Sneak peek: The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon | Forensic Files

Greenwood I lived here half my life everyone knows everyone and their business I have decided to set the story
straight it's still Sur I still think maybe I'll wake up we were out for my birthday I remember I was just sitting
at the bar and and he sat down beside me and we just talked the rest of the night
you were there the night she met Davis I was I was there that night did it seem like there was chemistry immediately I
would immediately Davis he was so kind and I mean his heart was huge we enjoyed each other so much it
was an amazing 6 months Meredith her and Davis they would go away weekends a lot I liked
him his smile was so contagious and he's just such a sweet guy I would have never
expected this to happen ever GRE County 911 but is the one person car wreck okay
it was a car wreck and somebody is tired I pull up right beside Davis's car and he wasn't in his car and that's when I
noticed his airbags were out so then also that's when I kind of started looking at the car more and noticed that
his front tire was smashed in and I remember looking and I notic there's a body maritt just started like screaming
like who is it who is it and you look over mhm what do you think you were looking at
Davis he was laying there and his head was rested on the sock like a pillow and he was shirtless and his face was
covered in blood was there anything about the scene that struck you as odd Dave was being all the way on the other
side of the road the car being wrecked like none of that I couldn't piece anything together Davis's car was way
over there and his body was way down here and I was like well how did he end up down here it's quite a distance yeah
to here it is quite a distance originally it came out as a as a possible traffic accident and then once
officers arrived on scene they realized it was more than that a lot of people think it was an auto accident well know
it was I do believe that this was an accident and not an intentional killing it was a murder
I was in shock I was like it doesn't even make sense the photographs of the crime scene the text messages from
Davis's phone the Ring videos looking at everything in the totality of the case was very powerful How can any of this
possibly happen there's so many things missing from the story and once I kind of get that out there then I can close
the chapter

All new: A romance is cut short when a man is found dead near his mangled car. His newfound love is convinced it was no accident. "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports Saturday, March 1 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Davis's mysterious car wreck raises questions of accident versus murder, as friends share memories and details of the investigation.

Key points

The Night Davis Met. A memorable birthday night turns tragic when Davis is found in a car wreck.
The Accident Revealed. Initial thoughts of a traffic accident shift as details emerge about Davis's death.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I was in shock I was like it doesn't even make sense.

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