.468 --> 00:28:37.844 But, two months later, 00:28:37.886 --> 00:28:40.222 they noticed she's opened it up just enough 00:28:40.263 --> 00:28:43.016 for Drinel to inch his way back in. 00:28:45.018 --> 00:28:47.521 In May, there's a group of friends of Griselda's 00:28:47.521 --> 00:28:51.233 that went down to Miami for a Haitian festival. 00:28:53.568 --> 00:28:54.861 I went with my set of friends, 00:28:54.903 --> 00:28:56.071 she went with her set of friends, 00:28:56.112 --> 00:28:58.240 and then we met out there. 00:28:58.281 --> 00:29:00.867 And, of course, Homestead, Miami, 00:29:00.909 --> 00:29:03.703 that's literally right down the street. 00:29:03.703 --> 00:29:05.080 And the girls wanted to go to the mall 00:29:05.121 --> 00:29:09.167 and she says, "I have an ex-boyfriend in the area." 00:29:10.126 --> 00:29:13.296 So, Drinel did live in Homestead, Florida. 00:29:14.589 --> 00:29:17.801 At some point, they needed a ride. 00:29:17.843 --> 00:29:21.096 Griselda reached out to Drinel. 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:24.182 He did come and give 'em a ride. 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:27.060 I'm like, 00:29:27.102 --> 00:29:28.895 "Why do you wanna put yourself in that predicament?" 00:29:28.937 --> 00:29:30.564 And she was like, "No, it's fine. 00:29:30.605 --> 00:29:31.565 We've talked on the phone. 00:29:31.606 --> 00:29:33.191 He's being nice." 00:29:33.692 --> 00:29:36.861 But with an explosive relationship like theirs, 00:29:36.945 --> 00:29:39.573 it doesn't take long before tempers flare. 00:29:39.614 --> 00:29:43.285 And Griselda's friends see firsthand just how intense 00:29:43.326 --> 00:29:45.996 and controlling Drinel can be. 00:29:46.621 --> 00:29:52.002 And, they were able to overhear some very ominous words from Drinel. 00:29:52.043 --> 00:29:56.881 Drinel, apparently, expressed his love for Griselda, 00:29:56.923 --> 00:30:00.176 said that he wanted to be with her still. 00:30:00.218 --> 00:30:03.013 Griselda told him she was in a relationship 00:30:03.054 --> 00:30:04.514 with someone else. 00:30:04.556 --> 00:30:07.601 Drinel told her, "I'm gonna always be your boyfriend." 00:30:08.643 --> 00:30:13.607 Drinel also then said, "If I can't have you, no one can." 00:30:16.192 --> 00:30:17.527 Drinel is telling her, 00:30:17.569 --> 00:30:19.237 "I'm the only one that you're ever gonna be with. 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:21.364 You'll never be with anyone else." 00:30:31.249 --> 00:30:33.501 A lot of his story is a lie. 00:30:39.716 --> 00:30:41.676 Orlando police iof Griselda Cassamajorr 00:30:41.718 --> 00:30:44.262 have discovered disturbing information 00:30:44.304 --> 00:30:47.307 about her ex-boyfriend, Drinel Joseph, 00:30:47.349 --> 00:30:51.102 the man who was once so doting and devoted, 00:30:51.144 --> 00:30:55.315 has turned out to be a violent and vindictive tyrant 00:30:55.357 --> 00:30:57.942 with a ferocious jealous streak. 00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.653 Drinel is telling her that, 00:31:00.695 --> 00:31:02.697 "I'm the only one that you're ever gonna be with. 00:31:02.739 --> 00:31:05.200 You'll never be with anyone else." 00:31:06.117 --> 00:31:09.162 And she had tried to get away from Drinel. 00:31:09.746 --> 00:31:13.708 It was clear she knew that her life had been threatened. 00:31:14.667 --> 00:31:17.170 I get the impression that Drinel always thought 00:31:17.212 --> 00:31:18.963 that they will be back together, 00:31:19.005 --> 00:31:21.466 up until the point where he found out 00:31:21.508 --> 00:31:23.426 that she was with someone else. 00:31:24.344 --> 00:31:27.680 With what they've learned about the couple's stormy relationship, 00:31:27.722 --> 00:31:29.516 detectives are now convinced 00:31:29.557 --> 00:31:32.060 that Griselda was the intended target 00:31:32.102 --> 00:31:35.730 and Drinel Joseph is their number one suspect. 