NARRATOR: For
homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking
the moment they are called. Brutal. There's a box of personal
items in the street like he's moving out. I don't know why they
would have to kill him. (TEARFULLY) Come on, baby. Everything's going
to be fine, OK? NARRATOR: Their
chance of solving a murder is cut in half
if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours. I'm going to let you talk to
him and when you're through, I'm going to come do
my thing with him. NARRATOR: Memphis,
Tennessee, 1:47 AM. [phone rings] NARRATOR: When
police arrive, they find a man lying in
the driveway dead. I'm enroute to the
scene of a shooting. It seems we get a lot of
calls to this particular area. NARRATOR: Sergeant Debo
Carson, a 20 year veteran of the Memphis
Police Department, will lead the investigation. Paramedics pronounced
him dead at 2:05. And he was out here. Was it inside? He's outside. DEBO CARSON: Shot to the
leg and one to the back. In his right rear pocket? Yes. NARRATOR: The victim,
44-year-old Cedric Smith, was shot outside the
house where he lived. But it's like they just
brought all this stuff out from the house, because the red
car has the furniture on top. The mattress. There's a box
of personal items that were spilled into the
street like he's moving out. I have a little
something, Lou. DEBO CARSON: It's a toy gun
but it looks very realistic. That gun's been in the
mud, so it's been out here probably somewhere. I don't know exactly how this
toy gun played into all this. But it definitely had something
to do with the murder. NARRATOR: Three
hours in, detectives get their first break. Cedric's neighbors heard
a commotion shortly before the shooting. They think the voices
were their neighbors, Cedric and his girlfriend. DEBO CARSON: Do we know
who the girlfriend is? Patricia. Does anybody know
where Miss Patricia is? No. NARRATOR: According
to neighbors, Patricia lived with Cedric
but is nowhere to be found. She's possibly a witness
or maybe even a suspect. We won't know till we find her. NARRATOR: A frigid night
in North Dallas, Texas. 2:15 AM. [phone rings] [speaking spanish] NARRATOR: The caller says
that he was carjacked and his cousin was
still in the car. [speaking spanish] NARRATOR: The responding patrol
unit finds the abandoned SUV a few miles away. A man lies beside the car, dead. I just never think
on a cold, cold winter night we had this going on. NARRATOR: Sergeant Larry
Lewis is a 32 year veteran of the Dallas Police force. There's the car
there, over there. Who was the first
officer out here, Sergeant? This one right there. We was up here patrolling
around and trying to look for the vehicle
and just happened to look and I saw the black vehicle. Brutal. NARRATOR: The ME
inspects the body and finds a single
gunshot wound to the side. Is that his wallet? Last name should be Campos. NARRATOR: 28-year-old Atanael
Campos held down two jobs and was building his
dream house in Mexico. We've got a totally innocent
victim here these guys came up and robbed him. And I don't know why they
would have to kill him. Thank you. Thank you. NARRATOR: Detectives
head back to homicide to speak with the victim's
uncle who called 911. They are hoping he
can give them a lead. We're going to probably inform
him that the complainant is deceased. Apparently they don't know that. So that's what we're
going to talk about here. I'm going to go ahead
and talk to you. Tell me what happened tonight. Well my nephew-- NARRATOR: Mariel says he and
his nephew had been celebrating a baptism with their family and
we're getting ready to leave. NARRATOR: Mariel
convinced his nephew, Atanael to ride with him. NARRATOR: Just as they
were about to drive off, two men approached the vehicle. NARRATOR: A third man was
parked behind in the silver car. NARRATOR: The carjackers
demanded that Atanel get out of the vehicle. NARRATOR: The whole
family fled the vehicle, all except Atanael. NARRATOR: One carjacker
got in the SUV and drove off with the victim. The other two followed
behind in the silver car. Could you tell
what type it is? Infinity. I don't have-- I got some bad news. Well, Mr Granada, we
found your vehicle, OK? I don't give my car. I worry for my nephew. He was found too. And he, he's, he's, he's dead. No, please, don't say, [sobbing] Please. I'm very sorry. No. I can't believe. I know. I'm very sorry. I'm very, very. Sorry That's why we're
talking to you now. We're going to try to
find out who did this. OK. Just go, go with
your family tonight and we'll get a hold
of you later on, OK? Lusty here. Homicide gets a call from
a patrol sergeant working the North Dallas neighborhood. Really? He says that there's
been a rash of robberies. He believes that it's
related to y'all's deal. Tonight. NARRATOR: According to
victims of the carjackings, the robbers drove a silver
Infinity like the one from the murder. Well, we were heading
out there to the scene. Is there something we need to
know before we get out there? NARRATOR: In Dallas,
