Mother Catches Son Bringing Chopped Up Body Into Her House | Forensic Files

This is Marshall and his mother Alicia. Just feet away inside the trunk lies the
dead body of Marshall's girlfriend. He has cut her body up and plans [music] to discard it in the remote mountains of
the Sierra foothills. Over the next several weeks a series of small mistakes [music]
in Marshall's cover-up would bring him face-to-face with local police and the FBI. Watching detectives unknowingly
walk past his murder scene and slowly discovering the monster he truly is. You got any idea where she may be?
Brother, I'm going to keep it a buck with you. I don't know. Have you Have you guys thought about
maybe she was trafficked? Absolutely. YEP. UGLY BETTY, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!
IT'S approximately 6:30 p.m. in Antioch, California when 24-year-old Alexis Gabe
is seen at a Chevron gas station. While filling up her car, she receives a message from her boyfriend. "Are you
still coming over?" She replies, "I can only come by for a bit." After paying, Alexis gets back on the road and by 6:37
p.m. she's seen arriving at her boyfriend's house. He doesn't know it yet, but she's there to break up with
him. A decision that will carry far greater consequences than she expects. Two hours pass. Then Alexis's car is
seen leaving Marshall's house, but something isn't right. The vehicle takes an unusual route, one Alexis never uses
to get home, and just 12 minutes later, roughly 6 miles away, it pulls into a quiet residential neighborhood. A masked
figure steps out of the car, noticeably larger than Alexis. Moments later, her phone pings. Did you make it home? And
as the figure disappears into the distance, Alexis is never seen or heard from again.
Sheriff's department, I'm looking for Alexis Gabe. Is this a family member or friend? Family member.
Sister. And how long did you last talk to her? Um no one's heard from her since she went to see her ex-boyfriend last
night at 8:30. And she's not answering her phone or anything? No, it's going straight to voicemail.
On the line is Alexis Gabe's sister. Her tone is urgent as she insists on filing
a missing person's report immediately. To better understand the situation, dispatch sends Officer Rod County to the
family's home. And that's where he learns why Alexis's family is already fearing the worst.
Good morning. How you doing? I'm Detective with the police department. I'm going to get some info from you guys
and I'm going to start looking for Alexis. Definitely. That's okay. Okay. [snorts]
Did she ever make any like sort of suicide statements? No. Okay. Is she generally pretty happy?
Yeah. Okay. She's always out with her boyfriend. She's always out? Do you know where she goes a lot of the
time? With her friend, E and Naria. She's with us yesterday, too. Does she have any mental health issues?
Is she generally on antidepressants? Yeah, I know. That's That's what she said. That's why she's looking out for
the doctor. She's seeing the doctor. Okay. Well, they have a accident with her boyfriend, car accident. That's why
she have a chiropractor appointment. Who is her boyfriend? The one that we don't is Marshall.
Marshall? >> Marshall Jones, yeah. Okay. >> And then we just find out yesterday the
friend said, um, Marshall have threatening Alexis if they going to broke up, he's going to kill or going to
kill Alexis. Oh, okay. And this is Marshall. Marshall, yeah. Okay. Needless to say, the officer knows
exactly who they need to speak with next. According to Alexis's mother, Marshall Jones is the boyfriend she went
to see last. But even more troubling is her claim that he had threatened to harm
himself or Alexis if they ever broke up. As Courtney wraps up his initial search,
he relays the information to his sergeant. From there, requests are made for street CCTV footage, a real-time
location warrant for her phone, and most urgently, another officer is dispatched
to Marshall's address. Later that afternoon, the officer arrives at the house knowing Marshall is
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How y'all doing? Hey, do you know if Marshall home? No. I'm I'm in his house. Yes. Yeah.
Okay. How y'all doing today? Good. We just playing. Okay. We got to pray. Y'all be safe. Be
careful now, okay? Okay. Hey, it's fine. I know. Hey. I'm here. You know Alexis? Yeah, I was going to say yeah.
