WEBVTT 00:00:02.549 --> 00:00:05.093 The search for a missing 00:00:05.135 --> 00:00:07.345 Morehouse College student leads to a gruesome discovery. 00:00:07.387 --> 00:00:08.513 As we got to the house, 00:00:08.596 --> 00:00:11.391 the scene that I was about to witness 00:00:11.433 --> 00:00:13.560 was something I will never forget. 00:00:13.601 --> 00:00:18.314 There was human remains inside the trunk. 00:00:18.356 --> 00:00:21.443 The evidence uncovers a torturous murder. 00:00:21.484 --> 00:00:24.487 Laying on the ground was a hammer. 00:00:24.529 --> 00:00:28.783 Things were turned over. Blood was smeared everywhere. 00:00:28.825 --> 00:00:30.785 News of the horrific slaying 00:00:30.827 --> 00:00:32.787 spreads through the elite campus, 00:00:32.829 --> 00:00:35.040 and suspects begin to emerge. 00:00:35.582 --> 00:00:36.124 They were completely floored 00:00:36.166 --> 00:00:37.959 that the police were at his door. 00:00:38.001 --> 00:00:40.086 And a guilty conscience 00:00:40.128 --> 00:00:41.671 brings the truth to light. 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:44.049 The people around you 00:00:44.090 --> 00:00:47.886 that you go to school with turn on you over money. 00:00:47.927 --> 00:00:50.013 How do you go from being a Morehouse man 00:00:50.055 --> 00:00:53.975 to torturing and murdering somebody for some money? 00:01:14.454 --> 00:01:16.623 Just after the turn of the millennium, 00:01:16.664 --> 00:01:19.667 the vibe in the ATL is strong. 00:01:19.709 --> 00:01:22.170 The city is surging with ambitious youth 00:01:22.212 --> 00:01:26.549 looking to find their path and to make their fortunes. 00:01:26.591 --> 00:01:28.301 Atlanta, in 2006, 00:01:28.343 --> 00:01:30.887 was a different time than Atlanta of today. 00:01:30.929 --> 00:01:34.265 It was a thriving city and a metropolis on the rise, 00:01:34.307 --> 00:01:34.724 and African American men from all over the South were 00:01:34.724 --> 00:01:37.185 and African American men from all over the South were 00:01:37.227 --> 00:01:39.312 flocking to Atlanta 00:01:39.354 --> 00:01:42.190 because there were so many HBCUs in Atlanta as well. 00:01:44.984 --> 00:01:48.613 An HBCU is an historically Black college and university, 00:01:48.655 --> 00:01:53.493 and Morehouse is the premier for Black males. 00:01:53.493 --> 00:01:58.331 The Morehouse man mystique is sharp, educated, 00:01:58.373 --> 00:02:01.459 and someone you expect to be a leader. 00:02:03.711 --> 00:02:06.381 As one of the elites in the HBCU system, 00:02:06.881 --> 00:02:09.092 Morehouse has its pick of applicants. 00:02:09.134 --> 00:02:10.593 They come because they know 00:02:10.593 --> 00:02:11.302 not only can they get a good education, 00:02:12.137 --> 00:02:14.806 but they are gonna be among some of the best people 00:02:15.473 --> 00:02:17.642 who are gonna make an impact as they graduate 00:02:17.684 --> 00:02:20.603 and matriculate onto the next phase of their life. 00:02:20.645 --> 00:02:22.480 Morehouse sits like an oasis 00:02:22.522 --> 00:02:24.774 of sophistication and security 00:02:24.816 --> 00:02:28.736 within Atlanta's often rough and dangerous downtown, 00:02:28.778 --> 00:02:32.073 but the protected bubble of Morehouse is destroyed 00:02:32.115 --> 00:02:34.909 when tragedy strikes one of their own. 00:02:37.495 --> 00:02:39.998 On July 8, 2006, 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:42.458 our department received a phone call from Peggy Walker. 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:44.878 She was calling us out of California. 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.422 She was the mother of Carlnell Walker, 00:02:47.505 --> 00:02:51.009 a 23-year-old student at Morehouse College. 00:02:51.050 --> 00:02:52.385 And at that point, 00:02:52.427 --> 00:02:54.804 she had not spoken with him for several weeks, 00:02:54.846 --> 00:02:56.347 and so she decided that 00:02:56.431 --> 00:02:58.433 she needed to contact the police department 00:02:58.516 --> 00:03:01.477 to go do a wellness check to see if she was okay, 00:03:01.519 --> 00:03:04.814 since she could not get in touch with him. 00:03:08.109 --> 00:03:11.529 I was one of a few on-call detectives at the time. 00:03:11.571 --> 00:03:13.364 I went straight to the location. 00:03:13.364 --> 00:03:15.200 As I made my way around the house, 00:03:15.241 --> 00:03:18.620 the back door to the residence was ajar, 00:03:18.661 --> 00:03:19.787 and when I looked in, 00:03:19.829 --> 00:03:21.831 you're looking into a living room, 00:03:21.873 --> 00:03:24.334 and it appeared that every loose item 00:03:24.375 --> 00:03:28.421 had been pushed together into the center of the floor. 00:03:28.463 --> 00:03:32.217 The couch was missing a couple of cushions, 00:03:32.258 --> 00:03:34.219 and there were obvious signs of struggle. 00:03:34.260 --> 00:03:38.348 I could also see on the wall what appeared to be blood. 00:03:38.389 --> 00:03:41.851 There was a bloody handprint on the wall. 00:03:41.893 --> 00:03:45.939 And there was a definite odor, fairly overwhelming. 00:03:45.980 --> 00:03:47.607 And once you smell it, you know that 00:03:47.649 --> 00:03:50.276 there is something close by that is deceased. 00:03:53.238 --> 00:03:54.697 The welfare check 00:03:54.739 --> 00:03:56.491 at Carlnell's off-campus residence 00:03:56.532 --> 00:03:58.201 becomes an investigation 00:03:58.243 --> 00:04:00.703 as Detective Arnzen calls for backup 00:04:00.745 --> 00:04:02.497 and reinforcements arrive to search 00:04:02.538 --> 00:04:05.208 for the source of the odor. 00:04:05.250 --> 00:04:06.793 As we got to the house, 00:04:06.834 --> 00:04:09.295 the scene that I was about to witness 00:04:09.337 --> 00:04:11.839 was something I will never forget. 00:04:13.216 --> 00:04:17.804 There was a strong odor of death in the air. 00:04:17.845 --> 00:04:20.098 As we approached the garage, 00:04:20.139 --> 00:04:23.851 the smell got stronger and stronger. 00:04:23.893 --> 00:04:26.354 In the garage, you could see this dark vehicle 00:04:26.396 --> 00:04:28.022 with the trunk that was ajar. 00:04:29.649 --> 00:04:31.985 There were numerous flies. 