Jacksonville, Florida’s Natasha Boykin case

the normally pristine waters off jacksonville beach florida have been muddied by the heartbreaking death of natasha boykin what do you miss most about natasha just her being here with me she's all i had the 24 year old beach beauty was just shy of five feet tall so petite she needed a special pillow to reach the petals in her car she was only like four foot ten she would walk around tell everybody she was five foot one but angel king says her daughter's personality was larger than life she was very vibrant happy bubbly she wanted to always help people but didn't take any crap either angel does admit the last few months of her daughter's life had been tough a close friend died while serving in iraq and natasha's husband had filed for divorce she was doing adjustments in her life and she was living with me at the time finally things began to look up for natasha especially her love life was she dating anyone at the time yes she started dating a gentleman his name is um willis casey white natasha meets casey white a man 15 years her senior at a popular skeet shooting club there was an age difference but his family and we all socialized in the same social circles but angel says natasha and casey's relationship seem doomed from the start casey had told natasha that he only wanted to date her on wednesdays and sundays but she was not to date any other man casey who was also recently divorced says he just wanted to move slowly but angel says her daughter wasn't buying it my daughter said that she always felt like casey was seeing somebody else but she couldn't prove it because she didn't catch him why didn't natasha just break it off with him tasha was breaking it off with him and a matter of fact she had texted him that afternoon but this text message sent from natasha's phone reveals she didn't actually want to break off things with casey reading i really feel like i have a hole in my heart because of this i'm sorry that i came on too strong i'm sorry i cared on the night of november 10th casey tells natasha he's going out with some buddies so natasha makes plans to go out with her friend miranda hand but just before she left natasha said something that still keeps her mom up at night she said i have something to tell you mom and you're going to be mad when i tell you and i said what is it she said i i can't tell you right now but i will say once again you were right all along so i would never know what that was because of what happened to her jacksonville beach police bring in the last known people to see natasha to find out exactly what happened starting with miranda hand what time did you meet up with natasha about 9 30 then casey white is put on the hot seat what was your relationship with her i considered her my girlfriend miranda tells police she and natasha hit up a few bars along jacksonville beach it was a girls night out and natasha wanted to keep it that way but as fate would have it they run into each other briefly at a club called the ritz as far as i was concerned we had a great time and then i said hey see baby and she left and i left and i was hoping i'd see her at the house two hours later casey white returns to his apartment telling cops he expected to find natasha curled up in his bed instead he claims he finds her dead on the floor speech 9-1-1 i think she just killed herself i just came home and she shot herself right next to her is she breathing at all sir no she's dead natasha shot dead by a loaded 357 magnum casey kept beside his bed how was she lying on her back how were her don't remember how this one this one was sort of like this did you did you move her at all no touch her i did not touch her pick the gun up and put it back where it was supposed to be a hole in natasha's heart kills her almost instantly did you shoot her no absolutely not but angel says casey's story doesn't match the crime scene it starts with a trail of blood through the house so someone moves her body after she's shot yes there also appears to be fresh bruises on natasha's forehead her neck and other parts of her body what is it possible if somebody did that to her jacksonville beach police performed a standard gunshot residue test on casey's hands to see if he recently fired a gun they also tested natasha's hands they said they both tested positive but it's this police crime scene photo of casey's head that angel says really raises eyebrows casey had what appears to be in the crime scene photos is what they call stippling unburnt gunpowder particles crossed his forehead so what does that lead you to believe he had to be present at the time she was shot after processing the crime scene and performing an autopsy that same morning the medical examiner and the police determined the official manner of death you ready suicide how do police come to the conclusion it's a suicide that's a very good question angel king is stunned when jacksonville beach police rule her beautiful happy-go-lucky daughter's death suicide i told them they were wrong my daughter wouldn't kill herself cops say natasha boykin drove to her boyfriend casey white's unlocked apartment grabbed the loaded 357 magnum he kept by his bed put the barrel to her chest and squeeze the trigger there's a lot of things that do not jive natasha's jeans were unzipped her panties inside out the bullet tore through her breast implant but there was no hole in her bra there is a blood trail through the apartment angel says all the evidence at the scene only adds up to one thing murder it was not a suicide cops even admit natasha was rolled onto her back after she was fatally shot if it killed her instantly there would be no way for her to say well i shot myself in the chest i don't like the position i'm in so i'm going to move the one who discovers your daughter is casey white yes in his initial police interrogation casey tells cops he did move the gun but claims he never touched natasha's body it's your contention that you did you didn't touch her at all not at all cops do find gunshot residue on casey's hands possibly from touching the 357 magnum but here's the strange part crime scene photos appear to show unburnt gunpowder on his forehead and above his eye detectives questioned casey about it during his interrogation it looks like stippling to me if he's only picking up the gun from the barrel then how