So Gabe? Yeah, I'm sorry. Gabe. >> Gabe. Yeah, I don't know. Um, her mom told me that she didn't come
home. So, yeah, cuz I I spoke to her brother and friends and they're concerned. Oh,
I'm concerned, too. When was the last time you spoke to her or saw Um, you know what? I can
I'm calling my Yeah, I'm the same way. Yeah, I don't Um, so she might call her. Uh, I talked to her throughout the day
yesterday. I want to say 6:38 is when she told me that she was outside. Um, she Here? Yeah.
I let her in. We hung out for a couple hours. She left around 9:00. Did Did say where she was going? Um,
yeah, but I got to show you the text messages. She said that uh The more you can give me the better, man. I Yeah, I
was about to say. I remember her saying, "This is from today. It's not delivering. I've been trying to call
her." Um I was like, "Are you still coming over? You must still be sleeping." She's like,
"I can only come by for a bit today." I was like, "Okay." Um, cuz she was doing some other stuff for
her job that she was doing some running around for it. Okay. Do you have any idea where she may be? You know
brother, I'm going to keep it about what you said. I honestly thought she went to
go smoke with her friend Ria when she left here. Ria? Ria, Maria, Ria. Oh, Maria.
>> Yeah. Okay. Um, I thought she went to go smoke with her cuz usually she won't tell me, you know
what she's doing till she's already doing it. Mhm. Um, so I thought she went there and but then when I kept on
calling by like 11:00 and I wasn't getting anything. Okay. Did she Did she seem out of sorts
when she came over yesterday? Was she on her normal self? Whatever that may be. Yeah, I mean she came in, we hugged, we
kissed, we uh she watched me uh, you know, do my little heist on GTA, you know, playing
my game and what not. I mean, we had We watched Family Guy. Okay. It was fine. When she left, did you Did you see her
Did you see her leave? Um Yeah. I say yeah because I mean, I opened the garage door as she left. So,
I mean Okay. You opened the You opened the garage door? Yeah. All right. At first glance, Marshall appears far more
willing to help than Alexis's family hinted towards. But, as he recounts his last encounter with Alexis,
>> [music] >> his demeanor is oddly detached, at times even attempting to make light of the
situation. It's the kind of behavior that doesn't go unnoticed. But, before wrapping up the interview, the officer
would ask one of the strangest questions possible at a moment like this. Do you have a cuz I want to be able to
follow up with you and How are you two You guys two You dating? Yeah. How long y'all been together?
Like three going on four years. >> Okay. All right. And I showed you my call log text messages
>> You ain't got her strapped down in the house like a slave or nothing? No, I know
No, I know you have to ask because it's a serious situation and I appreciate you
trying to make light of it, but no. Okay. I do not. All right. All right. On that strange note, the interview wraps
and the officer calls his sergeant only to learn that while this conversation was taking place, a major discovery had
just been made a few miles away. On a residential street in Antioch, Alexis's family comes across their
daughter's car while organizing their own search and spreading the word on social media. Police are immediately
informed of this discovery and the car is towed and seized for forensic analysis. Inside the car, some troubling
details quickly stand out. The keys are still in the ignition, the door is unlocked, and personal items are
missing. After removing and analyzing the car's infotainment unit, investigators are able to track Alexis's
precise movements before her disappearance. And [music] just 12 minutes before the car was abandoned, it
had been at Marshall's house, not her friend Maria's as he had previously implied. These findings, along with the
alleged death threat, prompt investigators to move Marshall from a person of interest to the primary
suspect in Alexis's disappearance. The following day, two detectives arrive at Marshall's house suspecting he's the
last person to see her alive and may have been withholding vital information. However, they're also here for something
else, something that will catch him completely off guard. Hey, y'all. Um >> What's the name of the apartment? I'm
not a detective, miss, real quick. Are you Alexis's uh boyfriend? Boyfriend, okay. What's
your name? Marshall. Marshall, okay. Yeah, we're still looking for her. Have you heard from her at all or I have not.
