Evil Dad Realizes Cops Found His Disturbing Secret | Forensic Files

She's not back yet. You mind if we take a look in her bedroom? Has she ever [music] disappeared before?
She's didn't leave without permission. She doesn't not text me when I text her. What does she normally take with her
when she leaves? Tag her phone. Her phone's not in here. I found you with that mom around here last night
or I mean the night before. Anything. Any reason she would leave? No. I guess there's a rumor going around
people telling us in this trade and go home. This is the moment Andy McCaulay realized police were on [music] his
trail. Just hours earlier, his girlfriend's daughter, Riley Crossman, suddenly went radio silent, and police
were quickly called to come and investigate. At first glance, it looked just like a messy teenager's bedroom
with nothing out of the ordinary. But as the officers scoured through the clutter, unsettling details began to
emerge. This was her book bag. Debbie says she were, but she said the kids already went
through everything. Honey, [laughter] they would find items that a teenager might typically take if they were
planning to run away. But as they begin to look even more, they start to notice blood.
Blood was on her sheet, and more was found on her comforter. The cops were now certain that foul play had occurred,
and something terrible happened to Riley. As they try to piece together the puzzle, police find themselves entangled
in one man's web of deceptions and twisted lies, all crafted to conceal his one single disturbing secret.
On May 8, 2019, dispatchers received a call from a concerned woman reporting the disappearance of her 15-year-old
daughter, Riley Crossman. As officers arrive at the scene, they come into contact with the caller Shantel Oakley
and her boyfriend Andy Macaulay. What's going on, man? Haven't seen you in a long time.
It's been a while. Any word? You mind if we take a look in her bedroom? Has she ever disappeared before?
Even without she doesn't not text me when I text her. This is the only mirror we have like this. So, I came in
yesterday morning and I don't remember that being there and especially her glasses cuz I this is not exactly the
way it was. I've been in here digging and looking to see if there was a note or anything like that.
According to Riley's mother, this was unlike her and she wasn't one to run off without telling anyone. A quick search
of her room revealed that her belongings were untouched except her bed, which was
covered in blood stains. This was highly suspicious, so officers quickly took a sample and sent it off for DNA testing.
But for now, officers need to gather as much information as possible from people
who last saw Riley. So, they decide to question Andy about his whereabouts that day
here last night or I mean the night before anything. Any reason she would leave?
No. Okay. There's rumor going around people telling us that she was afraid to come
home. I don't know if that's you know how people go but nothing like that. Okay. Oh,
she she wouldn't have to be her. I mean, there ain't like that. Never like that.
He said nothing. Nothing. Her mom was even home, right? She was to work. No, you you they said she got an
argument. They didn't want to come home. No, she was she was her grandma. She was
here doing dishes and and everything. Grandma's here till 7:30. Okay. Uh Debbie,
right? Yeah. When's the last time you you saw her? Uh about 9, maybe 10ish at night.
Yeah. And and what and what contacts was that? Oh, she was here in the house. She went
to bed probably Well, I don't know what time she was bed, but she was all the kids were in the room by like 9:30.
9:30. Did she leave in the morning? No, I left 4. I got 4:00 5 in the morning. That's 5. Okay. Go to work.
According to family and friends, Andy was never an early riser. In fact, when police interviewed one of his
colleagues, Johnny, he stated that he had to go to his house and repeatedly call him to wake him up. But on this
particular day, things were different. I'll call him and see if he's up. So that morning, do you remember if you
called him or he called you? Wednesday morning. I want to say he called. But this was not the only strange thing
about Andy that day. He also told police that he was at work all day. And when cops interviewed another one of his
colleagues to verify his alibi, they found out that Andy had left work and was gone for nearly 5 hours.
And he gets back in roughly two 45. So he was gone a while. Four four almost 5 hours.
Because of this, detectives now know that Andy hasn't been completely honest with them so far, at least about staying
at work the full day. This is very clearly a red flag and means that he's trying to hide something from them. But
Andy [music] might not be the only one hiding something as officers would find out when they decide to look into
Riley's boyfriend, Hayden. For the last 8 months, the two reportedly facetimed every night. So officers believed that