is it getting on his forehead an eyebrow i have no idea was any of that tested no despite what angel believes to be overwhelming evidence of murder the medical examiner and cops agree it's suicide what do they base it on the investigation at the crime scene the autopsy and even natasha's own words at your apartment and using your gun thanks for keeping it loaded that is part of what cops believe to be a suicide text they claim natasha sent to casey moments before she pulled the trigger and that's not all remember miranda hand the friend natasha was out with the night she died we're investigating a death investigation tasha doctor oh my god listen closely to what miranda says when cops tell her natasha is dead does she do it to herself miranda also tells investigators natasha had a history of depression suicidal thoughts and often cut herself she's really really upset about her friend miranda reveals that friend died in iraq the day before what do you mean natasha's mom says her daughter was also going through a divorce and her estranged husband had recently cut her off financially but claims that didn't really seem to bother natasha any signs of depression in natasha no none was she ever suicidal no in fact angel was so convinced her daughter didn't kill herself she did something no mother should ever have to do she gathered every single autopsy and crime scene photo police would turn over and studied every inch of her dead daughter's body i stayed up almost 24 hours straight just scaling every single photo to find anything and everything you know just digging and looking because i knew my daughter wasn't suicidal this is um the inside of her pant leg over jeans and um if she shot herself how could she get blood on the inside of the pant leg of her jeans and what do we have here it's a picture of her forehead that's a forehead and that's a profound bruising right there a deceased person does not bruise after they're deceased so this was prior to her death right now i'm truly on a mission because obvious my daughter did not kill herself to make sure she wasn't just a grieving mom who couldn't accept her daughter's suicide angel hired a private investigator to see what he thought how many cases have you worked over your career hundreds david hodges has been a private investigator for 28 years this one stand out to you it stands out because of the absurd story that law enforcement is trying to sell what's the story that this young lady going out for the for the night put her panties on wrong side out put some gashes in her head and then then she went out and bringing her dancing and then after she went out dancing she unzipped her pants left them unzipped took one last look and shot herself she got up and went off into the bathroom and left some blood on the door cells and then came back and laid down in a different position and said okay rigor mortis set in that dog won't hunt hodges has combed through natasha's entire case file and uncovered evidence he says cops ignored the evidence is there but because they've swallowed down the suicide story they're ignoring the evidence like this unexplained fingerprint scene clearly on the gun beside natasha's body they never ran the fingerprint never ran it there is also that bulletproof bra we mocked up this mannequin and put a piece of tape so you can see where the bullet hole simulated is cops claim the holes in the front and the back of the shirt natasha was wearing line up with the trajectory of the bullet and where it was found in the mattress but hodges claims there is something weird about this crime scene photo he says it appears natasha's bra strap has been pulled down if you look closely you can see the bullet wound in the center of where the bra strap used to be now the bra is inches lower their story is is that it came out here flip that over and flip back into place did no damage to the clasp left no blood here or any blood on the sheets up against the mattress no human remains too on the class none but what about natasha's suicide text hodges claims his team was able to use cell phone tower pings to track down exactly where natasha's phone was when that message was sent when she sends that the phone you're able to determine was actually moving yes it wasn't at the apartment not at that location what does that tell you the forensic evidence just screaming that this is a homicide hodges has his own theory as to what happened to natasha what do you think happened that night i think she was killed and somewhere else and brought there the pi believes the scene was then staged to look like a suicide cover up you think casey white knows more than he's letting on oh yes cops were wondering that too so a year after natasha's death they bring casey back in for more questioning just out of the blue she goes to your apartment and uses your gun and kills herself yeah what detectives really want to know is who moved natasha i didn't move her there's a lot of weird unanswered questions and i promise you i wish i had the answers for you believe me then they tell him there's one thing that will clear it my faith is in polygraph i think if if you could pass a jso polygraph i'd become casey white tells cops he had absolutely nothing to do with his girlfriend natasha boykins death did you shoot him huh did you shoot her no absolutely not in fact casey showed up at natasha's funeral with her best friend courtney mellor to mourn with her mom wasn't adding up for you no angel king doesn't believe he's a grieving boyfriend i know my daughter didn't kill herself it's obvious somebody else killed her and why why but the jacksonville beach police and the medical examiner side with casey the main reasons natasha's shirt and the mattress that shows the path of the bullet gun powder found on her hands what cops say was a suicide text and what her friend miranda han told investigators she's really really upset about her friend dying but how do cops explain blood all over the apartment and that natasha's body had been rolled over after she supposedly shot herself their response was they believed that the boyfriend moved her body and he just doesn't remember despite casey white's adamant denial of even touching natasha the medical examiner notes it was indeed casey who moved her body so they're giving him the benefit of the doubt of just forgetting right so that's a