I've been trying to call her. I've been texting my text messages aren't getting delivered. My
phone calls are going straight to voicemail. Got you. Okay. Hmm. Yeah, basically at this point like I think
this is the last place that we know that she was at. Right. And >> So, we're just obviously that's why
we're kind of keying in on this area, you know. I understand. And like I was telling her mom like hey, I saw her.
This is the last time, you know, and I just I'm worried, you know, and it's she's missing.
And that just means that she's missing. It doesn't necessarily mean something happened to her. So, I'm really trying
not to let my mind wander. Her friends have I'm not going to say they've been putting me under scrutiny, but they make
they're making me feel like I did something and I didn't. >> Okay. Yeah, I mean anytime and
boyfriend, right? And and that's what I'm saying, you know, everybody handles stress different, you know, and so I
just We just want to rule everything out, anything weird that happened here, so you know what I mean? Then we can
move on to hey, let's go look another area and see where she's at, you know. I understand. You
Are you cool if we go inside and look around real quick? Um it's not my house. It's my stepdad's, so I mean
>> Right. >> [music] >> Yeah, I mean I can call him real fast and see. Yeah, that's fine. Go ahead.
Clearly uncomfortable with the request, Marshall agrees to call his stepfather, the homeowner of the house. And as they
wait for his approval, detectives would slowly begin to suspect there's something inside the house neither
Marshall nor his stepfather wants them to find. Hey Dad, um Alexis went missing.
And the police just want to go through the house real fast just to show that everything's
fine. Is that okay? Okay. Um he said that one of you could go in, you would like the other one to stay out
here. No problem. Sure. You have a flashlight or anything? I don't. Yeah, me neither. You want to go
in? Sure. All right. Hold that for me. All right. What's your dad's name? Leslie. Leslie,
okay. And that's the one you were talking to on the phone? Yes. All right. He said one of us can come in?
Cool. Thanks, man. Do you want me to leave the door open? Yeah. Yeah, that'd be good.
I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'll come around. Anything of hers that's here? Um I mean, there might be some clothes that
she left over. Okay. Um it's going to be in my room. My room's a mess. That's fine.
Cool. This your room? This is my room. Yeah. I know. Like I said, it's a mess. >> Yeah, happens, bro. Yeah. Um
You guys drink together, I'm assuming? Uh yeah. That's the house. As the officer moves through the house,
Marshall's room quickly stands out, left in complete disarray. And as he inspects
the room further, little does he know this very place holds subtle clues and will soon become a crime scene.
Is there upstairs? No, it's just one story. Thank you. And then this is other people's rooms?
Yeah. Did you want to go in the backyard or Uh probably not. All right. I'm going to close this door.
Nothing out of the ordinary. This room is in absolute mess. He does. Focusing on the mess, the officer
overlooks the attic, a place hiding a terrifying secret. And it's no accident. Marshall has been guiding him through
certain areas, carefully steering him away from others. But despite the search turning up nothing, officers aren't done
with him just yet. There's something else they want to ask. Um no contact from her? None whatsoever. Okay. Phone's
been off, you tried to call her, I'm assuming? Indeed. Okay. Uh do you mind hanging out with him real
quick so we can I'm going to ask you something. Would you be willing to give us your cell
phone for a forensic download? Oh, yeah. Okay. So, I'm able to do all that stuff. What is a forensic download
again? It just shows me all the information on your phone for a certain period of time.
>> Oh, okay. >> shows like, "Hey, was this phone here the whole time?" >> Oh, yeah, sure.
>> Stuff like that. >> Okay. Okay. Sure it's fine. And then I would just have you sign like a consent
form. Okay. >> Um and then you can bring it down, sign the consent form down at the PD. Mhm.