Sergeant Larry Lewis is working the murder of
Antanael Campos found shot to death during a
carjacking detectives are looking for three suspects
who allegedly committed a number of carjackings
that evening. Now, police have just
apprehended a suspect who may have been involved. These suspects apparently
have struck three times tonight. Right now we're going
to go out to the scene. Suspect is in the
vehicle down the way sir. He was found running through
the complex next door. NARRATOR: Patrol responded
to a call of a carjacking in progress. They picked up a man
running from the scene. NARRATOR: The car is a silver
Infinity, just like the one spotted at the murder scene. Looks like we got a
wallet, IDs over here. What's the name on it? Granados. That's the license of
the victim's uncle. It is quite apparent this
vehicle right here is going to be linked to our victim's. Outstanding, huh? Yeah, this thing is
breaking wide open. They read him his rights
right away he just denied any involvement in anything. And then he asked the one
officer, that tall officer, am I in trouble? Veteran detective
Dale Lundberg will be the lead
investigator on the case. Petrie Robinson, a.k.a. Pepe. He's an 18-year-old guy. NARRATOR: Lundberg
already has enough to hold Petrie for robbery. Now he needs to
find out if Petrie had a role in the murder. Well, you're not going home. It's like a, he's like a kid. It's a kid's reaction. [interposing voices] I don't want to
hear this [bleep] Man, you hear what you
just told me, bro? Yeah, I heard it. I'm the one who told it to you. He just thinks that as long
as he denies any involvement he's going to get to
go home to his grandma. And he's got to understand,
not going to happen. And I can at least get this
suspect in jail on two or three aggravated robberies to hold him
until we find his accomplices. NARRATOR: Sergeant Eugene
Reyes and Detective Rick Duggan head out to search for
evidence in Petrie's apartment, [knocking] Hello, sir. We're with the Dallas PD. Yes, sir. Can we come in for a second? Come on in. Do you know what's going on? Right. Petrie's grandfather has
already heard the news of his grandson's arrest. If you don't mind, we'd
like consent from you all to search his room. Yes, sir. OK, we're going to go in. The man's interested
in handguns. Nothing. It doesn't look like he
made it home last night after the offenses. Was he here last night? You know his friends? Petrie had a best friend that
ran with him, Eric McCullough. They're always together. If Eric isn't one
of our suspects, he should at least
be able to tell us who was with Petrie that night. He lives up there, not too
far from where the crime spree began. I'm going to send some
patrol elements out there to go see if they can find him
and bring him down here so we can have a chat. NARRATOR: The next morning. This is Lundberg. I'll see you all there
in a few minutes. Bye. They got him. In Memphis, Sergeant
Debo Carson and her team are investigating the murder
of Cedric Smith found shot to death while moving
out of his house. Detectives learned that
Cedric had been arguing with his girlfriend, Patricia. Now, detectives need
to find Patricia. [phone rings] Sergeant Carson. NARRATOR: Back at headquarters,
Carson gets a call from a woman who says that she's
heard that her brother may have been killed. His name again is what? Right. Yes, ma'am. Bye, bye. That was the sister
of my victim. I didn't want to tell
her over the phone. So we'll just go out
to her place of work. I'm with the Police
Department in Homicide. I was going to let you
know that the ID is Cedric. I want to come and let you know. He used to work for the utility
company here and lost his job. And she said his life
took a drastic change. She hasn't really had a
relationship or any contact with her brother
in the last year. NARRATOR: Back at headquarters
the case gets a jumpstart. Cedric's girlfriend,
Patricia, has come forward to talk to detectives. [inaudible] somebody needs
to call CAT and tell them. That's right. That is this is the key
to Debo's case right here. Where's Patricia? NARRATOR: In Memphis, Sergeant
Debo Carson and her team are working the murder
of Cedric Smith, shot to death outside his house. 10 hours after the murder,
his girlfriend Patricia came in to talk to police. Now, detectives need Patricia
to tell them what happened. Tell us what you know
happened this morning. NARRATOR: Patricia says that
evening, she and Cedric had been hanging out
in their driveway with her cousins,
Sylvester and Michael. NARRATOR: She and
Cedric started arguing. Cedric said he was
going to move out. NARRATOR: Patricia
noticed Cedric had a gun. NARRATOR: Her cousin Sylvester
jumped in and snatched the gun away from Cedric. Then Cedric charged
at Sylvester. NARRATOR: Patricia claims she
felt, she heard a gunshot. Do you know where
Sylvester is now? OK, Michael and Sylvester
were both out with you. When Sylvester's got the
gun, where's Michael? OK. Patricia says that Sylvester's
brother Michael was back in his house two doors down by
