The Day My Mother Vanished | Full Episode | Forensic Files

[Music] my mom's gone she's nowhere to be found where would she be she's gone and we need to find
her my name is Nikki Bates and my mom is Tammy Myers how old were you when your mother
disappeared I was only 7 years old it was just like a heavy weight just a feeling like you couldn't breathe she
would have called she would have found a way to call you got three little kids and they're missing their mom and what
do you say I don't remember exactly how I did it but I know it was one of the toughest things I ever
did I'm Ryan Myers and Tammy Myers was my wife even after we separated we remained
close my mom was the love of his life Tammy was loving and caring fun easygoing electric an overall great
person to be around your mother meets a man who would soon play a major role in all of your
lives who was that man William Greer my mom and my dad split up and she gets with him this man's Rich he has
money we got we got to do all these fun things so immediately we just like were drawn to him until you know we realized
that our mom wasn't happy when they were together he was very abusive as a little
girl you remember seeing your mother in pain yes she was bleeding she was bruised she could barely walk did she
ever report any of this to police not that I know of what happened on December 19th 2006
in Greer's home there was an argument that had ensued William Greer did not like the direction the conversation was
going retrieved a shotgun and shot Tammy he's definitely among the worst and the worst he's an evil murderer my
name is Cameron Welch I'm Josh Wright Leslie Raymond I was one of the US Marshals one of the US Marshals one of
the US Marshals hunting William Greer they find blood all over the house they find the bullet holes is William Greer
still at the house no he has fled nowhere to be found he's just gone to Georgia New Orleans Kentucky America's
Most Wanted by this time he's making the TV scene we introduce you a William Greer when he saw himself on TV he just
got up and left to move on to the next place our beloved Tammy America Most Wanted they were the first ones to
interview US did it give you some hope it did they had a few leads but it died down and we didn't have anything else
for years where is she where's William at you kind of went on a mission didn't you I did what was that mission to not
only find William but to just keep my mom's name and her case alive she'd be a great Deputy US
Marshall you took the words out of my mouth she's tenacious yeah we love that the family want somebody who's
going to push hard to do what needs to be done we will never stop Justice is coming
[Music] [Music] [Music] you always hear that time heals it'll get better it'll get easier that is not
true I think it's harder as an an adult without a mom than it was as a kid you have graduations that she misses she
missed my wedding she has eight grandchildren that she will never meet Nikki Meers bats
lost her mother nearly two decades ago when she was just 7 years old but she says no amount of time will heal this
wound this is my family now a mother of three herself is still searching for her
mother and fighting to bring the man who killed her to Justice pretty much when I
became a teenager got my cell phone you know I read every article every news video I I seen it I read it Ryan even
when you talk about her today uh you get emotional about it why is that I still love you still love
her Ryan Meers says he and Tammy were just teenagers when they first fell in love 20 when he asked her to marry him
the first year we were together we had a kid and then following year had another
kid a few years later we had Nikki Nikki says there wasn't much money to go around but there was always more than
enough love especially between mother and daughter she was very loving she was made to be a girl mom even though she
had two two boys she was very girly full lifee fun energetic Ryan worked long hour hours as a window installer so
Tammy could be a full-time mom then fate dealt the Meers family a devastating blow my dad was working on
top of a three-story building he got electrocuted and fell off and hit the concrete I fell three floors broke my
back and legs and uh unfortunately the company I work for didn't have insurance how did
you pay for all this well I mean essentially Tammy had to work and and Tred to pay some of the bills while I was down
and she had no experience so she did what she thought was easiest and became a stripper am I to say that you sure you
said she became a female dancer how did your dad take all of this I don't think he loved it I think he wanted her to
find another job but she was like it's fine nothing's happening here I'm just getting the money and so it was until
Tammy met a big spender named William Greer he was as far as I know a regular at the club he would threw a lot of
money around where did he get his money he owned a vending machine company so her and my dad split up and she gets
with him sometime in 2006 Tammy moved about an hour away to Spring Texas in this
house with career and two sons from his first marriage Nikki and her brothers would spend the weekends there was he
kind to you as far as I remember yes uh always giving us money trying to take us
on trips did your mom stop working as a stripper yes did you sense that that William Greer was good for your mother
when I first met him yes but things would turn ugly over time says Nikki not long before her mother went missing