And then I'd I'd take your passcode, and then I would do it that way. Okay. Uh they want to they want to do a
forensic download just to make sure that, you know, my phone is where I said it was, i.e. where I said I was. I put
it down there in the end. >> Yeah. But she was still here when he got home? Interestingly, detectives not only gain
access to Marshall's phone, but also learn that his stepfather was allegedly at the house at the same time Alexis was
there. So, they make a note to speak with the homeowner as soon as possible to see if his account aligns with
Marshall's. Shortly afterwards, Marshall gets into his stepfather's car and follows the officers to the station. As
he drives, officers ahead notice something strange. He appears anxious, swerving slightly with something large
in the back of his car obstructing his view. In reality, Marshall isn't just nervous. He's just realized he's driving
straight to the police station with a car full of incriminating evidence. About 10 minutes later, Marshall arrives
at the station trying to steady himself, quietly questioning why he brought this
car in the first place. And the second he steps out, he realizes the officers are on to him.
You know what you both have in Um yeah, blankets and whatnot. Uh wait, do you actually have to search it or can
you just look around cuz this isn't It's my dad's car and I don't >> we Yeah, I mean I kind of just want to
lift the gate so I can see inside, you know. Uh Again, it's not my car, it's my dad's
and you have my phone so I I you I'll open the gate for you though so that way you can look inside.
>> great. We went to the drive-in so tried to get her a little me some water. I mean, you can look in the bag. That's
her Philly cheesesteak. Um any of this hers? Uh no. This is Cuz we would like to collect a
DNA sample from her. Right? So we have a reference on file so was she back here? Uh yeah, but I don't
So is any of this like None of this is hers. Uh I don't I don't know. Uh would you mind if we like took a
blanket to test it? Um I would because Yeah. All right. Um and does she normally sit up in the
front seat? Um yeah. Okay. Well, let's try to find her. Well, we're not You don't want us to
look under the blankets or what? She would like to look under the Okay. blankets. I don't want you to think I
have a dead body or anything in here. >> cuz we're being all Yeah. Okay. So there's This is your your step
dad or your like real dad? My step dad. Gotcha. All right, cool. Naturally, Marshall's unwillingness to
show what's in the trunk immediately raises red flags for the officers. Once it's opened, they find multiple
blankets, pillows, and food waste with Marshall insisting that he and Alexis used the car as a bed at the drive-in.
With suspicion mounting, they get Marshall to sign a consent form, download the data from his phone, and
then return it to him. And as they let him go, detectives believe the contents of Marshall's phone may finally reveal
what he's been hiding. Unaware that this entire investigation is about to start going downhill.
The next day, as investigators prepare to review the data from Marshall's phone, they notice the download process
has failed, leaving them with nothing. Realizing Marshall's willingness to cooperate may already be reaching its
limits, detectives decide not to push any further for now and instead turn their attention elsewhere. There's still
one person they haven't spoken to yet. Marshall's stepfather, the homeowner who was allegedly inside the house the same
night Alexis disappeared. If something happened to her that night, he may have witnessed it. With that in mind, they
drive back to the house to speak with him, where they'll begin to suspect that not everyone wants them to discover the
truth behind Alexis's disappearance. Hey, Mr. Clark. Hey, what's Hey. We're just trying to follow up on
everything going on with Alexis. Um we haven't talked to you We haven't talked to you yet.
Marshall had said that you were here when Alexis was here on Wednesday night. Did you see Alexis here on the 26th?
Yeah, that's what you I come and she's here, she's here, she's she's not I don't see I see I don't You don't recall
seeing her car here? No, I did not. And you don't you don't remember was her talking to her that
night? No, I didn't see her there that night. Well, that night I was there. How's
Marshall holding up with all this? He's um he's upset. No, for sure. >> I mean I mean
um just now finding out that his girlfriend's coming up missing. I mean I found out yesterday with the note coming
in the the the flyer. Oh, yeah. >> and stuff. Uh saying that she's missing. I'm like,
"What the hell is going on?" What What was she like? Is just an everyday person? Like She's good.