if anyone was in contact with Riley the night before, it would be Hayden. And he
was soon called in for an interview 2 days after Riley went missing. Can you just um tell us when you were last
facetiming? I was actually talking to her about the TC trip, what was going on. And could do you know exactly what time?
10:30ish. On the night of Riley's disappearance, it just so happened that Hayden deleted
all his messages with Riley because he did not want his mother seeing them. This is why detectives could tell that
Hayden knows something. But [music] because of his mother's defensiveness, he's unable to speak his mind. That's
going to form not to delete his messages, but he is in heaven. It's deleting everything. What do you know
about her longer mom's lifestyle or with their relationship? I don't really know much.
I feel like she just isn't a responsible person. She'll just let her do whatever
she wants. They had a dance and she was wearing this short dress. She let her walk to the school by herself in this
short dress. It's at night. Riley had way too much room. Although this interview was not too fruitful, it
pushed Hayden to come forward with a crucial piece of evidence afterwards. A series of disturbing text messages that
[music] Riley sent to him the night before she disappeared, saying that Andy was in her room and that she was scared.
Immediately, all suspicion was further confirmed around Andy, and officers would later use this information to
piece together this dark puzzle. But for now, finding out Andy's actual whereabouts and what really happened
during the 5 hours that Riley was [music] missing is crucial to the investigation. And the reason why Andy
would be called in for questioning. I just talked to Donnie, right? Saw him leaving. Okay.
Would you be surprised if he told me something completely different? Uh, maybe. Do you not remember leaving that job
saying to Red Hill? Oh, yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. We did go to It did. I'm sorry. We did. You're right.
Okay. You're right. You did good and did a show. How How long were you there, Red
Hill? Like the rest of the day. Okay. Like the rest of the day. Okay. Were you at that house the entire time fixing the
shelves? No. Okay. Where were we at? I was at I was at the other house. Okay. I went You got some We went You got some
I went got some more drugs. If Andy was off doing illegal drugs during those five missing hours, then that could
possibly explain why he didn't initially tell the cops the truth about where he had been all day. But this also could
just be his way of trying to distract the police by bringing their attention to something else. At this point,
detectives know that Andy is desperate to give them an alternate alibi, and his drug story could possibly be true. So,
to cross-check, they would call in Johnny again. Johnny had a history of drug use and the two would often do
cocaine together so he can easily substantiate or discredit Andy's account. Would you say that there was enough to
still do another line each? Oh, yeah. A couple lines each. Oh, yeah. Okay. So, you wouldn't have to
You didn't need any more coke. No. So, now Andy's story about going to get more drugs isn't adding up. His
colleague had already told the cops that they had more than enough cocaine to get
them through the rest of the day, so there would be no reason for them to go get more drugs. Realizing that Andy has
been lying, the police decide it's time to confront him and get to the bottom of
his deception. What if I told you that I know you weren't this nogo and you didn't buy off
anybody that day? See what I'm getting at? You went from this story to this story and I got a third story. This is
one of these times you really need to think of what you're telling me. Hey, cuz you're not being honest. Remember
what I told you about being honest? I'm not going to just throw [ __ ] at you. I
know you weren't there. I know you didn't buy drugs off your cousin. And I know you didn't use them in that parking
lot that day. Where did you go when you left? Went to my house to get the drugs.
Okay. I already in my house. Okay. I already told you. I still want to tell you in my house.
So, you go back home, you use your drugs, and then you go back to work, and then what?
Considering the discrepancies in each version of the story he tells officers, there is more than enough reason for
officers to not trust Andy. Like they would express, I'm just telling you the whole part
about you being honest. I'm being honest with you. I've been honest with you. I told you [ __ ] I didn't even want to tell
you. Okay. You're being somewhat honest. I mean, we're doing some polling to get some
information about some drug activity, which is I don't even give two shits about, but yet we're having trouble
pulling that out of you because [clears throat] I was worried about there. Okay. And I told you I don't care about