Nikki says there were clear signs of physical abuse which Tammy documented in these photos she stole his truck and
came all the way to Cleveland from Spring and she could barely get out of the car and she was bleeding she was
bruised Nikki says her mom tried to cover it up she told us that it was a dirt bike accident but she had told my
stepmother that he had hit her with numchucks what's numcha you see Karate the um the wooden things you swing
around he hit her with that yes Nikki says Greer came looking for his truck and her mother my dad was like
you need to get off my property and he was arguing saying well she stole my truck and my dad's like I don't care you
need to get off my property you know my dad always say I wish I would have just shot him cuz your mom would still be
here Nikki says she has since learned that her mother had been warned about Greer's propensity for violence by
someone who knew him well his ex-wife she would tell my mom that you know you need to leave him he's dangerous sadly
it seems like Tammy may have been thinking about doing just that but ran out of time and is it true that the two
of you were were thinking about getting back together talking about getting back
together before she disappeared yes sir then as Christmas 2006 approached Tammy mysteriously vanished I had a Miss
call from her and I tried to call her bike and I didn't get a response I remember crying a lot um just
being devastated not only for me but seeing my dad the way that way was just devastating and that's when this case
took the first of many bizarre turns just 8 days before Tammy was reported missing Greer was arrested for public
intoxication can you tell me your full name William Joseph Greer this is Greer on dash cam video come here with me
confessing to two sheriff's deputies that he had shot Tammy gun just went off oh my God it's the worst thing I ever
did were you aware that William Greer had been arrested by sheriff's deputies at that time no sir and in the
next strange twist Greer was released I was still lost to why when somebody sit there and admitted to something why you
would just turn them loose so easily [Music] back in 2006 Paul Lasco was a deputy for
the Liberty County Sheriff's Office in the early morning hours of December 22nd Lasco and his partner got a call about
suspicious activity on this road in Cleveland Texas there was a vehicle a truck in the ditch here and there was
nobody around it the truck was running the lights were on door was open the whole thing was captured on this dash
cam video Lasco says that at the time there was a fenced in field bordered by a large wooded area my partner went down
the driveway here next to the driveway was like a brush pile that was pulled up that's where lal's partner found the
missing driver a highly intoxicated William Greer William Joseph Greer it appeared that he had been using some
sort of drugs that's what he acts like he act like he's on M he was also half naked he had a a button-up shirt on and
no pants no under he was naked from the waist down now you've seen a lot of things how strange was this this was
pretty strange what do you think your shoes are your your boots right all them things got too m and b down cuz this a
swamp outfit Greer's clothing was never recovered but much more alarming than his physical state was what Greer freely
said to two detectives it was an accident I love with all my heart he said that he accidentally shot
Tammy uh in the chest and that he he washed her die gun just went off I couldn't believe what happened oh my God
the worst thing I ever did was Greer told them the shooting had taken place at his home in Spring about
40 Mi Southwest of Cleveland a different County with a different Sheriff back then Sid Miller was a
homicide detective in the Harris County Sheriff's Office he would later learn that Harris County had been contacted by
a Liberty County dispatcher and asked to send two deputies to GRE home for a welfare check they peer through the
windows look inside the house and they didn't see anything that was out of the ordinary in their opinion our dispatch
notified us that A's County went out there and everything looked fine lasasco says they attempted to question Greer
some more but by then he had sobered up and stopped talking you confess to killing her oh I don't remember that
partner without probable cause that a murder had occurred all GRE could be charged with was public intoxication so
Lasco and his partner took him to the Liberty County Jail where he was booked released on bond the next day and
disappeared it's frustrating because we had him and now he's he's gone Nikki says no one realized just how
gone Greer was until days later when Greer's sons from his first marriage returned from Christmas Vacation with
their mother and when their mom goes to drop them off they start freaking out we don't want to
go home the boys had been with their mother since the day Tammy Meers disappeared now 11 days later they were
telling their mother that the morning she picked them up they heard their father shoot Tammy Meyers their mother
took the boys straight down to the Sheriff's office for an interview that's when detective Miller got involved they
indicated that sometime in the morning of December the 19th between 2: a.m. and 5:00 a.m. they heard Greer and Tammy
arguing one of them described uh hearing what sounded like Tammy running down the
hallway and being thrown against the wall he also described hearing a gunshot and he heard William Greer make the