Yeah. [clears throat] I mean she's a she's a good young lady. She never brought drama to your house or anything
like that or What couple of I mean there aside from couple of drama. >> [laughter]
>> Yeah. I mean they never argued in front of me. >> Right. But like she never brought any
outside BS to your house or anything like that. No. Is Marshall around? I know one of the
detectives was trying to reach him and he hadn't returned his phone call. Marshall's not here. He said he said
he's going to go talk to his mom. Okay. His mom don't really I don't want to say it like that. With
this information, police now know where to look for Marshall next, his mother's house. What catches the officers off
guard, however, is Leslie's refusal to confirm being with Marshall and Alexis the night she disappeared, directly
contradicting what Marshall had previously told investigators. Now faced with more questions than answers,
officers leave to figure out their next move. From this point forward, the investigation into Alexis's
disappearance quietly begins to shift in a much darker direction. Please, Lord. During the next several days, police
visit Marshall's mother, Alicia Clark, looking for her son. But suspiciously, she claims she hasn't seen him since the
night his girlfriend, Alexis, vanished. By now, investigators begin to consider a troubling possibility. Marshall may be
on the run and his family may even be covering for him, but their biggest piece of evidence is still to come. Just
as the investigation seems to stall, CCTV [music] footage is recovered from the route Alicia's car took the night
she vanished. For roughly 12 minutes, the car is seen speeding from Marshall's home to the
residential area where it's eventually abandoned. A masked figure is seen stepping out of the car, noticeably
larger than Alexis with a more masculine build. As detectives begin tracking the
figure's movements through nearby cameras, they watch it move calmly for over a mile until it arrives somewhere
completely unexpected, Marshall's mother's house. This development makes investigators certain that the masked
figure was none other than their prime suspect, Marshall. And with that, an emergency search warrant for his home is
secured immediately. On February 1st, more than a dozen officers arrive at the house convinced there is far more inside
than Marshall originally let them see. Oakley PD, search warrant. Open up. Break the door. Break the door with your
foot. Yeah, hold it for a second. Break the door. Yes. We need that pry. You got the pry? Pry bar?
Oakley PD! Come out with YOUR HANDS UP! HANDS UP! CHECK THE LEFT. Check the left. I got a
door on the right. Check that door. Left is clear. Oakley PD, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!
SEARCH WARRANT! CLEAR. WHAT'S THAT? QUICK. AS officers move through the house, neither Marshall nor his stepfather are
anywhere to be found. But then, as they prepare to enter the garage, it doesn't take long for a violent discovery to
emerge. Smell it? Smells like dead body. Yep. In the laundry room. Okay. Harper? Yeah. I can smell it coming from
this way. Right here, yeah? Yeah, right in here. I got a big whiff. >> Yep. What about the backyard?
Crawl space? Yep. Multiple officers begin to notice a distinct smell, one they believe to be
the odor of a decomposing body. The scent appears to be coming from the laundry room and leads up towards the
attic. So, officers prepare to investigate and brace themselves for the worst. It looks undisturbed.
Do you Are we agreeing? Um looks like it's opened before. I don't know. It's right here, it is. Yeah. Yeah, it's
pointing straight out to the garage. Yeah. >> So, that's the thing is like we got to
check the crawl space. Okay. Did anybody check inside that SUV or take a peek inside? I didn't see
anything, it's locked. >> Okay. Scott, I'm going to have this door closed for a second.
I mean, there's pathways where they walked for electrical, but I don't see No footprints, no drag marks? No, I
mean, it's just you can see where they're walking, Okay. doing something but I don't
And they said they could smell something right where it kind of where you're at Logan. Like there's Like there's a vent
it's coming from the vent kind of right >> Yeah, once we hit this area and start
walking to the garage is where I smelt it. Mhm? Smells like blood and hair. Yeah.
You see? Black hair. Look at That paint Could be blood. All right, let's just flops.
Let's clear out. After following the stench, officers come up empty-handed, but they do
uncover what appears to be dried blood. After clearing the entire house, officers are still unable to locate the
source [music] of the smell, so a K9 unit is called in. If human remains are hidden somewhere on the property, this
dog may be their best bet on finding them. I don't know if I got a big whiff right in the laundry room. Smelled like
Just dead body. All right, let's see if he gets No worries. That's nothing. So that is it heading down to the other
thing he's looking for? He's checking. Okay, good girl. And that's the attached garage.