00:31:36.189 --> 00:31:37.941 But the question remains, 00:31:37.982 --> 00:31:41.236 "Why was Danny Rivera also shot and killed?" 00:31:41.611 --> 00:31:44.364 To find out, investigators bring Drinel 00:31:44.405 --> 00:31:46.866 down to the station for questioning. 00:31:52.664 --> 00:31:56.626 This might be the trickiest moment in the case. 00:31:56.668 --> 00:31:59.129 Drinel Joseph is in custody, 00:31:59.170 --> 00:32:02.340 but, unless detectives can crack his alibi, 00:32:02.382 --> 00:32:04.676 they'll have to let him go. 00:32:05.426 --> 00:32:07.762 With little forensic evidence to build on, 00:32:07.804 --> 00:32:11.349 they need to be able to place Drinel at the crime scene 00:32:11.391 --> 00:32:13.351 in the short window of time 00:32:13.393 --> 00:32:16.771 they've determined that Griselda's murder took place. 00:32:30.785 --> 00:32:33.705 They took him through July 2nd and where he was 00:32:33.746 --> 00:32:35.540 and what was he doing. 00:32:35.582 --> 00:32:38.293 Drinel told us he went to work that morning 00:32:38.334 --> 00:32:40.753 and left work around noon. 00:32:40.795 --> 00:32:42.589 His boss let him off early, 00:32:42.630 --> 00:32:45.925 so he went to change the tires on his wife's car. 00:32:45.925 --> 00:32:49.804 When he was done, he went home. 00:32:49.846 --> 00:32:52.098 As the interrogation proceeds, 00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:57.270 detectives are confounded by Drinel's description of his relationship with Griselda. 00:33:48.196 --> 00:33:53.201 The way he talks about Griselda's cold and demeaning. 00:33:53.242 --> 00:33:55.953 You would expect, even though they had broken up, 00:33:55.995 --> 00:33:58.998 that a normal person would be distraught 00:33:59.082 --> 00:34:01.584 if someone they were in a romantic relationship with 00:34:01.626 --> 00:34:04.754 just months ago was murdered. 00:34:05.588 --> 00:34:07.382 Though investigators are convinced 00:34:07.423 --> 00:34:08.841 that Drinel is the killer, 00:34:08.883 --> 00:34:10.218 they need to prove it. 00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:13.221 The first step is to match Drinel's movements 00:34:13.262 --> 00:34:15.306 to account for him being able to drive 00:34:15.348 --> 00:34:19.811 the four hours each way from Homestead to Orlando. 00:34:20.144 --> 00:34:23.481 So, Drinel told us on July 2nd, 2007, 00:34:23.523 --> 00:34:26.484 he came in to work that day, 8:30, 00:34:26.526 --> 00:34:29.112 he got into a fight with his manager 00:34:29.153 --> 00:34:31.364 and he left at 9:30. 00:34:48.965 --> 00:34:50.800 When he was done, he went home. 00:34:50.842 --> 00:34:53.761 Said he arrived home around four o'clock. 00:34:54.262 --> 00:34:56.139 They were able to track down his friend, 00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:57.682 the mechanic, Woody. 00:34:57.723 --> 00:35:01.269 And, Woody's like, "No, he came over in the morning 00:35:01.310 --> 00:35:05.356 and we worked on the car till around a little bit after 11, 00:35:05.398 --> 00:35:07.400 heading to 11:30." 00:35:07.775 --> 00:35:10.361 So they've already started to develop 00:35:10.403 --> 00:35:12.738 a lot of his story is a lie. 00:35:13.447 --> 00:35:15.825 And if he left Woody at 11:30, 00:35:15.867 --> 00:35:18.870 that gives him ample time to drive to Orlando. 