the time the fight broke out. You recognize this? NARRATOR: Sergeant Quinn shows
Patricia a photo of the toy gun from the crime scene. NARRATOR: Patricia claims the
toy gun was the gun Sylvester took away from Cedric. That wasn't even a real gun. That's crazy. It's a toy. So somebody else
had a real gun. We need to hurry up
and find Sylvester. NARRATOR: In Dallas, Detective
Dale Lundberg and his team are investigating the
murder of Atanael El Campos. Three men carjacked a
vehicle with Atanael inside. One suspect, Petrie
Robinson, was apprehended. His grandfather gave the name of
an associate, Eric McCullough. The next evening,
Eric McCullough is picked up for questioning. They picked up E
a little while ago. Penrod's been interviewing him. And apparently, he's admitted to
taking part in the carjacking. Just tell me the exact truth
about what happened out there, that's all. Eric, you just got to do
the right thing right here. What is an accident? OK that makes a difference. What was it? Uh, OK, uh. Eric, let me have your hand. Give me your hand. Listen, I'm telling
you something. This is the most important
time of your life right here. Tell me the truth. Tell me. NARRATOR: Eric claims the victim
began to tussle with Petrie, also known as Pepe, while
they were stopped at a light. And then what happened? Gun went off? OK. He's just named
Petrie as the shooter. NARRATOR: Now Penrod
needs to find out the name of the third carjacker. What's his name? Eric just confessed
to his involvement, but he didn't give us a whole
lot on the third suspect. And we can't stop until until
everyone's in jail for this. We've got two down, one to go. NARRATOR: In the first
48, Dallas homicide responded to the murder
of Atanael Campos, shot while being carjacked. Police arrested one
suspect, Petrie Robinson. But he refused to talk. The second suspect,
Eric McCullough, told detectives that
Petrie was the trigger man. A third suspect
is still at large. NARRATOR: Eight days later. [phone rings] This is Lundberg. NARRATOR: Lundberg gets a
break from the robbery unit. That's great. I appreciate the info. I'll pull them up now. NARRATOR: Robbery detectives
have found a man who may be their third suspect. Could be our
third, our third guy. Danny Henderson. NARRATOR: In Dallas, Detective
Dale Lundberg and his team are working the murder
of Atanael Campos. Detectives have
arrested two suspects. Now the robbery division
has the possible third man in custody, Danny Henderson. They picked up Danny Henderson
at his girlfriend, Melanie's, house. And they found a bunch of stolen
property that looks like it was taken the night of the murder. NARRATOR: Danny's
girlfriend, Melanie, is also under arrest for an
outstanding robbery warrant. OK. Danny did not go the
night of the murder. I know this because
he was in my house. NARRATOR: Melanie says Danny
may have committed robberies with Pepe and Eric
in the past, but not on the evening of the murder. You love Danny
with all your heart. I do. You want to protect Danny
with every fiber of your being. But you know Danny
was with them. I have a warrant for his
arrest for this offense. What Danny needs is for
the truth to come out. Because that's the
only thing that's going to help him right now. I'll tell you the truth. That's what-- NARRATOR: Melanie
admits Danny told her he took part in the carjacking,
but intervened when he felt the victim's family
was in danger. What did Danny say about
the people in the car? That he wanted to get
everybody out that car, and Pepe wouldn't let him. He goes, you know how Pepe is, My instincts tell me
that there's a good chance that Melanie's
telling the truth. I believe that he did help
those people keep their kids from being taken by Pepe. Are you willing to talk with us
for a few minutes about this? Yes, sir. OK. Did you go down into Dallas
with Pepe and Eric that night? No, I did not. But you did. Melanie told us the truth. I wasn't there. But you were, Danny. I'm not guilty. I ain't guilty. Danny, you were there. OK. That's frustrating as heck. He's going to jail right now. He's under arrest. Have your lawyer give me a call
because I want to talk to him. There are things
that I really want to be brought out in this
case that I think need to be. NARRATOR: Minutes later,
Danny is brought back out. When he saw that
we were booking him in for capital murder, he said
that he wants to talk now. NARRATOR: In Memphis, Sergeant
Debo Carson and her team are investigating the
murder of Cedric Smith. His girlfriend, Patricia,
said that Cedric was arguing with her
cousin, Sylvester, when she heard gunshots. Now detectives need
to find Sylvester. 15 hours in, Carson gets a tip
on Sylvester's whereabouts. It's his brother's
house, Michael Bobo. He is supposed to be
in there right now. Sergeant Eric
Freeman and Joe Peel head out to pick Sylvester up. [knocking] Hey, how you doing? Sylvester here? Do you mind if we
come in and look? NARRATOR: Sylvester's not there. But they do find his brother. Michael Bobo, right? Yeah. Where's Sylvester