Okay, can we go in there? Yes. Okay, good girl. Did you guys see that or did I don't I don't know. We didn't bring
that in. You said to up the wall here? >> Mhm. Yeah. So it's just checking odor.
As I said, you work canine, so we didn't get final. And that was the kind of thing where it's like, I have some weird
odor, but it's not all of her behaviors, which was more what we had there. And of
course, you and I both know there could be You could have vacuumed up a tissue that had bloody nose. All right, good
Okay, good girl. 20? It's not saying anything. Huh? All right, that's all we got.
Somewhat surprisingly, the handler isn't fully convinced the dog has detected human remains. However, several
indications suggest it has picked up on something [music] suspicious, as it repeatedly returns to Marshall's room,
sits in one spot while staring at its handler, and most [music] alarmingly, begins clawing at the wall, a sign the
odor may be coming from the attic, but even after multiple additional searches and with more canine units brought in,
officers are left with troubling yet inconclusive results. Small traces of blood, the presence of bleach and other
cleaning supplies, and a missing shower curtain. Following these discoveries, officers secure the scene and begin
working to obtain real-time location data for Marshall's phone, now fully suspecting they have a homicide on their
hands. Over the next several weeks, officers are seemingly no closer to finding Marshall. Neither his mother nor his
stepfather appear willing to cooperate any further. But every time the investigation seems like it's losing
momentum, Alexis Gabe's family keeps pushing forward, pressuring police to find their daughter and bring her
justice. That pressure soon begins to pay off when investigators finally obtain a real-time location warrant for
Marshall's phone and discover he's moved to Vacaville, California, roughly an hour and a half from his home. After a
quick check, they find out exactly where that location leads, his sister's house.
So, officers quickly head to her address hoping to find Marshall there. What's your name? Ariana. Ariana, I'm
James. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Obviously, you know why we're here, right? I do.
When he got here, he was awesome. While he was here, that's when I saw the first flyer for Alexis. And that's when
I started putting the pieces together what could be. I said, "Get your Tomorrow, you got to be gone. I [music]
I want nothing to do with this." And his gun was underneath I I lost my What was their relationship like between
Alexis and Marshall? So, it got toxic over the last year and a half. He was a lot more torn up about them breaking up
than about her being missing. [music] I will say that irrefutably. Looking back on it, my brother does have sociopathic
and narcissistic tendencies about himself. Your mom and Marshall are close, right?
>> Yes. Do you think that she's helped him out in any way? Will she get in trouble?
I I hope not. I mean, I hope in the end of all this, she'll be as cooperative as you are. Because
ultimately, your brother made the choice that he made, right? >> So, do you think he went to Vegas? No.
[music] I believe I believe this is the number that he's using. If you guys want to
take it, that's fine. Most worryingly for officers, Ariana seems to suspect someone else may be helping Marshall
evade police. However, Ariana also gives them something significant. Marshall's new phone number. So, after wrapping up
the interview, investigators move quickly to track his location. This is when they discover that Marshall's phone
is pinging all the way back to his mother, Alicia Clark's house. Up to this point, Alicia has been telling police
she doesn't know where Marshall is. Now, detectives begin to suspect [music] she's lying and may even be actively
hiding from police. Over the next few hours, [music] police secure an emergency search warrant for
Alicia's house. Officers rush to the location knowing full well Marshall could disappear again at any moment. But
little do they know the lead they're following is actually a setup. Open the door for police. Search
warrant, come to the door. Hello. That's okay. Just open the door for me. Thank you.
All right, ma'am. Come on out, please. I can take the dog that's sleeping upstairs. I understand.
She's okay. All right. Are you able to wait for her to bring her out here for a minute while
we service this warrant? Um I'm not. Anybody else inside? No. After escorting Alicia and her daughter
outside, officers move in to search the house, but they find no one else inside.
They do, however, spot a working camera outside the home, one they immediately begin trying to obtain a warrant for.