00:35:21.289 --> 00:35:22.748 On the day of her murder, 00:35:22.790 --> 00:35:26.460 Drinel and Griselda had been broken up for four months, 00:35:26.502 --> 00:35:29.380 and it had six weeks since he saw her 00:35:29.422 --> 00:35:31.591 at the Haitian festival. 00:35:31.966 --> 00:35:34.051 But investigators now feel 00:35:34.093 --> 00:35:36.846 that his rage towards her was intense enough 00:35:36.888 --> 00:35:41.475 to fuel a four-hour-drive to hunt her down and kill her. 00:35:41.934 --> 00:35:43.936 This was no crime of passion. 00:35:43.978 --> 00:35:46.981 This was months of fiery rage that festered 00:35:47.023 --> 00:35:48.941 and grew inside of him. 00:35:48.983 --> 00:35:51.569 Until, finally, Drinel made good 00:35:51.611 --> 00:35:53.779 on the horrifying threats he made 00:35:53.821 --> 00:35:57.366 after she told him she would never be his again. 00:36:00.786 --> 00:36:06.000 My belief is Drinel Joseph drove from Homestead to Orlando, 00:36:06.042 --> 00:36:08.002 circled around the clinic, 00:36:08.044 --> 00:36:10.379 waiting until it's after five, 00:36:10.421 --> 00:36:12.715 and then goes into the clinic. 00:36:12.757 --> 00:36:15.009 There was only one way to get in, 00:36:15.051 --> 00:36:16.427 which was the front door. 00:36:16.469 --> 00:36:19.472 So we know that he came through the front door. 00:36:20.014 --> 00:36:22.558 Distracted with his game of solitaire, 00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:24.602 Daniel must not have noticed Drinel 00:36:24.644 --> 00:36:26.979 as he passed through reception. 00:36:27.563 --> 00:36:29.398 Daniel has his back to him, 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.942 shoots and kills Daniel first, 00:36:32.485 --> 00:36:33.986 and then as Griselda's cowering, 00:36:34.028 --> 00:36:37.114 and scrambling to get under her desk to protect herself, 00:36:37.198 --> 00:36:38.783 shoots her twice in the head, 00:36:40.660 --> 00:36:43.287 and then immediately leaves, 00:36:43.329 --> 00:36:44.413 gets back in his car, 00:36:44.455 --> 00:36:46.499 and heads back down Homestead. 00:36:48.626 --> 00:36:50.378 That's the theory at least. 00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.754 But prosecutors know 00:36:51.796 --> 00:36:54.382 that in order to make this a slam dunk at trial, 00:36:54.423 --> 00:36:56.342 they'll need hard evidence. 00:36:56.425 --> 00:36:58.094 Now, remember the date. 00:36:58.135 --> 00:36:59.637 This is 2007. 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:02.390 And what did we all have in 2007? 00:37:02.431 --> 00:37:03.766 Cell phones. 00:37:03.808 --> 00:37:07.812 So they got a warrant to look at his cell records. 00:37:07.853 --> 00:37:09.397 At this point in 2007, 00:37:09.438 --> 00:37:12.942 cell phone records are becoming a new key way 00:37:12.983 --> 00:37:14.819 of looking at cases. 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:17.988 Cell phone records has put him traveling along the Turnpike, 00:37:18.030 --> 00:37:19.782 arriving in Orlando 00:37:19.824 --> 00:37:22.660 a significant time before the homicide occurred, 00:37:22.701 --> 00:37:25.663 but it also puts him on Silver Star Road 00:37:25.704 --> 00:37:28.457 driving past the business back and forth. 00:37:28.499 --> 00:37:31.460 Drinel Joseph calls a friend of Griselda's 00:37:31.502 --> 00:37:35.047 to try to find out exactly where Griselda was. 00:37:35.089 --> 00:37:36.799 So, he did establish the fact 00:37:36.841 --> 00:37:39.635 that Griselda was in the business. 00:37:40.553 --> 00:37:41.762 Using the cell phone records, 00:37:41.804 --> 00:37:43.764 the detectives were able to prove 00:37:43.806 --> 00:37:47.017 Drinel drove up from Homestead, 00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:49.895 spent an hour and a half to two hours in Orlando, 00:37:49.937 --> 00:37:53.315 and then headed straight back down the Turnpike. 