that. You told us about the drug activity what two nights ago. Did I arrest you for it? your knees or
anything. The main reason for detectives pressuring Andy like this is because a record of his movements is crucial for
this investigation. Usually, law enforcement can just track a suspect's movements using their phone. But in
Andy's case, he had supposedly left it at home the day that Riley went missing. Knowing that the more leniency
detectives show to Andy, the bolder he would become in giving shady alibis, detectives decide to ramp up the
intensity of the conversation even more to make Andy nervous and slip up about his real whereabouts.
Um, you know, the further along this is, whatever happens and whoever did this to
her, the worse off it gets for that person, too. Yes, I hope so. She was probably taken out of that house
by somebody. Yeah. I hope I feel something that she was taken that way. out because she
would be on by now. She would be she was taken from that house is what I'm saying. She didn't she didn't wander
off. She didn't pack a bag and take her clothes, take her glasses, take a cell phone, charger, take all her money. She
had most of her money. Um, someone's going to go back. Yeah. Um, so like I said, if someone's
going to run away or do something, they're going to make a little bit of better effort. Um, even for a
15year-old, I agree. For a 15-year-old kid, they're going to at least have the necessities. Even
after explicitly stating the absurdity of the situation, Andy seems as calm as ever and won't crack about where he
really was. But even in this situation, detectives have one piece of evidence that would cause the pressure to mount
on Andy. The texts that Hayden had showed them. Once confronted with these, Andy's behavior changes immediately.
What if I told you her last text to her boyfriend were saying, "Don't talk because she still has to FaceTime."
Andy's in here. I'm afraid. That's what it said. What if I told you that? I would say that's crazy.
I can put my hand on the Bible and tell you I saw those texts today. Well, I like to see him cuz I know the
problem. He is scared of me. I [clears throat] know she was. Not only that, she said you were in here
and she was in her bedroom because the FaceTime was stolen. I was never in her room.
That's not what she's saying. I don't go in her room. Andy, I'm not lying to you. I was not in
a room for one and for two, the kids are not scared of there's no reason for her
to be scared of me. I've been there for interr obviously to her he's afraid of something.
The walls are closing in on Andy quickly and he's no longer able to keep up with
his lies. He can't think of any possible reason why Riley would be afraid of him
or any explanation for why she would have sent her boyfriend those texts. There's no way. There's no way your
mother will tell you that it's not true. There's no I'm telling you I read that with my own
eyes today. I don't know. I know. So, you see where that puts us? Yeah, I understand. But the kid's not
scared of me. I don't understand how you guys can say that. Despite the damning physical evidence, Andy continues to
insist that there was no reason that Riley would have been afraid of him. Perhaps he thinks that if he denies this
enough times, the cops will simply move on. That's not what her mother said. That's what she is saying. She's saying,
that's why we're saying that. We don't know what goes on behind closed doors when you know you and Chantel are there
or Chantel and Riley are there or we don't know. Okay. But obviously in her mind, she's afraid of you. Would you
agree? It doesn't make sense. answers at all. So, does she have any reason to say
that? No. Why would she say that? Oh, no. At this point, the cops have given Andy
an opportunity to come up with any sort of explanation at all or even a lie. This would have been his chance to point
towards something that may have happened in the past, even as simple as a disagreement between the two of them as
a possible reason Riley would have written these things. But Andy is not taking the bait.
Is she been neglectful towards you? Does she hate you? No, she'll hate me. She loves me. That's
what I'm asking you. I don't know that. Does she argue with you? No, ever. We have
She never cusss at you, curse you out, nothing. Never. Nothing in a year and a half.
Nothing. Okay. So, it sounds like to me she does love you soheartedly. Yes. Okay. So, why would she say that?
I don't know. In a year and a half, we have not had one conflict. Okay. Me and the boy.
Yeah, we have. Okay. But there's never been anything like you said a year and a half or the
last several weeks, several months, several days, nothing that's either like, "Oh yeah, I read about one time
she wanted this and I told her that maybe she got mad and she's nothing." With all else failing, Andy would