Despite Marshall's absence, the forensics team insists that his phone is still actively pinging inside the house.
By now, investigators know something isn't adding up. So, they prepare to question Alicia starting with the very
reason they're here in the first place. Where's the best place? I slept in my bed last night.
What happened to you? What's going on? So, we're obviously here for a reason and there's a couple of reasons. Uh
we're here for Marshall's phone. So, uh we know it's here, but we don't want to tear your house
apart too much. So, if you could direct us to it so we don't have to like mess anything up. But you Where Where is
the phone? It's upstairs in my closet and the green Hawaiian shirt that was in there.
Now, I have a question. What do you guys need it for? You guys cloned it. So, the cell phone thing, uh they went
and did the the download, um but some of the files got screwed up, so we don't have everything.
Um so, we need that, and plus we know that he's had the phone after that. So, that's the evidence that we're looking
Strangely, Alicia appears unusually cordial with the detectives despite [music] having her house breached. She's
even admitted to holding a wanted suspect's phone, yet treats it as if it's nothing serious. By now,
investigators are more than suspicious of her involvement. They're convinced she not only knows where Marshall is,
but more importantly, what he did to Alexis. Do Do you Where's He's obviously not
here, so do you know where Marshall is? You have to go. I do not know. Okay. I do not know. I have intentionally told
him, "Do not tell me where for just the situation. I don't want to know." So, you're distancing yourself?
Oh god, no, not at >> Okay. Not at all. I just know This This is This isn't who we are.
I mean And we don't believe that. Yeah, I mean >> They are not >> We We just You guys are just doing your Right. We
have to We have to try our best to get answers, right? So, that's why we're doing
>> I'm definitely not distancing my my son. That's Okay. That's That's not the reason.
What do you know? I know that the two of them had a solid relationship. I mean, for
Valentine's Day, um he wanted to get her an edible arrangement, [clears throat] couldn't afford it.
And so, he went and got the chocolate, all of the stuff. He built her an edible arrangement. I like that.
I mean that's the kind of guy he is. I've told him since he was younger, "When you're dating,
you want to make sure that you are so good to her, she's going to be comparing every other
guy to you." Right away, this description of Marshall doesn't quite align with what
investigators believe about their suspect, especially given his sister's earlier claims that he's a narcissist
and a sociopath. If Alicia is fully aware of her son's alleged crime, then defending his character like this is not
only disturbing, it's something most people would find nearly impossible to do. Sensing this may be more difficult
for her than she's letting on, detectives decide to shift their approach, appealing to her emotions,
hoping that if this is all an act, it's about to break. Cuz I mean, obviously, we're still looking.
She's still out there somewhere. And things don't look good. Yeah, it's hard to it's hard to look that family in
the face and tell them, "Hey, look, we we don't really have anything to tell you." Have you guys thought about maybe
she was human trafficked? So, you guys thought that before? I've heard that some people posting stuff on
on the internet and stuff, but a lot of people are not they don't have a good grasp on how human
>> [music] >> trafficking works. Right. You can't just snatch up a 24-year-old, 170-lb female.
I mean, I'm just going to be straight up with you. Do you think you Do you think Marshall had anything
to do with it? God, no. No. No. Even if there's evidence that would suggest that he has something to do with
it. You guys would have to prove it beyond a reasonable >> Obviously. I don't want to leave you thinking with
the you know, the lack of a better term, just I know. Oh God, no. No. Not all. >> There's a reason
uh I mean, I can only leave you with that. I can't I can't like >> even saying too much.
You tell me anything >> don't want I don't want you to like to just Like I just said, I mean, we've we've
done we've been agencies here and the DA's offices that we've all been working on this for 3
months now. We've looked every which way. Despite the detective's best efforts, Alicia doesn't appear to budge. And the
worst part is that her dismissive attitude seems to work. Although officers inside managed to locate
Marshall's phone, they find it's been wiped [music] completely clean. And with nothing concrete tying Alicia to the
disappearance, investigators are once again forced to leave empty-handed. [music] With no body, no confession, and
no idea where Marshall may have gone, Alexis' case [music] slowly starts going cold.