00:37:53.899 --> 00:37:55.693 Based on the cell phone records, 00:37:55.734 --> 00:37:57.319 we did obtain arrest warrant. 00:37:57.695 --> 00:38:01.031 We went back down to Homestead where we arrested him. 00:38:06.454 --> 00:38:08.956 On July 27th, 2007, 00:38:08.998 --> 00:38:13.586 11 months after he met 26-year-old Griselda Cassamajor 00:38:13.627 --> 00:38:15.504 in an Orlando nightclub, 00:38:15.546 --> 00:38:17.590 Drinel Joseph is arrested 00:38:17.631 --> 00:38:19.675 and charged with her murder. 00:38:20.176 --> 00:38:24.805 He's also charged with the murder of 20-year-old Daniel Rivera, 00:38:24.847 --> 00:38:28.767 who was sadly in the wrong place at the wrong time. 00:38:32.146 --> 00:38:34.440 I was angry for a long time 00:38:34.481 --> 00:38:35.941 'cause it wasn't that you just took her. 00:38:35.983 --> 00:38:39.612 It wasn't that you shot her or that you killed her. 00:38:39.653 --> 00:38:42.114 But, what about her family? 00:38:42.156 --> 00:38:44.825 And it wasn't that you didn't know anybody in her family, 00:38:44.867 --> 00:38:46.493 you knew me. 00:38:46.535 --> 00:38:48.621 How could you do this? 00:38:49.330 --> 00:38:51.665 The detective call the family 00:38:51.707 --> 00:38:55.502 and tell them they are convinced he is the one that did it 00:38:55.544 --> 00:38:58.797 based on their evidence. 00:38:58.839 --> 00:39:01.675 It was such a relief for everybody. 00:39:04.803 --> 00:39:06.972 We felt like there was some type of closure 00:39:07.014 --> 00:39:09.391 to where we finally found out who was responsible, 00:39:09.433 --> 00:39:11.477 like turning the page in the book. 00:39:12.186 --> 00:39:14.688 You're closing the chapter, however you wanna call it. 00:39:16.690 --> 00:39:18.150 Danny was just there doing his job 00:39:18.192 --> 00:39:21.570 and just got caught up in Drinel's mess, unfortunately. 00:39:21.612 --> 00:39:25.616 It's just, it's gut wrenching. 00:39:31.121 --> 00:39:32.581 In May, 2008, 00:39:32.623 --> 00:39:36.210 Drinel Joseph is tried for the cold-blooded killings 00:39:36.251 --> 00:39:39.964 of Daniel Rivera and Griselda Cassamajor. 00:39:40.422 --> 00:39:42.174 I can tell you from experience, 00:39:42.216 --> 00:39:44.927 when you're trying a murder case as a prosecutor, 00:39:44.969 --> 00:39:48.681 you feel immense pressure to deliver justice 00:39:48.722 --> 00:39:51.558 to the families of the victims. 00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:54.061 The first day of any trial, you're very nervous. 00:39:54.103 --> 00:39:56.689 I have a circumstantial case. 00:39:56.730 --> 00:40:00.818 I don't have any direct evidence that it's Drinel 00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:04.613 and he's sitting at the defendant's table, 00:40:04.655 --> 00:40:06.990 he's clean cut. 00:40:07.032 --> 00:40:08.784 And so I'm gonna have to prove to the jury 00:40:08.826 --> 00:40:10.661 that the person sitting there 00:40:10.703 --> 00:40:13.580 is capable of committing two murders. 00:40:15.666 --> 00:40:17.042 I kept looking at him. 00:40:17.084 --> 00:40:18.711 I said, "How does a person even come to that point?" 