comment about are you dead are you still alive at this point they obtained a search warrant and they go into his
house when detective Miller arrived at the house he discovered Greer's brother-in-law he was actually there
cleaning out the house he told the detectives he didn't know the house was a crime scene and what was he cleaning
up he was taking property out of the house uh we learned that he had taken some guns out of there at the direction
of Mr Greer still says Miller the house was clearly a crime scene there was so many
bullet holes in this house throughout this house I noticed that there was like blood smear uh on some of the walls I
walked into the bedroom you know you had a mattress soak Blood on the side of the
mattress there were Bullet Hole in the bedroom and so what William Greer had actually told those Liberty County
deputies turned out to be true it turn yes you go one more thing you should know about that night deputies found
Tammy's cell phone on the front seat of Greer's truck they used it to call Tammy's mother who Nikki says told
deputies that Greer had been physically abusing her daughter the older I get the
more angry I get they they really failed not only her but just everyone in this situation Nikki says it still infuriates
her that on the night career confessed a search warrant would have made all the difference why didn't they seek a search
warrant to get into the house that evening I think at that particular time based on what Greer had told Liberty
County because of his intoxicated State they they couldn't verify substantiate whether that was credible information
Miller says that night there just wasn't enough probable cause for a search warrant and even after searching Greer's
home they still couldn't find Tammy we actually did a search of the house and we had cab dolls go out and and do a
search of the property and we didn't find anything detective Miller says they also
searched the woods where Greer had been arrested still even without Tammy's body
the Harris County District Attorney's Office felt they had enough to charge Greer with first-degree murder and on
March 16th 2007 nearly 3 months after Greer's drunken confession a grand jury voted to indict him there was just one
problem says former deputy US Marshall lesie Ray he was in the Wind by the time they figured out a murder had occurred
will was [Music] gone our beloved Timmy a daughter taken life shaken Nikki Bates was just 9 years
old when she and her brothers shared memories of their mother with the television show America's Most Wanted
remind me of us spending time together Nikki hoped that viewers might recognize the man who had allegedly killed her
mother and then disappeared William Greer did it give you some hope it did once we got him on America's Most Wanted
we started getting tips detective Miller says that after the first mention of Greer on the show he and his partner
were finally beginning to learn about the fugitives first few days on the run the day after GRE got out of jail he
went to his sister's house and basically said that he had done something bad and
he wanted to change his life and he was leaving town so the sister had given him
some money for that purpose from there Greer had gone to Savannah Georgia to see his half brother Daniel Dobson so
detective Miller and his partner did the same he said that he hit her with the gun and it went off and I said well this
is a recording of Dobson being questioned he said she died in his arm he freaked out went out and buried her
and buried her to where nobody would find her that's the phrase he used where nobody would find her nobody would find
her when he finally admitted what he did I did everything I could to get him off
this property that day he had taken G to a truck stop and just dropped him off there and he hadn't seen him since in
July 2007 Greer had been on the run for 6 months when he got a job as a cook at this Deli in New Orleans working
alongside this man John Morales he told me that his name was Billy when I tried to ask him what his last name was he
wouldn't tell me what his last name was Morales says he and the man he knew as Billy got along so well they decided to
room together and Billy began to open up about his past Billy told me that he had
kids he told me that he that he had an ex-wife and that his ex-wife wasn't allowing him to see the kids and that
and that's why he was traveling Morales says it wasn't long before his new roommate began to drink heavily and
became progressively stranger he would start crying and say that he didn't want to wind up in hell even more disturbing
says Morales were Greer's plans for the future he uh would say that he wanted to
live off grid that he wanted to um find another wife you know at some point and and have more kids then he would take
the downward spirro again and say if I ever find out she's cheating on me I'll kill her then says Morales Greer began
using drugs the men parted ways and Morales moved to Florida Weeks Later a friend from the deli called to say that
the man they knew as Billy had just been featured on America's Most Wanted Morales was one of five tipsters who
called police but by the time detectives arrived to investigate Greer was gone now this is definitely the the hat that
was in that photo Left Behind was his signature cowboy hat a possible taunt aimed at his pursuer
ERS it would take two more months before there was another credible tip this time
from Georgetown Kentucky where Greer had found God he just came into a service one Sunday morning Connie Jackson