Months go by with no new leads on Marshall's whereabouts. But then, investigators finally secure a warrant
and obtain the CCTV footage from his mother's house. And as detectives start analyzing the footage, they begin to
understand how Marshall managed to stay one step ahead of investigators for so long.
Inside these large plastic bags, [music] investigators believe are Alicia's remains and suspect Marshall's mother
was aware of it. Following these developments, [music] investigators reach out to Marshall's sister and learn
he has a friend at an apartment complex in Kent and may be hiding there. Using travel records, CCTV footage, and
anonymous tips, they zero in on a specific location, the Skyview 3322 Apartments. On June 1st, more than
[music] 4 months after Alexis Gabe disappeared, the task force moves in to serve a murder warrant and finally
arrest [music] Marshall. But as they arrive and prepare to breach, nothing about this operation is about to go as
planned. Police don't Open the door. Door is locked. Open the door and do it now.
Do it now. We're done. You are under arrest. Open the door and do it now. Come out.
Yeah, he got in and came to the door with a knife. After emerging with a kitchen knife,
Marshall is shot [music] multiple times by three officers. Despite immediate medical aid, he is pronounced dead at
the scene. The following day, Paul Beard, chief of the Oakley Police Department, holds a
press [music] conference announcing that Alexis Gabe's case is now officially being treated as a homicide and that
Marshall Curtis Jones had been charged [music] with her murder before being shot and killed. But any real sense of
closure for Alexis's family would not come until much, much later. On November 3rd, while metal detecting
near Jackson Road in Plymouth, a local resident discovers what he believes to be human remains and immediately calls
911. When officers arrive, they're left speechless. Scattered across the mountains are the remains of a young
woman. A forensic odontologist is brought in and using dental records confirms the remains are those of Alexis
Gabe. >> [music] >> In the aftermath, her family expresses a mix of devastation and relief. They
continue pushing for charges against Marshall's mother and hold memorials in Alexis's honor. To this day, Alexis's
[music] family continues demanding justice and launching a petition criticizing the Contra Costa County
District Attorney's office for its handling of the case and calling for stronger accountability for victims'
[music] families. But despite these efforts, Marshall's mother is only temporarily detained. Without sufficient
evidence, [music] she is never charged as an accomplice. And the same is true for the rest of Marshall's relatives,
something that continues to infuriate Alexis's family to this day. As of now, there is still no definitive motive for
Alexis's murder, only that their relationship was deeply toxic. [music] And perhaps, when Alexis finally decided
to break up with him, Marshall made a final, irreversible decision. If he couldn't have [music] her, then no one
could.

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We've clarified some details on this case, please see our correction page: https://drinsanity.com/corrections/clarification-alexis-gabe-homicide ______ When 24-year-old Alexis Gabe disappears after visiting her boyfriend Marshall Jones in Antioch, California, investigators quickly realize this is far more than a routine missing persons case. As detectives uncover disturbing threats, suspicious CCTV footage, and chilling bodycam encounters with Marshall and his mother Alicia Clark, the investigation slowly unravels a horrifying murder cover-up. ______

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Brief Summary

The episode details Alexis Gabe's disappearance, Marshall Jones's involvement, and the investigation leading to her tragic discovery.

Key points

Marshall's Dark Secret. Marshall has cut up his girlfriend's body and plans to dispose of it.
The Last Seen. Alexis is last seen at a gas station before disappearing after visiting Marshall.
Suspicious Behavior. Marshall's demeanor during questioning raises red flags for detectives.
Discovery of Alexis's Car. Alexis's family finds her abandoned car, leading to a police investigation.
Marshall's Phone Data Fails. Investigators face a setback when the phone data download fails.
The Missing Girlfriend. Marshall's girlfriend, Alexis, is reported missing, raising immediate concerns.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

A decision that will carry far greater consequences than she expects.

Narration about Alexis's breakup decision.

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