00:40:18.752 --> 00:40:21.463 Were you just, you're angry, you're sad, you're mad, 00:40:21.505 --> 00:40:23.841 name it, name any emotion, you're feeling it. 00:40:23.882 --> 00:40:26.093 Just wanting to jump over that, you know, 00:40:26.135 --> 00:40:29.680 that bench and just, you know. 00:40:32.558 --> 00:40:33.934 In that courtroom, 00:40:33.976 --> 00:40:36.895 that must have been the most emotions at once 00:40:36.937 --> 00:40:38.897 that I possibly could ever have felt. 00:40:40.774 --> 00:40:44.737 The one thing about the trial that sticks out to me, 00:40:44.778 --> 00:40:46.155 he had nothing to say. 00:40:46.196 --> 00:40:49.366 It was as if, "Oh, I'm sorry this happened to her." 00:40:49.783 --> 00:40:50.993 As if she wasn't a woman 00:40:51.034 --> 00:40:53.203 that you had been in a relationship with. 00:40:53.787 --> 00:40:57.791 As if she wasn't a woman that had just miscarried your baby. 00:40:58.750 --> 00:41:01.170 The trial last four days. 00:41:01.211 --> 00:41:02.963 And when he has a chance to speak, 00:41:03.005 --> 00:41:05.549 Drinel doesn't say a single word. 00:41:05.591 --> 00:41:07.843 I'm left with just one. 00:41:07.885 --> 00:41:09.219 Why? 00:41:10.721 --> 00:41:13.056 On May 22nd, 2008, 00:41:13.098 --> 00:41:15.267 Drinel Joseph is convicted 00:41:15.309 --> 00:41:19.813 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 00:41:21.106 --> 00:41:25.694 It was like, just weight off my shoulder. 00:41:26.195 --> 00:41:29.573 This guy is now gonna pay for what he did. 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:31.200 I'm relieved. 00:41:31.241 --> 00:41:33.160 I'm happy for the victims. 00:41:33.202 --> 00:41:35.329 You spend some time with the victim's family, 00:41:35.370 --> 00:41:37.331 you're connected with them. 00:41:37.372 --> 00:41:39.249 So, it was a great feeling. 00:41:40.959 --> 00:41:42.419 I want Danny to be remembered 00:41:42.419 --> 00:41:44.713 as exactly how I remember him. 00:41:44.755 --> 00:41:47.591 Just his smile. 00:41:47.633 --> 00:41:49.593 His smile, man. 00:41:50.761 --> 00:41:54.640 He's such a loving soul. 00:41:54.681 --> 00:41:55.724 He was a great soul. 00:41:55.766 --> 00:41:57.309 Great soul to be around. 00:41:58.435 --> 00:42:00.938 From time to time, I do go to the, you know, the cemetery. 00:42:00.979 --> 00:42:02.397 I go and I sit down at the grave 00:42:02.397 --> 00:42:04.733 and I talk to him about anything. 00:42:05.275 --> 00:42:08.278 Drinel took a great soul, 00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:09.905 a good friend, 00:42:09.947 --> 00:42:11.281 a sister, 00:42:11.323 --> 00:42:13.784 this awesome woman. 00:42:14.243 --> 00:42:16.245 I lost my rock. 00:42:16.286 --> 00:42:18.789 The world lost a beautiful spirit. 00:42:18.830 --> 00:42:20.290 You can hear her infectious laugh. 00:42:20.332 --> 00:42:23.377 You could see her smile brighten up the room. 00:42:24.169 --> 00:42:26.630 She made an impact wherever she went. 00:42:27.422 --> 00:42:29.633 By the time you left her, 00:42:29.675 --> 00:42:32.094 something about her was gonna resonate with you. 00:42:32.135 --> 00:42:34.972 So that's what the world is missing. 00:42:36.056 --> 00:42:37.975 She's irreplaceable. 00:42:41.436 --> 00:42:43.355 Griselda Cassamajor, 00:42:43.397 --> 00:42:45.774 a vibrant, intelligent woman, 00:42:45.816 --> 00:42:49.861 struck down by violence from a man she once loved. 00:42:49.903 --> 00:42:52.114 Griselda was full of hope and joy 00:42:52.155 --> 00:42:54.282 and trying to live her best life. 00:42:54.324 --> 00:42:56.952 She didn't deserve to have that dream stolen 00:42:56.994 --> 00:42:59.663 by a jealous and abusive killer, 00:42:59.746 --> 00:43:02.874 who also took the young life of Danny Rivera. 00:43:02.916 --> 00:43:05.669 Justice was served in this case, 00:43:05.711 --> 00:43:08.714 but no sentence can ever bring true comfort 00:43:08.755 --> 00:43:12.300 to the family and friends of Griselda and Danny. 00:43:12.342 --> 00:43:14.594 All we have left are the memories 00:43:14.636 --> 00:43:16.888 of two greatly loved people, 00:43:16.930 --> 00:43:19.975 lost to a killer relationship.