Osborne pastor of the Victory Tabernacle Church says she knew Greer as Billy Lesley he said he was new to the area
and was looking for handyman work he offered to help around the church he seemed very nice very personable he got
right in with different ones in the congregation participated Billy even asked to be baptized but when he learned
that his photograph would be taken for posterity Pastor Connie says he nearly backed out but Greer changed his mind
and allowed this photo to be taken of his baptism on August 26th 2007 one month later a member of the
congregation would see the now baptized Billy on America's Most Wanted and if I may quote uh one little passage from the
Bible to you as a pastor even Satan disguises himself as an angel of Light yes he does and it was funny when I
found out he was wanted because he was living right across the street from the police station hiding in plain sight but
by the time investigators arrived Greer had taken off again he Liv in a hurry his CD player is still turning this guy
literally thought that he could victimize not only Tammy but everybody else that he encountered while he was on
the run and kind of just thumbing his nose in our face more than 3 years had gone by with no credible leads when
Cameron Welch a deputy Marshal with the southern district of Texas US Marshall service joined the case Welch followed
up old leads hoping for new information which one is Greer's house dug deeper into Greer's past and found yet another
ex-wife who told detectives that Greer had abused her as well he was able to convince these women that he was just a
great guy and he would use him for everything that that he needed and then he would move on to the next one wilch
spent two years chasing down New Leads but Greer was nowhere to be found so where do you go from there
back to square one just keeping the pressure in 2012 Welch was assigned to another case Deputy Marshall Lesley
Raymond took over the now 5year hunt for Greer and named it operation catch a toe
and why'd you name it that William Geer was missing a toe and how'd he lose that
I think it was a bicycle on accident when he was younger this is the famous missing toe famous missing toe wow the
marshals believed that unique feature would eventually tip people off to Greer's true identity if you have a
murderer in your house and this murderer is missing a toe they're going to easily
put two and two together do you think Greer's missing toe will help the US Marshals get their
man chat now with the 48 Hours team on Facebook andex [Music] in late 2012 when Deputy US Marshall
lesle Raymond took over the hunt for William Greer he studied the case and investigated New Leads with no luck this
is the best information then in 2016 Raymond and his now associate investigator Deputy Josh Wright returned
to the last place Greer had been seen I just wanted to show you some pictures this time the TV show crime watch Daily
was helping keep the heat on The Fugitive we spent some time in Kentucky travel and interviewing people following
upon leads I pretty much was sure that he was using the railways to move around hopping trains and the last good Solid
Source put him on a train going Southbound and I said This Guy's in Mexico Raymond asked to have the outlaw placed
on the US Marshall's 15 most wanted list which alerts law enforcement agencies worldwide to be on the lookout for Greer
a $25,000 reward was also offered for his arrest and money helps loosen lips and it wasn't long before that reward
and Raymond's instincts appeared to be paying off we obtained information from a
reliable source that William Greer had set up a new life South of the Border in Mexico the deputies would not tell us
who that reliable source was but someone in Mexico had called in a tip telling investigators that they knew where Greer
was hiding out we' investigated hundreds of tips over the course of this fugitive
investigation and so we knew that it had to be verified but US Marshals don't have jurisdiction
in Mexico so operation catcho was now in the hands of Mexican authorities who checked out the tip while the Marshall's
office was kept informed at every turn Mexican police were now surveilling the man they all hoped was William Greer I
can tell you I did not sleep Jos and I were anxiously awaiting to find out what the results were the next morning they
got the confirmation they hoped for the man spotted in Mexico was indeed William
Greer now he had to be [Music] captured Mexican authorities learned that Greer was living practically Off
the Grid down this Dirt Road in the tiny southern town of Taxco he had a wife and
two young children people tell me he was very reserved he was very nice very polite hardworking guy but very reserved
Paulina Gomez a producer based in Mexico City recently traveled to taxo for 48 hours and learned that Greer had most
likely been in Mexico for about 6 to 7 years he met his new wife while living in the Mexican state of chapus by the
time they moved to Taxco they had an infant daughter and toddler son named William he's the biological father Yes
of these two kids by 2017 locals say Greer had been living in Taxco for about 3 years we
called him El Gringo you didn't know his name no okay tilo Perez lived next door
to the fugitive and says he was a good neighbor he was calm he didn't mess with anyone we had learned that he had a
carpentry company he was building furniture and he employed a couple employees Greer had been a master of