00:04:32.026 --> 00:04:36.155 Numerous flies. The smell was unbearable. 00:04:36.197 --> 00:04:38.199 Authorities are shocked 00:04:38.241 --> 00:04:41.744 as they uncover the trunk's gruesome contents. 00:04:41.786 --> 00:04:44.580 When I illuminated into the interior of the trunk 00:04:44.622 --> 00:04:46.958 and observed what I would say 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.877 appeared to be male human remains, 00:04:49.919 --> 00:04:52.005 and that those remains had been in that trunk 00:04:52.046 --> 00:04:55.174 for what I would deem to be quite some time 00:04:55.216 --> 00:04:57.218 based on the condition of the body. 00:04:58.886 --> 00:05:00.179 This was probably 00:05:01.431 --> 00:05:03.308 the most decomposed body that I had come across. 00:05:03.349 --> 00:05:05.518 I've been on several decomps, 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:07.645 and especially in Georgia, in summer, 00:05:07.687 --> 00:05:09.731 decomps are always bad. 00:05:09.772 --> 00:05:11.607 The condition of the body-- 00:05:11.649 --> 00:05:15.278 I could see nodules to where 00:05:15.320 --> 00:05:17.530 his hair had obviously been cut 00:05:17.572 --> 00:05:19.741 with some type of sharp object. 00:05:19.741 --> 00:05:22.410 Once they discover Carlnell had dreadlocks, 00:05:22.452 --> 00:05:25.079 along with the fact that he's been missing for weeks, 00:05:25.121 --> 00:05:27.665 investigators make the determination 00:05:27.707 --> 00:05:32.295 that this body is likely Carlnell Walker. 00:05:32.337 --> 00:05:36.549 As the body of Carlnell was removed from the vehicle, 00:05:36.591 --> 00:05:40.511 there were obvious signs that he had been tortured. 00:05:40.553 --> 00:05:45.308 It was apparent that he was bound with some type of cord. 00:05:45.350 --> 00:05:49.896 It looked to me to be computer cords or a coax cable. 00:05:49.979 --> 00:05:52.315 I observed that the living room area 00:05:52.357 --> 00:05:55.151 was covered with a large amount of blood 00:05:55.193 --> 00:06:00.198 and what appeared to me to be dreadlocks that were cut. 00:06:00.239 --> 00:06:06.079 Those dreadlocks were littered all over the living room floor. 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.331 As I made my way into the bathroom, 00:06:08.373 --> 00:06:12.710 I could observe blood within the bathtub itself, 00:06:12.752 --> 00:06:15.088 blood on the actual toilet. 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:18.174 It appeared to me that there had been a struggle 00:06:18.216 --> 00:06:20.593 to have that smearing of the blood. 00:06:20.635 --> 00:06:23.888 And in the laundry room laying on the ground 00:06:23.930 --> 00:06:27.517 was a hammer, and it had blood on it 00:06:27.558 --> 00:06:29.352 not only on the claw, 00:06:29.394 --> 00:06:32.271 but also on the actual head of the hammer. 00:06:32.313 --> 00:06:34.357 This is not your typical crime scene. 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:36.526 It was very apparent to me 00:06:36.567 --> 00:06:40.113 with the blood transfer in different areas of the home 00:06:40.154 --> 00:06:43.408 that Carlnell Walker endured 00:06:43.491 --> 00:06:46.494 a harrowing episode 00:06:46.536 --> 00:06:50.373 of pain and torture 00:06:50.415 --> 00:06:54.877 that went on for some time. 00:06:54.919 --> 00:06:57.004 As Carlnell's body is removed 00:06:57.046 --> 00:06:59.507 and transferred to the medical examiner's office, 00:06:59.549 --> 00:07:01.884 investigators scouring the crime scene 00:07:01.926 --> 00:07:03.970 come across a series of clues 00:07:04.011 --> 00:07:07.390 that could help put them one step closer to the killer. 00:07:07.432 --> 00:07:09.142 There were bloody shoe prints 00:07:09.183 --> 00:07:11.394 through the entire house. 00:07:11.436 --> 00:07:13.229 There was a bloody shoe print found 00:07:13.271 --> 00:07:17.775 on the edge of the toilet, and we were able to get a print 00:07:17.817 --> 00:07:21.904 of what that sole of the shoe was like. 00:07:21.946 --> 00:07:24.657 Detectives compare the bloody shoe print 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:27.660 to Carlnell's shoes found at his home. 00:07:27.702 --> 00:07:29.370 They are not a match. 00:07:29.412 --> 00:07:33.666 So do these prints hold the key to finding the killer? 00:07:33.708 --> 00:07:36.294 We're in there collecting any DNA samples 00:07:36.335 --> 00:07:37.587 for as far as the blood goes, 00:07:37.628 --> 00:07:39.755 and photographing any of the shoe prints. 00:07:39.797 --> 00:07:42.008 They'll zoom in on the shoe print 00:07:42.049 --> 00:07:44.093 and use a measuring stick around it to get a size 00:07:44.135 --> 00:07:45.803 and photograph that 00:07:45.845 --> 00:07:48.055 to see if we can possibly try to match it to a shoe 00:07:48.097 --> 00:07:49.932 at a later time. 00:07:49.974 --> 00:07:53.769 The crime scene unit is collecting the pieces of hair, 00:07:53.811 --> 00:07:55.771 any of the clothing with blood on it, 00:07:55.813 --> 00:07:59.108 dusting the car for any fingerprints. 00:07:59.150 --> 00:08:01.694 On the bed was a suitcase that had been opened 00:08:01.736 --> 00:08:04.697 and just items gone through in the suitcase. 00:08:04.739 --> 00:08:07.533 Drawers pulled out, stuff on the floor. 00:08:07.575 --> 00:08:09.243 They were there looking for something. 00:08:09.285 --> 00:08:11.454 What is the story here? What is going on? 00:08:11.496 --> 00:08:12.705 Is this a robbery? 00:08:12.747 --> 00:08:14.790 And if so, what was in this house? 00:08:14.832 --> 00:08:16.542 One clue does hint 00:08:16.584 --> 00:08:20.046 at what the assailant may have been after. 00:08:20.129 --> 00:08:22.548 As we were processing the scene, 00:08:22.590 --> 00:08:25.551 we came across an insurance letter 00:08:25.593 --> 00:08:27.887 about an accident that he got in 00:08:27.929 --> 00:08:30.848 and concerning his possible settlement. 00:08:30.890 --> 00:08:33.559 This raised a little bit of suspicions for me, 00:08:33.601 --> 00:08:37.021 because a large amount of money could have been a motive. 