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it was one of the most horrific crime scenes investigator Josh Easton said he had ever seen a frightened 16-year-old
called 911 when she went to check on her family friend who didn't show up to Thanksgiving in
2021 nobody's answering the door and and the back window shattered and there's a
body and there's a foot I saw on the floor I'm only 16 I can't deal with this there was blood everywhere the cabinets
the refrigerator the countertop there was blood from corner to corner in the kitchen 48-year-old Chris Smith was
found clinging to life on his kitchen floor 44-year-old Leslie Reeves whom Chris had taken on a first date the
night before was in the living room Dead with a single gunshot wound to the head
no weapon was found which made investigators think a third suspect was involved Easton took note of every
detail including the burnt pizza in the oven I assumed that maybe they were cooking a pizza for the night and the
suspect shows up at the door they both tried to fight him off and when Chris was shot Leslie went to the living room
to try to hide Chris was rushed to the hospital and put into a medically induced coma friends of Leslie told
deputies about an ex-boyfriend named Bobby tar who Leslie believed was stalking her and she said I am going to
completely block Bobby from email texts phone calls I I have to go no contact investigators brought tar into the
police station for questioning and said tar never asked why they wanted to speak
to him I want you to to dig down deep here be as honest with me as you can okay um Leslie is
dead what can you help me shed some light on this how did she die she was murdered what
happened that's why we're here with you you help me believe that you're not involved in this
I'm not involved in anything they asked tar where he had been the night before Thanksgiving I went to a buddy of mine's
house he left and left me some money out of the shop and'll Pi it up the friend lived a short distance from T's home
remember time he came back yeah it wasn't that long um maybe 6:30ish something like that
investigators believe the shooting took place sometime early on Thanksgiving morning after 1:00 a.m. car said after
he got back he was home all night you can talk to my daughter about me being home that's exactly what they did
detectives brought T's 17-year-old daughter Shelby to a different room at the police station and she told them
that her father actually left home twice that night so first time he left was roughly 6:30 right and then he he came
home about a half hour later and he said he had to go back and then it was 9:15-ish when he got back home Shelby
said he had been gone for more than two hours and when he got home he was upset he gets home he was crying he was
solving he said he missed lesle Shelby said she went to sleep around 9:30 and was awakened by her father around 2:45
a.m. we started laundry he was pacing walking around and he was like I can't sleep detectives went back to Tar and
told him Shelby's story didn't match his tar then changed the story and said he had gone to his friend's house twice but
still insisted he was home by 8 as tar sat at the police station detective searched his house and found his phone
and a Glock pistol Shelby had told them her father had a different gun but they didn't find it it's little it's like
this big not like a light green but like the army green Shelby told investigators
she had seen it the day before Thanksgiving in her father's sock drawer yesterday morning actually I went to get
socks and it was there and no it's not there was yesterday and gone today okay Bobby tar sat at the police station
overnight while authorities continued to investigate they had already learned his
car had been captured by License Plate Reader cameras just after midnight the night of the shooting the cameras were
near a gas station and investigators discovered that tar had bought gas there just after midnight back at the police
station they confronted him with the gas station receipt so you're life cuz I don't
remember doing that you don't remember being out after midnight when you have told us you are 100% positive the gas
station is here in Troy yes and the murder occurred here in Farmersville correct the gas station was near tars
home an hour from the crime scene Andrew fronty is the Montgomery County State's
Attorney he has distonia a condition that causes muscle ticks and tremors so why is it significant cuz so we went out
and got some gas it was significant to us cuz why would he lie about it so I got fuel what does that prove
investigators believed it was proof tar was lying about his whereabouts that night they placed him under arrest
you're under arrest for murder

Police questioned Bobby Tarr after his ex-girlfriend was found brutally murdered while she was on a first date. They believed Tarr lied to them during an interview after they spoke to his daughter who revealed inconsistencies with his story.

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Brief Summary

A Thanksgiving murder investigation leads to the arrest of Leslie Reeves' ex-boyfriend Bobby Tar after inconsistencies in his alibi.

Key points

Horrific Crime Scene. A frightened 16-year-old discovers a gruesome scene at a family friend's home.
The Victims. Chris Smith is found clinging to life while Leslie Reeves is discovered dead.
Bobby Tar's Alibi. Bobby Tar's story about his whereabouts raises suspicion during the investigation.

Episode highlights

The VictimsChris Smith is found clinging to life while Leslie Reeves is discovered dead.“Leslie Reeves was in the living room dead.”0:34Nov 3, 2024

Episode quotes

Leslie is dead.

The shocking revelation to Bobby Tar during questioning.

1:42WatchNov 3, 2024

Tension

75/ 100High tension

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