avoiding arrest but on the morning of November 28th 2017 his days on the Run finally came to an end when Greer was
taken by surprise by a swarm of undercover police US Marshal Service would like to
announce the arrest of William Joseph he completely denied that it was him I just wish I could have been there
to see his face when they removed his shoe they did remove shoe absolutely and what did they see a missing toe
operation catch a toe correct had finally succeeded that's right it was a good feeling and and I wasn't crying he
was crying we might tear up Nikki was 18 years old when she got the news that her mother's killer had
finally been captured I just cried I just remember crying cuz it was not expected it was just over an
overwhelming [Music] feeling Greer was promptly flown to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in
Houston where he was arrested on us soil these were the handcuffs used on William
Greer and how satisfying was that extremely satisfying lesie Raymond says Greer actually recognized him from all
the TV coverage he saw me and said hey I know who you are I'm your biggest fan he
was exactly how I imagined he'd be very arrogant very eager to tell us how he eluded us and that's really what we were
interested in as fugitive investigators we wanted to know how how did he get away for so long and how did to get to
Mexico the deputy Marshals say they always suspected that Greer had been getting around on 18 wheelers and trains
reer confirmed that he did end up taking a train from Kentucky and he headed west
until he found another train heading south and that's how he ended up Crossing into
Mexico lean up against the wall there chest Raymond and Wright delivered Greer to the Sheriff's Office where Sid Miller
now a sergeant investigator attempted to interrogate him that's really why you're
here Miller tried to push Greer to tell him where he had buried Tammy I hoping be able to call the family tonight and
some good news Greer suggested that he would cooperate get I'm not here to around but instead he asked for an
attorney and shut down the interview now whether you guys are willing to work with me or lot that's yet to be seen but
I'm here to work with you guys but I need to talk to you about with Greer Behind Bars it was now
up to the Harris County District Attorney's office to try the case I was like okay we're finally going to have
some closure but what ended up happening stunned just about everyone you were disappointed weren't you I'm greatly
disappointed [Music] it was now 2023 nearly 6 years since William Greer had been captured and now
the 58-year-old was still sitting in this jail awaiting trial Co and the legal process had slowed the proceedings
to a crawl painful says Nikki who longed for justice and finally locating her mother's missing remains recently around
the trial date I would have dreams that I was digging and I would just find her in the most random places Sid Miller was
prepared to testify at trial what's the strongest evidence you have against two children hearing what they heard both of
Greer's sons who believe they heard their father shoot and kill Tammy Meyers were on the witness list and while gre's
brother was now deceased the prosecution had that recording of what he told detectives back in 2007 he said that he
hit it with the gun and it went off and then of course there was Greer's dash cam confession oh my God it's the worst
thing I ever did was coupled with obviously the evidence that we found at the house the blood the
bullets seems like a strong case to me but Nikki says the prosecution was nervous worried that they were Miss in a
critical piece of evidence Tammy's body only days before trial Nikki says she and her family were contacted by
assistant DA Stephanie Abner about a potential plea deal to avoid a trial she said would y'all consider man slaughter
if he tells you where she's at and I said you know what yes we will we just want to know where our mom's at we want
a resting place where we can go to where our children can go to so we took the deal because
they also made it seem like there was not another choice that he would probably walk free if we went to trial
as a condition of the deal Greer was now required to show detectives where he had
buried Tammy's body I had checked him out of the jail I had our warrant team with us because he was such a Flight
Risk Nikki says when she heard where they all ended up she was crushed they were searching for her mother not far
from where Greer first confessed to killing her and way too close to the home Nikki grew up in he walked up and
down the road and cuffs right next to my dad's house that went on for 3 Days says
Sid Miller nothing was found investigators then called off the search Greer still got his deal we were told he
will get his deal only if he tells us where he buried her I think it's bull crap and I think that he just once again
is getting off for murdering her the District Attorney's Office declined our request for an interview but gave us
this statement We Believe Greer was acting in good faith and tried to lead law enforcement to her body so much time
has passed and the terrain has changed but we believe he tried on January 22nd 2024 Greer appeared in court for
sentencing it had been 17 years since Nikki laid ID on him you know everyone kept telling me he's not going to even
look at you he he'll be ashamed and he walked into court and he stared right at us you staring back yes you make eye