00:08:39.357 --> 00:08:40.900 As detectives on scene 00:08:40.942 --> 00:08:43.236 question why Carlnell could be a target, 00:08:43.277 --> 00:08:46.739 his family is anxious for news. 00:08:46.781 --> 00:08:50.868 I waited, and I waited, and I waited. 00:08:50.910 --> 00:08:54.247 Finally, my phone rang around 1:00. 00:08:54.288 --> 00:08:56.749 It was the police. 00:08:56.791 --> 00:09:02.672 I have a terrible feeling on the inside. 00:09:02.713 --> 00:09:05.800 He told me 00:09:05.800 --> 00:09:09.929 they found a body 00:09:09.971 --> 00:09:11.931 in Carlnell's home. 00:09:18.312 --> 00:09:20.273 Carlnell was a miracle child. 00:09:20.314 --> 00:09:23.109 The doctors told me I couldn't have kids. 00:09:23.150 --> 00:09:26.487 He loved football, baseball. 00:09:26.571 --> 00:09:30.324 When he got involved in tennis, it started in high school. 00:09:30.366 --> 00:09:32.910 and he said, "Mom, I want to play tennis." 00:09:32.952 --> 00:09:35.580 And by the time he finished 11th grade, 00:09:35.621 --> 00:09:37.582 he had become the top tennis player 00:09:37.623 --> 00:09:40.918 in the entire Contra Costa County. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:44.505 That's the key that led him to Morehouse. 00:09:44.589 --> 00:09:47.383 At Morehouse College, everybody knew Carlnell, 00:09:47.425 --> 00:09:50.303 because he had a larger-than-life personality. 00:09:50.344 --> 00:09:52.513 Carlnell was always energetic. 00:09:52.597 --> 00:09:54.056 He could take any situation and make it fun and friendly. 00:09:54.056 --> 00:09:56.017 He could take any situation and make it fun and friendly. 00:09:56.058 --> 00:09:59.312 And you know, everybody wanted to be around. 00:09:59.353 --> 00:10:01.856 He had the sort of vibe to him 00:10:01.856 --> 00:10:04.108 where you knew he was gonna be somebody. 00:10:04.108 --> 00:10:04.400 where you knew he was gonna be somebody. 00:10:04.442 --> 00:10:07.153 We grew up in Richmond, California. 00:10:07.194 --> 00:10:08.946 You know, we thinking Morehouse College. 00:10:08.988 --> 00:10:10.448 Very safe, secure. 00:10:10.531 --> 00:10:12.700 Nobody, in our minds, 00:10:12.742 --> 00:10:14.910 thought that Carlnell would be in any danger out there. 00:10:16.954 --> 00:10:18.205 Back at the crime scene, 00:10:18.247 --> 00:10:21.334 detectives continue to hunt for evidence 00:10:21.375 --> 00:10:25.379 and investigate a car parked in Carlnell's driveway. 00:10:25.421 --> 00:10:29.550 There was a black BMW sitting in the driveway. 00:10:29.592 --> 00:10:32.219 We checked, and that vehicle came back 00:10:32.261 --> 00:10:36.223 registered to Mr. Terry Alexander, 00:10:36.265 --> 00:10:39.393 Carlnell Walker's landlord, who lived across the street. 00:10:39.435 --> 00:10:40.603 I spoke with the landlord. 00:10:40.645 --> 00:10:42.021 He told us that sometimes 00:10:42.063 --> 00:10:43.773 he'll park a car in the driveway across the street 00:10:43.814 --> 00:10:45.691 at Carlnell's place. 00:10:45.733 --> 00:10:50.029 He was upset that there was a dead body on his property. 00:10:50.071 --> 00:10:52.448 Terry Alexander expressed to us 00:10:52.531 --> 00:10:57.620 that he would only communicate with Mr. Walker through notes, 00:10:57.662 --> 00:10:59.163 things of that nature, 00:10:59.205 --> 00:11:01.916 and he said that he really didn't keep up with him 00:11:01.957 --> 00:11:03.167 based on the fact that 00:11:03.209 --> 00:11:05.336 their relationship was strained somewhat. 00:11:05.378 --> 00:11:09.382 He indicated that there had been some issues with Carlnell 00:11:09.423 --> 00:11:11.175 not respecting the property 00:11:11.217 --> 00:11:12.426 and then causing some destruction 00:11:12.468 --> 00:11:13.969 to the property itself. 00:11:14.011 --> 00:11:16.722 Detectives eventually discover a document 00:11:16.764 --> 00:11:18.349 which seems to spell out 00:11:18.391 --> 00:11:21.519 the issues Carlnell's landlord described. 00:11:21.602 --> 00:11:24.855 The letter that we located was an actual eviction letter 00:11:24.855 --> 00:11:26.399 from the landlord. 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.359 And I knew at that point, 00:11:28.401 --> 00:11:30.778 I needed to speak with this individual again 00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:33.489 because that could have been a motive. 00:11:33.531 --> 00:11:36.951 The letter confirmed that he really didn't have, 00:11:36.992 --> 00:11:40.705 at that point, the greatest relationship with Mr. Walker. 00:11:40.746 --> 00:11:42.707 That raised a red flag with me. 00:11:50.506 --> 00:11:52.842 A female came to the police department. 00:11:52.842 --> 00:11:54.051 And she said that, 00:11:54.093 --> 00:11:57.304 "I know exactly what happened to Carlnell Walker," 00:11:57.346 --> 00:11:59.056 and that, "I'm scared for my life." 00:12:05.688 --> 00:12:09.567 In the sweltering summer of 2006, 00:12:09.567 --> 00:12:12.111 Morehouse College student Carlnell Walker's 00:12:12.111 --> 00:12:17.032 severely decomposed body is discovered at his house. 00:12:17.074 --> 00:12:19.577 Investigators are looking into a possible feud 00:12:19.618 --> 00:12:21.829 between Carlnell and his landlord 00:12:21.871 --> 00:12:26.167 when the medical examiner's autopsy results are revealed. 00:12:26.250 --> 00:12:29.462 The GBI did a autopsy on his body 00:12:29.503 --> 00:12:32.757 and told me that this individual 00:12:32.798 --> 00:12:35.593 was obviously tortured. 00:12:35.634 --> 00:12:40.931 They had markings on his hands where he was stabbed, 00:12:41.015 --> 00:12:46.270 on his thigh, they were able to locate puncture wounds, 00:12:46.312 --> 00:12:51.108 he was bound, and that he did have signs of trauma to him, 00:12:51.150 --> 00:12:55.446 possibly from a hammer. 00:12:55.488 --> 00:12:57.948 The brutal torture that Carlnell endured, 00:12:58.032 --> 00:13:00.618 however, isn't what killed him. 00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:04.997 He was put in that trunk and he was still alive. 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:09.293 The garage was extremely hot. 00:13:09.335 --> 00:13:11.629 Was sweltering. 