stretch yes and what about those mysterious black dots on casey's forehead cops ask him if it's stippling or gunpowder this is casey's explanation i mean there's some bushes on that driveway maybe when i was going around the car i hit the bushes of my head or something when i was going out downstairs is it dirt or i don't even know what it is unfortunately cops never tested it casey white says that's dirt that dog won't hunt private investigator david hodges tells me he believes police and the medical examiner were so convinced natasha pulled the trigger they never thoroughly investigated the possibility she was murdered what do you think happened that night i think she was killed and somewhere else and brought there angel believed someone used natasha's phone to send that suicide text and then staged her body to look like a suicide do you think she was even alive while these text messages were going back and forth no i believe that she was already dead so the text messages were cover yes far-fetched maybe but angel says it's the only explanation for lack of blood at the crime scene there was less than a quarter pound of blood at the crime at where she was found on the medical examiner's report it shows almost four plants missing from her body so her body's moved there's so many sketchy and suspicious circumstances surrounding your daughter's death i mean one question begets another you bring this all the totality of it to investigators what is the response to you doesn't but in this letter the florida state attorney writes in part i previously met with you twice last year to discuss the death of your daughter it goes on to say i agreed to have my office conduct a review of the investigation then says upon extensive review of the case i concur with the finding of suicide still desperate to prove her daughter was murdered angel tries a different approach bringing in dr jonathan arden a renowned forensic pathologist who worked the chandra levy and dc sniper cases to review natasha's death my initial impression was that there were issues or problems with the investigation of this death dr arden combed through every bit of the evidence beginning with those mysterious specks on casey's forehead remember casey told cops it could have been just dirt these are probably stippling indicating that he's within maximum two feet of the gun when it's discharged dr arden also noticed something odd about natasha's shirt next to the hole left by the bullet five smaller holes which he says indicate her shirt was bunched up when she was shot it's more consistent with somebody grabbing it or crumbling it up or the the course of some kind of struggle or altercation and dr arden says there is no such thing as a bulletproof bra here's the bra and then here's a photographic overlay of the bra on the on the imprint to show that they line up and to show that the exit would have to go through the bra which it doesn't so the bra either had been slid up and then moved after the gunshot wound or it had to have been either unfastened or off at the time of the shot and then put on later finally dr arden's conclusion none of that really adds up for this being a self-inflicted gunshot wound which is why i'm very concerned that this was actually a homicide in my opinion the manner of death for natasha should be ruled undetermined at this point having gotten nowhere with the jacksonville beach police department angel contacts the sheriff's department with dr arden's findings they bring casey white back in for more questioning she was a nice girl i have no reason to harm her and i would love to have everybody know what happened for closure especially her mother investigators tell him there's one way to clear his name my faith is in polygraph if you could pass a jso polygraph i'd become casey agrees to the polygraph crimewatch daily has obtained the three questions pertaining to natasha's death one did you see natasha shoot herself casey's response no two were you there when natasha shot herself again no three when natasha shot herself were you there another no what were the results they said he passed that test angel says she's not shocked casey passed he wasn't lying because she didn't shoot herself so crime watch daily went to florida looking for answers both the sheriff and the police department declined to sit down for an interview but the city attorney for jacksonville did respond saying quote the medical examiner is the sole person to determine the cause of death and the jacksonville sheriff's office and the florida law enforcement department concur with suicide our producer reached out to dr rao she was a medical examiner who ruled it was a suicide what she says may surprise you we have done everything believe me we have turned every single stone and her response to dr jonathan arden's suggestion the cause of death should be ruled undetermined undetermined to me is basically it's a cop-out i'm sorry it's easy for a consultant to come in and say you know to appease a family the cause of death and the manner of death are both opinions and you know what opinions are everyone has one we even went by casey white's house to see if he could determine anything else about that night natasha dine casey wasn't home been forwarded to an automatic voice message system casey courtney and brady but the voice on the answering machine it's natasha's best friend courtney mellor courtney mellor yes how does she fit into this picture she ended up with casey after my daughter's death police have never even considered courtney mellor a suspect and completely cleared casey white in natasha's death where do you go from here push it and try to hope that somebody in law enforcement has a heart that would say this does deserve to be looked up to this day angel doesn't know how her daughter died but she remains convinced her daughter didn't kill herself she'll never be back never and i don't deserve to have her death certificate saying something that she did not do to herself do you ever think you'll get justice i will one way or another i will

Channel: True Crime Daily

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Keywords: Natasha Boykin, Casey White, Angel King, Crime Watch Daily, True Crime Daily

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Length: 22min 31sec (1351 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 10 2020