contact with him I was just trying to let him know like we are not giving up we're not backing down we are not scared
of him she trusted you we trusted you frustrated and angry Nikki gave a victim impact statement on behalf of her family
we had to look at the man who murdered her mom walk around our neighborhood trying to remember where he put her body
how do you not remember how was I not eatting at you everyday since I don't know what I was expecting maybe him to
talk back I don't know but I stopped and I said do you do you remember and he just stared at me you say you're a
changed man that you're a Christian and if that's the case you will continue to talk and help us try to find her you
want forgiveness that's what I need I need to know and I need to find her Greer's senten for killing Tammy Myers
and fleeing is 10 years do you have anything to say Sir as to why senton should not now be PR against you nothing
with time served he will be free in 3 years perhaps even sooner 10 years for taking someone's life away and then just
disposing of them like garbage that's not enough if you ask me he should be in jail forever Lesley Raymond now retired
says Greer better behave if he does anything I'll come back out of retirement I'll find him again are you
worried that and it could be as we are speaking now in as little as 3 years there may be more
victims I am concerned about that are you as well Cameron yes sir meanwhile the search for Tammy
continues without law enforcement morning and thank you for being here Texas equa search is a nonprofit
volunteer search and Recovery organization that offers their services to law enforcement and families for free
so everyone this is Nikki here this is Tammy daughter hi going to make me cry can you have all
the volunteers out here I don't know any of them and they have kept me updated and just you know made me feel so loved
we ask you pray for the family I know they're looking for closure they prayed over us they have committed to helping a
daughter on a mission but being out here um so close to home and just possibly close to finding her is a little
overwhelming it won't be easy says K9 Handler Brenda Peak how large an area are you searching
today total about 4 Acres she says even highly trained dogs will have trouble detecting the scent of Bones buried
nearly two decades ago a lot of people won't take this task because it is it's a difficult one it's challenging okay so
these are the search areas on this day in February 2024 there were three kadab dogs with hand handlers
watch the bar wire and more than 30 volunteers covering the 4 acres and a spot that Nikki and her dad requested to
be searched can I show you something I think right here my dad works with the owner of the that goes all the way back
here it takes a lot to not let it consume me I try to focus on my kids and my husband but they will tell you I'm
very determined if I just have free time at home I'm on my computer looking at Maps looking at Old areas what they
looked like then and what they look like now that opening to that left it could be
it after searching for about 5 hours the team called it quits for the day but there was a glimmer of hope all three
canines had reacted to Something in the same area they think that it's possible that he drove into this area and that
maybe he buried her somewhere over here since there are all three dogs have picked up on this area but Texas equa
search didn't have the right tools to dig properly so they committed to trying again until then Nikki will be out
searching on her own do you believe she will one day be found I'm not sure I am trying to stay
hopeful but between weather and animals and if he's telling the truth or not that it's you know it could be hard I'm
hoping we can put just to rest and give Tammy a place get these kids some closure in their life somewhere they
didn't pay their respects my kids are young but they are fully aware of what's Happening they just want so badly for
her to be found I'm just trying to stay hopeful for myself but also for my children and
you know just keep looking cuz I don't want to give up [Music] a fertility doctor in his wife partners
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Brief Summary

Nikki Bates and Ryan Myers recount the tragic disappearance of Tammy Myers and the pursuit of justice against her abuser, William Greer.

Key points

The Night of the Murder. On December 19, 2006, an argument escalated, leading to Tammy's tragic death at the hands of William Greer. "He retrieved a shotgun and shot Tammy."
Nikki's Search for Justice. Nikki Bates, a mother of three, is determined to find her missing mother and bring her killer to justice. "We will never stop. Justice is coming."
Greer's Confession. William Greer confessed to deputies that he accidentally shot Tammy, yet he was released shortly after. "Oh my God, it's the worst thing I ever did."
The Search for Tammy. Despite a confession, law enforcement struggled to find Tammy's body, leading to frustration for her family. "It's frustrating because we had him and now he's gone."
The Missing Toe Operation. The U.S. Marshals launched Operation Catch a Toe, hoping Greer's unique feature would lead to his capture. "If you have a murderer in your house..."
The Hunt for William Greer. Deputy US Marshall Lesle Raymond leads the investigation into fugitive William Greer, who evades capture for years.

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He was an evil murderer.

Cameron Welch describes William Greer.

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