00:13:11.670 --> 00:13:14.965 It was a typical Atlanta summer day. 00:13:15.049 --> 00:13:19.094 It was very hot outside. The humidity was very high. 00:13:19.136 --> 00:13:23.182 Anytime you've got Atlanta heat and humidity, 00:13:23.224 --> 00:13:27.019 a body deteriorates at a much more rapid pace. 00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:31.857 When you have restricted movement, 00:13:31.941 --> 00:13:35.903 and you can't breathe, that can cause asphyxiation. 00:13:35.945 --> 00:13:38.030 The injuries that they had done to him 00:13:38.072 --> 00:13:39.740 were not the cause of his death. 00:13:44.286 --> 00:13:45.955 So you put all that together, 00:13:45.996 --> 00:13:51.043 and you can just imagine-- truly had to be unbearable, 00:13:51.085 --> 00:13:56.674 so that makes this even that much more heinous. 00:13:56.674 --> 00:13:58.843 The medical examiner determines 00:13:57.842 --> 00:14:00.932 Suffocation in that trunk was the cause of his death. 00:13:58.884 --> 00:14:00.970 Carlnell died two to three weeks 00:14:01.011 --> 00:14:03.889 before he was discovered on July 8th. 00:14:03.931 --> 00:14:06.851 As Carlnell's horrific last moments come to light, 00:14:06.892 --> 00:14:09.186 authorities reveal the answers of what happened 00:14:09.228 --> 00:14:11.564 to his devastated family. 00:14:11.605 --> 00:14:16.193 I was lost for words. 00:14:16.235 --> 00:14:18.571 They tortured my baby. 00:14:23.742 --> 00:14:25.703 I was devastated. 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:36.881 I didn't know how to respond. 00:14:38.424 --> 00:14:40.426 Never been involved with anything like this 00:14:40.467 --> 00:14:42.887 my entire life. 00:14:42.970 --> 00:14:48.642 Not in my family. Nothing. 00:14:48.684 --> 00:14:51.896 Auntie Peggy called me, and she said, "He's dead." 00:14:51.937 --> 00:14:55.024 I'll never forget that-- 00:14:55.065 --> 00:14:58.193 that crying, that screaming. 00:14:58.235 --> 00:15:01.238 It's something that I'll die with. 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:04.700 To know what Carlnell had to go through-- 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:07.244 that's what hurt the most. 00:15:07.286 --> 00:15:09.121 Determined to get answers 00:15:09.163 --> 00:15:11.081 for the grief-stricken family, 00:15:11.123 --> 00:15:14.084 detectives bring Carlnell's landlord in for questioning 00:15:14.126 --> 00:15:16.253 about his last encounter with Carlnell. 00:15:19.089 --> 00:15:20.841 for comparison to the shoe print 00:15:20.883 --> 00:15:23.427 left in the victim's blood at the crime scene. 00:15:23.469 --> 00:15:27.014 The test comes back negative. 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.810 In the beginning, 00:15:31.852 --> 00:15:35.105 I felt a little bit suspicious about the whole situation, 00:15:35.147 --> 00:15:38.108 but after I was able to sit down with Mr. Alexander 00:15:38.150 --> 00:15:40.611 and have a one-on-one conversation, 00:15:40.694 --> 00:15:43.906 and I spoke with him about the documents that we found 00:15:43.948 --> 00:15:47.618 during the crime scene concerning Carlnell, 00:15:47.701 --> 00:15:50.120 and everything that he spoke about checked out. 00:15:50.162 --> 00:15:51.830 At that point, 00:15:51.872 --> 00:15:54.667 we felt very certain that we could rule him out 00:15:54.708 --> 00:15:58.921 that he had anything to do with this investigation. 00:15:58.963 --> 00:16:00.714 After crossing Carlnell's landlord 00:16:00.756 --> 00:16:02.841 off the list of suspects, 00:16:02.883 --> 00:16:06.804 Clayton County PD turns to his phone records for leads. 00:16:06.845 --> 00:16:08.305 Cell phone's the most important thing, 00:16:08.347 --> 00:16:09.890 sometimes, in a crime, 00:16:09.932 --> 00:16:12.893 'cause sometimes it's the last person they talk to 00:16:12.935 --> 00:16:14.603 that might be involved in it. 00:16:14.645 --> 00:16:16.271 But it also gives you the last time 00:16:16.313 --> 00:16:19.608 that somebody actually talked to the victim alive. 00:16:19.650 --> 00:16:22.611 The cell phone that Carlnell had was through his mom, 00:16:22.653 --> 00:16:24.697 and so she was able to contact the cell phone company 00:16:24.738 --> 00:16:26.907 and knew that the last phone call made from that phone 00:16:26.949 --> 00:16:28.742 was on June 16th. 00:16:28.784 --> 00:16:31.912 Three weeks before his body was found, 00:16:31.954 --> 00:16:34.581 Carlnell placed a call at 2:00 in the morning 00:16:34.623 --> 00:16:37.584 to a close friend named Vincitra Dillard. 00:16:37.626 --> 00:16:40.337 We located Vincitra Dillard. 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:42.548 Sat down and met with her in Atlanta. 00:16:42.589 --> 00:16:47.720 The last time that she saw him was June 18th of 2006. 00:16:47.761 --> 00:16:50.347 She did not see him again. 00:16:54.768 --> 00:16:56.228 Based on her statement 00:16:57.813 --> 00:17:00.858 and Carlnell's phone records, police believe June 18, 2006, 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:03.694 20 days before his body was found, 00:17:03.777 --> 00:17:06.989 was the last time anyone had seen Carlnell 00:17:07.031 --> 00:17:09.241 before he was killed. 00:17:09.283 --> 00:17:12.578 As police try to make sense of Carlnell's final days, 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:15.122 a frightened woman comes in 00:17:15.164 --> 00:17:18.000 saying she needs to speak with detectives immediately 00:17:18.042 --> 00:17:19.918 about the murder. 