at, you don't know? She let us walk through
and there ain't nobody in there besides Michael. Well at least
you can bring me in and we'll see what
he has to say, because he might have
seen what happened. All right, bye. We have a possible witness. Basically we just are
going to talk to him, see what he's got
to say, you know. According to Patricia, he was
hanging out there with Cedric and Sylvester that night. He may have seen what happened. Well, Michael. Look, you're not being
charged with anything. You're not under arrest, OK? Where's Sylvester now? When was the last
time you saw him? I saw him yesterday,
yesterday afternoon. You're positive? Yeah NARRATOR: Michael claims that
on the night of the murder he stayed in with his
girlfriend, then went to sleep. No, that's not what happened. We know a little
something up in here. And if you lie to us, I'm just
going to charge you and make you an accessory. Michael, I don't think
you're being straight with I'm getting ready to
walk out of this room. I'm going to let
you talk to him. And when you're
through I'm going to come do my thing with him. What's going to happen is,
you keep, like I say, you keep with this story that
you got, like I say, you're going to jail. If your girlfriend come down and
tell the same story which you know we know she'll be lying
too if she be telling that, we're going to lock her up. Do you want your
girlfriend to go to jail? No. She got any kids. Yeah. And you know whatever, she
end up locked up on some bull g to take them kids for some bull [bleep]. So before we drag her down here,
and all I'm asking you to do is tell what happened. Yeah. NARRATOR: In Memphis, Sergeant
Debo Carson and her team are working the murder
of Cedric Smith. Detectives searched for
their suspect, Sylvester, but found his brother
Michael instead. Now, Michael tells Sergeant
Ron Collins he was the shooter. You shot him? Yeah, I shot him. You shot Ced? Yeah What happened? Michael claims Cedric was
still armed when he shot him. He said he shot him. Do what? He say he shot him. Ced pulled out a
gun, said he was going to shoot him and his
cousin, I guess Patricia. So he went back in
the house, got his 38, came back out and shot him. Shot him once in the leg and
then shot him in the back. We have Michael under arrest. What the specific charge
will be I don't know yet. We'll have to get
more information. - NARRATOR: Sylvester. The next morning, Michael's
brother, Sylvester, has come forward to tell
his version of events. So when he was shot, he
didn't have nothing in his hand. No. OK. The main purpose in
Sylvester coming down here was the fact that he could
have helped his brother. Instead, he probably
made his brother's case worse because he told us that
Cedric was unarmed when Michael shot him. NARRATOR: 34 hours
in, detectives have closed their case. In the first 48,
detectives responded to the murder of Cedric Smith. Cedric's girlfriend,
Patricia, claimed he had a gun and was threatening her. Her cousin Michael said he
shot Cedric to defend Patricia. But Michael's brother Sylvester,
claimed that Cedric was unarmed when he was shot. Later that day Carson
discusses the charges with assistant district
attorney John Campbell. Right. You do have this confrontation. He has a gun, well, at least
what appeared to be a gun. I mean, it's
getting close to you know almost defense of another. But he's lying about seeing
the gun in the guy's hand. That didn't happen
so, voluntary. OK? DEBO CARSON: Thank you. Sure, any time. Based on what Patricia
and Sylvester told us, Cedric was unarmed by the time
Michael came back out and shot him. That gives us
enough to charge him with voluntary manslaughter. Bottom line for this case is. You've got two families
devastated from two different ends of the spectrum. We've got one who's
burying a family member and you have another one
that's going to jail, all because somebody brought
a toy gun to a fight. In Dallas, detectives are
working the murder of Atanael Campos. Two suspects are in jail,
charged with murder. Now the third suspect, Danny
Henderson is ready to talk. I'll be right back. Lundberg has Melanie make a plea
for Danny to tell the truth. Please, whatever
you do, talk to them. They're going to help you. I promise you. [sobbing] I know. Don't cry, baby. Everything's going to be fine. She's telling you the truth. NARRATOR: Danny says that
he, Pepe, and Eric were in the silver Infinity,
staking out the family. Once the family
got in their SUV, Danny and Pepe
approached the vehicle. Eric stayed behind
in the Infinity. NARRATOR: He says
Pepe got into the SUV and drove off with the
victim, Atanael, still inside. Danny and Eric followed. Thanks. He finally confessed. Good. Did he give you what you need? Yeah, he did. Put your hands behind your back, Please. All three suspects I have
to bear some responsibility for what happened. This was just such a
random act of violence, to needlessly take
the victim's life. If they could do this to him,
they could do this to anybody.