attempt to try and convince the cops that he shares the same sentiments as them.
But you see where that puts us, right? I understand. I understand what you guys are if I'm mad that you guys are doing
your job. I mean, that's the last message he has from her. I'm glad you guys are doing
your job. I think she's doing her job, but there's nothing I can think of. He wants to do her job. That's that's
what we're doing. I'm asking the job up. And I'm not mad. You guys don't know. Godamn. I think
he's a little pissed off, but nothing. There's nothing that I can think of. She'll be mad at me for or she'll be
upset with me or scared of me or anything with me. You didn't go in that room? No, she still had FaceTime one, too.
Okay. Well, I was in that room. The cops lacked probable cause at this time to arrest Andy. But there is one
piece of evidence that is about to change the course of this entire investigation. It was around this time
that the lab results on that blood sample would finally return and it would be an exact match to Andy's DNA. But
that's not all. They also learned that the blood they tested was also mixed with saliva. This made the cops suspect
that Riley's face may have been forced into the pillow in an attempt to keep her from screaming. This is an important
development, but they still haven't located Riley, and they need to find more information about where Andy was
during those five missing hours. Luckily though, all of that can be answered in the CCTV footage that captured all of
Andy's movements. There were cameras attached to a nearby high school that captured Andy Macaulay leaving his work
site. That was the starting point of the investigation for the cops. They knew the direction of his travel, including
the facts that he was on Route 9. An eyewitness who knew what Andy's vehicle looked like was able to confirm that she
saw his truck backed up into the driveway of Riley's home in the middle of the day when he should have been at
work. At this point, the cops [music] believe that Andy killed Riley during the late night or early morning hours,
likely to keep her from screaming while he assaulted her. They believe he then hid her body in the bedroom until
everyone left, and then later returned to the house when it was empty to pick up her body and [music] dispose of it,
using CCTV footage to guide them. And with the help of police canines trained to pick [music] up Riley's scent, they
search a nearby mountainous area. It is there that they tragically find [music] Riley's decomposing body left in a
secluded area. While this is the outcome that nobody wanted, it marks the turning
point in the case. Near where Riley's body is found, there are several unique-l lookinging screws discovered.
These are the same screws that were located when the cops had searched Andy's vehicle the day previously. This
is even further evidence that solidified the case [music] against him. And 8 days
after the discovery of Riley's body, Andy is arrested and charged with her murder. [music] He pleaded not guilty.
In the trial, Andy's defense argued that the prosecution failed to provide a clear motive or definitive cause of
death, as the exact cause could not be determined due to the body's decomposition. Despite this, the jury
found significant evidence linking [music] Macaulay to the crime, such as the presence of drywall mud on
Crossman's body, which matched the drywall found in Macau's truck, and inconsistencies in Macau's statements
about his whereabouts on the day of Crossman's disappearance. The jury deliberated for about 4 hours over the
course of 2 days and decided [music] that the monster who murdered Riley was none other than Andy Macaulay. Finally,
justice for Riley had been served. The only thing left was for Andy to be sentenced.

This is the moment Andy McCauley realized police were on his trail…

Just hours earlier, his girlfriend's daughter, Riley Crossman suddenly went radio silent, and police were quickly called to come and investigate. At first glance, it looked just like a messy teenager's bedroom with nothing out of the ordinary. But as the officers scoured through the clutter, unsettling details began to emerge.

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Brief Summary

Riley Crossman, 15, went missing; her mother's boyfriend Andy Macaulay was arrested for her murder after incriminating evidence emerged.

Key points

Riley Crossman's Disappearance. Riley Crossman, a 15-year-old girl, goes missing, prompting an urgent investigation.
Unsettling Discoveries. Police find blood in Riley's bedroom, indicating foul play.
Andy Macaulay's Lies. Andy provides conflicting alibis about his whereabouts on the day of Riley's disappearance.
Crucial Evidence. Text messages reveal Riley's fear of Andy, raising suspicion against him.
The Arrest of Andy Macaulay. After significant evidence, Andy is arrested and charged with Riley's murder.

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