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.171 We sat her down in an interview room 00:17:22.212 --> 00:17:23.839 and we asked her, "What's going on?" 00:17:23.881 --> 00:17:25.215 And she said that, 00:17:25.257 --> 00:17:27.801 "I know exactly what happened to Carlnell Walker, 00:17:27.843 --> 00:17:29.511 "and that I'm scared for my life 00:17:29.595 --> 00:17:30.971 if I tell you all." 00:17:40.898 --> 00:17:42.900 After the vicious murder 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:45.402 of Morehouse College student Carlnell Walker, 00:17:45.444 --> 00:17:48.363 detectives interview a friend of Carlnell's 00:17:48.405 --> 00:17:51.909 that claims she knows who the killer is. 00:18:03.128 --> 00:18:07.299 by a cleaning service in Atlanta to go clean homes, 00:18:07.341 --> 00:18:10.427 and that they got hired by Ari Baum. 00:18:46.672 --> 00:18:48.382 shortly after they finished their first job, 00:18:49.591 --> 00:18:51.802 she got a call from her new employer, Ari Baum. 00:19:06.108 --> 00:19:07.651 Carlnell was accused 00:19:07.693 --> 00:19:10.362 of stealing $2,000 worth of jewelry. 00:19:30.632 --> 00:19:32.634 He threatened to kill Carlnell, 00:19:37.890 --> 00:19:43.061 and he stated several times that Carlnell was a dead man 00:19:43.103 --> 00:19:46.106 based on the fact that he had stolen from his family. 00:19:50.194 --> 00:19:59.995 Exactly what he said? 00:20:10.047 --> 00:20:12.507 She felt more than certain 00:20:12.507 --> 00:20:15.135 that he was capable of carrying out these threats. 00:20:28.732 --> 00:20:32.027 Our investigation led us to downtown Atlanta 00:20:32.069 --> 00:20:35.072 where we confirmed that there was a cleaning service, 00:20:35.113 --> 00:20:39.743 and we located where Mr. Baum's residence was. 00:20:39.785 --> 00:20:41.745 Detectives immediately act 00:20:41.787 --> 00:20:43.455 on this major revelation 00:20:43.497 --> 00:20:47.668 and head directly to Ari Baum's address. 00:20:47.709 --> 00:20:49.002 We went over to their house, 00:20:49.044 --> 00:20:51.171 which is in the warehouse district of Atlanta, 00:20:51.213 --> 00:20:52.714 with the Atlanta Police Department. 00:20:54.967 --> 00:20:58.262 Mr. Baum and his partner 00:20:58.303 --> 00:21:01.515 were completely floored that the police were at his door. 00:21:01.556 --> 00:21:04.017 Police then bring the two men in 00:21:02.396 --> 00:21:03.526 Carlnell's friend says that 00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.977 for questioning. 00:21:42.014 --> 00:21:44.725 but his roommate agrees to speak with detectives 00:21:44.766 --> 00:21:46.727 and tell them everything he knows 00:21:46.768 --> 00:21:50.772 about Carlnell Walker's disappearance and death. 00:22:07.205 --> 00:22:08.457 We brought him 00:22:08.498 --> 00:22:09.791 to the Clayton County Police Department, 00:22:10.834 --> 00:22:13.420 and he opened up concerning the entire incident. 00:22:20.260 --> 00:22:23.263 that he had a lot of money on his person. 00:22:28.810 --> 00:22:30.395 I was shocked 00:22:30.437 --> 00:22:32.147 the other people involved were all Morehouse students. 00:22:41.531 --> 00:22:43.950 Ten days after the body 00:22:43.950 --> 00:22:45.410 of Morehouse College student Carlnell Walker 00:22:46.453 --> 00:22:47.412 is found in the trunk of his car, 00:22:48.538 --> 00:22:50.207 a tip has led Clayton County detectives 00:22:50.248 --> 00:22:52.167 to uncover a tense dispute 00:22:52.209 --> 00:22:56.797 between Carlnell and a former employer named Ari Baum. 00:22:56.838 --> 00:22:59.216 While Ari was able to stonewall police, 00:22:59.257 --> 00:23:00.592 his roommate caved 00:23:00.634 --> 00:23:04.388 and revealed damaging information against Ari. 00:23:04.763 --> 00:23:06.848 Authorities release Baum and his roommate 00:23:06.890 --> 00:23:08.600 and make the next move 00:23:08.642 --> 00:23:11.853 to try and connect Ari Baum to the crime scene. 00:23:11.895 --> 00:23:14.940 We were able to obtain a search warrant 00:23:14.981 --> 00:23:17.734 for his residence. 00:23:17.776 --> 00:23:22.489 We were trying to match the bloody shoeprints 00:23:22.572 --> 00:23:24.449 that we found at the crime scene 00:23:24.491 --> 00:23:27.994 to any shoes that matched that pattern 00:23:28.036 --> 00:23:30.831 at that location where he resided at. 00:23:30.872 --> 00:23:34.459 Detectives must now wait on the forensics lab. 00:23:34.501 --> 00:23:36.128 Will they find evidence 00:23:36.169 --> 00:23:38.880 that ties Baum to Carlnell's murder? 00:23:38.922 --> 00:23:42.467 The CSI techs were able to compare the tennis shoes 00:23:42.551 --> 00:23:45.137 taken from Ari Baum's residence. 00:23:45.178 --> 00:23:49.516 They simply did not match what we had at the crime scene. 00:23:49.558 --> 00:23:51.435 Nothing matched. 00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:57.524 We did some follow-up on Ari Baum 00:23:57.566 --> 00:24:00.402 and we found out that he had had an alibi 00:24:00.444 --> 00:24:04.489 at the time Carlnell would have been murdered. 00:24:04.531 --> 00:24:07.033 At this point in the investigation, 00:24:07.075 --> 00:24:10.954 we had already gone down two completely separate roads-- 00:24:10.996 --> 00:24:15.459 one looking at the landlord and the second one 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.377 going off the tip that we got 00:24:16.242 --> 00:24:18.812 Baum shuts the questioning down, 00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:20.046 about Carlnell working for the cleaning service. 00:24:20.046 --> 00:24:22.424 Both of those led to a dead end, 00:24:22.466 --> 00:24:24.885 and to be quite frank with you, 00:24:24.926 --> 00:24:29.097 we were very frustrated in our investigation. 00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:33.977 This kind of crime here, unless you have no heart, 00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:35.812 it's gonna weigh on you. 00:24:35.854 --> 00:24:37.314 Despite the setback, 00:24:37.355 --> 00:24:39.107 the Clayton County homicide team 00:24:39.149 --> 00:24:41.234 is more determined than ever, 00:24:41.276 --> 00:24:44.362 so they turn to the public for help. 00:24:44.404 --> 00:24:46.865 Everybody knows that law enforcement officers 00:24:46.948 --> 00:24:49.993 cannot do the job by themselves. 00:24:50.035 --> 00:24:53.497 We need community help. 00:24:53.538 --> 00:24:57.083 Our next step was to get with the local media 00:24:57.167 --> 00:24:59.503 and put the story out. 00:24:58.589 --> 00:25:01.589 Carlnell Walker had been making statements 00:24:59.544 --> 00:25:03.256 And slowly but surely, people picked up the phone 00:25:03.298 --> 00:25:05.926 and started calling the Clayton County Police Department 00:25:05.926 --> 00:25:09.137 and giving us tidbits of information. 00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:12.516 We found out that Carlnell had told people 00:25:12.557 --> 00:25:15.602 that he was getting a large sum of money 00:25:15.644 --> 00:25:17.771 from an insurance settlement. 00:25:17.812 --> 00:25:20.106 When we were processing the scene, 00:25:20.148 --> 00:25:23.276 we came across an insurance letter 00:25:23.318 --> 00:25:27.197 concerning a claim where the victim, Carlnell Walker, 00:25:27.239 --> 00:25:28.823 had gotten into a wreck. 00:25:28.865 --> 00:25:31.117 I knew that could have been a motive 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:33.036 concerning a settlement, 00:25:33.078 --> 00:25:35.038 but we knew that we had to follow up on that. 00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:37.666 Then I got a phone call from an attorney 00:25:37.749 --> 00:25:40.669 after he read an article concerning the homicide. 00:25:40.752 --> 00:25:43.964 This attorney told me that 00:25:44.005 --> 00:25:49.427 he had been working with Mr. Walker concerning a settlement. 00:25:49.469 --> 00:25:51.846 He said that Mr. Walker never received 00:25:51.888 --> 00:25:56.977 one dime of any monies in reference to a settlement. 00:25:57.018 --> 00:25:59.437 Carlnell had contacted the attorney 00:25:59.437 --> 00:26:02.566 inquiring about an insurance settlement for an accident, 00:26:02.607 --> 00:26:05.569 but Carlnell never received any money. 00:26:05.610 --> 00:26:08.822 Is it possible someone could have wanted to rob Carlnell, 00:26:08.863 --> 00:26:13.702 mistakenly believing he had just come into a large payout? 00:26:13.743 --> 00:26:18.081 And then on the 18th, we got a phone call 00:26:18.123 --> 00:26:21.876 from Major Cox with Morehouse College Police, 00:26:21.918 --> 00:26:23.962 and he said, "Detective Schindler, 00:26:24.004 --> 00:26:25.755 "I've got an individual up here 00:26:25.797 --> 00:26:28.300 "that works at the cafeteria at Morehouse, 00:26:28.341 --> 00:26:29.926 and he really needs to speak with you." 00:26:33.346 --> 00:26:35.682 We immediately drove directly to Morehouse 00:26:35.724 --> 00:26:40.312 where we sat down with this cafeteria worker. 00:26:40.353 --> 00:26:43.481 He said that he worked with a Morehouse student 00:26:43.523 --> 00:26:47.068 by the name of Breylon Garland. 00:26:47.152 --> 00:26:50.238 One evening, they went for a drive. 00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:52.365 Breylon just opened up to him 00:26:52.407 --> 00:26:55.619 and explained to him that he was there 00:26:55.660 --> 00:27:00.415 at Carlnell Walker's house when everything went down. 00:27:00.457 --> 00:27:03.627 He didn't kill him, but he was there and saw it. 00:27:03.668 --> 00:27:06.296 Well, that's a person that we want to talk to. 00:27:06.338 --> 00:27:08.340 Detectives raced to the address 00:27:08.381 --> 00:27:09.924 in an attempt to make contact 00:27:09.966 --> 00:27:12.385 with a potentially pivotal witness. 00:27:12.427 --> 00:27:16.306 We saw an individual walking from the area 00:27:16.348 --> 00:27:18.308 of where his townhome was. 00:27:18.350 --> 00:27:20.185 We had his phone number at that point. 00:27:20.226 --> 00:27:22.395 I called the phone number, 00:27:22.437 --> 00:27:25.899 and I saw the person answer the phone. 00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:29.486 I identified myself to him and he asked me, 00:27:29.527 --> 00:27:33.281 "Are you guys sitting in the black Crown Vic?" 00:27:33.323 --> 00:27:36.409 And I confirmed, "Yes, sir. We are." 00:27:36.451 --> 00:27:39.287 Mr. Garland actually walked up to us. 00:27:39.329 --> 00:27:42.040 I got out of the vehicle and told him we needed to talk 00:27:42.082 --> 00:27:45.418 about a very serious incident that involved Carlnell Walker. 00:27:49.798 --> 00:27:52.676 At that point, his head went down, 00:27:52.717 --> 00:27:57.305 and he said to me, "I'm scared. I'm scared for my life." 00:27:57.347 --> 00:27:58.640 He looked at me and said, 00:27:58.682 --> 00:28:00.350 "I'll go back with you guys to the police department 00:28:00.392 --> 00:28:02.435 and sit down and tell you everything I know." 00:28:04.688 --> 00:28:07.065 We brought Breylon Garland 00:28:07.107 --> 00:28:08.650 back to the Clayton County Police Department with us, 00:28:08.692 --> 00:28:11.486 and we sat down in an interview room. 00:28:11.528 --> 00:28:16.616 He opened up concerning the entire incident that occurred. 00:28:30.505 --> 00:28:32.173 Clayton County PD 00:28:33.216 --> 00:28:34.592 has tracked down Breylon Garland, 00:28:34.843 --> 00:28:35.885 a witness to the horrific torture and murder 00:28:35.885 --> 00:28:37.262 has tracked down Breylon Garland, 00:28:37.512 --> 00:28:38.680 a witness to the horrific torture and murder 00:28:39.973 --> 00:28:42.142 of fellow Morehouse College student Carlnell Walker. 00:28:42.183 --> 00:28:44.102 Garland has agreed to come clean 00:28:44.144 --> 00:28:46.396 with what happened the night Carlnell was murdered. 00:29:13.298 --> 00:29:15.049 Miles Allen and Keith Roberts, 00:29:15.091 --> 00:29:16.843 they were both Morehouse students, 00:29:16.885 --> 00:29:19.262 but Rahim, he didn't know him, he had never had 00:29:19.304 --> 00:29:21.931 any association with him whatsoever. 00:29:21.973 --> 00:29:25.602 Breylon says that he and three others, 00:29:25.643 --> 00:29:29.022 Keith Roberts, Miles Allen, and a man named Rahim, 00:29:29.063 --> 00:29:31.149 all entered Carlnell's house 00:29:31.191 --> 00:29:33.985 and waited in the dark for him to return. 00:29:43.328 --> 00:29:45.789 Breylon said that Carlnell Walker 00:29:45.830 --> 00:29:48.833 had been making statements around campus 00:29:48.875 --> 00:29:50.919 that he had gotten paid big 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:53.379 concerning his wreck that he had, 00:29:53.421 --> 00:29:56.925 and that he had a lot of money on his person. 00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:07.727 And an interrogation process began 00:30:07.769 --> 00:30:09.145 about where the money was at. 00:30:13.983 --> 00:30:15.401 I was shocked on some of the things he was saying. 00:30:15.443 --> 00:30:18.738 You know, you're torturing a human being, 00:30:18.780 --> 00:30:21.366 but what was even worse is that the other people involved 00:30:21.366 --> 00:30:23.117 are all Morehouse students. 00:30:35.421 --> 00:30:37.298 Carlnell cried out, 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:39.175 "What are you guys doing to me?" 00:30:44.222 --> 00:30:46.724 how Carlnell was begging for his life. 00:30:51.855 --> 00:30:53.314 still asking, "Where's the money at? 00:30:53.356 --> 00:30:54.274 Where is it at?" 00:30:58.444 --> 00:31:00.488 The interrogation process 00:31:00.530 --> 00:31:03.449 literally went on through the entire night. 00:31:03.491 --> 00:31:05.285 Garland's apparent complicity 00:31:05.326 --> 00:31:08.454 eventually reveals a layer of duress. 00:31:10.290 --> 00:31:14.043 They actually closed the trunk on him 00:31:14.085 --> 00:31:16.796 and left the home. 00:31:16.838 --> 00:31:20.592 Breylon stated that later that same day, 00:31:20.633 --> 00:31:23.845 he came back over to Carlnell's house, 00:31:23.887 --> 00:31:27.891 went into the garage, popped the hood-- 00:31:28.474 --> 00:31:29.976 He was gonna let him out, 00:31:30.018 --> 00:31:33.271 but when he touched his leg, he got no movement. 00:31:33.313 --> 00:31:34.564 He said at that point, 00:31:34.606 --> 00:31:38.526 he got scared and he ran back out the door. 00:31:38.568 --> 00:31:41.154 Clayton County detectives immediately arrest 00:31:41.195 --> 00:31:43.156 Breylon Garland and race to collect 00:31:43.197 --> 00:31:45.408 the other possible suspects-- 00:31:45.450 --> 00:31:49.370 Keith Roberts, Miles Allen, and the mysterious Rahim. 00:31:49.412 --> 00:31:51.998 Multiple offenders, you cannot keep a secret. 00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:54.876 Once it gets out that we have one of 'em, 00:31:54.918 --> 00:31:56.419 the word'll be out with the other suspects. 00:31:56.461 --> 00:31:57.921 We need to act quick on it. 00:32:00.882 --> 00:32:03.051 I got a phone call from Major Cox 00:32:03.092 --> 00:32:07.972 with Morehouse College Police, and he tells me, 00:32:08.014 --> 00:32:09.223 "Detective Schindler, 00:32:09.265 --> 00:32:12.769 I've got Miles Allen in my office right now," 00:32:12.810 --> 00:32:16.940 so we immediately brought him back to the police department. 00:32:16.981 --> 00:32:18.733 Miles Allen is interrogated 00:32:20.193 --> 00:32:21.527 by law enforcement and quickly confesses to playing a role 00:32:21.569 --> 00:32:23.363 in the horrific incident. 00:32:23.363 --> 00:32:25.073 Miles Allen does tell us what happened, 00:32:25.114 --> 00:32:27.075 but he limits his involvement. 00:32:27.116 --> 00:32:28.952 Both Breylon and Miles told us 00:32:28.993 --> 00:32:31.204 Keith was making all the decisions, 00:32:31.245 --> 00:32:33.790 telling everybody what to do. 00:32:33.831 --> 00:32:36.876 Later on in that day, Keith Roberts was arrested 00:32:36.918 --> 00:32:38.962 by the U.S. Marshals in Atlanta. 00:32:39.003 --> 00:32:41.130 But when Clayton County PD 00:32:41.172 --> 00:32:45.051 gets to interview Roberts, he refuses to cooperate. 00:32:45.093 --> 00:32:48.638 And he said that he will speak with us at sunrise 00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:51.724 with a lawyer and a priest. 00:32:51.766 --> 00:32:54.644 And at that point, the interview was terminated, 00:32:54.686 --> 00:32:56.980 and he was booked into the Clayton County jail. 00:32:57.021 --> 00:33:00.108 With three suspects in custody, 00:33:00.149 --> 00:33:03.528 authorities set their sights on the elusive Rahim, 00:33:03.569 --> 00:33:06.781 who appears to have fled the state. 00:33:06.823 --> 00:33:11.035 A multi-state manhunt was on the way 00:33:11.077 --> 00:33:14.956 for this last suspect, Rahim Muhammad. 00:33:14.998 --> 00:33:17.917 Ultimately, he was found with the help of the U.S. Marshals 00:33:17.959 --> 00:33:21.629 and local authorities in Chicago, 00:33:21.671 --> 00:33:23.715 at which time he was apprehended 00:33:23.756 --> 00:33:28.886 and brought back to Georgia to face justice. 00:33:28.928 --> 00:33:30.555 As word of the arrests 00:33:30.596 --> 00:33:32.640 makes the rounds at Morehouse College, 00:33:32.682 --> 00:33:36.686 the school's reputation is shaken to its core. 00:33:36.728 --> 00:33:38.438 I'll never forget the day 00:33:38.479 --> 00:33:40.815 I heard about arrests being made in Carlnell's murder, 00:33:40.857 --> 00:33:43.943 and I just remember having a sense of relief 00:33:43.985 --> 00:33:45.903 that these people have been apprehended, 00:33:45.903 --> 00:33:47.780 because this shouldn't have happened. 00:33:47.822 --> 00:33:51.576 This is not the Morehouse way. This should not have happened. 00:33:51.617 --> 00:33:55.079 How do you go from being a Morehouse man 00:33:55.121 --> 00:33:59.250 to torturing and murdering somebody for some money? 00:34:10.053 --> 00:34:12.680 In the brutal torture and killing 00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:15.308 of Morehouse College student Carlnell Walker, 00:34:13.534 --> 00:34:14.974 And he mentioned about 00:34:16.851 --> 00:34:18.728 authorities have just arrested three of Carlnell's classmates 00:34:18.770 --> 00:34:21.939 and their friend and charged them all with murder. 00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:22.629 They would take Carlnell from one room to another, 00:34:21.981 --> 00:34:22.273 I had been through so much already. 00:34:22.273 --> 00:34:23.149 I had been through so much already. 00:34:23.232 --> 00:34:26.611 When that phone call came in, 00:34:26.652 --> 00:34:31.199 that chief of police don't know what he did 00:34:31.282 --> 00:34:33.618 for me 00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:35.036 that day. 00:34:38.831 --> 00:34:41.250 Three long years go by 00:34:41.292 --> 00:34:44.712 before any of the men charged with killing Carlnell Walker 00:34:44.754 --> 00:34:47.298 ultimately face trial. 00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:49.383 The case went forward for trial. 00:34:49.425 --> 00:34:53.596 It was a huge story in the metropolitan Atlanta area 00:34:53.638 --> 00:34:57.642 because it concerned not only a student of Morehouse College, 00:34:57.683 --> 00:35:01.395 but also co-students that were involved in his murder. 00:35:01.437 --> 00:35:04.107 The four men are charged separately 00:35:04.148 --> 00:35:06.234 with murder, aggravated assault, 00:35:06.317 --> 00:35:08.236 kidnapping, and burglary. 00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:11.572 If convicted, they could be sentenced to life in prison 00:35:11.614 --> 00:35:13.783 or possibly the death penalty. 00:35:13.825 --> 00:35:15.326 It was a very long, 00:35:15.368 --> 00:35:17.120 drawn-out process 00:35:17.161 --> 00:35:20.957 that was emotionally taxing for everybody involved. 00:35:20.998 --> 00:35:22.583 Each one of these individuals 00:35:22.625 --> 00:35:25.670 had a team of attorneys, and they were good, 00:35:25.711 --> 00:35:29.215 and of course, they were all trying to accuse each other 00:35:29.257 --> 00:35:31.259 of what occurred in this case. 00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:33.469 And they were trying to get their clients off. 00:35:33.511 --> 00:35:35.221 That's what their job is, 00:35:35.263 --> 00:35:39.183 but the one thing I do remember is the district attorney, 00:35:39.225 --> 00:35:41.310 in his commitment toward this trial 00:35:41.352 --> 00:35:45.231 and bringing about a successful prosecution of this trial. 00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:48.568 After month-long trials, 00:35:48.609 --> 00:35:51.821 Miles Allen and Rahim Muhammad are convicted 00:35:51.863 --> 00:35:53.114 and sentenced to life in prison, 00:35:53.114 --> 00:35:55.324 and sentenced to life in prison, 00:35:55.366 --> 00:35:58.161 but Breylon Garland escapes the same fate 00:35:58.202 --> 00:36:00.872 and is cleared of all charges. 00:36:00.913 --> 00:36:03.040 Breylon Garland was not convicted. 00:36:03.124 --> 00:36:07.837 In my mind, I believe that the jury felt that, 00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:09.797 without his cooperation, 00:36:09.881 --> 00:36:13.759 this case may not have been broken open as soon as it was. 00:36:15.303 --> 00:36:17.638 Three of the four men have faced justice 00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:20.266 for their roles that fateful day, 00:36:20.308 --> 00:36:24.270 but what about Keith Roberts, the alleged ringleader? 00:36:24.312 --> 00:36:28.024 This guy is more important, to me, 00:36:28.065 --> 00:36:30.151 than all three of 'em together. 00:36:30.193 --> 00:36:35.990 The gentleman who planned the whole thing. 00:36:36.032 --> 00:36:39.660 So I got on the witness stand, 00:36:39.702 --> 00:36:44.040 and I was able to address the young man 00:36:44.081 --> 00:36:46.542 that was sitting in the courtroom. 00:36:46.584 --> 00:36:48.836 You tortured my child 00:36:48.878 --> 00:36:52.965 for eight long hours. 00:36:53.007 --> 00:36:58.387 And I was able to talk about what I've been thinking about 00:36:58.429 --> 00:37:00.932 since Carlnell died. 00:37:00.973 --> 00:37:06.395 A lot just fell off of me. 00:37:06.437 --> 00:37:09.857 All the chains, all the depress. 00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:14.403 All this stuff just fell off me, 00:37:14.445 --> 00:37:17.698 and I was able to say 00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:22.453 everything I needed to say. 00:37:22.495 --> 00:37:25.039 After an intense three-week trial 00:37:25.081 --> 00:37:28.000 and gut-wrenching testimony from Carlnell's mother, 00:37:28.042 --> 00:37:29.835 Keith Roberts is found guilty 00:37:29.877 --> 00:37:32.546 and sentenced to life in prison. 00:37:32.588 --> 00:37:33.756 Judge Benefield said 00:37:33.798 --> 00:37:35.800 that it was one of the worst cases 00:37:35.841 --> 00:37:38.177 that she had seen in her legal career. 00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:41.472 What stands out to me the most is 00:37:41.514 --> 00:37:45.851 you didn't expect that out of a Morehouse student. 00:37:45.893 --> 00:37:49.355 I have been on multiple homicide scenes 00:37:49.438 --> 00:37:52.358 throughout my career, 00:37:52.441 --> 00:37:56.070 and this case has had a tremendous impact on me 00:37:56.112 --> 00:37:59.573 and my psyche just to know that 00:37:59.615 --> 00:38:03.202 evil is a present thing in this world, 00:38:03.244 --> 00:38:06.122 and the people around you, 00:38:06.163 --> 00:38:08.457 that you go to school with, that you associate with, 00:38:08.499 --> 00:38:11.127 that you have relationships with, 00:38:11.168 --> 00:38:14.964 can turn on you over money. 00:38:15.006 --> 00:38:16.465 Carlnell's family hopes 00:38:16.507 --> 00:38:19.385 that his horrifying death does not overshadow 00:38:19.427 --> 00:38:23.389 the memory of the young man they knew and loved. 00:38:23.431 --> 00:38:25.349 You know, he's a beautiful dude, man, 00:38:25.391 --> 00:38:27.393 and I miss him so much, you know? 00:38:27.435 --> 00:38:31.105 I got his name tattooed on me right here. 00:38:31.188 --> 00:38:32.565 "In loving memory, Carlnell." 00:38:32.606 --> 00:38:35.234 So you know, every time I wake up, 00:38:35.318 --> 00:38:39.655 and I give him a kiss, and you know, he's with me. 00:38:41.449 --> 00:38:44.869 I miss his smile, 00:38:44.910 --> 00:38:47.580 and I just miss his energy. 00:38:47.621 --> 00:38:52.418 The love that he gave out, you know, to children. 00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:55.838 And he had love for kids, even though he didn't have any. 00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:58.132 I miss him 00:38:58.174 --> 00:39:02.970 getting on my last nerve. 00:39:03.012 --> 00:39:06.349 I wish he could get on my nerve today. 00:39:06.390 --> 00:39:08.351 I--I really do. 00:39:08.392 --> 00:39:14.190 Well, I really just miss his presence. 00:39:14.231 --> 00:39:17.860 It's just not the same.